If you had to climb inside a random celebrity, who would you choose? Does Charlie Sheen have any business being in this movie? Malkovich MALKOVICH Malkovich Malkovich? This week, we through our own brain portals to chat about the slimy 1999 Spike Jonze puppet classic, Being John Malkovich! This week's panel: Host: Robert Speewack (@rob_speewack) & Will Paulson (@wilburpaulsen) Defense: Amy Gang & Griff Gustafson Roasters: Jacob Foltz (@btbfilmspodcast) & Rob Paulson (@retirementwa) K...
Apr 21, 2018•56 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Does green underglow actually make your car go faster? When do we get that Dominic Torretto origin movie? Are we sandwich crazy? This week, we put the pedal to the metal and load up our NOS tanks to peel out to the 2001 original street racing opera, The Fast & The Furious! This week's panel: Host: Will Paulson (@wilburpaulsen) Defense: Cody Olsen Roasters: Sammi Firman (@sammfirmy) & Robert Speewack (@rob_speewack) Keep up with 24 Flames Per Second: Join our Patreon here: www.patreon.com...
Apr 11, 2018•54 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Who lets a Baby drive a car in the first place? Does every character's name in this movie start with a B or a D? Is this the first music video that's ever been nominated for an Oscar? This week, we dust off our iPods and hop in to skid through Atlanta with Edgar Wright's 2017 high octane heist-romance, Baby Driver! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack (@rob_speewack) & Will Paulson (@wilburpaulsen) Defense: Kwesi Phillips (@akayaday) Roasters: Maddy Vonhoff (@maddyvonhoff) & Cody Ol...
Apr 04, 2018•56 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Would you rather die on a wall or inside a Jaeger? How low do the ratings have to get before the apocalypse gets canceled? Who's naming these kaiju anyway, some Mom who's trying to guess Pokemon? This week, we handshake with our brains and jump straight into the Drift to talk about Guillermo Del Toro's 2013 monster spectacular, Pacific Rim! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack (@rob_speewack) & Will Paulson (@wilburpaulsen) Defense: Maddy Vonhoff (@maddyvonhoff) Roasters: Kacie Rahm (@k...
Mar 28, 2018•55 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Is a dalmatian an appropriate replacement for a beagle? Did General Custer really die at the Battle of Little Bighorn? Did Wes Anderson have an incest fetish BEFORE it was cool? This week, we put the family drama front AND center to talk about the 2001 Wes Anderson family favorite, The Royal Tenenbaums! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack (@rob_speewack) & Will Paulson (@wilburpaulsen) Defense: Maureen Armstrong (@maelarm) Roasters: Scott Calvert (@snowglowled) & Rob Paulson (@reti...
Mar 20, 2018•50 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Is Troy Duffy a sadist? Does punching a feminist REALLY count as vigilante justice? Is this the frat bro movie to end all frat bro movies? This week, we say a prayer for the whole family through the raining gunfire that the college boys love in the 1999 St. Patricks classic, The Boondock Saints! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack (@rob_speewack) & Will Paulson (@wilburpaulsen) Defense: Kwesi Phillips (@akayaday) Roasters: Jacob Foltz (@btbfilmspod) & Cody Olsen Keep up with 24 Fla...
Mar 13, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 37
How malnourished do you have to be that a bear wouldn't even wanna eat you? Can you tell the difference between wild potato seeds and every other type of plant? What's your Alexander Supertramp name? This week, we recklessly venture into the wilderness and search our souls for the most pretentious things to say we can with the 2007 adventure tragedy, Into The Wild! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack (@rob_speewack) & Will Paulson (@wilburpaulsen) Defense: Cody Olsen Roasters: Kacie Ra...
Mar 07, 2018•57 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Amanda Bynes: where is she now? Does David Beckham really use tampons to stop a nosebleed? Was it Shakespeare that wrote the line: "Girls can't beat boys, because science."? This week, we try out for BOTH TEAMS for the 2006 gender-swap soccer teen Shakespeare adaptation, She's The Man! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack (@rob_speewack) & Will Paulson (@wilburpaulsen) Defense: Roxy Ewing (@inroxicatedfilms) Roasters: Sammi Firman (@sammfirmy) & Ian Coleman Keep up with 24 Flames Pe...
Feb 26, 2018•52 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Is this the March of Penguins prequel we've always wanted? Do crows make good pets? Red & Andy. Friends? Or something more? This week, we break INTO the 1994 prison chic Stephen King adaptation, The Shawshank Redemption! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack (@rob_speewack) & Will Paulson (@wilburpaulsen) Defense: Amy Gang (@playspod) Roasters: Jacob Foltz (@btbfilmspodcast) & Kwesi Phillips (@akayaday) Keep up with 24 Flames Per Second: Join our Patreon here: www.patreon.com/24f...
Feb 19, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Is a Pop Tart fate? How creepy do you have to be to win a fellowship with Kurt Vonnegut? Can YOU hardly wait for our Valentine's Day episode? This week, we throw a party for the 1998 high school teen romance classic, Can't Hardly Wait! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack (@rob_speewack) & Will Paulson (@wilburpaulsen) Defense: Ben Scott (@bummerof69) Roasters: Rob Paulson (@retirementwa) & Kacie Rahm (@kacierahm) Keep up with 24 Flames Per Second: Join our Patreon here: www.patreon...
Feb 13, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 33
If a dude dressed like a cat, how much do you REALLY want to know? Would this film carry the same weight if it was titled 'Captain America: Family Feud'? Are we Team Cap or Team Iron Man? This week, we duke it out like only superheroes can in the Russo Brothers Marvel family drama from 2016, Captain America: Civil War! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack (@rob_speewack) & Kwesi Phillips (@akayaday) Defense: Maddy Vonhoff (@maddyvonhoff) Roasters: Pepper Hambrick & Ian Coleman Keep ...
Feb 03, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 32
*NOTE: This is meant to be played alongside National Treasure as a commentary track. If you listen to it by itself, you may be incredibly bored. You've been warned! Welcome to 24 FPS Drinkalongs, the watchalong that roasts the films we love most! This month, we clue-hunt through American history and drink along to National Treasure, and we're watching it on Netflix! To make sure you catch our monthly Drinkalongs, support 24 Flames on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/24flamespod The drinkers this mo...
Jan 31, 2018•2 hr 9 min
Just how long was Phil trapped in Groundhog Day? If Phil is Buddha, does that make the groundhog Jesus? How many types of insurance are there? This week, we live through the quintessential rodent-centric Bill Murray time travel classic, the 1993 Groundhog Day! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack & Will Paulson Defense: Reilley Scott Roasters: Ben Scott & Jacob Foltz Keep up with 24 Flames Per Second: Join our Patreon here: www.patreon.com/24flamespod Email: 24flamespod@gmail.com Fa...
Jan 28, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Can you guess why he's named Dr. King Schultz? What would YOUR teeth look like if you lived in a place called "Candyland"? Did Leo deserve the Oscar that year? This week, we brush up on our German fairytales and saddle up for the 2012 Quentin Tarantino Western superhero shoot 'em up, Django Unchained! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack & Will Paulson Defense: Kwesi Phillips Roasters: Russell Hay & Scott Calvert Keep up with 24 Flames Per Second: Email: 24flamespod@gmail.com Facebo...
Jan 23, 2018•53 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Is Jafar the original Men's Rights Activist? Is "A Whole New World" just "Can You Feel The Love Tonight", but worse? How much Robin Williams is TOO MUCH Robin Williams? We hop aboard our magic carpets and venture into Arabia on the hunt for the Cave of Wonders in 1992's Middle Eastern Disney classic, Aladdin! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack & Will Paulson Defense: Maddy Vonhoff Roaster: Rob Paulson Keep up with 24 Flames Per Second: Email: 24flamespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebo...
Jan 16, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Is Tommy Wiseau man, alien, or vampire? Where's all his money come from? Anyway, how's your sex life? We keep the hits rolling and we pull our comments out of our pockets to talk about the real Hollywood movies, Tommy Wiseau's The Room and James Franco's The Disaster Artist! Oh hai, listeners! As promised here's a link to The Room video game: https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/547307 This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack & Will Paulson Defense: Ian Coleman Roasters: Brian Toews &...
Jan 08, 2018•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 28
Did video kill the porno star? Do YOU got the touch? What does it feel like to get curb-stomped by roller skates? On our first episode of 2018, we penetrate Paul Thomas Anderson's 70's/80's porn extravaganza film, Boogie Nights! Here's to new beginnings! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack & Will Paulson Defense: Abby Cooke Roasters: Pepper Hambrick & Kacie Rahm Keep up with 24 Flames Per Second: Email: 24flamespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/24flamespod Twitter: www.twitt...
Jan 02, 2018•57 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Do snowflakes have atmosphere? If your heart grows three sizes at once, should you see a doctor? Where are you, Christmasssss? On this episode, we roast the veritable beast that is the 2000 tiny-nosed anti-Christmas film, How The Grinch Stole Christmas! This is the final episode of 2017, thanks for a great first half of our first year! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack & Will Paulson Defense: Kwesi Phillips Roasters: Mario Orallo & Ian Coleman Keep up with 24 Flames Per Second: E...
Dec 26, 2017•56 min•Season 1Ep. 26
What kind of parents name their children: "Grover Dill" and "Scut Farkas"? Would Will abandon his friend, Kwesi, if his tongue was stuck to a flagpole? Did Randy ever put his arms down AGAIN? On this episode, we get our collective tongues stuck to the flagpole that is the quintessential 1983 childhood gun-tastic Christmas film, A Christmas Story! Happy holidays from 24 Flames Per Second! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack & Will Paulson Defense: Scott Calvert Roasters: Pepper Hambrick...
Dec 20, 2017•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 25
How would you react if you found out your father was a space-Hitler wizard? Do they serve Colt .45 malt liquor in Cloud City? If you can't handle Yoda at his worst, do you deserve him at his best? On this episode, we split from our friends for the Dagobah systems that lurks amidst the 1980 spoiler-tastic follow-up to your favorite space western opera, Empire Strikes Back! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack & Will Paulson Defense: Sammi Firman Roasters: Cody Olsen & Reilley Scott K...
Dec 11, 2017•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Do you think Buddy got his steps in walking all the way from the North Pole to New York City? In what units does Santa measure Christmas cheer? What WAS that guy's favorite color? On this episode, we march hundreds of miles for the World's Best Cup Of Coffee that is the 2003 elf-man-baby Will Ferrell vehicle, Elf! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack & Will Paulson Defense: Amy Gang Roasters: Nate Sawtell & Ben Scott Keep up with 24 Flames Per Second: Email: 24flamespod@gmail.com Fa...
Dec 04, 2017•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Are there child labor laws in Halloweentown? What is Sally made out of? What does St. Patrick's Day town look like? On this episode, we open up the holiday door in the nameless holiday forest that is the 1993 "Is it a Halloween or a Christmas movie?", A Nightmare Before Christmas! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack & Will Paulson Defense: Kwesi Phillips Roasters: Ian Coleman & Aaron Clark Keep up with 24 Flames Per Second: Email: 24flamespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/24...
Nov 28, 2017•58 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Can pets be your friends?? Do you know where YOUR magic poop scratch spot is? What was louder in this movie: Jake Gyllenhaal's voice -or- his outfit? On this episode, we shout "Okja!" loudly over and over repeatedly while running everywhere, chasing our best pet friend through the whole entire world in the 2016 takedown of all things meat, Okja! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack & Kevin Conner Defense: Maureen Armstrong Roasters: Brian Toews & Kwesi Phillips Keep up with 24 Flame...
Nov 20, 2017•52 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Is the actual main character in this movie... America?? How many ways to cook shrimp ARE there? Is life indeed, a box of chocolates? On this episode, we run, run, and run some more straight at the 1994 historical American rewritten history retrospective extravaganza the stigmatizes war, mental health, urination, and large gums, Forrest Gump! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack & Will Paulson Defense: Mario Orallo Roasters: Stefanie Malone & Kwesi Phillips Keep up with 24 Flames Per...
Nov 12, 2017•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 20
How far does a million dollars really go, how much can you REALLY buy with one million dollars? How many ways are there to skin a cat? Would you think that an FBI-agent-undercover-as-a-banker could do basic math - because 11 plus 6 still doesn't equal 18? On this episode, we cash in on the 1994 pro-capitalist Macintosh commercial marauding under the guise of a harmless coming-of-age film, Blank Check! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack & Will Paulson Defense: Rob Paulson Roasters: Amy...
Nov 05, 2017•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Do you think that maybe if the Frost Giants would have paid their power bills to Asgard that they would have just turned their lights back on for them? How long IS an Odinsleep? Maybe Odin lied to Loki his whole life because he thought, "Well, he's the God of mischief and maybe he just likes that sorta thing?" On this episode, we take the Bifrost straight to Odin's Asgardian front door, but stop by New Mexico on the way, with Kenneth Braunagh's 2011 majestical Norse fantasy, Thor! This week's pa...
Oct 30, 2017•57 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Do you believe in any of this voodoo bullshit? Is it a party foul to destroy the ONLY computer game in Antarctica? How fast does a dog have to run to outrun Norwegian gunfire? On this episode, we dissect the frozen carcass and subsequently destroy our own Antarctic base in John Carpenter's 1982 body snatcher thriller, The Thing! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack & Will Paulson Defense: Kwesi Phillips Roasters: Kacie Rahm & Ian Coleman Keep up with 24 Flames Per Second: Email: 24f...
Oct 24, 2017•55 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Is the baby sick? How DO you cut up regular chickens? You find a disembodied head in the middle of the street, do you: A) take it to an eraser factory, or B) do literally anything else with it? On this episode, we cut up the tiny chickens and get with the sexy neighbor that is David Lynch's 1977 exploration of parenthood, Eraserhead! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack & Will Paulson Defense: Nate Sawtell Roasters: Abby Cooke & Brian Toews Keep up with 24 Flames Per Second: Email: ...
Oct 16, 2017•50 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Would you just give me a second to be scientific? Where did all the honeybees go? Hot dogs get a pretty bad rap, don't you think? On this episode, we flee from the city and into the plant-ridden countryside of M. Night Shyamalan's 2008 plant-murder contemporary killer, The Happening! This week's panel: Hosts: Robert Speewack & Will Paulson Defense: Ian Coleman Roasters: Reilley Scott & Sammi Firman Keep up with 24 Flames Per Second: Email: 24flamespod@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com...
Oct 10, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 15
How many birds hitting a window does it take to break glass? Is the worst first date ever a literal MURDER of crows? Would you drive an hour and a half up the California coast from San Francisco to deliver two specially ordered love birds as an elaborate revenge prank on this guy you barely even know, who you randomly met at a pet shop? On this episode, we linger outside a schoolhouse while crows assemble behind us and then sprint away from them down the road, the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock classic, ...
Oct 02, 2017•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 14