Vagrant Video Reviews - Knockout (2011)

Check it out everyone! Here's our review of the film Knockout starring Stone Cold Steve Aust...

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The Basement Vagrants Podcast - Episode 7 - "Four Angry Men"

Episode 7 is here! Woo hoo! D-Roc and Punga from The Ring Crew show are with Matt and Shweitzer this time to talk about Blockbuster shutting down, the merits of wrestling and boxing, FOX's Sunday Night Snorefest and lots of other stuff.Click here to download the podca...

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My Retro Gaming Room

Hi everyone, this is Matt from The Basement Vagrants. I wanted to make a short post today showing off a project that I started working on this week. It's not finished yet, and I'm hoping that it's only going to improve as weeks go by, but here is what I've got so far.I present, my retro gaming room!All the consoles you see here are hooked up and working. There are a few consoles I have that I haven't been able to hook up yet for various reasons (Sega Mastersystem, Intellivision, Genesis etc.) And yes, I was watching Spawn.I'm working on getting more poster, older ones in particular to keep with the retro theme, but these will have to do for now. Posters will cover the walls eventually.More pics to come when it looks even awesom...

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The Basement Vagrants Podcast - Episode 6 - "Stop the World of Warcraft, I want to get off!"

It's time for episode 6 of The Basement Vagrants Podcast! This week we talk about George "The One Destined to Bring Bullshit to the Force" Lucas, everybodys favorite robotic police officer, The Expendables 2 and of course, World of Warcraft.Download the podcast h...

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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark Review

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The Basement Vagrants Podcast - Episode 5 - "It's The Wallace Grisby Show!"

This time Schweitzer and I are alone and talking about James Bond. We even manage to stay on topic this time, most...

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Thunderball Review

The James Bond series started off very strong with a fantastic trilogy of films, but the silver had to start to tarnish eventually, and it all started with Thunderball. I wouldn't say that Thunderball is a bad entry, but it's the distinct point in the series where cracks would start to show in the franchises armor, and is a major step down in quality after the first 3 films.Fuck Aquaman!In Thunderball, 007 must try to recover two nuclear bombs stolen by Emilio Largo, head of extortion and "Number 2" of the criminal organization SPECTRE. Largo plans to use the bombs to hold the world hostage for £100 million by threatening to detonate them in either the United States or England. Thunderball is a largely water themed movie, with many scenes taking...

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The Basement Vagrants Podcast - Episode 4 - "Bangin' It"

We've got a big show for you this time. In this episode, Derek and Punga from The Ring Crew Show join us to talk about, what else, wrestling! Plus some other stuff, but mostly WRESTLING! Don't miss this episode, ya jabro...

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Shark Night 3D Review

Here’s a quick math question: What do you get when you have a cheesy horror movie about killer sharks, plus the director of Snakes on a Plane, plus 3D? The answer may surprise you. I it was a fun, cheesy, wink-at-the-camera horror movie with some awesome gimmicky 3D scares. It turns out I was wrong. The correct answer is a boring, cliché, tired horror retread with limited 3D and cringe worthy dialogue and characters. Who knew?This is about as 3D as the movie gets In Shark Night, a group of teenage horror movie clichés decide to spend summer break at the island home of one of their friends. But, unbeknownst to everyone, the lake that surrounds this island is infested with sharks. That’s about all you get a for a plot, other than a needless,...

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Goldfinger Review

Goldfinger is widely considered to be the best that the James Bond series has to offer. It’s certainly the most iconic Bond film and it set the standard that all subsequent entries in the series would attempt to reach. Homage has been paid to this films many memorable scenes and characters in Hollywood, in movies, television, comic books, music and many other mediums. It was the first Bond film to receive an Academy Award (sound editing) and one of the most financially successful Bond films of all time. The Plot The movie opens with James Bond 007 relaxing at a luxurious hotel in Miami, where he just happens to run across the wealthy, gold obsessed, Auric Goldfinger. Bond and his partner Felix Leiter soon receive word from M, the leader...

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From Russia With Love Review

From Russia With Love is the second movie in the James Bond franchise, and can be considered a direct sequel to Dr. No. The film came out in 1963, only a year after its predecessor and with double the budget. The Plot SPECTRE is at it again, this time planning to steal a cryptographic device called a Lektor from the Russians and sell it back to them, and exact revenge on James Bond for killing their operative Dr. No. SPECTRE’s leader, referred to only as Number 1, enlists the services of ex-counter intelligence officer Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya) to trick Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi) a cipher clerk working in Istanbul, Turkey, into defecting to British Intelligence with the device, and luring James Bond into their web. The Villains ...

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Dr No Review

Dr No is the film that started a legend. James Bond had existed for years in literature but it wasn't till 1962 when the whole world was introduced to Bond. James Bond. Many of the most memorable Bond trademarks are present right from the start in Dr No. Bond drinks his first vodka martini, encounters SPECTRE (Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion) for the first time, and he also receives his beloved Walther PPK. In many ways Dr. No is the quintessential Bond film, it has everything you expect to see from the series, its slick, sleek, exciting, and a great start to an excellent series. The PlotJames Bond is tasked with uncovering the murderer of a British Intelligence officer stationed in Jamaica...

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