You Hate Movies

Marvel Studios is at it a 13th time with Doctor Strange. Some of us liked it, one guy didn't, and one of us doesn't remember it that well. Featuring: Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: The Imitation Game, Star Trek: Intro Darkness, Guardians of the Galaxy, Suicide Squad, Casino Royale, Groundhog Day, Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Batman B...

In this Halloween special we revisit and celebrate Tim Burton’s bizarre 1988 death comedy Beetlejuice.  Featuring: Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns Spoilers: Edward Scissorhands, Ally McBeal (season one), The Accountant, Kung Fu Panda 3, and The Wizard of Oz. 

We're playing Save or Kill once again, this time with actresses. Faced with two actresses, who would you save if it meant killing the other? Once an actress has been killed, their entire life's work is lost with them. The stakes are high! Who will survive?  Featuring: Abi Porter, Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Matt Hughes, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Dogma, Adaptation, It’s Complicated...

Bad news, guys: We didn’t like Magnificent Seven. Join us as four people argue with the one guy claiming to like it. Featuring: Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns Spoilers: Django Unchained, The Avengers, Avatar, Blazing Saddles, Return of the King, League of Extraordinary Gentleman

In today’s episode we argue about how to correctly interpret the meaning of Damien Chazelle’s 2014 Jazz Drama, Whiplash.  Featuring: Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Peter Nikiforov, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Whiplash.

In this episode, join us in the You Hate Movies Thunderdome, as we pit beloved movie characters, one-by-one, in a brutal, all-out battle to the death. Today’s Thunderdome: Tom Hanks. Could Woody defeat Forrest Gump? Root for your favorite Tom Hanks in the Thunderdome! Featuring: Abi Porter, Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter. Spoilers: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, The Revenant,...

Is TV really the new film, or just an inherently limited medium for those who hate movies? In this episode we pit the best of TV against the best of movies in order to determine who rules the narrative format. Featuring: Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Stranger Things, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Seinfeld, Grey’s Anatomy, Breaking Bad, Parenthood, Friends, My Name...

Every year we bet big on which movies will make the most money during the summer movie season. In this episode, find out who was clever enough to count on Finding Dory and who was clueless enough to bet on Independence Day: Resurgence.   Featuring: Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Liam Gonnason, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Sarah Hanns, and Tyler Hanns.   Spoilers: X-Men: Apocalypse, Toy Story 2, Star...

Join a panel made up of those who love David Fincher’s 1999 cult classic, those who hardly remember it, and someone seeing it for the first time. Together, we argue about whether Fight Club translates to new, modern, and female audiences. Featuring: Erik Tabinowski, Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, and Patrick Porter. Spoilers: Fight club (the novel and its film adaptation), Sleepless in S...

Join us as we explore the most exciting and/or dumb movie news from August, 2016. Why is China upset about 3D? What is the BBC’s all-time favorite movie? Did Tyler just promise to watch all the Madea movies? The answers—as well as our expert opinions—await you, followed by our most anticipated movies of the fall. Featuring: Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns Spoilers: Jason Bourne, Fantastic...

Warner Brothers is at it again with another DC comics adaptation. Like Man of Steel and Batman v Superman before, critics and audiences are already  wildly divided over David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. Is this another classic case of critic’s pessimism, or will we finally have to admit this is a dud? Featuring: Josh Porter, Josiah DePaoli, Liam Gonnason, Matt Hughes, Mike Jensen, and Patrick Porter. Sp...

In this episode we debate whether or not the fifth film in the Jason Bourne franchise is a worthwhile return. Featuring: Josiah DePaoli, Mike Jensen, Patrick Porter, Sarah Hanns, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Every Bourne movie, Save the Last Dance, Snatch, Johnny Cash's cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt," The Ocean's Eleven Trilogy, Mr Robot, Finding Dory, and Home Alone.

It’s 2016 and the Jason Bourne franchise is still trucking. To prepare for the latest installment, join us as we debrief the original trilogy with old fans and a guy meeting Jason Bourne for the first time. Featuring: Josh Porter, Liam Gonnason, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns Spoilers: The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Legacy, Spider-Man, Ronin, Captain Ameri...

Join a panel made up of those who love James Cameron’s 2009 blockbuster, those who hate it, and those seeing it for the first time. Together, we argue about whether Avatar deserves the acclaim or the critique, and how it fares upon first viewing seven years after the 3D hype. Featuring: Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Sarah Hanns, Tyler Hanns Spoilers: Avatar, The Revenant...

We’ve finally arrive at Paul Feig’s 2016 reboot of the supernatural comedy classic, Ghostbusters. Can a fantastic director and perfect casting breathe new life into the beloved franchise, or did all that talent go to waste? Featuring: Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: All Ghostbusters films, Avatar, Bridesmaids.

We’re working our way to Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot by revisiting the 1989 sequel Ghostbusters II. Featuring: Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Cool Runnings, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins, This Film is Not Rates, Taxi Driver, Titanic, The Muppet Movie, Honey I Shrunk the Ki...

Today we begin the road to Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot by revisiting the beloved 1984 original. Featuring: Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, Jurassic World, Creed, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), The Amazing Spider-Man, Scary Movie, Blues Brothers, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Ant-Man, Bridesmaids, Year One, Dr. Who, Gilmore Gir...

On today’s special mammoth-sized episode we challenge a panel of 7 individuals to rank Pixar’s 17 films from best to worst without killing friendships in the process.    Featuring: Abi Porter, Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Josiah DePaoli, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns, and Whitney Depaoli. Spoilers: Bicentennial Man, The Land Before Time, Inception, Brother Bear, Frozen, Tangled, Indiana Jones and the...

Thirteen years after the original, does Pixar’s Finding Dory capture all the magic of its predecessor? Or is it simply wringing money out of a beloved franchise with a few effective fish jokes along the way? Featuring: Abi Porter, Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Josiah DePaoli, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Finding Nemo, New York Minute, Predator, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Alien, Desp...

After a long and troubled production, Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur was as divisive as it was visually breathtaking. In this episode we celebrate the goodness of The Good Dinosaur, while condemning the critics who clearly hate movies. Featuring: Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: The Revenant, Inside Out, Toy Story 3, True Grit (2010), Ratatouille, Lion King, Stand By Me,...

Nine movies in, where does each installment in the X-Men franchise rank from best to worst? Join us as our expert opinions go to work on 16 years of super hero film history in order to list the best and worst of the movie mutants. Featuring: Josh Porter, Liam Gonnason, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Every X-Men movie as well as the animated series of the 90's, District 9, The...

We head to theaters a ninth time to see an X-Men movie. Does X-Men: Apocalypse maintain the longstanding franchise's recent revival, or has it stalled out again? Featuring: Josh Porter, Liam Gonnason, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: All X-Men movies, Alien, Star Wars: A New Hope, Legend, The Simpsons Episode 168, The Fifth Element, T2, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Road, Harry P...

Join us as we explore the most exciting and/or dumb movie news from May, 2016. Who will direct Godzilla 2? What is the new Transformers movie called? Does a studio executive know his butt from a door? The answers—as well as our expert opinions—await you, followed by a special Marvel Cinematic Universe round of Save or Kill? Featuring: Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Peter Nikiforov, Tyle...

Eight years and 12 movies after Marvel Studio’s Iron Man, we’ve arrived at Captain America: Civil War. Is the third installment in the Captain America trilogy Marvel’s most sophisticated outing yet, or has the studio powerhouse lost its touch? Featuring: Abi Porter, Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Captain America: Civil War, Inglourious Basterds, Bat...

In this episode, we wrestle through one of cinema’s greatest debates: Which Tom Hanks loves Meg Ryan movie is better, Sleepless in Seattle or You’ve Got Mail? Before we settle the argument once and for all, we put our rom-com know-how to the test with a game of Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail trivia. Featuring: Bethany Allen, Matt Hughes, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Sarah Hanns, Tyler Ha...