1. While it might have seemed like we were doing a show about movies, TV & pop-culture, it turns out what we’ve really been doing is waiting for Two and a Half Men to be cancelled. Well…winning!
2. Now that Steve’s in the big city, he’s treated himself with a trip to his favourite movie theatre – unfortunately he went to see I Am Number Four. Brian makes up for Steve’s poor choice though by screening Incendies and The Adjustment Bureau.
3. We’re offered a touching and hilarious farewell by our colleagues, which leads us straight into our last word on Mad Men and the inexplicable hold it has on the viewing public.
4. The Oscars came and went without much in the way of poetically just moments, but we put The King’s Speech success in perspective, along with a few other awards for other equally worthy films.
5. And just when you thought it was all wrapped up, Steve has a sudden attack of diarrhea of the mouth and spouts off about his theory about the end of Shutter Island. To be honest, I lost track of time and didn’t realize we were hurtling toward the end of the show. If we’d wrapped up things the way I really wanted to, I probably would have made my final Vault pick Pump up the Volume, or maybe explained that I said “Greee-tings!” off the top of every show because of Super Troopers. This is the kind of chaos that transpires when we aren’t both in the studio. Alas, our perfect final show will have to remain a figment of my imagination.

Can’t believe this is the last one of these I’ll be writing for a while. I’ve got some sweet ideas cooked up for some “regular” blog posts, but I think that’s gonna have to wait until I get some kind of new writing zone, other than the subway.

Infinite thanks go out to Brian for everything. I couldn’t have done this show with anyone else and he gets full props for putting up with my primadona movie grandstanding.

1. (0:00) After getting the usual pleasantries out of the way, we dive right in to Oscar talk by sizing up the nominees for Best Actor.
2. (11:13) We run down the list of Best Actress nominees, followed by the Best Supporting Actor nominees.
3. (20:51) We display some showmanship by holding off on Best Picture talk and discuss Best Supporting Actor, followed by the nominees for Best Animated Feature.
4. (28:00) Too caught up in the moment, we skip Best Director and head straight for Best Picture and all of its 10 hopefuls.
5. (37:52) Brian unleashes Freaks & Geeks from the Vault, followed by Steve with The Godfather Part II. For trailers, we’ve got The Hangover 2 and Bad Teacher, both with the possibility for hilarity.

And yes, for those of you following along at home, we will be shutting down our show after next week for the foreseeable future. I’m heading out to Ontario to pursue new career opportunities, but I won’t be shutting down the site and definitely won’t be calling an end to my love of movies, TV and pop-culture.

1. In the movie news department, Steve’s excited to report that Shane Black is apparently taking the reins for the third Iron Man film. This could be a big win for the franchise bringing the king of the buddy film on board.
2. Brian might really be losing his patience with the shows he’s watching, ’cause he’s asking Steve how far his TV show loyalty stretches. In this day and age, it ain’t far.
3. Megamind presents the Film Cynics with an interesting quandary: What is to be done with a comedy that isn’t funny? Many films that fail at their intended genre can spill into comedy for being laughable. But if it’s meant to be laughable and isn’t, then what?
4. We haven’t had much to geek out about for a long time, until now. Warner has just launched it’s new series of movie apps and to Steve it looks like this might be the future of DLC.
5. Steve and Brian take some familiar Vault picks, with Brian trying to redeem Will Ferrell with Anchorman and Steve sharing a proper superhero flick with Mystery Men. As for trailers, Brian’s got a good one in Apollo 18 (although he can’t help himself from mentioning Transformers 3 and ruining the moment) and Steve’s got the new trailer for Thor in all it’s godly glory.

1. It’s not often that Steve admits he was wrong, but he made a major faux pas when he ignored Brian’s advice about Friday Night Lights. At least this time he tuned in before it was too late. After 5 strong seasons, it’s finally bowing out in fine style and Steve and Brian toast to its success.
2. It’s not exactly clear what brought it on, but Steve’s got David Patrick Kelly fever and he’s got a top 5 list to prove it.
3. Davis Guggenheim’s latest documentary, Waiting for Superman, examines the plight of the American education system. Does he have the skills to infuse the subject matter with the same buzz as global warming? Enough even to make the issue relevant to a pair of Canadians?
4. The Victoria Film Festival is wrapping up and there’s been some gems and some duds, but the important thing was to get out there.
5. Brian releases Dear Zachary from the Vault while Steve offers up The Warriors. For trailers we’ve got some leftovers from the Super Bowl: Super 8 and Captain America.

1. We open up the show talking about Super Bowl ads and a few bits of movie news.
2. Now that Brian’s back from California, he regales Steve with tales of the Arclight Theatre, and Steve reciprocates by giving while the thumbs up to The Illusionist.
3. It’s Kind of a Funny Story stays in the shallow end of the psych ward films, but that helps keep it light and pleasant. Is the story funny enough to get a consensus out of the ‘Cynics?
4. Steve offers up the best reasons he can come up with to check out the Victoria Film Festival, and film festivals in general.
5. We’ve each got a psych ward film for our Vault picks this week – the über-classic One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and the scifi-schmaltzy K-Pax. For trailers it’s a mixed bag with Bridesmaids and Cold Weather, a special favourite for Steve.

1. We enjoy a playful round of “get to know ya” with Kathy Kay and Donovan Aikman and get a proper movie lovers chat happening.
2. We’ve got an instructional and informative palavering about what to expect from the upcoming Victoria Film Festival.
3. There have been some questions hanging in the air since the Oscar nominations were announced, and we’ve got some of the answers.
4. Steve offers up a few directors who have let their edge go dull and we move directly into the Vault for Dave and the UK Office and the trailers for Beginners and Black Death.

Machete lampoons the “Mexploitation” genre, but has anyone actually been contributing to the genre other than Robert Rodriguez himself?

Lisbeth Salander set a new standard for female empowerment in movies, but does the Millennium Trilogy come to a close with a whimper or a bang?

1. We’re on the best of 2010 straight out of the gate with a brief intermission to give away a Mechanic mini prize pack. If theres one thing we like sharing more than opinions, it’s prizes.
2. We speed things along to cram the rest of our top 5s in before the news break, it helps that we’ve got a few picks in common.
3. The Girl That Kicked the Hornet’s Nest closes the Millenium Trilogy with some much awaited thrills and revelations. It might not stand on it’s own, but can we really hold that against a film like this?
4. It might be hard to believe that a movie based on a fake trailer could wind up garnering a cast including the likes of Steven Seagal and Robert DeNiro – but when Robert Rodriguez decides to lampoon his own brand of “Mexploitation”, Machete is what you get.
5. We’ve got ulterior motives with our Vault picks this week, or Steve does anyway. Brian’s got El Mariachi in celebration of Rodriguez’s esteemed career and Steve goes with The Lovely Bones, outraged that it wasn’t more lauded after finally seeing it the night before. For trailers, we’ve got the unlikely choices of Scream 4 and Rubber.

Also, while I forgot to mention it on the air, the Sorting It All Out contest is still on for those who still want to offer up their movie sorting suggestions. In the pot right now there’s the Rocky Undisputed Collection, The Town, Machete, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest & probably a few other things. Thanks to all who’ve entered, we’ll let the lucky winner(s) know ASAP.