Arnie Carvalho

First Podcast
Snakes on a Plane
August 18, 2006
Most Recent Podcast
Ironheart
July 7, 2026
Total Episodes
1,602
Movie Reviews
1,590
Book Reviews
6
Intermissions
3
Interviews
3

All Episodes

All Movies Books Interviews Intermissions

Wing Commander

Half Pilgrim vs. The World

Reviewed May 15, 2018
In the mid-27th century, the Terran Confederation is at war with the vicious alien Kilrathi Empire. When the Kilrathi capture a crucial navigational device that could lead them to Earth, the Confederation’s only hope rests with a small group of young fighter pilots. Lieutenant Christopher Blair, along with his wingman Todd 'Maniac' Marshall and Commander Jeanette 'Angel' Deveraux, must intercept the alien fleet and prevent the destruction of mankind. Battling overwhelming odds and racing against time, they face not only external threats but also inner fears and rivalries as they fight to save Earth from annihilation. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Video Game Movies

Avengers: Infinity War

The hosts bet on the Deadpool...and we don't mean Ryan Re...

Reviewed May 1, 2018
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Superhero, Theatrical Release

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

A different kind of Phantom menace

Reviewed Apr 24, 2018
Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the spirits within. Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller, Video Game Movies

Rampage

Looks like someone finally decided to clean out the CRISP...

Reviewed Apr 17, 2018
Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Video Game Movies

Doom

Don’t fear the Reaper…. fear his sister’s unethical...

Reviewed Apr 10, 2018
A team of space marines known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, led by Sarge, is sent to a science facility on Mars after somebody reports a security breach. There, they learn that the alert came after a test subject, a mass murderer purposefully injected with alien DNA, broke free and began killing people. Dr. Grimm, who is related to team member Reaper, informs them all that the chromosome can mutate humans into monsters -- and is highly infectious. Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Video Game Movies

Pacific Rim: Uprising

Maybe you shouldn’t cancel that apocalypse just yet...

Reviewed Mar 27, 2018
It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns. Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life

Usually in video games you get three lives...Jolie only g...

Reviewed Mar 13, 2018
Off the coast of the volcanic island of Santorini, the intrepid archaeologist Lara Croft makes the unexpected discovery of a pulsating golden orb able to guide its holder to the mythical Pandora's Box. As the legendary artifact contains ancient mysteries of unfathomable power - said to contain one of the deadliest plagues on Earth, Lara is tasked by MI6 to make sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands. With the aid of former Marine turned mercenary Terry Sheridan, she travels the world in pursuit of the precious item in a race against time; she must beat the unscrupulous Nobel Prize-winning scientist turned bioterrorist, Jonathan Reiss, to it. Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Theatrical Release, Video Game Movies

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Appropriators of the Lost Ark

Reviewed Feb 27, 2018
Orphaned heiress, English aristocrat and intrepid archaeologist, Lara Croft, embarks on a dangerous quest to retrieve the two halves of an ancient artifact which controls time before it falls into the wrong hands. As an extremely rare planetary alignment is about to occur for the first time in 5,000 years, the fearless tomb raider will have to team up with rival adventurers and sworn enemies to collect the pieces, while time is running out. But, in the end, who can harness the archaic talisman's unlimited power? Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Theatrical Release, Video Game Movies
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Black Panther

Hakuna Wakanda

Reviewed Feb 20, 2018
King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Superhero, Theatrical Release