Stuart "Tuboy" Wellington brings back his popular Flop House mini format of "forget about movies, what about television for a while?" and Dan and Elliott follow him for some free-rangin' TV talk! Come see us at The Bell House, on April 2 ! Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.
No, not Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne's riff on Columbo, Poker Face , nor even Lady Gaga's early hit single . The Poker Face we discuss in this episode is a Russell Crowe project through and through, with him not only starring, but writing and directing as well! It's nice that the man is branching out. Too bad this movie takes so damn long to figure out what it's about! Wikipedia page for Poker Face Movies recommended in this episode: The People's Joker Infinity Pool Guillermo Del Toro's Pinoc...
Our esteemed host for the mini, Mr. Elliott Kalan, takes Dan and Stu on a tour through Oscar history by quizzing them on some of the most forgettable Best Picture winners of all time.
Booksmart was one of Dan's favorite movies of its year. Director Olivia Wilde's big-budget follow-up, Don't Worry Darling ... has problems. Dan, Stu, and Elliott chat about them, while mostly ignoring the extra-textural hubbub around the movie. Mostly. Don't worry, darlings. Or do. We aren't your dads. Wikipedia page for Don't Worry Darling Movies recommended in this episode: Matinee Kaithi The Garden of Women Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping....
This is one of the zanier minis we've done -- so much so, that we kind of don't even want to spoil it for you. Just take a number, and dive right in! Vote for your favorite Sexy Xenomorph music video! Come see us at The Bell House, on April 2 ! We've picked the movie by now: we'll be discussing BATTLEFIELD EARTH ! Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping....
We start the new year off with a BIG movie, especially according to its star, Mr. Dwayne Mr. "The Rock" E. Normous Johnson. It's Black Adam , a superhero probably even fewer of you have heard of than Shazam (nee Captain Marvel), in whose pages B. Adam first appeared. He's not your daddy's superhero, in that he kills a bunch of people, but he probably is your daddy's (or granddaddy's) superhero in the sense that he's from 1945. Anyway, they made a long, boring movie about him, so we talk about it...
Hope you're ready for a "mini" that's as long as one of our regular episodes! With the new year just beginning, Dan, Stuart, and Elliott look back and discuss their top movies of 2022 (with the caveat that none of us has the time to see everything in the "best of '22 conversation), and also branch out to some other highlights and lowlights of the year in film.
Mr. Christmas himself , Alonso Duralde, of many other podcasts , returns to dissect the third, and most narratively sweaty, of the Santa Clause trilogy, " The Escape Clause ." Also, if you're wondering who stole Cagemas, Dan says a few words about it. Let's not say "goodbye" let's just say "congratulations, Mr. Cage, on paying off your castles." Wikipedia page for The Santa Clause 3 Movies recommended in this episode: Adult Swim Yule Log The Big Four Mahanagar Confess, Fletch Ever tried Microdos...
What even is a Christmas movie anyway?
Stick an Academy Award-nominated director with three of the most acclaimed actors currently working and an absolutely berzerk cavalcade of supporting stars and the resulting movie's gotta be fantastic, right? Right? We test that theory with a viewing of the wildly critically-mixed (at best) Amsterdam . One of us kinda liked it. The others ridicule it extensively. It's all good fun. Wikipedia page for Amsterdam Movies recommended in this episode: Rolling Thunder Double Lover Fruit of Paradise Eve...
You remember Flop House superstar, Parker Bennett , right? He co-wrote the legendarily strange Super Mario Bros , and we talked to him about his experiences with that movie in FH Mini 39 . Well, he heard us mention A Gnome Named Gnorm in our recent mini with Griffin Newman and dropped us a line to reveal he and his partner did some punch-up on everyone's favorite buddy comedy starring a horrific gnome and Anthony Michael Hall. So he's back to share more tales of his fascinating career! Ever trie...
Wait didn't we do this movie before? Don't be ridiculous. That was Marmaduke (2010) this is Marmaduke (2022) . How could you possibly have mixed that up? Anyway, this ain't your daddy's Marmaduke, provided you have a very young daddy (in the case of the previous film) or a very old daddy (who loves the comic). This is the animated one for Netflix, with Pete Davidson as the titular Duke of Marma. Does it make the previous one look like the Citizen Kane of Marmaduke films? Kinda! Also, for those w...
Dan leads us on a tour of nut movies. It kind of makes sense when you listen to it.
Kevin Maher , our old friend, host of Kevin Geeks Out , and author of the new book Santa Doesn't Need Your Help (with illustrations by New Yorker cartoonist Joe Dator ) joins us to discuss the straight-to-Netflix film reboot of the old sitcom, The Munsters . And who better to direct this comedy film, than Rob Zombie, the rocker-turned-director known for his... light comic touch? Also, for those wishing to enter the SEXY XENOMORPH VIDEO CONTEST, here is a direct link to the isolated song file for...
We invite Griffin Newman (of Blank Check fame) on for a mini with an excess of premises. Is it about Griffin addressing the nation? Is it a pop quiz? Is it a quiz GAME? Is it about A Gnome Named Gnorm ? Is it another of Stu's Flop House spinoffs in his increasingly large Flop Podcastic Universe? Who knows? The important thing is, WE had fun. Watch Griffin as an animated chipmunk in the upcoming Disney+ movie, Disenchanted ! Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + F...
On this episode, we discuss Aline , the movie about a French Canadian diva who becomes wildly popular, marries her manager, plays Vegas, and sings My Heart Will Go On from the film Titanic, but is NOT Celine Dion. She's Aline. ALINE. Oh, and also she has an adult face on a kid's body. Y'know. Aline. Wikipedia page for Aline Movies recommended in this episode: Paganini Horror Decision to Leave After Life Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping....
Stuart invites Elliott and Dan onto The Peach Pit After Dark, an after show discussing the popular Flop House after show " The Peach Pit " Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.
We talk about Countdown , the film about a killer app. Imagine the terror of ordering what you think will be a delicious plate of mozzarella sticks only to have them viciously... what? It's the OTHER type of app? Aw man. An Internet-based horror movie? Those are never good? Will this one break the curse? Wikipedia page for Countdown Movies recommended in this episode: Tár El Sur The Innocents...
Elliott ranks his top eleven Charlies from cinema, and the others discuss. Why? It kind of makes sense if you listen. But not really. Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.
The star of the show, Hallie Haglund , returns to talk about ANOTHER adorable moppet, that incorrigible, family-killin' Esther , who's back 13 years later, for a prequel , where she's even younger! A big swing, fer shure -- does the inaccurately-named Orphan: First Kill pull it off? Find out in the first episode of SHOCKTOBER 2022! Wikipedia page for Orphan: First Kill Movies recommended in this episode: Creating Rem Lezar The Woman King Passing Earwig and the Witch Ever tried Microdosing? Visit...
Dan brings back his popular IMDb Goofs game to challenge Elliott and Stu on their 90s knowledge. Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.
For our second and final Smalltember(vember?) show of 2022, we talk Pinocchio. No, not that one. Not that one either. The Russian one with Pauly Shore . Is that a thing that exists, and not just some weird chain of words we strung together? Apparently! We watched it, so unless it was a collective bi-coastal hallucination, it's real! And we had to watch it, so now you have to listen! Movies recommended in this episode: Barbarian Saloum The Lady Vanishes...
Stuart welcomes Dan and Elliott to "The Pitch Pit," his Flop House after-show, which is definitely a long-running podcast and not just something he made up for this mini. Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.
Even though the last few years may have made everyone feel unstuck in time, there are still some things you can depend on -- namely that, come the fall, Dan and Elliott will argue about whether it's Smalltember or Smallvember. Anywhooo, we kick off the smallest time of year with Amityville in Space , the movie that dares ask the question "What if Amityville... but in space?" Movies recommended in this episode: Resurrection Bodies Bodies Bodies The Gangster Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose...
Elliott finally makes honest men of Dan and Stu, by quizzing them about movie marriages. Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.
Netflix sure loves to make movies that sit on their home screen for a week or so and then no one talks about again, huh? At least it gave the directors a chance to insult movie theaters. Anyway, we talked about their latest "hit" The Gray Man . Wikipedia entry for The Gray Man Movies recommended in this episode: Lilo & Stitch The Man Who Could Work Miracles Nope Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping....
In which Dan's premise is very silly. Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.
Covid has kept us from in-person live shows for more than two years, but last weekend we made our triumphant return at The Bell House in Brooklyn, and we hope to line up more soonish (in addition to keeping the odd streaming show)! What could possibly live up to that event status? Uh... how about a LIVING VAMPIRE? We discuss Morbius ! Fangs to all who came out in person! Wikipedia entry for Morbius Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping....
Stuart tries to explain JoJo's Bizarre Adventure to Dan and Elliott. Are they more confused afterward than they were at the beginning? Perhaps! Thank you to Policygenius for their sponsorship.
Episode 375 is ALIVE! We keep raiding Blank Check for some of our finest guest stars, which is why it was only a matter of time before we'd add "America's finest film critic," Ben Hosley , to that list. And Ben asked if he could do "that stupid robot movie from the 80's," and following a brief round of "Is THIS the Film?, Dan figured out that Ben was asking for Short Circuit 2 . Thus it twas spake. Thus it came to pass. Wikipedia entry for Short Circuit 2 Movies recommended in this episode The C...
