This week on the podcast we interrupt our regularly scheduled movie program to talk about video games! The long awaited Final Fantasy XV releases yesterday, so Scott and Matt invite podcast guest Michael Grubb back onto the show to talk about this long running series, why we like it, why we hate it, and why
Welcome back to Phantom Zoned, the monthly podcast show where Adrian leads Scott and Matt on a voyage through the worst movies that cinema has to offer. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, and because we know you guys would rather listen to a podcast than talk to your Uncle about why the hell he voted
Matt is back from Disneyland, so this week Scott and Matt are talking about the time-honored entertainment genre of theme park rides! If you never thought of Star Tours in terms of narrative design, boy are you in for a treat. We also look at the balance sheet of Disney Corp. and generally come off as a
Halloween is over, but that doesn’t mean horror movies just disappear! So this week on the podcast Scott is joined by Adrian to discuss the late, great Master of Horror himself, Wes Craven. As part of our regular Deconstructing Directors series, this podcast has us go through the filmography of the Director, discussing the successes,
It’s October and that means this month’s edition of Phantom Zoned has us diving into some of the worst horror movies the world has ever seen. This time around it’s The Exorcist II: The Heretic, widely (and accurately) described as one of the worst films ever made. Join Adrian as he leads Scott and Matt
It’s October and we here at The Daly Planet are celebrating the month of spooky movies by nominating one for consideration into the Kryptonian Collection: David Cronenberg’s 1983 Sci Fi Body Horror film Videodrome . Challenger Shannon Hubbell brings the film before our council and we discuss and vote on it’s into this illustrious collection. Will Videodrome prove worthy or will the council proclaim for the new flesh. Tune in and find out! Follow us! Support us on Patreon Shannon’s Twitter: @brun...
This week on the podcast Scott and Matt gush about their favorite podcasts. It’s an eclectic mix, between the two of us, and there’s something here for everybody. Top Recommended Podcasts Jocko Podcast Storywonk The Tim Ferriss Show Keepin it 1600 The Joe Rogan Experience My Brother, My Brother and Me Follow us! Support us
This week on the podcast Scott, Adrian, and Gentry have returned from their adventures in Austin and are here to discuss Fantastic Fest 2016! Listen to the guys talk about the festival as a whole and then dive into their favorite films of the fest. This is all spoiler free so tune in to learn
Welcome to Phantom Zoned! To ensure that we here at The Daly Planet don’t lose our sharp film criticism edge and because we like to punish ourselves, each month host Adrian Torres forces Matt and Scott to watch some of the worst films cinema has to offer. We then get together and discuss, debate, and
A new month, a new Kryptonian Collection! Every month a new challenger nominates a film and the venerated Council of El argue and vote to decide if it is worthy of being added to the collection of the best films our planet has to offer. This month, Scott takes on the role of challenger and nominates The Wachowski’s criminally underrated 2008 film Speed Racer. Both Chad and Adrian are back as well to cast their votes. Will Speed Racer cross the finish line or will it spin out of control on the la...
This week on the show Scott and Matt once again take a look at a director of choice and discuss his movies, his style, and his contribution to filmmaking. This week it’s British Director Edgar Wright! Tune in to hear us talk about the brilliance of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End,
This week on the Podcast, Scott takes on hosting duties solo as Matt is out of commission with some kind of zombie virus. Guests Adrian Torres and James Gentry come back to talk 2016 Summer movies. Listen to Scott talk about his favorite movies of the season and discuss why everyone called 2016 a really
It’s episode 2 of Phantom Zoned hosted by our friend Adrian Torres. Each month Adrian brings some of the worst films cinema has to offer and we discuss debate and eventually vote on if the film is guilty of crimes against cinema. If found guilty the movie will be banished to the Phantom Zone forever.
It’s time once again for another episode of the Kryptonian Collection! Every month a new challenger nominates a film and the venerated Council of El argue and vote to decide if it is worthy of being added to the collection of the best films our planet has to offer. This month, challenger Daniel Freeman nominates David Mamet’s 2008 Martial Arts film Redbelt . Last month’s winner Chad joins Scott and Matt on the council to vote if this film is worthy of entrance into the Kryptonian Collection. Wil...
This week on the podcast Matt and Scott are joined by guest Adrian to discuss stop motion animation and the studio redefining the technique: LAIKA. The studio has a new movie coming out on August 19th: Kubo and the Two Strings, so to celebrate we go over their last three films: Coraline, ParaNorman, and The
This week on the podcast, Scott and Matt are joined by special guest Daniel Freeman to discuss the DC Extended Universe. On the eve of Suicide Squad, we discuss the Ultimate Edition of Batman V Superman, the Wonder Woman and Justice League trailers that came out of ComicCon, and the newest DC animated film The
We’re proud to announce a new regular podcasting series here at The Daly Planet… Phantom Zoned! Hosted by Adrian Torres, each month the podcast will bring together Adrian, Matt and Scott to discuss some of the worst movies ever conceived. Our team will walk through the selected movie and try to identify exactly why it’s
On Episode 3 of The Kryptonian Collection, special guest Chad Acevedo puts forth Silence of the Lambs , the 1991 Thriller-Procedural film from Jonathan Demme for consideration into the collection. The Council of El, now made up of Scott, Matt and last month’s winner Adrian argue the merits of the film and if it deserves entrance into the esteemed list of films. Will Silence of the Lambs garner enough praise to make it into the collection or will Chad wake up in the middle of the night hearing th...
After a week long, unplanned hiatus caused by some technical issues, the podcast is back! Also back is our long missing famed cohost Matt Freeman! This week Scott and Matt have caught the Pokemon Go fever, so they bring regular guest Michael Grubb on the podcast to talk about the new app that’s sweeping the
This week on the podcast Scott is joined by fill in host James Gentry and guest Cyndee Daly to talk about the recently ended season 6 of HBO’s Game of Thrones. We’ve got some good things to say, we’ve got some bad things to say, and Scott and Cyndee start yelling at each other as
This week on the Podcast, we attempt to put another film into The Kryptonian Collection! Matt is absent this week so he can go have a baby or something, but council members Scott and Gentry get together to hear arguments from special guest Adrian Torres who has nominated The Coen Brother’s 1987 comedy: Raising Arizona. Is Raising Arizona good enough to get into the collection? Is it really the best Coen Brothers movie? Are we really gonna let crazy Nic Cage get into such a prestigious group? By ...
On this week’s episode of the podcast, Scott and Matt break into a new genre of film and talk about one of their favorite Documentaries of all time: The Act of Killing. An award winning documentary focusing on the individuals responsible for the 1965-66 Indonesian Genocide. If you haven’t seen this film I urge you
This week on the Podcast Scott and Matt are joined by frequent guest Michael Grubb to launch another recurring series: The World’s Finest. On this series, a topic or theme is selected and each podcast member selects a film that best exemplifies that theme. This week, in honor of the release of Warcraft, each of
This week on the podcast, Scott and Matt get to together in the next installment of their deconstructing a director series, this time focusing on Neill Blomkamp. In 2009, his first film District 9 was a rousing success and he was heralded as the next big Science Fiction director. 7 years later, after two disappointing
This week on the podcast we are very excited to announce a new regular monthly feature: The Kryptonian Collection , a curated list of the very best movies that the world has to offer. Once a month we will meet on the Podcast to nominate a new movie for entrance into the collection. We will argue its merits and then take a vote at the end of the episode. If the movie receives enough votes, it will be added to this venerated list. For the inaugural episode, frequent Podcast guest James Gentry join...
This week Scott, Matt, and returning guest James Gentry get together to look a the summer slate of movies. Which will be good, which will be bad, and which will bomb? Find out our predictions on episode 34 of The Daly Planet Podcast! News: Michael B Jordan joins the cast of Black Panther Lars Von
This week on the podcast, Scott and Matt are joined by resident superhero hater Daniel Freeman to discuss Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War. This is a spoiler filled conversation, so maybe see the movie first. News: Ben Affleck is now Executive Producer of Justice League Ridley Scott teaming up again with writer Drew Goddard (The
This week on the Podcast we’re all about Marvel! In preparation for Captain America: Civil War and the beginning of Phase 3 Scott and Matt are joined by guests James Gentry and Daniel Freeman to talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, why it’s worked so well, and how it’s changed cinema. We also discuss some
This week on the podcast, Scott and Matt are joined by guest Daniel Freeman to celebrate Alien day and discuss the two classic films Alien and Aliens. We talk about how much of an impact these films had on our childhood and why they still work so well today. At the end we decide definitively
This week on the podcast Matt and Scott are joined by resident Game of Thrones expert James Gentry to discuss what we think is going to happen in season 6! Spoilers and speculation abound in this episode, so don’t all bent out of shape if you want something spoiled. As always, we also talk about
