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Arnie Carvalho

1,602 Episodes
21 Years on Show
1,590 Movie Reviews
6 Book Reviews
3 Interviews
3 Intermissions

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Punisher: War Zone

Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart try to piece this one together...

Reviewed Nov 22, 2011
Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: Jigsaw. With the "Punisher Task Force" hot on his trail and the FBI unable to take Jigsaw in, Frank must stand up to the formidable army that Jigsaw has recruited before more of his evil deeds go unpunished. Genres: Action, Crime, Superhero, Theatrical Release

The Punisher (1989)

What are you going to do with this podcast, play Ms. Pac-...

Reviewed Nov 8, 2011
The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. His ex-partner believes Castle survived the blast and became the Punisher, living in the sewers and exacting vigilante violence against mob bosses throughout the city. When the populace is caught in the midst of a gang war that he caused, Castle must again emerge from the shadows and save the innocent. Genres: Action, Crime, Direct to Video/Streaming, Drama, Superhero, Thriller

The Thing (2011)

Live Free or Die Cold

Reviewed Oct 28, 2011
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller. Genres: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release

Hannibal

Foster wouldn't return. Demme wouldn't return. But Arnie,...

Reviewed Oct 18, 2011
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media. Genres: Crime, Drama, Theatrical Release, Thriller
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The Silence of the Lambs

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Reviewed Oct 11, 2011
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out. Genres: Crime, Drama, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Blade: Trinity

Dracula returns to show all-new ways to suck!

Reviewed Sep 13, 2011
For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters he never knew existed—The Nightstalkers. Together with Abigail and Hannibal, two deftly trained Nightstalkers, Blade follows a trail of blood to the ancient creature that is also hunting him—the original vampire, Dracula. Genres: Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Superhero, Theatrical Release

The Golden Child

The podcast is good to keep the yang up!

Reviewed Sep 8, 2011
After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen." Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Theatrical Release