Dvd Verdict Presents... Movie Podcasts

It's another exciting New and Recent Releases episode as Clark spotlights the latest in the world of film music. You'll hear new music from Drag Me to Hell, Orphan, Pour Elle, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, and Torchwood: Children of Earth. In addition, you'll hear recently unearthed music from the likes of Good Morning, Miss Dove, Black Widow, Cain's Hundred, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and a bonus track from Silver Streak. To wrap things up, Clark offers a glowing review of Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. Clark welcomes your comments, questions, and suggestions in Sounds and Sights Discussion Forum.

Dave, Mac, and Mike R. begin things with a trip down Total Recall memory lane and ponder the relationship between Fake Arnold Head and Real Arnold Head. After that it's onto much more cultivated discussions like a GI Joe sequel, animated reality shows, and the wonder of something called Stunt Rock. Ambush topics: Funky footwear, tough guys who are wusses in reality, and a bizarre choose-your-own topic with the help of Magic Eye. Share your comments and questions in the new Filibuster discussion forum.

In honor of the big Sony announcement, Erich, Dave, and Tim keep this week's show to a slim 34 minutes. Actually, it has more to do with Erich being sick and Dave needing to hit the local ice cream stand before it closes, but the boys still manage a quick Now Playing segment, talking Wii Sports Resort, Rhythm Heaven, Flipnote Studio, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, and everyone's intention to buy Shadow Complex. The news segment is all about Sony's second worst-kept secret -- the PS3 Slim. Will a redesign and lower price tag mean a turnaround for this generation's third place console? Finally, Symposium Ad Nauseum: Non-Main Stream Sports Games. Feel free to join the rest of the junkies in the new Blast Processing! discussion forum.

p>Tune in this week as our dynamic sofa duo reclaim their yard from the wild hounds and Michelle apologizes to fans, only to be banished from the Couch for misbehaving. Find out what happens when Michelle trusts the tabloids; Spielberg puts on a Halo; McG dives into 20,000 Leagues; Screen Gems dig up another Underworld; Giamatti plays the Stooge; G.I. Joe says "Yo!" to a box office haul and a possible second mission; and Warner Bros. plans a brick flick. To top it all off, Kent and Michelle place their Greaties of the '80s bets on The Sure Thing. Email your questions, comments, and suggestions to Kent and Michelle or visit them at viewfromthecouch.com.

This week, we hop onboard the starship Sounds and Sights of Cinema for a musical guided tour of alien lifeforms both benevolent and terrifying! Yep, it's all about the little green men this week as Clark presents music from Aliens, The Abyss, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Critters, War of the Worlds, Men in Black, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Explorers. In keeping with the alien theme, Clark also reviews the new film District 9. Clark welcomes your comments, questions, and suggestions in Sounds and Sights Discussion Forum.

Dave, Mac and Erich burn through some bandwidth talking the new Batman video game, Watchmen on Blu-ray, ranking the Harry Potter films, and lame Thai movies about demonic martial artists. Your ambush topics: Movies you watched as a child that you're ashamed of, Foot injuries, and Swapping out Chewbacca for another big-screen alien. Share your comments and questions in the new Filibuster discussion forum.

Erich spends a good hour trying to separate feuding Canadians Steve and Adam, all while talking games like the Mothership Zeta expansion to Fallout 3, the Batman: Arkham Asylum demo, Left 4 Dead, Wii Sports Resort, Rhythm Heaven, and a massive MMORPG discussion ranging from World of Warcraft to the new documentary Second Skin. In news, Star Wars hits the Virtual Console, Steve loves the Brutal Legend soundtrack, Bioshock 2 has an S.O.S. for the world, Madden 10 has swimsuit issues, and Guitar Hero 5 takes its guns to town. This week’s Symposium Ad Nauseum is surprisingly tricky, but not as tricky as getting Steve to kick off a brand new segment. Feel free to join the rest of the junkies in the new Blast Processing! discussion forum.

Pull up a chair as Kent and Michelle provide some Couch-style relationship advice while they review Jon & Kate Plus 8: The Big Move. Plus: remembering John Hughes, JJ Abrams produces M:I:IV, Bryan Singer tackles the Mayans, and hop on board The Greaties of the '80s for a review of Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Email your questions, comments, and suggestions to Kent and Michelle or visit them at viewfromthecouch.com.

It's a bittersweet installment of the show as Clark pays tribute to the late writer/producer/director John Hughes by featuring music from his films. The show begins with music from some of the iconic flicks Hughes directed during the early portion of his career: The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. In addition, you'll hear music from such Hughes-written box office hits as Home Alone, Beethoven, Dennis the Menace, Miracle on 34th Street, Baby's Day Out, 101 Dalmatians, and Flubber, plus a bonus track from Maid in Manhattan. Finally, Clark reviews Nora Ephron's hit-and-miss Julie & Julia. Enjoy! Clark welcomes your comments, questions, and suggestions in Sounds and Sights Discussion Forum.

Dave, Mac and Erich convene for a spirited discussion about Betsy Ross and pornographic donkey movies. They talk about other stuff too, like breakfast cereal, antennae, odd chases, a review of Orphan, Lindsay Lohan's triumphant return to straight-to-DVD mediocrity, and Erich wins a very special prize. Share your comments and questions in the new Filibuster discussion forum.

Erich, Tim, and Dave hop on the psychiatrist's couch this week, coming to grips with quitting a beloved gaming franchise. The juicy whos whats and hows lie within, along with the 'Splosion Man demo, Castle Crashers, Pinball Hall of Fame: Williams Collection, Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit, Golden Axe: Beast Rider, and Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. In the news: new Left 4 Dead content no one will buy, a Turtles in Time Re-Shelled price drop, shrinking Xbox 360 install sizes, Braid comes to PS3, and classic rockers "Tap" into Rock Band. Finally, Symposium Ad Nauseum: Roid Raging. Just in case you were wondering, this week's episode definitely wasn't derailed by a lengthy discussion about Reginald VelJohnson. Yeah right. Feel free to join the rest of the junkies in the Blast Processing! discussion forum.

It's Kent and Michelle on speed, as they rush through this week's episode to bring you celebrity birthdays, a review of the low-budget CGI Animated Family Adventures, Couch entertainment news, and Something Wicked lurking inside The Disney Vault. Email your questions, comments, and suggestions to Kent and Michelle or visit them at viewfromthecouch.com.

Clark goes trippin' with a flashback to 1984, featuring film music from The Karate Kid, Beverly Hills Cop, Body Double, The Lonely Guy, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Under the Volcano, Top Secret!, Red Dawn, Splash, The River, Ghostbusters, and a bonus track from The Natural. He also shares his review of The Hurt Locker. Enjoy! Clark welcomes your comments, questions, and suggestions in Sounds and Sights Discussion Forum.

Mac, Mike, and Michael step up their game for the absent Dave, debriefing Comic Con, providing reviews for Dakota Skye, Dollhouse: Season One, and Robot Chicken Star Wars: Episode II, running down new releases for Aug 4, and unleashing such ambush topics as favorite fictional chefs, shocking character deaths, and taking a character from early in an actor's career and swapping him out with a later project. Did you follow all that? Share your comments and questions in the new Filibuster discussion forum.

The Newfoundland dream team Steve and Jon join Erich for almost exactly an hour of video game tomfoolery. First up, a couple of fighting games that aren't Street Fighter IV and PC games that aren't World of Warcraft. Erich partly recants last week's tirade against The Beatles: Rock Band track list, which leads into a discussion about the future of music games. Steve runs down the news, including more games pushed to 2010, Marvel super heroes invade LittleBigPlanet, and no more Halo after Reach... or is there? This week's Symposium Ad Nauseum asks disturbing questions like, "Is Link a practicing cannibal?" and "Are we all just figments of Steve Power's imagination?" Listen if you dare. Feel free to join the rest of the junkies in the new Blast Processing! discussion forum.

Kent and Michelle tear themselves away from not cleaning the house to share celebrity birthdays, casting falsehoods surrounding The Hobbit, the late Michael Jackson gets a concert film, wrapping Iron Man 2, Stephen Sommers goes on the defensive for GI Joe, Johnny Depp sharpens his fangs, and the "Greaties of the '80s" strikes back with Star Wars: ESB. Email your questions, comments, and suggestions to Kent and Michelle or visit them at viewfromthecouch.com.

Clark is brand-spankin' fresh this week, with a crop of new and recent film scores, including selections from Airplane! (1980), Battlestar Galactica: Season Four (2008), Hanover Street (1979), Hard Contract (1969), The Ugly Truth (2009), My Sister's Keeper (2009), The Right Stuff (1983), Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince (2009), The Split (1968), None but the Brave (1965), Lonely are the Brave (1962), Public Enemies (2009), In the Electric Mist (2009), The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008), and a bonus track from Norma Rae (1979). He also shares his review of Orphan. Enjoy! Clark welcomes your comments, questions, and suggestions in Sounds and Sights Discussion Forum.

The latest voice behind Peter Parker is actor Josh Keaton and Judge Kent Dixon peels back the webbing on TV's Spectacular Spider-man and introduces to you this talented voice-over artist. You may be surprised where else you know him from. Enjoy! Share your comments and questions in the Couch discussion forum.

Dave, Mac, Mike, and Erich ponder secret identities, online game shows, Comedy Central's Michael & Michael Have Issues, the forgotten glory of Zombie Nightmare, the viral infection of Funny People, and Erich's man crush on Zach Braff. The boys also provide reviews of BSG: Season 4.5 (Blu-ray), Monk: Season 7, Coraline, and American Gladiators: The Original Series. We close out with ambush topics like: Determine your American Gladiator name, Favorite college movies you never want to see again, Things that are not hands but are used as hands, Law enforcement incompetence, and Vomiting a caustic substance. Share your comments and questions in the new Filibuster discussion forum.

This week's show feels a lot longer than it actually is, but is that good or bad? You decide. Erich, Dave, and Adam tackle a full slate of games in Now Playing, including Red Faction: Guerrilla, Mirror's Edge, Far Cry 2, Crackdown, N+ and Punch-Out!! multiplayer, Boom Blox, and Metroid Fusion. After a couple of false starts (edited out and best forgotten), the gang tackles this week's News rundown: a 360 update, Rock Band user-created content, The Beatles: Rock Band track list woes, black Wiis (but not for us), Streets of Rage hits the iPhone, and the Summer of Arcade gets pricey. The show usually ends with Symposium Ad Nauseum, but this week devolves into a brainstorming session for a Saved By The Bell brawler. Help us Jimmy Fallon, you're our only hope! Feel free to join the rest of the junkies in the new Blast Processing! discussion forum.