The hoopleheads and Steve discuss the season one finale of The Last of Us. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded March 26, 2023. Released Apr

BONUS: The Last of Us 1x01. "When You're Lost in the Darkness"

Jan 22nd, 2023 1h 18m

Matt A, Steve, Matt H, and Mel discuss the premiere of The Last of Us. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded January 18, 2023. Released Janua

HBO PROJECT: Westworld (2016) | Big Little Lies (2017)

Feb 20th, 2022 3h 39m

The distant future. The year 2052. Western-themed LARPing has inexplicably become a recreational pursuit for the world's wealthy elite. Willing to spend thousands, and risk almost certain personal injury and/or death, the degenerates of the up

HBO PROJECT: The Night Of (2016) | The Young Pope (2016)

Aug 14th, 2021 3h 36m

In The Night Of (2016) horny college student Nasir (Riz Ahmed) becomes ensnared by the criminal justice system after he gives a cipher a ride in his dad's timeshared taxicab and--flash forward past the steamy drug-induced knife play--she ends

HBO PROJECT: Vinyl (2016)

Jun 7th, 2021 2h 19m

It's the 1970's and New York City is a grungy, graffiti-tagged, drug-fueled, teetering-on-the-brink of economic collapse urban hellscape. But, holy fuck, what a time to be a music exec. Bobby Cannavale is Richie Finestra, the founder and presi

HBO PROJECT: The Leftovers (2014) | Show Me a Hero (2015)

Mar 27th, 2021 3h 20m

After two percent of the world's population inexplicably vanishes, the residents of Mapleton, New York are left to grapple with the "whys" and "hows" and "but Gary Buseys" of it all. Adapted from the novel by Tom Perrotta, The Leftovers (2014)

BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x10. "Full Circle"

Oct 31st, 2020 1h 7m

Matt, Steve, and Will discuss the season (series?) of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded October 21, 2020. Released Oct

BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x08. "Jig-a-Bobo" and 1x09. "Rewind 1921"

Oct 18th, 2020 1h 14m

Episodes eight and nine of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded October 14, 2020. Released October 18, 2020. [Warning: Ex

BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x06. "Meet Me in Daegu" and 1x07. "I Am."

Oct 18th, 2020 1h 21m

Episodes six and seven of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded October 1, 2020. Released October 18, 2020. [Warning: Expl

BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x04. "A History of Violence" and 1x05. "Strange Case"

Sep 27th, 2020 54m 21s

Episodes four and five of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded September 16, 2020. Released September 27, 2020. [Warning:

BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x02. "Whitey's on the Moon" and 1x03. "Holy Ghost"

Sep 8th, 2020 1h 3m

Episodes two and three of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded September 1, 2020. Released September 7, 2020. [Warning: E

BONUS: Lovecraft Country 1x01. "Sundown"

Aug 25th, 2020 1h 10m

Matt, Steve, and Will discuss the premiere of Lovecraft Country. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded August 19, 2020. Released August 24, 2

HBO PROJECT: Parade's End (2013) | True Detective (2014)

Dec 31st, 2019 2h 36m

Nuchtchas, host of the Nutty Bites podcast joins us for our last recording of 2019. The Great War looms large for the characters of Parade's End (2013), a five-part mini-series based on the novels by Ford Madox Ford. Benedict Cumberbatch stars

BONUS: Watchmen 1x09. "See How They Fly"

Dec 27th, 2019 43m 11s

Matt and Steven are back to chat about the season (series?) finale of Watchmen. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded December 18, 2019. Rele

HBO PROJECT: Luck (2012) | The Newsroom (2012)

Dec 7th, 2019 2h 21m

David Milch's intention to transform his interests/vices vis-à-vis horse racing into a narrative fit for television leads to mixed results in Luck (2012). Dustin Hoffman is out of prison and looking for revenge against those who done him wrong

BONUS: Watchmen 1x01. "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" and 1x02. "Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship"

Nov 3rd, 2019 50m 47s

Matt (Watchmen newbie) and Steve (Watchmen expert) discuss the first two episodes of Damon Lindelof's new (limited run?) HBO series. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more

COMMENTARY: Scream 2 (1997)

Oct 31st, 2019 2h 23m

Happy Halloween from HoopleCast! Claire and Brad, on loan from the podcast Sassy Sewer-Lion Boutique, join Matt for our final commentary of the year. Our friend Timmy O. stars in the horror sequel Scream 2: Secret of the Ooze (1997) as a prete

COMMENTARY: Hitman (2007)

Sep 2nd, 2019 1h 51m

We're scraping the bottom of the Olyphant barrel with Hitman (2007) for our seventh (!) unnecessary commentary. This is the movie that our friend Tim routinely cites as an embarrassing low in his career, and aside from some impressive fight ch

Deadwood: The Movie, Part 2

Jul 31st, 2019 1h 47m

This is it, folks. The fucking end. There is no more Deadwood. (Unless those cocksuckers at HBO release those deleted scenes, hmmm?) We conclude our coverage of the film with listener feedback, favorite quotes, characters of the episode, and o

Deadwood: The Movie, Part 1

Jun 30th, 2019 2h 49m

1889. That bald-pated cunt George Hearst has returned to Deadwood to celebrate South Dakota's transition from territory to state. Upon being mother-fucked from a balcony by a pregnant Trixie, Hearst leverages his newly found awareness of Al Sw

COMMENTARY: Deadwood: The Movie (2019)

Jun 3rd, 2019 2h 10m

The hoopleheads watch the long-awaited, highly-anticipated film. | VIDEO VERSION (Links within the Facebook group): http://bit.ly/2WjzRxo | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and

BONUS: Game of Thrones 8x06 "The Iron Throne"

May 26th, 2019 1h 2m

Well, that was certainly a finale. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded May 21, 2019. Released May 25, 2019. [Warning: Explicit Language.]

BONUS: Deadwood RPG, Part 2

May 19th, 2019 1h 57m

Fifteen months later, we conclude the Deadwood RPG campaign "Nature Abhors" in a spectacularly violent fashion. (Cy Tolliver's corpse as an I.E.D.? Yes, of course, naturally, why not.) Starring: Matt A as Al Swearengen, Carol as Seth Bullock, M

BONUS: Game of Thrones 8x03 "The Long Night"

May 5th, 2019 41m 29s

Matt, Steven, and Will discuss the epic battle that is Winterfell vs. Night King. | Send feedback to [email protected]. Find our recording schedule, show notes, discussion threads, and more at hooplecast.com. | Recorded April 30, 2019. Relea

COMMENTARY: High Life (2009)

Apr 20th, 2019 1h 32m

Is it a stoner comedy? Is it a crime drama? It's neither. It's the sixth in our series of unnecessary commentaries for Timothy Olyphant movies. Claire and Matt watch the very Canadian based-on-a-play movie High Life (2009), which may be a shar