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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!)

Instagram: thefanandthecritic 4 dads get together and talk about watching movies and being dads.

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)

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.