Slop Culture
Slop Culture is a happy hour podcast that strives to see the beauty in stupidity. Movies, books, video games, media--anything that falls under the theater of the macho and the campy, we can't get enough of. Join us for a drink, a few laughs and then send us your angry letters when we have opinions you don't like.
Episodes
39 episodes
Red Dawn (1984) - You Tug, You Toss
This week, the boys treat themselves to an American classic which asks the question that every young American has ever asked themselves: "what if school got canceled because World War III broke out and Patrick Swayze was also there?" Also featu...
Jason & The Argonauts (1966) - My Close Comrade, Thaddeus the Magnificent
It is Slop Culture's utmost pleasure to introduce an iconic film about hairy skinny dudes rowing boats and slapping skeletons--Jason & The Argonauts. Join Will and Sam in a discussion on topics such as Ray Harryhausen's vision, cinema's ear...
The Gauntlet - Vanillainous
In a very special episode of Slop Culture, the podcast talks about its very first film featuring America's favorite morally-dubious, spiritually-lugubrious, gun-toting, chain-smoking, grizzled gizzard son of an onion, Clint Eastwood, in The Gau...
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky - The Chalupacabra
The boys revisit the joys of Hong Kong cinema with the spectacularly gory, spectacularly ridiculous, spectacularly beefy opus that is Riki-Oh, the story of one man's passionate desire to bring about prison reforms by punching through walls and ...
Terminator Salvation - Leave A Pack Of Camels Out For Florida Santa
Today on Slop Culture, Will and Sam journey to the moment where the Terminator franchise stopped and the Terminator Cinematic Universe began. Join us for a thoughtful discussion on what makes a character, what makes a plot, what makes a human--...
Deathstalker (1983) - Horrifically Entombed Among Layers of Blubber
This week, the boys investigate a piece of Argentinian Cinematic History in the form of the extremely violent, extremely low-budget, extremely body-hairless legendary film, Deathstalker. Join us for a discussion of pop culture history, Will's b...
Sloppy Seconds - Baby Got Backrooms
On the inaugural session of Sloppy Seconds, the boys talk about horror film sensation, THE BACKROOMS, one of Sam's very favorite settings and, now, one of his very favorite movies. Also included in this episode: bad endings to good shows, the t...
Atomic Blonde - I'll Give You One Hint: Domino Theory
Today, the boys take a look at Charlize Theron's spectacular Cold War thriller, Atomic Blonde--the ONLY movie where you can get a stunning 1980s soundtrack, John Goodman in a suit and a verifiable chorus of Eastern European dudes getting whacke...
Point Break (1991) - They Crucify The Gorilla
The boys take a course in Early Keanu History with his action-filled role as FBI agent Johnny Utah, playing opposite the chillest sociopath you'll ever meet in Patrick Swayze. Thoughtful deep dives into the relationship between action and roman...
Bloodsport - Crucifix Spurs Is A Vibe
The boys talk about one of the most foundational films to the martial arts genre, defining many of its most treasured tropes--secretive high-stakes tournaments, fists soaked in gore, the burning warrior spirit and dudes threateningly making the...
The Meg - This T-Rex Is Just Too Comfortable With His Body
Today, Will and Sam enjoy a monster movie for a new era. Jason Statham turns in a mostly-hairless performance as a deep sea rescue specialist hired by a multinational team of scientists to dive to the bottom of the ocean and punch the hell out ...
Sahara - All Is White And Empty
This week, Will introduces Sam to his favorite movie that has been or ever will be--Sahara, starring Matthew McConaughey as Dirk Pitt, which is a name that sounds like a dude who has been involved in numerous last stands and is linked to at lea...
The Magnificent Seven (2016) - Gaze Into Infinity, Brother
The boys talk about Antoine Fuqua's take on a classic western action flick starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and more in a sprawling study of what it means to be a man who can't move beyond his past and the best he can do with the curse o...
Escape From New York - We Should Absolutely Be Wearing Spats
The boys take a moment to pour a glass of classic Kurt Russell and savor the heady aroma of a classic commando story about what happens when politics are decided via guys with eyepatches and New York is finally allowed to live its authentic sel...
Krull - It's Like Something Bad That Happens To You, Physically
In a very special episode of Slop Culture, Will and Sam pay attention and homage to one of the earliest and most ambitious attempts at fantasy cinema: Krull. The boys discuss what it means to be a creative flop that laid the groundwork for clas...
True Lies - Stay Off The Lovecraftian Section of Grindr
Will and Sam do more glazing than a donut factory over James Cameron's action movie touchstone in which Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis show off the fun, quirky and romantic side of brazen misappropriation of government resources and...
Dredd - Illegal Go-Gurt
This week, the boys journey to pay their respects at the shrine of New Zealand's patron saint, Karl Urban, in his gritty dystopian action flick, Dredd. Included inside: slasher bars, crucial updates on how Sam's curry turned out, and so much gl...
2 Fast 2 Furious - You Wanna See Some Flamingos?
In honor of our 22nd episode, Slop Culture is proud to present its thorough critical analysis of one of the most profound entries into the most sacred wings of cinema's hallowed halls: 2 Fast 2 Furious. Enclosed within: how to run a zoo as a ma...
The Expendables 2 - Ah, Le Goonage
This week, Will and Sam take a look at Sylvester Stallone's Expendables 2, a thoughtful and nuanced study of the relationship between masculinity, intimacy and conflict. Also, Jason Statham dresses up like a priest and stabs a dude and says "I ...
The Brothers Grimm - I'm Just A Guy Who Misunderstands Pack Dynamics
Today, Will and Sam take a look at one of Heath Ledger's last performances as a fairy tale-obsessed conman who gets asked to help Matt Damon beat up a horse that spits spiders in the action-fantasy-buddy-comedy-horror-action-comedy-thriller-fan...
District B13 - I'm Gonna Call It ScareBnB
In the name of international relations, the boys have a look at District B13, the only movie that dares to ask what if the Fast and the Furious franchise was about parkour instead of cars and was about saving the Eiffel Tower from nukes and als...
Hackers - I Cast Delete Mom
Join the boys as they journey back in time to the primitive 1990's, where computers were magical and the only thing cooler than ninjas were the people who knew how to use them (the computers, not the ninjas). The People of Japan v. Macaulay Cul...
American Ninja - Seinfeld Gaiden: Thousand Year Death Tournament
Will and Sam go digging for 80's gold in this action-heavy, logic-light that dares to dream of a world where ninjutsu-practicing individuals can lead long, full lives with meaningful contributions to international government and artistic herita...
The Equalizer 3 - I'd Still End Up In the Flesh Sack, Probably.
The boys celebrate the legendary career of Denzel Washington by watching a film in which he enjoys a soul-healing vacation to scenic Naples, Italy and connects deeply with the local culture in between scenes of overwhelmingly horrifying psychop...
Valentine's Day Special - Dueling Eroticas
To celebrate America's fourth-favorite corporate holiday, the lads decide to flex their creative writing muscles by writing opposing erotic video game fanfiction to see whose chops for crafting stories of pixelated pounding is superior. There a...