Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, HBO Max, and the rest of the streaming internet give us more content to watch than ever before. Dan and Bianca Ryckert are here to wade through the ever-expanding services to find the good, the bad, the weird, and the occasional hidden gem. If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We're keeping it small and simple, with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, as well as access to each episode ...
Jake Gyllenhaal pulls double duty in this surreal psychological thriller from Denis Villeneuve. Hulu link (requires Showtime add-on) If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, access to our patron-only Discord server…
Ruben is a metal drummer who suddenly experiences hearing loss, and has to confront numerous aspects of his life in an effort to find peace. Prime Video link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, access to our p…
Pixar brings their newest to Disney Plus, which sees a middle school music teacher embrace the metaphysical en route to achieving his dream of becoming a jazz musician. Disney Plus link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcas…
Join Dan and Bonk as they celebrate the streaming stuff on the internet during a year where everyone was stuck at home watching streaming stuff on the internet! If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, access to ou…
This is Halloween! Wait, that's not right. It's Christmas! And for this magical time of the year, we watched the stop motion holiday classic for the first time. Disney Plus link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each w…
The students at U-A just want to put on a fun festival and make Eri smile, but they're in danger of being struck by a Gentle Criminal. Hulu link Funimation link (FULL DUBS) If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, …
Our heroes, the Shie Hassaikai, and the League of Villains collide in the conclusion to this dramatic arc. We bet things get handled in a subdued, non-confrontational fashion. Hulu link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcas…
It's time to reunite with Deku, All Might, and many new faces as the students of U-A are faced with a threat even more sinister than the League of Villains. Hulu link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, access…
If "Nic Cage, swords, and aliens" doesn't get you in the door, then why are you even listening to this podcast? Actually, don't step in that door. It's a bad movie. Prime Video link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast ea…
Stop me if you've heard this one -- Murtaugh is a hard-boiled, no-nonsense veteran of the police force. Riggs is a loose cannon with a death wish, but he gets results. It may be an oft-used trope by now, but it's rarely been done better than this. HBO MAX link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We kee…
Halle Berry dons the iconic cowl and takes over the role of...Patience Phillips, expert dance fighter and street basketball player? HBO MAX link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, access to our patron-only Di…
It's been a long time coming, but we finally get to see where all the waxing on and off comes from. Prime Video link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, access to our patron-only Discord server, and you'll get…
In this Frank Darabont adaptation of a Stephen King novella, an unknown horror has descended on a small Maine town. Thomas Jane and company hunker down in a grocery store and try to weather the storm. Hey, I bet a flaming mop will get them out of this situation! Prime Video link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast…
Shigeharu is a widower whose son convinces him to remarry, and this goofball jumps back into the dating pool by staging a fake audition for his new wife. Hijinks ensue! Shudder link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast ea…
A meteor of unknown origin lands in front of a family's farmhouse. It makes ordinary people go a bit crazy, but the father of the family is Nicolas Cage, so you can assume it's gonna be an extra wild ride. Shudder link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you…
This October, Panning the Stream becomes Panning the Scream! We wanted to watch a bunch of spooky movies, but we didn't want to get too spooked so we picked this one about a quirky mom that paints miniatures and a girl that loves nutty cakes! We can't imagine anything horrific happens in this family romp! Prime Video link If you're enjoying Panning…
In this Studio Ghibli classic, a young witch takes off for the city in the hopes of finding her place in the world. HBO Max link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, access to our patron-only Discord server, an…
Nomi Malone is hitching out to Vegas in the hopes of sending her career into the stratosphere! Can't go much worse than what it did to Elizabeth Berkley's run in Hollywood. HBO Max link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcas…
Things were going great for Ip Man until ruffians and war came to Martial Arts Street. Now it's time to make things better by punching everyone in the face about 10,000 times. Netflix link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the pod…
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Guest: Mike Mahardy)
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In this new Charlie Kaufman film, a young couple goes out to Oklahoma to meet a dude's parents, and absolutely nothing weird or confusing happens. Netflix link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, access to our…
Keyboard cowboys, join us this week as we learn how to become elite by righteously hacking the planet. HBO Max link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, access to our patron-only Discord server, and you'll get …
Alia Shawkat stars in this excellent comedy/thriller series that begins with the search for a missing girl, but takes plenty of unpredictable twists and turns throughout the seasons. HBO Max link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of …
The late great Bill Paxton directs and stars in this overlooked psychological thriller, featuring divine intervention, magic gloves, and POWERS BOOTHE. Amazon Prime Video link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each wee…
We've got two perspectives of this Akira Kurosawa classic, but whose can you trust? HBO MAX link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, access to our patron-only Discord server, and you'll get each episode a day …
This episode don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. HBO MAX link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, access to our patron-only Discord server, and you'll get each episode a day early. Thanks for …
An oft-used concept is used to great effect in this Lonely Island-produced romantic comedy starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti. Hulu link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, access to our patron-only Dis…
Before we saw this movie, we were aimlessly drifting through life, complacent in our spot in the rat race. Now? Now we live to get radical. Amazon Prime Link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, access to our p…
In addition to having a stupid name, Sam Wheat is also a dead guy. But wait! He's not totally dead...he's a GHOST! Hopefully we didn't spoil anything about Ghost by telling you that. Where to Stream If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version …
We go from dancing in the Catskills to brawling in the outskirts of Kansas City in week two of the Summer of Swayze. Can Dalton clean up the rowdiest bar in the Midwest? How weird is it seeing Sam Elliott without a mustache? Why is a polar bear involved? Find out the answers to these questions and more as we discuss the 1989 Swayze action classic. …
It's the Summer of Swayze! We kick off several weeks of Swayze content with perhaps his most iconic role. Johnny Castle is dancing for the man at an upscale resort in the Catskills. Frances "Baby" Houseman is visiting said resort with her wealthy parents. Pelvic grinding, trauma, and class warfare combine to create a gripping tale of the dirtiest o…
Pete Davidson stretches his dramatic muscles in this technically fictionalized (but basically autobiographical) tale about being raised by a widow, smoking way too much weed, and finding your way in life in Staten Island. Movie link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier…
James Cameron directs an everyman Ed Harris, a jittery Michael Biehn, and a wiggly water alien through some tense underwater nuclear shenanigans. HBO link Hulu link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, access t…
Steven Spielberg proves that he can see into the future, thanks to this 2002 film that invents multi-touch displays, smart home devices, self-driving cars, facial recognition, and Tom Cruise running a lot. Okay, maybe it didn't invent that last one. Netflix link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We k…
Alex Garland brings his science-heavy style to the small screen with this contemplation of quantum mechanics, free will, and determinism. And Dan and Bonk are the perfect audience considering we totally understand all of that stuff! Hulu link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with o…
We remembered that we have Disney Plus and figured it was time to fill in some of our Pixar history. Join us as we discuss the studio's star-studded 2015 exploration of the mind! Disney Plus link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of …
Who wants to live forever? We really don't, but we do want to gush about this ambitious sci-fi/fantasy classic. There can be only one, and all that! Amazon Prime link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, as wel…
John Woo and John Travolta are such a potent combination that it led to a film that Dan and Bonk screened at their wedding. Broken Arrow isn't quite on the "wedding screening" level of quality of Face/Off, but there's still a good deal of fun to be found here. Hulu link (Cinemax Add-On) If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the…
We went in blind, and didn't expect so much bloodshed in a movie featuring the "romance" tag on Hulu. Hulu link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, as well as access to each episode a day early. Thanks for sho…
Paul Thomas Anderson made Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood. This movie is by him too, and it has a great cast and it's over three hours long! Boy howdy, are we lucky! This is gonna be great! Netflix link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-fre…
The world's top kombatants assemble on Shang Tsung's island to fight to the PG-13 death. Join us as we discuss the greatest video game movie of all time! Netflix link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, as wel…
Werner Herzog (close personal friend of one of the hosts of this podcast) made several films with noted crazy person Klaus Kinski. In this tale of the search for El Dorado, Kinski menacingly glares at people for an hour and a half and we're sure everything winds up going just fine for everyone by the end! Amazon Prime Video link Criterion Channel l…
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Son of the Mask (Guest: Ben Hanson)
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Jim Carrey carried (Carreyed?) the first Mask movie with his otherwordly talent for physical comedy. We're sure that Jamie Kennedy, a dog, and a CGI baby can do it just as well! Amazon Prime Link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of …
Jackie Chan directs and stars in this 1985 Hong Kong action classic. And to be honest? We think he does some downright dangerous things in it. Criterion Channel link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, as well…
Dan's in quarantine, so there's no better way to deal with the circumstances than to call up the man who's been living this lifestyle for years. Father and son catch up on this bonus episode of Panning the Stream!If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad…
Prior threats have been extinguished, but creepy monks, night creatures, vampire sisters, and a literal portal to Hell ensure that the world is far from safe for Trevor, Sypha, and well...everyone else, basically. Netflix link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that …
It's a sci-fi action classic for sure, but this movie about a robot cop with a gun in his leg is actually...really smart? HBO link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, as well as access to each episode a day ea…
John Travolta plays an obsessed movie fan out in this thriller directed by Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst. It's...exactly what you'd expect it to be. Amazon Prime Video link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free version of the podcast each week, as we…
What can go wrong when a bunch of young single people are shoved into pods and forced to converse through an ice wall with a stranger, only to be released when they've agreed to marry them? Netflix link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We keep it simple with one $5 tier that gets you an ad-free vers…
We're celebrating 100 episodes! And what better way to have a laid-back celebration than to watch Adam Sandler attempt to avoid a violent death at the hands of loan sharks for over two hours! Uncut Gems is streaming on Netflix everywhere but the U.S., but you can rent it on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S. starting on 2/25/2020: https://www.amazon.co…
Love is in the air this weekend, so we're watching a rare romantic comedy to keep with the spirit of the holiday. But we'll keep it aligned with our usual interests by watching one made by the Coen Brothers. HBO link If you're enjoying Panning the Stream, consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! We're keeping it small and simple, with one $5 tie…