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Maximum Film!

A movie podcast that isn't just a bunch of straight white dudes. Comedian Kevin Avery is joined by film producer Drea Clark and film critic Alonso Duralde for a fast, funny, flight through film. Maximum Film! is news, reviews and in-depth insight, beamed directly into your ears every week.

‘Before Sunrise’ with Michelle Biloon

54 mins; August 14, 2020

‘Ghost’ with Nicole Byer

58 mins; August 07, 2020

‘Adventures in Babysitting’ with Paul Scheer

62 hours 40 mins; July 31, 2020

The 25th Anniversary of ‘Clueless’ with Erinn Hayes

53 mins; July 24, 2020

‘The Old Guard’ with The Old Gang

62 hours 58 mins; July 17, 2020

‘Hamilton’ and Film Industry Reparations

54 mins; July 10, 2020

‘Gremlins 2: The New Batch’ with Leonard Maltin

54 mins; July 03, 2020

‘Da 5 Bloods’ with Da 3 WSY Hosts and Demi Adejuyigbe

55 mins; June 26, 2020

Marisa To-Bae and ‘The King of Staten Island’

54 mins; June 19, 2020

Fast Cast Part 4: ‘Furious 7’ vs. ‘The Fate of the Furious’ with Allegra Ringo

63 hours 7 mins; June 12, 2020

Fast Cast Part 3: ‘Fast Five’ vs. 'Fast & Furious 6' with Jon Gabrus

65 hours 29 mins; June 05, 2020

Fast Cast Part 2: ‘The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift’ vs. ‘Fast & Furious’ with Matt Apodaca

58 mins; May 29, 2020

Fast Cast Part 1: ‘The Fast and the Furious’ and ‘2 Fast 2 Furious’ with MST3K’s Mary Jo Pehl

57 mins; May 22, 2020

‘Driveways’ and Movies We Saw WAY Too Young with Myq Kaplan

54 mins; May 15, 2020

'How to Build a Girl' and One Location Films with Elizabeth Laime

55 mins; May 08, 2020

‘The Half of It’ and Quarantine Roommate Draft

56 mins; May 01, 2020

'Your Name' and Anime Culture with Dani Fernandez

55 mins; April 24, 2020

‘Tigertail’ and Contentious Film Recommendations

54 mins; April 17, 2020

'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' with 'Call Your Girlfriend' Host Ann Friedman

57 mins; April 10, 2020

'Crip Camp' and "This Is Your Movie Life" with IndieWire's Kristen Lopez

54 mins; April 03, 2020

‘The Hunt’ and the Return of the Buff Black Nerd

49 mins; March 27, 2020

RETRO REWIND! ‘Dr. Strangelove’ with Director Barry Sonnenfeld

48 mins; March 20, 2020

The Last Word on ‘First Cow’ with Lucé Tomlin-Brenner

55 mins; March 13, 2020

‘The Invisible Man’ with Moujan Zolfaghari of ‘Mission to Zyxx’

55 mins; March 06, 2020

RETRO REWIND! ‘Joe Versus the Volcano’

56 mins; February 28, 2020

Portrait of a Drea on Fire

55 mins; February 21, 2020

‘Birds of Prey’ with ‘Shadow of the Batgirl’ Writer Sarah Kuhn

55 mins; February 14, 2020

‘The Rhythm Section’ and Ify’s Review of the ‘F9’ Trailer

51 mins; February 07, 2020

‘Dolemite Is My Name’ with The One and Only Ricky Carmona

54 mins; January 31, 2020

‘Dolittle’ and the Best/Worst Flops with Jordan Crucchiola

55 mins; January 24, 2020

‘1917’ and Other Long Takes with Director and Cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke

56 mins; January 17, 2020

‘Parasite’ and Our Unwanted American Remake

53 mins; January 10, 2020

‘Marriage Story’ and the Most Memorable On-Screen Couples with Writer/Director Todd Berger

54 mins; January 03, 2020

End of the Year Special!

52 mins; December 27, 2019

X-Mas Bonanza! 'Scrooged' and Alonso's 'Top 5 Christmas Movies of the Year' with Special Guest Santa Claus

57 mins; December 20, 2019

‘Queen & Slim’ and a Chat with April Wolfe About ‘Black Christmas’

58 mins; December 13, 2019

‘Knives Out’ and the Return of Inkoo Kang

53 mins; December 06, 2019

‘The Irishman’ and Our “Turkeys of the Year”

54 mins; November 29, 2019

'Charlie’s Angels’ and Remaking Movies Correctly with Artemis Pebdani

55 mins; November 22, 2019

'Last Christmas' and Getting to the Bottom of "Maclunkey" with Matthew D'Ambrosio

53 mins; November 15, 2019

'Terminator: Dark Fate' with Cecil Castellucci

54 mins; November 08, 2019

'Jojo Rabbit' and the Return of the Christmas Zaddy

54 mins; November 01, 2019

Halloween Spooktacular - 'Tales from the Hood' with Lucé Tomlin-Brenner and Joelle Monique

59 mins; October 25, 2019

Pedro Almodóvar's 'Pain & Glory' with Ira Madison III

54 mins; October 17, 2019

'Joker' & Other "Dangerous Films"

54 mins; October 11, 2019

'Judy' with The Incomparable Louis Virtel

54 mins; October 04, 2019

'Rambo: Last Blood' and Our Favorite Autumn Films

50 mins; September 27, 2019

'Hustlers' and Our Favorite Wedding Movies with Writer Joelle Monique

54 mins; September 20, 2019

Send In The Clowns! - The Gang Talks 'IT Chapter Two' and Remakes 'Face/Off' with Amber Benson

49 mins; September 13, 2019

Dances with Avatars - The Gang Talks 'Avatar' and Their Favorite Sexy Movies

54 mins; September 06, 2019

'They Live' with Danielle Radford

53 mins; August 30, 2019

The Boys Are Alright - 'Good Boys' with Ryan Stanger

54 mins; August 23, 2019

Scare The Children! - 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark' and the Best Decade For Horror with Lucé Tomlin-Brenner

54 mins; August 16, 2019

Justice For Han! - 'Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw' with William Bibbiani and Jen Yamato

54 mins; August 09, 2019

'Once Upon a Time In Hollywood' and Sometimes It Snows In April

54 mins; August 02, 2019

'The Farewell' and a Comic-Con Recap

51 mins; July 26, 2019

The 20th Anniversary of 'Eyes Wide Shut' with Ben Mekler

54 mins; July 19, 2019

'Spider-Man: Far From Home' with Steve Hernandez

54 mins; July 12, 2019

'Yesterday', Ify Gets Grilled, and Tween-Friendly Queer Cinema with Laura Sirikul

50 mins; July 05, 2019

'Toy Story 4' and The Making of a Great Summer Movie with Yolanda Machado

61 hours 47 mins; June 28, 2019

'Men in Black: International', Troubled Productions, and Our Favorite Movie Posters with Julia Prescott

65 hours 44 mins; June 21, 2019

'Dark Phoenix' with Rachel Wenitsky and Kimberly Clark

65 hours 47 mins; June 14, 2019

'Always Be My Maybe' with Atsuko Okatsu and Ify Nwadiwe

66 hours 33 mins; June 07, 2019

'Booksmart' with Guest Host Ellington Wells

63 hours 58 mins; May 31, 2019

'John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum' and The Directors We First Loved with Special Guest Host Dwayne Perkins

63 hours 7 mins; May 24, 2019

'Pokémon Detective Pikachu' and the Difficulty of Adapting Video Games Into Film with Special Guest Host Ify Nwadiwe

55 mins; May 17, 2019

'Long Shot' with Special Guest Host Brodie Reed and TV Writer Brendan Hay

54 mins; May 10, 2019

'Avengers: Endgame' and Fond Farewells

60 hours 51 mins; May 03, 2019

Living That 'High Life' and The Stereotypical Favorite Movies of Millenials with 'The New Negroes' Head Writer Kevin Avery

65 hours 50 mins; April 26, 2019

The Gang Gets Buried in the 'Pet Sematary' and Discusses Why There Are So Many Horror Remakes

59 mins; April 19, 2019

Golly! The Gang Discusses 'Shazam!' and The Movies of 1999 with Author Brian Raftery

65 hours 3 mins; April 12, 2019

Does 'Dumbo' Fly? The Gang Discusses the New Tim Burton Film and the Movies They Loved as Teenagers with Janet Varney

60 hours 21 mins; April 05, 2019

I Got 4 on It! The Gang Discusses Jordan Peele's 'Us' and Their Favorite Big, Dumb Action Movies

71 hours 30 mins; March 28, 2019

A Monster Mash! The Gang Discusses 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night' and Underappreciated Monster Movies with Mallory O'Meara

69 hours 27 mins; March 22, 2019

'Captain Marvel' and the State of Marvel Movies

66 hours 15 mins; March 15, 2019

'Greta' and Our Favorite Queer "Not Queer" Films with Kristen Lopez

61 hours 3 mins; March 08, 2019

'High Flying Bird', Steven Soderbergh, and Our Favorite Movie Worlds with Emily Fleming

62 hours 6 mins; March 01, 2019

Battling Over 'Alita: Battle Angel' and the First Annual 'Whoshie Awards'

61 hours 21 mins; February 22, 2019

'Leave No Trace' and Hometown Movies

64 hours 47 mins; February 15, 2019

Great Music Moments in Movies and 'Miss Bala'

64 hours 31 mins; February 08, 2019

Overlooked Genre Film Performances and 'Stan & Ollie'

62 hours 34 mins; February 01, 2019

Walking On Broken 'Glass' and Oscar Nominations with Jared Logan

60 hours 40 mins; January 25, 2019

Film Floppers and 'Destroyer' with Graham Elwood

66 hours 50 mins; January 18, 2019

We'd Like to Remind the Academy of a Few Things and 'If Beale Street Could Talk'

61 hours 46 mins; January 11, 2019

'Roma' and Casting Your Own Biopics with Cristela Alonzo

66 hours 3 mins; January 04, 2019

Year-End Bonanza! Top Ten Movie Lists and 2018 in Retrospect

68 hours 39 mins; December 28, 2018

Christmas Extravaganza! 'Love Actually', White Elephant, and Dan Thompson from the 'Deck The Hallmark' Podcast

59 mins; December 21, 2018

'Vox Lux' and a Panel Divided with TV Writer Jenny Jaffe

63 hours 36 mins; December 14, 2018

Why 'Green Book' Made Us Blue with Holly Walker

66 hours 14 mins; December 07, 2018

'Creed II' and Our Favorite 'Rocky' Movies with CJ Sullivan

63 hours 53 mins; November 30, 2018

'Widows' and a Call From the 'Who Shotline'

66 hours 6 mins; November 23, 2018

'Overlord' and a Remembrance of Stan Lee

63 hours 48 mins; November 16, 2018

'Bohemian Rhapsody' and Alonso's Christmas Minute with Film Critic Katie Walsh

67 hours 23 mins; November 09, 2018

'Suspiria' and Passing The Bechdel Test with Jamie Loftus & Caitlin Durante of 'The Bechdel Cast'

62 hours 47 mins; November 02, 2018

Trick AND Treat: The New 'Halloween' and Getting Quizzed on Horror Movie Taglines with Betsy Sodaro

76 hours 45 mins; October 26, 2018

We Take Flight with 'First Man' and Discuss The Movies That Scared Us The Most

61 hours 32 mins; October 19, 2018

'A Star Is Born' and Louis Virtel Goes Gaga Over Jane Fonda Classic 'Barbarella'

61 hours 38 mins; October 12, 2018

We Go to 'Night School' w/ Alison Becker and Chat with Horror & Comedy Legend Lin Shaye

67 hours 10 mins; October 05, 2018

'The Sisters Brothers' and a Call From Fantastic Fest

53 mins; September 28, 2018

The Predator and Other Problematic Films with Oliver Wang

58 mins; September 21, 2018

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