Butter With That

The holidays have come and gone, and the Butter Crew are kicking off the new year by putting the Fun In Dysfunction, exploring dysfunctional families within film! Connor sets the table with 2015's Krampus! How well does the movie juggle horror, humor, and the holidays all at once? How about these practical effects and creepy Christmas critter designs? What's the deal with this Krampus lore, and which of us would survive it? Tune in this week to find out!

As our Real Vs. Reel biopic theme draws to a close, Dave presents 2022's Elvis! ...this movie's insane. Tune in!

Our Real Vs. Reel biopic theme rocks on, and this week we're tappin' our toes to Chrystine's selection, 2014's Love And Mercy! How well does the film cover two very different periods of Beach Boys singer Brian Wilson's life, and how well do the two different actors (Cusack and Dano) embody him? Do the film's two different styles and perspectives cohere, or do they wipe out? How do our parents feel about the Beach Boys vs. The Beatles? How do YOU feel about the Beach Boys vs. The Beatles? Listen in and write in to let us know!

Real Vs. Reel, our biopic series, rolls on and this week the gang hit the slopes with Sam’s pick, 2016’s Eddie The Eagle! How well does the film tell the story of Michael “Eddie” Edwards, an Olympic ski jumper who set British records while finishing last? Do Egerton and Jackman bring proper depth to their subjects, or doesn’t the tone make that depth necessary? And that Bo Derek scene? Listen in for answers to these questions and more!

This week we're launching our new biopic theme, Real Vs. Reel! Join us as we investigate Connor's selection, 2002's Catch Me If You Can! Should a biopic stick to the capital-T Truth, or is a biopic about a con artist justified in fabricating the details? How well do we feel Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio play off of one another? Is this one of Spielberg's classic bigger-than-reality stories, or does it stand out as a strange entry for this storied director? Catch the episode if you can for answers to these questions and more!

Roommate Revenge wraps up this week with Sam's selected movie, 2019's 1917! Does the continuous shot motif pay off as immersive or does it ultimate distance the viewer? What, if anything, does this movie have to say about WWI and/or war in general? Are the a-historic liberties the film takes functional or kind of an oversight? And milk in a canteen? AT WAR? We take to the trenches for answers to these questions and more, so tune in!

Roommate Revenge rages on as we take on Chrystine's assigned movie, 2013's Austenland! Does this rom-com/Austen satire come across as an affectionate ode or an ineffective farce? How well does it juggle a will-they-won't-they tension among its multiple relationship possibilities? And what does the gang make of yet another rom-com airport scene? Listen in this week for answers to these questions and more!

Roommate Revenge rolls on, and this week Dave has been assigned 2017's The VelociPastor! Does this self-styled "good-bad" cult/b-movie stick the landing, or wade too far into genuinely bad movie territory? Is the humor self-aware and snappy enough, or does it linger too long on underwritten bits? Was this ultimately an exercise in wasted potential, or does it rise to the status of a strong and considered genre parody? Tune in for these answers and more!

This week we're launching our special new theme, Roommate Revenge! Sam's housemates Heather and Kara have tuned in and watched our selections for years now and finally have the opportunity to weigh in and assign each member of the crew their own episode! Their selection for Connor is 1992's Encino Man! Join us as we try to establish a thru-line in a movie that basically amounts to a montage! Does Brendan Fraser carry the weight of the other lacking performances? Tune it to see how well the roommates' selection syncs with Connor's taste, and the rest of the crew's as well!

After a brief break, Butter is back! This week, we're concluding our Underrated Movies theme with an out-of-this-world movie, Chrystine's selection, 2018's Prospect! Blast off with the crew as we weigh in on the film's balance of sci-fi and western movie tropes, review the characters from page to screen, and tip our hats to just how much detail the filmmakers created on a shoe-string budget! And be sure to join us again next week when we launch into a brand new, long awaited theme!