“They always have to act like they’ve been through a civil rights march for nudity” - Chris on creepy movie guys On this week’s episode, the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza goes to Comic Book Town as we welcome back our good bud, New York Times columnist, Jamelle Bouie to chat about a real landmark motion picture, 2000’s X-Men ! How fantastic is it that the movie creates this entire world of mutants and what the state of things are and still runs under two hours? Has there been a better cast pai...
Jul 23, 2024•1 hr 52 min•Season 14Ep. 751
On this week's On-Screen Live, we'll be giving our first reaction to the new trailer for Captain America: Brave New World , going over the weekend box office, reviewing a bunch of summer (so far) titles we've been checking out over the past few weeks, including Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1, Longlegs, MaXXXine, and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F . Plus lots more! Show note: No new OSL next Monday, July 22nd, but we'll be back on the air for the summer finale on Monday, July 29th! Be sure to c...
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr 5 min
“This is the goopiest movie of all time!” - Steve On this episode, the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza heads to space as we chat about the better-than-Andrew-remembered sci-fi sequel, Alien: Resurrection ! How fantastic is Sigourney in this one? Shouldn’t Brad Dourif’s evil scientist have tried to train just one Xenomorph at a time instead of a Baker’s Dozen from the jump? Shouldn’t we have seen the initial pirate heist of these hyper-sleep people? Why couldn’t Christie have just shaken that dea...
Jul 16, 2024•1 hr 52 min•Season 14Ep. 750
For this summer time Mail Bag, we're reading wild letters from listeners— including ones about a crazy dad following Dan Aykroyd into a casino bathroom, a teenager getting to hang out with Danny Trejo for an entire day, a movie theater parking lot brawl after a Beavis and Butt-Head Do America screening, a guy who helped someone get laid with a screening of The Notebook & more; we're also answering questions from the audience, and, of course, plugging our SPEED show on 7/18! Be sure to pick u...
Jul 12, 2024•1 hr 20 min
“I feel bad for these Minions, man, they’re forced to help out with all these party shenanigans” - Andrew On this week’s episode, the guys welcome back dear buds, Bob Mackey & Henry Gilbert ( Talking Simpsons ) to join the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza and chat about the dreadful animated sequel, Despicable Me 2 ! Does Pixar have a suit over the design of that youngest daughter character? Does Gru have papers for these kids? How much of the script is Gru being humiliated in public? Why is ...
Jul 09, 2024•2 hr 31 min•Season 14Ep. 749
“Get your boners ready!” - Steve, on Xavier and Wolverine looking like their cartoon counterparts in recent MCU films On this month’s patrons-only We ❤️ Movies episode, we’re chatting about a truly fantastic comic book motion picture, James Mangold’s Logan ! Could Marvel go back to the comic book panel flip intro instead of using images from their films? It’s correct in saying that Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine is the best comic character performance of all time, right? Is Logan working for some kind...
Jul 05, 2024•7 min•Season 14Ep. 748
“Asshole is the right word…” - Steve, on Paul Blart’s attitude toward hotel staff On this week’s SBE episode, we welcome back our good friend, Ben Worcester of Hooked on TJ Hooker to chat about the absolutely abysmal comedy sequel, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 ! Why did they insist on making this guy so cripplingly pathetic? Why can’t we do better by Neal McDonough in Hollywood? Were people holding their breath over whether the Sandman would cameo? And what in the WORLD were they thinking with that ic...
Jul 02, 2024•1 hr 59 min•Season 14Ep. 747
On this week's On-Screen Live, we're reviewing the wild-ass HBO doc, Ren Faire, taking a look at the new trailer for A24's Brandy-starring horror flick, The Front Room, going over the weekend box office, reviewing a Chris Pine Secret Movie™️, and more! Be sure to pick up your tickets for our summer time WORLD WIDE DIGITAL EVENT where we’ll be talking all about the action classic SPEED! Head over to Moment dot co slash We Hate Movies and get your tickets now— and don’t forget to bundle in your ti...
Jun 26, 2024•1 hr 5 min
“You don’t need to ask for directions anymore, you’re no longer a fish out of water!” - Andrew on Axel’s third time in Los Angeles On this week’s episode, the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza tackles an action comedy sequel that didn’t need to exist at all, and no one wanted to make in the first place, Beverly Hills Cop III ! What in the hell tone were they shooting for with this movie? How is Axel not blamed for Inspector Todd’s death at the hands of Ellis De Wald? Why did they replace Taggart w...
Jun 25, 2024•1 hr 51 min•Season 14Ep. 746
On this week's On-Screen Live, we're giving our initial reaction to the first few eps of this wild-ass new season of THE BOYS, poring over the weekend box office to see just how much INSIDE OUT 2 actually raked in, reviewing the Criterion Collection 4K release of FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, and more! Be sure to pick up your tickets for our summer time WORLD WIDE DIGITAL EVENT where we’ll be talking all about the action classic SPEED! Head over to Moment dot co slash We Hate Movies and get yo...
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr
“Bruce Greenwood, who’s surprisingly not crooked in this movie? That blew my hair back!” - Steve On this week’s episode, the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza rolls into Will Smith City with a conversation all about the absolutely dreadful I, Robot ! And to help dive into this dull-ass flick, the gang welcomes back to the show, friend and film critic, Angelica Jade Bastién! Why did they want to make this movie so damn serious and not let any comedy on the screen? Is Will Smith’s character listenin...
Jun 18, 2024•2 hr 4 min•Season 14Ep. 745
On this week's On-Screen Live, we're reviewing the latest entry in the Will Smith/Martin Lawrence Miami cop saga, BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE, as well as the directorial feature debut of Ishana Shyamalan, THE WATCHERS! We're also giving our first impressions of the latest Star Wars show, THE ACOLYTE, based off the first two episodes that have aired. As always, we'll be going over what went on at the box office this weekend, and more! Be sure to pick up your tickets for our summer time WORLD WIDE DIGIT...
Jun 12, 2024•1 hr 6 min
“When we put out our coffee table book of Disgusting Shit Boys, he’s the cover…” - Steve on “The Kid” On this week’s episode, the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza continues with a hilarious convo all about one of the more ambitious comic adaptations of all time, Dick Tracy ! Should Beatty really have starred as the titular Dick while also directing this thing? How incredible are all the matte paintings, Sondheim songs, and loud-AF costumes? Is there something in the drinking water in this town or...
Jun 11, 2024•1 hr 57 min•Season 14Ep. 744
“This movie does give Emmett Brown a time traveler’s fate: you’d be dead in five days.” - Steve On this month’s We ❤️ Movies, we’re chatting about a total all-timer, Back to the Future III! How long would any of us last in the Old West? Is Buford Tannen the filthiest character in this film series? Should they have tried a Take Two on those abysmal—GREAT SCOTT! This episode of We ❤️ Movies is for Patreon subscribers only! Sign up today to listen to the entirety of our BTTF3 episode, along with ho...
Jun 07, 2024•7 min•Season 14Ep. 743
On our triumphant return to On-Screen Live, we're reviewing the fantastically fun FURIOSA and the brutal & beautiful (and also really funny) IN A VIOLENT NATURE, reacting to the trailer for the new (and final?) Venom flick, VENOM: THE LAST DANCE, going over the weekend box office (whatever that may be) & more! Be sure to scope out our new NIGHT VISION and TOO OLD FOR THIS SHIT merch designs in our Tee Public shop! On-Screen Live airs Mondays @ noon/EST on our YouTube and Twitch channels,...
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr 4 min
“Why are you trying to do the Hitchcock stuff when your contemporary, Brian De Palma, is doing it much better? - Eric On this week’s WHM, we’re kicking off the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza with a chat about the Robert Zemeckis ghost house domestic thriller, What Lies Beneath ! Was this one of the last major Hollywood films to have middle-aged people being this horny? Would the movie have been better if they didn’t confirm the existence of a ghost in the world of the story? Isn’t it great seei...
Jun 04, 2024•2 hr 6 min•Season 14Ep. 742
“I think he’s in both Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11 !” - Chris, on Heston’s sequel policy On this week’s episode, we’re going back to, well, Earth , to chat about the fun-as-hell sequel, Beneath the Planet of the Apes ! How silly was it to make James Franciscus look exactly like Charlton Heston, instead of just having him play Taylor? How much of a total jerk is Dr. Zaius? Are these under-dwellers wearing those masks for outsiders only or what? How great are Zira and Cornelius as cha...
May 28, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Season 14Ep. 741
“You pay your mortgage for the year and you just show up and do nothing.” - Chris, on major celebrities voice acting On this week’s episode, we’re chatting about the barely-feature-length sequel, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties ! How in the world did Jon Arbuckle not sense two live animals in his luggage? Is Billy Connolly good in this movie? Shouldn’t it have been against the law to play this much Black Eyed Peas on a film soundtrack? How eerie is it for Jon to secretly follow/stalk Liz to Engl...
May 21, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Season 14Ep. 740
“I’ll say it: Chris Kattan? Best part of this movie!” - Steve On this week’s episode, we’re finally chatting about the “bad-ass” horror remake, House on Haunted Hill ! Did any of those numerous deleted scenes maybe have more character details by any chance? Why couldn’t Jeffrey Combs have played a larger role in this movie? How does Geoffrey Rush look so much like Vincent Price in this and they refused to come out and say it— the guy’s named Price to boot, so c’mon! And did anybody else have the...
May 14, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Season 14Ep. 739
On this week's On-Screen Live , we're reviewing Jerry Seinfeld's Pop-Tart origin story/biopic disaster, Unfrosted , as well as David Leitch's messy action flick, The Fall Guy and the latest from A24 and Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow ! We're also reacting to the latest trailer for the next Star Wars series, The Acolyte , along with looking over the, frankly underwhelming, weekend box office! Don't miss the WHM Texas Two-Step! This May we're doing two nights in the Lone Star state, starting i...
May 08, 2024•57 min
“This becomes a sitcom!” - Eric, on this sequel’s goofiness On this week’s episode, the gang gets into action mode to talk about the incredibly silly sequel, Lethal Weapon 3 ! Why can’t Roger Murtaugh take a bath IN PEACE?! Did they really have to amp up all the grab-ass in this one? How is this evil ex-cop sneaking into all these high security areas like he’s some kind of ghost? What were they thinking with Pesci’s hair? And why couldn’t we see Rene Russo’s Lorna Cole playing that Three Stooges...
May 07, 2024•2 hr 3 min•Season 14Ep. 738
“He looks exactly like Jason Voorhees if he did wrestling and pornography” - Eric on The Lord Humungus On this month’s We Love Movies , we’re chatting about George Miller’s 1981 action masterpiece, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior ! Is this one of the greatest viewing experiences in cinema? How totally unhinged is all this action and stunt choreography? What was the crossbow budget on this movie? Is this one of the best— HALT RIGHT THERE AND PLEDGE FEALTY TO THE LORD HUMUNGUS! Or, um, this episode is...
May 02, 2024•7 min•Season 14Ep. 737
On this week's OSL , we're back from the road and reviewing a couple new ones, like the latest from horror heavyweights, Radio Silence, Abigail , along with Luca Guadagnino's sex & tennis drama, Challengers . We're also giving our first reactions to the trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's new thriller, Trap , going over the weekend box office, forgetting that Lane Smith's been dead for twenty years, and more! Don't miss the WHM Texas Two-Step! This May we're doing two nights in the Lone Star st...
May 01, 2024•1 hr 4 min
“I saw this in theaters!” - Steve, proudly On this week’s episode, the guys bring SHEENPRIL (still stupid) to a close with a fun discussion on the better-than-you-remember Emilio-directed buddy comedy, Men at Work ! How great is the chemistry between the two Sheen brothers on screen? What a great spice Keith David is to throw in here— total legend! Shouldn’t they have adjusted the script structure a bit to make this a One Crazy Night movie? And what an unexpected, but fabulous soundtrack! PLUS: ...
Apr 30, 2024•1 hr 51 min•Season 14Ep. 736
“It’s like advertising your picture has sound when special effects have come into market... it’s not the same.” - Chris, on bullies aging out On the April ’24 edition of WHM Mail Bag , we’re reading some letters from fans as we plug our upcoming run of spring shows! We’ve got letters from one fella who puked up Twizzlers during a Cleveland screening of the film Major League , another person who got revenge on a bully in a big, bad, totally gross way, another who the Universe would not let watch ...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 2 min
“This is kinda like Contact for stupid people?” - Steve On this week’s episode, we’re in the back-half of SHEENPRIL with a chat about the fairly solid, alien invasion b-picture, The Arrival ! What kind of character name is Charlie’s here, with this Zane Zaminsky? If this movie was more popular, would there have been Zane Zaminsky Halloween costumes with the glasses, buzzed haircut and goatee? How incredible was the late Ron Silver at playing these great scumbag characters? And what were they thi...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 54 min•Season 14Ep. 735
On this week's OSL, we're reviewing Alex Garland's Civil War , reacting to the new trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux , going over the weekend box office, learning about another Secret Movie™️ starring Eric Roberts, and chatting with Cinématographe curator & producer, Justin LaLiberty about some upcoming blu-ray releases they have coming out, including a gorgeous new disc on Paul Schrader's Touch , which features an essay by Chris Cabin! Catch us on tour NEXT WEEK in Atlanta where we're talking...
Apr 17, 2024•1 hr 1 min
“There is a terminal velocity for us all!” - Steve, on death On this week’s episode, SHEENPRIL takes to the skies… and dives into a great conversation about the outrageous skydiving-centric action movie, Terminal Velocity ! Is James Gandolfini believable as a Russian heavy? Has there been better skydiving stunts in a major motion picture? How humiliating is it to die by drowning in your own fish tank? And why would an eight year-old kid want a skydiver to land at their birthday party? PLUS: What...
Apr 16, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Season 14Ep. 734
Hey folks, did you know we're starting our spring run of shows NEXT WEEK in the beautiful city of Atlanta, Georgia ? That's right, on April 25th , we'll be returning to HOT- lanta for the first time in seven years to play the gorgeous City Winery, where we'll be talking about the Gerard Butler man-as-video-game-avatar nightmare, Gamer ! Then in May , we're gonna pull off the WHM Texas Two-Step as we first make our debut in Houston, Texas on May 14th , playing the Houston Improv , where we'll be ...
Apr 15, 2024•28 min
On this week's OSL , we're reviewing Dev Patel's action-packed Monkey Man and Vera Drew's The People's Joker , reacting to trailers for In a Violent Nature and Alien: Romulus , reviewing a Michael Keaton Secret Movie™️, Knox Goes Away , analyzing the weekend box office (was anyone excited for The First Omen ?), and more! Catch us on tour this spring in Atlanta where we're talking Gerard Butler in Gamer, Houston where we're making our debut talking Robocop 2, and Austin where we'll be doing a We ...
Apr 10, 2024•1 hr 6 min
