Purely Academic with Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman

Hosts Jonathan Lack and Sean Chapman offer an in-depth, multi-part review of Halo 4, the new Halo game for Xbox 360. All spoilers are held to the end of the episode, so don't worry if you haven't fin…

In preparation for this week's launch of "Halo 4" on Xbox 360, Sean and Jonathan offer their thoughts on the upcoming game and take an in-depth look back at memories of prior games in the beloved sci…

Sean Chapman and Jonathan Lack devote half the show to a second discussion of Prometheus, now on Blu-Ray, and the first half bouncing around from an overview of the Assassin’s Creed video games, rece…

Jonathan Lack and Sean Chapman revisit the beloved "Indiana Jones" franchise, offering their in-depth analysis of each film in the original trilogy and briefly touching upon "Crystal Skull." Discussi…

Jonathan Lack and Sean Chapman finish our coverage of the first portion of Doctor Who's seventh season by discussing "The Angels Take Manhattan," the final episode to feature long-time companions Amy…

Sean and Jonathan discuss the fourth episode of Doctor Who Series 7, "The Power of Three," in great detail. In particular, we spend much time ranting about the final, awful line of the episode. The l…

Hosts Jonathan Lack and Sean Chapman cover a few mini-topics before jumping into a major, in-depth discussion of the highly impressive Half-Life "Black Mesa" mod, a remake of the original Half-Life g…

This week's episode is a scattered one, with hosts Jonathan R. Lack and Sean Chapman covering a variety of topics, from an overview of the new "Terminator Anthology" Blu-Ray set to a discussion of th…

Jonathan Lack and Sean Chapman take an in-depth look at "Asylum of the Daleks," the first episode of Doctor Who's brand new seventh series. We cover character and plot details, make predictions, and …

Jonathan Lack and Sean Chapman indulge their obsession of British sci-fi series "Doctor Who" by previewing its upcoming seventh series, premiering this Saturday on BBC America. Predictions! Retrospec…

Jonathan Lack and Sean Chapman offer a review of Nintendo's new handheld gaming console, the 3DS XL, along with thoughts on "New Super Mario Bros. 2" and other random topics.

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With a massive film festival of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's works coming to Denver, Colorado, hosts Jonathan Lack and Sean Chapman take a look at all the movies being screened. Which ones are …

We discuss Peter Jackson’s decision to make his Hobbit adaptation a trilogy. Does this move excite us? Is there any validity to all the fanboy wining on the internet? Then we review the tenth season …

Jonathan R. Lack and Sean Chapman host an in-depth discussion on the year's biggest film, "The Dark Knight Rises." We pick apart every character, plot point, and detail, analyzing the film to its ful…

Jonathan R. Lack and Sean Chapman count down the worst movies of all time. Which atrocious films made their lists? Which cinematic abominations stand among the worst of the worst? And will Sean ever …

Hosts Jonathan R. Lack and Sean Chapman take an in-depth look at this month's superhero spectacular, "The Amazing Spider-Man." Marc Webb's reboot has proven commercially popular, but is it a critical…

Hosts Jonathan R. Lack and Sean Chapman take an exhaustive, in-depth look at Ridley Scott's "Prometheus," the sci-fi sensation that has set the internet ablaze. Nearly every moment of the film is ana…

Hosts Jonathan R. Lack and Sean Chapman take an in-depth look at the Sam Raimi "Spider-Man" trilogy in preparation for the franchise reboot, "The Amazing Spider-Man."

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Hosts Jonathan R. Lack and Sean Chapman conclude their countdown of their Top Ten favorite movies, with discussions of films like "The Empire Strikes Back," "The Godfather," "Back to the Future," and…

Hosts Jonathan R. Lack and Sean Chapman take you on a journey through their ten favorite films of all time! Classics and obscure choices are covered and a good time is had by all! This week explores …