Our hosts tackle what has to be the single most baffling adaptation in modern history.

BADAPTATIONS / The Dark Tower

Our heroes watch four spooky films:
Bodies Bodies Bodies @ 6:00
Mr. Harrigan's Phone @ 18:30
Werewolf By Night @ 34:30
Deadstream @ 51:45

We Just Watched: A Shocktober Spooktacular 2022 Special!

KOK IS BACK! Season 2 of Kings of King returns with the terrible cult film The Mangler. Abe and Mike discuss the film’s outrageous choices, the problems created by having a laundry machine as a villain, and its rank among other King tales.

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535. Kings of King: The Mangler

Adam and Abe talk about 2005’s Dark Water (starring Jennifer Connelly and John C. Reilly) and how the style and artistic interest of the director were at odds with the overly conventional plot, making for some great scenes in an ultimately forgettable movie. . 

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542. Directorpiece Theatre: How Good Directing Can Hurt A Movie (Dark Water)

Abe and Mike discuss the John Cusack vehicle, 1408! It’s about a haunted hotel room and features a tiny Samuel L. Jackson! Let’s see how it ranks with other King adaptations!

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547. Kings of King: 1408

Armed with a special guest, our heroes celebrate the new year with a story about rich people pooping until they die.

We Just Watched... Triangle of Sadness (With Michael Swaim)

Our three boys sit down to talk about the meditative filmmaking of Terrence Malick. They discuss its comparison to Saving Private Ryan, the metaphoric sequences of the film, and why Woody Harrelson blew up his butt.

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549. Frame Rate: The Thin Red Line (Feat. Adam Ganser)

Happy New Year! Woah, 2023 has arrived! Beans! Everyone, get in here! Okay, great. Alright, everyone be quiet, we have something to say… we create avatars of each other in our minds and imprison them with expectation without their consent! Yeah! It’s depressing! Let’s all think about sads and listen to this podcast while Brooks is here! 

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554. Frame Rate: I’m Thinking of Ending Things (Feat. Brooks Brown)

Topics Include: The Boogeyman, The Power, The Strays, Viking Wolf, Moving On, The Chemistry Of Death, We Have A Ghost, The Magic Flute, and Netflix’s new and terrible business plan.

Hypecast - 02.03.2023 - Featuring Katy Stoll & Abe Epperson

Michael and Abe are joined by Adam Ganser in discussing 2017’s Blade Runner 2049. They discuss the insane amount of craft involved in the movie, how symbolism is pretentious, and the appropriate application of a Gosling.

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601. Frame Rate: Blade Runner 2049 (Feat. Adam Ganser)

Armed with a guest co-host, our heroes discuss a really good movie about a product.

We Just Watched... Barbie (With Hana Michels)

Small Beans Podcasting is a place for beans of every sort to come bean it up. Free your soul, eh? Be a frijole.

547. Kings of King: 1408

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