Episode 50 - The Rock

Cage Against the Machine season comes to a close with its final part - and our 50th episode - it's 1996's The Rock!

We're treating ourselves for this milestone ep by reviewing something 2/3 of us actually like. Rest assured, things still get silly as we're talking the sourness of those VX balls, debunking the theory that Sean Connery's character is actually James Bond, more juicy 90s gay panic, and plotting this season's films on the Nicolas Cage Matrix to see how his craziness ranks up with the rest of his oeuvre.

Plenty of bang for your buck (it is Michael Bay after all), be sure to tune and help us celebrate our 50th in style.

If you haven't already, be sure to vote for us in the Listener Choice category at the British Podcast Awards right here: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote/

Episode 49 - Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie

To commemorate the release of this year's Power Rangers Movie, we're taking a leak over your childhood memories, we're getting very, very angry over Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie!

What's with the undeservingly grand title this film is bestowed with? Why is EVERY. SINGLE. CHARACTER dumb as bricks? And what the hell is the deal with that goddamn ghost galleon?

Also: We're talking Justin's Blue Ranger resume, the film's obsession with characters falling from heights, its lack of understanding of how heat works, and the slackest continuity we've ever seen on the show.

Don't forget to vote for us in the British Podcast Awards' Listener Choice category too: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote/ (the voting closes April 14th btw)

Episode 48 - 8MM

Cage Against the Machine season - a run through of some of Nic Cage's worst 90s films - continues with Joel Schumacher's snuff film snore-fest, it's 1999's 8MM.

How dull can a film about hardcore murder porn be? What's with the Bollywood score playing through this film and is Joaquin Phoenix really this generation's greatest actor?

Also: Tim and Dan get into it over whether this film is actually tense (it's not), an insight into Troy Duffy's casting methods and we learn from several IMDB reviews that the movie isn't meant for little kids.

Fancy helping us out too? Hit up this link and vote for us in the British Podcast Awards' Listener Choice category: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote/ Just search Video Negative Podcast and leave your (legit) email address.

Episode 46 - She's All That

The podcast that loves to hate is back for their first ever Valentine's special, we're reviewing 1999's rom-com-prom-job She's All That!

We're talking taking off your glasses in the quest for hotness, drunken university memories, DJ Usher's less than stellar academic records, M. Night Shyamalan's topsy-turvy-twisty scripting, and just how much of a gosh-darn nerd Laney Boggs really is.

Love's in the air in this one, don't miss it!

Episode 45 - Junior

Back to business for us as we get down and dirty in the afterbirth of one of the 90s' most infamous films, it's 1994's bun-in-the-oven bungle JUNIOR!

Why does a film about a pregnant Arnie take itself so seriously? How did they forget to write any actual jokes? Is that resort for pregnant actually a sanitarium for the unwanted. Plus, just how woke does the Governator get in this film?

Don't miss it!

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Episode 43 - Home Alone 3

It's that time again! Video Negative return to fill your sacks with plenty of Christmas cheer! Unwrapped and re-gifted this year is 1997's unnecessary Home Alone 3!

Featured on this episode: the logistics of getting your "thing" trapped by toilet seats, comparisons to an infamous 70s exploitation flick, the worst police force and FBI in cinema history and the results of the Worst Film of 2016 poll are finally revealed! Great fun for all the family, so roll a joint, sit back and get festive!

Episode 42 - Mallrats

The Vid Neg crew take a trip to New Jersey to review Kevin Smith's horrendously undercooked sophomore slump Mallrats. Open for business on this episode are rampant, wildly dated misogyny, some of the most uninventive filmmaking we've seen on the show and silly, scatological jokes out the wazoo.

Also: the most crowbarred-in (not to mention whitest) Hamilton reference you'll ever hear, how much Tim loved this film as a kid (to the point of copying Jay and Silent Bob) and Ol and Dan wax lyrical over their hatred of Kevin Smith himself!

And don't forget to cast your vote for our Worst of 2016 episode, not long til the polls close, so be sure to make your voice heard here: http://www.poll-maker.com/poll869740xBa9C482D-36

Episode 41 - Color Of Night

*Warning: the following episode contains Bruce Willis penis discussion. You have been warned.*

Our boy Bruce returns for his fourth appearance on the show, as we get under the sheets with his batshit insane erotic thriller Color of Night. Co-starring Sexy's Jane March, we discuss the world's most untrustworthy therapists, a script written by someone with no understanding of mental illness, the pointless colour-blindness of our leading man, and what film of the Willy man's oeuvre best describes his dangling member.

Plus, a VNPeep challenges us to get in 10 penis jokes over the course of the episode. Do we succeed? Listen and find out!

PPS: The voting is still open for our Worst of 2016 episode! Be sure to hit up the link here and make your voice heard: www.poll-maker.com/results869740x0648024c-36#tab-2

Episode 40 - Halloween H20

"It's Halloween, everyone's entitled to their 275th jump scare". The deadliest coven on the internet reconvene for their Halloween special, a review of 1998's Halloween H20! (Is that description great for the old SEO or what?).

We talk inappropriate reactions to PTSD, the Michael/Mike Myers conundrum, L(adies) L(ove) Cool J(ames)'s incredible erotic literature and Tim theories whether the Haddonfield slasher is actually a reincarnated cat. Plus, Myers takes a hellacious 50 foot spill off a church balcony through a table, complete with commentary from good old Jim Ross himself. No tricks, just treats on our scarily good Halloween episode!

Plus, we're getting an early start on our end-of-year Worst Film of 2016 episode! Like last year, we're putting it to you, the VNPeeps, to decide which film we'll look at as our final episode of the year. Go here to vote for the film you want us to review: https://pollev.com/bravefu405?_ga=1.96843743.1598436545.1477938081

Episode 39 - The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Great Directors, Bad Films season 2 ends with a dino-sized bumper episode, it's Steven Spielberg's The Lost World: Jurassic Park! 

Is this so-called "decent classic" as good as you remember? Probably not, as the gang get to grips with disappearing characters, Jeff Goldblum's non-heroic starring role, the most laissez-faire reaction to a T-Rex rampage ever and how John Hammond is the real villain of the film.

Plus things get sexy with a fan-submitted story that dulled some senses and heightened others. Plenty to sink your teeth into on this en-raptor-ing episode. Don't miss out!

Episode 37 - The Island of Dr. Moreau

Great Directors, Bad Films 2 kicks off with one of the 90s most infamous flops: John Frankenheimer's The Island of Dr. Moreau. A tale of deceit, hubris, and weird looking humanoids (and that's just the troubled production), the gang get to grips with Marlon Brando's enormous ego, as well as his vast waistline, Val Kilmer's prima donna demands, and the titular Dr. Moreau's choice wardrobe decisions. Plenty of insane behind the scenes stuff in this one, don't miss out!

Episode 35 - Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Video Game Negative reaches its final stage, as the boys take on the incredibly awful beat 'em up sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Could this be the most formulaic film ever made? Would you believe $30 million dollars could produce "special" effects so laughable? How harrowing can a film that yells its own name be? 

Plus, we read out your thoughts, opinions and experiences of the franchise, the film gets a startling comparison to a David Fincher film, and it comes down to a bloody, brutal game of Rock, Paper, Scissors to decide the next episode's film.

Episode 33 - Super Mario Bros: The Movie

It was only a matter of time before the Vid Neg crew got to grips with one of cinema's stinkiest, the infamous Super Mario Bros: The Movie. Anger is always the order of the day on this show, but hoo boy, do the gang get riled up in this one. Their live tweeting was only a taste of things to come. Just what is this film? Why did the filmmakers turn one of the most beloved franchises into some weird Mad Max/David Lynch fever dream? What's with the portrayal of plumbing as some sort of action-packed, danger-filled endeavour? And why is this film nothing like the game? Fuck it, the hosts get seriously pissed off in this one. Don't miss out!

Episode 31 - Captain America

Seen Civil War? Liked it? Good for you, just be glad you didn't have to watch Cap's 1990 affair, the appropriately and inventively titled Captain America. Vid Neg's latest episode sees the gang focus their rockets' red glare on the film's misguided machine gun slaughters, Steve Rodgers' less than heroic (criminal) tendencies as the eponymous character, and a twenty minute sojourn in Rome - all as the world is about to end (or some shit). Also featured, an infomercial for history's greatest speeches, and is Sam, the conspiracy theorist-obsessed journalist, responsible for all of the world's tragedies? By the dawn's early light, don't miss out on this one! 

Episode 30 - Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie

Requested by Brett Millen and the Wrestling Rewind Podcast, the Vid Neg crew sit down to review 1995's piss poor Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie. Firmly in the "nostalgia buster" category, any good memories of the classic TV show are dashed by 97 minutes of repetitive action, dull characters and shapeless plotting. What's with all the backflips? Why do the Rangers drag their heels when time is so clearly of the essence? And does walking off a ledge really constitute falling to your doom? All the hard-hitting questions answered in this mighty, morphin' episode!

Episode 28 - Kazaam

Video Negative's first request episode of the new year sees them take on Shaq's second film Kazaam! Unprepared to watch the film alone, the gang view the film together and then give you their red hot take on this foul up of a film. Why does everyone scream in this film? What's with people falling from great heights and surviving? Does pizza make up for years of absenteeism, and what the hell is the deal with the cassette tape? Confused, unintelligible, needlessly complicated (and that's just our leading man), a hitherto unfounded love for Shaq does blossom through the episode however, so be sure to listen in! 

Episode 25 - Santa With Muscles

The gang are back to face an old foe in Video Negative's Christmas special! That's right, Hulk Ho-ho-hogan is back with his appalling Crimbo vehicle Santa With Muscles! Plenty of yuletide yuks in this one. Also: The Hogan teat has been milked dry, so Tim puts Dan to the test with a true or false quiz about some of wrestling's weirdest and wackiest and sexual assaultiest (?) incidents ever. Don't miss out!

Episode 24: Troll 2

It's time to get spooky as the Vid Neg crew take on the infamously bad Troll 2. Touted as one of the worst films ever made, the gang get to grips with the film's "tenuous" grasp of vegetarianism, the limitless super powers of Grandpa Seth, and the deep origins of the storied folk song "Row Row Row Your Boat". No tricks, but plenty of treats on this terrifying Halloween edition...

Episode 23: Armageddon

Ladies and gentleman, we are floating in space. The Vid Neg crew blast off into unknown territory, taking on the 1998 film Armageddon film, directed by visionary cineaste and explosion fetishist Michael Bay. America is the world, and the gang have several bees in their bonnets about the chest-beating patriotism on display, why nobody seems to be taking a Texas-sized asteroid seriously and Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler's horrendous chemistry. Another actor is inducted into the Hall of Shame, also we discuss Michael Bay-as-auteur, his storied public speaking and a fracas he had with ravenous Hong Kongese cannibals. That last thing only kind of happened.

https://soundcloud.com/video-negative/armageddon-episode-23

Episode 22: Three Ninjas - High Noon at Mega Mountain

What better way to capitalise on the recent Hulk Hogan scandal than releasing an episode reviewing one of his films two months after the fact? Yes, the gang enter Hulk's ring to take on the 1998 karate party Three Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain.  Why do the whitest family in the world have an Oriental grandpa? Where are Colt's sideburns? Why is the parenting in the film so awful? All this plus the return of the Hulk Hogan quiz - Tim puts Dan to the test once more with a series of questions, the answers to which you won't believe, BROTHER!

https://soundcloud.com/video-negative/three-ninjas-high-noon-at-mega-mountain-episode-22