The Flop House

The fuck is this? No really, the fuck is this? What is this fucking thing? What? This? From a major studio and established director? What? The fuck? This? Was made? THIS? We talk about Artemis Fowl with critic and filmmaker Scott Weinberg . Wikipedia synopsis of Artemis Fowl (good luck) Movies recommended in this episode: Lucky Grandma Monstrum The Old Guard The Watermelon Woman Help support this...

In honor of the passing of Ennio Morricone , we discuss movie scores, and some of our personal favorite composers. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

It's Cagemas in July! That cherished Flop House tradition that Dan totally forgot about for the past couple of years. But he remembered this time! Lay off! Anyway, the wonderful Erin Foley-Chan (supervising producer of The Big Fib on Disney+) joins us to discuss the weird-ass supernatural sex thriller Between Worlds . Meanwhile, Dan has done some sex scene research, Erin offers a producer's perspe...

Our pals John Hodgman and David Rees have an animated show called Dicktown, about an aging boy detective and his aging bully/partner, premiering on FXX's "Cake" on July 9. Thus, in a completely generous, non-promotional gesture, they dropped by to discuss private detectives in movies, and in fiction generally. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.o...

"Hollywood" Kalan really worked his connections this episode, to bring us the utterly wonderful Felicia Day (of The Guild, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, MST3K: The Return, and much more) to discuss seminal high fantasy, low budget epic " Hawk the Slayer ." Meanwhile Dan drops a crazy Pink Panther fact, Elliott launches an insulting guess-by-mail contest, Felicia is intrigued by some fish...

Our delightful Flop House friend Chris Weitz returns to the show to talk about his career, and also continue to be unfailingly good-natured about our ribbing of Twilight: New Moon . ALSO the whole video livestream show for charity is available for viewing on our YouTube page , and we're still accepting charity receipts for the raffle through the end of the day 6/13/20. Details HERE ! Help support...

Before we start -- today,  Saturday, June 6, at 6 pm Pacific / 9 pm Eastern , is our video livestream on  our YouTube page , with presentations, a discussion of  Howard the Duck , and some audience interaction. We’ll be encouraging viewers to donate to charity for Black Lives Matter, bail funds, and hunger relief, and those who donate $20 or more will be entered to win some Flop House prizes! But...

Somebody gave Stuart a movie , and he watched it! And now he's telling us about it! Also, watch The Flop House LIVE show LIVESTREAM for CHARITY in your OWN HOME next Saturday, JUNE 6! Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

You can't have one of #TheTwoFriends without the other! In this episode, we're joined by David Sims of the Blank Check Podcast and film critic for The Atlantic , to talk about Robert Downey Jr.'s next iconic blockbuster character, Dolittle . Meanwhile Dan makes a pitch for fart acceptance, Stuart forgets our mission statement, David gives us a taste of what it was like to see Dolittle in the theat...

Dan joins in the missed movie fun with his report on "Geteven" (yes, all one word) AKA " Road to Revenge ," a passion project that's more passion than project. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

How can we follow up heavy-hitting guests like Griffin Newman and Chris Weitz, you may ask? Uh, well how about with JAMELLE BOUIE , New York Times columnist and guy you've definitely seen saying smart things on the news. Why does he like us? Who knows! But he stopped by to discuss Sonic the Hedgehog , about some sort of hedgehog who has definitely never been pregnant on the internet. Meanwhile, Ja...

Stuart tries for extra credit (no one tell him that Flop House extra credit isn't a thing), by checking out the puppy-kidnapping family comedy Rusty: A Dog's Tale and reporting back to the guys. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

Guys, we're so excited for our guest this episode. He's a big-time Hollywood gent who's worn many hats -- and to name just a few: he wrote and directed About a Boy. As an actor, he co-starred as "Chuck" in Chuck and Buck. He was one of the producers of The Farewell. The man co-wrote a Star War (Rogue One), for Pete's sake! And, as we never get tired of reminding him, he directed Twilight: New Moon...

Griffin Newman came back (for reals, not one of these "we actually recorded it at the same time") to chat for a bit about Watto, Star Wars in general, his career, and, of course, Tom Selleck. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

First off, how are you guys? Everyone doing okay? We hope so. Take care of yourselves. Secondly, my lord were we excited to have Griffin Newman , of many, many things, including the Blank Check podcast and Amazon's The Tick , but MOST IMPORTANTLY, the world's #1 Vin Diesel fan, join the show to discuss Vin's latest vinsanity, Bloodshot . Meanwhile Elliott takes us on a tour through the 4th most po...

Elliott gives us a preview of his son Sammy's novel, and then things take a turn. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

In our first episode recorded after shit got real, we take a change of pace, and discuss your aunt's favorite movie, Book Club . Can a cast of wonderful old pros elevate the world's most banal script? Meanwhile, Elliott presents his Golden Girls hypothesis, Dan's a huge crybaby, and Stu bravely soldiers on, through his COVID-19. Wikipedia synopsis of Book Club Movies recommended in this episode: T...

Please read... bear with us on this one -- this was originally intended to be our Maximum Fun Drive episode, before the world exploded. So it may seem a little choppy in places, where we chopped out some fairly extensive MFD talk* (also there's some minor equipment/audio interference toward the end -- sorry). Thank you to our intrepid editor Jordan Kauwling for going above and beyond. Anyway, even...

Is Holmes & Watson somehow an even worse version of the Sherlock Holmes stories than Sherlock Gnomes ? Will Elliott and Stu be able to console Dan about the latest insult to his beloved hero? Join us for this live show, taped last year in Portland, Oregon, to find out! Wikipedia synopsis for Holmes & Watson Like this live show? Join us in the future! –  The Flop House in Toronto – April 18! Help s...

In this minisode we take on the topic of teams of specialists, like you might find in heist films. If you want to dictate a future minisode, tweet at us @theflophousepod. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

We've been wanting to tackle this one for quite a while, folks, and... oof. Be careful what you wish for. Adal Rifai of the podcast " Hello From the Magic Tavern " joins us to discuss The Fanatic , the movie that asks "What if Fred Durst directed a movie starring a career-self-destructing John Travolta as a man with a developmental disability, with his trademark Limp Bizkit sensitivity?" Meanwhile...

In this minisode we take on the topic of jobs in movies. If you want to dictate a future minisode, tweet at us @theflophousepod. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

It's the second and final of our two contest winner-selected episodes, this one picked by Scott Yacychyn, who designed our delightful new Flop House "couch monsters" poster, which you can purchase HERE ! It's a romantic comedy called Little Italy (or as they pronounce it, li'lit'ly), set in the world's most romantic city... Toronto! Meanwhile, Stuart gets mad at Elliott, Dan gets mad at Elliott an...

Here's a little thing we're trying, sort of as a snack between episodes. Minisodes that are more tangent than show. On this first one, we ask: Goofy -- what's HIS deal? Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

Zar-who-what-now ? We finally get around to one of our contest winner episodes, this one picked by Elizabeth Stege, who designed our delightful new Flop House Housecat t-shirt, which you can purchase HERE ! It's a Full Moon Features (awww yeah, Stu) kaiju movie with about 5 minutes of giant monster action in the whole film. But what it lacks in reason to exist, it makes up for in... charm? We gues...