Category Archives: The Show

Episode 11/06/11

Today on the show, we climb the highest building we can find and contemplate taking a plunge after watching Tower Heist(05:44)

We also pledge allegiance to the flag, high-five Uncle Sam, and root for the little guy (who becomes a bigger, stronger little guy)!  It’s the Cinema Recon review of Captain America(1:30:50)

Where have all the Action Heroes gone?!  Cinema Recon gathers the most iconic Action Stars of yesteryear…and celebrates their metaphorical deaths in our childhood memories!  It’s Cinema Recon’s Funeral for the Action Heroes!  (42:20)

In the news…  (2:19:05)

  • A video game franchise is being made into a movie, and the creators are getting creative control??  Blasphemy!
  • Bill Murray is…The Penguin!  No wait…FDR!
  • Forbes’ has discovered mathematical proof that no one likes Dru Berrymore! (Nobel Prize to follow)
  • The recently announced title of the 23rd Bond film has us shaken…AND stirred!
  • Marvel puts the X-Men franchise into the hands of the man who nearly killed it!
  • Arnold takes a break from making illegitimate children and returns to film!
Listen below:
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Episode 10/22/11

Today on the show, we get down and dirty with backroom dealings and political scandals in our review of The Ides of March(05:22)

We also gouge our faces off and choke down the worst tasting candy bar on screen today!  Its our stomach churning review of The Three Musketeers(1:37:46)

CinemaRecon.com is finally LIVE!  And to celebrate such a momentous occasion, we give you a behind the scenes look into the preparation of a typical Cinema Recon show!  (53:35)

In the news…  (2:21:23)

  • Chipotle isn’t satisfied with our stomachs, they’re after our hearts, too!
  • Eminem to star in a movie to document his illustrious and overlooked boxing career!
  • Starship Troopers 4 is going to be a real thing!  (shhh, Jake doesn’t know it will be a cartoon)
  • The new Twilight Zone has a director…the writer of Under Siege 2: Dark Territory!
  • Evil Dead to be reaching for its boomstick once again!
  • Joss Whedon filmed a portion of the new Avengers with a rotary telephone!  (…or his iPhone.  Either way, we call shenanigans)
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Episode 10/16/11

Today on the show, we strap on our flame throwers and make snow angels with the new release of The Thing(04:30)

We also project our super-powered teenage angst onto the DVD review of X-Men: First Class(1:37:39)

Cinema Recon is fed up with the PG-13-inization of movies for the benefit of studio wallets.  We also discuss alternative names for the (likely PG-13) fifth Die Hard film, A Good Day to Die Hard!  (59:36)

In the news…  (2:32:09)

  • Hot Dog flinging Drive fan attacks Tiger Woods!
  • Another intelligent Drive fan seeks justice for false advertising!
  • Michael Myers, hard up on cash, may return to Halloween for just $500!
  • We’ve seen the new Avengers Trailer!
  • Fantastic British film Attack The Block to be remade, converted from English to…English??
  • Seattle Superhero Phoenix Jones UNMASKED!!
  • Shawn Levy to make a new Pinocchio?  And 19 other films, apparently.
  • Superman is homeless and shredded!!
Listen below:
 
 
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Episode 10/09/11

Today on the show, we go 12 rounds with the newly released Real Steel(06:41)

We also draw comparisons between the DVD release of Hanna and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants(1:18:10)

Cinema Recon ponders whether or not the Superhero movie genre is beginning its descent.  (48:33)

In the news…  (1:49:23)

  • Universal thinks you’ll pay $60 to watch Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy!
  • The new Avenger Trailer is coming!
  • Bruce Banner IS….Derrick Zoolander!
  • That new, obscure TV Show “The Simpsons” may be facing cancellation before it could find its stride.
  • Is Warner Bros. getting ready for a Twilight Zone movie?!  (Bonus: no sparkly vampires will be involved)
  • Farmville: The Movie.  Yeah.  Really.
Listen below:
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Episode 10/01/11

Today on the show, we give you our diagnosis of the newly released 50/50(02:46)

We also flex our man-strength in our review of the DVD release of Win Win(1:26:27)

Sure, we are all tired of the remakes in Hollywood today, but there are some movies WE think are actually deserving of a remake, and we are going to tell you about them, dammit (and our opinion matters!).  (54:41)

And Sad Batman makes a special guest appearance!  (1:35:25)

In the news…  (1:58:07)

  • The Rocketeer may get a sequel!
  • Will there be a new Mortal Kombat film?
  • More Prometheus news!  Jake is excited for the Space-Skull-Captain-Skeleton-Thing-Guy…Space Jockey, that’s his name!
  • We all know Nicolas Cage is an undead bloodsucker, but John Travolta too?!?
  • The Dark Knight Rises‘ Tom Hardy cries.  A lot.
  • They are going to make a movie based upon the trailer for a video game.  God help us all.
  • Jake explains why (certain) clowns are NOT scary
Listen below:
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Episode 09/25/11

Today on the show, we review Moneyball  (02:07)  and Hesher(1:22:36)

We also discuss movie etiquette, and what really grinds our gears.  (47:45)

In the news…  (1:53:17)

Update – In the beginning of the show we state that Hesher was released in 2010, which Jake in all of infinite wisdom, questioned!  Turns out that 2010 was the Sundance screening date, and its official release was May 13th, 2011.

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