Casting The Net

All ex-con Joe Denton (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) wants to do is stay on the straight and narrow, and see his kids again. Unfortunately, he has to deal with a dubious reputation as "The Slash Cop", judgmental parents, and his former partner (Gary Cole) demanding that he kill an ailing mob boss, lest all their dirty deeds be revealed to the district attorney who Denton went to prison for brut...

This week, we "finally" check out the crime drama, Deuces, in which a police officer (Lance Gross) is forced to question his loyalty to the badge when he's recruited to go undercover and take down a mid-level crime figure (Larenz Tate), who unbeknownst to him, is trying to go straight.

A lonely animal shelter worker (Dominic Monoghan) and a waitress with a chip on her shoulder(Ksenia Solo) play some severely twisted head games as one tries to save the other by locking them in a cage. But who's really in control when all is said and done?

We were lucky enough to have our good friend Sarah Stardust join us this week to talk about the beautifully disgusting (or disgustingly beautiful) sci-fi/horror film, The Void, written and directed by Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski. When a small town cop and a group of patients and staff at a local hospital find themselves trapped by a mysterious cult, they discover that there are even grea...

On this week's episode, we follow the hilarious misadventures of best friends Chris (Josh Peck) and Chester (Tony Revolori), as they have to contend with gang members, a drug dealer, and their sleazy boss, in their quest to attend a popular music festival.

Taking it back to 2008, we take a look at the Clive Barker adaptation starring Bradley Cooper and Vinnie Jones, The Midnight Meat Train! When a struggling photographer ventures out into the city after dark for inspiration, he encounters a mysterious figure he suspects is at the center of countless disappearances of individuals who ride the subway after midnight.

On this week's episode, we check out a movie sure to inspire a black twitter hashtag theme bingo game, Boy Bye. Veronica Love (Wendy Raquel Robinson) seems to have it, a great career, a successful relationship book, and a seemingly endless supply of disposable boy toys. But all that changes when she meets the charming and debonair Lance (Ross Flemming). But will his secrets get in the way of...

Welcome to the first installment in our "Spoiler Surpreme" semi-spinoff series! Once every couple of episodes, we'll be having more in-depth discussions about certain films . . . and spoiling the mess out of them in the process, so listeners beware! . . . Still with us? GREAT!!!! For our first Spoiler Supreme episode, we'll be talking about 2015's Adulterers, written and d...

This week, we finally talk about that Train to Busan!!! When a hedge fund manager agrees to take his daughter to see his estranged wife, he's pushed to the extremes to protect her as a fast spreading plague turns the passengers on their commuter train into rabid zombies.

On this week's episode, we're talking about another Netflix Original, this time in the form of the British sci-fi crime drama, iBoy. When young Tom tries to evade a group of thugs, he's shot in the head while calling the police, resulting in pieces of his phone becoming embedded in his brain. Eventually realizing that the incident has given him the ability to telepathically control...

Looking to shine a spotlight on female filmmakers in the horror genre, XX brings together four talented ladies to direct their own killer short films, including Roxanna Benjamin, Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent), Jovanka Vuckovic, and Karyn Kusama.

On this week's episode, we talk about the absurd revenge comedy, I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore, starring Melanie Lynksey and Elijah Wood, and directed by Macon Blair. When Ruth is pushed to her breaking point after her home is burglarized, she teams up with her neighbor Tony for some good old fashioned payback, and get more than they bargained for.

The Curse of Sleeping Beauty puts its own spin on the classic fairy tale, focusing on a young man named Thomas, a named plagued by a dreams about a "sleeping princess", and ultimately inherits a quaint little manor from an uncle he never knew, only to discover its dark secrets. This week's movies was "Whiskey's Choice", and it has made for one of our more interesting...

This week's episode, we get it in discussing the tense, delightfully unnerving action thriller, The Guest, courtesy of the filmmakers behind You're Next. Dan Stevens stars as David Collins, a recently discharged soldier who seeks out the family of his fallen compatriot Caleb, and ever so casually inserts himself into their lives. Eventually, it becomes abundantly clear that there's...

On this week's episode, we discuss the aptly titled horror film, The Monster, where a mother and daughter struggle to survive an attack from a vicious creature on a rainy, secluded highway.

This week's episode can only be described as . . . WHAT THE F***?!?!? Because we're checking out a collection of demented horror tales that put some unique spins on some of our favorite AND not-so-favorite . . . Holidays! With a roster of directors that include Kevin Smith, Gary Shore, Adam Egypt Mortimer, Scott Stewart, Nicholas McCarthy, Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch, Sarah Adina Smi...

Tipsy Whiskey returns on this week's episode, as we discuss the horror/thriller, The Girl in the Photographs, in which a young woman is being stalked by a pair of sadistic killers who leave her photographs of their victims. Kal Penn costars in the film as a sleazy celebrity photographer looking to antagonize the killers with his own parody project, and it's made abundantly clear in this...

How much of yourself are you willing to sacrifice for stardom? We find out on this week's episode as we talk about the indie horror flick, Starry Eyes, directed by Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer, and starring Alex Essoe, Amanda Fuller, Noah Segan, and Fabianne Therese.

On This week's episode, we get a little too excited (and Whiskey gets a little too tipsy)talking about the Netflix Original Movie, Spectral, starring James Badge Dale, Emily Mortimer, Max Martini, and Bruce Greenwood. If you're a sci-fi action movie fan, we let you know that this is the movie for you!

We're back for Episode Two, and we get super Canadian on this one, as we talk about the hilarious indie werewolf comedy, Wolfcop!!!

On the inaugural episode of Casting The Net, KenK and Whiskey dive into last year's Hush, directed and co-written/starring Kate Siegel. When a deaf/mute novelist finds herself being stalked by a sadistic serial killer, she'll have to do everything she can to survive, knowing that she won't be able to hear him coming.