Screeners Podcast

You may have noticed that, much like your favorite TV shows, the Screeners took a summer hiatus there for a bit. We figured it was time to tell you that this scheduling decision was part of an avant-garde social experiment to probe the liminal boundary between media and media commentary, and...OK, it was all Chad’s fault. Chad just didn’t love you enough to see Closed Circuit with the rest of us. There, we said it. Does it feel better to know the truth? Does it?!

OK, now that the unpleasantness is out of the way, it’s time for the most popular segment to ever come first in the Screeners lineup, Jump Cuts!

Ron Burgundy’s baaa-aack. Not in a movie - not yet, at least. He’s back in SUV ads. SUV ads? Yes, SUV ads. (Yes, those are all different links. So is this one. Oh, and one more.) And you know what? Ron Burgundy can be in ads for smooth jazz for all we care. He’s Ron *%&$ Burgundy.

In a tangentially related story (if you were listening last year, or whenever our last episode was), a company called Oyster is trying to become the Netflix of books. Will they succeed? What does success mean in this arena? Shh, no one tell Amazon about their plan! They’ll never figure it out!

As you may have heard, Tom Clancy died recently—he might have died a little young, but that’s not going to stop Hollywood from profiting from his intellectual property. There’s a new Jack Ryan movie in the works, this one starring Captain Kirk (no, not the good Captain Kirk). Predictions:  We will see Jack Ryan cry, something will explode, and Josh will falsely pretend he was contributing to society during the time he spent not watching the movie.

You may have also heard that Breaking Bad ended two weeks ago. If you had not heard that, you are almost definitely not reading this, so why should we talk to you? Go away. (Are they gone?....good.) In perhaps the most unfitting tribute possible to one of the great television shows of our time, the Screeners attempt to cover 

1. The finale
2. The other 5 seasons of the show, and
3. A Machiavellian plot to keep the gravy train rolling just a little bit longer

in the time allotted to a lightning round question. Yeah, good luck with that.

It’s difficult to merely talk about things that must be experienced to be appreciated, but the Screeners give it a shot this week by tackling Gravity in the Main Event. It’s a movie that’s been well-hyped and well-advertised, but in trailers distinctly different from the typical Hollywood headliner. The creators have given us surprisingly little of the story arc and fewer snappy one-liners, leaving us wondering if they actually wrote a movie at all. We expect to know exactly what happens before we ever set foot in the theater, so this kind of reticence is jarring. We’ll respect it, though, by not saying anything important (until the spoilers section, at least). We do have one question, however:  They called it Gravity, but it happens in space, where there’s, like, no gravity, right? What’s the deal with that? (No, that wasn’t a spoiler. You can turn off caps lock and close Gmail.)

Gravity may be a tough act to follow, but that won’t stop the Screeners from at least mentioning some of the other things they’ve been watching recently. There are a few new shows in this fall’s lineup, but the ones getting the most air time from us are the David E. Kelley/Robin Williams joint The Crazy Ones, The Blacklist (starring a creepily baldish James Spader), and Joss Whedon’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Are they worth the space on your DVR or your, um, HuluTube queue-stack (whatever the digital natives are calling it this week)? Listen and find out, then shoot us a comment/e-mail/tweetbuzz to tell us why we’re wrong.

See you next time! (Or will we?...)

This time on the Screeners, we reunite the powerhouse filmmaking team that brought us Good Will Hunting! ...OK, so one of our Jump Cuts is about Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon’s in the Main Event movie. Like you’ve never exaggerated.

So Ben Affleck is Batman now, at least for one movie, which of course drove the Internet into a frothing frenzy of insanity. Does this really matter, though? Really? We can probably count on one of the Screeners to not care, but what about the movie fans in the group?

Next, you’ve heard of movie adaptations of books, but how about an autobiography based on a fictional movie character that may or may not have been loosely based on a real person? If you’re confused, good; that means you were actually reading that last sentence. But it seems like this is really happening:  Ron Burgundy’s autobiography is coming out in November. Will you read it? Will anyone?

After those two heated, profound discussions, the Screeners have to take a step back and talk about movie trailers for awhile. We’ll find out if there are any movies that interest the four solely on the merits of a heavily edited 2-minute montage.

Well, that was a nice break. Back to the grind:  It’s been announced that the new Star Wars trilogy (directed by our good friend JJ Abrams) will be shot on film instead of being what some might call a more modern digital production. There’s a chance that at least one Screener will care about this; let’s find out.

Elysium, Neil Blomkamp’s sophomore release, was released a few weeks ago, but the Screeners are just now getting around to talking about it, so...deal with it, we guess?

Anyway, it’s a sci-fi look at inequality in a dystopian future (well, dystopian for most of the population), and we hear there’s supposed to be some allegory in there somewhere. The trailer looked good, Matt Damon and Jodie Foster are in it, and District 9 was almost universally well-regarded. Has Blomkamp kept his streak of one alive, though? The Screeners have some strong opinions about that one.

Finally, it’s back to Flickchart for the Cutting Room Floor. The questions for this installment:  Has Josh seen any of the movies Flickchart wants to know about, and can the Screeners’ collective top movie list possibly get any more embarrassing? 

That about does it for this episode. Let us know what you think of Affleck and Damon’s latest efforts in the comments or over on Facebook, and we’ll see you next time!

We’ve got a lot to talk about this time, and for once the episode has a loose sort of chronology to it. Jump Cuts touches a bit on some pre-production issues, our Main Event review of The Wolverine looks at the final product, and the Cutting Room Floor anticipates the post-release judgement of an award show. Enough talk; let’s dive right into the lightning round.

We start out Jump Cuts with a quick tour of the on-demand libraries boasted by various cable companies. At least, that’s what the Screeners who still have cable talk about...

Even if there are still a few good ones out there, though, darkness has been looming past the edge of Hollywood’s silver lining for a few years now. Movie plots seem to be converging more and more, due in large part to the influence of a suspiciously specific book and the encroachment of machines into the business of art. The Screeners can’t resist a bit of prognostication:  Will all the sameness flatline Hollywood, or is there always hope for the magic of the big screen?

Amidst the gloom and doom, though, the Screeners do still enjoy watching movies, and some of them seem to be real sticklers for the artistic vision of the filmmaker. That’s why recent reports of Netflix tampering with aspect ratios are so troubling to at least half of our beloved hosts...but is it really that big a deal? (Yes, yes it is.) 

Finally, from streaming services to the devices that deliver us their bounty. There are approximately infinity plus seventeen Netflix-enabled plastic doohickeys on the market, but Google has kindly offered us another. This one does more, though:  It does the Internets, all of them. Right on your telemawhatsit! Do we want one? Perhaps more than one? We might, and then we might not. We are fickle; we won't deny it.

Darren Aronofsky left the set of The Wolverine long ago, but the Screeners went ahead and saw it anyway. Logan is still Logan, but this movie isn’t the last one, or any of the other X-Men movies. Is this a good thing? Is there a plot hiding amongst the ninjas or written in Yakuza tattoos, or does adamantium cause heavy metal poisoning in writers? We’ll leave that to you to decide—after you properly absorb the Screeners’ musings on the subject, of course.

Last but not least, Emmy nominations have been out for awhile now, and the Screeners would be remiss if they didn’t offer the committee their own input on the matter. Even though they’d like to, they don’t have time to cover all the categories. Instead, they’ve chosen five of the most glamorous groups to pick apart like birds of prey—or, who knows; maybe they’ll approve of one or two of the nominees. Chris is a nice guy, right? We can count on him...

Aaand we’re done. Join us over on Facebook to continue the conversation about the Emmys (and everything else), and keep the feedback and questions coming!

Just when you were beginning to think the heat had fried their Internet connections, the Screeners are back to take some more shots at summer movies and look forward hopefully to some promising entertainment in the fall.

The lightning round starts out with a quick look at Monsters University. Some would say that Pixar’s offerings have been a little unsteady recently, and others would say that’s an understatement, but did they pull a Lloyd with their latest sequel? Has Josh even seen it? Will we ever stop asking questions we already know the answer to? 

After that, it’s on to a new program that Sony and Disney are debuting in some international markets - the “day-and-date” release model Steven Spielberg recently predicted. They’re letting would-be moviegoers stream feature films at home while they’re still in theaters. Any guesses as to which Screeners are all for this experiment? Place your wagers now; we’ll wait.

That’s enough Hollywood talk, though—a sentiment that more and more screenwriters seem to be adopting. For awhile now, we’ve been seeing a trend of A-list writers migrating from big screen to small. It’s led to some of today’s runaway cable (and now streaming) hits—think The Newsroom, House of Cards, Mad Men, and others. It’s gotten so good that we’re supposedly in the middle of “The Golden Age of Television”. We’ll open the bookie’s window one more time for bets on the Screeners’ opinions here, but make it quick; this is an easy one.

Last but not least (or maybe it is, depending on your viewing habits), the studios that run Hulu are in the news for deciding to not sell their brainchild after all. Love it or hate it, at least Yahoo! isn’t getting their hands on it (yet). Hipster—sorry, “cord-cutters”—of the world, rejoice!

Our main event this time is Guillermo del Toro’s newest feature, Pacific Rim. It’s got robots, monsters, and soldiers not following orders; what’s not to love? While the other three talk IMAX special effects and debate del Toro’s competence vis-à-vis the anime genre, Josh is strangely silent. Turns out he just can’t decide which joke to make next—Transformers, Godzilla, or Power Rangers—demonstrating once again the danger that the overabundance of options poses to Western society.

It’s back to the living room for this episode’s Cutting Room Floor, which finds the Screeners reminiscing about this year’s spring TV season and looking forward to the fall lineup. This year saw some comedy powerhouses close out their runs and some powerhouse dramas solidify their place in the cultural consciousness; is there room for any more greatness on television, and is the coming season up to the challenge of providing it? These questions and more, along with an impromptu argument about Modern Family, in the show’s final segment.

Comic book superhero summer blockbuster number two is upon us! Believe it or not, this excites some of the Screeners (read: Chad) more than others, but say what you will; Man of Steel is not light on discussion points. Before we get to them, though, there’s that little business of the lightning round.

First, injustice rears its ugly head as Josh is forced to respond to Chad and Chris’s 45-minute bonus episode within 60 seconds—which, as we all know, is hardly enough for him to pronounce two five-syllable words and include a dramatic pause to let a bad joke sink in. In fact, he only gets the chance to respond at all because after that episode was recorded, Microsoft caved to cries of foul play from (Luddite) console gamers. There’s more to say about this than will fit in to a normal Jump Cut, so...yeah; you can guess what happens here.

It’s interrupted by some mention of Apple’s recent WWDC proceedings, where they unveiled the new iRecycle workstation and the iOS 7...let’s call it a “prototype”, but the real meat of this episode’s Jump Cuts is spread across the two remaining questions. First, there was the recent panel discussion at USC where Steven Spielberg predicted an implosion of the current theater business model in the not-so-distant future and speculated about what the future might look like after it happens. Will we see $50, $100 ticket prices and consider a trip to the theater the same kind of social affair as a sporting event or a night at the symphony?

Then, as if in response, Paramount announced the “Mega Ticket”, a $50 chance to see World War Z early (because the lines will be sooo long on release day...) and go home with some movie-related swag. Are we witnessing the nascent future before our very eyes, or is this a terrible idea debuting with a worse movie, both of which are doomed to last all of two weeks in theaters?

Man of Steel they promised, and Man of Steel they will deliver. The Screeners have a lot to say about the latest installment in this beloved series, and they can’t help but start by comparing it to Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns from 2006 and their expectations for that movie.

We’ve seen a few franchise reboots recently, but we’re willing to tolerate one more for a good cause. Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan (yes, there were other producers, but do they matter?) show us many of the same familiar set pieces, but from an angle only they can. Strap on a cape, or a suit of space armor, or at least draw an S (sorry, “hope symbol”) on your forehead while the Screeners talk everything from camera work to character development and throw in a bit of comic book geekery as icing on the cake.

Oh, and Chad seems to have tired of editing out inside jokes, so if you weren’t at Chris’s bachelor party, um...sorry?

This episode’s Cutting Room Floor is a bit of a departure from the norm. This time around, the Screeners watch between the lines of their favorite TV shows to take a look at the ads filling in the cracks between the plot twists.

Since the birth of television broadcasting, commercials have been a necessary evil. Insipid, craven pablum, they lead us onward in an interminable hypnotic march toward a shining beacon of materialistic satiety we forever approach but will never, can never, reach. Other than that, they’re great.

Every once in awhile, though, there’s an ad that stands out from the rest as especially funny, or impactful—touching, even. Often, these are the most insidious, as creating an emotional attachment to a product is the holy grail of the capitalist enterprise, but we’ve dealt with enough tough truths in this section already. On to the ads.

To keep things brief here, we’re just going to list each host and some of the ads they mention, but when you’re done watching, head over to our Facebook page. We’ll have them linked there, and we want to hear from you—either vote for your favorite out of the ones the Screeners have picked, or remind them of a great ad they left out.

Josh:

Audi, “The Challenge”

Old Spice, “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like”

Chris:

Lost, Hanso Foundation

Disney, “I Am A Princess”

Chad:

Sussex Safer Roads, “Embrace Life”

Procter & Gamble, “Best Job”

Melody:

Geico, “Happier Than a Body Builder Directing Traffic”

Geico, “Happier Than Dikembe Mutombo Blocking a Shot”

The Electronics Entertainment Expo just wrapped up in L.A. and there is a lot of video game news to talk about. Chad and Chris wanted to take a little longer than a "Jump Cut" segment would allow, so... here is our first ever Bonus Episode! Enjoy.

Just when you thought the show couldn’t get any more magical, the Screeners are back for some more sleight of film. Now You See Me came in second at the box office last weekend, and it edged out Fast and Furious 6 for a spot in this week’s main event. As we sit back and prepare to be amazed, though, we have a lightning round to speed through...or not.

Jump Cuts starts off with a tribute to the thrilling conclusion of everyone’s favorite trilogy. That’s right, they’re talking about The Hangover Part III. How many nights of partying can the Screeners take before they realize they’re too old for this sort of thing? You might be surprised...

Next on the list:  Summer is always sequel season, but it’s not every day they pull an 80’s sci-fi classic out of the vault for a follow-up. The recently announced Blade Runner sequel is the exception that proves the rule. Ridley Scott’s at the helm, but the writer of such Hollywood gems as Fantastic Four and Green Lantern is at the keyboard; will the Screeners give it their blessing?

As it turns out, our hosts like playing studio exec—the next Jump Cut focuses on which of their favorite old-fashioned ink-and-paper books they’d like to see adapted for the screen and which should stay on the shelf. For the books to green-light, one of the Screeners picked a Tom Clancy classic (guess who that was; we dare you), two picked a Stephen King series that’s often the subject of the Hollywood rumor mill, and Josh unrepentantly picked a book no one else has read.

Finally, we saved the best of this round for last, depending on how much you like arguments (we love ‘em). Should you read critics’ reviews, or at least look at Rotten Tomatoes scores, before you see a movie? OK, folks, we want a clean fight here...touch gloves...and go! We’ll be listening from a safe distance.

Our main event this week is a little tough to summarize without giving away some of its twists and turns, so we won’t go down that road. Instead, we’ll say that Now You See Me is about magicians who are not Steve Carell. We’ll also say that, in contrast to some of the films we’ve seen recently on the show, this one’s generated a bit of disagreement among the hosts, and as we established in the last segment, disagreement = fun.

Oh, one more non-spoiler:  The rule for tonight’s Screeners drinking game is “drink whenever Josh says ‘narrative’”. You might want to stick with a light beverage for this one—say, lemonade.

Our final segment this week is all about you, the listeners. It seems that the Screeners’ shameless pleading is paying off; feedback has been coming in, both on the site and on Facebook, and they wanted to devote some air time to discussing it. Since they just can’t resist themselves, the responses might even include a mini-review or two.

See? When you write in, we all win. Keep the comments coming, and we’ll be back in a couple weeks when the podcast odometer rolls over to double digits!

Activate your seat restraints, because tonight’s going to be a bumpy ride through space as the Screeners take a long, hard look at JJ Abrams’ newest addition to the Star Trek franchise. Before we jump to warp, though, let’s take a few minutes to acknowledge that a couple other things did actually happen during the last two weeks.

For starters, John McCain—someone who might not normally be associated with media innovation—introduced a bill to end the time-honored tradition of cable channel bundling. In case the jargon is new, “bundling” is that thing where you get a cable subscription because you want to watch Mad Men and Doctor Who, but you end up subsidizing UFC Fight Night and Here Comes Honey Boo Boo in the process (or, um, vice versa). Turns out McCain’s been working on this for awhile, with little success thus far. Does he have the Screeners’ support?

They know they talk about trailers a lot, but Chad can’t resist a quick chat about two he saw during his recent trips to the theater:  Elysium and Gravity. The trailer for Gravity is really just a teaser, and maybe that’s what’s so appealing about it. The other one—well, the other one has Matt Damon. (If you haven’t seen Team America:  World Police, you’re welcome. And don’t worry; we actually do like Matt Damon.)

Next, Josh holds true to his roots as a book snob and forces the group to discuss Baz Luhrmann’s vision of The Great Gatsby. In a mini-review of the adaptation, the Screeners touch on the merits of narration, Luhrmann’s tendency toward grandiosity, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s screen presence. Do they think the reboot is worth seeing?

Unable to hold back any longer, the Screeners kick off the main event by reciting their Star Trek nerd credentials—after all, you can’t just walk in off the street and review a Trek movie. Chris and Melody win the contest by a long shot. A LONG shot. Josh, knowing a Star Trek conversation can be a tough thing for non-fans, spends some of his introductory time recounting the story of a touching real-life romance stoked by the Federation in hopes of keeping some listeners around...for a little while, at least.

Then the fun begins. Many have already weighed in on the movie (spoiler alert for the link), and hatahs gonna hate—as will a certain stripe of fan—but you’ll have to listen to see where the Screeners come down on the latest installment of the beloved franchise. There’s just too much to be said and too little that can be summarised without spoiling “surprises”. We will say this, though:  Josh seems to have some kind of sworn Klingon blood feud with JJ Abrams, and we’re not sure why.

To cool off from the intensity of a Star Trek review, the four take some time in the Cutting Room Floor to discuss other movies that caused an emotional reaction, but which they wouldn’t want to watch again. United 93 is mentioned more than once, and some other popular and not-so-popular tearjerkers get praised and shunned in the same breath.

After a few quick shout-outs to fans, the Screeners sign off. Want to have your voice heard on the show? Drop us a note here or on Facebook; we’ll be watching!

The Screeners start out this week’s Jump Cuts by proving they’re not completely self-absorbed—it seems the next generation might have a bit of a media problem, and the Screeners have a solution. You’re welcome, toddlers. Listen carefully, and you’ll also gain some key insight into Chris’ views on marriage.

Next up is a mini-review of Pain & Gain, Michael Bay’s latest...let’s just say “effort”. It’s a movie ready-made for Chris; can Josh convince him otherwise, or is there a twist in the works? Remember, folks; it’s all a true story.

After a rousing discussion of Michael Bay’s merits as an auteur, the tone turns sober as the Screeners ponder a recent Danny Boyle interview. The director gave his take on the state of modern cinema, and it’s not entirely rosy. Do today’s movies reflect the difficult yet rewarding complexity of life, or is Hollywood just filling seats? If so, whose fault is it?

Finally, the four have some words for the theater industry and their new crop of tie-in advertising during trailer time. The focus in this Jump Cut is on a theater spot for Pacific Rim, but the campaign’s bigger than that, and the only video example we can seem to find is for Fast & Furious 6. Just replace the cars with mechs and Vin Diesel with an actor, and you have pretty much the same movie, so it’ll do.

The discussion quickly moves on from cross-promotion to the theater experience in general, and we begin to question Josh’s motives for being a Screener in the first place.

This week’s main event is, of course, none other than Iron Man 3. It dominated the North American box office with over $175 million on opening weekend, so statistically speaking, there’s a decent chance you’ve seen it or will get around to it before long. Will Tony Stark’s PTSD leave him vulnerable, or will his sarcasm-as-defense mechanism drive away everyone he loves? Oh yeah, and there’s a villain too.

We won’t ruin the fun here, but this episode’s spoilers section just might, so go ahead and fast forward to the Cutting Room Floor if you want to be, um, surprised by the comic book plot. Oh, and before you see it and get the wrong idea, Chattanooga wants you to know something about their Internet speed.

Shifting from a movie-heavy week back to the other screens in their lives, the Screeners dedicate the final segment to the also-rans from their entertainment schedules.

Here’s the gist:  Josh wants Arrested Development to start (are we surprised?), can’t wait to watch West Wing for the second time, and has found a new music streaming site that’s taken over a bit of Pandora’s market share for him. Chad’s kept watching The Americans and also has some quality movies he thinks you should catch on your streaming service of choice.  Melody still loves Game of Thrones and follows a number of other shows religiously, both comedies and dramas. Chris still admits he owns a PS Vita and is really hoping ratings go better for Hannibal than they do for almost every other NBC show.

Before signing off, the Screeners give a shout-out to a couple listeners they’ve heard from since the last episode. They’re planning on making this a regular thang, so leave yr comments here or on Facebook for reals, yo. We also accept e-mails, tweets, and self-addressed stamped envelopes (preferably addressed to somewhere we’ve gotten a bill from recently; we hate addressing envelopes).

That’s all for now; we’ll be back in a couple weeks with reviews of Star Trek: Into Darkness (with or without Josh, who thinks he might have to do himself physical harm if he has to watch a combination of Zachary Quinto and J.J. Abrams for two hours) and The Great Gatsby (with or without Chris, who got distracted trying to figure out who Henry James was while looking at the reviews for the eponymous book on Amazon).

Jump Cuts starts off with a trip down memory lane as the Screeners spend some time reminiscing about their favorite childhood TV shows - but not before Josh spoils the fun by pointing out the ulterior motive for the question itself before everyone has time to figure it out for themselves. We also begin to wonder what Melody is hiding, as her “favorite show” may or may not have existed...

Meanwhile, in the almost-present, The Place Beyond the Pines was released on March 29. With such a unique film, the Screeners couldn’t resist taking some time to talk about nuance—well, nuance, and those who avoid it at all costs (not that any of our hosts fall into the second category, of course).

Inching ever closer to current events, our third question makes a brief stop in April to visit the annual National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas. None of the Screeners made it out there this year, but they still have their eyes on some new gear, most notably the Movi stabilization system and the BlackMagic 4K Cinema Camera. All that beautiful footage needs to be watched on something, though, and that’s where Sony’s 4K media player and the über-cheap Seiki 4K TV come in.

To finally catch up with the week they’re recording in, our intrepid hosts brave the wilds of Amazon’s new original series. Much more than a bookstore now, Amazon’s released a stable of pilots for 6 children’s shows and 8 comedies onto the reviewing public to let the shows fight it out for supremacy. Is there a clear winner in the pack, or will the unnatural selection of Internet democracy annihilate the lot of them?

To continue the trend of playing with time, our main event takes us to both past and future, with 42 and Oblivion taking center stage. 

Fans of science fiction know that 42 is the answer to life, the universe, and everything, but even before humanity discovered that little bit of trivia, Jackie Robinson’s jersey number held a special place in people’s hearts.

Three of the Screeners have made it to the theater to see Robinson’s struggle portrayed on the big screen so far—can you guess who hasn’t seen it yet? You might be surprised...OK, you probably won’t be surprised at all. Anyway, the three responsible American history students in the group have some interesting takeaways from their experience of the movie. We won’t tell you what they are, though, because we don’t want to, um, spoil the story for you.

OK, so we lied. They just ruined the ending in that spoilers section, didn’t they? Oh well; on to Oblivion.

Word on the street* is that Joseph Kosinski put so much effort into Oblivion’s storyline that he simply had no creative juice left, so he just named Tom Cruise’s character Jack and started shooting.

But we digress. There’s much more to this futuristic sci-fi shoot-em-up than Tom Cruise’s name (Seriously, though? Jack? It’s been done. More than once.).

Earth has been devastated by invaders, and one man patrols the wasteland alone, the only hope for a species that has all but abandoned its home. 

Or is he? Do they? Will she?

These questions and many more, along with several other exciting pronouns we haven’t even mentioned here, will all be addressed in due time. But first, sit back and take a nap as Josh pontificates on the true purpose of science fiction, and Chris tells us why none of that artsy-schmartsy stuff really matters.

The Cutting Room Floor brings a new game to the table, as the Screeners log in to their Netflix Instant Queues and pull out some gems at random to explain and/or defend their presence in the list. Sadly, there is no defense for Chad’s queue. Oh well; you can’t win them all, right? You know what they say about happy lives and what causes them...

That about does it for episode 6; as always, thanks for stopping by. And just a reminder, like they mentioned in the show, the Screeners are looking for feedback for an upcoming fan-driven segment. If you’ve got an idea for a review, a reaction to a review we’ve already aired, or something media-related you just have to get off your chest, send it our way! E-mails and audio clips (right around the 60 sec. mark, please; too much longer, and we may have to edit) can be sent to screenerscast AT gmail DOT com (subject: “Mailbag” if you’re one of those organized types), and we’ll also be checking comments here and on Facebook/Twitter. We look forward to hearing from you!

*Ed. note: This street is fictitious. But not in the fun way, like Sesame Street. More gloomy, like the street Gilbert Grape lived on. Unless you liked Gilbert Grape, in which case...Fleet Street? No, wait; that one’s real. Oh, we give up.

*Sorry for the two-percenter joke. This is a reference to a book only Josh would recommend.