Every year we bet big on which movies will make the most money during the summer movie season. In this episode, find out who was clever enough to count on Finding Dory and who was clueless enough to bet on Independence Day: Resurgence. Featuring: Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Liam Gonnason, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Sarah Hanns, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: X-Men: Apocalypse, Toy Story 2, Star Trek Beyond, Cats and Dogs, and the Whitney Houston song, "I'm Every Woman."
Sep 11, 2016•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Join a panel made up of those who love David Fincher’s 1999 cult classic, those who hardly remember it, and someone seeing it for the first time. Together, we argue about whether Fight Club translates to new, modern, and female audiences. Featuring: Erik Tabinowski, Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, and Patrick Porter. Spoilers: Fight club (the novel and its film adaptation), Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Mission to Mars, A Beautiful Mind, The Dark K...
Sep 04, 2016•1 hr 7 min
Join us as we explore the most exciting and/or dumb movie news from August, 2016. Why is China upset about 3D? What is the BBC’s all-time favorite movie? Did Tyler just promise to watch all the Madea movies? The answers—as well as our expert opinions—await you, followed by our most anticipated movies of the fall. Featuring: Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns Spoilers: Jason Bourne, Fantastic Four (2014), Harry & the Hendersons, Phantom Menace, the Dead Rising video game, Furious 7, Tam...
Aug 28, 2016•1 hr 15 min
Warner Brothers is at it again with another DC comics adaptation. Like Man of Steel and Batman v Superman before, critics and audiences are already wildly divided over David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. Is this another classic case of critic’s pessimism, or will we finally have to admit this is a dud? Featuring: Josh Porter, Josiah DePaoli, Liam Gonnason, Matt Hughes, Mike Jensen, and Patrick Porter. Spoilers: Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman, Tomorrowland, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ghostbusters 2016, B...
Aug 15, 2016•1 hr 1 min
In this episode we debate whether or not the fifth film in the Jason Bourne franchise is a worthwhile return. Featuring: Josiah DePaoli, Mike Jensen, Patrick Porter, Sarah Hanns, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Every Bourne movie, Save the Last Dance, Snatch, Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt," The Ocean's Eleven Trilogy, Mr Robot, Finding Dory, and Home Alone.
Aug 07, 2016•53 min
It’s 2016 and the Jason Bourne franchise is still trucking. To prepare for the latest installment, join us as we debrief the original trilogy with old fans and a guy meeting Jason Bourne for the first time. Featuring: Josh Porter, Liam Gonnason, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns Spoilers: The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Legacy, Spider-Man, Ronin, Captain America: Civil War, The Incredible Hulk, Scooby-Doo, Captain America: The First Avenger, Die Another Day,...
Aug 01, 2016•55 min
Join a panel made up of those who love James Cameron’s 2009 blockbuster, those who hate it, and those seeing it for the first time. Together, we argue about whether Avatar deserves the acclaim or the critique, and how it fares upon first viewing seven years after the 3D hype. Featuring: Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Sarah Hanns, Tyler Hanns Spoilers: Avatar, The Revenant, Memento, The Terminator, Titanic, Lord of the Rings, The Polar Express, Beowulf, True Lies, The Da...
Jul 24, 2016•51 min
We’ve finally arrive at Paul Feig’s 2016 reboot of the supernatural comedy classic, Ghostbusters. Can a fantastic director and perfect casting breathe new life into the beloved franchise, or did all that talent go to waste? Featuring: Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: All Ghostbusters films, Avatar, Bridesmaids.
Jul 18, 2016•51 min
We’re working our way to Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot by revisiting the 1989 sequel Ghostbusters II. Featuring: Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Cool Runnings, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins, This Film is Not Rates, Taxi Driver, Titanic, The Muppet Movie, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Honey I Blew Up the Kid, Honey We Shrunk Ourselves, Dumb and Dumber, Beetlejuice, Dante’s Peak, ...
Jul 10, 2016•59 min
Today we begin the road to Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot by revisiting the beloved 1984 original. Featuring: Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, Jurassic World, Creed, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Amazing Spider-Man, Scary Movie, Blues Brothers, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Ant-Man, Bridesmaids, Year One, Dr. Who, Gilmore Girls, The Real Ghostbusters animated series, and the Terminator soundtrack.
Jul 03, 2016•49 min
On today’s special mammoth-sized episode we challenge a panel of 7 individuals to rank Pixar’s 17 films from best to worst without killing friendships in the process. Featuring: Abi Porter, Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Josiah DePaoli, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns, and Whitney Depaoli. Spoilers: Bicentennial Man, The Land Before Time, Inception, Brother Bear, Frozen, Tangled, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Short Circuit, Flight of the Navigator, Elysium, Gravity, X-Men: Apocalypse, Chappie, ...
Jun 26, 2016•2 hr 29 min
Thirteen years after the original, does Pixar’s Finding Dory capture all the magic of its predecessor? Or is it simply wringing money out of a beloved franchise with a few effective fish jokes along the way? Featuring: Abi Porter, Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Josiah DePaoli, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Finding Nemo, New York Minute, Predator, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Alien, Despicable Me 1 & 2, Minions, The Secret Life of Pets trailer, Cars, Cars 2, and The Good Dinosaur....
Jun 20, 2016•42 min
After a long and troubled production, Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur was as divisive as it was visually breathtaking. In this episode we celebrate the goodness of The Good Dinosaur, while condemning the critics who clearly hate movies. Featuring: Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: The Revenant, Inside Out, Toy Story 3, True Grit (2010), Ratatouille, Lion King, Stand By Me, Dumbo, Pinocchio, Brave, White Fang, Harry and the Hendersons, You’ve Got Mail, The Land Before Tim...
Jun 12, 2016•1 hr
Nine movies in, where does each installment in the X-Men franchise rank from best to worst? Join us as our expert opinions go to work on 16 years of super hero film history in order to list the best and worst of the movie mutants. Featuring: Josh Porter, Liam Gonnason, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Every X-Men movie as well as the animated series of the 90's, District 9, The Usual Suspects, Dumb and Dumber, Total Recall, Batman begins, Kill Bill, T2: Judgement Day, Looper....
Jun 05, 2016•1 hr 56 min
We head to theaters a ninth time to see an X-Men movie. Does X-Men: Apocalypse maintain the longstanding franchise's recent revival, or has it stalled out again? Featuring: Josh Porter, Liam Gonnason, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: All X-Men movies, Alien, Star Wars: A New Hope, Legend, The Simpsons Episode 168, The Fifth Element, T2, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Road, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Jaws, and the X-Men animated series.
May 29, 2016•1 hr 1 min
Join us as we explore the most exciting and/or dumb movie news from May, 2016. Who will direct Godzilla 2? What is the new Transformers movie called? Does a studio executive know his butt from a door? The answers—as well as our expert opinions—await you, followed by a special Marvel Cinematic Universe round of Save or Kill? Featuring: Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Peter Nikiforov, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Fantastic Four (2015), Creed, Thor, Thor 2, Man of Steel, Age of Ultron, Captain ...
May 22, 2016•1 hr 20 min
Eight years and 12 movies after Marvel Studio’s Iron Man, we’ve arrived at Captain America: Civil War. Is the third installment in the Captain America trilogy Marvel’s most sophisticated outing yet, or has the studio powerhouse lost its touch? Featuring: Abi Porter, Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Captain America: Civil War, Inglourious Basterds, Batman v Superman, Star Wars, Deadpool, Coming to America, Alan Moore’s graphic novel Watchmen, just ab...
May 15, 2016•1 hr 9 min
In this episode, we wrestle through one of cinema’s greatest debates: Which Tom Hanks loves Meg Ryan movie is better, Sleepless in Seattle or You’ve Got Mail? Before we settle the argument once and for all, we put our rom-com know-how to the test with a game of Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail trivia. Featuring: Bethany Allen, Matt Hughes, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Sarah Hanns, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: When Harry Met Sally, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, Joe Vs. The Volcano, The Shop Arou...
May 08, 2016•1 hr 22 min
Every year, we make a wager on which movies will make the most money during the summer movie season. In this episode, we argue about who will be the big winners at the box office. Featuring: Abi Porter, Matt Hughes, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Star Trek, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Fight Club, Rush Hour, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Lone Ranger, Neighbors, Bridesmaids.
May 01, 2016•1 hr 4 min
Zack Snyder is one of the most divisive filmmakers in the world of genre-filmmaking. In this episode we rank his entire filmography from best to worst. Featuring: Josh Porter, Liam Gonnason, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns Spoilers: Every movie in Zack Snyder’s directorial filmography, George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later, World War Z, Troy, Love Actually, Immortals, The Cell, 300: Rise of an Empire, Lord of the Rings, Van Helsing, Mighty Ducks, A Series of Unfortunate Events...
Apr 17, 2016•57 min
Join us as we join the rest of the world and argue about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Is it a disgrace to the legacy of the comic book titans, or one of the best adaptations of their collective mythology? Featuring: Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Liam Gonnason, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Batman v. Superman, Man of Steel, Scrooged, the bad DC comics TV shows, the Adam West Batman television series, The Dark Knight, Watchmen, Goodwill Hunting, Spider-Man, The Social Network, Batman...
Apr 10, 2016•56 min
Before there was Batman v. Superman, there was Man of Steel. Was the world right to be divided, or should they all just shut up and enjoy some Superman? Featuring: Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Mike Jensen, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Man of Steel, Batman v. Superman, Superman Returns, Green Lantern, Godzilla (2014), The Fighter, Morning Glory, Interstellar, The Good Dinosaur, Transformers, Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Apr 03, 2016•45 min
10 Cloverfield Lane: A tense and scary claustrophobic thriller, or an hour and a half of being confused by the fact that the word Cloverfield is in the title? Featuring: Bethany Allen, Matt Hughes, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Cloverfield, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Prometheus, Signs, The Hills Have Eyes, The Fly, District 9, Independence Day, Night of the Living Dead, Evil Dead, The Mist, the Richard Matheson novel I am legend, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Rossane, Break...
Mar 27, 2016•56 min
In 2008 the world was shook by a mysterious ad campaign leading hordes of movie goers into theaters to experience the explosive found footage kaiju masterpiece; Matt Reeves’ Cloverfield. Or, is it a chaotic mess that should come with a complementary does of dramamine? Featuring: Bethany Allen, Matt Hughes, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: That Thing You Do, Cannibal Holocaust, The Blair Witch Project, Hostel, A Serbian Film, Scary Movie, Paranormal Activity, Project X, Chronic...
Mar 21, 2016•50 min
In the mid-90’s, Eric Roth wrote a screenplay that wowed audiences around the world; The script that became Robert Zemeckis’ Forrest Gump. In the late 2000’s, Eric Roth sort of wrote that screenplay again; the script that became David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. So which one is better? Featuring: Garrett Holmes, Matt Hughes, Mike Jensen, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Sarah Hanns, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Forrest Gump, The curious Case of Benjamin Button (both the films and the no...
Mar 13, 2016•1 hr 28 min
Which Academy Award winning film would you save if it meant killing the other? The Revenant or Birdman? Braveheart or Titanic? In this grueling round of save or kill, what Oscar-winners will survive and what will be left of them? Featuring: Alla Nikiforov, Abi Porter, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Peter Nikiforov, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: When you hear movie options presented on the Save or Kill chopping block, it stands to reason that spoilers will follow. Also, we managed to completely spoil both...
Mar 06, 2016•1 hr 43 min
Deadpool: The satisfying conclusion to every fan’s burning anticipation, or a bit too much? Join our hardcore Deadpool fans and our open-minded newcomers as we debrief our first impressions. Featuring: Liam Gonnason, Matt Hughes, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Deadpool (both the Tim Miller film and the Marvel comics title), the X-men movie franchise, Scary Movie 2, Guardians of the Galaxy, Ant-Man, Punisher: War Zone, Blade Trinity, Taxi Driver, Fight Club, Breaking Bad,...
Feb 28, 2016•1 hr 4 min
Join us as we explore the most exciting and/or dumb movie news from February, 2016 . When will there be more Transformers movies? Who will play the Invisible Man? What’s the latest flick to be endorsed by the Satanic Temple? The answers—as well as our expert opinions—await you. Featuring: Liam Gonnason, Matt Hughes, Josh Porter, and Patrick Porter. Spoilers: Chappie, The Batman v. Superman trailers, the Transformers franchise, School of Rock, Iron Man 3, Terminator: Genisys, that one Sia music v...
Feb 21, 2016•49 min
A family estranged from one another by space travel and relativity—which movie does it better? Today we pit Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar against the 1986 epic Flight of the Navigator. Featuring: Bethany Allen, Josiah DePaoli, Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Peter Rollo, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Interstellar, Flight of the Navigator, The Goonies, Explorers, Terminator 2, Hook, Moonrise Kingdom, Tree of Life, That 70’s Show, Les Misérables, The Dark Knight Rises, 2001: A Space Odys...
Feb 14, 2016•1 hr 18 min
Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s The Revenant. A complex, visionary masterpiece deserving of all the acclaim, or a pretty decent movie with a somewhat flat story bogged down in hype? Today our Revenant-enthusiasts are doing battle with our hosts who think it was just pretty good. Featuring: Garrett Holmes, Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: The Revenant, and the Michael Punke novel on which it was very loosely based. Babel, 21 Grams, Birdman, Multiplicity, Up, the Pixar ...
Feb 07, 2016•1 hr 11 min
