Fast film chat without the varnish.
Film Basterds treats cinema as pub-table sport: quick jokes, immediate pushback, and practical verdicts on what is actually worth seeing. Recent episodes swing from Scream 7 and Wicked for Good to Oscar nominations, Netflix contenders, horror sequels, trailers, and industry chat.
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Film Basterds is a weekly film-chat show where the conversation feels live, fast, and lightly out of control in the best way. It is a panel show, not a lecture. A review can begin with a joke about forgetting the running order, slide into trailer talk, and end with a surprisingly exact complaint about narration, music cues, casting, or CGI. Recent episodes show the range clearly. Scream 7 gets treated as both franchise machinery and a watchable object in front of them. Wicked for Good becomes awards context, musical-event fallout, and a reason to ask who actually needed to see it. Train Dreams opens up a more serious register, with attention to narration, memory, trauma, and the shape of a life story rather than standard plot beats. Frankenstein, Hell House LLC Origins, Keeper, Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, Wake Up Dead Man, Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value, and Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere all sit inside the same restless review engine. The show likes practical questions. Does the film work? Is the casting helping? Did the effects land on screen? Is the trailer selling something real or just noise? Awards specials add another lane, with nominations, perceived snubs, campaign momentum, and Academy taste argued in plain language rather than reverent ceremony. The panel can be warm, but it is rarely soft. It is happier puncturing hype than joining it. The bickering gives the show texture, because disagreement is part of how it reaches a verdict. The result is film talk for people who want jokes, irritation, affection, and actual criticism in the same conversation. It sounds casual. It is more informed than it pretends to be.
Made for: Best for film fans who want weekly reviews, trailer reactions, awards chat, and franchise arguments with sharp comic friction. It especially suits listeners who enjoy opinionated banter more than polished critic monologues.
What sets it apart: Film Basterds stands out by treating movies as both entertainment and evidence: the panel jokes hard, then checks the actual choices on screen. Its anti-hype streak keeps prestige releases, horror sequels, streaming titles, and franchise entries on the same unforgiving footing.
Weekly film chat with reviews, discussion of the latest film news and the occasional bickering of a married couple as their friend listens somewhat nervously.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Film Basterds pairs candid verdicts with close attention to performances, effects and storytelling choices, letting disagreement sharpen each review.
Film Basterds turns movie reviewing into a lively three-way argument, with Mark Foster, Becky Foster and Ian Loring testing their reactions against one another instead of forcing a tidy consensus.
Scream 7 gets called both shit and really enjoyable; your group chat has competition.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Karaoke detours, horror flourishes, and a blunt, example-heavy takedown of a film's choices.
Episode 623 opens on Gangster's Paradise and wanders through memory lane with a Christmas-party rendition and the night before Mike's wedding, when Becky, Mark and George sang it to each other before clocking that it was the wrong track.
A loose Scream 7 discussion that also covers watches, plays, and trailers.
Film Bastards episode 620 centers on a single review of Scream 7, while Mark, Becky, and Ian also trade notes on what they have been watching or playing, along with a few trailers.
A lively Oscar-nomination debate finds its spark in Wicked for Good's blank slate and Ethan Hawke's recognition.
Film Bastards turns Oscar-nomination fallout into a brisk, opinionated pass through what the Academy now seems willing to reward. Wicked for Good gives the episode its sharpest point of tension, with its blank slate, even in Best Original Song, framed as a baffling miss.
A loose double bill that finds more weight in Train Dreams' small details.
Episode 607 keeps its focus on a double bill, pairing Netflix's Train Dreams, which all three hosts have seen, with Wicked for Good, the finale Ian and Mark frame as the end of an epic musical run.
A bumper panel that keeps pushing the biggest buzz back into the room.
This episode is a bumper, slightly overstuffed sweep through Springsteen Deliver Me From Nowhere, A House of Dynamite, Frankenstein again with del Toro, and Hell House, with some what they have been watching folded in along the way.
A brisk horror discussion on warped reality, repetition, and an ending that feels too easy to call.
Film Basterds' delayed short episode is at its best when the panel digs into how the film bends reality around its lead until she seems to be losing her grip.
A brisk, unruly film-chat episode where The Fall Guy shares space with a sharply irritated Unfrosted takedown.
Film Basterds' Episode 538 takes a moment to find its footing, then settles into a packed film-chat rhythm built around The Fall Guy and Love Lies Bleeding.
Mike Muncer and a different guest dissect two horror films per episode, by subgenre.
Ian, Becky, and Mark review three new films on a time-crunched episode of Film Basterds.
Hosts Matt Foster, Ian Loring, and Becky review two new releases: 'The Fall Guy' and 'Love Lies Bleeding'.
This bonus episode features a spontaneous discussion between hosts analyzing the just-announced 2025 Oscar nominations, focusing on surprises like Sebastian Stan's nomination for Best Actor.
Ian starts with Gangster's Paradise.
Episode 620 opens with the usual greetings.
["Film Basterds turns a mini-episode into an Oscar-nomination reaction show, with Ian and Mark covering the 2025 list instead of waiting for the year-end episode.", "The sharpest early target is Wicked for Good, which they say was blanked including Best Original Song despite two new songs and roughly $500 million at the box office.", "Best Original Song turns into a joke about Golden from K-Pop Demon Hunters and Dear Me from Diane Warren Relentless, a Diane Warren song inside a Diane Warren documentary.", "The international feature five pushes out No Other Choice, while the acting and craft races produce arguments over Chase Infinity, Benicio Del Toro, F1 editing, Train Dreams cinematography, and Frankenstein production design."]
The hosts introduce episode 613 of Film Bastards, discussing non-alcoholic drinks and previewing upcoming film reviews including The Anti-Supreme and a new Joaquin Triant film.
This episode of Film Bastards discusses horror movies including Five Nights at Freddy's 2 and Keeper, along with trailers, news about Rob Reiner, and other film-related segments.
The hosts of Film Bastards discuss their upcoming review of the movie 'Wake Up Dead Man' and other film-related content including trailers and what they've been watching.
Ian, Becky and Mark open episode 607 by lining up Train Dreams and Wicked for Good, before a Facebook loudspeaker mishap briefly derails the room.
It is a bumper one.
This episode discusses the How to Train Your Dragon remake, compares it to other films like Deep Cover, and includes segments on trailers and what the hosts have been watching.
The hosts discuss frustrations with Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order delivery delays and launch anticipation.
The hosts introduce episode 581 of Film Bastards, discussing plans to review the Viola Davis movie G20 on Amazon Prime, along with other films like Drop and The Amateur, plus upcoming segments on trailers and personal viewing updates.