Brooks is back! So you know it’s weird! This time we all take a look at the experimental horror stop-motion film, Mad God. The labor of love of Phil Tippett (dinosaur supervisor). A film that took 30 years to make. The gang talk about its imaginative ...
2022-09-23 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s a Wes month. This time we discuss his 2007 film The Darjeeling Limited which tells the story of three brothers embarking on a spiritual journey through their mutual and personal grief. The boys talk about why it feels different from other Anderso...
2022-09-19 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
We covered Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor from 2020. It’s features an assassin who takes over other people’s bodies, murders a mark, and then kills the host body. Tom Reimann joins us for this fun little jaunt about the death of empathy! I thought...
2022-09-16 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
This week the professor discusses the nature of Karate and it’s function in our world. We are blessed to have with us decorated bodybuilder, secret spy, and champion of a number of martial arts organizations, all of which exist, Sensei Grabowski who t...
2022-09-09 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
As we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on the movie, Papa Bear! And it’s a video! We finalize our pitch documents and talk about the next step...
2022-09-07 13:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
If you forgot, this show takes a Futurama episode and thematically pairs it with an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which works surprisingly well.
This episode Michael and David discuss Assassin’s Creed for some reason. Then, they cov...
2022-09-06 13:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
This show goes over the short stories of Michael’s favorite speculative fiction author and notable curmudgeon Harlan Ellison. Each episode Michael pairs (read: forces a friend to read) a short story with a guest that it “applies especially to.” Th...
2022-09-05 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Adam and Abe talk about Rob Reiner’s technique, Nora Ephron’s writing, and what aspects of rom-coms have persisted through generations.
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2022-09-02 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
As we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on the movie, Papa Bear! And it’s a video! We’ve gotten back our storyboards and are placing them int...
2022-08-31 13:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Our three co-hosts are stuck in the multiverse and need to get back to their home universe. Clearly, the only way to do that is to explore our cultural obsession with multiverses, alternate timelines and parallel worlds, and tie it all into a conversati...
2022-08-29 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
We covered The Greasy Strangler, an anti-comedy film that pushes the reality of what we’d call “a movie.” Griffin Rowell joins us for a conversation about the absolute madness of the story and the gross visual aesthetic it deploys. Mostly, we talk...
2022-08-26 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
BONUS EPISODE! Just for the real G’s! High School movies age, but we all had one that worked on us. Let’s peer into the psychology of Maggie and Adam’s high school hopes and dreams.
If you patronize us, feel free to email us suggestions for ...
2022-08-24 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Beans!
This is a message from your friends at the B.S. Entertainment Division (Bridgett & Sarah) of Small Beans. We are currently funding season 2 of our series, NEW LOW, and would love your support!
"New Low" is a...
2022-08-23 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s a Paul month. This time we discuss his 2007 film There Will Be Blood which tells the story of Daniel Plainview, an oilman who leaves a wake of destruction pursuing his need to amass wealth and power. The boys talk capitalism, practical effects, a...
2022-08-22 13:01:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Our collective friend and honorary Small Bean Griffin Rowell walks us through the capitalist concepts driving the current metaverse, the recent crash, and the potential methods we can use to build it into something more open-sourced. Resident dummy Michael asks all the questions you may have had but were too afraid to (or just had no interest in...
2022-08-19 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
A Pick the Flick episode of Frame Rate! This means one of our patrons, specifically Zac Schwartz, generously donated through the Pick the Flick tier and got to choose what we watched!
This episode covers the 1988 Scorsese film The Last Temptation ...
2022-08-15 13:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We have another patron-chosen episode! This episode dives into their picks for “rebel movies.” Also, Maggie talks about dying her hair for the first time. Adam has some insight as a redhead.
Vote every month on our poll for the topic of the ne...
2022-08-12 13:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
If you forgot, this show takes a Futurama episode and thematically pairs it with an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which works surprisingly well.
This episode Michael and David discuss tummy aches, the extinction of the coffee bean, an...
2022-08-09 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
In this episode, Bridgett and Sarah discuss the first film in the How To Train Your Dragon Franchise. Our hosts discuss the impeccable world-building, the stacked cast, and gush for a justifiable amount of time over the cuteness of Toothless, our beauti...
2022-08-05 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
A Pick the Flick episode of Frame Rate! This means one of our patrons, specifically Krischanovich, generously donated through the Pick the Flick tier and got to choose what we watched!
This episode covers the 2005 film by Richard Kelly (Donnie Dar...
2022-08-01 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Our three co-hosts are stuck in the multiverse and need to get back to their home universe. Clearly, the only way to do that is to explore our cultural obsession with multiverses, alternate timelines and parallel worlds, and tie it all into a conversati...
2022-07-29 13:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Adam and Abe talk about how Sam Raimi’s Spiderman creates a visual system where the audience subtly learns who we’re looking at: Spiderman or Peter Parker. We go through his camera techniques and look into how the invisible hand of directing works.<...
2022-07-25 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
A Pick the Flick episode of Frame Rate! This means one of our patrons, specifically Nikolai G, generously donated through the Pick the Flick tier and got to choose what we watched!
This episode covers the 1998 heist film Ronin. A film about a team...
2022-07-22 13:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
This show goes over the short stories of Michael’s favorite speculative fiction author and notable curmudgeon Harlan Ellison. Each episode Michael pairs (read: forces a friend to read) a short story with a guest that it “applies especially to.” Th...
2022-07-18 13:01:07 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s a Wes month. This time we discuss his 2004 film The Life Aquatic which tells the story of sailor/asshole Steve Zissou as he tries to reignite his career and connect with his son. The boys talk about redemption arcs, beautiful shots, and how Wes A...
2022-07-15 13:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post
If you forgot, this show takes a Futurama episode and thematically pairs it with an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, which works surprisingly well.
This episode Michael and David discuss how precious anuses are as well as Michael’s rec...
2022-07-13 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
A Pick the Flick episode of Frame Rate! This means one of our patrons, specifically A. Ron Defender of the Galaxy, generously donated through the Pick the Flick tier and got to choose what we watched! This episode we covered the 2010 independent film Th...
2022-07-08 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
BONUS EXCLUSIVE EPISODE! Just for the real G’s! Maggie talks about all her doctors. Adam talks about his students. Then there’s a longer conversation about albums they’ve recommended to each other.
If you patronize us, feel free to email us ...
2022-07-06 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Sit and listen to the sweet sound of the boys talkin’ bout the ‘berg. This episode Abe and Tom talk about 1993’s Jurassic Park!
This series will alternate releases between the Small Beans network and the Gamefully Unemployed network. To rece...
2022-07-05 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Our three co-hosts are stuck in the multiverse and need to get back to their home universe. Clearly, the only way to do that is to explore our cultural obsession with multiverses, alternate timelines and parallel worlds, and tie it all into a conversati...
2022-07-01 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post