We Hate Movies

On this month’s patrons-only We Hate Movies episode, the guys are chatting about the total misfire of a YA adaptation, The Hunger Games ! Couldn’t they have tossed in just a little more violence? Why are we doing faux-doc shaky cam? Couldn’t we have some continuity with this—HEY NOW! This episode is for subscribers only! To access the full show, along with hours upon hours of exclusive WHM content...

On this week's On-Screen Live , the guys are going over the weekend box office, chatting about Marty's new film, Killers of the Flower Moon , as well as the not-so-great PG-13 Five Nights at Freddy's , recommending some Halloween horror viewing, and chatting with author Brian Abrams about his rad, new book, "You Talkin' to Me?: The Definitive Guide to Iconic Movie Quotes" which you can (and should...

“It is ugly as sin, this amulet… it better protect you from evil, otherwise…” Chris On the final Spooktacular episode of 2023, the guys bring on their beloved bud, Ben Worcester to chat about the unfairly maligned Satanic Panic picture, The Devil’s Rain ! Why couldn’t they have Ernest Borgnine in a Hawaiian shirt here at some point? Was this film’s makeup the inspiration for the Shatner Captain Ki...

On the spooktacular October edition of WHM Mail Bag, the guys are reading letters about Jason Miller’s Scranton pride, a dude who was WAY too into the Saw franchise, a disastrous screening of the first Sex and the City movie, and one terrifying tale about fella who really messed up during some quality Alone Time with himself! PLUS: Is the President stealing our material?  Do you have a question fo...

“We need to institute the Purge so Tom Six can finally release The Onania Club !” - Steve   On this week’s show, the 2023 Halloween Spooktacular continues with an episode on the half-baked horror sensation that started it all, The Purge ! Why couldn’t they figure out some way to get the movie out of this house for a few scenes? Does this film universe presuppose that all of us have hidden serial k...

On this week's On-Screen Live , the guys are swiftly going over the weekend box office, reviewing some physical media like the Janus Contemporaries disc of EO & the Lionsgate 4K of The Wicker Man , weighing in on Sam Wrench's Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour  & Michael Mann's masterful Ferrari , and more! PLUS: The return of our Secret Movie™️ segment! Get your tickets for our spooktacular Worl...

“ [ Pumpkinhead is] not a major player when you’re dealing out October recommendations…I would argue, maybe it should be?” - Andrew  On this week’s episode, the Halloween Spooktacular continues as the guys talk about the totally kick-ass Lance Henriksen horror vehicle, Pumpkinhead ! How great is this big, Stan Winston Workshop-created monster suit? How bad does this witch’s house smell? And is the...

On this week's broadcast, the guys are going over the weekend box office, checking out the trailer for John Woo's Silent Night , chatting about The Exorcist: Believer , Pet Sematary: Bloodlines , and more films from our continuing coverage of the 61st New York Film Festival, including Harmony Korine's AGGRO DR1FT , Bradley Cooper's Maestro , Sofia Coppola's Priscilla , and more! Get your tickets f...

On this month’s SPOOKTACULAR We ❤️ Movies episode, the guys are chatting about the stone-cold, terrifying classic, William Friedkin’s The Exorcist ! How amazingly eerie is the vibe throughout this entire film? Should Georgetown put a guardrail at the top of those stairs? And what are the odds Friedkin cast an eventual murderer as that—whoa there! Be gone, demon! The power of Christ compels you to...

“And [Daniel Stern] plays Max Grabelski, which is finally some decent Polish representation!” - Eric This week on the show, the gang celebrates 700 EPISODES by chatting about the outrageous not-for-kids kids’ comedy, Bushwhacked ! Who among us didn’t have Daniel Stern Fever in the early 90s? Would this movie have been any better as a Marv spin-off adventure? And why did the Lord have to take Jon P...

On this edition of On-Screen Live, we're analyzing the weekend box office numbers, chatting about Saw X , and continuing our coverage of the 61st New York Film Festival with convos on Todd Haynes's May December , Yorgos Lanthimos's Poor Things, Raven Jackson's All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, Richard Linklater's Hit Man, and more! Get your tickets for our Spooktacular Worldwide Digital Experience on...

“If it’s Exorcist: The Beginning … let’s get some background on Pazuzu! What’s he up to? What was his deal?” - Steve   On this episode, the 2023 Halloween Spooktacular continues with a convo about the stunningly terrible prequel Exorcist: The Beginning ! How bad are all these CGI landscapes? Why did they think an Exorcist film needed so many extreme gore-hound moments? Was that side-boob necessary...

On this week's edition of On-Screen Live , the guys are going over the weekend box office—did Sly and the gang make a dent in the numbers (nope!)? We're also chatting about A24's Stop Making Sense restoration, The Expend4bles , and reporting in from the 61st New York Film Festival with coverage of Andrew Haigh's All of Us Strangers , Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall , Pedro Almodóvar's Strange Wa...

“We’ve got like, probably, 78 minutes of [new] footage here…” - Steve   On this episode, the 2023 Halloween Spooktacular starts a few weeks early as the guys chat about franchise-low, Saw V ! Holy hell, how is anyone following this story? Are we supposed to be intrigued by the mystery surrounding that building fire? Does the movie even care about the virtually anonymous characters involved in this...

On this week's On-Screen Live , the guys are reacting to trailers for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, and the Frasier reboot; looking at the weekend box office, discussing A Haunting in Venice and Liam Neeson in Retribution , and more!

“How is adding Kelsey Grammer to this a thing at all?” - Eric On this week’s episode, the guys are dodging CGI explosions left and right as they talk about the total wet fart of an action film, The Expendables 3 ! Why couldn’t they budget for some actual explosions? Why didn’t this wind up being more of a Wesley Snipes movie? Why did the writers think this movie needed all the Expendables Jr. char...

On this month’s We ❤️ Movies, the guys are chatting about the incredible Marvel movie, Blade ! How absolutely magnificent is Wesley as Blade? Isn’t it great watching a movie for adults? Are there better title cards in a Marvel film? How bad-ass is Kris Kristofferson in this? And can anyone hold back the—look out, day-walker, this episode is for subscribers only! To access the full show, along with...

On the season premiere of On-Screen Live , the guys are back and better than ever to chat about the weekend box office, react to the trailer for David Fincher's The Killer , and discuss some of their memorable watches of the summer, like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, and the amazing Telemarketers ! This is of course the audio-only edition of  On-Scree...

On this week’s episode, the guys are chatting about the Robert Rodriguez sci-fi teen horror film, The Faculty ! Has another movie ever done so little with such a solid cast? Are there too many characters in this movie? Shouldn’t they just have done all practical effects instead of this horrendous CGI? Is this the biggest chicken shit ending of the 1990s? And why in the world did they release this...

On the season 14 premiere of We Hate Movies , VHS Trailer Game champion, Eric Szyszka demands the guys go back and re-do an episode on the much maligned (and unfairly so?) prequel that started it all, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace ! How on Earth did the producers let Lucas get away with these abhorrent Trade Federation characters? What was with the awful Gungan speech pattern? Why did...

On this edition of the WHM Mail Bag , the guys are making some major announcements ahead of season 14, answering some Qs from the audience, and reading some wild letters involving meeting Eric Roberts on an airplane, a giant woman and her pervert doctor, Nathan Lane’s brother becoming an outrageous high school principal, and one huge loser who ruined a Chicago screening of Oppenheimer !  Want your...

Recorded 11.17.22 at CB Live in Phoenix, AZ On the final Summer Break episode of the year, the guys were live in Phoenix to chat about the grenade-throwing action spectacular, Universal Soldier ! What was the squib budget on this fantastic picture? What’s the smell situation with these undead soldiers? Would the UniSol program have been popular with the U.S. public like the Ghostbusters? Why did t...

Recorded 11.14.22 at Comedy Works in Denver, CO On this week’s Summer Break ‘sode, the guys were live in the Mile High City to chat about the world-ending teen comedy, WarGames ! How oblivious is Matthew Broderick’s character to his lady friend’s advances? How embarrassing is this incident for the U.S. Military? Does NORAD give tours, even during times of crisis? And was John Lennon ever actually...

On this month's very special edition of our Star Trek re-cap show The Nexus , the gang is talking about TNG's "The Best of Both Worlds" parts 1 & 2! The first part aired June 16, 1990 as the finale of the third season, and the season four premiere, part two, aired September 22, 1990. This is of course the fabulous in-series, movie-feeling two-parter where Picard is captured and assimilated by...

Recorded 6.15.23 at the State Theatre NJ in New Brunswick, NJ On this week’s Summer Break episode, the gang was in Jersey doing the first-ever official W❤️M live episode on Mike Nichol’s The Birdcage ! How incredible are Williams and Lane in this? Did any of us actually sign on to look at Hank Azaria’s feet this much? And who knew Mike Nichols had such Sam Kinison-esque anger issues? PLUS: Flip fl...