The Cinescope Podcast

Celebrating the Movies We Love

About the show

Cinescope is a podcast free of criticism or ratings, where every week host Chelsea Hopkins and guests celebrate their favorite movies, exploring story, characters, music, and relevance to the world around us. The goal is positivity - you know that every film featured on the show comes with our highest recommendation!

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Episodes

  • Episode 102: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    February 15th, 2024  |  1 hr 30 mins
    bob persichetti, brian tyree henry, chelsea hopkins, chris pine, christopher miller, cinescope, daniel pemberton, eric scull, hailee steinfeld, into the spider-verse, jake johnson, john mulaney, kathryn hahn, kimiko glenn, liev schreiber, lily tomlin, luna lauren vélez, mahershala ali, mugglecast, nicolas cage, noir, peni parker, peter parker, peter porker, peter ramsey, phil lord, pig, podcast, rodney rothman, shameik moore, spider gwen, spider woman, spider-man, spider-verse, spiderverse, zoë kravitz

    In Episode 102 of The Cinescope Podcast - the first new episode in THREE YEARS! - Chelsea and Eric talk about one of their favorite movies, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse!

  • A 2024 Update

    January 15th, 2024  |  4 mins 8 secs
    chelsea hopkins, cinescope, discussion, film, movies, podcast, reviews

    In this short update episode, you'll hear from a new (?) host, find out the reason for the hiatus, and get hyped for Cinescope's return!

  • Episode 101: Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    March 19th, 2021  |  1 hr 4 mins
    arnold schwarzenegger, brad fiedel, chad hopkins, cinescope, earl boen, edward furlong, governator, hifi, james cameron, joe morton, judgment day, linda hamilton, moviebyte, nightowl, podcast, robert patrick, t1000, t2, terminator, tj draper, william wisher

    In Episode 101 of The Cinescope Podcast, Chad and TJ Draper talk about one of their favorite movies, Terminator 2: Judgment Day!

  • Episode 100: How to Train Your Dragon Trilogy Recap

    February 12th, 2021  |  58 mins 44 secs
    america ferrera, astrid, cate blanchett, christopher mintz-plasse, craig ferguson, cressida cowell, dean deblois, eric scull, f. murray abraham, gerard butler, harry potter, hiccup, how to train your dragon, jay baruchel, john powell, jonah hill, justin rupple, kit harrington, kristen wiig, mugglecast, podcast, the hidden world, tj miller, toothless

    In Episode 100 of The Cinescope Podcast, Chad and Eric Scull talk about one of their favorite movie trilogies - the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy!

  • Episode 99: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

    February 3rd, 2021  |  1 hr 20 mins
    america ferrera, astrid, cate blanchett, christopher mintz-plasse, craig ferguson, cressida cowell, dean deblois, eric scull, f. murray abraham, gerard butler, harry potter, hiccup, how to train your dragon, jay baruchel, john powell, jonah hill, justin rupple, kit harrington, kristen wiig, mugglecast, podcast, the hidden world, toothless

    In Episode 99 of The Cinescope Podcast, Chad and Eric Scull talk about one of their favorite movies, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World!

  • Episode 98: How to Train Your Dragon 2 - Revisit

    January 8th, 2021  |  58 mins 28 secs
    america ferrera, cate blanchett, christopher mintz-plasse, craig ferguson, dean deblois, djimon hounsou, gerard butler, hiccup, how to train your dragon, jay baruchel, john powell, jonah hill, kit harington, tj miller, toothless

    In Episode 98, to lead up to Episode 100 of the podcast (!!), Chad is joined by frequent guest Eric Scull to talk about the second installment of one of Chad's favorite trilogies, How to Train Your Dragon!

  • Episode 97: Amadeus

    September 21st, 2020  |  1 hr 20 mins
    amadeus, antonio salieri, charles kay, christine ebersole, cinescope, don giovanni, elizabeth berridge, f. murray abraham, jeffrey jones, kenneth mcmillan, kenny baker, magic flute, marriage of figaro, milos forman, mozart, neville marriner, peter shaffer, podcast, requiem, roy dotrice, salier, simon callow, tom hulce, wolfgang amadeus mozart

    In Episode 97 of The Cinescope Podcast, Chad and Erik Woods talk about one of their favorite movies, Amadeus!

  • Episode 96: Back to the Future Trilogy...Yeah, Yeah, Again

    September 11th, 2020  |  51 mins 8 secs
    alan silvestri, back to the future, bob gale, bttf, chad hopkins, christopher lloyd, cinescope, claudia wells, crispin glover, delorean, donald fullilove, elisabeth shue, flea, franchise fatigue, james hamrick, james tolkan, jeffrey weissman, lea thompson, mary steenburgen, michael j. fox, podcast, robert zemeckis, steven spielberg, thomas f. wilson, time machine, time travel, trilogy

    In Episode 96 of The Cinescope Podcast, Chad and James Hamrick talk about one of their favorite TRILOGIES after James watches it for the first time - Back to the Future! ...Yes, again. Don’t give me that look.

  • Episode 95: Contact

    August 31st, 2020  |  2 hrs 7 mins
    alan silvestri, alohomora, angela bassett, audiofictions, back to the future, carl sagan, cinescope, contact, cosmos, david morse, harry potter, jake busey, james v. hart, james woods, jena malone, jodie foster, john hurt, lupinpatronus, matthew mcconaughey, michael goldenberg, mugglenet, neil degrasse tyson, podcast, robert zemeckis, tom skerritt, will fichtner

    In Episode 95 of The Cinescope Podcast, Chad and Michael Harle talk about one of their favorite movies, Contact!

  • Episode 94: Starship Troopers

    August 10th, 2020  |  1 hr 17 mins
    basil poledouris, casper van dien, chad hopkins, cinescope, denise richards, dina meyer, edward neumeier, h1r, home one radio, jake busey, josh crabb, michael ironside, neil patrick harris, patrick muldoon, paul verhoeven, podcast, reel world theology, robert a heinlein, starship troopers

    In Episode 94 of The Cinescope Podcast, Chad and Josh Crabb talk about one of their favorite movies, Starship Troopers!

  • Episode 93: The Terminator

    July 31st, 2020  |  55 mins 14 secs
    arnold schwarzeneggar, brad fiedel, chad hopkins, cinescope, gale anne hurd, i'll be back, james cameron, linda hamilton, michael biehn, moviebyte, paul winfield, podcast, sarah connor, terminator, the governator, tj draper

    In Episode 93 of The Cinescope Podcast, Chad and TJ Draper talk about one of their favorite movies, The Terminator!

  • Episode 92: Inside Out

    July 24th, 2020  |  50 mins 49 secs
    amy poehler, an american workplace, bill hader, bing bong, cinescope, diane lane, disney, inside out, josh cooley, joy, kaitlyn dias, kyle maclachlan, lewis black, meg lefauve, michael giacchino, mindy kaling, monsters inc, parks and rec, parks and recreation, pete docter, phyllis smith, pixar, podcast, richard kind, ronnie del carmen, sadness, the office, up, workplacepod

    In Episode 92 of The Cinescope Podcast, Chad and Katie Rhoden talk about one of their favorite movies, Inside Out!

  • Episode 91: Jaws

    July 17th, 2020  |  1 hr 4 mins
    carl gottlieb, chad hopkins, chief brody, cinescope, jaws, john williams, lorraine gary, murray hamilton, peter benchley, podcast, quint, richard dreyfuss, robert shaw, roy scheider, shark, sideshow sound, spielberg, steven spielberg, will dodson

    In Episode 91 of The Cinescope Podcast, Chad and Will Dodson talk about one of their favorite movies, Jaws!

  • Episode 90: Kubo and the Two Strings

    July 13th, 2020  |  1 hr 5 mins
    art parkinson, brenda vaccaro, cary-hiroyuki tagawa, charlize theron, chris butler, cinescope, coraline, dario marianelli, eric scull, george takei, harry potter, honzo, kubo, kubo and the two strings, laika, marc haimes, matthew mcconaughey, missing link, mugglecast, paranorman, ralph fiennes, rooney mara, shannon tindle, spielerman, spieling, the beatles, travis knight, while my guitar gently weeps

    In Episode 90 of The Cinescope Podcast, Chad and Eric Scull talk about one of their favorite movies, Kubo and the Two Strings!

  • Episode 89: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

    April 6th, 2020  |  57 mins 49 secs
    an american workplace, bones mccoy, brock peters, captain kirk, chad hopkins, christopher plummer, cinescope, cliff eidelman, david warner, deforest kelley, denny martin flinn, george takei, iman, james doohan, james kirk, kim cattrall, lawrence konner, leonard mccoy, leonard nimoy, mark rosenthal, montgomery scott, moviebyte, nichelle nichols, nicholas meyer, pavel chekov, podcast, rené auberjonois, scottie, spock, star trek, sulu, the final frontier, the office, the undiscovered country, tj draper, uhura, vulcan, walter koenig, william shatner

    In Episode 89 of The Cinescope Podcast, Chad and TJ Draper talk about one of their favorite movies, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country!

  • Episode 88: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    March 23rd, 2020  |  1 hr 14 mins
    allison doody, an american workplace, cinematic sound radio, cinescope, denholm elliott, erik woods, george lucas, harrison ford, henry jones, holy grail, indiana jones, indiana jones and the last crusade, jeffrey boam, john rhys davies, john williams, jr, julian glover, junior, marcus brody, menno meyjes, podcast, sallah, sean connery, steven spielberg, the last crusade, the office

    In Episode 88 of The Cinescope Podcast, Chad and Erik Woods talk about one of their favorite movies, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade!