We've lost some truly great ones this year so far, but this one particularly stings. RIP to one of the best to ever do it - the great Tom Noonan!

This week, with WICKED: FOR GOOD in theaters, we're watching a movie that changed every Gen X-er/Millennial who saw it at the time for good OR ill! It's 1985's RETURN TO OZ! Listen NOW wherever you get your podcasts!

Before Elphaba & Galinda make their return to the big screen this weekend, we went back with Baby Fairuza Balk to the Gen X/Millennial nightmare of our choosing! Join us TOMORROW as we talk 1985's RETURN TO OZ!

With PREDATOR: BADLANDS in theaters tomorrow, we're talking about Shane Black's flawed-but-still-fun return to the Predator franchise with 2018's THE PREDATOR - available NOW wherever podcasts are sold! apple.co/496qSsu

This week, we're wrapping up our 2025 Spooky-thon with the 2014 remake of THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN, joined by the incomparable @brianwaves42.bsky.social! Check it out NOW wherever podcasts are sold! apple.co/47iXMmX

It's another Spooky-thon and we're taking on 2000s-era horror remakes! Last week, 2008's PROM NIGHT! This week, we're joined by our friend Evan Wilson of the Grand Voodoo Band to talk 2005's THE AMITYVILLE HORROR! Get caught up & get scared! PROM NIGHT: apple.co/4mY75P8 AMITYVILLE: apple.co/4nJefI9

This week, we wrap up Sketch-tember with a high-speed, high-stakes chase with recurring "Mr. Show" character Ronnie Dobbs as we dig into 2002's RUN RONNIE RUN! available NOW effervescent you get your podcasts! apple.co/46Y5Cn8

Sketch-tember marches on as we're heading back to Canada to talk The Kids in the Hall, Lorne Michaels impressions, and the dangerous side effects of 1996's BRAIN CANDY! Now streaming wherever podcasts are sold! bit.ly/4nv1eS6

This week, Sketch-tember continues and we find out if we're turtley enough for the Turtle Club as we talk sketch legend, star of "SNL" and "The Dana Carvey Show," Dana Carvey's 2002 box office bomb THE MASTER OF DISGUISE - coming this THURSDAY wherever podcasts are sold!

This week, we welcome guest lecturer Samuel Dumas from The Dept. of Menial Humor to discuss Welles's 1934 short film, THE HEARTS OF AGE, its surrealist & expressionist influences, and Stephen's fabled bachelor party! List NOW wherever podcasts are sold! apple.co/42857Er

This week, we're kicking off Season 6 with our Sketch-tember theme month and we're starting in the Great White North with SCTV, Bob & Doug McKenzie, and the weirdest adaptation of Hamlet in 1983's STRANGE BREW - available NOW wherever podcasts are sold! apple.co/4gbE9Bt

Trailer for the new film by friend of the show @jpleck.bsky.social just dropped... and it features not one... not two... but THREE Disenfranchised hosts! (See if you can spot us all... 👀) CIRCLE CITY SUPERNATURAL 2 - COMING SOON! #StayTuned #StayScared #CircleCitySupernatural #EndlessElsewhere

It's almost like... we *planned* it this way... apple.co/3HAS2MO

Through the darkness of future's past, The magician longs to see. One chants out between two worlds: FIRE WALK WITH ME ⛰️🏔🔥🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️ apple.co/3HAS2MO

!KCOR S'TEL This week, that gum we like is coming back in style! We're talking tonal whiplash, the sincerity of the late, great David Lynch, and the tragedies of a little town in Washington state as we discuss 1992's TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME! Join us this Thursday! Our log does not judge!

Our longest episode yet! Buckle up! This episode is a lot of fun! #OrsonWelles @wellesupod.bsky.social

With a TOXIC AVENGER remake on the horizon, this week we're taking a look at another Troma hero... albeit one who *didn't* spawn his own franchise! We're talking the late-'80s Asian boom, Troma trauma, and SO MUCH MORE this Thursday when we talk 1990's SGT. KABUKIMAN N.Y.P.D! Join us, won't you??

One of the first celebs I served at a bar in LA was Vince Vaughn. He came in by himself to watch football (Bears fan), a massive man. He went around to various groups of people buying them drinks, talkin shit, and taking pictures. He hung out for like 4 hours, tipped me $150. Super sweet & cool guy!

R.I.P. to the great Terence Stamp, mainstay of failed franchise starters of a certain era and star of actually great films like SUPERMAN II and THE LIMEY! We've recorded a couple episodes in which he's been featured (and we'll cover a few more), but he'll always be Zod to us!

With #FreakierFriday in theaters, the boys dig into the pandemic-era body swap slasher! Join us as we discuss Christopher Landon's incredibly fun FREAKY (2020)! apple.co/3JdZPR4

With #FantasticFourFirstSteps dropping next week, we're talking about a classic bootleg staple that is... low-key charming? We're talking the Roger Corman-produced 1994 THE FANTASTIC FOUR! Listen NOW wherever podcasts are sold! apple.co/40Rmh8s

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a new episode of Disenfranchised on Zack Snyder's 2013 MAN OF STEEL, in honor of the new #Superman film opening this week! Available NOW wherever podcasts are sold! bit.ly/4lQ4ruL

With James Gunn's #Superman hitting theaters this week, we're talking 2013's MAN OF STEEL in what might be one of our longest, most focused episodes in a while! Does it actually fit our format?? Listen TOMORROW wherever you get your podcasts and find out!

This week, with a new #JurassicWorld movie in theaters, we're taking a look at another dino-centric big screen effort: 2009's LAND OF THE LOST! Look for it in your podfeeds this THURSDAY!

This week, with M3GAN 2.0 hitting box offices, we're looking at another recent Blumhouse killer AI movie - 2024's AFR(AI)D! Available NOW wherever podcasts are sold! (Chris Weitz, come on the podcast!) bit.ly/3HYCe6e

Stephen's out moonlighting again! Check out this great conversation on David Lynch's 1980 film, THE ELEPHANT MAN with past & future guest Nichole Goble @bodiesofhorror.bsky.social - available NOW wherever you get your podcasts!

This week, with M3GAN 2.0 hitting theaters, we're taking a look at another recent evil AI horror flick from Blumhouse... albeit one that, by the director's own admission, doesn't exist! That's right: it's 2024's AFR(AI)D! Watch for it this THURSDAY wherever podcasts are sold!

Friend of the pod @highimhope.bsky.social embarks on a new podcast endeavor with The Lanes Between, a Radio Fan Fic podcast! Check it out TODAY wherever you get your podcasts! bit.ly/3HNeH87

RIP to the great Gailard Sartain, perhaps best known as 'Chuck' from the Ernest films, but beloved by Disenfranchisees as 'Colette Watchuwill' in 1999's EXISTO! Honor his legacy, spin the bishop, and check out our Straight Up episode on EXISTO: bit.ly/4ncAtT6

Happy 34th birthday to THE ROCKETEER! Check out this great article, then listen to our *EARLY* episode on the 1991 classic! bit.ly/3I533Wf

This week, we're putting the careers of Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, and Martin Short under the microscope and share our deep love of Joe Dante as we take a look at 1987's INNERSPACE! Available NOW wherever podcasts are sold! bit.ly/4efAqBU

Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment. In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community. You have a home here always.

This week, we're sharing our adoration of the great Joe Dante as we cover his 1987 high-concept sci-fi comedy INNERSPACE! Coming this THURSDAY wherever you get your podcasts!

Just in time for summer, we're packing Orson off to school! 🏫🎒👩‍🏫📏 Check out the first of our two episodes on Welles's time at the Todd School for Boys, available NOW wherever podcasts are sold! bit.ly/45nhD5g

Didn't get enough Crystal Lake chatter yesterday? Well, better late than never to check out our episode on the 2009 FRIDAY THE 13TH remake with our friend @mikesnoonian.bsky.social from @podandthependulum.bsky.social! apple.co/4kAWitK

As #HowToTrainYourDragon returns to theaters in live-action, we're talking about the ORIGINAL Gerard Butler vs. dragons movie... only this one DIDN'T get sequels and remakes! It's 2002's REIGN OF FIRE, available NOW wherever podcasts are sold! apple.co/3Hwseky

Have you caught up with our latest episode yet? If not, buckle up to hear us discuss THE BIRTH OF A NATION, Malört, and arguably the most formative event in the life of young Orson, though the man himself would later say he had no 'Rosebuds.' Listen NOW wherever podcasts are sold: apple.co/44a1XBe

If you haven't checked out the latest edition of Straight Up yet... WHY NOT? Tucker introduces Stephen to 2002's THE SALTON SEA as the boys say goodbye to the late, great Val Kilmer! Available NOW wherever podcasts are sold! apple.co/3SHBrZD

This week, with a live-action #HowToTrainYourDragon movie hitting theaters, we're talking about a movie that should've had at *least* 3-5 direct-to-DVD sequels - it's 2002's REIGN OF FIRE! The convo heats up this THURSDAY wherever you get podcasts!

This week, we welcome back @daddydisco.bsky.social from @spectercinema.bsky.social, @taintedlovepod.bsky.social & @podandthependulum.bsky.social to talk Jason Statham, Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Paul Feig, Jason Statham, & 2015's SPY! Listen NOW wherever podcasts are sold! apple.co/3HkWRJm

This week, we welcome back our pal @daddydisco.bsky.social to discuss Paul Feig, Melissa McCarthy, and a LOT of Jason Statham as we cover 2015's SPY - coming this Thursday wherever podcasts are sold!

This week, with a new FINAL DESTINATION dropping in theaters, we're looking back at a teenage-led horror franchise that didn't quite make it past first period: it's 1998's THE FACULTY! School's out this THURSDAY wherever podcasts are sold!

Join us this week as we tackle this early aughts stoner comedy with nary a whiff of pot smoke to be found! It's 2000's DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR? Dropping this Thursday wherever podcasts are sold!

Wishing a VERY happy 110th birthday to the man himself, the great Orson Welles #BOTD. In celebration, we offer our first episode, wherein @highimhope.bsky.social & @chewywalrus.bsky.social share the details of their new ongoing project. apple.co/3SpIxSa

Want a sneak peek at the new podcast @chewywalrus.bsky.social has been working on with friend of the pod @highimhope.bsky.social? Check your pod feeds tomorrow and you *might* find an enjoyable surprise. 😇

Our own @chewywalrus.bsky.social & friend of the show @highimhope.bsky.social have been cooking something up these past few months! Check it out and ensure you get in on the GROUND FLOOR!

This week, in honor of Marvel's 'other guys' - the THUNDERBOLTS* - dropping in theaters, we're rewinding back to our 2023 ep about the OG 'other guys' - 1999's MYSTERY MEN! Listen NOW wherever podcasts are sold! apple.co/3RJorlG

Does anything beat a good heist??? Maybe listening to us talk about Central Indiana haunts while ostensibly discussing 2019's LUPIN III: THE FIRST? Why not?? Listen NOW wherever you get your podcasts! apple.co/4jMFtLw

This week, we end our Big in Japan 2: Even Bigger theme month covering our favorite movie yet this month - 2019's LUPIN III: THE FIRST! Check out our conversion this Thursday wherever podcasts are sold!

Wishing a very happy #SupermanDay to these Superman and Superman-adjacent films that failed to launch franchises or spawn sequels!