Episodes
This is the final episode for the Batman Franchise and we have a great three part episode to wrap everything up. In the first part Luke and Chris welcome our friend Ben to the show to fantasy draft elements from the Batman movies. In the second part, Luke and Chris go back through all of their ratings for the Batman movies and give their final rankings of all the movies. Finally, in part three, the boys reveal the winner of the Facebook poll and the next Franchise that they will be covering,...
Published 11/11/24
Published 11/11/24
The final Batman movie, that we are covering, is upon us. So lets crank up the Nirvana as we cover Matt Reeve's The Batman. We are joined by a special guest, Luke's brother James, to cover an emo Bruce Wayne, a Zodiac Riddler, and a wise guy Penguin. This film really has everything. And we cover all of it, and so much more.
Published 11/04/24
We've made it to the end of the Nolan Batman-verse with his final installment, the 2012 film, The Dark Knight Rises. Chris and Luke are joined by our good friend Sam to break down the conclusion to the trilogy within the franchise. Lines were drawn on this episode and sides were taken as we discuss whether this movie is a proper conclusion for the trilogy or just a bunch of nonsense. Does the Bane voice bother you? Well then stay tuned because you're going to be hearing it non-stop. Fish...
Published 10/28/24
We're back with the sixth episode of the Batman Franchise, Christopher Nolan's superhero masterpiece, The Dark Knight. We cover everything from the greatest opening in film history, to the extraction of Lau from Hong Kong. Listen along and let us know what your Favorite Scene is, who your favorite performance is, and ultimately, your overall MVP for (potentially) the best Superhero Movie of all time.
Published 10/21/24
We return to the Batman universe with our fifth episode in the franchise, where we celebrate the iconic start of Christopher Nolan's trilogy: Batman Begins (2005). Chris and Luke discuss the impeccably written first hour of the movie, the different versions of Fear that Bruce Wayne/Batman must face, the beginning of the Nolan Batman ending problem, and so much more. Also, we are joined by a Special Guest, the Boss man himself, Bruce Springsteen at the end of the show to discuss his thoughts...
Published 10/14/24
We are taking a short break from the Batman Franchise to cover the new Joker movie; Joker: Folie a Deux. We open the show with a brief discussion of the 2019 Joker movie and then proceed to give a spoiler free review of the new movie. Come back after seeing the film for our Spoiler section that begins around the 25 min mark.
Published 10/04/24
We are at the end of our run of 90s Batman movies with the turd of all turds, Batman & Robin. The Batman Franchise would not recover from this until 2005, but Luke and Chris have a fun time running through all the problems with this terrible movie. Come for Mr Freeze's chilling one-liners and stay for our conversations about the Menedez Brothers, concussions leading to crimes, Asian Take-out and Coffee in TV shows and Films, and so much more!
Published 09/30/24
We're back with the third movie in the Batman Franchise, the misunderstood masterpiece (????) Batman Forever. Luke and Chris are joined by their first guest in Franchise Addicts history, Nick Danola, to discuss the courageous Val Kilmer performance in this movie, the failure of Two Face, the camp of Jim Carey, and so much more!
Published 09/23/24
We're back with the second movie in the Batman Franchise, the wild and weird Batman Returns. Listen as Luke and Chris discuss the origins of the Penguin Boy of Gotham, Batman's DJ skills, Catwoman's sewing and home remodeling ability, Max Shreck's son, and so much more! Follow us on ⁠Facebook⁠ Follow us on ⁠X
Published 09/16/24
We are excited to announce our new Franchise! Listen along as Luke and Chris kick off their new Franchise Series on the Batman movies with Tim Burton's first Batman film. We discuss the Keaton and Nicholson pairing, how this movie impacted a young Chris's psychology, defacing classic art, the dark side of Bruce Wayne's dating life, and so much more! Follow us on Facebook Follow us on X
Published 09/11/24
Franchise Addicts is coming to you with a non-Franchise movie! We are covering the new Serial Killer Thriller from JT Mollner, Strange Darling. Join us as we discuss the film spoiler free for the first 15 min and then talk through the entire movie for the rest of the show.
Published 08/29/24
In the Final episode for the Alien Franchise Chris and Luke wrap up their thoughts on all of the Alien movies. We begin with a draft of our favorite parts of the Franchise, re-rank the movies, and allow Boys 2 Men to carry us through all of our favorite memories. We will miss you Alien, but we will be back next week with our first episode for the next Franchise (announced at the end of this show).
Published 08/27/24
We did it! We saw Alien: Romulus, the ninth movie in the Alien Franchise. Chris and Luke start off the episode giving a spoiler free overview of the movie and then hit full spoilers at the 18:05 mark. Join us as we cover our first in theater movie of the franchise and give our instant reactions to this brand new movie!
Published 08/16/24
Listen as Luke and Chris discuss the eighth movie of the Alien Franchise, Alien: Covenant. We have finally made it to the last movie of the franchise before the release of Alien: Romulus. In this episode we discuss not old Mr. Weyland, Walter the American David, classic opera and poetry, and so much more.
Published 08/12/24
Listen as Luke and Chris discuss the seventh movie in the Alien Franchise, Prometheus. This is a huge episode as we take on the first movie of the Ridley Scott come back. We talk about life, death, where we come from, THE BIG QUESTIONS. We also talk about special snakes, flamethrowers, a guy named Kroft, and so much more.
Published 08/05/24
Listen as Luke and Chris discuss the second of the Alien V Predator movies, Alien V Predator: Requiem. We discuss the meaning of the word Requiem, the slasher movie characteristics of the film, and potentially one of the greatest endings in Alien Franchise history.
Published 07/31/24
Listen along as Chris and Luke discuss the first of the Alien V Predator movies. We talk about whether or not this movie is a part of the Alien Franchise canon, is it better than Indiana Jones, and can we finally determine who would win in a fight between a Xenomorph and a Predator.
Published 07/29/24
Listen as Luke and Chris discuss the fourth film of the "Quadrilogy" Alien: Resurrection. In this truly terrible film we cover space basketball, French directors and actors, the merits of "Josh" Whedon's writing, and so much more!
Published 07/22/24
Join Chris and Luke as we discuss the merits of Alien 3. Is it good, is it bad? Why does David Fincher hate it? Is the Assembly Cut the definitive version? We get into all of that and much more.
Published 07/16/24
Listen as Chris and Like discuss Aliens, the second film in the Alien Franchise. They discuss the differences between the Theatrical and Special edition, Director James Cameron, Bill Paxton’s energy, and much more.
Published 07/08/24
Listen as Chris and Luke discuss Alien, the first film in the Alien Franchise. They break down the movie scene by scene and touch on Director Ridley Scott, Visual Designer H.R. Giger, their favorite performances from the movie, and much more.
Published 07/08/24