History WebVideo / MidnightScreenings

** Brad and Jake thought that the trailer for ''WesternAnimation/{{Epic}}'' looked cool, but the actual movie turned out to be anything but.

** Whenever a Creator/BlueSkyStudios movie tries to paint one character in the right and another in the wrong, Brad and Jake [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation will always contest the movie's choice of who's "right" and who's "wrong"]]. See their views on [[WesternAnimation/{{Epic}} MK's father]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Rio2}} Jewel]].

** [[invoked]] They've found characters in-universe that are not only annoying but also end up completely bringing a movie down for them, most famously the slugs from ''WesternAnimation/{{Epic}}''.

** Out of all the things Brad and Jake hated about ''WesternAnimation/{{Epic}}'', what sets them off the most is how the movie has MK's father be a neglectful, emotionally abusive asshole and ''plays it for laughs''.

** [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Mathew Buck AKA Film Brain]] joined him for ''Film/{{Masterminds}}'', ''Film/TheGirlOnATrain'', and ''Film/TheBirthOfANation2016''.

** Rob and Brad will frequently use "problematic" in an extremely exaggerated voice to mock potential PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad takes on a film.

* FandomNod: Being an improvised show usually shot the night before being posted on the site, they can make several references InUniverse to their fans, most notably that the comments are going to correct any error they make.
** After a particularly hellish week of real life, at the end of ''Turbo'' Jake took a moment to [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness sincerely and whole heartedly thank the fans]] of the site who, in either token or words, had helped him get through a very rough few days.
*** Brad immediately made fun of him for it (as Jake has several times told the entirety of the site to "go fuck itself").
---> '''Brad''': *trying to hold back laughter* Who'd've thought you'd be ''thanking'' the website... and the people who bother you every week asking...?
---> '''Jake''': Listen here motherfucker, *points at camera* I'm ''trying'' to have a goddamn moment with my fanbase. I could see the look you were giving me out of the corner of the camera screen, and I knew you were just waiting to say something, so I'm gonna need you to shut your goddamn mouth while I finish talking to my ''boys''!... and my girls, ''all of 'em''!
** After uploading ''WebVideo/BradJonesDemoReel'', their parody of ''WebVideo/DemoReel'', the next screenings review noted that Brian got the [[invoked]]FanNickname "Slaver Crackers" after both the "Slaver Brian" name and "Admiral Crackers".

* TheCameo[=/=]CrossOver: Creator/AllisonPregler, [[WebVideo/{{Phelous}} Phelan Porteous]], [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash Bozard]], [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Lewis Lovhaug]], and Creator/DougWalker (WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic) have joined Team Snob for certain episodes.

* CatchPhrase:

''Midnight Screenings'' is a collection of v-log reviews of movies that Creator/BradJones and his friends (dubbed "Team [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Snob]]") have just seen, usually filmed in their cars. The latter is often done after seeing midnight premieres of major films, hence the series name. In its original format, the series ran from 2011 (starting with ''Film/{{Thor}}'') and temporarily ended in 2019 with ''Film/{{Pet Sematary|2019}}''. The ''Overcomer'' review, posted in August 2019, was done in the original format, and the original format returned the next month. After the ''Series/{{Tiger King}}'' review, posted in March 2020, Brad, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, started reviewing things by himself in his house, showing footage and giving them a grade. He had done some reviews in this style before the ''Tiger King'' review. There were several reviews after the ''Tiger King'' review that were done in the original format. The show is currently back to its original format.

* Laura Luke-Jones

With the advent of Brad and Laura's move to UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} in September 2019, the show returned to the original name and format, seemingly out of convenience's sake while the pair settle in to their new home. [[Website/ChannelAwesome Rob Walker]], Creator/DougWalker, and Jerrid Foiles have taken over for Team Snob alongside Brad and Laura.

* NeverTrustATrailer:

** Brad really enjoys the trailer for ''Film/{{Acrimony}}'' and praises Creator/TarajiPHenson's performance in the trailer. But he has his doubts the movie will be as good, since it is directed by Creator/TylerPerry.

''Midnight Screenings'' is a collection of v-log reviews of movies that Creator/BradJones and his friends (dubbed "Team [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Snob]]") have just seen, usually filmed in their cars. The latter is often done after seeing midnight premieres of major films, hence the series name. In its original format, the series ran from 2011 (starting with ''Film/{{Thor}}'') and temporarily ended in 2019 with ''Film/{{Pet Sematary|2019}}''. The ''Overcomer'' review, posted in August 2019, was done in the original format, and the original format returned the next month. After the ''Series/{{Tiger King}}'' review, posted in March 2020, Brad started reviewing things by himself in his house, showing footage and giving them a grade. He had done some reviews in this style before the ''Tiger King'' review. There were several reviews after the ''Tiger King'' that were done in the original format. The show is currently back to its original format.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: When a team member leaves, there is never an in-show explanation to their departure. This first happened when Jerrid left all of Brad's productions due to a falling out (although they quickly reconciled, Jerrid did not return to the show until 2016). Jillian stopped doing the show because she didn't enjoy doing them anymore; Jake left because he also had a falling out with Brad; Violet left because she and Brad broke up; Allison and Brian stopped showing up due to the [=#ChangeTheChannel=] controversy. Sarah, Dave, Ryan, and Irving stopped being in the show after Brad and Laura moved to Chicago. Laura has not been seen since the ''WesternAnimation/{{Soul}}'' review, with no explanation given for her absence.

** *Sarah mentions a trailer and Brad is not sure if it will be good or not* Brad: That could go either way.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: When a team member leaves, there is never an in-show explanation to their departure. This first happened when Jerrid left all of Brad's productions due to a falling out (although they quickly reconciled, Jerrid did not return to the show until 2016). Jillian stopped doing the show because she didn't enjoy doing them anymore; Jake left because he also had a falling out with Brad; Violet left because she and Brad broke up; and Allison presumably stopped showing up due to the [=#ChangeTheChannel=] controversy. Also occurred with Brian Lewis's departure, which went unacknowledged for several months; the circumstances behind the departure are unclear.

** Jerrid returned in 2016 to do the ''Warcraft'' review, and appeared in a couple 2017 episodes as well.

''Midnight Screenings'' is a collection of v-log reviews of movies that Creator/BradJones and his friends (dubbed "Team [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Snob]]") have just seen, usually filmed in their cars. The latter is often done after seeing midnight premieres of major films, hence the series name. In its original format, the series ran from 2011 (starting with ''Film/{{Thor}}'') and temporarily ended in 2019 with ''Film/{{Pet Sematary|2019}}''. The ''Overcomer'' review, posted in August 2019, was done in the original format, and the original format returned the next month. After the ''Series/{{Tiger King}}'' review, posted in March 2020, Brad started reviewing things by himself in his house, showing footage and giving them a grade. He had done some reviews in this style before the ''Tiger King'' review. There were several reviews after the ''Tiger King'' that were done in the original format. Starting in November 2020, the format changed to a combination of the original format and the post-''Pet Sematary''/pre-''Film/MaleficentMistressOfEvil'' format.

''Midnight Screenings'' is a collection of v-log reviews of movies that Creator/BradJones and his friends (dubbed "Team [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Snob]]") have just seen, usually filmed in their cars. The latter is often done after seeing midnight premieres of major films, hence the series name. In its original format, the series ran from 2011 (starting with ''Film/{{Thor}}'') and temporarily ended in 2019 with ''Film/{{Pet Sematary|2019}}''. The ''Overcomer'' review, posted in August 2019, was done in the original format, and the original format returned the next month. After the ''Series/{{Tiger King}}'' review, posted in March 2020, Brad started reviewing things by himself in his house, showing footage and giving them a grade. He had done some reviews in this style before the ''Tiger King'' review. There were several reviews after the ''Tiger King'' that were done in the original format. In November 2020, the format changed to a combination of the original format and the post-''Pet Sematary''/pre-''Film/MaleficentMistressOfEvil'' format.

''Midnight Screenings'' is a collection of v-log reviews of movies that Creator/BradJones and his friends (dubbed "Team [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Snob]]") have just seen, usually filmed in their cars. The latter is often done after seeing midnight premieres of major films, hence the series name. In its original format, the series ran from 2011 (starting with ''Film/{{Thor}}'') and temporarily ended in 2019 with ''Film/{{Pet Sematary|2019}}''. The ''Overcomer'' review, posted in August 2019, was done in the original format, and the original format returned the next month. After the ''Series/{{Tiger King}}'' review, posted in March 2020, Brad started reviewing things by himself in his house, showing footage and giving them a grade. He had done some reviews in this style before the ''Tiger King'' review. There were several reviews after the ''Tiger King'' that were done in the original format. In November 2020, the format changed to a combination of the original format and the post-''Pet Sematary''/pre-''Film/MaleficentMistressOfEvil''format.

''Midnight Screenings'' is a collection of v-log reviews of movies that Creator/BradJones and his friends (dubbed "Team [[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Snob]]") have just seen, usually filmed in their cars. The latter is often done after seeing midnight premieres of major films, hence the series name. In its original format, the series ran from 2011 (starting with ''Film/{{Thor}}'') and temporarily ended in 2019 with ''Film/{{Pet Sematary|2019}}''. The ''Overcomer'' review, posted in August 2019, was done in the original format, and the original format returned the next month. After the ''Series/{{Tiger King}}'' review, posted in March 2020, Brad started reviewing things by himself in his house, showing footage and giving them a grade (He had done some reviews in this style before the ''Tiger King'' review) , and most of the reviews are done in this format now, but there have been several reviews since the ''Tiger King'' that have been done in the original format.

* WTHCastingAgency: [[invoked]] The review of ''Film/TheFifteenSeventeenToParis'' mentions how the three main characters are playing themselves, Alison saying it makes the movie more interesting. But Brad and Alison are surprised comedic actors are playing parents and teachers in flashbacks. Incluing Jenna Fischer, Judy Greer, Jaleel White, Tony Hale and Thomas Lennon. And Brad is angry the professional actors aren't doing a good job.
--> '''Brad:''' The professional actors are just as bad as the non-professional actors! ... The only legitimately good performance is from [[Series/FamilyMatters Steve Urkel]]!