A weekly show with celebrity guests who revisit movies that people disliked and watch them now to see how great they are with hosts Bryan Kluger, Dan Moran, Preston Barta, and Chelsea Nicole.
FEAR AND LOATHING IN CINEMA
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A weekly show with celebrity guests who revisit movies that people disliked and watch them now to see how great they are with hosts Bryan Kluger, Dan Moran, Preston Barta, and Chelsea Nicole.
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June 30, 2026
Episode #164 – Pain and Gain (2013)
<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> In the ripped gym world of film podcasts, where every opinion sounds like it was approved by a committee of Letterboxd users, Fear and Loathing in Cinema feels refreshingly unhinged. It's less a podcast than a booth at a 2 a.m. diner where the fries are cold, the coffee is suspiciously alive, and arguing about movies is treated like an Olympic sport.<br /> The hosts don't just review films, they lovingly pick through the wreckage. Bad movies, forgotten gems, and spectacular disasters, everything gets the same affectionate treatment because sometimes the train wreck is more interesting than the destination.<br /> Bryan Kluger gleefully follows filmmakers off the nearest cinematic cliff. Preston Barta somehow finds genuine humanity in the chaos. Dan Moran cross-examines plot holes like they're on trial. Together, they're proof that talking about movies can be just as entertaining as watching them.<br /> On the latest episode of Fear and Loathing in Cinema, Bryan, Dan, and Preston do what every middle-aged movie podcaster eventually must do. They stare into the sun of American masculinity and discover that it is wearing a tank top from a Miami gym. Their subject is Pain & Gain, which is Michael Bay's delirious 2013 true-crime movie, featuring Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, and what appears to be every stand-up comedian who happened to be wandering through Florida at the time.<br /> The trio approaches the film with the seriousness of scholars and the restraint of men who have just discovered pre-workout powder. They debate whether Pain & Gain is Bay's masterpiece, which is a sentence that feels illegal to write but somehow becomes persuasive after twenty minutes. They marvel at the film's spectacular violence, its protein-shake philosophy of life, and the astonishing fact that this absurd story actually happened.<br /> Most delightfully, they argue that The Rock was robbed of an Oscar, a claim delivered with enough conviction to make you briefly reconsider the Academy's entire history. Somewhere between discussions of dismemberment, dumbbells, and the American dream gone horribly and hilariously wrong, the episode becomes a celebration of cinematic excess itself.<br /> It is, in other words, exactly the sort of conversation Michael Bay would appreciate. It's loud, enthusiastic, slightly unhinged, and convinced that bigger is always better.<br /> Listen everywhere.<br /> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fear-and-loathing-in-cinema/id1569243738" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FEAR AND LOATHING PODCAST APPLE PODCASTS</a><br /> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2mnewXgoxiUvAmnk3yfdIs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FEAR AND LOATHING PODCAST SPOTIFY</a><br /> Thank you for listening.<br /> WRITTEN BY: <a href="https://linktr.ee/bryankluger">BRYAN KLUGER</a><br /> Bryan Kluger is an entertainment critic, writer, and podcast host with a deep love for film, horror, and pop culture. His work has appeared in outlets such as Arts+Culture Magazine, High-Def Digest, Screen Rant, The Huffington Post, The Drudge Report, Fark, and Boomstick Comics. He hosts My Bloody Podcast and Fear and Loathing in Cinema Podcast, along with a weekly radio show, where he brings sharp insight, humor, and an unabashed passion for movies to every conversation.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
June 21, 2026
Episode #163 – Tomb Raider (2018)
In the tomb raiding world of film podcasts, where opinions often arrive vacuum-sealed and pre-approved by Letterboxd disciples who say “actually” the way sommeliers say “oak-forward,” there drifts a peculiar and charming vessel called Fear and Loathing in Cinema. It is less a podcast than a late-night diner booth where the mozzarella sticks have gone cold, the coffee has achieved sentience, and nobody particularly cares who wins the argument so long as the argument remains entertaining.<br /> The show traffics in the familiar pleasures of movie obsession: nostalgia, criticism, over-analysis, and the occasional spirited defense of a sequel no reasonable jury would acquit. But its real gift is what might be called the affectionate autopsy. Movies are pulled apart not with the cold efficiency of a coroner but with the curiosity of archaeologists dusting off a relic they can’t quite believe exists. Was it bad? Maybe. Was it fascinatingly bad? That’s where the fun begins. The hosts understand that cinema history is littered with glorious wreckage and that sometimes the crash site tells a more interesting story than the monument.<br /> At the center of it all is a quartet whose chemistry feels less like a panel discussion and more like the dinner party that somehow survives both politics and tequila. Bryan Kluger hosts with the enthusiasm of a man willing to follow a filmmaker into increasingly dangerous territory just to see how weird things get. Preston Barta has a knack for finding the emotional heartbeat inside movies that others dismiss. Dan Moran approaches plot holes like a prosecutor who has spent weeks preparing exhibits. And Chelsea Nicole possesses the rare ability to cut through nonsense with a single observation that somehow manages to be both hilarious and devastatingly accurate.<br /> On Episode #162 of Fear and Loathing in Cinema, Bryan, Dan, and Chelsea strap themselves to the wings of the 2018 Tomb Raider reboot and attempt to survive the turbulence. Starring Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft, the film operates on the charmingly deranged belief that if one adventure-movie cliché is good, then twelve must be better. Deadly viruses? Certainly. Long-lost parents? Naturally. Wild animals, ancient tombs, possible zombies, international conspiracies, and, for reasons known only to screenwriters in a panic, a bicycle courier weaving through city traffic? All present and accounted for in this Tomb Raider.<br /> What follows is less a coherent story than a cinematic yard sale where every idea is marked down and tossed into the cart. Bryan, Dan, and Chelsea do their best to decipher the madness, connect the disconnected dots, and figure out how a movie can contain so much and still feel like it misplaced the instructions. The result is a gloriously funny conversation about blockbuster excess, franchise desperation, and the peculiar joy of watching a film try absolutely everything. Listen everywhere.<br /> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fear-and-loathing-in-cinema/id1569243738" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FEAR AND LOATHING PODCAST APPLE PODCASTS</a><br /> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2mnewXgoxiUvAmnk3yfdIs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FEAR AND LOATHING PODCAST SPOTIFY</a><br /> Thank you for listening.<br /> WRITTEN BY: <a href="https://linktr.ee/bryankluger">BRYAN KLUGER</a><br /> Bryan Kluger is an entertainment critic, writer, and podcast host with a deep love for film, horror, and pop culture. His work has appeared in outlets such as Arts+Culture Magazine, High-Def Digest, Screen Rant, The Huffington Post, The Drudge Report, Fark, and Boomstick Comics. He hosts My Bloody Podcast and Fear and Loathing in Cinema Podcast, along with a weekly radio show, where he brings sharp insight, humor, and an unabashed passion for movies to every conversation.
June 14, 2026
Episode #162 – Wide Awake (1998)
In the elderly world of film podcasts, where opinions often arrive vacuum-sealed and pre-approved by Letterboxd disciples who say “actually” the way sommeliers say “oak-forward,” there drifts a peculiar and charming vessel called Fear and Loathing in Cinema. It is less a podcast than a late-night diner booth where the mozzarella sticks have gone cold, the coffee has achieved sentience, and nobody particularly cares who wins the argument so long as the argument remains entertaining.<br /> The show traffics in the familiar pleasures of movie obsession: nostalgia, criticism, over-analysis, and the occasional spirited defense of a sequel no reasonable jury would acquit. But its real gift is what might be called the affectionate autopsy. Movies are pulled apart not with the cold efficiency of a coroner but with the curiosity of archaeologists dusting off a relic they can’t quite believe exists. Was it bad? Maybe. Was it fascinatingly bad? That’s where the fun begins. The hosts understand that cinema history is littered with glorious wreckage and that sometimes the crash site tells a more interesting story than the monument.<br /> At the center of it all is a quartet whose chemistry feels less like a panel discussion and more like the dinner party that somehow survives both politics and tequila. Bryan Kluger hosts with the enthusiasm of a man willing to follow a filmmaker into increasingly dangerous territory just to see how weird things get. Preston Barta has a knack for finding the emotional heartbeat inside movies that others dismiss. Dan Moran approaches plot holes like a prosecutor who has spent weeks preparing exhibits. And Chelsea Nicole possesses the rare ability to cut through nonsense with a single observation that somehow manages to be both hilarious and devastatingly accurate.<br /> On Episode #162 of Fear and Loathing in Cinema, Bryan, Dan, Preston, and Chelsea crack their eyelids open for Wide Awake, the charmingly odd little comedy-drama that spent years gathering dust on a Harvey Weinstein shelf before escaping into the world as M. Night Shyamalan's first feature, long before dead people started chatting with Haley Joel Osment.<br /> The film feels less like a debut and more like a secret origin story. Everyone remembers Shyamalan emerging fully formed from The Sixth Sense, but Wide Awake is where the fingerprints first appear with faith and doubt wrestling in the same room, grief lingering like an uninvited relative, children searching for answers, adults pretending they have them, and the nagging suspicion that the universe might be hiding something just off-screen.<br /> Along the way, the gang tumbles headfirst into the existential and religious questions that would come to define much of Shyamalan's career, debates whether this movie contains even a molecule of horror, and marvels at the strange comic chemistry between a classroom full of wisecracking kids and Rosie O'Donnell, who somehow operates on the same wavelength as all of them. Most surprising of all, Wide Awake turns out to be warm, sweet, and unapologetically cheesy. It's a film with its heart worn so openly on its sleeve that you almost expect it to get detention for it.<br /> It's M. Night before the twists, before the hype, and before audiences spent entire movies trying to outguess him. Enjoy this episode everywhere.<br /> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fear-and-loathing-in-cinema/id1569243738" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FEAR AND LOATHING PODCAST APPLE PODCASTS</a><br /> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2mnewXgoxiUvAmnk3yfdIs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FEAR AND LOATHING PODCAST SPOTIFY</a><br /> Thank you for listening.<br /> WRITTEN BY: <a href="https://linktr.ee/bryankluger">BRYAN KLUGER</a><br /> Bryan Kluger is an entertainment critic, writer, and podcast host with a deep love for film, horror, and pop culture. His work has appeared in outlets such as Arts+Culture Magazine,
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