The Fan & The Critic

Instagram: thefanandthecritic We discuss the range of Greek Mythology movies that have been created so far and "anticipate" the new Odyssey movie. We decide who has been the best Zeus and Hercules so far, talk about which Greek stories we would love to be seen made, and then cast our own Greek Mythology Cinematic Universe.

Instagram: thefanandthecritic I don't know what the proper title for this one should be y'all. Ben and Elon drop by and we talk about movies that were part of our formative years and made us the people we are today. It gets weird, then it gets serious, then it gets weird again - and then we play a game about horror movies.

Instagram: thefanandthecritic Carson and Paolo talk about their favorite movies from the past year. As usual, Carson's list is full of pretentious indie movies and Paolo's list is full of dumb Hollywood movies. There's something for everyone! (note: I've used this description for the last three years and it's finally not true! Carson's list is full of schlock and Paolo's list is almost exclusively horror movies!)

Instagram: thefanandthecritic On this episode, Carson wildly overestimates how much other people know about Christmas movies by creating trivia questions that no one knows the answers to. He is also shocked that not everyone has watched Scrooged (1988) over 20 times each.

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Instagram: thefanandthecritic After we finished recording this episode, we said to ourselves: "Boy that was fun to do. I'm not sure if anyone is going to enjoy listening to this, but at least we enjoyed this." So yeah, welcome to another 2 hour long episode and we hope you sit through all of it.

Instagram: thefanandthecritic On this month's episode, Carson is tied to a chair and forced to watch Musicals against his will. He finds at least one good thing to say about each. Our guests are more musically sophisticated and better able to articulate what is good and bad about these movies.

Instagram: thefanandthecritic 10 years ago Rogue One was released to theatres and created strongly divided opinions between the Fan and the Critic. More recently, Andor season 2 was released and was received well by both. Perhaps it is time to revisit Rogue One and see if the passage of time yields a more favourable response. Will the Critic walk back his hatred? Will the Fan be less hyped?

Instagram: thefanandthecritic Just 4 dudes sitting around talking about how much they like Jackie Chan....'s movies.

Instagram: thefanandthecritic Carson and Paolo talk about their favorite movies from the past year. As usual, Carson's list is full of pretentious indie movies and Paolo's list is full of dumb Hollywood movies. There's something for everyone! (note: I've used this description for the last two year's top 10 episode, and it's always true!)

Instagram: thefanandthecritic It's end of year, there are tons of great movies finally being released - so let's watch the worst 2 that came out? I barely have enough time to watch the movies I want to watch. I have a lengthy backlog of good movies to watch - why am I doing this to myself?

Instagram: thefanandthecritic We've somehow gone 7 years of doing this podcast without having an episode dedicated to zombie movie, a genre that we all love. And so...it is time...and instead of talking about our favourite zombie movies we talk about two movies that no one has ever heard of: One Cut of the Dead, and Seoul Station. We forget to say it during the episode, but SPOILER WARNING. If you're going to put in the time to listen to this episode we suggest you just go the extra mile and watch One Cut of the Dead before you do.

Instagram: thefanandthecritic Sure you've probably seen the original Starship Troopers movie, but did you know it also had two terrible sequels? We do now and we've watched them both. We invite Aleks and Dan back onto the show to share their suffering - I mean - to share their thoughts on how well they live up the original.

Instagram: thefanandthecritic Last time Ben and Carlos were here we talked about 2 horror movies in the same franchise. This time, we expand our scope by having each person bring their horror movie recommendation. We will like them? Will we hate them? We will decide to stop watching horror movies?

Instagram: thefanandthecritic We designed this episode so we could compare two part twos - a good one a bad one - little did we expect that Dune Part Two would be absolute garbage and Rebel Moon Part Two would be the most amazing movie of the year!

Instagram: thefanandthecritic Carlos makes us watch horror movies that he considers some of the best in recent years. We discuss them but also get VERY off topic. Ben and Carson also try to join the conversation while trying to admit they were too scared to watch them all the way through.

Instagram: thefanandthecritic It's been a while since we did an episode focused on a single movie, but Rebel Moon is just one of those movies that we had to get together and discuss. Is it the worst thing we saw all year? Is it something almost great? We still dont know!

Instagram: thefanandthecritic Carson and Paolo talk about their favorite movies from the past year. As usual, Carson's list is full of pretentious indie movies and Paolo's list is full of dumb Hollywood movies. There's something for everyone! (note: I copy/pasted this description from last year's top 10 episode, and it's still true!)

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Instagram: thefanandthecritic We review Christopher Nolan's latest film, Oppenheimer, and then discuss his entire filmography and how we would rank them.

Instagram: thefanandthecritic What makes a good sidekick or supporting character in a movie? Kyle from 'Kyle and Dave vs the Machine' joins us to help answer this question. We formed a bracket and voted/argued to decide, tune to find out who the 3 of us eventually agreed on. Check out Kyle's podcast, Kyle and Dave vs The Machine, where a machine forces them to watch and review movies from a particular year. Find it at: https://kdvstm.transistor.fm/ (or everywhere else you find podcasts at) Qq8Do7etQtjRFNogIZVj

Instagram: thefanandthecritic What makes a movie adaptation good or bad? Should you stick close to the source material or have your freedom to make it your own? Tracey, a fellow movie podcaster, joins us to explore this subject. Check out Tracey's podcast, Off My Shelf, where she reviews movies right off the shelf for her DVD. Find it at: https://offmyshelf.underbellyofsunshine.com/

Instagram: thefanandthecritic We didn't learn our lesson! 4 Years ago we did an episode on Asylum Studio's awful low-budget movies, thinking it would be fun - and it turned out to be boring and awful, so we did it again! Since we've now done 2 episodes, we're considering ourselves as experts on this studio and their usual tricks. Two Headed Shark Attack - 13:26 Jurassic Domination - 36:26 Atlantic Rim: Resurrection - 55:15 Dracula: The Original Living Vampire - 1:19:05

Instagram: thefanandthecritic Would you rather live in the Quantum Realm of the MCU or the island of Inisherin? Paolo and Carson's answers are as you'd expect and oddly are at the root of why they like or dislike each of these movies.

Instagram: thefanandthecritic Carson and Paolo talk about their favorite movies from the past year. As usual, Carson's list is full of pretentious indie movies and Paolo's list is full of dumb Hollywood movies. There's something for everyone!

Instagram: thefanandthecritic Carson decides that he's had enough and decides to finally quit Star Wars and not watch another of their terrible Disney Plus shows. He then proceeds to watch all 12 episodes of Andor and then we discuss it.

Instagram: thefanandthecritic A filipino movie came out, and so we must talk about it. Paolo talks about representation in film/tv while Carson attempts to understand what that means. We also weigh in on recent non-controversies regarding Rings of Power and Bros.

Instagram: thefanandthecritic Carson does not like The Gray Man, but Paolo does. Paolo does not like The Roundup, but Carson does. They discuss it for an hour and half.

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast We talk about recent multiverse movies Dr Strange In the Multiverse of Madness and Everything Everywhere All At Once. We also talk about how far we'd make it in a The One style deathmatch with the other version of ourselves, and pitch amazing multiverse movies of our own.

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast We re-visit some of our 2021 recommendations that we made to each other, only to confirm that we have different tastes in movies. We then talk about Licorice Pizza to re-confirm that we have different tastes in movies.

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast Have you ever wondered what would happen if Oscar nominated characters were entered into a deathmatch? No? Well - you're the weird one, not us - listen to us draft characters from the past decade and put them through a gauntlet of deathmatch arenas to see who is the ultimate survivor.

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast We re-visit some of our 2021 recommendations that we made to each other, only to confirm that we have different tastes in movies. We then talk about Licorice Pizza to re-confirm that we have different tastes in movies.

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Carson and Paolo go through each of their Top 10 lists of 2021. We disagree on almost every single one. Lamb - 15:31 Judas and the Black Messiah - 19:10 The Power of the Dog - 21:59 Last Night in Soho - 26:00 The Card Counter - 29:30 Matrix: Resurrections: 31:40 Spencer - 41:18 Werewolves Within - 43:27 C'mon C'mon - 46:48 Nobody - 49:44 Titane - 50:35 Shang-Chi - 54:12 The Last Duel - 58:35 The Suicide Squad - 1:02:20 Pig - 1:03:30 No Time To Die - 1:06:50 The Green Knight - 1:13:02 Dune - 1:13:50 Justice League Snyder Cut - 1:14:30 Spider-Man: No Way Home - 1:15:45

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast We talk about our favourite action scenes of the following categories: 1v1 Fight, 1 v Many Fight, Army Battle, Car Chase, Shoot Out

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast It's an episode about Dune - we talk about Dune.

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast We found a little known show on Netflix and decide to talk about it because there isn't enough being said about it. We also discuss some of the recent movie trailers that don't contain super heroes.

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast We discuss the merits of looking at paintings, and Paolo finds a gem (?) in the trash bucket of Netflix

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast We discuss all the different movies that The Tomorrow War could have been but wasn't

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast Army of the Dead Review - 3:30 Nobody Review - 36:30 Pandemic Movie Pitches - 50:36

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast Twitter: @HWHAPodcast Due to lack of new movies being released, we are forced to start watching tv series but actually find a few worth talking about.

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast We recorded a conversation of what we thought the movie was going to be, immediately watched it, and then came back and recorded what we thought - so you get to hear how wrong we were.

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast Twitter: @HWHAPodcast A battle of the 7th and 140th most popular first names in the most recent US census. We give our guests 7 movie-based challenges to determine who is in fact the best. 1. Perform your favourite movie monologue - 2:24 2. Cast a live-action South Park movie - 11:42 3. What is the best Nic Cage character - 20:22 4. Pick 4 movie characters to survive with in a mall during zombie apocalypse - 30:45 5. Pitch a Donald Trump biopic where QAnon is real and Trump is an action star - 54:38 6. Who is the best non-human character in Star Wars - 1:06:12 7. Create a movie pitch on the spot - 1:17:00

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast Twitter: @HWHAPodcast Paolo and Carson used refined scientific techniques to guess next year's best movies.

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast Twitter: @HWHAPodcast Paolo and Carson discuss their Top 10 movies of 2020. Full spoilers for all reviews, timecodes below in case you don't want to skip ahead and not be spoiled for something. Wonder Woman 1984 - 05:17 Soul - 27:38 Train to Busan Peninsula - 34:54 Boys State - 42:34 The Outpost - 48:57 Onward - 58:01 Da 5 Bloods - 1:03:18 The Invisible Man - 1:17:02 The Gentlemen - 1:25:35 Tenet - 1:29:43

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast Twitter: @HWHAPodcast We draft a team of Wes Anderson characters, which includes: A Bill Murray character, a Wilson brother character, a Jason Schwartzmann character, a mother/matriach, a child/minor, and a wildcard. We then put our teams through a series of high society shenanigans and debate whose team is the best.

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast Twitter: @HWHAPodcast We engage in a factual, educated discussion about which actor/actress should be labeled as the best action star of the 2010s. Our conclusions - undisputed.

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast Twitter: @HWHAPodcast 2 Sales Managers discuss how sales people are portrayed in film and we make them choose which sales characters they would hire for some scenarios we throw at them.

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast Twitter: @HWHAPodcast Carson and Paolo argue about the value of Charlie Kaufman's films and a new guest drops by to discuss other new movies that we've enjoyed Tenet (2020) - 3:40 Devil All The Time (2020) - 21:15 Bloodshot (2020) - 48:40

Instagram: houstonwehaveapodcast Twitter: @HWHAPodcast Carson and Paolo argue about the value of Charlie Kaufman's films and a new guest drops by to discuss other new movies that we've enjoyed Onward (2020) - 10:50 I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020) - 17:50 #Alive (2020) - 32:30