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It's Halloween time and POP CULTURE DRAFT NIGHT is going after the entire spectral realm to see who can make the best team of pop culture ghosts! If you think you know where this draft is going, trust us that you have no idea. Vote for who you think won at the link below!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/779J3NC?fbclid=IwAR22sEE_k0I09DdmzWBgAWpfk9Nn1Efb21RGSPiamRmItZcTx0Q1yCcDHJc

FEATURING: Phil Rockwell, Zach Vroman & Randi Rockwell

#MonsterCast heads back into the realm of recent releases and another episode of #FullDisclosure. This go-round Jeremy is breaking down the sequel we've all wanted for 10 years and finally have: Zombieland: Double Tap. Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.

IMDB PAGE: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560220/

FEATURING: Jeremy Goeckner

#MonsterCast continues! Our horror film spotlights heads into the realm of the ghostly as Sara and Jeremy break down Mike Flanagan's reality bending scare-fest Oculus. Starring Karen Gillan and Brenton Thwaites, a woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

IMDB PAGE: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2388715/

FEATURING: Jeremy Goeckner & Sara Baltusevich

#Classics gets in on the #MonsterCast fun by going all the way back to 1931 and the beginning of the movie monster craze with Bela Lugosi's classic Dracula. The ancient vampire Count Dracula arrives in England and begins to prey upon the virtuous young Mina.

IMDB PAGE: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021814/

FEATURING: Brandon Davis & Eric Flick

#MonsterCast isn't just great because we get to talk all the horror films we can get our hands on! It's also great because we get to welcome back one of our favorite shows! After a long hiatus #Flashback is officially... back! And we're jumping back onto the nostalgia train by looking at Wes Craven's New Nightmare. A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?

#MonsterCast continues with a crossover event worthy of such an epic month of podcasting! #GuiltyPleasures and #BeyondTheMouse are joining forces to tackle the 2003 Eddie Murphy "comedy" based on the famous Disney World ride, The Haunted Mansion. A realtor and his wife and children are summoned to a mansion, which they soon discover is haunted, and while they attempt to escape, he learns an important lesson about the family he has neglected.

IMDB PAGE: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338094/

If you wanted to manufacture the personification of tall, dark, and handsome in a lab, the result would likely resemble Armie Hammer. He's so infuriatingly good-looking, even his voice is handsome, and that doesn’t even make sense (but it totally makes perfect sense). So, his casting as Will, the "man’s man" at the center of Babak Anvari’s new film, Wounds, could not have been more spot-on. A proud Tulane drop-out, Will makes his bones bartending at Rosie’s, a New Orleans hole-in-the-wall with a small, but loyal clientele.

October and #MonsterCast gets even better this month with a very special episode. We were lucky enough to screen the new #Hulu film #Wounds and the acclaimed director Babak Anvari was good enough to join us for an interview diving deep into the film.

IMDB PAGE: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5913798/

FEATURING: Phil Rockwell

Every October once again brings MONSTERCAST to the Front Row Network! We continue our spotlights with our creature feature by getting thoroughly grossed out be all things Cronenberg in 1986's The Fly. A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.

IMDB PAGE: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091064/

FEATURING: Jeremy Goeckner & Sara Baltusevich

Every October once again brings MONSTERCAST to the Front Row Network! We're once again very excited to bring you our personal rankings of the 2nd annual HuluWeen Film Fest. These are 7 horror shorts from up and coming film-makers competing for the top prize of $50,000 toward making their short into a feature film. Which of the shorts tops our list? You'll have to listen to find out!

FEATURING: Jeremy Goeckner & Sara Baltusevich

It's one of the most divisive films of the year and probably one that will be for quite some time after. Joaquin Phoenix brings the character of the Joker to new life in Todd Phillips' truly bleak Gotham City origin one-shot. Now it's time for the #FullDisclosure treatment. In Gotham City, mentally-troubled comedian Arthur Fleck embarks on a downward-spiral of social revolution and bloody crime. This path brings him face-to-face with his infamous alter-ego: "The Joker".

Every October once again brings MONSTERCAST to the Front Row Network! We're excited to kick off the first of our four horror film spotlights for #MonsterCast by taking a look at the entire #ParanormalActivity Franchise. This is one of the most profitable film franchises of all time and changed the game for found footage's mass appeal. Just, you know..... ignore the last 3.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranormal_Activity_(film_series)

FEATURING: Jeremy Goeckner & Sara Baltusevich

We at the Network are beyond excited to once again kick off October and our annual MonsterCast! This year we've packed the month with more content than ever and we're kicking it all off with a FULL DISCLOSURE of the recent horror fun-fest Ready or Not. A bride's wedding night takes a sinister turn when her eccentric new in-laws force her to take part in a terrifying game.

IMDB PAGE: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7798634/

FEATURING: Jeremy Goeckner & Sara Baltusevich

FULL DISCLOSURE continues it's string of #Mini spoiler reviews by reviewing the PBS storming of the Fall Box Office and the movie adaptation/sequel of the prestige drama Downton Abbey. The continuing story of the Crawley family, wealthy owners of a large estate in the English countryside in the early 20th century.

GUILTY PLEASURES is putting on its hardcore 90s nostalgia glasses and seeing just how guilty the panel can get while watching the Disney "classic" Man of the House from 1995. Starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Chevy Chase, A young boy refuses to accept his mother's new boyfriend, a lawyer, despite the man's attempts to win his respect, while disgruntled relatives of a criminal he prosecuted seek revenge.

IMDB PAGE: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113755/

CLASSICS returns by diving into the suspenseful world of Alfred Hitchcock once again with the film that many consider his masterpiece: 1958's Vertigo. A former police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with a hauntingly beautiful woman. We're also beyond psyched to welcome Mr. Eric Flick to the Network for the first time!

IMDB PAGE: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052357/

FEATURING: Brandon Davis, Jeremy Goeckner & Eric Flick (debut)

As Survivor embarks on its 39th season this week, Front Row hosts and resident super-fans Lou Hare and Brandon Davis discuss their history with the reality TV juggernaut and what they're looking forward to in Season 39.

It's never a dull time at the Network when con season comes around. Even though everyone in the home office was busy with assignments we were lucky enough to have guest correspondent Trey Johnson cover the Heroes & Villains and Walker Stalker FanFest in Chicago. He got interviews with all ranges of people from stars, authors, artists and of course the COSPLAYERS! Enjoy!

FEATURING: Trey Johnson

We travel back to 1937 and talk Walt's Folley, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Brett and Craig are joined by Brandon (Front Row Classics) and local author/illustrator Dominic Cellini.

IMDB Page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029583/?ref_=nv_sr_2?ref_=nv_sr_2

FEATURING: Craig McFarland, Brett Rutherford, Brandon Davis and Dominic Cellini

In 2017 Andy Muschietti's adaptation of Stephen King's classic horror novel It took the world by storm. 2 years later we get the epic conclusion to the horrifying story. Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back to do battle with the demon clown once and for all.

IMDB Page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7349950/

FEATURING: Jeremy Goeckner & Sara Baltusevich

There might not be a more divisive director to discuss than Mr. Quentin Tarantino. His 9th film has been called everything from a schlock to his masterpiece. We've got an amazing panel to give it the FULL spoiler treatment on the latest episode of Full Disclosure.

IMDB Page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7131622/

FEATURING: Phil Rockwell, Erin McCabe & Bryan Dressel (After The Hype)

With the release of It: Chapter 2, POP CULTURE DRAFT NIGHT saw it fit to take a look at the undisputed king of modern horror Stephen King and draft teams based on the adaptations of his work. This draft goes in many different directions! Vote for who you think won at the link below! 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QP5Y6PR

FEATURING: Phil Rockwell, Steve Sykes & Ryan Lootens

Brett has been reporting live from the ground at D23, and now it's time to break down all the news from the Disney Studios panel that encompassed future plans for Marvel Studios, Disney Animation, Pixar and more!

FEATURING: Craig McFarland, Brett Rutherford, Justin Suiter & Jeremy Goeckner

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Not even a road trip to Wizard World Comic Con Chicago 2019 can keep Craig and Jeremy from giving you the definitive breakdown of all the drama going down between Sony and Disney with Spider-Man.

FEATURING: Craig McFarland & Jeremy Goeckner

It's time yet again for another knock-down, drag-out movie bracket fight here at the Network! This time we've got the impossible task of sifting through all the amazing and uplifting sports films through the decades to arrive at the greatest to ever be made.

FEATURING: Lou Hare, John Bowser, Tim Tierney, Erin McCabe & Jeremy Goeckner

After a far-too-long hiatus, CLASSICS is finally back on the Front Row Network! To mark it's grand return, Brandon and the crew are breaking down one of the best comedies of all time: Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles. In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.

FEATURING: Brandon Davis, Louis Hare & Steve Sykes

IMDB Page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071230/

It's time to take the disco floor and be crowned the dancing queen..... AGAIN! GUILTY PLEASURES is back with our friends from the Disneyland Foodies Amanda & Kara to talk about one of the rarest things in Hollywood: a successful musical SEQUEL! It's time to break out the bell-bottoms and low v-cut jumpsuits. We're talking Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again. 

FEATURING: Louis Hare, Amanda & Kara Hasaka (Disneyland Foodies)

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POP CULTURE DRAFT NIGHT is back with one of the most unique drafts you're ever going to see. In the pop culture world, it's so important to figure out how to get from point A to point B. There are many methods you can choose, but some are just inherently way cooler than others. Hence, it's time to put our GMs to the test and see which modes of pop culture transportation they're picking above all others!

FEATURING: Steve Sykes, Louis Hare, Ryan Lootens & Phil Rockwell

It started as a simple thought: so many amazing films are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year. Could it be that 1994 was the greatest year the film industry has ever seen? Our all star panel lays out the case!

For more read Lou's article at FRNPod.com

FEATURING: Louis Hare, Craig McFarland, Erin McCabe, Phil Rockwell & Ryan Lootens