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Ep. #440 - Borderlands Dec 21, 2024

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We discuss Borderlands, a video game movie that got delayed for several years, with extensive reshoots where an uncredited director took over for Eli Roth -- but it's probably okay, right? It's not like that sentence has at least five red flags in it...

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Wikipedia page for Borderlands

Recommended in this episode:

Dan: Drive (1997)

Stu: Queer (2024)

Elliott: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)

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FH Mini 118 – Getting to Know Stu Dec 14, 2024

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Though we've done our best to not let it disrupt the show, Elliott's a busy bee these days and had to sit this one out, so Dan took the rare opportunity of being able to finish his sentences to get to know his old pal Stuart a little better... but with a film-related twist.

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Feed Drop - SmartLess Presents ClueLess with Elliott Kalan and Sean Hayes! Dec 12, 2024

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Welcome to a brand new, bite-sized game show from SmartLess Media: this is ClueLess, where every episode contains a different main game and cliffhanger puzzle, and every episode this season also contains Sean Hayes! Host Elliott Kalan (Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, The Flop House) will lead Sean and a rotating guest through each episode's conundrum, from anagrams to pop culture math puzzles to singing robots and more! New episodes every Monday and Thursday, follow the show on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts so you don't miss a clue!

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Ep.#439 - The Avengers (1998), LIVE! Dec 07, 2024

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We took a short break around Thanksgiving, which means YOU finally get to hear one of our LIVE episodes from Oxford's inaugural Saint Audio Podcast Festival! We were extremely excited to finally do a show in the UK and see some listeners from across the pond, and -- because we were in England -- we HAD to talk about 1998's The Avengers (aka "the non-Marvel-one), a legendary mega-flop and a despoiling of a beloved British TV series.

Note: We performed in Oxford's Town Hall, which was an absolutely gorgeous venue, but was also very large and echoey. We did what we could to minimize the effects, but we apologize that the audio does come with a little extra reverb!

Wikipedia page for The Avengers

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FH Mini 117 – The Definitive Action Hero Ranking Pt. 2 Nov 30, 2024

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The thrilling conclusion of our definitive action hero rankings, as determined by Stuart's totally scientific, non-bullshit method!

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Ep.#438 - Trap, with Linda Holmes Nov 23, 2024

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"But Trap wasn't a flop!" you scream to the heavens. "Neither financially, nor critically!" you wail, desperately. "It made 83 million on a 30 million budget! And it got a mixed, but not-awful 52 on Metacritic!" But the uncaring Gods of Flop offer no comfort. Because whatever your personal feelings, Trap has inspired STRONG OPINIONS, and besides, when you have a great guest like Linda Holmes, you surrender to the whims of the floppiverse.

Wikipedia page for Trap

Recommended in this episode:

Dan: Daisies (1966), All God's Children (2024)

Stu: Azrael (2024)

Elliott: Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974), Lifeforce (1985)

Linda: Hot Frosty (2024)

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FH Mini 116 – The Definitive Action Hero Ranking Pt. 1 Nov 16, 2024

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Stuart uses the scientific and not-at-all random method that he perfected in his rankings of horror movie villains to help us determine the ultimate movie action hero.

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Ep.#437 - Megalopolis, with Roman Mars Nov 09, 2024

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You KNEW this episode was coming, and we got to it as soon as we could! We discuss Francis Ford Coppola's defiantly personal, defiantly incomprehensible, personal-fortune-destroying Megalopolis! And for such a megaflopolis episode we enlisted the help of Roman Mars, a man who knows a thing or two about architecture and design, and who's currently co-hosting a podcast series with Elliott about The Power Broker, a book about Robert Moses (clearly an inspiration for Adam Driver's "what if Robert Moses but not totally evil" character)!

Wikipedia page for Megalopolis

Recommended in this episode:

Dan: Lost Highway (1997)

Stu: Anora (2024)

Elliott: You and Me (1938)

Roman: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)

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FH Mini 115 - Ghosttesters, with Hallie Haglund Nov 02, 2024

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Hallie may not have seen a ghost this Halloween season, but Elliott caps off Shocktober (a little late, in "no theme No-vember") by quizzing all of us about whether we've seen cinematic ghosts, in the course of our many Flop House viewings.

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Ep.#436 - Dear David, with Hallie Haglund Oct 26, 2024

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Bad news first: we discussed Dear David, a horror movie based on a Twitter thread posted by a guy who used to do comics for Buzzfeed, released by "Buzzfeed Studios" -- a sentence that gives us a headache just to type. The good news? We're joined by Star of the Show, Hallie Haglund, whose ever-delightful presence inspires us all into a lot of giggle fits and silly bits!

Wikipedia page for Dear David

Recommended in this episode:

Flesh Eater (1988)

His Three Daughters (2023)

The Girl on the Broomstick (1972)

Scenes from a Marriage (1947)

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