---
title: "Episode #281 \u2013 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms"
url: "https:\/\/www.flophousepodcast.com\/2019\/03\/episode-281-the-nutcracker-and-the-four-realms\/"
date: "2019-03-30T12:11:30+00:00"
episode_number: 281
movie: "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms"
guests: "Dan McCoy, Elliott Kalan, Stuart Wellington"
---

# Episode #281 – The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

MAX FUN DRIVE part TWO! We talk about [The Nutcracker and the Four Realms](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=13&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjpuOb5vKjhAhVNdt8KHafJBHsQFjAMegQIAxAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt5523010%2F&usg=AOvVaw2Uwpy4VPQorLmVqwigGxtG), which Elliott chose for some baffling reason. Meanwhile, Elliott explains Richard Gere’s Mothman issues, Stuart reveals the scariest number of ghosts, and Dan takes the show off-road to an abandoned farm.

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Now everyone is a Disney princess blah blah blah [Wikipedia synopsis for The Nutcracker and the Four Realms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nutcracker_and_the_Four_Realms#Plot)

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 [A Bigger Spash](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiS9OrKwKjhAhXJMd8KHQN2Ah8QFjAAegQIBxAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt2056771%2F&usg=AOvVaw28qUB59ni1eqf33g0HfVk9)

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