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
120 episodes
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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1:27:20
Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
From BAD BOYS to the "bad boy" of Swedish cinema... from HUMAN CENTIPEDE to the Spider God... that's right, it's a dark November of the Soul with friend of the pod, future guest(?) Ingmar Bergman.Alex and Ben are tackling some real cine...
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Season 27
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1:37:38
The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) (2015) (with Katherine Vienneau) (feat. Dr. Yuki)
Eating shit and drinking piss and farting and shitting and pissing into each others mouths forever hooray! We've made it to the final HUMAN CENTIPEDE film and thank god for that. Joining us again is friend of the show and repeat guest Katherine...
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Season 26
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1:20:03
BONUS Festival Season VIFF + FNC///Horror Movie Roundup Ahhh! Ooooh! (you will die seven days after listening)
it's a spooky and fright-tastic bonus episode for you on Scary Wednesday ooooh!Ben went to some film festivals with CHERUB and it was spooooky ahhhh! and he talks about how scary it is to be a famous Hollywood celebrity Ooo...
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1:09:47
The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) (2011) (with Sam Edwards)
Dubbel zoveel! Verdubbel de pis! Het is HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2 (FULL SEQUENCE)! Alex en Ben zijn terug met een speciale gast en shit-expert Sam Edwards om het beruchte vervolg op de toch al beruchte eerste film te bespreken. Is deze fil...
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Season 26
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1:19:15
The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)
Scheiße! Alex und Ben gehen Arsch-zu-Mund! Genau, es ist ein neues Franchise... THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE. Vom niederländischen Regisseur Tom Six stammt dieses berüchtigte und abscheuliche Schock-O-Rama. Ist der Film wirklich gut oder is...
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Season 26
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1:02:15
Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)/There Will Be Slap
Ladies and gentlemen... I've traveled over half our province to be here tonight. I couldn't get away sooner because my new podcast was coming out on Spotify and I had to see about it. That podcast is now flowing at two thousand barrels of conte...
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Season 25
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1:30:52
Bad Boys for Life (2020)/Stop the Toronto Air Show
It's that time of the year again (or at least it was when we recorded this, we're getting really far ahead which is great and much more convenient for us, we are busy adult guys with lives after all!) that's right, Toronto Air Show time! Cower ...
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Season 25
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53:54
Bad Boys II (2003)/Caveh Zahedi is a Bad Boy Too
Bad Boys II, Bad Boys II, whatcha gonna do when they Bad Boys II?We're back with perhaps the ultimate Bayhem experience, the purest expression of what purile pop American cinematic entertainment can offer: BAD BOYS IIA truly rep...
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Season 25
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1:24:57
BONUS TIFF 2024 Highlights of the Prestigious and Very Important Toronto International Film Festival BONUS GLAMOUR STARS SEX FASHION BEN ALEX
BONUS BONUS BONUS!It's a special episode for you recapping 2024's Toronto International Film Festival, the festival of festivals, the greatest cultural event in Canada, the only reason to stay alive, the glitz and glamour and stars, it'...
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40:47
Bad Boys (1995)
Bad Boys Bad Boys/Whatcha gonna do?/Whatcha gonna do when they podcast you? ayyyy what is this blank freakin' check with Griffin and frickin' David ovah heah???No. It is The Franchisees with Ben and Alex you fucking moron. Welcome back!...
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Season 25
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1:20:06
300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
Whoops! Forgot to upload this... blaming it on having a bad case of TIFF fever. I will update this description soon!UPDATE:We're back in ancient Greek, following the epic CGI sea(?) battles of Themistocles and Eva Green. Whoever...
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Season 24
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1:22:11
300 (2006) (with Katherine Vienneau)
300 romans like the trojans 300 greeks fucking yeomans 300 kanye's bipolar emotions that's right baby we're back, The Franchisees are back with past and future and current guest Katherine Vienneau to discuss the second film from "vulgar auteur"...
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Season 24
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1:44:39
Alien: Romulus (2024) (feat. Generative AI CGI Jordan)
Franchises were a mistake... it's time to admit it. No matter how great the original film is, eventually the rights will be purchased by Disney and they will make slop. Will we eat the slop? Yes... because we are pigs. But will we like it? Disn...
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Season 23
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1:48:18
BONUS What We Watched On Our Summer Vacations BONUS BONUS BONSU special treat for u :)
BONUS BONUS BONUS!Do you like the part of the episode where we talk about the movies we've watched before we get to the main movie of the week? Well strap in buddy, because that's allllllll we're doing this episode!Ben and Alex ...
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1:13:36
Alien: Covenant (2017)
All our chips were on ALIEN: COVENANT baby, it's all on red, it's in gods hands now... so did it pay off? Well yes and no. Ben and Alex agree: it's a step up from PROMETHEUS and Ridley's gothic horror haunted house double android surprise is aw...
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Season 23
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1:31:30
Prometheus (2012)
The earth was young when Prometheus, the clever Titan, created all the living creatures from a mixture of earth and water. From his imagination, he fashioned birds for the air, fish for the sea and animals for the land. However, from the image ...
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Season 23
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1:25:48
Alien Resurrection (1997) (with Joel Edmiston)
200 years after ALIEN 3 Brad Dourif clones Sigourney Weaver to extract an alien from her tummy. Thus sets the stage for the wackiest, goopiest, frenchiest ALIEN film yet. Revered French clown Jean-Pierre Jeunet directs and megahack Joss Whedon ...
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Season 23
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1:39:00
Alien 3 (1992)
ALIEN 3, from the twisted mind of David Fincher...? Well no, not really. From the twisted minds of 20th Century Fox more like it. And we're all worse off because of it! ALIEN 3 is a really interesting movie with a fascinatingly flawed productio...
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Season 23
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1:17:09
Alien$ (1986)
James Cameron, hot off the success of THE TERMINATOR, makes one of the greatest sequels of all time: ALIEN$... and a franchise was born!What can you say... it's a classic. But do Alex and Ben like it? I know you're all waiting to hear w...
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Season 23
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1:23:31
Alien (1979) (with Jordan Seccareccia)
ALIEN. It's a classic, what can you say? Well that's a good question and we try to answer it with today's episode. Jordan Seccareccia joins us again to talk about just how good ALIEN is and how amazing it is that a group of talented artists cam...
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Season 23
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1:38:38
Last Days (2005) (with Katherine Vienneau)
All great things must come to an end and here we are with the final film in Gus Van Sant's "Death Trilogy" LAST DAYS. Michael Pitt stars as not Kurt Cobain in a film not about Kurt Cobain's final days before his suicide. Katherine returns to ta...
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Season 22
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1:38:17