Dave and his daughter Mary have revived the Fansplainers banner for a new mini-series – they’re going to go through all the Mission: Impossible films in anticipation of the release of Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning on May 23.







This week they talk about Mission: Impossible – Fallout – part two of the McQuadrilogy as Christopher McQuarrie breaks tradition and returns as director. Handsome Henry Cavill and lovely Vanessa Kirby appear as baddies, Rebecca Ferguson and Simon Pegg return as goodies, and a resentful Sean Harris grudgingly returns as Solomon Lane.



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Horse Mysteries big wig, Lezah Williamson, and Listening Party/Fansplainers MVP Mary Dedrick are a couple of good sports and gamely go through a list of topics drawn from Sneaky Dragon Episode 700.



We think they had fun, but they’re pretty cagey.



Please note:This episode also features David Dedrick wrestling with a lawn mower.



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Dave and his daughter Mary have revived the Fansplainers banner for a new mini-series – they’re going to go through all the Mission: Impossible films in anticipation of the release of Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning on May 23.







This week they talk about Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation – the beginning of the McQuadrilogy as Christopher McQuarrie joins the IMF team as screenwriter and director. Rebecca Ferguson also joins as the fabulous Ilsa Faust, Alec Baldwin lends his gravitas, and Sean Harris his weirdness for the fifth movie in the series.



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Dave and his daughter Mary have revived the Fansplainers banner for a new mini-series – they’re going to go through all the Mission: Impossible films in anticipation of the release of Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning on May 23.







This week they talk about Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol – maybe the perfect Mission Impossible film? Animator Brad Bird makes his live action debut and almost tops The Incredibles! Simon Pegg joins full-time, Paula Patton and Jeremy Renner make up the rest of the team, and Tom Wilkinson gets shot in the head.



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Dave and his daughter Mary have revived the Fansplainers banner for a new mini-series – they’re going to go through all the Mission: Impossible films in anticipation of the release of Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning on May 23.







This week they talk about Mission: Impossible III – that film that Mary suggest really started the franchise. It was released in 2006 – directed and co-written by J.J. Abrams – his first time directing and what a job he does!



Maggie Q and Jonathan Rhys Meyers make up the new team with Ving Rhames returning. Keri Russell pops in. Michelle Monaghan lights up the screen. Billy Crudup and Laurence Fishburne are great, and Philip Seymour Hoffman plays the scariest villain in franchise history.



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Dave and his daughter Mary have revived The Fansplainers banner for a new mini-series – they’re going to go through all the Mission: Impossible films in anticipation of the release of Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning on May 23.







This week they tackle the epitome of the sophomore slump, Mission Impossible II, released in 2000 – a weirdly embittered Robert Towne returns to write and Hong Kong action director John Woo joins the team hot off his big hit Face/Off.



Thandiwe Newton does the heavy lifting, playing a thief who gets dragged into interpersonal shenanigans between Tom Cruise and Dougray Scott. Ving Rhames returns as Luther and Anthony Hopkins briefly appears as a weird misogynist.



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We’re back! Sort of…



Dave and his daughter Mary have revived the Fansplainers banner for a new mini-series – they’re going to go through all the Mission: Impossible films in anticipation of the release of Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning on May 23.



This week they begin at the beginning with the first Mission: Impossible movie, released in 1996 – directed by the quirky Brian De Palma, written by old hand Robert Towne and produced by Tom Cruise with his new production partner Paula Wagner.



Briefly starring Emilio Estevez, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė. It also features Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny, Ving Rhames, Jean Reno, and a fun turn from Vanessa Redgrave.



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This week Ian and David discuss Extra Ordinary!



Ian and David cracked open their Time-Life Books of the Occult to discuss ghosts, demons, virgins, ritual murder and sacrificing goats for this week’s film Extra Ordinary – a charming Irish supernatural rom-com.



Come for the awkward romance. Stay for the exploding goats!



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This week Ian and David discuss The Karate Kid!



There was much painting of fences and waxing of cars this week as Ian and David emerged with tennis elbow and a torn meniscus in each shoulder to get out on the mat and fansplain this movie with one awesome leg sweep!



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This week Ian and Dave get weird – like crawling into someone’s head weird, like erasing your ex-girlfriend from your brain weird, like buying a house on fire weird.



Yes, on this episode we take a look at Charlie Kaufman’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things – his loose – to say the least – adaptation of the Iain Reid novel.



What should we make of this highly symbolic film? Well, let Ian and David fansplain it for you!



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This week Ian and Dave tackle that most tricky and terrifying of filmic beasts: THE THIRD MOVIE!!!



That’s right. They talk about the latest installment of the Bill and Ted movie franchise: Bill and Ted Face the Music.



It’s been almost thirty years in the making. Was it worth it? Well, let Ian and David fansplain it for you.



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Sorry we’re late we our newest episode! It’s kind of a long story and you’ll have to listen to Sneaky Dragon Episode 455 to hear all the gory details. Suffice to say, our most recent episode was lost



Unfortunately, Ian’s busy schedule prevented us from re-recording the episode, but fortunately, Dave’s wife Lezah volunteered to step in and discuss one of her favourite movies, Walt Disney’s The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit.



SO, be prepared for lots of horse talk on this week’s episode of Fansplainers as Dave’s [whisper it] “horse crazy” wife takes us through all the ins and outs of horses, riding, coaching and making movies about horses!



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This week things get a little scary and more than a little ironical as we head back – way back – to the 1980s and watch a movie we like to call Ghostbusters!



It went up in Dave’s estimation and down a bit in Ian’s. Why? Well, let them fansplain it for you!



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This week Ian and Dave take a close look at Scott Pilgrim vs. the World – a movie both like more than a little bit!



So – let’s accompany our intrepid film fans to a magical, little place here in Canada we like to call Toronto and fansplain this funny, exciting, toucving movie.



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This week Ian and Dave pull out the old virtual mailbag and read some of your funny, erudite, agreeable and guilt-inducing comments, which sparks a good deal of conversation between Ian and Dave. (We know. We couldn’t believe it either!)



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Guess what? You voted and you voted right! This week Ian and Dave watched the flopperoo John Carter, and had some thoughts. Why didn’t it succeed? Was it any good? Could it be better? Why can’t Disney do a better job marketing their films? (Yes, that’s right, we’re looking at you too, Lone Ranger!)



Have you asked yourself these questions too? Well, let Ian and Dave fansplain it for you.



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This week on Fansplainers, Ian and Dave wash the taste of The Emoji Movie out of their mouths with an enjoyable re-view of the sparkling and wonderful The Princess Bride – a film that found its legs in home video and thus lives in the rosy glow of childhood nostalgia.



Is it as good as we all remember it? Well, let Ian and Dave fansplain it for you.



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Well, you voted. And you voted WRONG!!!



That’s right, Ian and Dave had to watch The Emoji Movie. You can hear it in their weary voices, you can see it in their thousand yard stares, and you can feel it in every raw, tear-stained, grimy moment of this episode.



But what did they think of the movie? Well, let them fansplain it for you!



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A couple of weeks ago, Ian and Dave headed to the polls and asked you which of three films you’d like to hear us talk about. By an overwhelming majority you voted for Monty Python and the Holy Grail.



Luckily for Ian and Dave it’s one of their favourite movies so they had no trouble yakking it up. It’s all here: praise, personal backstory, history, nitpicking, much love, and a classic Ian and Dave argument!



Want to hear more? Well, let them fansplain it for you.



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This week Ian and Dave go on a quest to bring you an all-spoilers review of Pixar/Disney’s newest animated film Onward plus they go on a sidequest down a primrose path that may or may not be overrun by gelatinous cubes to discuss the new Simpson’s short Playdate with Destiny that accompanies the feature film.



So – join our two intrepid reviewers as they brave a kobold-filled theatre to fansplain it all for you. And that ain’t no nest of owlbears!



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