FilmDrunk Frotcast

Do you remember the good ol' boy movies of the 1970s? The ones that celebrated a guy, who maybe wasn't particularly handsome, or smart, or heroic, but he loved sweet cars, was always up for a good time, and inexplicably surrounded by hot willing women? Well Mike Sacks remembers those movies, which is why he wrote 'Stinker Lets Loose,' the novelization of a "lost" 1976 CB radio classic about a cros...

This week on the Frotcast, we take advantage of our all-millennial panel (comedians Matt Lieb, Joey Avery, and Kollin Holtz) to introduce them to the critically-acclaimed 1980s classic, The Untouchables. Will they love it?! Before we get to that, we discuss Game of Thrones on Chemo Couch Time with Ben, and answer your emails. Email us at frotcast@gmail.com, donate at Patreon.com/frotcast. Frot on!...

This week on the Frotcast, Justin Halpern, recently of Powerless, joins to talk about his cancelled show being Adam West's final screen credit, accuse Vince of being the new Armond White, and tell apocryphal stories about Lord and Miller on the set of Method Man shows. We talk about the critical hive mind, what Lord and Miller must've done to get canned from the Han Solo movie, DC fans, Marvel, an...

This week on the Frotcast, we break down Colin Trevorrow's Book of Henry (the worst film of the year?), the week's worst takes (both Cosby and Kevin Durant-based), and Uber's disastrous board meeting. Panel includes Vince Mancini, Matt Lieb, Brendan, and fresh from the Giants game, Joey Avery. 3:00 - Uber's awesome press conference 16:15 - Is 'Book of Henry' the worst movie of the year? And how mu...

THIS WEEK ON THE FROTCAST: I interview Demetri Martin. "Sexist" Wonder Woman reviews? The Mummy, and the rise of the "shared universe." Tom Cruise's ageless asexuality. Is the Babadook gay? Your email questions. Your panel includes Vince Mancini from FilmDrunk/Uproxx, co-host Brendan, and comedians Matt Lieb and Allison Mick. Donate at Patreon.com/Frotcast! Intro - Is Wonder Woman a Zionist? 5:33...

Drew Magary from Deadspin/GQ (whose latest novel, The Hike, drops on paperback in July) by this week to talk Big Summer Camp, Fargo, and whether sports reporters are more obnoxious than film critics. We also talk Netflix's Roger Stone documentary, Get Me Roger Stone. Is it not ironic that the guy who brought the "cuck"-shouting alt-right to national prominence was once run out of Washington over a...

Lost City of Z author David Grann's new book, Killers of the Flower Moon, is about the mass murder -- through gunshots, bombs, and poisoning -- of almost the better part of an entire generation of Osage Indians in the teens and 1920s, carried out in order to inherit their lucrative mineral rights. Originally hailed as one of the FBI's first and defining successes, Grann's investigation uncovers fo...

Would Guardians Of The Galaxy even exist without The Fifth Element? The Luc Besson classic turns 20 this week, the same week as Star Wars Day, which is fitting, because The Fifth Element is my Star Wars. We're talking Fifth Element this week with Matt Lieb from AJ+, Brendan (who thinks the Fifth Element is dumb!) and Vince. We also talk Fyre Festival, hockey names, and play the Royalty Freestyle,...

This week on the Frot, I chat with TV critic Alan Sepinwall about Breaking Bad and Peak TV, and we talk about Alex Jones and the Berkeley bike lock bandit conspiracy (or not). We also talk Veep, Silicon Valley's Papa Roach joke, and The Leftovers. Panel includes Matt Lieb from AJ+, Brendan, and comedian Jane Harrison, who had her first lesbian experience this past week and is now a squirting truth...

As our former co-host Bret says, "I don't actually believe most people want freedom or fulfillment. Most people want to die barfing from eating a thousand Doritos Locos Snickers Icecream Tacos while jerking off to a giant bug zapper that says 'TITS.'" It seems to me that this observation applies especially well to The Fate Of The Furious, a movie so excessive it's kind of exhausting. At least, tha...

SB Nation's Matt Ufford joins the Frot-fun this week, to talk the United incident (we couldn't help ourselves!), celebrity encounters, and the Big Little Lies finale. The rest of the Frot crew includes Vince Mancini, Matt Lieb, and Joey Avery. Donate at Patreon dot com slash Frotcast, and frot on!     

Leah Carroll's mom was murdered when she was four by a man who would go on to receive protection from the Rhode Island Police, until he died himself just a few years later of a heart attack during a road rage incident on his way to go skydiving while carrying a pocket full of cocaine. And that's not even the craziest part of the story. We hear the tale first hand from Leah, who just published Down...

Anyone see that meme going around about Paul Ryan driving off listening to Papa Roach the other day? Justin Halpern made that, as a joke, as a callback to an old story he told on the Frotcast, but everyone wanted to believe it so much that it quickly went viral. This week on the Frotcast, we talk to Justin about the origin and the aftermath, and what it's like having your dumb joke critiqued by th...

This week, it's everyone's favorite Frotcast of the year, the Name of the Year Draft! Matt Ufford from SB Nation joins Vince, Matt Lieb, and Brendan, to choose our team of the silliest names (all real names of real people). We also talk a little Trainspotting, Jeremy Renner's iPhone app, the wildest local news from Australia, and of course, the Royalty Freestyle. Donate at Patreon dot com slash Fr...

Big show this week! Matt Lieb was accepted into the Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Vince is back from Dubai, and Powerless Executive Producer Justin Halpern guests. Comedian Joey Avery is also in the Frotquarters, where we talk the Matrix reboot, Beauty and the Beast's gay character controversy, that BBC interview guy trying to steal Halpern's thunder, and Jenna Elfman's new imaginary friend show. En...

Was this the craziest Oscars ever, or what? We relive the insanity, with Seattle film critic Laremy Legel, joining comedian Joey Avery, Vince, and Brendan in the Frotquarters. Was it Warren Beatty's fault? Will those Price Waterhouse Cooper accountants commit seppuku in penance? What if it had been Moonlight that had their award taken away mid-speech? We discuss that, Fifty Shades Darker, Jason Wh...

It's Oscars week, and the Frotcast is breaking down the nominees, the history, the betting odds... haha just kidding, we're helping you plan your drinking games and breaking down the last movies we saw. Joining hosts Vince Mancini from FilmDrunk and Brendan are Matt Lieb from AJ+/The Star Wars Show and SB Nation's Matt Ufford. We discuss whether liking La La Land makes you super white, the possibl...

This week on the Frotcast, comedian Joe Sinclitico (Adam Devine's House Party) joins hosts Vince Mancini (FilmDrunk) and Brendan (former NFL practice squad member) to discuss North Korean assassinations, Taboo, and the genius Norm MacDonald. Later, we're joined by Lee Keeler of Devastator Press, who's publishing a memoir written in the style of a trading card price guide. Enjoy and frot on! Patreo...

This week on the Frotcast, we talk Sundance, Kellyanne Conway's lost stand-up set, Fifty Shades Darker, this season's top five TV shows, and of course, the Royalty Freestyle. Matt Lieb and Vince Mancini are in the Frotquarters, joined by comedian Jane Harrison in her last Frotcast before she moves to Chicago for her big new job at The Onion. Also, it's the return of Ben! Ben's been out having some...

This week we have a special edition Frotcast, recorded at the Sundance Film Festival, in which I, Vince Mancini, am joined by Jeff Bayer from Movie BS, with Bayer and Snider, and Dan Mecca, from The Film Stage. We chat about the Oscars and about Sundance -- namely, what's it like when 100,000 assholes from the coast cram into a tiny mountain town for a week? After that, I have some excerpts from m...

The Frotcast rings in 2017 with a spirited breakdown of Donald Trump and urine-gate, Meryl Streep's sports-dissing Golden Globe speech, Dan Nainan the 52-year-old millennial comedian, the year's best lacrosse names, La La Land, and of course, the Royalty Freestyle. Comedian Jane Harrison guests, joining Matt Lieb from Viceland/AJ+/The Star Wars Show, FilmDrunk's Vince Mancini, and Frotcast co-star...

Did you miss a Frotcast in 2016? We've got all the best bits from the past year, compiled into a single, massive podcast. It's much funnier with all the unfunny parts edited out. Edited by "Token," guests include  Justin Halpern,  Jane Harrison,  Joey Avery,  Jeff Bayer,  Allison Mick,  Kaseem Bentley,  Joe Sinclitico,  Francesca Fiorentini, and  Laremy Legel. Named one of Podbean's top 10 comedy...

Star Wars, Star Wars, Star Wars! The Frotcast gets professional this week, with real guest Joanna Robinson from Vanity Fair coming on to talk a real movie that we all actually saw, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. But the Frotcast being the Frotcast, we pre-empted that with 20 minutes of talk about Vince's recent butthole surgery and followed it with Matt Lieb improvising lyrics to royalty-free songs...

Between Trevor Noah's interview with Tomi Lahren and Adult Swim cancelling Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace (because of its alleged association with the alt-right), we wondered, can comedy exist between political enemies? Moreover, if you find someone's views objectionable, is it better to engage them or ostracize them? Do you win hearts and minds or deny a platform? We cover Adult Swi...

This week on the Frotcast, we're watching Monsters, Star Wars Rogue One director Gareth Edwards' first feature (timely!), which is also on Netflix (accessible!). Joining Vince and Brendan in the Frotquarters, we have comedian Joe Sinclitico (Adam Devine's House Party) and Uproxx's own Ashley Burns via Skype (from LA and Orlando, respectively). Joe tells us about how glamourous his life has gotten...