What actors possess the sheer athleticism and breezy charm to sell a mismatched-partners action-comedy? According to the producers of From Paris With Love, it’s John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. We’ll let you discover whether they’re correct. Meanwhile, Dan gets oddly formal, Elliott lets us in on some Kelsey Grammar secrets; and Stuart establishes our pecking […]

You’ve probably noticed by now that there’s no new Flop House, this week. That’s because we were busy doing American things like seeing a baseball game, grilling up a storm, and watching Toy Story 3 (damn you Toy Story 3 for making us feel emotions!). In fact, we’ve been so busy that we didn’t find […]

Elliott Kalan invites you to the next in his series of movies-he-likes-and-you’ll-like-’em-too “Closely Watched Films,” next Wednesday, July 7th at 8pm. He’ll be showing Fritz Lang’s vastly underrated film noir of lust, murder, and train travel Human Desire along with a 10-minute edited version of another tale of temptation and punishment, “Dante’s Inferno” starring Spencer […]

If a 13-year-old boy wrote an early-90’s Image comic book and pitched it to Zach Snyder’s third unit director, then you might wind up with something like Legion. Meanwhile, Dan tries to make it all about his birthday, Elliott expounds on some Flop House in-jokes, and Stuart offers Wolverine a real Sophie’s choice. 0:00 – […]

Imagine you were a robot. Now imagine everyone else is a robot. Now imagine Bruce Willis is a robot. Two out of three of those things are pretty hard to imagine, right? Welcome to the world of Surrogates. Meanwhile, Elliott imagines a lost Disney live-action hit, Stuart tells us what his surrogate would look like, […]

If you want to take a break from Elliott complaining about bad movies, and see him discuss a good movie (one that you’ll get to see as well!) with special guest British person John Oliver of TV’s The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, then NOW’S YOUR CHANCE. We quote the 92Y Tribeca website: “W. C. […]

Since Dan is gone this weekend at a wedding, Flopsmas is coming early this year! Enjoy a rare Thursday-posted episode! We’ll say this for Sandra Bullock – she throws herself into every role, even the ones she shouldn’t, like the lead in All About Steve. Meanwhile, Brock makes a plea for simple job competence, Dan […]

Check out this goofy poster for Road Games, Dan’s movie recommendation from the last episode, courtesy of Wrong Side of the Art, which collects terrific old exploitation art.