Frame Rate

Frame Rate, the show where we rate frames.

Brooks is back! So you know it’s weird! This time we all take a look at the experimental horror stop-motion film, Mad God. The labor of love of Phil Tippett (dinosaur supervisor). A film that took 30 years to make. The gang talk about its imaginative and rich world, the importance of story, and how sometimes artists create a situation where their reach exceeds their grasp. 

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527. Frame Rate: Mad God (Feat. Brooks Brown)

Jason drops by to talk about 2022’s Nope! We discuss the meaning of the film, the sci-fi concepts at play, and find out that sci-fi, horror, and comedy are our favorite genres. Oh wait, we’re sci-fi, horror, and comedy writers. This makes a lot of sense now. 

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532. Frame Rate: Nope (Feat. Jason Pargin)

Cody Ziglar (She-Hulk, Futurama, Rick & Morty) joins the boys to navigate American Movie, the documentary of fiercely independent filmmaker Mark Borchardt. The three discuss their own artistic journeys and what makes this story hilarious, sad, and beautiful.

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543. Frame Rate - American Movie (Feat. Cody Ziglar)

Michael and Abe are joined by Gamefully Unemployed’s David Bell to discuss the 1997 thriller The Game, directed by David Fincher. Michael Douglas finds himself in an expensive and existential game of cat and mouse. The gang talks about how they’re terrible at escape rooms! 

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David Bell: https://twitter.com/MovieHooligan
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675. Frame Rate: The Game (Feat. David Bell)

Amidst the fog of 2025, three men recollect and review a film shot 35 years previous. DJ Wooldridge joins us to discuss the unique dystopia that is the classic Total Recall. Verhoeven, Schwarzenegger, and a tiny little krang take center for this one.

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839. Frame Rate: Total Recall (1990) (Feat. DJ Wooldridge)

Michael and Abe discuss Saving Private Ryan, and suggest some alternate titles.

1. Frame Rate: Saving Private Ryan

Abe and Michael discuss 1999's The Mummy, and learn of Brendan Fraser's untimely death (and resurrection).

2. Frame Rate: The Mummy (1999)

Abe and Michael spoil Star Wars: The Last Jedi, in every possible sense of the word.

5. Frame Rate: The Last Jedi

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goOHMYGODSOMEONEISINTHEHOUSE!!!! The Beans talk Tension of the Highest sort.

8. Frame Rate: High Tension

Michael and Abraham, Mr. Celadon and Mr. Burgundy respectively, dive into Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs.

13. Frame Rate: Reservoir Dogs

Michael, Abe, and Dave are entranced by the 1973 animated French-Czechoslovakian film Fantastic Planet and its sci-fi, psychedelic landscapes. They deconstruct the larger metaphor of the film and stare into its general weirdness. It’s in the Criterion Collection, so it must be important!

Everyone thank minefreak555 for generously donating toward this episode. We love you, you freak of mine. 

Features:
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Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORP
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304. Frame Rate: Fantastic Planet (Feat. David Christopher Bell)

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