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Rewind: The Prestige - 16th Anniversary / Ep. 222

On Episode 222 of the Always the Critic Podcast, we ditch the new releases and rewind it back to 2006 to cover The Prestige, starring Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman.

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Concerning Middle Earth: An LOTR Retrospective, Part 2 / Ep. 214

On Episode 214 of the Always the Critic Podcast, we complete our quest and vanquish evil in part 2 of our quick series covering each Lord of the Rings film leading up to Amazon’s Rings of Power, finishing up with The Return of the King.

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Concerning Middle Earth: An LOTR Retrospective, Part 1 / Ep. 213

On Episode 213 of the Always the Critic Podcast, we go on a quest in part 1 of our quick series covering each Lord of the Rings film leading up to Amazon’s Rings of Power, starting with Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers.

Action Adventure, Podcast, RewindJessica FirpiAugust 25, 2022Lord of the rings, rings of power, new zealand, LOTR, Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien, Theoden, Eowyn, Eomere, Eomer, Faramir, Bilbo, Galadriel, Saruman, Arwen, Pippin, Peter Jackson, director, writer, screenwriter, Boromir, Merry, Gimli, Legolas, Aragorn, Frodo, Sam, Samwise Gamgee, Gollum, Gandalf, Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, motion capture, behind the scenes, extended edition, fellowship of the ring, The Two Towers, book, the hobbit, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Dominic Monaghan, Sean Bean, Billy Boyd, Liv Tyler, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Oscars, box office, Bernard Hill, middle earth, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Karl Urban, rohan, gondor, hobbits, hobbiton, Howard Shore, Budget, retrospective, rewind, rewind movie, atc pod, atc, always the critic, Always the Critic Movie Podcast, movie, film, movie podcast, film podcast, movie review, movie review podcast, film review, film review podcastComment

In Defense of... Orange County / Ep. 189

On Episode 189 of the Always the Critic Podcast, we wrap up our quick In Defense of… mini-series, where each host defends a presumably indefensible January release movie panned by critics, with 2002’s Orange County.

In Defense of... 27 Dresses / Ep. 188

On Episode 188 of the Always the Critic Podcast, we return to our In Defense of… mini-series, where each host defends a presumably indefensible January release movie panned by critics, with 2007’s 27 Dresses.

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Top 10 Last 10 / Ep. 145

Rico and Jess take a break from reviewing new releases and rank the last 10 movies we watched for the first time in our very first Top 10 Last 10!

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In Defense of... She's All That / Ep. 138

We wrap up our quick mini-series, where each host defends a presumably indefensible January release movie panned by critics, with 1999’s She’s All That.

In Defense of... Along Came Polly / Ep. 137

Always the Critic begins a quick mini-series where each host defends a presumably indefensible January release movie panned by critics, starting with 2004’s Along Came Polly.

An Underrated Christmas: The Family Stone / Ep. 134

We finish our mini-series discussing underrated Christmas movies and spend Christmas with The Family Stone.