Join us weekly for deep dives into the films we love, filled with charming backstories on our own fandom, the scenes we freaking love, and the nuggets of trivia that fascinate us. This isn't a podcast for quippy cynics, just love for movies and the people who make them. Enjoy some lighthearted banter and a safe environment to FREAKING LOVE any movie!
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Economist Rosemarie Fike explores the insights and lasting legacies of the world's greatest economists, thinkers and scholars, including: Adam Smith, F.A. Hayek, John Stuart Mill, Milton Friedman, John Locke, Elinor Ostrom, and many more. Learn about their most important ideas, which helped to shape the free and prosperous societies that many of us enjoy today. And discover why their insights are still relevant in today’s modern world. Visit www.essentialscholars.org to download books, explo ...
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Send us a Text Message. In Ridley Scott's Alien, the commercial spaceship Nostromo's crew responds to a mysterious distress signal, uncovering a lethal alien creature that begins to hunt them down, picking them off one by one. Tension mounts as Warrant Officer Ripley discovers a chilling betrayal within their ranks, forcing her to fight for surviva…
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Starship Troopers (1997) and Helldivers 2 (2024)
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Send us a Text Message. STARSHIP TROOPERS SYNOPSIS: From the bridge of the Fleet Battlestation Ticonderoga, with its sweeping galactic views, to the desolate terrain of planet Klendathu, teeming with shrieking, fire-spitting, brain-sucking special effects creatures, acclaimed director Paul Verhoeven crafts a dazzling epic based on Robert A. Heinlei…
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Send us a Text Message. We heard your cries; we heard the torments of our people! How could we abandon the world of podcasts to those quippy, cynical, bad movie podcasts!? So we're back! From outer space! We just walked in to find you here with that look upon your face! We were on an extended hiatus, almost as much as the 10,000-year gap between th…
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Dr. Aeon J. Skoble, Professor of Philosophy at Bridgewater State University and author of The Essential Nozick, once again joins host Rosemarie Fike to discuss Nozick's perennial philosophical insights and how they might be applied today, including personal autonomy, the inherent morality in limited government, and even what a future society based …
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Robert Nozick Part 1: Why People Exist for Their Own Sake and Purposes
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Dr. Aeon J. Skoble, Professor of Philosophy at Bridgewater State University and author of The Essential Nozick, joins host Rosemarie Fike to talk about Nozick's somewhat unconventional rise to prominence in the field of philosophy, as well as discuss Nozick’s key insights on morality, individual rights, limited government and the free market. See o…
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Joseph Schumpeter Part 2: Technology, Innovation, and the Workforce
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Russell S. Sobel, co-author of The Essential Joseph Schumpeter and Professor of Economics & Entrepreneurship in the Baker School of Business at The Citadel, once again joins host Rosemarie Fike to discuss Joseph Schumpeter's most enduring and often prescient insights, including how contrary to popular belief, "creative destruction" and the technolo…
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Joseph Schumpeter Part 1: Why People Come Back for More
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Russell S. Sobel, co-author of The Essential Joseph Schumpeter and Professor of Economics & Entrepreneurship in the Baker School of Business at The Citadel, joins host Rosemarie Fike to discuss Joseph Schumpeter's life and most novel contributions to the field of economics, including "creative destruction" and how entrepreneurs allow consumers to b…
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Milton Friedman Part 2: Government Control and Long-Term Consequences
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Steven E. Landsburg, Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester and author of The Essential Milton Friedman, returns to discuss Friedman’s most salient ideas with host Rosemarie Fike, specifically how the expansion of government power may enable positive change but can just as easily enable negative societal change, ultimately removing c…
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Milton Friedman Part 1: Monopolies and Rising Prices
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Steven E. Landsburg, Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester and author of The Essential Milton Friedman, joins host Rosemarie Fike to discuss Friedman’s profound contributions to the field of economics throughout the 20th century, including his work on monopolies and the impact of rising prices. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac…
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Ronald Coase Part 2: Markets Don’t Fail, They Fail to Exist
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Dr. Lynne Kiesling, author of The Essential Ronald Coase, once again joins host Rosemarie Fike to discuss Ronald Coase, specifically his theory of markets and what exactly prevents them from naturally emerging. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Fraser Institute
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Ronald Coase Part 1: Reconciling Theory with Reality
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Dr. Lynne Kiesling, author of The Essential Ronald Coase, joins host Rosemarie Fike to discuss Ronald Coase, one of the most influential economic thinkers of the 20th century, including his dissection of Price Theory in favour of real market evidence and tenure at the University of Chicago Law School that eventually lead to his Nobel Prize. See omn…
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David Hume Part 2: With Prosperity for All
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Dr.James R. Otteson, Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Notre Dame and author of The Essential David Hume, joins host Rosemarie Fike once again to discuss Hume’s perennial insights on how free trade can serve as a vehicle for global prosperity and the building blocks of a commercial society, while government debt can hinder a country…
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David Hume Part 1: The Good, the Bad, and the Governmental
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Dr. James Otteson, John T. Ryan Jr. Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Notre Dame and author of the Essential David Hume, joins host Rosemarie Fike to discuss Scottish philosopher and economist David Hume’s perspective on human nature—and why he viewed specifically government as an oft-misused vehicle for a select few to extract reso…
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Essential Scholars: Women of Liberty—Elinor Ostrom and the Bottom-Up Approach to Community Maintenance
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Dr. Jayme Lemke, Senior Fellow at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center, and host Rosemarie Fike discuss Nobel Prize winning economist Elinor Ostrom and why community is best served and best empowered through grassroots movements that enable solutions tailored to their specific needs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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Austrian Economics Part 2: Government Intervention and the Assumption of Power
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Christopher J. Coyne, Professor of Economics at George Mason University and co-author of The Essential Austrian Economics, returns to the podcast to join host Rosemarie Fike in a discussion about why the Austrian School’s way of thinking about politics, social change, and governmental power is as relevant today as ever—specifically, how advocating …
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Austrians Economics Part 1: The Little Things that Keep the World Turning
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Christopher J. Coyne, Professor of Economics at George Mason University and co-author of The Essential Austrian Economics, joins host Rosemarie Fike to discuss the contributions to economic thinking and systems made by the Austrian School, including how our quality of life is in large part thanks to countless interactions occurring within the marke…
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James Buchanan Part 2: Self Interest & Rational Ignorance
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Randall Holcombe, DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics at Florida State University and co-author of The Essential James Buchanan, joins host Rosemarie Fike once again to break down how economist James Buchanan's contributions to public choice theory remain relevant in today's world, specifically what it means to be "well-informed" how that informs vo…
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James Buchanan Part 1: Why What’s “Best For All” Doesn't Work For Everyone
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Randall G. Holcombe, DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics at Florida State University and co-author of The Essential James Buchanan, joins host Rosemarie Fike to discuss the life and philosophy of economist James Buchanan, including his contributions to public choice theory. They even get into why it is that government officials struggle to have the …
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Adam Smith Part 2: Why Care? It’s Only Natural
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James R. Otteson, Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Notre Dame and co-author of the Essential Adam Smith, joins host Rosemarie Fike to discuss Smith’s perennial insights, including how human engagement naturally presents itself as opportunities for cooperation, and the ways in which the free-market can be a vehicle for this. See omn…
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Adam Smith Part 1: Through Sympathy There is Progress
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James R. Otteson, Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Notre Dame and co-author of The Essential Adam Smith, joins host Rosemarie Fike to discuss Smith’s concept of sympathy, and how paying attention to the feedback our behaviours elicit from others is what enables progress and change within society. See omnystudio.com/listener for pri…
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Rose Friedman and Mary Paley Marshall: Neck(s) of the Operation
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Lynne Kiesling, co-author of the Essential Women of Liberty, joins host Rosemarie Fike to discuss the critical behind-the-scenes work done by Rose Friedman and Mary Paley Marshall—two women who, despite not having very public-facing roles when it came to their respective husbands' careers, both collaborated with and made invaluable contributions to…
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Send us a Text Message. MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU! In this episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike and Andrew Sears, travel to galaxy far, far away in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Whether it's the the fandom around the movie OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here for everyone. And if you already love STAR WARS, you'r…
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Jane Jacobs: Community impact and why it’s a key metric
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Lydia Miljan, Professor of Political Science at the University of Windsor, joins host Rosemarie Fike to discuss Jane Jacobs’ unconventional road to economic thinking through community activism and urbanism—and why assessing the needs of communities within cities remains vital for effective, non-disruptive urban planning/design. They even get into t…
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Key Insights of UCLA Part 3: Markets and Social Issues
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David Henderson—emeritus professor of economics with the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California—and Steve Globerman—professor emeritus at Western Washington University and the Addington Chair in Measurement at the Fraser Institute—both join Rosemarie Fike once more to talk about why the UCLA school of economics has remained relevant …
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Key Insights of UCLA Part 2: Why good economics is not often good politics
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Steve Globerman, professor emeritus at Western Washington University and senior fellow as well as the Addington Chair in Measurement at the Fraser Institute, joins host Rosemarie Fike to continue the discussion on the UCLA school of thought, including rent control, the housing crisis, the arguable role of city governments, and maintaining quality o…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike and Andrew try to guess which chalice has the iocaine powder in THE PRINCESS BRIDE! Whether it's the the fandom around the movie OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here for everyone. And if you already love THE PRINCESS BRIDE, you're going to FREAK…
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Key Insights of UCLA Part 1: Why the profit motive is better for industry and better for people
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David Henderson, emeritus professor of economics with the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and host Rosemarie Fike dive right into conflict aversion in school, in the home, and even discuss how the UCLA school illuminated how the profit motive helps reduce discrimination by automatically imposing a penalty on those who do. See omn…
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Friedrich Hayek Part 2: Hayek and Lockdowns
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In this follow up to Part 1—just in time to honour the nearly 80-year anniversary of Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom—host Rosemarie Fike is once again joined by economist Donald Boudreaux of George Mason University to discuss how Friedrich Hayek shaped the field of political economy well into the 21st century. They even get into how Hayek would’ve felt…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike and Andrew try to stop an ancient Egyptian curse in THE MUMMY Whether it's the the fandom around the movie OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here for everyone. And if you already love THE MUMMY, you're going to FREAKING LOVE this episode! - THE MU…
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Friedrich Hayek Part 1: what intellectual history tells us about market signals; what market signals say about ourselves
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In this installment of the Essential Scholars podcast—just in time for the nearly 80-year anniversary of Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom—host Rosemarie Fike is joined by economist Donald Boudreaux of George Mason University to discuss Hayek’s life, influence in the fields of political science, philosophy, and economics, and how he endured as possibly t…
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Send us a Text Message. WE'RE BACK AND SO IS THE EMPIRE! In this episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike, Andrew Sears, and - special guest - Jon Pyle, travel to galaxy far, far away in Star Wars: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Whether it's the the fandom around the movie OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here for everyone. …
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J.S. Mill Part 2: Imagining a world with more than the basics
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In this installment of the Essential Scholars podcast, host Rosemarie Fike and Dr. Sandra Peart of the University of Richmond discuss John Stuart Mill’s ongoing contributions in economics and philosophy, and how his vision of a world where people have access to more than the bare minimum basic necessities of life—or “lower pleasures”—is a vision we…
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J.S. Mill Part 1: The moral, the political, and the economic
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In this installment of the Essential Scholars podcast, host Rosemarie Fike is joined by Dr. Sandra Peart of the University of Richmond to discuss John Stuart Mill’s life, influence in the field of moral philosophy and economics, and how his experiences during the early half of the industrial revolution shaped his thinking. In the next episode, we'l…
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Send us a Text Message. SEASON FINALE, BABY!!! In this episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike and Andrew Sears join guests Mike Rogers and Jessica Sears to spread a little Christmas cheer with their buddy ELF. Whether it's the fandom around the movie, fun facts and trivia, OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here for e…
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike and Andrew Sears join guest David McGinnis as they take the One Ring to Mordor in THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING Whether it's the fandom around the movie, fun facts and trivia, OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here for everyone…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike and Andrew Sears aim to misbehave aboard the Firefly class ship, SERENITY. Whether it's the fandom around the movie, fun facts and trivia, OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here for everyone. And if you already love SERENITY, you're going to FREAK…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike and Andrew Sears are on a mission to rescue a stranded astronaut in THE MARTIAN. Whether it's the fandom around the movie, fun facts and trivia, OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here for everyone. And if you already love THE MARTIAN, you're going…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike and Andrew Sears are joined by Jessica Sears and Mike Rogers for their very first QUADTOBER QUADTACULAR episode, all about 28 DAYS LATER. Whether it's the fandom around the movie, fun facts and trivia, OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here for ev…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike and Andrew Sears hand over the podcast to a couple of slasher fans, Jon Pyle and Jessica Sears (of Rebooted fame!) so they can talk about SCREAM! Whether it's the fandom around the movie, fun facts and trivia, OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something her…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike and Andrew Sears try to be the second mouse that climbed out of the bucket of cream in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. Whether it's the fandom around the movie, fun facts and trivia, OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here for everyone. And if you already lov…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike and Andrew Sears journey back to Neverland with special guest, Jessica Sears, as the trio talk HOOK. Whether it's the fandom around the movie, fun facts and trivia, OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here for everyone. And if you already love Hook,…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike and Andrew Sears overcome their fears and let the spice flow in DUNE. Whether it's the the fandom around the movie, fun facts and trivia, OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here for everyone. And if you already love DUNE (2021), you're going to FRE…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike and Andrew Sears throw you a curveball and bring on Jon Pyle and Jonathan Wickremasinghe-Kuhn (Jon WK) on to talk about THE BIG LEBOWSKI. Whether it's the the fandom around the movie, fun facts and trivia, OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here fo…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike and Andrew Sears are joined by Jessica Sears as they try to astound you with their feats of illusion in THE PRESTIGE. Whether it's the the fandom around the movie, fun facts and trivia, OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here for everyone. And if y…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike and Andrew Sears try to narrate their own noir mystery in KISS KISS BANG BANG. Whether it's the the fandom around the movie, fun facts and trivia, OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here for everyone. And if you already love KISS KISS BANG BANG, yo…
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike and Andrew Sears are joined by special guest Mike Rogers (from REBOOTED) celebrate their INDEPENDENCE DAY! Whether it's the the fandom around the movie, fun facts and trivia, OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here for everyone. And if you already …
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike and Andrew Sears walk the plank in the swashbuckling adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl. Whether it's the the fandom around the movie, fun facts and trivia, OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here for everyone. And if you …
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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike, Andrew Sears, and special guest Jessica Sears (from Rebooted) never give up, never surrender as they take a look at GALAXY QUEST! Whether it's the the fandom around the movie, fun facts and trivia, OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here for every…
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Send us a Text Message. In the 8th episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike and Andrew Sears get assimilated with the Enterprise in STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT. Whether it's the the fandom around the movie, fun facts and trivia, OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here for everyone. And if you already love STAR TREK: FIRST …
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Send us a Text Message. In the 7th episode of "I FREAKING LOVE THAT MOVIE", Robert Fike and Andrew Sears venture into the event horizon in Interstellar. Whether it's the the fandom around the movie, fun facts and trivia, OR the moments we FREAKING LOVED, there's something here for everyone. And if you already love INTERSTELLAR, you're going to FREA…
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