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The Franchisees
Two film-loving friends devour entire franchises, tracing their theatrical rise, direct-to-video-fall, and occasional redemption. Banter, bits, and bad impressions follow.
Episodes
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) (with Jordan Seccareccia)
We're back, Ben's been fired and replaced with friend of the pod/past and future guest Jordan Seccareccia, and Ethan Hunt saves the world again. We're talking…
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Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) (with Niko Block and Dr. Yuki)
We're back, we've formed a Rogue Nation whatever that is and we have two very special guests leading the revolution: Corporal Niko Block of the Fail Army (and…
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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
We're initiating ghost protocol, we've initiated it before and we're initiating it again. People have said some very bad things about our friend Ethan Hunt…
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Mission: Impossible III (2006) (with Devin Shears)
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to remember the name of the Hollywood Hack who directed MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III... who is it... what's his…
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Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) (with Katherine Vienneau)
Three incredible artistic talents came together at the beginning of the millennium to create an astounding work of art: Tom Cruise, John Woo, and Limp…
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Mission: Impossible (1996)
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to this podcast. Please listen to it, please! Please accept the mission, we love you and we accept…
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) (with Jordan Seccareccia)
Three desperate men on a sweaty search for gold... sounds like this podcast, baby! We're back with the final episode in our Dollars Trilogy series, THE GOOD…
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For a Few Dollars More (1965) (with Max Bertram)
The Man with No Name is back and this time his name is Manco and he has a friend Morty (played by Chief Van Cleef). They are in love and express that love by…
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A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
A man... of few words. A man... with a poncho. A man... with no name. Although perhaps he does have a name and it's Joe but that's not important. We're doing…
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Toy Story 4 (2019)
This episode is dedicated to Forky. We're back with the fourth instalment of the TOY STORY franchise, the appropriately titled TOY STORY 4. 2019 was a lifetime…
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The Best Movies of 2024
It's a wonderful night for Oscar, Oscar Oscar, who will win?You, the listeners... that's who wins. Because it's our annual Best Movies of the Year episode…
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Toy Story 3 (2010)
We're back with the beloved third entry in the TOY STORY franchise. Alex and Ben were very close to Andy's age when they first saw the film... needless to say…
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Toy Story 2 (1999) (with Valerie Keaton)
1999 was a legendary, leeeggggendary year for cinema. And animation is cinema, no matter what those film snobs tell you! Please, please for the love of god…
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Toy Story (1995)
It's our 30th Franchise! Wow, time sure does fly when you're having fun... and there's nothing more fun than toys. What if these toys had a story of their own?…
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Britannia Hospital (1983)
The Mick Travis trilogy concludes in hilarious, sometimes baffling fashion. We also talk about EMILIA PÉREZ, HARD TRUTHS, "trade wars" and "juice lips"Join us…
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O Lucky Man! (1973)///Oscar Nominations
Mick Travis is back in O LUCKY MAN!, at least some version of Mick Travis. Join him on an epic journey through the hellish and bizarre landscape of 70s…
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if.... (1968)////RIP David Lynch
wow jeez sorry it's late again ahh jeez guys I'm really running out of excuses here!please enjoy this episode on Lindsay Anderson's 1968 film IF...., not to be…
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Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)
Sorry it's late again folks I keep getting burgled and I'm not even half as smart as any of these kids man like I can't build any of these traps I am…
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Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012)
Sorry it's late, please forgive me I was left home alone and had to defend myself against the flu.
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Home Alone 4 (2002)// 9/11
Released in the shadow of America's darkest hour, HOME ALONE 4 teaches us all to live again, to laugh again, to love again. Do dark hours have shadows? Only…
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Home Alone 3 (1997)/Ben Farts on Mic
HOME ALONE 3, new kid, new world, new film, new life. Sometimes these are good things for a franchise. New means different, but does it also mean good?…
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)//Luigi in New York
New York City baby! Greatest city in the whole fucking world! All I'm gonna say is this city needs less Kevin McCallisters and more Luigi MangionesHome Alone 3…
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Home Alone (1990)
Ho Ho Ho! Or should I say Ho Ho Home Alone? I've already said it, it's too late to take it back. I might even say it again. Ho Ho Home Alone. It's December and…
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Gladiator II (2024) [aka Badiator Poo]
Midley Scott, Didley Squat, call him what you want. But the important thing is that he's still out there delivering consistent 2-3 star bores. And that means…
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Gladiator (2000)
The year is 2000 and the world is captivated by the return of the sword and sandal epic... who is this mysterious Australian man Russell Crowe? And most…
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Winter Light (1963)
The second in Bergman's thematic trilogy, WINTER LIGHT is about the silence of God... and whomst amongst us isn't dealing with that these days? This is an…
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BOONUS: The Franchisees Halloween Special II (with Ben Bourgon)
Halloween in November yet again! Every year Alex, Ben, and our other friend also named Ben get together to do a horror movie marathon. Last year we decided to…
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Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
From BAD BOYS to the "bad boy" of Swedish cinema... from HUMAN CENTIPEDE to the Spider God... that's right, it's a dark November of the Soul with friend of the…
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The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) (2015) (with Katherine Vienneau) (feat. Dr. Yuki)
Eating shit and drinking piss and farting and shitting and pissing into each others mouths forever hooray! We've made it to the final HUMAN CENTIPEDE film and…
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BONUS Festival Season VIFF + FNC///Horror Movie Roundup Ahhh! Ooooh! (you will die seven days after listening)
it's a spooky and fright-tastic bonus episode for you on Scary Wednesday ooooh!Ben went to some film festivals with CHERUB and it was spooooky ahhhh! and he…
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The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) (2011) (with Sam Edwards)
Dubbel zoveel! Verdubbel de pis! Het is HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2 (FULL SEQUENCE)! Alex en Ben zijn terug met een speciale gast en shit-expert Sam Edwards om het…
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The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)
Scheiße! Alex und Ben gehen Arsch-zu-Mund! Genau, es ist ein neues Franchise... THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE. Vom niederländischen Regisseur Tom Six stammt dieses…
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)/There Will Be Slap
Ladies and gentlemen... I've traveled over half our province to be here tonight. I couldn't get away sooner because my new podcast was coming out on Spotify…
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Bad Boys for Life (2020)/Stop the Toronto Air Show
It's that time of the year again (or at least it was when we recorded this, we're getting really far ahead which is great and much more convenient for us, we…
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Bad Boys II (2003)/Caveh Zahedi is a Bad Boy Too
Bad Boys II, Bad Boys II, whatcha gonna do when they Bad Boys II?We're back with perhaps the ultimate Bayhem experience, the purest expression of what purile…
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BONUS TIFF 2024 Highlights of the Prestigious and Very Important Toronto International Film Festival BONUS GLAMOUR STARS SEX FASHION BEN ALEX
BONUS BONUS BONUS!It's a special episode for you recapping 2024's Toronto International Film Festival, the festival of festivals, the greatest cultural event…
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Bad Boys (1995)
Bad Boys Bad Boys/Whatcha gonna do?/Whatcha gonna do when they podcast you? ayyyy what is this blank freakin' check with Griffin and frickin' David ovah…
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300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
Whoops! Forgot to upload this... blaming it on having a bad case of TIFF fever. I will update this description soon!UPDATE:We're back in ancient Greek…
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300 (2006) (with Katherine Vienneau)
300 romans like the trojans 300 greeks fucking yeomans 300 kanye's bipolar emotions that's right baby we're back, The Franchisees are back with past and future…
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Alien: Romulus (2024) (feat. Generative AI CGI Jordan)
Franchises were a mistake... it's time to admit it. No matter how great the original film is, eventually the rights will be purchased by Disney and they will…
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BONUS What We Watched On Our Summer Vacations BONUS BONUS BONSU special treat for u :)
BONUS BONUS BONUS!Do you like the part of the episode where we talk about the movies we've watched before we get to the main movie of the week? Well strap in…
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Alien: Covenant (2017)
All our chips were on ALIEN: COVENANT baby, it's all on red, it's in gods hands now... so did it pay off? Well yes and no. Ben and Alex agree: it's a step up…
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Prometheus (2012)
The earth was young when Prometheus, the clever Titan, created all the living creatures from a mixture of earth and water. From his imagination, he fashioned…
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Alien Resurrection (1997) (with Joel Edmiston)
200 years after ALIEN 3 Brad Dourif clones Sigourney Weaver to extract an alien from her tummy. Thus sets the stage for the wackiest, goopiest, frenchiest…
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Alien 3 (1992)
ALIEN 3, from the twisted mind of David Fincher...? Well no, not really. From the twisted minds of 20th Century Fox more like it. And we're all worse off…
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Alien$ (1986)
James Cameron, hot off the success of THE TERMINATOR, makes one of the greatest sequels of all time: ALIEN$... and a franchise was born!What can you say…
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Alien (1979) (with Jordan Seccareccia)
ALIEN. It's a classic, what can you say? Well that's a good question and we try to answer it with today's episode. Jordan Seccareccia joins us again to talk…
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Last Days (2005) (with Katherine Vienneau)
All great things must come to an end and here we are with the final film in Gus Van Sant's "Death Trilogy" LAST DAYS. Michael Pitt stars as not Kurt Cobain in…
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Elephant (2003) (with Katherine Vienneau and Matthew Nicholson)
We're back discussing the 2nd film in Gus Van Sant's "Death Trilogy" ELEPHANT. Yes, this is his Columbine movie... yes, heavy subject matter is perhaps not our…
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Gerry (2002) (with Jerry Seinfeld, Gerry Dee, and Geri Halliwell)
We're back with a slow jam for you, the first in Gus Van Sant's acclaimed Death Trilogy, GERRY. We love Gerry, we all love Gerry, and soon you too will love…
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Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017)
SUPER SIZE ME 2: HOLY CHICKEN! what a terrible title good god heinous title yucky very bad! And the movie's no good either, trust us. I can't imagine many of…
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Super Size Me (2004)
RIP Immorgan SpurlockThe Franchisees are paying our respects to one of the giants of documentary filmmaking, the 6' 2" Morgan Spurlock. Today we're revisiting…
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) (with "Praetorian" Chantel)
The Mad Max Saga comes to a close (for now) with FURIOSA, the highly anticipated action epic that serves as a prequel and world-building expansion to 2015's…
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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) (with "Imperator" Chantel)
WITNESS ME! (listen to the pod) PLEASE WITNESS ME!The Mad Max Saga continues with what may be the greatest long-gap/legacy sequel of all time: MAD MAX: FURY…
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BONUS: Unfrosted (2024) (with Gwen and Valerie)
Surprise! A very special... or should I say Jerry special bonus episode because we're talking Jerry Seinfeld's feature directorial debut UNFROSTED. Should I…
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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) (with Zack "Mad Max Also" Kotzer)
Thunderdome: Two men enter, one man leaves. But today it's more like two men enter, one man already inside, three men talk into microphones, two men exit, one…
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Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) (with Jordan 'Mad Max Rockatansky' Seccareccia)
My life fades. The vision dims. All that remains are memories. I remember a time of chaos, ruined dreams, this wasted land. But most of all, I remember The…
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Mad Max (1979) (with 'Mad' Maxim Gertler-Jaffe)
Ladies and gentlemen, rev your engines! All the way from post-apocalyptic London, England it's 'Mad' Maxim Gertler-Jaffe, joining Benno and Lexo for a poddo…