Check the Vending Machines!

Episode #267

Zach and Jason chat about the Olympics, Denzel Washington, E.T., Oshi no Ko Season 2, Warren Oates, and a ton more… before reviewing the latest M. Night flick, TRAP.  

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Episode #266

Zach and Jason chat Night of the Demons, The Sure Thing, musicals, San Diego Comic Con 2024, movie theater collectibles, and so much more before reviewing SEA FEVER (2019)!

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Music: TOONAMI BEATS: HEAVY

Episode #265

Zach and Jason are back on a Sunday morning to chat about TWISTERS! But, before that… Magic Kingdom and roller coasters, the Hagrid motorcycle ride at Universal, Robert Altman movies, Donald Sutherland, pickleball, and much, much more!

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Music: TMNT + FRANCO MICALIZZA; TOONAMI BEATS: HEAVY

Episode #264

Zach and Jason make their triumphant return to the empty landscape that is pop culture-movie centric podcasting with Episode 264 of Check the Vending Machines. This week: Zach has a new gatcha game to obsess over, Jason watched Twister and John Wick 1 and 2, and Zach finally finished Jim Butcher’s ‘Changes’ (Dresden Files)... then the boys chat about the hottest “horror” film around town, LONGLEGS. 

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Music: TMNT + FRANCO MICALIZZA; TOONAMI BEATS: HEAVY

Episode #263

Zach and Jason chat about some anime, some manga, Resident Evil Village, and then end the pod with THE SADNESS (2021).

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Music: TMNT + FRANCO MICALIZZA; TOONAMI BEATS: HEAVY

Episode #262

Zach and Jason chat about THE BEASTMASTER, Resident Evil 4 Remake, new game trailers, Street Fighter 6 x King of Fighters, King of Kong, and more! 

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Music: TMNT + FRANCO MICALIZZA; TOONAMI BEATS: HEAVY

Episode #261

The boyz are back after a week off to chat about Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Dave the Diver, Resident Evil 2 Remake, 3 Remake, and 4 Remake, and a ton of other stuff!

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Music: TMNT + FRANCO MICALIZZA; TOONAMI BEATS: HEAVY

Episode #260

CTVM arrives. Zach has beat FF7 Rebirth, Jason has checked out Godzilla X Kong: A New Empire and they both watched a late 90s Nic Cage flick to chat about for the episode. 

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Music: TMNT + FRANCO MICALIZZA; TOONAMI BEATS: HEAVY

Episode #259

CTVM returns for another week! This week: Zach is finally FINALLY almost ALMOST finished with the latest Final Fantasy 7; Jason chats about some 80s anime OVA and the latest issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland; and then the boyz chat about KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. 

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Music: TMNT + FRANCO MICALIZZA

Episode #258

Zach and Jason get together to chat about open-world game fatigue, Errol Morris’ The Thin Blue Line, the anime adaptation of The Fable, and the 1997 pre-J-Horror thriller, CURE (1997).

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Music: TMNT + FRANCO MICALIZZA