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!
Image Credits: Alan Azulay
Gal Balaban
Host
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.
Subscribe for more and follow us!
Season Finale – Scott Pilgrim Special (with the Movie Eaters)
03/09/2023The 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!
Image Credits: Alan Azulay
Mission: Tom Cruise
03/09/2023Alan 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!
Image Credits: Alan Azulay
Barbenheimer
10/08/2023The 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!
Image Credits: Alan Azulay
Back to High School (with Holden Pollak)
10/08/2023Gal 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!
Image Credits: Alan Azulay
Top 5 Time Travel Movies + The Flash Review!
31/07/2023The 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.
Subscribe for more and follow us!
Image Credits: Alan Azulay
Indiana Jones – Franchise Lookback
25/07/2023The 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.
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!
Image Credits: Alan Azulay
Director Spotlight – Wes Anderson
25/07/2023Gal 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.
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!
Image Credits: Alan Azulay
Best Spider-Man Movie Ever?
25/07/2023Alan 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.
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!
Image Credits: Alan Azulay
We Talk Movies Too Much (with Sean Chandler)
25/07/2023The 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!
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!
Image Credits: Alan Azulay
Succession – Final Season Spoiler Review
05/06/2023The 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.
Image Credits: Alan Azulay
Director Spotlight – Ben Affleck
21/04/2023We 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.
Image Credits: Alan Azulay
Would We Survive Ghostface?
14/04/2023The 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”.
Image Credits: Alan Azulay
The Last of Us and Shazam!
14/04/2023Gal 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.
Image Credits: Alan Azulay
Top 10 Sports Movies (and Creed III review)
24/03/2023In 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!
Image Credits: Alan Azulay
The Film Fanatics vs Rotten Tomatoes
17/03/2023The 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!
Image Credits: Alan Azulay
Brendan Fraser – Actor Showreel with William Atticus Parker
10/03/2023In 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.
Image Credits: Alan Azulay
Paul Rudd Mania! (Actor Showreel)
03/03/2023He’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!
Image Credits: Alan Azulay
Director Spotlight – Damien Chazelle
17/02/2023The 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.
Image Credits: Alan Azulay