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Four friends revisit a movie every week to see if it holds up and go on numerous tangents in the process!

Plain Zero


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    498: Weird Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 52:41


    497: Teen Wolf

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 43:49


    Time is running out. Give me a keg of beer. Win in the end. Nick loves basketball.

    496: National Lampoon's European Vacation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 45:50


    Time marches on. Pigs in a poke. The Griswold's look for sex. Nostalgia is strong. The end is coming.

    495: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 58:01


    The gang falls back into a groove. Five hundred inches closer. The Lonely Island is enjoyed. The end continues.

    494: Over The Top

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 58:30


    The band gets back together. An announcement is made. The guys go Over The Top. The end begins.

    493: Look Who's Talking

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 40:01


    As our return continues, we used a movie to address the elephant in the room. That elephant being that we were gone for so long because Travis had a baby. So why not take this as a moment ask if Look Who's Talking holds up?!

    492: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 43:24


    491: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 48:31


    This week, we continue our look back at The Lord of the Rings. That brings us to The Two Towers. So listen up, boppers as we ask if this epic continues to hold up. And also, merry Christmas and happy holidays!

    490: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 48:31


    Adventure is afoot! This year, we're celebrating the holidays by joining in on a tradition that many observe this time of year: rewatching The Lord of the Rings. So listen up boppers, because the last thing we're doing is keeping it secret or safe! We're asking if The Fellowship of the Ring holds up!

    489: Pumping Iron

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 51:35


    This week, things get physical as we take a look at the road to Mr. Olympia. We push weight and get the pump, which is supposed to be better than a certain activity according to Arnold Schwarzenegger. We're asking if Pumping Iron holds up!

    488: 3 Ninjas

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 35:52


    This week sees 2 out of 3 of the guys traveling back to their childhood for some martial arts. It's 1 part Home Alone, 2 parts Under Siege, and 3 parts ninja. That's right, boppers, it's time to light the eyes as we ask if 3 Ninjas holds up!

    487: Road Trip

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 46:47


    485: A League Of Their Own

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 53:19


    One other thing goes along with the end of October other than Halloween. That thing is the World Series which is baseball. Baseball and movies have a history. Speaking of history, during World War II, the women's baseball league started. And those women were in A League of Their Own, so let's ask if that movie holds up!

    484: Freddy Vs. Jason

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 63:09


    Halloween week is here. So what better way to welcome Samhain than to watch to horror icons battle it out? This week, Nick and Travis are asking if the wisecracking child killer fighting the perpetual dead child that cracks the unwise holds up. It's Freddy Vs. Jason!

    483: Serial Mom

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 41:06


    Way before people were obsessed with true crime podcasts, there was a movie that was basically about the idea of people who would be obsessed with true crime podcasts. Not quite a horror movie, but also not not a horror movie, this week we ask if Serial Mom holds up!

    482: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 52:59


    481: Fright Night (2011)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 63:49


    Vampires are real, and they (un)live right next door to you. You find out and you try and tell people, but they think you're crazy. That's the main idea behind Fright Night and also the remake. A few years ago we talked about the original, this year we're asking if the remake holds up!

    Plain Zero Halloween (Bonus Audio)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 1:47


    As a bit of an early Halloween treat, here's the isolated audio for the new Halloween theme. Enjoy!Hellraiser was a frightWilford Brimley was alrightIt's Plain Zero HalloweenHot dog from ampmStar Wars caused mayhemIt's Plain Zero HalloweenProtein vertigoHey we watched Sleepy HollowIt's plain zero halloweenFrankenstein electrodesSun won't make psychos ‘splodeIt's Plain Zero HalloweenHalloween halloween it holds upFreddy Krueger and Dracula's voiceTravis can make all that noiseIt's Plain Zero HalloweenNick hates movies with ghostsJimmy thinks necco waifers are grossI rememberHalloween halloween halloween Halloween halloween it holds up

    480: Bride of Frankenstein

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 61:06


    The monster returns! As does our annual celebration of horror as the Spooktober Spooktacular is upon us once more! Witness as we ask if the Bride of Frankenstein holds up!

    479: Night At The Museum

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 45:35


    This week, the gang decides see what would happen if they spend a Night At The Museum. Not really, though. They just happened to watch a movie called that instead. Will the shenanigans that Ben Stiller gets into hold up? There's only one way to find out!

    478: Grandma's Boy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 50:34


    This week, Travis picked a movie that harkens back to one of his past jobs. Years ago, he spent time as a video game tester, which is exactly what the main character in Grandma's Boy does for a living. Is this movie's portrayal accurate? Is living with your grandma a blast? Does this movie hold up? Listen up, boppers, and find out!

    477: No Holds Barred

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 43:44


    476: Logan

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 51:24


    I mean, we already did the other 2 Wolverine movies, plus a Deadpool. So, why wouldn't we just go ahead watch Logan? Strap in boppers, because we're asking if one of the most loved character finales holds up!

    475: Deadpool & Wolverine Spoiler Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 78:31


    474: The Hot Chick

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 45:45


    I guess we're really doing this. Imagine, if you will, a time when Rob Schneider was a king of comedy (crazy, right?). He was gigolo, a you can do it, an animal, and then eventually a hot chick. The Hot Chick, even. So that's it, we're asking if The Hot Chick holds up. I bet you can guess the answer.

    473: Deadpool

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 48:56


    472: Beverly Hills Cop II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 46:19


    Listen up, boppers! This week, we're asking if the second Beverly Hills Cop holds up. A time when Eddie Murphy was at the full height of his powers, for better or for worse. You know what they say, you can take the Hills Cop out of the Beverly, but you can't take the Beverly out of the Hills Cop!

    471: The Running Man (Revisited)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 66:28


    Listen up, boppers, because it's our 10 year anniversary and we've chosen to celebrate by revisiting the first movie we ever (kinda) talked about: The Running Man. So join us as we take a walk down memory lane and listen to clips from our first ever show while actually asking if The Running Man holds up!

    470: Hot Rod

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 55:10


    We're Plain Zero, and we like to party, and so do most of the characters in this week's movie. It's a tale of trying to save your father so that you can fight him to earn his respect. We hope you like your beans cool, boppers, because we're asking if Hot Rod holds up!

    469: X-Men: The Last Stand

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 66:50


    What do you get when you add every available ingredient to a burger? Too much. What does that have to do with this week's movie? Well, you take a bunch of X-Men comic moments add a few early internet memes and you get X-Men: The Last Stand. So listen up, boppers, because we're asking if that holds up this week!

    468: Knocked Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 46:13


    This week started with Father's Day, so why not start it talking about a movie about someone finding out he's gonna be a father. This week we're asking if Judd Apatow's second film, Knocked Up, holds up. Also, Travis let's the guys in on a secret.

    467: Dennis The Menace

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2024 48:05


    Sometimes a kid comes into an old man's life and turns it upside down. One might call that kid a menace. In an even bigger stroke of kismet, sometimes that kid's name even rhymes with menace. Something like Dennis. This is one such time, because this week we're asking if Dennis The Menace holds up, boppers!

    466: The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 47:28


    465: John Wick

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 33:51


    The Summer movie season is upon us, and nothing says “Summer” more than wearing suits and busting caps in bath houses! So listen up, boppers, because this week, we learn why it just doesn't pay to cross Keanu Reeves as we ask if John Wick holds up!

    464: That Thing You Do

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2024 49:56


    It's a tale as old as time, and I'm not talking about beauty and the beast, I'm talking about one hit wonders. In this case, it's specifically about the “oh knee ders”. So listen up, boppers, as we ask if That Thing You Do holds up!

    463: The Wolverine

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 54:17


    What would happen if someone made a Wolverine movie and it was mostly good? You'd likely get the subject of this week's movie, the aptly titled: The Wolverine. So join us, boppers, as we ask if it holds up!

    462: Thinner

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2024 51:57


    There's a reason why you should never accidentally hit a woman with your car, rendering her dead. No, it's not because it's illegal or immoral. It's simply because her father could curse you causing you to waste away. This week, we're asking if Thinner holds up!

    461: X-men Origins: Wolverine

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2024 58:47


    460: Stand By Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 48:44


    Everybody enjoys a good coming of age story, so we figured it was high time we did an episode about the mother of them all: Rob Reiner's Stand By Me. At the time it was made, Stephen King considered it the best adaptation of any of his stories, so the question is whether or not it still is. Or, to phrase it another way, does it still hold up? Listen up to find out, boppers!

    459: Shrek 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024 55:43


    We're back after an unintended 2 week absence! This week, we're finding out what happens after happily ever after as we finally watch Shrek become thicc daddy Shrek. So bring on the question we've all been waiting on: does Shrek 2 hold up!

    458: The Mummy Returns

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2024 42:03


    457: Good Will Hunting

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2024 43:42


    456: Jaws 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 54:45


    455: Robin Hood: Men In Tights

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 51:58


    454: Fear

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2024 40:11


    453: True Romance

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 44:11


    Love is still in the air, and what goes better with love than pimps, the mob, actors, and cocaine? Nothing, the answer is nothing. At least, that's the answer if you ask Quentin Tarantino and Tony Scott. So listen up, boppers, because this week we're asking if True Romance holds up!

    452: Titanic

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2024 82:22


    We're making like Grover this week, because we go near… far… and also wherever you are our hearts will go on. Our month of love stories also goes on as we take a look at that time that Leonardo DiCaprio died on a sinking ship after drawing Kate Winslet like one of his French girls. So listen up boppers, because we're asking if Titanic holds up this week!

    451: Skin Deep

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2024 53:11


    We start off our month long look at romance with a movie about a man that cannot stop having sex with women. So we jump back to 1989 and a movie starring America's sweet heart: John Ritter! This week, we're asking if Skin Deep holds up!

    450: Conan The Destroyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2024 63:37


    Here it is, boppers, our 450th episode! So of course that means we had to watch another Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. This time around, it's the second Conan movie, the one in which he is a destroyer. So listen up and celebrate with us as we hit another milestone!

    449: Burn After Reading

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2024 46:00


    What do we learn when mundane misunderstandings happen when people that work for clandestine organizations? We learn never to do it again, whatever it was they did. That's what this week's episode is about as we ask if Burn After Reading holds up!

    448: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2024 68:55


    This week, we find Captain America throwing his mighty shield once again! This time around, he's entangled in a world of intrigue and espionage. And we're entangled with the lingering question: does “Captain America: The Winter Soldier hold up?

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