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!

Meh. So-so. Mid. Not so hot.

There are podcasts about great films. There are podcasts about awful films. But what about the kinda-sorta-alright movies, the ones that weren't as awesome as you'd hoped?

Welcome to Written Off, a show all about those painfully 'meh' films... and how they could've been better with a tweak or change.

Hosted by writer Bradley Freeman and his long-suffering co-host, Mark Tasker, Written Off dares to go where no other film podcast would willingly subject itself to: idiot hosts talking about unexceptional movies.



Episodes

Dec 19, 2025

1 hr 19 min

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 isn't normally Bradley's thing, so why'd he go crazy for it?
Will this discussion increase Mark's interest in seeing it?
Shia LeBouf was right. Revenge *is* better in a dress!
---------Wanna recommend a film?Need to get something meh off your chest?Get to it on Instagram HERE!Who is this Bradley guy FFS?!Have a look!Momo & Matsu: Director's Cut:Available on AmazonThank you for listening. It means more than you know. 🍕Grab a slice and we'll catch you for the next one!🍕

Dec 19, 2025

1 hr 19 min

Dec 5, 2025

1 hr 15 min

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 DAMNED KIDS!?!?!
Was Bradley an idiot to be so easily charmed by this film? Yes. Yes, he was.
Pour a wine, bake some croissants, and settle in for one of Written Off's best episodes yet!
Need someone to narrate your home videos? Check out Morgan on Instagram or here!
---------Wanna recommend a film?Need to get something meh off your chest?Get to it on Instagram HERE!Who is this Bradley guy FFS?!Have a look!Momo & Matsu: Director's Cut:Available on AmazonThank you for listening. It means more than you know. 🍕Grab a slice and we'll catch you for the next one!🍕

Dec 5, 2025

1 hr 15 min

Nov 21, 2025

1 hr 32 min

Host, writer, all-round Trekkie Bradley Freeman and his equally Trek-loving co-host, Mark Tasker, are joined by filmmaker, ultra Trekkie, and Written Off's first ever guest, Corran Lindsay, to discuss, debate, and experience Bij with Star Trek: The Motion Picture.Join them as they go to warp and ask:
Has there ever been a nastier Trek moment than, "What we got back didn't live long..."?
How did they not know how awesome this movie is?
Are any of these idiot hosts able to claim their celibacy is on record?
Pull out a tricorder, grab some raktajino, and enjoy the first of our bi-annual Trek discussions!
Go check out Corran's film Taniwha Gorge on Facebook!
---------Wanna recommend a film?Need to get something meh off your chest?Get to it on Instagram HERE!Who is this Bradley guy FFS?!Have a look!Momo & Matsu: Director's Cut:Available on AmazonThank you for listening. It means more than you know. 🍕Grab a slice and we'll catch you for the next one!🍕

Nov 21, 2025

1 hr 32 min

Nov 7, 2025

1 hr 6 min

Host, writer, meh-est muggle Bradley Freeman and his wrathful co-host, Mark Tasker, swear to never watch the third film in this meh trilogy because the second one almost gave them a headache trying to unravel the confounding, baffling, muchos meh choices in this soggy middle act of a Fantastic Beasts film!Mates, get ready as Mark lets it all fly in this episode!Join them as they (WTF?) touch wands and ask:
What meh crimes were there, exactly?
Why did they do our boy, Jacob, so dirty?
Wizards are genetically different than humans? What's their mehdichlorian count? Sorry, not sorry. Nope. Not taking it back. Stop asking. No. That was a good one, dammit!
What could've made this meh movie better? Listen and find outttttt!
Does the Harry Potter ride make you sick, too?
---------Wanna recommend a film?Need to get something meh off your chest?Get to it on Instagram HERE!Who is this Bradley guy FFS?!Have a look!Momo & Matsu: Director's Cut:Available on AmazonThank you for listening. It means more than you know. 🍕Grab a slice and we'll catch you for the next one!🍕

Nov 7, 2025

1 hr 6 min

Oct 24, 2025

1 hr 17 min

Host, writer, and Indy Jones fan Bradley Freeman and his up against it co-host, Mark Tasker, scratch their beards, find comfortable sitting positions, and try to seek answers to why this film, by all rights a total slam dunk or easily obtained (why do you make me type this?) treasure, ended up so... so... meh?Join them as they (stop!) uncover the answers to:
Why does the meh bad guy take a pole to the face and have nothing to show for it?
What the f!&k was the CIA thing? Were the bad guys part of them? Pretending to be them in meh fashion? Still no (ugh) clue!
Where was the horny t-aha, gotcha! Ha ha! Where would've been a better location for the meh end scene?
What could've made this meh finale to a legendary series better? Listen and find outttttt!
Think you have a better idea than these two fools (it's not hard, honestly)?
---------Wanna recommend a film?Need to get something meh off your chest?Get to it on Instagram HERE!Who is this Bradley guy FFS?!Have a look!Momo & Matsu: Director's Cut:Available on AmazonThank you for listening. It means more than you know. 🍕Grab a slice and we'll catch you for the next one!🍕

Oct 24, 2025

1 hr 17 min

Oct 10, 2025

44 min

Host, writer, and animation nerd Bradley Freeman and his overburdened co-host, Mark Tasker, shake their heads in confusion at the most mega meh Ghibli movie there is.Join them as they (it hurts) animatedly ask:
Why start so promising and then go all meh on us?
Who's to blame for this (The meh movie itself and the meh events that transpire in the film)?
Where's CUSTARD?! (Really, that's so fun to shout randomly) CUSTARRRDDDD!
What could've made this meh movie better? Listen and find outttttt!
Have some time to kill and animated kids to slap?
---------Wanna recommend a film?Need to get something meh off your chest?Get to it on Instagram HERE!Who is this Bradley guy FFS?!Have a look!Momo & Matsu: Director's Cut:Available on AmazonThank you for listening. It means more than you know. 🍕Grab a slice and we'll catch you for the next one!🍕

Oct 10, 2025

44 min

Sep 26, 2025

35 min

Host, writer, and lapsed Alien fanboy, Bradley Freeman, and his assailed co-host, Mark Tasker, meet in a dark, steamy metallic hallway (stop it, not like that) and walk slowly forward, deciding if Alien Romulus is a meh movie... or actually pretty good?It's a mini episode about the size of a chestbuster and just as slimy!Join them as they kid around (there are kids in this film. Har...har?) and ask:
Were *they* necessary?
Why did they have to say *that* line?
Where was the horny turkey played by Jo-dammit! *Ahem!* Who expected such a moving relationship at the center of this film?
---------Wanna recommend a film?Need to get something meh off your chest?Get to it on Instagram HERE!Who is this Bradley guy FFS?!Have a look!Momo & Matsu: Director's Cut:Available on AmazonThank you for listening. It means more than you know. 🍕Grab a slice and we'll catch you for the next one!🍕

Sep 26, 2025

35 min

Sep 22, 2025

1 hr 25 min

Surprise!
To celebrate the release of Bradley's new book, Momo & Matsu (link below), the team is throwing out the meh formula for something new, something fast-paced... and definitely something sillier than usual.
Bradley's calling it 'The Roulette Episode,' in which he and his bemused co-host, Mark Tasker, joke about, complain, and admire a massive slate of films they've seen recently.But there's a catch. Nobody wants a 6-hour Written Off episode (or maybe that's how Canada starts listening?), so the rule is:
One minute allowed per film (this goes right out the window at the beginning)
Two hosts walk in, armed with 18 films each. Both walk out.
Yeah, we know. WTF, right? Bradley doesn't know the meaning of the word 'roulette.' Some writer he is!
---------Wanna recommend a film?Need to get something meh off your chest?Get to it on Instagram HERE!Who is this Bradley guy FFS?!Have a look!Momo & Matsu: Director's Cut:Available on AmazonThank you for listening. It means more than you know. 🍕Grab a slice and we'll catch you for the next one!🍕

Sep 22, 2025

1 hr 25 min

Sep 12, 2025

55 min

Host and writer Bradley Freeman and his embattled co-host, Mark Tasker, try their very best to remain positive and focused as they work their way through zombie-infested Netfl-uh, Las Vegas.Join them as they (why? Just why?) load up and take aim at:
Why have the opening? Solid case of movie blue balls. Zombie balls.
Is the meh main character's daughter the sole cause of everyone's death? (YES.)
Where was the horny turkey played by John Can-wait, that's Pocahontas. Still, a horny turkey would've made this meh movie (or possibly lower than meh?) better!
What could've made this barely meh movie better? Listen and find outttttt!
---------Wanna recommend a film?Need to get something meh off your chest?Get to it on Instagram HERE!Who is this Bradley guy FFS?!Have a look!Momo & Matsu: Director's Cut:Available on AmazonThank you for listening. It means more than you know. 🍕Grab a slice and we'll catch you for the next one!🍕

Sep 12, 2025

55 min

Aug 29, 2025

46 min

Host, writer, and historically dumb person Bradley Freeman and his beset co-host, Mark Tasker, come together (get your head outta the gutter!) to discuss the all-singing, all-meh-ing Disney film, Pocahontas!Will there be another cringy impression from Bradley? You bet'cha!Join them as they (ugh) break bread and ask:
Why center a meh movie around real historical figures?
Why is the pug the bad guy FFS?!?!?
Where was the horny turkey played by John Candy? Who didn't want to see that gobbler getting down? *insert aroused turkey noises here*
What could've made this meh movie better? Listen and find outttttt!
Wanna chat? Got a request? Wanna call us SAVAGES SAVAGES - BARELY EVEN HUMAN!? Shit, now I gotta listen to the soundtrack again.
---------Wanna recommend a film?Need to get something meh off your chest?Get to it on Instagram HERE!Who is this Bradley guy FFS?!Have a look!Momo & Matsu: Director's Cut:Available on AmazonThank you for listening. It means more than you know. 🍕Grab a slice and we'll catch you for the next one!🍕

Aug 29, 2025

46 min

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