Carson and Paolo love movies. They don't always love the same movies — and that's the whole show. Two suburban dads who probably spend more time thinking about film than is healthy — get together every month or so, bring in some friends, and talk about movies for way too long. Sometimes it's a deep dive into a genre. Sometimes it's a year-end list that causes more conflict than it should. Sometimes we're not totally sure what it is, but we had a good time making it and hopefully you'll have a…
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We talk about movies featuring current/former wrestlers. These are not movies about wrestlers, but instead usually "bad" action movies with wrestlers in the lead or supporting roles. We then each rate these movies on 4 categories and Ben uses his advanced analytics to determine the King of the Hill of the Fan & The Critic. Instagram: thefanandthecritic
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has us thinking about every Greek mythology movie ever made — so Ben and David join Carson and Paolo to crown the best Zeus and Hercules, argue over which myths Hollywood still hasn't touched, and cast our own Greek Mythology Cinematic Universe. Instagram: thefanandthecritic
Ben and Elon stop by to talk about the movies that made us who we are — the ones we watched too young, the ones that hit different now, and the ones we're a little embarrassed to admit shaped us. It starts sentimental, gets weird, gets serious, then gets weird again, and somehow ends with a horror movie game. Instagram: thefanandthecritic
Carson and Paolo run down their Top 10 movies of 2025. Carson's list is the usual pretentious indie picks, except this year Paolo's is almost entirely horror — proof that nine years in, we still don't watch the same movies. Instagram: thefanandthecritic
Carson built a Christmas movie trivia quiz that wildly overestimates how much anyone else knows about Christmas movies, Ben included. Spoiler: not everyone has watched Scrooged (1988) twenty-plus times like Carson has, and that shocks him every single time. Instagram: thefanandthecritic
Ben and Peter join Carson and Paolo to dig into the horror franchises that have lasted longest and the ones that should've stopped a sequel or two ago. Expect strong opinions, dumb tangents, and at least one franchise we change our minds about mid-conversation. Instagram: thefanandthecritic
Peter comes back to talk 80s fantasy movies and our ongoing D&D campaign, and yes, it's another two-hour episode. We had a great time recording it — whether you have a great time listening is between you and your podcast app. Instagram: thefanandthecritic
Carson gets tied to a chair (figuratively, mostly) and forced to sit through a stack of movie musicals, including Wicked and Emilia Pérez, and finds at least one nice thing to say about each. Our guests actually know what makes a musical good or bad, which helps. Instagram: thefanandthecritic
Ten years after Rogue One split the Fan and the Critic right down the middle, Andor season 2 landed and somehow both of us liked it. So we go back and rewatch Rogue One to see if time — and Andor — changed our minds about a Star Wars movie we couldn't agree on. Instagram: thefanandthecritic
Four dudes sit around and talk about how much they like Jackie Chan. His movies, specifically — though honestly, also just him. Instagram: thefanandthecritic
