478 DEADPOOL Part 1

The Cine-Files

Steve Morris & John Rocha

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2026

⏱️ 102 minutes

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On this week's episode of The Cine-Files, Steve Morris and John Rocha revisit, breakdown and analyze one of the most surprising success stories in the world of superhero movies, 2016"s Deadpool from director Tim Miller and starring Ryan Reynolds as the titular Merc with a Mouth character, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, Gina Carano, TJ MIller, Leslie Uggams and Birianna Hildebrand. Written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, it is a spin-off of the X-Men film series and its overall eighth installment. In the film, Wilson hunts the man responsible for giving him mutant abilities and a scarred physical appearance, becoming the antihero Deadpool. Steve and John go thru the movie scene by scene and break down the direction, acting, storylines, cinematography, score, themes, message, philosophical debates and more.

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0:00.0	Oh, hello. I know, right?
0:04.0	Whose balls did I have to fondle to get my very own movie?
0:08.0	I can't tell you, but it does rhyme with pulverine.
0:16.0	Hello and welcome once again to the Cinephiles,
0:22.0	where each week we enter the world of a great film.
0:23.8	We explore its themes, the history, the filmmaking,
0:25.8	and the influence it has on us today.
0:27.4	My name is Steve Morris.
0:28.5	I am a filmmaker and directing instructor in Los Angeles, California.
0:31.7	Hello, everyone.
0:32.3	My name is John Roka.
0:33.2	I'm a writer, producer, and host in San Diego, California,
0:36.3	and really excited to be going back in time, Steve, to 10 years ago
0:41.6	to dive into this film, which was an interesting experience in 2026 for so many reasons,
0:49.3	both on camera and off camera.
0:51.8	So, yeah.
0:52.3	What's so weird about it is that we are now officially at the point where 10 years ago,
0:58.2	we were making the cinephiles. So we have now entered the realm because we started right
1:03.0	around April of 2016. And I think we made our first because we, you know, we recorded a few
1:09.2	episodes in advance. I think it was June that we
1:11.2	released our first episode. But we were now setting up to do the Cinephiles when this film came out.
1:15.7	And of course, the film we were talking about is Deadpool. And I'm super excited to get into this.
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