Tyler and Konnery pay a visit to Ol' Nick as they cover the latest and hopefully not last installment of the 28 _ Later franchise, "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple"! Together they discuss the perspective-shattering narrative turns, the disappointing box office brought on by elements outside of the movie, the power of empathy and patience in a world full of rage monsters, the operatic beauty of 80s heavy metal and so much more on this moongazing episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What’s New:

Tyler: The Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker, My Gorilla Family by Ichiro Iijima

Konnery: Reanimal (PS5)

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Tyler and Konnery are joined by apocalyptic family man Travis Shannon to chat everything infected as they cover "28 Years Later"! Together they discuss the stellar performances by Alfie Williams, Ralph Fiennes, Jodie Comer and more, the meditative acceptance of death at the movie's core, iPhone cinematography, new infected types and whether they can ever be helped, and so much more on this momento mori episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What’s New:

Kon: Black Sails (Netflix)

Tyler: Dogora, The Return of Godzilla (Criterion Channel)

Travis: Fallout (Prime Video), Primate (In Theaters), Congo (inside his glasses always)

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Tyler and Konnery are joined by camp counselor Lupe Cornejo to embark on a 7 year mission to cover the entire Friday the 13th franchise, one calendar Friday the 13th at a time! Together they discuss the early foundations of an iconic horror franchise, explore Konnery's experience as a first time viewer, go down the list of slasher kills, recount the film's shocking reveal, surprising ending, and so much more on this Camp Crystal Lake episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New:

Kon: Get in the Trunk (Podcast)

Tyler: American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (Tubi)

Lupe: Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBOMax)

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Tyler and Konnery return to the 28 ____ Later franchise not 28 but 1 week later as they cover "28 Weeks Later"! Together they discuss the apocalyptic aftermath of the last movie, an attempted return to normal British life post-rage virus, the juicy promise of the first half of the film vs what the shoot em up it becomes, how Jeremy Renner keeps popping up in franchises, and so much more on this helicopter blade-whirling episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What’s New:

Kon: Traitors Season 4 (Peacock), Resident Evil 4 Remake (PS5)

Tyler: God of War (2018) (PS5), Thor Omnibus by Walt Simonson

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Tyler and Konnery descend upon an inhospitable planet under the guidance of an inhospitable father figure to uncover the secrets of this month's Failed Franchise Friday, "After Earth"! Together they discuss the total lack of M. Night Shyamalan's name on the project despite directing it, Will Smith's tumultuous career, how important design is to making great sci fi, questionable accents, and so much more on this fearless episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

Tyler and Konnery are joined by Rage Virus survivor Walker Sayen on their quest to survive the apocalypse as they cover "28 Days Later"! Together they discuss how drastically Danny Boyle's approach of "fast zombies" shifted the genre, the movie's effective use of low-res cinematography to hang with everyday people living in a world gone rabid, ponder if perhaps humans are the real monsters, and so much more on this end times market sweep episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What’s New:

Tyler: Marty Supreme (70mm) The Testament of Ann Lee (70mm)

Konnery: Delta Green TTRPG

Walker: War and Peace I-IV (1965-67) (at the Egyptian Theater)

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Tyler and Konnery are joined by master mystery solver Maren Gainey to crack open a brand new Benoit Blanc-led case with "Wake Up Dead Man"! Together they discuss modern Christianity's shifting aims, Josh O'Connor's stand out performance, whether the colorful cast are used to greatest effect, if Johnson balances out the heady themes and whacky antics, of course go on a Skimbleshanks side tangent and so much more on this timely episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What’s New:

Tyler: Across the Universe (Kanopy), Escape From New York (Prime Video), The Bounty Hunter (Tubi), Bugonia (Peacock)

Konnery: Armored Core VI, Nioh 2, Assassin’s Creed Shadows (PS5)

Maren: Wicked by Gregory Maguire, Taskmaster (YouTube)

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Tyler and Konnery do a little holiday rewind to unite the childhood protectors to fight off fear itself with this Failed Franchise Friday episode on, "Rise of the Guardians"! Together they discuss Dreamworks' high-budgeted, A-list voiced gamble that is this movie, how a film can fail despite still making more than its budget and having positive reviews, have a few yellow animated character asides, ask where all the Russian actors are in Hollywood, and so much more on this holly jolly Failed Franchise Friday episode of The Friendchise Podcast

Plugs:

Konnery: "A Holly Jolly Oneshot" with Dumb Friends and Dragons www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYh-UY8sPMs

Tyler: letterboxd.com/TyamiVice/

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Tyler and Konnery are joined by Jeronimo Moran and Jacob Padilla to cover the latest in the Pandoran franchise, "Avatar: Fire and Ash"! Together they discuss their experiences as college roommates, what long term friendship feels like, bad human dads in good Na'vi bodies, explore new facets of Pandora such as the gasbag Wind Traders and fearsome Munkwang, break down the film's numerous dynamic relationships (Varang and Quaritch, Jake Sully and Neytiri, Spider and everyone else in this movie), praise the epic battles, and are maybe finally converted by James Cameron's mythic vision in this Eywa-worshipping episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New:

Tyler: Alien: Earth (Hulu)

Jacob: Aliens vs Avengers by Jonathan Hickman, GOT MARRIED!

Konnery: The First Berserker: Khazan (PS5), Traitors Season 4 (Peacock)

Jeronimo: One Piece (Crunchyroll), I Live For This (YouTube)

Plugs:

Jeronimo: I Live For This with Trinity the Tuck https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuMxED0qm4BR9YJxKScXF2fBSmFX8qNoo

Jacob: The Pencil in the Stone Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pencil-in-the-stone/id1702339742

Konnery: "A Holly Jolly Oneshot" with Dumb Friends and Dragons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYh-UY8sPMs

Tyler: https://letterboxd.com/TyamiVice/

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Tyler and Konnery get together on a blustery winter day to count down their top 10 media of 2025, whether it be movies, tv shows, video games, books and more! They then discuss a few honorable mentions, what media they missed last year, and look forward in anticipation to a whole new year of franchise films, whether that's 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Dune 3, The Devil Wears Prada 2, or Avengers: Doomsday. All this and more on this countdown episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

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