Skip, Rent, Buy: Film and TV Reviews

Let's pretend you're a down-on-your-luck bartender when a seemingly nice but also down-on-their-luck person walks in. In your state of mind, you show them a little kindness to feel better. In a perfect world, things would end here or would mature into a loving, healthy friendship or romantic relationship. But, this is no perfect world and sometimes people are crazier than a crap-house rat....

True to the intro, two guys with a dream a couple beers ranting and raving about everything film and TV in this special March Madness episode (better late than never and no, it's not basketball, damn it). Strap yourselves in, it's gonna be a fun, but bumpy ride! --- Every week, our hosts Raul and Jason bring you their humorous take on current and past films and TV shows and take deep dives...

They say you shouldn't just a book by its cover, but what about a film or a TV show? Today we're talking about the thing that sets the tone for the show and can make or break a show -- say hello to Raul's favorite thing to talk about this season, film and TV show intros! Brett and Austin from The Inner Gamer join us again today because Brett, too, agrees with Raul and how important the...

What happens when you lock four nerds in a room who love playing video games, watching movies and TV shows, and spreading their joy with the world... or at least like 5 friends? The long-awaited Inner Gamer and Skip, Rent, Buy crossover, of course! Listen in as we all go toe-to-toe on the past, present, and future of video game movies and TV shows and give our take on the Borderlands trailer. ---...

Battles, betrayals, politics., and religion. No, we're not talking about the 2024 U.S. presidential election. We're taking a step back into the past in Japan with FX's Shōgun! --- FX’s Shōgun, based on James Clavell’s bestselling novel, is set in Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war. “Lord Yoshii Toranaga” (Hiroyuki Sanada) is fighting for his life as his...

Say hello once again to Rick Grimes! Will the beloved leader find his way back to Michonne, Judith, and the life he once knew or will he stay gone forever in this new changed world? Join us as we give our first impressions on AMC's The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. --- The love story of Rick and Michonne is changed by a changed world. Kept apart by distance. By an unstoppable power. Can the...

Yo Ho, Yo Ho! A pirate's life for me! You're no ho though. Well, if you have a whole library with you at sea, you just might be a ho! Grab a mug of grog, a nice hanky, and join us for the fun that is Our Flag Means Death. --- After trading in the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede Bonnet becomes the captain of a pirate ship. Struggling to earn...

Food and Murder Mystery. Sounds like every basic girl's dream date or every man's worst nightmare. From underwear ads to smoking weed with Woody Harrelson, listen in as we try to convince each other to watch The Bear and True Detective Season 3. --- Carmy, a young fine-dining chef, comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop. As he fights to transform the shop and himself, he wor...

Chair-Leg. Bruce. Mama. Dinosaurs. Komodo Dragon. All part of the hilarious new Netflix show about the family dynamic where assassins and sissies meet. --- When a mysterious enemy targets his family, a Taipei triad member heads to Los Angeles to protect his strong-willed mother and oblivious younger brother. Source: ⁠⁠https://www.netflix.com/title/81389634 --- Every week, our hosts Raul and Jason...

Where's the Beef? Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Fast X. What do all these things have in common? They're all some of the best Super Bowl commercials and trailers of years passed. What do you think is coming to the Super Bowl in 2024? --- Every two weeks, our hosts Raul and Jason bring you their humorous take on current and past films and TV shows and take deep dives into subjects such as...

Knock, knock. Who's there? Ned Flanders. Ned Flanders who? Nothing else, man, just Ned Flanders on the pitch, coaching an English soccer (read football) team. Welcome to Ted Lasso, sweeter than Southern Sweet Tea and more fun than watching kids trip and fall on Instagram reels! --- Winner of 11 Emmy® Awards, including back-to-back Outstanding Comedy Series wins (2021, 2022). Jason Sudeikis is...

What do you get when you have a superhero that's named after a bug, who steals a suit from a billionaire, a suit is a symbol of the billionaire's alter ego, and then fights a big villain in a similar suit? If you guessed Ant-Man, you'd be correct! If you guessed Blue Beetle, you'd also be correct! Way to go you little movie bug, you! You see what I did there? Yeah, you do. Listen i...

WE ARE BACK, BABY! After a long hiatus, crazy times, and a hell of a busy season in our lives, Raul and Jason (and a little help from our friends) decided it was finally time to get the band back together. From us here at Skip, Rent, Buy to you, thank you for your patience and welcome back to season four! Yeah, we probably said season three in our intro, but when you've been drinking mimosas a...

I am Steven's left pinky finger -- I kill people. Never discount the little guy. He may be meek, but that little dude packs quite a punch! Just like today's topic of the Marvel Studios and Disney+ Original Limited Series, Moon Knight! Stay tuned after this episode for a special treat by musician, Damien Rei, as we get to check out his debut single, Memories, out on May 2nd! --- When Steven Grant,...

Decades after the initial release of the video game, Paramount+ has finally released the live action series we’ve all been waiting for — Halo! Gamers and sci-fi nerds can now rejoice and bask in its glory. Or, at least, that’s what Paramount would like you to do. Joining us today is Halo nerd extraordinaire, Travis, to give us the low down as to why this release was such a big deal for the nerds a...

The famed Boba Fett (hired gun from Star Wars) meets The Mandalorian meets spaghetti western meets... Dune? Today we're joined by special guest, Moss of Moss Presents, as we review the Disney+ Original, The Book of Boba Fett - Season 1. --- No longer just a hired gun, Boba Fett reinvents himself on Tatooine alongside Fennec Shand. Source: https://www.disneyplus.com/series/the-book-of-boba-fett/57T...

What do you get when you mix Robert Smith, The Crow, Christian Bale, Twilight, BDSM, and that emo kid who cries softly in the corner of the classroom because nobody understands what it's like to be rich and misunderstood? No, this isn't a riddle. This is Vengeance AKA Vanessa AKA The Batman! Hold on tight, ladies and gentlemen, this is one wild ride of a film you do not want to miss... or do you?...

Getting back into the swing of things after life has kept us away for a while (marriage, shave head, etc.), we're playing catch-up on all the things we've been watching while we were gone. Join the conversation and let us know what you've been watching, too! --- Every week, our hosts Raul and Jason bring you their humorous take on current and past films and TV shows and take deep dives into subjec...

Arguably the biggest blockbuster of the year -- it came, we saw, it conquered… or did it? Today, we’re talking Spider-Man: No Way Home. WARNING: This episode contains spoilers galore, so if you haven’t seen it yet, get your backside to the theater, then come on back and join the conversation! It’s a wild ride with more twists and turns than Raul’s lonely Saturday night browser history! --- For the...

"Oh sh*t... THAT is a red one!" That iconic line pretty much sums up the first part of today's episode. Join us as we talk about Venom: Let There Be Carnage. After the first half of this episode we dive into spoiler territory and dig into our predictions for Spider-Man: No Way Home and Sony's Spideyverse. If you've seen the latest blockbuster, how close do you think our predictions got? --- Eddie...

DC FanDome 2021, where nerds unite to see what's coming next in the DC Multiverse and Raul cosplays as Jabba the Hut waiting on his Princess Lay-Me. Listen in as we go over what we feel are the best things that came out of this year's virtual event! --- DC FanDome is DC’s free, global virtual fan event featuring a live webcast and activities, for one day only, where we showcase our biggest movies,...

What do you get when you mix Three Men and a Little Lady, The Expendables, and Star Wars? This week's episode where we're talking about Star Wars: The Bad Batch! Now, tune in and show us your Resting Bad Batch Face! --- “Star Wars: The Bad Batch” follows the elite and experimental clones of the Bad Batch (first introduced in “The Clone Wars”) as they find their way in a rapidly changing galaxy in...

In this episode we're talking the box office smash, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Sorry, Rob Zombie and Halloween, your 14 year Labor Day streak was just unseated by a guy with a bunch of toe rings! Wait, that's what the ten rings is about, right? Maybe not. Anyway, we're also talking about two very long awaited upcoming releases: The Matrix Resurrections and Dexter: New Blood --- Mar...

What's this? A new He-Man show?!?! Oh, wait, is it a He-Man show or is it a Teela show? Wait a second... Maybe it's just a Masters of the Universe show? Follow us, Alice, as we go down the rabbit hole of season one of Masters of the Universe: Revelation. --- After a calamitous battle fractures Eternia, Teela and an unlikely alliance must prevent the end of the Universe in this sequel to the ’80s c...

A private investigator of the mind that helps clients access their lost memories finds himself obsessively searching for a new female client in this homage to film noir, Reminiscence. --- Nick Bannister (Jackman), a private investigator of the mind, navigates the darkly alluring world of the past by helping his clients access lost memories. Living on the fringes of the sunken Miami coast, his life...