137 – Battleship

Halloween is over and Christmas approaches! As we now find ourselves in the time of year the French call “le petit Halloween,” (note: check to see if this is true) we decided we might as well do another horror movie. … Continue reading →

It’s Halloweek, baby! And since we already shot our wad as far as Halloween episodes go, we decided to do one on theme and try out some ostensibly Halloween-themed snacks. However, capitalism continues to disappoint us all and there weren’t … Continue reading →

AH-HOOOOO WEREWOLVES OF (and tangentially around) LONDON. As Halloween approaches, it’s time for Leigh, Brendan, and Chris to dust off a poorly-received horror movie for our annual Halloween Spooktacular, and continue our “90s updates of classic Universal monster movies” series … Continue reading →

It’s almost the spooky season, but because we’re not QUITE there yet, we’re gaming instead. One of our constant challenges is summarizing the plots of movies effectively when left to our own devices, so we though we’d see how accurately … Continue reading →

Must Romeo die? Must he??? Well, ironically, no, according to 2000’s Romeo Must Die, which neatly sidesteps the whole tragedy issue by pointing fingers at actual villains, and then using an x-ray effect to see Jet Li breaking those fingers. … Continue reading →

Oops! We had an actual mini episode, but then due to technical issues, it was lost. So, uh, sorry. Try to imagine adaptations of games that we’d pitch, you’ll probably really enjoy it. So, instead, here’s the basic information you … Continue reading →

Our Summer of Games draws to its inevitable conclusion with Peter Berg’s 2012 megaflop Battleship, a movie that somehow manages to be less engaging than just spending two hours watching someone set fire to $220 million. Hoist anchors with Leigh, … Continue reading →

We wrap up our Summer of Games: The Good Ones series with 2006’s Silent Hill, an adaptation of parts of the classic video game franchise directed by that guy who did Brotherhood of the Wolf, Christophe Gans. Despite a fairly … Continue reading →

Ah, the bad one! Our Summer of Games sinks to a new low with 2000’s Dungeons & Dragons, a cheap, misbegotten adaptation of the classic role-playing game- an intellectual property with nearly endless possibilities to draw from, and somehow we … Continue reading →

Ah, the good one! Continuing our Summer of Games where we devote a mini episode to a movie based on a game that actually worked out, we’re watching and discussing 2023’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, the rare game … Continue reading →