Best Ham Fisted Entertainment Podcasts (2024)

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Drive Away Dolls: An Experiment in Fun 52:42

5M ago52:42

52:42

Filmsuck co-hosts agree that this funny low-budget film by Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke, which is the first film of their "lesbian B-movie trilogy," represents a challenge to our dull American film era.By Eileen Jones and Dolores McElroy

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The Book of Barbra: Surveying Streisand 1:16:55

5M ago1:16:55

1:16:55

Co-hosts grapple with the new Barbra Streisand memoir, a 900+ page tome called MY NAME IS BARBRA that came out in November 2023 but takes three months to read. Latest Filmsuck! Co-host Dolores, a devoted fan of the EGOT award-winning singer-actor-producter-director, brings impressive insight to the way Streisand "needs a hostile world" in order to …

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Agonizing Over the Academy Awards 1:00:46

5M ago1:00:46

1:00:46

We're wading into the Oscar nominations and the people who hate them!By Eileen Jones and Dolores McElroy

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A Pinot Grigio Kellanova in the Sky 53:28

6M ago53:28

53:28

New year, same bunch of dorks. Kelly, Darek and Tim return to discuss a revolutionary new diet craze. Kelly introduces the show’s potential 4th co-host, Joyce, the ghost of her home’s previous owner, and the crew reveal the core motivation for returning to the microphone - ritualistic sports mascot sacrifice. Welcome to 2024!…

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MAESTRO and the Mess that is the Biopic 56:59

6M ago56:59

56:59

In this episode, we talk about the sad mess that is the biopic genre, with MAESTRO, currently playing on Netflix, as one of our main examples. Dolores takes a reasonable stance on the biopic, praising the good ones and indicating the fascination of the form for a certain type of audience, and Eileen says, "Kill it with fire!"…

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POOR THINGS: Is It a GreatThing? 54:36

6M ago54:36

54:36

Filmsuck co-hosts round out 2023 and blaze into 2024 with an epic hashing-out of the flamboyantly gorgeous new Yorgos Lanthimos film POOR THINGS that reunites him with his creative team from THE FAVORITE (2018), screenwriter Tony McNamara and lead actor-producer Emma Stone. Stone plays a kind of female Frankenstein's monster created in a laboratory…

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Todd Haynes’ Mature Take 1:08:46

7M ago1:08:46

1:08:46

Co-hosts agree that Todd Haynes gripping new melodrama MAY DECEMBER is one of his best! The film has been nominated for several Independent Spirit Awards including Best Feature, Best Director for Haynes, Best First Screenplay for Samy Burch, and Best Lead Actor for Natalie Portman. (But not Julianne Moore or Charles Melton? WTF?)…

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Blessings on THE CURSE 1:01:52

8M ago1:01:52

1:01:52

Filmsuck co-hosts hash out the agonizingly compelling cringe-comedy series THE CURSE--created by Nathan Fielder and Bennie Safdie, who also star alongside Emma Stone--and arrive at amazing insights explaining all of contemporary life. This podcast is such a bargain!By Eileen Jones and Dolores McElroy

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Soft Supple Kisses PARENS for Darek 1:12:11

9M ago1:12:11

1:12:11

Kelly, Darek and Mitchel Thunderbutt (aka Tim Chang) are back after Darek finally faced his demons and figured how Descript, nee Squadcast, works. Tim shares his new passion project with his nephew, known as emoji-stories. Kelly ruminates about the horrors our driveway cameras capture, and unleashes the terror of 1970s Grimace upon her co-hosts and…

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Pre-Code Halloween Party: Two From Boris Karloff 1:11:37

9M ago1:11:37

1:11:37

New Filmsuck episode! A Halloween celebration of Boris Karloff in two of his pre-Code films: THE OLD DARK HOUSE and THE BLACK CAT! He's best known for FRANKENSTEIN, but Karloff gave so many great performances, it's a good time to appreciate his range. Many of his films are widely available, but these two more obscure ones are part of the current Cr…

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Bottoms: New Teen Comedy is Tops 1:02:14

10M ago1:02:14

1:02:14

Filmsuck co-hosts revel in a raucous low-budget comedy called Bottoms that's playing at a theater near you, and doing amazingly well with critics and young audiences. It's about a high school girls-only fight club--excuse me, "women's self-defense class"--and it's so refreshingly funny and irreverent about the tired cliches of the high school comed…

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Old Broads Hit the Road 1:04:11

11M ago1:04:11

1:04:11

Latest Filmsuck! Our "Old Broads Hit the Road" episode features a discussion of a promising film/TV trend involving older women on the move seeking liberatory experiences in ELLE S'EN VA (ON MY WAY, 2013), JUANITA (2019), HACKS (2021-), and MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS (2021).By Eileen Jones and Dolores McElroy

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Go Bears: Why We’re Still Thinking About THE BEAR Seasons 1 & 2 57:47

11M ago57:47

57:47

Filmsuck co-hosts Eileen and Dolores agree that the relentless affect and unusual staying power of the FX/Hulu series The Bear makes it a rare example of popular art in the tradition of the family-torment plays of Eugene O'Neill and Edward Albee. A belated tribute!By Eileen Jones and Dolores McElroy

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BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Doll 1:11:00

12M ago1:11:00

1:11:00

Latest Filmsuck! Co-hosts Eileen and Dolores agree on finding Greta Gerwig's BARBIE surprisingly funny and delightful, and Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER a ponderous, unenlightening snore. In order to argue these contentious views, we have to get into the gritty details, so this is a spoilers-galore episode!…

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Easy Birds 1:00:29

1y ago1:00:29

1:00:29

In this Chang-less episode of Bitter Coffey, Kelly forgets how to do a show intro and Darek provides a dad-specific perspective of July 4th fireworks. Kelly and Darek explore a very questionable Etsy purchase that occured after taking a sedative.

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Asteroid City: Wes Anderson’s Alien Affect 1:02:10

1y ago1:02:10

1:02:10

Filmsuck co-hosts Eileen and Dolores fearlessly defy obsessive Wes Anderson fans in reviling his soul-deadening, seersucker suit sensibility!By Eileen Jones and Dolores McElroy

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Somebody Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Hangin’ in the Heartland 58:28

1y ago58:28

58:28

In this year's Filmsuck Pride Month episode, we’re talking about the fresh and funny HBO series Somebody Somewhere. It’s just wrapped up its second season and been renewed for a third, so if you haven’t been watching it, now is a good time to catch up with this offbeat show that fans have been raving about and wondering why it doesn’t get more atte…

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Conspiring to Pocket Smurf 1:03:04

1y ago1:03:04

1:03:04

With a brand new "Podcaster Machine" up and running, Kelly, Darek, and Tim are back at it to discuss meme exchanges as an accurate measure of friendship, and commercials about "hand pills." Tim shares his feelings surrounding the stress of playing cribbage, and Darek's childhood memories of the TV show "Alf" are crushed with a single Google search.…

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Retelling the Stars: Little Richard and Brooke Shields 1:00:48

1y ago1:00:48

1:00:48

Filmsuck co-hosts talk about two new documentaries that deal with two wildly different celebrities, each negotiating a lifetime of public performances beginning in childhood--Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields on Hulu, and Little Richard: I Am Everything, available on Amazon Prime and Apple TV+. Rejected by his father, a minister who also operated a bar a…

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Ham-fisted Rooster Blocker 1:04:00

1y ago1:04:00

1:04:00

With COVID and pneumonia in our rearview mirror, Darek and Kelly welcome a new permanent third co-host to the show. Darek takes several hits like a champ for a technical issue that none of us caught, Kelly is easily the worst birdwatcher on the Seacoast, and Tim dazzles us with a collab with Ron from Ron's Automotive. We, and that Glossy Ibis, are …

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Dead Ringers: Dead-on or DOA? 56:16

1y ago56:16

56:16

Latest Filmsuck episode! Co-hosts Dolores and Eileen tackle the new Amazon Prime miniseries DEAD RINGERS, based on the 1988 David Cronenberg body-horror freakout classic, and featuring Rachel Weisz in the roles of disturbingly codependent twin gynecologists once played by Jeremy Irons. The miniseries oddly combines feminist topicality with the old …

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Poker Face: No Bullshit, It’s Good 1:08:57

1+ y ago1:08:57

1:08:57

Latest Filmsuck episode! A tribute to Poker Face, the hit Peacock series created by writer-director Rian Johnson (Knives Out, Glass Onion) with a starring role tailor-made for the marvelous Natasha Lyonne. She plays Charlie Cale, Las Vegas cocktail waitress turned amateur sleuth with a special gift for detecting when people are lying, which is a lo…

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Just Like Menudo 1:00:41

1+ y ago1:00:41

1:00:41

In yet another episode where we forget to thank the Palardy Foundation, Darek and Tim are joined by musician and our intro & outro music creator Tim Chang. Topics include Kelly's melotonin dreams, Darek's work-related, on-the-fly microphone skills and Tim's experience with "Business Chinese."

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Emily and the Blasphemed Brontes 1:01:22

1+ y ago1:01:22

1:01:22

Filmsuck co-hosts disagree over the new Emily Bronte biopic, Emily, currently playing in theaters. Dolores likes the way the film depicts the creative development of the author of the towering Gothic novel Wuthering Heights, and Eileen--a Bronte Sisters devotee--hates it so much she's willing to see the world burn if only this film could be destroy…

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Mitch Better Have My Bunny 1:01:51

1+ y ago1:01:51

1:01:51

Kelly and Darek establish a pattern that could be viewed as recording on a consistent basis, taking a deep dive into Rhianna's halftime show, Kelly's obsession with hold music, and Darek's new responsibilities as an Oatfluencer.

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Joel Coen in Person: Definitely Meet Your Heroes 1:04:38

1+ y ago1:04:38

1:04:38

Since the recording of co-host Eileen's interview with Joel Coen and Frances McDormand about The Tragedy of Macbeth is not going to be widely released after all--a decision made by Coen himself in accordance with the curating team at the Pacific Film Archive where the screening and interview took place--here's a fulsome discussion of the event with…

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BJ's Goat Sauce 55:20

1+ y ago55:20

55:20

With improved sound and some new boom arms, Kelly and Darek discuss Lesbian Bird Watching, the whimsical days of MySpace, and introduce their listeners to a new game to play on road trips or your daily commute. Big thanks to Tim Chang for being a musical miracle.

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The Pale Blue Eye: Poe Lingers On 54:44

1+ y ago54:44

54:44

The new Netflix film The Pale Blue Eye, featuring Harry Melling as Edgar Allan Poe when he was an eccentric young West Point cadet, here aiding an alcoholic detective (Christian Bale) to solve the grisly murder of a fellow cadet at the military academy. The film's a train-wreck, and a good opportunity for co-hosts Eileen and Dolores to rant about t…

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A New Hello 2:04

1+ y ago2:04

2:04

Hey guys Marcello here, love you all. Really hope you'll join us over at Shufflebox as well. First episode is up now. https://open.spotify.com/show/1pmauPeXPCYng2YbxsglUE --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ham-fisted-entertainment/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ham-fisted-enter…

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The Clunkiest of Returns 1:09:16

1+ y ago1:09:16

1:09:16

After a series of schedule conflicts and chainsaws, Kelly and Darek return to their respective studios for their first NH-VT podcast. With topics ranging from Woodstock babies to extreme weather, both hosts are willing to overlook the lack of sound quality due to Kelly's mic deciding to take the day off. We hope you will overlook it, too.…

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Holiday Movie Meldown 54:02

1+ y ago54:02

54:02

BONUS Filmsuck episode for holidays! Dolores and Eileen discuss the Christmas movies they can't or won't see because childhood trauma, and offer up some alternative holiday films for your viewing pleasure. Dolores suggests Goodfellas as heartwarming family fare, and Eileen recommends Curse of the Cat People a a lovely yuletide entertainment.…

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White Lotus: Playing in the Shallow End 59:08

1+ y ago59:08

59:08

Filmsuck co-hosts Eileen and Dolores grapple with their bewildering lack of love for White Lotus, the highly praised, much-Emmy-ed HBO Max series satirizing the vacationing ruling class. Sorry in advance to all those who revere it!By Eileen Jones and Dolores McElroy

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A Big Hand for Banshees of Inisherin 1:00:14

1+ y ago1:00:14

1:00:14

Filmsuck co-hosts enthuse about the new Martin McDonagh film The Banshees of Inisherin, a dark comedy that turns pitch-black by the end! Set in 1923 Ireland as the civil war rages on the mainland, this fable-like tale reunites Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell, the stars of McDonagh's 2009 cult favorite In Bruges, as former friends whose increasing…

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Tracking the Vampire 1:04:10

1+ y ago1:04:10

1:04:10

For your Halloween pleasure and edification, this week on Filmsuck we're talking about the vampire film from Nosferatu (1922), Dracula (1931), and Vampyr (1932) through Martin (1976), The Hunger (1983), Near Dark (1987), Let the Right One In (2008), and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014), in order to analyze how this popular movie monster repr…

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Last Night In Soho 19:26

2y ago19:26

19:26

Me and Mike watched Last Night In Soho for Night 4 of October. Great film! (I personally prefer The World's End as my favorite Edgar Wright film.) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ham-fisted-entertainment/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ham-fisted-entertainment/support…

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Three Thousand Years of Longing for This Film to End 51:23

2y ago51:23

51:23

Both Filmsuck co-hosts hated the new George Miller movie Three Thousand Years of Longing, a feeling shared by audiences everywhere, it seems, as the romantic fantasy wastes the talents of Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba in the lead roles and becomes one of the biggest box-office failures of 2022. The film raises the question "Why can't mainstream film…

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So many orgies, so little time. 52:40

2y ago52:40

52:40

In a world where no good deed goes unpunished, Kelly shares her experience of getting yelled at for returning a lost wallet and Darek explains why closed-captioned TV is his only option. Proper orgy scheduling is explored, and Darek develops a new term for the garbage on a neighbor's lawn.

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Ron's Automotive 55:08

2y ago55:08

55:08

Friend, Chang Report host, and musician Tim Chang joins Kelly and Darek in the studio to wish longtime listeners Colyer and Kevin a happy birthday. This turned out to be a "high energy" episode that somehow covers topics from golf, faulty ignitions, 90s rooftop parties and Cookie Jarvis.

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Bullet Trainwreck 56:59

2y ago56:59

56:59

This week on Filmsuck we're lamenting the shiny, busy, but oddly inert action comedy Bullet Train that mostly wastes the talents of an excellent cast. Bullet Train stars Brad Pitt as a sweet-natured assassin who's back at work after an extended interlude in therapy, and wants to do a nice, simple, non-violent "snatch and grab" job in keeping with h…

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2 Yeps for Nope 1:02:51

2y ago1:02:51

1:02:51

Though if you talk to your friends and acquaintances you're likely hear a range of opinions on Nope--from 1) best Jordan Peele film so far, he's transcended himself, to 2) worst Jordan Peele film ever, Get Out (2017) and Us (2019) were so much better--your Filmsuck co-hosts agree on their pro-Nope stance. Dolores thoroughly enjoyed it, and Eileen t…

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Sting, Shaggy, Spiders, and Sugarpumps 1:03:04

2y ago1:03:04

1:03:04

In this non-Sting produced episode, Darek and Kelly celebrate longtime listener El Diablo's birthday and new(ish) listener Elizabeth's well-deserved vacation, Kelly and Darek characteristally bounce from topic-to-topic, discussing proper golf attire, ASMR, and Joni Mitchell.

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RoboGeisha (W/Lathan) 33:19

2y ago33:19

33:19

Hey guys we have been meaning to do this one for awhile. Lathan requested it almost a year ago and we finally got a chance to watch it. It is his favorite shitty movie. I personally am frustrated that it is so well structured. We hope you enjoy. Thanks as always. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ham-fisted-entert…

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Elvis and the Hysteria of Baz Luhrmann 1:10:07

2y ago1:10:07

1:10:07

You may know writer-director-producer Baz Luhrmann from such expensive spectacles as The Great Gatsby, Australia, and Moulin Rouge! Co-hosts Dolores and Eileen talk about Luhrmann's hysterically melodramatic films and disagree sharply on how successfully his new biopic Elvis represents the life and career of legendary performer Elvis Presley, debat…

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The Black Phone (with cameo from Lathan) 1:06:16

2y ago1:06:16

1:06:16

We're kinda back. Sorry people we needed a bit of a break, we're gonna try and get back on this horsey and bring you more of what you love. Movies. Well us too but movies are what we're here for. Anyway, we're also working on trying to get video as well so we're more modern. Hope you guys enjoy our coming back ep! --- Send in a voice message: https…

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Glory Holes and Studio Guests 54:00

2y ago54:00

54:00

Back from a trip to Ireland and the OR, Kelly and Darek welcome Glad, a returning on-air guest (also Darek's mom) and John, a longtime listener (and Glad's drummer) to the show. A flurry of topics are discussed, but since Kelly is still only able to type with one hand, you'll just have to trust us that it's a fun episode.…

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Proud of Hacks 1:15:45

2y ago1:15:45

1:15:45

In honor of Pride Month we're talking about the Emmy/Peabody/Golden Globe-winning HBO series Hacks, starring Jean Smart as seventy-ish stand-up comedy legend Deborah Vance, pushed into updating her act by hiring young Gen Z writer Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder, daughter of former SNL star Laraine Newman), whose career is also in trouble. It's hate …

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Clamato, Clamahto 57:10

2y ago57:10

57:10

Papi lends his whining skills to this episode of Bitter Coffey, in which Kelly & Darek discuss the historical significance of the podcast, a nosy anti-vax neighbor, and Paw Patrol's support of Roe v. Wade. Kelly loses the ability to speak earlier than usual, and Darek gets an update on The Pretzel Kids.…

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The Northman and the Strange Career of Robert Eggers 1:01:27

2y ago1:01:27

1:01:27

This week we're discussing the new Viking epic The Northman in the context of writer-director Robert Eggers' brief but spectacular career, including his first two feature films, The Witch (2015) and The Lighthouse (2019). Deserving of the term "auteur" if anyone is, Eggers admits he had to deal with more creative interference than ever before with …

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The Matrix (Part 2) 1:22:32

2y ago1:22:32

1:22:32

Back with Part 2. I mean I don't know what else to put here. I truly hope you guys like our insight and opinion on this. Also Enter The Matrix still bangs hard. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ham-fisted-entertainment/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ham-fisted-entertainment/s…

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The Matrix (Part 1) 1:44:14

2y ago1:44:14

1:44:14

You know if this a part one and over a half hour this is a biggie of a topic. We got Devon, Josh, Alex, Mike, and Marcello talking as much as we could about it. (psst...Mike is drunk as hell on both parts so sorry) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ham-fisted-entertainment/messageSupport this podcast: https://podc…

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