There Will Be Duds

Odds and Ends: Some undiscovered bands get second chances; Nick finished the most recent season of The Righteous Gemstones and moved on to Futurama, then we talk about Old again, for some reason Feature Film: You like a lil Biskit? Hopefully you do, because we're talking about Fred Durst's infamous The Fanatic, starring a very John Travolta at his most Nic Cagey this side of Face/Off. Is i...

Odds and Ends: T.J. finally debriefs on Sound of Freedom, and the new TMNT movie; Nick talks Talk to Me, and rewatched The Iron Giant; some celebrities died, and Nick rejoices Feature Film: We dip back into the Welles well once more as we cover yet another classic of his. Featuring a Welles who has to have some makeup work done on him because he looks fucked, and also a Charlton Heston who may kin...

Hello from the past! You’re looking at a brand spanking new old episode, and we decided to stick with the Vault moniker for them. We’re now using these to venture outside of our normal fare and discuss other things we like. First up is a dive into the Nintendo Gamecube. Moreso a personal experience exchange rather than an overall general history of the console, we talk about what makes it so dang...

Odds and Ends: Josh returns to the show as our special guest host; topical as ever, we talk about the origins of the cybertruck; Nick watched a bunch of Youtube videos that call themselves a movie; one of T.J.'s favorite shows is back for one final season; Josh talks about his favorite movies of 2023 (so far) Feature Film: We discuss the cult classic (and one of Josh's favorites) Dark City...

Odds and Ends: Dr. Josh Matthews from the Learning About Movies channel on Youtube joins us this week; Moose watches a Die Hard, and the rest of us did our due diligence as moviegoers and had a Barbieheimer weekend Feature Film: We're mad as hell for Sidney Lumet's "Network." Well, most of us are. The ones who are proper film critics and have the true, correct opinion on all movi...

Odds and Ends: More Sound of Freedom bullshit; we sort of cover the Emmy noms; T.J. talks Tom; Nick started reading a weird book, and T.J. watched a weird short film Feature Film: We discuss a record setting film in being bad, 2025 The World Enslaved by a Virus. Can you guess what it's about? Because it kind of isn't that, actually. But maybe it is. No one really knows. Not even the writer...

Odds and Ends: Nick watches an old favorite and a newer non-favorite (it's fine); T.J. saw the new Indiana Jones, but really just wants to see Sound of Freedom Feature Film: We talk about the Jackie Chan classic, Police Story. Full of crazy stunts, charming comedy, and many many many panes of broken glass. It's a pretty simple movie, so we go on a few tangents, but just go with it. Next we...

Odds and Ends: We talk about Tears of the Kingdom before basically every episode now, but this time we kept it in! T.J. talks about the newest season of Black Mirror, as well as the real world equivalent he's been noticing; Nick got swept up in a new creepypasta, another Cormac McCarthy book, and a 90s classic (well, depending on who you ask) Feature Film: The legendary Sunset Boulevard is our...

Odds and Ends: The new Spider-Verse movie gets even more meta, maybe; Moose's lesbian movie weekend; Nick started another show you've probably heard a lot of people say is pretty good; T.J. watched one of the most exciting movies he's ever seen Feature Film: We talk about The Favourite, a movie that's both cold and claustrophobic, as well as hot and... gay. Not in a bad way! In a.....

Odds and Ends: We're joined this week by Cloe Oliver, T.J.s sister-in-law, but more importantly, one of the stars of our featured movie! The Beatles are releasing a "new" song with a little help from our friend AI; T.J. thinks Netflix is at least pretty good at doing one genre right; Moose enjoys the sporadic fantasy of Howl's Moving Castle; Nick thinks Blood Meridian is a neat b...

Odds and Ends: T.J.’s not racist, BUT…; one of our recent conspiracy theories may become reality sooner than expected; we talk about music and how cool we are for having record players Feature Film: We all go cuckoo over the classic noir “The Third Man,” featuring babyfaced Orson Welles and a lot of Spongebob music. Next week’s movie: Dreamer: The Movie (2004) You can join the conversation every W...

Odds and Ends: Octogenarian Al Pacino is gonna be a dad; T.J. watched a movie on Moose’s recommendation and has a few words for Moose; Nick started watching another old HBO show, and Moose started a less old Duds favorite Feature Film: Don Coscarelli's cult classic Bubba Ho-Tep inspires much deeper discussion than we were expecting. Is any of that discussion actually about the movie? Kinda? We...

Odds and Ends: In this episode of "There Will Be Duds," the hosts hand the mic over to ChatGPT for reviews. Listen as the AI generates surprising insights, amusing perspectives, and a few comedic blunders while reviewing the show and various topics. Experience the fascinating interplay between human creativity and artificial intelligence in this entertaining and thought-provoking episode...

Odds and Ends: It's our 100th episode (just in case you couldn't tell from the episode title), and to celebrate, we get a little bit silly, and later on play some Duds-centric trivia. Thanks for watching/listening, and here's to... at least a few more. Feature Films: A trilogy by and about the granddaddy of dud cinema, Ed Wood! We talk about two very different movies of his (Glen or Gl...

Odds and Ends: We try to talk about the WGA strike, but you can probably find a more nuanced and informative discussion about it elsewhere, why are you here?; T.J. cried at the raccoon movie, again Feature Film: Christopher Nolan's breakout time and mind-bending thriller "Memento." It's about a guy who can't remember stuff, and the original title was "Remembo." I ca...

Odds and Ends: Somehow, we end up talking about AI again via Blake Shelton and The Voice; Blood Meridian is maybe finally I guess getting a film adaptation; T.J. is A-fan of Beau is Afraid, and now I is A-hatingmyselfformakingthatjoke Feature Film: Another cult classic, Tremors! A monster movie with a lot of heart, but even more tongues. Next week's movie: Memento (2000) You can join the conve...

Odds and Ends: More uninformed AI talk, maybe we should just call us "There Will Be Singularity"... yeah, that's really good; T.J. had a very polarized double feature in theaters; we dig on Bruno the Kid, and Bruce the Willis Feature Film: WEEEWOOOOO're talking about a childhood favorite of some of ours, Kung Pow! Enter the Fist, by thumbation auteur Steve Odekerk. A feature-leng...

Odds and Ends: Simulation theory by way of Adventure Time; Nick watched (and read) some stuff, including the newest season of Barry; T.J. watched two pretty good John Carpenter movies, as well as one... not so good Feature Film: What's the rumpus? Uhh, it's Miller's Crossing! It's a movie about crime from the Coen brothers. Really stepping outside their comfort zone with this one....

Odds and Ends: We reminisce on the lost art of collecting physical media, and how it may make a return in the black markets of the future, Nick watched another Nic Cage movie and T.J. watched more Youtube bullshit Feature Film: The baffling and bland Tiptoes, a possible attempt at Oscar-bait about little people that failed miserably. We discuss the elusive "Weiner Cut" and whether it wou...

Odds and Ends: T.J. loves the Metroid series, except for one; Nick has a lukewarm hot take on the newest entry in the Scream franchise; we both went to a screening of The Room and met a special someone there Feature Film: Orson Welles' final feature, F for Fake. Fully flowing filmically for fictional facts. I dunno, did you notice all the Fs there? I had to mention it, because I didn't thi...

Odds and Ends: We're firing controversial figures like Will Smith and hiring their AI counterparts, love live the new flesh! The final season of Succession just started, does it succeed expectations? That sounded better in my head. T.J. had a John Wick day, and he's thinking he's back. Feature Film: Quentin Tarantino's oft-overlooked sendup to obscure 70s action movies... No, not P...

Odds and Ends: We ponder the horrors of what an AI-assisted Tumblr would bring to the world via deepfake shipping porn, as well as companies blackmailing us into buying Pringles. Feature Film: We talk about the Scorsese classic The Departed, as well as the movie it’s based on, Infernal Affairs. They’re movies about good guys and bad guys and wise guys. And not wise guys, because they don’t know ho...

Odds and Ends: T.J.’s got one last Oscar nominated movie to talk about, and it’s the worst one yet; we talk about the prestige zombie drama The Last of Us, that’s actually just okay to us because we’re cultured film guys who regularly watch prestige dramas, so it’s like whatever, really. Feature Film: Speaking of prestige dramas, Love on a Leash! One of the most bizarre movies we’ve had the pleasu...

Odds and Ends: We’re joined this week by Jeremy Kaplowitz from The Hard Drive and Quorators ; we discuss the real way to play sports games; our post-chat rambles from newer prestige darlings to anime legend Satoshi Kon to a Youtube channel that made some darn good videos. Feature Film: Jeremy recommended The Lonely Island's first movie, Hot Rod! Though we talk about that just about as much as...

Odds and Ends: We do a quick tiering of our favorite Little Girl Biscuits; the global cabal is after Truther Teej and they’re going to brainwash him into liking RRR; Nick did a rewatch of the Kill Bill movies and continues his journey as M. Night’s biggest defender while talking about Knock at the Cabin Feature Film: We talk about “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” from one of our hometown legends...