The Fansplainers Film Cast

This week Ian and David discuss Extra Ordinary! Ian and David cracked open their Time-Life Books of the Occult to discuss ghosts, demons, virgins, ritual murder and sacrificing goats for this week’s film Extra Ordinary – a charming Irish supernatural rom-com. Come for the awkward romance. Stay for the exploding goats! Thanks for listening.

Ciao, cinemaphiles! This week Ian and David discuss The Karate Kid! There was much painting of fences and waxing of cars this week as Ian and David emerged with tennis elbow and a torn meniscus in each shoulder to get out on the mat and fansplain this movie with one awesome leg sweep! Thanks for […]

Ciao, cinemaphiles! This week Ian and Dave get weird – like crawling into someone’s head weird, like erasing your ex-girlfriend from your brain weird, like buying a house on fire weird. Yes, on this episode we take a look at Charlie Kaufman’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things – his loose – to say the least […]

Ciao, cinemaphiles! This week Ian and Dave tackle that most tricky and terrifying of filmic beasts: THE THIRD MOVIE!!! That’s right. They talk about the latest installment of the Bill and Ted movie franchise: Bill and Ted Face the Music. It’s been almost thirty years in the making. Was it worth it? Well, let Ian […]

Ciao, cinemaphiles! Sorry we’re late we our newest episode! It’s kind of a long story and you’ll have to listen to Sneaky Dragon Episode 455 to hear all the gory details. Suffice to say, our most recent episode was lost Unfortunately, Ian’s busy schedule prevented us from re-recording the episode, but fortunately, Dave’s wife Lezah […]

Ciao, cinemaphiles! This week things get a little scary and more than a little ironical as we head back – way back – to the 1980s and watch a movie we like to call Ghostbusters! It went up in Dave’s estimation and down a bit in Ian’s. Why? Well, let them fansplain it for you! […]

Ciao, cinemaphiles! This week Ian and Dave take a close look at Scott Pilgrim vs. the World – a movie both like more than a little bit! So – let’s accompany our intrepid film fans to a magical, little place here in Canada we like to call Toronto and fansplain this funny, exciting, toucving movie. […]

Ciao, cinemaphiles! This week Ian and Dave pull out the old virtual mailbag and read some of your funny, erudite, agreeable and guilt-inducing comments, which sparks a good deal of conversation between Ian and Dave. (We know. We couldn’t believe it either!) Thanks for listening.

Ciao, cinemaphiles! Guess what? You voted and you voted right! This week Ian and Dave watched the flopperoo John Carter, and had some thoughts. Why didn’t it succeed? Was it any good? Could it be better? Why can’t Disney do a better job marketing their films? (Yes, that’s right, we’re looking at you too, Lone […]

Ciao, cinemaphiles! This week on Fansplainers, Ian and Dave wash the taste of The Emoji Movie out of their mouths with an enjoyable re-view of the sparkling and wonderful The Princess Bride – a film that found its legs in home video and thus lives in the rosy glow of childhood nostalgia. Is it as […]

Ciao, cinemaphiles! Well, you voted. And you voted WRONG!!! That’s right, Ian and Dave had to watch The Emoji Movie. You can hear it in their weary voices, you can see it in their thousand yard stares, and you can feel it in every raw, tear-stained, grimy moment of this episode. But what did they […]

Ciao, cinemaphiles! A couple of weeks ago, Ian and Dave headed to the polls and asked you which of three films you’d like to hear us talk about. By an overwhelming majority you voted for Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Luckily for Ian and Dave it’s one of their favourite movies so they had […]

Ciao, cinemaphiles! This week Ian and Dave go on a quest to bring you an all-spoilers review of Pixar/Disney’s newest animated film Onward plus they go on a sidequest down a primrose path that may or may not be overrun by gelatinous cubes to discuss the new Simpson’s short Playdate with Destiny that accompanies the […]

Ciao, cinemaphiles! This week was a little lacklustre new movie-wise so Ian and Dave decided to celebrate the beginning of Lent with their own Ash Wednesday and spent an enjoyable hour and a bit discussing one of their favourite movies, Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead 2 starring Bruce Campbell as the indestructible Ash (geddit?) So if […]

Ciao, cinemaphiles! This week Ian and Dave take a look at Birds of Prey, a film that has turned out to be a pretty major flopperoo for Warners and DC. Maybe it’s surprising that a movie with Margot Robbie reprising her role as the popular Harley Quinn from the critically reviled, but hugely successful Suicide […]

Ciao, cinemaphiles! Our pre-Oscar party continues with a viewing of Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel Little Women. The film is up for Best Picture this year with a couple of nods to Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay, but Gerwig – who really did do something new with […]

Ciao, cinemaphiles! This week on The Fansplainers, Ian and Dave are joined by their friend Vicky Van for some Oscar talk as they discuss, rate, rank, and make predictions for this year’s nominees for Best Picture. They have lots of thoughts about Ford v Ferrari, The Irishman, Jo Jo Rabbit, Joker, Little Women, Marriage Story, […]

Ciao, cinemaphiles! Well. we hinted, and you guessed; we insinuated, and you suspected; we implied, and you inferred… And you were right!!! This week, after our last episode’s epic troll through the Star Wars saga, Dave and Ian spend THREE hours discussing the newest entry into the Star Wars universe, The Rise of Skywalker. Three. […]

Ciao, cinemaphiles! With the release of the newest Star Wars film, Ian and Dave thought it would be fun to look back at the two and two-thirds of trilogies that make up the Star Wars story. So, sit back, give yourself a lot of spare time, and listen to Ian and Dave fansplain Star Wars. […]

Ciao, cinemaphiles! Please join Ian and Dave as they don their Inverness capes and deerstalker caps, and whip out their over-sized magnifying glasses to examine the clues and solve the mystery: Is Rian Johnson’s Knives Out any good? Well, we’ll let Ian and Dave fansplain it for you. Thanks for listening.

Ciao, cinemaphiles! This week we look at a film that doesn’t seem to be getting much attention: Motherless Brooklyn – a film celebrating hard-boiled detective films and civil engineering directed, written for the screen, and starring Edward Norton. As per usual, one host liked the movie while the other wasn’t so keen on it. Who […]

Ciao, cinemaphiles! Welcome to a special episode of The Fansplainers Film Cast: Ian and Dave agree!!! This week the guys watched the newest film from New Zealand director Taika Waititi – Jojo Rabbit, a sad, funny, scary story of Jojo, a young boy growing up in WWII Germany and his imaginary friend, Hitler. It might […]

Ciao, cinemaniacs! And welcome to to another episode of The Fansplainers – a spoiler-enriched film cast! This week Ian steps off an airplane and walks right into to the studio to face off with Dave over the action spectacle Gemini Man, featuring director Ang Lee’s obsession with high frame rate film technology. As the trailers […]

Ciao, cinephiliacs! Welcome to another great and argumentative episode of The Fansplainers! This week Ian and Dave sit down to hash out the newest film from DC, Todd Philips’ Joker starring the always interesting Joaquin Phoenix. Ian and Dave often disagree about a film and this one is no exception. Who liked it and who […]

Ciao, cineastes of all cine-stripes! Welcome to episode 14 of Fansplainers! This week we mix up our genres with a superpowers slash sci-fi film with a soupçon of horror: the 2018, but released in 2019 film, Freaks. This episode also features one of Ian and Dave’s trademark, semi-annual pointless arguments! So there’s that too. But […]

Hello, fellow film fans! Welcome to another episode of our spoiler-enriched podcast The Fansplainers! This week Ian and Dave are more then prepared to review the black comedy/horror film Ready or Not. What did they make of this bloody, satirical, subversive film and its grisly themes of family togetherness and killing housemaids? Well, let them […]

Ciao, cinemistos and cinemistas! (An italian work I just made up.) Welcome to another Retro-splainers as Ian and Dave go back – way back – to 1975 and the big, smasheroo hit of that summer: Jaws – the film that changed the movies. David and Ian are joined by resident shark expert Pia Guerra, who […]

Ciao, film fans! Welome to episode 11 of The Fansplainers! This week it’s Retro-splainers as Ian and David go back to 1986, and the movie Top Gun. What does David make of all those half-naked hunky guys, posing and preening for our delectation? What does Ian think of all those jets with their powerful thrust, […]

Hello, cinema fanatics! Welcome to the tenth episode of The Fansplainers – our spoiler-enriched film cast where we minutely examine and fiercely discuss current films. This week we tackle Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. David and Ian had very different takes on the film, but we won’t spoil it here, […]

Hello, fellow cinephiles! This week Ian and David return to a familiar well and take a look at the newest Marvel superhero spectacle: Spider-Man: Far from Home. Ian – a big-time Spider-Man fan – is more than happy with this film; David has maybe grown a little bored of these CGI-heavy third act snoozefests. Who’s […]

Hello, cinema savants! This week on The Fansplainers, Ian and Dave discuss director Danny Boyle and writer Richard Curtis’ Yesterday. It’s about Dave’s worst nightmare – a world without The Beatles. What were The ‘Splainers feelings about this film? Did they enjoy this curious mix of high concept and rom-com? Well, let Ian and Dave […]

On this episode, Ian and Dave take a look at the newest installment in the X-People franchise – namely, Dark Phoenix. Ian says it’s the X-Men story no one wanted; Dave feels the franchise hadn’t earned the emotional impact they wanted for this movie. One of them liked it, and one of them didn’t. Let […]

Hello, film fans! Welcome to Episode 6 of The Fansplainers! This week Ian and Dave take a somewhat critical look at the third movie in the John Wick series, and celebrate, well, Dave anyway, Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut Booksmart. Ian and Dave wonder if the John Wick series is starting to suffer from the dreaded […]

Ciao, film fans! This week Ian and Dave sit down to talk about Jordan Peele’s Us, his first film after the hugely popular breakout hit, Get Out. Can lightning strike twice? Not entirely comfortable leaving the comic book movie out entirely, they also discuss Neil Marshall’s meat and potatoes take on Hellboy. Can he improve […]

Hello, film aficionados! Welcome to Episode 4 of The Fansplainers, in which Ian and Dave discuss Avengers 4! (Geddit?) This episode is all about instant reactions rather than considered opinions, as Ian and Dave watched Avengers 4: Endgame on opening night and then hurried back to Sneaky Dragon headquarters to record their thoughts. In short: […]

Hello, film fans! This week on The Fansplainers, Ian and David take a long, hard, appraising look at DC’s latest entry into the overstuffed superhero marketplace: Shazam! David is in favour of DC’s new shotgun approach to their movies – curious to see where more independent directions will take their movies. Ian prefers the more […]

This film already won an Academy Award! What else is there to say about it? Well, maybe, why is it such a good film? Ian and Dave take a look at Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and explain why a film that – on paper – shouldn’t have worked is so successful. Not sure why you […]

Hello, film fans, and welcome to the pilot episode of The Fansplainers Film Cast. Of course, since it is our pilot episode, it only makes sense for us to talk about Captain Marvel or, as she’s also known, jet fighter pilot (geddit?) Carol Danvers! Although Ian and David enjoyed Captain Marvel, they did have some […]