Nick, Nico, Zakk and Adam are on a mission to watch the most crazy, bizarre and unapologetically horrible content ever produced. Each week, the four friends check out a movie or TV show you’ve probably never heard of and talk about it in intense, thought-provoking detail. Sometimes it’s weird. Sometimes it’s philosophical. But it’s always hilarious as they try to answer the question: “Why is This a Thing?”
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Adam got married and then watched some movies. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @funnynicotweets, @someadamhall E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate on Apple Podcasts! The post Adam Hall Got Married appeared first on Too Many Thoughts.…
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Hi there, it’s been a while! After a heartfelt discussion about the future of the podcast, Nick, Nico and Adam celebrate the legacy of the late great Roger Corman with his most celebrated movie. It’s The Masque of the Red Death, the gorgeously-shot Edgar Allen Poe adaptation starring an extra-hammy Vincent Price. Chat with the TMT Community on Disc…
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With Dune: Part Two hitting (not HBO)Max this week, the guys celebrate Dune-cember in May. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @funnynicotweets, @someadamhall E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate on Apple Podcasts! The post Dune: Part Two …
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For the upcoming release of Dune: Part 2, the fellas keep the spice flowing with the spiciest movie of the ’90s. It’s Spice World, the Hard Day’s Night riff starring the Spice Girls and pretty much every other British person you can think of. Why is this a thing, innit? Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythough…
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Matthew Vaughn returns to the world of quippy spies, dumb action and obnoxious needle drops to deliver one of the biggest box office flops in recent memory. Argylle (note the double “L”s) stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Henry Cavill, Dua Lipa, John Cena, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Samuel L. Jackson and a host of other overqualified …
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This Valentine’s Day, Why is This a Thing? cordially invites you to get NAILED! Once upon a time, in pre-Obamacare USA, there was a David O. Russell film called Nailed. The biting satire boasted a star-studded ensemble (including Jessica Biel, Jake Gyllenhaal and James Marsden) and a how-the-sausage-is-made script from political nepo-baby Kristin G…
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The guys cross a historically bad movie off the WiTaT to-do list with the most-reviewed 0% movie in the history of Rotten Tomatoes, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever. Topics discussed include: the bafflingly inaccurate title, the lack of on-screen chemistry between Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu, the physics of exploding cars, the logic behind a gun that fi…
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Happy Groundhog Day! Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @funnynicotweets, @someadamhall E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate on Apple Podcasts! The post Groundhog Day (1993) appeared first on Too Many Thoughts.…
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It’s another January, which means it’s another opportunity to celebrate the oeuvre of arthouse icon Alejandro Jodorowsky. This time, we’re discussing Jodorowsky’s first and only attempt at a studio job: the much-maligned, little-seen Rainbow Thief, starring Omar Sharif, Peter O’Toole and Christopher Lee. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For …
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Nick, Nico and Adam finally exchange Christmas gifts before handing out the 2023 Witatties. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @NicoDeGregorio, @someadamhall E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate on Apple Podcasts! The post The Ninth Annual…
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It’s Christmas on Why is This a Thing, which means it’s once again time to visit the North Pole and check on Scott Calvin’s quirky Clause clan. This season, the unfireable Tim Allen is joined by Eric Stonestreet and Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias for a low-stakes holiday caper. Will Bob Iger finally end our suffering and cancel this ho-ho-horrible Disne…
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The guys break from their seasonal programming to discuss the much-anticipated Dream Scenario, Nicolas Cage’s fifth big screen performance this year and the one that earned him his first Golden Globe nomination in over two decades. Cage stars as a tenured college professor who becomes a viral sensation of sorts, after mysteriously appearing in the …
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The Why is This a Thing Christmas Extravaganza continues with the King of Yuletide Bob Clark and his pre-Halloween holiday slasher. Ahead of it’s time in style, substance and social conventionality, Black Christmas remains one of the great horror movies of all time. And Nick, Nico and Adam are here to unpack (unwrap?) just how the hyper-sentimental…
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It’s Christmas Time on Why is This a Thing, which means it’s time for another trip to the Netflix Christmas Cinematic Universe. This year, Heather Graham, Brandy and Jason Biggs star in the punctuation-heavy Best. Christmas. Ever!, a steamy holiday tale about old lovers, dead kids and the solar-powered hot air balloons that unite them. Chat with th…
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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
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The guys celebrate another heartwarming Cranksgiving with Crank auteurs Mark Neveldine Brian Taylor. The film is Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and it stars, a delightful Idris Elba, a droopy Ciaran Hinds and a vengeful Nic Cage as Johnny Blaze. Find out if this superhero sequel surpassed the original, or if it was just another one of Marvel’s ea…
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This is a movie about bats. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @NicoDeGregorio, @someadamhall E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate on Apple Podcasts! The post Bats (1999) appeared first on Too Many Thoughts.…
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The Spooktacular rolls on with the mid-aughts horror indie The Hamiltons, about a family of [SPOILER]s with domestic issues that go well beyond their predilection for murder. Is it fair of us to mock this micro-budgeted San Francisco production? Well, considering the filmmakers have dubbed themselves “The Butcher Brothers,” we think it’s all fair g…
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On week two of the Halloween Spooktacular, Nick, Nico and Adam discuss the perfect date movie for the season. It’s Andrzej Żuławski’s slimy cult classic Possession, starring Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @NicoDeGregorio, @so…
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Nick, Nico and Adam kick off the October Spooktacular with the early-aughts, zombie video game adaption that’s NOT Resident Evil. Is House of the Dead Sega’s legitimate attempt at a horror movie or a money-laundering scheme by controversial German auteur Uwe Boll? We answer all your nagging questions, as we review one of worst movies in WiTaT histo…
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Open Your Eyes (1997) vs Vanilla Sky (2001)
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Redux August concludes with a side-by-side comparison of the Spanish-language sci-fi film Abre los ojos and Cameron Crowe’s faithfully idiosyncratic remake Vanilla Sky. Does the original help justify the remake’s clunky plot? Is the remake grade-A Tom Cruise or a thinly disguised vanity project? Will Nico be forced to eat crow or will he defend the…
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Redux August (in mid-September) continues with one of the greatest movies of all time and one of the most mediocre remakes of the 2010s. Not even our boy Kinnaman can save this limp reimaging of Paul Verhoeven’s classic sci-fi satire. Support “Shards of Aegis” on Kickstarter Chat with the TMT Community on Discord For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanyth…
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The River Wild (1994) vs River Wild (2023)
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Rob from Two Cents Radio makes his triumphant return to the pod to discuss the River Wild reboot no one was asking for. Starring Adam Brody, Leighton Meester and Taran Killam, this bleak, straight-to-video dumpster fire is streaming now on Netflix. Support “Shards of Aegis” on Kickstarter Chat with the TMT Community on Discord For More TMT Shenanig…
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The guys check in on the state of Nic Cage (and the price of Nico’s cratering Joel Kinnaman stock) with the indie cat-and-mouse thriller Sympathy for the Devil. No, it’s not based on the Stones song. And no, despite his ultra-red appearance, Cage is not playing the actual devil. We think. Support “Shards of Aegis” on Kickstarter Chat with the TMT C…
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Giallo July (plus a little bit of August) concludes with a side-by-side comparison of Dario Argento’s giallo cult classic Suspiria (1977) and Luca Guadagnino’s controversial horror remake Suspiria (2018). Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @NicoDeGregorio, @s…
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Giallo July continues with one of the many American Giallos of the early 80s: J Lee Thompson’s cult classic Happy Birthday to Me. Come for the holiday themed horror. Stay for the countless red herrings, creative kills and one of the craziest twist endings of all time. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughts…
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The guys soldier on with Giallo July by discussing Italian horror master Lucio Fulci’s much underseen Murder-Rock. Hey, doesn’t this movie seem an awful lot like Flashdance? Shh! Nobody asked you! Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @NicoDeGregorio, @someadamh…
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Giallo July, our month-long celebration of Italian horror films, begins with Dario Argento’s chilling masterpiece Deep Red, starring David Hemmings and the creepiest damn puppet of all time. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @NicoDeGregorio, @someadamhall E-…
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With the summer box office in a state of upheaval, Nico and Adam head to the movies for Warner Brothers’s $300 million dumpster fire. And what follows can only be described as a mournful treatise on the fall of the republic. Enjoy! Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tacky…
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In this movie, Gary Oldman plays a little person. I repeat: IN THIS MOVIE, GARY OLDMAN PLAYS A LITTLE PERSON. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @NicoDeGregorio, @someadamhall E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate on Apple Podcasts! The po…
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On the final edition of “Nick’s Failed Middle School Dates,” the guys discuss the final nail in Hayden Christensen’s career coffin. Indeed, Jumper and Push are two different films. And the former might somehow be worse than the latter. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @t…
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Back when Dakota Fanning was our Shirley Temple, Captain America was just the Human Torch and Nick was going on dozens of awkward dates to the movies. The year is 2009. The movie is Push. Not based on the novel by Sapphire, but based on…nothing? Join us as we discuss this failed attempt at a superhero franchise, the up-and-down career of Chris Evan…
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What do ya KNOW! The guys are covering another Nicolas Cage movie. But first, a spirited conversation about the hotness of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @NicoDeGregorio, @someadamhall E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com S…
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Nick, Nico and Adam bring the podcast full circle with the cult British sitcom that started it all. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @NicoDeGregorio, @someadamhall E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate on Apple Podcasts! The post Going 3…
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We all know we can’t drill a hole to the Earth’s core. But…what if we could? The guys review the film voted the most scientifically inaccurate of all time: The Core, starring Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Stanley Tucci and a dozen more over-qualified actors of the early 21st century. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: …
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While Nick is away, Adam and Nico dissect the notorious, non-canonical James Bond movie Casino Royale. No, not that one! Long before Daniel Craig, producer Charles Feldman bought up the film rights to Ian Fleming’s original 007 novel. And what began as a straight adaptation became an unwieldy parody directed by five(!) people and starring seven(!!)…
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Our favorite Witatty loser Joe DeFeo returns to the program to discuss another horrible film from his childhood. Bob(cat) Goldthwait stars as a hot new stock trader that seeks advice from his equine friend, played by a phoning-it-in John Candy. Topics discussed include: the immortality of Dabney Coleman, the puzzling cameos from Burgess Meredith an…
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Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
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We conclude Documentary Month (and perhaps the habitability of planet) with our boy Werner Herzog’s only Oscar-nominated film. And it might just be the most Werner movie yet. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @NicoDeGregorio, @someadamhall E-mail: toomanytho…
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Documentary Month rolls on with one of the best movies about making movies ever made. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @NicoDeGregorio, @someadamhall E-mail: toomanythoughtsmedia@gmail.com Subscribe and Rate on Apple Podcasts! The post American Movie (1999)…
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Documentary Month resumes with a tale of underground comix, dysfunctional families and lots of lots of piggyback rides. David Lynch (sort of) presents Crumb, the cult classic doc about legendary cartoonist Robert Crumb. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @Nic…
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Long before Jeff Probst was doing it, an insane Spanish man named Santiago ran an infamous “social experiment” on the seven seas to get to the bottom of humanity’s obsession with war. Complete with sexual tension, personal drama, a struggle for power and MURDER, the “Sex Raft” of the 1970s was closer to reality television than it was a scientific p…
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Notorious bad movie or notoriously underrated comedy? Nick, Nico and Adam debate the film that cratered Elaine May’s directing career, the Warren Beatty-Dustin Hoffman road picture Ishtar. Yes, the conversation gets contentious. But hey, telling the truth can be dangerous business. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: t…
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Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)
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The year is 1952. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis ruled the Earth. Bela Lugosi was high on morphine. And man was but a simple primate. Join us for a deep dive into one of the most notorious B-movies of all time, the only on-screen collaboration between Martin and Lewis impersonators Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo, Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla…
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The year is 2003. American Idol is about to become the highest rated television show of the 21st Century. Kelly Clarkson has already released two hit singles. Paula Abdul was still known for working with MC Skat Kat. Ryan Seacrest has yet to meet Kelly Ripa. Simon Cowell is as mean as ever. Times were great. Then, American Idol producer Simon Fulle…
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Knock. Knock. Knock. You hear that? M. Night’s at the door with another controversial film. Shall we let him in? Of course! The guys discuss all things Knock at the Cabin, including it’s religious imagery, the major changes from the novel and Dave Bautista’s transcendent performance. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans:…
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In the autumn of 2022 – as the Great Pinocchio Wars raged on between Guillermo del Toro and Robert Zemeckis – a third contender worked surreptitiously on the definitive depiction of Italy’s favorite puppet-boy. That man’s name was Pauly Shore. This is his story. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.…
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This week, the guys finally cover a staple of camp cinema and the first nail in Faye Dunaway’s coffin, Mommie Dearest. Is this film an accurate depiction of the child abuse inflicted by Joan Crawford, a melodramatic farce about an old Hollywood myth or something in between? The guys discuss (after a prolonged discussion about HBO’s Last of Us show)…
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We’ve been killing a lot of bits on this show lately, but that cockroach Alejandro Jodorowsky has somehow hung around for another Jodorowsky January. This year, the guys discuss a film Roger Ebert called “one of the greatest” horror films of all time. Santa Sangre, another absurd, Freudian carny nightmare from the mind of the GOAT. Chat with the TM…
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Nick, Nico and Adam celebrate the best in awful with the Eighth(!) Witatties. Who will win Guest of the Year, Sexiest Scene, Most Quotable Quote and, of course, Thing of the Year? The answers may surprise you. Chat with the TMT Community on Discord! For More TMT Shenanigans: toomanythoughtsmedia.com Twitter: @TMT_Media, @tackyslacks, @NicoDeGregori…
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A full SEVEN YEARS after the original Santathon, the guys revisit Scott Calvin in the Disney+ follow-up to the Santa Clause trilogy. Does this franchise work in a modern context? Has Disney solved their Tim Allen problem? Should this thing be a TV show in the first place? All will be answered in the last WiTaT before Christmas! Chat with the TMT Co…
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