The Franchisees

Nov 08 2024 116 ep. 95 mins 3
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Two film-loving friends devour entire franchises, tracing their theatrical rise, direct-to-video-fall, and occasional redemption. Banter, bits, and bad impressions follow.

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BOONUS: The Franchisees Halloween Special II (with Ben Bourgon)

Nov 08 2024 87 mins  
Halloween in November yet again! Every year Alex, Ben, and our other friend also named Ben get together to do a horror movie marathon. Last year we decided to turn it into a podcast and this year we did it again just real special like for all you loyal listeners!We discuss the following spooky movies: HAXAN, BLACK SABBATH, THE BOXER'S OMEN, STIGMATA, and HIGH TENSION.Join us, boils

Through a Glass Darkly (1961)

Nov 03 2024 97 mins  
From BAD BOYS to the "bad boy" of Swedish cinema... from HUMAN CENTIPEDE to the Spider God... that's right, it's a dark November of the Soul with friend of the pod, future guest(?) Ingmar Bergman.Alex and Ben are tackling some real cinema for a change with Bergman's "Silence of God" trilogy. Wish us luck! Our first film of the series is 1961's THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY. How will the s

The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) (2015) (with Katherine Vienneau) (feat. Dr. Yuki)

Oct 27 2024 80 mins  
Eating shit and drinking piss and farting and shitting and pissing into each others mouths forever hooray! We've made it to the final HUMAN CENTIPEDE film and thank god for that. Joining us again is friend of the show and repeat guest Katherine Vienneau. We talk about MEGALOPOLIS, THE SUBSTANCE, and the film taking Toronto by storm THE PEE PEE POO POO MAN. We are later joined by Dr

BONUS Festival Season VIFF + FNC///Horror Movie Roundup Ahhh! Ooooh! (you will die seven days after listening)

Oct 23 2024 69 mins  
it's a spooky and fright-tastic bonus episode for you on Scary Wednesday ooooh!Ben went to some film festivals with CHERUB and it was spooooky ahhhh! and he talks about how scary it is to be a famous Hollywood celebrity OooOooOOOOoooo!and then Ben and Alex talk (from beyond the grave) about some of the absolutely bone-chilling horror films they've been watching this October oh ah o

The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) (2011) (with Sam Edwards)

Oct 20 2024 79 mins  
Dubbel zoveel! Verdubbel de pis! Het is HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2 (FULL SEQUENCE)! Alex en Ben zijn terug met een speciale gast en shit-expert Sam Edwards om het beruchte vervolg op de toch al beruchte eerste film te bespreken. Is deze film gestoorder dan het origineel? Is het grover en grappiger? Is het op zijn minst een esthetische verbetering? Je zult moeten luisteren om erachter te kom

The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)

Oct 13 2024 62 mins  
Scheiße! Alex und Ben gehen Arsch-zu-Mund! Genau, es ist ein neues Franchise... THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE. Vom niederländischen Regisseur Tom Six stammt dieses berüchtigte und abscheuliche Schock-O-Rama. Ist der Film wirklich gut oder ist er nur voller Scheiße? Seien Sie nächste Woche beim zweiten Teil der Reihe dabei, dem Meta THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2 (VOLLSTÄNDIGE SEQUENCE).Follow u

Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)/There Will Be Slap

Oct 06 2024 90 mins  
Ladies and gentlemen... I've traveled over half our province to be here tonight. I couldn't get away sooner because my new podcast was coming out on Spotify and I had to see about it. That podcast is now flowing at two thousand barrels of content and it's paying me an income of five thousand dollars a week. I have two others recording and I have sixteen producing at Apple; so, ladi

Bad Boys for Life (2020)/Stop the Toronto Air Show

Sep 29 2024 53 mins  
It's that time of the year again (or at least it was when we recorded this, we're getting really far ahead which is great and much more convenient for us, we are busy adult guys with lives after all!) that's right, Toronto Air Show time! Cower in fear at the display of our military's might! Please excuse us as we get frustrated throughout the episode with planes buzzing by.BAD BOYS

Bad Boys II (2003)/Caveh Zahedi is a Bad Boy Too

Sep 22 2024 84 mins  
Bad Boys II, Bad Boys II, whatcha gonna do when they Bad Boys II?We're back with perhaps the ultimate Bayhem experience, the purest expression of what purile pop American cinematic entertainment can offer: BAD BOYS IIA truly repellent and maximalist film, one that has to be seen to be believed. What did Alex and Ben think of it? Before you find out you'll have to listen to our disc

BONUS TIFF 2024 Highlights of the Prestigious and Very Important Toronto International Film Festival BONUS GLAMOUR STARS SEX FASHION BEN ALEX

Sep 19 2024 40 mins  
BONUS BONUS BONUS!It's a special episode for you recapping 2024's Toronto International Film Festival, the festival of festivals, the greatest cultural event in Canada, the only reason to stay alive, the glitz and glamour and stars, it's hot, it's happening, it's here for you to listen to on a Thursday and you can pretend like you were there too!Ben and Alex saw one movie together