Roden Tomatoes https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com From Oscar winners to total flops, Roden Tomatoes breaks it all down — ranking, roasting, and Muppet re-imaginings. It’s film talk for the delightfully obsessive.

]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 06:06:00 -0300 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. TV & Film 1440 episodic From Oscar winners to total flops, Roden Tomatoes breaks it all down — ranking, roasting, and Muppet re-imaginings. It’s film talk for the delightfully obsessive. benjroden benjroden No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/20823513/1400-1400-Roden-Tomatoes-Thumbnail-v1.jpg Roden Tomatoes https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com 144 144 Villain Yearbook Awards [Part 2] | s2e04 Villain Yearbook Awards [Part 2] | s2e04 https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/villain-yearbook-awards-part-2-s2e04/ https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/villain-yearbook-awards-part-2-s2e04/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2026 06:06:00 -0300 rodentomatoes.podbean.com/46c2daef-6297-31d5-81c6-0ecb6bcf91b7 H.A.G.S.

Class clown? Group project MVP? Debate club president? Leaves a mark?

Do you agree with our picks for the Villain Yearbook Awards? Which villain would you nominate for an award?

Have an idea for an episode? Email us at rodentomatoes@gmail.com

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]]> H.A.G.S.

Class clown?
Group project MVP?
Debate club president?
Leaves a mark?

Do you agree with our picks for the Villain Yearbook Awards?
Which villain would you nominate for an award?

Have an idea for an episode? Email us at rodentomatoes@gmail.com

Follow us on Letterboxd! (Please, it helps us feel good about ourselves.)
Ben - https://boxd.it/3DGMx
Brady - https://boxd.it/73Etn

]]> benjroden false No 2942 16 full Villain Yearbook Awards [Part 1] | s2e03 Villain Yearbook Awards [Part 1] | s2e03 https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/villain-yearbook-awards-part-1-s2e02/ https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/villain-yearbook-awards-part-1-s2e02/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:06:50 -0300 rodentomatoes.podbean.com/1e54d017-a149-37f9-8278-435ddba70d05 Who at Cinema High will be crowned with prestigious awards? Most likely to succeed. Best dressed. Most school spirit. Plus the tangential pitfalls that Ben and Brady can't seem to avoid.

Do you love movies?  Do you tolerate our shenanigans? Follow us on Letterboxd! Ben - https://boxd.it/3DGMx Brady - https://boxd.it/73Etn

]]> Who at Cinema High will be crowned with prestigious awards?
Most likely to succeed.
Best dressed.
Most school spirit.
Plus the tangential pitfalls that Ben and Brady can't seem to avoid.

Do you love movies? 
Do you tolerate our shenanigans? Follow us on Letterboxd!
Ben - https://boxd.it/3DGMx
Brady - https://boxd.it/73Etn

]]> benjroden false No 2659 15 full The movies that made us | s2e02 The movies that made us | s2e02 https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/s02e02-tbd/ https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/s02e02-tbd/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:52:03 -0300 rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e78861e8-1b95-393e-bc68-9ba06c9b9342 Alan Watts once said that “trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.” And we took that personally. Enjoy 50 tooth-chomping minutes in which we explain why Pixar is America’s most dangerous gateway drug and identify the movies that shaped our cinematic taste. Er, tastes. Respectively.  

Do you love movies? Do you tolerate our shenanigans? Follow us on Letterboxd! Ben - https://boxd.it/3DGMx Brady - https://boxd.it/73Etn

]]> Alan Watts once said that “trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.” And we took that personally. Enjoy 50 tooth-chomping minutes in which we explain why Pixar is America’s most dangerous gateway drug and identify the movies that shaped our cinematic taste. Er, tastes. Respectively.  

Do you love movies? Do you tolerate our shenanigans? Follow us on Letterboxd!
Ben - https://boxd.it/3DGMx
Brady - https://boxd.it/73Etn

]]> benjroden false No 3040 14 full Yautja for Dummies: a conversation with Predator language creator Britton Watkins | s02e01 Yautja for Dummies: a conversation with Predator language creator Britton Watkins | s02e01 https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/talk-youtja-to-me-baby-s02e01/ https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/talk-youtja-to-me-baby-s02e01/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0300 rodentomatoes.podbean.com/f595b008-51e3-3e9a-9e02-f0db5779a837 Britton Watkins ain't got time to bleed, but lucky for us, just enough time for a rousing conversation on Roden Tomatoes. Unstrap your plasma caster and join us for a fun chat about the joy of creating a fictional language, the diction of Snuffleupagus, and the perils of being jump-scared by your own mouth. Predator: Badlands now streaming on Hulu Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues Conlang conference

]]> Britton Watkins ain't got time to bleed, but lucky for us, just enough time for a rousing conversation on Roden Tomatoes. Unstrap your plasma caster and join us for a fun chat about the joy of creating a fictional language, the diction of Snuffleupagus, and the perils of being jump-scared by your own mouth.

Predator: Badlands now streaming on Hulu
Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues
Conlang conference

]]> benjroden false No 3436 13 full Sequel Tier List [Part 3] | s01e12 Sequel Tier List [Part 3] | s01e12 https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/sequel-tier-list-part-3-s01e12/ https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/sequel-tier-list-part-3-s01e12/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2026 06:21:00 -0400 rodentomatoes.podbean.com/256c7435-6879-367b-acbe-43979e4bd662 This is it. This season's Return of the Jedi—the long awaited conclusion to a saga. In this, the final episode of season 1 of Roden Tomatoes, two bearded white men rank the remaining 2nd installment movies  of famous (or destined to become) trilogies. On the chopping block Moana 2, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Shrek 2, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and X2: X-men United.

]]> This is it. This season's Return of the Jedi—the long awaited conclusion to a saga.
In this, the final episode of season 1 of Roden Tomatoes, two bearded white men rank the remaining 2nd installment movies  of famous (or destined to become) trilogies. On the chopping block Moana 2, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Shrek 2, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and X2: X-men United.

]]> benjroden false No 2858 12 full Sequel Tier List [Part 2] | s01e11 Sequel Tier List [Part 2] | s01e11 https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/sequel-tier-list-part-2-s01e11/ https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/sequel-tier-list-part-2-s01e11/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2026 03:43:49 -0400 rodentomatoes.podbean.com/2f0b3e13-7520-3a82-a391-aa652723f8dd In a bold move nobody expected, Ben and Brady turn this sequel tier list into it's own trilogy. In this episode (that sounds like it was recorded in zoom or mixed by Christopher Nolan for IMAX) the dudes rank The Dark Knight,  The Empire Strikes Back, How to Train Your Dragon 2, and Matrix Reloaded.

]]> In a bold move nobody expected, Ben and Brady turn this sequel tier list into it's own trilogy. In this episode (that sounds like it was recorded in zoom or mixed by Christopher Nolan for IMAX) the dudes rank The Dark Knight,  The Empire Strikes Back, How to Train Your Dragon 2, and Matrix Reloaded.

]]> benjroden false No 2466 11 full Sequel Tier List [Part 1] | s01e10 Sequel Tier List [Part 1] | s01e10 https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/sequel-tier-list-part-1-s01e10/ https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/sequel-tier-list-part-1-s01e10/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2026 15:55:10 -0400 rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e41e715c-96fe-3c8a-8bb8-bfc4dcd8cc5d The second installment, the maker or breaker or trilogies. Ben and Brady jump on the hottest trend on the internet and create a tier list for middle section of some of the most iconic movie throuples.

]]> The second installment, the maker or breaker or trilogies.
Ben and Brady jump on the hottest trend on the internet and create a tier list for middle section of some of the most iconic movie throuples.

]]> benjroden false No 3562 10 full Friendship (2024) | s01e09 Friendship (2024) | s01e09 https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/friendship-2024-s01e09/ https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/friendship-2024-s01e09/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2025 03:04:00 -0400 rodentomatoes.podbean.com/91b232db-0cbd-353c-a1e5-a7b8958b6fa4 Ben and Brady sit down for a chat about Friendship—does that mean the relational concept or the 2024 film starring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd? How about both!? NOTE for those returning to the pod: This is the first time in our show's recorded history where we struggle to muppetize a film. It's not about the destination though, right?

]]> Ben and Brady sit down for a chat about Friendship—does that mean the relational concept or the 2024 film starring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd? How about both!?

NOTE for those returning to the pod: This is the first time in our show's recorded history where we struggle to muppetize a film. It's not about the destination though, right?

]]> benjroden false No 2297 9 full Conclave (2024) | s01e08 Conclave (2024) | s01e08 https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/conclave-2024-s01e08/ https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/conclave-2024-s01e08/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:17:00 -0400 rodentomatoes.podbean.com/7b975864-9baa-329b-8b6f-e3550478cc77 A good amount of controversy surrounded the 2024 film Conclave, but not for the reason you might think. In a semi-relevant to the times discussion, B & B jump into the deep end and explore the outrage behind the lack of Muppet casting in a film with a supposed progressive agenda.

]]> A good amount of controversy surrounded the 2024 film Conclave, but not for the reason you might think. In a semi-relevant to the times discussion, B & B jump into the deep end and explore the outrage behind the lack of Muppet casting in a film with a supposed progressive agenda.

]]> benjroden false No 2897 8 full Sinners (2025) | s01e07 Sinners (2025) | s01e07 https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/sinners-2025-s01e07/ https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/sinners-2025-s01e07/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:16:00 -0400 rodentomatoes.podbean.com/80e467c0-6dd5-39dc-a8bf-f418b6faed39 Does it get any better than Michael B. Jordan? How about TWO Micheal B. Jordan? Ben B. Roden and Brady B. Tomatoes think back on their experience when watching Ryan B. Coogler's southern vampire flick Sinners.  O lawdy dis gon' be a good!

]]> Does it get any better than Michael B. Jordan? How about TWO Micheal B. Jordan?
Ben B. Roden and Brady B. Tomatoes think back on their experience when watching Ryan B. Coogler's southern vampire flick Sinners. 
O lawdy dis gon' be a good!

]]> benjroden false No 2967 7 full Predator: Badlands (2025) | s01e06 Predator: Badlands (2025) | s01e06 https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/predator-badlands-2025-s01e06/ https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/predator-badlands-2025-s01e06/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:15:00 -0400 rodentomatoes.podbean.com/ace5e410-0f7a-38e0-b1d6-b4e9b4c290ec B-rodies & B.Tomaties discuss the latest installment in the Predator franchise Predator: Badlands (2025). Is it good? Does it do the other films in the franchise justice? Do we need a Muppet remake?

]]> B-rodies & B.Tomaties discuss the latest installment in the Predator franchise Predator: Badlands (2025). Is it good? Does it do the other films in the franchise justice? Do we need a Muppet remake?

]]> benjroden false No 3131 6 full Spider-man Trilogy (2002–2007) | s01e05 Spider-man Trilogy (2002–2007) | s01e05 https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/spider-man-trilogy-2002%e2%80%932007-s01e05/ https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/spider-man-trilogy-2002%e2%80%932007-s01e05/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2025 09:22:00 -0400 rodentomatoes.podbean.com/421ef22b-06d3-3260-b9f3-9349c2e971ae With great nostalgia, comes lengthy conversation. We re-watched the Spider-man trilogy...and have a lot to say, some good, some bad, and some muppets.

]]> With great nostalgia, comes lengthy conversation. We re-watched the Spider-man trilogy...and have a lot to say, some good, some bad, and some muppets.

]]> Roden Tomatoes false No 2877 1 5 full 5 Phases of Being a Movie Guy [Part 3] | s01e04 5 Phases of Being a Movie Guy [Part 3] | s01e04 https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/5-phases-of-being-a-movie-guy-part-3-s01e04/ https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/5-phases-of-being-a-movie-guy-part-3-s01e04/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:54:00 -0300 rodentomatoes.podbean.com/2c6e8f03-ab77-3777-89a9-b2e7cabcd508 Fatherhood, Chris Pratt's voice, and the Melon Deep State. Ben and Brady passionately discuss the hottest topics in the film industry and how it all fits into the journey one takes in becoming a movie guy.

]]> Fatherhood, Chris Pratt's voice, and the Melon Deep State.
Ben and Brady passionately discuss the hottest topics in the film industry and how it all fits into the journey one takes in becoming a movie guy.

]]> benjroden false No 2881 4 full 5 Phases of Being a Movie Guy [Part 2] | s01e03 5 Phases of Being a Movie Guy [Part 2] | s01e03 https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/5-phases-of-being-a-movie-guy-part-2-s01e03/ https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/5-phases-of-being-a-movie-guy-part-2-s01e03/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:34:22 -0300 rodentomatoes.podbean.com/f855e4bf-a848-3a31-90e2-90336d2a0857 In this shocking continuation, Ben and Brady continue to discuss the most upvoted comment from a 2017 Reddit post and continuously divulge juicy blurbs about their own journey.

]]> In this shocking continuation, Ben and Brady continue to discuss the most upvoted comment from a 2017 Reddit post and continuously divulge juicy blurbs about their own journey.

]]> benjroden false No 3743 3 full 5 Phases of Being a Movie Guy [Part 1] | s01e02 5 Phases of Being a Movie Guy [Part 1] | s01e02 https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/5-phases-of-being-a-movie-guy-part-1-s01e02/ https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/5-phases-of-being-a-movie-guy-part-1-s01e02/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:16:47 -0300 rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e69ffea1-5ddf-3f03-8799-96be9f299bbf There are plenty of movie guys out there—but no journey to Movie guy-dom is the same. Ben and Brady discuss the most upvoted comment on a Reddit post from 2017 and divulge bits of their own journey.

]]> There are plenty of movie guys out there—but no journey to Movie guy-dom is the same. Ben and Brady discuss the most upvoted comment on a Reddit post from 2017 and divulge bits of their own journey.

]]> benjroden false No 2738 2 full Nosferatu (2024) s01e01 Nosferatu (2024) s01e01 https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/nosferatu-2024-s01e01/ https://rodentomatoes.podbean.com/e/nosferatu-2024-s01e01/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:54:38 -0300 rodentomatoes.podbean.com/1d057c7b-2aac-3d62-b75e-ccfab5e9cf41 Let's talk about the blood-sucking, shriveled frog legged, mustached masterpiece Nosferatu (2024). What's good? What's bad? Would it be better as a Muppet remake?

]]> Let's talk about the blood-sucking, shriveled frog legged, mustached masterpiece Nosferatu (2024). What's good? What's bad? Would it be better as a Muppet remake?

]]> benjroden false No 2421 1 full