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Stuart Atkinson

1,528 Episodes
19 Years on Show
1,509 Movie Reviews
16 Book Reviews
3 Intermissions

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Superman and the Mole Men

Truth, justice, and the podcasting way!

Reviewed Apr 9, 2013
Reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane arrive in the small town of Silsby to witness the drilling of the world's deepest oil well. The drill, however, has penetrated the underground home of a race of small, furry people who then come to the surface at night to look around. The fact that they glow in the dark scares the townfolk, who form a mob, led by the vicious Luke Benson, intent on killing the strange people. Only Superman has a chance to prevent this tragedy. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Superhero, Theatrical Release

Tank Girl

Isn't Keanu Reeves in this? No, that's Johnny Pneumonic. ...

Reviewed Feb 26, 2013
After a comet disrupts the rain cycle of Earth, the planet has become a desolate, barren desert by the year 2033. With resources scarce, Kesslee, head of the powerful and evil Water & Power Corporation, the de facto government, has taken control of the water supply. Unwilling to cower under Kesslee's tyrannical rule, a pair of outlaws known as Tank Girl and Jet Girl rise up, joining the mysterious rebel Rippers to destroy the corrupt system. Genres: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Superhero, Theatrical Release

A Good Day To Die Hard

Something to listen to while on vacation.

Reviewed Feb 19, 2013
Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes. Genres: Action, Theatrical Release, Thriller
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Die Hard: With a Vengeance

Maybe John and Zeus can call in The Wolf to help with Simon.

Reviewed Feb 5, 2013
New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration. Genres: Action, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Die Hard 2: Die Harder

How can the same thing happen to the same podcast twice?!

Reviewed Jan 29, 2013
One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead. Genres: Action, Christmas/Holiday, Theatrical Release, Thriller

Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!

Over the river and through the Hollywood hills, to grandm...

Reviewed Dec 11, 2012
Ricky Caldwell, the notorious 'Killer Santa Claus', awakens from a six-year coma after being kept alive on life-support by a slightly crazed doctor experimenting with ESP and other special abilities. Ricky targets a young, clairvoyant blind woman, named Laura, whom is traveling with her brother Chris, and his girlfriend Jerri to their grandmother's house for Christmas Eve, and Ricky decides to go after her, leaving a trail of dead bodies in his wake. Genres: Christmas/Holiday, Direct to Video/Streaming, Horror
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Casino Royale (2006)

Call this podcast a Vesper, because once you've listened ...

Reviewed Nov 16, 2012
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career. Genres: Action, Adventure, Theatrical Release, Thriller