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This Week on the Force Five Podcast: The Force Five Podcast presents a deep dive into the best physical media releases of 2025! Host Jason Kleeberg and physical media expert Ryan Verrill highlight top picks across Blu-ray and 4K UHD formats, including titles from renowned boutique Blu-ray labels. From cult classics to genre-defining box sets, discover why physical media remains the ultimate way to enjoy cinema. Connect with Ryan Verrill Watch Disc-Connected: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChV1P_yx88ACwyXKKEOFLcw Connect with Ryan: https://www.facebook.com/TheDiscConnected/ Stay Connected with Force Five Podcast 📧 Email: [email protected] 🌐 Website: https://www.forcefivepodcast.com 🎬 Letterboxd: https://www.letterboxd.com/forcefive 🎙️ Discover more Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast shows: Link Here Credits This episode was written, produced, and edited by Jason Kleeberg. Force Five is part of the Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast Network. www.forcefivepodcast.com

After 5+ years without missing a scheduled episode (outside of when I went weekly to bi-weekly) and well over 200 pieces of content, it's time I took a bit of a break. This is not a decision that was easy to make, and I don't even know what this looks like, but I can confidently say that this is not the end of Force Five. First off, I wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who has listened over the years. The messages and emails warmed my heart every time, even if it was just to tell me that you disagreed with me or I made a mistake on a show, because it meant you listened and cared enough to reach out. A special thanks to those who have donated to the Patreon, some of you through both iterations. I feel a special sense of responsibility to you for your support. Second, I wanted to explain my decision, but I'll start with this - everything is fine. Health is good (as far as I know), family is good. What it comes down to is that I've just kind of lost the spark to put my everything into the show and I don't want it to suffer because of it. I think this happens with most hobbies. Sourcing guests, watching movies, taking notes, writing intros and ads, editing, posting, and social media all take a lot of time and I don't enjoy some of that stuff (editing and social media, in particular). With my kid getting into sports and a home remodel taking up most of my time after my day job, it leaves little time for the show planning and prep and even less time for my other hobbies, which include trying to sell a screenplay. I've always looked at this show as my creative outlet, but it might be time to switch that outlet up, even if it's just tweaking it. Transparently, I don't know what that looks like - I've been kicking around transitioning to YouTube, different types of videos (reviews, physical media stuff, etc.). I'm still figuring that out. I still plan on doing Top 5 lists too, I have some annual ones that I want to keep going, including my top 5 physical media releases of the year and top 5 films of 2025, I might just be expanding and contracting parts of my portfolio. I've enjoyed making this show for you and I want to continue making things to put out into the world that get people excited about movies. If you're subscribed to Force Five on your podcast feeds, I'd ask that you stay subscribed - it costs you nothing and that way when I do post the next thing, you'll be notified. Jason

This Time on the Force Five Podcast: Host Jason Kleeberg is joined by Steve, co-host of the Halloween is Forever podcast. Together, they give some recommendations from five different categories to pack your watch list for Halloween. Those categories are: Man-Made Monster It Came From Outer Space Anthology Made for TV Horror Wild Card Patreon Head to https://www.patreon.com/forcefive to access older episodes, reviews, giveaways and talk flicks with me! Connect with Steve and Halloween is Forever To listen to Halloween is Forever, use this link: https://podfollow.com/1571093284 To follow Halloween is Forever on Instagram, use this link: https://www.instagram.com/halloweenisforever To see the Halloween is Forever Patreon, use this link: https://www.patreon.com/cw/HalloweenisForever Stay Connected with Force Five 📧 Email: [email protected] 🌐 Website: https://www.forcefivepodcast.com 🎬 Letterboxd: https://www.letterboxd.com/forcefive 🎙️ Discover more Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast shows: Link Here Credits This episode was written, produced, and edited by Jason Kleeberg. Executive producers: Moosa Mahmood, Ryan Verrill, Pete Abeyta, Eric Peacock and Ryan Gowland Force Five is part of the Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast Network. www.forcefivepodcast.com

This Time on the Force Five Podcast: Host Jason Kleeberg is joined by director Vivieno Caldinelli and screenwriter Brandon Cohen, whose newest film, Scared Shitless is in theaters and on VOD now. Together, they give some recommendations from five different categories to pack your watch list for Halloween. Those categories are: Slasher Ghost Sci-Fi Horror Found Footage Wild Card Patreon Head to https://www.patreon.com/forcefive to access older episodes, reviews, giveaways and talk flicks with me! Connect with Scared Shitless For everything Scared Shitless, use this link: https://www.instagram.com/_scaredshitless/ Stay Connected with Force Five 📧 Email: [email protected] 🌐 Website: https://www.forcefivepodcast.com 🎬 Letterboxd: https://www.letterboxd.com/forcefive 🎙️ Discover more Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast shows: Link Here Credits This episode was written, produced, and edited by Jason Kleeberg. Executive producers: Moosa Mahmood, Ryan Verrill, Pete Abeyta, Eric Peacock and Ryan Gowland Force Five is part of the Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast Network. www.forcefivepodcast.com

This Week on the Force Five Podcast: This week, host Jason Kleeberg is joined by Scott K. from The Church of Tarantino and Pete Abeyta from The Middle Class Film Class to celebrate the Tarantinoverse and some of the most memorable characters of all time who reside within. Pete takes over hosting duties as Scott and Jason go head to head to see who has the best list of Tarantino characters, voted on by you, the List Nerds. Patreon Head to https://www.patreon.com/forcefive to access older episodes, reviews, giveaways and talk flicks with me! Connect with Scott K. Check out The Church of Tarantino and all socials here: https://linktr.ee/churchofqtpod Connect with Pete Abeyta Check out the Middle Class Film Class podcast and all socials here: https://www.mcfcpodcast.com/ Stay Connected with Force Five Podcast 📧 Email: [email protected] 🌐 Website: https://www.forcefivepodcast.com 🎬 Letterboxd: https://www.letterboxd.com/forcefive 🎙️ Discover more Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast shows: Link Here Credits This episode was written, produced, and edited by Jason Kleeberg. Executive producers: Moosa Mahmood, Ryan Verrill, Pete Abeyta, Eric Peacock and Ryan Gowland Force Five is part of the Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast Network. www.forcefivepodcast.com

This Time on the Force Five Podcast: Host Jason Kleeberg is joined by author Ryan Estrada to revisit a topic once talked about on Force Five - single location films. These are the stories that take place in one area, that trap us in a house, a room, a bathroom, a pool, a coffin—and force filmmakers to get creative in tight spaces. Done right, they can be some of the most tense, inventive, and unforgettable movies you’ll ever see. Patreon Head to https://www.patreon.com/forcefive to access older episodes, reviews, giveaways and talk flicks with me! Connect with Ryan Estrada For everything Ryan Estrada, use this link: https://www.ryanestrada.com/ Stay Connected with Force Five 📧 Email: [email protected] 🌐 Website: https://www.forcefivepodcast.com 🎬 Letterboxd: https://www.letterboxd.com/forcefive 🎙️ Discover more Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast shows: Link Here Credits This episode was written, produced, and edited by Jason Kleeberg. Executive producers: Moosa Mahmood, Ryan Verrill, Pete Abeyta, Eric Peacock and Ryan Gowland Force Five is part of the Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast Network. www.forcefivepodcast.com

This Week on the Force Five Podcast: Host Jason Kleeberg is joined by podcaster Ryan Luis Rodriguez, host of both the One Track Mind and Reels of Justice podcasts to talk about some of their favorite book-to-film adaptations of all time. Patreon Head to https://www.patreon.com/forcefive to access older episodes, reviews, giveaways and talk flicks with me! Connect with Ryan Luis Rodriguez To listen to One Track Mind, use this link: https://podfollow.com/1431611476 To listen to Reels of Justice, use this link: https://podfollow.com/1518056524 To follow Ryan on BlueSky, use this link: https://bsky.app/profile/onetrackmind.bsky.social Stay Connected with Force Five 📧 Email: [email protected] 🌐 Website: https://www.forcefivepodcast.com 🎬 Letterboxd: https://www.letterboxd.com/forcefive 🎙️ Discover more Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast shows: Link Here Credits This episode was written, produced, and edited by Jason Kleeberg. Executive producers: Moosa Mahmood, Ryan Verrill, Pete Abeyta, Eric Peacock and Ryan Gowland Force Five is part of the Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast Network. www.forcefivepodcast.com

This Week on the Force Five Podcast: Host Jason Kleeberg is joined by podcaster Chris Haskell, host of Punk Vacation, an unofficial Vinegar Syndrome podcast. They break down what the exploitation genre is and then delve into building what they call a “starter pack” of exploitation films for anyone looking to explore the genre and its various subgenres. Patreon Head to https://www.patreon.com/forcefive to access older episodes, reviews, giveaways and talk flicks with me! Connect with Chris Haskell To listen to Punk Vacation, use this link: https://podfollow.com/1760290937 To follow Chris on Instagram, use this link: https://www.instagram.com/personalhistoryoffilm Stay Connected with Force Five 📧 Email: [email protected] 🌐 Website: https://www.forcefivepodcast.com 🎬 Letterboxd: https://www.letterboxd.com/forcefive 🎙️ Discover more Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast shows: Link Here Credits This episode was written, produced, and edited by Jason Kleeberg. Executive producers: Moosa Mahmood, Ryan Verrill, Pete Abeyta, Eric Peacock and Ryan Gowland Force Five is part of the Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast Network. www.forcefivepodcast.com

This Week on the Force Five Podcast: Host Jason Kleeberg is joined by podcaster Billy Ray Brewton, whose newest creative endeavor, the documentary Coroner to the Stars is making festival rounds now. To read our article about Michael Madsen, use this link: https://cinepunx.com/somebodys-gonna-start-cryin-remembering-michael-madsen-1957-2025/ Patreon Head to https://www.patreon.com/forcefive to access older episodes, reviews, giveaways and talk flicks with me! Connect with Billy Ray Brewton To subscribe to Billy Ray Brewton’s Substack, use this link: https://billyraywrites.substack.com/ To follow Billy Ray on Instagram, use this link: https://www.instagram.com/billyraybrewton/ To follow Billy Ray on Bluesky, use this link: https://web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/billyraybrewton.bsky.social Stay Connected with Force Five 📧 Email: [email protected] 🌐 Website: https://www.forcefivepodcast.com 🎬 Letterboxd: https://www.letterboxd.com/forcefive 🎙️ Discover more Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast shows: Link Here Credits This episode was written, produced, and edited by Jason Kleeberg. Executive producers: Moosa Mahmood, Ryan Verrill, Pete Abeyta, Eric Peacock and Ryan Gowland Force Five is part of the Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast Network. www.forcefivepodcast.com

This Week on the Force Five Podcast: Host Jason Kleeberg is joined by Julia Max, the director of the 2025 horror film The Surrender to talk Top 5 Mother/Daughter Films. To read my contribution to remembering Michael Madsen, use this link: https://cinepunx.com/somebodys-gonna-start-cryin-remembering-michael-madsen-1957-2025/ To listen to One Track Mind, use this link. https://podfollow.com/1431611476 Patreon Head to https://www.patreon.com/forcefive to access older episodes, reviews, giveaways and talk flicks with me! Connect with Julia Max To watch The Surrender, use this link: https://www.shudder.com/ To follow Julia on Instagram, use this link: https://www.instagram.com/juliatothemax Stay Connected with Force Five 📧 Email: [email protected] 🌐 Website: https://www.forcefivepodcast.com 🎬 Letterboxd: https://www.letterboxd.com/forcefive 🎙️ Discover more Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast shows: Link Here Credits This episode was written, produced, and edited by Jason Kleeberg. Executive producers: Moosa Mahmood, Ryan Verrill, Pete Abeyta, Eric Peacock and Ryan Gowland Force Five is part of the Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast Network. www.forcefivepodcast.com

This Week on the Force Five Podcast: This week, host Jason Kleeberg is joined by no one, because he didn’t edit a show with everything going on in his personal life. Instead, here’s one from the Patreon vault. This originally aired in September of 2022. Patreon Head to https://www.patreon.com/forcefive to access older episodes, reviews, giveaways and talk flicks with me! Stay Connected with Force Five 📧 Email: [email protected] 🌐 Website: https://www.forcefivepodcast.com 🎬 Letterboxd: https://www.letterboxd.com/forcefive 🎙️ Discover more Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast shows: Link Here Credits This episode was written, produced, and edited by Jason Kleeberg. Executive producers: Moosa Mahmood, Ryan Verrill, Pete Abeyta, Eric Peacock and Ryan Gowland Force Five is part of the Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast Network. www.forcefivepodcast.com

This Week on the Force Five Podcast: This week, host Jason Kleeberg is joined again by screenwriter Phil Iscove, creator of the Fox series Sleepy Hollow and co-host of Podcast Like It’s. Today’s topic is Top 5 Ticking Clock films…these are films where a life‑or‑death deadline hangs over everything - not just a dramatic two‑minute bomb‑scene—it’s the entire premise. Think High Noon where Gary Cooper’s Will Kane awaits the arrival of the Miller Gang on the twelve o’clock train or 1988’s D.O.A., where Dennis Quaid has just 48 hours to find out who poisoned him. Patreon Head to https://www.patreon.com/forcefive to access older episodes, reviews, giveaways and talk flicks with me! Connect with Phil Iscove Follow on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/pmiscove.bsky.social Listen to Podcast Like It’s: https://podfollow.com/1316214754 Join the Podcast Like It’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Podcastlikeits Stay Connected with Force Five 📧 Email: [email protected] 🌐 Website: https://www.forcefivepodcast.com 🎬 Letterboxd: https://www.letterboxd.com/forcefive 🎙️ Discover more Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast shows: Link Here Credits This episode was written, produced, and edited by Jason Kleeberg. Executive producers: Moosa Mahmood, Ryan Verrill, Pete Abeyta, Eric Peacock and Ryan Gowland Force Five is part of the Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast Network. www.forcefivepodcast.com

This Week on the Force Five Podcast: This week, host Jason Kleeberg is joined again by writer Duane Swierczynski, co-author of the new book Lion and Lamb with James Patterson. On this show, we talk about our favorite films and some underrated gems featuring musicians in the cast. Patreon Head to https://www.patreon.com/forcefive to access older episodes, reviews, giveaways and talk flicks with me! Connect with Duane Swierczynski Buy a book: https://www.gleefulmayhem.com/novels Join his newsletter: https://gleefulmayhem.substack.com/ Connect with socials: https://linktr.ee/swierczy Stay Connected with Force Five 📧 Email: [email protected] 🌐 Website: https://www.forcefivepodcast.com 🎬 Letterboxd: https://www.letterboxd.com/forcefive 🎙️ Discover more Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast shows: Link Here Credits This episode was written, produced, and edited by Jason Kleeberg. Executive producers: Moosa Mahmood, Ryan Verrill, Pete Abeyta, Eric Peacock and Ryan Gowland Force Five is part of the Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast Network. www.forcefivepodcast.com

This Week on the Force Five Podcast: 🎙️ In this classic episode that originally aired in September of 2022, host Jason Kleeberg is joined by David Rosen. He’s a musician and the host of the Piecing it Together Podcast. Together, they reveal their picks for their Top 5 movie dogs. There’s also a review of the film Nope (2022), which had just come out at the time. Patreon Head to https://www.patreon.com/forcefive to access older episodes, reviews, giveaways and talk flicks with me! Connect with David Rosen To check out the Piecing It Together Podcast, use this link: https://podfollow.com/piecingpod To check out David’s music, use this link: https://www.bydavidrosen.com/ Stay Connected with Force Five Podcast 📧 Email: [email protected] 🌐 Website: https://www.forcefivepodcast.com 🎬 Letterboxd: https://www.letterboxd.com/forcefive 🎙️ Discover more Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast shows: Link Here Credits This episode was written, produced, and edited by Jason Kleeberg. Executive producers: Moosa Mahmood, Ryan Verrill, Pete Abeyta, Eric Peacock and Ryan Gowland Force Five is part of the Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast Network. www.forcefivepodcast.com

This Week on the Force Five Podcast: 🎙️ This week, host Jason Kleeberg is joined by Chris Bumbray (Editor-in-Chief at joblo.com) and Sean O’Connell (Deputy Editor at CBR.com) to celebrate the filmography of the biggest movie star on the planet - Tom Cruise. With Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning right around the corner, these two go head to head looking to craft the best list of 5 Tom Cruise films, voted on by you, the List Nerds. Patreon Head to https://www.patreon.com/forcefive to access older episodes, reviews, giveaways and talk flicks with me! Connect with Chris Bumbray Check out his work on JoBlo.com: https://www.joblo.com/author/chris-bumbray/ Links to socials are in the link above! Connect with Sean O’Connell Check out his work on CBR.com: https://www.cbr.com/author/sean-o-connell/ Links to socials are in the link above! Buy one of Sean O’Connell’s books: https://www.SeanOConnellBooks.com Stay Connected with Force Five Podcast 📧 Email: [email protected] 🌐 Website: https://www.forcefivepodcast.com 🎬 Letterboxd: https://www.letterboxd.com/forcefive 🎙️ Discover more Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast shows: Link Here Credits This episode was written, produced, and edited by Jason Kleeberg. Executive producers: Moosa Mahmood, Ryan Verrill, Pete Abeyta, Eric Peacock and Ryan Gowland Force Five is part of the Someone’s Favorite Productions Podcast Network. www.forcefivepodcast.com