A couple guys (Al Schwartz and John Bernhard) talk all things movies and TV.
Send us a textWe have a look through the not-quite-official Coen Brother films, from SUBURBICON and BRIDGE OF SPIES to DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS and THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH.
Send us a textThe Pope has been exploded by demons! Are you a bad enough dude to collect 250 Spindleweed?
Send us a textAfter several movies with increasingly loose plot structures, the Coens say "f*** it, we're just doing an anthology". And it kind of rules.
Send us a textWill there be any more Star Wars like this? Probably not, but that just makes it shine all the brighter
Send us a textIn which we talk about the limits of Danny McBride's satirical ambitions, and how grounded one can make a star war
Send us a textAlso, Syril is a super-spy and Kleya turns a screw
Send us a textJohn and Al go over everything they've seen recently, starting with Alex Garland's WARFARE (1:50) and Ryan Coogler's SINNERS (14:00), a brief touch on DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN (38:00), THE LAST OF US's big episode (40:50), before kicking off weekly coverage of ANDOR season 2 (48:00).
Send us a textTyler Jakes returns to talk about the the mother of all deck-building games, its current state of play, and lessons it offers for game design in general.
Send us a textThe Frame Work All-Stars reconvene to highlight some of the Oscars' biggest blind spots in the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories.
Send us a textBrett Blake returns to examine the Coen's final theatrical collaboration, the psuedo-satirical, psuedo-anthology, psuedo-religious allegory HAIL, CAESAR!
Send us a textIn which we look at the DLC expansions, and prospects for adapting DA2 to the screen
Send us a textGwen Sisco returns to the program to talk about failure. And some other stuff, but mostly failure.
Send us a textWe wrap up the main game of DA2, discussing the demands of the Qun, and the worst RPG romance of all time.
Send us a textMichael Martin returns, bearing a writ of replevin
Send us a textThe Frame Work All-Stars assemble to select some of the greatest whiffs in the Academy's history, starting with the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor awards.
Send us a textRonny Abraxas joins the guys to delve into the most Coen-y Coen movie of all.
Send us a textin which we debate recent comments by Tarantino and Scorcesse about the death of cinema, and speculate what bizarre mutant forms it might take in the future.
Send us a textIngenious narrative concepts run aground on botched and broken gameplay decisions in Bioware's rush job of a follow up to DRAGON AGE.
Send us a textIn which we grapple with one of the best, bleakest endings in movie history
Send us a textWe dig in deep on the Coens' masterful adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's lean, crushing, American epic.
Send us a textBrett Blake returns to review the smash hit of the Christmas season
Send us a textIn which we consider the various DLC expansions and ponder the prospects for a straming version.
Send us a textIn which we the real Age was the Dragons we made along the way
Send us a textDavid Sarnecki joins us at the waffle hut to talk about what is widely considered the Coen's worst film, the madcap-yet-sluggish remake of an Ealing Studios classic.
Send us a textIn which John proselytizes about a new Christmas classic.
Send us a textIn which we both do and do not forget about about Kershner
Send us a textWe probe the Deep Roads, don't skip the Fade, consider the theology of fantasy realms and the complicated sexual politics within our group of digital puppet friends.
Send us a textLee Ngo returns to talk over the Coen's forgotten noir-riff, the aptly named Man Who Wasn't There
Send us a textWhich villain-centrice streaming spin-off is worth the effort?
Send us a textDamn, we're in a tight pod
Send us a textDon't let your babies grow up to be podcasters
Send us a textIn wich we wrap up talking about a man...sometimes there's a man, who for his time and podcast...hell, I done lost my train of thought.
Send us a textDan Shea returns for a meandering talk about the Coen's meandering neo-noir masterpiece.
Send us a textBrett Blake returns to examine what exactly elevates horror to high-falutin' status.
Send us a textJohn and Al pack their bags for Ferelden and struggle mightily not to make jokes about taints
Send us a textJoon Kim is here for, whoa daddy, stand back man, that's a, a fountain of conversation, man.
Send us a textIn which we talk about surprise in stories, and the various ways that they can give themselves away.
Send us a textIn which we contemplate the life of the mind, and works of John Goodman
Send us a textIn which we speak nostalgically of clamshell cases and DVD commentaries, because the march of time is cruel
Send us a textChris Prentice returns to determine, once and for all, just what the rumpus is
Send us a Text Message.We return to the HotD season finale, compare it to TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY and question whether the network famous for sparing no expense can get away with sparing one here and there
Send us a Text Message.David Sarnecki returns to talk about how the new ALIEN movie is very good and also might have killed the things that make the franchise good
Send us a Text Message.Thor Klippert returns to talk about the Coen's sophomore feature, the G.D. perfect screwball caper RAISING ARIZONA
Send us a Text Message.We discuss the abrupt conclusion to House Of The Dragon's sophomore season, and how a bad structure can obscure a great story
Send us a Text Message.MASS EFFECT is going to be a streaming series, sooner or later. We review what we think it should look like
Send us a Text Message.The Coens make one of the great debuts in cinematic history with the tightly wound noir farce BLOOD SIMPLE.
Send us a Text Message.We cape up to defend Mass Effect's reviled ending/s, diving into the mess of synthesis, theories of indoctrination, and comparisons to Game Of Thrones and LOST along the way.
Send us a Text Message.We race to the end of the Mass Effect trilogy, ending the Geth war, chatting up ancient squid gods, and throwing a rager on the Citadel along the way.
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