Throw in the Pal

Filmmakers in the '90s were so preoccupied with whether or not they Yabba Dabba could, they didn't stop to think if they Yabba Dabba should.

What's the best thing about 2026? That there's 20 of them! Get it? No? Well maybe get along to the humour hospital and check yourself into the I-peee-yeeew, cos you've got yourself a seriously stinky case of the no-funny-bones, and my uncle died from that and it was hilarious! Anyway, 2026 has been a weird year for movies, come listen to us sorta talk about it a little, kinda.

Are the Pals gonna be all, "Dis-whoa-sure Yay!" or more like, "Dis-no-sure Way!" after watching this balls-to-the-wall, four-on-the-floor, don't-stop-til-you-drop, wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am powerhouse movie that honestly I'm sorta stalling here because I've forgotten the name of -- something to do with disco, could that be right? -- directed by Steven, I wanna say, Segal? Am I kinda close and, also...

What do you call an egotistical musician who secretly wants to be an even more egotistical actor? A pre-Madonna.

Have you ever wandered into a strange space where everything seems a little off, like the furniture is wonky and strangely oriented, the lighting is disconcerting, there are people you sort of half-recognise and a tall, blurry presence off in the corner who seems to be in command of the weirdly liminal environs, and then everyone starts kissing as ABBA starts playing, and someone hands you a cup o...

What do you call it when a bunch of people start running en masse out of church and frantically renouncing their faith?

Why do we Pal? So we can learn to throw ourselves back into podcasting! This modern comic book classic shifted the paradigm, lifting this bat who crime fights to the heights of an all-knew manner of acclaim with a brand new grand design, not Banner but a Bruce of a different hue, a Wayne whose world wasn't big enough for both him and you-know-who, a Ghul of a different shape, a cruel kinda citysca...

What is love? Baby don't hurt me... don't hurt me... no Thor.

Thor: Ragnarök is the story of a man attempting to come to terms with his dormant potential, when he has been doubted for so long by so many, coming as he does from a far away land where people dress and speak funny, abiding by odd customs and always seeming to stand out from the crowd, yet determined as ever to fight for the recognition he believes he is owed. His name is Taika Waititi, and this...

People are always talking about how good urns are in the east (they won't shup up about it!), but have you ever stopped to consider: what's the best west urn? And if you're thinking '70s urns, '80s urns or - God help you - '90s urns, we'd all like to know what Marty McFly's like in person, cos you livin' in the past, sucka, and gotta come back to nowadays and think about the Best West Urns of the...

The fact of the matter is The Faculty Is the narrative we're chatting 'bout as Pals Full of splatters and a characteristic tendency For embattled adolescents in a grapple with a parasitic entity To enact their personas through apparel that apparently embellishes their evident identity While they barricade their perils to their detrimental mental states, attempting to ameliorate their differences t...

Sitcoms are the backbone of television, and just like your actual backbone, they degrade over time and often end in sh!t. But occasionally they produce stars, or sorta stars, or at least stardust particles, that find their way to the big screen. Which sitcom casts have blasted past their dominion to hit some pinnacle in cinema or beyond? Time to find out what the Pals are talkin bout, Willis.

What's the best strategy to get taxi-drivin' Margaret's attention? Or what could I say in order to compel a lady quite contrary to violently vomit frozen rain? In fact, what is perhaps the closest near-perfect rhyme for the all-too-common social justice slogan, "Protect gay Clefairy"? That's right: Project Hail Mary. As it turns out, also a movie.

Do you have 2020 vision? Not like these Pals! All they see is 2020 everywhere they look. It's a problem; someone call a doctor! Or, wait, maybe a... director? Oh, now you're cooking with gas. Wait, what's that smell? A new Short and Sweet discussing the Best Directors of the 2020s so far? And also gas?! Jackpot. Featuring: Emma Seligman - Shiva Baby + Bottoms Zach Cregger - Barbarian + Weapons Sea...

Bust out the Hamnet and start rounding up some porkers cos we're gonna choo-choo down to Train Dream station faster than an F1 race, on the lookout for Sinners with no sense or Sentimental Value about 'em, keeping dapper as a Secret Agent and fiery as an Italian nonna yelling, "Bugonia!" at a buncha busy-bodies, ping ponging like Marty Supreme day after day, night after night, One Battle After A-f...

Oscar? I hardly know... him?! The pals (sans Marcus) throw out predictions and aspersions for the 98th Annual Academy Awards. Let's go!

A hyperlink is a device you click to try connect two quite distinct online-type things. While a rom-com is the short form for a popular sub-gen where love's wrongs go right. Combined, we get films filled brimming with stars, far-flung yet spun together as they are, By fate's whimsy, not always crisply done, more often flimsy, but grins and fun, regardless, Tend to come from watching these sorta mo...

There are many things that TITP - OBAA could commonly be an acronym for: Trampolining is the Problem - Our Butts are Aching Teaching Idiots to Pilot - Oh Boy, Airplane Armageddon! Two Inches, Ten Pregnancies - Orgy Blunders at Armidale Take 'im to Paris - Oooh Bonjour, Ami Ancien But this week, weirdly, it stands for Throw in the Pal - One Battle After Another. Go figure.

If you think it's hard to find a way in to understanding legendary entertainment-based families, let us weigh in with our SnS discussion this episode, where we get to weighin' the way in which this particular family left a big impact. No, it's not the Muffets, sitting on their tuffets with their curds and whey in front of their faces, or one of the legendary families of the Three Kingdoms Era in C...

Isn't it what we all crave? A glamorous gal, a stunning seniorita, an unparalleled Persephonic partner of pulchritudinous personage? Well you'd best get set for this episode all about a Pretty Woman, and the pretty cool men (who aren't afraid to show off their sensitive side) who might just be head-over-heels or hawk-over-tuah for this happy go lucky hullabaloo of a motion picture. Get yourself in...

Are you a horror icon? Here's a checklist to find out: - Are you now or have you ever worn a mask made of your victims' skin? - Do teenagers having intercourse near moonlit lakes make you murderous with rage? - Has the queer community inexplicably claimed you as an aspirational figure? - Have you recently begun to suspect that you are essentially immortal? - Does blood make you climax? If the answ...

As Pals, a feeling has become clear to us. Movies do not hate the audience; the audience does not hate filmmakers. But podcasting feels inevitable between them. Perhaps, we think, this is the way of the world: it will hunt you down and throw you in just for being who you are. And so, this week, join Marcenstein, Tomenstein and Frank as they discuss the revivification of a shambling beast that has...

Some say life is just a series of near-disasters, averted invisibly but always coiled in the shadows, awaiting their next opportunity. Some say the fact that 'podcaster' rhymes with 'disaster' is a little on the nose. Some say that using "some say" as the launching pad for any type of writing is pretentious, but those people are the wrong kind of "some sayers" and they can eat a butt. Sum 41 say s...

What was your name again, Mr Jimmy Connection? That's got a ring to it, and I like the look of ya, through my silver monocle. Good gracious, now that I get a closer look, I recognise you as that Spanish EDM music producer who also happens to be devoutly Christian. Yes, indeed it is, the renowned ¡Dub Lós Heaven! How charming to make your acquaintance, though I'm sorry to see you have a small gash...

You've heard 'em all before, some of the greatest quotes in all of cinema: "Frankly, my dear, I don't throw a Pal!" "Here's throwing at you, Pal." "There's no Pal like throw." "I'll throw what she's Paling." "You wanna throw how I got these Pals?" "I love the throw of naPALm in the morning." Now, it's the Pals' turn to do some lines, in this week's Short n Sweet: Best One Liners!