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Peter A DeLuca AKAPAD is single-handedly saving Film Criticism, join The Pop Culture Pope as he takes you on a journey of personal and critical insight into some of the greatest films ever made and many long-forgotten ones.

AKAPAD the FILM BUFF Podcast AKAPAD

    • TV & Film
    • 3.3 • 3 Ratings

Peter A DeLuca AKAPAD is single-handedly saving Film Criticism, join The Pop Culture Pope as he takes you on a journey of personal and critical insight into some of the greatest films ever made and many long-forgotten ones.

    #648 The Captain America Trilogy is PERFECTION

    #648 The Captain America Trilogy is PERFECTION

    With July 4th still on his mind Peter A DeLuca The Film Buff muses about his top film trilogies and comes to a shocking revelation. The MCU Captain America character arc is one of the all-time greats.

    It's a good thing he has a podcast to explain it all.

    • 13 min
    #647 - ID4 on July 4th - Independence Day

    #647 - ID4 on July 4th - Independence Day

    Finally, for the 4th of July, we have ID4 the Alien Invasion flick that everyone loves to hate, but can't admit how much they love this 1996 banger.

    • 13 min
    #646 -Neopoleon

    #646 -Neopoleon

    AKAPAD's The Film Buff Podcast #646 reveals a sophisticated way to watch a movie for the first time, Peter your host reveals this method as he experienced it with Ridley Scott's Napoleon.

    • 12 min
    #645 - Longest Yard

    #645 - Longest Yard

    In 1974 superstar Burt Reynolds and director Robert Aldrich brought the world one of the great Football comedies, however, this film can only be seen with a trigger warning for modern audiences. The sensitivity of The Longest Yard diminishes its discoverability despite this being an absolute banger of a film, one of which carried on for decades.

    • 11 min
    #644 - Promising Young Woman

    #644 - Promising Young Woman

    • 12 min
    #643 - The Best Of Times

    #643 - The Best Of Times

    Episode #643 of The AKAPAD Film Buff PodcastContinues the thread of American Football films with an absolute gem. The Best of Times is the definition of a style of comedy we don't see much of today, the mid-life crisis while still coming-of-age comedy. The Best of Times not only revolves around football it's the entire plot if the single moment in a single game.

    • 13 min

Customer Reviews

3.3 out of 5
3 Ratings

3 Ratings

Kenwood1162 ,

Very smart takes

I love seeing movies through his eyes. Very unique.

Elizabeth3,000 ,

Lacks Creativity and Depth

I was really looking forward to a complex examination of the Marvel universe, but I fear those episodes fell short for me.

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