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“I hate to hit Filmweek with a 3-star rating, as I love the show and look forward to it every week. I dinged the 2 stars because HTLA or whatever is sneaking their show into my feed! One “preview” episode is ok, and a lot of podcasts do this. But SEVEN episodes of a show that’s only tangentially...”Read full review »
patconnor via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/24/24
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“If it weren’t for Andy I’m not sure I would still be tuning in. What happened to the critics who actually know how to dissect a movie based on the structure, writing etc. and relate to older films? Instead we get a blow by blow of the story most of the time or an opinion on like or dislike of an...”Read full review »
pamklawonn via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/03/23
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“Loses a point for including Andy, who consistently spoils movies. If it weren’t for him, FilmWeek would be the perfect movie review show.”
Black Boy Sheen via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/25/23
“Critics without critical thinking skills. What else is new?”
Visha33 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/14/23
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“Similar show I just discovered, more movies get covered and the hosts are so fun! It’s a Siskel & Ebert tribute that covers all new releases”
snoochieboochies via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/29/23
“These men are ignorant if they think you can make a Barbie movie for adults and NOT speak to all the layers of what Barbie means to women. You want a cartoon? Go watch the cartoon! Also, any man that listens to a 60-second speech that gets right to the heart of what it means to be a woman...”Read full review »
sssssbux via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/25/23
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“I cannot listen when Andy Klein is on. He gives away way too much plot. He’s not reviewing movies…he’s ruining them for people that haven’t seen them.”
JMS32205 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/10/23
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“Or “whatever” his name is. His disrespectful and racist dismissal of pronouncing Ke Huy Quan’s name during the Academy Award podcast episode was not only insensitive but racist in terms of not even trying to pronounce his name correctly and basically butchering his name and then saying...”Read full review »
Sonoffilm via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/15/23
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“You know, it’s so difficult you know to listen you know to this podcast because you know this is how all the you know critics speak. Don’t they ever you know listen to how they speak? I’m sure you know they don’t you know write their reviews you know in this form.”
travlermb via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/06/20
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“I agree with others - I could live without Tim and Charles. That said, on the whole, the show is better than when I started listening years and years ago
I especially enjoy Claudia, Lael, and Justin Chang. And Larry is a national treasure.”
17264848573 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/23/20
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“This is quite simply my favourite film review podcast.
I may sometimes want to listen to Filmspotting for an in-depth review, but I’ll always spare 20 minutes to listen to this great rotating cast of reviewers talk about films with wit, humour and passion.”
BrotherAck via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/11/20
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“Although I appreciate the different perspectives each reviewer has on the pod cast , I don’t applaud taking faux offense in the defense of another group. Case in point is Tim’s lambasting of Guy Richie’s treatment of women in “The Gentlemen” and in the same breath he fails to recall the name of...”Read full review »
The Perraults via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/04/20
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“My favorite podcast by a mile. The reviewers don’t take themselves as seriously as they used to, which is nice. Except for the guy who reviews the animated films. I’ll send $1,000,000 to the first person who can prove he has ever given a positive review to a movie! He hasn’t!”
AQUASALT via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/11/20
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“I look forward to listening every week to decide which new movies I’ll see. The critics are mostly very knowledgeable and have good taste. I love the shows with Claudia Puig (partly because I just love hearing her name pronounced).”
aoinbaew via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/25/19
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“I actually really like this show, but in an episode from 04/06 one of the critics managed to praise a rapist, interrupt other critics (mainly Amy Nicholson *coughs-inherent sexism*), and mispronounce almost every actor’s name.
This show is a really in-depth look into the weekly releases of...”Read full review »
Taystil via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/16/19
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“The quality of this show is dropping by the week. They used to have a stable of serious critics with serious opinions. Now it is the Tim Cogshell And The Grumpy Old Man Hour. They insist on giving a mic to Charles Solomon so he can complain that a new animated film is terrible and nowhere near as...”Read full review »
tucsontiger via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/05/19
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“Look forward to this every week!”
Rater90210 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/27/19
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“I look forward to this podcast every week.”
BLISSBRO via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/31/18
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“I enjoy all of critics and Larry Mantle is a knowledgeable and insightful host, asking the great questions to get well-rounded commentary on each film. They review a wide variety of films and I listen each week. I hope public radio like this sticks around!”
A Vercio via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/14/18
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The no father via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/24/18
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“The hiosts and guests pretty much have a terrible sense of humor all the way around and they're not the hippest critics. Still enjoyable and informative”Read full review »
Al Hifi via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/06/17
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“An interesting, intelligent and diverse group of critics give me a real feel for what’s playing out there.”
GerryDoc via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/04/17
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“Excellent movie podcast. They race through reviews, so you have to pay attention.”
Justifiably Brilliant via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/25/17
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“For the most part I enjoy this podcast. The reviewers are insightful and knowledgeable. But BE WARNED that occasionally and without warning a reviewer will SPOIL parts of a film.
...it's quite frustrating.”Read full review »
eJeremye via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/02/17
“Number one place I go to to find out if the newest blockbusters are worth seeing and also if there is a hidden gem I can find that I may have missed. Critics also give good variety of view points on the movies.”
Bdbss via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/22/17
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“There's really no reason to bother listening.
Even with a variety of critics that appear weekly, it's completely predictable how they will critique a film depending on the content, not the quality.
Comedy: Bad
Popular: Bad
Big Budget: Bad
Politically Correct: Great
Indie or Low Budget:...”Read full review »
Stoop1d via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/03/17
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“I don't always listen all the way through (the movies get pretty obscure sometimes), but I love the intelligence of the reviewers and their conversations and energy. You'll definitely have favorites of your own, because I certainly have mine. I can't wait to get I every week.”Read full review »
JamisonHaase via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/20/17
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“A rotating cast of reviewers lovingly shepherded by host Larry Mantle. In depth reviews including indie releases.”
BudPalisades via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/20/17
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“A longstanding subscribed listener. Engaging host, great columnists, good banter. A devotee.”
Ir readers via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/25/17
“FilmWeek is currently my favorite movie review show, after a lifetime of studying film, writing reviews myself, and having been raised on Siskel & Ebert. What it has that the latter did not is a multiplicity of critical perspectives, rotating each week. Because of FilmWeek, I discovered Tim...”Read full review »
FilmWeek Review via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/24/17
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“I've been listening to Filmweek for years on KPCC and love the film journalists and Larry. It's funny, I have 2 kids and the reviews are so thorough and thoughtful (and funny!) that I feel like I've seen the movies! A highlight of my week, for sure.”Read full review »
BW in LA via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/15/17
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“I depend on this multifaceted review. It's opinions are thought provoking. Thanks Larry Mantle!”Read full review »
stathislinda via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/09/17
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“Remember how it's pronounced! Anyway, I like this show for the revolving array of West Coast critics who are in studio every Friday to review the new releases while Larry moderates. The final few breaks usually incorporate good interviews and listener ineraction. I usually listen to this...”Read full review »
jfa9knrvn via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/16/16
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“It's well produced but the format to cover every new release playing in the LA area each week means the reviews are quick takes. Also, the only critic I generally agree with is Claudia Puig, and she's only on sometimes. The rest of the critics, while knowledgable, seem either too soft or...”Read full review »
TonyCalatan via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/18/16
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“Like your podcast. But this one was missing the reviews of Spectre and spotlight on iTunes”
don't eat the apples via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/06/15
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“Very snobbish, very pretentious.”
Scott from Florida via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/13/15
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“I just listened to their Insurgent episode and they said Insurgent was better then Hunger Games are you kidding me ? If you want REAL reviews don't listen to this show it's very hard to take them seriously when they say stuff like that !”Read full review »
SioneTuitaBMahe via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/22/15
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“They get right down to business. No fluff, filler, or off topic banter. The critics are fantastic. Smart, snappy reviews.”
Dinglepud via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/05/15
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“What I like about this film-review podcast is its reviews of smaller and lesser-publicized films opening in the LA market---a great push for the successful filmmaker. Besides the great moderator Larry Mantle my favorite critics are Henry Sheehan, Amy Nicholson and Tim Cogshell--love to hear what...”Read full review »
GQueue via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/27/14
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“I love to listen to the critic regarding upcoming movies including small production films that i would never know about otherwise. I listen to this program weekly as a podcast.”
buddy2914 via ·
02/19/14
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“Ok, as of feb 2, the iTunes downloading is working again, so I'm upping my rating to 4 stars from 1. My previous review is below:
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Once again it's no longer loading to iTunes for me. Why does this keep happening and then you fix it and it happens again? Again...”Read full review »
Oldies buff via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
02/02/13
“I love this podcast and it's the first one I listen to every week, closely followed by Kermode & Mayo's film reviews & Filmspotting. They cover every film release each week, usually with subjective but impartial criticism, often followed by interesting reviews or phone ins. My...”Read full review »
cinemaddict via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
12/23/12
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“The podcast quality is awful, constantly repeats during stream. Often wont let me download.”
KalVilmer via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/23/12
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“I am editing my earlier review as the last few weeks I have actually been able to listen to the show on my iPhone without it dumping or resetting back to the beginning every couple of minutes. Fabulous!
I used to love listening to this podcast every weekend on my iPhone as I'm driving to...”Read full review »
SetEmUpJoe58 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
12/10/12
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“i'm sorry to say that filmweek is nearly unlistenable any more. tim cogshell completely dominates the time and does not hesitate to cut off his fellow reviewers. what was once an enjoyable discussion (with a decidedly artsy-non-mainstream-almost-anti-big-studio preference) is turning...”Read full review »
Chippyboo72210 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/25/12
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