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The Franchise

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A podcast about movies that couldn't be left at one.
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Episodes

X-Men and X2

We hate and fear some of the later movies in this series, but let's start here with the first two. We talk about Bryan Singer! Henry interviews David Hayter! And Daniel gets to talk about Dougray Scott again!

Apr 15, 20192 hr 5 min

Pet Semetery (2019)

BONUS EPISODE! We spend theater prices to see a Lithgow vehicle. Daniel might be half asleep, but at least Henry's locked and loaded with his 2018 top 10 list.

Apr 10, 201952 min

Men in Black 2 and Men in Black 3

We rank Will Smith movies and wonder what the hell happened in this second Men in Black movie. Then, we travel through time and end up somewhere a bit better.

Apr 01, 20192 hr 8 min

Leprechaun: Origins and Men In Black

Yeah, so. We were only able to watch one Leprechaun movie this week. So we did it, we chatted about Hornswoggle and we ranked the first 7 Leprechaun movies. Then, we started our next project by doing a deep dive into Barry Sonnenfeld's filmography and then discussing the first MiB movie. We make this look good.

Mar 25, 20191 hr 59 min

Leprechaun in the Hood and Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood

The Franchise sojourns to The Hood, where Warwick Davis is desperately seeking his magic flute and a bunch of 23 year olds are hoping to be 24, but the way things are going, they don't know.

Mar 18, 20191 hr 38 min

Leprechaun 3 and Leprechaun 4: In Space

The Leprechaun(s?) gets on our nerves this week, in Vegas and, especially, in space. Meanwhile, George Lucas has some thoughts about copyright law.

Mar 11, 20191 hr 54 min

Leprechaun and Leprechaun 2

Daniel and Henry hunker down for 8 movies about a Leprechaun, so they try to learn as much about him as possible.

Mar 04, 20191 hr 51 min

The Equalizer and The Equalizer 2

Henry brings a recent Franchise to the podcast, which causes a snowball effect that leads to a massive Denzel Washington ranking, a deep dive into the films of Antoine Fuqua and Daniel watching the pilot of a 1985 CBS procedural.

Feb 18, 20191 hr 52 min

The Godfather

Coppola rankings. A discussion of the most popular pornography of 1972. Some talk of The Godfather. And a special Top 10 list at the end. WE FINALLY DID THE GODFATHER.

Feb 05, 20191 hr 42 min

Pet Semetary and Pet Semetary Two

Down this road aways here you might find an extensive ranking of Stephen King movies, plus discussion of a couple of animal snuff films. Fits of laughter are had and lots of impressions of the dad from The Munsters are attempted.

Jan 28, 20192 hr 3 min

Glass

We went to see the new Shyamalan in theaters. Then we ranked all of his movies.

Jan 21, 20191 hr 44 min

Unbreakable and Split

A merry M. Night to you all! What a joy it is to cover the Bus 117 or whatever trilogy.

Jan 14, 20192 hr 11 min

The Santa Clause

Jason Anthony Harris contributes sleigh bells, Henry and Daniel list their Top 10 Christmas movies of all time, and much fun is had discussing Tim "The Toolman" Taylor.

Dec 24, 20181 hr 36 min

Creed II

Finally The Franchise has come back to Rocky! We both saw this weeks ago and we finally got around to talking about it.

Dec 18, 201857 min

The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises

Henry finally gets to cover the Nolan Batman movies! I'm legitimately concerned that he's just going to be finished with the show after this. So why not come and listen to them? Also, featuring a special appearance by JGL and an attempt to put Alfred in his place once and for all. Plus, Christopher Nolan rankings!

Dec 17, 20182 hr 23 min

Batman and Robin and Batman Begins

We say goodbye to the Schumacher era with a Schumacher ranking and a chilling discussion about a really cool movie. Then, Christopher Nolan shows up and Henry gushes for a really long time.

Dec 10, 20182 hr 35 min

Batman (1966) and Batman (1989)

Biff! We talk Adam West and Burt Ward. Then we rank every Tim Burton and try to sort out the relative merits of Arli$$.

Nov 26, 20182 hr 9 min

Ghostbusters II and Ghostbusters (2016)

It's a river of slime! We learn what Baby Oscar is up to these days and discuss the relative merits of Janusz and Vigo. Then, we mansplain Paul Feig to you and discuss just what was going on with that reboot.

Nov 12, 20182 hr 4 min

Ghostbusters

We rank every Bill Murray movie, chat about Ivan Reitman and discuss the titles of the new Avatar movies while Henry nerds out hard over one of his favorite movies of all time. Also, a deep dive into the ultimate ghost blow job.

Nov 05, 20181 hr 59 min

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

We FINALLY get to see Freddy molest some kids. Then we ranked all the Nightmare on Elm Street movies. Won't you join us as we wrap up October?

Nov 02, 20181 hr 12 min

Wes Craven's New Nightmare and Freddy Vs. Jason

Wes returns to sketch out Scream and also to save the world from an ancient evil force who looks like Robert Englund or whatever. Then, we finally get our old friend Jason back. We just wanted to take another look at him.

Oct 29, 20182 hr 3 min

Halloween (2018)

The boys are back in Haddonfield for an all-new Laurie Strode adventure! Plus, John Carpenter rankings!

Oct 26, 20181 hr 28 min
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