Tyler and Konnery dive deep into Christian conspiracy theories, master artworks, and mid-2000s zeitgeist as they cover the colossal box office hit, "The Da Vinci Code"! Together they discuss the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of this book adaptation, self-flagellate over the strange monocultural fascinations of the early aughts, Robert Langdon's hairdo OF COURSE and so much more on this Holy Grail-chasing episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New:
Tyler: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Paramount+), The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (In Theaters)
Kon: Hundreds of Beavers (Tubi, Prime Video), "You Like It Darker" by Stephen King

Ep. 241: The Da Vinci Code

Tyler and Konnery are joined by Lily Denering Young to try to outrun death as they cover "Final Destination Bloodlines"! Together they discuss this film's different character dynamics compared to earlier installments, the long gap between films, explore their most and least favorite deaths, the incredible Tony Todd's final performance, oblivious dump truck drivers, and so much more on this Death-not-so-defying episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New:
What’s New:
Kon: Death Stranding 2 (PS5)
Tyler and Lily: Lincoln (Rental), Deep Cover (2025) (Prime Video), Andor Season 2 (Disney+)


Ep. 245: Final Destination Bloodlines (w/ Lily Denering Young)

Tyler and Konnery are joined by superfriend Jacob Padilla to breakdown the brand new kickoff to the DCU franchise, "Superman (2025)"! Together they discuss the spot on casting, incredible comic book moments, the difference between a film and an experience, how topical the film's themes are to this moment, and so much more on this superpowered episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New!
Tyler: Mickey 17 (HBO Max)
Kon: Mythic Bastionland (tabletop RPG)
Jacob: The Goonies (Queen Mary Screening)

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Ep. 246: Superman (2025) (w/ Jacob Padilla)

Tyler and Konnery roar back into the Jurassic Park franchise to cover its newest release, "Jurassic World Rebirth"! Together they discuss the soft reboot releasing so quickly after Dominion, dinos vs kaiju, kindhearted mercenaries, misophonia-inducing Altoid crunches and so much more on this mutant episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What’s New:
Kon: The Terror (Netflix), The Importance of Being Earnest (Boston Court Playhouse)
Tyler: F1 (In Theaters)


Ep. 247: Jurassic World Rebirth

Tyler and Konnery board their U-Wing and join the Rebellion as they cover the Star Wars standalone prequel "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"! Together they dive deep into the must-see TV that is Andor, explore its relevant themes to modern America, discuss reshoots and rewrites, superb sci fi casting, and so much more on this Death Star plan-stealing episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New:
Kon: The Phoenician Scheme (Peacock)
Tyler: Eddington (In Theaters)
Both: Andor (Disney+)

Ep. 248: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Tyler and Konnery reunite for a much-delayed new installment of Failed Franchise Friday, where they cover a movie that was set up to be a franchise, and ended up going nowhere. Except in our hearts, and in our SOULS such as The Host (2013). Listen to the boys open a special message from a gorilla-suited friend, talk about ponytails, cave wheat, falling asleep to soothing Spanish guitar, Holes, and more on this sci fi ASMR-coded episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

Failed Franchise Friday II: The Host

Tyler and Konnery are joined by local space outlaw and Star Wars megafan Taylor McLaughlin to dissect the entertaining flop that is "Solo: A Star Wars Story"! Together they discuss prequelitis, huge production changes, go deep on Star Wars side characters, talk the Millennium Falcon ride at Disneyland, and so much more on this coaxium smuggling episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New:
Kon: The Gilded Age (Netflix), Mythic Bastionland (TTRPG)
Tyler: Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi book series (Libby)
Taylor: The Hobbit (PS2), The Lord of the Rings: Gollum (PS5)

Movie review starts at 31:30!

Ep. 249: Solo: A Star Wars Story (w/ Taylor McLaughlin)

Tyler and Konnery set movie franchises aside for an episode to celebrate their 250th release and have each other discuss a movie recommended for the other! Konnery has Tyler communicate with all parts of the alien timeline with Arrival (2016) and Tyler has Konnery dive into the depths of space horror with Event Horizon (1997). They discuss stacked casts, Lovecraftian horror, what makes a movie look "mid-2010s", alien conspiracy theories, and so much more on this self-congratulatory celebration of The Friendchise Podcast!

Movie reviews start ~35:20!

Ep. 250: Arrival (2016) & Event Horizon (1997)

Tyler and Konnery are joined by Police Squad Pun Commissioner Joseph Horne to crack open the hilarious new case file, "The Naked Gun (2025)"! Together they discuss their initial doubts that quickly became pure joy encompassed by chili dog poop jokes, magic snowman threesomes, Pam Anderson's scatting prowess, Frank Drebin, Jr's absolutely genius stupidity, a metric ton of coffee cups and so much more on this wordplay-heavy procedural episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New:
Kon: The Gilded Age (HBOMax), Diablo IV (PS5)
Tyler: King of the Hill revival (Disney+)
Joseph: Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Dune: Imperium (Board Games)


Ep. 251: The Naked Gun (2025) (w/ Joseph Horne)

Tyler and Konnery are joined by Freaky fanatics Lily Denering Young and Nina McLaughlin to explore both Freaky Friday (2003) and the new sequel, "Freakier Friday"! Together they discuss Lindsay Lohan's career on and off the screen, Jamie Lee Curtis' always effortless performances, the confusing amount of characters in the sequel, the world logic of how Freakying works, and so much more on this exponentially body-swapped episode of The Friendchise Podcast!

What's New:
Tyler: Summer School (Kanopy)
Kon: Hollow Knight (PS5)
Lily: The Summer I Turned Pretty (Prime Video), Unknown Number: The High School Catfish (Netflix)
Nina: The Righteous Gemstones (HboMax), Longlegs (Hulu)

Ep. 252: Freaky Friday (2003) and Freakier Friday (w/ Lily Denering Young and Nina McLaughlin)

A show about movie franchises and friendship. Join Tyler and Konnery as they explore all the best and worst franchises Hollywood and the world at large has to offer with some of their best buddies by their side!

Ep. 241: The Da Vinci Code

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