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Every year, we make a wager on which movies will make the most money during the summer movie season. In this episode, we argue about who will be the big winners at the box office.  Featuring: Abi Porter, Matt Hughes, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Star Trek, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Fight Club, Rush Hour, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Lone Ranger, Neighbors, Bridesmaids.

Zack Snyder is one of the most divisive filmmakers in the world of genre-filmmaking. In this episode we rank his entire filmography from best to worst. Featuring: Josh Porter, Liam Gonnason, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns Spoilers: Every movie in Zack Snyder’s directorial filmography, George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later, World War Z, Troy, Love Actually, Immortals, The Cell, 300: Rise of an Empire, Lord of the Rings, Van Helsing, Mighty Ducks, A Series of Unfortunate Events, he Frank Miller graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns, I am Legend, and the Terminator soundtrack. 

Join us as we join the rest of the world and argue about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Is it a disgrace to the legacy of the comic book titans, or one of the best adaptations of their collective mythology?  Featuring: Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Liam Gonnason, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns.  Spoilers: Batman v. Superman, Man of Steel, Scrooged, the bad DC comics TV shows, the Adam West Batman television series, The Dark Knight, Watchmen, Goodwill Hunting, Spider-Man, The Social Network, Batman Forever, Matchstick Men, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Buried, Mallrats, and the Frank Miller graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns. 

Before there was Batman v. Superman, there was Man of Steel. Was the world right to be divided, or should they all just shut up and enjoy some Superman? Featuring: Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Mike Jensen, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Man of Steel, Batman v. Superman, Superman Returns, Green Lantern, Godzilla (2014), The Fighter, Morning Glory, Interstellar, The Good Dinosaur, Transformers, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. 

10 Cloverfield Lane: A tense and scary claustrophobic thriller, or an hour and a half of being confused by the fact that the word Cloverfield is in the title? Featuring: Bethany Allen, Matt Hughes, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Cloverfield, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Prometheus, Signs, The Hills Have Eyes, The Fly, District 9, Independence Day, Night of the Living Dead, Evil Dead, The Mist, the Richard Matheson novel I am legend, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Rossane, Breaking Bad season 1 episode 2, the Nine Inch Nails video for “Only,” and Cannibal Airlines.

In 2008 the world was shook by a mysterious ad campaign leading hordes of movie goers into theaters to experience the explosive found footage kaiju masterpiece; Matt Reeves’ Cloverfield. Or, is it a chaotic mess that should come with a complementary does of dramamine?  Featuring: Bethany Allen, Matt Hughes, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: That Thing You Do, Cannibal Holocaust, The Blair Witch Project, Hostel, A Serbian Film, Scary Movie, Paranormal Activity, Project X, Chronicle, [REC], the pilot episode of Lost, both the 1998 and 2014 American Godzilla films, Super 8, Pitch Black, Gremlins, Signs, Jaws, and Alien.

In the mid-90’s, Eric Roth wrote a screenplay that wowed audiences around the world; The script that became Robert Zemeckis’ Forrest Gump. In the late 2000’s, Eric Roth sort of wrote that screenplay again; the script that became David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. So which one is better? Featuring: Garrett Holmes, Matt Hughes, Mike Jensen, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Sarah Hanns, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Forrest Gump, The curious Case of Benjamin Button (both the films and the novel and short story from which they were adapted), Super 8, E.T., Flight of the Navigator, Apollo 13, Back to the Future, Fight Club, Inglourious Basterds, 12 Monkeys, Panic Room, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Terminal, You’ve Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, and That Thing You Do.

Which Academy Award winning film would you save if it meant killing the other? The Revenant or Birdman? Braveheart or Titanic? In this grueling round of save or kill, what Oscar-winners will survive and what will be left of them? Featuring: Alla Nikiforov, Abi Porter, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Peter Nikiforov, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: When you hear movie options presented on the Save or Kill chopping block, it stands to reason that spoilers will follow. Also, we managed to completely spoil both The Departed and Burn After Reading, so watch out.

Deadpool: The satisfying conclusion to every fan’s burning anticipation, or a bit too much? Join our hardcore Deadpool fans and our open-minded newcomers as we debrief our first impressions. Featuring: Liam Gonnason, Matt Hughes, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Deadpool (both the Tim Miller film and the Marvel comics title), the X-men movie franchise, Scary Movie 2, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man, Punisher: War Zone, Blade Trinity, Taxi Driver, Fight Club, Breaking Bad, Man of Steel, Transformers, Iron Man 2, Transporter Refueled, and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

Join us as we explore the most exciting and/or dumb movie news from February, 2016 . When will there be more Transformers movies? Who will play the Invisible Man? What’s the latest flick to be endorsed by the Satanic Temple? The answers—as well as our expert opinions—await you. Featuring: Liam Gonnason, Matt Hughes, Josh Porter, and Patrick Porter. Spoilers: Chappie, The Batman v. Superman trailers, the Transformers franchise, School of Rock, Iron Man 3, Terminator: Genisys, that one Sia music video with Shia Labeouf, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Hollow Man, Back to the Future, Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Dumber and Dumber To, Ernest Cline’s novel Ready Player One, Public Enemies, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Prometheus, Deadpool, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Wolverine, World War Z, Austin Powers, the Predator franchise, That 70’s Show, Ocean’s 11, Ocean’s 12, and Spider-Man 3.