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Rico watches Almost Famous for the first time and talks about his experience with the film.

Deep Focus, Rico's ThoughtsRico AlbarracinOctober 8, 2020ricos thoughts, deep focus, almost famous, first time watch

What are the scenes that make us stand up and exclaim “‘MERICA!”? What are the lines and inspirational visuals that make us proud to be an American? Can the greatness of film match the greatness of this great country?

Deep FocusJessica FirpiJuly 1, 2020patriot, the patriot, patriotic, movies, films, podcast, podcasting, america, captain america, merica, american flag, military, movie moments, most patriotic movie moments, america the beautiful, july 4th, 4th of july, fourth of july, born on the fourth of july, independence day, independent, united state, united states of america, united states, patton, a few good men, armageddon, americana, rambo:, rambo, first blood, first blood part II, rambo first blood part 2, apollo 13, pearl harbor, cuba gooding jr, michael bay, steven spielberg, we have liftoff, houston, houston we have a problem, i don't wanna miss a thing, national treasure, nicholas cage, i'm gonna steal the declaration of independence, declaration of independence, air force one, harrison ford, a league of their own, baseball, hot dogs, rocky iv, stallone, fight, speech, the sandlot, fireworks, lincoln, abraham lincoln, gettysburg address, no retreat, mel gibson, rolan emmerich, always the critic Comments

30-Day Film Challenge

Over the past month, Rico and Jess have been posting on the ATC Instagram account for the 30-Day Film Challenge. Now that the month is up, we thought we should post a recap and explain some of our choices.

Deep Focus, Jessica's Thoughts, Rico's ThoughtsRico Albarracin & Jessica FirpiJune 15, 202030 film challnge, movies, films, film, movie, days, challenge, instagram, insta challenge, instagram challenge, first film you remember watching, the lion king, batman, film you like that starts with the first letter of your name, raiders of the lost ark, jurassic park, film with more than five words, prisoner of azkaban, no country for old men, film with a number in the title, ocean's 11, ocean's eleven, lord of the rings, the two towers, film where a character has a job you want, midnight in paris, spotlight, favorite animated film, aladdin, the prince of egypt, film you will never get tired of, jumanji, back to the future, film where you liked the soundtrack more, guardians of the galaxy, guardians of the galaxy volume 2, the greatest showman, film you hate that everyone else liked, taxi driver, the tree of life, your favorite superhero movie, the dark knight, film you like from you least favorite genre, alien, scream, film that you hate from your favorite genre, jack and jill, adam sandler, amelie, film that put you in deep thoughts, dead poets society, her, film that gave you depression, schindler's list, Up, film that makes you happy, singin' in the rain, gene kelly, la la land, 500 days of summer, rudyard kipling's the jungle book, the jungle book, favorite film sequel, sequel, catching fire, indiana jones, the last crusade, harrison ford, tom hanks, christopher nolan, spielberg, film that stars your favorite actor/actress, the devil wears prada, anne hathaway, cast away, inception, e.t., e.t. the extra-terrestrial, film made by your favorite director, film that changed your life, good will hunting, a moment to remember, korean, film that you dozed off in, The Grinch, apollo 18, film that made you angry, greta, greta movie, up movie, the lost city, animation, andy garcia, film made by a director that is dead, the sound of music, robert wise, all about eve, film you wish you saw in theaters, star wars, empire strikes back, psycho, hitchcock, film you like that is not set in the current era, the majestic, jim carrey, catch me if you can, Leonardo Dicaprio, film that you like that is adapted from somewhere, the count of monte cristo, jim caviezel, tom cruise, a few good men, jack nicholson, guy pearce, film that is visually striking to you, pride & prejudice, jane austen, keira knightley, cinematography, scott pilgrim vs. the world, edgar wright, film that made you feel uncomfortable, prisoners, hugh jackman, requiem for a dream, movie that makes you want to fall in love, moonstruck, cher, nicholas cage, when harry met sally, billy crystal, meg ryan, when harry met sally 30th anniversary, movie with your favorite ending, favorite ending, the usual suspects, kevin spacey, the truman show, podcast, podcasting, podcasters of instagram, film review Comment

Streaming Recommends - Drama

In these dramatic times, with so many people still in quarantine, we want to give you some drama movies to watch on streaming.

Deep Focus, Jessica's Thoughts, Rico's ThoughtsRico Albarracin & Jessica FirpiApril 13, 2020streaming recommends, streaming

Streaming Recommends - Action Adventure

People are going to be home for a while so why not get some adrenaline into your system with these Action recommendations.

Dystopian Movies - Ranked

It almost feels like we’re in the end times. This got us to thinking, what are some of the best dystopian movies? We rank them.

Deep Focus, Jessica's Thoughts, Rico's ThoughtsRico Albarracin & Jessica FirpiMarch 19, 2020apocalyptic, contagion, zombies, zombieland, the terminator, train to busan, world war z, a quiet place, movie rankings, dystopian

Streaming Recommends - Friendship Movies

In response to a request from one of our Instagram followers, we whipped up some great friendship movies to get you through self-quarantine. Stay safe and healthy out there, everyone!

Jessica's Thoughts, Rico's Thoughts, Deep FocusRico Albarracin & Jessica FirpiMarch 16, 2020Netflix, streaming, hulu, hbo, amazon prime, prime video, streaming recommends

Best Movies of the Decade - Part II

We continue counting down our best movies of the decade with our top 10.

Deep Focus, Jessica's Thoughts, Miguel's Thoughts, Rico's Thoughts, GeneralAlways the Critic StaffJanuary 15, 2020whiplash, inception, get out, a star is born, la la land, parasite, the social network, spotlight, midnight in paris, Best of the Decade

Best Movies of the Decade - Part I

The crew selects their top movies of the 2010s.