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I don't know if this modern world has broken us, or what, but the clever podcast show notes just aren't flowing right now. This movie is bad and it should feel bad. Get the fuck outta here, Tom & Jerry . From hell's heart, we stab at thee. Wikipedia entry for Tom & Jerry . Movies recommended in this episode: Lucky 12 Hour Shift The Devils Born in Flames Help support this show and unlock bonus cont...

Stuart leads Dan and Elliott in a quiz game, which -- to the untrained eye -- might seem to just be an excuse to do goofy shit and talk about television. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

If we have Glen Weldon , co-host of the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast and author of the marvelous Superman: The Unauthorized Biography on as a guest, you'd better believe we're gonna go down one of the many fascinating cul-de-sacs in the "super" cinematic universe -- in this case 1984's " Supergirl ," or -- as we prefer to think about it -- The Adventures of Faye Dunaway's Fabulous Witch and Her...

Insidious game-master Dan yet again challenges Stu and Elliott to a battle of wits, and unleashes a torrent of the movies' most embarrassing GOOFS! Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

Oof, y'all. Oooof. Hillbilly Elegy ? More like Who'll-Kill-Me Smellogy! Got 'em! The Peaches discuss the controversial book-turned-apolitical and emotionally incomprehensible Oscar-bait sob-fest / catalog of yells. Also, if you missed the Teen Wolf live show, but wish you'd seen, you still can! Access to the recorded version is available until 12PM ET on Sunday 2/14! https://theflophouse.simpletix...

We talk with Joel Church-Cooper , creator of the show Brockmire , about what it's like to talk to actors about their less successful projects. Also, the Flop House VIRTUAL LIVE SHOW, is TONIGHT, Saturday, February 6th, at 9 pm Eastern! Just $10! Buy a ticket  HERE ! And if you want exclusive, only available for a limited time TOUR SHIRTS, go HERE ! Help support this show and unlock bonus content!...

Yeah, but what if the mutants... were NEW? Hello from the Magic Tavern' s Arnie Niekamp joins the Peaches to talk about the long-anticipated, long-troubled, X-Men universe teen horror movie, The New Mutants ! PLEASE NOTE! The audio at the beginning of the episode is pretty bad, due to technical problems that had our guest's audio dropping out occasionally, but it DOES clear up fairly quickly, so p...

Elliott quizzes us about prequels. Does anybody like them? Why prequels? WHY? Also, remember to get a ticket for the Flop House VIRTUAL LIVE SHOW, on Saturday, February 6th, at 9 pm Eastern! Just $10! Buy a ticket  HERE ! Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

Faith and begorrah, sit right down laddies, lasses, and those not defined by the outdated gender binary, and we'll spin ye a tale of an emerald island far away, where no one talks like a real human, and all their problems are blarney. Tis a tale called Wild Mountain Time , and at least some in th' podcast think it's as barmy as Old McGarrigle's mule! Also, we’re doing a new Flop House VIRTUAL LIVE...

Stuart cracks the code to TV writing success, and gets some notes from his friends in the industry. Also, we're doing a new Flop House VIRTUAL LIVE SHOW! On Saturday, February 6th, at 9 pm Eastern, we'll be talking about TEEN WOLF , America's top basketball movie! We'll also be doing presentations, Q&A, and a few NEW SURPRISES! Worried that you CAN'T WATCH LIVE? Worry not! Ticket holders have a we...

The Flop House is on tour again! Virtually!  TIME: Saturday, February 6th, 9 pm ET!  MOVIE: TEEN WOLF (you demanded it!)  + presentations, audience Q&A, and more!  PRICE: Only $10?!  CAN'T WATCH LIVE? It'll be archived for a week for ticket holders! TICKET LINK: https://theflophouse.simpletix.com/e/62711 Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joi...

Cagemas comes but once a year! Unless, since this one is a little late, it will technically come twice this year, and none times last year. It's confusing. It's annual is what we're saying. We celebrate the work of Saint Nicolas Cage this time with a discussion of the snakes-on-a-boat-and-also-other-animals thriller Primal . And for an august occasion like this one, you need a special guest! So th...

We devote this mini entirely to the most obvious topic for a show being released the day after Christmas -- Big Johnson T-shirts. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

We've been wanting to get Alonso Duralde on the show for a while -- not only because he's the senior film critic for The Wrap , and not only because he's the host or co-host of a number of podcasts, including Max Fun's own Who Shot Ya? , but because he literally wrote the book on Christmas movies . So, of course, this holiday season he picked a movie that barely sort of has Christmas stuff in it -...

We break out of our normal format a bit for this BONUS EPISODE! How so? Well, #1, we watched a movie that we were all pretty sure we'd like (and, spoiler alert, we did) -- the body-swap horror-comedy " Freaky ," and #2, instead of doing letters and recommendations, we take a bit of extra time to talk to our guest about her long career.  Who is that guest? The wonderful Barbara Crampton , star of l...

Holiday hustle and bustle means it's finally time to release the OTHER episode, taped at Boston’s CitySpace, about Godzilla: King of the Monsters . CAN YOU HANDLE THE THRILLS? Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

Elliott gives us a report from the field about the Douglas Trumbull directorial effort Brainstorm ! Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

Greeting boils and ghouls and gender non-kill-forming! For the spooookiest holiday of the year, Thanksgiving, we discuss the very appropriate Happy Halloween, Scooby Doo ! Why? Well, we ask our guest, the hilarious absolute sweetheart, Justin McElroy , that very question -- you may know him as one of the hosts of Max Fun's own My Brother My Brother and Me , T he Adventure Zone , Sawbones , and man...

Renowned author Stuart Wellington gives us a reading from his early work: a stirring epic about snakes. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

And so we arrive at November, so named because it has no special theme. And, folks, we'll admit... this MIB: International episode is a weird one. Why? Well, finding out is part of the fun. But our guest for this show is Annabelle Gurwitch , from Max Fun's new Tiny Victories podcast, as well as TBS's Dinner and a Movie, countless acting roles, and quite a few books. Enjoy. Movies recommended in th...

Hi everyone. Was digging through the archives to see if there was anything we could release today, because it seems like maybe people could use a distraction right now. Anyway, found this old recording of the audio from one of our earliest live shows, way back in 2013, where we riffed over the movie Bratz, and decided to make it public (there are MP3s floating around, but we never put it on the ma...

2020 may be miserable, but it's STILL HALLOWEEN DAMN IT. So we assembled a crack team of the Flop House gang, plus comedy writers Mike Reiss and Ken Keeler (who, between them, are responsible for much of the greatness of The Simpsons, The Critic, and Futurama) to discuss the most important and timely issue possible -- the 1962 novelty hit, The Monster Mash. Also, if you're reading this on the day...

Our guest this week is Gillian Flynn , bestselling author of Gone Girl, Sharp Objects, and Dark Places, showrunner for Amazon's Utopia, screenwriter of Widows and adaptations of her own work, winner of the Edgar Award, and BAFTA nominee. We have no idea why she agreed to do this either. But we're happy she did, because for our second and final SHOCKTOBER 2020 movie, our horror-aficionado guest pic...

Dan challenges Stu and Elliott to a Jackie Chan-related duel. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop

It's here! It's here! It's here! Did you get us any SHOCKTOBER presents? We got YOU something -- a discussion of this year's Fantasy Island , the goofy horror (?) movie based on the decidedly NOT horror 1970's light fantasy television anthology. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinflop