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You sank my franchise! Hasbro and Hollywood transform the Milton Bradley seafaring board game of pegs and wild guesses into the $200 million would-be blockbuster Battleship. But how can box office poison Taylor Kitsch (John Carter) hope to stop an invasion of space aliens splashing down in giant armored vessels when he can’t even deliver a frozen burrito to hungry girlfriend Brooklyn Decker without incident? Will older brother Alexander Skarsgard, trigger-happy singer Rihanna, and hardass admiral Liam Neeson help this sailor shape up or ship out? Find out now! {Board Game Series} {Battleship Series}

And Then There Was Fun Justin, Stuart, and Arnie roll the dice on finding a good movie based on a board game, starting with the 1985 adaptation of the Parker Brothers classic Clue. Can butler Tim Curry (Rocky Horror Picture Show) keep the funny banter alive as he scrambles to identify the guilty amongst dinner party guests Professor Plum (Christopher Lloyd), Mrs Peacock (Eileen Brennan), Colonel Mustard (Martin Mull), Miss Scarlett (Lesley Ann Warren), Mrs. White (Madeline Kahn), and Mr Green (Michael McKean)? Hear the hosts kill it with a Microphone in the Recording Room now! {Board Game Series} {Clue Series}

The Wrath of San Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh tires of being Everything Everywhere All At Once, and beams back into Star Trek for a 14th motion picture now streaming on Paramount Plus. Can she help a Section 31 black ops team operate outside Federation space, and recover a WMD she created back when she ruled the evil mirror universe of Terran? And how well does future Starfleet Captain Rachel Garrett (Kacey Rohl) keep this crew of assassins and seductresses in line with the utopian vision of creator Gene Roddenberry? The podcast is set to stun, so Listen Now! {Star Trek Series}

Night of the Living Dad Writer-director Leigh Whannell (Saw) returns to Universal Monsters five years after updating the Invisible Man’s look and gives a 2025 makeover to Wolf Man. But has he changed lycanthropy too much by asking infected Christopher Abbott (Poor Things) to shed hair and teeth rather than sprout fangs and fur and howl at the full moon? And can workaholic mom Julia Garner (Ozark) set down her cell phone long enough to help their daughter evade this family curse? You don’t have to be a mind reader to know what Jakob, Arnie, and Stuart think of the reboot. Listen Now! {Wolf Man Series} {Universal Monsters Series}

Like Father, Lycanthrope Son Oscar winner Benicio Del Toro (Traffic) could tour the world as a Shakespearean actor but prefers to follow in the paw prints of Lon Chaney Jr and play The Wolfman in a 2010 revival of the Universal Monster. But are his full moon transformations just madness inherited from his suicidal mother? And does father Anthony Hopkins have ulterior motives for locking his son in an asylum while he comforts sexy widow Emily Blunt? The past is a wilderness of horrors, so let Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob be your guide through this classic franchise. Listen Now! {Wolf Man Series} {Universal Monsters Series}

Peeper and the Wolf Lon Chaney Jr. takes an engaged woman on a date to see fortune teller Bela Lugosi, and learns his future is to become The Wolf Man. Can father Claude Rains (Casablanca) keep his son on a short leash so that the afflicted playboy doesn’t go thirsting for blondes like Evelyn Ankers in the neighboring village? And was 1941 the year Universal Studios finally got screen lycanthropy right after their first try Werewolf of London failed to match the popularity of their other Monsters? Even a man who’s pure of heart and says his prayers at night needs to Listen Now! {Wolf Man Series} {Universal Monsters Series}

Wouldst Thou Like to Live Deliciously? Maybe not do that to a pigeon. Lily Rose-Depp receives a fatal mustache ride from Bill Skarsgard when she psychically calls out to dark spirits in the second Nosferatu remake of 2024. Did Renfield prepare Nicholas Hoult for how to stake this new Count Orlok before he corrupts his convulsing wife and idyllic German village? Or does Professor Willem Dafoe know from starring in Shadow of the Vampire that the only good way to stop a silent movie-era bloodsucker is to let the girl lure him into the sunlight? Listen Now to learn if director Robert Eggers has redeemed this bastard telling of Dracula. {Nosferatu Series}

Dracula Unstreamed Creature specialist Doug Jones (The Shape of Water) caps a long career acting under latex by becoming the first to revive silent movie era vampire Nosferatu for a 2024 remake. Could the westward migration of his undead Count Orlok be more devastating to an unsuspecting German village than the plague brought on by fellow immigrants Max Schreck, Klaus Kinski, and Willem Dafoe? And can this bloodsucker really be blamed for coming between a realtor and his wife when the couple’s already displaying a wandering eye and bi-curiosity? Listen and Find Out! {Nosferatu Series}

“You always have a choice.” (The hosts, on the other hand, are stuck in this Arcade.) A Shadow falls over the Sega Cinematic Universe as ass-kicker Keanu Reeves joins the cast of fast-paced characters battling it out in Sonic The Hedgehog 3. Will this dark duplicate let his pain lead him into a partnership with Dr. Robotnik’s grandpa (also played by Jim Carrey), and destroy the world with a space canon? Or will James Marsden and Tika Sumpter find room for him in their adopted family of aliens that already includes echidna Knuckles (Idris Elba), techie Tails (Colleen O’Shaughnessey), and titular blue streak Ben Schwartz? Listen and find out now! {Video Game Series} {Sonic the Hedgehog Series}

The Lion, The Witch, and A Totally Fabulous Wardrobe Aaron Taylor-Johnson stuffs and mounts his previous Marvel characters, Kick-Ass and Quicksilver, to make room on his mantle for the prized role of Kraven The Hunter. But before the expert tracker can find his way into a movie with nemesis Spider-Man, he’ll face off with a stampede of super-villains, including The Rhino (Alessandro Nivola), Chameleon (Fred Hechinger), and an angry lion definitely not voiced by Blue Ivy Carter. Find out if Oscar winners Russell Crowe and Ariana DeBose help salvage Sony’s radioactive Spider-Verse. Listen Now. {Spider-Man Series} {Marvel Series} {Comic Book Movie Series}

Bitch Pleas June Lockhart begs for her family curse not to be true after dogs, acting like her future co-star Lassie, sniff out her secret identity as the She-Wolf of London. Could the wholesome TV actress really be following in the footsteps of 1935 British werewolf Henry Hull and sneaking out to slash throats in the neighboring park? Or is director Jean Yarbrough gaslighting the audience by teasing a Universal Monster that never emerges from the fog? No need to call Scotland Yard. Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart are on the case to find the screen’s first Wolf Woman. Listen Now! {Wolf Man Series} {Universal Monsters Series}

With them teeth, he’ll fit right in! Arnie, Stuart and Jakob offer listeners a cure for “lycanthrophobia” with their podcast review of Werewolf of London - the very first Wolf Man appearance in a feature film! Henry Hull returns from Tibet howling mad that an infectious animal bite transforms him into a bloodthirsty beast on the full moon. Will every English Garden now need to grow the rare Marphasia flower to keep him human? And why didn’t this globe-trotting botanist blossom into a Universal Monster as famous as Bela Lugosi’s Dracula or Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein? Listen and find out now! {Wolf Man Series} {Universal Monsters Series}

The Dondus 2028 presidential campaign begins now Director Ridley Scott returns to the arena where he won Best Picture a quarter century ago in the hopes that his 2024 epic Gladiator 2 will entertain a new generation. Does tyro Paul Mescal honor Russel Crowe’s legacy by kicking up dirt with raging baboons, rhinos, and sharks? And can slavemaster Denzel Washington help the rising Coliseum star make good on his dream to end General Pedro Pascal and rescue Rome from corrupt twin Emperors? The podcasters have spoken, so find out if it’s a Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down verdict when you Listen Now!

Mad “Max” Before Thunderdome Russell Crowe avenges his family’s execution by turning the Gladiator games of ancient Rome into a rematch with murderous Emperor Joaquin Phoenix (Joker). But can the outcast general survive an arena full of unchained tigers and beefcake competitors by maximizing his celebrity with the roaring crowd and mobilizing fellow slaves like Djimon Honsou (Amistad) into a new army? And did auteur Ridley Scott not entertain movie audiences well enough to deserve a Best Director statue denied to him by the Oscars? It takes no bread to join this circus now! {Gladiator Series} {Gladiator Series}

My Big Fit Greek Wenham Sullivan Stapleton (TV’s Strike Back) aims to turn the sacrifice of 300 Spartans into The Rise of An Empire in this 2014 continuation of Frank Miller’s comic book vision. But will his dream of a unified Greece get undone by bad girl Eva Green (Casino Royale), who proves to be the real power behind Persian God-King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro)? Or will widow Lena Headey and sole survivor David Wenham avenge fallen Gerard Butler as the battle of Thermopylae migrates to the sea? Listen Now as this podcast review rings out through the centuries! {300 Series}

This is Sparta? Because it kinda looks like a place you’d put a dollar in his g-string. Gerard Butler leads 300 Spartans to a glorious seaside death in Zack Snyder’s blockbuster adaptation of a graphic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City). But did the Greek King bring his wartime problems on himself by literally killing the messenger and using racist and homophobic insults to taunt Persian rival Xerxes? And can wife Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) use her charms to convince some toga-wearing senators to stop partying long enough to send reinforcements to X-Man Michael Fassbender and David Wenham (Lord of the Rings)? Listen and find out now! {300 Series}

Would you dream of reading 300 pages about the actor who played Freddy? This year the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise turns 40 years old, and Now Playing host Arnie has been celebrating all month by revisiting the classic slasher series. As part of that personal retrospective he has read and reviewed Freddy Krueger star Robert Englund's 2009 autobiography: Hollywood Monster: A Walk Down Elm Street with the Man of Your Dreams. Does Englund dream up new tales to entertain people who have been fans for decades? Is there more to the man than just the makeup? You can find out by hearing Arnie's bonus Halloween book review now!

Knull in Void Tom Hardy has a Last Dance with his shadow self Venom as the symbiotic pair hot step across the country evading Chewitel Ejiofer (Serenity) and alien enthusiast Juno Temple (Ted Lasso) in the trilogy’s 2024 conclusion. Is there something extra about the black ooze E.T. that makes him a target for both the US military and imprisoned space elf Andy Serkis? And are the bickering fugitives better off locked up in Area 51 rather than trying to get from a Mexican dive bar to a Lady Liberty photo op with a pack of monsters on their tail? Listen and Find Out Now! {Spider-Man Series} {Marvel Series} {Comic Book Movie Series} {Venom Series}

Bad To The Lucky Bone Who is The Crooked Man who dares to make a Hellboy sequel without Ron Perlman, Guillermo del Toro, or even David Harbour? Why it’s creator Mike Mignola, bringing his original comic book vision of the character to the screen for the first time! But did the titular phantom steal all the coins from the production budget, leaving new star Jack Kesy (Baywatch) looking red from embarrassment at the threadbare special effects and creature designs? Find out if Crank director Brian Taylor gives the franchise the shot of adrenaline it needs when you Listen Now! {Hellboy Series} {Comic Book Movie Series} {Dark Horse Comics Series}

The Lost Boys Stephen King’s 1975 vampire novel Salem’s Lot won’t stay dead, coming back for a fourth time as a 2024 feature film exclusively on Max. So why did the studio lock this new effort from producer James Wan (The Conjuring) and writer/director Gary Dauberman (It Chapters 1 & 2) in a crypt for three years before exposing it to the light of day? And would they have more luck changing the title and peddling it as a remake of The Sandlot, given how much focus is put on 11-year-old boys at play? Listen Now to learn if the end results are Pennywise or dollar foolish. {Stephen King Series} {Salem's Lot Series}

Born This Way Joaquin Phoenix indulges in a Folie A Deux (aka “Madness of Two”) by restaging the Joker sequel as a musical duet with psycho fangirl Lady Gaga. Will the jury in his high-profile murder trial plug their ears once this incarcerated clown starts singing his defense in full makeup? Or can lawyer Catherine Keener (Get Out) convince them that Arthur Fleck suffers from multiple personality disorder and never wanted to dance with the Devil in the pale moonlight as Gotham City burned? Listen Now to find out if director Todd Phillips leaves the hosts crying or smiling. {DC Comics Series} {Comic Book Movie Series} {Batman Series} {Joker Movie Series}

I’d still take 8 years of civil war over 8 hours at the DMV Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka) attempts to mend her broken family and America’s political divide in a post-apocalyptic Demilitarized Zone (aka DMZ) formerly known as Manhattan. Can she break the influence that tyrannical baby daddy Benjamin Bratt (Catwoman) has on their graffiti artist son Freddy Miyares (When They See Us) by backing political rival Hoon Lee (Banshee)? And can director Ava DuVernay (Selma) take an obscure DC/Vertigo comic book from 2005 and find new political relevance for today’s streaming audience? Eyes Forward Love to find out now! {DC Comics Series} {Comic Book Movie Series}

Roll Models The story of Autobots and Decepticons begins with the 2024 animated epic Transformers One. What makes lowly miner droid Orion Pax (Chris Hemsworth) so optimistic that he will find the Matrix of Leadership and lead his cog-less peers to a new destiny on the surface of Cybertron? And how does his friendship with bestie Brian Tyree Henry (Into The Spider-Verse) transform into such a bitter rivalry? Listen Now to find out how well Hasbro incorporates Scarlett Johansson, Jon Hamm, Keegan-Michael Key, and Steve Buscemi into their iconic toy line. {Transformers Series}

The Silence of the Low Men Stephen King tries his hand at touching coming-of-age drama with the 2001 adaptation of Hearts In Atlantis. So why are the Now Playing Podcast hosts so terrified by the stranger danger posed to 11-year-old Anton Yelchin (Star Trek) by neighbor Anthony Hopkins? Is single mother Hope Davis (American Splendor) smart to leave her son unsupervised with this supernatural tenant and trust that his fatherly lessons in gambling and kissing girls won’t get the pair into trouble with the FBI agents swarming small town Connecticut? Listen Now, and don’t miss a minute of it. {Stephen King Series}

”I’m Ready for My Close-Up, Mr. Murnau” The silent movie Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror may be a counterfeit version of Dracula, but it boasts the most authentic undead performance in cinema history, according to Shadow of the Vampire. Has director John Malkovich made a pact with the devil by casting actual bloodsucker Willem Dafoe as his lead actor? And will co-stars Catherine McCormack (Braveheart) and Eddie Izzard (Ocean’s 13), along with crew Cary Elwes (Saw) and Udo Kier (Andy Warhol’s Dracula), be sacrificed in the artistic pursuit of ultimate realism? “Iris In” and Find Out Now! {Nosferatu Series}

Little Miss Sunset Six kidnappers abduct Abigail in a get-rich-quick scheme that backfires once they realize the wee ballerina is Dracula’s Daughter. Can ex-junkie Melissa Berrera (Scream), bad cop Dan Stevens (Legion), hacker Kathryn Newton (Quantumania), wheelman Angus Cloud (Euphoria), muscle Kevin Durand (Locke & Key), and sniper William Catlett (Black Lightning) find a way out of this babysitting bloodbath? And does directing team Radio Silence revive the Universal Monsters brand better than the recent Renfield and Last Voyage of the Demeter? Listen Now! {Dracula Series} {Universal Monsters Series}

My Body, Main Course Will it be another cannibal holocaust for tweeting college activists after their 2015 plane ride crashes into the very same Green Inferno that Ruggero Deodato documented in his notorious 1980 found footage shocker? Director Eli Roth (Thanksgiving) certainly isn’t letting these social justice warriors off any hooks or impaling sharp objects as they attempt to live-stream a stand-off between an oil company destroying the rainforest and a local tribe of headhunters. Find out if Final Girl Lorenza Izzo, and the Now Playing hosts, can withstand the abuse now.

No Animals Weren’t Harmed In The Making Of This Movie Four documentary filmmakers disappear into the “green inferno” of the Amazon rainforest and end up the main dish in a Cannibal Holocaust. But will the recovered footage of their final moments in the jungle actually prove that modern-day Americans are the real savages? And why is porn star Robert Kerman the only one arguing that snuff films shouldn’t air on prime-time television? Find out if Arnie, Stuart, and Jakob taste like chickens as they dish on Italian splatter director Ruggero Deodato’s notorious 1980 found footage landmark Listen Now!

Custodians of the Galaxy Cate Blanchett steps away from her Oscar bait prestige pictures to go vault hunting with fellow Academy Award winner Jamie Lee Curtis in a s***hole adaptation of Borderlands. Is Barbie tyke Ariana Greenblatt the key to opening up this blockbuster video game franchise to mass movie audiences accustomed to a less filthy Pandora planet? And will funnyman Kevin Hart get short with Jack Black’s wise-cracking robot for stealing all the one-liners? Listen Now to learn if Thanksgiving director Eli Roth has a prayer of making a sequel to this costly Arcade effort. {Video Game Series}

Echidna not, we’re back in the Now Playing Arcade Those schmucks Stuart, Justin, and Arnie tried taking an extended break from video game movies but are finally ready to knuckle down and review the hit Sonic The Hedgehog miniseries that broke Paramount Plus streaming records in 2024. Can Idris Elba punch his way into the hardened hearts of the hosts as he trains klutzy deputy Adam Paley to crush the competition at a Reno bowling tournament? Or does the spin-off screech to a halt without movie stars Jim Carey and James Marsden in the picture? Enjoy a Knuckles sandwich when you Listen Now! {Video Game Series} {Sonic the Hedgehog Series}

At last, we get the live-action remake of Fox and the Hound. Ryan Reynolds makes a big gambit to save the MCU from the Phase Four doldrums by reviving Hugh Jackman and the rest of 20th Century Fox’s stable of discarded superheroes for a 2024 blowout. But will Disney prune Deadpool & Wolverine from the sacred timeline once the vulgar assassin and his cranky man crush start letting blood and R-rated words fly? Maybe audiences are okay with Professor X’s twin sister Emma Corrin (The Crown) wiping out everything that’s happened since Endgame? Skate uphill with MFs Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie to find out now! {X-Men Series} {Marvel Series} {Comic Book Movie Series} {Avengers Series} {Wolverine Series} {Fantastic Four Series} {Blade Series} {Deadpool Series} {Daredevil and Elektra}

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatheads Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick) might shoot fireworks into tornadoes for free on YouTube, but Universal Pictures insists that storm chasers return to the big screen to enjoy the 2024 sequel Twisters. Does sensitive scientist Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where The Crawdads Sing) have the solution to taming these lethal cyclones? Or are her sidekicks Anthony “Hamilton” Ramos and David “Superman” Cornenswet actually profiting from Oklahoma small towns being hit by natural disasters? Listen Now as the hosts put their spin on this second installment! {Twister Series}

Funnel of Love Bill Paxton (Aliens) and Helen Hunt (TV’s Mad About You) rekindle their whirlwind romance as they tail tornadoes across Oklahoma in the 1996 blockbuster Twister. Will rival storm chaser Cary Elwes (Princess Bride) rain on their parade by being the first to test new technology that sees inside a cyclone? And does this unlikely marriage between Speed director Jan de Bont, Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton, and producer Steven Spielberg still hold water 28 years later? Find out if Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie consider this an F5 disaster when you Listen Now! {Twister Series}

My Heart Will Go On (but my franchise won’t) Sandra Bullock does her best to keep a Caribbean vacation liner afloat after leech-covered psycho Willem Dafoe wires her boat to Speed 2 collision with an oil tanker in this infamous 1997 sequel. Does director Jan De Bont jump a shark trying to engage Cruise Control and sail this doomed voyage into familiar commercial waters? And did the mega-expensive production hit the metaphorical iceberg the moment it recast fun-loving action dude Keanu Reeves with sullen Lost Boy Jason Patric? Get back on the bus with Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart to find out now! {Speed Series}

Uneasy Riders Keanu Reeves has to keep the Speed of a Los Angeles city bus above 50 mph, or he’ll set off another bomb planted by madman Dennis Hopper in the surprise blockbuster of Summer 1994. Should passenger Sandra Bullock be trusted to take the wheel and avoid all the oncoming gridlock and freeway construction when she can’t keep her eyes off her hunky co-star? And how did this modestly budgeted action flick become cinematographer Jan De Bont’s ticket to a big-time Hollywood directing career? You pay no fare to hear the answers to this pop quiz now. {Speed Series}

The Cane Mutiny Stephen King turned ABC-TV into the Weather Channel with his three-night prime-time event: Storm of the Century. But record snowfall and gale-force winds are just a tempest in a teapot compared to the destruction caused by Colm Feore (Thor) upon arrival on a quaint Maine island. Can Tim Daly stop the future Frost Giant from terrorizing his community with more success than Wings co-star Steven Weber, who played Jack Torrence in the network’s previous King miniseries The Shining? Listen Now as Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart give you what you want! {Stephen King Series}

A Tree Grows On Brosnan Pierce Brosnan retires from James Bond duties to write books for Stephen King in the 2011 cable miniseries Bag of Bones. But is the ghost haunting his New England cottage his recently killed wife (Haunting of Hill House’s Annabeth Gish), or a blues singer (Dreamgirls’ Anika Noni Rose) still cursing locals for wrongs received back in the 1930s? And does Mick Garris (The Stand) have anything in his bag of directing tricks to help this quiet story of grief and writer’s block take root as a TV ratings event? Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart spell it out for you now! {Stephen King Series}

He’s the DJ, I’m the Slapper Oscar viewers might’ve turned on Will Smith, but Martin Lawrence is still Ride Or Die for 2022’s Best Actor winner as the long-time co-stars head into a fourth Bad Boys adventure together. Can the Miami cops clear the name of dearly departed captain Joe Pantoliano (Matrix) after he’s linked to drug cartel money? And is this duo ready for retirement now that eternal playboy Mike Lowery has found a wife and Marcus Burnett keeps having heart palpitations over his snack food diet? Use the password SKITTLES89 to download this podcast and Find Out Now! {Bad Boys Series}

The Scribe Who Loved Me Henry Cavill may never get to be 007, but he’s tailor-made for a stylish 2024 Kingsman spin-off from Matthew Vaughn. Is his literary superspy Argylle a stunningly accurate predictor of real-life geo-political events, or merely the invention of lovelorn novelist Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World)? And what happens when man-in-chair Sam Rockwell lets the cat out of the bag and exposes Sam Jackson, Bryan Cranston, and Catherine O’Hara to be part of a network of powerful secret agents? Find out if Manners Maketh the Manuscript when you Listen Now! {Kingsman Series}

We Don’t Need Another Hardy Director George Miller crafts the fifth installment of his Mad Max Saga into an origin story for one-armed trucker Furiosa. Anya Taylor-Joy (Queen’s Gambit) takes the wheel from Charlize Theron to guide audiences from her green homeworld of Many Mothers to the sandy turf wars between Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme) and new baddie Dementus (Chris Hemsworth). But is it wise for the 79-year-old creator to travel down his Fury Road without series icon Tom Hardy in the driver’s seat? Witness Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie make it epic with another podcast review. {Mad Max Series}

Killers Of the Woodpecking Loon Alaqua Cox leaves New York City to reinvent herself as a Native American superhero, but that won’t stop her bad deeds in Hawkeye from coming back on her like an Echo. Can Maya Lopez restore honor to her Choctaw ancestors by baiting her abusive surrogate father, Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio), into a rematch on Oklahoma home soil? And does the deaf character’s preference to let action speak louder than words translate into the bloodiest Disney+ effort yet? Hear what Arnie, Jakob, and Stuart think about this 2024 MCU miniseries when you Listen Now! {Avengers Series} {Marvel Series} {Comic Book Movie Series} {Daredevil and Elektra Series}

The End of the Road Danny Glover might be too old for Lethal Weapon, but he’s still hip enough to monetize Death Race 4, a new generation turning to the Dark Web for pay-per-view entertainment. But should gambler Danny Trejo bet on longshot action star Zach McGowan (Agents of SHIELD) to outmaneuver champion driver Frankenstein on this new prison roadway? And does Beyond Anarchy go beyond the craziness of Roger Corman’s original movie by giving grotesques like Matilda the Hun and Nazi Bastard a shot at the crown? 100 points to the first to Listen Now! {Death Race Series}

Ford Vs Kalahari Convict Luke Goss hits a speed bump on his road to freedom after Death Race 3 relocates the masked driver and his pit crew to a perilous African penitentiary. Can mechanic Danny Trejo pimp Frankenstein’s Mustang so that it withstands the sweltering Inferno of the desert, makes it through sandy terrain and hostile shantytowns, and beats ten other well-armed vehicles to the finish line? And what are the odds that CEO Ving Rhames will steal back this ratings juggernaut from devious corporate raider Dougray Scott (Mission: Impossible II)? Listen and find out now! {Death Race Series}

The Gangrene Mile Long before Jason Statham strapped on a metal mask and drove a monstrous Mustang around a penitentiary track, bank robber Luke Goss (Hellboy 2) got fans of reality TV bloodsport revving their engines in the 2011 prequel Death Race 2. But do CEO Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction) and femme fatale producer Lauren Cohen (Walking Dead) have enough money in their streaming budget to turn shank fights in the prison yard into epic demolition derby carnage? Find out if Danny Trejo and Sean Bean give this franchise a satisfying tune-up when you Listen Now! {Death Race Series}

It’s the end of the World as we know it… … but host Stuart feels fine about wrapping up his six-podcast exploration of Frank Herbert’s epic science fiction saga with a look at the final novel, Chapterhouse Dune. Is the Bene Gesserit homeworld the perfect place to restart a worm farm after the wicked Honored Matres destroyed the original Arrakis deserts? Find out if the beef between the two most powerful Sisterhoods in the universe can be squashed when you Listen to the latest Now Playing Book Review.

The Ride of Frankenstein Jason Statham and Tyrese hone their Fast & Furious driving skills as director Paul WS Anderson (Resident Evil) reinstates Roger Corman’s campy bloodsport Death Race as a grim 2008 prison flick. Can a pit crew run by Ian McShane (Deadwood) help a wrongly convicted auto racer stay alive for all three days of the obstacle course, and get revenge on the villain actually responsible for killing Statham’s wife? And what did Oscar darling Joan Allen ever do to wind up in movie jail playing the evil warden? The race for answers starts now! {Death Race Series}

Make America Race Again Roger Corman re-stages his cinematic Death Race a half-century after ruling the drive-ins of the 1970s. But can new Frankenstein Manu Bennett (The Hobbit) keep pace with his 2050 competition, which includes a pugilistic pop star, a religious zealot from Texas, a genetically altered himbo, and an AI-powered driverless car? And does the fascism of Chairman Malcolm McDowell (Clockwork Orange) resemble the politics of anyone we know in 2017? Strap on your VR helmet and join fast-talking hosts Jakob, Stuart, and Brock to find out now! {Death Race Series}

Road Kill Bill David Carradine risks life and limb to become the most celebrated driver of Death Race 2000. But does this automotive Frankenstein actually score more points with peace-loving rebels once he starts mowing down the folks responsible for this freeway carnage and avoids hitting women and children crossing the post-apocalyptic streets? And how much mileage do Sylvester Stallone (a year before Rocky) and Martin Kove (Karate Kid) add to their careers by taking Roger Corman’s armored go-karts into theaters four years before Mad Max? Find Out Now! {Death Race Series}

How many licked Titans does it take to get to the center of Hollow Earth? Rebecca Hall (Iron Man 3) and her Monarch scientists know it’s a bad idea to bring together Godzilla x Kong after their 2021 showdown. But somebody has got to stop a giant ape named Skar King and his captive ice dragon, Shimo, from creating a New Empire that freezes out humanity. Can Titan veterinarian Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey), paranoid podcaster Brian Tyree Henry (Eternals), and Skull Island survivor Kaylee Hottle improve our odds? Find out as Jakob, Arnie, and Stuart return to the MonsterVerse. Listen Now! {Godzilla Series} {MonsterVerse Series} {King Kong Series}

The Comeback of the Original Spice Girls Stuart is back airing his blasphemous opinions about Frank Herbert’s Dune-verse with a podcast review of fifth installment Heretics of Dune, Things have gotten Scattered in the time since the wormy God Emperor left the throne. Find out how a new generation of Bene Gesserit and Atreides descendants are faring on the rebranded desert planet. Listen Now!