Republicans like to use “San Francisco” as code for everything wrong with the world, and now we’re in range of North Korean nukes. Uh… does this mean we’re expendable? Our guest, Matt Ufford from SB Nation (and combat veteran!), joins Vince, Matt Lieb, and Brendan to talk about nuclear threats, as well as Matt’s Game of Thrones scorecards and Matt gives us a preview of this season of Hard Knocks (see also: anecdotes from former NFL left tackle, Brendan). Enjoy and Frot on! Donate at Patreon.com/Frotcast.

3:00 – Which city would we sacrifice to North Korean nukes.
12:30 – That Google engineer who got fired for saying girls can’t code good
19:35 – Talking Game of Thrones, like every podcast ever.
37:35 – Brendan explains what it’s like to be too old for a bachelor party
48:00 – Matt Ufford’s preview of this season of Hard Knocks.

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Do you love Robocop (1987)? Then you’ll love this Frotcast (maybe)! Comedian Joey Avery and Matt Lieb from The Star Wars show watched Robocop for the first time, to discuss it with Robocop superfans Vince Mancini and Brendan. Also this week — we talk the strange phenomenon of Ready Player One (soon to be a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg) and examine some of the author’s slam poetry (mmm, member berries). We’ve also got the Worst Takes of The Week and an appreciation of tortured music reviews. Enjoy, and Frot on. Donate at patreon.com/frotcast.

2:23 – Talking Ready Player One, member berries, and the author’s old slam poetry
33:50 – Discussing the 1987 classic, Robocop.
45:21 – Paul Verheoven’s perverted teen boy sensibility
59:00 – Appreciating the Zucker Brothers classics like Naked Gun and Airplane!
1:05:00 – Worst takes of the week!

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This week on the Frotcast, we take advantage of our all-millennial panel (comedians Matt Lieb, Joey Avery, and Kollin Holtz) to introduce them to the critically-acclaimed 1980s classic, The Untouchables. Will they love it?! Before we get to that, we discuss Game of Thrones on Chemo Couch Time with Ben, and answer your emails. Email us at frotcast@gmail.com, donate at Patreon.com/frotcast. Frot on!

6:58 – Discussing Rooney Mara never having eaten pie before prior to A Ghost Story
18:47 – Chemo Couch Time With Ben! Ben gives us his thoughts on all the shows he’s been watching while laid up on chemo.
24:29 – Game Of Thrones, and the bad take that the appeal is “liberals secretly longing for monarchy”
43:00 – Matt Lieb explains how to do heroin (again)
1:01:18 – The Untouchables
1:27:00 – Answering your emails

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This week on the Frotcast, Justin Halpern, recently of Powerless, joins to talk about his cancelled show being Adam West’s final screen credit, accuse Vince of being the new Armond White, and tell apocryphal stories about Lord and Miller on the set of Method Man shows. We talk about the critical hive mind, what Lord and Miller must’ve done to get canned from the Han Solo movie, DC fans, Marvel, and more. This week’s hosts are Vince Mancini from FilmDrunk/Uproxx and Matt Lieb from AJ+/The Star Wars Show. Frot on! 

4:55 – The Return Of Fake Bret
6:30 – Talkin’ Otto Warmbier
11:30 – Talkin’ All Eyez On Me and music biopic tropes
15:25 – Justin Halpern joins via Skype
28:00 – Justin’s story about Lord and Miller and Method Man
30:00 – Speculating about the Lord and Miller/Star Wars split
31:40 – Justin brings in RESEARCH, to bolster his Vince Mancini/Armond White theory.
55:00 – The Mummy, and Justin’s incredible story about getting negged by Brendan Fraser’s publicist.
1:00:00 – The Case Against Keith Olbermann
1:26:00 – Royalty Freestyle for Emmett
1:29:33 – Royalt Freestyle for Matthew C.

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This week on the Frotcast, we break down Colin Trevorrow’s Book of Henry (the worst film of the year?), the week’s worst takes (both Cosby and Kevin Durant-based), and Uber’s disastrous board meeting. Panel includes Vince Mancini, Matt Lieb, Brendan, and fresh from the Giants game, Joey Avery.

3:00 – Uber’s awesome press conference

16:15 – Is ‘Book of Henry’ the worst movie of the year? And how much of the plot can Brendan predict without having seen it?

40:00 – The Worst Takes Of The Week

1:25:00 – Emails

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THIS WEEK ON THE FROTCAST:
I interview Demetri Martin. “Sexist” Wonder Woman reviews? The Mummy, and the rise of the “shared universe.” Tom Cruise’s ageless asexuality. Is the Babadook gay?Your email questions. Your panel includes Vince Mancini from FilmDrunk/Uproxx, co-host Brendan, and comedians Matt Lieb and Allison Mick. Donate at Patreon.com/Frotcast!

Intro – Is Wonder Woman a Zionist?
5:33 – Edelstein’s Wonder Woman review: deserved dragging or unfair?
10:15 – American Gods/We imagine what different celebrities’ dicks might look like
12:00 – The Mummy, and how it made Wonder Woman look that much more groundbreaking.
22:30 – Demetri Martin talks about his new film ‘Dean,’ starting out as a stand up, and more.
59:21 – The ouvre of Tom Cruise

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Drew Magary from Deadspin/GQ (whose latest novel, The Hike, drops on paperback in July) by this week to talk Big Summer Camp, Fargo, and whether sports reporters are more obnoxious than film critics. We also talk Netflix’s Roger Stone documentary, Get Me Roger Stone. Is it not ironic that the guy who brought the “cuck”-shouting alt-right to national prominence was once run out of Washington over a scandal about letting other men have sex with his wife? Why do all of the bad things seem to come from Nixon? And what the hell is going on with the guy’s skull? Naturally, we finish off with the Royalty Freestyle. Frot on and enjoy, donate at Patreon dot com slash Frotcast.

1:00 – Drew Magary joins, to complain about Big Summer Camp
19:00 – Talking Baywatch, and the idea of the self-referential movie
29:00 – Fargo
35:00 – More tolerable, group of film critics or group of sports reporters
52:33 – ‘Get Me Roger Stone’
1:01:50 – We find out about Ben Jacobs getting bodyslammed by congressional candidate Greg Gianforte in real time and can’t stop laughing.
1:12:10 – The Royalty Freestyle. “Everything is a twist in this life.”

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Would Guardians Of The Galaxy even exist without The Fifth Element? The Luc Besson classic turns 20 this week, the same week as Star Wars Day, which is fitting, because The Fifth Element is my Star Wars. We’re talking Fifth Element this week with Matt Lieb from AJ+, Brendan (who thinks the Fifth Element is dumb!) and Vince. We also talk Fyre Festival, hockey names, and play the Royalty Freestyle, with Matt Lieb. Donate at Patreon.com/Frotcast.

1:55 – Breaking down the Fyre Festival because we didn’t get to last week.
12:45 – Hockey names, and our Name Of The Year pick for next year, Tait Purk.   
24:07 – The Fifth Element
53:00 – Emails
1:09:05 – The Royalty Freestyle

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