Jakob Conkling

Blade Runner

Anyone else see a unicorn run through here?

Reviewed Jan 7, 2011

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans. Genres: Drama, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release, Thriller

TRON: Legacy

In Cyberspace, no one can hear you over the techno.

Reviewed Dec 20, 2010

Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the real world. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release

Tron

Check out the data discs on her!

Reviewed Dec 3, 2010

When brilliant video game maker Flynn hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an astonishing digital world and becomes part of the very game he is designing. In his mission through cyberspace, Flynn matches wits with a maniacal Master Control Program and teams up with Tron, a security measure created to bring balance to the digital environment. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release

Rambo

Education or exploitation?

Reviewed Nov 26, 2010

In Thailand, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn neighboring Myanmar to rescue a group of Christian aid workers who have been kidnapped by a ruthless local infantry unit. Genres: Action, Theatrical Release, Thriller, War

Rambo III

Best. Tank vs helicoptor scene. Ever!

Reviewed Nov 19, 2010

Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when Trautman is captured. Genres: Action, Adventure, Theatrical Release, Thriller, War

Rambo: First Blood Part II

Now that is a knife!

Reviewed Nov 12, 2010

John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam. Genres: Action, Adventure, Theatrical Release, Thriller, War

First Blood

Featuring David Caruso without sunglasses!

Reviewed Nov 5, 2010

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers. Genres: Action, Adventure, Theatrical Release, Thriller, War

Saw 3D

If it's Halloween, then it's Now Playing Podcast reviewin...

Reviewed Oct 31, 2010

As a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw's brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to seek the support of self-help guru and fellow survivor Bobby Dagen, a man whose own dark secrets unleash a new wave of terror. Genres: Crime, Horror, Theatrical Release

Lost Boys: The Thirst

[Insert growl here]

Reviewed Sep 10, 2010

A mysterious fiend uses a designer drug to turn partiers at an all-night rave into his personal army of never-say-die bloodsuckers. Genres: Action, Comedy, Direct to Video/Streaming, Horror

Lost Boys: The Tribe

It's ironic...usually you pay more for Angus, but here it...

Reviewed Sep 3, 2010

Surfing vampires hit the waves, rule the night and seek fresh blood, and the new girl in town may be exactly what they're craving. Genres: Comedy, Direct to Video/Streaming, Horror, Thriller

The Lost Boys

Have you ever looked up from his oiled breasts to notice ...

Reviewed Aug 27, 2010

When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Next week, Now Playing Podcast will defeat the 7 evil mov...

Reviewed Aug 14, 2010

As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors. Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance, Theatrical Release

Brown Arrow

I Know Who Killed Me

And you thought Friday was Freaky

Reviewed Jul 26, 2010

An idyllic small town is rocked when Aubrey Fleming, a bright and promising young woman, is abducted and tortured by a sadistic serial killer. When she manages to escape, the traumatized girl who regains consciousness in the hospital insists that she is not who they think she is and that the real Aubrey Fleming is still in mortal danger. Genres: Horror, Mystery, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Inception

All these movies with dreams, and yet still no going to s...

Reviewed Jul 18, 2010

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release

The Karate Kid (2010)

Let that be a lesson to you kids - always hang up your ja...

Reviewed Jun 12, 2010

12-year-old Dre Parker could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make him an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is a kung fu master. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life. Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Theatrical Release

The Next Karate Kid

Repeat after me - the sun is warm, the grass is green.

Reviewed Jun 4, 2010

Mr. Miyagi decides to take Julie, a troubled teenager, under his wing after he learns that she blames herself for her parents' demise and struggles to adjust with her grandmother and fellow pupils. Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Theatrical Release

The Karate Kid Part III

We will never be able to think about Mac and Cheese the s...

Reviewed May 28, 2010

Despondent over the closing of his karate school, Cobra Kai teacher John Kreese joins a ruthless businessman and martial artist to get revenge on Daniel and Mr. Miyagi. Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Theatrical Release

The Karate Kid Part II

Some drunk people think the drum technique is a great dan...

Reviewed May 21, 2010

Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-year exile. There he must confront Yukie, the love of his youth, and Sato, his former best friend turned vengeful rival. Sato is bent on a fight to the death, even if it means the destruction of their village. Daniel finds his own love in Yukia's niece, Kumiko, and his own enemy in Sato's nephew, the vicious Chozen. Now, far away from the tournaments, cheering crowds and safety of home, Daniel will face his greatest challenge ever when the cost of honor is life itself. Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Romance, Theatrical Release

The Karate Kid (1984)

Fear does not exist on this podcast! Pain does not exist ...

Reviewed May 14, 2010

New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali. He quickly finds himself the target of bullying by a group of thugs, led by Ali's ex-boyfriend Johnny, who study karate at the Cobra Kai dojo under ruthless sensei John Kreese. Fortunately, Daniel befriends Mr. Miyagi, an unassuming repairman who just happens to be a martial arts master himself. Miyagi takes Daniel under his wing, training him in a more compassionate form of karate for self-defense and, later, preparing him to compete against the brutal Cobra Kai. Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Theatrical Release

Shutter Island

Shutter Island? Whaddya wanna go theah foah?

Reviewed Feb 20, 2010

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor. Genres: Drama, Mystery, Theatrical Release, Thriller

The Departed

The rat symbolizes obviousness

Reviewed Feb 12, 2010

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them. Genres: Crime, Drama, Theatrical Release, Thriller

The Aviator

DON'T DRINK THAT! IT'S NOT LEMONADE!

Reviewed Feb 5, 2010

A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. Genres: Drama, Theatrical Release

Gangs of New York

Lucky, this is Cameron Diaz. Cameron, this is Lucky. Now,...

Reviewed Jan 29, 2010

In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people. Genres: Crime, Drama, History, Theatrical Release

Saw VI

A steam cage maze? Remember the good old days when it was...

Reviewed Dec 11, 2009

Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood. Genres: Horror, Theatrical Release, Thriller