Punch Drunk Podcast

I thought this was February? The doldrums? The slums of the Hollywood movie season? So how come we have so many friggin' flicks to review this week? We'll have a chance to take a look at Ed Helms in his first starring role post-The Hangover in the insurance retreat comedy, Cedar Rapids! Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston pose as divorcees in Just Go With It; and Channing Tatum does his best Russell Crowe Gladiator impression in The Eagle! All this plus the news, DVDs, and we'll see if John Nolan can be convinced to check out Justin Bieber's Never Say Never before showtime. Join us this Sunday night at 7pm eastern for another jam packed show!

It's Super Bowl Sunday! So the chances of us doing the show at our regular time? Somewhere between slim and nada, and slim just stepped out for lunch. So on this special episode we honor the greatest game of all time with our top 5 'Big Game' flicks! Plus, we've got reviews of James Cameron's cave dwelling 3D adventure, Sanctum. Not to mention The Roommate, featuring Leighton Meester and Minka Kelly! All this plus the week's biggest news and next week's DVD releases! We hope you'll join us for what should be another fun show!

It's that time of year. The time of year where Hollywood honors the very best cinema has to offer. The Academy Award nominees have been announced, and we'll be joined by a number of DC's best critics to pick out the surprises, the clear cut favorites, and all the duds! Plus, we've got reviews of The Rite, starring Anthony Hopkins, and The Mechanic featuring Jason Statham and Ben Foster! We hope you'll join us for another jam packed episode!

Few have made a bigger immediate impact on the Hollywood scene than when director Simon West debuted with 1997's balls out thrill ride, Con Air! Now he's back and we were lucky enough to sit down with him for a few minutes to talk about his latest revenge flick, The Mechanic, starring Jason Statham and Ben Foster! Plus, Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher make one sexy couple in the raunchy comedy, No Strings Attached, but is the film worth getting hot and bothered over? All this and we'll also take a brief look at another Oscar hopeful, Mike Leigh's Another Year! It's going to be a busy one, so we hope you'll join us and help keep us line!

As the January freeze continues, we're treated to two of this month's hottest flicks! We'll be joined by FilmThreat's Elias Savada to talk about Seth Rogen's anticipated action comedy, The Green Hornet! Plus, controversy surrounds The Dilemma, the new buddy comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Kevin James, but we just want to know if it's funny. We'll let you know if director Ron Howard pulled it off. Never let it be said that we don't love the ladies here at Punch Drunk Critics International. What we love even more? Fangirls. So to help us discuss Summer Wars, the latest anime hit from director Mamoru Hosada(The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) is our friend Amanda aka Eruditechick from the popular website, All Things Fangirl! All this plus the news and next week's big DVD releases! It should be another jam packed show! We hope you'll join us!

Last week we broke down our most anticipated movies of 2011...NONE of which we'll be talking about this show! It's January, commonly referred to as the stinky armpit of the Hollywood movie calandar, but that doesn't mean there aren't a few hidden gems. Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams' steamy new drama, Blue Valentine, has been the subject of a lot of controversy, but is it all justified? We take a look at some of the steamier aspects and decide if the MPAA knows what the heck they're talkin' about. Gwyneth Paltrow might not be anybody's first choice to play a country music star, but she's earned a lot of praise for her role in Country Strong. We'll decide if it's worth a listen. Plus, Nicolas Cage in what will probably the first of many movies for him this year, Season of the Witch! All this, plus next week's biggest DVD releases and the news straight out of Hollywood! We hope you'll join us for another fun show, and feel free to call in with your own questions and comments!

What's all this stuff about there not being any new movies this week? You think that gives us a day off? Hell no! You think just because 2010 is over that means the Punch Drunk Critics are over? Was it over when the German bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! In fact, we'll be looking at to the new year and discussing the movies we're most looking forward to in 2011! Plus, since we'll probably still be getting over our New Year's Even hangovers, we'll see if we can pull together our Top 5 party movies while we're at it. We'll be joined by Film Threat's Elias Savada to help get 2011 kicked off right! We hope you'll join us for another great show!

It's the last show of the year, and what better way to wrap things up than by looking back at some of the great(and not so great) stuff Hollywood had to offer in 2010! We'll be joined by some of DC's top critics to pick our top 10 favorite movies of the year, along with our favorite performances. And let's not forget all the crap that stunk up theaters as well. Plus we'll have reviews of Little Fockers, Gullivers Travels, and True Grit! We hope you'll join us for another great show!

Prepare to jump back into the grid and fight for the Users! In a very special episode, we were lucky enough to share a few minutes with the cast of the long awaited sci-fi sequel, Tron Legacy! After nearly 30 years, was it all worth the wait? Does it live up to the extremely high expectations? Plus we'll have our reviews of The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale; The King's Speech starring Colin Firth; and Yogi Bear featuring the voices of Dan Akroyd and Justin Timberlake! All this plus tons more. We hope you'll join us for another huge show. You never know who might show up!

He burst onto the scene with the powerful documentary, Capturing the Friedmans,now Andrew Jarecki joins us to talk about All Good Things, another true tale of family secrets starring Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst. Plus we'll review all of this week's latest releases:The Tourist, starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie; the controversial I Love You Philip Morris; and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the next film in The Chronicles of Narnia!

Oscar Schmoscar. What is anybody gonna do with a Golden Globe, anyway? Don't even get me started on the Indie Spirit. Sounds like a deoderant. The only awards that matter are here are the WAFCA Awards, courtesy of the very best film critics in the Washington DC Area. In preparation for Monday morning's huge announcement of our WAFCA Award winners, we'll be joined by two Keeping It Reel's Tim Gordon, as well as Comcast.net's Rebecca Cusey to talk about the event and our personal nominees for the best movies of the year. If we're lucky, we'll get them to stick around and help us deciper the latest film from Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman. Plus, even though the studio didn't want us to screen it(must've been scared of something), we'll have a review of ninja slash-a-thon, The Warrior's Way, starring Geoffrey Rush and Kate Bosworth! All this plus the news and DVD releases for the week. It's gonna be a jam packed show, so we hope you'll join us!

Christina Aguilera's called the "voice of her generation" and is one of the top selling artists of the last decade, and now she joins us to talk about her feature film debut, Burlesque, co-starring Cher and Stanley Tucci! As if that wasn't enough, Elizabeth Banks sat down with us to talk about her latest thriller, The Next Three Days, starring Russell Crowe! Plus we've got reviews of the weeks' biggest flicks,including Disney's Tangled, and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's action thriller, Faster! And don't think just because we've got a ton of interviews and a handful of reviews that we'll forget about all the latest news straight from Hollywood, plus the week's must bu DVDs. We hope you'll join us for what is turning out to be one amazing show!

It's our golden 75th anniversary! 75 shows is gold, right? Even if it's not this is a very special show as we're joined by Ed Zwick the prolific director of Glory, The Last Samurai, Blood Diamond and a ton of other greats to discuss his latest film, Love and Other Drugs. That's not even the half of it, as muggles and mud bloods alike have been eagerly awaiting the first act of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final chapter in the story of the boy wizard. We've seen it, but for an event this big we need a little help, and who better than our friend Jen Chaney of The Washington Post to join us? Plus all the news, DVD releases, and whatever else pops into our heads! It's going to be a crazy show, so be sure to tune in this Sunday night at 7pm eastern!

The Oscar-winning director of Slumdog Millionaire drops in to chat with Punch Drunk Critic host John Nolan about his new outing, 127 Hours. Starring James Franco, the critically-acclaimed film tells the true story of Aron Ralston who—after being trapped by a boulder—must cut off his own arm in order to escape.

A very special episode as we were fortunate enough to sit with the great director, Doug Liman, to discuss his latest film, Fair Game! Find out how he finds a way to connect his film on the infamous Valerie Plame scandal to Jaws! Plus, Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis do their best John Candy and Steve Martin impression in new road trip comedy, Due Date! That's not all, we've also got reviews of Will Ferrell's new animated flick, Megamind, and Tyler Perry's latest, For Colored Girls! Whoo! And if that's not all, we'll also be joined by our friend, Comcast.net's Rebecca Cusey to add a bit of a feminine touch to the place. It's gonna be wild! Call in and join us!

Finesse MItchell Interview

Hal Sparks Interview

It's Halloween again! And nothing says Halloween like jack-o-lanterns, chicks in slutty costumes, candy corn induced tummy aches, and of course another visit from the Jigsaw Killer! Yep, he's back for his greatest(and final?) and final test. Does Saw 3D go out with a bang? Or a thud. Plus I'll take a few minutes to wrap up the final film in the popular Millennium trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest! Plus, we'll be joined by our good friend Josh Hylton of the "Kevin and Josh Movie Show" to talk about our favorite Halloween flicks! All this plus the news and next week's DVD releases. Hey, y'never know who else might show up! Feel free to call in with your favorite Halloween horror flicks as well!

On this week's show, we'll be joined by one of our favorite people, The Washington Post's Jen Chaney to discuss Clint Eastwood and Matt Damon's exploration of the afterlife in the highly anticipated drama, Hereafter. Does Eastwood have another Oscar fave on his hands? Last year you demanded it, but was anybody begging for a sequel to Paranormal Activity? We've got an early look at the follow-up to the horror hit and will let you know if it's worth all the nightmares. Plus, Sam Rockwell and Hilary Swank team up for Conviction, based on the harrowing true story of Betty Ann Waters, who spent 20 years trying to prove her brother innocent of a crime he didn't commit. All this plus the news, DVD releases, and whatever the heck else pops in our heads. We hope you'll join us for another packed show!

A very special episode this week as John had a chance to sit down with the great Ed Norton to discuss 'Stone', his latest thriller alongside Robert De Niro and Milla Jojovich! Plus Bruce Willis leads an all-star cast including Helen Mirren and Morgan Freeman in the hilarious action comedy, Red! All that plus our review of Jackass 3D, the news straight from Hollywood, and the week's latest DVD releases!