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PODCAST

There Will Be Duds

There Will Be Duds

A weekly conversation on twitch turned podcast. We review a wide variety of films drawn randomly from a cup -- the twist is that once a month we review a "bad" movie, or, a dud. The podcast is broadcasted on Twitch and YouTube every Wednesday at 7pm EST at twitch.tv/ThereWillBeDuds

tv & film film reviews

All Episodes

01:10:55

76 - The Hunt (2012)

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/12/15

Odds and Ends: T.J. went to an art museum, and knows at least one period of Japanese history, so look out, nerds, there’s a new bitch in nerd town; T.J. also finally did get Pokemon Scarlet, and doesn't know what people are talking about; Nick saw a few movies of varying degrees of goodness Feature Film: We talk about The Hunt, from Thomas Vinterberg, and Nick has got beef with T.J. for making him watch this agonizingly uncomfortable movie. Pretty apt description! We talk about hunting, even

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01:07:17

75 - The Fifth Element (1997)

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/12/09

Odds and Ends: We prove our street cred by talking about putting together IKEA furniture and our thoughts on the Great British Baking Show season finale; T.J. wanted to talk about the new Pokemon, but settles for complaining about Wal-Mart instead; we talk about a random Youtube find called Possibly In Michigan, and why this old short film from the 80s is so fascinating to us. Feature Film: We take a look at the zany sci-fi cult classic The Fifth Element, directed by the uhm… questionable Luc

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00:55:09

74 - The Last Airbender (2010) wsg Jeremiah Ukponrefe

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/12/01

Odds and Ends: Guest Jeremiah stops by to tell us about his new book, Hive; Nick talks about Goodfellas, and how it stacks up against other classics of the gangster genre; Jeremiah watched House of the Dragon, a favorite of our guests, apparently Feature Film: Courtesy of Jeremiah, we watched M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender, an infamous adaptation of the beloved animated show of (mostly) the same name. A bizarre piece of cinema that loses everything that made the source material so special,

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01:36:24

73 - Over the Garden Wall (2014) wsg Evan

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/11/24

Odds and Ends: T.J. and guest Evan debate over which Clone Wars show is better while Nick tries his best to look interested; we talk about spooky shows What We Do in the Shadows and Cabinet of Curiosities; Evan talks about A DIFFERENT PODCAST called the Magnus Archives, but who cares; we determine the validity of fan theories with the utmost importance Feature Film: We discuss the I-guess-not-really-a-movie-but-I-don't-care Over the Garden Wall, an animated miniseries of autumnal goodness. Or

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01:20:06

72 - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/11/17

Odds and Ends: Look, I know we talk over each other a lot normally, but this time it wasn’t our fault; we talk stealth games and how they’re, well, not for us, exactly; Nick read the newest installment of one of his favorite book series and gives a horror classic a rewatch; T.J. saw a few new horror flicks and finished the Hellraiser franchise; can you tell that we recorded this in October? Feature Film: We take a look at The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, based on the autobiographical book of the

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01:16:57

71 - Hard Eight (1996)

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/11/10

Odds and Ends: Call us Nick Hollywood and Prue Teej and let us teach you how to make incredibly unhealthy soups; T.J. watched a lot of stuff, and we talk about them all, including revisiting Nope and Bodies Bodies Bodies, as well as The Black Phone and descending further into the Hellraiser franchise. Feature film: We discuss the debut feature film from Paul Thomas Anderson, Hard Eight. It’s got a stoic Philip Baker Hall, a baby-faced-but-not John C. Reilly, a likable Gwenyth Paltrow, and a

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01:07:45

70 - Head (1968) wsg Chris Wade

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/11/02

Odds and Ends: We’re joined again by Connor and for the first time by Chapo Trap House’s Chris Wade; The Try Guys try adultery (we recorded this a while ago, don’t make fun of us); Chris watched the elf show and the dragon show, and together they make: show Feature film: Hey hey, it’s The Monkee’s one and only movie: Head! A recommendation from guest Chris, it’s a psychedelic 60’s comedy farce romp parody… thing. Definitely a movie for sure. A movie with The Monkees! Next week’s movie: Hard Eight

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01:13:09

69 - Vampire's Kiss (1988) wsg Connor 'Pumpkin Head'...

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/10/26

Odds and Ends: Episode 69 is here, baby, in all its, uhh… spookiness; Connor’s back again (hi, Connor), and he raves about Genndy Tarkovsky’s Primal; Nick thinks Creepshow is a… neat…show; T.J. watched the new Hellraiser and the old Carnival of Souls, both are movies Feature film: The sexy horrific dud of the show this week is another rage Cager - Vampire’s Kiss! Featuring a career-best Cage (at least in T.J.’s eyes), this is a dud like none other. Much like the ethereal nature of a premium Cage

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01:47:26

68 - The Descent (2005) / Memories (1995) wsg Chris...

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/10/20

Odds and Ends: T.J. watched The Terror again, and it’s uhh, it’s good, you should watch it; T.J. and Nick saw Barbarian, and it’s uhh, it’s good, you should watch it; we talk about the Super Mario trailer and the multiple Pinocchio movies released this year and uhh, no good, full stop. Feature film: Our friend Chris brought us a Tubi dubi of horror, so we’re talking about both The Descent and Magnetic Rose, the latter of which is a short that’s part of the anthology film Memories (which we touch on

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01:26:01

67 - Halloween (1978)

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/10/12

Odds and Ends: Recorder tangerine-belt T.J. is back with another banger; Internet Historian’s newest video “Man in Cave” is more history than internet, but roped T.J. in all the same; Vince Gilligan has a new show in the works, but to our chagrin it looks less Breaking Bad and more Battle Creek (which can never be a good thing if you know that place); Community’s long-awaited movie is coming, so we mostly just talk about Donald Glover (and T.J.’s personal beef with him, and also Nick’s personal beef

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01:09:32

66 - Thirst (2009)

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/10/05

Odds and Ends: Wolverine is back… but it’s for Deadpool… and it’s not even the one from Trinity War, so who cares; T.J. finally watched Halloween Kills in preparation for Halloween Ends in a couple weeks, and it was… a movie, kind of; Nick watched a couple 80s classics for the first time and guess what? He talks about them! On THIS podcast! Feature film: The first of our October spookfest is a T.J. recommendation, Park Chan-wook’s Thirst! A Korean vampire thriller drama thing, starring Tom Hanks…

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01:13:44

65 - Alone In The Dark (2005)

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/09/28

Odds and Ends: We celebrate the Brennaissance; T.J. watched Spirited Away again and guess what? It’s a good movie! We also talk other Ghibli movies and their magical scores; Nick saw Galaxy Quest in theaters… and it is also a very good movie, but please shut up, audience Feature film: We delve into our very first Uwe Boll experience, and please don’t make us do it again. We get blubi-balled again and do the thing we always do when talking about really shit movies: talk about anything else. This

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01:21:09

64 - The Dead Zone (1983) wsg Isaiah

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/09/22

Odds and Ends: Isaiah is back with us this week, and we talk about some (wrong) Nintendo Direct rumors, and what makes a remaster; Isaiah talks about his favorite lawyer TikToker, we talk more about Barry, and fall into a Community rabbit hole, which happens basically any time we talk about Community; T.J. issues a challenge Feature film: We talk The Dead Zone, based on a novel by Stephen King, featuring a now-generic ass plot which follows the generic-ass named Johnny Smith, a dude with psychic

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00:58:36

63 - Duel (1971)

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/09/14

Odds and Ends: You know shit’s real when we open with some Great British Bake Off talk; Nick checks off his last Tarantino movie with Jackie Brown, and continues down equally prestigious auteur Danny McBride’s shows with Vice Principals; T.J. just watches Apple TV now, so he binged Mythic Quest Feature film: We discuss the feature directorial debut of one Steven Spielberg, a guy you may have heard of. He also did “Shark,” as well as “Hey, How’d Those Aliens Get Here?” as well as the unrelated “Hey,

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01:28:54

62 - House (1977)

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/09/08

Odds and Ends: T.J. likes dinosaurs (both the extinct kind and the Attenborough kind), so he saw Prehistoric Planet; Nick and T.J. both finished and loved The Rehearsal and Severance, so there's that, too; I don't know what you want me to say, it's all good stuff, whatever. Feature Film: It's House. Nothing else to say about this movie. Next week's movie: Duel (1971) You can join the conversation every Wednesday at 7pm EST on Twitch and Youtube! Available in podcast form on all your favorite

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01:34:17

61 - Deadfall (1993) wsg Connor Campbell

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/08/31

Odds and Ends: T.J. reports back on the Wendies screening at Gen Con; in the post-chat, T.J. revels in his trash tastes and hails the Netflix (and HBO) Woodstock 99 documentaries; Nick loves Bodies Bodies Bodies and shitting on journalists; T.J., Nick, and returning guest Connor all talk about Better Call Saul, all from different points of the show’s run; T.J. really tries to understand why people love the show Barry so much Feature film: Apparently this movie is called Deadfall, and it’s about

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01:14:39

60 - The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987) wsg...

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/08/24

Odds and Ends: James joins us yet again, and in keeping up with the times as usual, we talk about the Avatar 2 trailer; James talks about definitely-not-an-anime Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known and apparent best-parody-ever American Vandal; Nick is rewatching The Mighty Boosh, and it’s still as cool as it was back when Avatar 1 was in theaters; There Won’t Be Nick or Travis has it’s first guest host, James! Feature film: We talk turkey about the hardest dude on earth, Kenzo Okuzaki, lead

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01:15:03

59 - Memories of Murder (2003) wsg James!

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/08/19

Odds and Ends: James! joins us again this week, please clap; we talk a little Nolan and Nope'n (it works); Marvel bad boy Teej saw the new Marvel, and it sure was a movie; Nick is caught up with The Bear and Barry, T.J. is catching up with Better Call Saul, and it'd be really neat if James would watch one of them Feature Film: Based on a true story, we're talking about another Bong ripper, Memories of Murder. It follows the detectives trying to solve Korea's first serial murder spree, and by god,

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02:23:21

58 - From The Vault: Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/08/10

Odds and Ends: Welcome back one last time to the Duds Vault, sealing it off with one of the most technically buggy episodes to date! While waiting for the others to join, Moose and T.J. talk about mythology and Disney's bastardization of it with Hercules; T.J. explains the rating scale for the first time, you be the judge on how well we've stuck to it since; Moose reveals that this week's movie is a perfect fit for dog-hating cinephiles such as he. Feature Film: Hey everybody, for real, rating low

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02:40:15

57 - From the Vault: Ikiru (1952)

There Will Be Duds ·

2022/08/03

Odds and ends: Back in the Vault, with some technical/audio issues since we didn’t have this whole podcast thing figured out yet; we throw around ideas for show names before we had our show name; T.J. talks about the new David Byrne concert film American Utopia; Adam McKay is doing… an American remake… of Parasite? Ewww… Man, I don’t even know how we used to have episodes this long regularly Feature film: This week, FORTY MINUTES INTO THE EPISODE, we talk about another Kurosawa classic, Ikiru. Sad

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