Franchise Addicts

Feb 03 2025 32 ep. 89 mins

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Welcome to Franchise Addicts, a podcast covering every film in a given franchise. Chris and Luke are two friends and movie fanatics that are determined to find the greatest movie franchises in the history of film.

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A Good Day to Die Hard

Feb 03 2025 68 mins

Coming off the screaming success of our Live Free or Die Hard episode we bring you the fifth and final episode in our Die Hard series, A Good Day to Die Hard. This movie is short, and so is the episode! But don't you worry, we cover it all in minute by minute detail. Yippie-ki-Goodbye to Die Hard.

Live Free or Die Hard

Jan 29 2025 79 mins

We finally made it to the fourth installment of the Die Hard Franchise, Live Free or Die Hard. The action movie that gives you the choice between the ideal ways to live and die in one title. This episode goes off the rails multiple times, but we eventually find the tracks to break down this 2007 attempt at a franchise revival scene-by-scene to cover all that this movie has to offer

The Brutalist

Jan 20 2025 60 mins

We're taking a quick break from our Die Hard series to give you a preview and analysis for a brand new movie The Brutalist. The first 5-10 min of the show are spoiler free, so we encourage you to listen and decide whether you think this future Oscar nominee is worth checking out when it goes to wide release. The rest of the show covers Luke and Chris's reaction and thoughts

Die Hard With a Vengeance

Jan 15 2025 83 mins

Vengeance, is what we are dying for, in this third installment in the Die Hard Franchise. John McClain is back and this time he is racing around New York, trying to stop the evil plan of a mysterious, but familiar, terrorist. Join Chris, Luke, and James as they try to follow all the rules that Simon said.

Die Hard 2

Jan 06 2025 99 mins

We are Dying Harder in our coverage of the Die Hard Franchise. The second movies in these action franchises usually up the ante and this movie is no exception, bringing John McClain from a business Tower to an Air Traffic Control Tower. Die Hard 2 may not have the prestige of the first film but it still kicks butt and we talk all about it!

Terminator Franchise Finale

Dec 30 2024 74 mins

We would never leave you during our Holiday break without something to enjoy. The episode begins with a Fantasy Draft selecting characters, scenes, and moments from all the Terminator films. Finally, we conclude with a ranking of all the films in the franchise and of course our Boys to Men in memoriam to the Terminator Franchise.

Die Hard

Dec 23 2024 112 mins

The action never stops on Franchise Addicts as we bring you our fourth franchise, Die Hard. In the first episode of our series following the life and times of Officer John McClane we cover 1988's Die Hard.

Terminator: Genisys and Terminator: Dark Fate

Dec 16 2024 87 mins

We're back and combining the last two entries in the Terminator Franchise into one episode, 2015 Terminator: Genisys and 2019 Terminator: Dark Fate. Listen to find out which one of these movies the boys like and which one they think should be annihilated by the future robots. This turns into a very hot and contentious episode about halfway through and the opinions start flying. We

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Dec 09 2024 85 mins

The boys have out-smarted Skynet and have figured out a way to watch the third movie in the Terminator Franchise, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. We cover why franchises typically break down at this point of the series, why this movie has more symbolism and social commentary than you'd think, and ultimately decide if this is the last good Terminator movie.

Terminator Salvation

Dec 02 2024 69 mins

Crazy episode this week. Chris begins with a rant on a lost recording. And then the guys get around to explaining why they are covering Terminator Salvation instead of Terminator 3. We then eventually talk about the fourth movie in the Terminator Franchise, Terminator Salvation. A Christian Bale starring vehicle that finds out the hard way, you can't just rehash things from past mo