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Episode #113 - John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars

This week we present to you a "lost" episode from the Stop the Movie archives! Join us as we mourn over John Carpenter's career and workshop our Jason Statham impressions!

Episode #112 - Highlander 2: The Quickening

There can be only one Highlander... God, how we wish that were true! If it were, we wouldn't have to be subjected to the incomprehensible muck that is Highlander 2: The Quickening! Highlander 2 finds protagonist Connor MacLeod as an old man in the distant future of 9 years from now. He's retired from his Highlanding ways, and is content to just die of old age. When a face from his distant past forces his way into his life, MacLeod is unintentionally given back his immortality and youthful appearance. With his new lease on life, Connor decides to help a young terrorist in her attempts to uncover the truth about a world-protecting machine that MacLeod himself helped design and build in his younger days, all while Michael Ironside tries to keep himself from choking on all the scenery he's chewing. Grab your broadswords, PROTECT YA NECK, and join us as we send Highlander 2 back to the planet Zeist! 

Episode #111 - Jaws 3D

It took us a while to recover from our review of Jaws IV, but we're ready to go back in the water again with Jaws 3D! Dennis Quaid stars as Mike Brody, the oldest son of bigger boat enthusiast Martin Brody. Mike is employed at Sea World, where he is helping to build a new underwater exhibit. When a Great White shark is discovered and captured within the confines of Sea World, it becomes the next must see attraction. After dying in captivity, it is soon realized that big mama shark is also within the park... and it's out for 3D blood! Grab your short shorts, fire up your crossbow, and join us as we pull the pin on Jaws 3D!

Episode #110 - Solarbabies

Time: The Future. Place: Earth(?). Hair: Feathered. The world's water supply is under strict control by the Eco Protectorate, a militaristic organization that polices society and runs prison-like orphanages, where children are groomed for military service. A young boy named Daniel finds a mysterious orb shaped being in a cave below one of these orphanages, and he discovers that his new friend has magical powers. When a fellow orphan kidnaps the orb, Daniel sets out with his roller derby lacrosse hockey team to rescue it. At the same time, the Protectorate discovers the existence of the orb, and decides to find and destroy it for some unknown, but assuredly evil purposes. This film was arguably the low-point of the 80's "Young Children Find An Alien Being And Must Protect/Rescue It From The Government" genre. And no, I didn't forget about Mac and Me. Grab your roller skates, fill up your canteens, and join us as we knock Solarbabies around with a Lacrosskey stick!

Episode #109 - Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation

Renee Zellweger and Matthew McCan.... MacCona.... Ward from The Paperboy star in the fourth installment of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise! Meant as a reboot/direct sequel to the first film, TNG features all of the same exact scenarios from the original classic, but without any of that pesky innovation or originality getting in the way. Leatherface is now Whinyface, the chainsaw is not doing any massacre-ing, and the Illuminati are now in charge of the family. Also, McConaughey is walking around with Lindsay Lohan's leg from I Know Who Killed Me. Fortunately for the careers of both of its future stars, nobody cared about this film when it was released. Grab your encyclopedia of famous quotes, charge up your remote control batteries, and join us as we fly a crop duster into Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation's face! Alright, alright, alright!

Episode #108 - The Net

Newly minted "World's Most Beautiful Woman" Sandra Bullock makes her first appearance on the podcast in this week's review of 1995's The Net! Bullock stars as Angela Bennett, a computer hacker/beta tester who also happens to be the loneliest woman who has ever lived. When she's sent a floppy disc (ask your parents) to test out a strange glitch, she stumbles upon a secret which puts her life in danger. She finds herself on the bad side of some very powerful people, who employ Jack Devlin, the least effective hitman to ever carry a gun. Seriously, he can't even take care of an old woman with Alzheimer's. When the bad guys change her identity, take her life away and giver her STDs, Angela must expose their secret before Devlin finally figures out how his gun works. Grab your dial up modem, place your order on Pizza.net, and join us as we take The Net out on a romantic boat trip!

Episode #107 - The Captive

Grab your ice skates, collect your baby teeth, and join us as we try to escape The Captive! All the while Cass is forced to work in the child sex slave industry by a super creepy opera singing weirdo. Wracked with guilt, Matthew spends the next 8 years doing everything he can to find his daughter, while also trying to prove that he wasn't involved with her disappearance. This film's jigsaw timeframe makes Pulp Fiction look like an exercise in conventional filmmaking. Reynolds plays Matthew, the father of a young girl, Cass, who is kidnapped while he was supposed to be watching her. This week's movie is The Captive, featuring Green Lantern/R.I.P.D. agent Ryan Reynolds! Welcome back, Interweb Friends! 

Episode #106 - Left Behind

Nicolas Cage flies a plane in this week's episode of Stop the Movie! Will he land it? Will he crash it? Will his daughter forgive him for cheating on her mother? Will the dwarf overcome his xenophobia and inferiority complex? All these questions are answered, but only to distract you from the fact that this is a movie about the rapture that has little to do with the rapture! Who would have ever guessed that a film starring Nicolas Cage based off of the same source material as a Kirk Cameron movie would suck this bad! Grab your U2 tickets, take off your wedding ring, and join us as we lose faith with Left Behind! With special guest host Tim Ferlito!

Episode #105 - Batman & Robin

This week we dive into the chilling depths of the movie that brought an abrupt end to the Batman franchise, 1997's Batman & Robin! George Clooney dons the cape and cowl and nippled suit in Joel Schumacher's second attempt at ruining Batman for years to come. The caped crusader, joined by the eternally grating Robin, are plunged into a world of intrigue and ice when they come up against their lamest villains yet, Poison Mae West and Mr. Jack Frost, who have hatched a plan to destroy all life on earth and then repopulate it with the plant from Little Shop of Horrors. When Alfred's annoying niece Barbara joins the action as the judo chopping, motorcycle racing Batgirl, our heroes must band together to save every last life in Gotham City from an icy doom. Plus, ice = nice. Grab your batskates, fill up on diamonds, and join us as we chill out with Batman & Robin!

Episode #104 - Theodore Rex

Well, it's finally here. After months and months of teasing, we're finally reviewing Theodore Rex... It is a sad, sad day. Theodore Rex reluctantly stars Whoopi Goldberg as Katie Coltrane, a gruff police officer who is teamed up with a go-getter cop named Teddy to solve a murder. The catch? Teddy is a DINOSAUR!!!!! Wha-wha-what?!?!?! How wacky! Coltrane's borderline racism towards anthropomorphic dinosaurs get in the way of their partnership, but will they grow closer as they begin to crack the case? Will anybody care by the end of the movie? Nope! Theodore Rex is a film that Whoopi Goldberg tried her damnedest to back out of, but was convinced to stay on when a dump truck of money was unloaded upon her doorstep. Grab your cookies, get your tail under control, and join us as we try to wipe out the entire human race after having to sit through Theodore Rex!