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12/20/11--22:01: Santa with Muscles (1996) (chan 1479638)

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It’s an Agony Booth Christmas Special as Cecil watches Santa with Muscles, starring Hulk Hogan playing against type as a rich buffoon, who falls down a trash chute and starts believing he's Santa Claus. He decides to help out some hapless orphans (among them, Mila Kunis) in danger of having their home demolished by evil germophobe Ed Begley, Jr. A mainstay of the IMDb’s Bottom 100 list for over a decade, is it possible Cecil enjoyed this one? Watch and find out!




12/26/11--23:59: Batman Returns (1992) (chan 1479638)

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Join Mr. Mendo and special guest Sofie Liv as they take on Tim Burton’s Batman Returns! The two Joel Schumacher-directed Batman films have been thoroughly dissected on this website, but is it possible that Tim Burton’s entries in the franchise were just as silly and nonsensical? Mendo and Sofie find out!




12/30/11--16:25: Top 10 Vampires (chan 1479638)

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While you count down to 2012, join the Fear Fan as he counts down his list of the top 10 greatest vampires in movie history. With some obvious choices (Max Shreck) and some not-so-obvious choices (Pee-Wee Herman?), one thing’s for sure: none of these vampires sparkle!




01/03/12--21:57: Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987) (chan 1479638)

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“Come to think of it, James Earl Jones does go through the entire film looking like wants to Force Choke someone. And I can sympathize.”




01/07/12--00:55: The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) (chan 1479638)

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In this episode, Mr. Mendo goes to where few reviewers have gone and lived to tell about it, taking on The Beast of Yucca Flats, also known by its alternate title, Holy God, When Will It End?!? Unlike the other two films directed by Coleman Francis, this one’s got a sci-fi angle, where wrestler Tor Johnson survives an A-bomb test and becomes a mutant killer. But never fear, because it still has all the pointlessness and incompetence you've come to know and love from ol’ Coleman!




01/09/12--20:16: The Muppet Show: Top 10 Songs (chan 1479638)

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It's time for Sofie to put on makeup, dress up right, and list her 10 favorite musical performances from the one and only The Muppet Show! And along the way, she reveals herself to be a woman of many talents: internet reviewer, pianist, singer, and trumpeter! No, that last thing is not a typo.




01/11/12--21:37: Catwoman (2004) (chan 1479638)

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Cecil looks at Catwoman, starring Halle Berry as a cosmetics company employee who undergoes basically the same origin as Michelle Pfeiffer in Batman Returns and becomes a superhero! Many consider this to be a strong contender for worst comic book movie ever made, but in this episode, Cecil explains why he genuinely loves Catwoman.




01/16/12--22:40: Death Proof (2007) (chan 1479638)

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“I should note that we’re about thirty minutes in right now, and so far three women have gone to a bar, and another one has met Kurt Russell.”




01/22/12--02:24: The Golden Compass (2007) (chan 1479638)

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Ryan hosts another episode of the Movie Skewer to look at The Golden Compass, based on a novel near and dear to him. New Line scrubbed away the book’s anti-Christian themes when they adapted it into a movie, along with all traces of anything dark or disturbing. Watch as Ryan examines the end result: a bland movie-by-committee where nothing is at stake.




01/25/12--22:28: Top 10 Wackiest Female Cartoon Characters (chan 1479638)

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Watch as Sofie counts down the list of her ten favorite wacky female characters from animated movies and TV shows!