Headcanon

By Benjamin Light and Marco Sparks

TV & Film

What's Headcanon about?

A podcast discussing narratives and the creative process in film, tv, books and video games.

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Headcanon episodes:

07.25.2023
No. 513 | “Hi, Barbie!”
Yes, we did the whole Barbenheimer thing. Please enjoy this mini-episode of Headcanon At The Movies where the guys chat about their thoughts about Barbie and Oppenheimer. Send all complaints to @jamestaylor21
07.14.2023
No. 512 | “A mind-reading, shape-shifting agent of chaos.”
We went and saw Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One and then ran to the mics to discuss. Is it just us, or is the dynamic between Ethan Hunt, Ilsa Faust, and newcomer Grace (Hayley Atwell) just so, so...
07.04.2023
No. 511 | “I miss the desert. I miss the sea.”
Happy Fourth, listeners. We dragged ourselves to the mics to discuss Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (12:46). It was… fine. Also discussed: our plans for Cruel Summer season 2. *whip-crack noise!*
02.20.2023
No. 510 | “Burglekutt, you’re troll dung!”
The guys return with a very timely episode on the 1988 fantasy film Willow, and they’re joined by special guest Kayla. JT had never seen this movie, but it’s close to Kayla’s heart. This one goes off the rails in...
12.05.2022
No. 509 | “As if!”
It’s a Bros Watch PLL Too crossover episode, the Bros are joined by Kate to talk about the grandmother of all modern teen movies: Amy Heckerling’s Clueless. The Girl from the Aerosmith video shows limitless charm as Cher, the ditzy...
11.15.2022
No. 508 | “You have broken my heart yet again”
We’re back! The guys surface to talk multiverses madness in Everything Everywhere All at Once with friend of the pod Ally, and discuss our new book Trouble Takes a Holiday at the end. (Spoilers beware!)
05.23.2022
No. 507 | “You can be my wingman anytime”
The guys are back to talk about some recent films and their general disaffected ennui with the state of TV and the Cinema (4:40). Then they travel back to a simpler time of F-14 Tomcats, bomber jackets, and baby oil,...
03.23.2022
No. 506 | “You’re a weird guy”
The bros return to talk about The Batman and the new season of Star Trek: Picard (2:53), before diving deep into the murky, sloppy depths of Deep Water, the Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas erotic thriller from Adrian Lyne (37:06)....
12.31.2021
No. 505 | “It’s not sexy like it should be, Jack”
We’re back! Happy New Year, everyone! We stumbled and crawled and pulled our aging corpses back to the mics to pinch off 2021 with a long overdue look at one of our favorite movies of all time: Boogie Nights (52:05)....
08.23.2021
No. 504 | “We are the weirdos, mister”
Flashback to 1996 for a charming little moving about witches and unpronounceable spirits. It’s The Craft! (15:56) A more innocent time when pleather meant you were dangerous, and $175 grand was a lot of money. We’re joined by special guest...
08.16.2021
No. 503 | “Woman! Whoa, man!”
This week on the pod, we’re joined by Savannah as we continue through 90s month with So I Married an Axe Murderer (18:49). What is Charlie’s job in this movie? How does a poet who does one reading a month...
08.02.2021
No. 502 | “What came first, the music or the misery?”
This week on the pod we’re talking High Fidelity (14:33), the John Cusack music snob epic that made Jack Black a star, and The Beta Band a meme. We’re joined by special guest Kayla as we relive the innocent time...
07.26.2021
No. 501 | “You’re a handsome devil, what’s your name?”
We’re back! It’s Season Five of Headcanon, and we’re kicking it off with a trip back to the 90s where even hitmen deserve a second shot. Grosse Pointe Blank is an underrated classic, and we can’t stop quoting lines from...
04.27.2021
No. 019 | “[Joker blows raspberry]”
Ugh. Fine. We watched this stupid Justice League re-cut (39:19). It’s still bad. This podcasts is over three hours long and it’s still shorter than this turgid pile of garbage. Cruel Summer is great, tho.
04.13.2021
No. 018 | “My whole life is a dark room”
This week on the pod, we will go insane and we will take you with us! We’re joined by special guest Savannah to talk about bizarre 80s classic Beetlejuice. (15:09) How did this get made? How is this rated PG??...
03.30.2021
No. 017 | “Aman-duh!!”
This week on the pod we welcome back Kayla to return to another 90s teen classic: Can’t Hardly Wait! (21:13) Preston Meyers is kind of a creep. The kid from Hook has some problematic revenge ideas. And the Girl Whose...
03.09.2021
No. 016 | “You sack of wine!”
We want what all podcasts want, we just want it more. We’re talking Troy (Director’s Cut) from 2004 (23:49). Feast your eyes on those tanned, bronzed chests, luxuriant, oiled hair, and gratuitous gore and violence. Brad Pitt’s Achilles was born...
02.23.2021
No. 015 | “There is nothing worse than not feeling chosen”
This week on the pod, we’re wrapping up the To All the Boys rom-com trilogy with To All the Boys: Always and Forever (23:03)—and we’re joined by friend of the pod Krystal Pearson. We’ve got some thoughts about Mr. Covey...
02.09.2021
No. 014 | “Maybe I’m lame in a cool way”
This week on the pod: Lara Jean has one boyfriend, yes, but what about second boyfriends? We’re revisiting the fluffy Netflix Noah Centineo Romantic Comedy Universe to talk To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (23:00). It’s uh,...
01.25.2021
No. 013 | “Two’s company, three’s a crowd”
Happy New Year! It’s our first pod of the 2021 and already there’s been a violent insurrection. Let’s try to remember a simpler time, when Denise Richards was in movies, Bill Murray was just starting his comeback, and Kevin Bacon...
12.28.2020
No. 012 | “The Soft Package”
Another year comes to a close, this one quite unlike any other. Let us all hope that in the future we can all look back on 2020 as the worst year of our lives. Until then, we’re running down our...
12.21.2020
No. 011 | “I used only the good notes”
Nothing says holiday rom com like Kate Winslet huffing her stove’s gas to off herself! That’s right, we watched The Holiday (22:07), just in time for Nancy Meyers week, whatever that is. Marco is shipping Iris and the old guy,...
12.07.2020
No. 010 | “Are you watching closely?”
Well, this seemed inevitable ;-) James and Marco are joined by special guest and Trouble beta reader Ally to discuss one of our favorite movies, Christoper Nolan’s The Prestige (14:44). Secrets. Are our lives! What a thrill to revisit the...
12.01.2020
No. 009 | “I am not hiding you! I am hiding me!”
Bonus Episode! We were feeling the holiday cheer, so we thought we’d grab Friend of the Pod Kaitlin Reilly of The Riverdale Register to talk about the instant classic Happiest Season, (15:30) starring our patron saint of Headcanon: Kristen Stewart....
11.23.2020
No. 008 | “I have a brilliant beyond brilliant idea!”
This week on the pod, contest winner Meaghan has us watching a very apt selection: 1998’s version of The Parent Trap! (12:29) Journey back to a time when Lindsay Lohan was a talented new star, and Dennis Quaid wasn’t totally...
11.16.2020
No. 007 | “Shock me shock me shock me with that deviant behavior.”
This week on the pod we welcome special guest and contest winner Kayla to discuss the movie of her choosing: Empire Records (14:50). Take a fun trip down memory lane to the world 90s slacker alt rock, where everyone was...
11.02.2020
No. 006 | “Tell it to the cleaning lady on Monday.”
Take your mind off doom scrolling for a bit as we revisit this modern cult classic that’s somehow already 10 years old: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World! (11:53) We love Wallace. We absolutely love Knives and Kim. Scott, tho… yeah,...
10.26.2020
No. 005 | “You weren’t supposed to help her.”
Listen to this podcast and you’ve got seven days to make a copy or else. That’s right, the Horrorgasm! concludes this week with 2002’s The Ring (11:56), directed by Gore Verbinski. Why is so terrifying and yet kinda funny when...
10.19.2020
No. 004 | “Whoa! Look at this! So much content!”
The Horrorgasm! continues on this week’s episode. We’re talking about the newly-released film “No Escape,” (15:30) starring the one and only Keegan Allen as a vlogging lord who goes to Moscow just to do an escape room. We wish we...
10.12.2020
No. 003 | “I know I’m human.”
This week on the pod: one of us in a podcaster, and one of us is an imposter. Is that whiskey Marco Spark just drank? Or gasoline? That’s right, it’s 1982’s The Thing (7:52) directed by John Carpenter, and starring...
10.05.2020
No. 002 | “I think it’s vodka o’clock.”
This week on Headcanon, we’re taking a trip into the uncharted tunnel system below the United States, to get thoroughly creeped out by the Tethered in Jordan Peele’s Us (13:53). The horrifying voice, the way they move, the rabbits! It’s...
09.28.2020
No. 001 | “I’d rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe.”
On this new season of Headcanon, the Buffy rewatch is over, but we’re still talking about Little Women (12:54). Meg, Jo, Amy, and Beth, to be precise. To the surprise of no one, Marco is stanning for Amy. And we...
09.21.2020
No. 084 | “I ain’t getting any older.”
At long last, we have reached the end of our Buffy the Vampire Slayer rewatch. We are no longer cookie dough, we are cookies and you can eat us. This week, we’re talking about the second half of Season 7...
09.14.2020
No. 083 | “From beneath you, it devours”
This week on the pod: the rewatch is winding down as we cover the first half of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 7 (24:03). We’re talking the superb s07e05 “Selfless,” the also excellent s07e07 “Conversations With Dead People,” and the...
08.31.2020
No. 082 | “Your shirt…”
It’s “Seeing Red” day on Headcanon! At long last, we’ve made it to the most controversial episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 6 (13:16). In part II of our Season 6 discussion, we also discuss s06e14 “Older and Far...
08.17.2020
No. 081 | “Dawn’s in trouble. Must be Tuesday.”
This week on the pod, JT and Marco are joined by Amanda of the Fire Bad, Tree Pretty podcast to discuss perhaps the most delightful episode of Buffy ever: s06e07 “Once More, With Feeling.” (13:47) We also gab about the...
08.03.2020
No. 080 | “Mom? Mom? Mommy?”
This week on Headcanon, we close the book on season five of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (16:53). Buffy finds a body, fights off some truly lame Knights, and gives Dawn a Gift. Come for the misery, stay for the Ben...
07.27.2020
No. 079 | “Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.”
Glory is upon us! This week on Headcanon, we’re talking the first half of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 5 (13:46). We’ll be covering s05e05 “No Place Like Home,” s05e07 “Fool For Love,” and s05e12 “Checkpoint” — along with assorted...
07.20.2020
No. 078 | “Men! With your… sales!”
This week on the pod: creepy Gentleman, Faith body-switching hijinx, and the Exposition Song! It’s Season 4 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer! (10:40) We’re covering the whole season in one shot, discussing s04e10 “Hush,” s04e15 “This Year’s Girl,” s04e16 “Who...
07.13.2020
No. 077 | “Fire bad, tree pretty”
This week on Headcanon, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 3 (14:50) comes to an end with our third podcast covering so3e18 “Earshot,” s03e21 “Graduation Day, Part One,” and s03e22 “Graduation Day, Part Two.” Buffy is psychic. Buffy tries to murder...
07.06.2020
No. 076 | “I know everything that you did, because you did it to me”
We’re right in the middle of an awesome groove with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 3 (13:25). This week on the pod we’re talking s03e10 “Amends,” s03e13 “The Zeppo,” and s03e14 “Bad Girls.” Faith takes her first steps down a...
06.28.2020
No. 075 | “You’ll never be friends”
After a break to respect the Black Lives Matter protests and movement, we’re back to talk Buffy Season 3 (22:25). This week on the pod we’re covering s03e03 “Faith, Hope, and Trick,” s03e08 “Lover’s Walk,” and s03e09 “The Wish.” Buffy...
05.25.2020
No. 074 | “Close your eyes”
This week on the pod, you might not find a finer half-season of television. The guys are covering the back half of season 2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Specifically, “Passion,” and “Becoming” parts 1 and 2. Xander remains problematic,...
05.18.2020
No. 073 | “I’ll just let it burn”
At long last, we’re finally tackling foundational text Buffy the Vampire Slayer (9:17). We’re settling into Season 2 this week, covering s02e07 “Lie to Me,” s02e13 “Surprise!” and s02e14 “Innocence.” You know, just some all-time classics. Buffy Summers remains an...
05.11.2020
No. 072 | “The lawyer’s all yours.”
This week on the pod we’re indulging in some guilty pleasure Dad Cinema with 2012’s Jack Reacher (11:21). Diminutive Tom Cruise might not match the size of the titular hero from the book series, but his performance sure does! Or...
05.04.2020
No. 071 | “No. That’s not how you know me.”
Please join us, in this place that we all made together, as we close out our LOST rewatch with Season 6 (16:17). Jack gets an even bigger god complex, LaFleur is the hit new CBS procedural about LA Hot Cops...
04.27.2020
No. 070 | “When Am I?”
Our LOST rewatch continues with every episode of Season 5 (13:30). Jack has a bomb! Sawyer provides an alternative model of leadership. Kate latches onto the nearest sleazy deadbeat she can find. Sayid gets literally Weekend at Bernie’s-ed for a...
04.20.2020
No. 069 | “I won’t call for eight years”
This week on the pod, we’re flashing forward to Season 4 of LOST (21:02). Jack is trying to fix everything by getting his people off the Island. Sayid is following close behind, cleaning up all of Jack’s mistakes. Kate revels...
04.13.2020
No. 068 | “Not Penny’s Boat”
We’re back for more LOST talk! This week we’re covering some selections from Season 3 of the show (11:42): s03e01 A Tale of Two Cities, s03e14 Exposé, s03e20 The Man Behind the Curtain, s03e21 Greatest Hits, and s03e22 Through the...
04.06.2020
No. 067 | “See you in another life, brotha!”
Okay, guys, we finally did it. By popular demand, we’re talking about the 2000s television series L O S T for the next month or so (27:10). This week, we try (and fail) to cover seasons 1-2 of the show...

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Headcanon episodes:

No. 513 | “Hi, Barbie!”

No. 512 | “A mind-reading, shape-shifting agent of chaos.”

No. 511 | “I miss the desert. I miss the sea.”

No. 510 | “Burglekutt, you’re troll dung!”

No. 509 | “As if!”

No. 508 | “You have broken my heart yet again”

No. 507 | “You can be my wingman anytime”

No. 506 | “You’re a weird guy”

No. 505 | “It’s not sexy like it should be, Jack”

No. 504 | “We are the weirdos, mister”

No. 503 | “Woman! Whoa, man!”

No. 502 | “What came first, the music or the misery?”

No. 501 | “You’re a handsome devil, what’s your name?”

No. 019 | “[Joker blows raspberry]”

No. 018 | “My whole life is a dark room”

No. 017 | “Aman-duh!!”

No. 016 | “You sack of wine!”

No. 015 | “There is nothing worse than not feeling chosen”

No. 014 | “Maybe I’m lame in a cool way”

No. 013 | “Two’s company, three’s a crowd”

No. 012 | “The Soft Package”

No. 011 | “I used only the good notes”

No. 010 | “Are you watching closely?”

No. 009 | “I am not hiding you! I am hiding me!”

No. 008 | “I have a brilliant beyond brilliant idea!”

No. 007 | “Shock me shock me shock me with that deviant behavior.”

No. 006 | “Tell it to the cleaning lady on Monday.”

No. 005 | “You weren’t supposed to help her.”

No. 004 | “Whoa! Look at this! So much content!”

No. 003 | “I know I’m human.”

No. 002 | “I think it’s vodka o’clock.”

No. 001 | “I’d rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe.”

No. 084 | “I ain’t getting any older.”

No. 083 | “From beneath you, it devours”

No. 082 | “Your shirt…”

No. 081 | “Dawn’s in trouble. Must be Tuesday.”

No. 080 | “Mom? Mom? Mommy?”

No. 079 | “Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.”

No. 078 | “Men! With your… sales!”

No. 077 | “Fire bad, tree pretty”

No. 076 | “I know everything that you did, because you did it to me”

No. 075 | “You’ll never be friends”

No. 074 | “Close your eyes”

No. 073 | “I’ll just let it burn”

No. 072 | “The lawyer’s all yours.”

No. 071 | “No. That’s not how you know me.”

No. 070 | “When Am I?”

No. 069 | “I won’t call for eight years”

No. 068 | “Not Penny’s Boat”

No. 067 | “See you in another life, brotha!”