Episodes
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Do you like talking about movies? Want to do more of it? Want to do it even better? Let's "critic" together!!!
This episode covers Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Here's the episode summary:
1. What we do here
2. We grab some kernels from our movie or show
3. We pop some Popcorn
4. We dive deep into Production Design
5. We play Connection Collection
6. We wrestle with the movie's Theme
7. We paint with words
8. Report Card for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
9. I express gratitude for YOU and my deep desire for you to share your amazing movie thoughts with me
Trailer for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves IMDb page
Feel free to share your movie thoughts with me at --> [email protected]
Keep watching, and keep talking! The universe needs you to talk about movies (or TV shows)!
Stay safe. Take care of each other.
Peace out!
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Do you like talking about movies? Want to do more of it? Want to do it even better? Let's "critic" together!!!
This episode covers John Wick Chapter 4
Here's the episode summary:
1. What happens here
2. We grab some kernels from our movie or show
3. We pop some POPCORN
4. We talk cinematography and how camera placement can give the audience a much needed breather
5. We pop some more POPCORN
6. We focus on the stuff that gets repeated and discuss my similarities to the oblivious folks clubbin' in the movie
7. Writing tips: How to say you didn't do something/ Connecting the way people in a movie feel to the way you feel/ How to close
7. Report Card for John Wick Chapter 4
8. I express gratitude for YOU and my deep desire for you to share your amazing movie thoughts with me
John Wick Chapter 4 IMDb page
John Wick Chapter 4 trailer
Feel free to share your movie thoughts with me at --> [email protected]
Keep watching, and keep talking! The universe needs you to talk about movies (or TV shows)!
Stay safe. Take care of each other.
Peace out!
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Do you like talking about movies? Want to do more of it? Want to do it even better? Let's "critic" together!!!
This episode covers the new chapter of the DC Universe: Shazam! Fury of the Gods!
Here's the episode summary:
1. What happens here
2. We grab some kernels from our movie or show
3. We pop some POPCORN
4. We promise to be nice little critics
5. We use a list to make our writing more fun and more clear
6. We go NEXT LEVEL with our alliteration!
7. Report Card for Shazam! Fury of the Gods
8. I express gratitude for YOU and my deep desire for you to share your amazing movie thoughts with me
Shazam! Fury of the Gods IMDb page
Shazam! Fury of the Gods trailer
Feel free to share your movie thoughts with me at --> [email protected]
Keep watching, and keep talking! The universe needs you to talk about movies (or TV shows)!
Stay safe. Take care of each other.
Peace out!
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Do you like talking about movies? Want to do more of it? Want to do it even better? Let's "critic" together!!!
This episode covers the latest hi-jinks of Ghostface in his/her/its/their (you really never know!) new movie, Scream VI!
Here's the episode summary:
1. What happens here
2. We grab some kernels from our movie or show
3. We pop some POPCORN
4. We promise to be nice little critics
5. We use metaphors to describe movie characters
6. We sprinkle topic-related words throughout our movie talk
7. We take well known and overused cliches and turn them on their bread
8. Report Card for Scream VI
9. I express gratitude for YOU and my deep desire for you to share your amazing movie thoughts with me
Scream VI IMDb page
Scream VI trailer
Feel free to share your movie thoughts with me at --> [email protected]
Keep watching, and keep talking! The universe needs you to talk about movies (or TV shows)!
Stay safe. Take care of each other.
Peace out!
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Do you like talking about movies? Want to do more of it? Want to do it even better? Let's "critic" together!!!
This episode covers the new MGM movie, Creed III !
Here's the episode summary:
1. What happens here
2. We grab some kernels from our movie or show
3. We pop some POPCORN
4. We promise to be nice little critics
5. We use Catalog (credit to Jay Heinrichs's book Word Hero) in order to show, don't tell.
6. We use short sentences so that we can make a single lick of sense
7. Report Card for Creed III
8. I express gratitude for YOU and my deep desire for you to share your amazing movie thoughts with me
Creed III IMDb page
Creed III trailer
Feel free to share your movie thoughts with me! --> [email protected]
Keep watching, and keep talking!
Stay safe and take care of each other! Peace.
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Do you like talking about movies? Want to do more of it? Want to do it even better? Let's "critic" together!!!
This episode covers the new MCU flick, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania!
Here's the summary:
1. What happens here
2. We collect some kernels
3. We pop some POPCORN
4. We have a tournament to determine the greatest Multiverse ever
5. We use consonance and assonance
6. We use an analogy
7. Report Card for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
9. I express gratitude for YOU and my deep desire for you to share your amazing movie thoughts with me
Ant-Man and The Wasp IMDb page
Ant-Man and The Wasp trailer
Feel free to share your movie thoughts with me! --> [email protected]
Keep watching, and keep talking!
Stay safe and take care of each other! Peace.
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Do you like talking about movies? Want to do more of it? Want to do it even better? Let's "critic" together!!!
This episode covers the new Netflix Original, True Spirit!
Here's the summary:
1. What happens here
2. We collect some kernels
3. We pop some POPCORN
4. We promise to be nice, little critics
5. Rant writing
6. Use words related to your film's topic
7. We go overboard with lists
8. Report Card for True Spirit
9. I express gratitude for YOU and my deep desire for you to share your amazing movie thoughts with me
True Spirit IMDB page
True Spirit trailer
Feel free to share your movie thoughts with me! --> [email protected]
Keep watching, and keep talking!
Stay safe and take care of each other! Peace.
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Do you like talking about movies? Want to do more of it? Want to do it even better? Let's "critic" together!!!
This episode covers the latest M. Night Shyamalan jam, Knock at the Cabin !
Here's the summary:
1. What happens here
2. A for-reals listener review of Elvis
3. We Grab our Popcorn
4. We promise to be nice, little critics
5. Making verbs more action-y
6. When it sounds awesome in your head but you just can't make it sound good out loud (aarrrrggghhhh!!!)
7. A knock knock joke
8. Report Card for Knock at the Cabin
9. I express gratitude for YOU and my deep desire for you to share your amazing movie thoughts with me
Knock at the Cabin IMDB page
Knock at the Cabin trailer
Feel free to share your movie thoughts with me! --> [email protected]
Keep watching, and keep talking!
Stay safe and take care of each other! Peace.
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Do you like talking about movies? Want to do more of it? Want to do it even better? Let's "critic" together!!!
This episode covers a film that just screened at the Sundance Film Festival, Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out!
Here's the summary:
1. What happens here
2. A bonus review of another Sundance flick: Beyond Utopia
3. FOOS from Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out
4. I start digging into the film's themes
5. We play America's favorite fun game: Critic Mad Libs
6. A quick Report Card Review of Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out
7. I express gratitude for YOU and my deep desire for you to share your amazing movie thoughts with me
Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out IMDb page
Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out trailer
Jeffery Lyle's phenomenal review of Dog Gone (where we got the sentence to play Critic Mad Libs)
Feel free to share your movie thoughts with me! --> [email protected]
Keep watching, and keep talking!
Stay safe and take care of each other! Peace.
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Do you like talking about movies? Want to do more of it? Want to do it even better? Let's "critic" together!!!
This episode covers the new Gerard Butler action flick, Plane!
Here's the summary:
1. What happens here
2. A bonus review of the new Apple Plus animated short (and Oscar favorite, according to goldderby.com) The Boy, The Mole, The Fox & The Horse
3. Questions, notices and thoughts from Plane
4. I ask the Classically Critical Critically Classic Critic Questions
5. We use some alliteration to give our movie talk some POP!!!
6. A quick Report Card Review of Plane
7. I express gratitude for YOU and my deep desire for you to share your amazing movie thoughts with me
Plane IMDb page
Plane trailer
Ann Hornaday's incredibly stupdendous book: Talking Pictures
Read my entire review in order to see how all the random pieces fit together at my website: mrfdigsmovies.com
Feel free to share your movie thoughts with me! --> [email protected]
Keep watching, and keep talking!
Stay safe and take care of each other! Peace.
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Do you like talking about movies? Want to do more of it? Want to do it even better? Let's "critic" together!!!
This episode covers my first watch of 2023, M3GAN !!!
Here's the summary:
1. Intro/What we're all about
2. A bonus review of Sarah Polley's Women Talking
3. Surprises, questions, notices and thoughts from M3GAN
4. I recast the lead role with a top 3 (at LEAST) action hero from the 20th century ...
5. A Critic Mad Lib, where we take a sentence from a professional critic and imitate it in order to make us sound like better critics
6. A quick Report Card Review of M3GAN
7. I express gratitude for YOU and my deep desire for you to share your amazing movie thoughts with me
M3GAN IMDb page
M3GAN trailer
Maria Lattila's review of After Yang from whynow.co.uk (the review where we got our Critics Mad Lib sentence from)
*** My apologies for mispronouncing Maria's last name throughout the podcast. I think her last name got auto-corrected while typing my outline. As someone whose last name is often mispronounced, I wholeheartedly apologize.
Read my entire review in order to see how all the random pieces fit together at my website: mrfdigsmovies.com
Feel free to share your movie thoughts with me! --> [email protected]
Keep watching, and keep talking!
Stay safe and take care of each other! Peace.
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Do you like talking about movies? Want to do more of it? Want to do it even better? Let's "critic" together!!!
This episode covers my final film watched for 2022! It's the sci-fi slow burn from writer-director Kogonada, After Yang.
Here's the summary:
1. Intro/What we're all about!
2. A bonus review of Bones and All
3. The things that jumped out at me from After Yang
4. Some really bizarre and weird thoughts that the movie led me to ...
5. A Critic Mad Lib, where we take a sentence from a professional critic and imitate it in order to make us sound like better critics!
6. I express my deep desire for you to share your amazing movie thoughts with me!
After Yang IMDb page
After Yang trailer
Diego Peralta's review of Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (the review where we got our Critics Mad Lib sentence from)
Read my entire review in full in order to see how all the random pieces fit together at my website: mrfdigsmovies.com
Feel free to share your movie thoughts with me! --> [email protected]
Keep watching, and keep talking!
Stay safe and take care of each other! Peace.
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Welcome to the only review show where the review is done during the show. Why would anyone do such a thing? Because Mr F wants you to write or record your very own stuff along with him! Remember ... THE UNIVERSE NEEDS YOU TO TALK ABOUT MOVIES (AND TV SHOWS)!!!
Mr. F covers the film The Invitation on this week's episode! You can talk about this Gothic horror film as well, something else that just came out, or even classics from back in the day. And if you want to share your movie views with the world, post them with #mrfdm Or if you're not down with the entire universe knowing what you're digging or not, you can either keep your thoughts to yourself or email your stuff to me at [email protected]. I won't share your stuff unless you say it's ok.
Check out Mr F's website that has all his reviews, PLUS lots of tools and games that will help you be the best critic you can be: mrfdigsmovies.com
We talk about these things called "subordinating conjunctions" this week. Move them to the middle of your sentences to make your sentences flow better. Here's a list of them.
If you enjoy this podcast, please don't forget to follow/subscribe, leave a review, or tell a friend. Thanks! Mr. F can't wait to hear what you're talking about! Because ... once more ... THE UNIVERSE NEEDS YOU TO TALK ABOUT MOVIES (AND TV SHOWS)!!!
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Welcome to the only review show where the review is done during the show. Why would anyone do such a thing? Because Mr F wants you to write or record your very own stuff along with him! Remember ... THE UNIVERSE NEEDS YOU TO TALK ABOUT MOVIES (AND TV SHOWS)!!!
Mr. F covers the film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On on this week's episode! You can talk about Marcel as well, something else that just came out, or even classics from back in the day. And if you want to share your movie views with the world, post them with #mrfdm Or if you're not down with the entire universe knowing what you're digging or not, you can either keep your thoughts to yourself or email your stuff to me at [email protected]. I won't share your stuff unless you say it's ok.
Check out Mr F's website that has all his reviews, PLUS lots of tools and games that will help you be the best critic you can be: mrfdigsmovies.com
We "steal" a sentence this week from Valerie Complex's (Deadline.com) outstanding review of the film Prey. Check out her review here.
If you enjoy this podcast, please don't forget to follow/subscribe, leave a review, or tell a friend. Thanks! Mr. F can't wait to hear what you're talking about! Because ... once more ... THE UNIVERSE NEEDS YOU TO TALK ABOUT MOVIES (AND TV SHOWS)!!!
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Mr F takes wades into the bizarre waters of Stranger Things Season Four! Take a listen to discover what Mr F noticed about the first couple episodes, what would happen if the Duffer Brothers were actually nice to their amazing characters, and how Stranger Things's report card turns out! To see Mr F's finished essay, go to the website (mrfdigsmovies.com) and click on the "Podcasts/Essays" section!
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Mr F takes on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness! Listen to discover what Mr F noticed about the movie, which Phase Four MCU film is his favorite so far, and how Doctor Strange's report card turns out! To see Mr F's finished essay, go to the website (mrfdigsmovies.com) and click on the "Podcasts/Essays" section!
