Our friend Chris Weitz knocked politely and requested to be allowed into the lion’s den, becoming the first director to come on a full episode to discuss his OWN work. That’s right, on this Flop House we discuss AfrAId, a movie written and directed by (checks notes) Chris Weitz. And surprisingly (?) it’s one of our most joyful episodes. God bless you, brave sir.

“The One with Michael Shanks?” What is this, a FRIENDS episode?!? (Thank you, producer Alex, for that joke.) No — in this episode we welcome writer/director/FX artist/actor/man with impeccable taste in podcasts, Michael Shanks, all the way from his home in Australia, to discuss his nostalgia pick, 2001’s The One, starring Jet Li!

We welcome the man who brought us to the Maximum Fun network, Mr. Jesse Thorn, to the show this week. And how did we repay him? We made him watch Smurfs. We never said life is fair. Anyway, of all the Smurfs movies in the world, this will definitely go down as “the one with Rihanna and James Corden.”

Writer, producer, and podcaster Scott Weinberg kicks off the FOUR FULL EPISODES OF “MOVEMBER,” with a discussion of 2024’s remake, The Crow. The original Crow was a defining movie for legions of goths and black-trenchcoated teens. This one… has a lot of people thirsting after Bill Skarsgård’s abs? And not much else? Come see us […]