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
141 episodes
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 Bizkit... together they produced MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2 and we thank them every goddamn day of...
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Season 32
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1:37:31
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 you, won't you accept us?? MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, the 1996 Cruise-De Palma c...
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Season 32
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1:44:03
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, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. Joining us is our good friend Jordan Seccareccia, thereby mirror...
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Season 31
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2:14:38
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 shooting each other's hats!FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE is the bigger, better, and ri...
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Season 31
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1:15:13
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 the Dollars Trilogy aka The Man With No Name Trilogy, a series of spaghetti westerns d...
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Season 31
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1:14:47
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 ago, almost long enough to ask the question "does this movie hold up?" Y...
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Season 30
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1:16:17
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 hooray yay hooray! Alex and Ben talk about the year in cinema 2024 and countdown t...
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1:58:04
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, it hit them like a ton of bricks. Will this poignant and beautiful film still pull o...
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Season 30
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1:31:24
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 accept that animation is cinema so that Guillermo del Toro can take a brea...
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Season 30
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1:36:43
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? Well you're in luck. Back in 1995, future-disgraced animator John Lasseter and compa...
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Season 30
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1:15:22
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 next week for a new franchise: TOY STORY
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Season 29
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1:29:02
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 Britain. From coffee salesman to superstar, and many stops along the way. This is a sprawlin...
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Season 29
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1:24:20
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 confused with the disgusting John Krasinski's IF (2024) and the even more di...
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Season 29
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1:37:50
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 struggling to defend myself my home is a shambles they took everything man they took everythin...
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Season 28
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1:26:00
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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Season 28
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1:02:45
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 time will tell.New kid again, this is definitively not "the boy" but h...
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Season 28
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1:11:14
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? Hollywood megastar Alex D. Linz takes over from ol' has-been Culkin. There are 4 bad guys at...
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Season 28
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1:05:42
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 next, Roger Ebert's favourite. Join us then, w...
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Season 28
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1:21:37
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 Christmas is looming over us all. Have you bought your presents? ...
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Season 28
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59:30
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 something. Show him so goddamned respect. GLADIATOR II is here and we are...
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Season 28
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1:14:41
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 importantly, will we be entertained?? Gladiator I hardly know 'er Gladiator I'...
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Season 28
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1:00:14
The Silence (1963)
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Season 27
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1:21:30
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 incredible film that we hope you watch and enjoy, and while we are two Silly...
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Season 27
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1:09:15
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 turn it into a podcast and this year we did it again just real special like for all y...
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