After partying at James Franco’s house, Franco, Seth Rogen, Craig Robinson, Danny McBride, Jay Baruchel and Jonah Hill find that an apocalyptic event has struck Los Angeles, and possibly the world.

Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper are new fathers on opposite sides of the law in the upcoming crime drama, The Place Beyond the Pines.

It’s the old school magic of Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi against the new school magic of Jim Carrey in the upcoming comedy, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.

News was a little slow this week as we get closer to the holidays but we found out there is a new Expendable in Jackie Chan, a new Twilight Zone coming from Bryan Singer and a new Lego set based on Back to the Future.

There are SEVEN(!) movies either already out, out today or coming out on Christmas Day from action like Django Unchained and Jack Reacher, family comedies like Parental Guidance and The Guilt Trip and more.

Usually the detective or suspect on procedurals, D.B. Sweeney has also showed up in shows like 24, CSI and Vegas and movies like Fire in the Sky, The Cutting Edge and Dinosaur.

This week on the podcast, Zach, Chris and Joe (with a cameo from Brian) talk about their favorite movies of 2012. There were some obvious choices like The Avengers, Skyfall, The Dark Knight Rises and The Expendables 2 along with some surprises (Jiro Dreams of Sushi?) but all the guys agreed that it was a pretty great year for movies, action in particular.

Billy Peltzer has saved the world from not one but two infestations of vicious, mischievous Gremlins, with plenty of help from his faithful pet Gizmo and girlfriend Kate.

Michael Bay takes a break from smashing giant robots into each other to tell the true story of a gang of Miami body builders who started an extortion/kidnapping ring in the mid 90′s.

If you’re looking for some last minute gifts, some of the new releases this week include Premium Rush, Trouble with the Curve, Pitch Perfect and the Pick of the Week, Total Recall.