The Review Review
Ben McFadden & Paul Root
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Hosts Ben and Paul welcome special guests from all walks of life to watch, rate, discuss, and RERATE the films close to their hearts. You'll laugh (hopefully), you'll cry (maybe), you'll reconsider everything you have ever known! Welcome, to "The Review Review"
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What is The Review Review about?
A guest chooses, and rewatches a movie that - they have strong feelings about - is 7 years old, or older (probably) - not part of a major franchise (usually) - less than 2hrs 22mins (mostly) Co-Hosts Ben and Paul watch this movie as well, then all parties gather to rate, discuss, and give a final rerating to the film.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best The Review Review episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to The Review Review for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite The Review Review episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
The Monster Squad - Lookin’ For a Heartbeat
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10/09/24 • 97 min
Ben and Paul stave off the Wolfmunn (has nards), Mr. Frankenstain’s Monster, The Gillman (?), Bandage BoyTM️, and Alucard spelled backward just long enough to review “The Monster Squad.” (D. Fred Dekker 1987). Join us as we assemble in the clubhouse (based in the annals) for discourse on custom made shirts, intended franchises, dope one liners (you looked), and skimming over some serious stuff....but only skimming. Just barrreeely skimming.
**All episodes contain explicit language**
Artwork - Ben McFadden
Review Review Intro/Outro Theme - Jamie Henwood
"What Are We Watching" & "Whatcha been up to?" Themes - Matthew Fosket
"Fun Facts" Theme - Chris Olds/Paul Root
Lead-Ins Edited/Conceptualized by - Ben McFadden
Produced by - Ben McFadden & Paul Root
Concept - Paul Root
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Alien3 / Pauly Gets Irregular (Guest: Moses Olson)
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10/30/24 • 133 min
It’s Ken Vs Guile (pick Paul or Ben for whichever) in this no holds barred, knock down, drag out, rootin, tootin, scootin, hoot of a wrap to Spooky Season with our guest writer/director/actor Moses Olson! We proudly honk the honk, cause we fully tonk the tonk through his choice, a rare sequel, Alien3! (D. David Fincher ((don’t remind him)) 1993). We talk through this complicated...self hating (probably?), and strange looking hodge podge of a movie as long as Paul has a breath in his body. An episode that you can rest assured is good, cause it’s mullet era Van Damme approved.
**All episodes contain explicit language**
Artwork - Ben McFadden
Review Review Intro/Outro Theme - Jamie Henwood
"What Are We Watching" & "Whatcha been up to?" Themes - Matthew Fosket
"Fun Facts" Theme - Chris Olds/Paul Root
Lead-Ins Edited/Conceptualized by - Ben McFadden
Produced by - Ben McFadden & Paul Root
Concept - Paul Root
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HH3 - Major League / The Dorn Deep Dive For It
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04/03/24 • 102 min
Join The Review Review on the diamond as we celebrate the beginning of baseball season with our 3rd 'Holiday Helping’ for a deep dive on "Major League," (1989 Dir. David S. Ward). Starring: Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, and Wesley Snipes. Experience Ben's "Hollywood Nights," including brushes with greatness. We question, yet again, the point of "The Razzies." And yet again, we ask the question...Paul's NOT a pro athlete?
Plot: The new owner of the Cleveland Baseball squadron puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team to Miami. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her.
1hr 43mins
**All episodes contain explicit language**
Artwork - Ben McFadden
Review Review Intro/Outro Theme - Jamie Henwood
"What Are We Watching" & "Whatcha been up to?" Themes - Matthew Fosket
"Fun Facts" Theme - Chris Olds/Paul Root
Lead-Ins Edited/Conceptualized by - Ben McFadden
Produced by - Ben McFadden & Paul Root
Concept - Paul Root
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RETROSPECTICUS - So It's Come To This (Guest: Ben Burris)
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01/11/24 • 105 min
After a calendar year +, and now 37 episodes, it’s come to this...A Review Review Clip Show! Our “Retrospecticus,” offers a look back at every episode so you can Review your Review Review! Ben & Paul offer their “Naughty & Nice,” list for 2023. A phone call from our old pal Ben Burris to settle our age old Alien V Alien$ “Debate Debate." And what you all came here for HARD CORE SIMPSONS REFERENCES
1hr 45mins
Recorded 1/2024
**All episodes contain explicit language**
Artwork - Ben McFadden
Review Review Intro/Outro Theme - Jamie Henwood
"What Are We Watching" & "Whatcha been up to?" Themes - Matthew Fosket
"Fun Facts" Theme - Chris Olds/Paul Root
Lead-Ins Edited/Conceptualized by - Ben McFadden
Produced by - Ben McFadden & Paul Root
Concept - Paul Root
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Last Action Hero / The Shrew (Guest: Dustin De Leon)
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08/21/24 • 172 min
The day has come! We welcome “The Partyman,” himself, the guest host with the most, @dustindeleonstagram (aka @languid.machinations) to Ben’s Blockbuster Bonanza Summer with his choice, Dir. John McTiernan’s (4th time on the pod!) ‘Last Action Hero’ (1993) Starring: Gov. (Fmr.) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O’ Brien, and Chucky Tango (Charles Dance). Cameos, references, “META,” metaL, advertisements, release dates, underestimating Ben’s friend Steve, and gaining true grand daddy status. This one has it all, the kitchen sink, extra frosting, AND THEN SOME as this secret switcheroo bday episode was over a year in the making. Recline your theater or drivers seat, and let us entertain you for almost 3 hours of “mmmhmm mhhmm yeah yeah yeah”
**All episodes contain explicit language**
Artwork - Ben McFadden
Review Review Intro/Outro Theme - Jamie Henwood
"What Are We Watching" & "Whatcha been up to?" Themes - Matthew Fosket
"Fun Facts" Theme - Chris Olds/Paul Root
Lead-Ins Edited/Conceptualized by - Ben McFadden
Produced by - Ben McFadden & Paul Root
Concept - Paul Root
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True Romance / Perfect Strangers (Guest: Matt Barrow)
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11/13/24 • 106 min
Guest Matt Barrow is back, and he’s putting us in the hot seat, with a movie he hadn’t seen, but we had, in “True Romance.” (1993 d. Tony Scott) Starring: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, and Gary Oldman. We have a heart to heart to heart about how badly we truly all want burgers, and where to get them. A sequel pitch made possible with the magical Second Sight of Ai. And the Perfect Stangers we meet at amusement parks, hotels, abandoned nuclear power plants.
**All episodes contain explicit language**
Artwork - Ben McFadden
Review Review Intro/Outro Theme - Jamie Henwood
"What Are We Watching" & "Whatcha been up to?" Themes - Matthew Fosket
"Fun Facts" Theme - Chris Olds/Paul Root
Lead-Ins Edited/Conceptualized by - Ben McFadden
Produced by - Ben McFadden & Paul Root
Concept - Paul Root
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Defending Your Life / Albert Eats Purgatory (Guest: David Parke)
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08/31/23 • 92 min
Audio editor, Father, and fellow Podcast host ("Jimmy Eat Pod" A deep dive into the catalog of Jimmy Eat World) David Parke piles into the tram to Judgement City with us to examine "Defending Your Life" (1991) from Writer/Director Albert Brooks. Starring: Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, and Lee Grant. We pontificate on the who, what, where, when, and I a life is on trial, and the little things we just can't forget (hard 4). Join us on many asides, and forgive a few technical difficulties. Fear not, it's a classic episode, that'll get you on to our next try
Plot: In an afterlife way-station resembling a major city, the lives of the recently deceased are examined in a court-like setting.
Recorded 8/23
1hr 33mins
**All episodes contain explicit language**
Artwork - Ben McFadden
Review Review Intro/Outro Theme - Jamie Henwood
"What Are We Watching" & "Whatcha been up to?" Themes - Matthew Fosket
"Fun Facts" Theme - Chris Olds/Paul Root
Lead-Ins Edited/Conceptualized by - Ben McFadden
Produced by - Ben McFadden & Paul Root
Concept - Paul Root
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Days of Thunder / The Austin Powers Effect (Guest: Travis Samson)
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01/24/24 • 107 min
Former drone operator, plant dad, and "What Are We Watching?" (Matthew Fosket) fanboy, Travis Samson puts it in Cruise Control ®️ for a Review Review of "Days of Thunder." (1990 Dir. Tony Scott ) Starring: Robert Duvall, Michael Rooker, Nicole Kidman, and featuring ...Tom Cruise! We run circles for what must be 500 laps about the who/what/where/when/why of this highly produced 90s vanity piece. Look, we’re gonna eat something, then we’re gonna make some phone calls, then we’ll be back, alright?
Plot: A young hot-shot stock car driver gets his chance to compete at the top level.
1hr 48mins
**All episodes contain explicit language**
Artwork - Ben McFadden
Review Review Intro/Outro Theme - Jamie Henwood
"What Are We Watching" & "Whatcha been up to?" Themes - Matthew Fosket
"Fun Facts" Theme - Chris Olds/Paul Root
Lead-Ins Edited/Conceptualized by - Ben McFadden
Produced by - Ben McFadden & Paul Root
Concept - Paul Root
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A Nightmare On Elm Street (2010) / Everything That's Happening is Confusing (Guest: Matthew Fosket)
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10/19/23 • 105 min
Sommelier (aka Grape Gawd)/Musician/and theme titan Matthew Fosket is back in the role of the man of our dreams to talk about "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (2010 Dir. Samuel Bayer) Starring - Rooney Mara, Jackie Earle Haley, and Kyle Gallner. Get ready to spin some old compact laser discs on the highway to upset feelings and trauma related to, and not related to the emo wave. Like, the severe lack of Wes Craven, legitimate scares, and ya know....stakes? Hands down, it's The Ghost of a Good Thing. We Fight the Good Fight, With a Burning Heart For You To Notice. It's a Rapid Hope Loss...as Again I Go Unnoticed. We sink our claws into this, Screaming Infidelities, and much much more, in this special Director's Cut (cuts so deep) Reboot Remake Special Edition of the Review Review Spooky Season
Plot: The spectre of a disfigured man haunts the children of the parents who murdered him, stalking and killing them in their dreams.
Recorded 10/23
1hr 46mins
**All episodes contain explicit language**
Artwork - Ben McFadden
Review Review Intro/Outro Theme - Jamie Henwood
"What Are We Watching" & "Whatcha been up to?" Themes - Matthew Fosket
"Fun Facts" Theme - Chris Olds/Paul Root
Lead-Ins Edited/Conceptualized by - Ben McFadden
Produced by - Ben McFadden & Paul Root
Concept - Paul Root
Twister / Side Saddle + Ace in the AM (Guest: Sara Coates)
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04/30/24 • 123 min
We were able hop in the traffic chopper and escape the "suck zone," with our wonderful guest, actor/writer/voice over artist/mocap legend Sara Coates (Z Nation, Resident Evil 7 & 8). We observe the destruction and carnage left by "Twister," (1996 Dir. Jan de Bont) Starring: Bill Paxton (RIP), Helen Hunt, and Jami Gertz. Are tornados based on an indvidual mood; like "vibes?" Did the truly cool kids make up nicknames for themselves? What qualifies a phony do(u)c(k)tor? And boy, we sure picked the wrong movie, on the wrong day, with the wrong drinks, but we hung in through the storm!
Plot: Two storm chasers on the brink of divorce must work together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes.
2hr 4mins
**All episodes contain explicit language**
Artwork - Ben McFadden
Review Review Intro/Outro Theme - Jamie Henwood
"What Are We Watching" & "Whatcha been up to?" Themes - Matthew Fosket
"Fun Facts" Theme - Chris Olds/Paul Root
Lead-Ins Edited/Conceptualized by - Ben McFadden
Produced by - Ben McFadden & Paul Root
Concept - Paul Root
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Podcast Q&A
What do you hope listeners gain from listening to your show?
The inspiration to rewatch, discuss, and rethink the things they love or hate...LIKE MATURE ADULTS PLZ
Which episode should someone start with?
It's hard to fight "The Monster Squad." Those episodes are on a "Minority Report."
Which have been your favourite episodes so far?
Heathers & Alien3. They're all my children
Which episode are you most proud of?
Alien3. Travel, new equipment, no notes, differing opinions, bing-bang-zoom-boom-baby!
What is your favourite other podcast that isn't yours?
HDTGM. I have anecdotes
How did you come up with the name for your podcast?
We are reVIEWING and then REviewing. Felt natural.
Tell us a bit about yourself
Actor/Writer ("Reset Button") from the PNW
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FAQ
How many episodes does The Review Review have?
The Review Review currently has 67 episodes available.
What topics does The Review Review cover?
The podcast is about Film, Film Interviews, Chat, Funny, Comedy, Podcasts, Talk, Movie, Tv & Film, Review and Film Reviews.
What is the most popular episode on The Review Review?
The episode title 'The Monster Squad - Lookin’ For a Heartbeat' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Review Review?
The average episode length on The Review Review is 112 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Review Review released?
Episodes of The Review Review are typically released every 12 days, 11 hours.
When was the first episode of The Review Review?
The first episode of The Review Review was released on Dec 24, 2022.
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