This week not only do we celebrate 100 episodes of Verbal Brew goodness, but we also go back and revisit the year that was 2010. We take a look at the year in films, TV and video games along with any thing else that struck our fancy this year. And we also take some time to remember some of the worst which we looked at that inspire many of the profanity laced rants that you’ve all come to know and love. Happy New Year and see you in 2011!

Best and Worst of 2010 - Episode # 100 [ 1:07:17 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Best and Worst of Movies 2010 (01:41 -23:48)

We discuss a number of the year’s films including Inception, Machete, Harry Brown and Scott Pilgrim vs the World.  We also look less fondly on the some of the worst of the year including Centurion, Alice in Wonderland, Skyline and I’m Still Here.

Best and Worst of TV 2010 (24:02 -36:45)

We also look at some highs and lows of the past year in television including Archer, Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy, V, Dexter, Sherlock and Fringe.

Best and Worst of Video Games 2010 (37:16 -58:06)

We’ve got a pile of different games that we look back on in our best of segment including Just Cause 2, Halo Reach, Miner Dig Deep and some mixed opinions concerning Red Dead Redemption.

Podcast Episode # 72 - F*ckerWhacker [ 1:09:39 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This week on the podcast, we look at a couple of new video game releases. The first is a new racing game for the Xbox 360 developed by Bizarre Creations, Blur. The second is the latest in Nintendo’s extensive Mario franchise, Super Mario Galaxy 2. We also take a look at a pair of films. One, the DVD release of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland and a recent British export now in theaters in North America, Harry Brown.

Blur – (0:58 – 13:54)

Super Mario Galaxy 2 (14:04 – 24:58)

Alice in Wonderland on DVD (25:15 – 45:21)

Harry Brown (45:22 – 67:05)

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With Comic-Con in full swing this weekend, we though we’d take a look at some of the many trailers being promoted at the con.

The Prisoner

AMC is premiering this new six part mini-series this fall which is a remake of a British show from the sixties. AMC has posted a nine minute (!) trailer to promote the show. It looks like they’ve secured quite the cast with Jim Caviezel and Sir Ian McKellen starring. You can pop over to AMC’s site to see even more videos for the show.

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