Written Off
A podcast about meh movies. You know the ones: the not-so-great ones. The ’eh, it was ok’ ones that you forgot you ever saw. Yeah, those ones! Each episode, writer and host Bradley Freeman and his long-suffering co-host Mark Tasker nerdily discuss these meh movies - their good points and bad - and how they maybe, kinda, could’ve been better. Grab a slice of pizza and join the discussion!
Episodes
“God, can you imagine reading the script?” - Mark
Hosted by writer/director/idiot Bradley Freeman and his co-host, Mark Tasker, this ep has them happily buzzing about non-threatening magma and Tommy Lee Jones unable to cook in 1997's VOLCANO. Screenplay by Jerome Armstrong and Billy Ray. Story by Jerome Armstrong. Directed by Mick Jackson.
- Bradley feels that disaster films are the perfect encapsulatio...
“What's the bad guy's name again?” - Mark
Hosted by writer/director/idiot Bradley Freeman and his co-host, Mark Tasker, this ep has Mark and Bradley hit new lows of exasperation as they discuss 2019's TERMINATOR: DARK FATE. Screenplay by David Goyer, Justin Rhodes, and Billy Ray. Story by James Cameron, Charles H. Eglee, Josh Friedman, David Goyer, Justin Rhodes. Directed by Tim Miller.
- Was it a bold ...
“You've got no time for popcorn, you're focused on herpes!” - Bradley
Hosted by writer/director/idiot Bradley Freeman and his co-host, Mark Tasker, this ep has Mark mostly happy (wow!) while Bradley kinda shrugs as they both discuss 1998's ENEMY OF THE STATE. Screenplay by David Marconi. Directed by Tony Scott.
- GENE HACKMAN! Wooooooooooo!
- How can two men escape from the government by casually walking ...
“Mark, this is a movie where a demon punches Kiefer Sutherland through a brick wall.” - Bradley
Hosted by writer/director/idiot Bradley Freeman and his co-host, Mark Tasker, this ep has them grinding their teeth (but not ripping open their jaws) over the frustratingly limp horror movie that is 2008's MIRRORS. Screenplay by Alexandre Aja and Gregory Levasseur. Directed by Alexandre Aja.
- Mark refuses to...
“It's an abomination of a film!” - Mark
Hold tight, mates! By popular demand (seriously, you mates love these eps!), it's another roulette episode! Writer/director/idiot Bradley Freeman and his co-host, Mark Tasker share their thoughts, joys, and disappointments on the 30+ films they've seen in 2026 so far.
- What's Bradley's worst film of the year (so far)?
- What director does Mark think 'hasn't made a ...
“It's all foreplay and no actual shagging!” - Mark
Hosted by writer/director/idiot Bradley Freeman and his co-host, Mark Tasker, this ep has them enjoying but wanting more from 2006's Night at the Museum. Screenplay by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon, based on the book by Milan Trenc. Directed by Shawn Levy.
- Mickey Rooney struggles not to swear in this kid's film!
- Mark squeezes in a Ryan Reynolds ...
Written Off's first ever AMA - Ask Mark Anything!
Hosted by writer/director/idiot Bradley Freeman and his co-host, Mark Tasker, this ep has Bradley asking his smarty-pants co-host five film-centric questions.
- Has Mark ever sounded as unsure about an episode as this?
- Mates, jump on Instagram and tell us about YOUR favorite cinema snacks, and those of your home country!
We hope you enjoy something a little di...
“Arrrghhh - I love your d**k, and now I can't have it!” - Bradley
Hosted by writer/director/idiot Bradley Freeman and his co-host, Mark Tasker, this ep has them - especially Bradley - losing their damn minds over the incredulously confusing movie that is 1998's SPHERE. Screenplay by Stephen Hauser and Paul Attanasio, adapted by Kurt Wimmer, based on the novel by Michael Crichton. Directed by Barry Levinson...
“I'd be happy to be Kurt Russell's husband!” - Bradley
Hosted by writer/director/idiot Bradley Freeman and his co-host, Mark Tasker, this ep has them talking about the fun yet lackluster 1995 film CONGO. Screenplay by John Patrick Shanley, based on the novel by Michael Crichton. Directed by Frank Marshall.
- Tim Curry alert! Bruce Campbell alert!
- How did this movie mess up the evil gorillas, brought to ...
“I enjoyed high school sex, what’re you talking about?” - Mark
Writer/idiot/sometimes-director Bradley Freeman and his co-host, Mark Tasker, exhume 2024's SALEM'S LOT. Written and directed by Gary Dauberman.
- Why make a movie about a cursed town and not feature the town?
- Where's the most chilling scene (according to Bradley) from the book?!
- How can this be Mark's first Stephen King novel ever?
"I reckon I could probably choke someone out" - Mark
Writer/idiot/sometimes-director Bradley Freeman and his co-host, Mark Tasker, take to the skies (cough) for 2023's PLANE. Written by Charles Cumming and J.P. Davis. Directed by Jean-Francois Richet.
- Why'd the movie decide to kill a good thing and get off the plane?
- How could they cast Daniella Pineda and not use her more?!
- Why didn't Mark watch any movies to talk about in th...
Writer/idiot/sometimes-director Bradley Freeman and his co-host, Mark Tasker, brave the waters (ugh) of 2017's Baywatch (ugh ugh). Written by Jay Scherick, David Ronn, Thomas Lennon, and Robert Ben Garant. Directed by Seth Gordon.
- Who had corpse penis in their Baywatch BINGO?
- How did Pamela Anderson get that impressive credit?
- What is with Mark's Geography teacher?
Hold on tight, mates. Let's (ugh ugh ughhhh) dive in!
"He told me I couldn't choose Irreversible..." - Mark
Boom! Crash! Pop! Another holiday(ish) episode surprise, straight into your podcast app of choice! This time, mates, break out the chocolates and flowers, because it's Valentine's Day 2026!
Push that start button and hear Bradley Freeman, Mark Tasker, and special guest Gina-Marie Cincinnati share some of their favorite romantic...ish films.
- Shake your head and make tsk tsk ...
"I don't know whether I'm impressed or disgusted." - Mark
Host, writer, and Purge Freak Bradley Freeman and his politely disdainful co-host, Mark Tasker, enter one of the meh-er film franchises and start where it all began with The Purge. Listen along as they:
- Love the idea but not the execution
- Shake their heads at the sheer amount of diegetic exposition this film teeters under
- Agree that Lena Headey is the GOAT
Have yo...
Host, writer, and cartoon fan Bradley Freeman and his flabbergasted (there's a word not used enough. Let's bring that back, yeah?) co-host, Mark Tasker, court controversy and broken faith as they take a look at the beloved, seminal film that they can't quite get their heads around... Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Listen along as they:
- Can't believe some of the stuff Disney let the filmmakers get away with
- Scratch their dorky, non-a...
Host, writer, and horror fan Bradley Freeman and his confounded co-host, Mark Tasker, start 2026 off with one of the mehiest mehs ever to meh: Bird Box Join them as they:
- Wish the movie focused more on the sisters, AKA characters you WANT to spend time with
- Feel let down by the movie's refusal to happily lean into its genre trappings
- Remember the time Mark got swarmed by Japanese folk eager for a photo
Buckle up, you're ...
Surprise Motherf%$&er!
It's New Year's Eve... or depending on when you listen to this episode and where you are, New Year's Day... or, I dunno, a Monday!
Either way - SURPRISE!
Tipsy-on-half-a-beer-Bradley Freeman and his not-drunk-at-all co-host, Mark Tasker, joke about, ponder, and admire their Top 3 films, TV, books, and whatever else of 2025!
- Gasp in fear at how quickly things go off the rails!
- Thrill at Bradley's firs...
Host, writer, and reformed Xmas elf Bradley Freeman and his Mega Grinch co-host, Mark Tasker, gather under the mistletoe and talk Christmas movies. Huh? What else were they gonna do? Join them as they:
- Discuss the indoctrination of the American Christmas
- Mess up things right from the beginning by having the same film in the top Xmas movie spot
- Laugh at the odd choice of finding comfort in Dudley Moore and Tim Robbins at Christ...
Host, writer, overall !MEGALON! lover Bradley Freeman and his casually impressed co-host, Mark Tasker, talk excitedly about one of the more unique movies they've covered on the podcast: Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis. Listen along as they avoid talking about John Voight's boner and shoot questions like arrows (that joke was a stretch), such as:
- In a film like this, does sensible characterization matter?
- This kind of film i...
Host, writer, romcom admirer Bradley Freeman, forces his co-host, Mark Tasker, to watch Nancy Meyers' It's Complicated. Mark hates it so much. Saving them both (in more ways than one), they are joined by storyteller, voice actress, audiobook narrator, and romantic genre nerd extraordinaire, Morgan Strueby, to ask:
- Do 88% of the film's problems lie with Alec Baldwin's smuggity smug character?
- What is up with the kids? THESE DAM...
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