Author and host of Max Fun 's very own Feeling Seen podcast , Jordan Crucchiola , joins us to talk about Georgia Rule , the film she claims has the largest discrepancy between what the viewer expects the movie to be and what it actually is. CONTENT WARNING: includes references to sexual assault, a surprising element in the film's plot that certainly took us off guard, so we don't want you to have to experience the same surprise, if you're not up for it....
Jan 08, 2022•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast In what has become a mini-tradition, we kick off the new year with an examination of last year's biggest musical flop. Unfortunately this one has a lot fewer cats and a lot more lying to a grieving family, and it's called Dear Evan Hansen . Joining us for the discussion is noted bar owner, Stuart wife, and DEH-on-Broadway-hater, Sharlene Wellington ! Wikipedia entry for Dear Evan Hansen Movies recommended in this episode: Nightmare Alley House of Gucci The Worst Person in the World The Year of t...
Jan 01, 2022•2 hr 53 min•Ep 359•Transcript available on Metacast Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! Here's our gift to you -- a mini recorded LIVE from another special occasion: Elliott's birthday weekend! Before Omicron showed up to shut things down again, Dan and Stu and fam flew out to Los Angeles, to a beautiful house Elliott's wife had rented for the occasion, to celebrate four decades of that talkative special guy, Elliott Charles Kalan! We talk about growing older and being adults, but with jokes. With cameos from whomever happened to be around fo...
Dec 25, 2021•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast Is it Cagemas already? Seems like it comes earlier every year. At any rate, Saint Nicolas Cage has left us something awfully spicy beneath the tree this year. It's a giant slice of deep-fried southern ham, with big performances from Cage, KaDee Strickland, and Money Plane 's Kelsey Grammer. Dare you join us for a visit to Grand Isle ? Wikipedia entry for Grand Isle Movies recommended in this episode: Copshop The Fable The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill Malcolm X...
Dec 18, 2021•2 hr 37 min•Ep 358•Transcript available on Metacast When last we left our doggie heroes, they had made their way inside the house, and thus far managed to protect the adorable kitten, Cutiepie -- but they STILL haven't scored any of that delicious chili, and their antics continue to threaten the farmer's daughter's wedding day. What will happen?!? Give a listen and see! (If you want to listen to the previous FlopTales RPG adventures, consider becoming a MaxFun member , and checking out the bonus feed!)...
Dec 11, 2021•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast The jolly bearded man himself, Alonso Duralde , writer of Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas and co-host of Max Fun's own Maximum Film , as well as many , many other things , joins us to talk about the LEGENDARILY strange 1985 would-be Christmas blockbuster Santa Claus: The Movie , along with the usual shenanigans. Wikipedia entry for Santa Claus: The Movie Movies recommended in this episode: Licorice Pizza Blade of the Immortal Climate of the Hunter Original Cast Album: Company The Last of ...
Dec 04, 2021•2 hr 32 min•Ep 357•Transcript available on Metacast Stuart leads Dan, Elliott, and friend of flop Zhubin Parang in part one (of two) of a short role-playing game. Listeners may already be familiar with the Hogsbottom Three from our appearance on The Adventure Zone, or from bonus episodes only available on the Maximum Fun member feed. (If you want to listen to the latter, consider becoming a MaxFun member! ) This adventure is kind of like those, except what if our characters were cartoon dogs?
Nov 27, 2021•49 min•Ep 383•Transcript available on Metacast Hey, remember Crocodile Dundee? Remember him? Croc? Ol' Mick Dundee? Remember? Crocodile? Crocky D? Anyone? Well, The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee is about how no one remembers Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan, and he's also somehow the most important star in Hollywood. Take this strange journey with us, and with our delightful guest Ben Harrison , of The Greatest Generation . Wikipedia entry for The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee Movies recommended in this episode: Last Night in Soho Riders of Justice ...
Nov 20, 2021•2 hr 46 min•Ep 382•Transcript available on Metacast Elliott ACTUALLY explains Adam Warlock.
Nov 13, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep 381•Transcript available on Metacast Here we are in No-vember, best known for having "no" theme. And we kick the month off with one of the most star-studded movies that absolutely made no cultural footprint whatsoever that you could hope to see -- Breaking News in Yuba County . Wikipedia entry for Breaking News in Yuba County Movies recommended in this episode: Primal Rage Titane New York Ninja Dear Comrades...
Nov 06, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Ep 380•Transcript available on Metacast Elliott talks to us about Adam Warlock.
Oct 30, 2021•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast We're joined for a second Shocktober by Edgar Award-winning bestselling author, screenwriter, and secret bad movie fan Gillian Flynn , to discuss The Unholy , a horror movie about a Three's Company-level name misunderstanding. Paste https://feeds.simplecast.com/EOAFriME into iTunes (or your favorite podcatching software) to have new episodes of The Flop House delivered to you directly, as they’re released. Wikipedia entry for The Unholy Movies recommended in this episode: Grizzly II: Revenge Dea...
Oct 23, 2021•2 hr 59 min•Ep 354•Transcript available on Metacast Those who woke up early this morning got the wrong episode -- due to a glitch, Dan ended up with a duplicate of an old file on his desktop, and that old episode is what he accidentally uploaded. This is just a note to let you know that if you delete the old file, and re-download today's episode, you will get the proper version of Episode #354 – The Unholy, with Gillian Flynn. It's a great episode that we're really excited about, so we'd hate for you to miss it! Thank you for bearing with us!...
Oct 23, 2021•1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Stuart's most ostentatiously-named mini format makes a triumphant return, as he talks to us about the Emmys, and current TV in general.
Oct 16, 2021•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast The star of the show has returned, to answer all of our questions about ghost-sightings, but also to discuss the somehow both boring and wild adaptation of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw , The Turning . Learn more about Max Fun's Block Party here ! Wikipedia entry for The Turning Movies recommended in this episode: The Fly To Live and Die in L.A. Breakdown We Need to Talk About Kevin...
Oct 09, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Ep 353•Transcript available on Metacast The Super Mario Bros. live show had a thrilling, good-humored, and completely unexpected special guest in Parker Bennett, one of the film's (many) writers, who showed up in the chat purely to enjoy the show, but was happy to join us for a few minutes to talk about his experience making the movie. Time constraints prevented us from talking to him as long as we'd like, so we decided to have him on a minisode, where he could dish about the behind-the-scenes details at greater length. A NOTE: since ...
Sep 30, 2021•50 min•Ep 379•Transcript available on Metacast Smalltember concludes with a doozy: Black Easter (previously titled Assassin 33 AD , in a slightly different edit) -- the movie that dares ask "What if someone killed Jesus? ...But not like, the people who ORIGINALLY killed Jesus. What if they were TIME TRAVELING MUSLIMS?" Content warning for all sorts of islamophobic and religious stuff, but honestly, this movie is WAY too silly for much of it to land. Mostly it makes for some great Flop Housing. The streaming LIVE SHOW is TONIGHT!!! — Tune in ...
Sep 25, 2021•2 hr 59 min•Ep 352•Transcript available on Metacast Dan the infernal gamemaster returns to quiz Elliott and Stu on big Hollywood movies that the world has mostly forgotten.
Sep 18, 2021•32 min•Ep 378•Transcript available on Metacast America's foremost hedgehog expert , Jamelle Bouie , returns to usher in Smalltember (vember) 2021, with our discussion of the make-work project for Dean Cain and Tara Reid, Andy the Talking Hedgehog . LIVE SHOW ALERT! — We’ll be doing another streaming live show, delivered directly to your computers or whatever you use for these things! Tune in on to watch us discuss the “classic” 1993 flop Super Mario Bros. , do a few presentations, take a few questions via Twitter, and other assorted nonsense...
Sep 11, 2021•2 hr 45 min•Ep 351•Transcript available on Metacast Elliott asks Stu and Dan questions about video game movies in the form of a retro video game of the mind. Don't worry; it makes sense when you listen. Mostly. And if you want more talk about video game movies, get tickets for our streaming live show about Super Mario Bros . by clicking HERE ! Extra thanks this week to our producer and musical genius Alex Smith for the video game soundscape, and the 8-bit Flop House theme! Thank you to Lumi Labs for sponsoring this episode, along with all you won...
Sep 04, 2021•59 min•Ep 377•Transcript available on Metacast If the boss baby from The Boss Baby: Family Business can enlist her family for their wacky adventures, then why can't Elliott make this a little more interesting by turning the podcast into his own little family business? His eldest son, Sammy, joins us for the movie discussion portion of the show! LIVE SHOW ALERT! — We’ll be doing another streaming live show, delivered directly to your computers or whatever you use for these things! Tune in on to watch us discuss the “classic” 1993 flop Super M...
Aug 28, 2021•2 hr•Ep 350•Transcript available on Metacast Stuart asks his friends a bunch of questions about themselves, and Dan and Elliott answer surprisingly sincerely. But don't worry-- there are still jokes.
Aug 21, 2021•55 min•Ep 376•Transcript available on Metacast Look, you didn't think we were gonna let this one go by, did you? Does Space Jam: A New Legacy live down to the legacy of the original Space Jam, a film inexplicably loved by millennials everywhere? Or does it (gasp) manage to go even lower? ALSO: LIVE SHOW ALERT! -- We'll be doing another streaming live show, delivered directly to your computers or whatever you use for these things! Tune in on to watch us discuss the "classic" 1993 flop Super Mario Bros. , do a few presentations, take a few que...
Aug 14, 2021•2 hr 3 min•Ep 349•Transcript available on Metacast https://theflophouse.simpletix.com/ We're coming at you live with another ticketed online show! We’ll be discussing 1993's SUPER MARIO BROS. , the film that fulfilled Dennis Hopper's destiny of playing an evil dinosaur king, as well as bringing you exclusive-to-this-show PowerPoint presentations, audience polls, and a live Q&A "Ask the Floppers" session at the end. Chat with your fellow floppers as we ramble on about nonsense and, occasionally, talk about Super Mario Bros. Good-bad? Bad-bad? Or ...
Aug 10, 2021•3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dan challenges the others to a game he's invented that has absolutely nothing to do with Monopoly, and everything to do with how quickly we forget the dreck we watch for this podcast.
Aug 07, 2021•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast It's Cagemas in July! The second-cagiest time of year! So we invited Jordan Morris , creator of the Bubble podcast (available on Maximum Fun) and co-writer of the brand new Bubble graphic novel to come by and discuss the "aliens really like a good martial arts fight" action movie Jiu Jitsu , with a delightful turn by Mr. Cage as a wacky Yoda-like character. Wikipedia entry for Jiu Jitsu Movies recommended in this episode: The Fear Street Trilogy Blue Collar Season of the Witch Let Him Go...
Jul 31, 2021•2 hr 43 min•Ep 348•Transcript available on Metacast While we're sad to say goodbye to beloved Producer Jordan, we're happy to welcome Producer Alex , as he drops by to tell us about a forgotten TV movie from horror icon Wes Craven, Invitation to Hell !
Jul 24, 2021•2 hr 33 min•Transcript available on Metacast We'll level with all of you -- we ALSO prefer Hallie Haglund , and are at our happiest when she comes by to join us for some film talk. So we had to pick an extra-special movie to mark the occasion. And hoo boy. That movie? The wife of former Trump treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and controversial figure in her own right , Louise Linton's vanity project (as writer, director, producer, and star) Me You Madness . It's the movie that asks "if I make fun of myself REALLY HARD, then you're not allow...
Jul 17, 2021•2 hr 47 min•Ep 347•Transcript available on Metacast With Black Widow in theaters this week, we talk about the Marvel property everyone's talking about! The Eternals! Elliott attempts to answer the important question: What's their deal?
Jul 10, 2021•55 min•Ep 375•Transcript available on Metacast Whaaat? Our second Doug Liman movie in so many episodes? It's certainly hard to give Locked Down as much shit as we gave Chaos Walking -- especially when it co-stars Elliott's old flame Annie. Anyway, we hope you enjoy our usual shenanigans. Life seems to be looking up, right? Are we wrong? Wikipedia entry for Locked Down Movies recommended in this episode: The Neutral Ground The Sparks Brothers Thief...
Jul 03, 2021•2 hr 33 min•Ep 346•Transcript available on Metacast 
