Episodes & Rankings
Below is a list of The Franchise episodes 221 - 240 and star ratings.
Each franchise is rated between 1 and 5 stars - hover over the star to see Daniel & Henry's ratings!
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Special thanks to @SpaceCadetJuan for providing all the ratings!
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Also, bonus episodes aren't real episodes and don't deserve their own number. If you want to know the real episode The Franchise is covering, look at the description box.
This isn't confusing at all.
EPISODE 222: CHILDREN OF THE CORN V: FIELDS OF TERROR AND CHILDREN OF THE CORN 666: ISAAC'S RETURN
Directors: Ethan Wiley; Kari Skogland
Screenwriter: Ethan Wiley; Tim Sulka, John Franklin
Year: 1998; 1999
E: 203
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Isaacs return. (Not a typo).
daniel: 2; 2
henry: 1; 1
GUEST: 2; 2
EPISODE 223: CHILDREN OF THE CORN: REVELATION AND CHILDREN OF THE CORN (2009)
Directors: Guy Magar; Donald P. Borchers
Screenwriter: S. J. Smith; Donald P. Borchers
Year: 2001; 2009
E: 204
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A line is drawn in the corn.
daniel: 1; 1
henry: 1; 1
EPISODE 224: CHILDREN OF THE CORN: GENESIS AND CHILDREN OF THE CORN: RUNAWAY
Directors: Joel Soisson; John Gulager
Screenwriter: Joel Soisson
Year: 2011; 2018
E: 205
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Good news: we're done watching these movies. Bad news: We still had to talk about two more of them, plus a YouTube video or something? Also, we ranked them. Plus, we listen to pitches about which superior country we should move to.
daniel: 1; 1
henry: 2; 1
EPISODE 225: ELIZABETH AND ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
Directors: Shekhar Kapur
Screenwriter: Michael Hirst; William Nicholson, Michael Hirst
Year: 1998; 2007
E: 206
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Welcome to ye olde Franchise, where we talk about actual movies and rank the films of Cate Blanchett.
daniel: 3; 3
henry: 4; 4
EPISODE 226: WISHMASTER AND WISHMASTER 2: EVIL NEVER DIES
Directors: Robert Kurtzman; Jack Sholder
Screenwriter: Peter Atkins; Jack Sholder
Year: 1997; 1999
E: 207
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Daniel and Henry shred their vocal chords doing Djinn impressions for 2 hours.
daniel: 2; 4
henry: 2; 1
EPISODE 227: JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL
Directors: Jake Kasdan
Screenwriter: Jake Kasdan, Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg
Year: 2019
E: Bonus!
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We finally get around to the most recent Jumanji. It doesn't go how we expected it to.
daniel: 2
henry: 2
BONUS!
EPISODE 228: WISHMASTER 3: BEYOND THE GATES OF HELL AND WISHMASTER: THE PROPHECY FULFILLED
Directors: Chris Angel
Screenwriter: Alex Wright; John Benjamin Martin
Year: 2001; 2002
E: 208
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Don't go, Djinn! We'll miss you!
daniel: 3; 2
henry: 1; 1
EPISODE 229: ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE
Directors: Tom Shadyac
Screenwriter: Jack Bernstein, Tom Shadyac, Jim Carrey
Year: 1994
E: 209
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Dedicated to Alexander Godunov. A 4-year anniversary celebration of James Carrey and Tonathan Loc.
daniel: 4
henry: 4
EPISODE 230: ACE VENTURA: WHEN NATURE CALLS AND ACE VENTURA JR.: PET DETECTIVE
Directors: Steve Oedekerk; David Mickey Evans
Screenwriter: Steve Oedeker; Jeffrey Sank, Jason Heimberg, Justin Heimberg, David Mickey Evans
Year: 1995; 2009
E: 210
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Jim Carrey returns, even bigger. Then, Ace must return, much smaller. Some discussion of The Sandlot.
daniel: 1; 1
henry: 2; 1
EPISODE 231: THE THIN MAN AND AFTER THE THIN MAN
Directors: W. S. Van Dyke
Screenwriter: Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich
Year: 1934; 1936
E: 211
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Daniel's dad wanted to hear him yap about William Powell and Myrna Loy for a few weeks. Strap in. At one point, Asta pops a balloon.
daniel: 4; 3
henry: 4; 3
EPISODE 232: ANOTHER THIN MAN AND SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN
Directors: W. S. Van Dyke
Screenwriter: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett; Harry Kurnitz, Irving Brecher
Year: 1939; 1941
E: 2012
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We reckon with Shemp this week on The Franchise. Plus, is Asta a bad husband?
daniel: 3; 2
henry: 3; 3
EPISODE 233: THE THIN MAN GOES HOME AND SONG OF THE THIN MAN
Directors: Richard Thorpe; Edward Buzzell
Screenwriter: Robert Riskin, Dwight Taylor; Steve Fisher, Nat Perrin
Year: 1945; 1947
E: 213
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We greet our new Asta with curiosity and disdain, as Nick and Nora solve two more engaging mysteries. Plenty of dad angst!
daniel: 3; 2
henry: 3; 3
EPISODE 234: LIVE AND LET DIE AND THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
Directors: Guy Hamilton
Screenwriter: Tom Mankiewicz; Richard Maibaum, Tom Mankiewicz
Year: 1973; 1974
E: 214
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We return to Bond just in time for Roger Moore to exclusively pun and bone. Plus, Sheriff J.W. Pepper makes his triumphant debut.
daniel: 4; 2
henry: 2; 3
EPISODE 235: THE SPY WHO LOVED ME AND MOONRAKER
Directors: Lewis Gilbert
Screenwriter: Christopher Wood, Richard Maibaum
Year: 1977; 1979
E: 215
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The good one and the space one.
daniel: 3; 3
henry: 5; 1
EPISODE 236: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY AND OCTOPUSSY
Directors: John Glen;
Screenwriter: Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson, George McDonald Fraser
Year: 1981; 1983
E: 216
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Octopussy. For heaven's sake.
daniel: 3; 2
henry: 3; 2
EPISODE 237: NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN AND A VIEW TO A KILL
Directors: Irvin Kershner; John Glen
Screenwriter: Lorenzo Semple Jr.; Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum
Year: 1983; 1985
E: 217
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Connery makes a surprisingly classy return, and then Christopher Walken and Grace Jones desperately try to come to the aide of an elderly fellow.
daniel: 3; 3
henry: 3; 2
EPISODE 238: THE KISSING BOOTH AND THE KISSING BOOTH 2
Directors: Vince Marcello
Screenwriter: Vince Marcello; Vince Marcello, Jay Arnold
Year: 2018; 2020
E: 218
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We commemorate Summer 2020, with this Netflix juggernaut starring all your favorites: Joey King, her ex-boyfriend, Lee, Tuppen, Rachel, the British girl I think we forgot about in the episode, the OMG girls (both Ms), the dead mom, Molly Ringwald, Marco and the rest of the ostensible gang.
daniel: 3; 2
henry: 1; 1
EPISODE 239: THREE COLORS: BLUE
Directors: Kryszstof Kieslowski
Screenwriter: Kryszstof Piesiewicz; Kryszstof Kieslowski
Year: 1993
E: 219
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We discuss the first of Kryszstof Kieslowski's triptych about the colors of the French Flag. You know, for a change or whatever.
daniel: 5
henry: 5
EPISODE 240: THREE COLORS: WHITE AND THREE COLORS: RED
Directors: Kryszstof Kieslowski
Screenwriter: Kryszstof Kieslowski, Kryszstof Piesiewicz
Year: 1994
E: 220
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Henry discusses his favorite seasons of The Real World and we have a major revelation about the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me.
daniel: 3; 5
henry: 4; 5
