What's the best way to make a horror movie less scary? Know-It-All shares one of his favorite pro tips of all-time in this regard in the context of Fanboy forcing yet another horror movie on him since it's October and, y'know, "Halloween season" or some garbage like that. This time around the flick in question is a BBC film called HIS HOUSE (availa…

What is the best propaganda film of all time and why is it not actually REEFER MADNESS? Know-It-All and a special guest host filling in for Fanboy (friend of the show and CURRENT GEN podcast co-host Tim Nester) have the answer for you as well as their Top 10 Great Propaganda Movies of All Time ranked list in this here episode. It's what the kids ca…

What is the best martial arts scene that you've ever seen? The world of cinema is chock full of fantastic martial arts sequences. Whether martial arts scenes take place inside of martial arts films or superhero flicks, it is easy to see why the diverse fighting styles of myriad martial arts disciplines have long been so popular amongst movie goers.…

What movie desperately needs to become a video game? If you ask one of us, you might hear the answer "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" come out of one of our mouths... That's right. Movies based on video games are generally terrible. But what about video games based on movies... ? Yeah, they can be pretty terrible as well. But not always. In th…

What Olympic event are you drawn to in ways that make no sense? We all know about the sports and athletic competitions that draw all the eye and earballs during the Olympic Games, but what about the ones that keep you up at night? Not because you're terrified, but because you can't stand to miss a solitary, strange moment of the action? Fanboy and …

What TV show is the most perfectly cast? That question, posed to us by friend of the show Wes Coburn (@CoburnWesley), animates a passionate debate between Fanboy and Know-It-All as they each bring their respective Top Five Most Perfectly Cast TV Shows of All Time lists to the table. You might be able to guess a few of them that cracked our collecti…

What if Michael Scott was a youth pastor? Steve Carell's classic turn as an inept middle manager in NBC's "The Office" may or may not have been on the minds of Jeff Ryan, Arielle Cimino, and Christopher O'Connell when they set out to create their mockumentary feature film called "YouthMin," but no one needs to squint to see why one review of the mo…

Sure, Thanos said there'd be no resurrections this time. But he didn't say nothing about no prequels involving time travel and multiverses (multiversi?), so now we have Marvel's LOKI on Disney+. Fanboy and Know-It-All struggle to resist the superhero genre, but they give in to take on LOKI. (Who are we kidding? We don't resist it at all.) Also, SLE…

Caleb and I talk about the usual stuff lol you know the vibe or whatever.Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MildVanilla Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mildvanilla/

Who are the best (read: most evil and loathsome) Disney animated villains of all-time? We'd wager that the list of options is probably longer than you think, and we'd also wager that Cruella De Vil probably crossed your mind when you saw the question because, well, puppy slaughter and all that jazz that adults of 1960s decided to feature in animate…

This is basically just a new episode of Would You Blather lol.Thanks again to Jake for coming on!Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MildVanillaFollow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mildvanilla/

What are the top 100 greatest movies ever made? And how are they ranked? All legitimate film critics and self-respecting know-it-all cinema aficionados have a list of their Top 100 Films of All-Time. To comemorate their 100th episode, Fanboy and Know-It-All knew it was their duty to create and rank their own definitive list of the best movies ever …

How does "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" fare on Disney+? Does it hold a candle to "WandaVision"? Is it better or worse in any meaningful ways? Which one is deeper? How does the (presumed) first season of "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" continue to set up the next phase(s) of the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Fanboy and Know-It-All break down …

Who is the worst movie supervillain of all time? If one of us had our 'druthers, someone from Netflix's new Ben Falcone/Melissa McCarthy "superhero" film, Thunder Force, would be on the list. Inspired by the aggressively mediocre film, Fanboy and Know-It-All realized that it was time for the world to have a definitive ranked list of the Top 10 Wors…

Ross and I talked about Godzilla, Dinosaurs, Pokémon and a Sesame Street fight. The Sesame Street Fight Bracket will take Twitter and Instagram votes into account, so go follow me and vote on a different fight everyday for the next week or so. Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MildVanilla Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mi…

Who is "Aaron Rodgers"? That would be the correct question if the answer was pre-given, Jeopardy!-style, as "This NFL quarterback hails from the Land of Cheese Curds and has filled in as a guest host on Jeopardy!" That's right, Fanboy and Know-It-All discuss Aaron Rodgers' first appearance as a guest host on the classic TV trivia show "Jeopardy!" a…

Elliot and I talk about caviar, basketball, and conspiracy theories. Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MildVanilla Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mildvanilla/ have a mild day :)

Some movies are begging to be recut. Was 2017's JUSTICE LEAGUE one of those movies? Or is one of the other movies we rank as being the films most in need of being recut more worthy? The 2017 release of JUSTICE LEAGUE generated a lot of attention due to the leaks surrounding the film prior to director Zack Snyder's official departure that came in th…

Hunter and I talked about bees, Lola Bunny's big fat sweaty redesign, and moon cum! Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/MildVanilla Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mildvanilla/ Have a mild day!

What does WandaVision mean for Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe?? The 9-episode run of WandaVision is officially in the books over on Disney+ and it was chockfull of potential implications for Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (also, do we need to start calling it the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse now?). Fanboy and Know-It-All are choc…

Caleb and I talked about Donkey Kong, Godzilla, and the stock market! follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/MildVanilla Have a mild day!

Can a bad movie be a great bad movie if it was intentionally made to be a bad movie? In their first foray back into Hurts So Good territory in 2021, Fanboy and Know-It-All get into their worst fight since nearly coming to blows over Brad Pitt and Daniel Day Lewis as they duke it out over whether or not KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE (currently avai…

IN FACT, FANBOY WROTE two BOOKS! That's right, on this very special episode of Pop Culture with Fanboy and Know-It-All, we talk about both books that our very own Paul Asay has written and -- as of February 9, 2021 -- published: one he wrote with farmer and former NFL center Jason Brown called "Centered" and one he wrote all on his own called "Beau…

Go go gadget write the description Nic and I talked about gambling, governors and green men. (aliens, but green men fits with the alliteration I was doing) Follow me on Twitter: MildVanilla Follow me on Instagram: MildVanillaPod

What was the best entertainment of 2020? Fanboy and Know-It-All dive into the notorious year that was 2020 in order to mine the best and most engaging nuggets of pop culture and entertainment that Two Thousand Twenty had to offer. Not only do your favorite heroes mine these tasty nuggets, though, they also rank them in numerical order from worst of…

Heyo the mild vanilla podcast is back from a lil holiday break! This is the first episode with two people, those two people are Ashlyn and Pierre. We talked about children ruining games, Disney Pixar movies and alcohol. Ashlyn's Ticktock: ashlynwillis Ashlyn's Instagram: _ashlynwillis Pierre's Instagram: coloredperson.exe My Twitter: MildVanilla My…

There's no time like 2021 to dive into one of 2020's only blockbuster superhero movies. The DCEU's "Wonder Woman 1984" has roped its way into theaters and HBO Max subscriptions across the world and Fanboy and Know-It-All knew it was high time to engage in verbal fisticuffs over it. Elsewhere, with Season Two of The Mandalorian fully released on Dis…

Chadwick Boseman's last movie performance came in the role of Levee in Netflix's MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM which dropped for the viewing public in December 2020. It's a fascinating film for a variety of reasons other than the fact that it is the last film Boseman will appear in since cancer took his life in summer 2020. As Fanboy and Know-It-All con…

A black and white Academy Award contender, MANK, has dropped on Netflix to help close out the year that is 2020. Fanboy and Know-It-All have a lot to say about the film, its chances at the 2021 Oscars, and its place in cinematic history (both as a film and as a commentary on cinematic history itself). Elsewhere, inspired by MANK starring Gary OLDMA…

Heyo! On this edition of "Will cut out an hour of political content" I left in the parts where we talked about presidential pets, flying vs teleportation, and board games along with some other stuff. Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MildVanilla Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mildvanillapod/ Thanks for listening :) have a…

Were you unlucky enough to see the Star Wars Holiday Special before George Lucas tried to bury it? Unfortunately for Mr. Lucas and everyone else connected with the making of 1978's Star Wars Holiday Special, it seems that Disney has decided to allow the dumpster fire that is the holiday-themed musical variety show known as the Star Wars Holiday Spe…

Bobbers and I talk about a ton of different movies, what you are supposed to call the Sam Jackson/newsboy hat, and ugly Muppets. We talked about a ton of other junk too but idk descriptions are hard okay. This episode was so long what am I supposed to put here? Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MildVanilla Follow Bobby on YouTube: https://w…

One silver lining for 2020? Basically all of the Academy Award contenders are (or will soon be) streaming on a OTT device near you. It's been a weird year and the movie awards business has been feeling the weirdness right along with the rest of us. But where the accessibility of award-bait cinema prior to movie awards season is generally pretty spo…

Austin and I talk about food, food, and Creed the cat. Nah but for real we talked about spicy food, sour food, fast food, and Austin's cute cat. Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MildVanilla Austin's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeRoNVuvBgYXJ5ePZg95KdA/videos

Cale and I talk about a ton of fun nerdy stuff! We cover Smash Bros, old iPhone games, superhero stuff and of course transformers. Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/notifications Thank you for listening :) Have a mild day

For your money, what are the best sci-fi TV shows ever made? Odds are, your list and ours don't match up perfectly. Ours certainly didn't and mass chaos ensued. Because sometimes Wrongy McWrongface (aka Fanboy) needs to be put in his place. Especially when he comes in with such a terrible pick at #1. THE NERVE! Oh, yeah, and Season 2 of The Mandalo…

Anrich and I talked about horses, other animals, education, marriage, and our purposes in life. Follow me on Twitter or whatever: https://twitter.com/MildVanilla

Never fear, 2020, Adam Sandler and Netflix knew you were dying (undying?) for a new Halloween flick and delivered... something. Frankly, we're still not entirely sure what Hubie Halloween is supposed to be--but we argue about it at length anyway. Elsewhere, to continue exploring Know-It-All's Backlist Hall of Shame, our dynamic duo watched Pan's La…

Episode 3 Keagan and I had a wonderful conversation about movies, Seinfeld, hive minds, adult cartoons and so so much more. Twitter: https://twitter.com/MildVanilla

Episode 2 Jacob and I talked about Smosh, YouTube, iCarly, Smash Bros, and everything in-between! Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MildVanilla Follow the Burrito boy on Twiiter: https://twitter.com/MidNiteBurrito1 Also here are his other links: https://linktr.ee/midniteburrito1

From a dearth of live sports to an unprecedented cornucopia of live sports, 2020 keeps on giving in weird and unexpected ways. Accordingly, Fanboy and Know-It-All saw it fit to give their terrible opinions about the best movies for four of the most popular team sports in the United States. Elsewhere, uninspired by the first presidential debate of t…

Episode 1 I sat down with Hunter James to have a conversation about High School, ambition, Pokémon, weight loss, and a bunch of other stuff. Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MildVanilla

What animal's "superpower" would be the worst for a human being to be saddled with? Inspired by the unique premise of the new Netflix original movie "Project Power," Fanboy and Know-It-All embark on a shudder-worthy exploration of the grottiest "abilities" that animals have which humans should not aspire to have. Oh, yeah, and they review Netflix's…

The Mild Vanilla Podcast is a comedic conversation with an interesting guest. That's not really funny though. Ummm how about: Seasoned podcaster Will Hopper rambles through a conversation with a neat guest. That is almost worse. Idk just listen to it, you'll get it :)

AAAAAUUUUGGGHHHH, ALL THE SPOILERZZZZZ. ("April Showers" by ProleteR is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives [aka Music Sharing] 3.0 International License.)By Paul Asay and Jake Roberson

A spoiler-free review of Christopher Nolan's "TENET" and a deep dive into our return to movie theaters in a COVID-19 context and what we think it does -- or doesn't -- mean for the future of the medium. ("April Showers" by ProleteR is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives [aka Music Sharing] 3.0 International License.)…

Could an independent British black comedy film really be the surprise hit of the COVID-19-stricken year that is 2020? "Get Duked!" wants to prove that it could indeed. But, lest it get too much attention after it drops on Amazon Prime on August 28, Fanboy and Know-It-All give ample attention to one of the worst movies of all time: "Plan 9 from Oute…

DID A SUPERHERO MOVIE SNEAK INTO OUR NETFLIX QUEUES THIS SUMMER AFTER ALL?? Sorry-not-sorry for the all-caps. Maybe we got a little excited or maybe all the sticky candy residue finally built up to an unsustainable level and caused the button to be stuck until we agreed to pause our writing of this episode description and finally clean it off. You …

What are the best movie scenes to ever find themselves inside a superhero flick? In the absence of new superhero summer blockbusters being released in theaters over the course of the summer of 2020, Fanboy and Know-It-All dug through the archives to review the best superhero movie scenes of all-time so that they could rank them in numerical order f…

KING GEORGE IS ON DISNEY+ In, y'know, the filmed version of the "Hamilton" Broadway show. We may not all be able to pack into a crowded theater in New York City, but many of us are finally getting our chance to see the Broadway phenomenon that is Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton" musical. Fanboy and Know-It-All have soaked it in (THREE TIMES BETWEEN …