The Crow and The Crow: City of Angels
Probably too much singing in this one. Brandon Lee rulz.
Jun 02, 2021•2 hr 13 min
The Franchise
A podcast about movies that couldn't be left at one.
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Sicario and Sicario: Day of the Soldado
An interesting display of the exact value that Emily Blunt and Denis Villaneuve each bring to a film.
May 26, 2021•2 hr 15 min
Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice and Slap Shot 3: The Junior League
Look at that title. This is definitely the episode that is finally going to get us into the AV Club's "Podmass" feature. Us and Conan. Let's goooooooooooooo.
May 19, 2021•2 hr
Slap Shot
Back to the hockey well, with Paul Newman and the Hanson Boys making like a team of Tom Wilsons and acting like a buncha dicks on ice.
May 12, 2021•1 hr 31 min
My Girl and My Girl 2
Whither thou Austin O'Brien? We cover two delightful coming of age pieces, which came out in the early 90s but were set in the early 70s. Chlumsky!
May 06, 2021•1 hr 59 min
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over and Spy Kids 4-D: All the Time in the World
Shut Up Time joins us to discuss the Toymaker and the Clockmaster or whatever it is. These films prove to be mildly divisive!
Apr 28, 2021•2 hr 6 min
Spy Kids and Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
We finally engage with Robert Rodriguez on the main feed, as he gathers ideas from all his greatest influences (his kids, George Lucas, Austin Powers, his own segment of Four Rooms) to create a new kid klassic!
Apr 21, 2021•1 hr 56 min
28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later
We debate whether Cillian Murphy has had a successful career, talk about recovery movies and talk a lot of shit about The Walking Dead. Long one.
Apr 14, 2021•2 hr 38 min
Romancing the Stone and The Jewel of the Nile
A Michael Douglas Production of a Michael Douglas Film starring Michael Douglas as Colton T. Whatever.
Apr 07, 2021•2 hr 2 min
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
What even is a franchise anyway? The gang gets existential this week! more on patreon.com/thefranchise probably.
Mar 31, 2021•1 hr 14 min
A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More
The Man With Occasional Names trilogy begins, courtesy of patron Aaron Holcomb. Also, some personal stuff infects the episode!
Mar 24, 2021•2 hr 1 min
Coming to America and Coming 2 America
A Coming to America sequel just came out so you know we had to jump all over that thing.
Mar 17, 2021•2 hr 9 min
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Far From Home
We close out the Spider-Man franchise in grand style, with two first-time watches for Henry and one critical reevaluation from Daniel. Franchise road show this week, too! Regardless, patreon.com/thefranchise
Mar 10, 2021•2 hr 20 min
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man: Homecoming
Jamie Foxx takes a big swing and Spider-Man is finally folded into his wider comic book universe, with a new cast and a familiar aesthetic. patreon.com/thefranchise
Mar 03, 2021•2 hr 2 min
Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man
It's Maguire vs. Garfield in a battle of the baby heads, innit? patreon.com/thefranchise plz
Feb 24, 2021•2 hr 17 min
Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2
Raimi. Tobey. Dunst. I don't even need to hype this episode. Know why? Cuz YOU'RE GOING NOWHERE. patreon.com/thefranchise if you're nasty.
Feb 17, 2021•2 hr 24 min
I Am the Angel of Death: Pusher III and Pusher (2012)
Refn pops in for one more character piece, before we get a remake that nobody asked for.
Feb 10, 2021•1 hr 22 min
Pusher and Pusher II: With Blood on My Hands
Nicolas Winding Refn. Mads Mikkelsen. Henry imposes his Danish ways upon us this week.
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 39 min
Puss in Boots and Shrek the Musical
The wait is ogre. A full Shrek ranking is here, including extensive discussion of the franchise's lone spin-off and Broadway extension.
Jan 27, 2021•1 hr 43 min
Shrek the Third and Shrek Forever After
Resident Shrekspert Shut Up Tim Ahlin joins us to discuss his favorite topic, Green characters. Everyone stays in good spirits throughout. Timberlake and Monty Python get gleefully torn down.
Jan 20, 2021•2 hr 11 min
Shrek and Shrek 2
SoooooooooooooooooooomeBODY, etc.
Jan 13, 2021•1 hr 58 min
Daddy's Home and Daddy's Home 2
Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg pretend hate crimes are genetic. (Excuse the occasional static--you don't want to hear it and I don't want to hear about it).
Jan 06, 2021•1 hr 54 min
Bad Moms and A Bad Moms Christmas
The Hangover guys wrote some stuff for Martha Stewart and Kenny G cuz Tyson worked out so well, and then we deck the halls with boughs of....funny????
Dec 30, 2020•2 hr 5 min
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure and Vacation (2015)
Daniel gives a history lesson about the birth of Jesus. Then, halfway through, he has a conniption fit about his mic (he tried to cut around this) so he's a bit ornery in the second half for no reason. Henry is a perfect delight, as always. And the current state of Chevy Chase saddens him greatly.
Dec 23, 2020•1 hr 55 min
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and Vegas Vacation
Lots of discussion of Chevy Chase's eyeballs. Some discussion of the 1998 Kids Choice Awards. Happy holiday(s)!
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 51 min
National Lampoon's Vacation and National Lampoon's European Vacation
We begin a month of franchises with Christmas sequels with 2 family vacations with the Griswolds (er, Griswalds?). Buckle in and try to ignore that one sound.
Dec 09, 2020•2 hr 5 min
The Devil's Rejects and 3 From Hell
A divergence of opinions emerges this week as the boys pore over 2 more Rob Zombie movies and raise a toast to DDP.
Dec 01, 2020•2 hr 23 min
House of 1000 Corpses
It's the house of one thousand corpses, you dumb piles of dog shit!
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 36 min
48 Hrs and Another 48 Hrs
We must forge ahead on Eddie Murphy franchises, as there are many to get through. We discuss our weird relationships with Walter Hill, plus attempt Nick Nolte impressions and welcome back to the show our old friend the Wishmaster.
Nov 17, 2020•2 hr 16 min
American Pie Presents: Girls' Rules
Hey, did you know that there's a new American Pie movie on Netflix? Well, there is. And we discussed it for about an hour.
Nov 13, 2020•58 min
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