You Hate Movies

On today’s special mammoth-sized episode we challenge a panel of 7 individuals to rank Pixar’s 17 films from best to worst without killing friendships in the process.    Featuring: Abi Porter, Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Josiah DePaoli, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns, and Whitney Depaoli. Spoilers: Bicentennial Man, The Land Before Time, Inception, Brother Bear, Frozen, Tangled, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Short Circuit, Flight of the Navigator, Elysium, Gravity, X-Men: Apocalypse, Chappie, Unfriended, American Tail, The Rescuers, Zootopia, Rudy, Watchmen, Antz, Braveheart, The Nickelodeon animated series Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, the Cars Land are of Disney California Adventure, the 1986 Jim Henson TV special The Christmas Toy, and The Walking Dead (Season 4).

Thirteen years after the original, does Pixar’s Finding Dory capture all the magic of its predecessor? Or is it simply wringing money out of a beloved franchise with a few effective fish jokes along the way? Featuring: Abi Porter, Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Josiah DePaoli, Patrick Porter, and Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Finding Nemo, New York Minute, Predator, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Alien, Despicable Me 1 & 2, Minions, The Secret Life of Pets trailer, Cars, Cars 2, and The Good Dinosaur.

After a long and troubled production, Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur was as divisive as it was visually breathtaking. In this episode we celebrate the goodness of The Good Dinosaur, while condemning the critics who clearly hate movies. Featuring: Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: The Revenant, Inside Out, Toy Story 3, True Grit (2010), Ratatouille, Lion King, Stand By Me, Dumbo, Pinocchio, Brave, White Fang, Harry and the Hendersons, You’ve Got Mail, The Land Before Time, and the PBS cartoon Dinosaur Train.

Nine movies in, where does each installment in the X-Men franchise rank from best to worst? Join us as our expert opinions go to work on 16 years of super hero film history in order to list the best and worst of the movie mutants. Featuring: Josh Porter, Liam Gonnason, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Every X-Men movie as well as the animated series of the 90's, District 9, The Usual Suspects, Dumb and Dumber, Total Recall, Batman begins, Kill Bill, T2: Judgement Day, Looper.

We head to theaters a ninth time to see an X-Men movie. Does X-Men: Apocalypse maintain the longstanding franchise's recent revival, or has it stalled out again? Featuring: Josh Porter, Liam Gonnason, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: All X-Men movies, Alien, Star Wars: A New Hope, Legend, The Simpsons Episode 168, The Fifth Element, T2, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Road, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Jaws, and the X-Men animated series.

Join us as we explore the most exciting and/or dumb movie news from May, 2016. Who will direct Godzilla 2? What is the new Transformers movie called? Does a studio executive know his butt from a door? The answers—as well as our expert opinions—await you, followed by a special Marvel Cinematic Universe round of Save or Kill? Featuring: Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Peter Nikiforov, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Fantastic Four (2015), Creed, Thor, Thor 2, Man of Steel, Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadpool, Iron Man 3, Jungle Book (1994), Hail, Caesar!, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Blues Brothers, Matrix Reloaded, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Ant-Man, and one major spoiler for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Eight years and 12 movies after Marvel Studio’s Iron Man, we’ve arrived at Captain America: Civil War. Is the third installment in the Captain America trilogy Marvel’s most sophisticated outing yet, or has the studio powerhouse lost its touch? Featuring: Abi Porter, Bethany Allen, Josh Porter, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Captain America: Civil War, Inglourious Basterds, Batman v Superman, Star Wars, Deadpool, Coming to America, Alan Moore’s graphic novel Watchmen, just about all the marvel movies, and also sports that include fields and benches.

In this episode, we wrestle through one of cinema’s greatest debates: Which Tom Hanks loves Meg Ryan movie is better, Sleepless in Seattle or You’ve Got Mail? Before we settle the argument once and for all, we put our rom-com know-how to the test with a game of Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail trivia. Featuring: Bethany Allen, Matt Hughes, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Sarah Hanns, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: When Harry Met Sally, Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, Joe Vs. The Volcano, The Shop Around the Corner, Batman v Superman, Sophie’s Choice, and American Psycho.

Every year, we make a wager on which movies will make the most money during the summer movie season. In this episode, we argue about who will be the big winners at the box office.  Featuring: Abi Porter, Matt Hughes, Josh Porter, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns. Spoilers: Star Trek, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Fight Club, Rush Hour, Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Lone Ranger, Neighbors, Bridesmaids.

Zack Snyder is one of the most divisive filmmakers in the world of genre-filmmaking. In this episode we rank his entire filmography from best to worst. Featuring: Josh Porter, Liam Gonnason, Matt Hughes, Patrick Porter, Tyler Hanns Spoilers: Every movie in Zack Snyder’s directorial filmography, George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later, World War Z, Troy, Love Actually, Immortals, The Cell, 300: Rise of an Empire, Lord of the Rings, Van Helsing, Mighty Ducks, A Series of Unfortunate Events, he Frank Miller graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns, I am Legend, and the Terminator soundtrack.