In this episode, Michael & Ben review Pixar's "Elio" and then discuss their favorite worlds built in movies and television.

Recorded with: Neewer 700 condenser Mic. & Fifine Mic.

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This week on "Friends On Film" Ben & Michael review Wes Anderson's "The Phoenician Scheme", The live action remake of "How To Train Your Dragon", then discuss their 5 most anticipated movies coming out this summer!

‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Review: 1:20-9:14

‘How To Train Your Dragon Remake’ Review: 9:14-17:01 

Ben’s 5th anticipated Summer Movie: 17:40

Michael’s 5th anticipated Summer Movie: 21:15

Ben’s 4th anticipated Summer Movie: 23:58

Michael’s 4th anticipated Summer Movie: 28:31

Ben’s 3rd anticipated Summer Movie: 31:19 

Michael’s 3rd and Ben’s 2nd anticipated Summer Movie: 36:38

Michael’s 2nd anticipated Summer Movie: 42:33

Ben & Michael’s 1st anticipated Summer Movie: 48:26

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(Originally released 02/23/2025)

Today on 'Friends On Film', Ben & Michael talk about "Captain America: Brave New World", The Rock in Martin Scorsese’s next movie, and then discuss the 2025 Oscar season!

01:58- Captain America Spoiler Free Review & Discussion

14:58- The Rock in Martin Scorsese’s next movie discussion

23:33- Beginning our Oscar Discussion! What did we not see just yet?

26:18- Emilia Perez discussion

40:00- A Complete Unknown discussion

48:12- The Substance discussion

55:03- Wicked Part I discussion

01:04:40- The Brutalist discussion

01:11:16- Anora discussion

01:15:19- Conclave discussion

01:19:09- Dune Part II discussion

01:24:40- Who we want to win (almost) each category/final discussions

01:37:20- Michael gushes about Animated Feature

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(Originally released 02/01/2025)

In this episode, Ben & Michael redo everything and re-record their first episode of the year (Thanks Michael...). They talk about what the one movie they didn't like in 2024 and three movies they did! Also, they briefly talk about what they're looking forward too in 2025! 

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Originally released: 11/01/2024

In this catch-up episode, Michael & Ben sit down and discuss the recent box office failure of the second "Joker" movie, the "Wicked" poster debacle, issues behind the Amazon Prime show "The Edge Of Sleep", and cap it off with reviews for "The Wild Robot" & "Megalopolis"!

00:45- Intro

01:45- "Joker 2" discussion

17:40- "Wicked" poster discussion

29:30- "The Edge Of Sleep" discussion/review

46:05- "The Wild Robot" review

01:02:54- "Megalopolis" review

01:14:15- Outro

In this (totally not late!) episode, Michael and Ben discuss the announcements and trailers at D23, and go over what Disney is up too over the next couple of years.

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Continuing on from last week, Ben & Michael continue to rank the Disney live-action remakes & even give a few suggestions as to what they would like to see remade.

In this first part of two, Michael & Ben take on the task of looking at every remake from Disney since 2010 & give their thoughts on them!

This episode is written by Michael Andrew Dinan and Benjamin Treviño, Produced by Michael Andrew Dinan & Benjamin Treviño, executive produced by T.M Lein, Music by Jared Walker, and Logo by Corbin Climer.

In this episode, Ben & Michael get a little more serious as they discuss what they like and don't like about modern film criticism sharing stories, moments, and even personal growth over the years diving into what might be a pretty controversial topic.

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In this week's episode, Ben & Michael get close by discussing their five favorite romantic couples in movies, and Ben tries to avoid the awkwardness of where Michael chose to record this week...