Podcast On This Very Screen

Happy Wrestlemania weekend, ScreenTeam! The OTVS crew is back again at Faultline Studios to go in — caveman-style — on the WWE’s second animated feature film, The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age Smackdown! In what can only be described as the most cleverly-disguised attack on kayfabe (as well as the most on-point indictment of the business), ever, … Continue reading Episode 16: “The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age Smackdown!” →

And we’re back, good people of the OTVS Universe! Pull your blankets in tight, ’cause the WWE Cinematic Universe is returning to some of its horror roots when Jacob Goodnight dusts off his hooks and chains for another go-around in See No Evil 2! In this sequel, Kane trades in an abandoned hotel for a hospital? … Continue reading Episode 15: “See No Evil 2” →

Evening, ScreenTeam! After a week of scheduling snafus and uncooperative editing software, On This Very Screen is BACK with a movie the L.A. Times described as a “captivating and nostalgic coming-of-age dramedy,” and Paolo Sambrano described as “an excuse for a middle school reunion” — That’s What I Am. Starring Hollywood vet, Ed Harris, this oddly unfocused … Continue reading Episode 14: “That’s What I Am” →

A WWE Studios movie without a wrestler?! It’s true, it’s true, and on episode thirteen here at On This Very Screen, Corey Schroeder is back with us as we go in hard on WWE’s post-apocalyptic siege flick, The Day, starring Lost’s Dominic Monaghan, A Knight’s Tale’s Shannyn Sossamasonicon, and X-Men‘s Shawn Ashmore! In this show, the gang discusses proper attire when traversing the wasteland, what happens … Continue reading Episode 13: “The Day” →

Finally, On This Very Screen has come back… to the interwebz! Oh, our dear ScreenTeam, the gang is back with their first episode of 2016 and we go in guns a-blazin’ as we tackle the supremely funny and criminally underrated action/comedy, The Rundown. Starring Dwayne Johnson and Seann William Scott (with some great help in … Continue reading Episode 12: “The Rundown” →

‘Tis the season, ScreenTeam, and this holiday, On This Very Screen is proud to review the WWE’s latest attack in its War on Christmas, Santa’s Little Helper! Marc and Annie find themselves opposite Paolo on this flick, but it’s a fun show, nonetheless! Assisted by the apparently hideous North Pole elf, Billie (Nip/Tuck’s AnnaLynne McCord), Dax “The Axe” Ardwick (Miz) finds … Continue reading Episode 11: “Santa’s Little Helper” →

Holy milestone episode, ScreenTeam! On This Very Screen celebrates its tenth episode with the 1989 Hulk Hogan epic and WWE Studios prototype, No Holds Barred! As you can imagine, Paolo and Marc have their work cut out for them when Annie tags in special guest, OJ Patterson of Courting Comedy and Super Trashed Bros! Together, these three smarks let the wrestling … Continue reading Episode 10: “No Holds Barred” →

You’ve dialed into episode nine of On This Very Screen, where the gang trades in Paolo (on a much deserved vacation) for returning special guest and OTVS ringer, Corey Schroeder, in our own “Tribute to the Troops” — The Marine 3: Homefront! Taking the reins from John Cena and Ted Dibiase Jr., Mike “The Miz” … Continue reading Episode 09: “The Marine 3: Homefront” →

On the eighth episode of On This Very Screen,  the gang sets its sights on WWE Studios’ trainwreck of a buddy-cop movie, the incomprehensible, tangent-filled labyrinth that is Bending The Rules. Even WITH our favorite kazoo-wielding Canadian on the marquee, Edge,  this movie was B-R-utal to get through — so much so, that we get … Continue reading Episode 08: “Bending The Rules” →

In episode seven of On This Very Screen, the ScreenTeam (sans Annie — get well soon, dear!) and the addition of mega-hilarious Comic Vine podcaster, Corey Schroeder, join forces with Mystery Incorporated to solve the case of the Fiery-Ghost-Bear! Alright, lame name for a monster, but hey — this fearsome bastard’s out to ruin WrestleMania, and … Continue reading Episode 07: “Scooby-Doo! Wrestlemania Mystery!” →

Swaggering into the spotlight of On This Very Screen’s sixth episode is the Texas Rattlesnake, himself, Stone Cold Steve Austin, with rated-R action-thriller, The Condemned! Are you a fan of heavy-handed social commentary? Plodding fight scenes? Rob Hoffman from f*cking Suits?! Then you’ve hit the jackpot as the gang is joined by stand-up comedian, Dash Kwiatkowski, to discuss squandered … Continue reading Episode 06: “The Condemned” →

Break out the horns and crappy Facebook memes, because John goddamn Cena makes his hopefully triumphant return in episode five of On This Very Screen with 12 Rounds. In his sophomore effort, our favorite would-be marine takes on the role of a New Orleans detective, Danny Fisher, in a race against time to rescue his wife from the clutches … Continue reading Episode 05: “12 Rounds” →

In episode four of On This Very Screen, the gang takes on the gargantuan mixed-martial arts comedy, Knucklehead, starring the “Big Show,” Paul Wight and Mark Feuerstein from USA’s Royal Pains. Touted as WWE Studios’ first comedy, Knucklehead combines the plot of Nacho Libre with enough fart jokes to power the city of Los Angeles, and the results are goddamn glorious. How … Continue reading Episode 04: “Knucklehead” →

During the heyday of the “Attitude Era” in the ’90s, Triple H (Paul Levesque) made his bones chopping at his boner and inciting any and all people to suck it as part of anti-authority faction, D-Generation X. In family comedy The Chaperone, Triple H eschews crotch chops and salami jokes for family reconciliation, Bionic Woman-esque … Continue reading Episode 03: “The Chaperone” →

On this episode of On This Very Screen, the gang takes on WWE’s first horror flick, See No Evil, starring the “big red masturbator,” himself, Kane! From rating the deaths of every Breakfast Club juvenile delinquent you can think of to debating proper shower hygiene in a dilapidated hotel, no stone is left unturned with this … Continue reading Episode 02: “See No Evil” →

The story of The Marine is essentially a story of not getting what you want… and then, not getting the thing you wanted after that. You see, the titular marine role was originally offered to “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, who parted ways with WWE in 2004 before production began. Soon after, the role was awarded to … Continue reading Episode 01: “The Marine” →