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We're back after a two-week birthday hiatus to bring you, the Void, a birthday podcast about science, potatoes, Mars, and maritime law!! We're discussing the comedy classic (at least according to the Golden Globes) that is The Martian. It's about a man who gets stuck on a planet, does science to survive, and in the end almost dies to disco. There's the Council of Elrond (I thin...

Erin and Brennan ring in Halloween by visiting a city synonymous with the supernatural, New Orleans. They follow trails of dead rats and birds to find Tom Cruise rocking some frills and lace with a sad Brad Pitt mourning, well, everything. Luckily, we have baby Kirsten Dunst saving the whole movie, acting circles around everyone at 12 years old, while Antonio Banderas is also there, being himself...

This week we discuss fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles. . . the greatest story ever told! The Princess Bride is one of those movies that we have all seen, loved, and made us laugh, and boy did we laugh. We learned Brennan had an odd role model from a young age, Erin of course owns the book, and together as children they have screamed Inigo&...

Double! Double! Toil and trouble, fire burn and tequila bubble! Pinch of salt, juice of lime. Blocks of ice, booze divine! In the mixer, blend and shake. For our goblets, margaritas make! This week, we check in with our friends, the Owens family and the curious case of how a bad man went missing. Erin gets some strong vampire vibes from Jimmy and Brennan is astonished that Madam First Lady Bartlet...

Grab your fur coats and forks, it's time to face the biggest evil Champion City has ever known: common sense and a gun. This week we take on the blockbuster fail that is Mystery Men, a film that is SO much more relevant today than it was in 1999. We have heroes, we have villains, and we have corporate sponsors. Our team is a ragtag group of amateur heroes with questionable abilities: shovels,...

This week, the Earth is destroyed AGAIN. This time, it's on purpose from an evil race of CGI energy aliens called the Drej. Luckily, we're on a ship with our favorite president, Good Will Hunting, and bad girl Drew Barrymore, plus John Leguizamo, Nathan Lane, Janeane Garofalo, and Tone Loc. We discuss the magisty of space whales, the vampire-owl Gaoul, and how Matt Damon is a little punk...

"So long and thanks for all the fish," our hosts sing as they hitchhike across the galaxy searching for the ultimate question after being let down by the ultimate answer: 42. We learn much about our universe, like how big space is, politicians are idiots no matter where you go, and that the creation of the universe was widely considered to be a Bad Move. Erin converts to the religion of...

Contrary to the common advice for online dating, this time the magician gets the girl! Fall is here and we're feeling the vibes of sepia tone Vienna. The Illusionist is about the love affair between a duchess of Hungary and a young boy who wants to be a musician- I mean magician. Brennan had a really hard time making that distinction this week. We discuss conjuring, magic tricks, paranoid pri...

The summer may be over, but the heat is still lingering, and just like a lingering heat, our film this week is long, has a lot of explosions, and people are wearing next to nothing. By golly that sounds like a Michael Bay movie! Well, if you can call this a movie... then yes, yes it is. This week Erin and Brennan roll out in favor of the Autobots, not because they're the good guys, but becaus...

Coming to you this week from the back of the "Fun 'Vee" with AC/DC and a side of whiskey on the rocks as they ride through Bishop, Califor- I mean. . . Afghanistan, are our hosts Erin and Brennan. EXLOSION! The only way out of our terrible predicament is to make a SUIT out of IRON and all in our tank-tops. Thank God we're geniuses, huh! This week we discuss the beginning of the...

This week, our hosts steal the Declaration of Independence to keep it out of the clutches of EVIL Sean Bean. They team up with Nic Cage, Diane Kruger, and Justin Bartha to track down the minute clues left behind by the FOUNDING FATHERS (and Masons) (and Knights Templar) that lead to a NATIONAL TREASURE beyond comprehension! This movie is filled with all the hallmarks of a Jerry Bruckheimer film, l...

We are back, Void! After almost two months away, our hosts have returned from Post-Nose Egypt with the gift of a new episode all about the 1999 blockbuster The Mummy. This week Brennan brushes off the dust and cobwebs from his Egyptology days while Erin gets a fan to cool herself from Brendan Fraser's hotness. We discuss scarabs, vampire motifs, and the pharaohs of ancient (Pre-Nose) Egypt. W...

What, did you think we would make some kind of (du dun. du dun. dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun BUBUHDADA!!!!!!) Jaws pun for the title? Of COURSE not, the description is where we prefer to CHUM the waters to lure our prey. . . I mean our guests. Fish are friends, not food. This Fourth of July weekend, nothing sums up the current state of affairs than a massive man-eating shark terrorizing peo...

Well, I think the title sums it up. Val is our uncontested villain of this film; you'd think it was the Republican senator (and to be fair, you're not wrong), but in this case there's just someone worse. We follow the beautiful albeit far from tranquil relationship of Armand and Albert as they deal with their horrible college son and his quest to un-gay them in pursuit of a HIGH SCH...

Erin and Brennan turn left at that one village without any vowels to find themselves in a village with only one vowel. Wait, are we in Wales? Why yes, good chap! We're in the UK in 1984 when Margret Thatcher (Darth Karen) went to war against the mining unions across the nation. And in these dark times, times when help is of the utmost importance, to whom can we turn for aid? THE GAYS!!!! Spec...

Erin and Brennan travel to Isla Nublar, an island off of Costa Rica, where "Dinosaurs Rule the Earth." There they find an incompetent theme park devoid of proper staffing, proper infrastructure, and proper safety protocols. We're talking a place with a massive law suit waiting to happen! Oh wait! That's right, they ARE being sued after a poor man was torn apart by a Velocirapto...

This week Erin and Brennan plan the ultimate heist, to reveal the subtle details of Ocean's Eleven. In a seemingly messy and disorganized series of events, it turns out that DANNY PLANNED IT ALL! This movie is about three things: money, love, and messing with Linus. We are talking about Tess having the WORST taste in men, Brad Pitt eating constantly, and what happens when the lights go out in...

Erin, Brennan, and Matt conclude their Prequel extravaganza with Revenge of the Sith. Finally, they got to the content we actually cared about: killing younglings! We also return to sassy Obi Wan quips, epic lightsaber duels, and villains with breathing issues. We side with Sam Jackson that Mace Windu still lives. Did you see a body cause we sure didn't. But we did see the first force choke,...

We're back this week with our second installment of our review of the Star Wars prequels, and amazingly Brennan survived his hit from the fan mobs! Ultimately, we cringe through the horrible relationship at the core of this film. Why Padmé? Why did you choose HIM?!?! It's cause he's tall isn't it. . . While Padmé gets to live out her "dream", the rest of us watch a ho...

It's Star Wars Week and Matt is back with us for Episode One: The Phantom Menace, as we attempt to wrap our minds arou- MISA CALLED JAR-JAR BINKS!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH! In a galaxy far far away, our hosts are annoyed by half the characters in this universe and confused how the hell such good plot points got overpowered by. . . THAT. What we wanted: nature vs. nurture, where Leia got her personalit...

Welcome abroad the FCPV (From a Certain Point of View) 4520 Starship Pretender. Our crew is accosted by Thermians and compelled to review one of the greatest parody films ever made. From sly references to Jim Kirk's hubris to Sigourney Weaver climbing through airducts, again, this film is filled with all the easter eggs sci-fi fans love. We fight Gorignak the Rock Monster, we love Fred fallin...

A wall. A great and powerful wall. Barely 6 feet tall and yet no one can cross it except our two hosts. That's a little weird right? They find themselves in a world of magic, mystery, and Michelle Pfeiffer flaunting that bod! We follow Tristan traveling across the mystical kingdom of Stormhold with Yvaine (the star), Septimus (the seventh son), and Ricky Gervais. From the mind of Neil Gaiman,...

It's a tale as old as time: girl meets furry, gets stuck in a castle, develops Stockholm syndrome, and then becomes queen? Erin and Brennan are asking the real questions around Disney's 2017 remake of Beauty and the Beast: why hire a Scottish Ewan McGregor to play a French candelabra, why is the magic mirror so large but the mirror SO small, and is President Bartlet hidden in the West Wi...

Today really feels like a holiday for Brennan; he gets to spend multiple hours discussing his love of Stephanie Beatriz (AKA Detective Rosa Diaz, AKA Emily Goldfinch, AKA Mirabel Madrigal). Meanwhile, Erin is with Jorje doing the spackle in the crawlspace behind the walls. This week we discuss the Academy Award winning film Encanto, a story that Brennan loves and Erin learned to love. From TOTALLY...

Voulez Vous Coucher avec Moi, Ce Soir?  Need we say more? Our adorable and impressionable hosts return to Monmartre to relive a story from their youth; being poor and enjoying the Moulin Rouge... just  the outside (from a certain point of view). In this episode, we all fall in love with our heroes Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman, keep forgetting that they said it's all going to hell in a hand...