Wow, we’ve got one hell of a show this week. This episode is chock-full of movie goodness, from a discussion of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and how the Pirates franchise has evolved over time to a heated discussion of movies representing the Vietnam war era: Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, and Platoon. Add in a little bit about The Dark Knight Rises, Transformers: Dark of the... 

I’ve been disappointed with the number of online critics who have announced that their review of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is in their choice not to see it. They insist the franchise has gotten worse and worse, to the point that they won’t give the latest chapter their time or money. To me, this is disappointing. I mean, we’re talking about summer popcorn fare that follows a... 

Captain Jack Sparrow will be back for the summer of 2011 in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides in search for the Fountain of Youth. By his side Sparrow now has leading lady Angelica played by Penelope Cruz to keep things spicy and a new dynamic could be a breath of fresh air. I know I’m not the first person to say the third film At World’s End was nowhere near as good as the first film... 

We jiggle our format around a little bit this week, as our discussion of Woody Allen brings us to movies from within the past decade. For those avoiding spoilers, we move our discussion of those movies to the end and clearly announce when you should stop listening. Before that are reviews of Dinner for Schmucks and the original French picture The Dinner Game, commentary on the new Yogi Bear trailer,...