Patrick and Adam settle into the dog days of summer by celebrating America's pastime and exploring the gay subtext of The Sandlot.

This week, Clark spotlights another batch of new and recent releases, offering selections from Iron Man 3, Pain and Gain, Da Vinci's Demons, Star Trek Into Darkness, After Earth, and Defiance.

As Melissa dines on the final morsels of NBC's Hannibal: Season One, Michael is unimpressed by Man of Steel and not stoned enough for This is The End. Plus! This week's new releases on DVD, Blu-ray, Redbox, Netflix, Hulu, TV, Books, and Music. Remembering James Gandolfini, Paula Deen admits a bit too much, Pedro Almodovar does romantic comedy on a doomed airline flight, Robert Downey Jr signs on for two more Avengers Films, and Roland Emmerich's Independence Day 2 is set for July 2015.

Look! Up in the Sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Patrick and Mark hitching a ride on the cape of Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder's Man of Steel. Impressive? Inspiring? Indulgent? Infuriating? You make the call.

This week, our resident Canuckleheads (and one damn Yankee) were victims of studio meddling, mob threats, technical issues, gaffes, and a lost recording. Only fitting for dissecting the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of legendary filmmaker STANLEY KUBRICK!

America's favorite contrarian a-holes, Dave and Dan, are back to take on anyone who doesn't agree that Man of Steel is the finest adaptation of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's Superman to ever hit the big screen. Spoilers ahoy!

As Melissa recovers from walking in the dark, Michael mends the wounds he suffered at the hands of A Good Day to Die Hard. The best of this week's releases on DVD and Blu-ray, Redbox, Netflix, Hulu, TV, Music, and Books. Plus! Damon Lindelof saves the world, Brad Bird and George Clooney uncover Walt Disney's secrets, Arnold Schwarzenegger is Paramount's new Terminator, Netflix offers new Dreamworks animation, Marvel locks up the box office through 2017, and Disney Channel meets Girl Meets World.

Dave introduces Michael to the twisted madness of Silver Dream Racer and Miami Connection, Daryl completes two passes of Arrested Development: Season 4, Erich discovers pedophilia runs rampant in Helen Mirren's Prime Suspect, and Mac pops his Masters of the Universe cherry. Reviews of Mad Mad Trilogy (Blu-ray), Of Human Bondage (Blu-ray), Doctor Who: Mind of Evil, and Sadako 3D (Blu-ray). Plus! Preparing for the arrival of RetroN 5, Grand villainous entrances, Bears, Parties you never want to attend, and Distracting makeup.

You can't keep these horror fans down. Join Patrick and JB as the warm up the old VCR for V/H/S/2, the latest batch of independent found footage frights.

This week, Clark's theme is Before They Were Famous, as he takes a look at the early work of famed composers such as John Williams, James Horner, Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, Elmer Bernstein, and more.