web01.fireside.fm Wed, 27 May 2026 05:27:30 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Criticless Cast Unhinged - Episodes Tagged with “Willem Dafoe” https://criticlesscastunhinged.fireside.fm/tags/willem%20dafoe Sun, 08 May 2022 04:00:00 -0400 Join the Criticless crew on a journey of free thought as they develop a refreshing film criticism counter-culture where its okay to disagree with out-of-touch film critics. The divide between movie critics and general audiences seems to grow more every day and its time someone put it under a microscope. Are critics too politically driven, too close to the industry, or just too disconnected to relate? Maybe it’s all of the above and then some, and they are determined to find out! Get controversial and dissect tomato scores while uplifting our Criticless users week to week! Join your host and Criticless CEO Blaine Andrews and fellow movie lovers Matt Verlaque, Chris Cowles, and assorted miscreants as they hypocritically review the latest in film and TV while attempting to predict, discuss, &amp; critique the overall critical response. en-us episodic Join the Criticless crew on a journey of free thought as they develop a refreshing film criticism counter-culture where its okay to disagree with out-of-touch film critics... Join us on Criticless.com ! Criticless Inc. Join the Criticless crew on a journey of free thought as they develop a refreshing film criticism counter-culture where its okay to disagree with out-of-touch film critics. The divide between movie critics and general audiences seems to grow more every day and its time someone put it under a microscope. Are critics too politically driven, too close to the industry, or just too disconnected to relate? Maybe it’s all of the above and then some, and they are determined to find out! Get controversial and dissect tomato scores while uplifting our Criticless users week to week! Join your host and Criticless CEO Blaine Andrews and fellow movie lovers Matt Verlaque, Chris Cowles, and assorted miscreants as they hypocritically review the latest in film and TV while attempting to predict, discuss, &amp; critique the overall critical response. yes Movie Critic, Movie, Critic, Reviews, Rotten Tomatoes, Reaction, Film, Filmcast Criticless Inc. accounts@criticless.com The Northman (& the big toe comparison) https://criticlesscastunhinged.fireside.fm/thenorthman 43818a3e-25ba-4359-b222-29607dcbc458 Sun, 08 May 2022 04:00:00 -0400 Criticless Inc. full 3 Criticless Inc. This mothers day you get a mega macho movie review, your welcome! Indie director Robert Eggers just hit theatres with The Northman; his third film, and this time he's going all out with a bigger budget, action, Viking period piece. We reviewed his last film which had very mixed opinions so the questions is, does a more main stream approach have a more wide appeal for audiences? 1:56:23 yes <p>This mothers day you get a mega macho movie review, your welcome! Indie director Robert Eggers just hit theatres with The Northman; his third film, and this time he's going all out with a bigger budget, action, Viking period piece. We reviewed his last film which had very mixed opinions so the questions is, does a more main stream approach have a more wide appeal for audiences? </p> <p><strong>News</strong><br> Generation Drag<br> Hurd Turd<br> Fast 10 loses Justin Lin<br> Hot Wheels the movie<br> Netflix loses subs and cuts animation<br> Blake Lively and Edgar Wright team for Seconds</p> <p><strong>What we've been watching</strong><br> Matt: Fantastic Beast: The Secrets of Dumbledore, The Great Pottery Throw Down, Moon Knight, Killing It <br> Chris: Charlie Countryman, Star Wars: Rebels, Berserk<br> Blaine: Berry season 2</p> <p><strong><em>Spoilers</em></strong><br><br> Review for <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11138512/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Northman</a><br> Rotten Tomatoes Score Reveal and Reactions</p> <p><strong>Send off Songs</strong><br> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/24jYcGOPMTB0Qhj3s5wPNe?si=-TEISBDzQVSC2zhhjCs48Q" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Join in and listen to the Critically Aroused send-off song playlist on Spotiy</a></p> <p>Jim James - Here in Spirit<br> Whiskey Myers - Whole World Gone Crazy<br> POP ETC - Slips Away</p> <p>Next weeks podcast is to be decided!</p> <p>Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/criticallyaroused/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">@CriticallyAroused</a><br> Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ArousedMedia" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">@arousedmedia</a><br> Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CriticallyAroused/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">@CriticallyAroused</a></p> <p><em>Credits</em><br> Our beautiful podcast logo come via Aubrey Troutman <a href="http://aubreytroutmancreative.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">http://aubreytroutmancreative.com/</a><br> Our intro and outro music comes from <a href="https://ketsamusic.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://ketsamusic.com/</a> </p> The Northman, Action, Adventure, Drama, Robert Eggers, Alexander Skarsgård, Claes Bang, Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Willem Dafoe This mothers day you get a mega macho movie review, your welcome! Indie director Robert Eggers just hit theatres with The Northman; his third film, and this time he's going all out with a bigger budget, action, Viking period piece. We reviewed his last film which had very mixed opinions so the questions is, does a more main stream approach have a more wide appeal for audiences?

News
Generation Drag
Hurd Turd
Fast 10 loses Justin Lin
Hot Wheels the movie
Netflix loses subs and cuts animation
Blake Lively and Edgar Wright team for Seconds

What we've been watching
Matt: Fantastic Beast: The Secrets of Dumbledore, The Great Pottery Throw Down, Moon Knight, Killing It
Chris: Charlie Countryman, Star Wars: Rebels, Berserk
Blaine: Berry season 2

Spoilers

Review for The Northman
Rotten Tomatoes Score Reveal and Reactions

Send off Songs
Join in and listen to the Critically Aroused send-off song playlist on Spotiy

Jim James - Here in Spirit
Whiskey Myers - Whole World Gone Crazy
POP ETC - Slips Away

Next weeks podcast is to be decided!

Instagram @CriticallyAroused
Twitter @arousedmedia
Facebook @CriticallyAroused

Credits
Our beautiful podcast logo come via Aubrey Troutman http://aubreytroutmancreative.com/
Our intro and outro music comes from https://ketsamusic.com/

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News
Generation Drag
Hurd Turd
Fast 10 loses Justin Lin
Hot Wheels the movie
Netflix loses subs and cuts animation
Blake Lively and Edgar Wright team for Seconds

What we've been watching
Matt: Fantastic Beast: The Secrets of Dumbledore, The Great Pottery Throw Down, Moon Knight, Killing It
Chris: Charlie Countryman, Star Wars: Rebels, Berserk
Blaine: Berry season 2

Spoilers

Review for The Northman
Rotten Tomatoes Score Reveal and Reactions

Send off Songs
Join in and listen to the Critically Aroused send-off song playlist on Spotiy

Jim James - Here in Spirit
Whiskey Myers - Whole World Gone Crazy
POP ETC - Slips Away

Next weeks podcast is to be decided!

Instagram @CriticallyAroused
Twitter @arousedmedia
Facebook @CriticallyAroused

Credits
Our beautiful podcast logo come via Aubrey Troutman http://aubreytroutmancreative.com/
Our intro and outro music comes from https://ketsamusic.com/

]]> Nightmare Alley (& Sir Bradly of Cooperstown) https://criticlesscastunhinged.fireside.fm/nightmarealley 83238ef1-ffeb-4a00-8cbe-c4d69c26e169 Thu, 16 Dec 2021 13:00:00 -0500 Criticless Inc. full 2 Criticless Inc. Holy crap, Guillermo del Toro has a new movie out! It's called Nightmare Alley and it's actually a remake of a movie you've also never heard of. Have you even seen any ads for this thing? We sure have not, any why, do we blame Spider-Man? Either way, one must ask themselves, can anything ever top Pacific Rim?... the answer is obviously always going to be no, nothing is better than Pacific Rim! 1:51:33 yes <p>Holy crap, Guillermo del Toro has a new movie out! It's called Nightmare Alley and it's actually a remake of a movie you've also never heard of. Have you even seen any ads for this thing? We sure have not, any why, do we blame Spider-Man? Either way, one must ask themselves, can anything ever top Pacific Rim?... the answer is obviously always going to be no, nothing is better than Pacific Rim!</p> <p><strong><em>News</em></strong><br> Mega Man Movie<br> Edgar Allen Poe gets a series<br> Peacock gets new movies<br> Shang Chi gets another movie...and a TV show?<br> The Boys animated series</p> <p><strong><em>What's Streaming</em></strong> <br> Chris - Hawkeye, The Wheel of Time, Star Trek Discovery<br> Matt - The Great British Bakeoff, Riddick Trilogy, Psych movie #3<br> Blaine - Mayor of Kingstown, The Expanse, Always Sunny, Succession, The Matrix Awakens</p> <p>Who should and shouldn't see Nightmare Alley<br> Rotten Tomato Score Predictions</p> <p><strong><em>Spoilers</em></strong><br><br> Review for <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7740496/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Nightmare Alley</a><br> Rotten Tomatoes Score Reveal and Reactions</p> <p>Send off Songs<br> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/24jYcGOPMTB0Qhj3s5wPNe?si=-TEISBDzQVSC2zhhjCs48Q" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Join in and listen to the Critically Aroused send-off song playlist on Spotiy</a></p> <p>Next weeks podcast will be... Spider-Man: No Way Home</p> <p>Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/criticallyaroused/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">@CriticallyAroused</a><br> Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ArousedMedia" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">@arousedmedia</a><br> Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CriticallyAroused/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">@CriticallyAroused</a></p> <p><em>Credits</em><br> Our beautiful podcast logo come via Aubrey Troutman <a href="http://aubreytroutmancreative.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">http://aubreytroutmancreative.com/</a><br> Our intro and outro music comes from <a href="https://ketsamusic.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://ketsamusic.com/</a> </p> Crime, Drama, Thriller, Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan, Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, Nightmare Alley Holy crap, Guillermo del Toro has a new movie out! It's called Nightmare Alley and it's actually a remake of a movie you've also never heard of. Have you even seen any ads for this thing? We sure have not, any why, do we blame Spider-Man? Either way, one must ask themselves, can anything ever top Pacific Rim?... the answer is obviously always going to be no, nothing is better than Pacific Rim!

News
Mega Man Movie
Edgar Allen Poe gets a series
Peacock gets new movies
Shang Chi gets another movie...and a TV show?
The Boys animated series

What's Streaming
Chris - Hawkeye, The Wheel of Time, Star Trek Discovery
Matt - The Great British Bakeoff, Riddick Trilogy, Psych movie #3
Blaine - Mayor of Kingstown, The Expanse, Always Sunny, Succession, The Matrix Awakens

Who should and shouldn't see Nightmare Alley
Rotten Tomato Score Predictions

Spoilers

Review for Nightmare Alley
Rotten Tomatoes Score Reveal and Reactions

Send off Songs
Join in and listen to the Critically Aroused send-off song playlist on Spotiy

Next weeks podcast will be... Spider-Man: No Way Home

Instagram @CriticallyAroused
Twitter @arousedmedia
Facebook @CriticallyAroused

Credits
Our beautiful podcast logo come via Aubrey Troutman http://aubreytroutmancreative.com/
Our intro and outro music comes from https://ketsamusic.com/

]]> Holy crap, Guillermo del Toro has a new movie out! It's called Nightmare Alley and it's actually a remake of a movie you've also never heard of. Have you even seen any ads for this thing? We sure have not, any why, do we blame Spider-Man? Either way, one must ask themselves, can anything ever top Pacific Rim?... the answer is obviously always going to be no, nothing is better than Pacific Rim!

News
Mega Man Movie
Edgar Allen Poe gets a series
Peacock gets new movies
Shang Chi gets another movie...and a TV show?
The Boys animated series

What's Streaming
Chris - Hawkeye, The Wheel of Time, Star Trek Discovery
Matt - The Great British Bakeoff, Riddick Trilogy, Psych movie #3
Blaine - Mayor of Kingstown, The Expanse, Always Sunny, Succession, The Matrix Awakens

Who should and shouldn't see Nightmare Alley
Rotten Tomato Score Predictions

Spoilers

Review for Nightmare Alley
Rotten Tomatoes Score Reveal and Reactions

Send off Songs
Join in and listen to the Critically Aroused send-off song playlist on Spotiy

Next weeks podcast will be... Spider-Man: No Way Home

Instagram @CriticallyAroused
Twitter @arousedmedia
Facebook @CriticallyAroused

Credits
Our beautiful podcast logo come via Aubrey Troutman http://aubreytroutmancreative.com/
Our intro and outro music comes from https://ketsamusic.com/

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