Schlocktober continues with a discussion of the notoriously bad found footage movie The Devil Inside. What else can be said about this movie? Well, find out! The guys talk about rebellious young priests, outside bibles, the fakest mockumentary "news footage" ever, the infamous non-ending and of course, much more! Plus: WHY DO THEY KEEP FILMING? Next week: Schlocktober rolls on with a cinematic battle. What We've Been Watching: A Haunting in Venice "Sea of Stars" (videogame) Questions? Comments? ...
Oct 12, 2023•1 hr 30 min
It's the spookiest time of the year - Schlocktober! The guys dive back into the first non-scam artists Conjuring-verse flick Annabelle and the road starts off... just a little bumpy. They talk about the weird cult subplot that should have been the main plot, the doll not being pleasant to look at for anyone to genuinely want in their house, Alfre Woodard breathing life into the film in the ninth inning and much more. Next week: Schlocktober continues with a rather notorious found-footage movie. ...
Oct 05, 2023•1 hr 34 min
This week, Galen Howard joins the guys for a discussion of quite possibly the least sexy movie marketed as a sexy movie. Yes, that's right - the "sexually brilliant"Exit to Eden "starring" Dan Aykroyd and Rosie O'Donnell. The guys talk about the addition of a diamond smuggling plot not present in the source material, Rosie's dialogue seemingly consisting entirely of improv, Sex Yoda, the disturbing nanny fetish cold open and much more. Plus: Garry Marshall visits the show to explain himself. Nex...
Sep 28, 2023•1 hr 46 min
This week, the guys are bestowed with a Patreon Pick from Everything I Learned from Movies in the form of Albert Pyun's Vicious Lips, a movie that seemingly has no purpose for its existence whatsoever. The discussion ranges all over the place including the lamest mass murderer of all-time, landing a huge music gig halfway through an audition, filming in Cher's bedroom, the infuriating twist that makes the movie even more pointless and much more. Next week: VERY SEXY. What We've Been Watching: Vi...
Sep 21, 2023•1 hr 22 min
This week, it's time to give out some awards! What were the most enjoyable movies we watched this year? What were the worst!? Cara Delevingne and a jellyfish should do what!? Next week: a pick from one of our patrons destroys our souls. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recor...
Sep 14, 2023•1 hr 34 min
This week, the guys are joined by Jason MacLeod to talk about Copperhead, a movie that Brendan got to be an extra in about 10 years ago! They talk all about the "fine people on both sides" style of writing, all the war sequences that we only hear about, Angus Macfayden's wild performance and much more. Plus: lots of stories from the set including the original lead actor that was fired, meeting a very "quirky" actor and finding your lens. Next week: time to hand out some awards! What We've Been W...
Sep 07, 2023•1 hr 39 min
There are five Thursdays this month and that means that it's time for a "Small-Screen Shameful." This time, the victim is the Danny Trejo vehicle, The Legend of La Llorona. After the guys figure out which La Llorona movie they are supposed to watch (there are so, so many, you guys!), they discuss the stereotypical accents that are heightened beyond believability, the ridiculous cartel subplot, Andrew being an emotionally abusive husband, ghosts that you can shoot and stab and much more. Next wee...
Aug 31, 2023•1 hr 31 min
This week, the guys talk about The Circle, a super-dumb critique of social media and Big Tech and starring... Tom Hanks as the villain? WHAT!? Yes, this is a real movie. They also discuss Nathan's interesting viewing experience of the film, Mae's changing personality in every scene, the fascist "happy ending," all the kayaking scenes, Bill Paxton and much more. Next week: Small-Screen Shameful! What We've Been Watching: Talk to Me "The Freak Brothers" Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can al...
Aug 24, 2023•1 hr 31 min
Wait - they're talking about the Best Picture-winning Russell Crowe film? Huh!? ... nope. This week, the guys discuss the 1992 underground boxing film Gladiator. They discuss Brian Dennehy playing a character that can beat up jacked-up fighters half his age, Tommy getting amazed by hats and babies, the hilarious dummy stunt during the climax and much more. Next week: the Internet - what's up with that, huh? What We've Been Watching: Barbie Oppenheimer Mystery Men Questions? Comments? Suggestions...
Aug 17, 2023•1 hr 39 min
This week, the guys tackle the 1993 erotic drama/thriller Indecent Proposal starring a bunch of sexy, young actors and the maestro of masculinity himself, Robert Redford. As the discussion intensifies, they are joined by Steve and Izzy of Everything I Learned from Movies to figure out if sleeping with someone for a million dollars is as much of a conundrum as this movie theorizes to the audience. They also talk about the wild cameos from Rip Taylor and Billy Connolly, butt cheek-biting, the hipp...
Aug 10, 2023•1 hr 42 min
The guys FINALLY get to the sequel GI Joe: Retaliation years after covering the first film. And much like the first adventure with the Joes, they have brought back Matthew Pettifer to help break it all down! After Matt schools the movie on all the inaccuracies, they also discuss Duke's (and many other characters) early exit from the film, Jonathan Pryce's campy performance and much more. Next week: a sexy offer! What We've Been Watching: The Night House "Mayans MC" "Diablo" (videogame) Questions...
Aug 03, 2023•1 hr 42 min
The summer hits conclude with a discussion of the Vietnam War film for kids... Operation Dumbo Drop. This week, Brendan is joined by guest co-host Jason MacLeod as they discuss the weird Vietnam setting in a Disney film and the sanitizing of that war for a PG audience, confusion over this and the Bill Murray elephant movie, Ray Liotta not having any trigger discipline, the "gunfights" that involve a lot of punches and slaps, the toilet humour and much more. Next week: Nathan is back and it's tim...
Jul 27, 2023•1 hr 32 min
The summer hits keep on coming as Brendan discusses the 1991 Ethan Hawke vehicle Mystery Date with guest co-host Britany Sparrow! They talk about the confusing plot that makes zero logical sense, one of the creepiest stalkers in film history (and he's supposed to be bumbling and charming!), the inclusion of BD Wong, James Hong AND Victor Wong, crazy flower delivery guys and much more. Next week: Brendan has a guest co-host for a fun romp of a Vietnam War film! What We've Been Watching: The Compa...
Jul 20, 2023•1 hr 34 min
Alien Invasion Summer continues and concludes with the notorious SNL flop Coneheads. Joining the guys is Galen Howard, who helps them break down an 86-minute movie that somehow just keeps repeating the same joke over and over again. They also talk about the all-star 90s comedian cast, Michael McKean as a Trump stand-in, using your parents' sex toys and much more. Next week: Brendan has a guest co-host for next week's film starring Ethan Hawke! What We've Been Watching: Lady Snowblood John Wick: ...
Jul 13, 2023•1 hr 41 min
Back to the usual as the guys tackle the first of two Alien Invasion Summer movies with the McDonald's/Coca-Cola-sponsored film Mac and Me. The guys dive into this blatant E.T. ripoff (right down to the same name for the older brother character) and talk about disastrous falls, the inconsistent location setting of the film, Christine Ebersole holding it all together, Coca-Cola literally saving an entire species' lives and much more. Plus: Brendan reveals the absolutely WILD Japanese ending of th...
Jul 06, 2023•1 hr 34 min
Listeners Choice Month finishes off with The Gossip Columnist. I'm sorry... what? That's right, the 1980 TV pilot starring Canadian treasure Kim Cattrall and Robert Vaughan. The guys talk all about Cattrall's character getting name-dropped every 30 seconds, the egregious and pointless celebrity cameos, the Harvey Weinstein stand-in, The Littlest Hobo in Space and much more. Next week: Back to the regular routine with Paul Rudd's favourite movie! What We've Been Watching: Safe "WWF All-American W...
Jun 29, 2023•1 hr 26 min
Listeners Choice Month rolls ahead with a discussion and breakdown of the 2019 version of Hellboy starring David Harbour. The guys talk about the first ten minutes of the movie providing some false hope, the buckets of exposition that get dumped CONTINUOUSLY throughout the film, the CGI that looks really bad in daylight, puke-ghost Ian McShane and much more. Plus: Brendan confuses Milla Jovovich with Parker Posey. Next week: Listeners Choice Month concludes with The Gossip Columnist. Wait... wha...
Jun 22, 2023•1 hr 35 min
Listeners Choice Month runs into the nadir of this entire list as the guys tackle Sia's completely misbegotten, misguided, offensive and unnecessary movie Music. The guys, of course, talk about how this film is alarmingly offensive, the weird cameo appearances by Ben Schwartz and Juliette Lewis (among others), the Felix subplot that goes nowhere and adds nothing, the blatant lies in regards to helping non-verbal autistic people and much more. Next week: Listeners Choice Month continues with the ...
Jun 15, 2023•1 hr 35 min
This week... on a very special episode... It seems like a jokey way to start this but it's no lie! This is a very different episode of the show than usual as the guys dissect Stuart Saves His Family, a flawed movie but completely unexpected in every single way. They discuss the very real facts and helpful knowledge about mental health within the film, the refreshing way in which it doesn't go for easy emotional beats, Vincent D'Onofrio and Lauren San Giacomo's Oscar-worthy performances and much ...
Jun 08, 2023•1 hr 43 min
Listeners Choice Month begins this week with a very special look at Arnold Schwarzenegger's dystopian hit The Running Man. After dispatching of the notions that this is anything close to resembling the source material, the guys discuss the Lite Brite-covered opera singer, Richard Dawson's fantastic performance, theories about Sven secretly being Arnold's brother in the film, Nathan name-drops Yaphet Kotto like nobody's business and much more! Next week: Listeners Choice Month continues with Stua...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr 43 min
This week, the guys are joined by Galen Howard to talk about a film intended-for-children-but-not-really buddy cop comedy Cop and a Half. They talk briefly about the evolution of mismatched buddy cop movies before moving on to discussing Burt Reynolds smoking throughout the movie to set up his save-the-cat moment, the uncomfortable air surrounding the plot considering the time of the film's release, Ray Sharkey's singing career, Galen compare the plot of the film to "Barry" and much, much more. ...
May 25, 2023•1 hr 44 min
The guys waited to get their old pal Josh Kotsabasakis back on so they could tackle the first ever Marvel comic book (and semi-final runnerup) together - Howard the Duck. The guys talk all about THAT OBVIOUS THING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON AND IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL SO JUST DROP IT OKAY? ....um. They also discuss Tim Robbins' lunatic performance, the wildly different reactions that people have when they see a talking duck, Nathan gets on his soapbox about a very real problem in c...
May 18, 2023•1 hr 43 min
Back to the ninja well this week as the guys break down Sam Firstenberg's schlocky classic Ninja III: The Domination. Do you like The Exorcist? Flashdance? Ninja movies? John Hughes? Well, it's all wrapped up in a neat little bow in this absolute classic from Cannon Films. They talk about the hairiest love interest of all time, carpeted gyms, ninja exorcisms, terrible police work, Sho Kosugi's real-life ego, arcade hypnosis and MUCH, much more. Next week: Quack! What We've Been Watching: The Han...
May 11, 2023•1 hr 34 min
It's a real mad house in here! That's right, the guys talk about the little-remembered comedy from 1990 starring John Larroquette and Kirstie Alley - Madhouse! They discuss how every character is "literally the worst," how this is the most 80s Reagan-era yuppie movie ever, Lil' Dahmer, Kirstie's penchant at going-for-broke for every laugh and much more. Oh yeah, and Dennis Miller is (barely) there! Next week: Ninja! Ninja! Ninja! What We've Been Watching: "Deadwood" Deadwood: The Movie "Beanie a...
May 04, 2023•1 hr 39 min
Our very loyal listeners get to pick movies for us sometimes... and this one comes from Luc Shannon of Game It All! Because of Luc's patronage, the guys watched the Nicolas Cage comic book movie Ghost Rider. They talk about everything from the vast amounts of property damage perpetrated by our hero, the weird time period look during the film's prologue, the lame villain names, way too much backstory, the logic gaps when it comes to Ghost Rider's powers and much more. Next week: it's a madhouse i...
Apr 27, 2023•1 hr 19 min
Continuing on with our tournament runner-ups is the Dan Aykroyd-directed and written Nothing But Trouble. The guys talk about Aykroyd's unfiltered hellish nightmare world and awkward marriage of comedy and horror, the Brazillionaires, the on-screen debut of Tupac Shakur, the phallic-shaped nose and much more. Next week: A bad movie legend is on fire! What We've Been Watching: The Florida Project Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail...
Apr 20, 2023•2 hr 11 min
Last week was the tournament final but this week, we have a semi-finalist that didn't quite make it in The Master of Disguise. They talk about Dana Carvey making the movie without anyone on-set to say no, all of the slaps in the face, the mind-boggling weird celebrity cameos, the Turtle Club scene, the ENDLESS amount of outtakes and deleted scenes during the closing credits and much more. Next week: We continue with the tournament by discussing another one of the semi-finalists. What We've Been ...
Apr 13, 2023•1 hr 53 min
Appropriately so, the winner of a long-standing tournament is Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and because the people have spoken, that is what the guys opted to discuss on this week's episode. They talk about the movie killing off the most popular character from the first film in the opening scene, the worst CGI for a wide release maybe ever, the characters that are discussed as already having been killed off-screen, Jax cracking wise every 15 seconds and much more. Next week: We continue with the t...
Apr 06, 2023•1 hr 45 min
A very special time(s) of the year - there's five Thursdays this month and therefore, it's time for a Small-Screen Shameful... and boy howdy, is this one ever something. The guys are joined by Galen Howard to break down the 1994/1996 film Vibrations. It's the timeless tale of a man losing his hands when his car is attacked via pneumatic drill by some hicks, which causes him to become a homeless alcoholic before rehabilitating himself with robot hands and embarking on a techno music career. The g...
Mar 30, 2023•2 hr 5 min
The March to Wrestlemania concludes with a discussion of an event taking place in the worst year of WCW's existence - Superbrawl 2000. The guys are once again joined by Ryan Gilbert and all three are aghast at how hardly any matches exceed 5 minutes but they also discuss Gene Simmons having his own wrestler in a contractually-obligated "main event," James Brown's surprise appearance, Tank Abbott nearly cutting someone's throat, Booker T fighting over the alphabet and much more. Next week: Time f...
Mar 23, 2023•2 hr 4 min
