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H.A.G.S. Class clown? Group project MVP? Debate club president? Leaves a mark? Do you agree with our picks for the Villain Yearbook Awards? Which villain would you nominate for an award? Have an idea for an episode? Email us at rodentomatoes@gmail.com Follow us on Letterboxd! (Please, it helps us feel good about ourselves.) Ben - https://boxd.it/3DGMx Brady - https://boxd.it/73Etn

Who at Cinema High will be crowned with prestigious awards? Most likely to succeed. Best dressed. Most school spirit. Plus the tangential pitfalls that Ben and Brady can't seem to avoid. Do you love movies?  Do you tolerate our shenanigans? Follow us on Letterboxd! Ben - https://boxd.it/3DGMx Brady - https://boxd.it/73Etn

Alan Watts once said that “trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.” And we took that personally. Enjoy 50 tooth-chomping minutes in which we explain why Pixar is America’s most dangerous gateway drug and identify the movies that shaped our cinematic taste. Er, tastes. Respectively.   Do you love movies? Do you tolerate our shenanigans? Follow us on Letterboxd! Ben - https:...

Britton Watkins ain't got time to bleed, but lucky for us, just enough time for a rousing conversation on Roden Tomatoes. Unstrap your plasma caster and join us for a fun chat about the joy of creating a fictional language, the diction of Snuffleupagus, and the perils of being jump-scared by your own mouth. Predator: Badlands now streaming on Hulu Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues Conlang co...

This is it. This season's Return of the Jedi—the long awaited conclusion to a saga. In this, the final episode of season 1 of Roden Tomatoes, two bearded white men rank the remaining 2nd installment movies  of famous (or destined to become) trilogies. On the chopping block Moana 2, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Shrek 2, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Lord of the Rings: The Two...

In a bold move nobody expected, Ben and Brady turn this sequel tier list into it's own trilogy. In this episode (that sounds like it was recorded in zoom or mixed by Christopher Nolan for IMAX) the dudes rank The Dark Knight,  The Empire Strikes Back, How to Train Your Dragon 2, and Matrix Reloaded.

The second installment, the maker or breaker or trilogies. Ben and Brady jump on the hottest trend on the internet and create a tier list for middle section of some of the most iconic movie throuples.

Ben and Brady sit down for a chat about Friendship—does that mean the relational concept or the 2024 film starring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd? How about both!? NOTE for those returning to the pod: This is the first time in our show's recorded history where we struggle to muppetize a film. It's not about the destination though, right?

A good amount of controversy surrounded the 2024 film Conclave, but not for the reason you might think. In a semi-relevant to the times discussion, B & B jump into the deep end and explore the outrage behind the lack of Muppet casting in a film with a supposed progressive agenda.

Does it get any better than Michael B. Jordan? How about TWO Micheal B. Jordan? Ben B. Roden and Brady B. Tomatoes think back on their experience when watching Ryan B. Coogler's southern vampire flick Sinners.  O lawdy dis gon' be a good!

B-rodies & B.Tomaties discuss the latest installment in the Predator franchise Predator: Badlands (2025). Is it good? Does it do the other films in the franchise justice? Do we need a Muppet remake?

With great nostalgia, comes lengthy conversation. We re-watched the Spider-man trilogy...and have a lot to say, some good, some bad, and some muppets.

Fatherhood, Chris Pratt's voice, and the Melon Deep State. Ben and Brady passionately discuss the hottest topics in the film industry and how it all fits into the journey one takes in becoming a movie guy.

In this shocking continuation, Ben and Brady continue to discuss the most upvoted comment from a 2017 Reddit post and continuously divulge juicy blurbs about their own journey.

There are plenty of movie guys out there—but no journey to Movie guy-dom is the same. Ben and Brady discuss the most upvoted comment on a Reddit post from 2017 and divulge bits of their own journey.

Let's talk about the blood-sucking, shriveled frog legged, mustached masterpiece Nosferatu (2024). What's good? What's bad? Would it be better as a Muppet remake?