Hollywood Chop Shop

In a modern retailing of Shakespeare's classic Romeo & Juliet, star crossed lovers Tony & Maria are on opposite sides of rival gangs The Jets & Sharks. Can love at first sight solve the socio-economical divide of these two complex groups, or will their improbable bind cause further tensions between the migrants just trying to find a new life and those just trying to hold onto what little they have after being abandoned by a system indifferent to their situation.

An aspiring photojournalist recounts the rise and fall of the drug war in the slums of Rio de Janeiro during the 60's and 70's. His unique perspective gives life and color to the residents who experienced the peace and inevitable destruction the gangs brought, as well as the rich history that keeps the cycle in motion. While some want to control what most wish to escape, it's clear there is truly only one way out.

Travis fulfills his year long promise and delivers part 2 of his True Christmas mini-series. Don't worry if you missed out on part 1, as it's also in the episode.

The streets of Gotham are once again littered with a sideshow of criminally insane wreaking havoc. This time, lead by a avian obsessed orphan, the group of ne'er-do-wells plot to take vengeance for past grievances assisted by a corrupt corporate tycoon. Can Batman stop the many plots against the good people of Gotham or will his pursuit of a costumed pussy cat stop him from saving the day?

A New York City cop with a chip on his shoulder lands in L.A. just in time to attend his estranged wife's Christmas party at the Nakatomi headquarters. While the police officer brushes shoulders with the executives that whisked away his family to the opposite coast, the festivities are commandeered by a group of terrorists with ulterior motives. Now, with everyone else being held hostage, New York's finest fish-out-of-water must rise to the occasion and save as many people as he can before the band of perpetrators can complete their plan.

A pair of hitmen contemplating life, death and retribution find themselves in Bruges, Belgium, Europe's most well preserved medieval city. While touring the fairytale town, the two must grapple with their pasts while awaiting further instructions from their ill-tempered, man-of-honor, boss.

In the year 2005 the military's most average soldier and a prostitute in good health are handpicked to test a hibernation program for one year that turns into 500. When they awaken in the year 2505 they are surprised to learn they are the smartest humans on earth after generations of only stupid people breeding. Now, knowing humanity's fate, the two search for a time machine to correct the errors of the past and get the higher end of the bell curve procreating.

A radicalized faction of Russian Nationalists hijack Air Force One with the President, his family and major members of his administration on board. Their mission: demand the release of Communist General looking to reestablish the Soviet Union. After refusing to evacuate the plane midair, which would have ended the terrorist plot immediately, the The President attempts to overthrow the rogues while saving as many passengers as possible.

A plot to steal the presidency of the United States is threatened after a group of soldiers ambushed in the Gulf War start to remember their attack differently. As the commanding officer digs deeper into the events of that night, one thing becomes abundantly clear, their minds have been tampered with and reengineered with new memories. Who, or what, would have the power to do such a thing, and what motivations could lead to brainwashing a group of soldiers into thinking they survived a battle that never happened.

The legacy of the Ghostface killers is brought back to life when a series of copycat murderers starts hunting teenagers connected to the original survivors. As the new cast of victims relives the events of the first attacks, it becomes clear the killers might be more inspired by the movie within the movie, Stab, then the actual story and events that took place in Woodsboro, California 25 years ago.

A pair of siblings suddenly inherit their fathers horse training ranch and are shocked to find his death might have been inadvertently caused by an extraterrestrial. The two must now attempt to film the unidentified flying creature responsible for killing their dad, or be forced to sell their land to a neighboring roadside attraction run by a Hollywood dropout. As pressure mounts they enlist the help of their tech salesman and a world renowned cinematographer to capture the “Oprah Shot”, save their family legacy and maybe become famous in the end.

It's been nearly 30 years since the Sanderson Sisters were put to rest, but many would say their return was inevitable as ill placed fanbom brings them back from the dead. After a group of teenagers unknowingly completes a ritual to resurrect the words most powerful coven, they must figure out how to defeat the witches again before they take vengeance on the town of Salem and its residents.

Samantha, a suburban mother has spent the last 8 years building a life with her daughter after being found pregnant on a riverbank suffering from amnesia. It's not long before her perfect life is flipped upside down after a horrific car accident dislodges some of her past memories and she begins to regain her killer instincts. To further complicate things a conveniently timed local news story about her town's Christmas parade tips off nefarious actors who assumed she was dead and want to correct their mistake. With the help of a budget PI and her dual personality, maybe Samantha can settle her past and move on with her future.

A petty thief finds himself in LA after accidentally passing off as an aspiring actor, but things quickly go sideways for him on The Coast after he teams up with a PI consultant and a familiar face from his small town home. Between honing his new found craft with a detective who despises him and solving a couple seemingly unconnected deaths with the girl that got away, our criminal friend might have been better off just spending Christmas in jail.

A PI and a strong man are thrust into an unlikely partnership after a series of high profile murders in the adult entertainment industry. After working the case from both ends, the two find themselves on the receiving end of a series of hitmen working to cover-up a conspiracy surrounding the big three automakers.

New York City is the epicenter of a crime wave led by the mysterious Shredder, a ruthless master of new Ninjutsu. To carry out his string of petty thievery, The Shredder has enlisted only the fiercest and highly trained operatives to deplete NYC of its purses, wallets and consumer electronics… angsty teenage boys. Now, to combat the rising crime, four adolescent anthropomorphic shelled reptile siblings trained in the classic art of ninjutsu must emerge from the sewers and fight back the Foot Clan and its kingpin.

The threat of being disbanded looms over The Goonies, a group of misfits from a middle class neighborhood on the brink of foreclosure. In a classic us vs the rich story, the group only has 24hrs before the bank seizes their homes to expand the local country club, and thus must embark on a hail mary adventure to save their stomping grounds. Can The Goonies uncover the boobytrapped fortune hidden by One-Eyed Willy, a pirate legend, or will a malicious family of counterfeiters stop them dead in their tracks.

A band of Comanche warriors are hunted by a mysterious force with a propensity to punch down worse than Jake Paul.

A mother and her two sons move in with her father in an eccentric coastal town in California in an effort to get their lives back after a divorce. While enjoying the nightly entertainment, the oldest brother is entranced by a young woman and finds himself part of an unusual dirt bike gang; meanwhile the younger brother wanders into a comic shop that doubles as the secret headquarters for a couple wouldbe teenage vampire hunters. As the family tries to settle into their new beachside community they'll start to understand what they mean by blood is thicker than water.

An ensemble cast is assembled as a fake ensemble cast filming a gritty Vietnam war flick written by a “true” patriot. As the director of the movie within a movie loses control of his washed-up, drugged-out, hot-dogging, inexperienced and untrained actors, he resorts to unconventional means to motivate his talent. With the looming threat of an over-the-top studio exec, the cast and crew must get the picture back on track before all hell reigns down on them.

A hot-shot pilot… er, I mean racing prodigy with no mechanical knowledge hits the stock car scene and creates quite the dustup. If he's not alienating his crew or fighting with the association's best driver, he's probably tangled up in an ethics violation with his neurosurgeon. Can a veteran crew chief tame the wild driver and shape him into a champion, or will his arrogance and recklessness stop him from ever seeing the checkered flag?

A Godly Space Viking begins to question his life after getting bored with a galactic road trip with interstellar crime fighters. When a new enemy emerges threatening all supreme beings, the boisterous deity has to once again save the universe while confronting the one thing he hasn't been able to concur, love.

The importance of a solid crew is quickly realized after a carefully executed heist ends with 3 dead security guards, a homeless witness and a loose Nazi with an axe to grind. When LA's finest gets involved it's not long before small details start to erode away the thieves' true identities, putting mounting pressure on them to complete one last job before disappearing. Sure it would be just as easy to walk away, but that's not really in their nature; after all the action is the juice. Special guest: Andrew Pabon

Listen along as Brett Mosher, Travis Santana and Andrew Pabon discus Part 6 of the Obi-Wan Kenobi mini-series.

A married couple falls victim to complacency and implode when the wife reveals she's had an affair and wants a divorce. Caught completely off-guard the husband spirals out until an unlikely playboy helps him shed his cringe and regain his mojo. As everyone attempts to move forward they can't help but begin to question their own motives and must now grapple with the idea of soulmates and predestined love.

Listen along as Brett Mosher, Travis Santana and Andrew Pabon discus Part 5 of the Obi-Wan Kenobi mini-series.

In 1995 a ten year old boy with daddy issues receives a repurposed killing machine from his future self. Sent back in time from the year 2029, the terminator's purpose is to keep the would-be leader of humanity safe from a more advanced killer cyborg hellbent on preventing the delinquent from ever hitting puberty.

Listen along as Brett Mosher, Travis Santana and Andrew Pabon discus Part 4 of the Obi-Wan Kenobi mini-series.

The FBI's top terrorist hunter can finally rest after apprehending the man who killed his son, but the bittersweet victory is interrupted when authorities discover a bomb had already been planted somewhere in the city. Now to thwart his nemesis' final scheme, the agent must literally swap faces with his tormentor and gain the trust of his partner in crime. While undercover, the bomber awakens and assumes the identity of the FBI agent leading the two on collision course as each other.

Listen along as Brett Mosher, Travis Santana and Andrew Pabon discus Part 3 of the Obi-Wan Kenobi mini-series.

In a world occupied by elemental monsters that can be domesticated and repurposed for sport, an insurance appraiser must come to terms with the death of his estranged father. While trying to find closure Tim Goodman comes across an electrically charged rodent with amnesia that sounds an awful lot like his dad. Reluctantly the two team to uncover the Pikachu's past in hopes of finding out what actually happened to Tim's father.

Listen along as Brett Mosher, Travis Santana and Andrew Pabon discus the first two episodes of the Obi-Wan Kenobi mini-series.

A single mother and her teenage daughter don't always see eye-to-eye, which somehow validates the gross misuse of magic, allowing them to walk in each other's shoes, literally. After breaking open a set of mystic fortune cookies the two swap bodies and now must come to understand the pitfalls of each other's existence or risk remaining in the other's body for all eternity. What's the worst that could happen when a 15 year old is giving therapy advice on the eve of her host's wedding and a 40 something year old is sent back to high school during exams week?

We wrap up the Tune-In Trilogy which consisted of Casino Royale (2006), Footloose (1984) and Men in Black (1997). See which of these soundtrack spawning flicks are worth watching, what characters make a slip into other films and our overall thoughts of the trilogy.

A New York City cop is recruited by a veteran secret agent into a covert organization responsible for protection and safe harbor of aliens… of the extraterrestrial variety that is. It's a trial-by-fire as the the partners soon begin to investigate a series of unsanctioned earth departures and a string of murders leading to yet another world ending threat. To make matters worse, the perp causing the ruckus is a giant cockroach hell bent on seeing earth and the galaxy's destruction, parading around NYC in the skin of a disgruntled farmer.

A small town girl and a city boy must ban together with their high school peers to legalize dancing in time for their prom. It's been ten years since the city council criminalized a bop, swirl or twirl, after the untimely death of the reverend's son sent shockwaves through the community. Can the two sway the town to cut the rug again, or will the reverend and his troupe continue to outlaw the rhythm in them?

Secret agent James Bond has just earned himself 00 status and must now prevent the math prodigy Le Chiffre from funding terrorists originations across the globe. After 007 foils a suspicious attempt to short airline stocks, Le Chiffre looks for a way to quickly score cash before his malicious investors come knocking. Now Bond must stop the seedy financier in the most daring mission of them all, a poker tournament using her majesty's checkbook.

We wrap up our first annual Star Wars Trilogy with the prequels The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005).

After years of honing their skills in the clone wars, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Padawan Anakin attempt a daring rescue of Chancellor Palpatine, the not so secret Sith lord. After freeing Palpatine, Anakin is tasked with spying on the Chancellor for the Jedi council to prove his nefarious ways, but when he starts having visions of his dying wife, the young Jedi's allegiance is brought into question. With the future already written, how will the story before the story end?

Ten years after preventing the invasion of the Naboo, Anakin Skywalker is reunited with Padme Amidala for the first time after a failed assassination attempt is made on the former Queen's life. It doesn't take long for the post-pubescent Jedi apprentice to start making moves on the now galactic senator, forging a secret relationship you don't need to force to sense. Meanwhile Anakin's master/father-figure, Obi-Wan Kenobi, tries to track down Padme's would-be killer leading him to a conspiracy for galactic war.

A galactic conflict is escalated after negotiations between a Trade Federation and two peacekeeping space wizards known as Jedi fail before they can begin. After being marooned on a desert planet, the two Jedi and the royal party they rescued, find a human boy with unknown power whom they believe could be a prophecy and bring balance to the mystic force. Surely nothing can go wrong when you gamble on people's lives, ignore safeguards or jump headfirst into a conflict that seems out of place for a group of cowards…

We wrap up the Introducing Sci-Fi* Trilogy which consisted of Brazil (1985), Life (2017) and Equilibrium (2002). See which of these science fiction rip-offs are worth watching, what characters make a slip into other films and our overall thoughts of the trilogy. *Full disclosure, Introducing Sci-Fi was not intended to imply these three movies are a good introduction to the film genre, but that we were using this trilogy as a gimmick to add sci-fi to potential chop shops... whoops, and sorry for any confusion.

In a future post WW3, humanity has been deemed unworthy of emotion and banned from feeling. To enforce this passionless world, citizens are required to administer a suppressant known as Prozium II, and enforcers known as Clerics, trained in the art of Gun Kata, root out and destroy all contraband and personnel that could lead to any sensation.

I group of international astronauts is responsible for overseeing the ISS while reviewing fresh samples from Mars. During their experiments a primitive lifeform is discovered and foolishly reawakened. The crew's excitement is short lived as the organism, lovingly named Calvin, begins to rapidly grow and adapt before escaping the lab that contains it. Now fear takes center stage as the crew attempts to contain the specimen and ensure life on earth isn't doomed by humanity's innate curiosity.

Sam Lowry relishes his average life and dead-end job in the bureaucratic policy state he resides in… that is until the woman from his dreams shows up in real life. Now the fantasy that plays out when he's asleep is beginning to seep into the real world, sending him down a path that will surely get him noticed in a sea of gray monotony. Will Sam rise to the occasion and find true love, or find himself bound and gagged by the red tape he once found comfort in.

We wrap up the Engine Powered Trilogy which consisted of Drive (2011), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) and Bullitt (1968). See which of these car chase movies got away with it, what characters make a cameo in other films and our overall thoughts of the trilogy.

A San Francisco cop is hand-picked by an opportunistic senator to protect a key witness for 48hrs. Should Frank Bullitt succeed, the witness's testimony will help take down the Chicago based crime operation known as The Organization, but things are never as they seem. It's up to Bullitt to get to the bottom of a string of murders while working against a government official who's more concerned about perception than getting to the truth.

Memphis Raines, a world class car thief, is pulled out of retirement for one last job to save his brother from a lunatic carpenter. Raines and crew have 24hrst to boost 50 hard-to-find vehicles from the LA streets while avoiding rival boosters and evading detectives hellbent on catching them. Can they make it to Pier 14 with all 50 rides by 8 am, or will Kip Raines be buried in the carpenter's latest masterpiece?

A mysterious stunt driver finds himself in an inescapable situation after his life collides with his neighbors. While trying to help erase a prison debt, the driver becomes entangled with a local crime family resulting from a botched robbery that just so happens to also be a setup. Can the stuntman escape the violent life he seems to have left behind, or is he doomed to crash back into it?

We wrap up the Hill To Die On Trilogy which consisted of Superbad (2007), Horns (2013) and 48Hhrs (1982). See what we thought of these Hill focused flicks, what characters make a cameo in other films and our overall thoughts of the trilogy. The Hills: Actor: Jonah Hill, Superbad Writer: Joe Hill, Horns Director: Walter Hill, 48hrs

A string of homicides, including the death of a fellow cop, leads Detective Jack Cates to release a small-time crook for 48hrs. Reggie Hammond only has a few months left on his sentence, but the threat of his previous partner getting away with his stash of cash is incentive enough to team-up with the hardheaded Cates. Can the two put their differences aside and stay focused long enough to settle the score, or Ganz and his team get away with it all?