The Fan & The Critic

The Fan & The Critic

By Carson ChoiTV & Film
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The Fan & The Critic episodes

  • Top 10 Movies of 2023
    Carson and Paolo run down their Top 10 movies of 2023 — Carson's still picking pretentious indies, Paolo's still picking dumb Hollywood blockbusters, and somehow it's a list with something for everyone.
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    1 hr 13 min
  • Movie Dads (feat. Ben and Stephen)
    Four dads get together to talk about watching movies and being dads, featuring Ben and Stephen — which is exactly as wholesome and exactly as off-the-rails as it sounds.
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    1 hr 38 min
  • Best Movie Sidekick (feat. Kyle)
    Who is the greatest movie sidekick of all time? Carson, Paolo, and Kyle each bring their own nominee, argue over what even counts as a sidekick, and land on one definitive winner.
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    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)
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    1 hr 23 min
  • Book-to-Film Adaptations (feat. Tracey from Off My Shelf)
    What makes a movie or TV adaptation actually work — sticking close to the source material, or taking real creative liberties? Tracey from the movie podcast Off My Shelf joins us to dig into book and IP adaptations and where the line is between faithful and free.
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    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/
    1 hr 41 min
  • Terrible Films from Asylum Studios Part 2 (feat. Dan and Mena)
    We didn't learn the first time. Four years after our first deep dive into Asylum Studios' gloriously bad low-budget movies, Dan and Mena return to help us officially declare ourselves experts in their tricks — Two Headed Shark Attack, Jurassic Domination, Atlantic Rim: Resurrection, and Dracula: The Original Living Vampire included.
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    1 hr 41 min
  • Movie Reviews - Ant-Man 3 and The Banshees of Inisherin
    Would you rather live in the MCU's Quantum Realm or on the island of Inisherin? Carson and Paolo's answers are exactly what you'd expect, and somehow they explain everything about why one of them loved Ant-Man 3 and The Banshees of Inisherin and the other didn't.
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    1 hr
  • Top 10 Movies of 2022
    Carson and Paolo run down their Top 10 movies of 2022 — pretentious indie picks from Carson, dumb Hollywood blockbusters from Paolo, and a list with something in it for everyone.
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    1 hr 44 min
  • TV Reviews - Andor Season 1
    Carson finally quits Star Wars — or tries to — by refusing to watch another Disney+ show. Then he watches all twelve episodes of Andor anyway, and we talk about why it might be the one that wins him back.
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    1 hr 3 min
  • Movie Reviews - Easter Sunday, Rings of Power, Bros
    A Filipino movie hits theatres, so naturally we have to talk about it. Paolo digs into representation in film and TV while Carson works to understand what that actually means, and we weigh in on the non-controversies swirling around Easter Sunday, Rings of Power, and Bros.
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    1 hr 8 min

About The Fan & The Critic

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Carson and Paolo love movies. They don't always love the same movies — and that's the whole show.