Dvd Verdict Presents... Movie Podcasts

This week, Clark kicks off another series spotlighting director/composer collaborations by examining the scores composer Howard Shore has penned for director David Cronenberg. You'll hear music from Scanners, Videodrome, The Fly, Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch, M. Butterfly, Crash, eXistenZ, Spider, A History of Violence, Eastern Promises, and A Dangerous Method.

Facebook is wooing Mac with cardboard skulls from Out of the Woods. Erich catches up with The Muppets and their Wanderlust. Dave is underwhelmed by news from E3 and gets brain poisoning from two Thai fight movies. Plus! Senseless slaughter, Strange and unusual airplanes, and Memorable vans.

Patrick and Erich are the Knights who say "F This!" Join our dynamic duo, as the purchase a shuddery, estimate the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow, slay vorpal bunnies, and fart in your general direction.

The tragically hip Northerners tackle the good, bad, and ugly of the bleak, bent, twisted world of horror and sci-fi filmmaker and lover of all things Lovecraft; Stuart Gordon.

This week, Clark offers musical selections from live-action fairy tales. You'll hear pieces from Beauty and the Beast, The Dark Crystal, Big Fish, Enchanted, The NeverEnding Story, Willow, The Brothers Grimm, Pan's Labyrinth, and Snow White and the Huntsman (which is also reviewed).

Michael and Melissa are on hand to run down your week in entertainment options; review Men in Black III, Idris Elba's Luther, and Darren McGavin's classic Kolchak: The Night Stalker; preview Ridley Scott's Prometheus; eulogize Richard Dawson; and discuss matters of global importance like the overexposure of Snow White and the media's obsession with celebrity outings.

Jon really doesn't like A Game of Thrones, Kev is torn on Dragon's Dogma, and they both dig the latest in the Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon series, Future Soldier. The boys pour one out for 38 Studios, creators of the awesome Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, probably known from here on out as Schilling's folly. And yes, there's a desert island disc-style question.

Michael overdoses on classic Saturday morning cartoons, with a Joe Dante Gremlins chaser. Mac debriefs the Castle finale and dines on vintage Doctor Who cheese. Erich gets his Donnie Darko on and subsequently develops teenage superpowers. Dave catches up on the world of Sherlock, while managing to Curb his enthusiasm for Larry David. Plus! Casting the new Fantastic Four, Cartoons you loved as a kid but despise as an adult, An in-depth analysis of Encyclopedia Brown, Favorite TV themed breakfast cereal, Insanity at cinematic rock concerts, Deadly appliances, and Animal cruelty. Please remember to give generously to DVD Verdict's new charity "Protecting Our Children from Deadly Refrigerators."

Come quietly, as Patrick and Mark take on Detroit's last best hope for law enforcement -- Robocop. Dead or alive, you will listen to this hour of internet radio. Your move, creep.

This week, the boys from above the 49th tackle the good, bad, and ugly of the darkly comedic John Landis!

This week, Clark offers musical selections from the films of actor Tommy Lee Jones. You'll hear pieces from The Package, The Fugitive, U.S. Marshals, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, In the Electric Mist, Volcano, Men in Black, Cobb, The Hunted, The Missing, Lonesome Dove, and Men in Black III (which is also reviewed).

Michael and Melissa help underscore your Memorial Day weekend, by running down the latest and greatest in movies, TV, DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, Hulu, Books, Music, and Theatre. Plus! The guest stars of Veronica Mars, Will Smith still has game, Stealing the plot of Jaws 3D, Suffering through bad '70s Hanna-Barbera, Kevin Coster finds his way to basic cable, The Transformers get a revolutionary theme park ride, the new James Bond trailer arrives in the face of controversy, someone needs to put a stop to Baz Luhrmann and Amanda Bynes, and Bruce Jenner: Father of the Year.

This week, Steve is playing A Game of Thrones, while Jon digs into Max Payne 3 and Kev rips open Diablo III. The usual smattering of news, including the possible death of Curt Schilling's Dream Team at 38 Studios. Then the retro rockets are fired, asking "What video game character from eras gone by has been MIA the last few console generations?"

Dave and Mac barely escape with their sanity from Peter Berg's Battleship, Daryl bemoans the creative death of NBC's Community, and the boys are floored by 3D pornography in HD. Reviews of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Alpha (Blu-ray), Brad Meltzer's Decoded: Season 2, and Bobcat Goldthwait's return to standup with You Don't Look the Same Either. Plus! Painful deaths from the Indiana Jones franchise, Dressed like a clown, Great beards. Don't forget to buy Mac's new book, Cine High, on Amazon Kindle!

As Chicago protests and riots around the NATO summit, Patrick and JB confront their own racial, political, and socio-economic issues by tackling Spike Lee's critically-acclaimed Do the Right Thing. WWMD -- What would Mookie do? (FYI, no protesters were harmed during the recording of this episode.)

This week, our favorite movie-lovin' Canadians tackle the good, bad, and ugly of director (and Kevin Costner wrangler) Kevin Reynolds! We're gonna cut your heart out with a spoon!

This week is another musical grab bag, as Clark wanders through his vast collection of film music and pulls out selections from The Orphanage, Mosquito Squadron, Baby Boy, The Sundowners, The Caveman's Valentine, The Mummy Returns, Red Dawn, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Monsters, Inc., The Haunting, The Fiend, How to Murder Your Wife, and Corpse Bride.

Though Michael and Melissa's intention is to educate you on the entire Fall 2012 television schedule, they still make time for the important stuff, like Dan Harmon being fired as showrunner on Community, Pee-Wee Herman's new movie, Disney's Tron: Uprising, Duncan Jones' Ian Fleming biopic, and the weekly rundown of what you can expect to find at the movies and on TV, DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Instant. The most important two words of the week: Cat Dancers! (You've been warned.)

This week, Mac climbs out of the Dark Shadows to battle Vampire Women. Erich begins training with The Masters of Horror while his guitar gently weeps. Alice is done with Christian Slater's Nicholson schtick. Dave is leaving The Office to cancel his Parks & Rec membership. Plus! Tall women, Creepy kids, Strange and unusual dogs, and a spoilerific discussion of The Avengers.

With the summer movie season in full swing, Patrick and JB review what 2012 has already given us and preview what's still on the way.