It's the IKVS Halloween Special! featuring spoiler free Joker 2, Terrifier 3, and Daredevil talk (yeah, the tv show that came out 10 years ago) Also: the boys get into their favorite spooky season music, a tortured football analogy, the worst movie of 2024 (which surprisingly isn't Joker 2), who will be the next generation's festival headliners, the inherent shame of anime and the glorious resurrection of In the Face of War

Ben and Max are back in this week as the boys catch up on how they spent their summer vacations with talks on the erosion of album sales, the irrelevance of music videos and of course - seeing Green Day play through BOTH Dookie AND American Idiot in their entireties on the Saviors Tour. Also, Linkin Park has a new singer (15:02) - but should they? Who won the SUMBO24 (24:07) and what are they going to make everyone watch? Plus spoiler free micro reviews for Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice (34:25), “I Lay Down My Life for You” by JPEGMAFIA (35:33), “King of the Mischievous South Vol.2” by Denzel Curry (37:49), “The Bird of a Thousand Voices” by Tigran Hamasyan and Ryan absolutely refuses to shut the fuck up about The Smashing Pumpkins. We’re back baybeeeeee.

Ryan and his guest co-host Joel tackle all things Alien - including Prometheus, Covenant, Romulus and where each film in this confusing timeline falls in the franchise power rankings. Skip to (18:01) to avoid any Romulus spoilers Then Ryan & Joel get into the colossal failure of Borderlands and the age old question of whether or not there are ANY good video game adaptations, Ryan recaps his recent concert going experiences seeing Jeff Rosenstock & Blink-182, debate whether the Madden games are getting worse or if they're just less enjoyable because we're getting worse at them, and summarize the biggest horror movies of the summer with micro reviews of Longlegs, A Quiet Place: Day One, and MaXXXine

Straight outta Churubusco, Ryan's longtime friend Alex joins the show as they each share their Top 5 Concerts of All Time (04:48), Comic Book Movies Mount Rushmore (23:04), reviews for Deadpool & Wolverine (26:32), Ranking the entire X-Men Cinematic Universe (35:03) and offer up thoughts on Robert Downey Jr. as Dr. Doom in the new Fantastic Four (39:41)

I'm really disappointed in myself for not coming up with a clever "The Boys are Back in Town!" or "bearvsboysvsshark" episode title but whatever - this week we dive into The Boys Season 4 finale, The Bear Season 3 (14:14); and new music from Action Bronson, Zach Bryan (29:53), and Eminem (32:59). We conclude our service by visiting the Content Confessional Booth (34:46) where we beg forgiveness for our sins of butt rock vainglory, gluttonous Star Wars consumption and lusting shamelessly with Pitbull. Have Mercy.

Max and Ryan read some listener poll results and give mini reviews for the new Black Keys and Young Jesus albums while waiting on Ben to finish being harassed with work calls in his off-hours. Then in a seemingly begrudging attempt to lighten the mood, it’s time for our 2nd Annual installment of The Posi Purge (09:28) - centered almost exclusively around discussions on food. Then it's JEFF FREAKING ROSENSTOCK (14:44) here to talk about the heartbreak of not making a perfect hardcore album at 13 years old, how that disappointment helped to re-shape his priorities as to what he hopes to accomplish as a musician, the persisting allure of giving up, which 4 songs he’d choose to personify his career, what's left on the bucket list and a series of rapid fire either/ors regarding Spider-Man versus Batman, Larry or Jerry and what was the best album of 1994: Dookie or The Blue Album?

Ryan finally started watching The Boys (but bailed on The Americans), Eminem is killing off his Slim Shady alter ego after dropping the most streamed single of the year (05:53), Max names his Top 5 Pixar Movies (09:58) and a video game discussion breaks out (24:48) around the highly anticipated Elden Ring DLC, the largely mocked MultiVersus game from Warner Brothers, and the game that (allegedly) wrecked the entire gaming industry. We also dive into Hit Man (15:53), Madame Web (17:23) and "Brat" by Charli XCX (20:25) Then Casey Crawford of Virginity joins the show (33:08) to talk about the band's new record Bad Jazz, his favorite movie of all time (which also inspired the album's title), the undisputed George Washington of their 90s Mount Rushmore, his favorite comic book characters, how all band names are inherently bad when divorced from their musical identity and the legend of Virginity's (short) set at Fest 20 in Gainesville on Halloween night.

We're celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Detroit Rock City with James DeBello (11:45) as he shares with us some behind the scenes stories about the making of the film like being horrified of Gene Simmons, ghosted by Shaq and star stuck by meeting (and eventually befriending) John Connor. Also playing Zelda with Natasha Lyonne, blowing through your per diem on antiquated home furnishings and questioning whether or not Marilyn Manson watched Saved by the Bell Never seen Detroit Rock City? Don't worry (neither has Ben) we also talk used cars, whether or not Burritos are sandwiches, the ending of Titanic, what it's like to star in multiple box office bombs, Civil War, intermissions, Eli Roth's David Lynch impersonation, AI movies, and the best time to go pee during a movie (yes, there's an app for that)

We cycle through a vast array of questions this week like who is the Batman of dogs? Which is the best Planet of the Apes? Who are your dream buddy cops? Who's got Big Tim Duncan Energy? And what's the 2004 Album of the Year? All of this PLUS reviews for Furiosa and The Fall Guy followed by 2 new games we'll likely never play again: Sortin Out the Gilroys and Ticket Dungeon Master.

Ryan kicks off the show in hyperbolic fashion by declaring who the last movie star is and who made the last great, classic rock album. Then Max drops in from finals week to bring us back to more tempered conversations around safe topics like the Drake and Kendrick beef, Seinfeld claiming that we're too woke for sitcoms, the roast of Tom Brady, Taylor Swift, Lebron James, our favorite long albums, Beyonce and some Twister ASMR on this week's The Unwrappening (44:01) Director Brad Peyton joins the show to talk about his new film Atlas (streaming May 24th on Netflix), working with J-Lo, the status of his potential Rampage and San Andreas sequels, the future of AI, Aliens vs Terminator 2, his dream project and what it's like working outside of the traditional Hollywood studio system on a Netflix original *Additional Music for the "Buy Em, Beat Em, Trade Em" segment is courtesy of Pete Frogs "Genesis Jams"