Check the Vending Machines: A Weekly Pop Culture Discussion Podcast

This week on Episode 157: A week away from the release of the newest MATRIX flick means the boyz have to tackle THE MATRIX RELOADED (2003) AND THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (2003). Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 156: Having skipped GOLDEN CIRCLE, the sequel to KINGSMAN: SECRET SERVICE, the boyz are back with the opus of two filmmakers… THE MATRIX! It’s a perfect flick, with perfect everything and there’s nothing else to be said about it, honestly. Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 155: With December nearing, the boyz have two paths to tackle: THE KING’S MAN & MATRIX 4. This week is KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE (2015). And hey, they liked it. It’s a low-energy, relaxing episode from the Black Friday weekend, babes. Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 154: IT IS FINALLY HERE! GHOSTBUSTERS AFTERLIFE is out in theaters for the world to see, and the boyz ding-dang saw it. Was it good? Was it bad? Is it better than GHOSTBUSTERS 2? What about GHOSTBUSTERS (2016)? Who knows, we didn’t even watch 2016 because it just looked so shit. Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 153: After a week off, the boyz are back with GHOSTBUSTERS and GHOSTBUSTERS 2, and honestly, it’s hard to yap about em for an hour. What haven’t they said about the movies already over the last 4, 5, 6 years? Nooooot much. Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 152: It’s HALLOWEEN NIGHT and the boyz review HALLOWEEN (1978), a true horror classic. Not that the boyz are horror guys, not in the slightest. They’re action boyz. Always have been, always will be. But, hey, did Carpenter do it? For the most part, yeah. Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 151: At first the plan was to continue SPOOKY MOVIES for Halloween 21, but…. DUNE did come out and it is no secret that the boyz have been looking forward to the flick for a long time. Basically, the boyz are into whatever Denis is working on. Denis is the best. This podcast includes DUNE spoilers, a little about 1989’s LITTLE MONSTER with Fred Savage and Howie Mandel. Plus: J...

This week on Episode 150:  Halloween 2021 is finally here on the pod, and the boyz start off the spooks with the cult classic NEAR DARK (1987). It’s a vampire flick that gives off solid B-movie vibes. Does it hold up? Yeah, it does, for sure.   Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 149: NO TIME TO DIE is here and it is out in theaters for everyone to view, critique, ask questions, and enjoy. Zach and Jason enjoyed this movie. Right? Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 148: SPECTRE (2015) is here and it was exactly as the boyz remembered it all those years ago… A WASTE! OH NO! It’s a movie with movie stuff and movie plotting and movie qualities, but does it still retain that JAMES BOND movie-ness? No. No, it doesn’t. Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 147: Week 2, movie 3, of the Daniel Craig-James Bond movie review series! This episode: SKYFALL (2012). Sam Mendes takes the director’s chair this time around, and Zach and Jason have questions… a lot of questions… about particular story choices. Is it the best Craig-Bond film? Yeah, probably, most likely. Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 146: After a postponed start, the boyz dive into CASINO ROYALE and QUANTUM OF SOLACE as the days begin to countdown to NO TIME TO DIE in October. Does QUANTUM OF SOLACE still suck like they remember? How much of THE BOURNE IDENTITY did Bond yoink? Thanks for watching!

It is episode 145 of CHECK THE VENDING MACHINES, and we were going to review CASINO ROYALE (2006)... until THE MATRIX RESURRECTION trailer dropped. That is the majority of the focus for this episode. Also: INDIANA JONES vs. THE MUMMY (1999)? Nicolas Cage vs. Keanu Reeves in terms of filmography? These important questions deserve answers. 

This week on Episode 144: Zach and Jason get sweaty about the MCU, especially Peter Parker, Shang-Chi, and which of the upcoming movies they care about. Then, the main topic of the show arrives with a sad showing… JIU JITSU (2020) is a collection of scenes cobbled together with some sort of story. Did Zach and Jason like it? No, they didn’t, they really didn’t. Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 143: It is the August 2021 wrap up, where the boyz discuss some of their favorite pop culture items that they’ve consumed over the last couple weeks. This week: the final Evangelion movie, Airborne, Cheers, Lupin the III, Captain Harlock, CM Punk and All Elite Wrestling, and more! Thanks for watching!

This is episode 142 of License To View:   Zach and Jason gather once again to talk pop culture, and this episode is all about Tim Burton’s 1989 classic, BATMAN. Also: 4K Blu-ray’s, beer, and BATMAN RETURNS.  Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 141: The boyz review the first (we think?) pure comedy in the history of the podcast. 140 other episodes, zero comedies (we’re pretty sure). This week it’s Mel Brooks’ beloved space opera parody film, SPACEBALLS (1987) starring Bill Pullman, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks, Daphne Zuniga, Joan Rivers, etc. Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 140: Zach and Jason take it to the classics, a western one specifically, duders. THE WILD BUNCH (1969) is a famous, beloved western, known for its ACTION, BLOOD, GNARLY sequences. These guys have never seen it. Does it hold up? Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 139: Zach and Jason catch up with what they’ve been digging into over the month of July. First and foremost, they chat about the new Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer. Jason has a massive toy haul, Zach goes in on Beastars and Nicolas Cage’s recent flick, Pig. Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 138: On this episode of the podcast: the boyz are finally at Char’s Counterattack and Hathaway’s Flash! How did they feel about em? Did the classic hold up? Was Quess annoying? What about Gigi? The dudes have some thoughts. Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 137: On this episode of the podcast: continuing from the last episode, Zach and Jason chat about Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - New Translation, movies II & III. Did the story make any sense? How did the newer animation hold up? Did the boyz enjoy themselves? (No, no they didn’t) Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 136: On this episode of the podcast: continuing from the last episode, Zach and Jason chat about Mobile Suit Gundam III, then dive headfirst into ZETA: NEW TRANSLATION I - HEIR TO THE STARS. Coming up: ZETA II, III, CHAR’S COUNTER ATTACK, AND HATHAWAY’S FLASH. Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 135: On this episode of the podcast: Zach and Jason dial-in their focus to the compilation movies of Mobile Suit Gundam 0079, all in preparation for Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway’s Flash Movie I. What did Zach think on his first ride with Amuro and Char? How did the pacing feel without the extra episodes to provide fluff? It’s all in this week’s pod. Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 134: On this episode of the podcast: Zach has some thoughts on nu-metal, specifically the iconic Limp Bizkit; Jason watched Record of Ragnarok and was not impressed; Zach wonders if character-based-action-video-games are BACK; the boyz watched some live-action Ruroni Kenshin; Zach has some thoughts on SSSS.Dynazenon, annnnnd more! Thanks for watching!

This week on Episode 133: On this episode of the podcast: Zach has some thoughts on Guilty Gear Strive and the rad OST; Jason yaps about late night talk shows and Rob Zombie’s newest project (The Munsters); Ratchet and Clank; E3 2021 thoughts; and finally, Sailor Moon Crystal episodes 1-12. Thanks for watching!