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The Superhero Pantheon Holiday Special 2019 (Into The Spider-Verse & Watchmen)

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It’s the holiday season, and listeners get a special treat with a 90 minute discussion of Watchmen featuring Jerome Cusson and special guest Ben Phillips. They discuss one of the best shows of the year and one of the most impactful superhero properties ever created. Then Brian joins Jerome for a discussion of Spider-Man:Into the Spider Verse. Is this finally the film to break the Spider-man pantheon curse? Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon Holiday Special 2019 (Into The Spider-Verse & Watchmen)

Flooping The Pig – Episode 15: Unacceptable

Original Air Date: April 27, 2014

This week’s episode of Flooping the Pig is all Lemongrab, all the time. You can decide for yourself if that’s totally gross or crazy seeyick. The Cool Kids aren’t of one mind on the subject. Give it a listen and choose a Lemonside. Continue reading Flooping The Pig – Episode 15: Unacceptable

There Will Be Movies – Episode 24: Inglorious Basterds

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Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009.

Matt hates three things: 1) Quentin Tarantino films. 2) War films. 3) Long films. So as you can imagine he’s having a great time this week, while Ben is as giddy as Hans Landa. Can this movie stuffed with phenomenal acting performances do anything to change Matt’s mind? Who cares? Let’s kill some Nazis! Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Episode 24: Inglorious Basterds

These Are the Only 4 Good Things About The [extremely bad] Rise of Skywalker

There have been a lot of posts and articles out there about the film that represents the end of the Skywalker Saga. And here’s the thing: they are all true! And then some!!

It is such a fucking shitty movie. You will laugh a lot at how shitty it is though, and laughter is good. Civilization will end in the next 50-60 years due to climate devastation. We need to be able to laugh! And this film will make you laugh.

So, you should assume that whenever this movie is playing, something bad is happening. That being said, there are a handful of moments in it that are in fact Actually Good. I will eventually splice them together and call it “The Actually Good Cut.” It will be about two minutes long.

SPOILERS ARE AHEAD BUT REALLY WHO CARES IT IS THAT BAD Continue reading These Are the Only 4 Good Things About The [extremely bad] Rise of Skywalker

Flooping The Pig – Episode 14: On a Tropical Island

Original Air Date: April 13, 2014

The Cool Kids kick off Season 3 of Adventure Time with chats about bullying, sarcasm, Meat Man, Adventure Time’s continuity brilliance, and recurring background characters. Also; boingloins. Continue reading Flooping The Pig – Episode 14: On a Tropical Island

The Reel World Christmas Special 2019: The Thin Man & Iron Man 3

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The tradition lives on! This year Mike Thomas decided to “give the people what they want” by forcing Matt to continue his tradition of bringing Shane Black films to the table, this time: Iron Man 3. Then it’s time to travel all the way back to 1934 to discuss The Thin Man and for Matt to make it sound an awful lot like he’s never seen any films from pre-1960. ‘Happy Christmas’ Everybody! Continue reading The Reel World Christmas Special 2019: The Thin Man & Iron Man 3

The Superhero Pantheon: Volume 2, Episode 42: Venom

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Jerome and Brian are back to talk about the inexplicably successful Venom movie from last year. Marvel at how a movie with Eddie Brock in a lobster tank and symbiotes making sexy time could make 800 million dollars at the box office. Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon: Volume 2, Episode 42: Venom

Flooping The Pig – Episode 13: Enter the Lich

Original Air Date: April 7, 2014

Things are about to get serious as a heart attack on Adventure Time! The Cool Kids discuss the change in tone on the show thanks to the Lich, the world-expansion that the final four episodes of Season 2 bring to the show, and their favorite characters. Season 2 is no more, so listen to this episode of Flooping the Pig before our boys get deep into Season 3! Continue reading Flooping The Pig – Episode 13: Enter the Lich

There Will Be Movies – Episode 23: Moon

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Ben Phillips & Matt Waters present 25 of their favourite movies from a given decade, kicking things off with Volume 1: 2000 – 2009.

We got Sam Rockwells comin’ outta the wazoo over here! Matt has ANOTHER confession to make, Ben continues to love Clint Mansell, and we very nearly almost kept it under an hour! Continue reading There Will Be Movies – Episode 23: Moon

Flooping The Pig – Episode 12: My Burger’s Dead

Original Air Date: March 30, 2014

This week the Cool Kids’ start to bring season 2 of Adventure Time to an end by discussing the infrastructure of Ooo and the development of the side characters in Adventure Time. They get distracted with conversations about Snapchat and selfies, not knowing much about raves, mortality in fantasy fiction, and Brooklyn Nine Nine. Continue reading Flooping The Pig – Episode 12: My Burger’s Dead