Re-edited and re-scored footage from public domain films, overdubbed with performances of contemporary actors to tell new, wholly original stories.
Cast: Jake Johnson, Alison Brie, Dan Stevens
12HDCC
Season 1
10 episodes
1. FamiliesgivingA young couple, John and Jane, have their sacred Friendsgiving upended when John’s overbearing mom forces an invite and makes it all about her. John, fearing his contentious mom will make a horrible scene as usual and ruin the holiday, decides to enlist his dad in a harebrained scheme to minimize the damage. Despite his best and most ridiculous efforts, things go off the rails anyway...12CCApr 20, 2021
2. Report on the Canine Auto-Mechanical Soviet ThreatA young boy falls victim to America’s biggest threat: the importation of reanimated Russian dog corpses that can communicate with machinery and vehicles.12CCApr 20, 2021
3. Quiet IllnessJohanna flashes in and out of fantasy as she grapples with her inescapable fate at the hands of her husband.12CCApr 20, 2021
4. After the EndIn the aftermath of their latest kill, a team of monster hunters realizes the true monsters are amongst themselves.12CCApr 20, 2021
5. The Cowboy PresidentLoosely based on the true story of two operatives who went to the White House to determine if Ronald Reagan was mentally impaired. Instead, they found that he was severely depressed, watching movies all day and NOT doing his job—at all.12CCApr 20, 2021
6. Kiss, Marry, KillA sorcerer creates a potion that allows Vivian to shape-shift into any person and kiss, marry or kill anyone she pleases in a single day.12CCApr 20, 2021
7. Warehouse FriendsWorkers in a big box warehouse facility decide to pursue better working conditions – they journey to a jungle river to confront their CEO, who is vacationing there.12CCApr 20, 2021
8. Attack of the KarensZombies are reimagined as suburban women with a lot of complaints.12CCApr 20, 2021
9. One Gay Wedding and a Thousand FuneralsAfter gay marriage is legalized, one man in a small town is determined that the only logical response is to convince the straight men and women to throw themselves off a tall ladder in protest.12CCApr 20, 2021
10. The Gunshot Heard 'Round the WorldA riff on film noir via a fever dream landscape that folds the audience in and out of narratives and a series of flashbacks, meticulously and abstractly threaded together by three protagonists. Series finale.12CCApr 20, 2021
Viewers also watched
Cinema Toast
★ 7.0/1020211 season10 episodesEnded
Re-edited and re-scored footage from public domain films, overdubbed with performances of contemporary actors to tell new, wholly original stories.
Creators and cast
- Created by
- Jeff Baena
- Studio
- Duplass Brothers Productions
