Pop Culture with Fanboy and Know-It-All
132 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsTwo nerds — a professional movie reviewer, Paul Asay (of Plugged In), who actually loves movies and an unqualified geek, Jake Roberson, who knows just enough to be dangerous — take on a crazy world saturated in movies, television, and myriad pop culture tropes.
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Dune (2021), His House (2020), and the End of Season One
October 20, 2021 10:45 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBWhat's the best way to make a horror movie less scary? Know-It-All shares one of his favorite pro tips of all-time in this regard in the context of Fanboy forcing yet another horror movie on him since it's October and, y'know, "Halloween season" or some garbage like that. This time around the flick in question is a BBC film called HIS HOUSE (available on Netflix) that brings a fresh take to the haunted house segment of the horror movie genre by also tackling pressing issues of social commen...
The Best Propaganda Films Ever, Ranked, and "Reefer Madness"
September 15, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 95.1 MBWhat is the best propaganda film of all time and why is it not actually REEFER MADNESS? Know-It-All and a special guest host filling in for Fanboy (friend of the show and CURRENT GEN podcast co-host Tim Nester) have the answer for you as well as their Top 10 Great Propaganda Movies of All Time ranked list in this here episode. It's what the kids call a "dooby." Errr, "doozy." ("April Showers" by ProleteR is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives [aka Music Sharing] 3.0...
The Best Propoganda Films Ever, Ranked, and "Reefer Madness"
September 15, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 95.1 MBWhat is the best propoganda film of all time and why is it not actually REEFER MADNESS? Know-It-All and a special guest host filling in for Fanboy (friend of the show and CURRENT GEN podcast co-host Tim Nester) have the answer for you as well as their Top 10 Great Propoganda Movies of All Time ranked list in this here episode. It's what the kids call a "dooby." Errr, "doozy." ("April Showers" by ProleteR is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives [aka Music Sharing] 3.0...
Marvel's SHANG CHI and the Top 10 Best Martial Arts Scenes in Movies Ever, Ranked
September 01, 2021 10:50 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBWhat is the best martial arts scene that you've ever seen? The world of cinema is chock full of fantastic martial arts sequences. Whether martial arts scenes take place inside of martial arts films or superhero flicks, it is easy to see why the diverse fighting styles of myriad martial arts disciplines have long been so popular amongst movie goers. That is one of the reasons Fanboy and Know-It-All knew it was high time that they ranked their favorite martial arts scenes in movies. That a...
Free Guy and the Top 10 Movies that Should Be Video Games, Ranked
August 18, 2021 10:55 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBWhat movie desperately needs to become a video game? If you ask one of us, you might hear the answer "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" come out of one of our mouths... That's right. Movies based on video games are generally terrible. But what about video games based on movies... ? Yeah, they can be pretty terrible as well. But not always. In the hands of the right video game studio, video games based on preexisting movie IP can be pretty great (we're looking at you, Shadow of Mordor). T...
Ted Lasso and the Most Strangely Compelling Olympic Events, Ranked
August 05, 2021 04:48 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBWhat Olympic event are you drawn to in ways that make no sense? We all know about the sports and athletic competitions that draw all the eye and earballs during the Olympic Games, but what about the ones that keep you up at night? Not because you're terrified, but because you can't stand to miss a solitary, strange moment of the action? Fanboy and Know-It-All tackle the best and most compelling Olympic Events currently in the Olympic Games in order to help you find your new obsession. Als...
The Best TV Show Casts of All Time, Ranked (and The Tomorrow War)
July 15, 2021 01:41 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBWhat TV show is the most perfectly cast? That question, posed to us by friend of the show Wes Coburn (@CoburnWesley), animates a passionate debate between Fanboy and Know-It-All as they each bring their respective Top Five Most Perfectly Cast TV Shows of All Time lists to the table. You might be able to guess a few of them that cracked our collective Top 10 Best TV Show Casts Ever rankings, but we're willing to wager there will be a few that surprise -- and maybe even anger -- you as well. ...
YouthMin: A Mockumentary (An Interview with the Cast and Crew [Plus 1972s "The Night of the Lepus"])
June 30, 2021 11:05 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBWhat if Michael Scott was a youth pastor? Steve Carell's classic turn as an inept middle manager in NBC's "The Office" may or may not have been on the minds of Jeff Ryan, Arielle Cimino, and Christopher O'Connell when they set out to create their mockumentary feature film called "YouthMin," but no one needs to squint to see why one review of the movie quips that it feels akin to what might have happened if "The Office went to Christian summer camp." Interestingly enough, "YouthMin" is not...
Marvel's Loki plus Netflix's The Mitchells vs the Machines
June 16, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBSure, Thanos said there'd be no resurrections this time. But he didn't say nothing about no prequels involving time travel and multiverses (multiversi?), so now we have Marvel's LOKI on Disney+. Fanboy and Know-It-All struggle to resist the superhero genre, but they give in to take on LOKI. (Who are we kidding? We don't resist it at all.) Also, SLEEPER ALERT: we watched Netflix's "The Mitchells vs the Machines" and we have thoughts. ("April Showers" by ProleteR is licensed under a Attribu...
CRUELLA and the Best Disney (Animated) Villains Ever, Ranked
June 02, 2021 10:55 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBWho are the best (read: most evil and loathsome) Disney animated villains of all-time? We'd wager that the list of options is probably longer than you think, and we'd also wager that Cruella De Vil probably crossed your mind when you saw the question because, well, puppy slaughter and all that jazz that adults of 1960s decided to feature in animated children's movies. It's hard to argue against the read that Cruella De Vil is one of Disney's least sympathetic villains, so it seems only fi...
Cruella and the Best Disney (Animated) Villains Ever, Ranked
June 02, 2021 10:55 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBWho are the best (read: most evil and loathsome) Disney animated villains of all-time? We'd wager that the list of options is probably longer than you think, and we'd also wager that Cruella De Vil probably crossed your mind when you saw the question because, well, puppy slaughter and all that jazz that adults of 1960s decided to feature in animated children's movies. It's hard to argue against the read that Cruella De Vil is one of Disney's least sympathetic villains, so it seems only fi...
The 100 Best Movies Ever, Ranked
May 19, 2021 11:00 - 2 hours - 117 MBWhat are the top 100 greatest movies ever made? And how are they ranked? All legitimate film critics and self-respecting know-it-all cinema aficionados have a list of their Top 100 Films of All-Time. To comemorate their 100th episode, Fanboy and Know-It-All knew it was their duty to create and rank their own definitive list of the best movies ever made. As can be expected with two strong-willed personalities, there are crossovers, surprise picks, and disagreements galore as our intrepid and...
[SPOILERCAST] The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Season One Review and Captain America (1990)
May 05, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBHow does "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" fare on Disney+? Does it hold a candle to "WandaVision"? Is it better or worse in any meaningful ways? Which one is deeper? How does the (presumed) first season of "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" continue to set up the next phase(s) of the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Fanboy and Know-It-All break down all those questions, as well as a few others, in their recap and review of Marvel's "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" (Season One?) which is no...
Thunder Force and the Worst Movie Supervillains Ever, Ranked
April 21, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 72.9 MBWho is the worst movie supervillain of all time? If one of us had our 'druthers, someone from Netflix's new Ben Falcone/Melissa McCarthy "superhero" film, Thunder Force, would be on the list. Inspired by the aggressively mediocre film, Fanboy and Know-It-All realized that it was time for the world to have a definitive ranked list of the Top 10 Worst Cinematic Supervillains of All Time. And who better to make said definitive list than Fanboy and Know-It-All? Paired with a review of the p...
Godzilla vs Kong (SPOILERS), Aaron Rodgers Hosting Jeopardy!, and Attack of the Monsters
April 07, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBWho is "Aaron Rodgers"? That would be the correct question if the answer was pre-given, Jeopardy!-style, as "This NFL quarterback hails from the Land of Cheese Curds and has filled in as a guest host on Jeopardy!" That's right, Fanboy and Know-It-All discuss Aaron Rodgers' first appearance as a guest host on the classic TV trivia show "Jeopardy!" as the series continues its search for a replacement to the legendary Alex Trebek. Elsewhere, our dynamic duo dives deeper into GODZILLA VS. K...
Zack Snyder's Justice League [SPOILERS] and the Top 10 Movies That Need to Be Recut, Ranked
March 24, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBSome movies are begging to be recut. Was 2017's JUSTICE LEAGUE one of those movies? Or is one of the other movies we rank as being the films most in need of being recut more worthy? The 2017 release of JUSTICE LEAGUE generated a lot of attention due to the leaks surrounding the film prior to director Zack Snyder's official departure that came in the wake of a terrible family tragedy. For years, super fans begged for Warner Bros to release the quote-unquote "Snyder Cut." Using 70 million dol...
WandaVision [SPOILERCAST] Full Season Review and What Phase 4 Means for the Future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
March 10, 2021 11:35 - 1 hour - 147 MBWhat does WandaVision mean for Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe?? The 9-episode run of WandaVision is officially in the books over on Disney+ and it was chockfull of potential implications for Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (also, do we need to start calling it the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse now?). Fanboy and Know-It-All are chockfull with hot takes for what Marvel Studios did with Wanda and Vision in WandaVision. They are also not shy about prognosticating about what W...
Nomadland and Killer Klowns from Outer Space
February 24, 2021 12:05 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBCan a bad movie be a great bad movie if it was intentionally made to be a bad movie? In their first foray back into Hurts So Good territory in 2021, Fanboy and Know-It-All get into their worst fight since nearly coming to blows over Brad Pitt and Daniel Day Lewis as they duke it out over whether or not KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE (currently available to stream on Netflix at time of publication) deserves to rank on the official Hurts So Good scale for Z-grade cinema. Oh, yeah, and they ...
FANBOY WROTE A BOOK (and the Best Books to Re-Read Ever, Ranked)
February 10, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBIN FACT, FANBOY WROTE two BOOKS! That's right, on this very special episode of Pop Culture with Fanboy and Know-It-All, we talk about both books that our very own Paul Asay has written and -- as of February 9, 2021 -- published: one he wrote with farmer and former NFL center Jason Brown called "Centered" and one he wrote all on his own called "Beauty in the Browns." Know-It-All grills Fanboy about both books before the intrepid duo decides to rank their Top Five Favorite Books to Re-Read....
WandaVision and the Best Pop Culture of 2020, Ranked
January 27, 2021 12:05 - 1 hour - 74 MBWhat was the best entertainment of 2020? Fanboy and Know-It-All dive into the notorious year that was 2020 in order to mine the best and most engaging nuggets of pop culture and entertainment that Two Thousand Twenty had to offer. Not only do your favorite heroes mine these tasty nuggets, though, they also rank them in numerical order from worst of the best to best of the best. Because, science! Elsewhere, the intrepid podcasting duo engages in a spoiler-y discussion about what's going on...
The Best Pop Culture of 2020, Ranked, and a WandaVision Preview
January 27, 2021 12:05 - 1 hour - 74 MBWhat was the best entertainment of 2020? Fanboy and Know-It-All dive into the notorious year that was 2020 in order to mine the best and most engaging nuggets of pop culture and entertainment that Two Thousand Twenty had to offer. Not only do your favorite heroes mine these tasty nuggets, though, they also rank them in numerical order from worst of the best to best of the best. Because, science! Elsewhere, the intrepid podcasting duo engages in a spoiler-y discussion about what's going on...
WandaVision Preview and the Best Pop Culture of 2020, Ranked
January 27, 2021 12:05 - 1 hour - 74 MBWhat was the best entertainment of 2020? Fanboy and Know-It-All dive into the notorious year that was 2020 in order to mine the best and most engaging nuggets of pop culture and entertainment that Two Thousand Twenty had to offer. Not only do your favorite heroes mine these tasty nuggets, though, they also rank them in numerical order from worst of the best to best of the best. Because, science! Elsewhere, the intrepid podcasting duo engages in a spoiler-y discussion about what's going on...
Wonder Woman 1984, Mandalorian Season 2 Recap, and Deadpool in the MCU [SPOILERCAST]
January 13, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBThere's no time like 2021 to dive into one of 2020's only blockbuster superhero movies. The DCEU's "Wonder Woman 1984" has roped its way into theaters and HBO Max subscriptions across the world and Fanboy and Know-It-All knew it was high time to engage in verbal fisticuffs over it. Elsewhere, with Season Two of The Mandalorian fully released on Disney+, Fanboy and Know-It-All dig into the twists, turns, and Easter Eggs that Jon Favreau and crew decided to pack into the ever-expanding Star W...
Pixar's SOUL, Chadwick Boseman's Last Movie, and Michael Jordan: GOAT or System Role Player?
December 30, 2020 11:55 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBChadwick Boseman's last movie performance came in the role of Levee in Netflix's MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM which dropped for the viewing public in December 2020. It's a fascinating film for a variety of reasons other than the fact that it is the last film Boseman will appear in since cancer took his life in summer 2020. As Fanboy and Know-It-All continue their quest to watch all of 2020/2021's "Oscar Bait" movies, they hash out the deep and complex themes of Netflix's MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM ...
Netflix's MANK and the Best Old Men Movie Characters of All Time, Ranked
December 17, 2020 18:17 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBA black and white Academy Award contender, MANK, has dropped on Netflix to help close out the year that is 2020. Fanboy and Know-It-All have a lot to say about the film, its chances at the 2021 Oscars, and its place in cinematic history (both as a film and as a commentary on cinematic history itself). Elsewhere, inspired by MANK starring Gary OLDMAN, Fanboy and Know-It-All decide to list, rank, and argue over the best old man characters in cinematic history -- a segment that contains a few ...
The Star Wars Holiday Special and The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special, Ranked
December 02, 2020 12:00 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBWere you unlucky enough to see the Star Wars Holiday Special before George Lucas tried to bury it? Unfortunately for Mr. Lucas and everyone else connected with the making of 1978's Star Wars Holiday Special, it seems that Disney has decided to allow the dumpster fire that is the holiday-themed musical variety show known as the Star Wars Holiday Special to unofficially-yet-basically-officially live on via YouTube. And, in conjunction with the release of The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special o...
The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) and The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special (2020), Ranked
December 02, 2020 12:00 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBWere you unlucky enough to see the Star Wars Holiday Special before George Lucas tried to bury it? Unfortunately for Mr. Lucas and everyone else connected with the making of 1978's Star Wars Holiday Special, it seems that Disney has decided to allow the dumpster fire that is the holiday-themed musical variety show known as the Star Wars Holiday Special to unofficially-yet-basically-officially live on via YouTube. And, in conjunction with the release of The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special o...
Netflix's "The Trial of the Chicago 7," the PlayStation 5 Launch, and Fantasy Movie Awards Season League Draft 3: The Rubber Match
November 18, 2020 11:55 - 1 hour - 71 MBOne silver lining for 2020? Basically all of the Academy Award contenders are (or will soon be) streaming on a OTT device near you. It's been a weird year and the movie awards business has been feeling the weirdness right along with the rest of us. But where the accessibility of award-bait cinema prior to movie awards season is generally pretty spotty in typical years, the shuttering of movie theaters and forced prominence of streaming services in 2020 has led to "Oscar bait" being more acc...
Mandalorian Season 2 Premiere and the Best Sci-Fi TV Shows Ever, Ranked
November 04, 2020 12:05 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBFor your money, what are the best sci-fi TV shows ever made? Odds are, your list and ours don't match up perfectly. Ours certainly didn't and mass chaos ensued. Because sometimes Wrongy McWrongface (aka Fanboy) needs to be put in his place. Especially when he comes in with such a terrible pick at #1. THE NERVE! Oh, yeah, and Season 2 of The Mandalorian has premiered on Disney+ so we argue about both the first episode of Season 2 as well as over the respective opinions Fanboy and Know-It-A...
The Best Sci-Fi TV Shows Ever, Ranked (and the Mandalorian Season 2 Premiere)
November 04, 2020 12:05 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBFor your money, what are the best sci-fi TV shows ever made? Odds are, your list and ours don't match up perfectly. Ours certainly didn't and mass chaos ensued. Because sometimes Wrongy McWrongface (aka Fanboy) needs to be put in his place. Especially when he comes in with such a terrible pick at #1. THE NERVE! Oh, yeah, and Season 2 of The Mandalorian has premiered on Disney+ so we argue about both the first episode of Season 2 as well as over the respective opinions Fanboy and Know-It-A...
Hubie Halloween, the horror of Pan's Labyrinth, and an Office Ladies-Dude Perfect collab?
October 21, 2020 10:55 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBNever fear, 2020, Adam Sandler and Netflix knew you were dying (undying?) for a new Halloween flick and delivered... something. Frankly, we're still not entirely sure what Hubie Halloween is supposed to be--but we argue about it at length anyway. Elsewhere, to continue exploring Know-It-All's Backlist Hall of Shame, our dynamic duo watched Pan's Labyrinth (also available on Netflix as of October 2020) and Know-It-All makes a strong-yet-contentious case that the film is a horror film in the...
All the Sports, Star Wars Shoes, and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" That No Money Can Buy
October 07, 2020 11:05 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBFrom a dearth of live sports to an unprecedented cornucopia of live sports, 2020 keeps on giving in weird and unexpected ways. Accordingly, Fanboy and Know-It-All saw it fit to give their terrible opinions about the best movies for four of the most popular team sports in the United States. Elsewhere, uninspired by the first presidential debate of the 2020 matchups between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, Fanboy forces Know-It-All to watch James Stewart in Frank Capra's 1939 classic, "Mr. Smith ...
Netflix's "Project Power" and the Best Terrible Animal Superpowers, Ranked
September 23, 2020 11:05 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBWhat animal's "superpower" would be the worst for a human being to be saddled with? Inspired by the unique premise of the new Netflix original movie "Project Power," Fanboy and Know-It-All embark on a shudder-worthy exploration of the grottiest "abilities" that animals have which humans should not aspire to have. Oh, yeah, and they review Netflix's "Project Power" too. ("April Showers" by ProleteR is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives [aka Music Sharing] 3.0 Int...
Netflix's "Project Power" and Terrible Animal Superpowers
September 23, 2020 11:05 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBWhat animal's "superpower" would be the worst for a human being to be saddled with? Inspired by the unique premise of the new Netflix original movie "Project Power," Fanboy and Know-It-All embark on a shudder-worthy exploration of the grottiest "abilities" that animals have which humans should not aspire to have. Oh, yeah, and they review Netflix's "Project Power" too. ("April Showers" by ProleteR is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives [aka Music Sharing] 3.0 Int...
Netflix's "Project Power" and Terrible Animal Superpowers, Ranked
September 23, 2020 11:05 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBWhat animal's "superpower" would be the worst for a human being to be saddled with? Inspired by the unique premise of the new Netflix original movie "Project Power," Fanboy and Know-It-All embark on a shudder-worthy exploration of the grottiest "abilities" that animals have which humans should not aspire to have. Oh, yeah, and they review Netflix's "Project Power" too. ("April Showers" by ProleteR is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives [aka Music Sharing] 3.0 Int...
[SPOILERCAST] Tenet
September 09, 2020 10:55 - 34 minutes - 32 MBAAAAAUUUUGGGHHHH, ALL THE SPOILERZZZZZ. ("April Showers" by ProleteR is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives [aka Music Sharing] 3.0 International License.)
TENET (No Spoilers) and the Return of Movie Theaters
September 09, 2020 10:50 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBA spoiler-free review of Christopher Nolan's "TENET" and a deep dive into our return to movie theaters in a COVID-19 context and what we think it does -- or doesn't -- mean for the future of the medium. ("April Showers" by ProleteR is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives [aka Music Sharing] 3.0 International License.)
Get Duked!, the Best Spy Movies (Ranked), and Plan 9 from Outer Space
August 27, 2020 11:05 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBCould an independent British black comedy film really be the surprise hit of the COVID-19-stricken year that is 2020? "Get Duked!" wants to prove that it could indeed. But, lest it get too much attention after it drops on Amazon Prime on August 28, Fanboy and Know-It-All give ample attention to one of the worst movies of all time: "Plan 9 from Outer Space." Oh, yeah, and they argue over their rankings of the best spy movies ever made. ("April Showers" by ProleteR is licensed under a A...
Get Duked!, the Best Spy Movies Ever (Ranked), and Plan 9 from Outer Space
August 27, 2020 11:05 - 1 hour - 71.8 MBCould an independent British black comedy film really be the surprise hit of the COVID-19-stricken year that is 2020? "Get Duked!" wants to prove that it could indeed. But, lest it get too much attention after it drops on Amazon Prime on August 28, Fanboy and Know-It-All give ample attention to one of the worst movies of all time: "Plan 9 from Outer Space." Oh, yeah, and they argue over their rankings of the best spy movies ever made. ("April Showers" by ProleteR is licensed under a A...
The Old Guard and the Fate of College Football in 2020
August 12, 2020 10:55 - 1 hour - 74.5 MBDID A SUPERHERO MOVIE SNEAK INTO OUR NETFLIX QUEUES THIS SUMMER AFTER ALL?? Sorry-not-sorry for the all-caps. Maybe we got a little excited or maybe all the sticky candy residue finally built up to an unsustainable level and caused the button to be stuck until we agreed to pause our writing of this episode description and finally clean it off. You pick whichever explanation you want to believe. Annnyyyywaaayyy... we watched Netflix's THE OLD GUARD to help fill the "Summer Superhero Blockb...
The Best Superhero Movie Scenes Ever (Ranked), 20 Questions, and the Future of Movie Theaters
July 29, 2020 10:35 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBWhat are the best movie scenes to ever find themselves inside a superhero flick? In the absence of new superhero summer blockbusters being released in theaters over the course of the summer of 2020, Fanboy and Know-It-All dug through the archives to review the best superhero movie scenes of all-time so that they could rank them in numerical order for you. Elsewhere, Fanboy puts Know-It-All on blast with a rapid-fire round of twenty superhero-related questions. Oh, prompted by news th...
The Best Superhero Movie Scenes (Ranked), 20 Questions, and the Future of Movie Theaters
July 29, 2020 10:35 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBWhat are the best movie scenes to ever find themselves inside a superhero flick? In the absence of new superhero summer blockbusters being released in theaters over the course of the summer of 2020, Fanboy and Know-It-All dug through the archives to review the best superhero movie scenes of all-time so that they could rank them in numerical order for you. Elsewhere, Fanboy puts Know-It-All on blast with a rapid-fire round of twenty superhero-related questions. Oh, prompted by news th...
Hamilton, Taco Bell Quarterly, and Ranking the Best Film Adaptations of Broadway Shows
July 15, 2020 11:05 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBKING GEORGE IS ON DISNEY+ In, y'know, the filmed version of the "Hamilton" Broadway show. We may not all be able to pack into a crowded theater in New York City, but many of us are finally getting our chance to see the Broadway phenomenon that is Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton" musical. Fanboy and Know-It-All have soaked it in (THREE TIMES BETWEEN US) and have some takes to dish out. Elsewhere, inspired by watching "Hamilton" (THREE TIMES BETWEEN US), the intrepid duo decides to rank out...
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga and Obscure Sports Competitions, Ranked
July 01, 2020 09:05 - 1 hour - 81.7 MBWill Ferrell is a very funny fellow, right? Right?? Netflix's "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga" starring Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams is tearing up the (Netflix) charts even though it has received decidedly polarized (polarizing?) reviews from critics and users alike. Fanboy and Know-It-All, as you've come to expect by now (we hope), are on the case. Elsewhere, as the COVID-19 sports gap continues to fester, Fanboy and Know-It-All throw together a definitive ranking of ...
Pop Culture That Schooled Us on Race, the Return of the NBA, and Lawrence of Arabia
June 18, 2020 02:41 - 1 hour - 91.3 MBStorytelling has a powerful way of opening eyes and invading hearts. In this episode, Fanboy and Know-It-All talk about the pieces of popular culture that impacted and expanded their perspectives on the realities of racism in the United States. Elsewhere, Fanboy forced Know-It-All to watch Lawrence of Arabia in all of its Just-Shy-of-Four-Hours glory (self-indulgence?). Thoughts and arguments ensue. ("April Showers" by ProleteR is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives [a...
The Vast of Night, The Last Airbender, and Subverting Racism in Pop Culture
June 03, 2020 09:05 - 1 hour - 67.3 MBWe may not be getting our traditional summer blockbusters, but Amazon Prime has released a smart, understated sci-fi flick that feels as fresh as it does nostalgic. Elsewhere, our intrepid duo takes on another "Hurts So Good" assignment in the form of M. Night Shyamalan's live action take on "Avatar: The Last Airbender." ("April Showers" by ProleteR is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives [aka Music Sharing] 3.0 International License.)
IMDboss and Summer Blockbusters of Yesteryear
May 19, 2020 07:05 - 1 hour - 63.4 MB2020 is likely to be a year mostly devoid of the prototypical "summer blockbuster" films many have enjoyed for years. With that in mind, Fanboy and Know-It-All are opening a timebox to the past by drawing a year from an Indiana Jones (replica) fedora and breaking down the Box Office Top 10 from this week of that year. Elsewhere, the dynamic duo introduces a new game they made up called "IMDboss" wherein they compete against one another to guess movies based only on lines from IMDb user revie...
The Parks and Recreation Special and the Best TV Theme Songs Ever, Ranked
May 06, 2020 09:05 - 1 hour - 69 MBWhat is the best TV theme song? Studies show there's a theme song for almost every TV show. But which ones are the best? We decided to rank them and create our mutual Top 10--but there was very little mutuality in our arguing. So there's that. Elsewhere, Fanboy and Know-It-All break down NBC's special COVID-19-themed "A Parks and Recreation Special." ("April Showers" by ProleteR is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives [aka Music Sharing] 3.0 International License.)
Code 8, Quibi, and the Best Virtual Vacation Destinations
April 22, 2020 01:01 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBCW "superstars" and real-life cousins united to make a dystopian superhero movie called "Code 8" and it's on Netflix now. But is it any good? Plus, we rank a list of some of the top virtual vacation destinations to liven up your COVID-19 quarantine. Also, what's the deal with Quibi anyway? Links to some of our virtual vacation destinations: https://parade.com/1018029/alexandra-hurtado/virtual-disney-rides/ and https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/giants-causeway/features/take-a-virtual-tour...
The Tiger King, a North Korean Monster Movie, and Quarantine Video Games (*ahem* COVIDeo Games)
April 08, 2020 03:09 - 1 hour - 78.5 MBTigers and rednecks and North Korean Monster Movies, OMGOSH!! Joined by Tim Nester, co-host of the Current Gen podcast, Fanboy and Know-It-All rank the best video games to play during the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine (or any quarantine, really) and dig into a North Korean monster movie from 1985 which was made by a kidnapped South Korean director shortly before he and his ex-wife made a daring escape from under the thumb of the oppressive North Korean regime. Oh, yeah, and the so-called "...