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Both of them enjoy movies old, ridiculous, classic, cult and crazy. One key difference: one is 36 and the other is 9. Buckle in as Adam and his son Aiden take you for a ride through the best movies they can talk about for 30 minutes.
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The episode we've been waiting to record for ... one year exactly? Adam and his 11-year-old son went back to the very theater, and almost the very seats, where they saw Infinity war to experience the end of Phase 3 (remember the MCU phases?) and see the most famous finger snaps in cinematic history. Adam and Aiden discuss all the good and a few of the bad and Aiden takes the opportunity to opine on the ... lackluster later Die Hard sequels?
It's time to go underground ... or ABOVE ground? Adam and Aiden look at themselves in the mirror, and also find their shadows -- yup, it's time to talk about US! There's a lot to unpack here, so of course we get hung up on what the character names are and what a prequel TV series would be like. And since we've been gone for awhile, Aiden digs into his new favorite comedy, and we really get into the weeds about what we think Avengers: Endgame will contain. Put your hands together -- across America, that's the U.S. (US!) of ... Hey, who are those people?
Adam and 11-year-old Aiden sit down to discuss this year's Oscar winner for best documentary (Free Solo) and also ... NEXT year's Oscar winner for best documentary? Apollo 11 could definitely take home the gold next year. It's that good. Especially in IMAX. Despite these two great documentaries, Aiden finds plenty of time to discuss the soundtrack to the movie Chicken Little, his poor grasp of anagrams and a dark alternate Apollo 11 timeline.
It's finally time to talk about that 80s/90s action trilogy everyone loves: Maniac Cop 1-3! Like many 11-year-olds, Aiden is obsessed with the Maniac Cop movies, and this episode is almost as long as one of them. Adam and Aiden cover every aspect of the Bruce Campbell/Tom Atkins/Robert Z'Dar action/horror spectacular, and don't miss out on the end of the episode, when Aiden talks about why he recently dropped nearly $40 at a used DVD store.
Adam and 11-year-old Aiden woke up recently and remembered they had a podcast. It's 2019 so we're back to our old tricks -- apologizing profusely for going so long between episodes. Hopefully our listeners can forgive us, because we cover a lot of ground in this episode: BumbleBee, Aquaman, Into the Spider-verse, Venom -- wait Venom is already on Blu-ray! Yup, it's been that long. Aiden also highlights what he thinks is the worst movie ever made, and he just might be right.
You thought we were gone, right? But just like Michael Myers with a five bullets in him, it takes a lot more to kill off Critic and the Kid. We're back with a special double episode looking at the original Halloween, the new one, and also strangely spend a lot of time with Aiden's new idea for Halloween III. This is a good one, so light the jack-o-lantern, put on your favorite mask and turn up the volume.
Yes, it's been awhile. OK it's been too long. But we're back, baby! Adam and Aiden look back on the new movies they watched this summer, including The Meg, Mission Impossible: Fallout, Antman & The Wasp and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. We have hot takes for them all, and don't think Aiden will hold back when discussing how he had to vomit after leaving The Meg.
We sat down to hash out our Top 5 Pixar Movies, but we ended up mostly arguing about weird Up-Die Hard analogies and why Inside Out should have changed the MPAA ratings system. There's some surprises here, though it's hard to take Aiden's list too seriously since he mentions they were random at one point. Anyway, it's a good talk about Pixar Movies.
This episode is packed with magic acorns, mis-remembered names, brownies, pigs ... and we also talk about Willow (released 30 years ago this spring). While Aiden wasn't the biggest fan of the movie, he enjoyed figuring out the parallels with Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, while also dreaming up a "Dragon's Lair" movie with a "Clue"-type ending. Follow us on Twitter at @criticandkid
For Memorial Day, Adam and Aiden dug, dug, dug The Great Escape. In between shovels, Aiden gives his quick take on the disappointment that is Solo: A Star Wars Story. That's about 5 hours of movies we're covering in this episode, and that's not even counting Aiden's idea for a super prison design -- so dig in! Follow us on Twitter at @criticandkid
Remember way way back in 2011? Honestly, we didn't so we turned on the first Captain America movie to help us remember. Back then we didn't know too much about this Chris Evans guy, or all the wacky adventures Steve Rogers was about to embark on. Adam and 10-year-old Aiden go back and forth on whether this is top level MCU or another example of Marvel still trying to perfect its formula. Also: Aiden has an obscure hint for our Memorial Day episode Follow us on Twitter at @criticandkid
After the thrills of Infinity War, Adam and Aiden kick back with a relaxing tale of horrific clowns who turn people into cotton candy and throw acidic cream pies. Who doesn't love a classic yarn like that? We also spend a good chunk discussing our own history with clowns and whether there will be any "good clowns" to be seen in the next decade. Follow us on Twitter at @criticandkid
We tried our best last week to predict how Infinity War will end, and ... wow were we wrong! Adam and his 10-year-old son Aiden go over all the twists and turns of the long-awaited Infinity War and also make some (likely incorrect) predictions about how things will shake out in the next Avengers installment. Follow us on Twitter at @criticandkid
In preparation for the much anticipated Avengers: Infinity War, Adam and his 10-year-old son Aiden take a look back at the very first Marvel Event Movie: The Avengers. Six years later it's still a very good superhero movie, but also quite different from Marvel's later efforts. Stay tuned for Aiden's long prediction about how Thanos will be defeated by an Iron Man 3 plot device. Follow us on Twitter @criticandkid and subscribe on any podcast app!
Time to hit the road for San Antonio and find the thing that means so much to us -- our 25th episode spectuacular on PeeWee's Big Adventure. Even though Adam has seen this perhaps more than any other movie, his 10-year-old son Aiden is able to quote it perhaps more accurately. We hit every highlight, from PeeWee's room to Mario's Magic Shop to that little twerp actor in Hollywood. Find us on Twitter at @CriticAndKid
Adam and 10-year-old Aiden go deep into this classic Western -- they're both doing the digging, actually. Somehow Aiden ended up seeing this twice in one week and may even be more familiar with it than his dad. Is this a war movie, or a western? Is it both? Is it awesome? Listen for all the answers.
Aiden's not only a fanboy of the Pacific Rim franchise, but he does say that the sequel is the greatest movie he's ever seen. Is it the Citizen Kane of giant robot-monster movies? Adam has a few issues with it, starting with the downgrade of Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro to a guy known for ... wait, he's never directed a movie before? Follow us on Twitter at @criticandkid
Is this a nightmare, or real life? In this case it's a dream because we're covering Phantasm -- the movie so scary, you forget how damn confusing it is. Like, are the enemies dwarves or pigs? (Aiden says pigs) and is this all just a commercial for the tuning fork industry? In the middle of this expert analysis, Adam also has to defend the way he pronounces "ice cream" to Aiden. One more thing: BOYYYYYY!!! Follow us on Twitter at @criticandkid
Adam and 10-year-old Aiden bowl a strike (though some will argue it should be marked a zero) with an episode devoted to Aiden's first Coen Bros movie. During this discussion, Aiden finds out who Saddam Hussein is, we try not to offend any of our Canadian listeners (are you out there?) and Adam debuts his controversial fan theory about Walter. Find us on Twitter at @criticandkid
For our 20th episode, we went way back to our roots -- another Arnold Schwarzenegger classic. Not only do we talk about The Running Man, but we also cover The Running Man board game, The Running Man novel, and whether The Rock should star in a remake (spoiler: yes!). Follow us on Twitter at @criticandkid
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