Mike Russell lends sophistication and regal experience to what would otherwise be a show for lowly commoners: Tales of Windsor house-sitting, actorly exploits, and the invention of delightful new slang, all before he even begins to review "She's out of my League" and "Green Zone." Other topics include: Toyota gets good news for once, teenage lesbians get their prom on, Matt Damon, Smurfs, Juggalos, and irrelevant old men who should just shut up.
Cort signs on with a raging Benadryl/Vodka hangover after a long night battling hives, while Mike Russell battles the elaborate uselessness of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Other topics include: Kids still smoking incense with vomitous consequences, Doogie Smurf collects a paycheck, what really killed the Dinosaurs, Fatty rants passionately about something stupid, Wesley Snipes is still a badass, Gladiator Owls - the movie, A hidden link between the Blues Brothers and the Coen Brothers, and TFAW's rather awesome coloring contest.
Mike Russell has a slight case of the grumpies after a weeks worth of pawing through cardboard containers of wadded up dreams. Tales of stalled out sitcoms are told, and a movie about the rise and fall of Disney in the 80's is reviewed, as is Scorsese's Shutter Island, which more like a pretty rug than it is a movie. It'll make sense when Mike tells it. Other topics include how Seth McFarlane just became the left's Karl Rove, The last straw with Twilight Fans, and how Kid Rock is personally responsible for the decline of Detroit, Michigan
Mike Russell teams up with Willamette Week film critic Aaron Mesh to bring down the intestinal mess that is "The Wolfman." Mr. Mesh also talks about the gift he's presenting PDX with in the form of Beer and Movies Festival, including Michael Mann's "Manhunter" and "The Human Centipede." Other topics include - Constitutional law review, Alec Baldwin really likes ambulance rides, Limp Bizkit still trying to inflict pain on America, Marvel Comics chasing that lucrative Teabag dollar, and a variety of other unfortunate decisions.
A lively, rowdy little powderkeg of a show today, with Mike Russell's review of the comparatively punch-free "From Paris With Love," and then a series of rants from Fatboy's angry, hyper-caffeinated ass. Topics include: DC's strange hintings at sequelizing "Watchmen," Nickelodeon jumps in bed with Jessica Simpson's Dad, the rules regarding Spoiler Warnings, Why Colin Hay will probably be busing tables soon, The REAL next Spider-Man (maybe), musings on Road House, and more love for "The Good, The Bad and the Weird."
Maybe the most seat-of-the-pants Mike Russell power hour ever. Not that it was Mike's fault. Fatty gets thwarted by Tri-Met and his own idiocy, Cort gets creeped out by Mike's marital bliss, Mel Gibson's latest movie could have been about tree people but it wasn't, Jimi Hendrix hypothetical longevity is argued to the point where people are ordered to jump from buildings, and what was really in JD Salinger's safe? Plus other things, like beavers, Lou Ferrigno, and PSA's about smothering.
The Mike Russell Power Hour returns, both in name and in glory: A healthy balance of incisive review, both literary and filmic, and ridiculiciousness of a WTF variety: Topics include: What it takes to be the new Conan, Legion's merits as a film, whether Stephen King deserves awards or not, The best way to dip your toes into the world of Hitchcock, the best way to dip your knife into Courtney Love, Tiger Woods, Avatar Porno, and the humble tale of a man with Fry-basket hands.
Mike Russell wanders through a couple post-apocalyptic wastelands; The one imagined by the Hughes Brothers in "The Book of Eli" and the one inhabited by the imagination of whoever wrote last week's Fan Fiction Friday for Topless Robot. The FFF is at the very end of the show - Those already comfy with their concept of how screwed up the internet is can feel free to skip it. Other subjects include Ricky Gervais returning to the Office, the 21 Jump Street movie, and the accidentally discovered parallels between Jay, Conan and Cort and Fatboy
Mike Russell saunters into 2010 with a fistful of reviews and a Top 10 list. Also discussed - NBC are a bunch of pants-crapping morons, Why does President Obama hate LOST-ies, Self-Important Political Bloggers are ham-handed, The sequels to Avatar and GI Joe are a go, the A-Team trailer is unleashed, Michael Cera apparently CAN play something other than George Michael from Arrested Development, and a dramafied, podcast-only reading of Topless Robot's Fan Fiction Friday
Mike Russell makes a rare Monday appearance to ensure at least one more Power Hour before 09 closes down. Avatar gets deconstructed, praised, and turned inside out, just like the mind of Nicolas Cage in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. Also discussed - Sarah Palin's interesting concept of "incognito," Maine's anti-cellphone propaganda, and Fatty loses a fight with God and a pug-shaped whirlwind of facial destruction. Plus another sneak preview of the ever-gestating Geek: Remixed III
