The Fan Girl Film Club

A very special episode of the Fan Girl Film Club! We're joined by screenwriter and filmmaker El Trutt for a chat about indie filmmaking, life in the theatre, and what happens if you just start making things.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Gladiator II. Who we watched it for: Pedro Pascal and Joseph Quinn. What we thought: There is unnecessary, there are vanity projects, and then there is Gladiator II which manages to be both while costing more than $300 million dollars.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

A very special episode of the Fan Girl Film Club! We're joined by producer and filmmaker Michael Box of EchoEterna Productions for a chat about sci-fi, horror, punk rock, and all the ways a movie can be great. Follow him @mikewritesmovies and visit Speakeasythemovie.com to learn more about this upcoming film.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: The Equalizer 2 (The Sequelizer). Who we watched it for: Pedro Pascal. What we thought: Aside from the war crime of a clean-shaven Pedro, we started forgetting this film while we were still watching it.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Come to Daddy. Who we watched it for: Elijah Wood. What we thought: Emily spent the whole movie wondering what she did to make Mia so very VERY angry with her that she chose to inflict this movie upon her.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

A very special episode of the Fan Girl Film Club! We're joined by producer Nicholas Tabarrok (Darius Films: The Art of the Steal, Stockholm, Defendor, etc.) for a chat about moviemaking, job titles, and guilty pleasure movies.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Wanted. Who we watched it for: James McAvoy. What we thought: In 2008 the world was in too good of a place. This movie is proof of that.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams. Who we watched it for: Mia says Steve Buscemi, Emily says Antonio Banderas. What we thought: 10/10 no notes. All-star performances from everyone.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: The Island of Dr. Moreau. Who we watched it for: Fairuza Balk (technically) What we thought: The fact that there is an entire documentary about how completely insane the creation of this movie is should have told us everything we needed to know. Unfortunately, we did not heed the warnings...Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: The Woman in Black. Who we watched it for: Daniel Radcliffe. What we thought: Baby Dan Rad gets a pass simply because he was trying SO HARD not to be Harry Potter in this. So hard.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Poolman. Who we watched it for: Chris Pine (Best Chris). What we thought: Chris Pine should be proud of the fact that he made $10 million dollars look like a $12,000 student film. But that's pretty much where the pride should end. A swing and a miss, big guy. You'll get 'em next time.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Risen. Who we watched it for: Tom Felton. What we thought: If they'd stuck with the CSI: Judea they started with in the first half, it would have been solid. As it is, this would have been much more enjoyable as a Veggie Tale.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Halloween H2O: Twenty Years Later. Who we watched it for: Jamie Lee Curtis and Josh Hartnett (and his terrible hair). What we thought: Fun and silly, just long and violent enough, but without the usual Halloween merriment that Michael Myers is known for carrying in his heart.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Virus. Who we watched it for: Jamie Lee Curtis. What we thought: Jamie Lee refers to this film as 'the worst movie ever made'. We are inclined to agree, Ms. Curtis.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: The Mummy (2017) Who we watched it for: Marwan Kenzari. What we thought: A spectacular waste of time and money and nothing could have prepared us for the jump scare of Russell Crowe's supporting role.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Looney Tunes: Back in Action. Who we watched it for: Brendan Fraser. What we thought: It's no Space Jam, but it's still a delight.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Point Blank. Who we watched it for: Anthony Mackie. What we thought: This movie is best served by pretending it's just Sam Wilson on his day off, dealing with Brock Rumlow in between The Winter Soldier and Civil War. Cap 2.5, if you will.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Pain & Gain. Who we watched it for: Anthony Mackie. What we thought: This movie was an assault on the senses and a terribly accurate depiction of Miami in the 90s.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: The Quiet Ones. Who we watched it for: Sam Claflin. What we thought: Poorly named, but otherwise a perfectly passable C- of a horror movie.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Hitman. Who we watched it for: Timothy Olyphant. What we thought: The fact that the studio fired the director and had to reshoot and edit half the film should have told us everything we needed to know.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Five Nights at Freddy's. Why we watched it: Josh Hutcherson. What we thought: We are so sorry FNAF fandom. You guys waited 10 years for this and it was...a mess.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Triple Frontier. Why we watched it: Oscar Isaac and Pedro Pascal. What we thought: This mess of a plot was not worth the Ben Affleck jump scare.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Fright Night. Who we watched it for: David Tennant. What we thought: Nobody said it was good. But Emily did like it.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Who we watched it for: Chris Pine (Best Chris). What we thought: An absolute delight from start to finish. 10/10, no notes.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights. Who we watched it for: Diego Luna. What we thought: Even Diego Luna, being the embodiment of sunshine and light could not make this movie remotely watchable.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Overlord. Who we watched it for: 5 minutes of Joseph Quinn. What we thought: Positively decent. An excellent (albeit quite juicy and horrific) example of what the Fan Girl Film Club is all about.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Fools Rush In. Who we watched it for: Matthew Perry (RIP) What we thought: Omg, shut up everyone this is adorable.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Candyman. Who we watched it for: Yahya Abdul-Mateen & Teyonah Parris. What we thought: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett stole the show and there just weren't nearly enough bees.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: The Disappeared. Who we watched it for: Harry Treadaway. What we thought: Harry's hair was the scariest thing about this little indie that could.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Fantastic Four. Who we watched it for: Chris Evans. What we thought: The curse of F4 really started with this movie and has yet to be broken.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: A Castle for Christmas. Why we watched it: Cary Elwes. What we thought: If that fanfic we wrote when we were thirteen could be filmed and released on Netflix, that would be this movie.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: The Family Stone. Why we watched it: Rachel McAdams. What we thought: Not terrible. Not great. And we've yet to receive an explanation as to why Diane Keaton was wearing a scarf in bed.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Solo. Why we watched it: Donald Glover. What we thought: Not remotely deserving of all the hate it received. Donald Glover is flawless, Alden Ehrenreich did his best, but unfortunately, no one is a young Harrison Ford except for a young Harrison Ford.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Bronson. Why we watched it: Tom Hardy. What we thought: We learned an awful lot about Tom Hardy despite the movie being almost entirely without a plot. Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Batman & Robin. Why we watched it: Uma Thurman. What we thought: George Clooney offers refunds to anyone who admits to having watched this movie. Now we know why.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: The Faculty. Why we watched it: Josh Hartnett. What we thought: Campy and dated, but still very fun.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Newsies. Why we watched it: Christian Bale at peak hotness. What we thought: The most delightful way to explore the horrors of turn of the century child labor.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Malevolent. Why we watched it: Florence Pugh. What we thought: Even Florence wasn't enough to make this one enjoyable.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: She's the Man. Why we watched it: Channing Tatum. What we thought: Underrated cinematic masterpiece. Deserves way more credit.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: The Losers. Why we watched it: Jeffrey Dean Morgan (and later, Chris Evans). What we thought: If they wanted to make it a series so badly, they should have started with a better film.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Real Steel. Why we watched it: Hugh Jackman & Anthony Mackie. What we thought: Hugh was having a very expensive identity/career crisis in 2011.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Walking Tall. Why we watched it: Dwayne Johnson & Johnny Knoxville. What we thought: You really could just make any kind of movie in 2004.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Clerks II. Why we watched it: Rosario Dawson. What we thought: Not Mia's Randall Graves.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Repentance. Why we watched it: Anthony Mackie. What we thought: A lot. And none of it was good.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Just My Luck. Why we watched it: Chris Pine (& McFly). What we thought: LiLo's drug problems make a lot more sense after watching this.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Don't Worry Darling. Why we watched it: Florence Pugh & Chris Pine. What we thought: Both remain flawless despite this Stepford knockoff.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Jupiter Ascending. Why we watched it: Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum. What we thought: This is the greatest movie of our time and no we will not be accepting any arguments about that.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Make Up. Why we watched it: Joseph Quinn. What we thought: It could have been better and here's 340 ways we came up with.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: Detention. Why we watched it: Josh Hutcherson. What we thought: Dane Cook was robbed of the Oscar for this one.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: The Apparition. Why we watched it: Sebastian Stan. What we thought: Any film can go from short to feature with enough establishing shots of the San Fernando Valley.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram

What we watched: The Gray Man. Why we watched it: Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Ryan Gosling (take your pick). What we thought: Not remotely gay enough.Patreon • Tumblr • Instagram