The Fantastic Fools Podcast

93. Best of the Decade Part 1!!

January 22, 2020

It all comes down to this. The Fantastic Fools count down their best films of the 2010's, with help from your Fantastic Fan votes and a healthy serving of personal bias.

What will come out on top?

James also takes some time to recap the years that were from 2010-2019

2:52 2010 Recap/#10 Picks

14:38 2011 Recap/#9 Picks

23:45 2012 Recap/#8 Picks

33:35 2013 Recap/#7 Picks

44:47 2014 Recap/#6 Picks

58:10 The Fantastic Fans 10-6

1:00:10 Reading Emails That We Got

1:01:20 Watchlist (Mission: Impossible, Sex Education season 2)

92. The Best/Worst of 2019! Fantastic Fools Awards!

January 15, 2020

The Fantastic Fools Awards honour the best, worst, and weirdest films of 2019 in the world's most prestigious awards ceremony. Our esteemed panel awards a single chocolate Freddo Frog to the winners at the ceremony, before the best of the best compete for the coveted half-and-half Milky Top.

Skip around to find categories you like or listen to the whole episode to hear James, Thomas, Nick, and Charlie lose their minds.

1:50 Worst Movie

10:42 Best Cameo

14:33 Breakout Year

17:58 Worst Moment/Scene

23:42 Best Part of a Bad Movie

28:14 Best Moment/Scene

34:32 Longest Film

37:20 Most Underrated Film

41:29 Best/Biggest Villain

45:54 Best TV Show

50:34 That was 2019? Wow.

54:10 The Wilson Fisk Honourary Kaiju of the Year

1:03:12 Best Movie

91. Most Anticipated Films of 2020

January 2, 2020

2020 is set to be a big one for blockbuster film releases. With no Star Wars or Avengers films on the slate, a ton of franchises are lining up to be the next billion-dollar big deals.

James is joined by new guests Vitor and Ferg to discuss all of the biggest upcoming releases for 2020.

0:00 The episode starts

1:20 Most Anticipated Films

53:35 Our Top 3

55:20 The Watchlist (The Witcher, Star Wars stuff)

90. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker… oh boy

December 24, 2019

Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker is the long-awaited conclusion to the Skywalker saga, but does it stick the landing? James, Thomas and Nick review all of the ups and downs of the highly anticipated blockbuster in an in-depth review.

1:50 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (NO SPOILERS)

14:30 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (SPOILERS)

1:42:30 Fan reviews and comments (SPOILERS)

1:45:43 Watchlist (OG X-Men, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw)

89. Nobody asked, but we watched Tall Girl

December 17, 2019

We watched the Netflix Original Film Tall Girl. Why? Well, why not? Is Tall Girl a pitifully lame exercise in cliche and trite? Or is it a subversive masterpiece that alters our perception of reality itself? I mean, it's definitely the first one, but let's dive in anyway.

Prepare for the most divisive episode of the Fantastic Fools Podcast ever.

0:00 Tall Girl

5:19 Talking Tall Girl

13:21 Even More Discussion About Tall Girl

35:56 Yes, it's still Tall Girl

1:08:20 Girl, Tall

88. Knives Out!! Is the jury in or out?

December 3, 2019

Rian Johnson (more like Ruin Johnson amirite?) is back with the star-studded whodunnit Knives Out. Nick and James review the new film in this minisode and give their verdict on the surprise box office hit.

1:37 Knives Out NO SPOILERS

17:15 Knives Out SPOILERS

87. Joker 2 be or Joker 2 not be? Also Star Trek 4 and The Mandalorian

November 26, 2019

James and Nick get heavily into the news of the week, including the announcement (but not really) of a follow up to Joker, clashing Stargirl reports, Black Adam moving ahead, and Noah Hawley being courted for Star Trek 4.

1:45 Henry Cavill says he's still Superman

6:42 Black Adam continues to move ahead

10:56 Stargirl is also continuing to move ahead, also Crisis on Infinite Earths

16:03 Is there going to be a Joker 2?

23:50 Killing Zac Efron

26:00 Noah Hawley joins Star Trek 4

32:12 Watchlist (The Mandalorian, Last Christmas)

47:03 Reading emails that we got

86. A History of Star Wars TV Shows + Sonic’s Redesign and the Snyder Cut

November 19, 2019

With Disney+ dropping The Mandalorian on us, Thomas and James took a look back this week at the history of Star Wars on television, from Droids all the way to Resistance. We also examine big ethical questions about movies we don't care about: Justice League and Sonic the Hedgehog.

2:30 News (Patrick Wilson is Baquaman 2, Snyder Cut, Sonic trailer, Kings Man delay)

27:00 A History of Star Wars TV Shows

1:06:00 Watchlist (Living with Yourself, Mad Max: Fury Road)

85. History of Netflix, Best/Worst Netflix Originals! ALPHAS ONLY

November 13, 2019

With the imminent arrival of Disney+ and AppleTV+ set to change the streaming game forever, Thomas and James take a look at the history of the biggest player in the market, Netflix. We pick our favourite Netflix originals and chart the history of the site.

We also get into the news of the week, including Batman casting and the surprisingly verbose Scoob! trailer

1:22 Batman casting, Scoob trailer, Mendo says Spider-Man is a p*rnstar

19:20 The History of Netflix

29:20 Best/Worst Netflix Orignal Series and Movies

1:21:50 Watchlist (Ready or Not, Taskmaster, The Town)