Cinematic Universe

About Cinematic Universe

Cinematic Universe is a podcast all about superhero and comic book movies and TV. Each episode, we look at one movie or show and find out more about the comics behind the screen. Along the way we run through the latest news across the genre, recommend related reading to explore, and pitch our not-always-entirely-serious ideas for future superhero films. From Iron Man to The Dark Knight, from Scott Pilgrim to Spider-Man, from The Incredibles to Howard the Duck, everything across the entire cinematic universe is in our sights. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Cinematic Universe

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Jan 2015

Latest episode

23 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

323 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Sept 2026

   Episode #182: Fight Club (1999)

   James, Joe and Rhys return to take a look at David Fincher's 1999 classic, FIGHT CLUB: the satire, the masculinity debate, whether it accidentally empowered the wrong audience, and where it lands in Fincher's career.. But before that, we speedrun recent viewing: Lanterns, X-Men '97, Strange New Worlds' Muppet episode (and what's really wrong with Star Trek right now)., Reality Bites (for peak-90s Gen X vibes), D23 X-Men casting reactions (Professor X, Mister Sinister, and where this movie might be heading) and a quick Doomsday trailer take. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   24 Jul 2026

   Episode #181: Materialists (2025)

   Rhys, James and Joe are back, and shining the spotlist on Celine Song's 2025 rom-com (or maybe just rom-dram) movie, MATERIALISTS. But alongside that we've also got plenty of other chat, including BACKROOMS, DISCLOSURE DAY, WIDOW'S BAY, and more! We also take a look at the DIGGER trailer, and discuss leaked promo art of AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY because, true to form, nothing happened for four months and then a few days after we recorded an episode, they dropped the trailer. We'll get to it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   10 Mar 2026

   Episode #180: My Dinner With Andre (1981)

   James, Joe and Rhys take a look at Louis Malle's 1981 movie MY DINNER WITH ANDRE - as well as thoughts on the likes of The Secret Agent, the new Game of Thrones show, Iron Lung and Small Prophets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

17 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

70

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

92

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Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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