Dispatch One Hundred and Ten, August 29th, 2026

Greetings WHM Family! 

Welcome to Season Seventeen of We Hate Movies! Can you believe this show is seventeen years old now? We’ve started staying out past curfew, lying to our parents, and even have had a sip of beer! We’re growing up! As you can see from the above image we’re starting this season off coming in HOT with a killer commentary on the hallway based horror hit, Backrooms! Just look at that Felipe art…Damn, he’s the best. 

We’ve also got a super exciting conversation coming out next Tuesday with Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley about their upcoming film Mayday and how it relates to the classic film Midnight Run! How about that? Also if you scroll on down we think you’ll be quite pleased with the Season Seventeen Redux episode that VHS Trailer Game winner, Andrew Jupin selected. Oh yeah, and the Cameo he commissioned is supposed to be killer too. So much great stuff! 

Thanks for sticking with us! We promise Season Seventeen is shaping up to be the best one yet. 

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LAST MONTH ON WHM

Episode 877 – King Ralph (1991, Live in Oxford)

Recorded live in Oxford, the fellas headed to the throne room with John Goodman as he took his place in the line of royal British succession, romanced a middle-class lass, and ate Burger King…as a king. Is the opening image technically a snuff picture? How long is the public going to allow a lounge entertainer to rule over them? Can you find a single scene that features national treasure Peter O’Toole sober? We got nothing on that front. Hail Jug Nation!

Episode 878 – Pulp Fiction (1994) (Patrons Only)

For this August’s We Love Movies, the boys headed to low-down, no-good California to witness a seismic disturbance in the criminal underworld, starting with Marcellus Wallace’s briefcase and ending with a speedy trip to the train station on Zed’s chopper. Is there any kind of chemistry as strong as that between Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta in this movie? Did a Jersey City realtor give Big QT the idea for the foot fetish discussion? Is this still Tarantino’s best or has the tide shifted post-Once Upon a Time in Hollywood? Also, Seinfeld x Pulp Fiction? No bueno!

Episode 779 – Total Recall (1990, Live in Brooklyn)

Recorded live in Brooklyn at the Bell House, December 2025, Andrew, Eric, Chris, and Steve got their asses to Mars to help Arnold liberate the people and get them as much air as they could handle. Is anyone supposed to believe Arnold as a normal construction worker here? Why does the Recall office have only ONE chair? Doesn’t it feel kinda wrong to just be calling these people “mutants?” Also, witness the finale of the season sixteen edition of the VHS Trailer Game!

Episode 880 – Broken Arrow (1996, Live in Los Angeles)

Recorded live in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Improv in February 2026, the guys caught a back seat flight with John Travolta and Christian Slater and ended up sabotaging a high-end arms deal! Is this better or worse than Woo’s JCVD classic, Hard Target? How do we get more Samantha Mathis without having to watch legacy horror sequels? And like everything else, wouldn’t this movie be better if there was a magical talisman in play throughout? Plus, Bob Gunton as the insufferable brat of an arms buyer that Travolta has to, uh, help snap to attention. 

Episode 881 – Conan the Barbarian (1982, Live in Minneapolis)

Recorded live at the Varsity Theater in beautiful Minneapolis, MN in March 2026, the gang got on their furs and donned their broadswords as they prepared to help fated barbarian king, Arnold Schwarzenegger in his war against brutal leader, James Earl Jones. Speaking of our man, how fantastic is Jones’s wig in this film? Did Arnold actually punch that camel? How did they not cast Burgess Meredith as the father of Conan? God damn heathens don’t know a good thing when it grumbles in their face! 

WHAT ARE WE WATCHING?

This is a space for us to talk about some NON-We Hate Movies-related content that we've shoved into our eyeballs in the last month: TV, Movies, Cartoons, and Sports (maybe?). Just about anything that isn't pornography.

Andrew: 

Materialists (2025): Finally got around to Celine Song’s follow-up to Past Lives, a film I really liked, and holy Toledo, folks, this is bad for ya! It feels like 4 movies in one and they’re all fighting for screen supremacy. All that’s exacerbated by the fact that Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal are both stuck doing all their scenes with Dakota Johnson and honest to god, they may as well saved the money and just had the two of them say their lines against a book of carpet samples, because they’d have received the same amount of chemistry and charisma. 

Ocean’s Eleven (1960): I was getting myself all revved up for our rad trip to Vegas at the start of August by watching a bunch of Star Trek and Vegas-related films. Chelsea and I both had never seen this so we gave it a spin and yeah, fun movie! It’s definitely got a darker/funnier ending than Soderbergh’s Eleven, but this group of booze-addled fellas had just as much charm as the more recent bunch. I was surprised that Peter Lawford is number two to Sinatra’s character over Dino, but they’re all great. Sammy pretending to be the garbage man was hilarious. Great old timey Vegas footage too!

The Mummy Returns (2001): Chelsea had never seen any of these so we’re going through them in anticipation of Radio Silence’s new gig and man, you will forget the laughably bad CGI in this movie. There really is no excuse other than they raced to get this sequel out, because it looks worse than the first one by a country mile. That fully-CGI Dwayne Johnson Scorpion King at the end is one of the funniest things you’ll see in a 21st century adventure movie. 

Lost Highway (1997): The second most unsettling Lynch film behind Fire Walk with Me, I find this to be such a vibe. Definitely made me want to rewatch Kiss Me Deadly too. Loggia and the road rage scene is Top Tier cinema. Criterion 4K looks and sounds great. Helluva soundtrack. 

Married to the Mob (1988): I love how goofy Matthew Modine is in this movie, one of Demme’s underrated gems. I think this is often forgotten due to the popularity of JD’s two narratives on either side of this one, Something Wild in ’86 and The Silence of the Lambs in ’91, so if you haven’t seen this yet, check it out. Legendary Dean Stockwell in there as the mob boss. Also, it’s batshit crazy that Michelle Pfeiffer wasn’t nominated for her performance here. Glad Cinématographe cleaned this one up and gave it a proper release.

The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001): It had been 20 years easy since I last watched this and finally got around to the Criterion 4K that’d been sitting on old Physical Media Mountain. Man, is this ever fantastic? Probably the best Billy Bob, imo, and Frances McDormand is incredible. One of the best non-Tony Soprano performances from Gandolfini too.

Chris: 

The Annihilation of Fish (1999): The last one or two films by Charles Burnett that I haven’t seen and that are (relatively) easy to find along with Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property and it ranks among his best and most heartfelt thus far. It’s not as formally daring as Killer of Sheep/My Brother’s Wedding but always heartily surprising in its editing (by Nancy Richardson) and Anthony C. Winkler’s script, which is both romantic and unsentimental in how it traces the early encounters of two older, idiosyncratic lonely hearts (James Earl Jones and Lynn Redgrave, both superb) who are partially lost in the past, toward a sincere, beautiful partnership in love and understanding. For all of Burnett’s wise insights into race in America, what continues to make him so unique as a storyteller is his sensitive caring for “unwell” characters with vast inner worlds that we might otherwise just laugh at in the hands of another filmmaker. Really outstanding. 

Tex (1982): Having recently seen Tim Hunter’s quite strong Smiley Face Killers and revisited his masterpiece, River’s Edge, I got in the mood to revisit another one of his collaborations with Matt Dillon, namely the teen drama Tex from 1982. Stories like this - two brothers barreling toward the end of high school without money, parental care, or societal understanding getting involved in an odd set of minor dramas - are often played so predictably but not so with Tex, which refuses to neatly clear up all its loose ends, leaving Dillon’s eponymous character with a heavy emotional load even as the credits hit. It speaks wisely to how many not-rich high-schoolers are treated when they head out to college or an early job: no matter what your personal problems or how the state has put the screws to you, you’re on your own now. 

Who Killed Garrett Phillips? (2019): Another Liz Garbus banger from the world of true crime, this one clocking in at a tight two-episode run. And yet, this film feels as expansive and thorough as the multi-episode Gone Girls, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, and One Night in Idaho, following the arrest and prosecution in upstate New York of Oral “Nick” Hillary for the mysterious murder of the titular 12-year-old in 2011. Garbus creates a moving portrait of Hillary, who was ruthlessly targeted and prosecuted for reasons I’m sure have absolutely nothing to do with the fact that he is a Black man who openly, happily dated white women, including Garrett’s mother. Garbus does her due-diligence as a true-crime auteur in depicting just how fucking stupid, careless, and criminal the cops are in this case, but also does an exhilarating job showcasing how performative and vapid the Potsdam political machine and prosecutors were in doing everything to pin the crime on Hillary and not the highly suspicious police officer who also dated Garrett’s mom and who was in the vicinity at the time of the child’s killing. Absolutely infuriating, as it should be. 

Eric:

Red Sun (1971):Western time! Saw this a lot as a kid and it holds up nicely. Charles Bronson and Toshiro Mifune team up to track down Alain Delon who robbed the Japanese ambassador’s train. I do not know how Shanghai Noon got away with not paying anyone from this production as it’s a blatant remake.

Django (1966): Rewatched this classic. There’s something very satisfying about watching a man shoot tons of people with a gatling gun.

Massacre Time (1966): A Fulci-directed, Franco Nero western that’s pretty much boilerplate but elevated by the direction.

Django, Prepare a Coffin (1968) - Replacing Franco Nero as Django was a mistake but I think it might have been a scheduling issue. The real unforgiving thing about this sequel is replacing original director Sergio Corbucci with Fernando Baldi. 

Last Man Standing (1996): Always had a soft spot for this and gave it a spin recently late at night. Great cast and great effects in this Walter Hill flick. When people get shot they go flying up a wall. 

My Name Is Pecos (1966): Pretty boilerplate but cool because it’s about a Mexican gunslinger. 

Sabata (1969): Didn’t expect to like this Lee Van Cleef movie as much as I did. Great action and great double crossing and scheming. I also really liked the character Banjo who is just a guy with banjo… the banjo is also a gun.

And God Said to Cain (1970): Klaus Kinski stars in this gothic western about a guy wrongfully imprisoned being released and seeking revenge. Felt vibes of The Crow off this one. Pretty funny for people to keep calling Klaus Kinski by the name of “Gary Hamilton” but he’s dubbed by a guy who might’ve had that name.

Steve: 

The Ambulance (1990): Totally nutso New York cinema from the nutso New York master himself, Larry Cohen. Eric Roberts stars as a 1990’s be-mulletted Marvel Comics artist that bothers a woman on the street so much that she must be a little relieved when the evil Ambulance takes her away to the death hospital. Just a genuinely strange movie with memorable turns from James Earl Jones (just CHAWING on this scenery), Stan Lee’s Hairpiece, and Eric Roberts himself, in his nervous twitchy 90’s mode, which is a little grating, tbh! Well worth watching with a tall glass of water or other adult beverages. 

The End of Oak Street (2026): I feel like we’ve seen so many “love letters” to Spielberg’s Amblin period and none of them have never been memorable (can anybody tell me one thing about Super 8?), but this one feels like it’s got legs. Anne Hathaway continues her dominant streak of being in every movie released in 2026 with a banger performance as a harried mother in an absolutely insane situation. Her and Ewan McGregor keep the domestic drama stuff juicy so as to counterbalance the Dino Damage going on all around the seams of this film. David Robert Mitchell should keep making movies like these and they should keep releasing them in theaters.

The Lighthouse (2019): Had some time so I went back to Robert Eggers’ best looking film, The Lighthouse. Seriously. You could watch this movie on mute and have an absolute blast. The shame there would be you’d miss out on a fantastic two-hander by Willem DeFoe and Robert Pattinson. These two play so goddamn well off each other it’s kind of mesmerizing to watch and you kind of forget not much is happening scene to scene. Eggers keeps the camera right where it needs to be to capture the claustrophobia without ever feeling stagnant. I still think I prefer The Witch a little bit, but this might be his best movie. 

Soulm8te (2026): I’ll watch every “guy thinks fucking a robot is a good idea” movie they make, and this one might be a masterpiece of the genre. Let’s get this straight—Companion is a better film, it’s funny on purpose and it has great cast, but this one … this one is trashy fun and well worth your time. It’s still only available for a $19.99 rental (which I gleefully paid because I shouldn’t be allowed to have money), but please keep an eye on this one and wait for that price to drop because I’m telling you it has the best kill in a horror movie in the last five years. No spoilers but it’s worth it, I promise you. 

PATREON MAILBAG LIGHTNING ROUND

Here's a fun space where folks on Patreon get to ask us Questions directly. This month's entry comes from

Jeff from Brooklyn who asks:

“You get one movie/TV pet to call your own, which fictional dog/cat/animal are you picking?”

Andrew: Buck, the dog from Married with Children. The guy had some great, acerbic wit for his inner monologues, and I’m also pretty sure he knew how to use the remote. 

Chris: I am a dog person at heart, but I grew up with cats and generally love them as much as their canine friends. And while I am charmed by the actions of Bingo or the Homeward Bound woofers or Hooch or Jerry Lee, I tend to feel more warmth toward the felines of the movies than the dog-os and take their wanton destruction and murder on film - lookin’ at you, Demon Wes Anderson— just as seriously as their canine brethren. So, I’m going to go with the Flerkenized Goose from Captain Marvel/MCU affiliates. What would be better than having a cat who can eat your enemies and has a pocket dimension ready to go when need be? Second place goes to the gorgeous Tonto from Paul Mazursky’s wonderful Harry & Tonto.

Eric: Chewbacca.

Steve: As you may know I live my life under the tyranny of two very stupid cats Iggy and Ripley (RIP Anton!), and Ripley is an Orange tabby named as a nod to Jonesy in Alien…So, I should say Jonesy, but I don’t think I can add another orange tabby to this mix, lest I lose my mind. Though, it would be cool to grab Jonesy after he’s left in the first act of Aliens ‘cuz he’s like 150 years old at that point and that would be pretty boss… No, my answer is gonna have to be Beast the Dog from The Hills Have Eyes (1977), truly one of the baddest motherfucking dogs to ever do it. He has two confirmed kills in that film and saves his family from a group of murderous, inbred (mutant? it’s been a while) hillbillies. I could use the security. 

SEPTEMBER SCHEDULE

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September 1st  – Midnight Run (1988) & Mayday (2026) with Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley 

September 8th – Big (1988) Live in Chicago

September 15th – Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) REDUX

September 22nd – Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)

September 29th – Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li (2009) 

Patreon Episodes:

September 3rd – We Love Movies: The Guest (2014)

September 10th –  MELR0210: 90210: “Moving Targets” (s4, e7) Melrose Place: “Love and Death 101” (s3, e23)

September 15th at 8pm EST – WHM After Dark: Come with your questions at the ready and spend an hour hanging out with the gang!

September 17th  – 3rd Quarter Synchable Commentary: Backrooms (2026) 

September 24th  – Animation Damnation: Street Fighter II: The Animated Series (1995):  “The Adventure Begins” (s1, e1)

September 25th  – The Star Wars Gleep Glossary: Prince Xizor 

September 30th – The Nexus: TOSTAS: “How Sharper than a Septent’s Tooth” (s2 e5) : “A Matter of Time”(s5, e9) 

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UPCOMING NEWS AND PROMOTION

In case you missed it we opened our Patreon Shop we released the previously unavailable Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter virtual live show for purchase on our Patreon shop! This was such a fun show and it'll be awesome to revisit or experience for the first time as you get to talk us gab about (one of) the best entries in the Friday the 13th canon! You get a new introduction recorded by us, the show from that night, and an audio file of the whole thing so you can enjoy the show again on the go!

You’re keeping up with our Youtube channel, right? On-Screen Live has wrapped up for the summer, but we’ve been kicking ass bi-weekly at Noon EST, subscribe now so you don’t miss when it returns! We’ve covered a lot of great Summer movies like The Odyssey, Evil Dead Burn, Disclosure Day, Backrooms, Obsession, and Supergirl and we finished the season with a great interview with writer/director Adam Meeks & producer (and friend of the show) Sean Weiner about their movie Union County! Keep your eyes peeled on the Youtube channel to see when we’re coming back later this autumn, and to keep up with all our great content!

Also, speaking of Video Content, are you aware We Hate Movies is on TikTok? We are @whmpodcast! We’ve got some kick-ass short form videos releasing there, on the aforementioned Youtube page, and of course on Instagram! These are short, super fun ways to relive your favorite bit and share on these platforms to get new folks into the show too! All credit for these amazing videos goes to @gnarcissist on TikTok! 

Hooked on T.J. Hooker has another classic ep in the books and this time Stacy is almost murdered! Like those True Crime Podcasts you folks like. Listen here! 

If you're a fan of the show and a fan of looking sharp, you should check out our merch on our new and improved merch store on Dashery! We have some new, super fun designs by Felipe Sobreiro such as the Total Recall Live show logo, a pair of vaguely gross ones like “Hot Out the Hole” and “The Coin Slot” and the Barbarian Scaredycats design! We also have "The DILF Den", and a "Crispy Critters" design from friend of the show, Nathan Hamill!  There’s a ton of other great designs like The VHS Trailer Game Logo, Demon-o's Pizza, Egg Lawyer, The Order of the Boop, The Kornkast design and many more, with more to come! That's going to do it for this month's Dispatch. See you next month for the Spooktacular!

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