Fumbling Through Film

Fumbling Through Film

By: The Film Fumblers

Language: en-US

Categories: Tv, Film, Reviews, Comedy

The only show that dares to bring together three dudes to talk about movies. These aren’t just any movies—these are the ones we’ve missed, overlooked, or feel are simply worth revisiting. Every week we get together in our massive screening room, the Fumble Dome, and make our way through the classics.

Episodes

Fumblers' Year One Review
Jan 08, 2026

Year 1 Review

The Fumblers get together to talk about the previous year and our 52 Fumbling Films. We talk our favorites, our surprises, and our misses. Then we add our inaugural 10 films to our list: Films to Fumble Before You Tumble (Into the Grave).

Thanks for listening to our first year and on to 2026!

Thanks for listening to Fumbling Through Film! New episodes drop every Thursday. Got feedback or questions? Email us at FumblingThroughFilm@gmail.com. Follow us on Bluesky at @filmfumblers and on Instagram at @film.fumblers.

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Duration: 01:25:27
Oops! All Wildcards: Sniper (1993)
Jan 01, 2026

Episode Theme: Oops! All Wildcards

The Fumblers are in the Colombian jungle waiting for extraction and to pass the time they put in their copy of Sniper. One of us has their finger cut off and have to record this episode with their left hand, and which one of us it is might surprise you.

Sniper 1993 - R - 1h38m

A veteran US Marine sniper is partnered with a rookie sniper as his spotter to take out a politician and a rebel leader in the jungles of Panama.

Director: Luis...

Duration: 01:20:34
Oops! All Wildcards: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Dec 25, 2025

Episode Theme: Oops! All Wildcards

The Fumblers have their sacred sword stolen and quite frankly, it irritates us. We try to forget about our problems by watching Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. One of us falls in love in the desert and it may surprise you to find out which one of us it is.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000 - PG-13 - 2h

A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.

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Duration: 01:11:09
Oops! All Wildcards: Superman (2025)
Dec 19, 2025

Episode Theme: Oops! All Wildcards

The Fumblers are distressed to find out their cherished message from their lost parents and planet is not what it had always seemed. To get over the pain, they watch 2025's Superman. One of us is actually a squiggle man, and it might surprise you to find out who.

Superman 2025 - PG-13 - 2h9m

Superman must reconcile his alien Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as reporter Clark Kent. As the embodiment of truth, justice and the human way he soon finds himself in a world that...

Duration: 01:21:51
Oops! All Wildcards: Romancing the Stone (1984)
Dec 12, 2025

Episode Theme: Oops! All Wildcards

The Fumblers get a copy of Romancing the Stone and a treasure map mailed to them by their sister's dead husband. The map leads us on a quest to find a thing, and we meet up with a dashing rogue along the way. One of us falls head over heels in love and it might surprise you to find out which one.

Romancing the Stone 1984 - PG - 1h46m

A mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in...

Duration: 01:22:53
r/Movies Recommends Wildcard: Immortals (2011)
Dec 04, 2025

Episode Theme: r/Movies Recommends Wildcard

The Fumblers pray to the gods and are rewarded with Immortals. One of us is no longer the virgin oracle, and which one of us it is may surprise you.

Immortals 2011 - R - 1h50m

Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.

Director: Tarsem Singh Writer: Clarley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides Stars: Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, John Hurt

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Duration: 01:22:18
r/Movies Recommends: The King of Comedy (1982)
Nov 27, 2025

Episode Theme: r/Movies Recommends

The Fumblers decide to seize the day and make their own opportunity to break into the big leagues of podcasting, so they kidnap Roman Mars and force him to watch The King of Comedy. One of us is going to prison and it might surprise you to find out who.

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The King of Comedy

1982 - PG - 1h49m

Rupert is an aspiring stand-up comedian...

Duration: 01:19:57
r/Movies Recommends: Sneakers (1992)
Nov 20, 2025

Episode Theme: r/Movies Recommends

The Fumblers find themselves caught in the most sticky of international situations, so they decide to kill time by watching Sneakers with this perfectly beautiful and unsuspicious women we met through computer dating. What could go wrong? One of us is a natural born Phone Phreaker, and which one of us it might surprise you.

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Sneakers 1992 - PG-13 - 2h6m

A security pro finds his past...

Duration: 01:07:24
r/Movies Recommends: The Fall (2006)
Nov 13, 2025

Episode Theme: r/Movies Recommends

The Fumblers go viral. As we recover from the flu we decide to watch movies recommended to us from the front page of the internet. A little girl comes to hang out with our bed ridden selves and we tell each other stories based on the movie The Fall. One of us downs a few dozen sugar pills and which one of us that now needs insulin may surprise you.

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Duration: 01:17:54
Trick or Treat Wildcard: Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
Nov 06, 2025

Episode Theme: Trick or Treat

The Fumblers go to hang out at our boss' beach house and he seems to be sleeping one off. While we wait for him to wake up we check out Weekend at Bernie's to kill some time. One of us gets drug behind a boat for a long time, and you'll be pleasantly surprised to find out who.

Weekend at Bernie's 1989 - PG-13 - 1h37m

Two idiots try to pretend that their murdered employer is really alive, leading the hitman to attempt to track him down to...

Duration: 01:07:44
Trick or Treat: Wake In Fright (1971)
Oct 30, 2025

Episode Theme: Trick or Treat

The Fumblers find themselves broke and in a strange town. They drown their sorrows with gallons of beer and forget their troubles by watching Wake In Fright. One of us bets heads and tosses tails and leaves us destitute, and which one of us it is might surprise you.

Wake In Fright 1971 - R - 1h49m

After a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.

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Duration: 01:11:19
Trick or Treat: Audition (1999)
Oct 23, 2025

Episode Theme: Trick or Treat

The Fumblers find themselves on an awkward date where we decide to cut the intense silence and tension with nervous conversation about the Japanese body horror flick, Audition. Kiri Kiri Kiri

Audition 1999 - R - 1h55m

A widower has his film producer friend organize a fake audition as a means of helping him find a new girlfriend, but the woman he selects is not who she appears to be.

Director: Takashi Miike Writer: Ryu Murakami, Daisuke Tengen Stars: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki

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Duration: 01:07:32
Trick or Treat: Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
Oct 16, 2025

Episode Theme: Trick or Treat

The Fumblers wake up with a jar of cockroaches on us and we are terrified. To mellow out we watch Alice, Sweet Alice. One of us is a cat mommy, and which one of us may surprise you.

Alice, Sweet Alice 1976 - R - 1h47m

In 1961, divorced Catholic couple Dom and Catherine Spages' life is upended when their teenage daughter Alice is suspected of her younger sister Karen's brutal murder during her First Holy Communion and a series of stabbings follow.

Director: Alfred Sole Writer...

Duration: 01:13:03
Fictitious Bands Wildcard: Slither (2006)
Oct 09, 2025

Episode Theme: Fictitious Bands

The Fumblers have an intense hunger for meat. Never been this hungry ever before. God why are we so hungry?

Slither 2006 - R - 1h35m

A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.

Director: James Gunn Writer: James Gunn Stars: Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker

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Duration: 01:14:18
Fictitious Bands: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
Oct 02, 2025

Episode Theme: Fictitious Bands

The Fumblers prepare to go on their world tour by watching Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. One of us is being forced to wear a large, heavy, and uncomfortable helmet that shoots a beam of light out of the top that can blind planes. Which one of us is doing it may surprise you.

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 2016 - R - 1h27m

When it becomes clear that his solo album is a failure, a former boy band member does everything in his power to maintain his celebrity...

Duration: 00:51:17
Fictitious Bands: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Sep 26, 2025

Episode Theme: Fictitious Bands

The Fumblers go out to fulfill their destinies and live their lives big enough for them and their dead too soon brothers and we watch Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. One of us trips balls and jumps on a trampoline for days, and which one of us it is may surprise you.

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 2007 - R - 1h36m

Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.

Director: Jake Kasdan Writer: Judd Apatow, Jake Kasdan Stars: John C. Reilly, Jenna...

Duration: 01:02:19
Fictitious Bands: Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
Sep 18, 2025

Episode Theme: Fictitious Bands

The Fumblers find themselves reminiscing over the origins of our classic bits and catch phrases. Nothing like a flashback filled narrative while we catch Eddie and the Cruisers. One of us has a special way to honk our car horn, and which one of us it is may surprise you.

Eddie and the Cruisers 1983 - PG - 1h35m

A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose long-lost leader Eddie Wilson may still be alive, while searching for the missing tapes of the band's...

Duration: 01:13:31
Trilogies Wildcard: Buckaroo Banzai (1984)
Sep 12, 2025

Episode Theme: Trilogies

John Terry, John Keith and John Derek are trying to get off of this planet and return to their dimension, but not before checking out The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension. One of us is weirdly in love with the twin of our dead wife, and which one of us it is might surprise you.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 1984 - PG - 1h43m

Adventurer, brain surgeon, rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his crime-fighting team, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, must stop evil...

Duration: 01:12:26
Trilogies: Rebirth of Mothra III (1998)
Sep 04, 2025

Episode Theme: Trilogies

The Fumblers find themselves abducted and kept in a giant fleshy dome filled with acid and tentacles. Will someone find us before Rebirth of Mothra III takes another victim? One of us has trouble wielding their miniature sword and who it is may surprise you.

Rebirth of Mothra III 1998 - G - 1h39m

To save the world, Mothra goes back in time in an attempt to defeat a younger King Ghidorah.

Director: Okihiro Yoneda Writer: Masumi Suetani Stars: Megumi Kobayashi, Misato Tate, Aki Hano

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Duration: 01:08:55
Trilogies: Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Aug 29, 2025

Episode Theme: Trilogies

The Fumblers find themselves in a dystopian alternate reality thanks to Back to the Future Part II. It's up to them to go back in time to get back to a normal present. One of us is pure chicken, and who it is may surprise you.

Back to the Future Part II 1989 - PG - 1h48m

After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.

Director: Robert Zemeckis Writer: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale Stars: Michael J...

Duration: 01:14:42
Trilogies: RoboCop (1987)
Aug 21, 2025

Episode Theme: Trilogies

The Fumblers wake up to find themselves cyborg movie watchers. Which one of us chooses to ignore our 4th prime directive? The answer will shock you

RoboCop 1987 - R - 1h42m

In a violent future in Old Detroit, murdered police officer Alex Murphy is resurrected as RoboCop, a powerful cyborg law enforcer. As he fights crime, he begins to recover memories of his past and seeks revenge on the gang who killed him.

Director: Paul Verhoeven Writer: Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner Stars: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan...

Duration: 01:08:43
Tubi Originals Wildcard: Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood (2003)
Aug 14, 2025

Episode Theme: Tubi Originals

The Fumblers come across an unending source of treasure with this week's wild card, Leprechaun Back 2 tha Hood. One of us falls under the trance of forbidden gold and puts us all in danger. Who has gold lust? The answer may surprise you

Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood 2003 - R - 1h27m

When Emily Woodrow and her friends happen on a treasure chest full of gold coins, they fail to heed the warnings of a wise old psychic, who had foretold that they would encounter trouble with a very...

Duration: 01:07:09
Tubi Originals: Corrective Measures (2022)
Aug 07, 2025

Episode Theme: Tubi Originals

The Fumblers find themselves behind bars with the most dangerous villains on earth with Corrective Measures. This Tubi Original made one of us go Goblin Mode, and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised when you find out who.

Corrective Measures 2022 - TV-MA - 1h46m

In the world's most dangerous maximum security prison filled with supervillain inmates and corrupt staff, tensions rise leading to anarchy and destruction.

Director: Sean Patrick O'Reilly Writer: Grant Chastain, Sean Patrick O'Reilly Stars: Michael Rooker, Tom Cavanagh, Bruce Willis

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Duration: 01:09:00
Tubi Originals: Titanic 666 (2022)
Jul 31, 2025

Episode Theme: Tubi Originals

The Fumblers set sail for another Tubi Original, Titanic 666. They say this water is cursed, but who can really say. One of turns out to be a satanist that raises the dead for vengeance, and who it is will leave you shocked..

Titanic 666 2022 - TV-MA - 1h31m

Dark forces from the deep rise to the surface, terrorizing all aboard from Titanic III and threatens to repeat one of history's greatest disasters.

Director: Nick Lyon Writer: Jacob Cooney, Jason White Stars: Keesha Sharp, Jamie Bamber, Lydia Hearst<...

Duration: 01:07:30
Tubi Originals: Terror Train (2022)
Jul 24, 2025

Episode Theme: Tubi Originals

The Fumblers seek revenge on the perpetrators of a frat hazing prank gone wrong when they watch Terror Train. One of us is the clown, and you'll be surprised to find out who.

Terror Train 2022 - TV-MA - 1h30m

It follows a college student as she boards a party train for Halloween, and ends up fighting for her life when a mysterious assailant begins killing the people one-by-one.

Director: Philippe Gagnon Writer: Ian Carpenter, Aaron Martin Stars: Robyn Alomar, Mary Walsh, Nadine Bhabha

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Duration: 01:12:12
Foodie Film Wildcard: Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
Jul 17, 2025

Episode Theme: Foodie Films Wild Card

The Fumblers kick and chop their way through another Wild Card with Lone Wolf McQuade. One of us gets buried alive in our car and then drives to freedom, and which one of us it is will surprise you.

Lone Wolf McQuade 1983 - PG - 1h47m

After helping the local police with some horse thieves, a Texas Ranger aims at a drug lord with arms trade as well. They're interested in the same woman and they're both into martial arts.

Director: Steve Carver Writer...

Duration: 01:14:31
Foodie Films: Eating Raoul (1982)
Jul 10, 2025

Episode Theme: Foodie Films

The Fumblers answers an unassuming sexy ad in the local paper and watch Eating Raoul. One of us jumps in a hot tub with a couple dozen swingers and it's electric. Which one of us dares to cram in a hot tub may surprise you.

Eating Raoul 1982 - R - 1h23m

A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discovers a bizarre, if not murderous, way to get funding for opening a restaurant.

Director: Paul Bartel Writer: Paul Bartel, Richard Blackburn Stars: Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel, Robert Beltran<...

Duration: 00:58:31
Foodie Films: Tampopo (1985)
Jul 04, 2025

Episode Theme: Foodie Films

The Fumblers park their truck in front of a little ramen shop and watch Tampopo. Two of us seductively pass an egg yolk back and forth from our mouths and which two of us may surprise you.

Tampopo 1985 - 18 - 1h54m

A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.

Director: Juzo Itami Writer: Juzo Itami Stars: Ken Watanabe, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto

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Duration: 01:10:23
Foodie Films: Big Night (1996)
Jun 27, 2025

Episode Theme: Foodie Films

The Fumblers pull up to the table with wide eyes and hungry tummies for a heaping helping of Big Night. One of us awkwardly walks into a flower case rather than talk honestly with another person and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised to learn who.

Big Night 1996 - R - 1h49m

New Jersey, 1950s. Two brothers run an Italian restaurant. Business is not going well as a rival Italian restaurant is out-competing them. In a final effort to save the restaurant, the brothers plan to put on...

Duration: 01:10:15
Genre Defining Wildcard: Zardoz (1974)
Jun 19, 2025

Episode Theme: Genre Defining

The Fumblers find themselves amongst some immortals that want to study us and our boners. We watch Zardoz and it really gets the blood flowing. One of us finds love with the immortals and who it is might surprise you.

Zardoz 1974 - R - 1h45m

In the late 23rd century, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.

Director: John Boorman Writer: John Boorman Stars: Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman

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Duration: 01:03:59
Genre Defining: Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Jun 12, 2025

Episode Theme: Genre Defining

The Fumblers are back on the case after they find a body in their boot and drag it into their basement to hide it. While waiting for the police we watch Blood and Black Lace. One of us falls off the roof onto an awning and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised who.

Blood and Black Lace 1964 - NR - 1h28m

A masked, shadowy killer brutally murders the models of a scandalous fashion house in Rome.

Director: Mario Bava Writer: Marcello Fondato, Giuseppe Barilla, Mario Bava ...

Duration: 01:05:57
Genre Defining: Excalibur (1981)
Jun 05, 2025

Episode Theme: Genre Defining

The Fumblers stumble upon a shiny sword sticking out from what appears to be a Styrofoam boulder. We fail to retrieve the sword, so we do the next best thing: watch Excalibur. One of us is tricked into sleeping with our sister to produce an evil offspring and which one of us it is will surprise you.

Excalibur 2008 - PG - 2h20m

Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart.

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Duration: 01:15:17
Genre Defining: Akira (1988)
May 29, 2025

Episode Theme: Genre Defining

The Fumblers find themselves the subject of bizarre experiments being conducted by an oppressive government and they are left with no choice but to turn to evil to save ourselves and our friends. One of us does mutate into a hideous body horror blob and I think you'll be surprised to find out who.

Akira 1988 - R - 2h4m

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a teenage biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by his best friend.

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Duration: 01:10:05
Dual Role Actors Wildcard: The Faculty (1998)
May 22, 2025

Episode Theme: Dual Role Actors

The Fumblers get wild and wacky with a new wild card episode. Our adventures lead us down the path to the scary and hip The Faculty. One of us snorts some caffeine and are exposed as a water loving alien freak. I think you'll be surprised to find out who.

The Faculty 1998 - R - 1h44m

When Casey Connor, Herrington High School's newspaper photographer, witnesses the murder of a nurse and sees her alive again, he decides to investigate the bizarre happenings.

Director: Robert Rodriguez ...

Duration: 00:57:40
Dual Role Actors: Sinners (2025)
May 15, 2025

Episode Theme: Dual Role Actors

WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS HEAVY SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIE SINNERS The Fumblers venture out to the theaters to check the new Ryan Coogler vampire flick. One of us refused to eat the garlic butter popcorn or drink the holy Aquafina and who it is may surprise you.

Sinners 2025 - R - 2h17m

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

Director: Ryan Coogler ...

Duration: 01:15:34
Dual Role Actors: Adaptation (2002)
May 08, 2025

Episode Theme: Dual Role Actors

The Fumblers continue on their adventure with actors that are double dipping in the same movie with Adaptation. By the end we find out one of us is simply a character we created to get us here so we can kill them off. It may surprise you to find out which of us it is.

Adaptation 2002 - R - 1h55m

A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.

Director: Spike Jonze Writer...

Duration: 01:13:36
Dual Role Actors: Gemini Man (2019)
May 01, 2025

Episode Theme: Dual Role Actors

The Fumblers face off against their younger, more deadly selves and take on Ang Lee's Gemini Man. Which of us is real and which of us is CGI, the answer might surprise you.

Gemini Man 2019 - PG-13 - 1h57m

An over-the-hill hitman faces off against a younger clone of himself.

Director: Ang Lee Writer: David Benioff, Billy Ray, Darren Lemke Stars: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen

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Duration: 01:18:31
Baseball Wildcard: The Quick and the Dead (1995)
Apr 24, 2025

Episode Theme: Baseball

The Fumblers get together at the first chime to square off over the underrated Sam Raimi Western, The Quick and the Dead. Which one of us will be left with a grapefruit sized hole in us? The answer may surprise you.

The Quick and the Dead 1995 - R - 1h48m

A female gunfighter returns to a frontier town where a dueling tournament is being held, which she enters in an effort to avenge her father's death.

Director: Sam Raimi Writer: Simon Moore Stars: Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman...

Duration: 01:15:34
Baseball: The Naked Gun (1988)
Apr 17, 2025

Episode Theme: Baseball

The Fumblers must kill the Queen.

The Naked Gun 1988 - PG-13 - 1h25m

Incompetent police Detective Frank Drebin must foil an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.

Director: David Zucker Writer: Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban, OJ Simpson

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Duration: 00:53:56
Baseball: For Love of the Game (1999)
Apr 10, 2025

Episode Theme: Baseball

The Fumblers take a swing at another Kevin Costner baseball movie. Was it an error? Risk Nothing, Gain Everything

For Love of the Game 1999 - PG-13 - 2h17m

After 19 years of playing the game he's loved his whole life, Detroit Tigers pitcher Billy Chapel has to decide if he's going to risk everything and put everything out there.

Director: Sam Raimi Writer: Michael Shaara, Dana Stevens Stars: Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly

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Duration: 01:11:27
Baseball: Bull Durham (1988)
Apr 03, 2025

Episode Theme: Baseball

The Fumblers venture to tobacco country to check out one of Kevin Costner's many baseball movies. They find out about the Clown Prince of Baseball and their lives may be changed forever.

Bull Durham 1988 - R - 1h48m

A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.

Director: Ron Shelton Writer: Ron Shelton Stars: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins

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Duration: 01:15:30
Best Picture Losers Wildcard: Midnight Run (1988)
Mar 27, 2025

Episode Theme: Best Picture Losers

The Fumblers check out De Niro's first attempt at a more light hearted action movie, they talk about lock picking, weird types of cameras, and read a review that will change the way you think about reviews.

Midnight Run 1988 - R - 2h6m

A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.

Director: Martin Brest Writer: George Gallo Stars: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin...

Duration: 01:16:36
Best Picture Losers: The Snake Pit (1948)
Mar 20, 2025

Episode Theme: Best Picture Losers

The Fumblers endure the best from 80 years ago as Terry is duped by the title and they discuss Vikings, murder hornets, and the Osmonds along the way.

The Snake Pit 1948 - Approved - 1h48m

Virginia Cunningham can't recall how she landed in an asylum. In flashback, her husband Robert relates their courtship, marriage, and her developing symptoms. She remains in misery as Dr. Mark Kik tries to solve her problem.

Director: Anatole Litvak Writer: Frank Partos, Millen Brand, Mary Jane Ward Stars: Olivia de Havilland...

Duration: 01:20:40
Best Picture Losers: The Full Monty (1997)
Mar 13, 2025

Episode Theme: Best Picture Losers

The Fumblers debate the merits of bearing it all to make a few grand and check out the Oscar nominated comedy about hard steel and weird butts.

The Full Monty 1997 - R - 1h31m

Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.

Director: Peter Cattaneo Writer: Simon Beaufoy Stars: Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Addy

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Duration: 01:15:40
Best Picture Losers: Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Mar 06, 2025

Episode Theme: Best Picture Losers

The Fumblers tackle an Oscar nominated move starring Jack Nicholson. Is Five Easy Pieces easy watching?

Five Easy Pieces 1970 - R - 1h38m

A dropout from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.

Director: Bab Rafelson Writer: Carole Eastman, Bob Rafelson Stars: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush

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Duration: 01:27:06
Reptiles Wildcard: XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017)
Feb 27, 2025

Episode Theme: Reptiles

The Fumblers do some extreme fumbling with this week's Wild Card Movie. XXX has it all: skiing in the jungle, murder with satellite, and everything else that Vin Diesel thinks is awesome.

XXX: Return of Xander Cage 2017 - PG-13 - 1h47m

Xander Cage, left for dead after an incident, is recruited back into action for a new assignment, leading a team of death-defying adrenaline junkies.

Director: D.J. Caruso Writer: Rich Wilkes, F. Scott Frazier Stars: Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone

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Duration: 02:03:57
Reptiles: Crocodile Dundee (1986)
Feb 20, 2025

Episode Theme: Reptiles

Derek, Terry, and Keith go on a walk about and revisit the nearly 40 year old Oscar nominated Rom-Com, Crocodile Dundee. Will it hold up or should it be left for the crocs?

Crocodile Dundee 1986 - PG-13 - 1h37m

American reporter Sue Charlton travels to the Australian outback to meet eccentric poacher Mick "Crocodile" Dundee and invites him to New York City, where he comes face-to-face with the complexities of modern life. Can this bushman adapt?

Director: Peter Faiman Writer: Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell Stars: Paul...

Duration: 01:55:23
Reptiles: The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
Feb 13, 2025

Episode Theme: Reptiles

Keith, Terry, and Derek hunker down for some surreal comedy horror with the ultra horny White Worm.

The Lair of the White Worm 1988 - R - 1h33m

When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.

Director: Ken Russell Writer: Ken Russell, Bram Stoker Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Peter Capaldi

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Duration: 01:34:57
Reptiles: Alligator (1980)
Feb 06, 2025

Episode Theme: Reptiles

Terry kicks off our Reptile month with Alligator and the Fumblers take a big bite out of this 80s comedy, horror monster movie.

Alligator 1980- R - 1h31m

A pet baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives in the city sewers. Twelve years later, it grows to an enormous size thanks to a diet of discarded laboratory dogs injected with growth hormones. Now, humans have entered the menu.

Director: Lewis Teague Writer: John Sayles, Frank Ray Perilli Stars: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V Gazzo<...

Duration: 01:36:14
January Releases Wildcard: Noah (2014)
Jan 30, 2025

Episode Theme: January Releases

The Fumblers watch their first Wild Card movie, Noah, and the world may never be the same.

Noah 2014 - PG-13 - 2h18m

Noah is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the world.

Director: Darren Aronofsky Writer: Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel Stars: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins

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Duration: 01:33:29
January Releases: Scanners (1981)
Jan 23, 2025

Episode Theme: January Releases

The Fumblers venture into psychic territory with the 1981 Cronenberg horror thriller, Scanners.

Scanners 1981- R - 1h25m

A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called "scanning" to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non scanners.

Director: David Cronenberg Writer: David Cronenberg Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside

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Duration: 01:38:06
January Releases: Taken(2008)
Jan 16, 2025

Episode Theme: January Releases

Terry, Keith, and Derek lavish in the loving glow of a 90s action movie that came out in 2008 and is possibly the granddaddy of the likes of John Wick and the Equalizer... Taken!

Taken 2008 - PG-13 - 1h30m

A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.

Director: Pierre Morel Writer: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen

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Duration: 01:53:18
January Releases: Cloverfield (2008)
Jan 16, 2025

Episode Theme: January Releases

Terry, Keith, and Derek make their inaugural trek into the Fumble Dome to revisit the 2008 Kaiju Classic: Cloverfield.

Cloverfield 2008 - PG-13 - 1h25m

A group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack.

Director: Matt Reeves Writer: Drew Goddard Stars: Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan

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Duration: 01:32:15