Podcast Episodes

Ep.#449 - The Electric State

Episode 449

What's the deal with Netflix's The Electric State? Well, for one thing we know that IT'S ELECTRIC... boogie woogie woogie. But also, it's a movie arguing for the primacy of real-life connection that …

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

FH Mini 125 - Cinematic Mechanics

Elliott puts on his greasy overalls to look under the filmic hood, as we figure out what makes a good "robot movie," ask why Heartbeeps was a bad one, and see if we can pull out the robot defibrillat…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ep.#448 - Heartbeeps

Episode 448

We tie a bow around Max Fun Drive 2025 and our “Movies Without Spider-Man” series with (?) Paul Schrader's (?) magnum opus, Heartbeeps. It's the classic tale of a guy robot and a girl robot in love a…

Published on 5 months ago

Ep.#447 - Venom: The Last Dance

Episode 447

“Movies Without Spider-Man” Max Fun drive continues (please consider supporting our show!) with the thrilling (?) conclusion (??) of the Venom saga -- Venom: The Last Dance, the touching story of a b…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

SUPER SECRET ANNOUNCEMENT

Dan reveals a WEIRD and possibly EXTREMELY COMPLEX FOR HIM TO PUT TOGETHER stretch goal for this year's Max Fun Drive!

Become a supporting member of Maximum Fun and help keep our show going and indepe…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

SlopTales Teaser!

Here's a little taste of what's awaiting Max Fun members in the member bonus feed -- an all-new roleplaying adventure from gamemaster Stuart!

In this edition, Dan, Elliott, and fan favorite guest Zhub…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Dan McCoy joins MFD Spring Break

It’s not MaxFunDrive without a wild kickoff spectacular! Former real-life VJ and host of MTV's Spring Break 1999, Dave Holmes, takes your favorite MaxFun hosts through some wacky ‘90s- and Spring Bre…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Ep.#446 - Kraven the Hunter

Episode 446

We start out our special "Films Without Spider-Man" theme month (in honor of Max Fun Drive -- please consider supporting our show!) with one of the more ostentatiously-Spider-Man-free films of last y…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

FH Mini 124 - Bad Movie Godfathers, with Harry Medved and Harry Pallenberg

We welcome one of the godfathers of bad movie culture, Harry Medved, of the seminal books "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time" and "The Golden Turkey Awards," and discuss his PBS show "Locationland" w…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Star Trek: Section 31, with Ben Harrison and Adam Pranica

Episode 445

Wow! The first new Star Trek movie in eight years! What's that you say? Oh. TV movie? And it's less a "movie" and more a "we were going to develop a new series and that fell through so we made it a o…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago