Casting The Net

Chadwick Boseman is about to be the king of the box office this weekend, but he's playing a different kind of king in this gritty urban revenge film courtesy of Netflix. Traveling from South Africa to Los Angeles to find his sister, Jacob King (Chadwick Boseman) ultimately has to contend with drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and gangsters, and enforce his own brand of justice.

Changing the game, once again, The Cloverfield Paradox wasted no time after releasing a trailer during Super Bowl LII, subsequently releasing the whole film on Netflix by the time the big game was over! In addition to discussing the film, we also talk about the Cloverfield franchise as a whole, and how it fits into the franchise as a whole. Does it truly answer the questions we've had since the original Cloverfield? Will it set a new standard for the filmgoing experience in general? And what is up with the arm?!?!

Terror awaits a mother and son settling into a temporary home after the death of a loved one in the latest thriller from Netflix, The Open House. If they're not dealing with intrusive realtors barging in on them telling them to vacate for a predetermined chuck of time on the weekends to show the house, they also have their strange number showing up unexpectedly, and possible someone coming in periodically to move objects to unfamiliar areas of the house, and essentially fuck with them. Sounds like fun, right?!

This week, we're talking about the unbelievably true story of Jan Lewan, as played by Jack Black in The Polka King. The film tells the story of Lewan's rise to fame as the Polka King of Pennsylvania, and his eventual downfall when he's convicted of running a Ponzi scheme through his local gift shop. This is definitely a case of the truth being stranger, and funnier, than fiction!

On this week's episode, we discuss the "latest" film from director Mike Flanagan, Before I Wake. When Jessie (Kate Bosworth) and Mark (Thomas Jane) become foster parents to young Cody (Jacob Tremblay), the quickly realize that the child has a rather unique gift; when he sleeps, his dreams become real. But what seems harmless at first, soon becomes a living nightmare.

On this week's episode, we discuss the Netflix Original comedy Naked. Aimless groom-to-be Rob (Marlon Wayans) has enough of us mind to deal with as his impending wedding approaches. Things only get more complicated when Rob wakes up on his wedding day, naked in an elevator . . . over and over again.

Ethan Hawke decides to get his "Impossible White Man" on, as we discuss the action thriller, 24 Hours To Live, on this week's episode. After being shot and killed in the line of duty, former soldier/assassin-for-hire Travis Conrad (Ethan Hawke) is brought back to life for only 24 hours, and is dead set on taking revenge on everyone who's double-crossed him.

The first year of our show ends with us discussing the Netflix original film Bright. In a world where orcs, elves, and fairies co-exist with humans, two LAPD officers, one human and one orc (Will Smith and Joel Edgerton), will have to set aside their differences to protect a magic wand from dirty cops, gangs, and an elf priestess (Noomi Rapace) bent on world domination.

It's all out war on these streets, as we talk about the action movie Bushwick on this week's episode. When a heavily-armed militia descends upon New York City, grad student Lucy (Brittany Snow)and war veteran Stupe (Dave Bautista) are forced to work together to survive, as chaos erupts.

On this week's episode, we're talking about the YouTube Original Movie, King of the Dancehall, where young Tarzan (Nick Cannon), heads down to Jamaica with a plan to flip weed with his cousin (Busta Rhymes), and make some money to pay for his mother's (Whoopi Goldberg) medical bills. Things change for Tarzan fast, however, when he's pulled into the amazing world of dancehall.