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Bottom of the Bin
by Ben McVittie
Ben and Matt are two friends with too much time on their hands. Join them on their journey through the $5 DVD bin. Each episode they watch and review a bargain bin movie.
Episodes
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Cinderella (1997)
Note: This episode was recorded way back in the year 2021. Cinderella (Brandy) chafes under the cruelty of her wicked stepmother (Bernadette Peters) and her evil stepsisters, Calliope (Veanne Cox) and Minerva (Natalie Desselle), until her Fairy Godmother (Whitney Houston) steps in to change her...
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A BOTB Christmas Special: The Knight Before Christmas (2019) AND Home Alone (1990)
A medieval knight is transported to the present day, where he falls for a high school science teacher who's lost her belief in love. Also An eight-year-old troublemaker must protect his house from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation....
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Hey, It's Been a While
We promised you an episode every other week. Our last episode was more than two months ago... can we talk about that?
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Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) w/ Patrick Avery-Kenny
Superstar LeBron James and his young son, Dom, get trapped in digital space by a rogue AI. To get home safely, LeBron teams up with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the rest of the Looney Tunes gang for a high-stakes basketball game against the AI's digitized champions of the court -- a powered-up…
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School of Rock (2003)
Dewey Finn, an amateur rock enthusiast, slyly takes up his friend's job by posing as a substitute teacher. Bearing no qualifications for it, he instead starts training the students to form a band.
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Night at the Museum (2006)
Larry, a night security guard at the Museum of Natural History, gets some help from the exhibits who come alive at night to foil a robbery attempt of a magic tablet and proves that he is not a loser.
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Junior (1994)
Alex and Larry are working on a drug which will help women conceive a baby. Things take a turn when their funds are withdrawn. To keep their experiment running, Alex agrees to become the subject.
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We Can Be Heroes (2020)
When alien invaders kidnap Earth's superheroes, their children must team up and learn to work together if they want to save their parents and the world.
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A BOTB Holiday Special: Christmas with the Kranks
The Kranks scandalise everyone when they declare that they won't be celebrating Christmas. But, when their daughter decides to visit home, they get off on a mad rush to organise a spanking Christmas.
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A BOTB Audio Commentary: Back to the Future
"Yes of course! November 5 1955, that was the day I invented time travel." Happy Back to the Future Day! Take some time to unwind and watch our favourite movie with us.
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Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Spider-Man faces off against a new gallery of villains, including the vengeful New Goblin, the invincible Sandman, the insidious Venom, and perhaps his greatest foe of all: The hack Screenwriter. Ben & Matt discuss.
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Howard the Duck (1986)
Howard is a sarcastic humanoid duck who gets pulled form his homeworld to Earth where he must stop a hellish alien invasion with the help of a nerdy scientist and a cute struggling female rock singer who fancies him. Fair warning: this episode gets real weird.
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The Woke Disney Series: Mulan (2020)
In this first part of our lengthy dive into Disney's Live-Action remakes, Ben and Matt butt heads over the quality of Disney's recent retread of the ancient chinese heroine, Mulan.
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Mission: Accomplished. Today we wrap up our Rabbit's Foot Series with the final Mission: Impossible movie (for now). How does Fallout stack up against the rest of the franchise? Does it have tone problems? Is there enough Simon Pegg? Is there too much Simon Pegg? Ben and Matt discuss all this and...
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Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015)
It's clear that Mission Impossible has staked its claim in modern action blockbusters many times over, but does this fifth instalment still pack the same thrills and charm as 3 and 4? Matt and Ben discuss.
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Breaking Ben (Part Two): A Journey Through the Twilight Saga
These violent delights have violent ends. But, hey, at least they have ends. That's something to look forward to. This is a very special episode of Bottom of the Bin last week we started our journey through the Twilight Saga, a series Ben had never seen before and now will never be able to…
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Breaking Ben (Part One): A Journey Through the Twilight Saga
"I've never given much thought to how I would die, but I hope it's not right after watching these movies." Welcome to a very special episode of Bottom of the Bin, today Matt it taking Ben on a journey through the Twilight Saga. A series Ben has dedicated his entire life to avoiding, until now. In...
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George of the Jungle (1997)
Baby George was the lone survivor of a plane crash and is raised by a wise gorilla in the jungle. Now an adult, George has his first human contact in years when he rescues explorer Ursula Stanhope from a lion. Next thing you know, George is moving from his sweet jungle life in Africa to San...
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Jurassic School (2017)
Nerdy middle schooler Tommy is forced take care of a baby dinosaur after his cloned science fair project hatches early. He quickly begins to think of the creature not only as a pet, but also as a friend. But when the dino escapes on the day of the fair, Tommy must figure out a way to get the...
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Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
When the IMF is implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, the President initiates Ghost Protocol, shutting down the entire IMF. Ethan Hunt and his new team are forced go rogue to clear their organization's name and save the western hemisphere. This is part four of our ongoing Rabbit's Foot Series...
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Hot Rod (2007)
For Rod Kimball, performing stunts is a way of life, even though he is rather accident-prone. Poor Rod cannot even get any respect from his stepfather, Frank, who beats him up in weekly sparring matches. When Frank falls ill, Rod devises his most outrageous stunt yet to raise money for Frank's...
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90s Throwback: The Live Action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trilogy
A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in ninjitsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan, defeat giant creatures created by "the ooze" and travel back in time to japan in the early 1600s to find a lantern. We couldn't agree on which movie…
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Mission: Impossible III (2006)
IMF agent Ethan Hunt is called out of retirement to rescue one of his students and confront Owen Davian, a ruthless arms dealer, who has kidnapped Julia Meade, Ethan's wife.
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Artemis Fowl (2020)
Artemis Fowl is a 12-year-old genius and descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds. He soon finds himself in an epic battle against a race of powerful underground fairies who may be behind his father's disappearance.
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Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Welcome to part two of the Rabbit's Foot Series, our journey thorough the Mission: Impossible franchise. Mission: Impossible 2 is generally considered the worst and only bad of the franchise. On this episode Ben and Matt try and figure out why this movie doesn't work and what went wrong.
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Jurassic Park (1993) - 27th Anniversary Special
On this day in 1993, a movie was released that changed the world of cinema forever. A perfect storm of cutting edge technology and filmmaking mastery, accompanied by a majestic score from the great John Williams, Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park is just as emotional and thought-provoking as it is...
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Black Films Matter - Films on Racism
Please consider supporting charities that fight racial injustice and support black individuals and communities. Your regional Black Lives Matter chapter Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build...
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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978)
After a wave of reports of mysterious attacks involving people and pets being eaten by the traditionally docile fruit, a special government task force is set up to investigate the violent fruit and put a stop to their murderous spree. Included in this crack team are a lieutenant who never goes...
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The Prince of Egypt (1998)
This is the extraordinary tale of two brothers named Moses and Rameses. One born of royal blood and one an orphan with a secret past. Growing up the best of friends, they share a strong bond of free-spirited youth and good natured rivalry. But the truth will ultimately set them at odds, as one...
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Mission: Impossible (1996)
This is the first of a six-part series where we go through the Mission: Impossible franchise one film at a time. Join a Ben (a die-hard Mission: Impossible fan) and Matt (A newcomer to the series) as they talk all things Mission: Impossible.
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The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (2004)
SpongeBob SquarePants takes leave from the town of Bikini Bottom in order to track down King Neptune's stolen crown.
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The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005)
Max, a lonely and bullied 10-year-old boy, is recruited by Sharkboy and Lavagirl, two superheroes from his imagination, to help save their planet from the forces of evil. Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the Bottom of the Bin.
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Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Shaun is a salesman whose life has no direction. However, his uneventful life takes a sudden turn when he has to singlehandedly deal with an entire community of zombies.
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Grease: Live (2016)
Blending the best of the film and the musical, Grease: Live breaks new ground for the modern live TV musical, by not being a cringy disaster! Ben and Matt discuss why this sub-genre rarely ever works, why Grease: Live works so well, and why it may be even better than its source material.
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Barnyard (2006)
Like the other animals in the barn, Otis the bull (Kevin James) likes to sing and play while the farmer is away. However, the carefree bovine must soon find the courage to be a leader when, unexpectedly, he finds himself in a position of great responsibility.
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The Velocipastor (2017)
After losing his parents, a priest travels to China, where he inherits a mysterious ability that allows him to turn into a dinosaur. Although he is horrified by the new power, a hooker convinces him to use it to fight crime. Welcome to the Bottom of the Bin.
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Onward (2020)
Two teenage elf brothers, Ian and Barley Lightfoot, go on a journey to discover if there is still a little magic left out there in order to spend one last day with their father, who died when they were too young to remember him.
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Air Guitar Nation (2006)
Rockin' music, a cult fan following and loads of fun all join together as the world's best air guitarists battle it out for sixty seconds of mock stardom to attain the title of "The Best Air Guitarist in the World". Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Bottom of the Bin.
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Space Jam (1996)
Michael Jordan Slams, Bugs Bunny jams and the Looney Tunes stars hoop it up in Space Jam, the rim-rattalin' roundball romp that's one of the cleverest and funniest animation/live-action capers ever made. Jokes fly as the Tune Squad takes on the Nerdlucks in a hardcourt game to decide if the…
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Rampage (2018)
When three different animals become infected with a dangerous pathogen, a primatologist and a geneticist team up to stop them from destroying Chicago. Welcome to the Bottom of the Bin.
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Robo-Dog (2015)
Robo-Dog is a real-world fantasy film for the whole family. When Tyler's furry best friend dies tragically, his inventor Dad creates a new dog to take his place - complete with mechanical powers and robotic abilities to keep everyone on their toes. Welcome to the Bottom of the Bin.
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Ben and Matt are two friends with too much time on their hands. Join them on their journey through the $5 DVD bin. Each episode they watch and review a bargain bin movie.
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Bottom of the Bin is created and hosted by Ben McVittie.
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