It is a week of high tension at the movies as Jeff Cannata reviews the new Tom Hanks and Paul Greengrass collaboration, Captain Phillips, and is joined by Christian Spicer to discuss Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in Gravity. Then Jeff Mattas stops by and the 2 Jeffs go all spoiler-town to debate the ending of GTA V. All that, plus Dan Trachtenberg and Tom Merritt leave you with some can't miss Best Bets.
Jeff reviews the PS3 exclusive game, Beyond: Two Souls, then Christian joins him to discuss Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Don Jon, and the first 4 episodes of Marvel: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Plus, Polygon's Justin McElroy and Frogpants' Scott Johnson have some Best Bets to take you into next week.
It's a spooktacular Newest Latest Best as Jeff reviews The Counselor, then Jeff and Christian get costumed up to talk about the tricks of American Horror Story: Coven, and treats found in some new, unusual seasonal candies! Plus, some experts of the horror genre - Todd Stashwick and Patrick Klepek - offer up their can't miss Halloween Best Bets.
On this week's NLB Jeff reviews the video game Batman Arkham Origins, then reunites with his old TRS buddy, Alex Albrecht to discuss Ender's Game the movie, and the second season of Nickelodeon's Legend of Korra. All that, plus Scott Kurtz and Andrea Rene bring the goods with their Best Bets.
Jeff reviews Battlefield 4 for PC, and is joined by Alex Albrecht to discuss Thor: The Dark World. Then it is off to Blizzcon 2013 to find out all about the new announcements including the new WoW expansion, Warlords of Draenor, Heroes of the Storm, Reaper of Souls, and Hearthstone. Scott Johnson of the Instance hops in to talk about everything Blizzard. Plus, Jeff reviews the iPad Air, and /Filmcast's Dave Chen and Little Metal Dog Show's Michael Fox bring Best Bets of their own.
The fall is cooling down, but releases are heating up! This week, Jeff has an early review of Disney's Frozen, and is joined by Curt Hutson from Gamerant to talk about the new Legend of Zelda for 3DS, A Link Between Worlds. Then Christian returns to talk about one of the best films of the year, About Time, and he and Jeff give their first impressions of the Playstation 4 from launch day! Plus, Casey McKinnon and Wesley Williams have two TV Best Bets you should be watching!
The fall excitement continues as Jeff reviews Super Mario 3D World for Wii U, and Christian joins in for a discussion of one of the biggest movies of the year, Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Then he and Jeff discuss the PS4's launch games, including Killzone: Shadow Fall, Need for Speed: Rivals, and Knack, before unboxing the brand new Xbox One alongside cutest NLB contributor, Estelle Spicer! Finally, Lauren Lobley and Hailey Bright toss in some excellent Best Bets.
On this week's NLB, Jeff reviews the new Disney movie about the making of Mary Poppins, Saving Mr. Banks, and he's joined by special guest Dan Trachtenberg to discuss the launch titles for Xbox One, including Ryse, Forza Motorsport 5, and Dead Rising 3. Then it is Best Bet time, with a discussion of Tearaway for the PS Vita, and recommendations from Shawn Andrich from Gamers With Jobs, and Anthony Carboni from Rev3Games.
NLB wraps up its first season with a look back at the very best of the best of 2013. Jeff is joined by Dan Trachtenberg for a discussion of their favorite video games of the year, and then Germain Lussier from /Film stops by to help Jeff discuss the very best movies of the year. Finally, Jeff runs down his favorite TV, books, comics, board games, and more of 2013. Don't miss it!