What a difference a half decade can make. It was Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 when our little show that could launched on 92.5FM CFBX at 10 p.m. and the world changed for Shawn and I. We were called Film Reviews from the Basement back then, and had spent one season slugging it out as a moderately successful podcast. Then Steve Marlow and Brant Zwicker of The X (pictured above) took a chance on a couple of aging film geeks -- we had originally approached them about having some ads for the podcast play on the air, they had a better idea -- and the rest is history.

Episode I: Centurion and The Disappearance of Alice Creed Presented for your listening pleasure: an encore presentation of the first episode of Film Reviews From the Basement. Films on the chopping block include the Romans vs. Picts epic Centurion and the kidnap thriller The Disappearance of Alice Creed starring Bond babe Gemma Arterton. There's also movie news and music from Marilyn Manson and Shinedown. You can hear it here !

Centurion Jason: The latest effort from writer/director Neil Marshall highlights his talent for crafting exciting action and suspense sequences but lacks the tightness of script he showed in earlier efforts Dog Soldiers and The Descent. Events don't happen out of logic, but because the screenplay requires them to. As a result, Centurion feels contrived and isn't as much fun to watch as Marshall's earlier work. I hope he abandons his loftier ambitions and returns to his low budget roots, much like a certain Spider-Man director. A Bad rating from me. Shawn: Why do you need to start such an exciting movie with a slow, slow, slow opening credit sequence? Whoa. Blood. What a great movie!  The story was awesome, and I went through most of the movie not really knowing who to cheer for. Actually, there wasn't really a side you could pick. This was a cool emotion, because the vengeance by either side was served up with a fantastic amount of blood. Ha ha! A Good review fr...

Well, for us anyway. Nine months of podcasts and planning have led to tonight's premiere of Film Reviews From the Basement: The Radio Show at 10 p.m. on 92.5FM CFBX Kamloops and www.thex.ca . Actually, that's a bit of a lie. The radio show simply happened, thanks to the fine folks at The X! And we thank them for that. Our goal is to give fans old and new a fun hour of movie news, reviews, interviews and music as only Jason and Shawn can do it. For those of you who have heard all 15 podcasts and two summer specials, you have an idea what that is. If you haven't, we hope you enjoy listening to us as much as we enjoy being heard. Films on the chopping block tonight include the Romans vs. Scotts epic Centurion and the British thriller The Disappearance of Alice Creed. We've also got music from Marilyn Manson, Shinedown and a couple of little known but very talented musicians. The Basement reopens tonight at 10 p.m. We hope you will join us. Look for a podcast ver...

We are Jason and Shawn and we are in The Basement! And in just one week we premiere live on 92.5FM CFBX at 10 p.m. and continue live every Friday after that, same Bat Time, same Bat Channel. Are we nervous? Sure. Are we excited? Absolutely. Our hope is to kick off with a fun, informative and entertaining hour of movie news, music and reviews and keep that trend going for as long as the show runs on The X. We've got an interview with John Fallon, AKA The Arrow of Arrow in the Head , in the can and have a couple more guests lined up, including Leah Cairns of Battlestar: Galactica fame. There's also a growing list of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of B-, C- and even Z-grade movies for us to review. We hope all our current fans will join us Oct. 1 at 10 p.m. either on 92.5FM CFBX or online via the station's website . Those who can't are encouraged to check out a podcast version of the show on the Monday or Tuesday via this blog or over on podOmatic . And by all means...