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A sporadic foray into the world of the completely positive with Al Clayton and Max saidi - the latter being one of the most negative people ever to walk the earth. Positive guests welcome to apply!
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Do you love talking all things movies, TV, and pop culture, but tired of all the toxicity online? Do you wish you could take the guilt out of your entertainment guilty pleasures? Poditive Spin is the podcast haven you need. Come and join the Friendly Fan Club, where we push back against nitpicking, naysaying, and negativity. Where we champion the positives, celebrate storytelling, and believe no media is without merit. May Poditive Spin be a light for you in dark places when all other lights ...
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This is the behind-the-scenes audio diary of our journey to take our business to better than net zero carbon emissions. Who are we? The business is eCommerce MasterPlan - we run podcasts (eCommerce MasterPlan and Keep Optimising) and virtual summits. The host is Chloe Thomas, founder of eCommerce MasterPlan and eCommerce Marketing specialist. This show is a little rougher around the edges than our main shows! We will be sharing how we make eCommerce MasterPlan a NetZero business, and then ta ...
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Poditics: My Milwaukee, Driving and Talking (Pts 1 & 2)
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A brand new feature on Poditics: My Milwaukee: Tim S. drives and talks to you, about things, including Milwaukee! Note that there is no politics content contained within this particular feature and episode of Poditics.Tim S による
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Poditics, My Milwaukee, Episode 2: So Sorry Slash Mea Culpa
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Tim S. checks in after two months with no podcast episodes of Poditics with an update! We discuss protests, keeping a promise, Milwaukee, and more!Tim S による
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Tim S is back! And they live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin now. This new season of Poditics will feature: episodes that are 30 minutes long (at minimum), possible expert guests, Milwaukee area content, and much, much more!NOTE: we're having some tech issues with our new logo, please be patientTim S による
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On this episode of Beyond Net Zero Journey, host Chloe Thomas explores her recent transition to a more sustainable video conferencing solution. Recognizing that using video conferencing platforms like Zoom can contribute to carbon emissions, Chloe references Mike Burners Lee's book, "How Bad Are Bananas," (episode 3) which estimates that using Zoom…
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Cloud Audit (ish) Changing Mobile Phone contract to Honest Mobile
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On this episode of Beyond Net Zero Journey, host Chloe Thomas shares her recent discovery of a mobile phone service provider in the UK that aligns with her mission of reducing carbon usage. Chloe discusses her decision to switch to Honest Mobile, a BCorp and carbon-negative company that offers a better roaming deal and contributes to environmental …
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On this episode of Beyond Net Zero Journey, host Chloe Thomas provides the final update on her mission to change her business banking set up so it's better for the planet. She believes that she has reached the law of diminishing returns with the banking project, so it's time to move on to the next caron reduction project... the cloud. Other Benefit…
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On this episode of Beyond Net Zero Journey, host Chloe Thomas invites listeners to join her in a book review of "The Carbon Almanac," a beautifully designed book that offers inspiration and education on the climate crisis. Chloe discusses the collective behind the book, their meticulous research, and the vast resources available on their website. S…
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It's our first ever interview! [warning- Chloe edited this herself, so apologies for the audio not being better!!] Chloe's chatting to Andrew Bosomworth, founder of the brilliant Carbon Poditive tool. This tool has saved Chloe HOURS of trying to work out how to enable her listeners (you included) to listen carbon-guilt free. An awesome easy to use …
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Book Review - The World is On Fire But We're still Buying Shoes by Alec Leach
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It's time for another book review - and now Chloe's focusing on book directly relevant to eCommerce. This time it's "The World is on Fire but we're Still Buying Shoes" by Alec Leach. Get your copy here: https://alecleach.com/products/the-world-is-on-fire-but-we-re-still-buying-shoes Comment on Chloe's LinkedIn Post about it here: https://www.linked…
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This month, the Guardians of the Galaxy had their cinematic swansong space spectacular, and a new Guardians movie means another carefully curated soundtrack! For a trilogy where the music has been such a fundamental part of the experience, what better way to talk about its impact than by looking at its playlists! Presenting the Friendly Fan Club's …
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It's time to start the next section of our Supplier Audit... and the new focus is The Cloud. How are we going to tackle reducing the carbon footprint of our cloud storage? Chloe's outlining her plan of attack, which includes tackling it in three distinct areas: One - Storage what files are we storing that we shouldn't be? what files are unnecessari…
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Taking the Flight Free Pledge with Flight Free UK
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Reducing the carbon footprint of our business travel has always been part of the journey, and talking about it can have a massive carbon shadow impact (inspiring others to do the same). To help do that Chloe's taken the Flight Free Pledge: What is it? Why take it? How to use it for increasing Carbon Shadow AND... the impact so far... Useful links: …
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The (final?) stage of our Banking Supplier Audit is underway - and it's the move from FreeAgent to Xero... Quick Banking Supplier Audit recap Why move to Xero? Any issues? Final thoughts on banking (hopefully!?) See also episodes 7,9,11Chloe Thomas による
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Stories (feat. David Faggiani of The EscapeGoat Podcast)
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This month on Poditive Spin, we dissect the ever-growing toxicity of internet fan culture, hoping to discover a healthier approach to film and media criticism. If you’re an arts fanatic, chances are you’ve gotten involved in your fair share of internet spats and mud-flinging over a creative product (movie, show, book, game,etc). A question, it seem…
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Chloe started the year with a Carbon Literacy Training Course.. Why get some training? Why this course? What was it like? Would she recommend it? Links: Jen Gale https://www.asustainablelife.co.uk/carbon-literacy/ The Carbon Literacy Project/Trust https://carbonliteracy.com/ Fashion Declares https://fashion-declares.org/ LinkedIn post to announce t…
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The Last of Us - Best Video Game Adaptation Ever?!
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Following the conclusion of HBO’s The Last of Us (Season 1), we discuss the overwhelmingly positive response to both the show and the original video game sensation. Friendly Warning: Spoiler spores galore! Do we dare believe that the curse of video game adaptations is finally broken? Have we finally found a zombie (or in this case 'Infected') prope…
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Diary Update - we're back! Updates on lots that we've been up to
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FINALLY we're back with another episode - sorry for the longer-than-intended absence. The good news is that although I've been failing to update this audio diary, I have been doing a lot on our journey. So updates on: Why the gap has been so long Carbon Literacy Training - LinkedIn up date here Podcasts becoming carbon-guilt free The end of the ban…
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QUICK SPIN! Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
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It's Lang (and co.) vs Kang the Conqueror! This month on Poditive Spin we're putting Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania under the microscope...geddit? While lots of mixed-to-negative spin has already surrounded the movie, we attempt to dissect some of the positives of the MCU's grand opening of Phase Five! Does the future of the Marvel Multiverse lo…
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The 2023 Oscar Nominees (ft. Special Guest Oscars Correspondent)
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From intimate portraits of the human experience to epic battles across the sky, the sea, and the multiverse, this year's nominees for Best Picture at the Oscars are a smorgasbord of experiences. Here in the Friendly Fan Club, we thought a round-up was in order! Join us for a spoiler-free breakdown of the ten films vying for the big prize, and analy…
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S2.E1: The 2023 Watchlist (feat. Three Bears and a Barbie)
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New Year: New SEASON of Poditive Spin! To get us off the starting blocks of 2023, the Friendly Fan Club looks into the near future to decide what upcoming projects should get everyone sweating with anticipation for this coming year. Be prepared for ‘Mr Alex and the Three Bears’, a Renaissance for a certain pink and plastic childhood icon, and the n…
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Ep. 26 - The Hobbit: The Battle of A Certain Number of Armies
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As the sun sets on 2022, so too does the Friendly Fan Club end its retread of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy. Near-universally considered the low point of Middle-Earth cinema, The Battle of the Five Armies was never even originally intended to be its own third feature, and we'd be lying if we said it doesn't show! Join your Friendly Fan Cohosts…
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Diary Update - That's it for 2022 a look back on the year
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We're pausing the show until January, so here's Chloe's look back on 2022 and our progress. Including: Offsetting The Banking project The Travel Policy Finding ways to keep making progress The helpful community Investing Links: https://chloelink.com/creditcard Eco UK Business Credit Card we switched to (use this link to earn us both £75 when you ma…
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Ep. 25 - Rogue One: Putting The WAR In Star Wars
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It's a Star Wars movie unlike any other: gritty, nuanced, and it even gets the fanbase to agree on something! In honour of the first season of Andor on Disney+, the Friendly Fan Club revisits the daring efforts of Jyn Erso, Cassian Andor, and the rest of the Rogue One crew to steal the plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon: the Death Star. As alway…
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The Friendly Fan Club continues its quest to unearth the treasures of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit. The Desolation of Smaug famously found itself retrofitted into a 'middle chapter' when Warner Bros. decided mid-production to split the originally planned two films into a trilogy. Despite the change of gear behind the scenes, however, could it be that…
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Book Review - the Future we Choose the Stubborn Optimists Guide to the Climate Crisis
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Chloe's review of the book "the Future we Choose the Stubborn Optimists Guide to the Climate Crisis" by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac. Listen to find out why she read it, what's in it, and why she loved it enough to record a review of it! Get your copy at at a 'good' BCorp bookseller like these two: World of Books (wob) for new and seco…
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It's been almost five years since Marvel's Black Panther became a global cultural phenomenon, and a landmark of African American representation at the movies. It introduced the world to Wakanda, a highly advanced nation of Africa untouched by colonisation and oppression, and made an instant icon of its star: Chadwick Boseman. As its sequel, Black P…
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It's been ten years since moviegoing audiences returned to Middle-Earth for the first instalment of The Hobbit trilogy, itself debuting almost a decade after the commercial, critical, and cultural phenomenon that was The Lord of the Rings. Director Peter Jackson and many of the same creative team returned to take on the tale of Bilbo Baggins, the C…
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Diary Update - Supplier Audit Progress inc first 'Podcasts' update
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Time for another diary update! Where have we got with the banking changes? What's the impact been of the website improvements? How's the offsetting going? Which supplier audit topic am I tackling next? (podcasts!) And several more tips too... Mentioned links: Offsetting with ecologi - https://chloelink.com/offsetting (and if you sign up they'll pla…
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This episode builds on episode 5 where I shared our carbon reducing Travel Policy. In this one I'm sharing the steps I take to reduce the carbon impact of my work travel. Step1 - do you need to go? Step 2 - do you need to go to the whole thing? Step 3 - Maximise the return from the trip Step 4 - Minimise waste during the trip Step 5 - Low Carbon Tr…
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The Friendly Fan Club celebrates the most iconic queens in the pop culture kingdom, as tribute to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Featuring good queens, evil queens, young queens, old queens, serious queens, and silly queens (but no dancing queens, alas). Show Notes: Upbeat Updates Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Hugh Jackman Returning for Dea…
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Buy Books Better! Use BCorps like xigxag and wob
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How can you do better for the planet when you buy books? Chloe's been trying to work this one out! In this episode she's sharing: The best places to buy The best formats to buy Her new approach to the books she's reading Her new approach to how she's promoting her own books and others Important links: World of Books - BCorp of paperbacks - https://…
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Ep. 20: Greatest Movie Star Career Switches
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Fame is a fickle friend. One moment you're a pro-wrestler, or a singer, or a footballer. Next, you're starring in blockbusters and Oscar-winners. Inspired by the recent Harry Styles Don't Worry Darling drama (and the upcoming release of Dwayne - The Rock - Johnson's Black Adam, the Friendly Fan Club picks through famous faces whose success stories …
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Diary Update - Supplier Audit Progress + website improvements update
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Time for another diary update! Where have we got with the banking changes? What's the impact been of the website improvements? How's the offsetting going? And several more tips too... Mentioned links: See our ecologi status (and if you sign up they'll plant 30 trees) Website carbon calculations at websitecarbon.com Capital on Tap Credit card (using…
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Is this Going to Make the World better for Other People's Grandchildren?
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Trying to make the right decisions as you make your business greener / more sustainable etc is HARD. Often there are no perfect answers - it’s actually a balancing act between competing priorities. And a challenge to avoid going down the rabbit hole. Recent eCommerce MasterPlan Podcast guest Kresse Wesling from Elvis and Kresse shared her killer qu…
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Ep. 19: FRIENDLY FILM FIGHT! 'Alien' vs 'Predator'
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It's time to crack out our balloon swords once more for another friendly film night in the Friendly Fan Clubhouse! Mr's Alex and Patrick pit two iconic and beloved works of sci-fi cinema against each other in a contest of merits. Will the Xenomorph's reputation as the ultimate survivor withstand the debate, or can the Predator claim another trophy?…
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Supplier Audit - Sustainable Business Credit Card Tips
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This is a quick episode to update you on our progress on our supplier audit. (check out episode 7 for part 1 and a bigger explanation of what it all is). I’m currently working through changing our banking providers - because this is one of the biggest impacts I can have, and once all the changes are made - they’re (hopefully) made forever! I've fin…
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Diary Update inc 10 things I'm doing to constantly remind me to do better
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It's time for another diary update - what have I actually achieved on: My business's path to beyond net zero? Shouting about it and inspiring others Learning about it PLUS I'm sharing 10+ little things I've done to help remind me to do better, that do do better, AND which spark conversations to inspire others to change too. Useful links to things I…
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Ep 18. 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL! Best & Worst Worlds for a Birthday Party
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Can you believe it?! Poditive Spin is officially 1 year old! To celebrate, Mr's Patrick and Alex debate which fictional world would be best for having a birthday party (as well as which world would guarantee the WORST party). Also, we talk our biggest highlight of San Diego Comic Con 2022, pay respects to the passing of a sci-fi legend, and Mr Patr…
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Net Zero Supplier Audit - Business Banking Tips
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I'm deep in the depths of our Supplier Audit at the moment (episode on how we're tackling that coming up later!) One of the areas I've found that we can have a HUGE impact is by changing our banking suppliers. In this episode, I'm sharing what we're doing, and the awesome tips I've had that made it a LOT easier to change your: Business Current Acco…
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It's been seventeen years since the world witnessed the rise of the Galactic Empire, the purging of the Jedi, and Anakin Skywalker donning the infamous black helmet. Now, an untold chapter of Obi-Wan Kenobi's story - his years in exile - has arrived on Disney+. The Friendly Fan Club is all too eager to take its first in-depth journey to a galaxy fa…
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This is another area it's really simple for any business to lower their carbon impact via. Stop needlessly replacing your hardware! In this episode we're talking: mobiles desktops and laptops podcast mics tablets And sharing some stats from Mike Berners-Lee's 'How Bad Are Bananas?' book - hear Chloe's review of that in episode 3.…
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A game-changing mid-90s blockbuster that spawned a franchise spanning six movies over nearly three decades...and yet all the rest have not been received anywhere near as positively as the original? That's, that's chaos theory, and that's the focus of this latest Poditive Spin where we return to the wilds of Isla Nublar (aka. 'Site B'). The Lost Wor…
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We now have a net zero travel policy at eCommerce MasterPlan. That sounds rather grand - as it’s just me a tribe of freelancers. BUT I know this is potentially our biggest negative impact, so I wanted to make sure I wasn’t stumbling through it and actually was making conscious decisions. 3 parts to this. Reduce our travel Reduce the impact of our t…
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Diary Update - Finding the time to get to net zero
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Finally! It is diary update 2 on how we're getting on, plus how to find time to get your business to net-zero. Diary Blocking Make the project easy to pick up and drop Beat the Guilt!Chloe Thomas による
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Ep.15 - Running Up That Hill (Pitch-Perfect Movie Music Moments)
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Stranger Things have happened, but Kate Bush's 1985 single 'Running Up That Hill' is witnessing a historic comeback, thanks to the hit Netflix show! The Friendly Fan Club reconvenes with thoughts on this cultural phenomenon, and other such renaissances that came before it, before turning things into one big celebration of all the iconic music momen…
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We are back! After a two-month hiatus (due to one of us having to say 'I do'), the Friendly Fan Clubhouse reopens its doors for a quick recap of what we've missed since we last met, followed by a topical chat on various wedding-centric works of cinema! As always, remember to like, comment, subscribe , and enjoy! Got a topic request for a future epi…
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The Friendly Fan Club ventures gently into that good night to explore the astronomical questions of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar. Does it buckle under the weight of its own ambition to realistically capture mind-bending inter-dimensional concepts, or is it saved by its director's uncharacteristic sentimentality? Also, we provide our own takes o…
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Our episode about Ukraine, with Matteo Grassi from Commerce4Good - eCommerce MasterPlan
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This bonus episode is our response to what’s happening in Ukraine. It’s VERY low-fi – no jingles, no ads, and edited by Chloe!!! Because I wanted to get it out fast (this is hitting the airwaves a mere 2 hours after we recorded it), because we’re putting it out on multiple podcasts AND because it just feels totally wrong to put ads in an episode li…
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As the Caped Crusader returns to cinemas around the world (except Russia) in Matt Reeves' 'The Batman', the Friendly Fan Club takes a walk back down Memory Crime Alley to visit the big-screen outings of the Dark Knight that haven't stood the test of time. From the wacky, colourful world of Gotham under Joel Schumacher's direction, to the beautiful,…
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Oscar Noms 2022 + Friendly Film Fight: Godzilla v Independence Day
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Awards season is officially underway and the Friendly Fan Club meets for a quick run-through of this year's contenders for the coveted golden statuettes across an array of categories. Then, it's Emmerich vs Emmerich in our new segment: Friendly Film Fights! Which film has the more redeeming qualities, the one about the giant monster that wrecks New…
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