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Marvel’s massive plan to assemble four of its biggest franchises into a single mega-hit finally materialized this weekend as The Avengers opened to the biggest box office debut in movie history. Listen as Cinematrimony hosts Matt and Francesca Scalici give their real-time reaction on the way home from the theater. Did the Hulk finally smash his way into Matt’s skeptical heart? Did the specter of Francesca’s hated cinematic nemesis Scarlett Johansson overshadow the rest of the film? Find out on this episode of Cinematrimony.

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Matt and Francesca Scalici are back with another episode of Cinematrimony. This time they give their reaction to year’s biggest box office hit so far, the action/sci-fi/thriller The Hunger Games. Does this young adult adaptation fall victim to the same melodramatic pandering as the Twilight films? Does the violence go too far or not far enough? Find out in this episode of Cinematrimony.

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Matt and Francesca Scalici are back with another episode of Cinematrimony. This time they give their reaction to the star-studded comedy 21 Jump Street, starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and a whole crew of various funny people. Does this movie break the mold of the “action comedy” genre or is it just another run-of-the-mill re-hash of an ’80s TV show? Find out in this episode of Cinematrimony.

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Follow along this Sunday night as the FilmNerds.com contributors share their thoughts live on the Academy Awards. You can follow us all on Twitter or watch as our tweets roll in live here at FilmNerds.com.

Matt and Francesca Scalici return with another episode of Cinematrimony. At last, Matt & Francesca take on Stephen Spielberg’s Best Picture-nominated War Horse and Francesca reveals whether her two least favorite things, war and horses, were able to come together and make a great movie. Does this highly-touted award-contender live up to the hype?

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Matt and Francesca are back again with another episode of Cinematrimony. This time they take a look at the silent, black and white film that has taken Hollywood by storm, The Artist. Matt and Francesca discuss whether this film is more than just a gimmick and what the film’s success says about today’s audiences and critics.

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Matt and Francesca Scalici return with another new episode of Cinematrimony. In this episode, our dueling wedded critics take a look at Alexander Payne’s latest effort, the George Clooney-starring, Hawaiian-set drama The Descendants. Matt and Francesca discuss the film’s performances and consider whether this movie changes Francesca’s mind about how much she hates Alexander Payne.

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Cinematrimony is back with another dose of film discussion spiked with wedded bliss. In this episode Matt and Francesca Scalici discuss the period spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy featuring an all-star cast including Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy and Colin Firth. Listen as Matt and Francesca discuss the performances, the incredibly detailed atmosphere and whether the story might be too difficult for some audiences to follow.

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Matt & Francesca Scalici return with another episode of Cinematrimony. This week, they take a look at the latest Diablo Cody-scripted comedy Young Adult starring Charlize Theron. Matt and Francesca discuss Theron’s performance, the darkly comic tone of the film and what it says about the progression of Cody as one of Hollywood’s most talked-about screenwriters.

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Matt and Francesca Scalici return with another episode of Cinematrimony. In this episode, the wedded critics discuss Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, how the lauded 3D visuals measure up, the performances of the cast and where the film falls in Scorsese’s filmography. Click the link below to download or subscribe to us on iTunes by searching ‘FilmNerds’.

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