As a thank-you for everyone who became a new or upgrading member during Max Fun Drive 2023 or has been a sustaining member for years, we've provided some bespoke movie recommendations for some fortunate listeners who reached out in response to our call! (If we didn't get to yours this time around, fear not! We hope to do more in the future.) If you haven't become a member yet, this is an amnesty weekend! There's still time! You haven't missed it! Boy, you there, what day is it today? Today? Why ...
Apr 01, 2023•56 min
It's Max Fun Drive time (if you haven't already, please consider becoming a member of Maximum Fun and supporting The Flop House), and we decided to give ourselves a real challenge for this one -- we watched the Judd Apatow "hey maybe there's something funny about this pandemic" Netflix all-star "comedy" The Bubble . Did it make our heads explode with exasperated fury? Listen to find out! Wikipedia page for The Bubble Movies recommended in this episode: Psycho II (1983) Light of Day (1987) Day fo...
Mar 25, 2023•2 hr 38 min•Ep. 392
Adam and Ben from Greatest Trek joined us recently to record some bonus content that should be available for members in the Max Fun 2023 boco feed. We had fun, so we also recorded this little hangout of us messing around. We promote the bonus ep (a discussion of Airplane II: The Sequel, a film that does not "star" William Shatner, no matter what people might have you believe), talk a little about podcasting, and encourage folks to become members of max fun, at maximumfun.org/join . Sure, it's es...
Mar 21, 2023•25 min
Stuart takes us through another episode of " The Peach Pit ," everyone's favorite after-show for The Flop House that's also just a part of the regular Flop House. Come see us at The Bell House, on April 2 ! Become a supporting member, at https://maximumfun.org/join/...
Mar 19, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Just a note to let you know that, for internal reasons relating to the MFD, we're pushing the release of this one mini to late Sunday, March 19. In general the release schedule will remain the same. In the meanwhile, why not check out our newly-somewhat-busy YouTube channel ?
Mar 18, 2023•2 min
The listener who entered our Sexy Xenomorph contest under the name "Do Critters Next" asked us to "Do Critters next," so we did Critters next, which has ceased to become " next " and is now now. And who better to join us for this slice of silly 80s monster horror than a man whose own films bear the influence of that horror decade, Stephen Kostanski , the director of Psycho Goreman , the movie that turned Stuart Wellington into a brain in a tube . Wikipedia page for Critters Movies recommended in...
Mar 11, 2023•2 hr 50 min•Ep. 391
Dan puts on his gamesmaster hat, to run Elliott and Stu through a gamut of short games, based on the movie offerings of various streaming services. Come see us at The Bell House, on April 2 ! Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.
Mar 04, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Idris Elba is undoubtedly a great actor, a charismatic presence, and a handsome man par excellence, but... maybe he needs to fire his agent? After all, this is his EIGHTH appearance in a Flop House movie (possibly there were more; we didn't count that carefully), so it's fair to say that his movie roles have never quite matched up to his best work on TV, or his talents in general. Is Beast the one that will break the streak? He DOES punch a lion... Wikipedia page for Beast Movies recommended in ...
Feb 25, 2023•2 hr 42 min•Ep. 392
Stuart "Tuboy" Wellington brings back his popular Flop House mini format of "forget about movies, what about television for a while?" and Dan and Elliott follow him for some free-rangin' TV talk! Come see us at The Bell House, on April 2 ! Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.
Feb 18, 2023•56 min
No, not Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne's riff on Columbo, Poker Face , nor even Lady Gaga's early hit single . The Poker Face we discuss in this episode is a Russell Crowe project through and through, with him not only starring, but writing and directing as well! It's nice that the man is branching out. Too bad this movie takes so damn long to figure out what it's about! Wikipedia page for Poker Face Movies recommended in this episode: The People's Joker Infinity Pool Guillermo Del Toro's Pinoc...
Feb 11, 2023•2 hr 48 min•Ep. 389
Our esteemed host for the mini, Mr. Elliott Kalan, takes Dan and Stu on a tour through Oscar history by quizzing them on some of the most forgettable Best Picture winners of all time.
Feb 04, 2023•44 min
Booksmart was one of Dan's favorite movies of its year. Director Olivia Wilde's big-budget follow-up, Don't Worry Darling ... has problems. Dan, Stu, and Elliott chat about them, while mostly ignoring the extra-textural hubbub around the movie. Mostly. Don't worry, darlings. Or do. We aren't your dads. Wikipedia page for Don't Worry Darling Movies recommended in this episode: Matinee Kaithi The Garden of Women Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping....
Jan 28, 2023•2 hr 37 min•Ep. 388
This is one of the zanier minis we've done -- so much so, that we kind of don't even want to spoil it for you. Just take a number, and dive right in! Vote for your favorite Sexy Xenomorph music video! Come see us at The Bell House, on April 2 ! We've picked the movie by now: we'll be discussing BATTLEFIELD EARTH ! Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping....
Jan 21, 2023•53 min
We start the new year off with a BIG movie, especially according to its star, Mr. Dwayne Mr. "The Rock" E. Normous Johnson. It's Black Adam , a superhero probably even fewer of you have heard of than Shazam (nee Captain Marvel), in whose pages B. Adam first appeared. He's not your daddy's superhero, in that he kills a bunch of people, but he probably is your daddy's (or granddaddy's) superhero in the sense that he's from 1945. Anyway, they made a long, boring movie about him, so we talk about it...
Jan 14, 2023•2 hr 51 min•Ep. 387
Hope you're ready for a "mini" that's as long as one of our regular episodes! With the new year just beginning, Dan, Stuart, and Elliott look back and discuss their top movies of 2022 (with the caveat that none of us has the time to see everything in the "best of '22 conversation), and also branch out to some other highlights and lowlights of the year in film.
Jan 07, 2023•2 hr 31 min
Mr. Christmas himself , Alonso Duralde, of many other podcasts , returns to dissect the third, and most narratively sweaty, of the Santa Clause trilogy, " The Escape Clause ." Also, if you're wondering who stole Cagemas, Dan says a few words about it. Let's not say "goodbye" let's just say "congratulations, Mr. Cage, on paying off your castles." Wikipedia page for The Santa Clause 3 Movies recommended in this episode: Adult Swim Yule Log The Big Four Mahanagar Confess, Fletch Ever tried Microdos...
Dec 31, 2022•2 hr 45 min•Ep. 386
What even is a Christmas movie anyway?
Dec 24, 2022•49 min
Stick an Academy Award-nominated director with three of the most acclaimed actors currently working and an absolutely berzerk cavalcade of supporting stars and the resulting movie's gotta be fantastic, right? Right? We test that theory with a viewing of the wildly critically-mixed (at best) Amsterdam . One of us kinda liked it. The others ridicule it extensively. It's all good fun. Wikipedia page for Amsterdam Movies recommended in this episode: Rolling Thunder Double Lover Fruit of Paradise Eve...
Dec 17, 2022•2 hr 57 min•Ep. 385
You remember Flop House superstar, Parker Bennett , right? He co-wrote the legendarily strange Super Mario Bros , and we talked to him about his experiences with that movie in FH Mini 39 . Well, he heard us mention A Gnome Named Gnorm in our recent mini with Griffin Newman and dropped us a line to reveal he and his partner did some punch-up on everyone's favorite buddy comedy starring a horrific gnome and Anthony Michael Hall. So he's back to share more tales of his fascinating career! Ever trie...
Dec 10, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 391
Wait didn't we do this movie before? Don't be ridiculous. That was Marmaduke (2010) this is Marmaduke (2022) . How could you possibly have mixed that up? Anyway, this ain't your daddy's Marmaduke, provided you have a very young daddy (in the case of the previous film) or a very old daddy (who loves the comic). This is the animated one for Netflix, with Pete Davidson as the titular Duke of Marma. Does it make the previous one look like the Citizen Kane of Marmaduke films? Kinda! Also, for those w...
Dec 03, 2022•2 hr 40 min•Ep. 384
Dan leads us on a tour of nut movies. It kind of makes sense when you listen to it.
Nov 26, 2022•39 min•Ep. 390
Kevin Maher , our old friend, host of Kevin Geeks Out , and author of the new book Santa Doesn't Need Your Help (with illustrations by New Yorker cartoonist Joe Dator ) joins us to discuss the straight-to-Netflix film reboot of the old sitcom, The Munsters . And who better to direct this comedy film, than Rob Zombie, the rocker-turned-director known for his... light comic touch? Also, for those wishing to enter the SEXY XENOMORPH VIDEO CONTEST, here is a direct link to the isolated song file for...
Nov 19, 2022•2 hr 55 min•Ep. 383
We invite Griffin Newman (of Blank Check fame) on for a mini with an excess of premises. Is it about Griffin addressing the nation? Is it a pop quiz? Is it a quiz GAME? Is it about A Gnome Named Gnorm ? Is it another of Stu's Flop House spinoffs in his increasingly large Flop Podcastic Universe? Who knows? The important thing is, WE had fun. Watch Griffin as an animated chipmunk in the upcoming Disney+ movie, Disenchanted ! Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + F...
Nov 12, 2022•1 hr 7 min
On this episode, we discuss Aline , the movie about a French Canadian diva who becomes wildly popular, marries her manager, plays Vegas, and sings My Heart Will Go On from the film Titanic, but is NOT Celine Dion. She's Aline. ALINE. Oh, and also she has an adult face on a kid's body. Y'know. Aline. Wikipedia page for Aline Movies recommended in this episode: Paganini Horror Decision to Leave After Life Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping....
Nov 05, 2022•2 hr 39 min•Ep. 382
Stuart invites Elliott and Dan onto The Peach Pit After Dark, an after show discussing the popular Flop House after show " The Peach Pit " Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.
Oct 29, 2022•49 min
We talk about Countdown , the film about a killer app. Imagine the terror of ordering what you think will be a delicious plate of mozzarella sticks only to have them viciously... what? It's the OTHER type of app? Aw man. An Internet-based horror movie? Those are never good? Will this one break the curse? Wikipedia page for Countdown Movies recommended in this episode: Tár El Sur The Innocents...
Oct 22, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 381
Elliott ranks his top eleven Charlies from cinema, and the others discuss. Why? It kind of makes sense if you listen. But not really. Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.
Oct 15, 2022•51 min
The star of the show, Hallie Haglund , returns to talk about ANOTHER adorable moppet, that incorrigible, family-killin' Esther , who's back 13 years later, for a prequel , where she's even younger! A big swing, fer shure -- does the inaccurately-named Orphan: First Kill pull it off? Find out in the first episode of SHOCKTOBER 2022! Wikipedia page for Orphan: First Kill Movies recommended in this episode: Creating Rem Lezar The Woman King Passing Earwig and the Witch Ever tried Microdosing? Visit...
Oct 08, 2022•2 hr 48 min•Ep. 380
Dan brings back his popular IMDb Goofs game to challenge Elliott and Stu on their 90s knowledge. Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.
Oct 01, 2022•31 min
For our second and final Smalltember(vember?) show of 2022, we talk Pinocchio. No, not that one. Not that one either. The Russian one with Pauly Shore . Is that a thing that exists, and not just some weird chain of words we strung together? Apparently! We watched it, so unless it was a collective bi-coastal hallucination, it's real! And we had to watch it, so now you have to listen! Movies recommended in this episode: Barbarian Saloum The Lady Vanishes...
Sep 24, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 379
