What Were They Thinking?

Nathan and Brendan discuss truly awful movies while trying to keep their sanity in tact. Full disclosure: We may be in love with the movies we deem terrible. New episodes uploaded every Thursday! Logo created by Mariah Lirette. Theme song by Taylor Sheasgreen of the Motorleague.

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276
Behind Enemy Lines (w/Jason MacLeod)
This week, Jason MacLeod of "For Screen and Country" comes back to hang out with the guys and discuss the Owen Wilson/Gene Hackman war thriller - Behind Enemy Lines. The gang talk about how a movie makes a scary real-life conflict into a pretty fluffy ac...
96 min
277
Raw Deal (w/Liz of "Nerdy Bitches Podcast")
Joining Nathan and Brendan this week is Liz of the Nerdy Bitches Podcast (a self-admitted fan of Bad Arnold Movies) to help dissect this totally strange 80s Schwarzenegger relic known as "Raw Deal." Much is discussed here including the lack of one-liners...
98 min
278
Patreon Pick: Serenity (w/Home Video Hustle)
This Patreon Pick was provided to us by Erica of the Customers Also Watched podcast! Come to Plymouth Island with your hosts Nathan and Brendan along with special guests Brent and the Spirit from the Home Video Hustle! You can try to catch the fish named...
96 min
279
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
This week, Nathan and Brendan discuss a movie that Sylvester Stallone would rather just have people forget about - Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot. Many things are discussed such as the alarming Oedipal relationship between mother and son, THAT LINE from the ...
95 min
280
WCW Slamboree 2000 (w/Ryan Gilbert)
This episode is brought to you today by Western Union... but you totally can't tell, right? Continuing on the Road to Wrestlemania, Nathan and Brendan welcome back Ryan Gilbert once again to talk all about the height of Vince Russo stupidity with WCW Sla...
92 min
281
They Live (w/Ryan Gilbert)
Is this the most controversial episode ever? Put on your tinfoil hats as Nathan, Brendan and returning guest Ryan Gilbert discuss the beloved cult classic They Live featuring Roddy Piper, magic sunglasses and apparently two completely different movies. T...
95 min
282
Spice World (w/Mariah Lirette)
Is it terrible? Is it brilliant? Brendan, returning guest Mariah and a surprise guest co-host (don't worry - Nathan will be back next week) attempt to solve this conundrum when they discuss Spice World, a movie picked by Mariah and near and dear to her h...
83 min
283
Striking Distance (w/Brent from "Home Video Hus...
Thrill to a rote action movie starring Bruce Willis that may actually be a TV movie in disguise! Gasp at one of the cheapest whodunit reveals ever! Consider yourself befuddled at a man who keeps autographed portraits with his ex-girlfriends in his home! ...
98 min
284
Valentine (w/Everything I Learned from Movies)
In a very special Valentine's Day episode, the guys are joined by lovebirds Steve and Izzy of Everything I Learned from Movies to talk about... well... Valentine. Yes, it's the wild slasher from 2001 that dares you to genuinely like or feel sympathy for ...
99 min
285
Madea Goes to Jail
Heller!   Yes, it's time for Nathan and Brendan to revisit the TPCU (Tyler Perry Cinematic Universe) with the controversially-titled Madea Goes to Jail in that the title of the film only applies for about 15-20 minutes. The guys talk about Rudy Huxtable ...
98 min
286
The Haunting of Sharon Tate (w/Amanda the Jedi)
All good things must come to an end. Or something like that. The finale of Recently Regrettable focuses on quite possibly the most tasteless piece of cinema that Nathan and Brendan (and returning guest Amanda the Jedi) have ever covered on the podcast - ...
80 min
287
The Prodigy
The takedown of last year continues with another horror flick - this time it's the 'evil kid' dud, The Prodigy starring Taylor Schilling, Colm Feore and no one else that matters. Nathan and Brendan talk about wasting actors in expository roles, creepy cu...
83 min
288
The Fanatic
This week, Nathan and Brendan continue their journey through some of the worst films from 2019 with John Travolta's misguided attempt at an Oscar under the watchful eye of director Fred Durst (yes, he of Limp Bizkit fame) in The Fanatic. The guys talk ab...
94 min
289
The Curse of La Llorona
We're back, baby!   Nathan and Brendan start off a January mini-series called "Recently Regrettable" which focuses on the worst films of 2019. For the first episode, the guys focus on The Curse of La Llorona, the sixth entry in the Conjuring franchise......
84 min
290
Patreon Preview: Rocky V
Happy Holidays, folks! Please enjoy this very special treat - we present to you a preview of one of our Patreon EXCLUSIVE episodes from earlier this year.   Nathan and Brendan talk all about the worst entry in the saga of Rocky Balboa - 1990's Rocky V. T...
13 min
291
Holiday Flashback: Surviving Christmas
The show is still on vacation until next week so until then, please enjoy a rerun of their discussion regarding the Christmas "classic" - Surviving Christmas.   They go into a lot of background on the film like how it was a colossal box office failure wh...
98 min
292
I'll Be Home for Christmas (w/Mariah Lirette)
It's time for the official Christmas episode... and that means only one thing. Mariah is back on the show, bay bay! Long Dong Silver joins the guys to talk about a pretty mean-spirited Disney flick featuring sociopath Jonathan Taylor Thomas, cute-as-a-bu...
94 min
293
The Long Kiss Goodnight (w/Steve from "Everythi...
Tis the season! To commemorate the holidays, Nathan and Brendan discuss their fourth Renny Harlin film - The Long Kiss Goodnight. They are not alone though! Recurring guest Steve Kondrick from the wonderful Everything I Learned from Movies podcast is bac...
95 min
294
The 100th Episode: KISS Meets the Phantom of th...
PARTY TIME, FOLKS! Nathan and Brendan celebrate their 100th episode by going back to the film that was discussed on one of the early "lost" episodes - KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park. Is the second time the charm? The guys discuss things like ape/wolf...
84 min
295
Gleaming the Cube (w/Jerika Layne)
Nathan and Brendan welcome their resident extreme sports expert Jerika back to the show to talk all about a movie that was first hyped up more than three years ago on this very program! Christian Slater is a skateboarder that is trying to solve the murde...
94 min
296
Gamera vs. Guiron
It's that time of year again when Nathan and Brendan dive into another film involving everyone's favourite turtle - Gamera. This time, the Friend of All Children faces off with the knife/shark/dog hybrid, Guiron. The guys also discuss Japanese Don Knotts...
82 min
297
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) (w/Dame Mal...
Continuing the (unintentional) theme of franchise reboots that everyone hates, Nathan and Brendan bring back the elegant Dame Malcolm Wallace to talk about the Michael Bay-produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles disaster. Why are the turtles designed to lo...
95 min
298
Terminator Genisys (w/Brent from "Home Video Hu...
With the new Terminator: Dark Fate film opening in theatres nationwide this week, Nathan and Brendan thought it'd be important to revisit the previous entry in the series so everyone can be refreshed before going into the natural conclusion of this story...
90 min
299
Small-Screen Shamefuls: Ticks (w/ Everything I ...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN Continuing on with Schlocktober, the anniversary of a special month in Canada AND the second edition of Small-Screen Shamefuls, Nathan and Brendan join forces with Steve & Izzy of Everything I Learned From Movies to talk about the insanit...
93 min
300
Maximum Overdrive
Continuing on as we get closer to the home stretch of Schlocktober, Nathan brings one of his childhood favourites to the show as the guys dissect the absolute sheer lunacy of Stephen King's directorial debut (and finale) - Maximum Overdrive. Madness ensu...
98 min