On this week's On-Screen Live, we're reviewing Edward Berger's Conclave, as well as the film we're told will be his last before retirement, Clint Eastwood's Juror #2 ! We're also going to take a look at the trailer for the new one from Bong Joon-ho, Mickey 17. And like always, we'll be going over the weekend box office to see what's grossing what, and this week in particular, we go off on Warner Bros. and their pathetic handling of this Eastwood release! We also review the 4K release of Alex Cox...
Nov 04, 2024•58 min
On this week's OSL return, we're going over the weekend box office, reviewing some in-theater genre flicks like Smile 2 and Venom: The Last Dance, and giving a bunch of recommendations for your Halloween horror movie viewing this week! PLUS: The first round of this season's VHS Trailer Game goes down with Chris Cabin hosting his first three rounds as the newly-minted Game King! Be sure to check our website for all ticketing information on our final shows of the year in Seattle, Portland (Oregon)...
Oct 31, 2024•1 hr 12 min
“So, we start with pornography!” - Steve on the opening scene On this episode, our FOUR-OR MOVIE-themed Halloween Spooktacular comes to a close with a wild discussion about the pseudo-return-to-form sequel, Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled ! How hilarious are all these additional djinn characters? How thinly written is this lead couple? Is their lawyer doing this pro-bono because he’s pro- boner ? Was this djinn actually buddies with Caligula? And do the Highlander folks have a case here? PLUS...
Oct 29, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Season 15Ep. 765
"What every man wants: to lay in a bed with his mother and reassure her!" - Chris on Oz's spooning On our latest breakdown of The Penguin on Too Old For This Shit, we're chatting about episode five, "Homecoming." Airing back on October 20, this episode's got some wild stuff in it including some prison shivving, an all-new mafia family being—hey now! Too Old For This Shit is a Patrons-only show! To access the full episode, head over to our Patreon and sign up today! Instantly access all of TOFTS,...
Oct 28, 2024•6 min
On the latest edition of WHM Mail Bag, the guys are plugging their upcoming end of year shows while reading letters about things like a guy taking and reusing a popcorn bucket he found in the garbage, seeing a heroic Toronto International Film Festival volunteer absolutely school a rude French Canadian industry representative, a couple of pool guys accidentally pulling into Christopher Walken's driveway, and a father who used the terrifying film, Pumpkinhead, as a babysitter for his own children...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 10 min
“BIIIIIIIIG DAAAAA-DAAAAY!” - Steve, enthusiastically For this week’s FOUR-OR MOVIE Spooktacular selection, we’re talking about the last good one from a true horror master, George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead ! Shouldn’t they have dirtied up Simon Baker’s handsome-as-hell appearance for this gritty-ish character? Who else wanted, nay, needed, more Dennis Hopper in this movie? How cool is that Priest Zombie head-snap move? Couldn’t they have shown us Big Daddy walking underwater like it’s a Pirat...
Oct 22, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Season 15Ep. 764
“It’s a very specific kind of dumb…” - Chris On this week’s SPOOKTACULAR episode, we welcome back our Dead Mea t buds, James A. Janisse & Chelsea Rebecca, to chat about the outrageous sci-fi FOUR-OR movie, Leprechaun 4: In Space ! How cheap are these computer animated ship effects? What was with that Ray Charles joke? What’s going on with this Mittenhands character? Does having this extra bug monster crowd the field for our beloved monstrous Leprechaun? And how about those exploding genitals...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 54 min•Season 15Ep. 763
On the second half of our coverage of the 62nd New York Film Festival, we're reviewing several more films out of the fest, a few of which are bound for end-of-year attention for sure. We'll be reviewing Pablo Larraín's Maria, Guy Maddin's Rumours, Luca Guadagnino's Queer, Pedro Almodóvar's The Room Next Door, Paul Schrader's Oh, Canada & more! PLUS: Chris Cabin POPS OFF on the new Jason Reitman film, Saturday Night ! Be sure to head to our website for all ticketing information on our final s...
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr 13 min
“It’s a bunch of dead-eyed, CW, catalog models…” - Andrew, on this cast of dead meats On this week’s episode, the 2024 Halloween Spooktacular continues on the FOUR-OR MOVIE journey with the absolutely dreadful box office juggernaut, The Final Destination ! How silly are all these 3D gags? Why did they cut the budget so harshly on this one, thus killing all their special effects? Why did the writers think the script needed that slur when you can already tell that the character is racist? And how ...
Oct 08, 2024•2 hr•Season 15Ep. 762
“I think that’s the liquid from Prince of Darkness ” - Chris, on the pickled eggs canister at Earl’s Bar in this movie On this month’s W ❤️ M, our Spooktacular Four-or Movie Month spills over to Patreon as we chat about the pretty fun slasher sequel, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers ! How sloppy is the mask in this movie? Why are we always moving this guy between hospitals in the middle of the night during the worst storm of the year? How hilarious is this gang of drunken townies? And wa...
Oct 03, 2024•8 min•Season 15Ep. 761
On the first episode of our two-part special coverage of the 62nd New York Film Festival, we're reviewing several fantastic selections from this year's lineup, including: Miguel Gomes' Grand Tour, Hong Sangsoo's A Traveler's Needs, and RaMell Ross's Nickel Boys. Additionally, even though Chris covered it out of TIFF, Andrew and Eric weigh in on Sean Baker's Anora, and Andrew reports on the new restoration of Clive Barker's Hellraiser! Plus, currently in release and fresh off its official NYFF sp...
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr 15 min
“More often than not, I’m fighting for my life!” - Eric, on his recurring nightmares On this week’s episode, our Halloween Spooktacular kicks off and, in the spirit of this year’s FOUR-OR MOVIE theme, we’re chatting about Renny Harlin’s English language debut, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master ! How great is this Freddy-assisting dog that pees fire? Did we really need to start the movie with a Bible quote, when a scroll about the lore of the Dream Master would’ve been much more helpf...
Oct 01, 2024•2 hr 4 min•Season 15Ep. 760
“You don’t know why anyone is on this boat!” - Steve, on the bad script On this week’s show, the guys welcome back their good bud, and official WHM Disaster Movie Expert™️, Justin J. Case to chat about the grimmer-than-average disaster flick, Poseidon ! How brutal are all these kills? Is there any other movie that’s this aggressively 2006? Couldn’t they have tried to make any of these characters three-dimensional? And credit where credit’s due, the sequence of the boat tipping over is exquisite!...
Sep 24, 2024•1 hr 58 min•Season 15Ep. 759
“I’m scanning pornography into the computer to make a lady!” - Eric as George W. Bush On this week’s show, we’re chatting about the 1985 John Hughes-directed, sci-fi sex comedy, Weird Science ! How strange is it that back in the day, these creep-tacular incels were just considered harmless, lovable nerds? Why would they cut out all the solid Bride of Frankenstein conversation from the theatrical cut? Has there been a better titular song in cinema? Is this weird science, or weird computer magic? ...
Sep 17, 2024•1 hr 51 min•Season 15Ep. 758
On this special edition of On-Screen Live, Andrew and Chris are back stateside to wrap up their journey through the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. Some films our intrepid, moviegoing buds review in this episode are Mike Flanagan's The Life of Chuck, Gia Coppola's The Last Showgirl, Ron Howard's Eden, Marielle Heller's Nightbitch, Dea Kulumbegashvili's April, Sean Baker's Anora & more! Be sure you're caught up with the first part of our TIFF24 coverage where we reviewed David Crone...
Sep 13, 2024•1 hr 15 min
On this special edition of On-Screen Live , we were live (thanks to the spotty hotel wi-fi holding out) from the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival! In this episode, Andrew and Chris reviewed films they caught during our first two days at the fest, including David Cronenberg's The Shrouds, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cloud, Joshua Oppenheimer's The End, David Gordon Green's Nutcrackers, Mati Diop's Dahomey & more! The second, and final part of our #TIFF24 coverage will broadcast live on our You...
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 22 min
“How do you not kill the daddy?” - Eric, on previous iterations of the script On the season 15 premiere of We Hate Movies, last season’s VHS Trailer Game Champion, Chris Cabin, selects Twister as the redux title to kick things off! How entertaining is Phoffman in this one? Was the dad at the beginning of this movie able to surf that cellar door for a few seconds? What’s going on with that Cary Elwes accent? And is this movie responsible for breaking up Van Halen? PLUS: We start with the VHS Trai...
Sep 10, 2024•2 hr 10 min•Season 15Ep. 757
“He’s a gooner!” - Eric, on this version of The Riddler On this month’s We ❤️ Movies episode, we’re chatting about a real excellent-ass comic book adventure, The Batman ! Yes, it’s a long one, but what would we cut here? How incredible is Michael Giacchino’s score? How magnificently do David Fincher vibes pair with Gotham City? Is this the best on-screen depiction of the “Bat & the Cat” relationship? How rad are all these massive—hey now!— This here's just a taste of our ep on The Batman. Fo...
Sep 05, 2024•7 min•Season 15Ep. 756
Originally released on Patreon, December 7, 2018 “To me, the idea of Brian De Palma watching Star Wars is like Abraham Lincoln reading Watchmen .” - Steve On this We ❤️ Movies episode, the gang is chatting effusively about the beloved, action-packed space opera, Star Wars ! There's no point in telling you three measly plot points covered in this episode like we normally do in descriptions, though. This is the longest recording in show history * and we had a ton of fun talking about one of our gr...
Sep 03, 2024•2 hr 55 min
Originally released on Patreon: May 19, 2022 It's our monthly flashback to sunny 1990s L.A.! First up on Beverly Hills, 90210 , it's the totally outrageous episode, "U4EA"! Originally airing back on November 14, 1991, this episode has the gang going to an underground club where David gets wasted, Dylan and Brenda dodge tweakers, and Emily Valentine doses Brandon behind his back! Then over on Melrose Place , it's the Keith-tacular episode, "A Long Night's Journey." First airing back on September ...
Aug 29, 2024•1 hr 56 min
Originally Released on Patreon: April 22, 2021 "I found this to be the most uncomfortable hour-and-a-half I've had watching a movie in a really long time." - Andrew On the inaugural edition of Once In A Lifetime , the gang is chatting about the bonkers 2015 film that shockingly launched a whole twisted franchise, Stalked by My Doctor ! Why do they have Eric Roberts talking like a 25 year-old incel? What is Dr. Beck doing to that teddy bear? And whatever you do, don't say hi to people at the food...
Aug 27, 2024•1 hr 49 min
Originally Dropped on Patreon 10.9.21 On this month's Spooktacular edition of Animation Damnation, the guys are chatting about the kind-of twisted and legit weird Doug Halloween episode, "Doug's Halloween Adventure." Originally airing back on 10/31/93, this episode has Doug being a total coward over going to an amusement park haunted house attraction, Skeeter dressing up like a sex toy to go trick-or-treating around children, and a guy that's... maybe actually a legit ghost? PLUS: Prepare to tot...
Aug 22, 2024•50 min
“It’s a real smorgasbord of vampires...” - Andrew Recorded Live at Cap City Comedy in Austin, TX 5.15.24 On this week’s Summer Break episode, we were in Austin, Texas chatting about one of our all-time faves of the 1990s, From the Dusk Till Dawn ! Did QT write this movie just so he could suck on Salma Hayek’s feet? How fantastic is Michael Parks at the start of this movie? Why couldn’t Seth have sent Richie to get those Big Kahuna burgers instead? And is this film is Cheech Marin’s Nutty Profess...
Aug 20, 2024•2 hr 8 min•Season 14Ep. 755
Originally released on Patreon, August 18, 2023 On this month's very special edition of our Star Trek re-cap show, The Nexus, the gang is talking about TNG's "The Best of Both Worlds!" The first part aired June 16, 1990 as the finale of the third season, and the season four premiere, part two, aired September 22, 1990. This is of course the fabulous in-series movie-feeling two-parter where Picard is captured and assimilated by the Borg! How much does Riker super-hate that Commander Shelby? Lotta...
Aug 15, 2024•1 hr 36 min
Originally released on Patreon: June 14, 2018 “It’s bigger and it’s stupider!” - Steve on this vs. Jurassic Park On this WHM Prime episode, the gang gets Dino Fever with the first of two JPU films being discussed this month*: Jurassic World ! Was that statue of John Hammond actually his corpse mummified under flash-baked dino poo? Did Claire and Owen have their first date on that cursed island? And why didn't BD Wong get a bigger role as the villain? PLUS: Militarized dinosaurs—Question Mark? Ju...
Aug 13, 2024•1 hr 53 min
Recorded at the Coruscant PAC, Imperial City, Coruscant 2.16.23 It's another entry in our beloved Star Wars sideshow, The Gleep Glossary! This month, we're chatting about one of the galaxy's biggest losers, Count Dooku! How boring of a lightsaber instructor was Dooku? Why would the Jedi keep monuments to Sith separatists, like Dooku, in their Hall of Legends? And was Dooku really trying to get an internship with Palpatine? At his age? PLUS: Hey, Disney+, let us make our High Republic-era boob co...
Aug 08, 2024•40 min
“Cue the Bloodhound Gang!” - Chris, on this film’s soundtrac k Recorded Live at City Winery in Atlanta, GA 4.25.24 For the first summer break episode of 2024, the guys were in Atlanta talking about the Gerard Butler video game action adventure, Gamer ! Why couldn’t they edit these action scenes a little more clearly so you can follow this stuff? How lame is it to set your film “a certain time from now”? Did we really need to hear that Marilyn Manson “Sweet Dreams” cover in a movie again? Is Mich...
Aug 06, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Season 14Ep. 754
“He’s magnificent in this movie…” - Andrew on Brandon Lee On this month’s We ❤️ Movies, we’re finally chatting about the absolutely fantastic comic book adaptation, The Crow ! Despite being a little bit of a bittersweet re-watch, this movie still absolutely rocks, including, of course, Brandon Lee’s amazing performance as Eric Draven! But a few questions remain, like who does Ernie Hudson’s cop character think he is, telling that hot dog vendor how to do his job? Does the young street scamp, Sar...
Aug 01, 2024•9 min•Season 14Ep. 753
On the summer finale of On-Screen Live, we're reviewing what could very well be the highest-grossing film of 2024, Deadpool & Wolverine ! We're also going over the weekend box office, reacting to the trailer for DC's new Creature Commandos cartoon, recommending a couple of 4K disc releases on Home Media Mania & more! On-Screen Live airs Mondays at 12pm/et. This episode is the summer finale of the show, but we'll be broadcasting a couple of dispatch episodes this September, during our cov...
Jul 31, 2024•1 hr 6 min
“How do you not kill the guy on the toilet?” - Eric On the season 14 finale of We Hate Movies, the gang welcomes actor/comedian/podcaster/author/movie-lover and all-around good guy, Paul Scheer to the show to chat about the sleepy, yet kinda crazy monster movie, Arachnophobia ! Why isn’t this movie just about John Goodman’s exterminator character? Why couldn’t the major spider at the end be a huge, dumb puppet monster? How funny is it that this movie doesn’t care about those kid characters at al...
Jul 30, 2024•1 hr 50 min•Season 14Ep. 752
