The Awesome Village

We’re back. The second part continuing last week’s episode with the films we’ve seen including reviews of Sisu, The Nun II, The Equalizer 3 and many more. Sit back, relax, and subscribe if it’s your first visit.

Welcome to this week’s visit to The Village where it got so intense, we had to break it into two. This week we will discuss television like the finale of What We Do In The Shadows and the premiere of Star Trek: Lower Decks. All that, plus we remember some people we lost recently.

We never need an excuse to talk about Star Wars but with the recent release of Ahsoka on Disney+, we’ve decided to discuss which characters would end up on our Mount Rushmore of the franchise.

Welcome back for another week of discussion on what is worth you time watching on the small and big screen. This week we’ll discuss the debut of Ahsoka, the final season of Billions and we’ll bring you a review of The Pope’s Exorcist. All that, plus this week’s Awesome Villager.

Do you have fond memories of the cartoons you watched growing up? We do too. We’ll go through a list of the ones we remember and tell you which ones we think should keep to history, have already been adapted or should be adapted.

Taylor Swift, if you’re reading this, Glenn needs tickets…and throw one in for Greg while you’re at it. For the rest of you, this week you get our take on a bunch of tv and movies so you can decide what to see or skip. You’ll take The Last Voyage of the Demeter. You’ll burst the Beanie Bubble. You’ll go Across The Spider-verse. So sit back, relax and enjoy.

And we’re back to continue the conversation from last week. This time, it’s movies. Get our takes on Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Oppenheimer and more.

It happened again, an episode so big that we had to split it in twain. This week, we’ll discuss television like Justified: City Primeval, Shark Week, and The Righteous Gemstones. Then, come back next week to hear about what we saw on the big screen.

Glenn invents a game where we go through the remaining releases this year and decide which ones we will see in the theater, which ones we’ll skip. So sit back, relax and smash that subscribe button.

In this bonus episode, we decide which faces would be on the Mount Rushmore of Harrison Ford characters.

In this Greg-less episode, we discuss The Bear, Secret Invasion, Elemental, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, and we say a sad farewell to the late great Alan Arkin.

The sandwich is a time honored way of devouring great ingredients between two pieces of bread. Today’s discussion is which one of those combinations stands above the rest. You don’t want to miss this epic battle for the title of greatest sandwich.

Glenn is back and we’re glad because we have a lot to discuss this week. A Flash from TV and and Flash from the big screen. A Hemsworth vehicle. Strange and, dare we say it, New Worlds and we nominate the Awesome Villager for this week.

Visiting Elder Todd Berger helps us break down the films the have represented New Orleans and we decide which one does it best.

Friend of the show and Hollywood treasure, Todd Berger joins us this week to sit in for Glenn. It’s going to be a lot of fun so sit back, listen and enjoy.

Join us for a trek among the stars and to travel thusly we need a crew to helm our ship. Join us as we do a fantasy draft for the senior staff of our starfleet ship.

John is here most of the episode but, as always, his presence resonates long after he leaves. We discuss all the tv and film you should spend your time watching.

It continues. Week two where we discuss and review the films you should like or avoid and we crown a new Awesome Villager.

Greg returns from his travels and it’s an episode so big, we need to split it into two. Join us this week for TV and return next week for our film reviews and the Awesome Villager.

For Cinco de Mayo, the Villagers conduct a tournament to decide our favorite Mexican/Tex Mex Cuisine.

The Villagers (sans Greg) discuss the season finales of The Mandalorian and Picard, the new Peacock series Mrs. Davis, and the New Orleans-based Renfield movie.

Break out your Konami codes. Get your 30 lives and get ready to talk about the 8 Bit Era.

It’s another visit to the Village and this week we bring you our reviews of Hello Tomorrow, Knock At The Cabin, A Man Called Otto and we also discuss the announcements from Star Wars Celebration. All that and this week’s Awesome Villager.

The year is 2012, Ryan has not seen the Artist but will judge it anyway and the Oscars will disagree with him. Now we sit down to tell you, at least for 8 categories, if the Academy got it right that year.

We’re back and it’s time to talk about things like what we thought of Ted Lasso and Yellow Jackets or our reviews of Creed 3 and John Wick 4. All that, plus this week’s Awesome Villager.

We’re back for the continuation of last week’s episode. This time focusing on television. We’ll talk about the end of Last of Us, the start of The Mandalorian and the middle of Picard.

The Oscars have happened and we cover everything all at once including our reviews of Women Talking, Triangle of Sadness and the Fabelman’s. Then join us next week when we cover TV.

There’s a lot to catch up on like bear’s on drugs, creepy robots, ant men, and parties in many directions. All that, plus this week’s Awesome Villager.

We welcome honorary Villager, Bruce to the show to discuss his favorite subject, Star Trek. Join us for a multifaceted conversation ending in a fun game.

With the craziness of Mardi Gras, we couldn’t get together and record this week. So sit back, relax and relive this classic episode from The Village Archives! **We promised and we delivered. This episode is 95.367% Nic Cage centered. We discuss the man, his background, his career. Ryan tries to pinpoint the exact moment the train that was his mind took a break from the tracks. We discuss our thoughts on a night out with Cage in New Orleans and what it would be like. We go over his filmography for a win/loss record and we build the Cage Essentials box set for your enjoyment. Enjoy the fun on this visit to the village.

We’re back to discuss the things that deserve your attention or scorn. We apply the three episode rule to Last of Us and we also bring you reviews of Emily the Criminal and Tar. All that, plus this week’s Awesome Villager.

It’s the time of year where we debate Oscar’s nominees, however, we also discuss recent announcements regarding the DC Universe.

A continuation from last week where we discuss the movies we watched and decide which ones you should spend your time on or avoid.

It. Happened. Again. We spent so much time catching you up on television shows that we didn’t have time for movies. So enjoy this episode and then come back next week to finish up this visit to the village.

You’ve waited all year for this, it’s time. The wait is finally over. We comb through the archives of the village and crown the Awesome Villager of the Year for 2022.

New year, new village. We’re back with some reviews after a brief hiatus. So sit back, relax and enjoy your resolution to listen to every episode.

Rotten Tomatoes did a bracket to decide the best movie of up and coming, young director Stephen Spielberg. Did they decide it right? You’ll find out in this episode.

No Santas. No Scrooges. Who is the best Christmas Character?

The Hubig pie has returned and we give it a taste courtesy of listener, Matt. We also review things like Willow and Wednesday and John and Glenn gush over David Harbour’s Violent Night.

Inspired by the Guardians of the Galaxy Christmas Special, we discuss what makes this season special to us. So sit back, relax and get ready for some holiday cheer here at the village.

It’s a huge TV episode this week. We talk about the finales of Andor, Interview with the Vampire, and The Walking Dead. We also introduce you to Tulsa King and Limitless with Chris Hemsworth. All that, plus this week’s Awesome Villager.

We’re back to our regular schedule of recommending how you should spend your time with movies and television. We’ll discuss Reboot from Hulu along with Netflix’s Blockbuster. We also bring you our reviews of Wakanda Forever and Don’t Worry Darling. All that, plus this week’s Awesome Villager.

In memory of the definitive performance of Kevin Conroy as Batman, this week we discuss characters who’ve been portrayed by multiple actors and which performance we think is the definitive performance of that character.

We’ve got a lot to catch up on. We’ll bring your our takes on a few shows that have ended their seasons including House of the Dragon. We’ll give you reviews of Black Adam and Bros. So sit back, relax and enjoy this week’s visit to The Village.

It’s a spooktacular episode of the village where we go through the recent Halloween related releases.

The continuation of last week’s episode and this week it’s movies. We bring you reviews of Blonde, The Munsters, Amsterdam and Hocus Pocus 2. All that, plus we crown an Awesome Villager.

We’ve done it again, this week is part 1 of our episode as we discuss television. We’ll update you on how Quantum Leap is doing along with Andor and She-Hulk. We also tell you how the start of the final season of the Walking Dead is going and review Interview With the Vampire on AMC. So listen to this one and wait with baited breath for the conclusion next week.

It’s an exciting week as we go through the curriculum of a film class and decide if they chose the right films to represent their categories or suggest others in their place.

We’re back in person this week as Greg’s wife joins us to celebrate their anniversary and talk about all the movies and tv we’ve watched. This week, we’ll tell you all about Cobra Kai, Andor, Dahmer. We also review Meet Cute and Clerks 3. All that, plus this week’s Awesome Villager.