As we look forward to Marvel’s Infinity War this upcoming week the basement dwellers take a look back at the last 10 years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and how we got to this point.  Don’t have time to cram literally 18 movies into one week in order to get caught up before watching Infinity […]

After a year long hiatus Rich and Dave are back!  It was a year of soul-searching and growth involving moving, getting married, two new jobs, and while Rich was doing all that nonsense I bought some new sheets (but I cant oversell these sheets, its like sleeping on a silk cloud).  The Basement Dwellers return […]

After a long delay, the Basement Dwellers are back!  This time Rich and David dig into one of Hollywood’s greatest conundrums: M. Night Shyamalan.   From potentially one of Cinema’s best new directors to a decade of a just terrible trash, the Basement Dwellers go over every one of his movies starting with the instant classic […]

2016 definitely had its rough patches, but it wasn’t all bad.  This week Rich and David discuss one of the thin silver linings of the year: the top movies to watch of 2016.  The basement dwellers may argue which movies deserve to be in the top five of the year, but all the movies […]

This week the basement gets a little more crowded as self-proclaimed uber fan Kyle Ruby joins Rich and David to talk about the Star Wars Expanded Universe.  Seen the movies? That’s just the tip of the Star Wars iceberg; the basement dwellers breakdown the thousands of comics, hundreds of books, and dozens of games […]

This week, Rich and David argue the age old (two weeks) question of whether HBO’s latest home run is actually a good show. They dive into the first 9 episodes as a whole and the deeply divisive finale.  Rich spends the majority of the episode telling David he wouldn’t know a good television show if […]

Step down into the basement for a discussion of Marvel’s most recent hit: Doctor Strange.  Liked the movie but find yourself curious about the comic book origins of the Eye of Agamotto or the backstory of the Cloak of Levitation’s tailor? No? Too bad! For those answers, a breakdown of the film, and of course, […]

In this week’s special Halloween theme David and Rich delve into the ever-expanding universe of the Alien Franchise, starting with Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic to his 2012″definitely-not-an-alien-prequel” Prometheus.  Before dressing up this year, sit down with the basement dwellers to praise how great the first two Alien movies are and weep with them at how […]

Rich and David discuss Fox’s box office and critical failure, Josh Trank’s 2016 reboot of the Fantastic 4 and pitch their own versions.  Is a good movie of Marvel’s first family never to be?  Why did Fox have to make a reboot or risk losing their property rights to the Fantastic Four? Why is […]

This week the basement dwellers break down the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and mainly there Netflix television properties: Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and the upcoming Luke Cage.  Rich and David explain why licensing rights are holding back comic book movies, discuss the comic book origins of the Netflix shows, and offer reading recommendations for anyone […]