Welkin One Podcast

Join Chris as he analyzes & reviews Us, the 2019 horror film, directed by Jordan Peele & starring Lupita Nyong'o. With his sophomoric effort, Peele is determined to create another award-worthy horror movie. A family's serenity turns to chaos when a group of doppelgängers begins to terrorize them. Sounds like a recipe for another mind-bender! But does it come together with as great a story as Get Out? Does Lupita have what it takes to carry a slasher movie? (Trick question - the answer is obviously). Is Jordan Peele a new master of horror? What's up with those red outfits? Is Winston Duke just Homer from The Simpsons? Most importantly, can 'I Got 5 On It' get any effing creepier?! SPOILERS BEGIN at 13:23 Watch Us on Amazon Support the show by giving us a review on iTunes Would you like to know more? Visit our Home

Join Chris as he analyzes & reviews Aquaman, the 2018 DC action/adventure movie, directed by James Wan & starring Jason Mamoa, Amber Heard & Nicole Kidman. Arthur Curry, the human-born heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, goes on a quest to prevent a war between the worlds of ocean and land. But is it a worthy quest? Does Khal Drogo have what it makes to anchor a big-budget solo film? Is Black Manta as cool as he looks? Does James Wan bring his horror mastery to DC? IS THAT NICOLE KIDMAN IN ACTION?! Most importantly, is this the best DCEU film? SPOILERS BEGIN at 12:13 Watch Aquaman on Amazon Support the show with a review on iTunes Would you like to know more? Visit our Home. 

Join Jeff & Chris as they drunkenly analyze & review Venom, the 2018 mega-anticipated action/horror comic book movie, directed by Reuben Fleischer & starring Tom Hardy. Eddie Brock, a failed reporter, is bonded to an alien entity, one of many symbiotes who have invaded Earth. But the being takes a liking to Earth and decides to protect it. Sounds like the ultimate Spider-Man villain we all know and love, right? Wrong. You haven't seen Venom like this. You could've never imagined a Venom movie being good without Spidey or even Carnage. And you were right.  Does this long-awaited feature role satisfy? Is it better than Spider-Man 3? Who's got the worst wig? Who knows why he's called Venom. Who knows why Jenny Slate was used like this? Who knows why Venom is an anti-hero?  And WHO SOLD EMINEM'S SOUL TO THE DEVIL?! SPOILERS BEGIN at 20:23 Watch Venom on Amazon Support the show by giving us a review on iTunes Would you like to know more? Visit our Home.

Join Chris as he analyzes & reviews Dragon Ball Super: Broly, the 2019 anime action movie, directed by Tatsuya Nagamine & starring Masako Nozawa. With a reimagined origin story of the uber-famous Dragon Ball Z, we are officially introduced to the legendary super saiyan, Broly. He may be the most raw & powerful being in the multiverse...but is he strong enough to beat both Vegeta AND Goku? Is this an accessible story to mainstream audiences? Is it a story worthy of a feature film? Are the fights epic? Just how much does Broly scream? Could Frieza get any more evil? How long does Vegeta need to learn fusion?  Most importantly, who wins the universe-shattering fight? SPOILERS BEGIN at 9:51 Watch Dragon Ball Super: Broly on Amazon Support the show by giving us a review on iTunes Would you like to know more? Visit our Home.

Join Chris as he analyzes & reviews Glass, the 2019 comic book movie trilogy capper, directed by M. Night Shyamalan & starring James McAvoy, Samuel L. Jackson & Bruce Willis.  Worlds collide as we follow up both Unbreakable & Split with a drama/action film that ooooozes M. Night Shyamalan's sudden secret universe. Can David Dunn defeat The Beast and stop the ultimate plan of Mr. Glass? We've got big reveals, subverting questions, an intense mood, a signature last-minute M.Night twist, & a battle for the future. But does it all coalesce? Does it satisfy as a trilogy ender? Is it the best in the series? Is Sarah Paulson great? (obviously) Most importantly, what was with that ending? SPOILERS BEGIN at 10:38 Watch Glass on Amazon Support the show by giving us a review on iTunes Would you like to know more? Visit our Home.

Join Chris as he analyzes & reviews Triple Frontier, Netflix's 2019 action/thriller film directed by JC Chandor & starring Oscar Isaac, Ben Affleck & Charlie Hunnam. Five former special forces operatives reunite to steal a drug lord's fortune, unleashing a chain of unintended consequences & challenging their deepest morals. Netflix is really stepping it up! Enlisting an A-level cast & crew to deliver a deeper-then-expected heist film. Does the action deliver? Can this exceptional cast tear down their genre stereotypes? Is Charlie Hunnam just Jax from Sons of Anarchy? Wait...Is Ben Affleck a great actor? Most importantly, did they really think this heist out? SPOILERS BEGIN at 12:42 Watch Triple Frontier on Netlix Support the show by giving us a review on iTunes. Would you like to know more? Visit our Home.

Join Chris as he analyzes & reviews Escape Room, the 2019 horror/thriller movie directed by Adam Robitel & starring Taylor Russell. Six strangers accept an invitation to a deadly game of mystery rooms and must conquer their darkest secrets in order to survive. It's a January movie (not a good sign right?) but it's got a premise that's easy to deliver on. Are the deaths satisfying? Are the characters likable? Is the story ridiculous? Is there a twist? Is Karen from Daredevil any more tolerable? Most importantly, how bad is that sequel setup??  SPOILERS BEGIN at 13:19  Watch Escape Room on Amazon Support the show by giving us a review on iTunes Would you like to know more? Visit our Home.

Join Chris, Jeff & Vincent as they analyze & review (with FULL SPOILERS) Predator, the classic 1987 action horror film directed by John McTiernan & starring Arnold Schwarzenegger in the prime of his cigar-chomping career. We enter the Central American jungle to follow Dutch & his badass rescue crew as they are hunted by one of the most iconic creatures in cinematic history. This is a supremely confident, mega-machismo war movie..but there's a hint of horror..then it's a gloriously gory slasher with beach ball biceps..& then it becomes the greatest showdown put to screen! ..or is it? Was that opening shot a mistake? Is Bill Duke's performance secretly the best part of the movie? Do Dutch & the Colonel have a hidden past? Is that the most undignified death scream we've ever heard? That 3rd act. Kinda memorable, right? But was it the best choice for the story? Is it even a good fight? Is there a better battle cry in film? Join us as we dive through more Predator history than we're comfort

Join Chris as he analyzes & reviews (with NO SPOILERS) Halloween, the 2018 sequel to John Carpenter's grandfather of classic slashers. This time directed by David Gordon Green, written by Danny McBride and starring Jamie Lee Curtis. Michael Myers is back! 40 years after the legendary original, he has unfinished business in Haddonfield - namely killing the ultimate final girl - Laurie Strode. Chris caught the world premiere of this new horror film at TIFF and is here to share his SPOILER-FREE thoughts on the newest entry in the long-standing franchise. Is Haddonfield worth revisiting? Listen to Chris' take and let us know your thoughts!

Join Chris & Vincent as they analyze & review (with FULL SPOILERS) Spider-Man 3, the 2007 blockbuster comic book movie trilogy capper starring Tobey MaGuire & directed by Sam Raimi. We end our journey of the original Marvel Spidey film trilogy with a hilarious breakdown of the one of the most anticipated blockbusters of all-time. In this 3rd & final chapter of the Raimi series we get fired up as Sony begins butchering the name of Spider-Man! Things are going spectacularly well for Peter Parker until he discovers a secret about Uncle Ben's murder & must deal with the consequences Harry Osborn's revenge. On top of that, we get the big screen realization of the classic villain, Sandman! Oh, also the black ooze of plot from Prometheus makes a cameo. We've got a multitude of characters & an emotional ending to dissect, fast & furious Spidey action to praise, an iconic black suit to fanboy over, a jazz club scene to loathe, franchise rankings & thoughts, James Franco's distracting la

Join Chris as he analyzes & reviews (with FULL SPOILERS) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - the 2014 science fiction film sequel starring the great Andy Serkis & directed by Matt Reeves. This is the middle chapter of the rebooted Caesar trilogy. The 2nd entries in most trilogies are usually considered to be the best of their respective franchises - does that apply to Dawn? We join Caesar in his struggle to avoid War in a time of inevitable desperation. We've got Andy Serkis with a deeply nuanced performance, stunning VFX & a great Shakespearean setup for the villain. Our new independent ape community deals with a dramatic descension as Koba struggles with his tortured past & we witness the true ramifications of the simian flu. Koba & Caesar are forced to battle for the future of the apes ideology. Finally, we get our epic action scenes, with humans versus machine gun-wielding Apes.. on horses! We endure the true nature of war as the final showdown for both worlds sets us up for a truly aweso

Join Chris & The Film Freak as they analyze & review (with MINIMAL SPOILERS) the entire Year of 2017 in Film, in Part 2 of our massive annual Movie Countdown! From early-year contenders to the late-year Oscar rush, we break down 100 movies each in an epic countdown to awarding our own Academy Awards & our UNANIMOUS winner for #1 Film of 2017! In this 2nd part we praise our Top 50, which includes the best of the best, while indulging in our favorite movies like John Wick: Chapter 2, Jordan Peele's directorial debut & some films completely snubbed by the Academy. But can we agree on how good they are? The debates begin very quickly! With The Last Jedi, Darkest Hour, Beauty and the Beast, Pennywise & even Ridley Scott we have some very surprising & controversial picks early on. We see some major differences in our ratings with the likes of Wonder Woman, Power Rangers, Baby Driver & several Netflix titles. But we can definitely agree that Aubrey Plaza delivered a star-making performanc

Join Chris & Chelsey as they analyze & review (with FULL SPOILERS) Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows! Both Part 1 from 2010 & Part 2 from 2011 of JK Rowling's EPIC fantasy movie franchise are covered in a David Yates-directed saga capper that showcases the brilliance of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes & the late great Alan Rickman. For the 7th & final time we join Harry, Hermione & Ron as they embark on a darkly desperate, cerebral & war-driven journey through gripping tension & world-ending stakes to destroy the 7 horcruxes. Relationships are tested to their limits with character drama & storytelling depth that hit an all-time high for the series. We get the action we wanted from The Half-Blood Prince & indulge in some very special & satisfying moments from the queen of Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall! David Yates proves why he was given the keys to the kingdom with a character death we will never forget in Part 1's setup for the ultima

Join Chris & Amanda as they analyze & review (with FULL SPOILERS) Logan, the 2017 comic book action film directed by James Mangold & starring (supposedly for the final time!) Hugh Jackman in his career-defining role - Wolverine! In his 3rd solo outing, our titular & beloved character is beyond hurt & withered. New forces, and secrets, emerge from the dark of this superhero western - drawing him to discover his purpose. Plus he's R-rated. Bloody blades galore! This movie review has us in dire straights with honest & vulnerable, gut-wrenching character work combined with INTENSE violence. The critical stakes are rooted in deep family drama that looks to subvert the genre - but does it succeed in seperating itself? Is this the best X-Men movie? We end with a bloody epic forest battle that has Wolverine in full glory! We get a vicious final showdown & an ending that we need to discuss. AND we make a little announcement about the podcast's upcoming schedule! TIMECODES ACT I - 17:44 ACT

Join Chris & The Film Freak as they analyze & review (with MINIMAL SPOILERS) the entire Year of 2017 in Film, in Part 1 of our massive annual Movie Countdown! From January dumps to December Oscar Bait, we break down 100 movies each in an epic countdown to awarding our Oscars & #1 Film of the Year. In this 1st part we dissect our Bottom 50 of 2017 which includes the white hot garbage & our award for Worst Movie of 2017! We have a possible contender for worst of all-time & we take a pounding from the likes of The Rock & The Bye Bye Man. We continue on with the heavy hitters - enduring Gerard Butler in space, Dax Shephard in a downward spiral, confused dramas & one of the worst flops in box office history. We suffer Michael Bay, David Ayer, Will Ferrell, the worst Fast & Furious rip-off, the ONE movie that The Film Freak vetoed this year & plenty of forgettables that need to be called out. We explore several straight-to-streaming & Netflix titles including several horror i

Join Chris as he analyzes & reviews (with FULL SPOILERS), The Grey, the 2011 survival thriller film directed by Joe Carnahan & starring Liam Neeson. An Alaskan oil rig crew's plane goes down in the wilderness & forces the survivors to battle a pack of monstrous wolves! Sounds like a good plan for a fun, but silly, B-movie right? The trailer certainly promised an epic Neeson Vs Wolf fight - but marketing can sometimes be misleading. Is that a bad thing? Is this film just another Taken with the hounds of hell...or is it something real? This tense & dark action/drama coldly slips us into a waking nightmare with one of the scariest movie plane crashes of all time! Deeper into the fray we go as we explore the philosophical nature of death with a contemplative yet deeply challenging existential statement. This in-depth review also has Chris discussing a wide-spread theory that could change the entire film. Plus we endure several hard-to-watch moments & bear witness to *quite possibly* Liam Neeso

Join Chris as he analyzes & reviews (with FULL SPOILERS) Transformers: Age of Extinction, the 2014 mega-blockbuster action movie sequel starring Mark Wahlberg and directed, once again, by Michael Bay. The maestro of destruction takes the director's chair to follow up, not reboot, his wildly divisive yet insanely successful Shia LaBoeuf trilogy. In this in-depth film review we dive into the ideas the writers came up with to draw Mr. Bay back for his 4th attempt at bringing the beloved 80s cartoon to life. Sam Witwicky is gone! We have a new, more adult, star in Dirk Diggler himself - Mark Wahlberg - and it's his most challenging role yet! Can Marky Mark pull off being a Texan inventor in this darker sequel that aims to change the game with multiple horrifying character deaths? And then it keeps going. We meet our new band of autobots as they explore the answers to both what the transformers are made of AND...what killed the dinosaurs! And then it keeps going. All 7000 'plot threads' collide in a 3rd act th

Join Amanda & Chris as they analyze & review (with FULL SPOILERS) Power Rangers, the 2017 action film directed by Dean Israelite and starring Dacre Montgomery & Elizabeth Banks. In this very fun movie review we break down the 'gritty' reboot of what was once a wildly popular TV Show in the 90s. This ain't your momma's Power Rangers! Can the franchise translate to current day, satisfy fans AND be good? We meet our group of misfits who have a surprising amount of character as they discover their newfound power. Our new rangers need to come together as a team but struggle to understand eachother. Can they unite and defeat the much less campy and much more evil, cackling Rita Repulsa? And we endure all the nostalgia of a 3rd act that is the most expensive episode the show has ever dreamed of. PLUS! Someone jerks off a bull... TIMECODES ACT I - 14:20 ACT II - 41:55 ACT III - 57:18 DIFFERENT TAKES - 1:09:52 RATINGS/FINAL THOUGHTS - 1:15:55 Watch Power Rangers on Amazon and Listen to Brian Tyler's Scor

Join Chris as he analyzes & reviews (with FULL SPOILERS) the ENTIRE Chucky Series. From the original in 1988 to 2017's latest chapter - Chris breaks down each entry and then ranks the popular(?) horror slasher movie franchise. Don Mancini writes the whole killer doll film series, even directing the last 3 entries, all starring the legendary Brad Dourif in his most famous role - Chucky! First, we begin in the creepy & inspired 80s full of dark atmosphere & real world terrors in Child's Play. Second, we walk a bloodier yet direct path to sequeltown in Child's Play 2. Third, we questionably enlist at a joke of a military school in Child's Play 3. Fourth, Ronny Yu changes the whole game...with marriage! in Bride of Chucky. Fifth, we venture to Hollywood for a disgusting parody nobody was ready for in Seed of Chucky. Sixth, we soft reboot back to the horror roots and introduce a bold new star! in Curse of Chucky. Finally, we go crazy at a mental hospital and confront Chucky's army in a next-level gory

  Join Chris as he analyzes & reviews (with FULL SPOILERS) Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the 2011 live-action blockbuster movie trilogy-capper directed once again by the action master, Michael Bay, starring Shia LaBeouf and produced by Steven Spielberg. We enter the best visual and sound effect heaven, of this film series, in our lead-up to 2017's Transformers: The Last Knight! *Almost* all of the cast is back together with Bay at the helm for an even bigger, prettier and louder 2nd sequel. The Autobots are working with the humans to battle an alien invasion for the stakes our planet. We investigate the far side of the moon conspiracy, welcome Sam's new (and even more out of his league) girlfriend, meet Optimus' mentor, Sentinel Prime and endure Sam's exhaustive job hunt.   We've got epic highway action, stunning 3D visuals, massive set pieces, betrayals, actual character deaths, the end of the human/Autobot alliance, apocalyptic final battles, Cybertron being brought to Earth AND the conclusion to t