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Weekly Blend #304 – Sail Into Shadow
Dark Shadows are here again. First came the campy, classic television show, then a ’90s remake. Now we get to see Tim Burton and Johnny Depp take on the franchise. Of course, it still has the might of The Avengers to contend with. We offer a review of Dark Shadows and our take on The Avengers continual success before moving into the realm of television and discussing which shows are making...
Weekly Blend #303 – We’ll Sure as Hell Avenge It
Avengers Assemble! Summer is officially here with the first blockbuster of the year and it’s a doozy, breaking records and amazing audiences and critics everywhere. We have four opinions about The Avengers here for you, with different things about the movie we liked and disliked. We also talk about Battleship‘s oversea success before its American release, our Dark Shadows hesitation,...
Weekly Blend #302 – Summer Season Assemble!
We’re back after a few weeks’ absence. With our return we talk about The Raven and The Cabin in the Woods, one of which is the most awesome movie several of us have seen in theaters in quite a while (hint: it doesn’t have John Cusack in it). After our reviews we start laying out the summer with a thumbs up/thumbs down for the upcoming potential blockbusters. What are we most interested...
Weekly Blend #301 – Fact or April Fool
It’s April Fools’ Day, which means a flood of stories have come out created by other sites in hopes of fooling their readers. We dive through those stories as well as some other unbelievable tales in an effort to sort out the fact and fiction. You can also hear our reviews of Wrath of the Titans and Mirror Mirror, as well as our personal favorite sword and sandal type movies. We also debate...
Weekly Blend #300 – The More Things Change
It feels like only yesterday that we moved out on our own, set up WidescreenWarrior.com, and shortly thereafter celebrated our 200th episode. Now it’s 100 episodes later… but the more things change, the more they stay the same. We deal with the technical troubles of adding a few more seats as we gather together the current iteration of the show along with the Queen of the Podcast to talk...
Tags: 21 jump street, channing tatum, dark shadows, gary ross, jennifer lawrence, john carter, johnny depp, jonah hill, julia roberts, kristen stewart, kristen stewart can't act, michael bay, mirror mirror, snow white and the huntsman, stanley tucci, taylor kitsch, teenage mutant ninja turtles, the hunger games, tim burton, woody harrelson
Weekly Blend #299 – Wrath of the Full Moon
There’s a superstition in teaching about the effects of the full moon on students, and Rafe thinks that’s definitely something he saw this week, with the effects carrying into the show. The full staff of this episode talks about John Carter‘s loss to The Lorax at the box office, the surprisingly well-received upcoming 21 Jump Street, our early anticipation for The Hunger Games, and...
Weekly Blend #298 – Technical Issues Abound
Technical issues rear their ugly head this week, from the lack of a babysitter when it came time to record the show to problems with Thomas’s Skype feed this week. We soldier on and talk about the killer box office take for The Lorax, offer up a review of Project X, talk about the deaths of Davy Jones and Ralph McQuarrie, and analyze what did and didn’t work for this year’s Oscar...
Weekly Blend #297 – They’re Coming to Get You, Thomas
It’s been a few weeks since our last show, so we catch up with an old friend and go over what we’ve been doing in the interim, both good and bad. You’ll hear reviews of Wanderlust and Act of Valor and a discussion of why it’s hard to give honest but sometimes negative reviews of movies like Act of Valor or Tyler Perry movies. That doesn’t stop the latest addition to...
Tags: act of valor, chronicle, chuck norris, oscars, razzies, the lorax, troy pelish, tyler perry, wanderlust
Weekly Blend #296 – The Force Child Comes from Golden Showers
It’s a review-heavy show this week as we offer up our opinions on three of this weekend’s new releases; we didn’t see Journey 2 but do discuss Safe House, The Vow, and enjoy a rather lengthy deconstruction of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. We briefly turn our attention to the music world with the death of Whitney Houston and Madonna’s Super Bowl performance...
Tags: brendan gleeson, catherine hardwicke, channing tatum, denzel washington, george lucas, liam neeson, rachel mcadams, ryan reynolds, safe house, scott speedman, star wars, star wars - episode i, the amazing spider-man, the bourne legacy, the hunger games, the phantom menace, the vow, twilight, vera farmiga
Weekly Blend #295 – Movies Take Over the Super Bowl
I promised we would try some new things since we came back, and this week is representative of that. First, we’re joined by our friend Kelly, who adds a female voice back to the show even if it does mean some razzing for liking Channing Tatum and Grey’s Anatomy. Secondly, we open up the Skype-line to see who calls in. This week it’s the latest addition to the Widescreen Warrior writing...
