Do you remember the Adam Sandler and Damon Wayans movie, Bulletproof? Well, we certainly do. Rob learns the difference between a hotel and a motel. Finally, we have our full season BUD Rankings. We also start out with some circumcision content we didn't cut. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Rob starts us off with some extremely inaccurate info about Sierra Mist changing their name to Starry. We then dive into the Apatow/Feig era of comedy, apply the B.U.D. system, and discuss foster kids. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We look at an underrated film in Young Adult and discuss it's ending. Duff goes in on St Cloud, Minnesota and Joe goes in on Young Adult Lit. Finally, we look at Diablo Cody's life as a stripper. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Join us as we dig into the original adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. We chat about frozen hamsters, a pit of dead dogs and the Ramones.

We examine the 1990 “thrillomedy” Arachnophobia. Join us for creepy crawly talk on spiders and other scary animals. There are also inflammatory opinions on John Candy courtesy of Rob.

We dig into our dreams and discuss the 2015 documentary, The Nightmare. Joe shares his experience with sleep paralysis. We also talk about the movie Nell, for some reason.

Let's talk about sex. We dive into Andy's fear of having sex in Judd Apatow's The 40 Year Old Virgin. We share some stories and discuss how this 2005 movie has aged.

It’s aerophobia time as we take a trip to the Twilight Zone. We compare the episode “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” against its film remake. Along the way Rob shares an awkward plane story, and we discuss what is arguably the worst accident in film history

It's time to talk terror. We discuss 2003's low budget hit, Open Water. How would we do in this situation? We also discuss the true story that the film is based on.

We jump on the birdwagon to talk about Bird Box, the Netflix distribution model and our least favorite birds.

We get all holly jolly as we dish on Scrooged, holiday music, and a magical horse who gives financial advice.

In our season finale, we study The Graduate and take on the baby boomers one last time through their sociopathic avatar Benjamin Braddock.

The boys went to hell and back to tackle our first failson with two dads, Damien, from the 1976 film The Omen. Check your son for birthmarks, vet the help carefully, and remember - IT'S ALL FOR YOU!

Burt Lancaster spends an entire movie in swim trunks navigating his way through his neighbors' backyard pools. Along the way he confronts his past and finds that maybe things aren't quite as he remembered. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

An otherwise lighthearted episode about the trials and tribulations of Billy Madison and Tommy Callahan turns dark when Duff shares his most harrowing internet discovery yet.

The boys tackle the Cult Failson with a look at Harold from Hal Ashby's Harold and Maude, with bonus commentary on senior citizen lovemaking

We continue our Failson season talking about a trio of characters from Batman Returns. We can't get enough of Oswald Cobblepot and agree that this movie is one wacky ride for a blockbuster.

We discuss arguably the greatest fail-son of all - Emperor Lucius Aurelius Commodus. We’ll stumble through Roman history, theorize about Commodus if he were alive today and salivate over Nick Cave's (yes, *that* Nick Cave) rejected sequel script.

The Midnight Boys announce their new podcast project. Also, we discuss some of our favorite fail sons.

We move into week two of our midlife crisis and examine the great 1950s Douglas Sirk melodrama All That Heaven Allows. Are there second acts in love and life? Not if your gossipy neighbors and selfish kids have anything to say about it. We'll talk about starting over with someone new in middle age, Douglas Sirk, Rock Hudson, and being the child of someone having a midlife crisis. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

It's time for a new season: Midlife Crisis! We're welcoming Rob into his 40s by looking at a few films that explore characters navigating the challenges of middle age. What better film to start with than Sideways? This week's episode uses that film to talk about dreams, male friendship, wine, and finding the courage to embrace the next chapter of your life. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We're wrapping up our Dealer's Choice mini-season with Joe's pick: The Hunt for Red October. Strap in for a winding conversation about about sub movies, John McTiernan, Tom Clancy, and employment programs for sex offenders. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Next up on Dealer's Choice is Duff's pick: Psycho II. Norman Bates is back at the motel after 22 years and absolutely nothing can go wrong! If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

It's time for a mini-season as we each pick a movie the other two haven't seen. We dive into a Ranown Western with Rob's pick. We discuss Dairy Queen, Gail Russell, Lee Marvin and our favorite movie heavies. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We close out our As Seen on TV season with a TV movie that should never have been made with a performance that no one should ever have to see. Plus, we play a game of Who is taller? If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

A high school student decides that murdering Tori Spelling is her ticket to popularity. We discuss nepobabies, 90s names and high school. Sorry to any Codys out there. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Fred Savage and Candace Cameron star in that movie you slept through in health class about an abusive jock murdering his high school girlfriend. Who's more incompetent - the killer or the bumbling cops trying to catch him? We also dive into TGIF lore and select our Mount Rushmore of TGIF characters. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Buddy Cop Summer continues with Cop and a Half. Bathroom games. Failed restaurants. Henry Winkler as ACAB propagandist. AIDS. We cover it all. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

In 1983, 100 million Americans tuned in to watch The Day After. Nuclear war is a bummer, but it might be funnier if Urkel were involved. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We have our new season on Made for TV movies and we start with a movie by a young Steven Spielberg. We talk about watching this movie from the perspective of the truck driver, real life strange murder weapons and also when we last saw a Playboy in the real world. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

It is time to go back to Pandora. We talk about Avatar 2, James Cameron and if this film justifies it's existence. We discuss who would we like to see in future Avatars and Rob has some questions about the Na'vi's tails. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

The suburbs: on the surface, a fulfillment of the American dream. But beyond the picket fences and perfect lawns lives a darkness, a darkness that director Joe Dante will expose to us in The Twilight Zone. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Consider Jeff Bailey, who thought he could start anew in small town America. But as so many others in the Twilight Zone have found, you may be through with the past, but the past is not through with you. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Two friends embark for what should be a relaxing fishing trip, but fate had other plans. You see, these men decided to offer a ride to that most mysterious of road side fixtures: a hitch-hiker. Ripped from the headlines, director Ida Lupino presents a tale of terror winding through the Twilight Zone. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

J.B. Books is a man out of time. All that Mr. Books desires is to shuffle off this mortal coil comforted by his ass pillow, but his past has other plans. Don Siegel takes us on a journey from The Twilight Zone to the twilight of classic Hollywood. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

What you're about to hear is the story of one Stuart Rosenberg. His most famous movie, Cool Hand Luke, is a sweat-drenched, christ parable. Beyond his hard-boiled egg odyssey, Mr. Rosenberg's journey begins the connecting theme of this season - in The Twilight Zone. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We give a history of Jock Jams and follow that up with 8 rounds of drafting the hottest crowd-pumpin' grooves of all time across the first five volumes of Jock Jams. Links to our Spotify Playlists here: https://afreepodcast.com/episodes/jock-jams-draft/ If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Work sucks, and if you're the title character of Michal Clayton, sometimes it kills! We discuss cell phones in movies, the danger of the "my work is my life" mentality, and movie one-hit wonders. Plus, more toilet stories from Rob and Duff! If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We are goin to Hong Kong! We use the B.U.D. system on Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung. Joe shares some parenting stories, Duff has questions about undercover cops and we talk about Hong Kong cinema. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Let's talk about burnout with Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead. We compare it to other Scorsese films and it gives us a chance to talk about Marty. Essential workers, appreciation weeks and compassion are all discussed. Finally, Rob's Toilet Story. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

The Work Sucks Summer continues with a marathon episode about Ken Loach's Sorry We Missed You. The movie is sad enough, so we figured we might as well just get everything off our chests this week. The Gig Economy, "Independent Contractors," and recognizing truly dangerous jobs are a sampling of the topics we touch on. It's still funny sometimes, we promise. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

It felt wrong to talk about 9 to 5 without a female perspective, so we brought on Caroline of Sinking Feeling fame. We chat about sexism, open offices, and share more tales of how work sucks. Follow Caroline's mom on Twitter at @just2saythis. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We start our new season of Work Sucks with an underrated classic. Join us as we watch Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel & Yaphet Kotto get in too deep in Paul Schrader's Blue Collar. We discuss unions and share some of our own work stories.

Via special request, we investigate the mystery of why Peter Sellers had to be so racist in the Neil Simon penned 1976 mystery spoof Murder by Death! We also talk about Columbo, Jacob Wetterling's VHS rental, and murder mystery/key parties. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We finish Goin' Online with a listener pick - Sneakers. We talk about the cast, how pizza can create strife and the end of history. Finally, we deep dive into Cosmo's Toy Factory and scrub our brains. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Goin' Online continues with Halloween: Resurrection. We try to make sense of the various Halloween timelines, and Duff shares some appropriately spooky content from his home remodel. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Goin' Online looking for love! We dig into Nora Ephron's You've Got Mail. Is Tom Hanks gaslighting Meg Ryan? Rob gets catty about Tom Hanks. We talk about the voice behind AOL's You've Got Mail, America's Late 90s obsession with corporations and cybersex. Finally, scanners gone wild. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

The NSA is Goin' Online in the 1998 conspiracy thriller Enemy of the State. In addition to breaking down the film and its monster cast, we dive in our favorite Gene Hackman performances, the surveillance state, and throw in some bonus talk about lingerie stores to keep the Deep State off our tails. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Goin' Online continues with the 1995 thriller The Net. Topics include Sandra Bullock's stalkers, The Net TV show, and a lot of older millennial gripes about the current state of the web. Also, Rob (AKA Oral Robert) may have met Britney Spears cousin in a chat room. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We kick off our buddy cop season by introducing the B.U.D. system and applying it to 48 Hrs. Join us for takes on Nick Nolte's uncomfortably believable racism, bringing "trim" back, and prison preferences. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys