Jakob Conkling

Cowboys & Aliens

Seriously, dude, we're trying to eat...can't you at least...

Reviewed Aug 2, 2011

A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in an epic showdown for survival. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller, Western

Final Destination 2

Can we find the pregnant woman now, please?

Reviewed Jul 29, 2011

When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next. Genres: Horror, Mystery, Theatrical Release

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Galactus has the munchies and is following a surf dude fo...

Reviewed Jul 26, 2011

The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the intrepid superheroes realize. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Superhero, Theatrical Release

Final Destination

Wanna go take a listen?

Reviewed Jul 22, 2011

After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one. Genres: Horror, Theatrical Release

Fantastic Four (2005)

Doom's so vain I bet he thinks this podcast's about him.

Reviewed Jul 19, 2011

During a space voyage, four scientists are altered by cosmic rays: Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch his body; Sue Storm can become invisible; Johnny Storm controls fire; and Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong … thing. Together, these "Fantastic Four" must now thwart the evil plans of Dr. Doom and save the world from certain destruction. Genres: Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Superhero, Theatrical Release

The Fantastic Four (1994)

Did Avi Arad shout "Flame On!" as he burned the negative?

Reviewed Jul 12, 2011

When dosed with cosmic rays, four intrepid astronauts are given incredible powers. They decide to form a superhero group called the Fantastic Four to fight their arch-enemy, Dr. Doom. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Superhero

Green Lantern

Two guys, a girl, and a magic ring

Reviewed Jun 23, 2011

For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Superhero, Theatrical Release, Thriller

X-Men: First Class

Now we gotta cut loose, with nukes!

Reviewed Jun 4, 2011

Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Superhero, Theatrical Release

Brown Arrow

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

After this podcast, we're afraid Stryker is going to try ...

Reviewed May 27, 2011

After seeking to live a normal life, Logan sets out to avenge the death of his girlfriend by undergoing the mutant Weapon X program and becoming Wolverine. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Superhero, Theatrical Release

X-Men: The Last Stand

Multiple men discuss Multiple Man

Reviewed May 20, 2011

When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organised under Xavier's former ally, Magneto. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Superhero, Theatrical Release, Thriller

X2: X-Men United

Bobby's brother was nominated for Worst Movie Sibling 2003

Reviewed May 13, 2011

Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their usual nemeses—Magneto and Mystique—to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Superhero, Theatrical Release

X-Men

The greatest trick Magneto ever pulled was convincing the...

Reviewed May 6, 2011

Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Superhero, Theatrical Release

Generation X

Max Headroom, Ace Ventura, and Freddy Krueger all rolled ...

Reviewed Apr 29, 2011

A group of young mutants--humans with a genetic variation that gives them superpowers and makes them feared by the population at large--begin training at a school for heroes. Their studies are interrupted when they must rescue one of their number from a mad scientist who can enter others' dreams. Genres: Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Superhero, TV Movie

Kick-Ass

No, you won't find Now Playing Podcast on MySpace...it's ...

Reviewed Mar 25, 2011

Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so. Genres: Action, Crime, Superhero, Theatrical Release

Man-Thing

He who knows good movies burns at a screening of Man-Thing!

Reviewed Mar 18, 2011

Agents of an oil tycoon vanish while exploring a swamp marked for drilling. The local sheriff investigates and faces a Seminole legend come to life: Man-Thing, a shambling swamp-monster whose touch burns those who feel fear. Genres: Action, Adventure, Direct to Video/Streaming, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction, Superhero

Brown Arrow

Howard the Duck

Trapped in a podcast we never made...

Reviewed Mar 9, 2011

A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar-smoking drake, Howard, from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his planet, but then a much less friendly being arrives through the beam... Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction, Superhero, Theatrical Release

The Adjustment Bureau

Listening to this podcast is part of your plan

Reviewed Mar 5, 2011

A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman he's ever loved. Genres: Romance, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Next

We guess Cage didn't see this one coming.

Reviewed Feb 25, 2011

Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies low under an assumed name in Vegas, performing cheap tricks and living off small-time gambling "winnings." But when a terrorist group threatens to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles, government agent Callie Ferris must use all her wiles to capture Cris and convince him to help her stop the cataclysm. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller, Time Travel

A Scanner Darkly

Keanu has never been so animated

Reviewed Feb 18, 2011

An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result. Genres: Animation, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Paycheck

Given a choice, which movie of his do you think Affleck w...

Reviewed Feb 11, 2011

Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid – and why he's now in hot water. Genres: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Minority Report

Precog sounds like a plumbing term.

Reviewed Feb 4, 2011

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Impostor

Mr. Monk and the Case of the Reshot Footage

Reviewed Jan 28, 2011

A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Screamers

Type 6 Screamers look like DVR boxes. You have been warned.

Reviewed Jan 21, 2011

SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078. On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only -- to hunt down and destroy all enemy life forms. Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, War

Total Recall (1990)

Man, I just pulled my Quato

Reviewed Jan 14, 2011

Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company that manufactures memories. When his memory implant goes wrong, Doug can no longer be sure what is and isn't reality. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release