On episode 155 we take a look at the animated series The Life and Times of Tim which just started it’s third season. We also review the recent DVD release of Warrior.
The Life and Times of Tim is an animated series about Tim, an office worker living with his girlfriend in New York City. The show is currently in the middle of its third season on HBO.
Warrior (12:49 – 30:57)
Warrior tells the story of two brothers who both compete in the world of mixed martial arts. Starring Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy and Jennifer Morrison the film was released on DVD and BluRay back in December 2011.
On this week’s podcast we take a look at the film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Season 2 of Sherlock and a new downloadable game for the Xbox 360, Chopper HD.
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (02:04 – 12:23)
Gary Oldman is a retired spy who returns to investigate a potential mole within the upper echelon of British Intellegence. Based on the 1974 novel by John le Carré, the film also stars Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt and Mark Strong. The film is currently in wide release in theaters in North America.
Sherlock Season 2 (12:41 – 35:30)
We had taken a look at season one of Sherlock last year and this year the show returns with season two and another trio of 90 min episodes. Season 2 of the show will be available on DVD and BluRay in Europe on January 23.
Choplifter HD (35:40 -45:36 )
Choplifter HD is a remake of the original Choplifter arcade game released back in 1982. We took a look at the game on the Xbox Live Arcade but it is also available for Windows and the PlayStation 3.
In what has become an annual tradition around Verbal Brew HQ, we sit down to take a look back at the things we’ve played, read and watched over the last year. We nominate our favorites of the year and reflect back on some of the other things that were a little less favorable.
We look back at a number of games from the past year including Batman: Arkham City, Rochard, Sanctum, Minecraft, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Dead Pixels, Portal 2 and L.A. Noire.
Television (24:56 – 35:41)
We also look back a number of TV shows from the past year including Sons of Anarchy, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Torchwood and Episodes.
Movies (35:55 – 54:47)
We wrap up our year in review by discussing some of the year’s films that we enjoyed (and some of those that we didn’t) including The Muppets, X-Men First Class, Drive, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Cowboys Vs Aliens, Thor and Captain America.
On this week’s podcast we get our hands on Batman: Arkham City and follow up on some of this year’s new Fall TV shows. We even take some time to discuss the newly released Grand Theft Auto V trailer.
Arkham City is the highly anticipated follow up to 2009′s Arkham Asylum. A section of Arkham City has been closed off to house Gotham’s prisoners including such colorful characters as Joker, the Penguin and the Riddler. Bruce Wayne is arrested and dropped inside and tries to learn more about this new prison being overseen by Hugo Strange.
We also take some time at the end of this segment to give our thought on the new announcement of Grand Theft Auto V. Here’s the trailer if you haven’t seen it yet.
More new Fall TV (26:46 – 68:03)
We had taken a look at a number of new fall shows a few weeks ago and we wanted to come back and see what shows we had stuck with and what other new shows we’ve started watching. We take a look at a number of shows including The Walking Dead Season 2, Ringer, Grimm, Once Upon a Time, American Horror Story and Wilfred.
