The I.P. Squad

John & Kinsey continue their investigation into King Arthur with 1981's "Excalibur." Listen discuss this being John Boorman's passion project, gritting up the legend, the cavalcade of future stars and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Kinsey continue their investigation into King Arthur films with 1975's "Monty Python & The HolyGrail." Listen to them discuss how many characters each Python plays, the surprising accuracy to the legend, how budget limits created the classic ending and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati...

John & Kinsey continue their investigation into King Arthur films with 1967's "Camelot." Listen to them discuss Richard Harris' singing voice, the history of the stage musical, Lancelot big entrance and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Kinsey continue their investigation into King Arthur films with 1963's "Sword Of Lancelot." Listen to them discuss the auteur vision of Cornel Wilde, the open flirting of Lancelot and Guinevere, early soap adoption and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Kinsey continue the investigation into King Arthur films with 1963's "The Sword In The Stone." Listen to them discuss the state of Disney animation, the lack of good songs, why Arthur and Merlin spend so much of the movie as animals. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John recruits Kinsey Campbell to begin a new investigation into films based on the King Arthur legend. They kick things off with 1953's "Knights Of The Round Table." Listen to them discuss wobbly sets, Robert Taylor's diva behavior, what's up with Merlin and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The video game movie investigation comes to a close as Elliott Lewis joins John look into 2025's "Until Dawn." Listen to them discuss the changes to the game lore, a totally wasted time loop structure, the magic of Peter Stormare and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Mike Gorgone continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2025's "A Minecraft Movie." Listen to them discuss this being passion project for Jason Momoa, the weird Jennifer Coolidge subplot, how you bring narrative to a building game and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/puncupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Michael Lissman continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2024's "Sonic The Hedgehog 3." Listen to them discuss Jim Carrey playing dual roles, the move to focus on the CG characters, the screen persona of Keanu Reeves and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/puncupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Mike Gorgone continue the investigation into video game adaptions with 2024's "Borderlands." Listen to them discuss the change from R to PG-13, Cate Blanchett's commitment to her part, the Guardians of The Galaxy connections and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/puncupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Elliott Lewis continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2023's "Five Nights At Freddy's." Listen to them discuss the heavy amount of custody drama, dream detective work, whether the animatronics are evil and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Mike Gorgone continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2022's "Sonic The Hedgehog 2." Listen to them discuss perilous stakes in kids movies, Idris Elba going all in, adapting games with limited narrative and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Brendan Jones continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2022's "Uncharted." Listen to them discuss the decision to make this an origin story, the long shadow of Indiana Jones, structural integrity of old wooden ships and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Michael Lissman continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2021's "Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City." Listen to them discuss the commitment to visually capturing the games, the strange take on Leon, whether the film is scary and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John, Mike Gorgone and Elliott Lewis continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2021's "Mortal Kombat." Listen to them discuss everyone's favorite character Cole Young, R rated violence, Josh Lawson's scene stealing turn as Kano and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Mike Gorgone continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2020's "Monster Hunter." Listen to them discuss the singular desert location, Tony Jaa slowing down his fight moves, the bizarre military inclusion and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Kinsey Campbell continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2020's "Sonic The Hedgehog." Listen to them discuss growing up as Sega kids, the character redesign, James Marsden selling chemistry with a CGI hedgehog and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John, Mike Gorgone and Reed Morris continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2019's "Pokemon: Detective Pikachu." Listen to them discuss the decision to base the movie off this game, keeping the Pokemon cute, would Danny Devito have been a better Pikachu and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

John & Mike Gorgone continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2018's "Rampage." Listen to them discuss CGI giant animals, gleep glop science, the total commitment of Jeffrey Dean Morgan and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Brendan Jones continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2018's "Tomb Raider." Listen to them discuss Vikander's all in performance, capturing action moments from the games, the lack of the supernatural and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Mike Gorgone continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2016's "Assassin's Creed." Listen to them discuss the dense mythology, the studio meddling, Fassbender having nothing to play and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John, Mike Gorgone & Reed Morris continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2016's "Warcraft." Listen to them discuss the massive number of characters, the choice of where this placed in the timeline, mo-cap Orcs and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Mike Gorgone continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2015's "Hitman: Agent 47." Listen to them discuss the attempt to lean more into mythos, the surprisingly good action scenes, what lead Zachary Quinto to take this part and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Michael Lissman continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2014's "Need For Speed." Listen to them discuss the inevitable death of Petey, Michael Keaton shooting all his scenes in his own house, the supposedly funny sex crimes and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John & Elliott Lewis continue the investigation into video game adaptations with 2012's "Silent Hill: Revelation." Listen to them discuss the attempt merge film and game continuity, Kit Harrington being the oldest high schooler, the shameless 3D and so much more. For early episodes/exclusive content: patreon.com/punchupent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.