The Magnificently Huge Podcast

Ever watch a movie and absolutely hated it, only to revisit it again later to discover you actually kinda like it now? That’s the rules for today, kids! Pick the media that left you angry… that sorta made you happy the next try. It's a low bar, certainly, but it has happened to us a few times over the years. We get it, tastes change, life circumstances shift, and dare we say that one even matures a bit? This obviously doesn’t apply to “Titanic,” though. That one will always be hot garbage. But that “Speed” movie… that one really grew into its own, did it not? 0:00 - Intros 4:00 - The 80s Cruise 2026 15:30 - Christian James Hand 17:00 - Urgh! A Musical War 21:45 - Daredevil Born Again (2025) 28:00 - Gary and his Demons 30:40 - Have you ever watched a movie where you hated it and appreciated it later?

This week on Magnificently Huge, we slip into something a little more… 90s, as we revisit the Wachowskis’ pre-Matrix directorial debut, Bound. The film somehow manages to be equal parts Hitchcock, Coen Brothers, and late-night cable energy. Is Bound a feminist noir? A crime thriller with benefits? Or just a really good excuse to watch terrible people make worse decisions in increasingly confined spaces? Join us as we follow the money, question everyone’s judgment, and celebrate a film that proves sometimes the best way out… is through the drywall. 0:00 - Intros 4:25 - Nintendo Gamecube and Virtual Boy 15:20 - Fackham Hall (2026) 23:40 - God’s Favorite Idiot 26:45 - The Traitors 32:00 - Bound (1996)

Eddington is the perfect film for our times. Everyone’s terrified, everyone wants the glory of being the one who saves the world, and nobody is listening to anyone else. That’s America in a nutshell: Everyone arguing about who gets to decide where to aim the fire hose while the house burns down. What fun, right!?! 0:00 - Intros 10:55 - Cory Doctorow and Enshittification 19:30 - Dungeon Crawler Carl 29:15 - Weapons (2025) 32:00 - Steely Dan - Two Against Nature 34:05 - Eddington (2025) Here’s a link to the analysis Brian mentioned: https://filmobsessive.com/film/film-analysis/eddington-a-deep-delve-into-ari-asters-national-nightmare/

This week we return to the tiny town of Blaine, Missouri to revisit Christopher Guest’s 1996 mockumentary Waiting for Guffman in observance of the passing of the incomparable Catherine O'Hara. It’s either one of the sharpest, sweetest skewers of small-town ambition ever put to film, or a dull snoozefest! Which is it for you? Are you a Chris or a Brian? And how does it stack up against the rest of the oeuvre this cast would subsequently produce? There’s only one way to find out, and that’s to listen to yet another action packed podcast! 0:00 - Intros 3:20 - Clue (Broadway touring) 13:50 - Song Sung Blue (2025) 20:40 - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (HBO) 27:35 - Furiosa (2024) 32:10 - Predator: Badlands (2025) 42:30 - Waiting for Guffman (1996)

Dust Bunny is destined to be a cult classic, kids. Get ahead of the curve and see it right now, you won’t be disappointed. But what is Dust Bunny? A little girl has a monster under her bed and hires the hitman across the hall to kill it. Simple, right? But is the monster even real? Or is the monster all of us? We describe it as “Leon, the Professional” if it were made by Jeunet & Caro. Or maybe “The Babadook” if done by Terry Gilliam. But really it is “Dust Bunny” written and directed by Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies, Hannibal) and starring Mads Mikkelsen. It is a rare original film these days, delightful and fun and one that has helped restore our faith in the power of cinema. Yea verily. Here’s a link to the Gen X psychology video Eric references: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5YmIqYSqA0 0:00 - Intros 9:10 - A PSA about not falling for conspiracy bots 12:05 - The Running Man (2025) 20:35 - Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 27:40 - Bugonia (2025) 33:25 - AI Artificial Intelligence (2001) 41:15 - Dust Bunny (2025)

“One Battle After Another” is the latest film by Paul Thomas Anderson, and it is neither too obtuse to understand nor boring. The latest of Paul Thomas Anderson’s work that stylistically makes its point, without getting all up its own ass about said style. (I’m looking at you, Wes Anderson!) It is definitely a movie made for our times, like it or. not. 0:00 - Intros 8:15 - Mel Brooks: the 99 Year Old Man! 13:00 - The Wrecking Crew (2026) 18:40 - The 90’s Cruise 40:50 - One Battle After Another (2025)

You are about to enter another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. And maybe some heartburn. Because “Twilight Zone: The Movie” has absolutely no reason to exist, yet here we are. Back in the early 80s Hollywood thought it was a slam-dunk idea: Take established hitmakers Steven Spielberg and John Landis, plus up-and-comers Joe Dante and George Miller, to make an anthology film based on Rod Serling’s classic, groundbreaking TV series. What could go wrong? Quite a lot, actually, mostly thanks to the tragic accidental death of veteran actor Vic Morrow and two young Vietnamese children while filming under Landis. From then on, the luster was gone and Spielberg mostly phoned it in. But oh what joy to watch Dante and Miller crush it with their segments, remakes of fan favorite episodes that stood out in every good way possible. Still, one sees this movie now and has to wonder: Why? 0:00 - Intros 4:20 - Supergirl and Avengers trailers and the AI fakes 12:10 - Anaconda (2025) 18:40 - Ludwig (BBC) 24:45 - Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 34:40 - Twilight Zone: The Movie

Another year, another heaping helping of the Fresh Shit! Our annual tradition of kicking off the New Year with a full show discussing the movies, YouTube channels, and shows that we’ve been enjoying! If we released this the week we recorded it, we’d even be topical! 0:00 - Intros 4:20 - Guard The Leaf https://www.youtube.com/@GuardTheLeaf 4:50 - Let’s get the political stuff out of our system 22:40 - Munoma Music https://www.youtube.com/@munomamusic/shorts 25:45 - The Melon Collies (where’s my fuckin bus) https://youtu.be/L3Ab-U_nT6o?si=yeEb_o2hXMP9OOHN 27:15 - Taskmaster https://www.youtube.com/c/Taskmaster 29:55 - The Goes Wrong Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqW3_AZRSlw 32:10 - 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 33:40 - Kitboga https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm22FAXZMw1BaWeFszZxUKw 38:55 - Paddington In Peru (2024) 44:45 - The Phoenician Scheme (2025) 50:25 - Wake Up, Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 55:40 - Now You See Me Now You Don’t (2025) 1:01:55 - One Battle After Another (2025) 1:10:55 - Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein (2025) 1:12:40 - Plur1bus

Brian finally brings his binge of all the Bond films to a close with this ranking episode. After subjecting himself to 60+ years of shaken martinis, disposable Bond girls, and increasingly questionable theme songs, Brian drags Chris and Eric into the fray to debate the best, the worst, and the Roger Moore-iest of the bunch. It’s the longest-running franchise in cinema history, and we’ve got takes for days. So polish your Walther PPK, adjust your cufflinks, and prepare to be both shaken and stirred. 0:00 - Intros 7:10 - Josh Johnson 10:00 - Shucked (Broadway touring company) 14:30 - Plur1bus 17:45 - Andor 23:05 - I Like Me (John Candy doc) 27:20 - Local Reality and the Nobel Prize 32:00 - Tron Ares soundtrack 36:20 - James Bond Films Ranked

There were a LOT of movies released in the 1990’s, cultural touchstones and zeitgeist titles that everyone still seems to talk about at the proverbial watercooler (insert dumb Pulp Fiction quote here). But every so often a big movie from the era will come up in conversation that we may not have seen and we are unable to contribute anything but anger, confusion or disappointment to the proceedings. Without further ado, here is our chat about some blockbuster movies from the 90s the entire world has seen, except for us. That’s right, a whole podcast about stuff we’ve never watched. Because reasons. 0:00 - Intros 7:45 - Our Spotify Top Listens for 2025 13:00 - Phantogram 17:25 - Alice In Chains 10:10 - Doug Standhope 18:34 - Wet Leg 24:25 - Our top 5 Artists 25:05 - Louis CK 26:00 - LeTigre 26:45 - Gary Numan 28:15 - The Beths 30:00 - Depeche Mode 31:20 - Blur 32:09 - Eagles 33:05 - Garbage 33:53 - Rocket 34:50 - Pink Floyd 38:30 - Missed It! 90’s Blockbuster Edition 40:45 - Twister 44:05 - The Sixth Sense 49:05 - The Mummy 52:55 - Titanic 58:20 - Rush Hour 1:01:45 - The Disney Renaissance 1:05:30 - The Rock 1:08:05 - Armageddon 1:16:15 - Ransom 1:15:50 - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

This week on Magnificently Huge, Brian makes Chris and Eric sit through the 2025 Robbie Williams biopic, Better Man. We dig into this weird, high-gloss fever dream of a film that's part jukebox musical, part psychological spiral, and part Bohemian Rhapsody with fewer teeth and more self-pity. There are scenes with Robbie talking to his younger self, scenes with Robbie fighting invisible demons, and scenes where we all started to wonder if this was some sort of elaborate dare. Join us as we try to figure out who this movie is for, whether narcissism can be considered a cinematic genre, and if Better Man is actually performance art disguised as a biopic—or just punishment from the pop gods.

There are a lot of noir crime thrillers in the world, but most modern ones have a problem digging too deeply into the noir part of the equation. “Killing them softly” does away with the winding plot and instead gives a simple premise, with a simple resolution, and a world so real in its crappiness you can kind of smell it. Maybe it’s a grime thriller? It’s certainly the best at it if you’re into this sort of thing. 0:00 - Intros 3:30 - Monster: The Ed Gein story (Netflix, 2025) 7:35 - Devil In Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Peacock, 2025) 9:35 - Little Evil (Netflix, 2017) 12:45 - Palm Royale (Apple TV) 20:00 - Dune pts. 1 and 2 (2021, 2024) 33:45 - Killing Them Softly

Join us for a look at the underrated Troma classic from 1992, Frankenhooker! What could a movie called Frankenhooker possibly be about, you ask? Don’t be stupid, it’s literally about a STEM weirdo from New Jersey who loses his girlfriend in a freak accident, only to bring her back by sewing her head onto a body stitched together from the parts of dead prostitutes. Duh. And it is one of the more astoundingly entertaining things we have all watched in months! Like, stupidly entertaining. Like, more enjoyable than any movie this dumb has a right to be. Let it wash over you like a sea of calm… and gore… and bare breasts for no reason other than this is a B-movie with the ingenious title of Frankenhooker. Wanna date? 0:00 - Intros 4:50 - Fantastic Four: First Steps and Thunderbolts 14:30 - Legion 21:20 - Prey 25:25 - Alien Earth 31:35 - Frankenhooker

This week, we view Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)—a film that dares to ask: what if Dracula were horny, operatic, and deeply confused about accents? With Keanu Reeves giving the most unintentionally British performance ever committed to celluloid (bless him, he tried), Winona Ryder looking vaguely confused but still cashing checks, and Gary Oldman chewing scenery like it’s soaked in blood and Oscar nominations, this movie is a visual fever dream you almost forgive for being a narrative mess. We unpack the lush production design, jaw-dropping in-camera effects, shadow puppetry, Monica Bellucci's succubus cleavage, and that iconic armor that looks like a walking anatomy chart. Oh, and monster rape. Because apparently, that was necessary? So join us as we ask the eternal questions: Was this movie genius or a hot mess? (Spoiler: Yes.) And should anyone ever let Keanu attempt an accent again? (Spoiler: No.) Grab your blood goblet, adjust your shadow, and renounce God—it’s time for another Magnificently Huge Podcast! 0:00 - Intros 6:05 - Cosmic Devolution Tour 7:05 - Lene Lovich 8:00 - DJ Cummerbund 8:45 - DEVO 11:20 - The B-52s 15:10 - TRON Ares (2025) 28:55 - Hell or High Water (2016) 30:55 - Tulsa King 33:50 - Horror Express (1972) 37:10 - Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

What do you get when you take a creatively brilliant director, give him all the leeway he wants, resulting in a film that is a commercial failure but a sleeper hit? You get a very pissed off John Carpenter is what you get. Despite a career of culturally significant awesomeness - “Starman,” “The Thing,” being Adrienne Barbeau’s husband - all it took was some big trouble in Little China for funding to dry up. With that comes the shot-on-a-shoestring horror classic, “Prince of Darkness.” It is an acquired taste, as you will see. As usual, we also talk about a bunch of other stuff we’ve been watching, because this is a podcast, and that’s what you do. 0:00 - Intros 7:25 - Superman (2025) 18:45 - Hacks (HBO) 23:20 - The Studio (Apple TV) 27:00 - Strange New Worlds (Paramount) 29:30 - Robocop: Rogue City (Xbox) 36:00 - John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness (1987)

We’re gonna Thelma & Louise the shiznit out of this show with our picks for Best Onscreen Duos! That’s right, from Abbott & Costello to Matthau & Lemmon to Rick & Morty and everything in between, it’s a quasi-intelligent chat about our favorite duos from film and television. What makes a duo dynamic? Which duos are garbage? And how can we possibly cram a reasonable number of onscreen duos into one podcast without making it seem like we came utterly unprepared and instead shout out listicles? From our trio of pieholes direct to your ears, the magic unfolds like Tango & Cash at baby’s first communion… monster trucks and all! 0:00 - Intros 8:20 - Walking Dead Sequel Shows 10:25 - Marvel Zombies 14:00 - Honey Don’t (2025) 20:25 - The Roses (2025) 25:55 - Sisu (2025) 30:55 - Best On-Screen Duos