The Gobeski/Wallace Report Podcast

Our first MCU sequel in our Merry Marvel Movie March is "Iron Man 2", and Charlie has an issue with S.H.I.E.L.D. Or does he? It's not exactly clear. This may also mark Jeremy Piven's greatest performance in a movie he wasn't in! We also wonder what happened to those birds. Wait, did somebody say "Wonder"!?

Piscopo Day is here yet again, and we've got lots of games and segments for you: The Piscoco Report, Piscopo or No, and the Piscopo Cinematic Universe! Despite popular objection, we still stumble our way through a Joe Piscopo SNL skit. And the Second Annual Picopony Awards end with a suspenseful tie-breaker!

After discussing a breaking Cruz News develoment, we dive into the 30th installment of our Merry Marvel Movie March, the 2010 film "Kick-Ass". Those of us who've seen it before have changed our opinions, but not in the same direction. We talk violence, the soundtrack (SPARKS!!!), violence, tanning cream and of course the violence. And Nic Cage gives a restrained AND over-the-top performance!

Our attempts to get an A-list guest are foiled again, but we do have an enlightening conversation with prolific actor Q Jackson, star of the Wolfsmarine movie series! We talk bus change, ambiguous kidnapping and flaming backpacks. Doug checks out, but not enough to be edited out of the episode!

Our Marvel marathon justs keeps on marching, with the ONLY entry in the X-Men Origins series,"X-Men Origins: Wolverine". It's got a great intro and... an interesting ending. And some WEIRD de-aging. But we get to watch Hugh Jackman! But is that enough?

In honor of Paul's return from a foreign land, he regales us with tales of airport food. We then have him talk about his ancillary trip to Japan and all the things he bought there. And he recounts not one, but TWO impromptu musical interludes! Then our resident physics expert Adam talks a bit about particles and stuff.

We've just watched the THIRD Punisher film in our march, the 2008 film "Punisher : War Zone", and we may finally have found the correct amount of killing for a Punisher movie. Or not? Doug's bloodlust only goes so far. One thing is for sure: director Lexi Alexander sounds pretty badass. And Rob Zombie comes out of retirement for another contender in our "Merry Marvel Movie March Song-Off"!

Adam, Charlie and Doug celebrate Edible Book Day, Pi Day, Opposite Day, The Ides of March but literally no other days. Then we dive into the important subjects: disingenuous streaming services, James Gunn's rehiring, Sparks, and YouTube recommendations. Charlie and Doug recount their various hangs over the previous month, including a comedy show that featured music, and a music show that featured...

Merry Marvel Movie March Madness continues as we review the 2008 movie "The Incredible Hulk". We argue about whether it really fits in the MCU, and talk about ideas we would have liked to see carry forward into other Marvel films. Paul laments that we don't get more technical scenes of Edward Norton fixing assembly line equipment. And The Hulk is green, but is he green ENOUGH...?

The Merry Marvel Movie March is 8 strong this week as we review the 2008 film "Iron Man". It's widely considered the start of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but couldn't afford to have its ambitions set so high at the time. Finally, a movie that genuinely has a chance at being our highest rated Marvel movie yet! And we have trouble differentiating 80's dudes with mullets.

Alex and Paul are on the show, but are late as usual, which means we have to talk to the members of the 70's arena rock band Cuinn. Charlie does his part to evade copyright infringement. And when our invited guests finally arrive, we decide the best name for Charlie's unborn child (and maybe the worst one too...)

Merry Marvel Movie March installment 25 has us reviewing "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer", the most decidedly uncool surfer ever. But he's not as out of place here as Dr. Doom. And why is Galactus a nebulous cloud of space sand? This movie sure does have a villain problem. Oh well, at least there's less charm than the last F4 film!

OK, so let's be honest: no one really likes "Spider-Man 3". But how MUCH do we not like it? Do we not like it MORE or LESS than in 2007? Or do we not like it the same amount? Doug speaks out for Mary Jane Watson when no one else in this movie will. Plus, we speculate some more about glider injuries.

We struggle with potential Black Friday plans. Should we watch "Boss Baby" (as is customary), or do we juice Lime scooters? One thing is for sure: we won't be talking about "Ghost Rider"!

Break out the eggnog and poison oak, it's that time of year! That's right, we're finally talking about "ALF's Special Christmas"! This is the one where ALF trespasses at a hospital and commits medical fraud, but when you're as cute as ALF there's nothing you can't get away with! "Dimebag" Dennis joins us this week with predictable results. I almost feel like I should give guests a "heads-up" about...

We've dragged Tony Huff into the episode specifically to watch Nic Cage in 2007's "Ghost Rider" for the 23rd installment of our Merry Marvel Movie March! Spoiler Alert: Tony would rather talk about weird people following him out of the grocery store than this movie! But the rest of us find some things to like amongst the bizarre directorial and acting choices. And the recasting of previous Marvel...

We have TWO very special identical guests in this episode, and two regular ol' ones. All this to stage an intervention for Charlie, and he doesn't suspect a thing! We talk way more about Armie Hammer than in any previous episode. Oh yeah, and we may have found a way to communicate between alternate realities.

Can you believe it's been 50 episodes since our last clips extravaganza? There were just so many junk food tastings, movie arguments and ramblings that never made it to air that we just HAVE to share them with you! In fact, we're so eager that you'd think we're LEGALLY OBLIGATED to share them with you for tax reasons. Who's to say?

The Merry Marvel Movie March continues with "X-Men: The Last Stand". We've added Kelsey Grammer, but subtracted James Marsden which feels like a lateral move. How does so much happen in so little time, yet end up being the worst X-men movie so far? We wrestle with that question, but also ask ourselves a much more important one: which video game console is integrated into that vehicle?

We all have a decidedly fantastic time reviewing 2005's "Fantastic Four". Well, I mean it's more accurate to say that the movie is pretty good, not as bad as we remembered. But we do have to watch some pretty grotesque stretching in the process, though only one scene was filmed while an actor had crippling kidney pain! And thanks to an efficient intro, this one comes in at under an hour.

In preparation for our next Merry Marvel Movie March episode we forget to start talking about the movie! That'll have to wait until next week, but in the meantime we get real about failed and secret fast food sandwiches, misbehaving dogs, and what aliens will find when humanity has been destroyed (hint: it contains cilantro!). Things get a bit heated when we start talking about Surge.

The 20th part of our Merry Marvel Movie March covers the pretty much unknown 2005 film "Man-Thing"! We may have finally found the floor of our March's ratings -- there's a reason this movie aired on the Sci-Fi Channel instead of in American theatres! We discuss Man-Thing's motives, his name, and why everyone in the American South seems to be incredibly racist and/or stupid!

This episode of the exceedingly popular "Gobeskis Report" features present guest Charlie Wallace, host of the less popular podcast "Cinematic Respect"! Once we're past all the boring bits where he promotes his podcast we dive into the announcment of the Oscar category for "Best Popular Film". And wouldn't you know it, the Academy heard this episode and back-pedaled! But that's just our vociferous...

We hurry up and wait in installment 19 of our Merry Marvel Movie March with the 2005 movie "Elektra". Jennifer Garner sure does try, but doesn't have a whole lot to do. Literally! The script has her sitting around for two days! But it isn't nearly as bad as we all expect and that's saying A LOT. Plus, a trailer for "Family Guy"!

Alex Clark is back on the show to promote his new book, "Trivia Showdown"! That means Adam and Charlie stop being co-hosts, and start competing! Who knows the most about musical "first words"? Movie spoilers? Wrestling finishing moves? Only one way to find out!