In today's episode of the CinEffect podcast, Chris & Alex dive into the various layers of Cloud Atlas. Does it really succeed in its lofty ambitions? Also being discussed: Silent Hill Revelation 3D is terrible, The Innkeepers is surprisingly effective old-school horror, and Hotline Miami is an adrenaline rush of a game. Oh, and Chris's voice sounds…

To make up for last week's absence, we've got a long, two-part episode with loads of games and movies to discuss. Alex names his XCOM guys after Chris, and they both discuss in great length how disappointing Paranormal Activity 4 is while urging you all to see Sinister instead. Also, Seven Psychopaths, Journey, Dishonored, Excision, and more! (0:00…

To make up for last week's absence, we've got a long, two-part episode with loads of games and movies to discuss. Alex names his XCOM guys after Chris, and they both discuss in great length how disappointing Paranormal Activity 4 is while urging you all to see Sinister instead. Also, Seven Psychopaths, Journey, Dishonored, Excision, and more! (0:00…

A disturbing episode for disturbing movies and games. Chris and Alex have a spoilery discussion about the moral ambiguities of Spec-Ops: The Line, take a look at William Friedkin's NC-17 rated Texas yarn Killer Joe, discover the joys of resurrecting dead pets with Frankenweenie, and torturing your prom dates in The Loved Ones. Classy shows call for…

Chris and Alex go in-depth on time travel paradoxes this week to discuss Looper. Also, Borderlands 2 and Torchlight II on the games side of things, as well as Chris's experiences with his new PS3. We're going weekly again, mofos. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Long hiatus aside, we finally come back to look at Paul Thomas Anderson's much hyped The Master and analyze it's many dense themes and concepts. Along the way, we also channel surf through the horror anthology V/H/S, debate the moral ambiguity of Spec-Ops: The Line, and take a brief look at the charming downloadable Steam title Tiny & Big, which fe…