We’re changing things up a bit as we look to reboot the podcast in October, so please enjoy this sort or rehearsal episode as we try out a new multi-topic format. This week Marco really wants to discuss Taylor Swift’s new(ish) video for “Look What You Made Me Do.” Benji rhapsodizes about his latest video game/fiction obsession The Witcher. And then we do a spotlight discussion on the new Jennifer Lawrence joint “mother!” It’s uh… really something. Spoilers abound, of course, so beware. And final...
Sep 19, 2017•2 hr 50 min
At long last, Marco has finally seen Wonder Woman, so we can now discuss the DCEU’s only good movie. The guys talk about Gal Gadot’s excellent performance, the not-so-excellent script, Wonder Woman’s powers, the future of the DCEU, the pointlessness of the Z-List Howling Commando wannabes, and much more.
Sep 01, 2017•1 hr 12 min
Marco and Benji check in with their thoughts on Beauty and the Beast. They both really enjoyed it. We talk about the McGregor-sance, McGregor sauce, Emma Watson as Belle, Disney Musicals, Fantastic Beasts, and much more. Be our guest to this podcast.
Mar 19, 2017•1 hr
By popular demand, Marco and Benji went to see the Fifty Shades sequel. It’s so bad. Christian Grey: still a massive creep with no personality. Anastasia Steele: still a wimp with no willpower. Jose: still in the Friendzone. Noel Kahn: nowhere to be found! Booo.
Mar 05, 2017•1 hr 9 min
Marco and Benji have returned to Headcanon to talk about freakin’ Fifty Shades of Grey, of all movies. Explore the super lame world of kinda BDSM sex, as two boring C-listers argue for 126 minutes (!) about a stupid sex contract. All Anastasia Steele wants is a normal super rich boyfriend with no personality. All Christian Grey wants is a fresh victim to re-enact his own childhood abuse on. Will these two crazy kids ever work things out??
Feb 12, 2017•1 hr 26 min
Happy Holidays everyone! Our guest Raquel Hinson from the Loose Lips Sink Ships pod thought there could be no better way to bring Yule Tide cheer to the last Headcanon of 2016 than by watching Die Hard. We totally agreed, and had a delight both watching and recording. Join us for red hot takes on 80s workplace politics, the real name of Laura Linney’s boy toy in Love, Actually, and our unending admiration to the majesty that is Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber.
Dec 21, 2016•2 hr 16 min
This week we’re closing out the franchise with Scream 4, a final sequel that came out 11 years after the last one, to minimal fanfare and instant irrelevance. But at least it’s not Scream 3. Join Marco and Benji as we talk about the wonder of Lucy Hale in a Scream movie, the odd adult perspective in a movie full of teenagers, and a theoretical Scream 5 featuring time travel.
Dec 12, 2016•2 hr 37 min
Time for another hate-watch as Marco and Benji suffer through the putrid Scream 3 for your amusement. Dream sequences, bad hair, Patrick Dempsey, Jay and Silent Bob — holy hell this movie is atrocious. They could make another ten sequels to Scream and still not produce a movie as bad as Scream 3. Nobody gets out of this clean, and we are all dumber for its existence.
Dec 05, 2016•2 hr 43 min
This week, the guys return to another seminal moment from our youth. A movie we may actually enjoy even more than the first one: Scream 2. Join us as we delve into college horror featuring one-time Benji idol, the film geek god Randy Meeks, early-Marco megacrush Sarah Michelle Gellar, and 1997 America’s Favorite Celebrity Couple: Deputy Dewey and Gale Weathers. Also, Sidney is here too and dating the guy from Sliders. The 90s were awesome.
Nov 23, 2016•2 hr 43 min
For our next franchise, we’re going back to our teen roots for one of our favorites: Scream, the glorious brainchild of Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven. Marco and Benji dive into the innocent halcyon days of the nineties, when cell phones were rare, movie knowledge was currency, and David Arquette had a career. We love this movie and we hope you do too.
Nov 16, 2016•2 hr 6 min
At long last, Headcanon is finally closing the book on the Twilight Saga, this seemingly endless string of movies where nothing ever really happens. Marco and Benji are joined by Raquel Hinson of the Loose Lips Sink Ships podcast as we send off this franchise with a big unbloody vampire war that wasn’t even in the books and didn’t really happen anyway. Not-RIP Carlisle and Jasper! We hope you enjoy this extra-long podcast full of musings about Jacob’s normalized pedophilia, furry wolf dong, vamp...
Nov 07, 2016•3 hr 41 min
After a blessed vacation, Marco and Benji have returned to the unending Twilight Saga because you demanded it. Joining us in our misery this week is Krystal Pearson of the Loose Lips Sink Ships podcast, whose Twilight novel knowledge helps to explain Charlie Swan’s down-low girlfriend, Rosalie’s sudden relevance, and all the other random plot holes and bad writing in this movie. Also, marble cocks. Thanks for listening!
Oct 31, 2016•2 hr 53 min
Headcanon is back to continue the Twilight Saga with Eclipse, a movie that features no Eclipses, metaphorical or otherwise. Morgan Glennon of buddytv.com and the Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl Radio podcasts has been gracious enough to join us again as we pick apart this latest nonsense. Like: why was Victoria’s plan to kill Bella so convoluted? Why doesn’t Bella ride Jacob when he’s in wolf-form? Why is Jasper getting all this dialog and screen-time? Why does a movie this bad have a soundtra...
Oct 10, 2016•2 hr 10 min
This week on the podcast, Marco and Benji are joined by Morgan Glennon who writes for buddytv.com and co-hosts the Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl Radio podcasts. Morgan has been gracious enough to suffer through New Moon with us, and crushes us with the news that this might not even be the worst Twilight movie. Join us as we lament the bad acting, demand more Anna Kendrick, and worry about all the steroids poor Jacob must be on. Also, FacePunch!! P.S. this movie is so bad that Alice foresaw i...
Sep 25, 2016•2 hr 14 min
At long last, Headcanon has gotten to Twilight, that milestone of modern franchise entertainment that will shape so much of the next decade of blockbuster film. This movie it terrible, yo! And Benji LOVES IT. Marco, perhaps less so. Embrace the pain, Marco! This is high school romance at its absolute worst and most awkward and problematic and it is gloriously dumb. The guys discuss how great Anna Kendrick is, how awful Mike the random jock friend is, and get into a spirited debate over whether o...
Sep 18, 2016•2 hr 55 min
Harry Potter is back! Kind of! Marco and Benji are joined by Autostraddle Senior Editor and Potterverse Expert Heather Hogan to discuss the new rehearsal edition of the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play. We talk spoilers, obviously, including our thoughts on young Albus and Scorpius, Alternate Hermione, Voldemort’s wandwork, a play vs a book or movie, characters we missed, and much more. Enjoy!
Aug 29, 2016•1 hr 23 min
Benji and Marco went to see Suicide Squad because you, our listeners, demanded it. Because apparently you want us to suffer—which, to be fair, we understand. This movie is so bad it makes Batman v Superman not the worst DCEU movie. Think about that. However bad you’ve heard this movie is: it’s worse. Poor Will Smith and Margot Robbie. Don’t go see this movie. We did so you won’t have to. Witness me!!
Aug 08, 2016•1 hr 14 min
Marco and Benji close out the Indiana Jones saga with this turd of a movie that makes us feel embarrassed for everyone involved. Watch as old, indestructible Indy pratfalls through an incoherent plot, surrounded by obvious CGI and too many useless supporting characters. Cringe at the reality where Shia LaBeouf is Henry Jones III. Marvel that the terrible script Lucas and Spielberg went with after years and year in development, with rewrites from all the Top Men in screenwriting. And pity poor Ha...
Jun 06, 2016•1 hr 1 min
After a short break so Benji could move, the guys are back to talk Last Crusade, a nice return to form for Indy after Temple of Doom. Herein we discuss Elsa’s on-point fashion, the amusement of James Bond playing Indiana’s dad, the many memorable quotes, and how River Phoenix would have taken all the roles DiCaprio got. If only.
May 24, 2016•1 hr 15 min
If the first Indy movie was a fun, action-packed romp, Temple of Doom is a dark, twisted, mean-spirited rollercoaster. The kind where you get wet and you didn’t bring a change of clothes. Join Benji and Marco as we break down what we love and find interesting about this movie, and also what we would rather do without. On the one hand, a dude gets his heart ripped out and it’s still beating. On the other hand, this is a movie for kids where a dude gets his heart ripped out and it’s still beating....
May 09, 2016•1 hr 7 min
This week, Marco and Benji are joined by Kelsea Stahler from Bustle’s Taking This One to the Grave podcast to talk about the instant classic: Raiders of the Lost Ark. Kelsea marvels at Marion Ravenwood’s whiskey skills, Marco dismisses the “Indy doesn’t affect the plot” crowd, and Benji obsesses over Spielberg’s oners. All are in agreement that this movie is ridiculously fun to watch.
May 02, 2016•1 hr 29 min
Pour yourselves a tall glass of haterade, because Marco and Benji are hear to eviscerate the failed franchise attempt that is Batman v Superman: Yawn of Justice. We talk about the pretentious, overblown dialog, how Superman only smiles when murdering someone, and how inessential most of the storylines in the movie are. Also, lots of Batman voice. MARTHA! WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME!?!?! The franchise is dead. Bury it. Consider this mercy.
Apr 18, 2016•2 hr 54 min
Marco and Benji are joined by Samantha Rullo once more to close out our discussion of the Back to the Future Trilogy. Part III finds us in a western that short on time travel hijinks, but high on broad shenanigans. We finally learn who the hell Needles is, Marty gets his ego in check, and Doc gets laid. Um. Yay?
Apr 12, 2016•1 hr 17 min
We’re joined again by Samantha Rullo from Bustle to discuss part II of Back to the Future, a movie we all remembered very differently than what we saw on re-watch. Join us as we discuss the conservation of Marty in the timeline, Doc Brown’s ulterior motives, fragile 80s masculinity, and the psychological nightmare that is Jennifer’s time-fractured memory. Also, Benji tries and fails to explain Max Headroom to Samantha.
Apr 05, 2016•1 hr 17 min
We’re back! After a hiatus for PLL season, Marco and Benji return with Samantha Rullo from Bustle’s Taking This One to the Grave podcast to talk about the classic 80s high-concept blockbuster Back to the Future! Wherein we discuss the awfulness of George McFly, the creepy way the entire plot revolves around rape, growing up with Marty McFly, and time traveling back to the 80s to separate movie from reality.
Mar 29, 2016•1 hr 20 min
Before they go on hiatus for Pretty Little Liars season, Marco and Benji are back one more time to talk about a failed franchise starter: I Am Number Four. They joke about the neutron star of suck in the center of the film, how it doesn’t seem to know its target audience, how great Timothy Olyphant is in a useless role, etc. This is the kind of movie you get when bad intentions go awry.
Jan 04, 2016•1 hr 20 min
It’s finally here! Marco and Benji have a great time nerding out about all things Star Wars: The Force Awakens. After seeing the movie multiple times, they offer their thoughts on Finn, Rey, “Mary Sue” labels, the adorableness of BB-8, if Kylo Ren sleeps in his helmet, and what we’re looking for in Episode VIII.
Dec 22, 2015•2 hr 47 min
This week, Benji and Marco are joined by Christina Wolfgram (@TheCwolf) to talk about the end of the Original Trilogy, Return of the Jedi. Marco really digs the Jabba’s Palace stuff, while Benji would prefer to just start watching in Act III. Christina is moved by the dying Ewok. We all had a good time closing out the OT while eagerly anticipating the new film that’s just around the corner now.
Dec 15, 2015•2 hr 40 min
This week, at long last, we discuss Benji’s favorite movie of all time: The Empire Strikes Back. All the characters get big upgrades, especially Vader and Chewie. And Lando and Yoda are excellent additions to the cast that feel right at home. Topics include: droids have feelings? Who runs HR for the Rebellion? Did Yoda maybe go a little crazy in seclusion on Dagobah? And much more. Thanks for listening, and may the Force be with you!
Dec 08, 2015•2 hr 44 min
It’s almost time for new Star Wars, so Marco and Benji are looking back at the original Star Wars, AKA Episode IV — A New Hope. We’re fascinated by the weird galaxy George Lucas created at least partly by accident. Much love for Han Solo and Obi Wan Kenobi within. Luke is basically a space hick, and the Rebellion is remarkably chill about letting people into their secret base.
Dec 02, 2015•1 hr 25 min
