AKAPAD the FILM BUFF Podcast

With its clear inspiration from Gremlins, Critters is a clear front-runner of the genre of horror it inspired. Critters is a film of its own and deserves all the attention it gets.

Movies like Midnight 1982 challenge how we look at them. Meaning what must we expect if we are to expect anything at all? For time and money spent where is the level of entertainment we sit down to receive? Midnight 1982 is available here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB3Xvr3PX3A&t=1368s

After Midnight is a fantastic well though out, heart felt, fun movie

Imagine a demonic Chucky Cheese with a silent Nicolas Cage killing everything in sight. This is Willy's Wonderland.

Renfield did not have enought Nicolas Cage (tha'ts what the film critics want you to think) but, not here because for the 31 Days of Dread we actually watch our movies.

BUG 2006 is a straigght up horror master piece, and you are a fool if you have not seen it. William Friedkin directs Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick Jr. to career heights all from a single room.

Day one of the 2023 31 Days of Dread is The Exoricist the 1973 masterpiece, and film even by today's standards is untouchable.

HERE IT IS this years 31 Days of Dread forcast and restroective on the five previous years of this AKAPAD tradition.

Pleasure (2021) is a movie of a subject few films have apprached, what we get is an exploration of an industry and the talent required to excel in it. There as not been another film that nails down the adult film industry as well as Pleasure.

Sean Baker imagines and directs a Oscar level performace from Simon Rex but as the movie Gods would have it, it was ignored, the reason is simple - film criticism is DEAD. Join the Film Buff as he corrects the wrong as he corrects this inujustice.

It's hard to trust an critic that did not out Florida Project at the top of their 2017 list. Cinema did not die, it's alive in this movie with what might be the best child performances in movie history (sorry Shirley Temple fans).

Inside by Vasilis Katsoupis staring William Defoe is part survival horror movie and part commentary on our expereices with modern art. What we get is a single location saga that could possibly stretch over a course of years.

The Program is most likely the greatest college football movie ever, a field with little competition, there is a lot to learn from this film. Some good. Some bad.

BODIES BODIES BODIES is a fresh take on today's slasher film with the perfect amount of social commentary (a horror movie staple).

Why is no one discussing the first live-action appearance of the Jamie Reyes version of DC Comics Blue Beetle? Have we lost our true sense of history? Well here AKAPAD the Film Buff destroys that notion.

The remake/update you never asked for is here. He's All That wrapped up AKAPAD's deep dive into all things film and romance.

The Drews wrote one of the greatest romantic comedy speeches of all time. Boys and Girls is an overlooked footnote in three young Hollywood careers.

The film you thought you'd never see on The Film Buff Podcast is here. It's time to discuss She's All That.

We have another low-budget masterwork from M. Night Shyamalan in the sense he is set free by his budget. A Knock at the Cabin should have generated more attention to how much of a comeback we have from M. Night and the amazing performance he got from Dave Bautista in what might be his greatest role yet.

Finally, the episode you've been waiting for is here. AKAPAD the Film Buff sit's down to break the ice on Barbie and you guessed it, what the mainstream critics have overlooked.

All of social media took over the marking machine for Barbie and Oppenheimer and in so, made it a joke. Finally, Peter A DeLuca AKAPAD exposes why this consumer-driven marketing campaign is bad for Hollywood.

The 7th live-action Transformers Installment is confusing when considering where it lands in the franchise continuity. But, is that the reason this movie did not land?

While on a flight and after following the Ocean Gate Titanic Submerine sage Peter A DeLuca AKAPAD decided to watch one of the greatest movies of all time. TITANIC

The Fablemans with all it's accolades is un-watchable. Here's why.

The franchise that you never expected is now a legit franchise, Jumanji The Next Level showcases how vast this universe really is and what to expect in the next installment (if there is one).