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This week we took a dive into Universal's dark universe with the werewolf movie that started it all The Wolf Man, the 1941 black and white classic about a creepy man who gets even creepier. Tune in next week when our movie will be... Teen Witch .  ----- Watch Emily, Jordan, and Matt every weekend on Good Mythical Weekend . Also watch Emily's show Emily, Have You Seen This? on Mythical Society! Jor...

A listener found the movie that has been haunting Emily's dreams since she saw the box art as a child. And that movie is Stripped To Kill 2: Live Girls which is a movie about... idk man. Tune in next week when our movie will be... The Wolfman (1941) ----- See Matt and wife Francesca Fiorentini do a live podcast The Bitchuation Room at the Elysian Theater in Los Angeles on May 30th. Get your ticket...

This week we watched Tim Burton's greatest Batman movie Batman Returns, starring Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito, and Christopher Walken. Tune in next week when our movie will be... Stripped To Kill 2: Live Girls. ----- See Matt and wife Francesca Fiorentini do a live podcast The Bitchuation Room at the Elysian Theater in Los Angeles on May 30th. Get your tickets now! See Emily do...

This week we watched the movie that made whip cream bikinis every teen boy’s fantasy until they reached adulthood and realized the mess wasn’t worth it, the 1999 film Varsity Blues, starring James Van Der Beek. Tune in next week when our movie will be… Batman Returns. —-- Jordan contributed to Godzilla vs LA , a comic book anthology which comes out April 30th and all the proceeds will go to those...

This week Emily, Jordan, and guest producer Steven Ray Morris ( See Jurassic Right podcast ) are joined by the hilarious Sierra Katow ( TV Chef Fantasy League ) to talk about Don Bluth's best masterpiece The Land Before Time. Tune in next week when our movie will be... Varsity Blues . ----- LAST CHANCE TO GET TICKETS TO SEE MATT LIEB AT COBBS IN SAN FRANCISCO! MAY 7th! Listen to TV Chef Fantasy Le...

This week we watched the classic 1999 thriller The Talented Mr. Ripley , starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, and the amazing Philip Seymour Hoffman. It's like Liar Liar but with more murder! Tune in next week when our movie will be... The Land Before Time. ----- Get our merch at https://maxfunstore.com/ Emily Fleming has a NEW SHOW available right now on Mythical Society called "Emily,...

This week we are dune something we've always wanted to be dune! The free movie gods must have been dune us a solid when they made David Lynch's Dune (1984) free with ads and now we're dune you the favor of talking about it. Stop what you're dune and listen to it! Tune in next week when our movie will be... The Talented Mr. Ripley ----- Jordan contributed to Godzilla vs LA , a comic book anthology...

To celebrate 4/20 (the marijuana holiday), we decided to watch the infamous 1936 US propaganda film Reefer Madness, about how weed makes you violent and good at piano. Tune in next week when our movie will be... David Lynch's Dune (1984) ----- Thank you to our jumbotron from Magica Riot. You can get your own Jumbotron by going to Maximumfun.org/jumbotron Jordan contributed to Godzilla vs LA , a co...

We picked this week's movie based on vibes alone. We watched the 1967 horror film She Freak , about a woman who works at a carnival freak show. Tune in next week when our movie will be... Reefer Madness (1936) ----- If you missed our Fern Gully watch-a-long during the MaxFunDrive, you can watch it here!  See Jordan Jesse Go! Live in Chicago 4/11 at the Sleeping Village. Buy tickets here. While in...

This week we watch Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, the shockingly not bad film version of the 90's kids TV show about teens who do activities. Tune in next week when our movie will be... She Freak (1967) ----- See Jordan Jesse Go! Live in Chicago 4/11 at the Sleeping Village. Buy tickets here. While in Chicago, Jordan will also be at the C2E2 Comic Book convention ! Also, Jordan contribut...

If you haven't yet become a MaxFun member then you are missing out on Free With Ads bonus episodes in which we talk about TV pilots we saw for free!  In order to entice you, we've decided to break you off a little piece of boco from our bonus episode on the Buffy The Vampire Slayer pilot. Enjoy this tasty treat and please join to hear more! Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a...

For the final week of the MaxFunDrive we invited Stuart and Dan from The Flop House to take a break from bad movies and watch the Best Picture winner "The Apartment" starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine. Tune in next week when our movie will be... Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie Listen to The Flop House , it's very good! Catch Emily Fleming and Jordan Morris at Wondercon ! Matt Lieb a...

It's the first week of the MaxFunDrive 2025 and to celebrate we are giving you a cult classic, the inimitable erotic 90s sexy dance movie Showgirls, starring Elizabeth Berkeley. Tune in next week when our movie will be The Apartment , with special guests The Flop House ----- We are doing a livestream AMA on the MaxFun Youtube channel tonight at 8pm PST! Come watch! Help support this show and unloc...

It’s not MaxFunDrive without a wild kickoff spectacular! Former real-life VJ and host of MTV's Spring Break 1999, Dave Holmes, takes your favorite MaxFun hosts through some wacky ‘90s- and Spring Break-themed mini games!! Featuring: Dave Holmes, Jeremy Bent, Oscar Montoya, Dimitry Pompée, Tom Lum, Ellen Weatherford, Alex Schmidt, Brenda Snell, Drea Clark, Alonso Duralde, Dan McCoy, Jordan Morris,...

This week the free movie gods blessed us with a quality romantic period piece, the 2005 Keira Knightley version of Pride and Prejudice, starring Matthew Macfadyen as a british guy! Tune in next week when our movie will be... Showgirls. ----- Emily Fleming has a NEW SHOW coming to Mythical Society called "Emily, Have You Seen This?" and you should see this! Matt Lieb and Francesca Fiorentini will b...

This week we invited podcaster and senior editor at Marvel Comics Jordan D. White to the pod to talk about the sci-fi horror film Cube ! Tune in next week when our movie will be... Pride and Prejudice (2005) ----- Listen to Jordan D. White's podcast Nature Trail To Hell! Emily Fleming has a NEW SHOW coming to Mythical Society called "Emily, Have You Seen This?" and you should see this! Matt Lieb a...

This week we watched our first ever silent film, the 1922 classic Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horror.  Tune in next week when our movie will be... Cube (1998) ------- Become a MaxFun member and listen to our new bonus episode about the pilot to Pee-Wee's Playhouse . Matt Lieb and Francesca Fiorentini will be at the Sacramento Punch Line on March 16th! Buy tickets now! Also, Matt and Francesca will be...

Free With Ads is officially 1 year old! And to celebrate this milestone, we decided to watch a movie we have referenced many times on the pod, the 1990 monster movie Tremors, starring Kevin Bacon. Tune in next week when our movie will be... Nosferatu (1922)   Become a MaxFun member and listen to our new bonus episode about the pilot to Pee-Wee's Playhouse . Matt Lieb and his wife will be doing com...

The free movie gods have blessed us this week with one of the podcast's most beloved childhood movies Who Framed Roger Rabbit , about a lovesick animated rabbit who is framed for murder. Emily Fleming is on cameo now! Matt Lieb and his wife will be doing comedy at the Ice House in Pasadena o n Wednesday February 19th, at 7:30pm! Jordan has a story in an issue of Marvel Comics Spiderman, it's calle...

This week we had our new best friend Alison Rosen on the pod to talk about the cult classic Valley Girl, starring a teenage Nicolas Cage. Listen to Alison Rosen's podcast Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend. Also, subscribe to Alison Rosen's patreon and substack! Emily Fleming is on cameo now! Matt Lieb and his wife will be doing comedy at the Ice House in Pasadena o n Wednesday February 19th, at...

This week we did our first ever live Free With Ads podcast at SF Sketchfest! Join Matt, Emily, Jordan, and special guest comedian Shanna Christmas as we talk about the movie Twilight, live at the San Francisco Punch Line comedy club. Follow Shanna on instagram! Emily Fleming is on cameo now! Matt Lieb's sister's house burned down in the Altadena fire. If you can, please donate to her GoFundMe. Jor...

Can you dig it? Yes, you can. And so can we. Which is why we all decided to watch the 1979 cult classic gang movie The Warriors! Congratulations to the winner of the merch photo contest SHAWN ATWOOD! We hope you enjoy your Godzilla remix which you can hear at the very end of the episode! Matt Lieb's sister's house burned down in the Altadena fire. If you can, please donate to her GoFundMe. Join th...

This week the Free With Ads podcast finally found our white whale! The 1990 Warren Beatty comic book epic "Dick Tracy" starring some of the best actors in the world wearing some of the worst makeup in the world.  Matt Lieb's sister's house burned down in the Altadena fire. If you can, please donate to her GoFundMe. Emily Fleming is on cameo now! Jordan will be at Pasadena Comic Con on January 26th...

Happy New Year! Our resolution? Watch more free movies! So in that spirit we decided to watch the 1999 horror flop BATS, which is about scary mutant bats and stars actual great actors like Lou Diamond Phillips. Jordan has a story in an issue of Marvel Comics Spiderman, it's called Web Of Spiderverse which comes out on March 5th and you can pre-order it RIGHT HERE ! So do it! Spiderverse, coming ou...

Hey Free With Ads listeners (freebies? freeks? what do we call you guys again?). Today we have decided to post an episode of bonus content we did for MaxFun members, in order to entice you into becoming a member yourself! Which is something you should absolutely do as it helps keep the show going and it is truly great content. You can become a member by clicking here! The episode we've unlocked fo...