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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Listeners Choice: Muck
F--- Muck!
This week, Paul of The Countdown Movie & TV Reviews Podcast (http://thecountdownmoviesandtv.podomatic.com/) has bestowed upon us the cinematic abortion known as "Muck."
Nathan and Brendan have found the nadir of the world of cinema. Would this...
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Listeners Choice: The Cherokee Kid
Did... this movie... not suck?
Nathan and Brendan tackle the first Listeners Choice film of 2018 (from Robert Hooper) in the form of "The Cherokee Kid." This film may have turned out to be one of the better ones that the guys have ever unpacked... and un...
90 min
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Mini-Episode - Red Wings
This week, Nathan and Brendan open up the mailbag to talk about a few things from "Showgirls" that they neglected to mention last week, Brendan gets really uncomfortable when trying to name an actress of appropriate age in 1995, the guys answer a rejecte...
34 min
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Showgirls (w/Everything I Learned from Movies)
This podcast just got a whole lot sexier!
Nathan and Brendan welcome returning guests Steve & Izzy from the "Everything I Learned from Movies" podcast to talk about Paul Verhoeven's insane exposé of Las Vegas in the classic film, "Showgirls." They discus...
109 min
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Mini-Episode - Padding Time
The guys take a break from Q&A to talk about some recent films they saw in theatres including "Pacific Rim Uprising," "Game Night," "Tomb Raider" and more. They also get another visit from Montrose Monkington III and then proceed to act like a couple of ...
31 min
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No Retreat, No Surrender
After last month's wrestling excursion, it would normally be time to go back to regular ol' movies but one can hardly classify this thing as regular.
Nathan and Brendan talk all about this martial arts disasterpiece that also served as the American film ...
86 min
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Mini-Episode - Wrestlemania 34 Predictions
To cap off the March to Wrestlemania, Nathan and Brendan took a break from movies and listener questions to talk about this year's grand-daddy of them all, Wrestlemania 34! The guys break down each match (that was announced at the time as this was taped...
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Wrestlemania IX
The March to Wrestlemania continues as Nathan and Brendan dissect one of the absolute worst atrocities ever committed - Wrestlemania IX.
The guys discuss the much-loathed pay per view and everything about it from the choice of venue, the worst collection...
95 min
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Mini-Episode - Shed Some Tears! (w/Ryan Gilbert)
It's the Mailbag Zoo Crew!
This week, Nathan & Brendan welcome back their guest Ryan Gilbert to talk about movies that make them cry (spoiler alert: Nathan & Ryan are robots), wrestling finishing moves and entrance themes and talk about the most recent o...
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Backyard Dogs (w/Ryan Gilbert)
As we round the bend to Wrestlemania, Nathan and Brendan start off wrasslin'-themed month correctly with the trashy "Backyard Dogs!"
Nathan and Brendan welcome returning guest Ryan Gilbert to talk all about this ode to trashbag wrestling. They cover ever...
100 min
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Mini-Episode - Return of the Mailbag
Hey! The mailbag is back!
The guys return to Post Officer Tim to pick up the mailbag to answer questions about Spielberg vs. Scorsese, engage in lots of geeky wrestling talk, talk about Nathan's issue with musicals and much more. They also debut a new se...
52 min
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Magic in the Water (w/Mariah Lirette)
Now it's time for Brendan's significant other to pick the film and indeed she chose the 1995 family classic, "The Water Horse." Wait... I mean, "Magic in the Water."
Along with the chooser of the movie herself, Mariah Lirette, the guys talk about everyth...
95 min
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Interview: Sam Firstenberg ("American Ninja," "...
Yet another super-cool guest!
This time out, Nathan and Brendan had a chat with prolific Cannon Films director Sam Firstenberg. He talked about his vast career including working with legends like Sho Kosugi and Michael Dudikoff, how he managed a larger-t...
65 min
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My Bloody Valentine 3D
In their latest episode, Nathan and Brendan present "My Bloody Valentine" in 3D!*
The guys talk about everything in this crazy nutso-pants movie from one of the most ridiculous endings in movie history, the screenwriter writing himself into a sex scene, ...
99 min
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Mini-Episode - Way Too Young
They've mentioned it quite a few times but this week sees Nathan and Brendan really dig into the movies that they were definitely too young to watch as children but did anyway.
They also hear some similar tales involving sexually explicit Sharon Stone fi...
40 min
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Tammy and the T-Rex (w/Kaleigh Stultz and Steve...
It's quite possibly the most cuckoo bananas movie that Nathan and Brendan have ever covered so luckily they had some help along the way in the form of Kaleigh Stultz as well as Steve & Izzy from the great podcast "Everything I Learned from Movies."
The f...
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Interview: Kelli Maroney ("Chopping Mall," "Fas...
Another awesome guest!
Nathan and Brendan got to chat with actress Kelli Maroney perhaps most well-known for the soap opera "Ryan's Hope" and films like "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," "Chopping Mall" and "Night of the Comet" just to name a few. Kelli ta...
64 min
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (w/Dame Malcol...
The first new episode of 2018 sees Nathan and Brendan bring on resident turtles expert Dame Malcolm Wallace to talk about the racially sensitive "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III."
The boys have a lot to talk about including the wild inconsistencies rega...
111 min
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RETRO: The Garbage Pail Kids Movie
It's an off-week for us due to the hectic nature of the holidays so we're diving into the archives to bring you an episode you may have missed the first time we aired it - The Garbage Pail Kids Movie!
Nathan & Brendan dive head-first into a terrifying ni...
94 min
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Mini-Episode - Butt Stuff
In the final episode of 2017, Nathan & Brendan open up the mailbag one more time (after discussing "Jingle All the Way") and answer your questions about stuff including repetitive Christmas songs, Holiday movie traditions, things that Meat Loaf wouldn't ...
33 min
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Silent Night, Deadly Night: Part 2 (w/Jessica C...
NOTE: There is a slight hiccup early in the episode where it seems to echo the audio for about 30 seconds. Apologies for that but the rest of the episode is fairly smooth.
GARBAGE DAY!
It's the very first time Nathan & Brendan have recapped a film and it...
81 min
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Mini-Episode - Christmas, Yo!
Nathan and Brendan unzip the mailbag to reveal some Christmas questions including a story involving Crash Bandicoot, someone who really doesn't care for the holidays (and we get some genuine sentiment from Nathan on this one), the acceptable times to sta...
38 min
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Surviving Christmas
In the first of two Christmas-themed flicks this month, Nathan and Brendan attempt to... well... survive "Surviving Christmas."
They go into a lot of background on the film like how it was a colossal box office failure when it opened in October (?), Ben ...
98 min
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Mini-Episode - Luigi Mario (w/Joshua Kotsabasakis)
Last week's guest Joshua Kotsabasakis decided to come back and help Nathan & Brendan dig through the ol' mailbag. They answer questions about future episodes, recasting "Spawn" and do a horrible job trying to go through John Leguizamo's acting credits. A...
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Spawn (w/Joshua Kotsabasakis)
Nathan and Brendan welcome back frequent guest and comic book aficionado Joshua Kotsabasakis for an occasionally super nerdy chat regarding the 1997 Image Comics "masterpiece" - Spawn.
The gang discusses everything from Spawn not being a good person even...
109 min