Nope, sorry, listeners, it's not THAT Lord of the Rings... it's the other Lord of the Rings. Oh, you didn't know there was another Lord of the Rings? From the 1970s? Well, come into our Hobbit hole and lend an ear!

J.R.R. Tolkien did a lot of things brilliantly, naming the homes of Hobbits 'holes' was not one of them.

Moving on.

This week on The CineMeh Podcast, Josh and Ryan take on the rotoscoped animated classic The Lord of the Rings as presented by Ralph Bakshi, the godfather of adult animation. And that's important, because this is one weird cartoon.

We'll go into the actual animation process, why this film remains a 'must see' for fans of the later productions, and how its enduring influence has given us the beloved Peter Jackson versions we know today. At once far ahead of its time and delightfully anachronistic, this is one of those forgotten time pieces that deserves a nod, but maybe not much more than a nod.

For fans of the books, fans of cinema, fans of animation, and fans of unbelievably weird things, this movie has something for almost everyone!

The Lord of the Rings was released in 1978 and stars the voice talents of John Hurt, Anthony Daniels, and William Squire

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When the skies are filling with black, apocalyptic clouds and locusts, what do you do?

Well, if you're Jeep Hanson in 2010's dark modern fantasy Legion, you stare at it blankly for a moment before casually going back to whatever you were doing before and telling absolutely no one.

This week on The CineMeh Podcast, Josh and Ryan puzzle their way through an astonishingly inept tale of good versus evil, angels versus demons, the end of the world as we know it if not for the coming of a second christ child, and what happens when you put Paul Bettany into a movie that badly... BADLY wants to be Terminator.

Come for the dogmatic discussion, stay for the absolute absurdity of writing, clunkiness of dialogue, and derivative nature of almost every single move this film makes.

With a cast that can be enthusiastically described as B-, except for a few standouts like Vision and Lt. Tuck Pendleton (that's right 80's fans, that's an Innerspace reference!) and a writing team that clearly wanted to be making a different movie, Legion aims to please no one and succeeds.

Legion was released in 2010 and stars Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Adrianne Palicki, Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Durand, and I guess kinda Lucas Black, but he's not really sure most of the movie if he should be acting or just staring at things.

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Life is nothing but a slap in the face, so goes the song. So goes the race.

The rat race, that is to say.

As in the 2001 ensemble slapstick comedy loosely based on a 1963 ensemble slapstick comedy, Rat Race.

Except Rat Race isn't almost four hours long. And yet, somehow, it's still far too long.

This week on The CineMEH Podcast, Josh and Ryan are discussing the nuances of this blistering critique of the ultra-wealthy one percent and the twisted, sadistic ways they play with regular people's lives. We also chat about where the heck are Amy Smart and Breckin Meyer, whose stars were on the rise when they made this film but have since flamed out. The candle that burns twice as bright truly burns half as long.

Join us for a conversation about how the first act of Rat Race is a master class in character introduction, followed by nearly two more hours of non-sequitur scenes that have absolutely nothing to do with advancing the plot or moving characters along an arc. It's just a movie full of scenes. That's it.

And, if your bingo card has "Ryan defends Top Gun again and Josh rages at him for it," mark your board because we've got a doozy at the end of this episode!

In a surprisingly nuanced chat considering the subject matter in question, this week's episode of CineMeh will have you chasing the cheese and tucking the taters.

Rat Race was released in 2001 and stars Breckin Meyer, Cuba Gooding Jr, Whoopi Goldberg, Amy Smart, Seth Green, Jon Lovitz, Kathy Najimi, John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson.

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Were you looking to see a film adaptation of the previously unreleased, unannounced, and undeveloped Assassin's Creed: Viva Le France?! Then you've come to the right place, because this week, we've got a high-flying clock punk classic for you on our hands!

On this episode of The CineMEH Podcast, Josh and Ryan cover the 2011 interpretation of The Three Musketeers helmed by acclaimed video game director Paul WS Anderson. Yes, that's right, video game nerds, that was an Aklaim joke. Also, despite the heavily video game influenced introduction, rest assured this movie has absolutely nothing to do with video games.

It has ven less to do with Alexandre Dumas's classic work.

In a spiraling, death-defying "tribute" to the original text, we'll take you to the soaring heights and abysmal lows of this unbelievably strange take on swordplay, gunslinging, romance and adventure. Every wonder what Leelo from 'The Fifth Element' got up to after her date with destiny? This movie attempts to answer that question.

Not really. But that's Ryan's theory, anyway.

Come along for the ride as we swing from chandelier to chandelier and try and make sense of this hamfisted attempt to invent a new action-adventure franchise in the wake of Pirates of the Caribbean leaving the screens.

Yes. Wake. Like a ship's wake. Ships. Pirates. Get it?

I promise you, this is the best the humor gets considering how much of a tragic misfire this movie is.

Yes. Misfire. As in musket.

I'll stop now.

The Three Musketeers was released in 2011 and stars Orlando Bloom, Mila Jovovich, Mads Mikkelsen, Christof Waltz, and a bunch of other people who probably thought this would launch their careers and instead, they went down in flames.

Down in flames. Because airships crashing.

Just listen to the episode.

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Get chased by T. Rex! Oh, wait... Run in the herd of Gallimimus! No, hang on... Marvel at the colors of the Dilophosaur! Damn, just a second...

Okay, none of those things happen in this week's episode, but it's still a Jurassic Park movie, so that counts for something.

This week on The CineMEH Podcast, Josh and Ryan are going back 65 million years to the age of 2001 with Jurassic Park 3, the oft forgotten capstone of the original late 90s science fiction trilogy. We'll rampage through topics like the state of genetic engineering, dinosaur parenthood, and the critical need in stories for there to be payoffs for what the writer sets up. A tonally inconsistent mess with hamfisted dialogue and unexplained story beats, Jurassic Park 3 serves as a case study in what not to do when you want to create a film that revolves around fear, dynamic tension, and consistent science.

Jurassic Park 3 stars Sam Niel, William H Macy, and Tea Leoni, with appearances by a very unethused Laura Dern.

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What do you get when you mix the unstoppable powers of Captain Marvel with the clandestine crime thriller nature of Black Widow? You get Scarlett Johansson's most forgotten film role: Lucy.

On this episode of The CineMEH Podcast, Josh and Ryan review a film they would loosely describe as Limitless meets The Matrix. They'll break down the nature of the human brain and neurobiology, and how that old acorn about 'humans only use 10% of their brain,' doesn't exactly tell the whole truth. With a wide ranging discussion that trends into the religious implications of our understanding of culture and an examination of what human potential really is, this episode is not to be missed! If you're a fan the current meta around telekinesis and telepathy, then settle in for a wild cinematic ride!

Lucy stars Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-Sik and Amr Waked.

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ARE YOU READY TO RAAAAAAWWWK?!

We sure hope so, CineMeheads, because this week we're coming to you LOUD from the late days of the 1990s Los Angeles hair metal scene with this Brendan Fraiser entry: Airheads.

This week on The CineMEH Podcast, Josh and Ryan take a meta look at the state of the music industry, with our film as a backdrop for social commentary. We'll discuss whether this movie was at one time meant to be a more serious offering, how the landscape of art and entertainment changes as it becomes increasingly intersected with corporate interests, and how much of an impact the 'death' of radio has had on music. Ever wonder what Ryan did in his 20s before he became a respectable type? Turns out he and Chazz have a lot in common!

Airheads leans heavy on the absurdity, but its underlying message about corporatised music and the purity of the artist will be of interest to anyone who's ever wanted to just stick it to the man and do things their own way.

Airheads stars Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, Joe Mantegna, and Chris Farley.

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We're back, sports fans!

And speaking of sports fans, here's one for... the sports fans!

This week on The CineMEH Podcast, Josh and Ryan are lacing up their skates and putting in their mouth guards for a rock'em, sock'em modern hockey cult classic, Goon!

If you've ever earnestly asked yourself what the movie Slapshot would be like if it borrowed heavily from Rocky and had the humor of a 7th grade boy, then we've got a movie for you! Heavy on the violence and light on the actual hockey, Goon is the kind of crowd pleaser that overstays its welcome, but it brought beer so you're kind of okay with it.

Josh and Ryan discuss the overblown crude humor, the surprisingly nuanced performance by Seann William Scott, and whether this movie takes itself too seriously, or not seriously enough.

Welcome back, sports fans! Enjoy Season Four, Episode 1: Goon!

Goon stars Seann William Scott, Liev Schreiber, Allison Pill, Kim Coates and Jay Baruchel

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