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It’s Hollywood’s biggest night, and Ken and Andy are here with their own ballots. In this special Oscar episode of Pass, Pirate, Pay, the guys break down the year’s biggest nominees and debate who should win, who will win, and which films and performances were completely snubbed by the Academy.

Then the awards talk continues as Ken and Andy each reveal their Top 10 movies of the year, comparing lists, defending their picks, and probably arguing about a few along the way.

Whether you’re filling out an Oscar pool or just love talking movies, tune in for a lively rundown of the best (and most overlooked) films of the year—Pass, Pirate, Pay style.

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This week on Pass, Pirate, Pay, Ken and Andy take a look at I Swear (2025), the biographical drama about John Davidson, a man living with Tourette’s syndrome whose life story mixes humor, hardship, and resilience. The film follows Davidson’s journey navigating relationships, work, and the everyday challenges of a condition that people often misunderstand.

Does I Swear succeed as an honest and compelling portrait of Davidson’s life? Or does it struggle to balance drama and comedy while telling such a personal story?

Ken and Andy break it all down and decide the only thing that matters in the end:
Is it a Pass, a Pirate, or a Pay?

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This week on Pass, Pirate, Pay, Ken Franco and the gang are stranded far from civilization with nothing but sand, suspicion, and a growing urge to strangle their fellow castaways.

We’re diving into desert island survival movies where the real danger isn’t the island — it’s the other guy. First up is the WWII odd-couple standoff Hell in the Pacific, where an American pilot and a Japanese officer find themselves marooned together with a war still raging between them. Then it’s the unlikely interstellar buddy drama Enemy Mine, where a human and an alien soldier crash-land on a hostile planet and discover that cooperation might be the only way off the rock. Finally, the guys check out Send Help, a modern take on the “two people stuck together and losing their minds” formula.

Are these tales of survival, rivalry, and reluctant friendship worth your time… or should they be left buried in the sand?

At the end of the episode, Ken and his cohost render the only verdict that matters: Pass, Pirate, or Pay. 🎬🏝️

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This week on Pass, Pirate, Pay, Ken and the gang put on their finest oversized sunglasses and step into the marble-floored, gold-trimmed world of the new documentary about Melania Trump. From international model to First Lady to one of the most famously private public figures of the 21st century, the film tries to pull back the curtain on a woman the world has seen everywhere — and somehow never quite known.

But the real question isn’t political… it’s cinematic.
Is this glossy portrait actually compelling? Is it accidentally hilarious? Is it an insightful character study, or just very expensive wallpaper?

And most importantly: is it… Better Than Gigli?

Ken and crew break down the storytelling, the tone, the vibe, and whether this documentary earns your time, your bandwidth, or a hard pass. As always, it all comes down to the verdict: Pass, Pirate, or Pay.

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This week on Pass, Pirate, Pay, Ken and Andy grab Yorick’s skull, stare into the void, and ask the only question that matters: to stream, to skip, or to spend?

We’re diving into three very different riffs on the Bard’s most broody prince:

🎭 Renaissance Man – Danny DeVito plays an ad-man-turned-Army-English-teacher who uses Hamlet to whip a group of underachieving recruits into intellectual shape. Shakespeare… but with push-ups.

🎮 Grand Theft Hamlet – A wildly modern, chaotic experiment that stages Hamlet inside the world of Grand Theft Auto. Existential dread, digital mayhem, and probably fewer swordfights than drive-bys (but not by much).

📜 Hamnet – A more intimate, emotional take connected to the life of Shakespeare himself, exploring grief, family, and the shadow that loss casts over art. The quiet, devastating side of the story behind the story.

From military barracks to video game anarchy to historical heartbreak, we’re exploring how one moody Danish prince keeps getting reborn in the weirdest corners of cinema. Which one earns a Pay, which gets a Pirate, and which hears the sweet whisper of Pass?

Grab your ruff collar, question your existence, and hit play. 🎙️

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We’re heading back down the Yellow Brick Road — but this time, Oz gets bigger, stranger, and a whole lot more magical.

On this episode of Pass, Pirate, Pay, we revisit the timeless classic The Wizard of Oz, now re-imagined inside the mind-bending MSG Sphere in Las Vegas. Then we dig into the often-forgotten 90’s television film The Dreamer of Oz, exploring the life — and struggles — of L. Frank Baum himself. And finally, we close things out with Wicked: For Good, returning to Oz from the other side of the story.

Along the way, we talk nostalgia, storytelling, spectacle, and whether each trip to Oz is worth your hard-earned cash… or better left in Munchkinland.

Click your heels together three times and join us — and as always, we’ll decide whether to Pass, Pirate, or Pay.

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This week on Pass, Pirate, Pay we’re jingling all the way into a holiday edition of Better Than Gigli — and the target on the tree is Netflix’s new Christmas movie, Hot Frosty.

Is this steamy snow-man romance a cozy cup of cocoa… or a melted pile of slush? We break down the plot, the performances, the Christmas-movie cheese factor — and, most importantly — decide whether Hot Frosty truly clears the world’s lowest cinematic bar: Is it better than Gigli?

Grab the cookies, spike the eggnog, and settle in — it’s our festive film roast with a bow on it.

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This week on Pass, Pirate, Pay, Ken and Andy spin the big wheel of fate and dive into game show movies—where the stakes are high, the rules are shady, and the hosts are sometimes the real villains.

They break down The New Running Man, a modern update on the deadly televised competition that asks what happens when entertainment really costs lives. Then it’s on to The Luckiest Man in America, the true story of a contestant whose winning streak was too good to be true. Finally, they revisit Quiz Show, the prestige drama that exposes how America’s favorite pastime was quietly rigged behind the scenes.

As always, Ken decides which of these are worth your time, your bandwidth, or your hard-earned cash with the only ratings that matter: Pass, Pirate, or Pay.

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