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What's scarier than sharks? How about FRENCH sharks?!? The Flop House goes international to discuss the French-produced, Netflix-released shark attack thriller Under Paris (aka "Sous la Seine"). And hey, while you're listening, why not subscribe to our NEWSLETTER, “Flop Secrets?!"

Also, for all those Hallie fans out there, remember that our next streaming show "Three Men and a Hallie" has tickets on sale now!

Wikipedia page for Under Paris

Recommended in this episode:

Maxxxine (2024)

Longlegs (2024)

Wolf's Hole (1987)

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No, not Spider-Man. He's a menace! A menace, I say!

Instead we got the amazing opportunity to talk with the REAL Tom Holland -- the one 80s kids will remember -- the writer, director, or writer-director of horror movies and thrillers including Child's Play, Fright Night, Thinner, Class of 1984, Cloak & Dagger, Scream For Help, and Psycho II. As three nerds who grew up with this stuff, you can imagine how excited we were to talk to Mr. Holland, and he was just a delight! We hope you enjoy it as much as we all did.

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We had to do it. We had to return to that ol' Rebel Moon to see what happened to all our favorite space pals, like... uh... there was the one guy who trained like, a bird dragon? And, um... Lady Sword-haver? And Charlie Hu-- no, wait, he was killed in the first one because he was a traitor. There's definitely a Scargiver in this one, though. That one we're 100% on. Oh Zack Snyder. We wish we could quit you. But like, for serious. We're very tired.

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Wikipedia page for Rebel Moon Part 2

Recommended in this episode:

Last Man Standing (1995)

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Liquid Sky (1982)

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Dan briefly confuses everybody with talk about Garfield, before steering the boys into a discussion of their birthday twins, and related films. (Just listen. It'll make sense. Eventually.)

Check out Howell Dawdy (aka Producer Alex)’s new album!

We were super-excited to welcome Meredith Scardino, the brilliant writer of a billion comedy things, but most recently the creator and showrunner of the hilarious Girls5Eva. If you haven't watched, please ask yourself what you've been doing with your life, then run over to Netflix to correct your error. We'll wait. Once you're done, you'll be all the MORE excited to hear her discuss 1994's Disclosure, a film that (in the words of Dan's Letterboxd) "Begins as a dumb and offensive sexual harassment thriller, then wisely pivots into an offensively dumb techno-thriller." But what do the other Peaches think? Listen and find out!

Also, this episode is about a film featuring the iconic Donald Sutherland, who was still with us at the time of this recording, but who died just recently at the age of 88. We had nothing but good things to say about Mr. Sutherland, even in this silly movie, but for a more full-throated and lovely remembrance, check out this article by the great Matt Zoller Seitz.

Disclaimer: we had some unfortunate tech issues at the top of the show, resulting in some worse than normal audio. DO NOT FRET — it clears up around minute 12, and producer Alex made it listenable, if not up to our usual standard. We’ve gotten some new equipment that will prevent similar issues in the future.

Wikipedia page for Disclosure

In-person tickets for our July 26th Boston show are SOLD OUT, but WBUR City Space is set up to livestream shows, and they're offering inexpensive tickets to watch the show LIVE online! Please note that unlike FlopTV or our fully-produced Stage Pilot shows, this stream can only be watched LIVE, without a larger viewing window, and plan accordingly!

Recommended in this episode:

Asparagus (1979)

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)

Fireworks (1997)

Meredith: Satisfied (2024)

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Stuart brings a surprise guest, and a surprising new business venture for the Flop House.

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Check out Howell Dawdy (aka Producer Alex)'s new album!

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Alonso Duralde, of our sister Max Fun podcast Maximum Film and many other projects joins us to discuss something that is, technically, a film, and not a pile of feces. But it's a tough call! In honor of Pride Month and also Alonso's new book Hollywood Pride, our guest pitched us some bad LGBTQ+ themed movies, and (in lieu of trashing some failed films with their hearts in the right place) we decided to critique one of the most retrograde comedies of the 2000s: motherfucking Boat Trip. Did we regret this decision? Ask us when we're done crying and trying to wash off the stink.

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Wikipedia page for Boat Trip

Recommended in this episode:

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)

In A Violent Nature (2024)

Raw Deal (1948)

Gay USA (1977)

Elliott quizzes the other Flop House boyz (tm) about movies featuring modern society's biggest achievement and greatest bane -- computers!

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The Novelizers is a podcast that takes a beloved film, gives each scene to a TV comedy writer to novelize, and then gives those scenes to a comedian or actor to narrate. Plus interviews with the people who (may or may not have) made the original film.

This episode has a chapter WRITTEN BY DAN MCCOY and READ BY JOHN HODGMAN! It also features an improvised interview with some people who "worked on the Matrix" (actually ELLIOTT KALAN and DAN MCCOY PLAYING SILLY CHARACTERS!) 

It's a must-listen podcast CROSSOVER EVENT! Check out their other episodes!