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Join The Franchise Files as we take each entry in a film franchise and rank them DEFINITIVELY.Skip with us into each film series bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, then try to stay alive once we reach Superman 4, Alien vs Predator 2 or Terminator Genisys. Fire up the files!
Pip Nixon hosts The Franchise Files, a tv show with 23 episodes published.
Join The Franchise Files for their 2026 Oscar Predictions Special As Sinners and One Battle After Another tussle for victory,which should actually win? Is Sean Penn doing MORE ACTING better than Stellan Skarsgård’s subtl
The Franchise Files celebrate Christmas with 1988’s festive classic Die Hard Join the team plus a special guest as they ponder if they would have been fooled by Hans Gruber’s American accent, how much of the film Bruce W
The Franchise Files unleash their 2025 Halloween special! What are the 10 scariest things in film? What’s the nastiest kill, the screamiest jump scare? And what’s the greatest horror movie ever made? Join The Franchise F
After a 19 year absence, Superman returns in 2006’s does-what-it-says-on-the-tin Superman Returns With a film no one loves but no one hates, and lots of set up for a sequel that never came, has time been kind to this cin
Freddy goes postmodern in 1994’s Wes Craven's New Nightmare In the last movie Freddy died – but it’s the meta-90’s, so who even is Freddy? Aren't we all Freddy really? (No). What's a movie? And why is Wes Craven making a
Christopher Reeve bows out with 1987’s Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. With the budget slashed, Milton Keynes replacing New York and Reeve insisting on a political plotline, the Quest for Peace flirted with disaster. C
Freddy meets his end in 1991’s Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. After five movies, the Elm Street producers decide to kill Krueger. Will he go out in glory? Or will he murder someone with a Nintendo power glove then d
The Superman movies try replacing their lead with 1984’s Supergirl. Join The Franchise Files as they ask why Supergirl turns brunette, how Lawrence of Arabia ended up as a wizard, and whether the film takes place underwa
Freddy is the daddy in 1989’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child You like bikes? Freddy turns you into a bike. Like comics? Freddy sucks you into a comic. Like swimming? Freddy becomes a diving board. The Franc
The Superman movies ruin their run of brilliance with 1983’s bewildering Superman III. Join The Franchise Files as they try not to get scared by the robot lady, wonder why Richard Pryor is in every scene, and question ho
Freddy hits the mainstream with 1988’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master So there’s a writers’ strike, you’ve started filming without a director, and your lead actor refused to return. What can go wrong!? The
Superman gives up his powers for love just as General Zod arrives in 1980’s Superman II Join The Franchise Files as they explain a complex production, ponder why camp villainy is the best villainy, and try desperately to
Freddy starts wisecracking with 1987’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Things have changed on Elm Street: the kids have superpowers, Nancy has a PhD and the final girl has an Oscar. Plus Freddy puppets someon
With the Terminator franchise completed and ranked, join The Franchise Files as we round-up the series overall: highs, lows, where it could go next and why James Cameron ignored it in favour of blue cats. Fire up the fil
The Files complete their first Franchise with 2019’s Terminator: Dark Fate Join us as we welcome back Sarah Connor, give up on the nonsensical timeline, and consider whether anyone has mentioned this film since 2019. Fir
In honour of James Gunn's new Superman movie, we unfurl a fresh franchise and return to 1978 with Richard Donner’s Superman Join us to commend glorious film making, marvel at perfect casting and explore how a film with s
Freddy returns (but Wes Craven doesn’t) in 1985’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge Is it a masterpiece of queer cinema or baffling disaster? Why is it not about dreams anymore? Why does the parakeet explode?
The Franchise Files have their first fallout over 2015’s Terminator Genisys Join us as half the team defend terrible CGI, nonsense plotting and hopeless casting. Can you pronounce the title? Neither can we. Fire up the f
A new franchise begins with 1984’s A Nightmare on Elm Street Join The Franchise Files as we start our journey through this iconic slasher series, confessing childhood trauma and reliving 80’s horror (including the fashio
With Arnie off governing California, The Terminator franchise goes to the future with 2009’s Terminator Salvation Join The Franchise Files as we attempt to figure out the plot (unlikely), ponder why we’ve had four John C
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The Franchise Files is hosted by Pip Nixon. The show is categorised under tv (film) and has published 23 episodes.
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