Episodes & Rankings
Below is a list of The Franchise episodes 261 - 280 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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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 261: DADDY'S HOME AND DADDY'S HOME 2
Directors: Sean Anders
Screenwriter: Brian Burns, Sean Anders, John Morris
Year: 2015; 2017
E: 239
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Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg pretend hate crimes are genetic. (Excuse the occasional static--you don't want to hear it and I don't want to hear about it).
daniel: 3; 1
henry: 2; 1
EPISODE 262: SHREK AND SHREK 2
Directors: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson; Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon
Screenwriter: Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, Roger S. H. Schulman; Andrew Adamson, Joe Stillman, J. David Stem, David N. Weiss
Year: 2001; 2004
E: 240
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SoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooomeBODY, etc.
daniel: 3; 1
henry: 3; 2
EPISODE 263: SHREK THE THIRD AND SHREK FOREVER AFTER
Directors: Chris Miller; Mike Mitchell
Screenwriter: Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman, Chris Miller, Aron Warner; Josh Klausner, Darren Lemke
Year: 2007; 2010
E: 241
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Resident Shrekspert Shut Up Tim Ahlin joins us to discuss his favorite topic, Green characters. Everyone stays in good spirits throughout. Timberlake and Monty Python get gleefully torn down.
daniel: 1; 3
henry: 2; 3
TIM: 2; 4
EPISODE 264: PUSS IN BOOTS AND SHREK THE MUSICAL
Directors: Chris Miller; David Lindsay-Abaire
Screenwriter: Tom Wheeler; David Lindsay-Abaire
Year: 2011; 2008-2018
E: 242
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The wait is ogre. A full Shrek ranking is here, including extensive discussion of the franchise's lone spin-pff and Broadway extension.
daniel: 3; 1
henry: 2; 1
EPISODE 265: PUSHER AND PUSHER II: WITH BLOOD ON MY HANDS
Directors: Nicholas Winding Refn
Screenwriter: Jens Dahl, Nicholas Winding Refn; Nicholas Winding Refn,
Year: 1996; 2004
E: 243
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Nicholas Winding Refn. Mads Mikkelsen. Henry imposes his Danish ways upon us this week.
daniel: 4; 4
henry: 5; 4
EPISODE 266: I AM THE ANGEL OF DEATH: PUSHER III AND PUSHER (2012)
Directors: Nicholas Winding Refn; Luis Prieto
Screenwriter: Nicholas Winding Refn; Matthew Read
Year: 2005; 2012
E: 244
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Refn pops in for one more character piece, before we get a remake that nobody asked for.
daniel: 2; 2
henry: 3; 2
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EPISODE 267: SPIDER-MAN AND SPIDER-MAN 2
Directors: Sam Raimi
Screenwriter: David Koepp; Alvin Sargent
Year: 2002; 2004
E: 245
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Raimi. Tobey. Dunst. I don't even need to hype this episode. Know why? Cuz YOU'RE GOING NOWHERE. patreon.com/thefranchise if you're nasty.
daniel: 4; 4
henry: 5; 5
EPISODE 268: SPIDER-MAN 3 AND THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
Directors: Sam Raimi; Marc Webb
Screenwriter: Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, Alvin Sargent; James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent, Steve Kloves
Year: 2007; 2012
E: 246
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It's Maguire vs. Garfield in a battle of the baby heads, innit? patreon.com/thefranchise plz
daniel: 3; 3
henry: 3; 2
EPISODE 269: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 AND SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING
Directors: Marc Webb; Jon Watts
Screenwriter: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner, James Vanderbilt; Johnathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Jon Watts, Christopher Ford, Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers
Year: 2014; 2017
E: 247
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Jamie Foxx takes a big swing and Spider-Man is finally folded into his wider comic book universe, with a new cast and a familiar aesthetic. patreon.com/thefranchise
daniel: 2; 4
henry: 2; 4
EPISODE 270: SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE AND SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME
Directors: Bob Persichetti, Pete Ramsey, Rodney Rothman; Jon Watts
Screenwriter: Phil Lord, Rodney Rothman; Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers
Year: 2018; 2019
E: 248
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We close out the Spider-Man franchise in grand style, with two first-time watches for Henry and one critical reevaluation from Daniel. Franchise road show this week, too! Regardless, patreon.com/thefranchise
daniel: 5; 4
henry: 4; 4
EPISODE 271: COMING TO AMERICA AND COMING 2 AMERICA
Directors: John Landis; Craig Brewer
Screenwriter: David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein; Kenya Barris, Barry W. Blaustein, David Sheffield
Year: 1988; 2021
E: 249
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A Coming to America sequel just came out so you know we had to jump all over that thing.
daniel: 4; 1
henry: 5; 1
EPISODE 272: A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS AND FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE
Directors: Sergio Leone,
Screenwriter: Based on Yojimbo by Akira Kurosawa; Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Leone, Sergio Donati
Year: 1964; 1965
E: 250
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The Man With Occasional Names trilogy begins, courtesy of patron Aaron Holcomb. Also, some personal stuff infects the episode!
daniel: 4; 5
henry: 4; 5
EPISODE 273: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Directors: Sergio Leone
Screenwriter: Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Leone
Year: 1966
E: 251
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What even is a franchise anyway? The gang gets existential this week! more on patreon.com/thefranchise probably.
daniel: 5
henry: 5
EPISODE 274: ROMANCING THE STONE AND THE JEWEL OF THE NILE
Directors: Robert Zemeckis; Lewis Teague
Screenwriter: Diane Thomas; Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner
Year: 1984; 1985
E: 252
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A Michael Douglas Production of a Michael Douglas Film starring Michael Douglas as Colton T. Whatever.
daniel: 3; 2
henry: 4; 2
EPISODE 275: 28 DAYS LATER AND 28 WEEKS LATER
Directors: Danny Boyle; Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Screenwriter: Alex Garland; Rowan Joffe, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, E. L. Lavigne, Jesus Olmo
Year: 2003; 2007
E: 253
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We debate whether Cillian Murphy has had a successful career, talk about recovery movies and talk a lot of shit about The Walking Dead. Long one.
daniel: 3; 2
henry: 5; 3
EPISODE 276: SPY KIDS AND SPY KIDS 2: THE ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS
Directors: Robert Rodriguez
Screenwriter: Robert Rodriguez
Year: 2001; 2002
E: 254
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We finally engage with Robert Rodriguez on the main feed, as he gathers ideas from all his greatest influences (his kids, George Lucas, Austin Powers, his own segment of Four Rooms) to create a new kid klassic!
daniel: 3; 3
henry: 1; 1
EPISODE 277: SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER AND SPY KIDS 4-D: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD
Directors: Robert Rodriguez
Screenwriter: Robert Rodriguez
Year: 2003; 2011
E: 255
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Shut Up Time joins us to discuss the Toymaker and the Clockmaster or whatever it is. These films prove to be mildly divisive!
daniel: 1; 1
henry: 1; 1
tim: 1; 1
EPISODE 278: MY GIRL AND MY GIRL 2
Directors: Howard Zieff
Screenwriter: Laurice Elehwany; Janet Kovalcik
Year: 1991; 1994
E: 256
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Whither thou Austin O'Brien? We cover two delightful coming of age pieces, which came out in the early 90s but were set in the early 70s. Chlumsky!
daniel: 4; 3
henry: 2; 2
EPISODE 279: SLAP SHOT
Directors: George Roy Hill
Screenwriter: Nancy Dowd
Year: 1977
E: 257
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Back to the hockey well, with Paul Newman and the Hanson Boys making like a team of Tom Wilsons and acting like a buncha dicks on ice.
daniel: 4
henry: 3
EPISODE 280: SLAP SHOT 2: BREAKING THE ICE AND SLAP SHOT 3: THE JUNIOR LEAGUE
Directors: Steve Boyum; Richard Martin
Screenwriter: Broderick Miller; Brad Riddell
Year: 2002; 2008
E: 258
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Look at that title. This is definitely the episode that is finally going to get us into the AV Club's "Podmass" feature. Us and Conan. Let's goooooooooooooo.
daniel: 1; 1
henry: 1; 1
