Spring is in the air and we at the Picture Show Pundits are experiencing a new blossoming. Firstly, welcome new writers Erik Bateson and Ben Bailey. Erik will be providing new film reviews, and Ben will be concentrating on his own profane, idiosyncratic, witty pop-culture dissections with his new column, Ben's Nerd Rage.

You can also be sure to listen to Ben as he's joined by pals on the new podcast, The Dirty Sons of Pitches. The gang talks movies and entertainment news and play a series of movie-related games, notably The Pitch where our heroes try and pitch a potential movie. Come for the movie games, stay for the regularly bizarre off-topic vulgarity. Also available via iTunes, folks.

Sinead Donohoe is our resident film academic, and her film deeply analytical, heady essays will make you feel smarter just by having read them. Her second column is now up, The Matrix: Zen in the Art of Being Bulletproof. It's so detailed, so masterful, that we split it up in two so that your brains could better process the wonder. Stay tuned in one week for the publishing of Sinead's second part.

And finally, resident Uwe Boll expert Nate Zoebl, who has arguably devoted more time than any human being on the planet to this infamous director, has finally uploaded his complete column, Uwe Boll: Modern-Day Ed Wood or Biggest Hack in Hollywood?. First published in 2005, Nate's point-by-point take-down on the career of Uwe Boll now includes detailed reviews on 19 (!) of the man's movies he's directed. It may just be the greatest thing he's ever written, and perhaps the greatest thing... ever written?

So please check out the various activity going on at Picture Show Pundits, from reviews to columns to our newest podcast. There's a lot of excitement around these parts and we hope that translates to your enjoyment.