Dvd Verdict Presents... Movie Podcasts

On a special mid-week edition of F This Movie, Patrick and Alex are tripping balls with Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky. Even in their dreams, they are idiots about to wake up to reality.

Dixon domestic bliss breeds chocolate nightmares, a Green Lantern crisis, Fast Five fun, and the first wave of sequel-heavy Summer movies. Plus! "Greaties of the Eighties" shines a light on Michael J. Fox's The Secret of My Success, and discovers there really isn't one.

This week, Clark spotlights scores written by Oscar-winning composers for absolutely terrible films. You'll hear selections from Heartbeeps, Slow Dancing in the Big City, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Night Games, Bulletproof, S*P*Y*S, They Died With Their Boots On, and Toys. In addition, the animated comedy/adventure Rio is reviewed. Enjoy!

Dave and Dan celebrate Easter by breaking bread with Mel Gibson and The Passion of the Christ. So build your wooden cross, don your crown of thorns, and get your crucifixion on! (As an added bonus: We learn the Old White Man Cabal hired The Visigoths to destroy the Roman Empire. Suck on that History Channel!)

This week, on a special holiday episode, Dave just cannot get his martial arts on, Mac experiences The Dark Crystal with rabid fans, Erich (@asperslobber) is left behind, and Michael (@strangetales) finds himself being sucked into the entertainment establishment. Plus! Back from the dead (see, there are Easter themes here), People who eat people (nuns and priests... seriously), and Obscure holidays that need a Rankin/Bass special (geriatric wookies watching 3D porn). Now that's a full show!

This week, Steve and Jon are joined by the Prodigal American, Dave Johnson, for a very special Blast Processing that tempers American resolve with Canadian insanity. The boys are all very excited about Mortal Kombat's triumphant return to consoles, which leads to much discussion of bloody, brutal fighting games, and Dave's custom made John Cabot "Gymkata" fighter from one of the previous generation. To further celebrate the occasion, Steve and Jon discuss their favorite Fatalities, and pose the question, What other 2D classics (or not so classics) are ripe for a full on 3D rebirth?

The Dixons bust a holiday groove by talking oddities of Easter mornings past, curious holiday movie tie-ins, Easter television programming, and reviews of Rankin Bass' Here Comes Peter Cottontail, It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown, and The Ten Commandments.

This week, Clark delivers a horse-drawn carriage full of musical selections from films set during the 19th Century. You'll hear music from The Four Feathers, Amistad, Glory, The Last Samurai, Lust for Life, As You Like It, Les Miserables, The Song of Bernadette, Little Women, and Gods and Generals. Enjoy!

Dan moderates a debate between Dave and special guest Judge Steve Power to determine the better action blockbuster: The Losers or The A-Team.

"The unexpected is the new cliche." Right... Patrick and JB transform themselves into Ghostface killas, thus establishing a safe viewing distance between you and Wes Craven's Scream 4.

This week, Erich rides with the Sons of Anarchy, Mac foretells of impending Castle doom, and Dave stops vomiting long enough to view Takashi Miike's 13 Assassins. Plus! Captain Planet vs. the eco-terrorist Transformers; mind-altering encounters with talking pigs and the fictional town of Marwencol; Dave admits to seeing Mortal Kombat four times during its original theatrical run; and the truth is finally revealed: Skeletor and Cobra Commander are the same person!!

The Blast Processing boys, and they're making up for lost time with an epic-sized episode that covers everything from what they're playing and video game news, to Sony's issues with Anonymous, CAPTIVATE 2011, and a tribute to all things Capcom.

What exactly is the five point palm-exploding heart technique? Find out as Patrick and Doug set out to unravel the mysteries of Quentin Tarantino's two-part cult epic Kill Bill.

This week, Clark spotlights another batch of new and recent film music releases, offering selections from The Rite, Ceremony, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The Big Sleep, White Witch Doctor and The Land That Time Forgot. In addition, the Paul Giamatti comedy Win Win is reviewed. Enjoy!

This week, our resident contrarian a-holes get sucked into the game grid, as the geek barometer reaches new heights. Thus, Dan and Dave must defend the Tron franchise from its detractors and escape with their lives before Master Control pulls the plug on their podcast... forever.

This week, Patrick enlists the scholarly insights of Judge Erich Asperschlager to get the rich boys of Wes Anderson's Rushmore in their crosshairs and take them down. And if they receive a handjob from Mrs. Calloway in the back of her Jag, all the more power to them. Because the truth is, none of us have the slightest idea where this relationship is going.

On this week's show, Michelle confronts the unforeseen dangers of proficient birthday party planning, Kent immerses himself in the world of iPad, rundowns on how much your favorite TV actors make per episode, updates on Star Trek 2, Jason Bourne, Monsters University, Doctor Strange, and review of the new Easter Bunny biopic Hop.

Clark pays tribute to the late Elizabeth Taylor, spotlighting musical selections from Cleopatra, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Butterfield 8, The Sandpiper, North and South, Giant, Boom!, and Ivanhoe. Plus, a review of Duncan Jones' new sci-fi thriller Source Code.

Contrarian a-holery takes a backseat to '90s political incorrectness, as Dave and Dan trumpet the glory that is the cult classic Psycho Kickboxer, whose bloody insane action was committed to celluloid for a mere $10,000. Eat your heart our Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez!

Patrick and JB celebrate their 50th cinematic lay by taking one of the worst movies of all time -- Plan 9 from Outer Space -- from behind.