The Flop House

Hey, remember Crocodile Dundee? Remember him? Croc? Ol' Mick Dundee? Remember? Crocodile? Crocky D? Anyone? Well, The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee is about how no one remembers Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan, and he's also somehow the most important star in Hollywood. Take this strange journey with us, and with our delightful guest Ben Harrison , of The Greatest Generation . Wikipedia entry for  Th...

Elliott ACTUALLY explains Adam Warlock. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

Here we are in No-vember, best known for having "no" theme. And we kick the month off with one of the most star-studded movies that absolutely made no cultural footprint whatsoever that you could hope to see -- Breaking News in Yuba County . Wikipedia entry for  Breaking News in Yuba County Movies recommended in this episode: Primal Rage Titane New York Ninja Dear Comrades Help support this show a...

Elliott talks to us about Adam Warlock. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

We're joined for a second Shocktober by Edgar Award-winning bestselling author, screenwriter, and secret bad movie fan Gillian Flynn , to discuss The Unholy , a horror movie about a Three's Company-level name misunderstanding. Paste  https://feeds.simplecast.com/EOAFriME  into iTunes (or your favorite podcatching software) to have new episodes of The Flop House delivered to you directly, as they’r...

Those who woke up early this morning got the wrong episode -- due to a glitch, Dan ended up with a duplicate of an old file on his desktop, and that old episode is what he accidentally uploaded. This is just a note to let you know that if you delete the old file, and re-download today's episode, you will get the proper version of Episode #354 – The Unholy, with Gillian Flynn. It's a great episode...

Stuart's most ostentatiously-named mini format makes a triumphant return, as he talks to us about the Emmys, and current TV in general. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

The star of the show has returned, to answer all of our questions about ghost-sightings, but also to discuss the somehow both boring and wild adaptation of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw , The Turning . Learn more about Max Fun's Block Party here ! Wikipedia entry for  The Turning Movies recommended in this episode: The Fly To Live and Die in L.A. Breakdown We Need to Talk About Kevin Help su...

The Super Mario Bros. live show had a thrilling, good-humored, and completely unexpected special guest in Parker Bennett, one of the film's (many) writers, who showed up in the chat purely to enjoy the show, but was happy to join us for a few minutes to talk about his experience making the movie. Time constraints prevented us from talking to him as long as we'd like, so we decided to have him on a...

Smalltember concludes with a doozy: Black Easter (previously titled Assassin 33 AD , in a slightly different edit) -- the movie that dares ask "What if someone killed Jesus? ...But not like, the people who ORIGINALLY killed Jesus. What if they were TIME TRAVELING MUSLIMS?" Content warning for all sorts of islamophobic and religious stuff, but honestly, this movie is WAY too silly for much of it to...

Dan the infernal gamemaster returns to quiz Elliott and Stu on big Hollywood movies that the world has mostly forgotten. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

America's foremost hedgehog expert , Jamelle Bouie , returns to usher in Smalltember (vember) 2021, with our discussion of the make-work project for Dean Cain and Tara Reid, Andy the Talking Hedgehog . LIVE SHOW ALERT!  — We’ll be doing another streaming live show, delivered directly to your computers or whatever you use for these things! Tune in on to watch us discuss the “classic” 1993 flop  Sup...

Elliott asks Stu and Dan questions about video game movies in the form of a retro video game of the mind. Don't worry; it makes sense when you listen. Mostly. And if you want more talk about video game movies, get tickets for our streaming live show about Super Mario Bros . by clicking HERE ! Extra thanks this week to our producer and musical genius Alex Smith for the video game soundscape, and th...

If the boss baby from The Boss Baby: Family Business can enlist her family for their wacky adventures, then why can't Elliott make this a little more interesting by turning the podcast into his own little family business? His eldest son, Sammy, joins us for the movie discussion portion of the show! LIVE SHOW ALERT!  — We’ll be doing another streaming live show, delivered directly to your computers...

Stuart asks his friends a bunch of questions about themselves, and Dan and Elliott answer surprisingly sincerely. But don't worry-- there are still jokes. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

Look, you didn't think we were gonna let this one go by, did you? Does Space Jam: A New Legacy live down to the legacy of the original Space Jam, a film inexplicably loved by millennials everywhere? Or does it (gasp) manage to go even lower? ALSO: LIVE SHOW ALERT! -- We'll be doing another streaming live show, delivered directly to your computers or whatever you use for these things! Tune in on to...

https://theflophouse.simpletix.com/ We're coming at you live with another ticketed online show! We’ll be discussing 1993's SUPER MARIO BROS. , the film that fulfilled Dennis Hopper's destiny of playing an evil dinosaur king, as well as bringing you exclusive-to-this-show PowerPoint presentations, audience polls, and a live Q&A "Ask the Floppers" session at the end.  Chat with your fellow floppers...

Dan challenges the others to a game he's invented that has absolutely nothing to do with Monopoly, and everything to do with how quickly we forget the dreck we watch for this podcast. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

It's Cagemas in July! The second-cagiest time of year! So we invited Jordan Morris , creator of the Bubble podcast (available on Maximum Fun) and co-writer of the brand new Bubble graphic novel to come by and discuss the "aliens really like a good martial arts fight" action movie Jiu Jitsu , with a delightful turn by Mr. Cage as a wacky Yoda-like character. Wikipedia entry for  Jiu Jitsu Movies re...

While we're sad to say goodbye to beloved Producer Jordan, we're happy to welcome Producer Alex , as he drops by to tell us about a forgotten TV movie from horror icon Wes Craven, Invitation to Hell ! Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

We'll level with all of you -- we ALSO prefer Hallie Haglund , and are at our happiest when she comes by to join us for some film talk. So we had to pick an extra-special movie to mark the occasion. And hoo boy. That movie? The wife of former Trump treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and controversial figure in her own right , Louise Linton's vanity project (as writer, director, producer, and star) M...

With Black Widow in theaters this week, we talk about the Marvel property everyone's talking about! The Eternals! Elliott attempts to answer the important question: What's their deal? Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

Whaaat? Our second Doug Liman movie in so many episodes? It's certainly hard to give Locked Down as much shit as we gave Chaos Walking -- especially when it co-stars Elliott's old flame Annie. Anyway, we hope you enjoy our usual shenanigans. Life seems to be looking up, right? Are we wrong? Wikipedia entry for  Locked Down Movies recommended in this episode: The Neutral Ground The Sparks Brothers...

In the spirit of Stuart's tale about snakes, Dan shares some short fiction from his own childhood, filled with murder, moles, and an octopus with FANGS! Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

It's just back to the OP's this episode, for the discussion of the talent-packed, but passion-lite YA adaptation Chaos Walking , which honestly seems like a pretty heart-healthy way for Chaos to travel, but maybe it should check out public transit. Wikipedia entry for  Chaos Walking Movies recommended in this episode: Polyester Seance The Joke Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Becom...