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THE WALKING DEAD DISCUSSION - PODCAST

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We talk briefly about the first few seasons of The Walking Dead on The Big Rewind .

STAY TUNED - VIDEO REVIEW

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I review the 1992 dark comedy Stay Tuned .

CHIPS - REVIEW

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Along with Baywatch , another dated TV series that got the movie remake treatment in 2017 was CHiPs , starring Michael Peña and Dax Shepard as two California Highway Patrol cops who take on a mysterious gang of thieves and corrupt police officers. When FBI Agent Castillo (Peña) is sent undercover to help solve the aforementioned case, he finds that getting along with his partner Jon Baker (Shepard) might prove to be the real challenge. The latter is a down-and-out ex-motocross champion with a crumbling marriage and metal plates keeping most of his limbs in place and Castillo is a playboy with little patience so they obviously can't stand each other initially but eventually learn to work together and make a great team. This is pretty standard cop story stuff complete with the obligatory yelling chief, epic car chases and obvious bad guys so don't expect anything ground-breaking or completely unpredictable. The film was universally trashed by critics who seemed to be disappo

BAYWATCH - REVIEW

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Loosely based on the popular 90's television series, Baywatch is a blockbuster comedy starring Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron as lifeguards who investigate a potential drug lord suspected of conducting their business around the beach. The comedic approach to Baywatch makes sense: everyone knows how silly the show was and everyone made fun of it to a certain extent back when it was on, even if you enjoyed it. Friends celebrated its goofiness back in the 90's and there have been countless spoofs since, including a memorable cameo by David Hasselhoff in  The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie . Unfortunately, dated TV shows rarely translate all that well into big blockbusters: CHiPs (also released last year) got panned, everyone forgot there even was an A-Team movie and the  Starsky & Hutch  movie didn't exactly re-invent cinema, though it was admittedly a fun watch. With a project like this, arguably the best approach is to take a page from Airplane! 's book and play

STAY TUNED - REVIEW

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Released in 1992, Stay Tuned  was a dark comedy about a couple who gets sucked into a demonic satellite dish before being forced to survive living inside various TV shows from Hell as their kids try to help them back on the other side. John Ritter is Roy Knable, a couch potato loser husband who is too addicted to television to notice his marriage is falling apart and Pam Dawber plays his much more successful wife Helen. One day, Roy meets the mysterious Mr. Spike (Jeffrey Jones) who offers him a free trial for a new TV with a brand new satellite dish. Roy accepts and, soon enough, he and Helen find themselves stuck in all kinds of twisted shows from westerns to gameshows, even cartoons. The concept for Stay Tuned is very silly but also very clever as it provides a lot of opportunities for social satire and creative scenarios, not to mention hilarious puns (Fresh Prince Of Darkness, Wayne's Underworld etc.). It's easy to see why Tim Burton was once attached to this project

STRANGER THINGS 2 - VLOG REVIEW

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I finally talk about Season 2 of Stranger Things .

OZARK: SEASON 1 - VLOG REVIEW

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I talk a bit about Netflix's new show Ozark .

GOTHAM: SEASON 3 - VLOG REVIEW

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I talk a bit about Season 3 of Gotham .

GOTHAMIZED: MOUSTACHEGATE - PODCAST

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Gothamized  is a completely unofficial guide to new series  Gotham  and a debate arena for all things Batman. DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE HERE In this 35th episode, I discuss episodes 7, 8 and 9 of  Gotham  Season 3 and review The Batman Vs Dracula . (for my written review of the Gotham Pilot,  click here! ) Hope you enjoy it! You can also find us on podcast  The Big Rewind  (available on  Soundcloud , iTunes, Stitcher and Player FM) and send us emails with your Bat-questions, Six Degrees challenges and riddles here:  gothamized@gmail.com (for the pilot episode  CLICK HERE )

AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. (S.1 & 2) - VLOG REVIEW

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I talk about the first two seasons of Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.

CASTLEVANIA (SEASON 1) - VLOG REVIEW

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I talk about the first season of Castlevania  on Netflix.

DESIGNATED SURVIVOR - VLOG REVIEW

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I talk about Kiefer Sutherland's latest show Designated Survivor .

AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. (SEASON 1) - REVIEW

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Post- The Avengers , Marvel's first attempt at translating the new MCU to the small screen was Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. , a show following a team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents led by the originally killed-in-action Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg). The idea of giving a character we all believed to have been written-off completely his own show which, as far as we knew, wouldn't include any major Marvel superheroes, was not a particularly exciting prospect as it felt like a bit of a stretch. On the other hand, Phil Coulson was always a likeable character and S.H.I.E.L.D. has always been a setting packed with potential. The team we're introduced to includes the recently revived Coulson, tough-as-nails operative Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen), top scientists and tech experts Fitz (Ian De Caestecker) and Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) with superspy Grant Ward (Brett Dalton) and new recruit hacker Skye (Chloe Bennet). The early episodes focus mostly on Skye's absorption into S.H.I.E.L.D. as

MARVEL'S THE DEFENDERS - OFFICIAL TRAILER

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New trailer for The Defenders is finally up! What do you guys think?

FEUD - VLOG REVIEW

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I talk relatively briefly about new FX show Feud .

THE BATMAN (2004) - VLOG REVIEW

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I talk briefly about The Batman ... the animated series from 2004.

THE WALKING DEAD (S.7) - VLOG REVIEW

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I talk about Season 7 of The Walking Dead .

GOTHAMIZED: BAT-FRIEND FOREVER - PODCAST

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Gothamized  is a completely unofficial guide to new series  Gotham  and a debate arena for all things Batman. DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE HERE In this 33rd episode, I discuss episodes 3 and 4 of  Gotham  Season 3 plus I talk about the Batman & Harley Quinn  trailer and review  Catwoman . (for my written review of the Gotham Pilot,  click here! ) Hope you enjoy it! You can also find us on podcast  The Big Rewind  (available on  Soundcloud , iTunes, Stitcher and Player FM) and send us emails with your Bat-questions, Six Degrees challenges and riddles here:  gothamized@gmail.com (for the pilot episode  CLICK HERE )

24: LEGACY - VLOG REVIEW

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I talk about new reboot/spin-off/whatever 24: Legacy . This Vlog occurs in real time.

JESSICA JONES - VLOG REVIEW

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I talk at length about Marvel's Jessica Jones Netflix series.