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This week, Patron Megan Miller joins the guys to school them on the education system with a breakdown of the 1999 Kevin Williamson thriller Teaching Mrs. Tingle. Will a real-life horrific violent act in school stop the momentum of a potentially violent school-themed thriller? No wa-- ... what? Oh, it will... oh, it did? Oh okay. Ahem. Anyway, the gang talk about the awkward last-minute cuts to get...

Patron Michael Bagford bestows the boys with the kaiju film Godzilla vs. Megalon but should it really be called Jet Jaguar vs. Megalon with Godzilla Making the Hot Tag? The fellas discuss if Jet Jaguar is the "Poochie" of this movie, Godzilla barely being in it, the two dads and much more. Plus - Nathan pitches his kaiju-themed comedy. Next week: School is in session! What We've Been Watching: Lif...

Britany is back this week to help the guys dissect the 2001 dramedy Rock Star featuring Mark Wahlberg having the most fun ever. They discuss the rampant homophobia, Jennifer Aniston crushing it, the wigs, Wahlberg's obsession with the band, Nathan points out all the anachronisms with the music choices throughout and much more. Next week: Kaijuuuuu! What We've Been Watching: Life is Beautiful Kyle...

Look, I usually try to put a funny little summary here but this movie is vile and hateful and not good for Christians or Atheists or really anyone who doesn’t have a black heart. The guys are joined by former pastor Troy Carruthers to get into some of the more intricate aspects of religion (especially the danger of “narrative”) and why this movie is harmful to everyone. Don’t worry, they still had...

This week, the fellas are delighted to be joined by Patron extraordinaire/Ultraviolet super-fan Raina Harper to discuss... well... Ultraviolet. They talk about the genuinely unfinished special effects and the uncanny valley, characters that forget what they were told minutes afterwards, the unnecessary twists, the movie appealing to the anti-vax crowd and much more. Next week: it's about to get re...

Back to the standard bad movies this week... with the Russell Crowe directorial effort Poker Face. Luckily, the guys are joined by Australian (but really a true Seattle native) in Declan Green, who may have been telling the truth about 33.3% of the time. They discuss Australians doing cringy Australian accents, Liam Hemsworth playing a 57-year old man, the lack of poker and much more. Next week: a...

This week, Ryan is back to talk about the 2018 action hit Skyscraper starring The Rock! Unlike the Anna Nicole Smith one, this movie has a budget! The guys talk all about this whackadoo movie including Neve Campbell's car fight, the duct tape product placement, the Hall of Mirrors as a functioning room... and they also sorta answer the question - is The Rock a good actor? Next week: Aussie Aussie...

It's that time of year so Nathan and Brendan welcome back Ryan Gilbert to discuss the Vince Russo-era WCW PPV New Blood Rising. They talk all about the overly convoluted and confusing rules for nearly every match, Goldberg refusing to "play ball," four referees in one match, storylines involving revenge p*rn and miscarriages and much more. Plus: brief reminiscing about one of the craziest shows in...

We travel back to 1995 to learn about the futuristic world of 1999 this week with Virtuosity starring Russell Crowe as... a ham sandwich? The guys talk all about Crowe's absolutely bananas performance as SID 6.7 and his literal devouring of scenery but they also discuss the music of screams, the UFC content, Denzel Washington's wig and much more. Next week: Wrasslin'! What We've Been Watching: The...

This week, one of our patrons Adam Jures brings us the long-awaited sequel to a trashterpiece of cinema - The Toxic Avenger Part II. The guys talk about Troma Films and their Don Rickles approach to comedy, the Toxic Avenger somehow becoming a CARTOON SERIES FOR CHILDREN, the lack of planning on the part of Apocalypse Inc, the Neil Breen-level evil dialogue and much more. Next week: Aussie! Aussie...

There are five Thursdays this month so it's time to discuss a movie that didn't QUITE make its way to cinemas - Hell Comes to Frogtown starring "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. The guys talk about the Dance of Three Snakes, the nonsensical "twist," the immobility of the frog costumes, Roddy Piper being absolutely irresistible and much more. Next week: Some Troma! What We've Been Watching: Wings The Marvels Qu...

The guys finally talk about a movie that has been pitched since it came out back in 2017. Frequest guest and extreme sports expert Jerika is delighted that they are finally discussing the sorta-pun movie Monster Trucks. They talk about Lucas Till looking way older than his classmates, Jane Levy playing a full-on stalker, saving photos on the cloud, all the great actors in useless supporting roles...

This week, it's Mariah's turn to choose the doom & gloom and she brings back old stalwart Neil Breen with his 2016 manifesto Pass Thru. She also joins the fellas to help discuss the fake tiger, Breen's lengthy monologue on the evening news, the drug cartel leader's yell-acting, the useless subplot with the child astronomers and much, MUCH more. Next week: a long-promised film is finally delivered....

This week, Patty picks the movie for the guys and bestows upon them... Metro starring Eddie Murphy. Yes, it's the action/comedy with very little comedy that made the nation come together... and ask each other if they'd seen that new Eddie Murphy movie to which most people shrugged and walked away? After Nathan reveals his very personal connection to this film, the guys also discuss Michael Wincott...

The Worst of 2023 concludes and bookends our series with unnecessary sequels with The Exorcist: Believer, David Gordon Green's attempt to resurrect the series. The guys talk about this film disrespecting the original film by way of their abuse of Ellen Burstyn, having two possessed girls this time, the Linda Blair cameo, the Religious Avengers (TM Jason MacLeod) and much more. Next week: Patty giv...

The Worst of 2023 rolls forward with a breakdown of Oscar-winning writer/director Florian Zeller's followup to The Father... The Son. He went from winning an Oscar for Best Screenplay to... THIS!? Gabe Elder-Gomes joins the guys to break this baffling representation of mental illness from... someone else's perspective? What is happening? They discuss the gameshow environment and a very unprofessio...

The Worst of 2023 continues with a discussion of the polarizing film The Flash starring real-life criminal Ezra Miller. Resident comic book expert Josh Kotsabasakis joins the guys to discuss the film and attempt to avoid as many real-life Ezra references as possible. Why does this movie have so much spaghetti? Are the CGI babies the worst? And what about the rest of the CGI? Does this movie not ev...

We're back! The Worst of 2023 begins with the sequel to the hit Conjuring-verse horror flick - The Nun II. Is this one of the more unnecessary sequels in recent memory? How much preparation work was require for Valek's magazine stand scare? How should this movie connect to the Sister Act-iverse? Just how convoluted IS this universe? What is going on with Taissa Farmiga's hair... and why is it perf...

Enjoy one more festive rerun before we return from vacation! It's time to get festive up in here so the guys are joined by Steve and Izzy of Everything I Learned from Movies to discuss the Nicolas Cage crime-comedy Trapped in Paradise. They discuss everything including the crazy notion that Cage, Jon Lovitz and Dana Carvey were cast as BROTHERS, the endless chase sequences, small business banks, D...

Enjoy this rerun while we are away on vacation! Tis the season! The guys present their Christmas episode with regular recurring Christmas guest Mariah Lirette as they discuss the Disney Plus Exclusive Home Sweet Home Alone. Does this movie really think that making the 'burglars' into a likeable cute family was the appropriate update for this film? Why does the movie keep forgetting that Jeff is a...

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It's the official kick-off of the holiday season here on What Were They Thinking? so the guys bring back resident Christmas expert Mariah Lirette to discuss the 1960s classic Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. They talk about the shoddy costumes and inconsistent makeup either fully covering or barely covering their faces, the legendary career of Pia Zadora, Santa Claus' bad stand-up comedy career,...

This week's movie is truly baffling as the guys look at the Christmas (adjacent) film Pottersville, which is somehow not about the fantasy town from It's a Wonderful Life. Nope, it's about a sasquatch... and the furry community? Nathan and Brendan of course discuss all the furries content (especially the Kubrickian dance party in the woods), a detail about Thomas Lennon's character that left a bad...

This week, the guys are joined by Galen Howard to wrap their heads around Kirk Cameron's brain and the film A Little Piece of Heaven, a joyful uplifting Christian movie in which children are kidnapped and convinced that they've died and gone to Heaven so they will hang out with Kirk's lonely developmentally delayed sister. Yup. With this being the wildest premise maybe ever featured on the show, t...

This week, the guys talk about a movie that has maybe the most amount of movie a movie ever movied. That's right, it's 1994's Blown Away starring Jeff Bridges and Tommy "Ireland's Finest" Lee Jones. Why is everyone doing the most insane accent? Are bomb squads sexy? How many rube goldberg terrorist bombs can one man build in the span of a couple of days? Are they using U2 songs as the theme for th...