In the Fleapit

The 2023 awards season is in full swing  people, so of course, Angus and Will are here to give you an informative but funny run-down of all the winners at the Critics' Choice awards earlier this month. There were certainly plenty of surprises and upsets!

The boys are back for the new year, and they're kicking things off by giving a lengthy—but hilarious and in depth—summary of the 2023 Golden Globes that aired on the 11th of January. Angus and Will talk about the ceremony's funniest, savage, and awkward moments, as well as who they hoped to win each TV and film category and those who ultimately took home the prize.

It's the final day of In the Fleapit's '12 Days of Christmas' and Christmas Day here down under! For this episode, Will covers an acclaimed animated feature film that managed to rack up an Oscar nomination, but often slips past people looking for new and fresh Christmas films, 2019s 'Klaus.' Angus talks about a film that we previous recasted that he finds absolutely t...

On the eleventh day of Christmas, Fleapit gives to you, a casting of the 'The Polar Express.' For this episode, Angus and Will both present their picks for a cast of a live action adaptation of the 2004 motion capture animated film 'The Polar Express.' The boys have also chosen a diverse age range and certain plot tweaks for their adaptation!

On the tenth day of Christmas, Fleapit gives to you, an underrated Christmas. For this episode, the boys talk about the cast, plot, themes, and moments in one of their favourite Christmas films of all time—and one that has some much needed representation, and a fresh take on what it means to be a holiday movie—2020s 'Happiest Season.'

On the ninth day of Christmas, Fleapit gives to you, a ranking of the top ten highest grossing Christmas films of all time. That's right, listen to this episode to find out where the boys place some of cinema's most lucrative holiday films like The Holiday, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, and The Santa Clause. 

On the eighth day of Christmas, Fleapit gives to you, the classic 'It's a Wonderful Life.' When we think of our favourite Christmas films, we often tend to overlook the films that older generations grew up with. So for this episode, Angus and Will are covering the 1946 holiday classic that they both watched recently for the very first time, 'It's a Wonderful Life.' A...

On the seventh day of Christmas, Fleapit gives to you, their favourite Christmas episodes. That's right, for this mini-episode, Angus and Will talk about their top 5 episodes in TV where the holidays took centre stage and put their Christmas spirit and wholesomeness on full display. What is your favourite TV show that does Christmas like no other?

On the sixth day of Christmas, Fleapit gives to you, a recasting of 'Love Actually'! For this mini-episode, the boys are doing their biggest recasting in the podcast's history, and tackling the 2003 Christmas film that raked in a 400% increase of its budget at the box office, 'Love Actually.'

On the fifth day of Christmas, Fleapit gives to you, their 28th main episode! For this one, Angus covers a bad Christmas film that he just can't help enjoy watching, even though he knows it's terrible, 2004s 'Christmas with the Kranks' starring Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis. Will talks about a cult Christmas favourite that commonly ranks high up on magazines' lists of bes...

On the fourth day of Christmas, Fleapit gives to you, a discussion on Christmas music in film! For this episode, Angus and Will have a chat about some of their favourite soundtracks, songs, and scenes from Christmas movies that have stood out in the film industry, and pop culture. What's your favourite Christmas film when it comes to music?

On the third day of Christmas, Fleapit gives to you, a celebrity Santa face-off! While the world is enjoying the FIFA World Cup, Angus and Will decided to put their own spin on the knockout tournament formula and pick a large group of actresses and actors, pit them against one another, and see who can come out on top as the next person to put on the red suit for a Christmas film.

On the second day of Christmas, Fleapit gives to you, their top 5 unofficial Christmas movies! That's right, this mini-episode is all about those films we love that partially take place around the holidays, or have that Christmas spirit that somehow make their way onto all our December watch lists. 

Welcome to In the Fleapit's 'Twelve Days of Christmas!' To kick things off, the boys recast one of the most iconic and most watched Christmas films of all time, the 1990 smash-hit 'Home Alone,' starring child star Macaulay Culkin. Who do you think should be the mother screaming 'KEVIN!' on an aeroplane, and who should be the Wet Bandits getting smacked around by...

For this mini-episode, the boys go full-on conspiracy theory mode and discuss a plethora of Mandela effects from films. Some of these are crazy, and some are so agreed upon that it's hard to imagine seeing certain details any other way. Listen now to see which side of the effect you're on!

In this recasting mini-episode, the boys tackle a fan favourite musical that made bank at the box-office and reintroduced ABBA's discography into 21st century pop music, 2008s 'Mamma Mia.'

For this Halloween special episode, Will tells Angus about one of vintage Hollywood's most infamous and devastating moments: the murder of rising starlet Sharon Tate. This is not just your run of the mill true crime episode though, also covered is the circumstances behind Tate's murder—Charles Manson and the Manson Family cult—and details about her childhood, life, and  career in film an...

It is the final Halloween main-episode for In the Fleapit's first even themed month! This week, Angus covers the lacklustre sequel to a cult-horror favourite, 2019s 'Doctor Sleep,' based on the Stephen King novel of the same name. Will talks about the hilarious horror/comedy series by the hit and miss Ryan Murphy, 2015s Season One of 'Scream Queens.'

The first Halloween mini-episode this week is all about what people often overlook when watching horror films: the music! The boys pick their 5 favourite horror film scores and compositions.

This week, Will covers the overrated supernatural film that kickstarted one of 21st century horrors most successful franchises, 2013s 'The Conjuring,' as well as the "true story" behind the film. Angus talks about a underrated sequel to a film that exploded at box-offices across the globe, with everyones favourite clown, 2019s 'It Chapter Two.'

This mini-episode is all about the element of horror films that transcend film and makes it way into society, and especially Halloween—killer costumes. We've all seen people use a sheet to dress up as a ghost, or a broomstick and hat to turn into a witch, but what about the Ghostface's; the Michael Myer's masks; the Jason Voorhees hockey-masks! Angus and Will are here to rank eighte...

For this week's first spooky themed mini-episode, the boys recast a staple film that helped to cement the slasher genre and outline its common tropes, 1996s 'Scream'— a film that gave us the iconic line of "What's your favourite scary movie?" and our first look at one of the most recognisable villain costumes of all time, Ghostface.

This week, the boys continue their Halloween month with Angus talking about a horror film with a unique—but weak—style, that he thinks is the definition of boring, 2007s 'Paranormal Activity.' Will covers the underrated and perfectly rebooted edition to the Scream franchise, 2011s 'Scream 4.' Angus

For this mini-episode recasting on a nearly perfect date of Thursday the 13th, the boys cover 1980s 'Friday the 13th'—a classic in the horror genre and the film that set the summer camp serial killer trend. 

This week, Angus' survival skills are put to the test by a hypothetical zombie apocalypse that hits Melbourne. Through a multiple choice quiz made by Will, with questions ranging from the best weapons all the way to what the safest home base would be, can Angus make it out alive?