This week the Plotaholics discuss the 2013 Sci-Fi/Comedy The World's End before saying their own goodbyes to the podcast they've spent the last four years working on. It was a good run, but all good things must come to an end. The film of the w

Hot Fuzz

Feb 21st, 2023 53m 7s

This week, the Plotaholics take a trip across the pond to Sanford Gloucestershire for 2007's buddy cop comedy Hot Fuzz starting Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. In this film, Pegg plays Constable Nicholas Angel. The best of the best who is so good th

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Feb 16th, 2023 57m 29s

This week, the Plotaholics dip into the day of lovers with the, under appreciated at the time, cult classic Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) is still reeling after his ex girlfriend dumped him. To the point that he’s “da

Forget Paris

Feb 6th, 2023 1h 5m

It's February, which means it's the month of love! We're getting started with the 1995 romantic comedy Forget Paris starring Billy Crystal and Debra Winger as Mickey and Ellen. In this tale of love, travel, and basketball, a group of friends te

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Feb 1st, 2023 1h 3m

The Plotaholics wind down on our month of the biggest films of 2022 with, what is probably according to the Academy, the hottest of the hot movies of the year. Everything Everywhere All At Once Evelyn Quan (played by the amazing Michelle Yeoh)

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Jan 24th, 2023 1h 2m

The Plotaholics' are going strong this week as we continue to explore the films that came out in 2022. This week's episode is a CRIMINALLY UNDER THE RADAR BANGER!This week we're talking about the Nicholas Cage film The Unbearable Weight of Mass

Nope

Jan 17th, 2023 1h 10m

This week we take a second trip into the mind of the great Jordan Peele with 2022's Nope starring Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer as siblings OJ and Em Haywood who discover on their horse ranch a strange, predatory presence. Costarring Steven Ye

Glass Onion

Jan 10th, 2023 1h 3m

January is going strong Plotaholics fans! This week we dive into one of our new favorite franchises' next entry in the 2022 Rian Johnson-written and directed murder/mystery Glass Onion.Glass Onion sees the return of Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc,

Bullet Train

Jan 3rd, 2023 1h

Happy 2023, Plotaholics! We're changing up a little bit from previous years. The last few years we've done only 80s flicks in January. This time around, though, we're doing newer flicks that have come out over the last few months. Our first for

Avatar (2009)

Dec 27th, 2022 1h 16m

The final episode of 2022 is here, and we decided to end the year with the first film in the series of 2022’s most anticipated film. This week we watch the 2009's sci-fi epic, Avatar. This film stars Sam Wentworth as Jake Sully (or Jakesooly),

Home Alone

Dec 20th, 2022 1h 5m

Happy Holidays, Plotaholics-holics! We complete this year's round of holiday festivity films with the 1990 holiday-comedy John Hughes classic Home Alone. Listen, after 30+ years you know who's in this film and what its about. So, in this episod

Four Christmases

Dec 13th, 2022 1h 5m

This week, folks, we continue our holiday film block with the Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon holiday adventure Four Christmases. This holiday romcom with a costar list of the stars sees Brad, aka Orlando, and Kate, aka Cootie Kate, as a yuppie

Just Friends

Dec 6th, 2022 1h 8m

The Annual Plotaholics Holiday Block begins today! This week's yuletide content is 2005's Romantic Comedy 'Just Friends,' starring a pre-Deadpool Ryan Reynolds, and a post-Varsity Blues Amy Smart as Chris and Jamie. Chris was the obese best fri

Stranger Than Fiction

Nov 29th, 2022 58m 42s

All good things must come to an end, so it's also true with our month of comedic actors in dramatic roles. When good things come to an end, you have to go out with a bang, and we do! This week we watched Stranger Than Fiction the 2006 Will Farr

Mr. Church

Nov 22nd, 2022 1h 11m

This week we continue our show block of dramatic films starring comedic actors.Mr. Church is a 2016 film based on the short story “The Cook Who Came To Live With Us” by Susan McMartin.Mr. Church tells the story of Charlie Brooks and her life wi

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Nov 15th, 2022 56m 51s

This week we continue our Comedic Actors in Dramatic roles block with 2004's indie darling Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. This gem sees Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet as Joel and Clementine (no jokes) who have suffered a painful breakup. J

Reign Over Me

Nov 8th, 2022 58m 32s

This week we begin our 'Comedic Actors in Serious Roles' block of films. Trust us, this is a much better block than this sad excuse for a title gives!This week, we're taking a look at (in our humble expert opinions) Adam Sander's best film. Per

Insidious

Oct 31st, 2022 52m 29s

The Plotaholics Listener's Choice Halloween was yet another entertaining and successful endeavor, and it's all because of YOU! This week, today, we are discussion YOUR pick. This got the highest vote tally! 2010's Insidious stars Patrick Wilson

Halloween 3: Season of the Witch

Oct 24th, 2022 51m 57s

The Listener's Choice Halloween is going strong everyone! This week we visit a film that is four years in the making! Halloween 3: Season of the Witch is a MAJOR deviation from the Halloween franchise and is probably the most dramatic shift of

Tales from the Hood

Oct 17th, 2022 1h 8m

Listener's Choice is going strong! This week we take a trip to the anthology horror genre, and this trip was a great one. Tales From The Hood is a 1995 horror anthology by writer/director Rusty Cundieff (director of the Chapelle Show). These fo

Night of the Living Dead (1990)

Oct 10th, 2022 58m 14s

The Listener's Choice Halloween continues strong! This week we're visiting the 1990 remake of George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead directed by Tom Savini. This film tells the tale of seven people in a country home attempting to survive a

Friday the 13th (1980)

Oct 4th, 2022 1h 6m

So, Bryan is nuts! It's the FOURTH Plotaholics Listeners' Choice Halloween! Week 1 we explore (finally) Friday the 13th! We're talking the OG and some discussion on the 2009 remake. Come for the laughs, stay for the character study, and why Jas

Goosebumps

Sep 26th, 2022 1h 5m

Jack Black-tember has come to a close, but we're using this final week to bridge the gap to our Listeners' Choice Halloween.This week, Jack Black leads an all-star cast in 2015's Goosebumps. Co-starring Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, and Amy Ryan,

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Sep 19th, 2022 1h 4m

This week's distracted episode of The Plotaholics Podcast sees the continuation of our Jack Black-tember block as we check out 2017's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle with an all star ensemble class including Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Kevin "Min

Shallow Hal

Sep 12th, 2022 59m 31s

Jack Black-tember continues (unfortunately this week) as we tackle the Jack Black 2001 "comedy" Shallow Hal, co-starring Gwenyth "The Candle" Paltrow and Jason "The Last Member" Alexander. In this film Jack plays the titular Hal, a shallow AF f