Britany is back this week to help the guys dissect the 2001 dramedy Rock Star featuring Mark Wahlberg having the most fun ever. They discuss the rampant homophobia, Jennifer Aniston crushing it, the wigs, Wahlberg's obsession with the band, Nathan points out all the anachronisms with the music choices throughout and much more. Next week: Kaijuuuuu! What We've Been Watching: Life is Beautiful Kyle Kinane: Whiskey Icarus This is Where I Leave You Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Rock Star stars Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Timothy Spall, Dominic West, Jason Flemyng, Zakk Wylde and Timothy Olyphant; directed by Stephen Herek. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Look, I usually try to put a funny little summary here but this movie is vile and hateful and not good for Christians or Atheists or really anyone who doesn’t have a black heart. The guys are joined by former pastor Troy Carruthers to get into some of the more intricate aspects of religion (especially the danger of “narrative”) and why this movie is harmful to everyone. Don’t worry, they still had fun discussing this nutty movie. They also discuss Kevin Sorbo’s come-to-Jesus moment, the Newsboys, evil Liberals and their woke agenda, the premise that would never happen in a million billion years and more. Plus: Troy’s Top 10 list directed at Brendan. Next week: Rock it! What We've Been Watching: Notes on a Scandal Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Nimona Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd God's Not Dead stars Shane Harper, Kevin Sorbo, David A.R. White, Trish LaFache, Hadeel Sittu, Marco Khan, Cory Oliver, Willie Robertson, the Newsboys and Dean Cain; directed by Harold Cronk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the fellas are delighted to be joined by Patron extraordinaire/Ultraviolet super-fan Raina Harper to discuss... well... Ultraviolet. They talk about the genuinely unfinished special effects and the uncanny valley, characters that forget what they were told minutes afterwards, the unnecessary twists, the movie appealing to the anti-vax crowd and much more. Next week: it's about to get religulous. What We've Been Watching: Love Lies Bleeding "Rinoa Poison" (YouTube Channel) Look Both Ways Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Ultraviolet stars Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund, Sebastien Andrieu, Christopher Garnier and William Fichtner; directed by Kurt Wimmer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back to the standard bad movies this week... with the Russell Crowe directorial effort Poker Face. Luckily, the guys are joined by Australian (but really a true Seattle native) in Declan Green, who may have been telling the truth about 33.3% of the time. They discuss Australians doing cringy Australian accents, Liam Hemsworth playing a 57-year old man, the lack of poker and much more. Next week: a lot of very bad CGI. What We've Been Watching: Nymphomaniac Vol. 2 Cult of the Lamb (videogame) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Visit Declan's blog: https://scenebygreen.com/ Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Poker Face stars Russell Crowe, Liam Hemsworth, RZA, Aden Young, Steve Bastoni, Daniel MacPherson, Jack Thompson, Paul Tassone and Elsa Pataky; directed by Russell Crowe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Ryan is back to talk about the 2018 action hit Skyscraper starring The Rock! Unlike the Anna Nicole Smith one, this movie has a budget! The guys talk all about this whackadoo movie including Neve Campbell's car fight, the duct tape product placement, the Hall of Mirrors as a functioning room... and they also sorta answer the question - is The Rock a good actor? Next week: Aussie Aussie Aussie! What We've Been Watching: Ralph Bakshi's "Mighty Mouse" "Birdman and the Galaxy Trio" Targets Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Skyscraper stars Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han, Roland Moller, Noah Taylor, Byron Mann, Pablo Schreiber and Tzi Ma; directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's that time of year so Nathan and Brendan welcome back Ryan Gilbert to discuss the Vince Russo-era WCW PPV New Blood Rising. They talk all about the overly convoluted and confusing rules for nearly every match, Goldberg refusing to "play ball," four referees in one match, storylines involving revenge p*rn and miscarriages and much more. Plus: brief reminiscing about one of the craziest shows in all of television - Passions. Next week: Dwayne. What We've Been Watching: "AEW Dynamite" IWS vs. GCW: UnFnSanctioned 25th Anniversary Poor Things Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We travel back to 1995 to learn about the futuristic world of 1999 this week with Virtuosity starring Russell Crowe as... a ham sandwich? The guys talk all about Crowe's absolutely bananas performance as SID 6.7 and his literal devouring of scenery but they also discuss the music of screams, the UFC content, Denzel Washington's wig and much more. Next week: Wrasslin'! What We've Been Watching: The Straight Story Catch Me If You Can (1989) Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Virtuosity stars Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Kelly Lynch, William Forsythe, Stephen Spinella, Louise Fletcher, William Fichtner, Costas Mandylor, Kevin J. O'Connor and Kaley Cuoco; directed by Brett Leonard. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, one of our patrons Adam Jures brings us the long-awaited sequel to a trashterpiece of cinema - The Toxic Avenger Part II. The guys talk about Troma Films and their Don Rickles approach to comedy, the Toxic Avenger somehow becoming a CARTOON SERIES FOR CHILDREN, the lack of planning on the part of Apocalypse Inc, the Neil Breen-level evil dialogue and much more. Next week: Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! What We've Been Watching: Lisa Frankenstein "Chernobyl" Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd The Toxic Avenger Part II stars John Altamura, Phoebe Legere, Rick Collins, Lisa Gaye, Rikiya Yasuoka, Myako Katsuragi and Jessica Dublin; directed by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are five Thursdays this month so it's time to discuss a movie that didn't QUITE make its way to cinemas - Hell Comes to Frogtown starring "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. The guys talk about the Dance of Three Snakes, the nonsensical "twist," the immobility of the frog costumes, Roddy Piper being absolutely irresistible and much more. Next week: Some Troma! What We've Been Watching: Wings The Marvels Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Hell Comes to Frogtown stars "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Sandahl Bergman, Cec Verrell, William Smith and Rory Calhoun; directed by Donald G. Jackson and R.J. Kizer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guys finally talk about a movie that has been pitched since it came out back in 2017. Frequest guest and extreme sports expert Jerika is delighted that they are finally discussing the sorta-pun movie Monster Trucks. They talk about Lucas Till looking way older than his classmates, Jane Levy playing a full-on stalker, saving photos on the cloud, all the great actors in useless supporting roles and much more. Next week: Mariah gives us a movie! What We've Been Watching: The Conversation "Scammer Payback" (YT channel) Origin Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Monster Trucks stars Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Barry Pepper, Thomas Lennon, Holt McCallany, Rob Lowe, Danny Glover, Frank Whaley, Samara Weaving and Amy Ryan; directed by Chris Wedge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, it's Mariah's turn to choose the doom & gloom and she brings back old stalwart Neil Breen with his 2016 manifesto Pass Thru. She also joins the fellas to help discuss the fake tiger, Breen's lengthy monologue on the evening news, the drug cartel leader's yell-acting, the useless subplot with the child astronomers and much, MUCH more. Next week: a long-promised film is finally delivered. What We've Been Watching: Nymphomaniac Vol. I Strays Saltburn Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Pass Thru stars Neil Breen and a lot of poor, hapless souls; directed by Neil Breen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Patty picks the movie for the guys and bestows upon them... Metro starring Eddie Murphy. Yes, it's the action/comedy with very little comedy that made the nation come together... and ask each other if they'd seen that new Eddie Murphy movie to which most people shrugged and walked away? After Nathan reveals his very personal connection to this film, the guys also discuss Michael Wincott's sexy growling, all of the plot threads that lead nowhere, last-minute nudity and a whole lot more. Next week: Mariah gives us a movie! What We've Been Watching: Rope "Drak Pack" Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Metro stars Eddie Murphy, Michael Wincott, Carmen Ejogo, Michael Rapaport, Art Evans, Denis Arndt, Paul Ben-Victor and Donal Logue; directed by Thomas Carter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Worst of 2023 concludes and bookends our series with unnecessary sequels with The Exorcist: Believer, David Gordon Green's attempt to resurrect the series. The guys talk about this film disrespecting the original film by way of their abuse of Ellen Burstyn, having two possessed girls this time, the Linda Blair cameo, the Religious Avengers (TM Jason MacLeod) and much more. Next week: Patty gives us a movie! What We've Been Watching: King of the Hill Agnes Browne Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd The Exorcist: Believer stars Leslie Odom Jr., Lidya Jewett, Olivia O'Neill, Ann Dowd, Jennifer Nettles, Ellen Burstyn, Norbert Leo Butz, Raphael Sbarge and Linda Blair (BLAIR-ly); directed by David Gordon Green. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Worst of 2023 rolls forward with a breakdown of Oscar-winning writer/director Florian Zeller's followup to The Father... The Son. He went from winning an Oscar for Best Screenplay to... THIS!? Gabe Elder-Gomes joins the guys to break this baffling representation of mental illness from... someone else's perspective? What is happening? They discuss the gameshow environment and a very unprofessional doctor, the jarring tone shift in the dance sequence, Anthony Hopkins' fantastic performance in a 5-minute scene, comparisons to Sia's Music and much, much more. Apologies for the dodgy (but totally listenable) audio at times - we were having what we call in the business....errr.... technical... times. Next week: we cap off our "Recently Regrettable" series with another horror "treat." What We've Been Watching: "BEEF" "Spider-Man 2" (videogame) "The Curse" Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd The Son stars Hugh Jackman, Zen McGrath, Vanessa Kirby, Laura Dern and Anthony Hopkins; directed by Florian Zeller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Worst of 2023 continues with a discussion of the polarizing film The Flash starring real-life criminal Ezra Miller. Resident comic book expert Josh Kotsabasakis joins the guys to discuss the film and attempt to avoid as many real-life Ezra references as possible. Why does this movie have so much spaghetti? Are the CGI babies the worst? And what about the rest of the CGI? Does this movie not even have a real villain? What the hell does "re-alive" mean? How was Michael Keaton as Batman? All this and more in (ironically) one of the longer episodes in a while. Next week: a fairly serious film... What We've Been Watching: Saltburn "Earthworm Jim" "Curb Your Enthusiasm" Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd The Flash stars Ezra Miller, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, Ron Livingston, Maribel Verdu, Kiersey Clemons, Ben Affleck, Antje Traue and Michael Keaton; directed by Andy Muschietti. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back! The Worst of 2023 begins with the sequel to the hit Conjuring-verse horror flick - The Nun II. Is this one of the more unnecessary sequels in recent memory? How much preparation work was require for Valek's magazine stand scare? How should this movie connect to the Sister Act-iverse? Just how convoluted IS this universe? What is going on with Taissa Farmiga's hair... and why is it perfect? All this and the 2nd scariest nun to have ever lived in this week's episode! Next week: it'll be super! What We've Been Watching: Thanksgiving "Mrs. Brown's Boys" Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd The Nun II stars Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet, Storm Reid, Anna Popplewell, Suzanne Bertish, Katelyn Rose Downey and Bonnie Aarons; directed by Michael Chaves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Enjoy one more festive rerun before we return from vacation! It's time to get festive up in here so the guys are joined by Steve and Izzy of Everything I Learned from Movies to discuss the Nicolas Cage crime-comedy Trapped in Paradise. They discuss everything including the crazy notion that Cage, Jon Lovitz and Dana Carvey were cast as BROTHERS, the endless chase sequences, small business banks, Dana Carvey's accent, the WinterFest tease that leads to nothing and much more. We will return with full episodes NEXT WEEK - Thursday, January 11th. The Worst of 2023 will commence! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Enjoy this rerun while we are away on vacation! Tis the season! The guys present their Christmas episode with regular recurring Christmas guest Mariah Lirette as they discuss the Disney Plus Exclusive Home Sweet Home Alone. Does this movie really think that making the 'burglars' into a likeable cute family was the appropriate update for this film? Why does the movie keep forgetting that Jeff is a computer genius when he can't figure out simple mechanics? Why does this movie waste nothing roles on so many talented comedians? And could that Devin Ratray cameo be even MORE embarrassing? We will return with full episodes on Thursday, January 11th. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For a limited time, enjoy a Patreon-exclusive episode on our main feed as our Christmas present to you! Follow the links below to sign up for our Patreon and receive many more just like this one (but with better audio quality). We will return with full episodes on Thursday, January 11th. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the official kick-off of the holiday season here on What Were They Thinking? so the guys bring back resident Christmas expert Mariah Lirette to discuss the 1960s classic Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. They talk about the shoddy costumes and inconsistent makeup either fully covering or barely covering their faces, the legendary career of Pia Zadora, Santa Claus' bad stand-up comedy career, Droppo abusing drugs to get fat, the worst choreographed fight in history and much more. We will return with full episodes on Thursday, January 11th. What We've Been Watching: Cassandro "Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse" "Big Mouth" Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at wwttpodcast@gmail.com  Patreon: www.patreon.com/wwttpodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/wwttpodcast Twitter: www.twitter.com/wwttpodcast Instagram: www.instagram.com/wwttpodcast Theme Song recorded by Taylor Sheasgreen: www.facebook.com/themotorleague Logo designed by Mariah Lirette: www.instagram.com/its.mariah.xo Montrose Monkington III: www.twitter.com/montrosethe3rd Santa Claus Conquers the Martians stars Santa Claus, Martians and Pia Zadora; directed by Nicholas Webster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices