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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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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”.
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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.
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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”.
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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.
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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!
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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