Podcast

The Sub-Beacon Podcast

Film Reviews, TV & Film

Sonny. JVL. Michael. The boys are back. Join us every week for tiki drinks, dishwasher talk, and tales from Texas. Also: Movies? I'm Ron Burgundy?

https://thesubbeacon.substack.com

Episodes
15
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
21 min
On air since
2026
Latest episode
4 days ago

Episodes

15 episodes, newest first

  1. ‘Animals’ (Netflix)

    Show notes

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit https://thesubbeacon.substack.com

    It’s definitely not High and Low or Highest 2 Lowest. Don’t even suggest that!

    5 min
  2. ‘You Can See Everything’ (Theaters)

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    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit https://thesubbeacon.substack.com

    It’s the movie of the year! (That grossed half of what the new Street Fighter did, but hey, what’s there to discuss about that?)

    7 min
  3. ‘The Social Network’ (Criterion Channel)

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    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit https://thesubbeacon.substack.com

    The Social Network is a pretty great movie, huh? Plus: a startling faux pas by Mike!

    1 min
  4. ‘Unabomber’ (Netflix)

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    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit https://thesubbeacon.substack.com

    We reviewed this bad movie, for some reason. And also talked about ATV snowplows! That part was way more exciting.

    7 min
  5. ‘Resident Evil’ (2002)

    Show notes

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit https://thesubbeacon.substack.com

    There’s a new Resident Evil out, so we went back to where the franchise began, 2002’s Paul W.S. Anderson-directed classic!

    7 min
  6. ‘Mr. T: I Pity the Fool’ (Netflix)

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    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit https://thesubbeacon.substack.com

    It’s not a great documentary but Mr. T is a pretty great figure so there’s still some stuff here to enjoy. Plus: ranting!

    14 min
  7. ‘Practical Magic’ (HBO Max)

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    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit https://thesubbeacon.substack.com

    It’s like three different chick flicks all rolled into one! Did your boys understand it? No! But we watched it anyway. For you, the people.

    13 min
  8. ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ (Theaters)

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    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit https://thesubbeacon.substack.com

    On this week’s episode, we talked about government auctions, Bill Simmons vs. The World, and the new film Coyote vs. Acme, in theaters now. It was a fun one!

    21 min
  9. ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ (Paramount+)

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    RIP Dolly Parton and Tim Curry. And a review of T2, since it’s back in theaters.

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit https://thesubbeacon.substack.com/subscribe

    1 hr 5 min
  10. ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ at 25 (VOD)

    Show notes

    Some housekeeping notes!

    We left Patreon about six weeks ago, which means everyone who was a subscriber there has gotten (at least) a full month of episodes here. We’re sending this one to all subscribers instead of paid subscribers just to make sure, but after this, the show will be for paid members only. Just FYI.

    If you prefer to listen to the show via your podcast player (Apple, Spotify, whatever), you can do so via a private RSS link. But Substack makes it slightly tricky to find this, since they want you watching/listening it on their app. There’s a step-by-step here, but one key thing that they kind of elide: YOU HAVE TO DO THIS FROM YOUR DESKTOP/BROWSER. You cannot do it via the app (or on your phone, I don’t think). It’s annoying.

    Anyway, FROM YOUR BROWSER click here, scroll down to “Private podcasts,” and click “Set Up.” Should look like this:

    Then you can pick your preferred app and follow the instructions. It’s pretty straightforward.

    Any other issues, just ping us in the comments and we’ll try to help.

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit https://thesubbeacon.substack.com/subscribe

    1 hr
  11. 'Spider-Man' (2002) (Hulu)

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    It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a wait hold on. This isn’t right.

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit https://thesubbeacon.substack.com/subscribe

    1 hr 5 min
  12. 'The Dink' (Apple TV)

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    It’s a slobs v snobs movie where the snobs are unambiguously in the right. Death to pickleball!

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit https://thesubbeacon.substack.com/subscribe

    57 min
  13. 'The Odyssey'

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    An adventure 2,800 years in the making! Or so! Give or take. (I mean the transition to Substack, not Homer’s poem.)

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit https://thesubbeacon.substack.com/subscribe

    1 hr 19 min
  14. 'Supergirl' (2026)

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    Plus ... some pod news!

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit https://thesubbeacon.substack.com/subscribe

    59 min
  15. Supergirl (1984)

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    We were going to address the new Supergirl at the end of this episode, but we ran out of time. NEXT WEEK, FOLKS. NEXT WEEK.

    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit https://thesubbeacon.substack.com/subscribe

    1 hr 9 min