“The four of us are on a one-way bullet train to Stupid City” - Andrew on covering this movie for the show On this week’s episode, the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza does indeed head to Stupid City as we’re talking about the really silly, really short, sci-fi thriller, Lucy! How totally great is Choi Min-sik in this movie? Precisely how many seconds is Morgan Freeman standing on-screen? When Lucy gets so smart, why is she still unable to understand and speak multiple languages? With the action ...
Jul 01, 2025•1 hr 52 min•Season 15Ep. 808
“It’s the only zombie movie that’s appropriate to watch at a July 4th barbecue! - Andrew On this week’s show, the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza gets a little spooktacular as we chat about the super-fun, summer-set zombie flick, The Return of the Living Dead! Why does this Skeleton Warehouse have to be open until 10PM on a holiday weekend? How great is that half-dog puppet? Isn’t it great how Russo and Romero split up their zombie sequels so we could get both sides of their shared zombie vision...
Jun 24, 2025•1 hr 33 min•Season 15Ep. 807
On this edition of the WHM Mail Bag, we're plugging our Superman II digital show, while also reading some letters from loyal listeners brave enough to submit their sordid tales to our inbox! In this edition, we're hearing from a person who got food poisoning from blackberries and then went to the movies, another who ate bad bar food and was stuck to the toilet all night on a first date, another whose child self thought they watched Paramount pictures murder William Shatner on camera, and one poo...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 5 min
On this week's On-Screen Live, we're playing catch-up and chatting about some movies we've caught over the last couple weeks including Tom Cruise's final(?) bow as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, along with the latest from Wes Anderson, The Phoenician Scheme, and Dan Trachtenberg's bloody, animated tryptic, Predator: Killer of Killers! PLUS: Two really solid Secret Movie™️ selections, one featuring Nic Cage -- The Surfer -- and another with Scott Adkins -- Diablo! Don’t ...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 1 min
“He dresses like an Old West gigolo…” - Eric on Mick Dundee On this week’s episode, the Totally Cool Awesome 80s jag of the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza is covering the second highest-grossing film of 1986, the croc-out-of-water comedy, Crocodile Dundee! Why does the movie take so long to get to New York City? What in the hell were they thinking with the multiple crotch grab “gags”? Who packs a sexy bathing suit for a hike through the bush? Does the script confirm that Mick has magic powers? ...
Jun 17, 2025•2 hr 4 min•Season 15Ep. 806
“There’re piles of skulls, which of course I appreciate” - Steve on the set design On this week’s episode, Totally Cool Awesome 80s Month and the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza pay tribute to the late, great Val Kilmer with a convo about the super-fun Ron Howard fantasy flick, Willow! How amazing are Warwick and Val together on screen? Isn’t it refreshing that Davis was just allowed to put a shirt on and be this character, without getting covered in prosthetics or whatever else? Wouldn’t things...
Jun 10, 2025•1 hr 55 min•Season 15Ep. 805
“It’s been almost 25 years and this thing still rips!” - Andrew On this month’s We ❤️ Movies, we’re talking about Danny Boyle’s landmark horror masterpiece, 28 Days Later! How incredible is John Murphy’s score here? How surprising is it that the early-DV cinematography still holds up so well? How amazing are these performances from Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, and Brendan Gleeson? Is this Danny Boyle’s best movie? And how long are the guys lasting in this post-Rage Virus world, ya think? Two d...
Jun 05, 2025•12 min•Season 15Ep. 804
“He’s the walking dead!” - Eric on contemporary Sly’s look On this week’s episode, the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza launches into month two by celebrating the Totally Cool Awesome 80s! First up, we’re talking about the stupidly-titled Rambo: First Blood Part II! How funny is it that this movie pulls a complete 180 on the philosophy of the first film? How great is Sly’s hair in this one? Couldn’t they have had a few more action scenes with Martin Kove? How wild is it that Predator completely r...
Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 54 min•Season 15Ep. 803
“He’s at the height of his Lost powers here” - Ben on J.J. Abrams On this week’s episode, we welcome Ben Worcester onto the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza to chat about the super-fun action sequel, Mission: Impossible III! How great is this engagement party scene with Ethan working the room? Has there been a better M:I villain than the late, great Philip Seymour Hoffman’s portrayal of Owen Davian? Is this the M:I flick with the most Ving? And how lucky is Ethan to have Aaron Paul for a brother-...
May 27, 2025•1 hr 56 min•Season 15Ep. 802
On this edition of On-Screen Live, we're playing catch-up as we review a bunch of stuff we've seen over the last few weeks since being off the air, including: Ryan Coogler's Mississippi-set vampire opus Sinners, Jake Schreier's solid MCU entry Thunderbolts*, Andrew DeYoung's outrageous Tim Robinson comedy Friendship, and Zach Lipovsky & Adam B. Stein's horror franchise revival Final Destination: Bloodlines! All this, plus the weekend box office numbers and more! Snag your tickets now for our...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 2 min
“Hold on to your hats, folks, Chris Cabin likes this movie!” - Eric On this week’s episode, we’re going back to The Prequels on the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza to do a proper episode on Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith! How great is that Count Dooku exit at the beginning? How catty are all the sarcastic Battle Droids? Does this movie have the best-looking space battles in all the prequels? How funny is R2 lighting those guys on fire after whizzing oil all over them? And, yeah, th...
May 20, 2025•2 hr 10 min•Season 15Ep. 801
“Both [Cage] and George C. Scott [in Hardcore ] share the same forehead sweat…” - Andrew On this week’s very special episode, we’re celebrating EPISODE 800 with a very sleaze-tastic conversation on Joel Schumacher’s 8MM! How funny is it the screenwriter got upset that the content was toned down from his more hardcore vision? Was Cage’s Tom Welles in over his head with this case or was he just the man for the job? How funny is that scene with Gandolfini trying to skip town carrying several boxes ...
May 13, 2025•2 hr 13 min•Season 15Ep. 800
“Whedon at the line….oh, no, another brick!” - Steve, on the screenplay clunkers On this week’s episode, the 2025 Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza kicks off with a trip to Franchise Town as we discuss the fun, Spader-tastic sequel, Avengers: Age of Ultron! How great is James Spader with this Ultron performance? Are there too many characters in this fully-loaded movie? Should they have written mutant characters when they couldn’t use the word ‘mutant’ anywhere in the script? And would Ultron have ...
May 06, 2025•2 hr 16 min•Season 15Ep. 799
Check out this super-sized preview of our W❤️M episode on Mission: Impossible - Fallout! To hear the whole show, click through to our Patreon and sign up now. Instantly unlock this show, along with hours, upon hours of exclusive shows! “It was like a MacGruber wedding!” - Eric on Ethan’s nightmares On this month’s death-defying We ❤️ Movies episode, we’re chatting about one of the best Hunt & Co. adventure to date, Mission: Impossible - Fallout! How outrageous is that helicopter chase scene ...
May 01, 2025•10 min•Season 15Ep. 798
“This is just a collection of mediocre covers.” - Chris on the soundtrack On this week’s episode, the gang’s under the spell of the mid-90’s witchcraft cult classic, The Craft, chatting about the flick with long-time friend of the show, Angelica Jade Bastién! Does this movie get better with each viewing? Couldn’t the script have added a little more of Cliff De Young’s character (for Eric)? How great is Snake Guy and his exit from the film? And did anyone care about that legacy sequel? PLUS: Shou...
Apr 29, 2025•2 hr 7 min•Season 15Ep. 797
“I want real kids fighting each other!” - Chris, on the flashbacks On this week’s episode, we’re chatting about the nowhere-near-as-good-as-its-sequel assassin film, The Accountant. Couldn’t we have done this whole thing without all the flashbacks to them as kids? Did we need the Treasury Department cold on the Accountant’s trail the whole movie? Didn’t everyone want to yell, ‘No Touching,’ whenever we see Jeffrey Tambor’s character in prison? And how creepy is it that Ben draws faces on all tho...
Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 42 min•Season 15Ep. 796
Here now is the first 10-ish minutes of our super-sized Too Old For This Shit special episode on Daredevil: Born Again. To access the full show, head over to our Patreon and sign up today. Instantly unlock this full ep and previous TOFTS series on The Penguin and X-Men '97, along with countless hours of exclusive shows and commentary tracks you can't get anywhere else! On this special Too Old For This Shit, Steve and Andrew are gaga for the latest MCU TV show, the most excellent Daredevil: Born ...
Apr 18, 2025•11 min
“Hackman is dressed head-to-toe in Zapruder-wear...” - Steve On this month’s We ❤️ Movies, we’re chatting about Francis Ford Coppola’s 1974 masterpiece, The Conversation! How fantastic, and against type, is Hackman in this movie? How much cocaine was getting blown at that surveillance conference? How amazing is Harrison Ford playing this villainous character? Has there been anyone as natural and amazing on camera as John Cazale? And how about that magnificent—hey now! This episode is for surveil...
Apr 17, 2025•8 min•Season 15Ep. 795
On this week's OSL, the guys are reviewing the new Rami Malek CIA thriller, The Amateur, reacting to the trailer for Gareth Evans' new flick, Havoc, starring Tom Hardy, and digging up a Nic Cage-starring (sort of) Secret Movie™️, Gunslingers! On-Screen Live airs Mondays at noon/eastern on our YouTube channel! U.K. and European listeners: be sure to snag your tickets for our 3-night, 6-show residency at the Oxford Comedy Festival, happening this July 18-20! All show and ticketing info is availabl...
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr 3 min
“This movie takes its time, like an old man getting into a bathtub.” - Eric On this week’s episode, this one’s a long time coming as Chris Cabin gets his wish and we chat about David Dobkin’s The Judge! Was a comedy director right for this project? Was this script right for this project? How great is Vincent D’Onofrio in literally anything, including this? What’s with that lame waterfall back drop at the diner? And couldn’t we have skipped that bathroom scene? PLUS: Look out for The Judge 2: The...
Apr 15, 2025•1 hr 55 min•Season 15Ep. 794
On this week's On-Screen Live, we're reviewing Jared Hess's video game IP box office smash, A Minecraft Movie and Mike White's latest White Lotus season, while also reacting to the new trailers for Tron: Ares & Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme, as well as checking out a Cusack-led Secret Movie™️! On-Screen Live airs Mondays at noon/eastern on our YouTube channel! U.K. and European listeners: be sure to snag your tickets for our 3-night, 6-show residency at the Oxford Comedy Festival, hap...
Apr 09, 2025•1 hr 6 min
“The music in this movie is Nü Metal Too Late” - Steve On this week’s episode, we’re going back to check out the wildly entertaining Punisher cinematic adventure, Punisher: War Zone! How incredible is Ray Stevenson as Frank Castle? What in the world was going on with all the accents in this movie? Is this the Punisher film with the best cinematography? And who else was severely unsettled watching a Seinfeld alum be executed on screen? PLUS: Look out for New York City’s Progressive Mafia! Punishe...
Apr 08, 2025•1 hr 59 min•Season 15Ep. 793
On this week's OSL, we're reviewing the new Jason Statham/David Ayer human trafficking actioner, A Working Man, along with the latest horror out of the Blumhouse, The Woman in the Yard. We're also shining some light on TWO! Travolta-led Secret Movies™️ and going over the weekend box office! PLUS: Steve breaks down what happened when he attended the Princess Mononoke IMAX re-release! On-Screen Live airs Mondays at noon/eastern on our YouTube channel! U.K. and European listeners: be sure to snag y...
Apr 02, 2025•58 min
“You got your Oscar, which was an unfortunate night for everyone…” - Steve on Will Smith On this week’s episode, we’re kicking off a two-episode tribute to the legendary Gene Hackman with a convo about the better-than-you-remember surveillance thriller, Enemy of the State! First off, this ain’t no sequel to The Conversation, let’s get that straight! But you do have an amazingly cranky and paranoid Gene Hackman running around with a nearly never-better Will Smith as they dodge Jon Voight and his ...
Apr 01, 2025•2 hr 4 min•Season 15Ep. 792
On this week's On-Screen Live, the guys return to play review catch-up on some stuff that's been out for a few weeks, like Steven Soderbergh's Black Bag and The Russo Brothers' $320M 30 Rock movie, The Electric State, along with something new from this weekend, Barry Levinson's two-De-Niros-for-the-price-of-one crime drama, The Alto Knights! On-Screen Live airs Mondays at noon/eastern on our YouTube channel! U.K. and European listeners: be sure to snag your tickets for our 3-night, 6-show reside...
Mar 26, 2025•1 hr 2 min
“He is the hottest hoarder you’ve ever seen!” - Steve on Ryan Phillippe’s character On this week’s episode, the 2025 Listener Request Month comes to a close with a rowdy discussion about the ridiculously tame PG-13 horror movie, Wish Upon! Why on Earth did they care about avoiding an R rating with this fake Final Destination movie? What is with all the dumpster diving? Why couldn’t this wish box talk or be accompanied by a ghost or something? And where is literally any faculty administrator with...
Mar 25, 2025•2 hr 6 min•Season 15Ep. 791
On this special prime time edition of OSL, Andrew and Eric welcome long-time friend of the show, and UFO co-director, Sean Weiner to talk about our SXSW25 experience and to review a boat load of films we caught in Austin this year, including Christopher Landon's Drop, Michael Bay's We Are Storror, Eli Craig's Clown in a Cornfield, and more! Get more info on all the great work UFO does right here: https://www.ufo-films.org/ On-Screen Live airs Mondays at noon/eastern on our YouTube channel! U.K. ...
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 12 min
“Well, the action isn’t bad!” - Steve On this week’s episode, Listener Request Month continues as the guys chat about the Keenen Ivory Wayans action comedy, A Low Down Dirty Shame! Should someone else have starred as Shame if we were going to have this much dramatic acting asked of whoever got to play Shame? Couldn’t we have had a little more Sven-Ole Thorsen in this movie? Why does Shame only get the cool-guy makeover with like 20 minutes left of the movie? And how fantastic is Jada in everythi...
Mar 18, 2025•1 hr 39 min•Season 15Ep. 790
“Well, shit, this one just straight-up broke the four of us…” - Andrew On this week’s episode, Listener Request Month kicks our ass as we’re forced to watch and talk about the dreadful hitman comedy, 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag! How awful are all the attempts at joke writing in this script? How many cross-country flights is Joe Pesci taking in this movie? Who wanted to be here less, Pesci or David Spade? And how dare they show the grandmother in a body cast at the end, that woman is dead! PLUS: No w...
Mar 11, 2025•1 hr 46 min•Season 15Ep. 789
“Leary, to me, does not seem like a man of the people…” - Chris On this month’s W ❤️ M, Listener Request Month brings us a conversation on one of the all-time great Ass Magnet Movies, Wolfgang Peterson’s In the Line of Fire! How fantastic is John Malkovich in this movie? Why did we need the romance angle, especially with the cheap ice cream of it all? How hilarious is all this bad photoshop of Eastwood in the—hold it right there, punk! This episode is for subscribers only! To access the full sho...
Mar 06, 2025•7 min•Season 15Ep. 788
