Internet Killed The Video Store

It's the IKVS Halloween Special! featuring spoiler free Joker 2, Terrifier 3, and Daredevil talk (yeah, the tv show that came out 10 years ago) Also: the boys get into their favorite spooky season music, a tortured football analogy, the worst movie of 2024 (which surprisingly isn't Joker 2), who will be the next generation's festival headliners, the inherent shame of anime and the glorious resurrection of In the Face of War

Ben and Max are back in this week as the boys catch up on how they spent their summer vacations with talks on the erosion of album sales, the irrelevance of music videos and of course - seeing Green Day play through BOTH Dookie AND American Idiot in their entireties on the Saviors Tour. Also, Linkin Park has a new singer (15:02) - but should they? Who won the SUMBO24 (24:07) and what are they going to make everyone watch? Plus spoiler free micro reviews for Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice (34:25), “I Lay Down My Life for You” by JPEGMAFIA (35:33), “King of the Mischievous South Vol.2” by Denzel Curry (37:49), “The Bird of a Thousand Voices” by Tigran Hamasyan and Ryan absolutely refuses to shut the fuck up about The Smashing Pumpkins. We're back baybeeeeee.

Ryan and his guest co-host Joel tackle all things Alien - including Prometheus, Covenant, Romulus and where each film in this confusing timeline falls in the franchise power rankings. Skip to (18:01) to avoid any Romulus spoilers Then Ryan & Joel get into the colossal failure of Borderlands and the age old question of whether or not there are ANY good video game adaptations, Ryan recaps his recent concert going experiences seeing Jeff Rosenstock & Blink-182, debate whether the Madden games are getting worse or if they're just less enjoyable because we're getting worse at them, and summarize the biggest horror movies of the summer with micro reviews of Longlegs, A Quiet Place: Day One, and MaXXXine

Straight outta Churubusco, Ryan's longtime friend Alex joins the show as they each share their Top 5 Concerts of All Time (04:48), Comic Book Movies Mount Rushmore (23:04), reviews for Deadpool & Wolverine (26:32), Ranking the entire X-Men Cinematic Universe (35:03) and offer up thoughts on Robert Downey Jr. as Dr. Doom in the new Fantastic Four (39:41)

I'm really disappointed in myself for not coming up with a clever "The Boys are Back in Town!" or "bearvsboysvsshark" episode title but whatever - this week we dive into The Boys Season 4 finale, The Bear Season 3 (14:14); and new music from Action Bronson, Zach Bryan (29:53), and Eminem (32:59). We conclude our service by visiting the Content Confessional Booth (34:46) where we beg forgiveness for our sins of butt rock vainglory, gluttonous Star Wars consumption and lusting shamelessly with Pitbull. Have Mercy.

Max and Ryan read some listener poll results and give mini reviews for the new Black Keys and Young Jesus albums while waiting on Ben to finish being harassed with work calls in his off-hours. Then in a seemingly begrudging attempt to lighten the mood, it's time for our 2nd Annual installment of The Posi Purge (09:28) - centered almost exclusively around discussions on food. Then it's JEFF FREAKING ROSENSTOCK (14:44) here to talk about the heartbreak of not making a perfect hardcore album at 13 years old, how that disappointment helped to re-shape his priorities as to what he hopes to accomplish as a musician, the persisting allure of giving up, which 4 songs he'd choose to personify his career, what's left on the bucket list and a series of rapid fire either/ors regarding Spider-Man versus Batman, Larry or Jerry and what was the best album of 1994: Dookie or The Blue Album?

Ryan finally started watching The Boys (but bailed on The Americans), Eminem is killing off his Slim Shady alter ego after dropping the most streamed single of the year (05:53), Max names his Top 5 Pixar Movies (09:58) and a video game discussion breaks out (24:48) around the highly anticipated Elden Ring DLC, the largely mocked MultiVersus game from Warner Brothers, and the game that (allegedly) wrecked the entire gaming industry. We also dive into Hit Man (15:53), Madame Web (17:23) and "Brat" by Charli XCX (20:25) Then Casey Crawford of Virginity joins the show (33:08) to talk about the band's new record Bad Jazz, his favorite movie of all time (which also inspired the album's title), the undisputed George Washington of their 90s Mount Rushmore, his favorite comic book characters, how all band names are inherently bad when divorced from their musical identity and the legend of Virginity's (short) set at Fest 20 in Gainesville on Halloween night. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

We're celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Detroit Rock City with James DeBello (11:45) as he shares with us some behind the scenes stories about the making of the film like being horrified of Gene Simmons, ghosted by Shaq and star stuck by meeting (and eventually befriending) John Connor. Also playing Zelda with Natasha Lyonne, blowing through your per diem on antiquated home furnishings and questioning whether or not Marilyn Manson watched Saved by the Bell Never seen Detroit Rock City? Don't worry (neither has Ben) we also talk used cars, whether or not Burritos are sandwiches, the ending of Titanic, what it's like to star in multiple box office bombs, Civil War, intermissions, Eli Roth's David Lynch impersonation, AI movies, and the best time to go pee during a movie (yes, there's an app for that) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

We cycle through a vast array of questions this week like who is the Batman of dogs? Which is the best Planet of the Apes? Who are your dream buddy cops? Who's got Big Tim Duncan Energy? And what's the 2004 Album of the Year? All of this PLUS reviews for Furiosa and The Fall Guy followed by 2 new games we'll likely never play again: Sortin Out the Gilroys and Ticket Dungeon Master. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

Ryan kicks off the show in hyperbolic fashion by declaring who the last movie star is and who made the last great, classic rock album. Then Max drops in from finals week to bring us back to more tempered conversations around safe topics like the Drake and Kendrick beef, Seinfeld claiming that we're too woke for sitcoms, the roast of Tom Brady, Taylor Swift, Lebron James, our favorite long albums, Beyonce and some Twister ASMR on this week's The Unwrappening (44:01) Director Brad Peyton joins the show to talk about his new film Atlas (streaming May 24th on Netflix), working with J-Lo, the status of his potential Rampage and San Andreas sequels, the future of AI, Aliens vs Terminator 2, his dream project and what it's like working outside of the traditional Hollywood studio system on a Netflix original *Additional Music for the "Buy Em, Beat Em, Trade Em" segment is courtesy of Pete Frogs "Genesis Jams" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

Is Amazon's Fallout series more Twisted Metal or The Last Of Us? (1:08) Does anyone care about the J Cole, Drake and Kendrick beef? (05:54) Was Civil War any good? (07:05) We answer all of your burning questions followed by the 2024 Summer Movie Box Office Draft (08:05) where the boys try to decide who's most likely to rake in the most cash this summer between Minions, Deadpool, Kevin Costner, Twisters and the entire slate of summer releases. Then Adam Turla of Murder by Death (23:14) joins the show to talk about the group's impressive 20 year run, the cost and benefits of establishing yourself as an artist on your own terms and licensing music for Quentin Tarantino (and almost Red Dead Redemption 2) You can catch Murder by Death performing live in our home base of Fort Wayne, Indiana alongside Alvvays, Pom Pom Squad, Houndmouth and Overlook at this year's Middles Waves festival on June 15th --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

Ben & Ryan break down whether or not we're allowed to enjoy Kanye West or Wrestlemania, how excited we should be for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice given Tim Burton's track record, the results of our Best HBO Shows of All Time March Madness Bracket (09:03), and of course more Green Day talk with a side of Polka Dot Man and Fyre Fest II. Then, multi instrumentalist and composer Richard Reed Parry joins the show (17:43) to talk about his varied musical background including his work with Bell Orchestre, The Unicorns, Arcade Fire as well as last year's film compositions for Eileen and The Iron Claw. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

Ryan and Machine Ben Kelly debut a Road House inspired edition of AI Tonight and (05:17) Michael Tedder, author of Top Eight: How Myspace Changed Music, joins the show to discuss the cultural impact and rapid demise of what was the early internet's largest social media platform. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

It's a jam packed show this week as Max and Ryan preview this year's March Madness Tournament of the Best HBO Shows of All Time (07:55), recap True Detective: Night Country (19:17) and discuss Dune: Part Two (30:34). Then Kory Gregory of Prince Daddy and the Hyena returns to the show (50:00) to talk about his upcoming solo debut LP "True Crime" as well as his aspirations for his musical life after PDaddy, stanning Green Day on TikTok, his favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Adam Sandler movies in addition to where Jophus falls in the Prince Daddy cannon. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

We're kicking off Season 4 by diving into the drama around Elmo vs Larry David, Taylor Swift vs Beyonce, and an AI animated Mannequin Pussy music video vs emo art school Twitter. Plus there's True Detective: Night Country (03:15) , The Curse (07:11), the most streamed shows of 2023 (12:00), our most highly anticipated releases of 2024 (16:08) and discussions on the new albums from Green Day (30:52), Alkaline Trio (34:48) and Chelsea Wolfe (40:42) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

The final entry in our 2023 Year in Tiers recap series has us shuffling through 90 some odd movies including (but not limited to): Barbie, Beau is Afraid, Five Nights at Freddy's, Indiana Jones, John Wick, M3GAN, Napoleon, Oppenheimer, Rebel Moon, Saltburn, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Super Mario Bros) as we decide which movies should be labeled as Gas Station Toilets, Sega Dreamcasts (22:07), Corn Flakes (34:18), Tony Romo (58:20) or Disgusting Brothers (1:36:56). View the entire Year in Tiers at internetkilledthevideostore.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

Max has finally persuaded Ryan to embrace our current golden age of television by diving into The Best & Worst TV Shows of 2023 as part of our tiered annual recap series - The Year in Tiers. Follow along as the boys parse through 35 seasons of television (!?) as well as a handful of shows we didn't bother finishing, the importance of reruns, manic pixie dream boys, the impact Jay-Z has had on anime, Tinkerbell acting like a d*ck, and whether or not Santa's elves are slaves. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

Come all ye cart narcs, digital hoarders, and grandmothers of America. Feast upon our bountiful harvest of holiday content as we parse through our choices for the best and worst in Christmas songs, Christmas gifts, and Grand Theft Auto games in our 3rd Annual HondaDay Extravaganza. It's all capped off with this year's particularly (though, maybe not surprisingly) contentious (28:11) Airing of Grievances, made possible by listeners like you

It's time for our annual tiered recap of the best and worst albums of the year. The gang also takes time to dive into white trash Lil Nas X, the longest songs you'll allow yourself to like, Chris Stapleton's Rotten Tomatoes score, the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, and whether or not you can hear any song a million times and not grow to hate it (which naturally turns into a discussion on Patriot season 2). You can also read the entire 123 album breakdown at internetkilledthevideostore.com and listen to our 2k23 Spotify Playlist which highlights our Top 100 songs of the year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

We've got 2 of our favorite artists of the year in for an interview double header - first up is Giuliana Mormile of Kicksie to talk about her new record Slouch, the trauma of playing your first show, the supply and demand issues that accompany finding a drummer, and the culture shock of a native Canadian visiting their first American gas station. Then Kevin Patrick Sullivan (aka Field Medic) joins the show (26:15) for a candid conversation on trying to recapture the joy of creating his first album through musical exploration and innovation on it's spiritual successor "Light is Gone 2". It's a deep dive into the Field Medic lore, escapism via the creative process, not rocking, and fulfilling the Dope Girl Chronicles prophecy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

Our 3rd annual Halloween special finds the boys summarily dismissing the entire year's worth of horror movies to focus on the Blink-182 reunion (03:15) and which dormant acts we would bring back from the dead to make new music, re-animate for the sole purpose of reunion/anniversary shows, or leave rotting in indefinite hiatus (11:53). They also cover the new Mike Flanagan Netflix series The Fall of the House of Usher (30:16), the impending fate of Bandcamp and the superior Five Nights at Freddy's adaptation Nic Cage made 2 years ago. Then Ryan's sister Tori joins the show (48:56) to give her first hand account of this year's When We Were Young festival in Vegas, the 2 bands that didn't understand the assignment and her take on Fall of the House of Usher. Be sure to take our listener's poll below giving us your feedback on what you liked, disliked, want to hear more of (or less of) going into Season 4! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

Max went to Riot Fest, NSYNC reunited for a Trolls sequel, the writer's strike has come to an end, LiveNation has eliminated merch cuts in their venues, and most importantly - Tom DeLonge made an alien invasion movie. The boys also dive into new music from Baroness, Code Orange, and Oneohtrix Point Never (20:00) as well as that other new exorcist movie with Russell Crowe (30:13) Then, author Nat Segaloff joins the show (34:49) to share his insight on the making of The Exorcist and the film's lasting impact leading up to the release of Exorcist: Believer. Nat covers the entire mythology surrounding The Exorcist including the event that inspired it's conceptualization to all of the doomed sequels that followed the 1973 original in his book The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

After 2 years of sitting in the queue, we finally watched Patriot. The first season anyways. If you haven't, skip to (18:06) for the rest of the show covering everything from our picks for the Best Show of 2023 to venues taking merch cuts to Oliver Anthony to the #ExorSwift. We also dive into the new Ninja Turtles movie and whether or not Horse the Band may have been a secret influence (22:16), and the new albums from Jeff Rosenstock (27:50), Olivia Rodrigo (33:42), Kvelertak (35:54) and Field Medic (42:32) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

The results of our Summer Movie Box Office Draft (or SUMBO23) are in. We break down who the biggest winners and losers of the summer were, the current Hollywood labor crisis fueled by the lack of transparency in streaming performance numbers and $5 DVD dumpsters. We also review new music from Fiddlehead (24:11) , Genesis Owusu (28:08) , Spanish Love Songs (32:09) and Chris Farren (36:05) followed by a breakdown of Season 1 of Twisted Metal (39:31) , Season 3 of The Righteous Gemstones (45:44) and first impressions of the latest Disney Plus Star Wars series, Ahsoka (53:03) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

It's the Barbenheimer special baby --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

It's our 2 year anniversary show featuring: updated standings for the Summer 2023 Movie Draft, Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One (12:28) and where it ranks among the rest of the impossible missions, a debut feel good segment that has 4 or 5 potential names we never settled on (24:01) and finally; we rifle through the last month's worth of TV including The Idol (35:20), The Bear (39:27), and I'm a Virgo (49:17) followed by a recap on the first half of 2023 music (57:16) with the latest from Kesha, Home Front, Foo Fighters, 100 Gecs, Home is Where, Billy Woods, and MSPAINT --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

Grey Gordon returns to the show to discuss with us how thoroughly the The Flash has broken him. And don't worry, if you haven't seen The Flash yet (and judging by it's horrendous box office, you likely have not) there are plenty of fun sidebars along the way on topics like the state of the DC Universe, James Gunn's planned relaunch (which may or may not start with Blue Beetle?!), the Best and Worst entries into the Snyderverse, the trailblazing fashion of Jingle All the Way, the soullessness of Disney Star Wars, the disrespect served by the Super Mario Brothers Movie, the implausible flexibility of Indiana Jones, the necessity of building your own denial bubble and of course - the soundtrack for Deep Blue Sea --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

Sifting through the aftermath of this spring's TV finales; the boys tackle Season 3 of I Think You Should Leave (check out our rankings of every sketch from the entire series), Why Max is avoiding Barry (17:47), The Succession Finale (21:50), Yellowjackets Season 2 (26:30) and circle back to the ending of Mrs. Davis (32:48). You can skip all the spoilers for a nicely condensed 10 minute version of the show at (33:45) where we talk about basement shows, the new Foo Fighters and Mac DeMarco records and how bad the Super Mario Brothers Movie isn't. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

This week Ben, Max and Ryan try to deconstruct Mrs. Davis - skip past (9:31) if you're trying to avoid any potential spoilers - then we dive into road rage story time, the anticipation swirling around Oppenheimer, the ego of Kevin Costner, and an update on our 2023 Summer Movie Draft (35:04) AJJ bassist Ben Gallaty joins the show to talk about the burden of transporting an upright bass, his top 4 albums of the 90s, the unique songwriting process of AJJ frontman Sean Bonette, and their new album - Disposable Everything - out May 26th! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

Not gonna lie, even for us, this one's all over the place. I'll just list the things I can remember: Ben paid $40 for Prilosec, Turnstile is the P.O.D. of the nu-metal revival (and MSPAINT is the System of a Down), prepping for a deep state deep fake 2024 electoral race, the dumbest thing you got in trouble for at school and then FINALLY (19:24) we hold our 2023 Summer Movie Draft where Ben, Max and Ryan take turns selecting which movies will make the most money at the domestic box office this summer. We never decided what the winner gets or the loser gets done to them so leave us your suggestions below. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

This week we spend a weirdly large amount of time talking about stuff we haven't actually seen followed by discussions on the best and worst video game adaptations, series finales and supergroups. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

Ben, Max and Ryan sift through the chaos in both the DC and Marvel Cinematic Universes then recap our Best Albums of the 90's March Madness Tournament Bracket (9:00) and make their own cases for who should have won while dissecting the messy legacies of Eminem and Blink-182. (40:00) Author Abraham Josephine Riesman joins the show to discuss her new book about the life and legacy of Vince McMahon and what the future of the WWE looks like heading into this weekend's Wrestlemania. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

After a brief recap of this year's Oscars ceremony as well as Season 1 of The Last of Us, the boys have a roundtable discussion (11:58) around who should be included (or excluded) from our annual March Madness Tournament Bracket to determine the Best Albums of the 90's. You can vote on this year's tournament here or here. Then, Jordan Hudkins of Rozwell Kid joins the show (24:13) to talk about his musical influences, The Simpsons, his favorite Weird Al songs and Rattlesnake Burritos. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

Ben and Ryan discuss Cocaine Bear and it's place in the Homicidal Animal Cinematic Universe, then transition seamlessly into how kids these days will never understand what it was like being catfished on MySpace by unverified celebrity imposters. We also preview our March Madness Tournament (which will be officially unveiled on our NEXT episode) and whether we should focus on the 64 Best Sports Movies of All Time or the 64 Best Albums of the 90s? (13:24) Dian Bachar joins the show to talk about Cannibal the Musical, leaving Colorado for L.A. with his college buddies Matt Stone & Trey Parker to make Orgazmo, the sports icon who was a complete asshole on the set of BASEketball and the heartbreak of working on Guillermo Del Toro's Nightmare Alley that drove him to write his own film. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

For our Season 3 Premiere (!?) we're talking CGI kisses, White Lotus, Andor and special guest Kory Gregory of Prince Daddy and the Hyena joins the show (15:18)! Kory tackles a bevy of topics including spending his high school years hosting house shows, the insecurities inherent to writing and sharing your own material, who he'd recruit for his own boygenius style supergroup, using gravity bongs and cheetos as a subconscious security blanket, and a rapid fire session of either/or. Check out Prince Daddy and the Hyena on tour this spring with Drug Church, Webbed Wing, and Anxious! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

The 2nd audio installment of our tiered annual recap of the Best and Worst Movies of the year covering roughly 105 movies released in 2022, in just 107 minutes - This is The Year in Tiers. We also digress into discussions concerning Brad Pitt's need for a friend, rage quitting Pinocchio, Babe: Pig in the City, prototypical awards contenders dying a slow death, Marvel heroes pivoting to roles as cutesy villains (including a breakdown of the Netflix Original: Baby Goose v.s. Big Lots Oscar Isaac), Spielberg v.s. Scorsese, who was cast so well they should just retire, white privilege revenge, annoying your spouse with movies they don't care about, Max's surprising pick for the best SNL alum EVER and Ryan's pick for the best living director. View the full Year in Tiers list HERE --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/xthevideostorex/message

Part 2 of our Holiday Extravaganza features our listener submitted Airing of Grievances, a debate on the best TV theme songs of all time, who the better wrestler turned actor is: The Rock, John Cena or Dave Bautista? and the gift that killed Ryan's family white elephant tradition. Then Eric Pennycoff returns to the show (23:30) to talk about his new holiday themed horror film The Leech, now streaming on the arrow player and available for rent on Amazon and Apple+ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/xthevideostorex/message

In the first episode of our two part Holiday Extravaganza; Mason Hunter joins the show to take a James Cameron level deep dive into the creative process behind his new album "Rat King" (11:22), his TikTok followers demanding impressions from him like he's a piano bar, which Beatle wrote the better Christmas song, and Avatar (which Ryan just watched for the first time EVER after avoiding it for over a decade). We also preview some of the big movies coming our way in 2023 like Super Mario Brothers, Indiana Jones, and James Gunn's conclusion to the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy as he exits the MCU for his new role as the head of creative at DC. Plus, we kind of stumble into announcing/discussing/recommending that our very own Max Hatlem released a new album called, "The Extant Traveler". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/xthevideostorex/message

Our tiered annual recap is back and bigger than ever with 126 albums ranging anywhere from Rage Against the Machine Kidz Bop to Gold Jacket levels of quality. Click HERE to view the entire Year in Tiers breakdown. Which is highly recommended because it's a long trip from #126 - #1 and there are some unexpected detours into genre cosplay, Elon Musk implanting microchips into our brains, how to fairly criticize your friends, the best albums of 2017, a plea to restore our country to the principals our grandfathers' country was founded upon (drinking and depression), how to age gracefully in hip hop and a review of the 1997 genre classic - The Wishmaster. Oh, and Bey slays. All day. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/xthevideostorex/message

We interview the man behind Art the Clown - David Howard Thornton - on how he went from a self-described skinny nerd with glasses from Huntsville, Alabama to the most terrifying new horror villain since Freddy Krueger. We also dive into how the Terrifier series found success on a micro-budget, what makes Art squeamish, address the “misogynist” claims thrown at Terrifier's director Damien Leone and discuss the surprising way Halloween Ends chose to…well…end. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/xthevideostorex/message

For this year's Halloween Episode Max and Ryan dive into their first experiences with horror, review A24's Bodies Bodies Bodies (9:43), share their favorite Halloween episodes of television (12:58) and discuss the exploitative nature of Netflix's Dahmer and Blonde. They also tackle the Blink-182 Reunion (20:32) new albums from Freddie Gibbs, Field Medic, Meat Wave, and Billy Woods. Oh, and the numbing serenity of Terrifier 2. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/xthevideostorex/message

We've got the audio equivalent to the happy meal with separate boys and girls toys this week as Ryan and Max spend the first half of the show talking about the 2022 Fantasy Season kick off (12:19) and Thor: Love and Thunder (29:11); followed by Ryan's sister Tori joining the show (34:28) to talk about Nathan Feilder's The Rehearsal (36:23) and Don't Worry Darling (45:30) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/xthevideostorex/message

We've got another month full of topics to burn through including our thoughts on Nope: where it ranks among Jordan Peele's filmography, whether or not he's already in the conversation for best horror directors of all time, and if social commentary ever results in any real change. To skip the Nope spoilers jump to (13:47). We also take a look forward to MCU's Phase 4-6 plans announced at Comic Con, the cancelation of the completed Batgirl film as a result of the Discovery / Warner merger, Ryan joins the Bey-hive, Max jumps off the black midi hype train and both are pleasantly surprised by Jack White (again) while Ben laments slow music. We close with the finale of Better Call Saul, Max praises the premiere of House of the Dragon and everyone being confused by Westworld for a myriad of reasons. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/xthevideostorex/message

On today's episode Max, Ben and Ryan question the sincerity of Minion fandom, where are this year's summer anthems? who's the artist you'd pay the most to see in concert? and whether you'd rather see your favorite movie get the legacy sequel, derivative homage, or remake treatment? We also circle back to the season finale of The Boys and Stranger Things, where they rank among the best shows of the year (so far) and take a trip down memory lane reminiscing over the bygone era of Vice City and Gamesharks in the weirdest Ray Liotta memorial you'll find anywhere. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/xthevideostorex/message

After an unexpected month long hiatus (whoops), the boys are back to cover everything from THE Boys to Stranger Things to Top Gun to Buzz Lightyear to Star Wars to Joyce Manor and the obligatory stage dive debate that often follows. Also, the show celebrates it's one year anniversary (already?!), Ben reveals his worst fear, Max shares his most severe pit injury and Ryan interviews A Nightmare on Elm Street 4's Lisa Wilcox (47:01). Dang!

We're back, asking all of the hard hitting questions the OTHER podcasts are too SCARED to tackle, like: What are the top 10 most financially successful movies that never received a follow up (sequel, remake, spinoff, etc.)? Is television hitting it's saturation point? Can you like a movie without understanding it? Has Kendrick Lamar outgrown hip hop? And, most importantly, who is the Applebees of music? (30:46) Nate Utesch of Metavari joins us to talk about his role in shaping album artwork cycles as an art director for the likes of Phoebe Bridgers, The War on Drugs, Weezer, AFI, Korn, Smashing Pumpkins and more; as well as the fascinating and emotional process he and the late Ty Brinneman embarked upon in re-imagining Metavari's debut album "Be One Of Us And Hear No Noise" as an entirely new electronic experience - Soft Continuum - which is out June 10th on Joyful Noise Records. We also discuss Nate's Mount Rushmore of Film Scores (one of which he may or may not have ripped off for Soft Contiuum) and the rumored Utesch Cut of Twin Peaks Season 3.

Ben, Max and Ryan tackle a myriad of topics this week from Netflix losing ground in the content streaming wars, Margot Robbie's Barbie movie, Johnny Depp's guitar playing abilities, festival lineup announcements and which artists will most be remembered as representing the 2000's? We also dive into the latest albums from Prince Daddy and the Hyena, Pusha T, and A Wilhelm Scream. Keep up with all of our favorite new music by following our 2k22 playlist on Spotify.

Max and Ryan shuffle through an assortment of new releases including the latest from Deathspell Omega, Pup, Billy Woods, Oso Oso, Vince Staples Father John Misty and Drug Church. Also we cover Michael Bay as the underdog, Kevin Smith's foray into NFTs, the meme-fication of Nicolas Cage, and a season 1 deep dive into Severance. There's a whole mess of spoilers so go ahead and eject at (28:56) if you've yet to see the Apple+ show.

This week we dive into the Will Smith slap, the relevance of award shows (and awards), Charli XCX and the future of the Foo Fighters. (29:35) Maxwell Stern of Signals Midwest joins the show for a candid talk about about the band's new record Dent (out Friday April 8th), the uncertainty of touring abroad during a pandemic and some either/or 's including Seinfeld, The Blue Album and waffles.

Because 80 minutes wasn't enough on the last episode, The Batmen Return to discuss how quickly Chris Nolan has fallen out of favor as well as The Caped Crusader's place among the vast pantheon of comic book characters like Shiny Face Guy, Lube Man, Josh Groblin and Doctor Eggman. We also discuss our March Madness Bracket Tournament to decide the Best Comic Book Movie of All Time, Beach House and the sexual tension surrounding Master Chief. (34:27) Former WWF Hardcore Champion Al Snow joins the show to talk about the infamous Kennel from Hell match, his long time frenemy Mick Foley, AEW's misguided attempts to keep up with the competition, who he would carve into Professional Wrestling's Mount Rushmore, his favorite comic book films and the lack of personality currently plaguing the WWE as we look ahead to Wrestlemania.

We've got a full house this week as Ben, Max and Ryan all sit down to talk with Grey Gordon about his numerous musical endeavors, the Demolisten podcast, forgetting how to play an entire album's worth of his own material, how the Marvel Cinematic Universe aren't really even movies and Norfolk, Virginia; followed by a deep dive into (23:23) The Batman. We discuss where Matt Reeves' new film ranks among the prior Batmen, the best on screen villains of Gotham, and how Batman personally helped Grey get through a case of the chicken pox. Also a momentary detour into Disney Star Wars. Our Best Comic Book Movie of All Time Tournament kicks off March 14th on Instagram and Twitter, so make sure you're following us to vote on who you think best represents the Comic Book Movie sub-genre. I'm sure it will remain entirely civil and reasonable.