Maximum Film!

A movie podcast that isn't just a bunch of straight white dudes. Comedian Kevin Avery is joined by film producer Drea Clark and film critic Alonso Duralde for a fast, funny, flight through film. Maximum Film! is news, reviews and in-depth insight, beamed directly into your ears every week.

Maximum Film! is a tv podcast hosted by MaximumFun.org, with 486 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

MaximumFun.org hosts Maximum Film!, a tv show with 486 episodes published.

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  Episode #474

  Episode #474: 'Primetime' with Gillian Walters

  Oct 2, 20261h 8m

  Director Lance Oppenheim's debut feature, Primetime has a sales pitch that's hard to deny: Robert Pattinson as To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen . So does the movie live up to that enticing promise? We have true crime buff, former Dateline devotee, and co-host of All Things Cozy, Gillian Walters, with us to discuss the film as both a work of fiction and a portrait of real (if complicated) man and moment in TV history. Then we'll talk about some of our most memorable morally ambiguous movies What's Good Alonso - Magazine Break Drea - Lili Reinhart's wig in The Love Hypothesis Gillian - Spooky Kitty Soap Holder from Bath & Body Works Kevin - The Sixty-Year Mission screening ITIDIC Viral Lesbian Bar Article From Boston Globe Is Piquing Hollywood’s Interest An Indie Filmmaker Is Distributing His Movie Via One Traveling Copy of a DVD Staff Picks Drea - Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! Alonso - No Sleep Till Gillian - The DUFF Kevin - Hope (kinda) & Avengers: Endgame (still)   Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinmaxfilm Follow us on BlueSky , Facebook , Instagram , or Letterboxd With Kevin Avery Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

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  Episode #473

  Episode 473: 'The Musical' with Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino

  Sep 25, 20261h 6m

  This week we've got expert musical improvisors Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino with us to discuss a movie about a middle school musical gone way off course, at the hands of a drama teacher pushed to the edge. Part comedy, part film noir, it's the feature debut of director Giselle Bonilla, and it was a Sundance premiere. THE MUSICAL! Then we talk about other films that use film noir tropes to comedic ends, and pitch some actually-pretty-genius new movies in that genre too. Look out for Jess and Zach's movie, Mock Trial Listen to Off Book (or see it live !) What’s Good Alonso - Get your colonoscopy! Drea - Bob the Drag Queen even makes the Love Island Reunion show fun Jess - The Gilded Age on a plane Zach - The Wolves of Glendale, Go to the Woods Kevin - seeing the Rams live ITIDIC AMC Burbank Pepper-Spray Guy: Villain or Hero? New California Post Production Tax Credit Becomes Law Staff Pick Alonso - You Had to Be There Jess - Original Cast Album: Company (w/”Co-Op” double feature) Drea - The Incomer Zach - The Court Jester Kevin - Resident Evil Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinmaxfilm Follow us on BlueSky , Facebook , Instagram , or Letterboxd With Kevin Avery Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

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  Episode #472

  Episode #472: 'Practical Magic 2' with Angie Han

  Sep 18, 20261h 2m

  The stars of the original Practical Magic stars are back (at least, most of them) and just as cursed as ever. We have Hollywood Reporter TV Critic Angie Han with us to weigh in on whether this film left us feeling charmed, or like we'd been hit by a truck. Then, in honor of a family that has two sisters in every generation, we have a movie quiz about two-sister films!  What’s Good? Alonso - Meg Stalter’s Emmys ensemble Drea - uno spaghetto Angie - TrüFrü Dark and White Chocolate Covered Freeze Dried Strawberries Kevin - Movie theater seat snobbery ITIDIC ‘ Woman Unknown’ Wins Venice Film Festival MPA Projects Proposed Federal Tax Credit would Add 143,000 Film & TV Jobs Staff Picks Drea - If I Go Will They Miss Me Alonso - Now, Voyager Angie - The History of Concrete Kevin - Martha Marcy May Marlene Here's a Letterboxd list of Two- and Three-Sister Movies Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinmaxfilm Follow us on BlueSky , Facebook , Instagram , or Letterboxd With Kevin Avery Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

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  Episode #471

  Episode #471: It's Absurd, It's Disturbing, It's 'Buddy'

  Sep 11, 20261 hour

  Casper Kelly might be most famous for his this-shouldn't-be-so-creepy comedy short "Too Many Cooks." Now he's got his feature directorial debut on his hands (but don't sleep on Yule Log 2 , according to Alonso), and It's Buddy,  a comedy horror that owes a debt of gratitude to the insistent cheerfulness of Barney the Dinosaur. We'll get into all that, and then talk about some of our favorite times TV crossed over onto the big screens. What's Good: Alonso: kouign amann Drea: Minnesota State Fair Kevin: Costco belt ITIDIC • Summer U.S. Box Office Hits All-Time $4.76B Record: How Audiences Surrendered To Moviegoing • Telluride’s Top-Secret Film Was a Documentary and people are abuzz ( You Can See Everything , Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s Elizabeth Holmes doc) Staff Picks: Alonso: We Are Pat Drea: Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger Kevin: Colony (Gunche) Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinmaxfilm Follow us on BlueSky , Facebook , Instagram , or Letterboxd With Kevin Avery Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

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  Episode #470

  Episode #470: 'Coyote vs. Acme' with David Kittredge

  Sep 4, 20261h 6m

  Shelved after completion in 2023, COYOTE VS. ACME has finally detonated onto big screens everywhere. We have director David Kittredge (whose doc BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL is finally making it to theaters as well!) with us to follow this courtroom-drama-by-way-of-Merrie-Melodies. Then we'll talk about the fictional lawsuits that the characters of other films might have on their hands. What’s Good Alonso - But Have You Read the Book? Romance Edition by Kristen Lopez Drea - Daisy Chain Fields Festival (link is to non-profit beneficiaries if you want to donate!) David - Boorman and the Devil on the big screen, and people going back to the cinemas Kevin - French press coffee ITIDIC New AMC Theaters Venture Aims to Put Smaller Films on Big Screen Remembering Dolly Parton and Tim Curry , Movie Stars Staff Picks Alonso: Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt Drea: Hadestown: the Musical David: Buffet Infinity and Buddy Kevin: The End of Oak Street   Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinmaxfilm Follow us on BlueSky , Facebook , Instagram , or Letterboxd With Kevin Avery Drea Clark Alonso Duralde Produced by Marissa Flaxbart Sr. Producer Laura Swisher

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