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Episode 3 of X-Men '97 was creepy as all get out and yet each episode has improved over the last. Let's discuss! Special thanks to NerdRiot.shop for sponsoring today's episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cyclops. Magneto. Woverine. Jean. Rogue. Gambit. We're back baby. Special thanks to our friends at NerdRiot.shop Use Promo Code: FRIENDSFROMWORK to save Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We kick off today's episode by wrapping up the 2024 Academy Awards and doling out some overdue congratulations. And then, it's time to get our mind's right for "X-Men '97" and Robby Earle is here to help us do just that. Special thanks to our friends at NerdRiot.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's been a minute since we last left our Rewatch Journey through the fourth phase of the MCU, but we're back in a big way with "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." What aspects of this film have aged really well? What aspects have aged poorly? How well does this fit into the larger MCU narrative? Find out all of this and more in today's episode! Special thanks to our friends at Nerd Riot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
NFL Quarterback Kirk Cousins joins us on today's episode to discuss his history with film, the Marvel Cinematic Universe and why it has too much property damage, as well as his love for Lord of the Rings. Towards the end, we get a chance to ask him a few football questions directly from our listeners. You won't want to miss this discussion! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dune: Part Two is the best film of the year (it's admittedly early). Let's break down this Denis Villeneuve masterpiece. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A jammed packed, yet brief news update on a few things going on over here. Mainly, our X-Men journey officially begins with a watch "X-Men" from 2000. We will be covering that movie, and all the X-Men films in depth over on Friends From Work+, starting on February 29. Let's Grow Together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We begin to wrap our journey through some of the "Best Picture" nominees with today's episode, "Killers of the Flower Moon." Starring Leonardo Dicaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese this 3.5 hour critically acclaimed epic has actually become somewhat polarizing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Two years ago, we made a few bold predictions of what we thought could happen in the MCU that year and it's time we circle back on those takes. With all of these new Marvel announcements this week, what are some predictions we can make for how things will shape up in the MCU over the next couple of years? This is one of our favorite episodes to do. Let's Grow Together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stop what you're doing! Let's talk about this brand new "Deadpool & Wolverine" trailer that dropped during the Super Bowl. Let's goooo! #marvel #mcu #avengers #deadpool #xmen #wolverine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The dream team (Kandace and Emily) are back with another banger. Kandace and Emily continue their journey through the Hollywood award season by discussing this best picture nominee, "Poor Things." Come discover why Kandace can find a lot of things to appreciate in "Poor Things" and why ultimately it's just not Emily's type of film. Will "Poor Things" win Best Picture this year? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Last week, we announced our Nominees for the "Friendlees," the best of the best in the MCU in 2023. And in today's episode, the winners are chosen by our community! That's right, voted on exclusively by our Friends From Work+ subscribers, the Friendlees are truly a community award. While Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 and Loki: Season 2 deservedly and expectedly represented well in this year's awards, you won't want to miss a few of the surprises. Let us know your thoughts! Be sure to subscribe for more film / tv and Marvel content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's that time of year again! That's right, it's time for the 2024 Friendlee Awards where only the boldest, brightest, and most talented people can compete to win one of these COVETED awards. As we take a look back at the MCU in 2023, who should win "Best Director?" "Best Lead Actress?" "Best Writing Team?" All of this and more in a jam-packed nominee episode. The winners, as decided by our most loyal supporters, will be announced next week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listen to today's episode to hear why we felt the finale of Echo didn't do the rest of the show justice. Plus, we turn the page to the X-Men as we build towards X-Men '97 and Deadpool 3. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Season 5 rolls along with our journey through Disney+'s Echo. What did we love? What decision is Maya going to make? Where will this leave Kingpin in the MCU? Will we see Daredevil again? Be sure to rate, review, and most importantly, subscribe to this podcast for all kinds of Marvel and film / tv discussions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Echo! Kingpin! Daredevil! And more in our coverage of the first two episodes of Marvel Studios' "Echo" on Disney+. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're BACCCCKKKKK. Welcome in to season FIVE of Friends From Work! We have a jam packed episode for y'all today and we kick it off with the first ever look at our brand new artwork. Stay around for some MCU news and a full breakdown of "What If...?" Season 2. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe. We appreciate you all. Let's Grow Together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Merry Christmas to all of our lovely listeners! We hope that this season brings you peace and joy. Eat an extra Christmas cookie for us. Our "Rewatch" journey continues this week with 2021's Hawkeye. Clint Barton and Kate Bishop make their Disney+ debut in this charming Christmas MCU project. What do you think of our Kingpin take? How about our Kate Bishop and Clint Barton takes? Thank you all so much for listening and supporting this podcast throughout the years. We are so very grateful for y'all. Happy Holidays! Come join us on this crazy ride. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/2suqww4fvG Special thanks to Organic Priced Books for being our official comic provider. https://organicpricedbooks.com/?ref=friendsfromwork Use promo code: FRIENDSFROMWORK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're back on the rewatch train this week with our watch through of Spider-Man: No Way Home. On this viewing, what worked with this cinematic masterpiece and what didn't work as well? With both Robby and Kyle having a cold (of sorts) and talking about No Way Home again, it truly does feel like a flashback to 2021. Our rewatch journey will continue next week with Disney+'s Hawkeye (which syncs up perfectly with the Christmas break). We're excited to chat about these two fun MCU projects in back to back weeks. Thanks for tuning in! Come join us on this crazy ride. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/2suqww4fvG Special thanks to Organic Priced Books for being our official comic provider. https://organicpricedbooks.com/?ref=friendsfromwork Use promo code: FRIENDSFROMWORK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As we close the chapter on both of these MCU projects, we take one more look back at the fall that was. What did we miss from our Initial Reactions episode? What parts of these projects did we nail the first time around? Note: If you haven't seen one of the projects yet, we start with "Loki" and end with "The Marvels." Come join us on this crazy ride. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/2suqww4fvG Special thanks to Organic Priced Books for being our official comic provider. https://organicpricedbooks.com/?ref=friendsfromwork Use promo code: FRIENDSFROMWORK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're back from the holiday break with a wonderful discussion with the composer of Spider-Man 2 PS5, John Paesano. Friend of the pod, John, takes us through his work on that video game as well as his upcoming project "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes." Come join us on this crazy ride. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/2suqww4fvG Special thanks to Organic Priced Books for being our official comic provider. https://organicpricedbooks.com/?ref=friendsfromwork Use promo code: FRIENDSFROMWORK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Happy Thanksgiving week y'all! Mixed bag episode today. See time stamps below to see where we discuss the three different segments of today's show. 0:00 - Introduction 11:23 - Fantastic Four casting news 27:38 - Friends From Work news 43:03 - Spider-Man 2 PS5 Full Review Discord: https://discord.com/invite/2suqww4fvG Special thanks to Organic Priced Books for being our official comic provider. https://organicpricedbooks.com/?ref=friendsfromwork Use promo code: FRIENDSFROMWORK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With the EPIC finale of Loki: Season 2 officially dropping, the best season of television that Marvel Studios has ever created has now come and gone. On today's initial reactions episode, we wrestle with so many of the big lingering questions as well as praise the series as a whole for its impact on Marvel TV. Come join us on this crazy ride. Discord: https://discord.com/invite/2suqww4fvG Special thanks to Organic Priced Books for being our official comic provider. https://organicpricedbooks.com/?ref=friendsfromwork Use promo code: FRIENDSFROMWORK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Directed by Nia DaCosta and starring Brie Larson, Iman Vellani, Teyonah Parris, and Samuel L. Jackson, "The Marvels" really took us by surprise. The film is a fun, action packed yet breezy entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and one that we can't wait to revisit. In today's episode, hear us (Robby and Kyle) give our initial thoughts as soon as we walked out of the theater from this movie. And be sure to join in the discussion by subscribing to this podcast, visiting the website (theffwpodcast.com) and joining the Friends From Work Discord channel. See you soon! Discord: https://discord.com/invite/2suqww4fvG Special thanks to Organic Priced Books for being our official comic provider. https://organicpricedbooks.com/?ref=friendsfromwork Use promo code: FRIENDSFROMWORK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Given the current state of Rotten Tomatoes culture, I (Kyle) wanted to briefly attempt to correctly frame your mind before watching "The Marvels." Thanks for letting me rant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What an episode of television! In today's episode, we are honored to be joined by the legendary composer herself, Natalie Holt. See time stamps below for markers: 00:15 - Welcome 3:00 - What works so well about Loki season 2 29:09 - Friends From Work upcoming schedule 33:57 - Lingering questions from episode 5 47:22 - Last things we loved 54:00 - Composer Natalie Holt Special thanks to Organic Priced Books for being our official comic provider. https://organicpricedbooks.com/?ref=friendsfromwork Use promo code: FRIENDSFROMWORK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Holy. Freaking. Cow. Not much else to say. Enjoy listening to us try to mop our minds up from the floor. Special thanks to Organic Priced Books for being our official comic provider. https://organicpricedbooks.com/?ref=friendsfromwork Use promo code: FRIENDSFROMWORK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Loki season 2 and Spider-Man 2. Nothing more needs to be said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A sneak peak of the kinds of episodes we have going over on Friends From Work+. Subscribe today for access! In light of our recent Sam Raimi discussion, what four directors would make up your "Mount Rushmore" of MCU film directors? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We start off today's episode with breaking MCU news: Daredevil has fired its writers and directors. What does it mean for the show as well as for the MCU as a whole? Then we get into the thrilling second episode of Loki Season 2. Special thanks to Organic Priced Books for being our official comic provider. https://organicpricedbooks.com/?ref=friendsfromwork Use promo code: FRIENDSFROMWORK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
