It’s season finale time here on Pick Six Movies and we’re pulling out all the stops! We’re doing the newest movie we’ve ever done – Five Nights at Freddy’s – and welcoming back old pals like Pick Six Bot and Back to the Future references . We discuss the convoluted lore, the sloppy script, and dabble in the realm of simulations. Join us, won’t you? Thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Pandora , iHeartRadio , Podchaser , Google Podcasts , and on Android here...
Nov 10, 2023•2 hr 16 min•Season 26Ep. 6
As we round the bend toward the conclusion os season 26, one we call Domo Arigato, it’s time to hit the food court with Chopping Mall! We’re talking about how 80s this movie truly is, milking bulls, the readily available explosives in this, and vent freak-outs. Join us, won’t you? 00:00:00 – 00:02:12 – Welcome to the Show with Chad 00:02:13 – 00:18:55 – The Story of Malls and the Making of Chopping Mall with Bo 00:18:56 – 01:41:54 – Discussing Chopping Mall Thanks for listening and be sure to su...
Oct 27, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Season 26Ep. 5
On a new episode of Pick Six Movies, we head to school with the robot teacher sci-fi nonsense, Class of 1999 ! We have albino Stacy Keaches, technicolor gangs, street drugs, and some scene-chewing villains that add spice to this A-Team-explosion-filled movie. It’s a wild one, folks! 00:00:00 – 00:02:06 – Welcome to the Show with Chad 00:02:07 – 00:21:06 – The History of Teen Gone Wild Movies and a Look at Class of 1999 with Bo 00:21:07 – 01:47:03 – Discussing Class of 1999 Thanks for listening a...
Oct 13, 2023•1 hr 47 min•Season 26Ep. 4
Welcome, human listeners, to another episode of this season of Pick Six Movies. We call this one “Domo Arigato,” and it’s all about movies featuring robots. In this case, a robot doll that’s supposed to fill the heart of a grieving girl named M3gan . Instead, it fills the screen with mayhem, which is perfect for us! Plus, a history of automata in movies and the return of Pick Six Bot! Thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Pandora , iHeartRadio , Podchaser , ...
Sep 29, 2023•2 hr 5 min•Season 26Ep. 3
As part of our 26th season of Pick Six Movies, Domo Arigato, we are looking at six movies all about robots. For our second episode of this season, we are venturing into deep space with quippy robots, unclear protagonists, and a crazy German intent on defying the very laws of science and good movie-making. That’s right, it’s Walt Disney’s first foray into PG filmmaking, The Black Hole ! 00:00:00 – 00:01:58 – Welcome to the Show with Chad 00:01:59 – 00:23:23 – Exploring The Black Hole ‘s Productio...
Sep 15, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Season 26Ep. 2
It’s a new season of Pick Six Movies, and we are getting cozy with our future robot overlords. We’re looking at six movies all about robots and what better place to start than with a movie that almost no one has seen, 1981’s Heartbeeps ! How could a movie starring Andy Kaufman and Bernadette Peters with music by John Williams be this big a stinker? Is Andy Kaufman-bot ready to be a father? And is the movie really just wandering in the woods? These questions and more answered on a new episode! 00...
Sep 01, 2023•1 hr 52 min•Season 26Ep. 1
For our final road trip in Season 25, Holiday Road, we are throwing on the snakeskin jacket and hitting the Yellow Brick Road with David Lynch’s Wild at Heart . Is it the artist movie we’ve seen this season? For sure. Is it the best? Well, you’ll have to tune in and find out! And prepare yourself for the sleaziest character in Pick Six history! 00:00:00 – 00:01:55 – Welcome to the Show with Chad 00:01:56 – 00:22:39 – The Early Life of David Lynch and the History of Wild at Heart 00:22:40 – End –...
Aug 18, 2023•2 hr 4 min•Season 25Ep. 6
It’s the penultimate episode of Season 25 of Pick Six Movies and we are hitting the road, the Holiday Road, that is, with Sylvester Stallone in the arm wrestling/trucking/father-son epic (?), Over the Top ! There’s a grumpy Robert Loggia, a terrible kid, lot of montages, and songs that contradict the dialogue as far as the eye can see. Join us, won’t you? 00:00:00 – 00:01:24 – Welcome to the Show with Bo 00:01:25 – 00:22:31 – The Story of Over the Top with Chad 00:22:32 – End – Discussing Over t...
Aug 04, 2023•1 hr 48 min•Season 25Ep. 5
Season 25 of Pick Six Movies is called Holiday Road, a season all about the joy of the road trip. And now we slam on the brakes to pick up this unwelcome traveler, 2007’s make of The Hitcher from the goons who did remakes of The Amityville Horror and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre . And it’s just as dumb as it sounds. Let’s ask the burning questions: Is Sean Bean too handsome to be a hitcher? How much can one girl poop? And how does this movie make every bad decision it can? Hop in the back for a ...
Jul 21, 2023•1 hr 49 min•Season 25Ep. 4
Hey there, fellow travelers! In a rare bit of good movie-watching, Pick Six Movies heads to the American Southwest with Ridley Scott and Thelma & Louise . It only took us until season 25, one we’re calling Holiday Road, to get to a legitimately great film. We have traded in the usual dumb voices for some genuine appreciation. We talk about why the movie works as well as it does, how great the lead performances are, and, of course, some talk about Harvey Keitel’s penis. Join us, won’t you? 00...
Jul 07, 2023•2 hr 12 min•Season 25Ep. 3
For our second episode of Season 25, Holiday Road, we are taking a ride with Pick Six favorite Nicolas Cage as he escapes hell, hooks up with a salty waitress, and goes on the hunt for a chicken-fried cult leader in Drive Angry . There are Cage impressions, plenty of appreciation for Billy Fichts, and a look at just what makes a character actor – all in a new episode of Pick Six Movies! 00:00:00 – 00:02:29 – Welcome to the Show with Chad 00:02:30 – 00:18:07 – Character Actors and the Origins of ...
Jun 23, 2023•2 hr 4 min•Season 25Ep. 2
Welcome to a new season of Pick Six Movies! We are calling this, our 25th season (?!) Holiday Road, and we are kicking it off with the reboot/reimagining/horrible mistake that is 2015’s Vacation . Can two good jokes save a movie? We’ll answer that question, along with how much poop one movie needs, and debate how terrible Fleetwood Mac is. Join us, won’t you? 00:00:00 – 00:01:33 – Welcome to the Show with Bo 00:01:34 – 00:23:23 – Road Movies with Chad 00:23:24 – End – Discussing Vacation with Ch...
Jun 09, 2023•1 hr 56 min•Season 25Ep. 1
When it comes to finales, nobody does it like Pick Six Movies. And by that I mean, nobody finds weirder movies to obsess over. Join us as we comb over Masters of the Universe , a toy-inspired space fantasy with so many problems, we don’t even bother trying to fix this one. Thrill to the lack of a hero! Chill to the rib-eating! It’s a slam-bang, action-adjacent season finale, so what are you waiting for? Hit play! 00:00:00 – 00:01:56 – Welcome to the Show with Chad 00:01:57 – 00:20:03 – Mattel, A...
May 26, 2023•1 hr 50 min•Season 24Ep. 6
Season 24’s penultimate episode explores another pop culture travesty: The Emoji Movie . Our season, pop Culture Club, has generated many horrors. But nothing so shocking, so humiliating as Sir Patrick Stewart playing a pile of poo. And yet, it happened… Join us for a look at this misbegotten family fare and wonder with us why Randy Newman doesn’t write sadder songs for these movies. 00:00:00 – 00:01:42 – Welcome to the Show with Bo 00:01:43 – 00:17:37 – Where Did the Emoji Come From? (and what ...
May 12, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Season 24Ep. 5
We reach new levels of weirdness on a brand new Pick Six Movies with Super Mario Bros. No, no the now one, the old one with Dennis Hopper being creepy, Mario getting kinky, and Luigi getting choked on fungus. Oh, also lots of Mojo Nixon talk. Grab your belt, we’re taking a wrench to this leaky movie! 00:00:00 – 00:02:25 – Welcome to the Show with Chad 00:02:26 – 00:22:32 – The History of Shigeru Miyamoto and How Super Mario Bros. Was Made 00:22:33 – End – Discussing Super Mario Bros. Thanks for ...
Apr 28, 2023•2 hr 21 min•Season 24Ep. 4
We reach new levels of weirdness on a brand new Pick Six Movies with Super Mario Bros. No, not the new one, the old one with Dennis Hopper being creepy, Mario getting kinky, and Luigi getting choked on fungus. Oh, also lots of Mojo Nixon talk. Grab your belt, we’re taking a wrench to this leaky movie! 00:00:00 – 00:02:25 – Welcome to the Show with Chad 00:02:26 – 00:22:32 – The History of Shigeru Miyamoto and How Super Mario Bros. Was Made 00:22:33 – End – Discussing Super Mario Bros. Thanks for...
Apr 28, 2023•2 hr 21 min•Season 24Ep. 4
Join Pick Six Movies as we mark the halfway point of season 24, Pop Culture Club, with the sweaty and silly Perfect . How does this movie make Jamie Lee Curtis working out so unsexy? What crime did that guy commit? And is our John Travolta impression the worst thing we’ve ever done? The decision is yours! Strap on the legwarmers and hit play on the boombox for this 80s-rific cinematic disaster! Thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , Pandora , iHear...
Apr 14, 2023•1 hr 56 min•Season 24Ep. 3
Pick Six Movies dials up a blast from the past with this prank phone call turkey from 1995, The Jerky Boys . We talk about why movies about phone calls don’t really work, debate the best of the Boys’ prank calls, and pitch the inevitable sequel to Glengarry Glen Ross . Check the caller ID, it’s a new episode of Pick Six Movies! Thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , Pandora , iHeartRadio , Podchaser , Google Podcasts , and on Android here . Catch u...
Mar 31, 2023•1 hr 42 min•Season 24Ep. 2
In this new season, Pop Culture Club, we are exploring some of the worst movies to be borne from the shameless money-grab of chasing a fad. First up is The Garbage Pail Kids Movie , one of the worst movies we’ve ever done. I know we say that a lot, but wait… there’s bad puppetry, weirdly horny vibes, and a fashion show held on a sound stage. It’s terrible. Which means we had a blast with it. Join us, won’t you? Thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher ...
Mar 17, 2023•2 hr•Season 24Ep. 1
It’s a season final for Pick Six Movies Season 23, which we call Stream On! We’re wrapping up with the utter nonsense that is the sci-fi time-travel elevator fart, The Tomorrow War . Why do they care so little about the time travel premise of this movie? Is this the worst job interview ever? And how does JK Simmons remain awesome even in a movie like this? These questions and more are answered on the season finale of Pick Six Movies! 00:00:00 – 00:02:10 – Welcome to the Show with Chad 00:02:11 –...
Mar 03, 2023•1 hr 59 min•Season 23Ep. 6
The end is nigh! Of Season 23 of Pick Six Movies, I mean. And while we wait for the end, we’re taking a pit stop in Apocalypse Town with the Sandra Bullock-starring thriller, Bird Box . Is this a rip-off of The Happening or of A Quiet Place ? Why not both? Also, lots of fun with Malkovich! Join us, won’t you? Thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , Pandora , iHeartRadio , Podchaser , Google Podcasts , and on Android here . Catch up with all the old ...
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Season 23Ep. 5
Like a bad penny, Zach Snyder turns up again on the latest Pick Six Movies as we roll the dice on the Netflix Original, Army of the Dead . We talk about movies that almost weren’t, the rained-on parade that is this movie, and we resolve to never, ever do this to ourselves again. 00:00:00 – 00:02:24 – Welcome to the Show with Chad 00:02:25 – 00:16:43 – Movies That Weren’t and the Saga of Army of the Dead with Bo 00:16:44 – End – Discussing Army of the Dead with Bo and Chad Thanks for listening an...
Feb 03, 2023•2 hr 9 min•Season 23Ep. 4
Welcome to a superheroic episode of Pick Six Movies with a look at the Sylvester Stallone flick Samaritan . This movie has everything… that you don’t want. There’s a terrible kid, some overwrought twin hero nonsense, a villain with a Robocop game cabinet, and oh so much more. Let’s dumpster-dive into this one together, shall we? 00:00:00 – 00:01:49 – Welcome to the Show with Bo 00:01:50 – 00:27:02 – The Story of Sly with Chad 00:27:03 – End – Discussing Samaritan Thanks for listening and be sure...
Jan 20, 2023•2 hr 15 min•Season 23Ep. 3
As Season 23 of Pick Six Movies, a season we call Stream On, flows along, we find ourselves washed ashore of the buddy cop/fantasy movie hybrid Bright . It features Will Smith Will Smith-ing it up, a tone-deaf script, some not-so-subtle allegory, and a bunch of orc racism. What’s not to like? So join us for this examination of yet another straight-to-streaming movie on a brand-new Pick Six Movies! 00:00:00 – 00:03:31 – Welcome to the Show with Chad 00:03:32 – 00:19:16 – Urban Fantasy and the Mak...
Jan 06, 2023•2 hr•Season 23Ep. 2
It’s time to crack the seal on Season 23 of Pick Six Movies and we are starting with a holiday humdinger – the Netflix/Lindsay Lohan team-up, Falling for Christmas . Get ready for Christmas ghosts, the nicest house a horse ever had, and the return of Pick Six Bot, all on a special holiday episode we’d love to tell you all about, but have been hit on the head and have double amnesia now. You get it. 00:00:00 – 00:01:23 – Welcome to the Show with Bo 00:01:24 – 00:21:16 – How Did Falling for Christ...
Dec 23, 2022•2 hr 17 min•Season 23Ep. 1
Welcome to the Season 22 finale of Pick Six Movies and we are unwrapping a little gift for ourselves – Child’s Play (2019) ! Is this the closest thing we’ve seen to a real movie this season? Did they really need Mark Hamill for this? And will this be the end of Garrett the intern? All this and more on a brand new Pick Six Movies! 00:00:00 – 00:01:21 – Intro to the Show with Bo 00:01:22 – 00:24:53 – The History of Child’s Play with Chad 00:24:54 – End of Show – Discussing Child’s Play (2019) Than...
Dec 09, 2022•1 hr 56 min•Season 22Ep. 6
Well howdy! Happy Post-Thanksgiving and we here at Pick Six Movies are honoring this gluttonous holiday with the traditional crappy remake of a classic horror film. This time, we look at Robert Zombie’s Halloween as part of Season 22, a season we call Deja Ew. There are book-hungry doctors, jerk killers, and lots of head-scratching about who it is we’re supposed to care about in this movie. 00:00:00 – 00:01:55 – Welcome to the Show with Chad 00:01:56 – 00:19:45 – The History of Halloween ’78 and...
Nov 25, 2022•2 hr 7 min•Season 22Ep. 5
Halloween may be over, but don’t tell Pick Six Movies that! We’re continuing Season 22’s look at horror remakes with A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010). This movie mystifies us, tortures us, and haunts us in our dreams. Come for the story of how Pol pot sort of inspired the original film, stay for the deep hurting. 00:00:00 – 00:01:48 – Welcome to the Show with Bo 00:01:49 – 00:31:48 – The History of A Nightmare on Elm Street with Chad 00:31:49 – End – Discussing the 2010 Remake Thanks for listeni...
Nov 11, 2022•2 hr 5 min•Season 22Ep. 4
Join us for a new episode of Pick Six Movies as we rev up to eviscerate the terrible remake, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) . What would you expect from a season we call Deja Ew? We talk about a shocking lack of nipples, pig-based home security, and how hollow this movie is compared to the original. Plus, hornstick! 00:00:00 – 00:02:41 – Welcome to the Show with Chad 00:02:42 – 00:18:37 – The History of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre with Bo 00:18:38 – End – Discussing The Texas Chainsaw Massa...
Oct 28, 2022•2 hr 4 min•Season 22Ep. 3
Welcome to Pick Six Movies where every day is Friday the 13th ! At least for this episode, part of season 22, Deja Ew, in which we look at six not-so-classic remakes of horror classics. Drop by Camp Crystal Lake as we try to decipher whether or not Jason is a weed farmer, why the kills are so unimpressive, and what comprises perfect nipple placement. 00:00:00 – 00:01:31 – Welcome to the Show with Bo 00:01:32 – 00:32:38 – The History of Friday the 13th with Chad 00:32:39 – End – Discussing Friday...
Oct 14, 2022•2 hr 7 min•Season 22Ep. 2
