Following a couple of failed “Dark Universe” attempts, Elliott leads a brainstorming session to explore how his co-hosts might revitalize the Universal Monsters.

Harold and the Purple Crayon is a lovely, enduring children’s classic (if you’ve never encountered it, have Steve Buscemi read it to you!) — did Hollywood treat it with gentleness and respect, when they decided to use it as the jumping-off point for the movie “Harold and the Purple Crayon?” The answer may not surprise you!

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Elliott completes a loose trilogy of minisodes — one per Peach — all about the changing of the year. His take? What New Year’s resolution would you make on behalf of various franchises?

For our first full episode recorded and released in 2025, we wanted to start things off with a bang, so we watched the sequel to a love-it-or-hate-it film, except this time around most non-John Waters/Quentin Tarantino folks seemed to just hate it. That’s right, it’s the further adventures of that notorious clown prince of stair dancing, the Jokester, in… Joker: Folie à Deux, the film that got the lowest Cinemascore EVER for a “superhero movie.” What will WE make of it?

Dan looks forward to the year ahead, and asks the rest of the Flop House gang which of 2025’s cinematic offerings float their cineaste boats. We’re in season 2 of FlopTV! Tune in for individual episodes, or get a price break with a season pass! Full line-up/tickets here! And while you’re clicking on stuff, subscribe to […]

As we all recover from our New Year’s hangovers, enjoy this, the second of our two live shows from last May’s “Saint Audio Podcast Festival” in Oxford, England. We discuss Spice World, a film we also had the privilege of introducing at The Ultimate Picture Palace, for a screening the evening before, and — honestly? The movie was a total blast. We hope you have fun listening to the love fest.

As New Year’s approaches, and we say goodbye to 2024, Stuart takes us on a gamified tour through the year in movies.