Load Bearing Beams: A Movie Podcast
Matt and Laci dive deep into a different movie every week. Whether it’s a great movie, a terrible movie, or somewhere in between—we unpack the history behind its production and the people who made it, then discuss, review, and make fun of the movie itself. Why do we call it a Load Bearing Beam? Because it's a movie you love so much that it holds up the foundation of the very structure that is you. Laci Roth and Matt Stokes are a married couple that needs to find stuff to watch together. On this show, they take a look at movies loved by one but unseen, disliked, or forgotten by the other. With open hearts but exhausted and cynical minds, they will get to the bottom of whether or not the movies they love so much are actually good.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 74 minutes
- Episodes
- 210
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
Severance: Season 1 (Patreon Preview)
This is a preview from the Patreon-exclusive bonus episode where Laci and Matt give their spoiler-filled thoughts, analysis, theories, etc. about the terrific Apple TV+ series Severance.
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144. My Best Friend’s Wedding
What if there was a romantic comedy where you were rooting for the evil “other woman” but you didn’t know it? Well, Hollywood boldly went there in 1997 with My Best Friend’s Wedding. And what a ch…
143. That Awkward Moment (2014) (with Caleb Hogan)
Friend of the Show Caleb Hogan finally forgives us for our thoughts on Nacho Libre and makes his long-awaited return to the program. And he’s brought us a fascinating movie: The 2014 Zac Efron/Mi…
142. Get Out (Patreon Preview)
Hello friends. Please enjoy this sample from our brand-new premium episode about Get Out (2017). But to hear it in full, you gotta join our Patreon, a.k.a., Load Bearing Beams: Collector's Edition.
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Love Actually relationship advice (with Cinema Coconut)
In this special bonus episode, you'll join Laci, Matt, and their guest Jay (a.k.a. Cinema Coconut) as they answer completely sincere, totally-not-fabricated questions about that pesky thing we call l…
141. The Santa Clause (with Movie Talk With Brock)
Ho ho ho and ruff ruff ruff. Scott “The Tool Man” Calvin (Tim Allen) is cursed with hideous Christmas powers and finds himself turning into the eternal sprite of winter. He has only 11 months to ge…
140. While You Were Sleeping
When Matt falls onto the train tracks, Laci hops down to rescue him, but they both get hit by a train, and now they’re podcasting from the afterlife. The first movie up in this Afterworld Era is W…
139. Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (with Elliott Stokes)
Matt’s brother Elliott returns to the show to help Matt and Laci cover Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. It’s 104 minutes of trying to figure out if Kevin McAllister (Macaulay Culkin) is cinema’s gr…
"What movie tattoo would you get?" and other fun questions!
Gobble gobble. As previously announced, we have taken the week off. We shall return in one week with an episode about Home Alone 2: Lost in New York with returning guest Elliott Stokes.
Thank you for…
138. Spider-Man (2002) (with Smash Trivia John)
Smash Trivia John of Smash Trivia Presents: The Gamma Analysis podcast (listen to it on Spotify; follow him on TikTok @smashtrivia) joins us to go over Spider-Man (2002). Director Sam Raimi…
137. Pulp Fiction (with The Reel For Real)
Isaiah, Kevin, and Trevor from the great podcast The Reel For Real join Laci and Matt to go through Quentin Tarantino’s classic Pulp Fiction. The five have come together to explain what this mov…
136. The Basketball Diaries
We open the book and read from Jim Carroll’s many basketball diaries to find out about his life on the streets with Mickey, Pedro, and Neutron. What a time these little scamps had! Yelling at old l…
135. Election (1999)
Folks, we have an election on our hands. The most important of our lifetimes, many are saying. We are talking, of course, about the battle for the president of Carver High School’s Student Governme…
134. The Craft
We call upon the guardians of the watchtowers to aid us on our journey through the Tunney/Balk teenage witch classic The Craft (1996).
This is the second time Load Bearing Beams has covered t…
133. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (with JT the Talking Head)
Friend of the Show JT the Talking Head (@jt_pettry & @mastersofmatinee on TikTok) on TikTok, Masters of Matinee podcast) has brought us one of the most gonzo horror sequels of all time: The T…
132. The Others (2001)
You need to stay away from the light! Or do you? What is light anyway? What is truth, what is meaning, what is words? We try getting to the bottom of all of this by discussing the 2001 ghost movie …
131. Scream (1996)
What’s your favorite Screamy movie? Is it Scream (1996)? Is it Scream (2022)? Or is it one of the numbered Screams?
Well, we’re talking about the one that started it all, the first movie …
130. Road Trip (2000)
We take a look at what appears to be a “boob comedy” from the year 2000: Road Trip, directed by Todd Phillips, who makes Joker movies now.
It’s the heartwarming story of Josh (Breckin Meyer),…
129. 10 Things I Hate About You (with Patrick Perot)
Friend of the Show Patrick Perot (bass player for Rural Route Nine, official house band of Load Bearing Beams) stops by to preach the gospel of his favorite movie, 10 Things I Hate About You (199…
128. Friday the 13th, Part 2
Laci and Matt are off to learn how to be better camp counselors by getting back to basics. Safety. Canoeing. Shooting arrows. Singing “Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley.” Making love and drawing the i…