Casting The Net

This week, we discuss the Korean action film, The Villainess. Equal parts Kill Bill and La Femme Nikita, the film tells the story of a vengeful young assassin (Kim Ok-Bin), recruited by a clandestine organization, to become a more refined sleeper agent. As she's drawn deeper into a world of intrigue and deception, she discovers that her opportunity for revenge on the crime bosses who killed h...

The SPOILER SUPREME returns this week, as we discuss the off-the-wall insanity that is Death Race 2050. In a cross-country race where you have to kill to rack up as many points as possible, five drivers will not only have to compete against each other, but against a band of freedom fighters who are opposed to the barbaric bloodsport, the ruthless chairman of the United Corporations of America who&...

We get downright educational on this week's episode, as we discuss the Netflix Original movie, Gerald's Game, based on the novel by Stephen King. Jessie and Gerald (Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood) are looking to spice up their marriage with a little kink play, but Jessie quickly realizes she doesn't like being handcuffed to their bed. She'll like it even less after Gerald suf...

The Justice League movie is finally out, so we figured it would be a good time to discuss the Hulu original documentary, Batman and Bill. The story of the Caped Crusader's creation is one of the most fascinating in comic book history, filled with betrayal, heartbreak, and eventual redemption, as a biographer goes on a quest to get recognition for the man who contributed to pretty much everyth...

This week, we talk about the Netflix original movie, Wheelman, as Frank Grillo plays a stoic getaway driver hired for what he believes to be a simple bank job. Unfortunately, an anonymous call sets him on a dangerous path that he may not survive.

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It's Halloween, people, and this week we're talking about the Netflix original movie, The Babysitter. When young Cole (Judah Lewis) decides to see what his babysitter (Samara Weaving) and her friends are up to while he's supposed to be asleep, he discovers murderous plans to pay tribute to Satan, and equal parts hilarity and bloodshed ensue. . .

This week, we got into the Halloween spirit with the right proper horror (comedy) entry, Deathgasm. When two young metal heads form their own band, they unwittingly unleash a demonic evil on their sleepy Australian town. Hilarity and gore ensues in high volume.

This week, we talk discuss The Transfiguration, where a young boy named Milo (Eric Ruffin) struggles with bullies, his emotionally-distant older brother, and a rather disturbing obsession with vampires. Things start to change, however, when Milo meets his new neighbor, a girl named Sophie (Chloe Levine).

On this week's episode, we debate the plausibility of the plot of the YouTube original movie, The Thinning, where students from 1st grade to 12th must take a test to determine their rightful place is society, based on their intelligence. And if they fail . . . they die!

When you're still traumatized by the murder of your friends at a secluded location, it makes perfect sense to go on another trip with friends to a secluded location, right?! This week, we're discussing the slasher film, WTF!, where a soon-to-be college graduate named Rachel (Callie Ott) is persuaded by her classmates to go on one last spring break trip at a mutual friend's vacation...

Based on the novels by James Patterson, Maximum Ride follows GMO teen Max (Allie Marie Evans) as she struggles to protect herself and others like her against a shadowy organization that seeks to use their powers for their own nefarious gains.

This week, we see if What Happened To Monday can help us through our Orphan Black withdrawal, as Noomi Rapace plays seven identical siblings struggling to survive as one person in a future society where families are only permitted to have one child. So when one of the sisters goes missing, the others have to decide whether to wait and see if she returns, or step out hiding and fight to discover th...

On the show this week, we finally get around to sharing our thoughts on Netflix's live-action adaptation of the popular anime, Death Note. When a mysterious notebook falls from the sky and into Light Turner's (Nat Wolff)lap, he quickly discovers that it has the power to kill anyone whose name is written in it. Spurred on by the death god Ryuk (Willem Dafoe), Light sets out to punish thos...

Most comic fans know about the existence of a Roger Corman-produced Fantastic Four movie from 1994, but how many of us know the whole story? This week, we discuss the documentary Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four, which gives us an in-depth look at the development, production, unceremonious demise, and glorious resurrection of a once-buried artifact of 90s comic bo...

On this week's episode, we discuss veteran filmmaker Walter Hill's gender-bending action thriller, The Assignment. The film follows Frank Kitchen (Michelle Rodriguez), a hitman who's past comes back to haunt him in the form of Dr. Rachel Jane (Sigourney Weaver). The sister of a man that Frank has killed, Dr. Jane cooks up rather twisted form of revenge for Frank, who now must live h...

One of the most mind-bending time travel movies we've seen in recent memory, Predestination finds Ethan Hawke starring as a temporal agent on the trail of the notorious "Fizzle Bomber". But with his final mission on the horizon, Hawke's character must recruit a new temporal agent (Sarah Snook)who's not without their own sordid history.

We told you guys we'd get around to talking about Okja! A multi-million dollar corporation, environmental activists, a young Korean girl, and a two-ton superpig are at the center of this delightfully strange Netflix original movie from director Bong Joon Ho.

Half-documentary, half-biopic, Becoming Bond chronicles the life and times of one-time 007 actor, George Lazenby. From his early life in Australia to his time as James Bond, this is definitely a fascinating tale, even if parts of it are almost too unbelievable to possibly be true!

Let's be clear, if you've seen When The Bough Breaks, you've seen Inconceivable, in which Nicholas Cage and Gina Gershon star as a married couple who wants to use a surrogate to have a second baby. Unfortunately, they get more than they bargained for when they decide on their mysterious new friend Katie (Nicky Whelan).

This week, we add our own real-time commentary to Neil Blomkamp's latest short film, Zygote, which can only be described as 100% nightmare fuel(from concentrate)! In the film, Quinn (Jose Pablo Cantillo) and Barkley (Dakota Fanning) are two survivors trapped in a mining facility in the Arctic, trying to escape a monster composed of several different body parts, and have to rely on each other...

We get serious (relatively speaking) on this week's episode, discussing the Netflix Original Movie, Burning Sands. Pledging to a fraternity has been a rite of passage for many a college student, but many have also questioned the sometimes extreme hazing rituals that pledges are forced to endure, all in the brotherhood. Will young Zurich (Trevor Jackson) be able to make the cut?

We're back for part two, people! And we're still spilling all the gory details about this true cinematic gem, as two hillbillies have to confront an overconfident douche-bro and his clueless college buddies.

This week (and next, apparently) we're digging deep into into spoiler territory with the hilarious bloody Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, bringing back our good buddy, Sarah Stardust! All Tucker (Alan Tudyk) and Dale (Tyler Labine)wanted to do was spent their weekend renovating their vacation home. But when some college kids get the wrong idea, this escalate quicker than even Ron Burgundy could hav...

Brad Pitt is in over his head as Gen. Glen McMahon, a rock star general tasked with command of NATO forces in Afghanistan, in the Netflix Original movie, War Machine. A fictionalized account of events covered in the book "The Operators", War Machine has a few things to say about military occupation, war, and a crisis of hubris.