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Mon, 31 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1477 - Entertainment Docket for Week of March 31 Melissa experiences filmmaking from the front lines, as Michael watches bootleg Broadway production videos on YouTube. A rundown of the week's newest releases on DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, Redbox, Hulu, Movies, TV, Music, and Books. Plus! Ryan Gosling does Busby Berkeley. JK Rowling's "Fantastic Beasts" gets a trilogy. Warner Bros is pulling the trigger on a Justice League franchise. And Frozen becomes the top grossing animated film of all-time. Direct download: 1477.mp3 Category: docket -- posted at: 9:37am EST Thu, 27 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1476 - Blast Processing (Cool-infused) A plague infected Steve and a Cool-infected Jon are back, while Kev tours the nation bringing law to the lawless. On this first new episode of 2014, Jon reviews Bravely Default and Strider , while Steve brings the hammer down on all three of the big three console manufacturers. There's also news, smarm, and more of what keeps you comin' back time after time. Direct download: 1476.mp3 Category: blast -- posted at: 11:48am EST Tue, 25 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1475 - Entertainment Docket for Week of March 24 Melissa hangs out with The Croods , as Michael finds himself Saving Mr. Banks . A rundown of the latest new releases on DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, Redbox, Hulu, Movies, TV, Music, and Books. Plus! How Noah became an action flick, Mourning the death of character actor James Rebhorn, Figuring out how to make a John Belushi biopic, Teasing out the plot of Bryan Singer's next two X-Men movies, and Deepening the impact of the expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe. Direct download: 1475.mp3 Category: docket -- posted at: 8:25am EST Sat, 22 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1474 - F This Movie! (Se7en) Patrick and JB go all Fincher on your ass with Se7en ! Oh, and there's something in the box for you. Direct download: 1474.mp3 Category: fthis -- posted at: 10:26pm EST Wed, 19 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1473 - Sounds and Sights of Cinema (Burwell and the Coen Bros.) Clark kicks off another series spotlighting director/composer collaborations. This time, you'll hear music written by Carter Burwell for the films of Joel and Ethan Coen. Included are selections from Blood Simple , Raising Arizona , Miller's Crossing , The Hudsucker Proxy , Fargo , The Man Who Wasn't There , Intolerable Cruelty , Burn After Reading , A Serious Man , and True Grit . Direct download: 1473.mp3 Category: cinema -- posted at: 9:07am EST Tue, 18 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1472 - Entertainment Docket for Week of March 17 Melissa struggles to watch the Veronica Mars movie. A rundown of the latest new releases on DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, Redbox, Hulu, Movies, TV, Music, and Books. Plus! We mourn the passing of comedian David Brenner; Overdosing on Muppets; Hollywood's perverse infatuation with young adult action/adventure franchises; Star Wars Episode VII casting kicks into high gear; and why the Fantastic Four reboot is Doomed. Direct download: 1472.mp3 Category: docket -- posted at: 4:59am EST Sat, 15 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1471 - They Came From the North (Joe Dante) This month, our boys come in from the cold to tackle furry little critters, spaceships made from tilt-a-whirls, werewolves, creepy neighbors, and Looney Tunes, as we share in the good, the bad, and the ugly of director Joe Dante . We're ALL Rockin' Ricky Rialto fans! Direct download: 1471.mp3 Category: theycame -- posted at: 11:43pm EST Fri, 14 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1470 - The Friday Filibuster (Ungodly) Mac suffers through 3 Days to Kill . Dave partakes of HBO's True Detective and 300: Rise of an Empire ... TWICE! Michael preps for auditions with Spamalot and Monty Python and the Holy Grail on YouTube?! Summer movie season comes very early this year. Reviews of The Venture Bros: Season 5 (Blu-ray) and Enemies Closer (Blu-ray) . Ambush Topics: Spies with family lives, Hand to hand combat in mid-air, Worst book-to-film adaptations. Direct download: 1470.mp3 Category: filibuster -- posted at: 5:02pm EST Wed, 12 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1469 - Entertainment Docket for Week of March 10 As Melissa closes the book on Breaking Bad , Michael gets excited for what the future of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. holds. Running down the latest new releases on DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, Redbox, Hulu, Movies, TV, Music, and Books. Plus! Bryan Cranston does LBJ; President Obama goes between Two Ferns; Dan Harmon joins forces with Mitch Hurwitz on a new TV project; Sylvan Chomet does an intro for The Simpsons ; Fox's Gotham casts its teen Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle; and Leatherface gets 4k facelift for the 40th anniversary of Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre . Direct download: 1469.mp3 Category: docket -- posted at: 9:38am EST Sun, 9 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1468 - The Friday Filibuster (Ani-may-may) Mac embraces Miyazaki's The Wind Rises , Daryl is thrilled with new Stray Bullets , Erich takes in Thor: The Dark World , and Jason logs heavy hours on Sleeping Dogs . Reviews of Romeo and Juliet (2013) , King of Chinatown , Search: The Complete Series , Beneath . Ambush Topics: Shoes, Clowns, Movies that span decades, Great TV shows that only lasted one season, Role Playing Games. Direct download: 1468.mp3 Category: filibuster -- posted at: 11:24pm EST Tue, 4 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1467 - Sounds and Sights of Cinema (New and Recent Releases) This week, Clark spotlights another batch of new and recent releases. You'll hear selections from Pompeii , The Legend of Hercules , Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit , The Monuments Men , Black Sails , and Ride Along , plus remastered cues from Falling Down , Escape from L.A. , and Dead Again . Direct download: 1467.mp3 Category: cinema -- posted at: 10:39am EST Mon, 3 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1466 - Entertainment Docket for Week of March 3 Melissa and Michael recover from Oscars overload, as they run down what's new this week on DVD, Blu-ray, Redbox, Netflix, Hulu, Movies, TV, Music, and Books. Plus! Paramount bows to religious pressure on Noah , Vincent D'Onofrio is Jurassic World 's bad guy, Jeff Goldblum brings back David Levinson for Independence Day sequel, Adam McKay says he's done with Anchorman , a wedding for That '70s Show 's Jackie and Michael, and the selfie that broke Twitter. Direct download: 1466.mp3 Category: docket -- posted at: 10:51am EST Sat, 1 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1465 - The Friday Filibuster (21 Jump Street) Dave and Mac kick it old school with an episode devoted exclusively to Stephen J. Cannell's '80s cult classic 21 Jump Street -- the original television series, not the movie. Behold the evolution of Johnny Depp! Direct download: 1465.mp3 Category: filibuster -- posted at: 8:09pm EST 1 Follow @dvdverdict Blog Roll DVD Verdict F This Movie! 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Melissa experiences filmmaking from the front lines, as Michael watches bootleg Broadway production videos on YouTube. A rundown of the week's newest releases on DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, Redbox, Hulu, Movies, TV, Music, and Books. Plus! Ryan Gosling does Busby Berkeley. JK Rowling's "Fantastic Beasts" gets a trilogy. Warner Bros is pulling the trigger on a Justice League franchise. And Frozen becomes the top grossing animated film of all-time.

Thu, 27 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1476 - Blast Processing (Cool-infused) A plague infected Steve and a Cool-infected Jon are back, while Kev tours the nation bringing law to the lawless. On this first new episode of 2014, Jon reviews Bravely Default and Strider , while Steve brings the hammer down on all three of the big three console manufacturers. There's also news, smarm, and more of what keeps you comin' back time after time. Direct download: 1476.mp3 Category: blast -- posted at: 11:48am EST

A plague infected Steve and a Cool-infected Jon are back, while Kev tours the nation bringing law to the lawless. On this first new episode of 2014, Jon reviews Bravely Default and Strider , while Steve brings the hammer down on all three of the big three console manufacturers. There's also news, smarm, and more of what keeps you comin' back time after time.

Tue, 25 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1475 - Entertainment Docket for Week of March 24 Melissa hangs out with The Croods , as Michael finds himself Saving Mr. Banks . A rundown of the latest new releases on DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, Redbox, Hulu, Movies, TV, Music, and Books. Plus! How Noah became an action flick, Mourning the death of character actor James Rebhorn, Figuring out how to make a John Belushi biopic, Teasing out the plot of Bryan Singer's next two X-Men movies, and Deepening the impact of the expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe. Direct download: 1475.mp3 Category: docket -- posted at: 8:25am EST

Melissa hangs out with The Croods , as Michael finds himself Saving Mr. Banks . A rundown of the latest new releases on DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, Redbox, Hulu, Movies, TV, Music, and Books. Plus! How Noah became an action flick, Mourning the death of character actor James Rebhorn, Figuring out how to make a John Belushi biopic, Teasing out the plot of Bryan Singer's next two X-Men movies, and Deepening the impact of the expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Sat, 22 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1474 - F This Movie! (Se7en) Patrick and JB go all Fincher on your ass with Se7en ! Oh, and there's something in the box for you. Direct download: 1474.mp3 Category: fthis -- posted at: 10:26pm EST

Patrick and JB go all Fincher on your ass with Se7en ! Oh, and there's something in the box for you.

Wed, 19 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1473 - Sounds and Sights of Cinema (Burwell and the Coen Bros.) Clark kicks off another series spotlighting director/composer collaborations. This time, you'll hear music written by Carter Burwell for the films of Joel and Ethan Coen. Included are selections from Blood Simple , Raising Arizona , Miller's Crossing , The Hudsucker Proxy , Fargo , The Man Who Wasn't There , Intolerable Cruelty , Burn After Reading , A Serious Man , and True Grit . Direct download: 1473.mp3 Category: cinema -- posted at: 9:07am EST

Clark kicks off another series spotlighting director/composer collaborations. This time, you'll hear music written by Carter Burwell for the films of Joel and Ethan Coen. Included are selections from Blood Simple , Raising Arizona , Miller's Crossing , The Hudsucker Proxy , Fargo , The Man Who Wasn't There , Intolerable Cruelty , Burn After Reading , A Serious Man , and True Grit .

Tue, 18 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1472 - Entertainment Docket for Week of March 17 Melissa struggles to watch the Veronica Mars movie. A rundown of the latest new releases on DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, Redbox, Hulu, Movies, TV, Music, and Books. Plus! We mourn the passing of comedian David Brenner; Overdosing on Muppets; Hollywood's perverse infatuation with young adult action/adventure franchises; Star Wars Episode VII casting kicks into high gear; and why the Fantastic Four reboot is Doomed. Direct download: 1472.mp3 Category: docket -- posted at: 4:59am EST

Melissa struggles to watch the Veronica Mars movie. A rundown of the latest new releases on DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, Redbox, Hulu, Movies, TV, Music, and Books. Plus! We mourn the passing of comedian David Brenner; Overdosing on Muppets; Hollywood's perverse infatuation with young adult action/adventure franchises; Star Wars Episode VII casting kicks into high gear; and why the Fantastic Four reboot is Doomed.

Sat, 15 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1471 - They Came From the North (Joe Dante) This month, our boys come in from the cold to tackle furry little critters, spaceships made from tilt-a-whirls, werewolves, creepy neighbors, and Looney Tunes, as we share in the good, the bad, and the ugly of director Joe Dante . We're ALL Rockin' Ricky Rialto fans! Direct download: 1471.mp3 Category: theycame -- posted at: 11:43pm EST

This month, our boys come in from the cold to tackle furry little critters, spaceships made from tilt-a-whirls, werewolves, creepy neighbors, and Looney Tunes, as we share in the good, the bad, and the ugly of director Joe Dante . We're ALL Rockin' Ricky Rialto fans!

Fri, 14 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1470 - The Friday Filibuster (Ungodly) Mac suffers through 3 Days to Kill . Dave partakes of HBO's True Detective and 300: Rise of an Empire ... TWICE! Michael preps for auditions with Spamalot and Monty Python and the Holy Grail on YouTube?! Summer movie season comes very early this year. Reviews of The Venture Bros: Season 5 (Blu-ray) and Enemies Closer (Blu-ray) . Ambush Topics: Spies with family lives, Hand to hand combat in mid-air, Worst book-to-film adaptations. Direct download: 1470.mp3 Category: filibuster -- posted at: 5:02pm EST

Mac suffers through 3 Days to Kill . Dave partakes of HBO's True Detective and 300: Rise of an Empire ... TWICE! Michael preps for auditions with Spamalot and Monty Python and the Holy Grail on YouTube?! Summer movie season comes very early this year. Reviews of The Venture Bros: Season 5 (Blu-ray) and Enemies Closer (Blu-ray) . Ambush Topics: Spies with family lives, Hand to hand combat in mid-air, Worst book-to-film adaptations.

Wed, 12 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1469 - Entertainment Docket for Week of March 10 As Melissa closes the book on Breaking Bad , Michael gets excited for what the future of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. holds. Running down the latest new releases on DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, Redbox, Hulu, Movies, TV, Music, and Books. Plus! Bryan Cranston does LBJ; President Obama goes between Two Ferns; Dan Harmon joins forces with Mitch Hurwitz on a new TV project; Sylvan Chomet does an intro for The Simpsons ; Fox's Gotham casts its teen Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle; and Leatherface gets 4k facelift for the 40th anniversary of Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre . Direct download: 1469.mp3 Category: docket -- posted at: 9:38am EST

As Melissa closes the book on Breaking Bad , Michael gets excited for what the future of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. holds. Running down the latest new releases on DVD, Blu-ray, Netflix, Redbox, Hulu, Movies, TV, Music, and Books. Plus! Bryan Cranston does LBJ; President Obama goes between Two Ferns; Dan Harmon joins forces with Mitch Hurwitz on a new TV project; Sylvan Chomet does an intro for The Simpsons ; Fox's Gotham casts its teen Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle; and Leatherface gets 4k facelift for the 40th anniversary of Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre .

Sun, 9 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1468 - The Friday Filibuster (Ani-may-may) Mac embraces Miyazaki's The Wind Rises , Daryl is thrilled with new Stray Bullets , Erich takes in Thor: The Dark World , and Jason logs heavy hours on Sleeping Dogs . Reviews of Romeo and Juliet (2013) , King of Chinatown , Search: The Complete Series , Beneath . Ambush Topics: Shoes, Clowns, Movies that span decades, Great TV shows that only lasted one season, Role Playing Games. Direct download: 1468.mp3 Category: filibuster -- posted at: 11:24pm EST

Mac embraces Miyazaki's The Wind Rises , Daryl is thrilled with new Stray Bullets , Erich takes in Thor: The Dark World , and Jason logs heavy hours on Sleeping Dogs . Reviews of Romeo and Juliet (2013) , King of Chinatown , Search: The Complete Series , Beneath . Ambush Topics: Shoes, Clowns, Movies that span decades, Great TV shows that only lasted one season, Role Playing Games.

Tue, 4 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1467 - Sounds and Sights of Cinema (New and Recent Releases) This week, Clark spotlights another batch of new and recent releases. You'll hear selections from Pompeii , The Legend of Hercules , Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit , The Monuments Men , Black Sails , and Ride Along , plus remastered cues from Falling Down , Escape from L.A. , and Dead Again . Direct download: 1467.mp3 Category: cinema -- posted at: 10:39am EST

This week, Clark spotlights another batch of new and recent releases. You'll hear selections from Pompeii , The Legend of Hercules , Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit , The Monuments Men , Black Sails , and Ride Along , plus remastered cues from Falling Down , Escape from L.A. , and Dead Again .

Mon, 3 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1466 - Entertainment Docket for Week of March 3 Melissa and Michael recover from Oscars overload, as they run down what's new this week on DVD, Blu-ray, Redbox, Netflix, Hulu, Movies, TV, Music, and Books. Plus! Paramount bows to religious pressure on Noah , Vincent D'Onofrio is Jurassic World 's bad guy, Jeff Goldblum brings back David Levinson for Independence Day sequel, Adam McKay says he's done with Anchorman , a wedding for That '70s Show 's Jackie and Michael, and the selfie that broke Twitter. Direct download: 1466.mp3 Category: docket -- posted at: 10:51am EST

Melissa and Michael recover from Oscars overload, as they run down what's new this week on DVD, Blu-ray, Redbox, Netflix, Hulu, Movies, TV, Music, and Books. Plus! Paramount bows to religious pressure on Noah , Vincent D'Onofrio is Jurassic World 's bad guy, Jeff Goldblum brings back David Levinson for Independence Day sequel, Adam McKay says he's done with Anchorman , a wedding for That '70s Show 's Jackie and Michael, and the selfie that broke Twitter.

Sat, 1 March 2014 DVD Verdict 1465 - The Friday Filibuster (21 Jump Street) Dave and Mac kick it old school with an episode devoted exclusively to Stephen J. Cannell's '80s cult classic 21 Jump Street -- the original television series, not the movie. Behold the evolution of Johnny Depp! Direct download: 1465.mp3 Category: filibuster -- posted at: 8:09pm EST

Dave and Mac kick it old school with an episode devoted exclusively to Stephen J. Cannell's '80s cult classic 21 Jump Street -- the original television series, not the movie. Behold the evolution of Johnny Depp!

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