Oh early spring film releases. The Oscar films have gone wide, the crappy horror/comedy/romantic movies are getting ready to do well for an opening weekend before exiting quickly and the critical community is organizing their obligatory top ten lists. Now, given that this is my first top ten list on an actual site, I figured that I had to go all out in terms of stockpiling on film consumption for the... 

Due to health, weather, and health, it’s been a few weeks since we were able to pull a show together. Through it all, Thomas has been almost relentless in his pursuit of the next episode. Maybe this is part of his bid to take over as prime Widescreen Warrior, or maybe he misses our banter whenever we’re gone. Regardless, with nobody else to join Rafe in the studio, this week’s show... 

We’re back with reviews of Lincoln, Skyfall, Wreck-It Ralph, and Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. Yet, no matter what we talk about, everything seems to come back to Joss Whedon. What have we been watching lately? Joss Whedon. What do we think about Disney buying Star Wars? Joss Whedon is the support for our stance. What are our thoughts on the Kevin Clash scandal? Okay, maybe that... 

Right before we started recording this week’s podcast, Owen made us aware of just how clueless he is about technological developments. The result is a riotous 60-minutes where Owen is the punchline, but the last laugh is on us. Mixed in this week we talk about Lawless, when good actors star in bad movies, Breaking Bad, and putting the final wraps on this summer’s season, including record... 

With a record-breaking $200 million opening weekend, I think we can all agree that there will be a sequel to The Avengers. Even better: most people I know want a sequel to the super hero team-up. It feels germane to the film for there to be a second one, instead of another chapter that is simply tacked on. We have a long road to travel before we get to a second Avengers film, but we can pontificate... 

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,... 

Ever since the success of Iron Man in 2008, the Marvel Universe movies have been building to a point: The Avengers. With each individual character movie finding massive success, the idea of combining the characters into a team became even more of an enigma: how do you take four characters who have triumphed in their own pictures (as well as two supporting players) and combine them into an ensemble... 

Marvel’s The Avengers is extraordinary, a monumental accomplishment of super heroic proportions. Director Joss Whedon has done the impossible, bringing together four independent franchises (Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, and Captain America) into a single cohesive whole. The Avengers is a better film with the heroes together than any single film with the each hero standing alone. It is quite a remarkable... 

We already have an awesome review of The Cabin in the Woods and I have little more to add to that sentiment: this is a game-changing movie and should definitely be taken in by anyone who has a penchant for these kinds of films. Even days later the movie has stuck with me and continues to make me consider the consequences of the story. More than just the consequences within the movie, I keep thinking... 

Over the past decade or two (or perhaps since their inception), horror movies have been plagued by cliches. Few fright films can escape the trappings of the genre and make a lasting impression. The Cabin in the Woods not only embraces those cliches, it plays with them, twists them, spinning those cliches on their heads. The cliches are the movie. The result is quite possibly one of the most enjoyable...