Adam and Abe talk about 2003’s Love Actually. They pick apart the general tactics of Christmas movies and how the director distracts and emphasizes beats in order to make you feel things. Features: Adam Ganser: https://twitter.com/therealganz Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store?ref_id=22691
Dec 20, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Our three boys sit down to talk about the meditative filmmaking of Terrence Malick. They discuss its comparison to Saving Private Ryan, the metaphoric sequences of the film, and why Woody Harrelson blew up his butt. Features: Adam Ganser: https://twitter.com/therealganz Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://...
Dec 10, 2022•1 hr 6 min
Abe and Mike discuss the John Cusack vehicle, 1408! It’s about a haunted hotel room and features a tiny Samuel L. Jackson! Let’s see how it ranks with other King adaptations! Features: Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store?ref_id=22691
Dec 03, 2022•1 hr 34 min
This show goes over the short stories of Michael’s favorite speculative fiction author and notable curmudgeon Harlan Ellison. Each episode Michael pairs (read: forces a friend to read) a short story with a guest that it “applies especially to.” This episode it’s the short story “Paladin of the Lost Hour” and the guest is Griffin Rowell. Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Griffin Rowell Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our stor...
Nov 29, 2022•1 hr 7 min
This week the professor discusses the reality of warp drive. We are blessed to have with us a representative of NASA who is not a robot and won’t be killed for his findings. Features: Professor Scott Bug: https://twitter.com/profscottbug Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Cody Johnston: https://twitter.com/drmistercody Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans ...
Nov 27, 2022•38 min
Cody Ziglar (She-Hulk, Futurama, Rick & Morty) joins the boys to navigate American Movie, the documentary of fiercely independent filmmaker Mark Borchardt. The three discuss their own artistic journeys and what makes this story hilarious, sad, and beautiful. Features: Cody Ziglar: https://www.instagram.com/yayforzig/ Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBean...
Nov 22, 2022•57 min
Adam and Abe talk about 2005’s Dark Water (starring Jennifer Connelly and John C. Reilly) and how the style and artistic interest of the director were at odds with the overly conventional plot, making for some great scenes in an ultimately forgettable movie. . Features: Adam Ganser: https://twitter.com/therealganz Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://w...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 23 min
This show goes over the short stories of Michael’s favorite speculative fiction author and notable curmudgeon Harlan Ellison. Each episode Michael pairs (read: forces a friend to read) a short story with a guest that it “applies especially to.” This episode it’s the short story “Deathbird” and the guest is Griffin Rowell. Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Griffin Rowell Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small ...
Nov 09, 2022•51 min
We have another patron-chosen episode! This episode reveals the album each host inherited from their parents. Also, they decipher the mystery of whether or not Maggie has “cat scratch fever.” Vote every month on our poll for the topic of the next episode! Email us suggestions for episodes at magsandganz@gmail.com as well. Adam Ganser: https://twitter.com/therealganz Maggie Mae Fish: https://twitter.com/MaggieMaeFish Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/Small...
Nov 05, 2022•1 hr 8 min
Michael Swaim and Abe Epperson have been turned into undead creatures of the night but that does not stop this spooktacular Halloween podcast on Hotel Transylvania 3. Features: Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store?ref_id=22691
Oct 31, 2022•40 min
Our precious little boy is back! Bridgett and Sarah discuss How To Train Your Dragon 2 and fan favorite: Toothless. We’re two-thirds of the way through the franchise and will be back with HTTYD3 next month! Features: Bridgett Greenberg: https://twitter.com/BridgettTweets Sarah Griffith: https://twitter.com/sk_griffith Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-sto...
Oct 29, 2022•1 hr 13 min
KOK IS BACK! Season 2 of Kings of King returns with the terrible cult film The Mangler. Abe and Mike discuss the film’s outrageous choices, the problems created by having a laundry machine as a villain, and its rank among other King tales. Features: Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/sto...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 17 min
We covered George Miller’s Fury Road from 2015. John Borba, big bean and AAA game producer, joins us to discuss the legacy, hidden meanings, and bombastic production of one of the decade’s best. Features: John Borba: https://twitter.com/borbsauce Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores...
Oct 22, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Adam and Abe talk about the film Ip Man and how a simple system like right vs. left can completely telegraph story and build your expectations. Features: Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Adam Ganser: https://twitter.com/therealganz Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store?ref_id=22691
Oct 20, 2022•1 hr 21 min
Jason drops by to talk about 2022’s Nope! We discuss the meaning of the film, the sci-fi concepts at play, and find out that sci-fi, horror, and comedy are our favorite genres. Oh wait, we’re sci-fi, horror, and comedy writers. This makes a lot of sense now. Features: Jason Pargin: https://twitter.com/JohnDiesattheEn Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Ch...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 37 min
Another Pick the Flick by our listeners! This time, we thank Cave for the suggestion of 2012’s It’s a Beautiful Day! Cody jumps in the Frame Rate chair and we all discuss the sonder and existentialism of Don Hertzfeldt’s stick figures. I’m in pain! Features: Cody Johnston: https://twitter.com/drmistercody Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our stor...
Oct 08, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Brooks is back! So you know it’s weird! This time we all take a look at the experimental horror stop-motion film, Mad God. The labor of love of Phil Tippett (dinosaur supervisor). A film that took 30 years to make. The gang talk about its imaginative and rich world, the importance of story, and how sometimes artists create a situation where their reach exceeds their grasp. Features: Brooks Brown: @quarantine_collective Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Abe Epperson: https://twitter.c...
Oct 01, 2022•1 hr 10 min
It’s a Wes month. This time we discuss his 2007 film The Darjeeling Limited which tells the story of three brothers embarking on a spiritual journey through their mutual and personal grief. The boys talk about why it feels different from other Anderson films, how grief and romance are treated in Anderson films, and how the writing reveals a genuine desire to interact with Indian culture but ultimately discloses a form of privilege from the writer/director. Features: Michael Swaim: https://twitte...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 29 min
We covered Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor from 2020. It’s features an assassin who takes over other people’s bodies, murders a mark, and then kills the host body. Tom Reimann joins us for this fun little jaunt about the death of empathy! I thought we kept the podcast pretty fun though. We had a good time. This episode was brought to you by Zac Schwartz, who got to choose the movie by signing up for the Pick the Flick tier on patreon, which you can do right now! Features: Tom Reimann: https://twi...
Sep 24, 2022•57 min
This week the professor discusses the nature of Karate and it’s function in our world. We are blessed to have with us decorated bodybuilder, secret spy, and champion of a number of martial arts organizations, all of which exist, Sensei Grabowski who talks to us about beautiful women, punching, and cancel culture. Also, a $3000 karate tournament. Features: Professor Scott Bug: https://twitter.com/profscottbug Seanbaby: https://twitter.com/seanbabydotcom Cody Johnston: https://twitter.com/drmister...
Sep 17, 2022•47 min
This show goes over the short stories of Michael’s favorite speculative fiction author and notable curmudgeon Harlan Ellison. Each episode Michael pairs (read: forces a friend to read) a short story with a guest that it “applies especially to.” This episode it’s the short story “I Have No Mouth, And I Must Scream” and the guest is George Heftler. Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP George Heftler: https://twitter.com/littlehorrorphl Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: ht...
Sep 13, 2022•46 min
Adam and Abe talk about Rob Reiner’s technique, Nora Ephron’s writing, and what aspects of rom-coms have persisted through generations. Features: Adam Ganser: https://twitter.com/therealganz Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store?ref_id=22691
Sep 10, 2022•1 hr 11 min
Our three co-hosts are stuck in the multiverse and need to get back to their home universe. Clearly, the only way to do that is to explore our cultural obsession with multiverses, alternate timelines and parallel worlds, and tie it all into a conversation about post-modern art, pop culture, and the lessons these stories teach us. Also, each episode, one of them is an asshole who will probably sabotage the whole thing. This week, we discuss 2022’s Everything Everywhere All At Once! Features: Mich...
Sep 06, 2022•1 hr 7 min
We covered The Greasy Strangler, an anti-comedy film that pushes the reality of what we’d call “a movie.” Griffin Rowell joins us for a conversation about the absolute madness of the story and the gross visual aesthetic it deploys. Mostly, we talk about how the movie broke Abe. Features: Griffin Rowell Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store t...
Sep 03, 2022•1 hr 4 min
It’s a Paul month. This time we discuss his 2007 film There Will Be Blood which tells the story of Daniel Plainview, an oilman who leaves a wake of destruction pursuing his need to amass wealth and power. The boys talk capitalism, practical effects, and how Paul Thomas Anderson has matured through his movies. Features: Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP Abe Epperson: https://twitter.com/AbeTheMighty Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans ...
Aug 30, 2022•1 hr 30 min
Our collective friend and honorary Small Bean Griffin Rowell walks us through the capitalist concepts driving the current metaverse, the recent crash, and the potential methods we can use to build it into something more open-sourced. Resident dummy Michael asks all the questions you may have had but were too afraid to (or just had no interest in) asking about whatever all of this is. https://decentraland.org/ https://www.cryptovoxels.com/ https://www.sandbox.game/en/ Features: Griffin Rowell: ht...
Aug 27, 2022•1 hr 14 min
A Pick the Flick episode of Frame Rate! This means one of our patrons, specifically Zac Schwartz, generously donated through the Pick the Flick tier and got to choose what we watched! This episode covers the 1988 Scorsese film The Last Temptation of Christ. Jason joins the ‘Raters (™) in discussing the overall quality of the film, its dark history, and what changing old stories says about us. Features: Jason Pargin: https://twitter.com/JohnDiesattheEn Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_COR...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 18 min
We have another patron-chosen episode! This episode dives into their picks for “rebel movies.” Also, Maggie talks about dying her hair for the first time. Adam has some insight as a redhead. Vote every month on our poll for the topic of the next episode! Email us suggestions for episodes at magsandganz@gmail.com as well. Adam Ganser: https://twitter.com/therealganz Maggie Mae Fish: https://twitter.com/MaggieMaeFish Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallB...
Aug 20, 2022•1 hr 30 min
In this episode, Bridgett and Sarah discuss the first film in the How To Train Your Dragon Franchise. Our hosts discuss the impeccable world-building, the stacked cast, and gush for a justifiable amount of time over the cuteness of Toothless, our beautiful little boy. This starts a new trilogy for the Shooters™, so look for the How To Train Your Dragon 2 next time! Features: Bridgett Greenberg: https://twitter.com/BridgettTweets Sarah Griffith: https://twitter.com/sk_griffith Support Small Beans...
Aug 13, 2022•1 hr 4 min
A Pick the Flick episode of Frame Rate! This means one of our patrons, specifically Krischanovich, generously donated through the Pick the Flick tier and got to choose what we watched! This episode covers the 2005 film by Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko): Southland Tales. A film with an outstanding cast, a lot of big ideas, and some really rough dialogue. The boys tackle what made this flop and more or less rip into it for 60 minutes. Sorry, Richard Kelly. Well, except for Swaim. Swaim’s not sorry. ...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 2 min
