Franchise Addicts

On this episode the Franchise Addicts break from their mold and give you some recommendations for Movies and TV shows that we are watching in addition to the Franchises that we cover. Discussed: Nickel Boys Better Man Presence The Monkey The Apprentice The Pitt Severence The White Lotus SAS Rogue Heroes And much more!

We are back with the final installment in Richard Linklater's "Before" trilogy Before Midnight. A fitting conclusion to an exceptional series, this movie tugs at the heart strings and will encourage discussions for many years after its release.

We're back walking and talking about the second movie in our "Before" trilogy Before Sunset. An all time sequel that brings our favorite couple back together again to rehash and build upon everything that happened on that fateful night 9 years ago and everything they missed in between. A truly mesmerizing movie that makes you question what is true love and what would you give up to try and capture...

The boys are getting romantic for their next series covering the "Before" trilogy, written and directed by Richard Linklater. We bring on brother James to cover the first movie Before Sunrise and break down the movie as only three guys with limited romantic experiences can. This series is a fun change of pace from our previous action packed franchises and allows you to see a whole new side of The...

Chris and Luke present their Top 10 lists for movies released in 2024.

Coming off the screaming success of our Live Free or Die Hard episode we bring you the fifth and final episode in our Die Hard series, A Good Day to Die Hard. This movie is short, and so is the episode! But don't you worry, we cover it all in minute by minute detail. Yippie-ki-Goodbye to Die Hard.

We finally made it to the fourth installment of the Die Hard Franchise, Live Free or Die Hard. The action movie that gives you the choice between the ideal ways to live and die in one title. This episode goes off the rails multiple times, but we eventually find the tracks to break down this 2007 attempt at a franchise revival scene-by-scene to cover all that this movie has to offer.

We're taking a quick break from our Die Hard series to give you a preview and analysis for a brand new movie The Brutalist. The first 5-10 min of the show are spoiler free, so we encourage you to listen and decide whether you think this future Oscar nominee is worth checking out when it goes to wide release. The rest of the show covers Luke and Chris's reaction and thoughts about the movie. Don't...

Vengeance, is what we are dying for, in this third installment in the Die Hard Franchise. John McClain is back and this time he is racing around New York, trying to stop the evil plan of a mysterious, but familiar, terrorist. Join Chris, Luke, and James as they try to follow all the rules that Simon said.

We are Dying Harder in our coverage of the Die Hard Franchise. The second movies in these action franchises usually up the ante and this movie is no exception, bringing John McClain from a business Tower to an Air Traffic Control Tower. Die Hard 2 may not have the prestige of the first film but it still kicks butt and we talk all about it!

We would never leave you during our Holiday break without something to enjoy. The episode begins with a Fantasy Draft selecting characters, scenes, and moments from all the Terminator films. Finally, we conclude with a ranking of all the films in the franchise and of course our Boys to Men in memoriam to the Terminator Franchise.

The action never stops on Franchise Addicts as we bring you our fourth franchise, Die Hard. In the first episode of our series following the life and times of Officer John McClane we cover 1988's Die Hard.

We're back and combining the last two entries in the Terminator Franchise into one episode, 2015 Terminator: Genisys and 2019 Terminator: Dark Fate. Listen to find out which one of these movies the boys like and which one they think should be annihilated by the future robots. This turns into a very hot and contentious episode about halfway through and the opinions start flying. We may need to send...

The boys have out-smarted Skynet and have figured out a way to watch the third movie in the Terminator Franchise, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. We cover why franchises typically break down at this point of the series, why this movie has more symbolism and social commentary than you'd think, and ultimately decide if this is the last good Terminator movie.

Crazy episode this week. Chris begins with a rant on a lost recording. And then the guys get around to explaining why they are covering Terminator Salvation instead of Terminator 3. We then eventually talk about the fourth movie in the Terminator Franchise, Terminator Salvation. A Christian Bale starring vehicle that finds out the hard way, you can't just rehash things from past movies, in order t...

We are Terminating again with the monumental second film in the Terminator Franchise, Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Chris and Luke are joined by their good friend Paul to cover one of the best action movies of all time, and the true highlight of this Franchise.

We're back with a brand new Franchise! This week we break down the first movie in the Terminator Franchise, James Cameron's breakthrough smash hit The Terminator. Join Chris and Luke as they break down Arnold as the bad guy, having a reptile as a pet, Tech Noir, and so much more!

This is the final episode for the Batman Franchise and we have a great three part episode to wrap everything up. In the first part Luke and Chris welcome our friend Ben to the show to fantasy draft elements from the Batman movies. In the second part, Luke and Chris go back through all of their ratings for the Batman movies and give their final rankings of all the movies. Finally, in part three, th...

The final Batman movie, that we are covering, is upon us. So lets crank up the Nirvana as we cover Matt Reeve's The Batman. We are joined by a special guest, Luke's brother James, to cover an emo Bruce Wayne, a Zodiac Riddler, and a wise guy Penguin. This film really has everything. And we cover all of it, and so much more.

We've made it to the end of the Nolan Batman-verse with his final installment, the 2012 film, The Dark Knight Rises. Chris and Luke are joined by our good friend Sam to break down the conclusion to the trilogy within the franchise. Lines were drawn on this episode and sides were taken as we discuss whether this movie is a proper conclusion for the trilogy or just a bunch of nonsense. Does the Bane...

We're back with the sixth episode of the Batman Franchise, Christopher Nolan's superhero masterpiece, The Dark Knight. We cover everything from the greatest opening in film history, to the extraction of Lau from Hong Kong. Listen along and let us know what your Favorite Scene is, who your favorite performance is, and ultimately, your overall MVP for (potentially) the best Superhero Movie of all ti...

We return to the Batman universe with our fifth episode in the franchise, where we celebrate the iconic start of Christopher Nolan's trilogy: Batman Begins (2005) . Chris and Luke discuss the impeccably written first hour of the movie, the different versions of Fear that Bruce Wayne/Batman must face, the beginning of the Nolan Batman ending problem, and so much more. Also, we are joined by a Speci...

We are taking a short break from the Batman Franchise to cover the new Joker movie; Joker: Folie a Deux. We open the show with a brief discussion of the 2019 Joker movie and then proceed to give a spoiler free review of the new movie. Come back after seeing the film for our Spoiler section that begins around the 25 min mark.

We are at the end of our run of 90s Batman movies with the turd of all turds, Batman & Robin. The Batman Franchise would not recover from this until 2005, but Luke and Chris have a fun time running through all the problems with this terrible movie. Come for Mr Freeze's chilling one-liners and stay for our conversations about the Menedez Brothers, concussions leading to crimes, Asian Take-out a...

We're back with the third movie in the Batman Franchise, the misunderstood masterpiece (????) Batman Forever. Luke and Chris are joined by their first guest in Franchise Addicts history, Nick Danola, to discuss the courageous Val Kilmer performance in this movie, the failure of Two Face, the camp of Jim Carey, and so much more!