Oct 26, 20261h 40m
Happy Halloween! Join us as we investigate one of the most iconic horror movies of all time: John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978). For this spooktacular investigation, your cinematic sleuths return to Haddonfield...
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Two crime fiction authors, Dr Luke Deckard and Matthew Booth, investigate the movies and TV shows that shape pop culture! No case is too big or small for these cinematic sleuths!
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What is Cinema Sleuths about?
Two crime fiction authors, Dr Luke Deckard and Matthew Booth, investigate the movies and TV shows that shape pop culture! No case is too big or small for these cinematic sleuths!
What has Cinema Sleuths covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Case 106: HALLOWEEN (1978) - A Spooktacular Holiday Special!" (26 October 2026, 100 minutes), "Case 105: CASINO ROYALE (2006) | 20 Years On… Still The Best?" (19 October 2026, 103 minutes), and "Case 103: FIVE FAVS VOL 1: Cinema Bad Guys!" (5 October 2026, 62 minutes).
How often does Cinema Sleuths publish?
Cinema Sleuths publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 99 minutes across 122 episodes.
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Booking probability for Cinema Sleuths is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Cinema Sleuths requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Cinema Sleuths's contact route on record: verified email.
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Oct 19, 20261h 43m20 years later, is Casino Royale still the best Daniel Craig James Bond film? To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of one of the most acclaimed James Bond movies of the modern era, we return to 2006’s Casino Royale...
Episode #103
Case 103: FIVE FAVS VOL 1: Cinema Bad Guys!
Oct 5, 20261h 2mWho are the greatest movie villains of all time? This week, Luke and Matt open the case file on five of their favourite cinema bad guys, from the quietly terrifying Noah Cross in Chinatown to Andy Serkis’s unforgettable...
Sep 28, 20261h 25mParty on! Cinema Sleuths investigates Wayne’s World (1992), the comedy classic that went from a Saturday Night Live sketch to one of the defining movies of the early 1990s. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll hurl! Few...
Sep 21, 20262h 2mBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) turns 10 — but has time been kind to one of the most divisive superhero films of the modern era? A decade after its release, we reopen the case on Batman v Superman: Dawn of...
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Sep 14, 20261h 39mFor our 100th investigation, we head deep into the jungle for John McTiernan’s Predator (1987) — the iconic genre-busting science-fiction action movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers and Kevin Peter Hall...
Sep 7, 20261h 49mSpace. The final frontier! 60 years ago, STAR TREK was released on the small screen. And nearly 50 years ago, STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE hit the BIG SCREEN! To celebrate TREK, this week, you Cinema Sleuths investigate...
Aug 24, 20261h 24mThe Rip (2026), starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and directed by Joe Carnahan, is a Netflix crime thriller that raises the question: has the era of prestige filmmaking left Netflix?
Episode #118
Case 98: THE RIP (2026)
Aug 24, 20261h 24mNETFLIX's The Rip (2026), starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and directed by Joe Carnahan, raises the question: has the era of prestige filmmaking left Netflix? In this episode, we look at The Rip and how Netflix’s...
Episode #117
HBO's LANTERNS S01E01 (2026) | Debriefed
Aug 19, 20261h 8mIn this special bonus episode of DEBRIEFED, we look at the premiere of HBO Max's LANTERNS. The latest DC show that enraged the internet. But has fan discourse gone too far? We discuss that and whether this show is...
Aug 17, 20261h 22mYour cinematic sleuths are back at it! This week, we are joined by thriller author Regan MacArther, writer of the John Lash series. THE CASE: THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946) Starring: Lana Turner, John Garfield...
Aug 10, 20261h 30mThis week your cinema sleuths are investigating TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (1990)! Starring Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Josh Pias, Robbie Rist, Corey Feldman, Brian Tochi, James Saito, David McCharen, Michelan Sisti...
Aug 3, 20261h 53mTHWIP! The summer blockbuster has landed! And it's a giant SPIDER! This week, your cinematic sleuths are swinging between skyscrapers, stopping runaway tanks, teaming up with lunatics, and thwarting bank robberies as we...
Jul 27, 20262h 12mWe investigate Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 and The Punisher: One Last Killer to see if Marvel's 2026 R-rated output is really all it's cracked up to be. Join us as we look at both and speculate about Punisher and...
Episode #104
ROBOCOP (1987) | Dir Paul Verhoeven
Jul 13, 20261h 43mThis week, we're investigating ROBOCOP (1987) starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, and Miguel Ferrer. Written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Special guest is...
Jul 6, 20262h 8mThe game is afoot! Between 2009-2012 Sherlock Holmes exploded on the big and small screens with the Robert Downey Jr / Jude Law film directed by Guy Ritchie as well as the hit BBC series SHERLOCK created by Steven...
Jun 29, 20261h 39mThis week, we discuss some of this summer's blockbuster hits and flops. We investigate Supergirl 2026 starring Milly Alcock, Toy Story 5, and Steven Spielberg's DISCLOSURE DAY. Cinema Sleuths is produced by Luke Deckard...
Episode #86
THE LONG GOODBYE (1973) | Dir Robert Altman
Jun 22, 20261h 19mThis week, we're back with a banger, and we're joined by crime fiction author and expert Maxim Jakubowski! THE CASE: THE LONG GOODBYE 1973 Starring: Elliot Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, and Mark Rydell...
Episode #99
PLANET OF THE APES (2001) | Dir Tim Burton
Jun 15, 20261h 47mThis week, WE GO APE with CIMEMA MISFIRES as we look back at 25 years of Tim Burton's PLANET OF THE APES (2001), starring Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Kris Kristofferson, Estella...
Jun 8, 20262h 18mHULKS SMASH! This week your investigators are looking at HULK (2003) and The Incredible Hulk (2008) in BATTLE OF THE BIG SCREEN HULKS to see which of these two outings is the ultimate HULK movie... with special guest...
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Steve Hunt
Executive Director for the Worland Community Center Complex, Lady Lake Police Department
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Professor Mark Jones
Top DR Expert, Brilliant Marketer, Raiders Fan, Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy
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Martin Edwards
crime novelist, editor and President of the Detection Club, University of Queensland Business School
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Peter Coyote
actor, activist, Zen priest
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