While Brian was able to combine his two favourite things – football and movies – for his review of Friday Night Lights, Steve combined his two favourite things – babies and movies – for this one. More of a roadside attraction than a documentary, it is still a very pleasant film to watch.

Listen in on the first of our 3 part series on the Red Riding trilogy, examining a web of corruption and murder in Yorkshire, England spanning decades.

Brian shares his thoughts on season 4 of FNL without spoiling anything for Steve, who’s only just joined in on the fun.

Welcome to a special “Steve drinks 20oz of coffee on the air” edition of The Film Cynics – you can feel the intensity increase as the caffeine takes hold. We’ve got 3 DVD reviews this week, including the first in our series on the Red Riding trilogy. And hey, the Emmy’s were on tonight. Who knew? Feast your ears this:

1. A brisk discussion in advance of Sunday night’s Emmy Awards. Did we get any right?
2. Brian reviews Season 4 of Friday Night Lights and Steve reviews the documentary Babies.
3. Our review of Red Riding 1974 as the first instalment of our series on the Red Riding trilogy.
4. Steve’s Top 5 Picks for the the fall slate of movies.
5. We break Boy A and Baraka out of the Vault and talk about the trailers for 127 Hours and The Walking Dead.

With nothing on our DVD slate this week, we’ve got a bit of a mixed bag including organizing Steve’s movie collection and measuring the summer’s mercenary flicks against each other.

1. Brian is fresh from seeing The Expendables, so we take some time to see how it measures up against the other mercenary films of the summer. Apparently, casting isn’t everything.
2. With Steve’s DVD collection pushing the 530 mark, he’s reaching out for help and advice on how to organize everything. Alphabetical? Chronological? Autobiographical? Emotional? What kind of order should they go in?
3. Brian’s shares his top 5 favourite sketch comedy shows. Be ready for some show you’ve never heard of, and also be prepared for Monty Python to not be on this list.
4. Brian is tickled pink that Burn Notice is finally making it’s way to Canadian airwaves. Don’t know what Burn Notice is? Brian can explain it for you. He’s also got his impressions on The Good Guys – apparently the news is good.
5. Man on Wire and Unbreakable are broken out of the Vault, and then there’s just enough time for the trailers for Black Swan and I’m Still Here.

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It’s probably the best show on Showtime’s roster, and the fourth season ranks as one of the best, but what otherwise should have been a slam-dunk “Keeper” winds up a “Renter” due to lacklustre special features.

With Steve fresh from a trip to the lake, it’s a special swimsuit edition of The Film Cynics this week with Steve in a bathing suit and both of your beloved hosts taking a relaxed approach to podcasting. Let’s break it down:

1. Steve offers the best kind of advice on staying cool in the summertime, while Brian breaks the news about Star Wars coming to blu-ray.
2. Next up is our review of Dexter: Season 4. It’s Showtime’s best show on its roster and season 4 ranks the second best of the so far, but it’s features involve the use of DVD-ROM. What kind of rating can it salvage from the ‘Cynics?
3. It is our great pleasure to bestow our blessing on Edgar Wright’s latest work of genius, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. It’s a great time, wrapped in kung fu, video games and indie music.
4. Scott Pilgrim wears it’s setting of Toronto as a badge of honour, and there’s a number of new shows on TV on in Canada and the US that bear the same distinction.
5. We cap off our show with our Vault picks of Shaun of the Dead and Kung Faux, followed by the trailers for Enter the Void and Season 4 1/2 of The Venture Bros.

The blu-ray release of Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of Mark Millar’s graphic novel offers up al the same thrills, plus a bevvy of features to go with it. It should be considered a welcome addition to your collection, as testified to by our “Double Keeper” rating.

We lay it on thick with TV talk this week with a chat about food shows, TMZ, Carson Daly and our Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts of the Fall TV season. But fear not, we’ve still got a review of Kick-Ass, our Vault retrospective on Matthew Vaughn’s movies, and shine a light on the trailers for Let Me In and Jackass 3D.

It was hard to maintain an open mind going into this review after all the negative-hype out there, but Steve’s got a weakness for the Greekness and couldn’t resist.