The RotCast Episode #53 – Normal Activity
James | September 30, 2009 | 27 Comments

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:
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In case you can’t get enough ME, I guested on @CinemaBlend’s BlendCast podcast this week. Good times + lots of trash talk http://bit.ly/18GLgM
Paranormal Activity was frighteningly real, go see it. Watching an old school ep of America’s Funniest Home Videos so I can sleep tonight.
What Could Have Been: Nic Cage as Superman http://bit.ly/2T81f8 – Frightening.
Info-Overload: Visualization – Best Picture Winners and Where They Took Place http://is.gd/3vA6j – Suprisingly, the winner = London.
The RotCast Episode #52 – Zombievirusland
James | September 20, 2009 | 4 Comments

Welcome to the latest edition of The RotCast! In this episode we eliminate our second Movie Webmaster Big Brother contestant, then talk up the much-anticipated Zombieland! All that plus the latest gossip on Jack Efron!
~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Intro
• Movie Webmaster Big Brother Episode #3 ***
00:23:11 – Early Review – Zombieland [spoiler free]
00:50:37 – Whatcha’ Watchin?
• James thinks Year One got a bad rap
• Dave defends Orlando Bloom’s honor
• James hasn’t given up on Entourage & Weeds (yet)
• Big Brother finale discussion
• James’ thoughts on the imports Sin Nombre, Damned United, and Dead Snow
• Andrea is reading the series that inspired True Blood – Dead Until Dark & Living Dead in Dallas
• Andrea recommends Glee (watch in on Hulu) and her thoughts on High School Musical
• Survivor premiere discussion
• Dave’s continuing adventures with Lord of the Rings Online
• The most cliched podcast ending evar
02:00:30 – Goodbyes
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Ben Heck is building his own custom full-scale pinball machine… based on the filmography of Bill Paxton, of course http://bit.ly/3LPvdE
Another *alleged* Cloverfield 2 viral video surfaces… http://bit.ly/13oKlM – Even if it does turn out to be fake, I’m enjoying these.
Paranormal Activity trailer officially released http://is.gd/3jzdO – Opening in Orlando & 12 other cities on Sept 25th. Yeahs all around!
The RotCast Episode #51 – Henry’s eGamer Edition
James | September 15, 2009 | 3 Comments

Welcome to the latest edition of The RotCast! In this episode we eliminate our first Movie Webmaster Big Brother contestant, and analyize Dave’s retro-review pick for Andrea and James, the 1986 flick Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. All that and more!
~~ Show Notes ~~
00:00:00 – Intro
• Movie Webmaster Big Brother Episode #2 ***
00:18:50 – Retro-Review – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer [spoiler free]
00:48:40 – Whatcha’ Watchin?
• James orders his recent watchlist in order of quality including Trouble the Water, Manson, American Gangster, Race to Witch Mountain, Shorts
• Dave’s recent YouTube/Twitter viewing habits
• Dave’s interest in Chris Smith’s new doc Collapse, screening at TIFF, and its Peak Oil subject matter
• Other TIFF films we are looking forward to (eventually) seeing including Daybreakers and [REC] 2
• Andrea’s watching the 70’s britcom Good Neighbors (The Good Life in the US)
• Andrea’s interest in the long-delayed Paranormal Activity and her belief in the paranormal
• Dave and Andrea’s thoughts on Lord of the Rings Online and WoW
• Thoughts on Beatles: Rock band
• Thoughts on re-posting the old 2006 audio episodes of The RotCast
02:05:01 – Goodbyes
*** This season’s contestants include:
• Devin Faraci (CHUD – @devincf)
• Harry Knowles (AICN – @headgeek666)
• Drew McWeeny (HitFlix – @DrewAtHitfix)
• Patrick Sauriol (Corona’s Coming Attractions – @arcane_bimmer)
• Vic Holtreman (ScreenRant – @screenrant)
• Josh Tyler (CinemaBlend – @joshtyler)
• Erik Davis (Cinematical – @erikDavis)
• Alex Billington (FirstShowing – @Firstshowing)
• Edward Douglas (ComingSoon! – @EDouglasWW)
• Sean Dwyer (FilmJunk – @filmjunk)
• Garth Franklin (DarkHorizons – @darkhorizons)
• Peter Sciretta (SlashFilm – @slashfilm)
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