For our next episode of BOLD: Conversations About Race, hosts Dahlia Ferlito and Ivette Alé plan to answer any and all questions or comments about the show so far, how you can get active, or th...
2020-09-10 17:21:28 +0000 UTC View Post
A while back, Swaim posted a 30-page version of a story called "Fur." That short was designed to help sell a feature called "The Furry Movie," loosely based on Mike's own adolescence. Although Mike and Abe still hope to make The Furry Movie one day, both the short and feature-length versions curr...
2020-09-09 22:54:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael, Adam and Dave discuss burnout, an exciting upcoming episode of Some More News, Mike's IGN job, and do wicked kicky-flippies all the while.
B story: Adam proves he's a real sk8-daddy.
2020-09-09 22:34:23 +0000 UTC View Post
The pit returns with a special episode. Michael speaks to Jason Pargin, former executive editor of Cracked.com and the current head of video, Jordan Breeding, about self-worth and career success. This co...
2020-09-07 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Abe and Mike reconnect after a long Swaim absence, discuss movies, and drop a ton of sneaky clues about upcoming Small Beans projects while playing Night In The Woods.
2020-09-01 16:14:28 +0000 UTC View Post
CIA analyst Jack Ryan has become a multi-decade obsession. It keeps being remade. Adam argues that the rules set up by Patriot Games are not feeding the political drama we have come to expect. It’s act...
2020-08-31 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We’ve begun lap six of nine. Real quick: name Gina Carano’s character in this movie. Bridgett knows! Sarah does not! While she continues to stan Han and Gisele, we still have to address that the numb...
2020-08-28 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
If Pixar made a Chinese fable 6 years ago, it’d look a lot like this 2019 Chinese and American co-production. This most recent Pick the Flick takes us to the world of demons, humans, and utterly terrif...
2020-08-25 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
“The more I try, the harder it seems / But you’ve turned around, blocked me out, / deliberately trying to bloody my back / Falsely sweet words, masking your soul, / I’m trying to get past this. / P...
2020-08-21 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
This one takes us to the unfortunate year of 1990 and the world of made-for-TV movies as Michael and Abe tackle the 3-hour two-part miniseries “It.” The king beans haven’t gotten to check in with e...
2020-08-17 13:41:23 +0000 UTC View Post
A new Frame Rate logo! Holy wow! Michael Vincent Bramley, our very own MVB has updated our logo and we think it’s the beans!
This Parker Posey vehicle was widely unseen by ever...
2020-08-14 13:01:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Betcha didn’t expect a brand-spankin’ new podcast! This one takes us to the wonderful world of the physical. Science! Or whatever.
Michael Swaim interviews actual scientist/engineer and lifelon...
2020-08-10 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Maggie’s Hidden Gem film is a fictional documentary. Adam’s choice is an Australian crime drama. Let’s all soak in their effervescence and hear their appeals as to why both of these films need to be in your library. Maggie got two cats!
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2020-08-06 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Abe sets out to convince Adam that Demolition Man’s direction is sneaky complex, albeit flawed. Looking at camera, lighting, and production design, the past and the present are at odds in the film whic...
2020-08-03 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Among Michael's myriad IGN duties, he is sometimes called upon to humorously cram through the entire plotline of a game or series. Here's two recent instances he thought were fun enough to warrant sharing with the Beans, where his heart shall ever reside. Hope you bean them!
2020-07-27 19:04:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Among Michael's myriad IGN duties, he is sometimes called upon to humorously cram through the entire plotline of a game or series. Here's two recent instances he thought were fun enough to warrant sharing with the Beans, where his heart shall ever reside. Hope you bean them!
2020-07-27 19:03:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael, Abe, and Dave are entranced by the 1973 animated French-Czechoslovakian film Fantastic Planet and its sci-fi, psychedelic landscapes. They deconstruct the larger metaphor of the film and stare i...
2020-07-27 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Through the miraculous technology of wifi, Sarah and Bridgett bring their friends from the distant land of New York City, New York. Do you have what it takes to listen to four people sharing their past a...
2020-07-24 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Michael Swaim stops by with a possible interpretation of Marvel’s Doctor Strange, a film with early publicity regarding the whitewashing of Asian roles in the film. As Michael points out that Stephen S...
2020-07-20 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Sarah and Bridgett have arrived at the raison d'etre of the F&F universe: Fast Five. Sarah is officially acclimated to what the series is about as a whole. As the filmmakers retool and refine their a...
2020-07-18 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The Kings return to discuss the symbology of the coming of age classic Stand By Me. The simple story is at its best when it builds the atmosphere of that small window between childhood and a...
2020-07-14 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
The series concludes. Kind of. Special thanks to everyone who donated! Stay tuned til the fundraising goal gets met for a special announcement.
2020-07-12 20:11:06 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s a bonus episode for the beans who have pledged the $10 tier this month! All for you, early and steamy.
This episode Maggie and Adam make a playlist. Here’s the rules: each host will suggest six songs, be able to veto two songs, and a “catapult” round where they each get to unil...
2020-07-08 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Early Access for patrons!
Adam shines some light on how 1998’s Mask of Zorro represented the end of an era. 1999 was a big year for CG and with it came a whole new paradigm for how Hollywood crea...
2020-07-06 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Warning! This is a very macabre tale of horror set amidst the drugs and frenzy of the Burning Man festival. Swaim wrote it, but don't worry, he's okay. SPOILERS/TRIGGER WARNING: It features extreme violence, depressing conclusions about the nature of the human spirit, and descrip...
2020-07-05 22:12:58 +0000 UTC View Post
The bruvs take some time to chat about the film that launched John Boyega’s career, the 2011 sci-fi adventure film, Attack The Block. Abe argues there’s more political symbology at play than most ass...
2020-07-03 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
So, there's a litmus test and we've probably all manufactured it as a test or have been unwittingly tested by someone at some point. There's a handful of films specific to you that you put on that really...
2020-06-30 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We're just minutes away from the release of our new episode of ISYMIYSMY (I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours). Here at the bean factory, we decided to try a show exclusive tier. In other words, by p...
2020-06-30 12:50:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Take a moment, theater kids, and breathe. This one is going to hit home for most schoolchildren who witnessed the problematic school plays we all had sit through. And for those of you who were in said plays, here's a tale that will make everyone feel uncomfortable from the one and only Colin McLa...
2020-06-27 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post