The Friendchise Podcast

Tyler and Konnery grow out their horns as they return to Mike Mignola's monstruous universe and Failed Franchise Friday with the reboot attempt that is Hellboy (2019)! Together they discuss where and who the director is, David Harbour and Milla Jovovich's promising casting in a flaming sea of junk, the chaos that is this movie's script, and so much more on this hellish Failed Franchise Friday epis...

Tyler and Konnery cross the galaxy to return to the hunt when they cover the newest installment in the Yautjatastic action-sci fi franchise, "Predator: Badlands (2025)"! Together they discuss Predator culture and the series finally exploring it, the effortless charms of Midwestern synth Elle Fanning, all the cool new Predator weapons, dive perhaps a bit too deep into another recent sci fi franchis...

Tyler and Konnery are joined by Tecate-drinking, elf-smashing companion Cameron Takeda to wrap out Guillermo del Toro's horror action duology with "Hellboy II: The Golden Army"! Together they discuss Guillermo's post Pan's Labyrinth acclaim, the incredible creature and set designs, this second film's strength at standing on its own story, dive deep into each other's histories with comic books, and...

Tyler and Konnery are joined by B.P.R.D. member Ryan Hasegawa to fight off supernatural fascists, Lovecraftian horrors and teenage romances as they cover Guillermo del Toro's "Hellboy (2004)"! Together they discuss Mike Mignola's original comic, honor GDT's new take on Frankenstein, the humor and teamwork found the team of heroic freaks, beautiful creature design, and so much more in this quip-whi...

Tyler and Konnery go insane as they hear the call of Mother Lachrymarum, forcing them to cover the final installment in Dario Argento's The Three Mothers trilogy, "Mother of Tears"! Together they discuss the sharp falloff as a sequel, the visual shift from color lights to daylight, the complicated history of the film's lead, witch gangs, and so much more on this screeching monkey episode of The Fr...

Tyler and Konnery witness the rise of a child supervillain and the death of a movie series as they cover this month's spooky Failed Franchise Friday with, "Brightburn" (2019)! Together they discuss Superman alt-history what if's, if it's ok to give a kid a gun for his birthday (probably not??), if following an evil protagonist can sustain a franchise, the James Gunn connection and so much more on...

Tyler and Konnery are joined by returning horror champ Brennan Klein to cover the second installment in Dario Argento's Three Mothers trilogy, "Inferno (1980)"! Together they discuss Argento's alluring visual flair stacked up against multiple protagonists, meandering storytelling, cat and rat stunts, how it stacks up to Suspiria and so much more on this burning new episode of The Friendchise Podca...

Tyler and Konnery are joined by giallo guide Taylor Agajanian to kick off a spooky trilogy that begins with the horror classic, "Suspiria" (1977)! Together they discuss Dario Argento's obsession with the occult, the origins of giallo films, the absolutely beautiful terror of the movie's set design, music, lighting, and dream imagery, and so much more on this wickedly witchy episode of The Friendch...

Tyler and Konnery fire their start pistol and get scammed by a Great Depression con artist when they return to Yorkshire one last time to wrap up the Downton franchise with "Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale" (2025)! Together they discuss Tyler being pulled into the franchise by Paul Giamatti's small role in this film (not to mention pondering his Smash Bros. character), the Chad Mr. Carson and Virg...

Tyler and Konnery climb higher into the Julian Fellowes universe when they investigate attic water damage and cover "Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)"! Together they discuss the struggles of buying a new hat, the slight British irritations of visiting France, proper 1920s aspect, Maggie Smith's final quippiness, and so much more on this prim and proper episode of The Friendchise Podcast! What's New...

Tyler and Konnery eat pizza atop the Sphinx, warp fight in the Roman Colosseum, and avoid a holy war as they cover this month's Failed Franchise Friday with "Jumper (2008)"! Together they they play a new Friendmail (thanks for the name Cameron!), discuss the metaphysics behind jumping powers, the once-planned Jumper trilogy, Hayden Christensen's undersung Hollywood career, and so much more on this...

Tyler and Konnery make preparations for the King as they kick off a new film franchise with "Downton Abbey (2019)"! Together they discuss the many many characters of both the upstairs and downstairs of the Abbey, who the real MVP is, royalty at this "lesser" manor, the one Irish guy hanging out with all the Brits, and so much more on this dutiful episode of The Friendchise Podcast! What's New: Tyl...

Tyler and Konnery are joined by Freaky fanatics Lily Denering Young and Nina McLaughlin to explore both Freaky Friday (2003) and the new sequel, "Freakier Friday"! Together they discuss Lindsay Lohan's career on and off the screen, Jamie Lee Curtis' always effortless performances, the confusing amount of characters in the sequel, the world logic of how Freakying works, and so much more on this exp...

Tyler and Konnery are joined by Police Squad Pun Commissioner Joseph Horne to crack open the hilarious new case file, "The Naked Gun (2025)"! Together they discuss their initial doubts that quickly became pure joy encompassed by chili dog poop jokes, magic snowman threesomes, Pam Anderson's scatting prowess, Frank Drebin, Jr's absolutely genius stupidity, a metric ton of coffee cups and so much mo...

Tyler and Konnery set movie franchises aside for an episode to celebrate their 250th release and have each other discuss a movie recommended for the other! Konnery has Tyler communicate with all parts of the alien timeline with Arrival (2016) and Tyler has Konnery dive into the depths of space horror with Event Horizon (1997). They discuss stacked casts, Lovecraftian horror, what makes a movie loo...

Tyler and Konnery are joined by local space outlaw and Star Wars megafan Taylor McLaughlin to dissect the entertaining flop that is "Solo: A Star Wars Story"! Together they discuss prequelitis, huge production changes, go deep on Star Wars side characters, talk the Millennium Falcon ride at Disneyland, and so much more on this coaxium smuggling episode of The Friendchise Podcast! What's New: Kon:...

Tyler and Konnery reunite for a much-delayed new installment of Failed Franchise Friday, where they cover a movie that was set up to be a franchise, and ended up going nowhere. Except in our hearts, and in our SOULS such as The Host (2013). Listen to the boys open a special message from a gorilla-suited friend, talk about ponytails, cave wheat, falling asleep to soothing Spanish guitar, Holes, and...

Tyler and Konnery board their U-Wing and join the Rebellion as they cover the Star Wars standalone prequel "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"! Together they dive deep into the must-see TV that is Andor, explore its relevant themes to modern America, discuss reshoots and rewrites, superb sci fi casting, and so much more on this Death Star plan-stealing episode of The Friendchise Podcast! What's New: Ko...

Tyler and Konnery roar back into the Jurassic Park franchise to cover its newest release, "Jurassic World Rebirth"! Together they discuss the soft reboot releasing so quickly after Dominion, dinos vs kaiju, kindhearted mercenaries, misophonia-inducing Altoid crunches and so much more on this mutant episode of The Friendchise Podcast! What’s New: Kon: The Terror (Netflix), The Importance of Being E...

Tyler and Konnery are joined by superfriend Jacob Padilla to breakdown the brand new kickoff to the DCU franchise, "Superman (2025)"! Together they discuss the spot on casting, incredible comic book moments, the difference between a film and an experience, how topical the film's themes are to this moment, and so much more on this superpowered episode of The Friendchise Podcast! What's New! Tyler:...

Tyler and Konnery are joined by Lily Denering Young to try to outrun death as they cover "Final Destination Bloodlines"! Together they discuss this film's different character dynamics compared to earlier installments, the long gap between films, explore their most and least favorite deaths, the incredible Tony Todd's final performance, oblivious dump truck drivers, and so much more on this Death-n...

Tyler and Konnery fight each other before they unite to fight a greater warrior force known as, "Predator: Killer of Killers"! Together they discuss the Predator franchise's swing into animation, Dan Trachtenberg's promising past and future career, which other franchise movie characters would fare well in a game of Predliest Warrior, teen boy buttrock cinema, and so much more on this skyhooking ep...

Tyler and Konnery plunge into the nine circles of Hell to wrap up the Dan Brown cinematic universe with "Inferno"! Together they lose their memories, run around Italy (AND Istanbul) to stop a virus that changes your eye color, use basically no symbols, and Tyler travelogues about his recent honeymoon (again!). All this and so much more on this evil-TED-talk episode of The Friendchise Podcast! What...

Tyler and Konnery do as the Romans do as they cover the Robert Langdon papal conspiracy thriller, "Angels & Demons"! Together they discuss Langdon's new haircut, "bad popes," podcast interns, and Tyler describes his honeymoon to Rome including an eye-opening trip to the Vatican Museum. All this and so much more on this fire and brimstone episode of The Friendchise Podcast! What's New: Tyler: Thund...

Tyler and Konnery dive deep into Christian conspiracy theories, master artworks, and mid-2000s zeitgeist as they cover the colossal box office hit, "The Da Vinci Code"! Together they discuss the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of this book adaptation, self-flagellate over the strange monocultural fascinations of the early aughts, Robert Langdon's hairdo OF COURSE and so much more on this Holy Grai...