Episodes

"Can I Keep My Jersey?: 11 Teams, 5 Countries, and 4 Years in My Life as a Basketball Vagabond" author Paul Shirley joins us on the Frotcast this week. SF Comedian Matt Lieb also replaces Bret, in preparation for our FilmDrunk Frotcast Comedy Meet-Up tonight (Thursday March 27th) at Lost Weekend Video in San Francisco. We talk Noah, 12 Years a Slave, Bad Words, and Paul and Brendan compare their journeyman stories from pro basketball in Greece, Spain, and Russia; and pro football in Germany, res...

What makes a good troll article? How can you write a fake sports column that sounds believable enough to fool half the people, while being a hilarious parody to the other half? Grantland's Andrew Sharp, former writer of SB Nation's "Troll Tuesday," current writer of Grantland's #HotSportsTakes, joins us on this week's Frotcast to explain. We get the skinny on who he's fooled, who he's pissed off, and who he's sleeping with (maybe). Vince, Brendan, and Matt Lieb are in the Frotquarters this week....

If you're looking to avoid True Detective spoilers, we don't get particularly spoilery, but you can skip 39 minutes to about 53 if you really want to be safe. Matt Lieb is back in the Frotquarters with Vince, Bret, Ben, and Brendan this week. We open the show talking about what we think Veronica Mars might be about. Somehow this leads to a contest over the best Korn gibberish impression. Tweet the winner at #FreakOnALeashContest.That leads to a discussion of the worst nü-metal bands and forgott...

This week on the Frotcast, comedian Matt Lieb is back in the Frotquarters, doing impressions of dead British men and freestyling to the song composed entirely out of Jeff Goldblum's creepy laugh. The FilmDrunk.com & friends gang talk about the Oscars, including the various 12 Years A Slave controversies, and we listen to Steven Seagal's latest assessment of Russia and their policy towards the Ukraine. Bret, Vince, and Matt all saw Fruitvale Station, so we talk about that and the nature of "based...

Comedian/recovering heroin addict Matt Lieb joins the crew on this week's Frotcast. Ben, Vince, and Matt are live from San Francisco, Bret joins us via Skype from New York. We all saw Captain Phillips this week, which we discuss. Matt liked Tom Hanks in shock at the end. Returning from his travels, Vince talks about Berlin, London, and Budapest, and how the locals never take you to eat cuisine of the country you're in. We talk about the Oscars this Sunday, which Ben and Bret refuse to watch and ...

This week on the Frotcast, we are joined by author/ podcaster/ writer/ Madden Football junkie Laremy Legel of Film.com. Before blooping him in, we talk about House of Cards and binge watching TV, Brendan's hatred of Homeland, read some listener Frotcast fan fiction and episode 5 of True Detective. Then we bring Laremy on, first so he can defend and explain his Madden obsession. Then we talk about the Robocop remake, which Bret hated and Ben liked (shocking). We unfortunately lost Bret toward the...

This week on the Frotcast, Vince is live from Berlin so we bloop him in at the beginning of the show. We all put on our best German accents and hear what has been happening at the film festival. Once Vince falls asleep, Bret and Brendan tell us what music they have been listening to before we get into the awesomeness that was Episode 4 of True Detective. Including the trackingest tracking shot of all time. This week we all saw the documentary 12 O’Clock Boys- a documentary about a street motorcy...

This week on the Frotcast, we welcome SB Nation's Matt Ufford. We talk Super Bowl watching and snacks with the Seahawks fan and NFL vlogger, and what it was like being a fan of a championship-winning team for once. Other topics include the total clusterF of the Sochi Olympics, and Sochi Fail Porn, and we update the standings in our fantasy Oscar draft. Enjoy!

This week on the FilmDrunk Frotcast, we're talking about True Detective (the final shot of that last episode!), Spike Jonze's Her, and we bring on our favorite comedian Joe Sinclitico, who has a whole new batch of movie pitches. Other topics include the sad realization of what male strippers look like in real life, the doc This is What Winning Looks Like, and why Joe is terrible at chewing gum. Until next week.

This week, Ben returns to the Frotcast for the first time since surgery, Matt Lieb is in Frotquarters, and Vince went to the AVNs. Vince plays interviews a dude who made some sex swings as well as porn industry dude Lee Roy Meyers. He also has clips from a roundtable of new porn starlets. We discuss Vegas and how Vegas-y it is, talk about the porn industry. Then we talk a bit about high horsed sports writers, and finish up on Ya Ya from Sandlot fighting a dude and some TV talk. Thanks to everyo...

This week on the Frotcast, we're joined in studio by comedian David Gborie and on Skype by Matthew Reynolds, director and star of The Great Chicken Wing Hunt. Matt quit his job as a Reuters writer in Slovakia and dragged his Slovakian girlfriend back to his hometown of Buffalo to make a documentary about a search for the world's best chicken wing, a cockamamie adventure that saw him spend 16 days in an RV with a Slovakian film crew, a professional eater, and a handful of odd fellas that all deci...

San Francisco comedian Matt Lieb returns to the Frotquarters, along with Brendan and FilmDrunk's Vince Mancini, with Bret joining via Skype. This week, we talk Lone Survivor, and whether the fact that Peter Berg is a borderline psychotic jingo makes him a better action movie director. We talk about Steven Seagal's possible run for governor of Arizona, introduce the song of the week - "Get Swoll" - and tell some stories from the world of stand-up, including heckler pilots, and the guy who shaves ...

San Francisco comedian Matt Lieb and Bret join Vince and Brendan LIVE IN FROTQUARTERS to debate Wolf of Wall Street, along with Film.com's Laremy Legel joining via Skype. Other topics include the hometown news blotter, in which we read about murders involving people we went to high school with, Matt Lieb's Lord of the Rings holiday, and Shia Labeouf's latest idiotic fake apology. We finish things off with an argument I had with Comcast robots in which I tried to get them to feel. It's easily the...

Yes, Virginia, there is a Frotcast! Unprompted and unsolicited, our new MVP listener (MVL?) Token created this Best of 2013 Frotcast, with all your favorite Frotcast bits from 2013. Well, all of his, anyway. Segments include: Jim Belushi is the master of his vehicle Justin Halpern’s interrupting dog and baby Alison Stevenson’s toilet condom. The 10 Rules of Christian Dating David Gborie hates Vince’s bandanna Ben’s trip to the sperm bank Matt Lieb discovers quicksand porn The Mormon name spelli...

Matt Lieb was back in the Frotquarters this week, joining Bret and Burnsy via Skype. We talked about the Shia Labeouf plagiarism fiasco, Burnsy explained some of his choices for the worst movies of 2013, and we had a classic movie discussion of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing. This week's clips included The Most Confusing Commercial Ever, The Most Australian News Clip of All Time, and a couple embarrassing accidental voice mails (don't forget to hang up your phone next time you leave one!). If ...

This week on the Frotcast, San Francisco comedian Matt Lieb drops by to tell us all about his latest healthy relationship after his last girl choked him out and spit on his face in a minivan. We listen to the song of the week, Tay Allyn, and her amazing commencement speech. We talk about Andy Serkis's mo-cap Animal Farm movie, and Bret gives us the illustrator/coder's perspective on hating motion-capture. Bret saw the Hobbit, but not in time to record. He did see The Way Way Back though! And of ...

This week on the Frotcast, the world's best sort-of movie podcast, we've got SBNation's Matt Ufford joining us via Skype. We start things off old school, with the latest poop transplant news, including the poop pill pioneering being done in Canada. We transition into a discussion of Kevin Connolly's (E from Entourage) 30 for 30 episode. We get into our favorite TV shows of the week. Before long I introduce the rest of the Frot gang to our new obsession, the vegan hippie rap bros Chef Seth and Pa...

Bret, Laremy, and Vince on this early holiday episode. We open the show talking about heckler stories, including Vince's recent experience with the drunk girl at the dueling piano bar who kicked the piano man in the face. We lead into Spike Lee's Oldboy remake (full review forthcoming) and the idea of remakes in general. Based on Sharlto Copley in Oldboy and Jodie Foster in Elysium, we discuss the most ill-advised acting performances of this year, and of all time. We talk about Only God Forgi...

This week on the Frotcast, we're joined by Workaholics co-creator Connor Pritchard, who recently wrote The Order of the Magi, and has been promoting it with elaborate scavenger hunt. This week's theme is "The Idiot Guru," which was inspired this news story we heard about, where Justin Lookado was in a bit of hot water for giving some sweet dating advice like "dateable girls know how to shut up" to high schoolers. We go through his "10 Rules of Dateability" for men and women, such as "Men of God ...

This week on the FilmDrunk Frotcast, we bring on Alison Stevenson, she of Vice and FilmDrunk's award-winning "Rum and Rom-Coms" feature fame. We talk about Vince and Matt Lieb's Hobbit meal at Denny's, the "financial domination" seminar Alison attended, and all of the movies Ben has been watching during chemo, including Skyfall and Man of Steel. We share dating stories, including Alison's OKCupid date on mushrooms. We answer your questions, including Brendan's stories about how the NFL deals wi...

This week on the FilmDrunk Frotcast, Ben is down south finishing up chemo, but we've got comedian Matt Lieb in the San Francisco frotquarters, plus Film.com's Laremy Legel via Skype and the rest of the Frotcast crew. Topics include (in chronological order): The Richie Incognito story, and NFL hazing (including Brendan’s personal experience with being hazed as an NFL offensive lineman). Laremy’s Bell’s Palsy, and health problems that have befallen Gathering of the Juggalos attendees Matt Lieb...

This week, we welcome back Frotcast favorite and quicksand porn enthusiast Matt Lieb. Vince went to the attempted murder trial of Max Wade, where our favorite celebrity chef Guy Fieri testified. Vince talks about his courtroom experience, and then him and Bret debate what constitutes attempted murder. Vince then talks about Bad Grandpa, Ben saw Blackfish, Seduced and Abandoned, and Cloud Atlas. We finish up with listener emails, and go over our worst breakups. Frot on and Frotstrong. For everyt...

This week, we have the entire Frotcrew plus Frotcast favorite Laremy Legel joins us for most of the 'cast. Vince saw I'm in Love with a Church Girl (Starring Ja Rule, Executive Produced by God), Bret is angry that The Counselor has a major spoiler in the trailer, we update the Name of the Year contest, and get some great listener emails. Frot on and Frotstrong. For all Whoop Dreams related info and material, go to www.whoopdreams.com For movie news you can make fun of, go to www.filmdrunk.com.

What is up Frotcast Fans, It is your favorite cancer patient Ben. Unfortunately, I did not join the crew for this Frotcast. The chemo has me feeling pretty crappy. Fear not- Vince, Bret and Burnsy held it down. Also- I am getting through this chemo crap, just not the most fun thing I have ever done. Thank you all for the support, kind words and concern. The internet love warms this cold Jew's heart (with flakes of gold). I hope to return next week. Until then, enjoy this week's show. I am not ...