'What do you mean my movie is overhyped?  I will bootstomp your head open like a ripe melon if you say that again.  Now excuse me... I'm sensitive.'

Credit: Film District

I am filled with shame.

It turned into a big crazy week, and I ended up with this edited podcast sitting here on my desktop waiting to be posted, and I just plain never got around to it.

Now, hopefully, you'll still enjoy the contents this week since it's not tied to a particular release date.  We discuss this week's new releases a little bit, but since I was still embargoed on "Apollo 18," you won't really hear me work up a full head of steam about how much I hated it.  Lucky you.

Instead, we spend a good chunk of time talking about the dreaded demon of "overhype," and the way it can kill a good film by the the time an audience actually gets to lay eyes on it.  It's on my mind right now as we gear up for the release of "Drive," a very good film that my critical brethren are in danger of destroying for the general public because they're pumping it up as the single greatest thing to ever happen in a movie theater.  Which it's not.  And I worry about this when I'm crazy about a new movie like "Attack The Block," and always working to strike a balance so I don't make you hate something by the time I'm done talking about it.

We also introduce a new game this week, and I didn't tell Scott what it was going to be until we were on the air and playing it.  It takes its title, "Remake This!", from a column I used to do at Ain't It Cool, and I think it's an occasional game that will be fun to play as a way of trying to maintain some sanity amidst the barrage of our karaoke culture.

Here's a breakdown of this week's show:

Introduction/Opening Music:  00:00 - 01:15
General chat:  01:15 -
Some pre-Toronto talk about Almodovar: 03:30 - 06:30
Can overhype kill a movie? Thoughts on 'Drive' and more:  06:30 - 22:00
Have You Seen This?:  22:20 - 33:20
Movie God:  33:20 - 45:50
Remake This!:  45:50 - 57:00
This Weekend In Theaters:  57:00 -1:04:00
Wrapping it up:  01:04:00 - 01:08:53

As always, you can get the podcast here as a download or just click play, or you can go to iTunes to get hold of it.  Please… if you do get it from iTunes, please leave us some feedback there.  And while you're at it, feel free to download our new HitFix iPhone app, which is sort of a fresh start for our development team, who are always trying to find ways to make things easier and more convenient for you.

Thanks, as always, for listening.