Debaser: A Film Podcast

Will & Jared discuss a 90s sci-fi action classic that is still quoted to this day. A film so iconic it created a new paradigm for bathroom hygiene. On today's episode, Sylvester Stallone is... Demolition Man .  Did Wesley Snipes improvise his scenes? What film did Sandra Bullock make after this that Stallone said would bomb? Did Stallone make a porno? Who did Denis Leary shamelessly rip o...

Debaser takes a detour from our normal programming to discuss the recent Doughboys Live Show in Orlando!  Guest Alex M. joins Jared and Kourtney to discuss their shared experience with the Doughboys podcast and the live show, as well as Alex's experience talking on stage with the hosts! Then in the spirit of Doughboys, a review of Taco Bell and the Diablo Dusted Crispy Chicken Nuggets! Intro...

Will & Jared discuss a recent A24 film that follows an engaged couple, played by Robert Pattinson and Zendaya, that drunkenly share their darkest secrets with each other. It's a secret so shocking even we don't want to spoil it... right away at least, in Kristoffer Borgli's The Drama .  How much influence do we think producer Ari Aster had on this movie? What terrible act from t...

Will & Jared complete their Matt Johnson miniseries with a found footage flick of four CIA operatives and their fictitious trip to the Moon. This week, we discuss Operation Avalanche . What surprises Will about how some of Operation Avalanche was sneakily filmed? What series of TV shows has Jared dived headlong into finally? What county will Will travel to next month? Does Jared discover a sou...

Will & Jared check out Matt Johnson's first feature film that follows two high school students making a movie about shooting their bullies, but one of them isn't just making a movie. This week, we watch Matt Johnson's dark comedy  The Dirties . What kind of bullying did Will & Jared endure growing up? Do all of Matt Johnson's tropes originate in this movie? How funny ca...

Will & Jared finally remembered to hit RECORD this time and have an actual audio file to show for it. Our series on the films of Matt Johnson continues with the long-awaited episode on one of our favorite movies of 2023: Blackberry .  How good can a movie about a phone even be? Why does Jared threaten to leap across the table at Will? How insanely rich are the main characters from this movie n...

Will & Jared celebrate the magic of friendship and discuss the recently released indie comedy by the director of Blackberry: Matt Johnson's Nirvanna the Band The Show The Movie .  How did they make this movie? Will you enjoy it if you've never seen the show before? Did Will enjoy it after three separate viewings? Is that like a bossa nova beat? Listen to find out! Nirvanna the Band t...

Will, Jared. & Kourtney discuss one of their favorite movies of 2025 in the surprisingly entertaining, somewhat fictitious sports biopic starring one of the fastest rising stars in Hollywood: Josh Safdie's Marty Supreme . Is this A24's most expensive movie to date? Is the film based on true events? Why exactly is Marty crying at the end? What was the alternate ending that made Will b...

As they finish their top ten lists for the year, Kourtney, Will, & Jared give their favorite movies they saw in 2025. What film made it to two different lists hours before record? What frustratingly accurate prediction does Jared make that came true before the episode released? Does Kourtney have a good point about fetishization? What twisted game does Jared have in store for his co-hosts? Lis...

For our third annual Top Ten episode, Kourtney joins Will & Jared as they each list their favorite movies they saw in 2025.  How many of our favorite movies this year have we had episodes on? Does Will have a disgusting medical story that makes Jared turn his mic off? How does Jared feel about Where the Wild Things Are all these years later? Did anime make in on anyone's list? Listen to f...

Will & Jared have a serious conversation about what to do when your plan to frame your sex robot for murder goes awry. Oh and they also discuss the surprise sleeper hit from early last year, Drew Hancock's Companion.  Does this debut film put Black Mirror to shame? What famously awkward interaction did one of the stars have while auditioning? Did Jared write a Weezer song parody for a seg...

Will & Jared are joined by two special guests, Joey and Hayley, to discuss the manic jukebox musical sensation by maximalist director Baz Luhrmann in Moulin Rouge! What record-setting accessory was made for this film? Why is a windmill a common motif in the film? Can Jared rate the film honestly without offending his friends? How hot is Ewan McGregor? Listen to find out! Moulin Rouge! is avail...

Will & Jared are back at it again with another wild and weird movie that has everyone buzzing like bees. Director Yorgos Lanthimos takes us on a deranged journey where Jesse Plemons kidnaps Emma Stone, believing her to be an alien bent on destroying humanity in Bugonia ! Is this "reimagining" of the 2003 South Korean cult favorite Save The Green Planet an improvement on the original?...

New Year, New Debaser! Will and Jared discuss the third installment in the box office dominating franchise from legendary director James Cameron. We return to Pandora with  Avatar: Fire and Ash ! Is this new entry in the shockingly long running property worthy of the ten year delay from it's original release? Or is this installment finally beginning to show cracks in the Avatar series? What c...

Will & Jared bring you a Christmas miracle: a new episode on a film starring Keanu Reeves and Seth Rogen! To end the year, they discuss Aziz Ansari's directorial debut: Good Fortune . Is this modern take on It's A Wonderful Life and Trading Places a flop, or bound to be a cult classic? Does Will have a take so bad on one of the lead actors that almost causes Jared to end the podcast?...

Join Will and Jared as they sit down at a candle-lit table in a garage to discuss a timeless and unconventional film that has no easy parallel. A film that inspired the creation of this very podcast and continues to confound and surprise on each subsequent viewing. For Debaser's 100th episode, André Gregory & Wallace Shawn's My Dinner With Andre .  My Dinner With Andre is available o...

It's a Thanksgiving miracle! Will, Jared, and Kourtney gather round the table to discuss a raunchy high school movie that released when they were the target audience for it. The movie that put Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, and Emma Stone on the map: Superbad! Does Superbad still hit, or is it a lazy, classless relic of the 2000s? Is Jonah Hill's character a huge jerk and maybe even closeted?...

Will, Jared, & Kourtney (!) sit down to discuss one of the hottest and most controversial films of the year, Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another . Does legendary auteur PTA deliver another ingenious adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel, or is this movie too radical for its own good? Do the hosts, inspired by the film, regret drinking Modelo during the podcast? Are the portraya...

Will & Jared are again joined by special guest Alex M. to discuss a cult classic horror film directed by the writer of Alien: Dan O'Bannon's Return of the Living Dead . Is this semi-spoof, semi-sequel to Night of the Living Dead a punk-rock rager deserving of it's cult status? Or is it an embarrassingly outdated and misguided attempt at horror comedy by a screenwriter that peake...

Will & Jared are joined by special guest Alex M. to discuss a horror film by the twin brothers that brought us the surprise hit Talk To Me: Danny and Michael Philippou's Bring Her Back. Is RackaRacka's sophomoric film a step up or a step down? How intense is the gore and did it make Jared squirm? Does Alex need a box of tissues to get through the episode? What surprise does Jared hav...

Will & Jared get a little loopy discussing the newest superhero movie intent on forging a new path for a new cinematic universe: James Gunn's Superman . Is this a refreshing new leaf for a character that hasn't had a good movie in decades? Is Supes too crowded with characters and suffering from tonal whiplash? What real world conflict is used in all but name as a major plot point? Do...

Will & Jared, perhaps too fittingly, discuss the new film starring Tim Robinson about awkward adult male friendships titled, well... Friendship . Is Friendship a feature-length I Think You Should Leave sketch? Is that even a bad thing? Who is T-Boy and why do we love him? How cool were the 70s? Do Jared & Will have the cure for the male loneliness epidemic? Listen to find out! Friendship i...

Will & Jared are joined by special guest Alex M. to discuss the hotly anticipated horror film by the director of Barbarian that's taken the box office like a swarm of third-graders: Weapons.  Is Weapons as good as the hype, or is it shooting blanks? What is Aunt Gladys' unexplained backstory? What inspired Zach Cregger to have the kids run like that and is it too disturbing? How much...

Will & Jared discuss the newest and most divisive film from director Ari Aster: Eddington. Why are reactions to this film so confused and angry? What subtext did most viewers seem to overlook? What exactly is a "SolidGoldMagikarp"? How do we process our collective trauma from the pandemic? Listen to find out! Eddington is currently available on VOD and the services listed here. David...

Will & Jared discuss the influential science fiction cult classic Dark City . How divided are the hosts on this film? Is this the best movie made by the director of The Crow? Who is acting circles around everyone else in this? What drug did Jared take that did a number on his head? Did we have to cut out almost twenty minutes of us ranting about how the federal and state governments are failin...