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Funny People and Orphan reviewed!

bentcast@gmail.com (Kevin and Trevor) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:00:00 EST

We're on time again! This week, we review Judd Apatow's latest comedy Funny People and the horror-slasher-flick Orphan.

Torchwood: Children of Earth and Prince of Persia

bentcast@gmail.com (Kevin and Trevor) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST

Originally recorded July 20, 2009. Honestly, what is up with British television? Torchwood: Children of Earth gives us yet another reason to want Russel T. Davies to step in front of a bus. Or at least stop writing for television. Also, we wonder whether or not Prince of Persia will break the trend of shitty video game adaptations. Our thoughts: no.

Harry Potter and the Magical Contraceptive

bentcast@gmail.com (Kevin and Trevor) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EST

Originally recorded July 20, 2009. It's all about the witches and switches as we review Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Now, what would these shag-happy young wizards use for contraceptives? Magical sheaths? Certainly not Trojans. Send us your ideas at bentcast@gmail.com or post them up on postcritical.wordpress.com.

Comic-con roundup, Matrix Online goes offline, and postapocalyptic gets popular

bentcast@gmail.com (Kevin and Trevor) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:00:00 EST

We run amok with news from Comic-con! We talk about the Iron Man 2 panel, Avatar, and The Book of Eli. Sony Online closes the Matrix Online, but a whole bunch of MMOs are ready to take its place! Also, post-apocalyptic seems to be the name of the game in movies and games with titles like Fury Road, Borderlands, Fallen Earth, Fallout: New Vegas, and STALKER: Call of Pripyat.

Entourage season 6, Green Lantern, and Thor

bentcast@gmail.com (Kevin and Trevor) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:00:00 EST

Entourage returns to wow us with celebrity lifestyle stuff. Real-world celebrities Ryan Reynolds, Natalie Portman, and Kenneth Branagh get in deep with superhero movies as Trevor geeks out about the recent Green Lantern announcement. This episode was recorded a while ago and we've been slack in getting it up. Check out extra web content at http://bentpinstudios.ca!

Hung, True Blood, and games get physical

bentcast@gmail.com (Kevin and Trevor) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:00:00 EST

A show about bitey nekkid Southern vampires and one about a guy with a massive dong. Kev tries to vice-grip Anna Paquin's teeth together, Trevor threatens electricity and spikes on Southern accents, and we throw back to our E3 podcast to keep talking about game controllers. Is the future in Microsoft's Natal, Nintendo's Wii, or Sony's bastard lovechild of the two? Also, our listeners gave us some ideas about what to do with all those dead bears.

GameDamage and Transformers 2 review

bentcast@gmail.com (Kevin and Trevor) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:00:00 EST

Transformers 2 delivers stompy robots and Bayhem, but also racism and disappointment. We also retrospectively review the GameDamage pilot and talk about this upcoming Australian series' future.

The Hangover, Year One, and nine dead bears

bentcast@gmail.com (Kevin and Trevor) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:38:00 EST

Our heroes review two new comedies this week, Year One (Jack Black and Michael Cera) and the Hangover. They also get attacked by many, many black bears. What should we do with nine dead bears? Let us know at bentcast@gmail.com, in our CBox at bentpinstudios.ca or on Facebook.

E3, The Wire, and f**king Indiana Jones

bentcast@gmail.com (Kevin and Trevor) — Tues, 23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST

There were tons of games at this year's E3, and plenty of cool tech as well. Our heroes review the best and shit-worst of it. Then, we talk about cop show The Wire, and finally discuss what the not-quite-announced next Indiana Jones movie will mean for the franchise--and how to get into Harrison Ford's pants.

Up 3D, Through Black Spruce, and Terminator: Salvation

bentcast@gmail.com (Kevin and Trevor) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:30:00 EST

We get together once again to talk about Pixar's Up and 3D in general. Trevor reviews a book in which a dude makes friends with a bear (amongst other things). Finally, we talk about Terminator: Salvation and how Sam Worthingtom totally showed up Christian Bale and Moon Bloodgood's tits showed up everyone.

Star Trek review, Duke Nukem bullshit, and other silliness

bentcast@gmail.com (Kevin and Trevor) — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:00:00 EST

In our first Skyped podcast, veteran Trekker Chris joins us to review JJ Abrams' Star Trek. We also discuss the $12M lawsuit against 3D Realms, make buttsex jokes about the new Fallout DLC Mothership Zeta, and recap what has actually been cancelled for the new TV season. Castle's back, so Trevor is happy. Be warned: this episode runs a little long. Thanks to btproductions.org for our hosting!

Chuck finale and Being On the Bubble

bentcast@gmail.com (Kevin and Trevor) — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:00:00 EST

What shows are going to get cancelled? Which shows are going to get renewed? And which ones are we going to bitchslap? We talk about the Sarah Conner Chronicles, Chuck, Dollhouse, Unusuals, Castle, Cold Squad/Case, and Southland. Almost like a season recap, isn't it? Also, we sample some censorship and take a look at the Chuck season finale in order to make some predictions about where it's going next season.

Unusuals, Star Trek: Countdown, and legal shit goes bananas

bentcast@gmail.com (Kevin and Trevor) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:00:00 EST

The boys get their Trek on and review the Countdown trade paperback, arguing about writing, canon, and the next movie. We spool through the legal bananas of Sweden convicting the Pirate Bay founders, Bethesda suing Interplay over their license to the Fallout intellectual property, and YouTube partnering with movie studios to provide free streaming movies while Viacom sues the crap out of them. Visit the website at http://www.bentpinstudios.ca! Email us at bentcast@gmail.com or check us out on Facebook. Thanks to btrproductions.org for our hosting!

Wolverine psychic review, Star Trek eats cake, and the Gaming Renaissance

bentcast@gmail.com (Kevin and Trevor) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EST

Kevin has become a psychic and psychically reviews the newly leaked Wolverine movie. Psychically. He didn't watch it or anything like that. Trevor goes back on his word to stop reading what rabid fans write about Star Trek XI online and discusses the studio's attempt to do too much. Finally, we watch Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw's closing speech at last year's GCAP and talk about the idea of a gaming renaissance and video games as art. Check out all the additional content at http://www.bentpinstudios.ca! You can also email Bent at bentcast@gmail.com.

I Love You Man, Castle, Stargate: Universe, and some games

bentcast@gmail.com (Kevin and Trevor) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:00:00 EST

This week, we get our game on and talk about Max Payne 3 and Fallout 3's DLC expansion "The Pit." Then it's on to TV with Castle, starring Nathan Fillion, ragging on BSG, and the upcoming Stargate: Universe. Finally, we round it out with a slice of movie pie and dish up a review of I Love You, Man. We're calling for audience participation: Why is Kevin a dick? Come up with something awesome and hit us at http://www.bentpinstudios.ca, on Facebook, or at bentcast@gmail.com.

South Park returns, L Word ends, Dollhouse, Iron Man 2 and Riddick 3

bentcast@gmail.com (Kevin and Trevor) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:00:00 EST

This week held lots of new stuff: Iron Man casting news, new info on Vin Diesel's Riddick franchise, the South Park season 13 premiere, the end of the series The L Word, and the overuse of the phrase "suck a bag of dicks." Also, the new Joss Whedon series Dollhouse is reviewed. And Sandy draws a bag of dicks. And a bagia o' labia. It's horrific. Email us at bentcast@gmail.com or chat on the website at http://bentpinstudios.ca.

Watchmen review, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Terminator Salvation, and Star Trek

bentcast@gmail.com (Kevin and Trevor) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:00:00 EST

Like the critical bastards they are, Kevin and Trevor went to the Watchmen midnight show on Friday and have reviewed the hell out of it. With May coming soon and bringing with it Terminator, Wolverine, and Star Trek, they discuss the new trailers for all three movies and make predictions about them. Kevin renames Malin Akerman ol' Tits-for-eyes, Trevor tells Internet hype to shove it, and both of them scream like girls. Respond to us at bentcast@gmail.com. Next time: something awesome.

Oscar recap, Haruki Murakami, retconning, reductionism, and the Watchmen

bentcast@gmail.com (Kevin and Trevor) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:00:00 EST

In this shorter episode of Bent, Kevin and Trevor recap the Oscars and bitch about--I mean, make informed critiques of--the mistakes the Academy made this year. Trevor talks about Japanese author Haruki Murakami, they reminisce about Firefly and talk about Serenity's retroactive continuity, and talk a bit about reductionism in adapting film from literature--all the while getting excited for Watchmen. Next time: Watchmen review.

Slither, Christopher Moore, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, and Oscar prebuzz

bentcast@gmail.com (Kevin and Trevor) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST

In Bent's first episode, Trevor and Kevin riff on 2006's Slither, Christopher Moore books, Ottawa-based independent cult film Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, and whether or not the Oscars matter. Next time: Firefly, Serenity, and retconning; Murakami novels; Watchmen, reductionism and film adaptations.