Rowdy genre movie arguments with rules.
Chew Bubblegum and Kick Ass follows Brett, Dylan, and Tucker through themed movie series, from home-invasion picks to action picks chosen for someone else. The talk is casual, fast, and joke-heavy, but it keeps circling back to performances, premises, genre rules, and why certain strange movies stick.
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Chew Bubblegum and Kick Ass is a movie discussion show organized around themed runs, running jokes, and competitive selection rules. Brett, Dylan, and Tucker do not simply review a new title each week. They build small programming blocks, nominate films, test the logic of the category, and then return to crown a winner. Recent episodes move from the Get Out of My House series into Action Movies for the Other Guy. That gives the show a playful structure: a movie has to qualify, someone has to defend the pick, and everyone gets to second-guess the choice. The home-invasion stretch includes Panic Room, Bone, and You're Next. The conversations ask practical genre questions, such as whether the house must be the primary setting or whether one invasion scene is enough. Then the talk swerves. Panic Room prompts uncertainty about its place after Fight Club. Bone leads through its strange setup with Bone appearing at a wealthy couple's house. You're Next gets weighed as a pick that might actually win. The action run changes the game again, with each person choosing films they think another person might have picked. True Lies becomes a reason to talk about a singular screen presence and the odd comedy of movie dialogue. Mr No Legs becomes the kind of left-of-center choice the show seems designed to reward. The tone is messy, quick, and deliberately unserious. Still, the movie talk has texture. The speakers pay attention to performance, influence, category fit, memorable bits, and the gap between remembered affection and the actual rewatch. Winner episodes turn those impressions into loose awards, including Most Unexpected, Most Influential, Best Performance, Best in Show, and a category tied to the series theme. The show works best for listeners who enjoy horror, action, thrillers, left-of-center titles, and the social ritual of arguing about why a movie belongs. It is not reverent criticism. It is a funny, abrasive, rules-obsessed movie night that keeps finding real observations inside the noise.
Made for: Best for listeners who like movies, horror-adjacent genre talk, action oddities, and informal roundtable comedy. It especially suits people who enjoy hearing friends argue category rules as much as plot or craft.
What sets it apart: The show turns themed movie runs into a game of nominations, defenses, and winner categories. Its strongest moments come from the mix of crude banter, exacting genre boundaries, and small observational details other reviews might skip.
This podcast used to be about John Carpenter but we watched all his stuff. Now Brett, Dylan, and Tucker watch and talk about a set of movies revolving around a certain theme, such as movies that take place in a tall building, holiday horror, nostalgia films, and more. It's a very high-brow affair.
Movie night gets delightfully overruled by Brett, Dylan, and Tucker before anyone reaches the verdict.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A loose, profane Arnold rewatch that fixes on the movie's funniest beats.
The review frames True Lies as a big, ridiculous Arnold showcase and stays close to the movie's comic excess. It spends the most time on the mushroom-cloud kiss, the tiny "bye" that follows, and Schwarzenegger's knack for owning a scene without flattening it.
A loose, funny debate about why dramatic actors can make comic turns land.
Comedic Turn frames comedy as a matter of dramatic baggage: what happens when performers associated with serious work step into comic roles? The discussion sets the new series against its dramatic-turn counterpart, then lets the premise loosen into soundboard daydreams, the…
A loose, funny chat about Hard Target and Surviving the Game, driven by style and star power.
Chew Bubblegum and Kick Ass pairs Hard Target with Surviving the Game as a loose, good-humored double feature. The talk circles style, star image, and the old question of who sells danger better, Van Damme or Ice-T, with detours through haircuts, trench coats, and the strange…
Fast movie talk with critical bite.
Horror criticism with jokes, brackets, and blood memory.
Nostalgia reviews with jokes and receipts.
Pop culture with receipts and velocity.
Chew Bubblegum and Kick Ass opens its “edging” series with Jonathan Kaplan's 1979 film Over the Edge, about junior-high teens in a planned community.
“Edging” gives Chew Bubblegum and Kick Ass a loose rule: select movies with “edge” in the title, then debate what that word means.
Chew Bubblegum and Kick Ass wraps its Slam Dunks series by judging Blue Chips, Street Dreams, and Stone Cold across five categories.
Chew Bubblegum and Kick Ass begins the “Slam Dunks” series by defining eligible athlete-to-actor movies through a debate over professional sports, team sports, and non-cameo roles.
Chew Bubblegum and Kick Ass compares Scream 3, The Player, and Get Shorty to declare a winner in the What That It Were So Simple series.
Chew Bubblegum and Kick-Ass frames True Lies as Tucker’s Dylan pick in its “Action Movies for the Other Guy” series and immediately compares it with First Blood, Mr.
Three hosts discuss their blind picks for action movies, including the film 'Mr No Legs', and debate whether they would have chosen each other's selections.
The hosts announce the winner in their 'Get Out of My House' movie series, reviewing three films across six categories.
The hosts discuss the 2011 horror film 'You're Next' as part of their 'Get Out of My House' movie series, with one host expressing excitement and confidence about the movie.
The hosts introduce their new themed series 'Get Out of My House' and begin discussing the 1972 film 'Bone'.
The hosts discuss parameters for a new series on home invasion movies, debating what qualifies as a home invasion film.
The hosts joke about British accents in porn and introduce their discussion of the cult film The Toxic Avenger.
The hosts discuss the movie 'Along Came Pauly' as part of a series on comedic turns by actors.
Chew Bubblegum and Kick Ass begins its “comedic turn” series by examining dramatic actors whose comic performances felt unexpected, rather than actors already known for comedy.
The hosts discuss the credits and character names in the movie Can't Hardly Wait before introducing their episode on a themed movie set.
The hosts discuss the movie 'Dazed and Confused' as part of their 'School is Out' series, sharing their appreciation for director Richard Linklater.
The hosts introduce a new series about movies set around the end of school, debating criteria and listing potential films.
The hosts conclude a 'cage match' saga by discussing three movies: Peggy Sue Got Married, Leaving Las Vegas, and Mandy.
The hosts introduce their Cage match series and discuss Tucker's pick, the Nicolas Cage film Mandy.
The hosts discuss their cage match series pick, 'Leaving Las Vegas', including its director, source material, and Nicolas Cage's Oscar win.
The hosts introduce a new series called Cage Match where they will discuss and compete over Nicholas Cage movies.
The hosts introduce a themed movie discussion, referencing the film Good Burger and joking about their podcast's evolution.
The hosts discuss the twin films Paul Blart: Mall Cop and Observe and Report, comparing their comedic styles and cultural impact.
The hosts introduce their twin films series and discuss the pair of movies about gay conversion camps released in 2018.
Chew Bubblegum and Kick Ass compares Hard Target and Surviving the Game as the first pair in its twin-film series, with Brett Battlestein, Dylan Haas, and Tucker trading memories of seeing Hard Target in theaters in 1993.
The hosts introduce a new series on twin films, discussing movies with similar plots released around the same time, starting with examples like Armageddon and Deep Impact.
The hosts discuss and compare three cult films—Event Horizon, Falling Down, and Universal Soldier—in a competitive ranking format.
The hosts introduce their episode on Event Horizon, a film by Paul W.S.
The hosts kick off a new series nominating movies for their 'best of the worst' theme, discussing lighter fare after a previous traumatic film.
The hosts declare a winner in their childhood trauma movie series, discussing traumatic films from their youth.
The hosts introduce an episode discussing the 1989 horror film 'Pet Sematary' as part of their childhood trauma series, with Tucker selecting it as his pick.
The hosts introduce a new series on their podcast focusing on childhood trauma movies, blending humor and personal anecdotes.
The hosts declare a winner in their 'best of the worst of the best' film series, focusing on director's picks including Hold the Dark, Psycho, and Popeye.
The hosts discuss their movie review series, focusing on the third and final film in their 'Best Of The Worst Of The Best' segment, with banter about their attitudes toward nominated movies.