Thinking Outside The Long Box

Do you see and remember Joe Pesci as a comedic actor, or a more serious actor in a bunch of different mobesque movies? Well, no doubt, the topic on hand today, is probably one of his most well known comedies of his whole career. There might be an argument as well, that this might be one of his most well known movies? We are of course speaking about the Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, and Ralph Macchio fi...

Have you ever wondered what a movie would be like, that was made from a concept stemming from a ride at Disneyland? Do you think that Disney would even be able to make a full storyline out of a ride, that doesn't really do much but go down a river? Well, if you're answers were yes, then this might be the movie for you! Especially a movie starring Dwayne The Rock Johnson, and Emily Blunt!! We are o...

It's that time of the week, where we would take our show to our live listeners!! Every time we get together, we do our best to include listeners in the conversations that we're having! Whether they're giving us topics to speak about, or just hanging out with us, this live episode is always entertaining!  For this episode, we're starting to fill out our TV & movie ratings list, by taking a look bac...

Well, it's time to circle back to something that we've already partially spoken about! Not too many episodes ago, we spoke about the very first three episodes of the Marvel Studios TV series on Disney +, Loki. We're back to talk about the full season, now that it has concluded!!"Loki is an American television series created by Michael Waldron for the streaming service Disney+, based on Marvel Comi...

It's pop culture classic time! Every time we sit down and record, we take a trip in our go back machine, to look back at something from our past! Today we're going back to 1999! Twenty one years in our past, in order to talk about this Antonio Banderas lead, movie! We're talking about The 13th Warrior! "A Muslim ambassador exiled from his homeland, Ahmad ibn Fadlan (Antonio Banderas) finds himself...

Are you a fan of Arthurian stories? Stories about King Arthur, and the Knight's of the round table? Well, these might be the movie for you, if you are! The film is based off of the 14th century poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.  "An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, "The Green Knight" tells the story of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel), King Arthur's reckless and headstrong...

It's live episode time!! We're coming at you with another awesome listener interaction episode!! We delve into a lot of different topics this week, including representation in TV & movies. Whether, we (exclusively us) need the representation in those mediums, that a lot of people ask for. Plus, we talk about what our recommended TV shows and movies looks like this week, and talk about some of the...

Have you ever wondered what life is like for Superhero's before they find out that they have super abilities? Or before they give themselves their super abilities? Well this is the film for you to check out. We're talking about the Netflix film, coming all the way from France, How I Became a Superhero! "While superheroes have assimilated into Parisian society, a new drug gives super powers to mere...

It's pop culture classic time everyone!!! This film has been made into a couple of sequels, and a reboot, but some would argue that this might have been the best one, and shouldn't have been messed with at all! We're going back to 2004, to talk about the Guillermo Del Torro & Ron Perlman film, Hellboy!!"At the end of World War II, the Nazis attempt to open a portal to a paranormal dimension in ord...

It's time to dive into a show that is three seasons in the making already, and there are still many answers that need to be solved! In the style of the 4400, this show is part time travel, part sci-fi, and part mystery! We are of course talking about the NBC show, Manifest!!  "Manifest is an American supernatural drama television series, created by Jeff Rake, that premiered on NBC on September 24,...

It's LISTENER INTERACTION EPISODE TIME!! This can be one of the funnest episodes that we do when we all get together and record! It's a free for all as far as the topics go, and so we let the conversation go wherever it wants to. PLUS, we give an update on where we stand, as far as our movie and TV show rating go!!  Hopefully in the future, you'll jump onto facebook and join us for a live episode!...

Have you ever thought about what family life would be like, for a super villain? What about a super villain who seems to be very incompetent at his job, and is in the middle of a massive company takeover? Well, all of those strange things, are jammed together in the Hulu series, MODOK!  "The megalomaniacal supervillain M.O.D.O.K. (Patton Oswalt) has long pursued his dream of one day conquering the...

It's pop culture classic time again everyone! During ever recording session, we take look back at something from our childhood, and take a deeper dive on something we probably haven't seen in a while. Then, we decide whether or not we think it still holds up. For today's episode, we're going all the way back to 1997, to revisit a John Leguizamo film, The Pest. "Fast-talking Latino con artist Pesta...

In all of movies/tv shows, there is probably only a handful of projects that have originally come from a video game, and made a successful transition to the big or little screen! What those are, is really up for interpretation, but today, we examine one more of those projects that has made it's way onto Netflix! We are speaking about the video game, and now film, Dynasty Warriors!  "Based on a pop...

What's up everyone!! It's LIVE show time!! We are changing the way the live shows work from now on, but not by very much! At the top of the show we will go over where our top three TV shows & movies rank VS the topics that we just spoke about, in the previous three episodes.  Plus we might have one or two dedicated topics to speak of as well. So we're trying to refine the live shows a little bit m...

The Marvel Universe, is ever changing, and ever expanding. Not only is Marvel making waves when it comes to their movies, but this year, they've had a tremendous amount of hype on the small screen as well. With some other projects in development, and with WandaVision and Falcon & the Winter Soldier having already been released, Loki promised to be a great start to the beginning of the Marvel summe...

Man oh man, do we have a BIG interview for all of you today! For those of you who have been living under a rock, Sweet Tooth was number one on Netflix for a while, including the week that it debuted. Stemming from the comic book of the same name, created by Jeff Lemire, Sweet Tooth tells the story of a young boy, and his unwitting companion, during a world pandemic that has effected the worlds chi...

We're here today, to speak about a pop culture classic! For today's subject, we're going back in time, to 1997! Twenty four years ago, was a time of very few special effects, to the point where this movie was dubbed the "special effects movie event" of the time. Whether that hurt or helped this movie is really up for debate! We're, of course, speaking about the Michael Jai White & John Leguizamo m...

There is so much Conjuring out there in the world! We are coming to you today to talk about the third installment in The Conjuring franchise, and the eighth film in the universe franchise! The Conjuring is based off of the lives of Ed and Lorraine Warren. Ed and Lorraine Warren are a married couple who have purported to have been through a tremendous amount of different paranormal events. Some of...

A little bit of a different special than normal, but still just as much fun!! Tim took the reigns on a couple of interviews for Pride month, and we wanted to bring you both of those interviews! We have two very special people who have joined us, to tell us what they think that Pride means to them.  They also tell us about some of their experiences, where they're at in their lives, and what kinds o...

We are joined by a very special guest today, who is doing her best to make a difference in literacy!! We are speaking to the amazingly funny, Dani Hedlund!! Dani is the CEO & founder of the Brink Literacy Project! The team at the Brink Literacy Project specializes in "education, literacy, writing, editing, publishing, and prison reform." Today, we are talking to her, about her project, The Literar...

It's LIVE episode time everyone!! At the end of a recording session, we take some time to relax, and speak about a bunch of different topics. This is the time where we do our best to invite our listeners to bring some topics to the table. Did you watch an awesome TV show that you want to talk about? Let us know which one. Did you read a fun book? Give us the title and the author, so maybe we can g...

Who doesn't like a good Jason Statham movie? On top of that, who doesn't like a well made Guy Ritchie movie!? Well for today, we're bringing you a little bit of both of those worlds! From the mind of Guy Ritchie, and the acting (though not a ton of martial arts) of Jason Statham, we are talking about the new movie, Wrath of Man! "Mysterious and wild-eyed, a new security guard for a cash truck surp...

Today's guest has been gracing our screens for over thirty eight years, making his debut in 1983, as Barker, in the film, The Man Who Wasn't There. Whether it's on the small screen, or the big screen, Ron Canada has been entertaining fans for a LONG time, and doing such a great job at it! We had the opportunity to speak with Ron about a film that we'd already done an episode on, The Empty Man.  "O...

There are only a few movies in the existence of media, that really stick with you, and leave a lasting impression, that even as you get older, doesn't seem to go away. In the world we live in now, we do get a lot of "torture porn" type of movies, but that all came from somewhere, and they don't do it nearly as well as where it came from. Our subject for today is DEFINITELY a pop culture classic. W...