This Saturday Episode #676 of AKAPAD's Film Buff Podcast is about Walt Disney's 2002 animated epic Treasure Planet.By AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

AKAPAD The Film Buff - Episode #675 In a spontaneous rewatch of the 1982 classic Conan the Barbarian, Peter had a striking revelation about James Earl Jones' performance. Could his portrayal of Thulsa Doom be the greatest film villain of all time?By AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

In this episode of AKAPAD's The Film Buff Podcast, we dive into what may be one of James Earl Jones' greatest performances. From the early days of HBO Studios, By Dawn’s Early Light is a gripping thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat, despite nearly every character spending the majority of the film sitting down.…

For nearly 100 episodes, the Beetlejuice animated series entertained a generation of kids, subtly bridging the gap back to Tim Burton's 1988 classic film. Yet, despite its role in maintaining the movie's lasting relevance, the cartoon itself has largely faded from memory. AKAPAD the Film Buff is here to set the record straight and shed light on the…

For this episode of AKAPAD's The Film Buff Podcast Peter creates a new genre of film the celebration road quest. Where a loveable antagonist sets out on a journey while celebrating what they love. In the instance of 2017's Please Stand By it's Star Trek.By AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

The Film Buff was there was 1997's Alien Resurrection dropped and since then every time he has watched this movie he has realized something new that he likes. However try to say this to any of the modern-day film "critics", what you get is why this podcast exists.By AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

For the first time AKAPAD The Film Buff pauses a movie and hits record to bring you his thoughts while mid-way through a feature. Why? What value does this provide? This episode of the The Film Buff Podcast proclaims it's okay to be so enthusiastic about a film you want to share it with other while you're watching it. Kingdom of the Planet of the A…

In 2023, Jeff Nichols released his highly anticipated sixth feature film, The Bikeriders. Unfortunately, instead of delivering another solid entry in his filmography, The Bikeriders exemplifies a troubling trend in modern filmmaking. The art of crafting a compelling American drama with a satisfying conclusion seems to be a fading skill, almost like…

With the upcoming release of The Crow comes Boy Kills World a comedy of sorts starring Bill Skarsgård as a deaf martial arts dystopian hero.For this who do not know about this film here are some key credits for Boy Kills World:Director: Moritz MohrProducers: Sam Raimi, Roy Lee, Simon Swart, Stuart Manashil, and Zainab AziziWriters: Arend Remmers an…

If we rip the "franchise" out of Alien 3 we would have ourselves a top-level science fiction film. The generations' worth of thrashing for Alien 3 should not stand in the eyes of anyone who critically looks at the film. In this episode of The Film Buff your host AKAPAD takes a stand that may have him as the only critic in the far stretches of the g…

Discover the Unspoken Truths of James Cameron's Aliens Special Edition | AKAPAD's The Film Buff Podcast"Aliens" is widely regarded as one of the greatest sci-fi films and sequels of all time. In this episode of AKAPAD's The Film Buff Podcast, we delve into the unspoken truths of James Cameron's "Aliens Special Edition." Does this iconic film fit se…

Watchmen is a sacred cow that should never be touched and is diminished every time it's adapted. It's a work of art that can only be received through its original intent, a comic book maxi-series. Warner Brother DC Animation would clearly disagree with Peter A DeLuca AKAPAD The Film Buff in this Saturday Cartoon episode.…

The internet seems to have loved Furiosa A Mad Max Saga but audiences did not show up for it. So, here today Peter A DeLuca AKAPAD The Film Buff sets the record straight as to who was correct.By AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

Your Film Buff takes a stand against a BS claim from this 2019 Alien Documentary.By AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

In this episode of The Film Buff Podcast, Peter introduces you to the best Ghostbusters film since the original. Despite its potential, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire made little impact and has yet to win back the hearts of the audience.Your host, AKAPAD, adheres to the podcast's principle of watching and discussing every aspect of a film. He takes th…

In 2017, Ridley Scott returned to the Alien franchise with his second consecutive film in the series, a controversial sequel to Prometheus. While many critics have expressed doubts about this installment, AKAPAD The Film Buff offers a different perspective. In this episode, we delve into the true horror of the film, exploring aspects that fans and …

What key does the 2000 released Titan A.E. hold to the history of American animation? This question is explored by Peter A DeLuca AKAPAD The Film Buff, and as you may have guessed this is an observation missed by many animation historians.By AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

For the premiere of Animation Saturday's Peter A DeLuca AKAPAD The Film Buff brings to you the greatest animated film of all time, Don Bluths Anatasia.By AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

In 2012 Ridley Scott's Prometheus landed in theaters and created a few YouTube careers, this template defined a generation of movie review channels for the social media platform. What came after was a massive misunderstanding about what Prometheus has to do with the Alien franchise. As a single piece of Science Fiction, this film runs with the best…

Never has he recorded a podcast episode while not completing a movie, mostly he watches a film multiple times before recording. The Rebel Moon Directors Cut has changed that practice. Here Peter A DeLuca addresses the fun and anticipation of this epic, what it means to the sci-fi world, and thoughts on the director Zack Snyder who is a part of his …

Get ready for something different from AKAPAD The Film Buff. Never has he recorded a podcast episode while not completing a movie, mostly he watches a film multiple times before recording. The Rebel Moon Directors Cut has changed that practice. Here Peter A DeLuca addresses the fun and anticipation of this epic, what it means to the sci-fi world, a…

The Film Buff explores one of the biggest end-credit scene payoffs as he looks at 2007's Alien VS Predator Requiem which may have ignited the fires of the audience's appetite for something a little extra before they leave the theatre.By AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

During AKAPAD's Film Buffs podcast look at the Alien franchise in chronological order a powerful idea comes to light about 2004's Alien VS Predator AKA AVP, this may be the first film killed by the internet. Upon release, AVP received a massive amount of backlash, what were the gripes then turned into meaningless positions as time passed. However, …

In this episode of AKAPAD The Film podcast your obsessive film host introduces to you a look at the Alien Movie Franchise you may not be familiar with. Get guided through a brief synopsis of each film's plot, box office, and cultural impact setting up the stage an episode-by-episode rundown of all of these films while jumping on the hype train for …

Ghostbusters Frozen Empire by AKAPAD Peter A DeLucaBy AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

AKAPAD the Film Buff talking about 1996's Twister and what it was like to first see this film and get caught up in the effects and insanely entertaining characters. Director Jan de Bont brings a texture and color to this film that immediately captures you and makes you forget, you're watching a movie.Twister is a collaboration unlike many high-budg…

Deadpool arrived with the promise of a time-traveling superhero universe, one that helped create one of the biggest boom periods in American comic book history. The introduction of Cable in Marvel Comics and the premiere of X-Force, the rogue mutant team he led to prevent his horrific future from unfolding, captured the imaginations of comic book f…

#651 - Deadpool 2016 and Tim Miller by AKAPAD Peter A DeLucaBy AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

In February 1991 Deadpool first appeared in comics but not until 2013 that the world got their first glimpse of what he might be like off the comic book page. The Ultimate Spider-Man animated series is a long-forgotten 5-year show that did some good work at quite a few little-known characters, DEADPOOL being the most significant of them all.…

Deadpool haS taken over the world again with this weekends release of DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE but today AKAPAD The Film Buff reminds you the true origin and popularity of the character, as he appeared in Fox Kid's X-Men The Animated Series.By AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

With July 4th still on his mind Peter A DeLuca The Film Buff muses about his top film trilogies and comes to a shocking revelation. The MCU Captain America character arc is one of the all-time greats. It's a good thing he has a podcast to explain it all.By AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

Finally, for the 4th of July, we have ID4 the Alien Invasion flick that everyone loves to hate, but can't admit how much they love this 1996 banger.By AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

AKAPAD's The Film Buff Podcast #646 reveals a sophisticated way to watch a movie for the first time, Peter your host reveals this method as he experienced it with Ridley Scott's Napoleon.By AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

In 1974 superstar Burt Reynolds and director Robert Aldrich brought the world one of the great Football comedies, however, this film can only be seen with a trigger warning for modern audiences. The sensitivity of The Longest Yard diminishes its discoverability despite this being an absolute banger of a film, one of which carried on for decades.…

#644 - Promising Young Woman by AKAPAD Peter A DeLucaBy AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

Episode #643 of The AKAPAD Film Buff Podcast Continues the thread of American Football films with an absolute gem. The Best of Times is the definition of a style of comedy we don't see much of today, the mid-life crisis while still coming-of-age comedy. The Best of Times not only revolves around football it's the entire plot if the single moment in…

AKAPAD The Film Buff reps about the 2023 masterwork Saltburn in this episode of his Podcast. Saltburn became a viral TikTok revolution first then a sensation when it first became available on stream, along the way unfair comparisons to The Talented Mr. Ripley came out of the crevices and a desire to know every motivation seen in this film. But what…

AKAPAD THE FILM BUFF EPISODE 641In 2008 Geroge Clooney directed and starred in a period piece that serves within the period that it's presented in, this is a rare feat and a dwindling skill of today's filmmakers. Leatherheads is a goofy fun movie with enough heart and plot to keep you going, not perfect by any means there is still far more to admir…

Matthew McConaughey comes in with another Oscar-level transformation Mud 2012 directed by Jeff Nicoles is a film that puts you in a place and a life, so much so you want to live where these characters live, smell what they smell, hear what they hear. As the way of life fades for our two main characters Mud and Ellis, we hope it doesn't, we hope eve…

Harold Lloyd and directors Fred C. Newmeyer andSam Taylor introduces a wealth of movie tropes still used to this day. Just because it's a silent movie made in 1925 does not mean it's not influential. So much of what we live in film started here.By AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

Don't Worry Darling got the worst type of press before its release and what was lost was the general audience constructively looking at the film. In a different time the Olivia Wilde directed movie would have grown like wildfire throughout social media. Instead, we are left with AKAPAD THE FILM BUFF to rectify the situation and correct the course.…

1977's SEMI-TOUGH stars Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson in a football comedy and shows off THE MAN of the sport, but it wants to be a bit more critical of marriage and see;f-help.This style of comedy would never be made today and because of that, we have to pay attention to this film.By AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

Neo Noir is the filmmakers' playground and at times it's perfectly fine if it's weird, but if it's weird let it move and have all the right elements this however was missed by many critics. Under the Silver Lake is a fantastic fun movie by David Robert Mitchell that raises real questions about the world of LA and show business.…

Charlton Heston stars as a New Orleans quarterback gradually approaching a mid-life crisis as his career nears its end. "Number One" didn't initially make AKAPAD's list of American Football films for discussion and review. However, this unexpected gem took him by surprise, delivering a compelling narrative possibly sponsored by the NFL itself.Explo…

Carter Smith has emerged as one of the premier young directors of our age. The Passenger is best described as a self-help movie dealing with the inflictions of the past portrayed through a violent depressing lens. The movie should be praised and heralded and because it's not mentioned in award season proves how broken this system is. AKAPAD the Fil…

We Are Marshall McG's 2006 overlooked Football powerhouse movie deserves attention not from a perfectly executed technical film but from what might be the most tragic plane crash scene ever put to film. We have an all-star cast in front of and behind the camera - this movie deserves your attention as it reveals that the sports genre unlocks what pr…

Part of the Matthew McConaughey come back double feature (MUD being the other) Killer Joe showcases a dark hurt filled world with a small moment of hope. There are few movies like this.By AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

Once long ago Peter A DeLuca believed Oliver Stones' Any Given Sunday was the greatest football film of all time, North Dallas Forty has changed that opinion.By AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

To AKAPAD The Film Buff The Martian solidifies Ridley Scott as the greatest filmmaker of all time. His career is long vast and winding. The Martian should not be as likable as it is, and that comes from the absolute skill of Matt Damon who deserved more attention for this role.By AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca

In 1991 the golden age of Football comedies ended this is a packed spectacle featuring some of the top young comedians of the day.By AKAPAD Peter A DeLuca