Films Of The Future

Paul Rudd is Ant-Man. We are reviewer-men and we discuss all things ants… man! Download: Films of the Future 035: Ant-Man or subscribe on iTunes Episode 35 Notes Dave Chapelle was pretty young when he co-wrote and starred in Half Baked You can watch the first season of Marvel’s Daredevil (2015–)... Read More

This week we review Terminator Genisys and Alan explains why it makes sense for a robot to age into old-man Arnold Schwarzenegger. Download: Films of the Future 034: Terminator Genisys or subscribe on iTunes Episode 34 Notes The previous films in this franchise were The Terminator... Read More

This week we review Pixar’s new emotional animated adventure, Inside Out. Christopher Meister joins us at Films of the Future headquarters to discuss the current state of children’s films and we debate if there was or wasn’t a gray Care Bear. Plus, another email from... Read More

This week we review Seth MacFarlane’s Ted 2 and ponder it’s similarities to Family Guy. Is Amanda Seyfried an angel? Are angels ghosts? Plus, we read listener email! Download: Films of the Future 032: Ted 2 or subscribe on iTunes Episode 32 Notes Mark Wahlberg also starred in... Read More

Hold on to your butts. This week we review Jurassic World. Download: Films of the Future 031: Jurassic World or subscribe on iTunes Episode 31 Notes Jurassic Park (1993) was released on June 11, 1993, The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) was released on May 23, 1997,... Read More

This week we review San Andreas starring Dwayne Johnson. Special Californian guest, Carissa Remitz joins us to discuss if it makes sense to be afraid of earthquakes and wonder if it’s really safe to be safe. Download: Films of the Future 030: San Andreas or subscribe on... Read More

This week we review Disney’s Tomorrowland directed by Brad Bird. We agree that we both love The Incredibles and we go behind the imaginary scenes of a Disney pitch meeting. Download: Films of the Future 029: Tomorrowland or subscribe on iTunes Episode 29 Notes Brad Bird previously... Read More

This week we review Mad Max:Fury Road and debate if director George Miller deserves to be called a visionary mastermind. We also confirm that we follow the biological code and argue about how a book club is supposed to work. Download: Films of the Future 028:... Read More

In this episode we review the latest Marvel film, Avengers: Age of Ultron and visit the Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) for some added context. Download: Films of the Future 027: Age of Ultron or subscribe on iTunes Episode 27 Notes Marvel actually has a slightly useful overview of the... Read More

We’re reporting from Star Wars Celebration Anaheim with our recap of the fan experience and news about all things Star Wars as Disney gets ready to release new movies every year. Special guest Brett Bays joins us to discuss the new teaser trailer for The... Read More

This week we review Alex Garland’s Ex Machina starring Alicia Vikander as a sexy robot in a psychological love triangle with Domhnall Gleeson and Oscar Isaac. Ben Vigeant, co-host of The Space Lincoln Star Trek Podcast, joins us on our quest to decide if we are... Read More

Buckle up—we’re reviewing Furious 7. We don’t have friends, we have a podcast family. Download: Films of the Future 024: Furious 7 or subscribe on iTunes Episode 24 Notes The previous films in the franchise are The Fast and the Furious (2001), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), The Fast... Read More

This week we review Get Hard starring Will Ferrell as a clueless millionaire who enlists Kevin Hart to help him prepare for his impending time in prison. Alan explains why he identified with Will Ferrell’s back hair and we end up discussing our recurring nightmares. Download:... Read More

Zachary Muhn joins us for a review of The Divergent Series: Insurgent. We argue about whether to not it’s derivative before discussing when Aerosmith’s career went south. Download: Films of the Future 022: Insurgent or subscribe on iTunes Episode 22 Notes Apparently this is a sequel to... Read More

In this episode Alan’s mom joins us to review Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella. We talk about how this Cinderella has more spunk than her Disney princess friends and for some reason we start to sing “The Yellow Rose of Texas”. Download: Films of the Future 021: Cinderella or... Read More

In this episode we review Neill Blomkamp’s Short Circuit tribute, Chappie. We’re joined by a special non-biased guest, Mod-Bot 2020, to keep the conversation from just being Alan’s repeated demands to “burn him to ash” every time I defend Chappie. Download: Films of the Future 020:... Read More

In this episode we review Focus starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie as sexy con artists. Along the way we ponder the origins of steampunk and explore the complicated dynamics of co-directing films. Download: Films of the Future 019: Focus or subscribe on iTunes Episode 19 Notes According... Read More

In this episode we reflect on the 87th Academy Awards winners before they are announced. The winners, losers and the unexpected moments are all discussed in (imagined) detail. All that and a little Whoopi makes for a great Oscars appetizer so listen up! Download: Films of the Future... Read More

In this episode we review Kingsman: The Secret Service directed by Matthew Vaughn who is best known as the director of X-Men: First Class (2011) but Alan and I prefer Kick-Ass (2010). Also, I trick Alan into admitting that I’m his best friend. Download: Films of the Future... Read More

In this episode we review Andy and Lana Wachowski’s Jupiter Ascending starring Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum in a universe-spanning sic-fi original that inspires Alan to question what planet I’m from. I’m shocked by the answer. Download: Films of the Future 015: Jupiter Ascending or subscribe on iTunes Episode... Read More