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Film Fanatics
Film Fanatics
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.
Who are we? We're the Film Fanatics. We love talking about movies, tv shows, and everything in between.
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Image credit: AudioVersitySo Many Antiheroes
30/10/2022Dwayne "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".
Hulks, Elves and Dragons
24/10/2022The 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.
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Halloween Special
24/10/2022Season 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!
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Season Finale - Favorite Directors
09/09/2022In 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?
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Director Spotlight - Jordan Peele
26/08/2022The 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.
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Is the Predator Franchise Saved?
19/08/2022The 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.
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Bullet Train (and Why the Critics Were Wrong)
12/08/2022Gal 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.
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The Gray Man and other Fugitives
05/08/2022The 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.
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Emmy Noms: TV Talk
29/07/2022The 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.
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Comic-Con Recap: The Multiverse Saga
26/07/2022Has 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!
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Thor and Ms. Marvel
22/07/2022Gal 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!
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Favorite Actors and Actresses
01/07/2022Gal 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?)
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To the Summer and Beyond!
24/06/2022This 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.
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The Tom Cruise Legacy
03/06/2022The 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".
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Horror Deep Dive I
27/05/2022Gal 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
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Doctor Strange and Moon Knight
13/05/2022Gal 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.
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A Nicolaspective (Cage)
06/05/2022The 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!
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Wizarding World
02/05/2022Gal 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!
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Pixar Fanatics
24/04/2022Gal 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".
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Blade Kills the Morbius Universe
08/04/2022This 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.
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Oscar Reactions and The Lost City
01/04/2022This 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!
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Ultimate Oscar Predictions
25/03/2022On this week’s episode the guys go all out with the Oscar winners predictions!
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The Adam Project
18/03/2022This 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.
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Best Batman Yet?
10/03/2022Gal 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!
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Best of 2021 and 2022 Anticipated!
10/02/2022Gal 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!
Then they also preview their most anticipated movies and TV shows that you can watch in 2022!
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Matrix Marathon
20/01/2022The 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.
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Spider-Man: No Way Home!
22/12/2021It'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'.
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