On Cinema: Season 16
Season 16 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of On Cinema Season 15.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 16 Progress Shield
‘The Strangers: Chapter 2’ and ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie’
Oct 1, 2025 · 17 min
In Season 16 Ep 1, the pre-eminent Movie Buff Gregg Turkington and Host New Heidecker christen a new filming location and catch us up on their end of Summer exploits. Plus, a famil
’Roofman’ and ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’
Oct 8, 2025 · 14 min
Season 16 Ep 2 gets right into it with two, maybe three, and possibly even four movie reviews. Where else can you find this hard-hitting cinema criticism? Oh, and a friend of the s
‘Black Phone 2’ and ‘Blue Moon’
Oct 15, 2025 · 15 min
Halloween Season is getting started. How do these new spook-fests stack up with the classics? Plus, big things are afoot with father G Amato's estate and a brand-new advance in mov
‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’, ‘Regretting You’, and ‘The Watchers’
Oct 22, 2025 · 14 min
Host New Heidecker and returning guest Expert Gregg Turkington do something a little different on this latest episode of On Cinema at the Cinema as a tip of the hat to Old Hollywoo
'Bugonia' & 'Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc'
Oct 29, 2025 · 16 min
A new chapter in On Cinema history has arrived! Welcome Host New Heidecker and Guest Expert Gregg Turkington to The Manor, a nurturing and enriching space dedicated to the unique n
‘The Running Man’ and ‘Predator: Badlands’
Nov 5, 2025 · 16 min
Things are heating up at On Cinema at the Cinema at the Manor! A special guest joins Host New Heidecker and Expert Gregg Turkington, we get a look at some of the rocking times happ
'Now You See Me: Now You Don't' and 'Jay Kelly'
Nov 12, 2025 · 16 min
It's Movie Time at the Manor... And what pairs best with movies? Arts and crafts! Join your On Cinema favs and the good folks at the Grand Terrace At The Manor for another episode
'Wicked: For Good'
Nov 19, 2025 · 13 min
After some difficult news, Magic Mark Pork arrives at the Manor with a new act to spread some cheer. Plus a return to Oz with this week's review of Wicked: For Good.
Celebrating the Life of Gabriel “G” Amato
Nov 26, 2025 · 49 min
Friends and family gather at the Crown-Wynne Funeral Home to remember the life of a great man taken from us far too soon.
‘Hamnet’ and ‘Ella McCay’
Dec 3, 2025 · 15 min
We are all still reeling from the passing of New Heidecker's father, G Amato, yet the show must go on! Our Host and Guest Expert Buff find themselves dealing with the aftermath of