Movie Mastery – McCinsey’s Island (1998)
What starts out seeming like a standard Hulk Hogan action movie, quickly devolves into a strange, dreamlike comedy with cartoonish characters and a nonsensical plot.
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Expounded Universe 216 – Toka And Fugue
Well heck, the last episode was certainly a bottle episode, never leaving Duttes Mer’s office, but this one is almost a bottle episode too, insofar as it’s set exclusively in […]
Expounded Universe 215 – Rokur Gepta? I Hardly Know ‘Er Gepta!
Bottle episode time! These two entire chapters never leave the office of one of our two villains. This time around, we’re going to meet Duttes Mer, the regional governer of […]
Movie Mastery – Snakes on a Plane (2006)
We aren’t reviewing Morbius (yet) but how about another movie that decided to try to lean into the memes and then didn’t make any money because it turns out memes […]
Expounded Universe 214 – This Mynock Empty, Yeek
Oh my goodness it is a new book, and instead of dealing with Corran Horn for even one more goddamn second, we can finally hang with the cool man with […]
Movie Mastery – Initial D (2005)
When you adapt a manga or anime into live action, only good things can happen. And what could be more exciting than watching someone drive the exact same route 7 […]
Expounded Universe 213 – I, Jedi Wrapup
Time for the moment where we ask ourselves what the hell did we just read? A little bit of final thoughts and a lot of listener questions, plus the big […]
Expounded Universe 212 – I, Jensaarai
And the rocket ride comes to a sudden stop. And was Jef right last week? No! Jef was only about 1/5th right! Oh well, I guess those aren’t just the […]
Movie Mastery – Karate Dog (2004)
In the vein of A Talking Cat, a celebrity really phones it in while voicing an animal but this movie had the budget to also badly CGI the animal doing […]
Expounded Universe 211 – I Vengeance, I The Night
As the title may suggest, this is a bit of a Batman set of chapters, as our hero sets about scaring all the pirates off the planet they live on. […]
Expounded Universe 210 – I Don’t Care About Things Anymore
[/audio] Another episode, another few weeks spent in pirate town. We have the big showdown with Remart, a whole chapter in Horn’s head (shudder) and we meet an exciting new […]
Movie Mastery – Space Truckers (1996)
Follow the thrilling escapades of John Canyon as he coerces a girl to marry him for a ride and then be chilled by the worst thing that poor Charles Dance […]
Expounded Universe 209 – I, Oceanbound
Chapter 36 opens with our new favorite phrase: “Several months later.” The languid pace of this rescue is wild, right? Anyway, all three chapters this week concern Corran’s attempts to […]
Movie Mastery – The FP (2011)
In the near future, two rival gangs fight for control of Frasier Park, CA by playing a knock-off version of Dance Dance Revolution but mostly just say the N-word a […]
Expounded Universe 208 – Aye, Pirate
[/audio] Okay, here we go! We’re done with the Jedi temple, we’re done with Grandpa’s house, time to finally rescue Mirax, all we gotta do is… join up with a […]
Movie Mastery – Megamind (2010)
One of the few actually decent DreamWorks animated films but it still can’t escape the dreaded “all the characters dance” ending.
Expounded Universe 207 – I, Not A Jedi
Obviously Corran is feeling a little down on himself for spending two and a half months at the Jedi academy instead of just looking for his wife, so the most […]
Expounded Universe 206 – I, Died Offscreen
Ooh lots of ground to cover this week, as get this, Corran Horn is leaving Yavin 4! With about half of the book left, will we finally start the book? […]
Movie Mastery – Dirty Love (2005)
In what I can only describe as one of the worst movies that we have ever seen; Jenny McCarthy takes some time off from spreading misinformation about vaccines to write […]
Expounded Universe 205 – I, Gonna Get You Sucka
The cavalcade of guest stars visiting Fantasy Planet continues, as we are now getting a chance to meet Han (again, remember!?) and Leia, along with the Solo twins, make brief […]
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