In this episode we talk Crazy Heart and Book of Eli, plus loads more!

~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Intro & Reviews
    • Movie Webmaster Big Brother fallout
    • Roger Ebert’s crazy The Lovely Bones review
    • Andrea and James review Crazy Heart
    • Dave and James review Book of Eli (spoiler’ish)
00:49:30 – Whatcha’ Watchin (or Playing)?
    • On our last super-long 4hr podcast
    • Dave’s thoughts on the MMORPG Lord of the Rings Online
    • Dave’s thoughts on the MMORPG Dungeons & Dragons
    • Andrea and Dave watch Carriers and Terminator: The Sarah Conner’s Chronicles
    • Survivor: Heroes -vs- Villains chat (& Curb Your Enthusiasm)
    • Dave on Charlie Brooker’s Newswipe
    • James’ thoughts on Youth In Revolt and Legion
    • James goes on a wrestling doc binge including Beyond the Mat, Wrestling With Shadows, The Life and Death of Owen Hart, and Lipstick & Dynamite
    • James’ thoughts on The Yes Men Fix the World, Mary and Max, and The Unborn
    • James on Never Back Down, which was filmed at his old High School
    • James’ wonders why Kate Beckinsale’s Nothing But The Truth went D2DVD but Whiteout didn’t
    • James watches Nick Broomfield’s other doc Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam
    • James recommends the time-travel lite-horror flicks Timecrimes and Triangle
    • Andrea’s thoughts on Whip It, Tell Tale, and This is It
02:54:32 – Goodbyes

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In this episode we talk Peter Jackson’s latest flick The Lovely Bones, announce the WINNER of Movie Webmaster Big Brother, plus loads more!

~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Intro (Music: RIP Jay Reatard)
    • The other RotCast
    • Dave’s Disney employee stories
    • American Idol discussion
    • Movie Webmaster Big Brother Episode #11: THE FINALE ***
00:46:20 – The Lovely Bones Discussion
01:17:07 – Whatcha’ Watchin?
    • Andrea’s thoughts on the Bollywood film What’s Your Rashi?
    • Andrea sees Moon, theories on the film [spoilers]
    • Andrea’s short Fame review
    • Thoughts on The Bridge (if you need info or help, check out out suicide.org)
    • James’ thoughts on Biggie & Tupac, Superman (1977), Midnight Run (1988), Aliens, Alien 3, Appaloosa, Armored, Big Fan, Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Whip It, Muppets Take Manhattan, Couples Retreat, A Prophet, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, and Give ‘Em Hell Malone
    • Dave and James discuss the doc Collapse, peak oil etc (Bottom-Line: Ignore the film and educate yourself on Peak Oil here.)
03:26:12 – Goodbyes

*** This season’s contestants included:

Sean Dwyer
FilmJunk

Patrick Sauriol
CCAttractions

Josh Tyler
CinemaBlend

Vic Holtreman
ScreenRant

Harry Knowles
AICN

Erik Davis
Cinematical

Garth Franklin
DarkHorizons

Edward Douglas
ComingSoon!

Drew McWeeny
HitFlix

Devin Faraci
CHUD

Peter Sciretta
SlashFilm

Alex Billington
FirstShowing

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In this episode we talk Avatar plus announce the finalists of Movie Webmaster Big Brother contestant, plus loads more!

[Note: Listener voting for the winner of Movie Webmaster Big Brother is now open, click here to cast your vote!]

~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Intro
    • Movie Webmaster Big Brother Episode #10 ***
00:19:34 – Avatar Discussion
00:49:10 – Whatcha’ Watchin?
    • Dave’s Facebook adventures
    • Best films of 2009
    • Dave’s thoughts on Lost S1
    • Dave is happy about Dollhouse’s cancellation
    • Dave and Andrea watched Jennifer’s Body
    • Andrea goes crazy over Meghan Fox
    • James’ thoughts on Invictus, 9, Humpday, Public Enemies, S.Darko, Extract, Tidal Wave, Adam, Chopper, Chopping Mall
    • A short RotCast retrospective
    • 2010 movies we are looking forward to
03:07:30 – Goodbyes

*** This season’s contestants include:

Sean Dwyer
FilmJunk

Josh Tyler
CinemaBlend

Patrick Sauriol
CCAttractions

Vic Holtreman
ScreenRant

Harry Knowles
AICN

Erik Davis
Cinematical

Garth Franklin
DarkHorizons

Edward Douglas
ComingSoon!

Drew McWeeny
HitFix

Devin Faraci
CHUD

Peter Sciretta
SlashFilm

Alex Billington
FirstShowing

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In this episode we conclude last weeks HOH competition cliffhanger and eliminate another Movie Webmaster Big Brother contestant, plus we talk Clooney’s latest, Up In the Air, plus loads more!

~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Intro
    • Holiday talk (plastic trees, lights, Jews etc)
    • Old TV shows (Martin, Step By Step, Dinosaurs etc)
    • Movie Webmaster Big Brother Episode #9 ***
00:32:04 – Up In the Air
00:58:40 – Whatcha’ Watchin?
    • Dave’s oral skills
    • Thoughts on Ratatouille on Blu-Ray
    • Dave & James finally watch Knowing
    • Inglorious Bastards on Blu-Ray & punching Quentin Tarantino in the face
    • Dave’s adventures with Modern Warfare 2
    • Andrea’s thoughts on The Sims 3
    • Andrea scoops the British import I Sell the Dead
    • TV’s in 24p mode explained
    • Trash TV Alert: MTV’s Jersey Shore
    • James talks the British import Doghouse, Spread, Four Christmases, Thaw, World’s Greatest Dad, Big River Man, Leaving Las Vegas
02:58:15 – Goodbyes

*** This season’s contestants include:

Sean Dwyer
FilmJunk

Vic Holtreman
ScreenRant

Josh Tyler
CinemaBlend

Patrick Sauriol
CCAttractions

Erik Davis
Cinematical

Harry Knowles
AICN

Garth Franklin
DarkHorizons

Drew McWeeny
HitFlix

Peter Sciretta
SlashFilm

Devin Faraci
CHUD

Alex Billington
FirstShowing

Edward Douglas
ComingSoon!

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Holy crap! Andrea throws a monkey-wrench in this weeks edition of Movie Webmaster Big Brother, plus we talk loads of Blu-Ray and more!

~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Intro
    • Movie Webmaster Big Brother Episode #8 ***
00:19:10 – Blu-Ray Discussion
    • Including Star Trek, Watchmen, Coraline, Pixar films
00:56:53 – Whatcha’ Watchin?
    • Dave & Andrea’s “want to watch on Blu-Ray” list
    • Dave’s thoughts on casual games and Dead Space
    • Andrea’s thoughts on Blindside and her Mel Gibson hatred
    • James’ thoughts on Aliens in the Attic, American Pie presents Book of Love, Life is Hot in Cracktown, The Canyon, The Cove, and Carriers
02:27:47 – Goodbyes

*** This season’s contestants include:

Sean Dwyer
FilmJunk

Harry Knowles
AICN

Patrick Sauriol
CCAttractions

Erik Davis
Cinematical

Vic Holtreman
ScreenRant

Josh Tyler
CinemaBlend

Garth Franklin
DarkHorizons

Drew McWeeny
HitFlix

Peter Sciretta
SlashFilm

Devin Faraci
CHUD

Alex Billington
FirstShowing

Edward Douglas
ComingSoon!

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Welcome to our post-Thanksgiving chit-chat! In this episode we eliminate our sixth Movie Webmaster Big Brother contestant, review the excruciatingly awful New Moon, and talk up the books, video games, and movies we’ve been ingesting lately. All that plus more!

~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Intro
    • Andrea’s orange juice addiction
    • Movie Webmaster Big Brother Episode #7 ***
00:33:31 – New Moon [spoiler free]
    • Thoughts on the Twilight series, books etc
    • Dave calls out Devin from CHUD (literally)
    • Final thoughts on New Moon
01:23:04 – Whatcha’ Watchin?
    • Andrea continuing adventures with the writings of Charlaine Harris (True Blood)
    • Kevin Smith -vs- Reese Witherspoon
    • Pirated blooper reels & self-righteous websites
    • Dave & James’ thoughts on Left 4 Dead 2
    • Dave’s thoughts on Borderlands, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine
    • A Christmas Carol and James’ families’ Thanksgiving movie tradition
    • James’ thoughts on the excellent British import The Boat That Rocked (Pirate Radio in the NA)
    • James gets 0wnzored by Gamer
    • Pandorum’s Event Horizon tendencies
    • James’ Thanksgiving day triple feature: Identity, Home Alone 3, The Pacifier
    • Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Seinfeld-filled season & finale
02:42:10 – Goodbyes

*** This season’s contestants include:

Harry Knowles
AICN

Garth Franklin
DarkHorizons

Erik Davis
Cinematical

Patrick Sauriol
CCAttractions

Vic Holtreman
ScreenRant

Josh Tyler
CinemaBlend

Sean Dwyer
FilmJunk

Drew McWeeny
HitFlix

Peter Sciretta
SlashFilm

Devin Faraci
CHUD

Alex Billington
FirstShowing

Edward Douglas
ComingSoon!

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So we decided to mix things up for a week and just let it fly for an hour, random-style. Somehow an hour turned into almost three. Enjoy!

~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Intro
    • Complaints about Reddit and Digg
    • Dave recently found out Doogie Howser is gay
00:18:47 – James’ Watchlist
    • FOX cancels Dollhouse
    • Thoughts on the new V tv series
    • Celebrity Sex Rehab, James’ latest guilty pleasure
    • Paper Heart might be a smug hipster film
    • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince & why Hermione is a jealous bitch (epic fight ensues)
    • James’ thoughts on 2012 and I Love You Beth Cooper
    • Watching Bad Taste on Twitter
    • HBO’s Bored to Death gets better
01:25:09 – Ghosts and Ghostbusters
    • Congrats to Celeste and Jason from Fandomania – they got hitched!
    • Andrea’s adventures in real-life ghost-hunting
    • Charlaine Harris’ (True Blood) first book Real Murders
    • Why do older women tend to write vampire novels
    • Dave’s thoughts on Ghostbusters (the video game)
02:48:02 – Goodbyes

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This is Halloween! In this episode we talk movie-webmaster’s general Twitter wussiness for a few minutes before we eliminate our fifth Movie Webmaster Big Brother contestant, review the direct-to-dvd film Trick ‘r Treat, then discuss what we’ve been watching lately. All that plus more!

~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Epically Long Intro (music)
    • Dave’s WoW guild problems
    • Movie webmaster’s who wuss out on Twitter
    • James Gunn settles a feud for Dave on Twitter
    • Movie Webmaster Big Brother Episode #6 ***
00:55:35 – Trick ‘r Treat [spoiler free]
    • Anna Paquin’s career as a “relative-unknown”
    • Direct-to-DVD movies that deserve better
    • Final thoughts on Trick ‘r Treat
    • Gay-bashing in 80’s movies (for ex: Monster Squad)
    • Final FINAL thoughts on Trick ‘r Treat
01:33:41 – Whatcha’ Watchin? (music – music)
    • Andrea’s thoughts on the 2nd book in the True Blood series
    • James dislikes A Perfect Getaway
    • James watches Fast and Furious 2009 for the Jordana Brewster
    • James checks out The Blob (1988) for the 1st time
    • Bad movies that are “awesome bad”
    • James fell asleep during Sam Raimi’s Crimewave
    • James’ thoughts on Flash Forward, Sons of Anarchy, Cougartown, and Modern Family
    • Pay for Hulu? What we would do…
    • Dave and Andrea’s initial thoughts on Dollhouse
    • Dave watches Transformers 2 (the RiffTrax version)
    • James thoughts on Astro Boy (thanks Fandomania!)
02:32:22 – Goodbyes

*** This season’s contestants include:

Devin Faraci
CHUD

Harry Knowles
AICN

Drew McWeeny
HitFlix

Patrick Sauriol
CCAttractions

Vic Holtreman
ScreenRant

Josh Tyler
CinemaBlend

Erik Davis
Cinematical

Alex Billington
FirstShowing

Edward Douglas
ComingSoon!

Sean Dwyer
FilmJunk

Garth Franklin
DarkHorizons

Peter Sciretta
SlashFilm

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We’re back! In this episode lose our minds as we eliminate our fourth Movie Webmaster Big Brother contestant, retro-review Joel and Ethan Coen’s first film Blood Simple, and marathon what we’ve been watching lately. All that plus more!

~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Intro
    • James’ guest appearance on CinemaBlend’s Blendcast podcast
    • Thoughts on Widescreen Warrior’s podcast
    • Dave’s birthday
    • Andrea’s Texas trip
    • Movie Webmaster Big Brother Episode #5 ***
00:29:57 – Retro Review: Blood Simple [spoiler free]
00:54:02 – Whatcha’ Watchin?
    • Our thoughts on the ridiculous new FTC blogging guidelines
    • Dave rewatches Season 3 of 30 Rock
    • The Office discussion
    • Dave’s rewatches Dog Soldiers
    • Andrea compares the True Blood book series to the HBO show
    • Further thoughts on GLEE and Castle
    • Dave details the docs Paradise Lost and Paradise Lost 2
    • James gets into Dollhouse
    • James binges on VH1’s The Top 100 Hip Hops Songs and NWA: World’s Most Dangerous Group
    • James’ thoughts on The Descent and Thomas Jane’s D2DVD Dark Country
    • James’ wonders why State of Play was ignored
    • James’ double-features The Quick and The Dead (1995) and the D2DVD The Quick and The Undead (2006)
02:30:22 – Goodbyes

*** This season’s contestants include:

Devin Faraci
CHUD

Harry Knowles
AICN

Drew McWeeny
HitFlix

Patrick Sauriol
CCAttractions

Vic Holtreman
ScreenRant

Josh Tyler
CinemaBlend

Erik Davis
Cinematical

Alex Billington
FirstShowing

Edward Douglas
ComingSoon!

Sean Dwyer
FilmJunk

Garth Franklin
DarkHorizons

Peter Sciretta
SlashFilm

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Welcome to the latest edition of The RotCast! In this episode we eliminate our third Movie Webmaster Big Brother contestant, review the limited-release/long-delayed ghost flick Paranormal Activity, and wax-off on the conclusion of True Blood’s second season. All that plus more!

~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Intro
    • Movie Webmaster Big Brother Episode #4 ***
00:21:01 – Paranormal Activity [spoiler free]
01:09:28 – True Blood Thoughts on Season 2 [spoiler heavy]
01:43:03 – Whatcha’ Watchin?
    • James watched AFV to wind-down from Paranormal Activity, Dave watched atheist videos
    • Dave rewatches Return of the Living Dead: Part 2 (and still has the hots for the older-sister character)
    • Dave rewatches [REC] and his anticipation for [REC]2
    • Dave’s thoughts on a DVD based on Call of Cthulhu
    • Andrea continues watching GLEE, James admits to checking it out
    • Andrea’s thoughts on Castle, starring Nathan Fillion
    • James checks out the “half-baked Wes Anderson film” The Brothers Bloom
    • More Survivor talk
02:44:35 – Goodbyes

*** This season’s contestants include:

Devin Faraci
CHUD

Harry Knowles
AICN

Drew McWeeny
HitFlix

Patrick Sauriol
CCAttractions

Vic Holtreman
ScreenRant

Josh Tyler
CinemaBlend

Erik Davis
Cinematical

Alex Billington
FirstShowing

Edward Douglas
ComingSoon!

Sean Dwyer
FilmJunk

Garth Franklin
DarkHorizons

Peter Sciretta
SlashFilm

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