FilmDrunk Frotcast

Do you love Robocop (1987)? Then you’ll love this Frotcast (maybe)! Comedian Joey Avery and Matt Lieb from The Star Wars show watched Robocop for the first time, to discuss it with Robocop superfans Vince Mancini and Brendan. Also this week — we talk the strange phenomenon of Ready Player One (soon to be a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg) and examine some of the author’s slam poetry (mmm, member berries). We’ve also got the Worst Takes of The Week and an appreciation of tortured music reviews. Enjoy, and Frot on. Donate at patreon.com/frotcast. 2:23 – Talking Ready Player One, member berries, and the author’s old slam poetry33:50 – Discussing the 1987 classic, Robocop. 45:21 – Paul Verheoven’s perverted teen boy sensibility59:00 – Appreciating the Zucker Brothers classics like Naked Gun and Airplane! 1:05:00 – Worst takes of the week!

Do you remember the good ol’ boy movies of the 1970s? The ones that celebrated a guy, who maybe wasn’t particularly handsome, or smart, or heroic, but he loved sweet cars, was always up for a good time, and inexplicably surrounded by hot willing women? Well Mike Sacks remembers those movies, which is why he wrote ‘Stinker Lets Loose,’ the novelization of a “lost” 1976 CB radio classic about a cross-country trucker sent to deliver a shipment of Coors to the president — accompanied by his overweight buddy and a female chimp in heat. We talk to Mike about his book, discuss Game of Thrones, and get the scoop on Comic-Con from Matt Lieb (of ‘The Star Wars Show!’), who just got back from there. Starring Vince Mancini, Joey Avery, and Matt Lieb. Donate at Patreon.com/Frotcast, and Frot on. 3:20 – Is Game of Thrones jumping the shark if I’ll keep watching it no matter how much I complain?13:52 – We talk to Mike Sacks, author of ‘Stinker Lets Loose,’ the novelization of a non-existent 70s CB radio adventure comedy.22:35 – Actual excerpt from the ‘Stinker Lets Loose’ audiobook41:35 – Matt Lieb tells us all about his Comic-Con experience.1:06:27 – Listener emails. We talk Chester from Linkin Park and celebrity death in general.

This week on the Frotcast, we take advantage of our all-millennial panel (comedians Matt Lieb, Joey Avery, and Kollin Holtz) to introduce them to the critically-acclaimed 1980s classic, The Untouchables. Will they love it?! Before we get to that, we discuss Game of Thrones on Chemo Couch Time with Ben, and answer your emails. Email us at frotcast@gmail.com, donate at Patreon.com/frotcast. Frot on! 6:58 – Discussing Rooney Mara never having eaten pie before prior to A Ghost Story18:47 – Chemo Couch Time With Ben! Ben gives us his thoughts on all the shows he’s been watching while laid up on chemo.24:29 – Game Of Thrones, and the bad take that the appeal is “liberals secretly longing for monarchy”43:00 – Matt Lieb explains how to do heroin (again)1:01:18 – The Untouchables1:27:00 – Answering your emails

This week on the Frotcast, Justin Halpern, recently of Powerless, joins to talk about his cancelled show being Adam West’s final screen credit, accuse Vince of being the new Armond White, and tell apocryphal stories about Lord and Miller on the set of Method Man shows. We talk about the critical hive mind, what Lord and Miller must’ve done to get canned from the Han Solo movie, DC fans, Marvel, and more. This week’s hosts are Vince Mancini from FilmDrunk/Uproxx and Matt Lieb from AJ+/The Star Wars Show. Frot on!  4:55 – The Return Of Fake Bret6:30 – Talkin’ Otto Warmbier11:30 – Talkin’ All Eyez On Me and music biopic tropes15:25 – Justin Halpern joins via Skype28:00 – Justin’s story about Lord and Miller and Method Man30:00 – Speculating about the Lord and Miller/Star Wars split31:40 – Justin brings in RESEARCH, to bolster his Vince Mancini/Armond White theory. 55:00 – The Mummy, and Justin’s incredible story about getting negged by Brendan Fraser’s publicist.1:00:00 – The Case Against Keith Olbermann1:26:00 – Royalty Freestyle for Emmett1:29:33 – Royalt Freestyle for Matthew C.

This week on the Frotcast, we break down Colin Trevorrow’s Book of Henry (the worst film of the year?), the week’s worst takes (both Cosby and Kevin Durant-based), and Uber’s disastrous board meeting. Panel includes Vince Mancini, Matt Lieb, Brendan, and fresh from the Giants game, Joey Avery. 3:00 – Uber’s awesome press conference 16:15 – Is ‘Book of Henry’ the worst movie of the year? And how much of the plot can Brendan predict without having seen it? 40:00 – The Worst Takes Of The Week 1:25:00 – Emails

THIS WEEK ON THE FROTCAST: I interview Demetri Martin. “Sexist” Wonder Woman reviews? The Mummy, and the rise of the “shared universe.” Tom Cruise’s ageless asexuality. Is the Babadook gay?Your email questions. Your panel includes Vince Mancini from FilmDrunk/Uproxx, co-host Brendan, and comedians Matt Lieb and Allison Mick. Donate at Patreon.com/Frotcast! Intro – Is Wonder Woman a Zionist? 5:33 – Edelstein’s Wonder Woman review: deserved dragging or unfair?10:15 – American Gods/We imagine what different celebrities’ dicks might look like12:00 – The Mummy, and how it made Wonder Woman look that much more groundbreaking.22:30 – Demetri Martin talks about his new film ‘Dean,’ starting out as a stand up, and more.59:21 – The ouvre of Tom Cruise

Drew Magary from Deadspin/GQ (whose latest novel, The Hike, drops on paperback in July) by this week to talk Big Summer Camp, Fargo, and whether sports reporters are more obnoxious than film critics. We also talk Netflix’s Roger Stone documentary, Get Me Roger Stone. Is it not ironic that the guy who brought the “cuck”-shouting alt-right to national prominence was once run out of Washington over a scandal about letting other men have sex with his wife? Why do all of the bad things seem to come from Nixon? And what the hell is going on with the guy’s skull? Naturally, we finish off with the Royalty Freestyle. Frot on and enjoy, donate at Patreon dot com slash Frotcast. 1:00 – Drew Magary joins, to complain about Big Summer Camp19:00 – Talking Baywatch, and the idea of the self-referential movie29:00 – Fargo35:00 – More tolerable, group of film critics or group of sports reporters52:33 – ‘Get Me Roger Stone’1:01:50 – We find out about Ben Jacobs getting bodyslammed by congressional candidate Greg Gianforte in real time and can’t stop laughing.1:12:10 – The Royalty Freestyle. “Everything is a twist in this life.”  

Lost City of Z author David Grann’s new book, Killers of the Flower Moon, is about the mass murder — through gunshots, bombs, and poisoning — of almost the better part of an entire generation of Osage Indians in the teens and 1920s, carried out in order to inherit their lucrative mineral rights. Originally hailed as one of the FBI’s first and defining successes, Grann’s investigation uncovers for the first time the true extent of the “Osage Reign Of Terror,” which wasn’t just a single plot, but rather an interlocking web of conspiracy and corruption that sought to usurp American Indian wealth and was only possible through collusion at every level of society. One of the first examples of the FBI investigating corruption among local police, Grann’s book comes out at a time when Attorney General Jeff Sessions is actively trying to weaken the federal government’s mandate to police local police (“it is not the responsibility of the federal government to manage non-federal law enforcement agencies” read a Sessions memo from April). This week I talk to Grann about his book’s relevance, the relationship between racism and greed, and the dying art of shoeleather reporting. In addition to that, it’s Alien: Covenant week on the Frotcast, so we’re watching and breaking down the 1979 original, Alien. Panel includes Vince Mancini, Frotcast co-host Brendan, and comedians Joey Avery and Matt Lieb.    

Would Guardians Of The Galaxy even exist without The Fifth Element? The Luc Besson classic turns 20 this week, the same week as Star Wars Day, which is fitting, because The Fifth Element is my Star Wars. We’re talking Fifth Element this week with Matt Lieb from AJ+, Brendan (who thinks the Fifth Element is dumb!) and Vince. We also talk Fyre Festival, hockey names, and play the Royalty Freestyle, with Matt Lieb. Donate at Patreon.com/Frotcast. 1:55 – Breaking down the Fyre Festival because we didn’t get to last week.12:45 – Hockey names, and our Name Of The Year pick for next year, Tait Purk.   24:07 – The Fifth Element53:00 – Emails1:09:05 – The Royalty Freestyle

This week on the Frot, I chat with TV critic Alan Sepinwall about Breaking Bad and Peak TV, and we talk about Alex Jones and the Berkeley bike lock bandit conspiracy (or not). We also talk Veep, Silicon Valley’s Papa Roach joke, and The Leftovers. Panel includes Matt Lieb from AJ+, Brendan, and comedian Jane Harrison, who had her first lesbian experience this past week and is now a squirting truther. Hooray! Enjoy and Frot on! Donate at Patreon dot com slash Frotcast. Produced by Vince Mancini.  1:11 – Jane immediately derails the show with her lesbian experience. 5:55 – We talk about Alex Jones and his Chobani lawsuit with former Chobani spokes person Matt Lieb.10:44 – A brief appearance by El Chapo13:00 – Talkin’ TV with Alan Sepinwall38:00 – Talkin The Leftovers44:33 – We play the Leftovers-inspired “F, Marry, Depart” with right wing news personalities.56:26 – We segue from 9/11 trutherism into Jane becoming a squirting truther. 1:01:10 – The Silicon Valley Papa Roach joke, and was it just a magnificent coincidence?1:11:55 – Emails! Specifically, a question about the Berkeley bike lock attack guy.