Debaser: A Film Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Will & Jared are back at it again with another wild and weird movie that has everyone buzzing like bees. Director Yorgos Lanthimos takes us on a deranged journey where Jesse Plemons kidnaps Emma Stone, believing her to be an alien bent on destroying humanity in Bugonia!

Is this "reimagining" of the 2003 South Korean cult favorite Save The Green Planet an improvement on the original? Or is it more deranged and depressing due to its misanthropic director? How does a certain raunchy comedian and guilty pleasure of Jared's perform in the film? Do the hosts give perhaps their best pitch on a boutique physical release for this film? What advice does Jared have for everyone in 2026? Listen to find out!

Bugonia is available to stream on Peacock, as well as VOD and Blu-ray.

Intro by AJ Stillabower (ajstillabower.com).

Our outro track is "Gymnopedie No. 1" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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New Year, New Debaser! Will and Jared discuss the third installment in the box office dominating franchise from legendary director James Cameron. We return to Pandora with Avatar: Fire and Ash!

Is this new entry in the shockingly long running property worthy of the ten year delay from it's original release? Or is this installment finally beginning to show cracks in the Avatar series? What character is Will head over heels for, and does he get called out for it mid-recording?! What other films do we have to look forward to in 2026? Listen to find out!

Avatar: Fire and Ash is in theaters now.

Intro by AJ Stillabower (ajstillabower.com).

Our outro track is "Gymnopedie No. 1" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

You can listen to Reno Championship Wrestling & Spellbound and Gagged anywhere you get podcasts.
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Will & Jared are joined by special guest Alex M. to discuss the hotly anticipated horror film by the director of Barbarian that's taken the box office like a swarm of third-graders: Weapons. 

Is Weapons as good as the hype, or is it shooting blanks? What is Aunt Gladys' unexplained backstory? What inspired Zach Cregger to have the kids run like that and is it too disturbing? How much of the episode is the trio quickly running through the plot off the top of their heads? Does Will ever find out why Jared is mad at him? Listen to find out!

Weapons is currently in theatres now. 

You can find Alex on Instagram @Moltenhotmegna

Our outro track is "Gymnopedie No. 1" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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In this jam packed episode, Will and Jared discuss Avatar: The Way of Water and later the divisive thriller The Menu. Jared gives the hard sell on 4DX, Will gets into being a parent, the boys fight over The Menu, and Will talks Jared into seeing Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.

Stay turned after the show for a bonus twenty minute (!) chat about video games, if you're into that sorta thing.

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Will and Jared break down the 2001 film Black Hawk Down. Tangents galore as they touch on 9/11, how little they know about the Somali Civil War and subsequent US involvement, the scope of the film's focus on the conflict, and eventually the Fast and Furious franchise. 

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In this inaugural episode, hosts Will and Jared discuss the 1995 venerated classic crime thriller Heat. Does Jared have too much fondness for this movie? Did Will even like it? Can the boys stay on topic for more than twenty minutes?

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Will & Jared discuss the newest and most divisive film from director Ari Aster: Eddington.

Why are reactions to this film so confused and angry? What subtext did most viewers seem to overlook? What exactly is a "SolidGoldMagikarp"? How do we process our collective trauma from the pandemic? Listen to find out!

Eddington is currently available on VOD and the services listed here.

David Ehrlich's full Eddington review can be found here. 

The Film Colossus essay on Eddington can be found here.

Our outro track is "Gymnopedie No. 1" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Cover art by @DogBitesBackNY

Will & Jared discuss the influential science fiction cult classic Dark City.

How divided are the hosts on this film? Is this the best movie made by the director of The Crow? Who is acting circles around everyone else in this? What drug did Jared take that did a number on his head? Did we have to cut out almost twenty minutes of us ranting about how the federal and state governments are failing us? Listen to find out!

Dark City is available to watch on the services listed here.

Will's friend Derek can be found on Letterboxd here.

The movie Jared recalls with Lawrence Fishburne around the 24:00 mark is This Signal (2014).

Our outro track is "Gymnopedie No. 1" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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You can listen to Reno Championship Wrestling & Spellbound and Gagged anywhere you get podcasts.
Email the show at debaserpod@gmail.com
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Cover art by @DogBitesBackNY

Debaser concludes our extended Pride coverage with a criminally underseen erotic lesbian crime thriller by the duo that gave us such films as The Matrix, V for Vendetta, and Speed Racer: Bound.

How long does this erotic thriller take to get to the lauded sex scene? Did this film have an intimacy coordinator before that was even a thing? How realistic are the depictions of 90s lesbians in the film? What does this pre-transition film tell us about the Wachowskis? Is Joe Pantoliano hot? Listen to find out!

Bound is available to watch on many streaming platforms, including Kanopy, Fubo, The Roku Channel, and Paramount +.

You can find the cover art being made for Criterion's release of Bound at the artist's Instagram page here.

You can find McKenzie Wark's essay on Bound entitled "Be Gay, Do Crime" here. 

Our outro track is "Gymnopedie No. 1" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

You can listen to Reno Championship Wrestling & Spellbound and Gagged anywhere you get podcasts.
Email the show at debaserpod@gmail.com
Follow Debaser on Instagram, Bluesky, and Facebook.
Follow Will on Instagram and Jared on Bluesky.
Cover art by @DogBitesBackNY

It's July and Debaser is continuing our Pride celebration with a 90s cult classic about traveling drag queens: The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

How well has this 31 year old film about members of the LGBTQ community aged? Who exactly is Priscilla? Is the most problematic aspect of this movie the depiction of a cishet person? Can Jared cheer Will up by listing upcoming new films? Listen to find out!

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is available to watch on many streaming platforms, including Tubi, PlutoTV, Hoopla, Prime Video, and The Roku Channel.

The YouTube video essay that Will references can be found here.

On the Debaser next time... Bound (1996).

Our outro track is "Gymnopedie No. 1" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

G'day there boys, it's me, Ben Mendelsohn.

You can listen to Reno Championship Wrestling & Spellbound and Gagged anywhere you get podcasts.
Email the show at debaserpod@gmail.com
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Cover art by @DogBitesBackNY