The Fansplainers Film Cast

Hello, movie maniacs! On this episode, Dave and Mary talk about James L. Brooks newest (and maybe last?) film Ella McCay – an existential crisis/family trauma movie presented in the guise of a rom-com. Brooks’ films are famously meandering, and trade realistic dialogue for sparkling wit. Ella McCay is no exception. The question is…do you […]

Hello, movie maniacs! Mary is away this week, taking in the sun and fun at Disneyworld in Orlando, FLA. So Dave has invited his movie-mad friend Sean Condon to drop by and discuss movies, movies, movies. Dave has a theory about the wonderful Elaine May’s career as a film director. Could she have made more […]

Hello, movie maniacs! Please note this week’s episode jumped the queue and references the episode we had previously recorded. We were just so excited to support this movie! On this episode of The Fansplainers, Dave and Mary gush extensively about the wonderful film Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie. They thought it was really […]

Hello, film fanciers! Mary and Dave continue their conversation about Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s fabulous Later franchise – this time talking about Nia DaCosta’s snappy, terrifying, joyous and beautiful second chapter of the 28 Years Later trilogy. Mary and Dave have loved these new iterations of the series and think you will too. Not […]

Hello, cinema sickos! Mary and Dave ring in the new year by not continuing their McQuarrying series but instead discussing Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet – the story of Agnes Hathaway’s courtship and marriage to William Shakespeare, and the movie all the old folks are flocking to theatres to see! Even if you don’t know what Metamucil […]

Hello, film fanatics! McQuarrying has been postponed for the Christmas break. This week Mary and David have a spiritual tussle over Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man. Can this iteration of the Knives Out franchise possibly be as good as the first two instalments or will trilogy derangement syndrome take another victim? Let Mary and […]

Hello, movie maniacs! McQuarrying has been postponed this week because David and Mary went to the theatres to see a couple of good old fashioned action flicks. They watched Dan Trachtenberg’s further extrapolations of the world of Predator with Predator: Badlands and Edgar Wright’s re-imagining of the “classic” 80’s Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle The Running Man. […]

Hello, movie maniacs! McQuarrying is on hiatus for another week as Mary and Dave take a deep dive into a frozen lake to discuss Scott Derrickson’s Black Phone 2. The Grabber returns to haunt Finney and Gwen as the supernatural becomes super real. Was this the movie of Mary and Dave’s dreams? Well, let them […]

Hello, movie maniacs! Mary and David continue McQuarrying this week as Christopher McQuarrie is freed from director jail and given the reins of Paramount’s newest cash cow franchise Jack Reacher with a star hot off the hit film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. He may not be as tall as the titular hero, but could […]

Hello, film freaks! McQuarrying is being postponed another week – sorry Valkyrie fans! – as David and Mary discuss the first two films of Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s “lesbian B-movie trilogy” Drive-Away Dolls and Honey Don’t. Hot lesbian babes, cool cars, spicy quips, steamy sex, graphic murder, inhuman depravity, genre exercises, and Henry James! […]

This week Mary and Dave continue their new series McQuarrying with a review of Zach Creggers newest film Weapons. Instant classic or sophomore slump? Let Mary and Dave fansplain it for you!

This week Mary and Dave continue their new series McQuarrying - an overview of Christopher McQuarrie's movies with Tom Cruise - by going forward into the past to ask, "Who is Keyser Söze?"

This week Mary and Dave explore Wes Anderson's latest quirkfest The Phoenician Scheme and quietly dab their eyes watching Mike Flanagan's third Stephen King adaptation, The Life of Chuck.