FED Talks

This week, EJ's avoiding the real world by watching The Bear and House of the Dragon. Plus, The Quick and the Dead absolutely rules, Ant-Man 3 remains delightful no matter what anybody says, and in the Jason Statham Film Festival, EJ turns out to be the number one fan of Wild Card. It's an occasionally thoughtful drama about a gambling addict who also has Bullseye powers and can kill you with a cr...

True life stories of awkward interactions! Positive reviews of nerd TV shows that have made dummies angry for bad reasons! The Franchise Report brings us back to the days of the weird credits in Wakanda Forever, and the Jason Statham Film Festival gets into Expendables 3 and the appearance of Baby Glen Powell.

It's all movie talk this week as EJ goes to the theater for Inside Out 2, and then re-watches Arrival and experiences the actual madness of Clifford. In the Franchise Report, he finishes the Dirty Harry series after what feels like years, and the Jason Statham Film Festival brings us Homefront, a movie that seems like it's going to be bad but turned out to be surprisingly enjoyable. Mostly good mo...

When you’ve got a movie where Jason Statham has only 20 seconds of screen time, you need a great guest to cover it. And we’ve got one with actress and podcaster Katie Wright (Brett Easton Hell Yes)! We talk about the Fast Saga as a whole, unlikely celebrity friendships, Dalton Wilcox, and the undeniable charm of our main guy. It’s a fun discussion that occasionally works its way back to the movie!

This week, EJ has a trivia update and a depressing look inside his birthday celebration. The Acolyte and Hacks are good TV shows, and the Jason Statham Film Festival brings us Redemption (or as some people call it, Hummingbird), a movie that's surprisingly good and almost great.

EJ is pleased to report that he's enjoying the new season of Doctor Who. Also, he had a great time at Furiosa and doesn't care about the box office. In the Franchise Report, the Dirty Harry movies continue to be not nearly as good as he remembers. And the Jason Statham Film Festival brings us the underrated Parker. We're watching things!

One more episode of Ape Talk as EJ remembers when somebody got stabbed at his showing of King Kong (2005) and reflects on comics' greatest gorillas. In the franchise report, the third Dirty Harry movie is eminently forgettable and the Jason Statham Film Festival brings us the mixed bag that is Expendables 2. Thank you for being a friend!

This week, EJ remembers to talk about the new season of Fargo. Also, he doesn't spoil the wild thing that happens in Sugar but he does mention that a wild thing happens in Sugar. In movie news, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is good, Magnum Force is not, and in the Jason Statham Film Festival, he wanted to like safe more than he did. Plus, he hits 500 issues in his Daredevil reading project and...

This week, EJ talks more about a single picture of Superman than you would ever think possible. There's some TV talk and then we go to the movies and check out The Fall Guy. Plus, the franchise report looks at War for the Planet of the Apes and the Jason Statham Film Festival has more enthusiasm for Killer Elite than the movie probably warrants.

This week, EJ is feeling bleak but at least he watched Fallout and Baby Reindeer, among other things. He says at least one thing that he definitely should have cut from the episode before getting into movie talk, including Civil War and The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Plus, the Franchise Report witnesses the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Blitz is one of the nicest surprises of the Jaso...

EJ is back from vacation! He met an Instagram dog, saw his first NBA game, and almost missed his flight, among other things. Check out his audio vacation slides, if that's any kind of a thing. Great sponsors never take a vacation so check out teesbysummer.com!

There's a Trivia Night report and some recent TV recommendations. Plus, the Franchise Report deals with some damn dirty apes and the Jason Statham Film Festival takes a look at Gnomeo and Juliet, because we're nothing if not comprehensive. Check out our awesome sponsor teesbysummer.com!

EJ did things this week! A trip to the courthouse and a more fun trip to see Joe Pera! Plus, we've got Godzilla X Kong, The Thing prequel, and Dirty Harry to talk about, plus the Jason Statham Film Festival brings us The Mechanic. That's a lot of movies! Check out our awesome sponsor teesbysummer.com!

Writer, publisher, and raconteur Larry Young (Astronauts in Trouble, Black Diamond, Loose Cannon, a million other things) joins the Jason Statham Film Festival to talk about The Expendables. We talk all the big action stars, the ways in which the movie is weird and the parts of it that are awesome, and then we go on some tangents. It’s a wide-ranging discussion that includes Larry’s thoughts on be...

This week, EJ's watching Apples Never Fall and Girls5Eva. He's distressed about some James Bond rumors and he's baffled by actors who look substantially older than they are. In the Franchise Report, The Thing is kind of a perfect movie. And the Jason Statham Film Festival lands on a real clunker with the eminently forgettable 13. Check out our great sponsor teesbysummer.com!

This week, we're talking Fargo and Dune 2, both of which are great. Then the Franchise Report wraps up the Muppets with Muppets Most Wanted (Good!) and our series on The Thing begins with 1951's The Thing From Another World (Kinda Boring!). And finally, the Jason Statham Film Festival hits the big one with Crank 2: High Voltage, a movie that delights us to no end. Also endlessly delightful? Our sp...

A short-lived TV show AND a Jason Statham movie? That's right, Rachel Hadaway (Rachel's Chart Chart on the People Are the Enemy podcast) returns to talk about Ray Romano, Scott Bakula, and the much-missed Andre Braugher in Men of a Certain Age and then she helps wrap up the Transporter franchise. We loved the show and the movie is probably the weakest in the franchise but still has some truly awes...

Lenny Burnham (House of House; Chapter Surfing) returns to talk about Jason Statham's 2008 film Death Race. It's a movie that is both as dumb as you want it to be and smarter than you expect. We talk about the surprisingly on-point satire, Joan Allen and Ian McShane classing up the joint, Statham at his most jacked, and much more. It's really fun! Check out Lenny's podcasts, House of House and Cha...

EJ talks about his favorite Muppet and whether or not said Muppet was inspired by Tom Waits. Also, Tracker Talk (but not much of that since nobody actually watched it), and the Jason Statham Film Festival hits an underrated classic with The Bank Job. Speaking of classic, check out our great sponsor teesbysummer.com!

This week, EJ watched some movies! In theaters! He also saw some TV and played a video game from 2009. Everything is going very well for him and there's no reason for you to be concerned. The Jason Statham Film Festival looks at the surprisingly enjoyable War and the continuing look at the Muppet movies gets to The Muppets. It's fun! Check out our great sponsor teesbysummer.com!

EJ talks about nostalgia and Oscar nominations before getting into this week's movies. The Jason Statham Film Festival lands on In the Name of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, which is an absolute disaster. And we continue our report on Muppet movies with Muppets From Space, the first truly disappointing Muppet thing. Check our our awesome sponsor teesbysummer.com!

Oh, it's a big one. One of the top movies in the Statham canon and the main reason we're all gathered here. TIm Kenny stops by to talk about 2006's Crank, the first movie that let our guy be funny AND do action at the same time. It's an absolute blast! In all the excitement, I forgot to mention our awesome sponsor teesbysummer.com in the episode! Buy something and alleviate my guilt!

We had to put a guest episode on hold for a week because The Beekeeper kicks so much ass. EJ just has to be enthusiastic about this wonderful, ridiculous move and share largely spoiler-fee thoughts. (Nothing too specific beyond what's in the trailer, promise!)  Brought to you by teesbysummer.com, just as awesome as The Beekeeper.

It's the first episode of the new year, and we're kicking 2024 off with a movie and mental health check-in. EJ gets vulnerable and also watches The Iron Claw. In the ongoing survey of Muppet movies, Muppet Treasure Island proves to be a disappointment and the Jason Statham Film Festival entry The Pink Panther (2006) has almost no Jason Statham in it. Check out our amazing sponsor teesbysummer.com!

Once again we're wrapping up the year with North America's most trusted culture critic, Hayley Leier (ADHD-DVD)! We're talking about the best TV shows of the year - Succession, Barry, Poker Face, Taskmaster, and so many more. It's a wide-ranging talk with somebody who spends most of her podcasting time talking about movies. TV is good and we're pumped about it! We're also pumped about our awesome...