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The Movie Defenders is a podcast which discusses the positive aspects of popular movies. Most movie review podcasts spend the entire time tearing down the movies you love instead of celebrating them. We take popular movies that have been ridiculed by critics and defend them.
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Ep 232: Masters of the Universe (2026) (opens the original)
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It's time to celebrate the film that is our hosts' favorite film of the year! Maybe it's not the best, but we haven't had more fun at the theater this year! Travis Knight knew what he was doing when he made this film. It knew when to be serious, it knew when to be silly, and it he understood the assignment. Before we break down the movie we also choose our top 5 toy/cartoons that need a live action Hollywood film. So grab your swords of power, look out for the crazy HR lady, and saddle up your B
Ep 231: The Hobbit - Battle of the Five Armies (opens the original)
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It's time to bring this underrated trilogy home with an examination of Battle of the Five Armies. A film that, in fairness, has a couple hiccups we'll discuss, it doesn't deserve the nonsense narrative that it sucks. Come along with us and we'll show you why. Before that we break down our Top 5 'In Media Res' opening moments in film history. So get out your wizard staff, go find the Arkenstone, and don't ever underestimate a Dwarf... it's time for Battle of the Five Armies on The Movie Defenders
EP 230: Terminator Salvation (opens the original)
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Shields up! This movie does NOT deserve the narrative it has as a horrible Terminator film. We have a consensus that this movie is the third best of the films after the first two. How does it hold up? Do you remember watching this a long time ago and never did again? Wish you liked it better? Come with us and friend of the show Sean Masters as we make our case. We also break down our top 5 killer robots of all time! So grab your red patches, watch out for landmines, and turn up the power on the
Ep 229: Step Brothers (opens the original)
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It's time for a movie that will have us cracking up the entire show... Step Brothers. A film that Scott criminally hasn't seen, we find out what he thinks of this classic comedy! We play a lot of scenes from the flick and laugh the entire time. We also break down our Top 5 movies with and about brothers in them of all time. So grab your fancy sauce, pick up your boats and hoes, and don't touch the drum set! It's time for Step Brothers on the Movie Defenders podcast! Click here to listen and conn
Ep 228: Head (opens the original)
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Today at a Patreon request we dive back into the 1968s cinema world and unpack a musical by the Monkees with our great friend of the show, Doug! If you haven't seen it you should check out our show! We go deep and nerdy on this one, and also break down our top 5 movies with Pop Music Stars. So let's head back to the 60s on this one... Hey Hey we're the Movie Defenders! Click here to listen and connect anywhere: https://linktr.ee/moviedefenders Special thanks to our amazing Patreon supporters! Al
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