The first great movie of the year, The Grey is a tense survival thriller with a surprising amount of emotional depth, despite what you might think from seeing the trailers.

Liam Neeson continues his string of early year action hits with The Grey easily taking the number one spot at the box office this weekend.

Could The Gray be the first awesome movie of 2012? The critics seem to like it and it has Liam Neeson fighting wolves so the answer is probably yes.

Even though January is usual the dumping ground for bad movies, there looks to be some solid ones coming out including The Grey with Liam Neeson and Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire.

The full trailer for Peter Berg’s ridiculous looking adaptation of the board game is out and features more crazy looking alien technology and more Michael Bay rip off action and explosions.

After his face his horribly burned in a laboratory accident, Dr. Peyton Westlake becomes Darkman and sets out on a mission of revenge using his unique ability to impersonate his enemies.

This week on the show, Zach, Chris and Joe talk about the on going Netflix troubles, Drive, The Lion King, obscure horror movies, deep cuts from Jason Statham, Liam Neeson punching a wolf, the latest from Clint Eastwood and so much more.

Is Liam Neeson punching a wolf in the face something you might be interested in? Then you have to check out this teaser trailer for Joe Carnahan’s “The Grey”, out this coming January.

News Shotgun returns this week with a couple of release dates, new spy photos from The Dark Knight rises, a bunch of sequel news and more.

The first of Hasbro’s board game to movie adaptations is Battleship, starring Liam Neeson and directed by Peter Berg. Check out the first trailer.