Sequelcast 2 and Friends
604 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsPop culture podcasts on movies, TV, and video games. Looking at franchises one movie/game at a time with other pop culture randomness thrown in. Theme songs by Marc With a C. Hosted by Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller. Part of the Tokyo Beat Network.
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Episodes
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
February 09, 2024 14:49 - 1 hour - 30.4 MBStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
February 09, 2024 14:49 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MBStar Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)
February 09, 2024 14:46 - 1 hour - 29 MBThe Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
December 30, 2023 15:36 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Stars Harrison Ford, Mads Mikkelsen, John Rhys-Davies, Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Indiana Jones flies to a handful of countries to find both pieces of the dial of destiny, which when combined will do something timely. Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the Tokyo Beat Podcast Network. Follow the show on Twitter @Sequelcast2 Buy Mat's books (The Films of Uwe Boll, Podcast You Nerd!) ...
Sly (GUEST: A.J. Benza, Host of Fame is a Bitch with A.J. Benza
December 05, 2023 15:40 - 25 minutes - 35.7 MBHost Mat Bradley-Tschirgi interviews A.J. Benza (Fame is a Bitch with A.J. Benza) about the new Sylvester Stallone documentary Sly and his experiences working directly with Sly in Rocky Balboa, the sixth film in the series. Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the Tokyo Beat Podcast Network. Subscribe to A.J.'s Patreon for Fame is a Bitch with A.J. Benza Follow the show on Twitter @Sequelcast2 Buy Mat's books (The Films of Uwe Boll, Podcast You Nerd!) Buy Thrasher's table...
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
November 26, 2023 15:03 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. Stars Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, and Lea Seydoux. Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has to work in secret to recover stolen nuclear launch codes. He also climbs the side of a tall building. Animation director Brad Bird (The Iron Giant, The Incredibles) makes his live-action debut here, resulting in a funnier Mission Impossible film that is a bit snappier than past few movies. It has the u...
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
November 26, 2023 15:03 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol. Stars Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, and Lea Seydoux. Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has to work in secret to recover stolen nuclear launch codes. He also climbs the side of a tall building. Animation director Brad Bird (The Iron Giant, The Incredibles) makes his live-action debut here, resulting in a funnier Mission Impossible film that is a bit snappier than past few movies. It has the u...
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
October 29, 2023 14:07 - 1 hour - 82.4 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Mission: Impossible III. Stars Tom Cruise, Michelle Monaghan, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Maggie Q. Tom Cruise has to stop an arms dealer from getting a hold of a bio hazard known as the Rabbit's Foot. J.J. Abrams' directorial debut, Mission: Impossible III in some ways hearkens back to the more intimate tone of the original, but a lot of the fun of the series has gone out the window. The late Philip Seymour Hoffman makes a great vil...
Roger Rabbit (GUEST: Gary K. Wolf)
October 18, 2023 14:47 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher interview author Gary K. Wolf about his books Who Censored Roger Rabbit? (of which the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit was based on) and Jessica Rabbit: Xerious Business. They also discuss influences of Roger Rabbit including comics, cartoons, and commercials. Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the Tokyo Beat Podcast Network. Follow the show on Twitter @Sequelcast2 Buy Mat's books (The Films of Uwe Boll, Podcast You Nerd!) Buy Thrasher's tab...
Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
October 05, 2023 14:19 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Mission: Impossible 2. Stars Tom Cruise, Anthony Hopkins, Thandiwe Newton, Richard Roxburgh, and Dougray Scott. Bio-terrorists plan on releasing a virus for reasons, and Tom Cruise and the rest of the IMF gang have to stop them. Featuring slower pacing and worse plotting than the first film, Mission: Impossible 2 also has flashier action scenes (doves! shooting guns on motorcycles! more doves!) courtesy of Hong Kong director Jo...
Mission: Impossible (1996)
October 01, 2023 16:27 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the first Mission: Impossible film. Stars Emmanuelle Béart, Tom Cruise, Henry Czerny, Vanessa Redgrave, Ving Rhames, and Jean Reno. After a mission in Prague goes sideways, IMF member Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) has to find the mole responsible. The first of what is a 7-film series so far based off the 1960's TV show, Mission: Impossible features a twisty spy story with some fun action set pieces courtesy of director Brian De Palm...
Star Wars Video Games (Rose City Comic Con 2023 Live Panel)
September 25, 2023 03:26 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Tony Minsent, Eric Windsor, and Sean Christopher Franson discuss Star Wars Video Games in this live panel hosted at Rose City Comic Con 2023. Given this is a live event, the audio quality is a bit rough. Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the Tokyo Beat Podcast Network. Get 15% off EPOS Gaming Audio headsets with code EPOSFRIEND15 at checkout at www.eposaudio.com/gaming Follow the show on Twitter @Sequelcast2 Buy Mat's books (The Films of Uwe Boll, Podcast...
Airport (1970)
September 08, 2023 14:13 - 56 minutes - 50.5 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Airport, the first of four 1970s films based on the book by Arthur Hailey. Stars Jacqueline Bisset, Helen Hayes, Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin. A disaster movie in the skies, Airport is a bit stiff compared to later entries in the series. The late 1960s fashions are fun to look at, as is the lax airport security by modern standards. Kind of a dud and overlong, Airport fails to start the series on a high note. Sequelcast 2 and Friends is pa...
The Hill (Guests: Jeff Celentano and Ricky Hill)
August 30, 2023 14:37 - 26 minutes - 24 MBHost Mat Bradley-Tschirgi interviews director Jeff Celentano on his new film The Hill now playing in theaters. Mat also interviews Rickey Hill, the real-life subject on whom the film is based on. Born with a degenerative spinal disease, Rickey started his dream of playing baseball by hitting rocks with sticks. Eventually, he got in the MLB. They discuss how Rickey developed his batting style, the long journey of the film to the silver screen, and the importance of spending the time on cutt...
Paul Reubens In Memoriam (1952-2023)
August 06, 2023 15:30 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the career of the late Paul Reubens. After growing up in New York and Florida, Paul Reubens moved to Los Angeles to get his start in show business. An early member of the influential comedy troupe The Groundlings, Reubens is best known for his character Pee-Wee Herman who starred in 3 movies: Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Big Top Pee-Wee, and Pee-Wee's Big Holiday. Pee-Wee also appeared in several other movies and TV shows, not to me...
Batman vs. Two-Face (2017)
July 29, 2023 14:48 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the animated feature Batman vs. Two-Face. Stars William Shatner, Adam West, Burt Ward, and Julie Newmar. Done much in the same style as Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders, this flick introduces a villain never seen in the live-action series: Two-Face. We also get a Batman '66 take on Harley Quinn. While the plot is still filled to the gills, this slightly more streamlined take on Batman is an improvement over the prior film....
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016)
July 20, 2023 14:18 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the animated Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders. Stars Adam West, Burt Ward, Cesar Romero, and Julie Newmar. Perfectly casting the visual aesthetic of the live-action Adam West Batman TV show, Return of the Caped Crusaders features an overstuffed storyline packed with cute references. It's a big shaggy, but there are fun moments here; a TV dinner gag is a real highlight. Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the Tokyo Beat Pod...
WGA Strike 2023 (GUEST: Joe Russo WGA Strike Captain, Co-Host of Post Mortem w/ Mick Garris)
July 10, 2023 14:13 - 20 minutes - 19 MBHost Mat Bradley-Tschirgi interviews Joe Russo (WGA Strike Captain, co-host of Post Mortem with Mick Garris) on the 2023 Writer's Guild of America Strike. They speculate on how the streaming video market is different from the halcyon days when DVD was king, AI's influence on the industry, how the potential SAG strike on July 12 might affect the WGA strike, and more! Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the Tokyo Beat Podcast Network. Learn more about the 2023 WGA Strike at WGA Strike D...
Batman: The Movie (1966)
July 03, 2023 15:30 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller start their discussion of the Adam West Batman features with 1966's Batman: The Movie. Stars Adam West, Burt Ward, Cesar Romero, and Lee Meriwether. Released between the first two seasons of the Batman TV show, Batman: The Movie features Batman and Robin against a supervillain team-up of the Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler, and the Catwoman. Although it's a bit overstuffed with plot, there's good setpieces here. A subplot with Batman fa...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)
June 23, 2023 13:35 - 56 minutes - 52 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, the eighth film in the Harry Potter series. Stars Ralph Fiennes, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson. Harry Potter faces Voldemort once and for all. Finally putting the pedal to the metal, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is a solid finish to an overlong series. There are some good twists, Daniel Radcliffe gives a focused performance as Harry while Ralph Fiennes revels in eve...
American Reunion (2012)
June 04, 2023 16:35 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss American Reunion. A bunch of assholes have a high school reunion. Stars Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Tara Reid, and Seann William Scott. A decent wrap-up to the series with a bit more character work than prior entries. Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the Tokyo Beat Podcast Network. Get 15% off EPOS Gaming Audio headsets with code EPOSFRIEND15 at checkout at www.eposaudio.com/gaming Follow the show on Twitter @Sequelcast2...
Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser (GUESTS Dan Amrich + Katrin Auch of Bunny Ears and Katrins Curiosities)
May 27, 2023 14:36 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher talk to Dan Amrich and Katrin Auch on their recent experience going on the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser experience in Orlando, Florida. We touch on the amazing integration from its original music score to a novel quest-based system with several cast members constantly in character and the delightful food onboard. Also noted is the oft misleading marketing and press surrounding this special deluxe Star Wars fan experience; it's far more than a "Star W...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010)
May 15, 2023 14:17 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, Jersey Jason, and Adriana discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, the seventh film in the Harry Potter series. Stars Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson. Harry Potter and his friends go camping as they track down the Horcruxes. Yet another sequel that takes a final book in a series and chops it unceremoniously into two films, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 often feels like it's ...
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
May 06, 2023 16:06 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth film in the Harry Potter show. Stars Michael Gambon, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, Alan Rickman, and Emma Watson. The Death Eaters assault London as Harry Potter tries to discover who is the Half-Blood Prince. A somewhat lugubrious entry, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince starts to tee things up for the final few films. The main trio are tots no longer, making their adventures through H...
American Wedding (2003)
April 24, 2023 14:12 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss American Wedding. Jim and Michelle prepare for their wedding, but that scamp Stifler has to butt it. The gang rent a house at Lake Michigan for a killer summer party. Stars Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, January Jones, and Seann William Scott. American Wedding feels like it's on autopilot most of the time. So called hilarious obstacles blocking the wedding planning from going down are solved with such ease that it's a wonder they ...
American Pie 2 (2001)
April 17, 2023 15:27 - 1 hour - 80.3 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss American Pie 2. The gang rent a house at Lake Michigan for a killer summer party. Stars Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Natasha Lyonne, and Tara Reid. In American Pie 2, the characters are back home after their first year of college. After a labored extended opening retreading much of the first film (they eat at the same restaurant! they have another party where something gross happens to Stifler!), things loosen up a big when the...
American Pie (1999)
April 09, 2023 19:47 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss American Pie, the first film in the American Pie series. American Pie is responsible for kicking off a new R-rated sex comedy craze not seen since Revenge of the Nerds over a decade prior. Paul Weitz's (About a Boy, Little Fockers) directorial debut stars a mixture of fresh-faced actors (Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Sean William Scott) and seasoned former child actors (Alyson Hannigan, Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Ian Nicholas) ...
Tom Sizemore In Memoriam (1961-2023)
April 01, 2023 18:12 - 1 hour - 63 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the career of the late Tom Sizemore. After early stints in two films written by Quentin Tarantino (True Romance and Natural Born Killers), Tom Sizemore continued to gain acclaim in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan and Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor. Sizemore continued to act in films spanning wide variety of genres including Dreamcatcher, Paparazzi, Paranormal Movie, and Red. In 2017, Tom Sizemore had a recurring role in Da...
Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012)
March 29, 2023 04:47 - 1 hour - 71.9 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Breaking Dawn Part 2, the fifth and final film in the Twilight Saga as of this recording. Starring Billy Burke, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart. Old vampires fight new vampires and some of them laugh silly and some of them can make leaves float. Showing a momentum much of the series lacked, Breaking Dawn Part 2 shows the ancient Volturi planning an assault against the Cullens and their friends in order to ge...
Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011)
March 19, 2023 19:41 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Breaking Dawn Part 1, the fourth film in the Twilight Saga. Starring Billy Burke, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart. Bella is pregnant with a human vampire hybrid. A rather elegiac entry, Breaking Dawn Part 1 finally has Bella and Edward getting married. During their honeymoon, she becomes pregnant with a human vampire hybrid to deadly and gruesome results. Much like the first Twilight film, this feels more li...
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
March 09, 2023 15:34 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher, and Jersey Jason discuss Hary Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth film in the Harry Potter show. Starring Rupert Grint, Evanna Lynch, Daniel Radcliffe, Alan Rickman, and Emma Watson. Harry Potter is expelled from Hogwarts and joins a secret society to try and stop Lord Voldemort's return. More of a legal thriller than one might suspect, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix cuts down the longest book in the series to a lean (by Harry P...
Eclipse (2010)
February 17, 2023 01:49 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Eclipse, the third film in the Twilight Saga. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart. A sulking teenager and a sulking werewolf have to sleep with each other to keep them warm. Mortal enemies werewolves and vampires decide to form an alliance against an impending army of newborn vampires. While the last film felt like it had some momentum towards the end of the inevitable marriage of E...
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
February 10, 2023 15:49 - 1 hour - 62 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Harry Potter competes in a tournament to see who has the biggest wand. A sort of Harry Potter meets the Olympics, this motion picture has some nice suspense to it. The kids are getting a bit older, there's a scene with a fantasy themed rock band (?!?), and Voldemort is more Voldemorty than ever. A bit long, but features a lot of set up for things to come. Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the Tokyo Beat...
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
February 03, 2023 15:17 - 1 hour - 57 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Harry Potter learns who his godfather is. The kid actors are turning into teens and the story's getting a bit more mature. Gary Oldman has some nuance to Sirius Black, his titular Prisoner of Azkaban. Aside from a final shot that would be cheesy by 1970s standards, this is a less cloying movie than the first two and the best Potter yet. Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the Tokyo Beat Network. F...
New Moon (2009)
January 26, 2023 16:03 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss The Twilight Saga: New Moon, the second film in the titular Twilight Saga. Starring Anna Kendrick, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson, and Kristen Stewart. A sulking teenager goes to Italy and sulks with very old vampires. As the title implies, New Moon focuses on the third wheel of the Twilight Saga, Jacob (Taylor Lautner). To prep for his werewolf role in the film, he had to put on several pounds of muscle or else be recast. L...
Twilight (2008)
January 20, 2023 00:50 - 1 hour - 78.7 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Twilight, the first film in the Twilight Saga. Starring Anna Kendrick, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson, and Kristen Stewart. A sulking teenager plays a game of vampire baseball. Already a best-selling series of books by the time the first film came out, Twilight seemed destined to be a bit. Its PG-13 tween romance take on high school life, vampires, and werewolves has lyrical moments (chilling in trees, sparkling in a field)...
Pirate Movies (GUEST Dominic Armato Return to Monkey Island Actor [Guybrush Threepwood])
January 09, 2023 14:57 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher, and Alex Miller interview Dominic Armato (Return to Monkey Island), the voice of Guybrush Threepwood, about pirate food, film, and his work on the Monkey Island games including the latest, Return to Monkey Island. Pirates have captured the imagination of writers since well before the days of Robert Louis Stevenson. Whether it's humorous (The Pirate Movie), an operetta (Pirates of Penzance), a bloated studio adventure (Hook), or hidden gem (Cutthroat...
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)
January 01, 2023 18:04 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. After being transported to Los Angeles, the titular moose and squirrel travel across country to stop a rogue TV station from hypnotizing the populace into a stupor. Starring Jason Alexander, Robert De Niro, Janeane Garofalo, and Rene Russo. The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle uses the tired trope of taking cartoon characters and putting them in the "real world". Who Framed Roger Rabbi...
Commentary - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (1970)
December 25, 2022 17:13 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBThrasher does an audio commentary for the 1970 Rankin/Bass classic Santas Claus Is Comin' To Town starring Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Joan Gardner, and Paul Frees. One of a long-running annual series of stop-motion animated Christmas specials, Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town is well worth adding to your home video library. Other titular Santa Claus Rankin/Bass specials include 1974's The Year Without a Santa Claus, 1985's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, and 2001's Santa, Baby! Seq...
Dudley Do-Right (1999)
December 19, 2022 16:14 - 1 hour - 71 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the live-action film Dudley Do-Right. Snidely Whiplash starts a town with a nefarious purpose after a gold rush boom. Starring Brendan Fraser, Eric Idle, Alfred Molina, and Sarah Jessica Parker. From the writer and director of Police Academy, Dudley Do-Right is a live-action adaptation of the Jay Ward cartoon aimed at a very young audience. Brendan Fraser and Sarah Jessica Parker are very sincere in the leads, but Alfred Molina ...
Favorite Food Moments in Movies, TV, and Comics (GUEST: Bill Oakley Professional Food Enthusiast and Writer for The Simpsons)
December 13, 2022 15:07 - 1 hour - 86.1 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, Alex Miller, and special guest Bill Oakley (Professional Food Enthusiast and Writer for The Simpsons) discuss their favorite food moments from movies, TV, and comics. Whether it's Dagwood eating his signature sandwich, Mel Gibson whipping up a plate of food in Signs, or the hot piping donuts coming out of a machine, they cover a wide gamut including some local Portland, Oregon eateries. Sequelcast 2 and Friends is part of the Tokyo Beat Network. Fol...
Boris and Natasha: The Movie (1992)
December 06, 2022 15:37 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Boris and Natasha: The Movie. Two Pottsylvanian spies infiltrate America whilst followed by mysterious assassins. The first live-action film based off the 1960s cartoon The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, Boris and the Natasha: The Movie premiered on the premium Showtime channel. You have some SCTV favorites (Dave Thomas, John Candy), a brief John Travolta cameo, and elements of spy satire. Too bad the plot's ...
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
November 27, 2022 16:35 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher discuss Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Friends at Hogwarts discover more nasty secrets within the castle walls. Based on the second book in the long running Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets feels too much like a retread of the original. There's a suspicious professor, fantasy beasties, and precocious kids. Perhaps the biggest slog of the whole series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets feels like it's on an ...
The So-Called Death of Physical Media
November 14, 2022 21:19 - 1 hour - 73.1 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss the so-called death of physical media. Having gotten hooked on home video since the VHS days, our hosts take viewers on a history of the format while debating what we are losing as so many more titles become only available on streaming services. Audio commentaries, documentaries, and blooper reels are rarely seen on streaming services, and many are pulled altogether. Everything old is new again, so perhaps DVDs will have a ...
King's Quest 2: Romancing the Throne (1985)
November 08, 2022 15:11 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss King's Quest 2: Romancing the Throne. Now a king, Graham requests companionship and follows his Magic Mirror's visions of a kidnapped Princess to gain a bride. The second proper King's Quest game if we don't count Hi-Res Adventure # 2: The Wizard and the Princess, King's Quest 2: Romancing the Throne has more of a plot of sorts than the original. Instead of retrieving three treasures to become king, you are opening three door...
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994)
October 17, 2022 14:54 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love. Booger looks to get hitched while Lewis and Betty have a dork bun in the oven. Starring Curtis Armstrong, Robert Carradine, and Julia Montgomery. The final Revenge of the Nerds film (for now), Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love is a backdoor pilot to a Booger series. In many ways, this feels like a madcap 1930s comedy with a modicum of the wit and/or social satire. As always, there's th...
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
October 10, 2022 16:49 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBHosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi, Thrasher, and Alex Miller discuss Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation. Starring Curtis Armstrong, Robert Carradine, and Julia Montgomery. The first of two TV movies in the Nerds series (according to Curtis Armstrong's memoir, these also served as backdoor pilots for Revenge of the Nerds TV shows that never got off the ground), Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation manages to introduce a lot of new characters but focuses more on the old ones. No...