Mildly Pleased

I certainly hope everyone is having a spooktacular Halloween! I know we were, because up until the last minute, I had no idea what to pitch. It’s so hard coming up with a new idea for a horror movie, there are just so many of them! Basically anyone you can possibly think of has tried […]

When you were a little kid, did you ever imagine you got to join your favorite characters on their adventures? Obi Wan would teach you in the ways of the force, maybe, or Indiana Jones would need your help to secure a precious artifact, for example. Well, the filmmakers behind those films thought you had […]

Here’s something a bit different. You know how sometimes they make movies? Do you ever wonder how executives and screenwriters come up with the ideas for those movies? Well, here’s our best approximation of what it’s like. It’s a new show for a growing network of podcasts for the smallest audience possible, Pitching Tents. It’s […]

As implied by my Dexter finale review, “Felina,” Breaking Bad‘s final episode, was actually not disappointing somehow. And while sure, you could argue the merits of focusing criticism on one episode of a serialized story like this, we felt it was meaty enough to talk about for 45 minutes or so. After all, something like […]

We end our late summer hiatus by spending this week talking about the thing everyone was talking about last week: Grand Theft Auto V. But can you blame us? It’s the biggest franchise in gaming, with massive appeal outside of core gamers. And it made like a billion dollars in three days. That’s Justin Timberlake […]

Bryan Cranston was recognizable, if not an outright star. He was Snizard on Power Rangers, Dr. Whatley on Seinfeld, Hal on Malcolm in the Middle. He was a known quantity, a fun, goofy guy. His niche was carved. And then he started playing a chemistry teacher with cancer and revealed to the world that he […]

What if you had one shot to summon history’s greatest heroes …And then just hang out with them for a bit? Like, you know, do whatever it is you wish you could with them. Not like sexual stuff. Gross! They’re dead people. They have a word for that, you know. Necrophilia. It’s not cool. Not […]

If you had been foolish enough to buy The Cannonball Run on DVD, you’d want to make something of it too. But you’re not that foolish, are you? No, you’re a smart, savvy Internet browser/podcast listener/sex machine. Look at you, you emblem of perfection. You pillar of the community. We should be thanking you, for […]

Hey, so, the last episode got lost… Sort of. It sounds bad, and it’s kind of hard to fix it, and maybe someday it will be out as a bonus lost episode. But instead we push on! And by push on, I mean continue to focus on things somewhat related to Pacific Rim. Because that […]

This week we play judge, jury, and executioner for the two Judge Dredd movies that have been made thus far. The first, starring Sylvester Stalone, tries to be the ultimate story for the character, full of massive reveals and incredible consequences for the rest of the franchise. The second, starring Mildly Pleasedman Karl Urban, is […]