Film Fanatics: Recent Episodes
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Film Fanatics is your weekly stop for all your movie needs. Gal and Alan talk about movie news, which includes your favorites, such as Marvel, Star Wars, The Wizarding World and so much more! The guys also review classic movies from your childhood and give you some recommendations of what to watch next.
The Film Fanatics end their third season on a bang, by welcoming Nitay and Liad from the Movie Eaters podcast (@movie_eatersil) for a special crossover! They dive deep into Edgar Wright's "Scott Pilgrim vs the World", its killer cast, its relationship with the video game world, and whether it holds up. Then each podcast shouts out a hidden movie gem that more of our listeners should watch!Who are we? We're the Film Fanatics. We love talking about movies, tv shows, and everything in between.Subscribe for more and follow us!
Alan and Gal are joined by Luke from @luk_reviews and overcome impossible odds to talk yet again about the legendary Tom Cruise, by spotlighting the Mission: Impossible franchise and reviewing Dead Reckoning Part One. They also reveal their top 10 favorite movies starring the beloved actor and stuntman!Who are we? We're the Film Fanatics. We love talking about movies, tv shows, and everything in between.Subscribe for more and follow us!
The guys celebrate the greatest event since cinema was invented -- the Barbenheimer double feature in theaters! They review both movies -- Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" and Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" -- and then dive into spoilers for the latest MCU show, Secret Invasion on Disney+. But before all that, they discuss the wave of Sony delays including Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, and the trailer for Loki Season 2!
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Gal and Alan interview young filmmaker Holden Pollak about his new feature "R", a dramatized alternate take on how the first-ever R-rated movie was made, with Eric Roberts and Oliver Cooper. Then they dive into the messy but beloved world of high school movies, across generations with films like Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Breakfast Club, Superbad, The Edge of Seventeen and Lady Bird!
Who are we? We're the Film Fanatics. We love talking about movies, tv shows, and everything in between.
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Gal and Alan interview young filmmaker Holden Pollak about his new feature "R", a dramatized alternate take on how the first-ever R-rated movie was made, with Eric Roberts and Oliver Cooper. Then they dive into the messy but beloved world of high school movies, across generations with films like Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Breakfast Club, Superbad, The Edge of Seventeen and Lady Bird!
Who are we? We're the Film Fanatics. We love talking about movies, tv shows, and everything in between.
Subscribe for more and follow us!
The guys celebrate the greatest event since cinema was invented -- the Barbenheimer double feature in theaters! They review both movies -- Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" and Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" -- and then dive into spoilers for the latest MCU show, Secret Invasion on Disney+. But before all that, they discuss the wave of Sony delays including Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, and the trailer for Loki Season 2!
Who are we? We're the Film Fanatics. We love talking about movies, tv shows, and everything in between.
Subscribe for more and follow us!
The Film Fanatics discover they're not alone in the vast multiverse... even though it's like the 12th multiverse movie that's come out in the last year. Listen as they're joined by Chris Buie (@film.stocked) to count down their top 5 time travel movies and review a new one, DC's The Flash -- with an in-depth spoiler discussion about the film and the franchise's future!
Who are we? We're the Film Fanatics. We love talking about movies, tv shows, and everything in between.
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The Film Fanatics are joined by new guest host Ben Kerr-Phillips, as well as guest Chad Sabourin (@c.s.pictures_presents) to discuss one of the greatest franchises of all time led by the great Harrison Ford. They talk about all the Indy films including the Dial of Destiny (with a spoiler discussion), but not before they discuss the current SAG strike, the Superman: Legacy cast and the recent Emmy noms announcement.
Gal hosts Jack Renaud from the Reel Chronicles podcast and Katie Carter (@katieatthemovies) to discuss one of the most unique, exciting, and symmetrical directors of our time, Wes Anderson! They review his new movie Asteroid City and rank all 11 of his films as well.
Alan and Gal welcome two special guests, Adam Olinger from the awesome channel Adam Does Movies, and Eli Hollingsworth (@therealelihollingsworth) to debate whether Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy holds up in today's superhero world! They rank the entire Spider-franchise and review the mind-blowing sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
The Film Fanatics welcome a very special guest, YouTuber and movie reviewer Sean Chandler to discuss his process as a creator and his immense love for movies! Then they review yet another Vin Diesel family flick that is sure to obey the laws of physics, Fast X!
The Roy family saga has come to a close, and Gal and Alan are joined by Alex Helmer of TLOC Productions to recap the phenomenal final season of Succession, as well as to give these incredible characters their proper sendoff, and to decide if it is in fact the greatest TV show of all time.
We all love Ben Affleck as an actor, but he deserves an equal amount of praise for his directing! The guys review his filmography including Gone Baby Gone, The Town, Best Picture winner Argo, and Air -- which is now in theaters and stars Matt Damon, Affleck, Jason Bateman and Viola Davis.
The guys bring on a Scream fanatic to recount, celebrate, and laugh about their favorite moments from the Scream movies! They also review Scream VI and decide if it's a worthy "sequel to the sequel".
Gal and Alan review one of HBO's greatest hits ever, The Last of Us, based on the beloved game, which Alan also shares his love of. Then they defend Shazam! Fury of the Gods after it received mixed reviews from everyone else.
In honor of Creed III, Michael B. Jordan's directorial debut and the 9th film in the Rocky saga, Gal and Alan share their review after seeing the movie in theaters, but not before counting down their personal top 10 favorite sports movies!
The Film Fanatics welcome Victor Hughes (@bigvicmedia) from the Psycho-Cinematic podcast to share their favorite movies with rotten scores on Rotten Tomatoes and their least favorite movies that RT has at fresh! Find out which incredibly hot takes we had about the critics' decisions down at RT!
In this episode, the guys and special guest William Atticus Parker (@riverstyxproductions) talk about his upcoming film Atrabilious starring Alec Baldwin, Jeffrey Wright and Whoopi Goldberg. They also review some of the filmography of the renaissance man himself, Brendan Fraser. They talk about some of their favorites, such as George of the Jungle, The Mummy (1999), and this year's acting awards darling, The Whale, by Darren Aronofsky.
He's been tiny, he's been funny, he's been People's Sexiest Man Alive! The Film Fanatics and Kristin from @ms.filmingo look at some Paul Rudd gems including Anchorman and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and review Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania!
Gal and Alan welcome James from 1st Reviews to the podcast, recount their favorite moments from the iconic Shrek franchise, and rank all 6 movies, including the new Puss in Boots: The Last Wish!
The guys react to the 95th Oscar noms and are joined by a Filmstagram legend, David Taylor from @ultimatemovieaccount to gush about the spectacular career of Damien Chazelle, including Whiplash, La La Land and Babylon.
The Film Fanatics are joined by Julie from @jusreelreviews to recap the unique, witty, and brilliant work of Martin McDonagh, including In Bruges, Three Billboars Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and one of the year's most acclaimed movies, The Banshees of Inisherin.
Alan and Gal go through some exciting lists, including their top 5 TV shows of 2022, their top 10 worst and best movies of 2022, and their most anticipated movies of 2023. They gush about shows such as Severance, The Boys, and Andor, and movies such as The Fabelmans, Tár, and Top Gun: Maverick!
The guys and special guest, actor Matthew Royer, review the long-awaited blockbuster Avatar: The Way of Water. They also go back in time to 2009 to review the original Avatar. But before, they review the Barbie and Oppenheimer trailers, and talk about Henry Cavill's unceremonious exit from the new DCU.
Gal and Alan are flooded with excitement as they share their thoughts on the trailers for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, The Last of Us, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, and Cocaine Bear. Tune in as they also review Star Wars: Andor!
The sequel to one of the best comedies of the last few years AND a new Spielberg movie? Consider us eating well! Listen as the Film Fanatics review "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery", on Netflix December 23, and "The Fabelmans", which you can now see in theaters.
Gal and Alan are joined by filmmaker Mike Pecci to discuss the filmmaking process and his short film 12KM, which is now going viral. They count down their top 5 stop motion animated movies in honor of Netflix's "Wendell and Wild" starring Key & Peele.
The guys team up with rising Oscar experts Hunter Friesen and Jacob Cunningham to review the exciting state of the 2023 Oscar race, as well as the films "The Woman King", "Everything Everywhere All at Once", "The Good Nurse" and "All Quiet on the Western Front".
Journey to Wakanda as the guys review Marvel's latest hit Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and pay tribute to the immensely talented Chadwick Boseman. They also cover the power shift at Disney and the new Blade director.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has dropped his passion project, "Black Adam"! Is it as glorious as he's making it out to be? The Film Fanatics recruit Eric Sigmon from The Sigmon Cinema Podcast to decide, and look back at another antihero from one of his favorite movies, 1994's "The Crow".
The Film Fanatics switch into TV mode to gush and rant about what they've been watching, including She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, House of the Dragon, The Crown, Hacks, and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
Season 3 begins with a spooky episode, the second Horror Deep Dive, this time reflecting on Halloween (1978) and its new sequel trilogy! We then continue the horror theme with Marvel's first ever Disney+ special, Werewolf by Night!
In the Season 2 finale, Alan and Gal welcome Alex Helmer, the creator and head of The League of Cinephiles on YouTube and Instagram. They reveal their top 10 favorite directors of all time to each other on the spot and react to each others' lists. They all had some surprising snubs, but which beloved director were Gal and Alex SHOCKED to learn Alan left out?
The Film Fanatics, Gal and Alan, join forces with the math teacher movie critic, Sean Phillips from @mathteachermovies and the Guy at the Movies podcast. They praise the beauty of Jordan Peele's amazing films, but not before shouting out their favorite Key & Peele sketches.
The Film Fanatics are joined by Swanka Burnette from TheQuickCritic.com. He ranks the beloved franchise and the guys all discuss whether the original "Predator" (1987) holds up, and if "Prey" (2022) does it justice.
Gal and Alan mourn the loss of the "Batgirl" movie, but cheer things up with the "fast-moving public transportation" sub-genre of action - "Speed" (1994) with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, and "Bullet Train" with Brad Pitt, now in theaters.
The time has come -- Ryan Gosling is back in a new movie! The guys celebrate by reviewing Netflix's "The Gray Man" starring Gosling, Chris Evans, and Ana de Armas. They also look back at "The Fugitive" (1993) with Harrison Ford.
The guys take a look at this year's Emmy nominations and gush about the year's best shows, including Succession, Ted Lasso, Euphoria, Stranger Things, Only Murders in the Building, Severance, The Boys, Winning Time, The Dropout and Squid Game.
Has Marvel won us back? They announced an entire Multiverse Saga to span the next 3+ years, at San Diego Comic-Con, that Alan and Gal analyze in depth, as well as the trailers for John Wick 4 and Shazam 2!
Gal and Alan review the state of Marvel's Phase Four, including their hopes and concerns for the future but most importantly, they review Thor: Love and Thunder and Ms. Marvel!
Gal and Alan are joined by Yarden as they each count down their top 10 favorite actors and actresses. Listen as they reveal their lists on the spot and Yarden gushes about his celebrity crush (who may it be?)
This summer is already exciting as Lady Gaga joins the Joker musical sequel and Jon Snow rises again! Gal and Alan also beg you to watch Cha Cha Real Smooth on Apple TV+, travel to infinity and beyond & review Lightyear, and angrily rip apart Jurassic World Dominion.
The guys review Top Gun: Maverick, which you have to see on the big screen! They also review a classic legacy sequel with Tom Cruise, Martin Scorsese's "The Color of Money" (1986) and react to Christian Bale's look in "Thor: Love and Thunder".
Gal and Alan introduce a new type of episode: The Deep Dive. In this first edition, the talk about two Horror classics, The Exorcist and The Shinning. They talk new trailers for She-Hulk and Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1
Gal and Alan gush about Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and their annoying movie theater audience, as well as Oscar Isaac's awesome performance in Moon Knight! They also argue on whether the new Avatar 2 trailer is a masterpiece or a snooze fest.
The guys welcome guest Jonathan Gal to highlight the most unforgettable Nicolas Cage movies, and even fancast the sequel to "Face/Off"! Then they review "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent", which is now in theaters!
Gal and Alan recount their favorite moments, lines, movies, and characters from the Harry Potter universe. Then find out if Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is worth catching in theaters as the guys give their review!
Gal and Alan are joined by Shiri from the Disney podcast Part of Your World to count down their top 5 Pixar films, and then review Pixar's latest, "Turning Red".
This week, Gal and Alan reminisce over the amazing careers of retiring legends Bruce Willis and Jim Carrey, and review two insane superhero vampire movies, "Blade" (1998), and "Morbius" (2022), which is in theaters, believe it or not.
This week, the guys go over the Oscar winners and cover "the incident". They also review Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum's newest rom-venture, "The Lost City". In honor of romance, friend of the show Arbel comes by to talk top 5 romance movies with them!
This week’s episode, the guys go over Netflix’s newest hit, “The Adam Project” starring Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner and Zoe Saldaña. They also go over a little preview of the Oscar race, by bringing back on of their favorite segments, ‘Can it Contend?’ where they talk about “Nightmare Alley” by Guillermo del Toro and CODA by Sian Heder. There’s also some Deadpool and DC news to go over this week.
Gal and Alan go back to Tim Burton's original Batman saga to see if they hold up, followed by their review of The Batman with Robert Pattinson, now in theaters, to decide who is the best Batman yet!
Gal and Alan review the most popular films of 2021 and share their favorites to each other on the spot!
Then they also preview their most anticipated movies and TV shows that you can watch in 2022!
The guys look back at The Matrix trilogy and review the newest one, The Matrix Resurrections, with a special guest Motti Popel! They also look at "Don't Look Up"'s Oscar chances, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence.
It's finally here!!! And we saw it!! Listen to the Film Fanatics react to the year's most anticipated film and honor its star Benedict Cumberbatch by looking back at his work in 'The Imitation Game' and predicting his Oscar chances for 'The Power of the Dog'.
The guys talk about the new trailer for Spider-Verse 2. They tackle Will Smith's awards hopeful King Richard in 'Can it Contend?' and 'The Princess Bride' on 'Total Recall'.
December is a huge month and the Film Fanatics are here to talk about all its movies! They also look back at Groundhog Day with Bill Murray and review an Oscar hopeful, Netflix's musical Tick, Tick... Boom! with Andrew Garfield.
The guys discuss Disney+ Day, and theorize about the new Spider-Man trailer! They begin their look at 2022 awards hopefuls, and review Netflix's #1 movie ever, Red Notice with Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot.
In the season premiere, the guys talk about some of the content they missed during their break. Gal and Alan go deep into Dune and talk about some of the summers' biggest hits, such as No Time to Die, Shang-Chi and Squid game. They also break down some of the duds that came out during that time.
The guys talk about their top 10 movies of all time and say what films they are most excited about for the second half of 2021...
Gal and Alan embrace their inner MCU fanboy and compare their top 10 MCU films, and theorize for what could happen in the franchise's Phase Four!
The guys are joined by special guest, film critic and IDC professor Jonathan Gal, who shares his love for Pulp Fiction and Tarantino! They also look at the hottest film festival movies and react to each other's "hidden movie gems".
Gal and Alan react to the Emmy nominations. They’re also joined by special guest David as they convince each other to watch their favorite shows, and then review the Marvel’s new show “Loki”.
The guys look back at 1978's "Superman" and review "Black Widow", the new MCU film now playing in theaters.
Gal, Alan, and special guest Arbel reveal their top 5 musical movies of all time, and share their review of In the Heights, now in theaters and HBOMax.
To celebrate independence day, Gal and Alan look back at 1996's "Independence Day" starring Will Smith, and review another movie about life from other worlds, 2018's "Annihilation" starring Natalie Portman.
The guys look back at their favorite parts of the Fast & Furious movies and review its newest installment, F9! They also talk about this week's box office as well as some Aquaman news!
The Film Fanatics are joined by the hosts of the Disney podcast "Part of Your World", Shiri and Taly! They reveal their top 5 Disney movies of all time and review two new Disney hit films, "Raya and the Last Dragon" and "Cruella".
In our special zombie episode, the guys discuss their favorite zombie movies, "Shaun of the Dead" and "Zombieland"! They also review Zack Snyder's zombie heist film "Army of the Dead" on Netflix, but not before reacting to the trailers for Marvel Studios' "Eternals" and Edgar Wright's "Last Night in Soho".
The Film Fanatics talk about the new trailer for Dear Evan Hansen and reflect on The Dark Knight Trilogy with special guest Yarden! They also review the new Netflix thriller The Woman in the Window starring Amy Adams.
The guys review the rom-com classic “10 Things I Hate About You” with a special guest! They also cover the newest trailer for “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” and review the movie “Yesterday”, recently added to Netflix Israel.
On this week’s episode of Film Fanatics, Gal and Alan tell you about the most exciting movie news of the week, which includes a discussion on the future of Marvel Studios. The guys review the action classic “Top Gun” and talk about its upcoming sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick”. They also give you some recommendations of what to stream this month.
Gal and Alan talk about this year's Oscar winners, as well as how was it to take a trip back to the '90s by watching the nostalgic "Space Jam" starring Michael Jordan. They also dive into an in-depth review of Marvel's Falcon and the Winter Soldier on Disney+
We take a look at how closely we can expect theaters to return, and review one of our favorite movie series, the X-Men! We also share our Oscar predictions as the ceremony comes closer and closer, and react to the new trailer for Marvel Studios' Shang-Chi!
Film Fanatics kicks off as Gal and Alan review the biggest movies and show of 2020, as well as look at the future of our movie screens! We also give our thoughts on Mank, one of the biggest movies this awards season, and share our excitement for the highly anticipated upcoming Spider-Man: No Way Home!