Story Break

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S2 Ep 17Same Title, New Movie - AFI Top 100 Edition | #119

Nov 15, 20191h 11m

S2 Ep 16The Sexiest Movie Ever (feat. Beth May) | #118

Follow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwongand guest Beth May is @HeyBethMay

Nov 8, 20191h 11m

S2 Ep 10Heaven Heist - Sc. 9: Amorphous Naked Man Couch

We ask the tough questions such as what is death? How does reincarnation work? Can you have vices in Heaven with free will? Note: Some spoilers for Season 1 of The Good Place.Follow us on TwitterJoin the Facebook group!Matt Arnold is @mattlarnoldWill Campos is @willbcamposFreddie Wong is @fwong

Sep 26, 20191h 11m

S2 Ep 9Heaven Heist - Sc. 8: A Taste of Heaven

Why does every movie use a defibrillator to bring someone back from the dead, and can the story boys avoid this cliche? No. No they can't.

Sep 19, 20191h 9m

S2 Ep 8Heaven Heist - Sc. 7: Sex Butler Robots

Sep 13, 20191h 9m

S2 Ep 7Heaven Heist - Sc. 6: "They'll let anyone in these days..."

Jin gets picked up by his grandma this week as we dive deeper into the background philosophical and theological groundwork of heaven, discover that we have broken all movies and stories irreparably, figure out a better word for grandfather, and Will gives us a piping hot take about his beef with Fast and the Furious 5. There's a new subreddit! Follow us on Twitter Join the Facebook group! Matt Arnold is @mattlarnold Will Campos is @willbcampos Freddie Wong is @fwong

Sep 6, 20191h 14m

S2 Ep 6Heaven Heist - Sc. 5: The Gates of Heaven

We arrive at the pearly gates amidst some more worldbuilding around our afterlife, including talking about the Albert Brooks classic "Defending Your Life!" Follow us on Twitter Join the Facebook group! Matt Arnold is @mattlarnold Will Campos is @willbcampos Freddie Wong is @fwong

Aug 29, 201950 min

S2 Ep 5Heaven Heist - Sc. 4: A Bitchin' Car Chase!

Cut to the chase, baby! We lay some theological groundwork for the scenes ahead and talk a bit about why car chases are hard to write! Follow us on Twitter Join the Facebook group! Matt Arnold is @mattlarnold Will Campos is @willbcampos Freddie Wong is @fwong

Aug 22, 201957 min

S2 Ep 4Heaven Heist - Sc. 3: "Did you just hang up on your mom?"

The gang makes a clean getaway... almost! We lay some more groundwork for Gin, talk about scenes with phones, and set up for the oncoming chase... Follow us on Twitter Join the Facebook group! Matt Arnold is @mattlarnold Will Campos is @willbcampos Freddie Wong is @fwong

Aug 15, 201955 min

S2 Ep 3Heaven Heist - Sc. 2: Stacks of Cold Hard Cash

The heist of a currency exchange kiosk, in all its "montage playing over credits" glory! We discuss the intricacies of a good heist, what important information to reveal when, come up with a good "bad guy" character, and also come up with a good 24 porn spinoff! Follow us on Twitter Join the Facebook group! Matt Arnold is @mattlarnold Will Campos is @willbcampos Freddie Wong is @fwong

Aug 8, 201951 min

S2 Ep 2Heaven Heist - Sc. 1: "You're going to hell, you know that?"

We meet the gang of criminals taking a moment before their heist to pray for good fortune... Follow us on Twitter Join the Facebook group! Matt Arnold is @mattlarnold Will Campos is @willbcampos Freddie Wong is @fwong

Jul 30, 201950 min

S2 Ep 1Heaven Heist - Prelude: Breaking the Story

We break the story of Heaven Heist, in preparation for writing the script, scene by scene, every week!

Jul 23, 20191h 3m

S1 Ep 117Doctor Mario | #117

Doctor Mario goes to college!? Also, the Story Boys have a big announcement about the future of Story Break.

Jul 16, 201958 min

S1 Ep 116Atari's Breakout | #116

Atari's Breakout has been begging for a 200 million dollar blockbuster ever since it was released in 1976. Well, 33 years later, 3, 30 somethings, take 3 times 20 minutes to finally break a story worthy of the arcade masterpiece.

Jul 10, 20191h 12m

S1 Ep 115Star Wars: A Murder on the Orbital Express | #115

We forgo our usual descent into wikipedia, to instead, dive into the wild world of WOOKIEEPEDIA! The #1 source for all things Star Wars. Will the Story Boys be able to craft an intelligible story from 3 random Star Wars articles? Can they craft a mystery so compelling that Hercule Poirot himself would be pulling out his notepad? You don't have to be the world's greatest detective to answer that question. They do... Or do they?

Jul 2, 20191h 4m

S1 Ep 114Geedis and the Land of Ta | #114

We tackle another one of the internet's great mystery. Who is the lovable creature known as Geedis? Who will rule The Land of Ta? Can milk power starships? Find out in this groovy episode of Story Break!

Jun 25, 20191h 6m

S1 Ep 113The Big Guy | #113

Whats the story behind the big guys in all those action movies? You know the ones. They're 7 feet tall. Don't talk. Often bald. The hero always hurts their fist trying to punch them. The villains talk down to them and disrespect them. But they must have their own wants and dreams, right?

Jun 18, 20191h 8m

S1 Ep 112Charmin Bears | #112

Freddie has not slept. Matt is late because of his new baby. And Will desperately tries to update Shakespeare for a modern, butt-wiping audience.

Jun 11, 20191h 9m

S1 Ep 111What's Eating Gilbert Grape | #111

We try to make a classic Gothic Romance from our vague memories of this pre-Titanic Leo flick. It's not quite as sexy a movie as we remember.

Jun 4, 20191h 4m

S1 Ep 110James Bong: BLUNTRIPPER | #110

We take something Matt accidentally said and make, yes, a sick weed movie out of it aw yeah!

May 28, 20191h 5m

S1 Ep 109n o t h i n g | #109

From the story void, we conjure a tale about man and cats.

May 21, 20191h 6m

S1 Ep 108Movie Based on a Band Name | #108

We take a random band name and make the most patriotic sci-fi movie of all time...

May 14, 20191h 10m

S1 Ep 107Flat Earth | #107

The Earth is FLAT... and it's up to Bryce and Slarlar of the Darksiders to save their races and inflate Earth with the magma from the Necrosun! Thank you to Bryce for the suggestion this week!

May 6, 20191h 11m

S1 Ep 106Disney: Endgame | #106

Forget about comic books - what if EVERY Disney IP merged together for gigantic multi-feature series? We attempt to visualize what this fan fest might look like! Note: NO Avengers Endgame spoilers here (because we all hadn't seen it yet). Warning: This episode contains Freddie's very bad interpretation of a Cajun? French accent? We're still unsure.

Apr 29, 20191h 14m

S1 Ep 105"Bad" + Random Profession ft. Beth May | #105

Beth May (@heybethmay) joins us as we pair the adjective "Bad" with a randomly generated profession, ala Bad Santa, Bad Moms, Bad Lieutenant, etc.!

Apr 23, 20191h 9m

S1 Ep 104First | #104

A movie about what happens when the biggest influencer in the world gives his channel away... special guest appearance from Freddie's mom!

Apr 16, 201957 min

S1 Ep 103Face/Off 2: Faces Wild | #103

We do the sequel to the greatest American action movie ever made!

Apr 8, 20191h 5m

S1 Ep 102Sensory Deprivation Horror Movie | #102

Fred Durst joins us as we take a human sense and wrangle yet another horror movie out of depriving it!

Apr 1, 20191h 5m

S1 Ep 101Casablanca 2: Ilsa's Revenge | #101

The sequel to one of the greatest films of all time, no big deal Matt Arnold is @mattlarnold Will Campos is @willbcampos Freddie Wong is @fwong

Mar 26, 20191h 4m

S1 Ep 100Second Chances | #100

We tackle breaks from the first ONE HUNDRED EPISODES we feel deserve a second chance... Matt Arnold is @mattlarnold Will Campos is @willbcampos Freddie Wong is @fwong because he got on Twitter way before those two

Mar 19, 20191h 14m

S1 Ep 99Apex Legends | #99

We jump into the Apex Legends feature film, and pitch the story to some unwitting gamers

Mar 12, 20191h 2m

S1 Ep 98A Saint, a Cricket Player, and a Pony (Wiki Roulette) | #98

Matt's triumphant return as we try to break a wiki roulette inside my van parked outside his apartment , with a very special trailer...

Mar 5, 201959 min

S1 Ep 97A Story for Matt's Daughter | #97

Matt tasks us with coming up with a children's book story for his brand new daughter! Warning: This episode is extremely wholesome.

Feb 25, 201958 min

S1 Ep 96Pirates of the Caribbean | #96

Ahoy mateys! We take on a new pirate movie and even visit the new and improved ride at Disneyland! Yarr!

Feb 19, 201954 min

S1 Ep 95Dad's Office | #95

We tackle a feature film for a kid adventure movie project we're Actually Working On!

Feb 12, 20191h 8m

S1 Ep 94Fireball Island! | #94

The steamy feature film of the Milton Bradley island adventure board game from the 80s!

Feb 4, 20191h 7m

S1 Ep 93Will's First Story | #93

The first story Will ever wrote when he was 8 years old! It's about dragons!

Jan 28, 20191h 3m

S1 Ep 92The Devil Went Down to Georgia | #92

We turn the Charlie Daniels' classic into a film with a protagonist you might not expect...

Jan 21, 20191h 9m

S1 Ep 91Tony Hawk's Skate Jam | #91

Radical! We build a Space Jam sequel based off of a tweet from the Hawkman!

Jan 14, 20191h 11m

S1 Ep 90Bird Box | #90

We ALL somehow missed Bird Box, so we attempt to crack the movie based on the poster and marketing materials alone! Films discussed include The Birds, A Quiet Place, Annihilation, and two episodes from our show Dimension 404 - Cinethrax and Impulse!

Jan 4, 20191h 9m