The Midnight Boys Present: A Free Podcast

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

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

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

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

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 are Goin' Online! We start our online season with WarGames. Ally Sheedy loves watching Matthew Broderick using a computer. Duff gives us a rundown of early internet along with Cold War nuclear close calls. Rob shares one of his tales of the early internet and we learn that Joe and Duff are sickos. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Rejoice! A new wealthy benefactor used the treasure they found in the lost city of Z to bring us down to the Amazon to talk about Anaconda. Roger from Road House Minute joins us to break down Jon Voight's powerful performance, throat cams, Eric Stoltz, and a Jaws vs Anaconda hypothetical. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

The people spoke and they want us talking about male strippers. We look at Steven Soderbergh's Magic Mike and discuss Kevin Nash's role and career in wrestling. We answer questions from listeners about our potential stripper personas and songs. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Join us as we run through the jungle with 2003's The Rundown. We trace The Rock's journey from WWE superstar to the biggest movie star on earth, investigate dick fish, and talk about what type of restaurant we'd run. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

It's time for Hulk Hogan. We talk about Suburban Commando which also stars Christopher Lloyd and Shelley Duvall. We talk about Hogan's career and we pick our favorite Hogan lies. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Rowdy Roddy Piper stars as George Nada in They Live, our next entry in Wrestling with Hollywood. We honor the King, John Carpenter, argue about the casting of Hot Rod, and discuss how brain rot has evolved since the making of this film. PUT ON THE GLASSES! If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Wrestling with Hollywood begins with Andre the Giant and The Princess Bride. We discuss Billy Crystal, WrestleMania III, and the rise of the WWF. Plus, the return of a fan-favorite Midnight Boys segment.

Neil from Mogwai Minute comes on to talk about an 80s martial arts film. We discuss the Cannon Group filmography, hunks and Duff asks the big questions about ninjas. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Our wealthy benefactor does it again, this time paying us to watch 1965's Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! We'll explore the death of the Production Code and the rise of exploitation films, Russ Meyer, and Rob offers an exciting new Patreon offer. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

It is time to move the child off to college. We complain about Netflix, Joe feels old and we talk about when our parents took us to college. Finally, we just share stories about our fathers. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We dive into John Singleton's terrific 1991 debut, Boyz in the Hood. Topics include the moral panic surrounding the film's release, when to have "the talk," and the dearth of good movie dads. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

The boys try to pull some lessons from Ron Howard's Parenthood in the second installment of "How To Be A Dad." Work-life balance, raising a genius, cutting off a failson, browsing your daughter's nudes - it's all on the table this week! If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

Joe is now a father so we are ready to give our expert advice on How to Be a Dad. We come up with the Tony Danza line and dig into Ted Danson's past. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We have another special patreon request. We talk about the Gen X classic Flash Gordon. We discuss Max von Sydow, William Hootkins and Sam J Jones. We also discuss the Queen soundtrack and wonder who would be the best artist to score a Flash Gordon remake. Finally, we announce the theme of our next season. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

John Wayne, Susan Hayward, and Howard Hughes join forces to dose audiences with an embarrassing spectacle of Hollywood whitewashing and the cast and crew with deadly radiation exposure. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We blast off with The Right Stuff, the Reagan-era docudrama about the early days of NASA. Find out how this movie attacked its crew much like the real Mercury 7 and learn some fun astronaut facts. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We are doing a stream with supporters of our Patreon on May 6 at 8pm CST. We will host a live Scener where we will watch the movie Jade and you can join us. Scener is free to use and Jade is streaming on Amazon Prime. If you aren't already supporting us on Patreon, it is $2. https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We start with some rural jet ski talk then we dive into Waterworld. We discuss the production mishaps, why it cost so much and Rob passionately defends Kevin Costner. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our Patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We're going to talk about a movie where people are mauled repeatedly by wild cats and that is all you should need to know to press play. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We get our brood on with 1994's the Crow. Join us for a discussion on the Death of Brandon Lee, the 1994 MTV Awards, and dog boots. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys

We have a special patreon request. We talk about the forgotten 90s film, The Stupids. We share our favorite moments of The Stupids and discuss Tom Arnold, PG Ratings and John Landis. If you'd like to support our nonsense, join our patreon at https://patreon.com/themidnightboys