For whatever reason, singer songwriters who write obsessively hook-laden, occasionally Beatlesque pop-rock tracks tend to be overlooked (or outright dismissed) by certain tastemakers. Such seems to have been the case with Brendan Benson, who you may know as the other chief songwriter from The Raconteurs, but who also arguably perfected undeniably catchy ditties of his own craft. Which brings us Continue Reading

With his breakout hit Saw, to his recent descent into the paranormal with the Insidious franchise and now The Conjuring franchise, James Wan doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Branching out in non-horror with Furious 7 and now tackling Aquaman for Warner Bros, Wan doesn’t seem to want to be pigeonholed as a horror director. But we think that’s what Continue Reading

Wherein the Chris and Chris (or Herman as we’ve forced him to be referred to) take on Rooster Teeth’s first dramatic web show, Day 5.

The Orphans, Episode VI: Hostile Takeover Part 6 of 7 There is a struggle for power in the group as key decisions in their fate are made. Written & Directed by: Zachary Fortais-Gomm Starring: Aimee Kember as Nora James Barbarossa as Geoffrey Alex Bird as Baz Gavin Richards as Richard Declan Galpin as William Ruby Parker-Harbord as Valerie Laura Girling Continue Reading

Richard and Chris return each week to discuss the new episodes of the Cinemax adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s Outcast.

0:00 – Hello, Jeff’s in a mood, iTunes review 2:20 – Independence Day: Resurgence wasn’t screened for critics in the U.S. 4:50 – Free State of Jones review 14:15 – The Shallows review (Snider only), ending with shark anecdotes 19:20 – De Palma review (Snider only) 22:20 – QOTW (movies from 1996 that should get sequels) 33:25 – Summer Box Continue Reading

The aliens are back! And so are Fox’s hopes to get a franchise out of Roland Emmerich’s ID4, only 20 years later. This time around the world feels more prepared, as they’ve adapted much of the alien tech and advanced significantly, preparing themselves for interstellar defense in the future, only they hadn’t met the worst that their antagonists had to Continue Reading

This week Wes and Steve discuss Father’s Day, The Lobster, and put each other in the hot seat as we do our fourth Free-For-All! Leave a comment or e-mail us at [email protected]!

Director Nicolas Winding-Refn returns with his latest visual and auditory delight, albeit one that might very well send most audiences running out of the theaters…and for good reason. Elle Fanning plays a young wannabe model who has barely arrived in LA before she’s being sought desperately as the next big thing. But this fashion world is more than it seems. Although Continue Reading

Toshi and Richard are back and addressing a rather interesting listener question this episode. The topic: the differences in series popularity between Japan and the West. We talk about several series that have had a huge cultural impact in the Western world, but are little more than a footnote in the country where they were created and theorize as to Continue Reading