The original. The OG. The Gene Wilder masterpiece. And sadly, the end of our three-part Wonka deep dive!

Come with Pappy, Josh, Stevie and Film Dylan and you'll see be in a world of pure imagination.

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A sweet boy from a poor family dreams of finding one of five golden tickets hidden inside chocolate bar wrappers which will admit him to the eccentric and reclusive Willy Wonka's magical factory. One after another, tickets are discovered by ghastly children - but will the lad find the last remaining one and have all his dreams come true?

Release date

June 30, 1971 (USA)

Director

Mel Stuart

Story by

Roald Dahl

Adapted from

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Budget

3 million USD

Quiet up, and listen down — it's Timothée Spoilers!

Pappy, Stevie, Josh and Kylo discuss Paul King's Wonka prequel/backstory film.

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Young and poor Willy Wonka arrives in Europe with dreams of becoming a famous chocolatier. However, a corrupt cartel of rival businessmen stands in his way.

Release date

December 15, 2023 (USA)

Director

Paul King

Story by

Roald Dahl, Paul King

Adapted from

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Running time

1h 56m

Budget

125 million USD

Pappy, Josh, Korey (Kylo), and Shaddy Daddy kick off part one of our three-part Willy Wonka deep dive in the Scholar’s Order with Johnny Depp and Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!

Based on the beloved Roald Dahl tale, this comedic and fantastical film follows young Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore) and his Grandpa Joe (David Kelly) as they join a small group of contest winners who get to tour the magical and mysterious factory of eccentric candy maker Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp). Aided by his diminutive Oompa Loompa workers (Deep Roy), Wonka has a hidden motivation for the tour, one that he will reveal only after the children in the group show their true colors.

Release date: July 10, 2005 (USA)

Director: Tim Burton

Story by: Roald Dahl

Budget: 150 million USD

Running time: 1h 55m

$ Mikey, Pappy, Josh, Brett, and Korey review another from the mad dutchman paul verhoeven: Starship Troopers!

In the distant future, the Earth is at war with a race of giant alien insects. Little is known about the Bugs except that they are intent on the eradication of all human life. But there was a time before the war... A Mobile Infantry travels to distant alien planets to take the war to the Bugs. They are a ruthless enemy with only one mission: Survival of their species no matter what the cost...

Release date: November 7, 1997 (USA)

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Sequel: Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation

Story by: Robert A. Heinlein

Adapted from: Starship Troopers

Budget: 100 million USD

Pappy and Josh absolutely scarf pizza, beer, candy and cheesecake before talking about the cheesecake episode with Brett and Liz!

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Chandler and Rachel pig out on a neighbour's cheesecake that was mistakenly delivered to Chandler. They feel bad, but not quite guilty enough to refrain from eating a second one that has also been wrongly delivered.

The boys are back with Oliver Stone and "The Foot Man" Quentin Tarantino to do a Patreon Requested review of Natural Born Killers (The Directors Cut)! Thank you to our Patreons!!

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Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis are two young, attractive serial killers who become tabloid-TV darlings, thanks to a sensationalistic press led by Robert Downey Jr. The press reports the pair as they go on a 52 people killing spree. A controversial look at the way the media portrays criminals.

Release date: August 26, 1994 (USA)

Director: William Oliver Stone

Screenplay: William Oliver Stone, Richard Rutowski, David Veloz

Story by: Quentin Tarantino

Producers: Don Murphy, Jane Hamsher, Clayton Townsend

Running time: 1h 59m

Catholic Spoilers!

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Two fallen angels who were ejected from paradise find themselves banned in Wisconsin. They are now headed for New Jersey where they find a loophole that can get them back into heaven. The only catch is that it will destroy humanity. A group bands together to stop them.

Release date: November 12, 1999 (USA)

Director: Kevin Smith

Screenplay: Kevin Smith

Running time: 2h 9m

Budget: 10 million USD

Distributed by: Lionsgate Films, Miramax, Starz Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Harvey Weinstein personally owned the rights to director Kevin Smith's film Dogma and effectively held it "hostage" for years, preventing its re-release or streaming due to legal issues and his control over assets, even dangling a sequel idea in a last-ditch call to Smith just before his public downfall, with Smith eventually regaining control as Weinstein's legal troubles mounted.

Merry Christmas to all our spoiler friends.

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Ross unexpectedly finds himself looking after Ben, and decides to do something special for Christmas. Since all the Santa costumes have been rented out, Ross dons the best outfit left and entertains Ben as the holiday armadillo.

Show: Friends (1994)

Air date: December 14, 2000

Listen to Friends Spoilers! and someone will surely buy you the childhood bicycle of your dreams!

We hope all our listeners are enjoying the holiday season so far!

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Rachel is dating her assistant, Tag, but they must keep it a secret at work because of the company's anti-dating policy. Her friends warn her that the relationship will only cause her trouble, but just for fun, she becomes more brazen about it.

Show: Friends (1994)

Director: David Schwimmer

Written by: Wil Calhoun

Air date: December 7, 2000

Pappy, Josh, Stevie, Kylo and Brett are lost boys.

Thanks druidking.

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Teenage brothers Michael (Jason Patric) and Sam (Corey Haim) move with their mother (Dianne Wiest) to a small town in northern California. While the younger Sam meets a pair of kindred spirits in geeky comic-book nerds Edward (Corey Feldman) and Alan (Jamison Newlander), the angst-ridden Michael soon falls for Star (Jami Gertz) -- who turns out to be in thrall to David (Kiefer Sutherland), leader of a local gang of vampires. Sam and his new friends must save Michael and Star from the undead.

Release date: July 31, 1987 (USA)

Director: Joel Schumacher

Sequel: Lost Boys: The Tribe

Running time: 1h 38m

Story by: James Jeremias, Janice Fischer

MPAA rating: R