Best Max Ren Podcasts (2024)

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201 - How Sundance-Award Winner “Dìdi” Became a Reality 1:11:15

6h ago1:11:15

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Academy Award®-nominated director (“Raya and the Last Dragon”) — and Dolby Institute Fellowship winner — Carlos López Estrada brings together another exciting panel of film professionals. As one of the producers, Carlos joins fellow Academy Award®-nominated director (“Nai Nai & Wài Pó”) Sean Wang, along with members of the cast and crew, to discuss…

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S14 Ep751: X-Men (with Jamelle Bouie) 1:54:25

8m ago1:54:25

1:54:25

“They always have to act like they’ve been through a civil rights march for nudity” - Chris on creepy movie guys On this week’s episode, the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza goes to Comic Book Town as we welcome back our good bud, New York Times columnist, Jamelle Bouie to chat about a real landmark motion picture, 2000’s X-Men! How fantastic is it …

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TAATM #447: The Bikeriders / Kill / Longlegs / In A Violent Nature / Kinds Of Kindness 1:42:23

37m ago1:42:23

1:42:23

Paul and Erin return from a extended hiatus with a jumbo-sized roundup episode containing discussions of Jeff Nichols' motorcycle saga THE BIKERIDERS, the Indian action sensation KILL, the age-and-fame-gap romcoms THE IDEA OF YOU and THE FAMILY AFFAIR, Osgood Perkins' horror hit LONGLEGS, the stomach-turning gorefest IN A VIOLENT NATURE, Yorgos Lan…

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“Oddity”: Actors Carolyn Bracken & Gwilym Lee on playing unsettling parts 24:43

1d ago24:43

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Actors Gwilym Lee and Carolyn Bracken stop by to chat about Oddity, the new horror thriller from IFC Films and Shudder, out in theaters July 19. Written & directed by Damian McCarthy, this tense, quiet suspense-horror feature may be the surprise movie of the summer season.What appeals to you about tales of quiet horror? Let us know! Send Summer an …

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Cube Critics discuss ‘MaXXXine’ and ‘Longlegs’ 3:52

2h ago3:52

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Cube Critics Alex V. Cipolle and Max Sparber discuss two serial killer movies set in the ’80s and ’90s and featuring women haunted by their pasts. The following are capsule reviews edited from the audio heard using the player above. Click here. ‘MaXXXine’ “MaXXXine” marks the third installment in director Ti West’s X series, following “X” and its p…

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[TEASER] Max Boot's Spy Wife 3:51

1h ago3:51

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This week we had Stefan Heck from Blocked Party on the frotcast, which you can listen to by becoming a patreon subscriber! In this section we talk about how conservative columnist Max Boot (guy with hat) has a wife who has been accused of being a spy of the South Korean government. Our Sponsors: * Check out FIJI Water : www.wonderful.com Advertisin…

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S14: On-Screen Live 7.15.24 Captain America: Brave New World Trailer Reaction and Reviews of Longlegs, MaXXXine & Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1 1:06:36

5m ago1:06:36

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On this week's On-Screen Live, we'll be giving our first reaction to the new trailer for Captain America: Brave New World, going over the weekend box office, reviewing a bunch of summer (so far) titles we've been checking out over the past few weeks, including Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1, Longlegs, MaXXXine, and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.…

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200 - A-List Colorist Stefan Sonnenfeld 43:56

4h ago43:56

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Perhaps the top colorist in his field, Stefan Sonnefeld joins us for our 200th episode! If you aren’t aware of Stefan, you’ve almost certainly seen his work. Some of his recent projects include “Top Gun: Maverick,” “The White Lotus,” and “Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3.” His credit list includes some of the biggest franchises in our business, incl…

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S14 Ep750: Alien: Resurrection 1:55:50

4m ago1:55:50

1:55:50

“This is the goopiest movie of all time!” - Steve On this episode, the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza heads to space as we chat about the better-than-Andrew-remembered sci-fi sequel, Alien: Resurrection! How fantastic is Sigourney in this one? Shouldn’t Brad Dourif’s evil scientist have tried to train just one Xenomorph at a time instead of a Bake…

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“The Girl Who Cried Her Eyes Out”: Eugene John Bellida & Deborah Rickey 1:06:51

2d ago1:06:51

1:06:51

Director Eugene John Bellida and producer Deborah Rickey are here to talk about their indie suspense-horror feature The Girl Who Cried Her Eyes Out. They both shared in the writing with Fabrizio Fante, and there were many questions!What do you hope for most in a low budget film: story, character, acting or effects? Let us know! Send Summer an email…

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S14: WHM Mail Bag - July 2024 1:22:08

1d ago1:22:08

1:22:08

For this summer time Mail Bag, we're reading wild letters from listeners— including ones about a crazy dad following Dan Aykroyd into a casino bathroom, a teenager getting to hang out with Danny Trejo for an entire day, a movie theater parking lot brawl after a Beavis and Butt-Head Do America screening, a guy who helped someone get laid with a scre…

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Cube Critics discuss ‘Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore’ and ‘The Boys, Season 4’ 3:12

1d ago3:12

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Cube Critics Max Sparber and Aron Woldeslassie discuss a 1996 film shot in California but set in Minnesota and season four of “The Boys.” The following are capsule reviews edited from the audio heard using the player above. Click here. ‘Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore’ “Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore,” a poignant film by the late Minnesota filmm…

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[UNLOCKED] Frotcast 593: Rachel Fisher Worked At The Renaissance Faire, with Rachel Fisher 1:44:31

11d ago1:44:31

1:44:31

Hey everyone went on a little vacation so here's an unlocked frotcast! Our Sponsors: * Check out FIJI Water : www.wonderful.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBy Frotcast LLC

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199 - Blending Fantasy with Reality in HBO’s Ren Faire 45:26

4d ago45:26

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Documentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim, as well as sound supervisor and re-recording mixer Paul Hsu, join us to discuss their new HBO documentary limited-series, “Ren Faire.” The show details the Succession-like power struggle atop the Texas Renaissance Festival, amid its founder’s impending retirement. It was filmed in an appropriately over-the-top…

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S14 Ep749: Despicable Me 2 (with Bob Mackey & Henry Gilbert of Talking Simpsons) 2:35:01

4d ago2:35:01

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“I feel bad for these Minions, man, they’re forced to help out with all these party shenanigans” - Andrew On this week’s episode, the guys welcome back dear buds, Bob Mackey & Henry Gilbert (Talking Simpsons) to join the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza and chat about the dreadful animated sequel, Despicable Me 2! Does Pixar have a suit over the des…

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Dark Matter Finale and Series Discussion 44:53

8d ago44:53

44:53

What kind of Holiday sweater do you where to show your true intentions?By The Arnies

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S14 Ep748: Logan (We ❤️ Movies, PREVIEW) 6:33

8d ago6:33

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“Get your boners ready!” - Steve, on Xavier and Wolverine looking like their cartoon counterparts in recent MCU films On this month’s patrons-only We ❤️ Movies episode, we’re chatting about a truly fantastic comic book motion picture, James Mangold’s Logan! Could Marvel go back to the comic book panel flip intro instead of using images from their f…

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Cube Critics discuss ‘The Bikeriders’ and ‘Atlas’ 3:46

8d ago3:46

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Cube Critics Max Sparber and Matt Mikus discuss a brand new ‘60s outlaw motorcyclist film and a film about really big robot that feels like it was written by a robot. Listen here The following are capsule reviews edited from the audio heard using the player above. ‘The Bikeriders’ “The Bikeriders,” directed by arthouse filmmaker Jeff Nichols, follo…

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[ANNOUNCEMENT + UNLOCKED] Frotcast 595: Eat Butts and Become the President 1:23:51

14d ago1:23:51

1:23:51

ANNOUNCEMENT! Pod Yourself will get back in recording studio soon and with a brand new show! Listen to the announcement at the beginning to find out what show! On today’s Frotcast, we’re guest-free (by choice, not because we couldn’t find anyone, WHY WOULD YOU EVEN ASK THAT??), so you know what that means, wall to wall jokes about eatin dat buhhhh.…

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Top Chef Frotcast Post-Show: S1E2 (102) 57:26

14d ago57:26

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The Top Chef Frotcast Post-Show is back, discussing season 1, episode 2 of Top Chef, "Food Of Love." No guest in this one, but we do get to discuss the episode in which the chefs make a fruit plate for Elizabeth Falkner and cater a sex party with "Madame S." Fun fact: this episode is set in a version of San Francisco that no longer exists. Sad! And…

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S14 Ep747: Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (with Ben Worcester) 2:01:19

11d ago2:01:19

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“Asshole is the right word…” - Steve, on Paul Blart’s attitude toward hotel staff On this week’s SBE episode, we welcome back our good friend, Ben Worcester of Hooked on TJ Hooker to chat about the absolutely abysmal comedy sequel, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2! Why did they insist on making this guy so cripplingly pathetic? Why can’t we do better by Neal…

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“Black Panther Declassified”: Maurice Broaddus on the iconic Avenger 47:55

24d ago47:55

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Author & teacher Maurice Broaddus stops by to talk about Black Panther: T'Challa Declassified: Notes, Interviews, and Files from the Avengers' Archives, the latest entry in the Declassified series from Smart Pop Books.Which comics characters would you like to see a deep dive history and analysis for? Let us know! Send Summer an email, or leave a me…

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Special Pride Cube Critics, with ‘Trixie Motel: Drag Me Home’ and the rest of ‘Bridgerton’ 3:05

15d ago3:05

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Cube Critics Jacob Aloi and Kyra Miles discuss a home renovation show with a drag queen and a romance that wasn't very romantic. The following are capsule reviews edited from the audio heard using the player above. Click here. ‘Trixie Motel: Drag Me Home’ This week, I tuned into “Trixie Motel: Drag Me Home,” featuring the fabulous Ojibwe Midwest dr…

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S14: On-Screen Live 6.24.24 HBO's Ren Faire Review, The Front Room Trailer Reaction & more! 1:07:48

17d ago1:07:48

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On this week's On-Screen Live, we're reviewing the wild-ass HBO doc, Ren Faire, taking a look at the new trailer for A24's Brandy-starring horror flick, The Front Room, going over the weekend box office, reviewing a Chris Pine Secret Movie™️, and more! Be sure to pick up your tickets for our summer time WORLD WIDE DIGITAL EVENT where we’ll be talki…

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[UNLOCKED] Frotcast 594: Bloodsuckers! Dracula (1992), with Alex Goldman 1:21:14

24d ago1:21:14

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This week, we were honored to welcome guest Alex Goldman, formerly of ReplyAll, currently of the Western Kabuki podcast and the Cool Dude Zone Substack. We discuss the reason our kids are annoying, bad vibes in the podcast industry, questions Alex would like to ask Elon Musk, and of course, 1992's Dracula. Because why wouldn't we discuss 1992's Dra…

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198 - Artificial Intelligence in Filmmaking, Hosted by Carlos López Estrada 1:26:39

18d ago1:26:39

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Academy Award®-nominated director (“Raya and the Last Dragon”) — and Dolby Institute Fellowship winner — Carlos López Estrada brings together another panel of working filmmakers and creatives, this time to discuss the hot button issue of AI in Filmmaking. Joining the discussion are: - Jorge R. Gutierrez (Filmmaker - “The Book of Life,” “Maya and th…

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S14 Ep746: Beverly Hills Cop III 1:53:15

18d ago1:53:15

1:53:15

“You don’t need to ask for directions anymore, you’re no longer a fish out of water!” - Andrew on Axel’s third time in Los Angeles On this week’s episode, the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza tackles an action comedy sequel that didn’t need to exist at all, and no one wanted to make in the first place, Beverly Hills Cop III! What in the hell tone we…

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“SHOOK!”: Black Indie Comics Publishing 41:05

23d ago41:05

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Second Sight Publishing's CEO Bradley Golden and COO Marcus H. Roberts are here to talk about Second Sight's horror projects, and how the graphic novel "SHOOK! A Black Horror Anthology" and the collaboration with Dark Horse Comics came about.If you're suffering from superhero comics fatigue, do you actively seek out comics created by or telling sto…

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Cube Critics discuss ‘Ren Faire’ and ‘Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go’ 4:00

22d ago4:00

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Cube Critics Jacob Aloi and Aron Woldeslassie talk about a Shakespearean drama at a Renaissance Festival and a pretty good comedy special. The following are capsule reviews edited from the audio heard using the player above. Click here. ‘Ren Faire’ “Ren Faire” is a three-part documentary series streaming on Max, which delves into the ongoing power …

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Thoughts on The Boys Season 4 So Far 1:01:37

22d ago1:01:37

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The Boys are back to talk about THE Boys over on Amazon Prime now that Season 4 has started airing! We're excited to see our crew come up with a wacky plan to take down Homelander that will sound really good until inevitably in the finale it goes wrong, everyone regroups, and then we rinse and repeat next season! BUT in all seriousness we're glad t…

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[TEASER] Matt's Baby Blues 6:18

29d ago6:18

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Here's a teaser for this week's Frotcast with guest Rachel Fisher. Please join the Patreon. Our Sponsors: * Check out FIJI Water : www.wonderful.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBy Frotcast LLC

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TAATM #446: The Crow vs. Kuroneko 1:04:52

23d ago1:04:52

1:04:52

Erin and Paul review two films about animal-assisted revenge from beyond the grave: Alex Proyas' 1994 mall-goth fave THE CROW, and Kaneto Shindo's eerie 1968 ghost story KURONEKO.By Erin Fraser & Paul Matwychuk

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S14: On-Screen Live 6.17.24 Our First Reaction to the New Season of THE BOYS & more! 1:02:33

24d ago1:02:33

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On this week's On-Screen Live, we're giving our initial reaction to the first few eps of this wild-ass new season of THE BOYS, poring over the weekend box office to see just how much INSIDE OUT 2 actually raked in, reviewing the Criterion Collection 4K release of FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, and more! Be sure to pick up your tickets for our summ…

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S14 Ep745: I, Robot (with Angelica Jade Bastién) 2:08:16

25d ago2:08:16

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“Bruce Greenwood, who’s surprisingly not crooked in this movie? That blew my hair back!” - Steve On this week’s episode, the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza rolls into Will Smith City with a conversation all about the absolutely dreadful I, Robot! And to help dive into this dull-ass flick, the gang welcomes back to the show, friend and film critic,…

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“Latency”: James Croke, Sasha Luss and Alexis Ren with brain tech games 30:08

1M ago30:08

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Writer/Director James Croke and actors Sasha Luss and Alexis Ren stop by to chat about the new scifi-thriller LATENCY. We chat about brain technology and possibly how such tech could influence or be influenced by mental disorders.Would you want to test out devices designed to be implanted in or directly connected to human brains for easier access t…

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[BONUS] Top Chef Frotcast Post-Show 2: Ep 13, Blew Curacao 56:29

1M ago56:29

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Vince and Joey are back talking the latest episode of Top Chef, part one of the finale in Curacao. This week, part one of Top Chef’s season 21 finale took the chefs to the Caribbean nation of Curacao, where the final four competed in a battle to combine gouda and lionfish, and then in an eight-course fish tasting menu on a Holland America Cruise Li…

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[TEASER] A new Maury clip on the Frotcast 4:30

1M ago4:30

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Here is a taste of this week's episode of the Frotcast which you can listen to by SUBSCRIBING TO THE PATREON. COME ON! DO IT! Our Sponsors: * Check out FIJI Water : www.wonderful.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBy Frotcast LLC

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TAATM #445: Hit Man / Bad Boys: Ride Or Die / Poolman / Ren Faire 53:30

30d ago53:30

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Erin and Paul review Richard Linklater's return-to-form crime comedy HIT MAN, the action sequel BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE, and Chris Pine's shaggy vanity project POOLMAN. Plus: we look back at Sofia Coppola's THE VIRGIN SUICIDES, the Spanish shocker THE COFFEE TABLE and the HBO documentary series REN FAIRE.…

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197 - The Star-Studded Audio Dramatization of George Orwell’s 1984 59:44

1M ago59:44

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Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, and Tom Hardy are just a few of the celebrity voice actors in the new Audible Original adaptation of “George Orwell’s 1984.” But this adaptation is unique in that it is audio-only — not unlike a radio play. In doing so, writer Joe White had to translate the novel, which was written from a third-person p…

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[BONUS] Lance Oppenheim on HBO's 'Ren Faire' - Frotcast Bonus 34:43

1M ago34:43

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Documentarian Lance Oppenheim last hung out with us just a few months ago to talk about Spermworld, his Hulu documentary about unlicensed sperm donors. At the time he teased us with news of his next project, Ren Faire, a documentary series about the eccentric owner of the Texas Renaissance Festival, one of the largest renaissance festivals in the w…

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S14: On-Screen Live 6.10.24 BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE and THE WATCHERS Reviews & THE ACOLYTE First Thoughts! 1:08:55

1M ago1:08:55

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On this week's On-Screen Live, we're reviewing the latest entry in the Will Smith/Martin Lawrence Miami cop saga, BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE, as well as the directorial feature debut of Ishana Shyamalan, THE WATCHERS! We're also giving our first impressions of the latest Star Wars show, THE ACOLYTE, based off the first two episodes that have aired. As a…

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S14 Ep744: Dick Tracy 2:01:45

1M ago2:01:45

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“When we put out our coffee table book of Disgusting Shit Boys, he’s the cover…” - Steve on “The Kid” On this week’s episode, the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza continues with a hilarious convo all about one of the more ambitious comic adaptations of all time, Dick Tracy! Should Beatty really have starred as the titular Dick while also directing t…

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Cube Critics discuss ‘Hacks‘ and ‘Wicked Little Letters‘ 3:48

2M ago3:48

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Cube Critics Alex V. Cipolle and Max Sparber discuss a show about women in comedy and a movie about an English coastal town rocked by a string of obscene letters. The following are capsule reviews edited from the audio heard using the player above. Click here. ‘Hacks, Season 3’ The third season of “Hacks” on HBO Max continues to explore the comedic…

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S14 Ep743: Back to the Future III (We ❤️ Movies) PREVIEW 6:56

1M ago6:56

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“This movie does give Emmett Brown a time traveler’s fate: you’d be dead in five days.” - Steve On this month’s We ❤️ Movies, we’re chatting about a total all-timer, Back to the Future III! How long would any of us last in the Old West? Is Buford Tannen the filthiest character in this film series? Should they have tried a Take Two on those abysmal—…

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[TEASER] Manswers Podcast 2:25

1M ago2:25

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Here's a little teaser from this week's Patreon only Frotcast. Listen now by joining the Patreon. Our Sponsors: * Check out FIJI Water : www.wonderful.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyBy Frotcast LLC

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