If you go over to https://www.flophousepodcast.com/events/ you’ll see some exciting new live shows!We’re going to the UK for the first time, with TWO shows in Oxford, England, on May 24th at Oxford Town Hall, as part of the brand new Saint Audio Podcast Festival. The early show is at 7pm and the late one’s at 9pm and we’ll be discussing different movies at each one: The Avengers (from 1998 starring Ralph Finnes and Uma Thurman), and Spice World starring the Spice Girls!So, again, go over to https://www.flophousepodcast.com/events/ for all the information and ticket links for those shows in Oxford, England on May 24th (and one in Brooklyn, NY on March 31st!)

We're giving you one more live show from our recent west coast tour, before returning to regular "in studio" episodes next week. Please enjoy our discussion of perhaps Sylvester Stallone's grimiest, most 80's action movie, Cobra, recorded live at the Rio Theater in Vancouver, British Columbia.Wikipedia page for Cobra

In case you hadn't heard through one of our many annoying-but-necessary-to-our-livelihood plugs, The Flop House has been on tour! That's why, instead of getting a normal Flop House mini, on this mini-saturday, you're getting this slightly-shorter FULL EPISODE! Recorded live at Cobb's Comedy Club (who were so nice to us) as part of San Francisco Sketchfest, here's our discussion of legendary 2003 megabomb, Gigli!

We're currently on the road as part of our "Errors Tour," so we don't have many show notes other than to say for this episode we flashed back to legendary bad movie Kangaroo Jack, and it's a hot one!Want to see our faces? You have a few more days 'til the end of January to check out our season of streaming shows, FLOP TV, or you could get tickets to see us in Los Angeles on Sunday 1/28.Wikipedia page for Kangaroo JackRecommended in this episode:Dr. Caligari (1989)The Iron Claw (2023)The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/FLOP

Stuart leads the gang in a general discussion about going OUT to the movies, where the popcorn is extra oily and heartbreak feels good.Get tickets for a stop on our January 2024 West Coast Tour.Get 55% off a Babbel subscription at Babbel.com/FLOP.

Zack Snyder, we just can't seem to quit you. Not out of any particular affection, but because you just won't stop making movies. This one (technically) qualifies. We talk about Star W-- sorry, "Rebel Moon."Want to see our faces? Check out our season of streaming shows, FLOP TV, or get tickets for a stop on our January 2024 West Coast Tour.Wikipedia page for Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of FireRecommended in this episode:Caine Mutiny Court Martial (2023)Anatomy of a Fall (2023)You Are Not I (1981)

Dan got tired and decided to have Google do his homework for him.Check out FLOP TV! You can buy tickets here!  Or get tickets for a stop on our January 2024 West Coast Tour.Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.

Apologies for the slightly slow appearance of this episode. Holidays, travels, and sickness all played a part, but it's here now! We discuss the latest Netflix hit(?) and one of Obama's favorite movies of the year (?!?) Leave the World Behind!Want to see our faces? Check out our season of streaming shows, FLOP TV, or get tickets for a stop on our January 2024 West Coast Tour.Wikipedia page for Leave the World BehindRecommended in this episode:May DecemberYou Hurt My FeelingsBorn to Dance

Elliott quizzes Dan on the nativity story, so they can modernize it into a hit blockbuster.Check out FLOP TV! You can buy tickets here!Get tickets for a stop on our January 2024 West Coast Tour.Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.Check out Squarespace.com/FLOP for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch, use OFFER CODE: FLOP to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.

You've heard about Santa, but have you heard about SANTA WITH MUSCLES? No? Well, that's probably for the best, but we discuss it anyway, with the aid of our ace Christmas correspondent, Mr. Alonso Duralde, who's become a holiday tradition around these parts.Want to see our faces? Check out our season of streaming shows, FLOP TV, or get tickets for a stop on our January 2024 West Coast Tour.Wikipedia page for Santa with MusclesRecommended in this episode:The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2008) (For fans of cheesy Xmas movies)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)When Evil Lurks (2023)The Holdovers (2023)Godzilla Minus One (2023)L'immensità (2022)Head to FACTORMEALS.com/flop50 and use code flop50 to get 50% off.Is your cat food giving back to cats in need?  Smalls is, so if you want to give Smalls a try and ditch kibble forever, head to Smalls.com/FLOP and use promo code FLOP at checkout for 50% off your first order PLUS free shipping!

The Iceman cometh! Stuart takes us on a tour through some highlights in the career of Val Kilmer, an actor that fascinates him.Check out FLOP TV! You can buy tickets here!Get tickets for a stop on our January 2024 West Coast Tour.Check Out Squarespace.com/FLOP for a free trial of Squarespace and when you’re ready to launch, use OFFER CODE: FLOP to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.Give the best gift ever this holiday season. Visit AuraFrames.com today and get 30 dollars off their best-selling frames with the code FLOP

We come not to praise the DCCU, but to bury it. Except not TOO aggressively, because there's some okay stuff in here. We dunno. It's complicated. Just listen to us discuss one of the multiple multiverse superhero films, and arguably the least noteable: The Flash!Check out our season of streaming shows, FLOP TV!Wikipedia page for The FlashRecommended in this episode:Dream Scenario (2023)Saltburn (2023)The Human Condition Trilogy (1959-61)Is your cat food giving back to cats in need?  Smalls is, so if you want to give Smalls a try and ditch kibble forever, head to Smalls.com/FLOP and use promo code FLOP at checkout for 50% off your first order PLUS free shipping!  Get 55% off your Babbel subscription - but only for our listeners - at Babbel.com/FLOP

FLOP HOUSE "ERRORS" TOURAll west coast dates, movies, and ticket links!Vancouver - Cobra - 1/24/24Portland - Cool As Ice - 1/25/24SF - Gigli - 1/26/24LA - Spawn - 1/28/24 

Dan has assembled a cinematic feast, for Elliott and Stu to fill their plates.Check out FLOP TV! You can buy tickets here!Get tickets for a stop on our January 2024 West Coast Tour.To get our exclusive discount off your NordVPN plan + 4 months for free- go to https://nordvpn.com/flophouse - It’s completely risk free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee!

When a film hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a-mamma. Christmas came early for Stuart this year, as we FINALLY get to discuss his new favorite movie, Mafia Mamma. And to sweeten the deal, everyone's favorite Flop House sometime-co-host and star of the show, Hallie Haglund, dropped by to join in the fun! Not to put any of our other shows down, but THIS IS A GOOD ONE, FOLKS.Wikipedia page for Mafia MammaRecommended in this episode:A Haunting in Venice (2023)Suitable Flesh (2023)Property (2022)You Can Count On Me (2000)

In honor of Veteran's Day, Elliott does the obvious thing -- talk about aunts in film.Check out FLOP TV! You can buy tickets here! To get our exclusive discount off your NordVPN plan + 4 months for free- go to https://nordvpn.com/flophouse - It’s completely risk free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee!

Special effects WIZARD Todd Vaziri joins us to discuss a flop so EPIC it had multiple nicknames about how it was a flop (but still has some pretty great special effects). That's right, we're discussing 1995's infamous bomb: Waterworld! And don't worry, fans of more recent bad movie discussion -- next episode we leap Back to the Present with a discussion of Mafia Mamma.Check out our season of streaming shows, FLOP TV!If you want to help out crew members and others affected by the SAG/AFTRA strike, you can Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here.The Wikipedia page for WaterworldRecommended in this episode:Blackberry (2023)Past Lives (2023)Heartburn (1986)

We wrap up our discussion ranking the iconic horror movie villains — and the winner may surprise you!Check out FLOP TV! You can buy tickets here!Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund, to support those still affected by the SAG/AFTRA strike.

We're currently on the road for our L.A. live shows, so the notes for this Shocktober week are a little abbreviated -- we watched Friday the 13th, Part VIII -- Jason Takes Manhattan!Check out our season of streaming shows, FLOP TV!If you want to help out crew members and others affected by the SAG/AFTRA strike, you can Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here.The Wikipedia page for Jason Takes ManhattanRecommended in this episode:Alien: Resurrection (1997)The Blackening (2022)Ravenous (1999)  To get our exclusive discount off your NordVPN plan + 4 months for free- go to https://nordvpn.com/flophouse - It’s completely risk free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee!"

Stuart leads Dan and Elliott in a discussion ranking the iconic horror movie villains -- and the conversation was so fruitful, we decided to split it in two parts, with the second to come later this Shocktober!Check out FLOP TV! You can buy tickets here!Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund, to support those still affected by the SAG/AFTRA strike. To get our exclusive discount off your NordVPN plan + 4 months for free- go to https://nordvpn.com/flophouse - It’s completely risk free with Nord’s 30 day money-back guarantee!"

Well, they said they'd get us in the end, and I guess they were right! We couldn't avoid those little beasties anymore, and decided to kick off our 80's flashback Shocktober with the oft-mentioned, but never fully discussed tiny creature feature Ghoulies!If you live in Los Angeles, you can get tix for your choice of TWO live shows at Vidiots on 10/19. And if you prefer watching us from the comfort of home, check out our season of streaming shows, FLOP TV!If you want to help out crew members and others affected by the SAG/AFTRA strike, you can Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here.The Wikipedia page for GhouliesRecommended in this episode:No One Will Save You (2023)The Birdcage (1996)Late Autumn (1960)

We welcome singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton and Paul Sabourin of Paul and Storm to talk about cruise ship movies, in honor of their annual seagoing nerdfest, the JoCo Cruise!Check out FLOP TV! You can buy tickets here!Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund, to support those still affected by the SAG/AFTRA strike.

We're having an absolutely legendary Smalltember. First we covered The Legend of the Titanic, and now we're looking into The Legend of the Roller Blade Seven. Apparently they're legendary, but forgive us for being unfamiliar until now. It was made using a system RB7 star/co-writer/producer Scott Shaw dubbed "Zen Filmmaking." According to his wiki, this is a "style of filmmaking where no screenplay and scripts are used in the creation of a movie." We'll see if getting zen delivers a good movie, or whether it's better to... y'know... write things out and plan them ahead of time.If you live in Los Angeles, you can get tix for your choice of TWO live shows at Vidiots on 10/19. And if you prefer watching us from the comfort of home, check out more info about our season of streaming shows, FLOP TV!Due to the ongoing WGA – SAG/AFTRA strikes, we’re hitting pause on current releases, and focusing on some films 90’s kids might remember. If you want to help out crew members and others supported by the entertainment strikes, you can Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here.The Wikipedia page for The Roller Blade SevenRecommended in this episode:The Dark Backward (1991)Root (board game)American Boy (1978)Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.

Elliott quizzes Dan and Stu on cinematic treasures.We’ve changed how we’re running FLOP TV — now all of the shows will be up until late January, so that even if you buy a season pass late in the season, you’ll have access to EVERY episode until then. You can buy tickets here!Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund, to support those affected by the WGA strike.

Due to the ongoing WGA - SAG/AFTRA strikes, we’re hitting pause on current releases, and focusing on some films 90’s kids will remember. And while we doubt most Smalltember(vember?) movies are union signatories, we decided to keep the train a rollin' anyway and make this a 90s flashback Smalltember! We kick it off with 1999's Italian-Korean-American co-production The Legend of the Titanic -- a bizarre attempt to cash in on James Cameron 1997 mega-blockbuster Titanic, in the form of an animated film featuring a similar star-crossed romance, but with a lot more talking animals.Check out more info about our season of streaming shows, FLOP TV, and buy tickets!Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here, to support those affected by the WGA strike.The Wikipedia page for The Legend of the TitanicRecommended in this episode:Doctor Death (1989)Blow Out (1981)The Murder of Mr Devil (1970)Rouge (1987)

Stuart provides puzzling problems to perplex his perspicacious pals.We’ve changed how we’re running FLOP TV — now all of the shows will be up until late January, so that even if you buy a season pass late in the season, you’ll have access to EVERY episode until then. You can buy tickets here!Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund, to support those affected by the WGA strike.

Due to the ongoing refusal of the AMPTP to negotiate in good faith with the WGA or with our union brothers and sisters in SAG/AFTRA, we’re hitting pause on discussing current releases, and focusing on some films 90’s kids will remember. This week, we talk Wild Wild West (the 1999 movie version of the 60's sci-fi western TV show) a blockbuster mega-bomb that nearly ended multiple careers!Check out more info about our season of streaming shows, FLOP TV, and buy tickets!Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here, to support those affected by the WGA strike.The wiki-wild Wikipedia page for wiki-Wild Wild WestRecommended in this episode:Caché (2005)How To Blow Up A Pipeline (2022)Marjoe (1972)

Dan walks Elliott and Stuart through some of the 90s output of critically-reviled actor Jim Belushi, trying to answer the question, "what would make a Jim Belushi movie appealing to you?"We've changed how we're running FLOP TV -- now all of the shows will be up until late January, so that even if you buy a season pass late in the season, you'll have access to EVERY episode until then. You can buy tickets here!Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund, to support those affected by the WGA strike.

Due to the ongoing refusal of the AMPTP to negotiate in good faith with the WGA or with our union brothers and sisters in SAG/AFTRA, we've decided to hit pause on discussing more current releases, since (in our own bizarro way) it could promote that work. Instead, we're using this opportunity to go back in time and discuss some silly releases from the past, starting out with some films 90's kids will remember. This week, we're discussing 1995's Sandra Bullock techno-thriller The Net, a movie about the horrors of the internet that seemed prescient and terrifying at the time, and now just seems kind of goofy, considering that the horrors of the internet were way different than those it imagines.Check out more info about our season of streaming shows, FLOP TV, and buy tickets!Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here, to support those affected by the WGA strike.Wikipedia page for The NetRecommended in this episode:Camera Man, by Dana Stevens (a cultural biography of Buster Keaton)Dressed to Kill (1980)Sing and Like It (1934)Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.

Elliott points out that, pre-Barbenheimer, two big movies had frequently been released on the same day. It's true! You can look it up! He runs Dan and Stu through a battle of wits, exploring other mismatched matchups from cinema past.Tonight's the premiere night of FLOP TV, and you can buy tickets here! If you can't watch tonight, you have a two week viewing window to catch up at your leisure!Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here, to support those affected by the WGA strike.

When last we saw our book club pals, they were getting all horned up and making life changes based on 50 Shades of Grey. Now that they're reading The Alchemist, we can only assume they're out there exerting their control over the elements. Join us as we explore this exciting new addition to the "Jane Fonda hangs out with 3 other elderly actresses" cinematic universe!Check out more info about our upcoming season of streaming shows, FLOP TV, and buy tickets!Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here, to support those affected by the WGA strike.Wikipedia page for Book Club: The Next ChapterRecommended in this episode:The Girl Chewing Gum (1976)hammockstank topsEver tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.

Stuart brings back the Peach Pit, everyone's favorite after-show about The Flop House, to quiz The Original Peaches about our opinions on fine art and answer a few questions straight from Stu's DMs.Check out more info about our upcoming season of streaming shows, FLOP TV, and buy tickets!Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here, to support those affected by the WGA strike.Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.

It's a goddamn milestone -- 400 mainline episodes over 16 years of The Flop House! (And that's not counting all of the FH Minis, and the Movie Minutes of yore!) Thus, we took a break from our usual modus operandi of watching less-artistically-successful modern movies, and we treated ourselves with one of the classics of the bad movie canon (so much so that it's the topic of the extremely enjoyable documentary Best Worst Movie). That's right: we're talking about TROLL 2, the film that has absolutely nothing to do with the original Troll other than a title and a fondness for rubber creatures!! It's been memed! It's been giffed! And now it's been Flop Housed!Check out more info about our upcoming season of streaming shows, FLOP TV, and buy tickets!Wikipedia page for Troll 2Movies recommended in this episode:Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)No Hard Feelings (2023)Little Murders (1971)Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.

In honor of our upcoming 400th episode, we're picking some classics to revisit!Dan introduces FATEFUL FINDINGS, the film that introduced us to Neil Breen.Originally released as episode 187  on 09.19.2015 --**apologies for any sound issues/wrongheaded past statements-- we hope to have improved since then!

In honor of our upcoming 400th episode, we're picking some classics to revisit!Stu introduces STOLEN, one of our faves from St. Nicholas Cage.Originally released as episode 124  on 04.20.2013--**apologies for any sound issues/wrongheaded past statements-- we hope to have improved since then!

In honor of our upcoming 400th episode, we're picking some classics to revisit!Elliott introduces  NO DEPO$IT, the film that introduced us to Frank D'Angelo.Originally released as episode 212  on 09.03.2016--**apologies for any sound issues/wrongheaded past statements-- we hope to have improved since then!

Dan leads Elliott and Stuart in a discussion of the non-movie things they do to stay happy and sane. (But don't worry, film fans -- there's still plenty of movie talk scattered around. We can't help ourselves!)Check out more info about our upcoming season of streaming shows, FLOP TV, and buy tickets!Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here, to support those affected by the WGA strike, if you’re so inclined.Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.

Is this the most popular, highest-grossing movie we've ever done? Possibly! We're too lazy to put in the legwork to check. Why don't YOU do it, for a school project about statistics or economics or some shit. Anyway, the point is, we used the "or CRITICAL flop" loophole (42 on Metacritc) so we could watch The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Don't at us. Or do, whatever, we're not your dad.Wikipedia page for The Super Mario Bros. MovieMovies recommended in this episode:Women Talking (2022)We Are Who We Are (2020)Larks on a String (1969)Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.

Executive Producer of the all-new animated series Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai (and our pal) Brendan Hay joins us, for Elliott's canonical sexiness rankings of those compact green snacks, the grembleings.Check out more info about our upcoming season of streaming shows, FLOP TV, and buy tickets!Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here, to support those affected by the WGA strike, if you’re so inclined.Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.

We've talked about the Sony corner of Marvel more than once, but the relative high quality of MCU movies has saved them from our scrutiny... until now! What did we make of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, a film whose very title is a pain in the ass to type out for these show notes? Listen to find out!Wikipedia page for Ant-Man and the Wasp: QuantumaniaMovies recommended in this episode:Torque (2004)What's Love Got To Do With It (1993)Miami Blues (1990)Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.

It's exactly what it says in the title. What could possibly be clearer?Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here, to support those affected by the WGA strike, if you’re so inclined.Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.

It's got Adam Driver! It's got dinosaurs! It's got a numerical title that sounds like a sports biopic and makes the title of this podcast episode look confusing! What more do you want? Well, it turns out that 65 needs a LITTLE more than all that to be a real movie, but at least it's out there trying.Wikipedia page for 65Movies recommended in this episode:Beau Is Afraid (2023)Air (2023)Park Row (1952)Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.

Elliott, mega-sporto that he is, challenges Stuart and Dan to see who's the number one sports movie fan.Donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here, to support those affected by the WGA strike, if you’re so inclined.

We watch a film about four octogenarian women going to the Super Bowl, because apparently that's a full concept for a movie these days? Like, just... older people seeing football? That's a movie? Anyway, it's called 80 for Brady and we watched it. One of us even liked it, so if you enjoy listening to the other two being dumbfounded, this is the episode for you.Wikipedia page for 80 for BradyMovies recommended in this episode:Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)Evil Dead Rise (2023)The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.

After a little talk about the writers' strike (donate to the Entertainment Community Fund here, if you're so inclined), Dan takes us behind the scenes at Flop House HQ. 

You wanna movie about Russell Crowe, he drive around on a Vespa, maybe getta rid of some demons? Ho boy, The Pope's Exorcist gonna make something real nice for you! That's right, we all took field trips for a rare Flop House in the aisles (although who knows if The Pope's Exorcist will still be playing in any theaters by the time this comes out)!Wikipedia page for The Pope's ExorcistMovies recommended in this episode:The Pope's ExorcistThe Witch: Part 1 - The SubversionThe Witch: Part 2 - The Other OneThe Appointments of Dennis Jennings

Stuart runs us through some of those tantalizing, teasing trailers.Streaming TICKETS for THE FLOP HOUSE BATTLES BATTLEFIELD EARTH still available!Here's a playlist of all the trailers we discuss in this episode!Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.

Yeah yeah yeah, Ashton Kutcher and Reese Witherspoon, whatever, let's talk about REAL STAR POWER -- Hallie Haglund! Hallie's back! HALLIE! HALLIE! HALLIE! She joins us to discuss our second romcom in a row: Your Place or Mine, a nonsensical romp about a week-long accountancy course, and also love.TICKETS for THE FLOP HOUSE BATTLES BATTLEFIELD EARTH! The show premieres TONIGHT, April 22, and will be viewable for two weeks thereafter!Wikipedia page for Your Place or MineMovies recommended in this episode:The Movie OrgyPuss in Boots: The Last WishThe AscentAlice, Darling (Hallie has RECANTED this recommendation after seeing the full movie)Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.

Elliott guides us in a cinematic celebration of everyone's favorite holiday -- tax day!Streaming TICKETS for THE FLOP HOUSE BATTLES BATTLEFIELD EARTH now available!Ever tried Microdosing? Visit Microdose.com and use FLOP for 30% off + Free Shipping.