Below Freezing

Sometimes actors and directors whom we appreciate make films we don’t like so much. Other times…the greats Ridley Scott & Russell Crowe team up and just make hot garbage. That’s right – we are discussing the 2006 romantic(?) comedy(?) “A Good Year”. Join the St. Johns as they (try to) navigate through insider trading, obscenely long tennis scenes, and just about every wrong filmmaking decision...

We just couldn’t help ourselves…we HAD to continue with our Resident Evil journey and talk about the second film – not Resident Evil: Nemesis or Resident Evil: Raccoon City (do those movies exist?), but Resident Evil: Apocalypse. Please come along with the St. Johns as they argue about Shorts Vs. Skirts, Melissa not recognizing another actor, and Team Alice Vs. Team Jill (it gets REAL!!!). We’ve o...

The “Resident Evil” path has begun. We start off with the 2002 film that started it all to differing levels of enthusiasm. Please join the St. Johns as they discuss who could/should have been in the film (and Melissa struggles to remember what she saw James Purefoy in), a callback to their episode on “The Tuxedo”, and is Adam just making up names of award shows? Also, this week the St. Johns enjoy...

WE’RE BAAAAAAAAACK! We promised to start with “Resident Evil” for Season 2 (and trust us, it’s gonna happen), but Melissa brought a film to Adam’s attention and…a change had to be made. If you already hated the experience, the St. Johns are proud to present you with this straight-to-video “erotic thriller?” – “The Dentist”. Join them and guest Perry Lewis (from our episode on “Mr. Woodcock) as the...

That’s a wrap on our Christmas episodes and season 1 for us at Below Freezing and we are ending it DISASTROUSLY!!! Join the St. Johns and Ian (Adam’s co-host on “1001 by 1”) & Liz Woodington as they discuss how they blundered this cast, the appalling acting of a certain member of the Breslin family, and just how much money this film made. All this and more as we say goodbye to 2020.

We have hit Christmas season and we want to celebrate it with you. Please join us for quite the lovely chat about “Jingle All the…” wait…sorry, wrong film – please join us for quite the raucous chat on the Jonathan Taylor Thomas led “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”. This movie has too much to talk about, but the St. Johns give it their best. Also, they enjoyed a J. Bookwalter Cabernet Sauvignon.

It’s rare that we get to discuss Oscar caliber films on this podcast, but the newly released Ron Howard film “Hillbilly Elegy” (available on Netflix) fits the parameters of this show and by gum we’re gonna talk about it. Please join us as the St. Johns discuss Adam’s Glenn Close story, Mel’s “wild stretch”, and just what the hell is an elegy? Also, this week the wine indulged was a delicious red b...

The month of Melissa ends with another trip down nostalgia lane – this time in the form of a musical. We relive the first season of American Idol through the form of “From Justin to Kelly” – a movie that barely qualifies as a movie. Please join us as Melissa worships Kelly Clarkson, Adam rips apart the filmmaking, and Melissa sings along…again. Also, this week we do a throwback to “Swordfish” and...

After quite a disastrous selection of films in October (all Adam’s doing), Melissa has been given carte blanche and will be picking the film in November…and boy did she pick a doozy to start with: the Jennifer Lopez film “Enough”. Here is another film that divides the St. John household into feuding sides. Listen along as they discuss all things J. Lo, how quick it takes for this movie to go off t...

A different intro, Adam complimenting Melissa, and a good ole lazy Susan in a closet – that is just the tip of the iceberg of what goes on during the conversation on the not scary sequel “Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2”. Come along with Adam and Melissa as they discuss what the film was trying to do (but failed to do), the not-so-great acting, and numerous plot holes. Also, the best part of the fi...

“You can’t piss on hospitality!” Great advice from an even better film. That’s right: we’re covering a Mt. Rushmore of “bad films” film and a sequel that really isn’t a sequel – “Troll 2”. The St. Johns try their best to cover everything this film has to offer from goblin queens to the films root in vegetarianism and even bring their own thoughts ranging from eye acting to a “chain gang” (this wil...

We’re back and we’re celebrating (is that the right word?) Halloween season. Join us as we dive into the sequel that no one wanted – “The Exorcist II: The Heretic”. We go all over the place for this one by discussing what went wrong with filming, why so many locusts, and just what is happening with this film. Also, to help us get through this film (which was absolutely necessary) we enjoyed a Snoq...

2001 was an incredible year for film (good and bad) – and since we covered the 135th highest grossing film of that year with “Antitrust”, we decided to do the 136thhighest grossing film: the Monica Potter/Freddie Prinze, Jr. romantic comedy “Head Over Heels”. During our discussion, we talk about what doggystyle really means, what really goes on in Australia, and if Mark Wahlberg directed this film...

We just can NOT get enough of Sean Patrick Flanery on this podcast and decided to cover this 1997 straight-to-video dark comedy gem: “Best Men”. Join Adam and Melissa as they talk about the films they watched as children, praise this absolute stacked cast, and discuss which Wilson brother (Owen or Luke) would you rather have sex with. All this and more in our latest episode. Also, we enjoyed a del...

We did a deep dive into the extended universe of “The Conjuring” films and ended our journey with 2018 religious horror flick “The Nun”. Adam and Melissa agree that these films have too much fog (and how does it get inside?) but disagree about how the confession booth is handled in the film. Also, this week the St. Johns enjoyed a red blend called “Conflict” from Bookwalter Wines in Richland, WA.

Oh nostalgia…how you can make a bad movie look so good? This week we dive into the cult classic “The Boondock Saints”. During the episode we relive how Adam and Melissa came to this movie (and Melissa forgets when they started dating), Troy Duffy and his Icarus-like fall from grace, and is there a swordfish in this film? Also, this week the St. Johns enjoyed a red blend from Cell Block vineyards i...

They say money can’t buy everything – so I guess we shouldn’t be surprised when $100,000,000 can’t buy a coherent movie (even though said movie had a LOT going for it). Which movie is this? Why it just so happens to be Wally Pfister’s directorial-debut and Johnny Depp led “Transcendence”. During the episode, Adam and Melissa declare that Morgan Freeman is actually God, talk about Y2K, and discuss...

What makes a well written movie? Hard to say as each person brings their own interpretation to that question. However, this film has brought about a rift in the St. John marriage as they discuss the 2000 thriller/horror/wtf? Movie “Hollow Man”. During the discussion Adam gets excited by Paul Verhoeven, Melissa coins a new phrase involving the word “dickyness”, and we let you know how you can see K...

In the midst of everything happening in the world, we realize how unimportant our show is. Our thoughts are with everyone being affected by racial injustice in the country and around the world 2002 might have been a great year for Madonna as singer, but as an actress it might have been the nail in the coffin. Two Razzie wins in one year: Worst Supporting Actress for “Die Another Die” and Worst Act...

We’re back after a brief hiatus (quarantine/family/life craziness). This week we delve into the buddy cop satire starring Eddie Murphy & Robert De Niro “Showtime”. During the episode, Adam & Melissa decide that this isn’t a good bad movie at all, we discover who is balancing the budgets in Hollywood, and what is it called: pottery or clay sculpting? Also, this week Melissa & Adam enjoy...

We had an extra special guest for this episode and it was a long time coming. This week, our 5-year-old daughter Stella joins us to discuss the “Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties”. During the episode, Melissa admits that she didn’t know this movie was a sequel, Stella constantly sasses her parents throughout, and it is decided that Jennifer Love Hewitt is not a particularly talented actress. No wine...

Adam & Melissa blast back to the past of their high school years check out this 2005 romantic Cameron Crowe flick “Elizabethtown”. Melissa gets to relive her youthful crush on Orlando Bloom, Adam gets to enjoy the music of Tom Petty & Lynyrd Skynyrd, and both fall in love with Cousin Jesse and his son in the film. They also enjoyed a 2017 red blend from the California winery “Acronym”. Str...

Horrifying special effects collides with the grossness of the 80s, mixes with a low budget & lo and behold: “Class of Nuke ‘Em High”. This week, Aaron Kirkpatrick joins us and brings his comedy and knowledge of Troma films to the episode. During the episode, many topics come up including (but not limited to): the dangers of having two microwaves, a chance to have the design and special effects...

It’s about damn time that we got to a Nicolas Cage film…maybe the wrong one, but we still got to him. This week we delve into the 2014 crime thriller (?) “Rage” and try not to piss off the Russian mob. So much happens during this episode: Melissa can’t figure out where her microphone goes, Adam admits he alters Wikipedia pages, and we find out Danny Glover’s character’s last name is St. John but n...

You may truly need to prepare yourself for this film (we certainly weren’t ready for it). Join us with our guest Andy Davison as we discuss the 1992 cinematic travesty that is “Cool World”. Andy brings his knowledge of animation and discusses the hodgepodge of animation styles thrown into this movie, Melissa throws down the gauntlet that “Holli Would” is no “Jessica Rabbit”, and Adam reenacts a ve...