CatBusRuss recaps the first two day of Fan Expo New Orleans 2026. “Bootleg Safari”, John Cena, Jamison Newlander, reunions for both 1990’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and the original four Hobbits.

CatBusRuss finally watches the non-Tarantino sections of “Four Rooms” and plays six degrees of Kevin Bacon & Emily Blunt with “Wild Target”, “Detective Pikachu”, and “R.I.P.D.”.

CatBusRuss is joined by Veronica Vetter and ThePoeticCritic to discuss “This Is Spinal Tap”. It is the most influential mockumentary and immediately established the legitimacy of a directorial and comedic legend, Rob Reiner.

CatBusRuss explores what are perhaps the most influential movies Mark L Lester ever directed: the classic “Class of 1984” and the “Class of 1999” franchise. The Roger Corman influence is shown in White Snake exploitation tale “Groupie”.

CatBusRuss reviews the anime “A Whisker Away” and how the second day of Chicago TARDIS actually provided a non-Whovian panels and activities to do after a very neurospicy day one.

CatBusRuss knows a lot about “Doctor Who”, but does he really know anything about the BBC’s most famous television show? This is his tale of how he fought to enjoy this strange fandom.

The Stevens’s siblings needed to be in Chicago on Thanksgiving for the “Doctor Who”, TARDIS. Only the Lombard AMC had food for sell that holiday, so CatBusRuss & ThePoeticCritic went to the movies.

CatBusRuss⁠ had a four-movie marathon of sub 100-minute features that he intended to kick off the last week of spooky month. Lets just say ⁠Ryan Coogler⁠'s vision changed that plan. And our host had promised to go back to the Grid while it was still in theaters.

A discussion about the “Saw” 1-8. A sister celebrating Disney’s failures. An opinion about a doc dedicated to cheap, licensed Halloween costumes.

CatBusRuss is joined by Nix Eclips to bring the joy of sub 100-minute movies, catch a few panels, and worship at the groovy altar of Bruce Gamble. Will this be the only or first GalaxyCon St. Louis?

CatBusRuss and Jess McCord team up for two panels while our podcast checks out panels with Karen Gillan and John Barrowman.

CatBusRuss determines what the best feature he discovered in 2024, a showdown between “Coraline”, “Shredder Orpheus”, and “The 4:30 Movie”.

CatBusRuss’s first conversation with Michael Dubois. They discuss the first solely Schwarzenegger movie, “Commando”

ThePoeticCritic⁠ has always had a lot to say about the state of cinema at the moment, and she seems to appreciate the platform. The two siblings have a boundless conversation to address their favorite actors, the upcoming (2023) and previous Oscars, and hopes of fewer comic book movies.

CatBusRuss determines what the best film he found in 2021 & 2022. Cronenberg vs. Bill & Ted vs. Animation.

A wise thing to do in 1988 was to ride on Sam Raimi's coattails. In steps ⁠Kevin Tenney⁠ with "⁠Night of the Demons⁠".

Horror may be too extreme a term for the fourth week of November, but then came his career in customer service. So the "⁠ThanksKilling⁠" franchise and the ⁠Bruce Campbell⁠produced "⁠Black Friday⁠" may be appropriate comfort viewing for the holiday season kick off.

CatBusRuss makes a six-pack of movie reviews based around his favorite cinema concepts. “Hellboy (2019)”, “Paradise Hills”, “Class Action Park”, “Risky Business”, “Spiral: From the Book of Saw”, “Nocturne (2016)”.