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.
Podcasting since 2022 • 157 episodes
The Franchisees
Latest Episodes
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
A killer fisherman? A web of lies and guilt? 90s teens standing together on a poster in a vaguely triangular formation? It's all from the #twisted mind of Kevin Williamson! We're back with a new franchise: I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER. It's ...
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Season 35
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47:59
The Naked Gun (2025)
We're back on track with a fresh new episode on the new NAKED GUN film starring Liam "Leslie Nielsen" Neeson and directed by Akiva "Lonely Island Boy" Schaffer. Are comedies back? Can America finally laugh again? How many jokes are there over t...
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Season 34
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Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) (with Chris Moroz, Matthew Nicholson, and Maxim Gertler-Jaffe)
ANOTHER EMERGENCY FRANCHISE UPDATE: they went and made another Jurassic movie. Hooray! Alex and Ben were dreading this one but to their surprise, this new entry is actually not completely terrible... and isn't that the best we can hope for thes...
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The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)
We're back and we're spoofin' and goofin' yet again with THE NAKED GUN 2 1/2: THE SMELL OF FEAR. Is this sequel, full of laughs and gags, as funny as the first film? Or is it the start of those dreaded diminishing returns? Or can we barely reme...
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Season 34
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