Rank Rotten: A Rotten Movies Podcast

It’s time to get spooky with the first of our two Halloween Specials this year, actually it’s our first Special ever! You better get used to it because there will be a few between now and the end of the year. But this time we’re discussing 2020’s Hubie Halloween.

Synopsis: Despite his devotion to his hometown of Salem (and its Halloween celebration), Hubie Dubois is a figure of mockery for kids and adults alike. But this year, s...

We’re back from our wee break, and as a sort of segue into the Halloween season, we’re talking about a very famous foul mouthed doll’s second big screen outing; 1990’s Child’s Play 2.

Synopsis: Chucky is reconstructed by Playpal Toys to dispel the negative publicity surrounding the brand. Now resurrected he tracks young Andy Barclay to a foster home where he aims to claim Andy’s body as his own.

We’ll talk about the film’s sc...

This is our last episode before we go on a wee mid-season break until October, so as a sort of special we decided to cover a 0% movie, and that movie is 1990’s Problem Child, a film which is very confused and didn’t really seem to know what it wanted to do, we’d seen it referred to as ‘Problematic Child’ and to be fair, that’s quite accurate.

Synopsis: A seven-year-old troublemaker wreaks havoc on the lives of his new parents - ...

Where does your franchise go when it has nowhere else to go? That’s right, SPACE! This week it’s 2001’s (or 2002’s depending on who you ask) horror adjacent space slasher; Jason X. We’ve had quite a few requests for this one, so Mikey decided to choose it for his mystery pick!

Synopsis: ‘Jason Voorhees is cryogenically frozen at the beginning of the 21st century, and is discovered in the 25th century and taken to space. He gets ...

This week we’re talking about 2008’s dreary romantic vampire flick; Twilight. Cat has been excited about this one. Largely because it would finally mean Mikey would have to watch it. 

Synopsis: ‘High-school student Bella Swan, always a bit of a misfit, doesn't expect life to change much when she moves from sunny Arizona to rainy Washington state. Then she meets Edward Cullen, a handsome but mysterious teen whose eyes seem t...

COWABUNGA! RADICAL! BOSSA NOVA!? That's right, this week it’s turtle time and we’re buzzing to talk about the famous amphibians 1990  foray into live action cinema. 

Synopsis: ‘Four teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas.’

We’ll talk about the film’s scores, go over the whole plot, talk about trivia and more. We’ll also talk about rodents (again),...

This week we have another request! So, we're off to Louisiana for 2018’s romantic drama cheesefest; Forever My Girl.#

Synopsis: ‘Liam Page is a country music superstar who left his bride Josie at the altar to pursue fame and fortune. Page never got over Josie, his one true love, or forgot his Southern roots in the small community where he was born and raised. Now, he must unexpectedly face the consequences of his actions when he...

GREAT GOOGA MOOGA! It’s time for Cat’s mystery pick for this season and she picked 2001’s alien invasion goofball comedy; Evolution. 

Synopsis: ‘Two college professors team up with a firefighting cadet and a government scientist to combat an alien organism that has been rapidly evolving since its arrival on Earth inside a meteor.’

We’ll talk about the film’s scores, go over the whole plot, talk about trivia and more. We’...

Join us as we talk about a film which was somewhat overlooked on it’s release, it’s 1995’s A Goofy Movie, starring Disney’s most famous H’yucking lovable klutz – Goofy!

Synopsis: ‘When Max makes a preposterous promise to a girl he has a crush on, his chances of fulfilling it seem hopeless when he is dragged onto a cross-country trip with his embarrassing father, Goofy.’

We’ll talk about the film’s scores (bit of controversy ...

This week we’re doing our first listener request! Mikey also gets a chance to geek out over some of his favourite things as we talk about OG monster masher Van Helsing and his 2004 big screen feature film. We’ve got crossbows, vampires, werewolves, fizzing whizzbees, a very Scottish Mr Hyde and more!

Synopsis: ‘The famed monster hunter is sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula, who is using Dr Frankenstein’s research an...

This time on Rank Rotten we’re headed back to 2000 again with the absolute Crocbuster that is Lake Placid.

Synopsis: ‘Four people attempt to stop a gigantic crocodile who is terrorising residents in

Blake Lake, Maine’.

Join us as we talk about the film’s scores, go over the whole plot, talk about trivia. We’ll also talk about beaver-tagging, Betty White and chop-o-diles!

If you would like to tell us what you thought of Coy...

This time on Rank Rotten we talk about 2024’s fast paced spy action comedy Argylle.

Synopsis: ‘Reclusive author Elly Conway writes best-selling espionage novels about a secret agent called Argylle who’s on a mission to unravel a global spy syndicate. However, when the plots of her books start to mirror the covert actions of a real life spy organization, the line between fiction and reality begins to blur’.

Join us as we talk ...

This time on Rank Rotten we’re in New York City again and it’s time to shout loudly, spit into beer bottles and waste an obscene amount of tequila via spillage, that’s right it’s 2000’s Coyote Ugly.

Synopsis: ‘21 year old Violet is blessed with a melodious voice and dreams to be a songwriter. When she gets an opportunity to chase her dreams she moves to New York City where she finds a job at a show bar’.

Join us as we talk ab...

It’s finally here, our first episode! This week we talk about the 2024 flop that was Madame Web, which we hadn’t seen before.

Synopsis: ‘Cassie Web is a New York City paramedic who starts to show signs of clairvoyance. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she must protect three young women from a mysterious adversary who wants them, dead.'

Join us as we talk about the film’s scores, go over the whole plot, talk abou...

Have you ever wanted to watch a movie, but you're unsure so you check online to see if it's any good? Then it's likely you've seen a Rotten Tomatoes score. Rotten Tomatoes is a review aggregator website that gathers reviews from critics to decide if a film is 'fresh' or 'rotten'. But is the critical consensus everything?

So join this Scottish, married, movie loving couple as we look at movies the critics of Rotten Tomatoes have ...