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The Fan & The Critic

Carson Choisoundcloud.com
Intellectual, beer-fueled discussion about movies. Each episode we bring in new guests to talk about their favourite movie genres, share their favourite audio clips, describe themselves using movie characters, and ultimately to get in a fight with us by end of each episode. Instagram: thefanandthecritic
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Episodes

Movie Reviews - Wicked and Emilia Perez

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.

Jul 13, 20251 hr 33 min

Ep 65 - Andor S2 and Rogue One revisited

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?

Jun 08, 20251 hr 36 min

Ep. 63 - Top 10 Movies of 2024

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!)

Jan 20, 20251 hr 42 min

Movie Reviews - Joker 2 and Megalopolis

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?

Nov 30, 20241 hr 24 min

Ep. 62 - Zombie Movies (feat. Ben and Carlos)

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 wat...

Sep 27, 20241 hr 26 min

Ep. 61 - Starship Troopers Franchise (feat. Aleks and Dan)

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.

Aug 22, 20241 hr 29 min

Ep. 60 - Horror Movie Recommendations (feat. Ben and Carlos)

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?

Jul 06, 20241 hr 52 min

Ep. 59 - Dune 2 and Rebel Moon 2 (feat. David and John)

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!

Apr 22, 20241 hr 31 min

Ep. 58 - The Conjuring & Annabelle (feat. Ben and Carlos)

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.

Feb 13, 20242 hr 18 min

Ep. 57 - Rebel Moon

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!

Jan 24, 20241 hr 4 min

Ep. 56 - Top 10 Movies of 2023

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!)

Jan 16, 20241 hr 12 min

Ep. 53 - Best Movie Sidekick (feat. Kyle)

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) Qq8Do...

Jun 26, 20231 hr 23 min

Ep. 52 - Movies based on books/IPs (feat. Tracey)

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/

Apr 16, 20231 hr 41 min

Ep. 51 - Asylum Studios Part 2 (feat. Dan and Mena)

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

Mar 24, 20231 hr 40 min

Movie Reviews - Ant-Man 3 and The Banshees of Inisherin

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.

Mar 10, 202359 min

Ep. 50 - Top 10 Movies of 2022

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!

Jan 02, 20231 hr 43 min

TV Reviews - Andor

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.

Nov 27, 20221 hr 3 min

Ep. 49 - Representation in Film/TV (Easter Sunday, Rings of Power, Bros)

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.

Sep 28, 20221 hr 8 min

Movie Reviews - The Gray Man and The Roundup

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.

Aug 21, 20221 hr 25 min

Ep. 48 - Multiverse Movies (feat. Ben and Joe)

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.

Jul 05, 20221 hr 43 min

Movie Reviews - The Batman

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.

May 15, 20221 hr 8 min

Ep. 47 - Oscar Nominated Character Deathmatch (feat. Bernice and Martin)

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.

Apr 17, 20221 hr 49 min

Movie Reviews - Licorice Pizza

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.

Mar 09, 202257 min

Ep. 45 - Top 10 Movies of 2021

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...

Jan 11, 20221 hr 34 min
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