Review is an entertainment-focused podcast where we talk about movies, TV shows, and comic books old and new. Hosted by Guy English and Rene Ritchie, we get a group of geeks together, give them mics, and let them loose. You've been warned.
47: Rogue One
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is here and we dig into the plot, the characters, the themes, the movies, and what the anthology movies mean for the saga and Star Wars in general!
1/30/2017 • 0
46: The Force Awakens
The Force Awakens is the first proper Star Wars movie in decades, so Georgia, Matt, Guy, Don, and Rene dive into the new JJ Abrams film with full 80s show gusto!
Show notes
The Force Awakens on StarWars.com
The Force Awakens on Wikipedia
The Force Awakens on IMDB
Matt's Force Awakens review
Rene's Force Awakens Edit
Panel
Georgia Dow
Guy English
Matt Drance
Don Melton
Rene Ritchie
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1/18/2016 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 20 seconds
45: Jessica Jones
Georgia, Don, and Rene talk Marvel’s Jessica Jones, the Netflix series by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the comic by Brian Michael Bendis, starring Krysten Ritter, David Tennant, and a cast of brutally messed up non-Super heroes.
12/23/2015 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 22 seconds
44: Back to the Future
We go back in time to talk about 1985, and 1955, and a little about 2015, as seen through the lens and adventures of Marty McFly and Doc Brown Robert Zemeckis' Back to the Future movie and trilogy. With Don Melton, Matt Drance, Guy English, Rene Ritchie.
10/18/2015 • 1 hour, 37 minutes, 3 seconds
43: Star Wars
Star Wars and what it means to us, from the original movie to the sequels, through the dark times of the prequels, and looking ahead to what awakens next. With Serenity Cadlwell, Matt Drance, Guy English, Don Melton, Rene Ritchie
7/27/2015 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 29 seconds
42: Avengers: Age of Ultron
Avengers: Age of Ultron is here and we've assembled the summer blockbuster panel to — Georgia Dow, Guy English, Clayton Morris, Rene Ritchie, and Dave Wiskus — to review it. Got no strings on us!
5/9/2015 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 32 seconds
41: Legend
Legend is Ridley Scott's 1985 fantasy adventure starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, and Tim Curry. So gather round as a bunch of nerds who require the solace of the night get together to talk about it, and it's much better Director's Cut. With Don Melton, Matt Drance, Guy English, and Rene Ritchie.
2/8/2015 • 1 hour, 42 minutes, 54 seconds
40: Die Hard
We could talk about men's fashions and industrialization all day, but sadly Christmas must intrude. And by that we mean the best 80s Christmas movie of them all — Die Hard! In other words: Ho. Ho. Ho. Now we have a podcast! With Don Melton, Matt Drance, Guy English, and Rene Ritchie.
12/26/2014 • 2 hours, 2 minutes, 9 seconds
39: The Neverending Story
Wolfgang Petersen's The NeverEnding Story, based on the book by Michael Ende, involves quests to save the world, flights on Luck Dragons, and shouting Moonchild! at the top of your lungs. 30 years later, how does it hold up? Don Meltion, Guy English, Matt Drance, and Rene Ritchie discuss!
11/9/2014 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 3 seconds
38: Burning Castle
Castle manages to escape cliffhanger hell, and not just the character, SHIELD is actually… not bad again? (Though cautious pessimism remains.) More on Arrow, Flash, and Gotham, and catching up on Doctor Who. With Dave Wiskus and Rene Ritchie.
11/2/2014 • 1 hour, 13 minutes, 30 seconds
37: Comic book shows
From the Arrow premiere and Flash premieres, to Gotham and SHIELD, we’re talking comic book TV shows — and how they’re getting… better?! With Dave Wiskus, Guy English, Rene Ritchie, Dan Moren, Jay Torres
10/23/2014 • 1 hour, 42 minutes, 47 seconds
36: Ghostbusters!
If there’s something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? Chances are everyone knows that answer, because in the 30 years since it debuted Ghostbusters can become one of the most iconic movies of the 80s. And Don, Matt, Guy, and Rene are crossing the streams to talk all about it!
9/29/2014 • 2 hours, 1 minute, 23 seconds
35: Wholodeck shows
With the new TV season starting, this’ll be our last top-to-bottom Who show, so we go out on a… what do you call a mix of weird and often maddening new Doctor episodes exactly? From demented Daleks (again!) to golden arrows to childhood terrors, we try to figure out what’s going on… and why!
9/20/2014 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 37 seconds
34: Attack eyebrows
The Day of the Doctor brings together Ten and Eleven, and introduces War. How do they handle rubber He-Man monsters? Time of the Doctor has Matt Smith's last stand. Can Moffat payoff on The Silence and Question? And Peter Capaldi's run as Twelve starts off with a giant t-rex in London and a new big bad. Does the latest Doctor get off to a good start? With Dave Wiskus and Rene Ritchie.
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Show's we spoil
Alas, not yet on Netflix.
0:00:00 - The Day of the Doctor - iTunes | Amazon
0:41:00 - The Time of the Doctor - iTunes | Amazon
1:02:00 - Deep Breath (s08e01) - iTunes | Amazon
Panel
Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation
Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
Feedback
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9/5/2014 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 47 seconds
33: Guardians of the Galaxy
WE ARE GROOT! Also Star Lord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, and, of course, Rocket Raccoon. They're the Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn, and the first truly different cast of characters Marvel has brought to the big screen. So, does it work? Go get us that guy's mechanical leg and we'll tell you. What? We need it!
8/25/2014 • 1 hour, 38 minutes, 31 seconds
32: The TV Show
The TV Show has merged with Review and we're kicking off the new, combined show with Doctor Who series 7! Remy Ferber joins Dave and Rene to talk about So-sorrying Amy Pond, the Impossible Girl, failures of Silence, and the oldest question.
Review is like app or game coverage but for movie series, television shows, comic books, and pop culture. It's great stuff you can watch and enjoy on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV! On this week's episode The TV Show has merged with Review and we're kicking off the new, combined show with Doctor Who series 7! Remy Ferber joins Dave and Rene to talk about So-sorrying Amy Pond, the Impossible Girl, failures of Silence, and the oldest question.
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Shows we spoil
Doctor Who series 7: iTunes, part 1 | iTunes, part 2 | Amazon, part 1 | Amazon, part 2 | Netflix
Hosts
Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation
Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
Remy Ferber
Feedback
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8/18/2014 • 2 hours, 1 minute, 24 seconds
31: Slow-motion Sharknado
Jason Snell of The Incomparable joins Dave and Rene to talk Doctor Who season 6, the inconstancies of time travel, messing with show titles, paying off setups, and the oldest questions.
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Shows we spoil
Doctor Who season 6: iTunes{.nofollow} | Amazon{.nofollow} | Netflix
Guests
Jason Snell of The Incomparable
Hosts
Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation
Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
Feedback
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8/13/2014 • 1 hour, 58 minutes, 24 seconds
30: Big Trouble in Little China
Don, Matt, Guy, and Rene were born ready to talk John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China. So get your Kurt Russell trucks in gear and relax, we're here to podcast. And if the story, direction, acting, and themes are clear to you by dawn… call the president!
8/10/2014 • 1 hour, 35 minutes, 50 seconds
29: Power-cycling the universe
Dave and Rene talk about Doctor Who season 5, cracks in time, the girl who waited, angel rules, Vincent, and Big Bang theories.
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Shows we spoil
Doctor Who season 5 - iTunes{.nofollow} | Amazon{.nofollow} | Netflix
Hosts
Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation
Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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8/4/2014 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 16 seconds
28: Doctor Sorry. So sorry.
Dave and Rene talk Doctor Who season 4, marrying the Doctor’s daughter, thinking through your anti-life plans, the end of the beginning of River Song, bionic companions, Time Lord bonds, and non-ginger regenerations.
7/29/2014 • 2 hours, 13 minutes, 24 seconds
27: Godzilla, Pacific Rim, and Kaiju!
Dave, Georgia, and Rene are joined by Peter Cohen and Anthony Casella to talk Kaiju — giant Japanese monster movies! From Godzilla to Jurassic Park to Godzilla Cloverfield to Pacific Rim to… Godzilla!
7/26/2014 • 1 hour, 25 minutes, 31 seconds
26: The Lady Doctor
Dave and Rene are joined by Dave's ex-girlfriend, Ashley Williams to talk 24 finale, Fascape season 1, and — sorry, really, so sorry! — Doctor Who season 3, including the brilliantly terrifying Blink.
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Shows we spoil
0:00:00 - 24: Day 9: 11:00 p.m. – 11:00 a.m - iTunes | Amazon | Google Play
0:26:00 - Farscape: Season 1 - iTunes | Amazon | Google Play | Netflix
1:10:00 - Doctor Who: Series 3 - iTunes | Amazon | Xbox Video | Netflix
Hosts
Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation
Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
Ashley Williams
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7/23/2014 • 2 hours, 5 minutes, 55 seconds
25: Boiling my Doctor Who frog
Dave and Rene try to figure out what the hell happened in the penultimate 24, what the hell's happening in The Leftovers, if anything at all, and talk Doctor Who season 2: Tennant begins!
Shows we spoil
0:00:00 - 24: Day 9: 9:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m - iTunes | Amazon | Google Play
0:13:11 - The Leftovers: Penguin One, Us Zero - [Not yet available online.]
0:32:43 - Doctor Who: Series 2 - iTunes | Amazon | Xbox Video | Netflix
Hosts
Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation
Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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7/15/2014 • 2 hours, 6 minutes, 31 seconds
24: Real Genius
Don, Matt, Guy, and Rene visit Pacific Tech to talk Real Genius. While they don’t hammer any six inch-spikes, they do get into Martha Coolidge’s directing, Val Kilmer’s acting, and how the idea of the military exploiting science back in 1983 plays in 2013. This one’s for Jason!
7/12/2014 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 34 seconds
23: Doctor genocide
Dave and Rene talk about 24 and whiplash antagonists, HBO and Damon Lindelof's Leftovers, and catch up on Doctor Who starting with Christopher Eccleston and Series 1. (Now with time code!)
Shows we spoil
0:00:00 - 24: Day 9: 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m - iTunes | Amazon | Google Play
0:22:00 - The Leftovers: Pilot - [Not yet available online.]
0:55:00 - Doctor Who: Series 1 - iTunes | Amazon | Xbox Video | Netflix
References we make
Red Letter Media talks about Prometheus - SPOILERS
Hosts
Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation
Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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7/6/2014 • 2 hours, 4 minutes, 34 seconds
22: Would be Bonds
Dave and Rene talk about presidential bait and switches on 24 and the dive into the full 4 episode run of the BBC's Fleming: The Man Who Would be Bond.
7/1/2014 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 57 seconds
21: X-Men
Clayton Morris joins Georgia, Guy, Dave, and Rene to talk X-Men. From the original comics to the animated shows to Bryan Singer’s movies, Brett Ratner’s something something, First Class, spinoffs, and Days of Future Past.
6/28/2014 • 0
20: Winter is always coming
Special guest Georgia Dow joins Dave and Rene to talk about the Game of Thrones season finale. Also, 24.
6/23/2014 • 1 hour, 48 minutes, 52 seconds
19: Freudian slap
Dave and Rene talk about True Detective, why we're realists, violence vs. sex, 24 and our hopes for a Yvonne Strahovski spin-off, and the sickening crunch of Game of Thrones.
Stuff we spoil
True Detective - iTunes | Amazon | Google Play | Xbox Video
Angel Heart - iTunes | Amazon | Google Play | Xbox Video
Picket Fences: The Green Bay Chopper - iTunes | Amazon | Xbox Video
24 - iTunes | Amazon | Google Play | Xbox Video
Game of Thrones - HBO | iTunes | Amazon | Xbox Video
Things we reference
Impress-a-vention
Hosts
Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation
Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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6/16/2014 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 26 seconds
18: The Amazing Spider-Man
Georgia, Guy, Dave, and Rene talk about Spider-Man, from the comics to the cartoons, the Sam Raimi trilogy, and the current Mark Webb films, including the latest Amazing Spider-Man 2!
6/14/2014 • 1 hour, 49 minutes, 46 seconds
17: That English Guy
Special guest Guy English joins Dave and Rene to talk about the Mad Men mid-season finale. Also 24 a bunch of cross-references, and season 3 of Sherlock!
6/10/2014 • 1 hour, 45 minutes, 26 seconds
16: The Terminator
Come with Don, Matt, Guy, and Rene if you want to podcast… about The Terminator. It’s a post-apocalyptic trip through the original and T2, with a dash of T3, T4, and Sarah Connor Chronicles thrown in for good measure. So how does James Cameron’s genre-defining 80s flick hold up today? We absolutely, positively will not stop until we talked it to death!
Show notes
The Terminator: iTunes | Amazon | Google Play | Xbox Video
T2: Judgement Day: iTunes | Amazon | Google Play | Xbox Video
T3: Rise of the Machines: iTunes | Amazon | Google Play | Xbox Video
T4: Salvation: iTunes | Amazon | Google Play | Xbox Video
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: iTunes | Amazon | Google Play | Xbox Video
The Teminator on IMDB
The Terminator on Wikipedia
The Terminator Wiki
The Terminator deleted scenes
The Terminator scripts and treatments
The Terminator: How it should end
Panel
Don Melton of DonMelton.com
Matt Drance of Apple Outsider
Guy English of Kickingbear
Rene Ritchie of iMore
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5/30/2014 • 1 hour, 57 minutes, 1 second
15: I need to be a queen
The TV Show discusses the renaissance in storytelling and technology taking place in television with a focus on the week that was. On this episode Dave and Rene talk about Game of Thrones, pushing the limits on sex and violence, character arcs, 24's first act, and Don and Peggy on Mad Men.
5/26/2014 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 55 seconds
14: Arrow
Serenity, Guy, Dan, Rene, and Dave talk about the CW's Arrow. Based on DC Comics' Green Arrow, we discuss the first 2 seasons of Oliver Queen lost on the island of Purgatory and the city of Starling, the characters, arcs, and themes.
5/23/2014 • 2 hours, 20 minutes, 30 seconds
13: Kill your darlings
The TV Show discusses the renaissance in storytelling and technology taking place in television with a focus on the week that was. On this episode Dave and Rene talk about the Gotham and Flash trailers, Arrow and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D finales, Big Bang Theory and Castle finales, try to remember 24 hour 3, Dick Whitman vs. Don Draper on Mad Men, and the consequences of killing characters.
Shows we spoil
Arrow - iTunes | Amazon | Google Play
Agents of SHIELD - iTunes | Amazon | Google Play
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - iTunes | Amazon
24 - iTunes | Amazon | Google Play
Mad Men - iTunes | Google Play
Game of Thrones - HBO | iTunes | Amazon
Big Bang Theory - iTunes | Amazon | Google Play
The Black List - iTunes | Amazon | Google Play
References we make
Mad style
Hosts
Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation
Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
Feedback
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5/19/2014 • 1 hour, 26 minutes, 19 seconds
12: The TV Show
There's a television renaissance going on. At no other time have so many great shows been on at the same time. At no other time could we watch them in our living room and on our tablets and phones, on networks and over the internet. The TV Show talks about that renaissance in storytelling and technology, focusing on the week of programming that was. On our pilot episode that includes Arrow, Agents of SHIELD, 24, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, and Big Bang Theory for the week of May 5, 2014.
Shows we spoil
Arrow - iTunes | Amazon | Google Play
Agents of SHIELD - iTunes | Amazon | Google Play
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - iTunes | Amazon
Chuck - iTunes | Chuck | Google Play
House of Cards - Netflix | Amazon | Google Play
24 - iTunes | Amazon | Google Play
Person of Interest - iTunes | Amazon | Google Play
Mad Men - iTunes | Google Play
Game of Thrones - HBO | iTunes | Amazon
Big Bang Theory - iTunes | Amazon | Google Play
References we make
Arrow's real villain
The fabled Die Hard 24/7
Hosts
Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation
Rene Ritchie of Mobile Nations
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5/12/2014 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 43 seconds
11: The Winter Soldier
Georgia, Guy, Rob, Rene, and Dave, talk Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Iron Man to Avengers, and then dive into the latest episode, Captain America: The Winter Solider. And, yes, the S.H.I.E.L.D television show comes up as well!
4/14/2014 • 2 hours, 10 minutes, 23 seconds
10: Tombstone
Don, Matt, Guy, and Rene skin Tombstone and see what happens. That’s right, we’re throwing down on Wyatt and the Earp brothers, Doc Holiday and the Cowboys, the shoot out at the O.K Corral, and the vendetta that followed.
Ad hoc is our movie and entertainment show and this episode we're talking everything from Kevin Jarre’s enormous script to George P. Cosmatos’ alleged ghost direction for Kurt Russell to the themes of friendship shot throughout. With a stacked cast and absolutely killer dialog, was it a hell of a western-meets-action movie blend, or was it not no daisy at all? Find out!
3/20/2014 • 1 hour, 53 minutes, 4 seconds
9: Blade Runner
Don, Matt, Guy, and Rene podcast about things you wouldn't believe. Androids dreaming of electric sheep. Blades running after replicants shown to be real men. All those… versions… so many cuts, like tears… in… rain.
From production problems to casting curiosities to effects, we put Blade Runner through the VK test! So what motifs did we pick up? Which themes resonated the most? And most importantly, who's a replicant?! Find out!
2/3/2014 • 2 hours, 6 seconds
8: The Princess Bride
Our names are Don, Matt, Guy, and Rene. This is the Princess Bride. Prepare for podcast! Inconceivably, this is the one where we give you our words as Spaniards that we talk all about Rob Reiner’s classic storybook story. (Only not left handed.)
What made it so memorable, how did they get away with making it at all, who’s left, unemployed, in Greenland, and what happens when it goes to 50? (Yes, to 50!) Find out!
12/16/2013 • 1 hour, 43 minutes, 13 seconds
7: RoboCop
Dead or alive you’re podcasting about Robocop! It’s another edition of 80s movies with Don Melton, joined by Matt Drance, Guy English, and Rene Ritchie. We talk all about the Paul Verhoeven classic, which, like the Matrix, has no sequels, but does have guns, guns, guns!
How well does it hold up, was it prescient, how does it cross-over with other classic movie and TV fare, and have any of our demos ever gone ED 209 wrong? Find out!
11/8/2013 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 47 seconds
6: Batman
Georgia, Guy English, Dave Wiskus, Moisés Chiullan, and Rene Ritchie talk Batman from Adam West to Dark Knight Returns, Year One, Killing Joke, the Tim Burton movies, the Animated, the Christopher Nolan movies, and Affleck.
9/6/2013 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 28 seconds
5: Dune
Guy English, Don Melton, and Rene Ritchie talk about Dune, the classic Frank Herbert novel and the crazy David Lynch film. It all goes spice-wacky quickly, however, and no 1980s sci-fi is left unharmed. Yes, this podcast is a killing word.
8/13/2013 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 13 seconds
4: Man of Steel
Guy English, Georgia, Dave Wiskus, and Rene Ritchie pretty much do to Man of Steel what the Man of Steel did to Metropolis in Chris Nolan, David Goyer, and Zack Snyder's reboot of the Superman franchise.
6/30/2013 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 36 seconds
3: Star Trek Into Darkness
Take a bunch of tech geeks who also happen to enjoy scattering their atoms across the galaxy, put them in front of mics, hit the record button, and what do you get? Another impromptu episode of the Federation's favorite podcast, that's what.
Join Guy English, Georgia, Clayton Morris, Derek Kessler, Bryan Bishop, and Rene to talk Star Trek Into Darkness. From plot holes to set pieces, lens flares to bikini flashes, Kirk to Klingons, we're nerding out over, and nitpicking, JJ Abrams' second take at Trek.
5/31/2013 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 57 seconds
2: Skyfall
Take a bunch of Apple and tech geeks who also happen to enjoy a shaken -- not stirred! -- Bond flick, put them in front of mics, hit the record button, and what do you get? Another impromptu episode of Her Majesty's secret podcast, that's what.
Join Georgia, Dieter Bohn, Serenity Caldwell, Guy English, Dave Wiskus, and me to talk some Skyfall. From Aston Martins to ass-kickings, cinematography to sex, meta to misogyny, gadgets to gaffs, we're nerding out over, and nitpicking, Bond. James Bond.
Panel
Georgia of ZEN and TECH
Dieter Bohn of The Verge
Serenity Caldwell of Macworld
Guy English of Kicking Bear
Dave Wiskus of Better Elevation
Rene Ritchie of iMore
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12/1/2012 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 36 seconds
1: The Future of Star Wars
Earlier this week, Disney announced they were buying Lucasfilm, so we gathered Guy English, Matt Drance, Dave Wiskus, Dan Moren, and Rene Ritchie together for an emergency broadcast. Directors, cast, crew, stories, traps, heroes' journeys, timelines, themes, theatrics, dramatics, and dreams, no topic is safe when a bunch of tech nerds get their Force talk on.