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1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast

Load Bearing Beams Productions

Matt and Laci rent a movie from the video store, spend the week obsessing over it, and then tell you all about it. They spend the week watching, re-watching, researching, reading interviews, and reading the source material of the week"s movie. Whether it"s a blockbuster from the past, an all-time flop, or a cult classic, they unpack the history behind its production and the people who made it, then discuss, review, and make fun of the movie itself. New episodes every Friday. Formerly known as Load

tv & film

All Episodes

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76. Mortal Kombat (1995)

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2021/04/30

We prepare to enter the tournament that is the 1995 adaptation of Mortal Kombat. Time stamps: What are our relationship dealbreakers when it comes to both food and movies? [2:04] Is Homer Simpson the most iconic TV character of all time? [08:43] We react to the Oscars [09:55] Matt returned to the movie theater for the first time in 14 months and immediately regretted buying popcorn [20:08] Laci tries to name Mortal Kombat characters [23:22]

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75. Twister

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2021/04/16

Call in the Insane Clown Posse, because this episode is twisted. Please forgive the audio issues on this one. :(

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01:17:59

74. Godzilla (1998)

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2021/04/02

It's Roth v. Stokes in this episode. The gloves are off. Fisticuffs. A brawl for all. A royal rumble. Malice at the Palace. We got a donnybrook on our hand, folks, because Laci thinks the Roland Emmerich-Matthew Broderick Godzilla (1998) is the worst movie Load Bearing Beams has ever covered, while Matt thinks it is merely bad. Who will prevail? Matt's brother Elliott and sister Maggie stop by eventually (at the 1 hour, 4 minutes mark) to help settle the whole ordeal. Other topics covered include:

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01:11:01

73. Elvis

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2021/03/19

Elvis was a hero to Laci, but he never meant s*!@ to Matt. When your two hosts first started dating, Laci asked Matt a fundamental question: "Are you an Elvis person, or a Beatles person?" Matt thought it was a nonsensical question. What kind of person would choose Elvis over the Beatles? His future wife, that's who! And so. We were going to pick an Elvis Presley movie for this episode and use it as a springboard to talk about Elvis in general, and see if Laci could persuade Matt to warm up to him

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01:16:44

72. Splice

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2021/03/05

A very cranky Matt and Laci discuss the 2009 man-playin'-God thriller Splice. Topics covered include: TV vs. movies, bioethics, children, parenting, Koko the gorilla, plus an extensive breakdown of this movie's opening credits.

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56:37

71. Weekend At Bernie's

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2021/02/19

Celebrate this weekend with your very-much-alive-thank-you pals Laci and Matt, who are discussing the 1989 comedy classic Weekend At Bernie's (1989).

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01:09:33

70. Red Dragon

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2021/02/05

Because he saw Red Dragon (2002) before he saw The Silence of the Lambs, a young and idiotic Matt thought it was just plumb terrific, and so he and his bride review it on this episode, which features extension discussion of the entire Hannibal Lecter/Thomas Harris universe (except for the television show Hannibal).

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48:34

2nd Triennial Quarterly Claptrap

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2021/01/29

This one's a jazz set, a lazy river. Let the conversation take you where it's gonna take you, ya know? Topics covered: Waterparks Whether or not talking about food is interesting The merits of the Foo Fighters The TV show The Crown The merits of a system of government wherein the head of state and head of government are separated

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54:09

69. Jawbreaker

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2021/01/22

Another of Laci's faves is a cult classic from the '90s: 1999's Jawbreaker, the tale of three popular girls who accidentally murder their friend and then clumsily cover it up while also navigating the minefield that is high school. But about half of this episode is Matt explaining why he is disgusted by candy and how hard it was for him to watch this movie given the prominence of the titular Jawbreaker.

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48:29

68. The General

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2021/01/15

Deploy your cowcatcher and join Laci and Matt as they unpack Buster Keaton's action-comedy classic, The General (1927). Often considered the greatest of all silent films, it is undoubtedly an impressive technical achievement... but can the jaded and cynical people of today enjoy a movie like this 100 years later after it was made? Listen and find out.

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47:26

67. Dumb And Dumber

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2021/01/08

Your favorite podcast hosts who are married to each other and talk about movies that they loved when younger but haven't seen in a long time and are concerned might not hold up to the scrutiny and cynicism that is aging return to discuss the classic 1994 comedy Dumb and Dumber. Matt's distaste for 1990s Jim Carrey has been well explored on this show, but will he be won over this time around? Or will Laci have to eat a headless parakeet and admit that the film just isn't very good? You could cut the

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52:37

66. Network

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2020/09/04

Laci and Matt unpack the movie Network (1976), a movie that predicted that one day, the television news would be kind of silly. Can you even imagine?

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48:16

The First Ever Triannual Quarterly Claptrap

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2020/08/21

Laci and Matt didn't watch a proper Load Bearing Beams movie for this episode, so they instead reflect on all the TV and movies they've been watching recently: Munich, The Post, JFK, Nixon, Spotlight, The Simpsons, Futurama, Disenchantment, I Know That Voice, High Score PLUS: Two separate stories about being scammed A story about Laci's appearance at a meeting of the New Orleans Historical Landmark Commission Laci has a fantasy wherein she talks her way out of a mental institution. Matt's

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38:22

65. The Witches

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2020/08/14

Are you ready to get twisted? Wicked? Witch-tisted? Some of those? Then grab your woz-blomkers and fiz-tizzlers and mouse-growsers and dog droppings and catch this quintessential "child's horror" film, 1990's The Witches.

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42:19

64. Child's Play

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2020/08/07

I've heard of a doll, but a killer doll??!! We examine 1988's Child's Play, the debut entry in the eternal Chucky franchise about an expensive doll inhabited by the spirit of a voodoo-practicing serial killer.

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45:04

63. Clifford

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2020/08/02

It's the movie that broke Matt Stokes: 1994's "family" "comedy" Clifford, in which a man in his mid-thirties, Martin Short, plays a 10-year-old boy. Can you imagine??? Matt and Laci have a fierce argument over this cult classic.

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(RERUN) 41. Dude, Where's My Car? (Listener Choice!)

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2020/07/31

Hey people, our new episode about the movie Clifford (the one where Martin Short plays a child) will be out on Monday (Aug. 3). Until then, enjoy this classic from the archives.

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62. My Man Godfrey

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2020/07/24

Laci and Matt examine the great screwball comedy My Man Godfrey (1936), a film in which Carole Lombard gives what Matt calls one of the great comedic performances in the history of film. Is he right, or is he just a snooty snobby snob who pretends to like old things? If you don't like old movies, we also have a lengthy discussion of whether or not Maggie Simpson is a character, and how she would rank among the great Simpsons characters if so. That discussion can be found at minute 49.

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42:55

61. Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2020/07/17

Come on down south—to the Bayou, mayhaps?—to open the book and learn about the Ya-Yas and their many divine secrets in Laci's movie of the week: 2002's Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.

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60. Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1-Week Rental: A Movie Podcast ·

2020/07/10

The Beams are back in town to discuss James Cameron's sci-fi/action classic, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. And the first Terminator movie too. Topics addressed: Whether or not free will is a thing Laci is distracted by Sarah Connor not wearing a bra Problems with time travel The inevitable invention of an artificial superintelligence that destroys us all Whether you can be on your phone while watching a movie A scary thing that happened to Laci and Matt's kid Whether Edward Furlong is good If you

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