Show Notes

It’s the 19th annual iFanboy All Media Year End Roundup! Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, and special guest Ron Richards discuss some of what they enjoyed in media in this, the year that was 2024. Movies, television, music, podcasts, books, and comics — it’s all here!

Note: Timecodes are subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.

Running Time: 02:56:45

Movies:
00:02:12 – The Year in Movies
00:03:52 – Anora
00:07:05 – Hit Man
00:08:51 – The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
00:12:04 – Kneecap
00:13:48 – Challengers
00:16:32 – The Wild Robot
00:19:33 – Thelma
00:21:09 – The Bikeriders
00:23:21 – Gladiator II
00:26:31 – Juror #2
00:28:20 – Rebel Ridge
00:30:44 – Wonka
00:32:03 – Saturday Night
00:34:47 – Civil War
00:37:22 – The Fall Guy

Television:
00:39:37 – The Year in Television
00:40:50 – Shōgun
00:43:54 – Industry
00:49:03 – Reservation Dogs
00:50:01 – Fargo
00:52:57 – Shrinking
00:54:53 – Dark Winds
00:55:47 – True Detective: Night Country
01:00:18 – Ripley
01:02:56 – The Paris 2024 Olympics
01:04:11 – The Gentlemen
01:08:53 – Nobody Wants This
01:10:02 – Curb Your Enthusiasm
01:11:39 – Fallout
01:16:13 – English Teacher
01:19:38 – Network TV is Back! (Elsbeth, Tracker, Matlock, Doctor Odyssey, & High Potential)

Music:
01:26:43 – Guided Tour by High Vis
01:28:55 – Green Day/Smashing Pumpkins/Rancid at Fenway Park in Boston
01:32:26 – Unt by Pinhead Gunpowder
01:34:33 – All of This Awaits You by Swami and the Bed of Nails
01:35:47 – Diamond Jubilee by Cindy Lee
01:37:35 – To All Trains by Shellac
01:42:00 – NOFX’s Final Tour at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton
01:45:31 – 69 Love Songs Live by The Magnetic Fields at The Town Hall in New York

Podcasts:
01:46:56 – The Plot Thickens: Decoding John Ford with Ben Mankiewicz
01:47:35 – Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers with Seth and Josh Meyers
01:49:54 – Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast with Ben Mankiewicz
01:51:18 – How Did This Get Made? with Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, & Jason Mantzoukas
01:53:24 – Two Guys, Five Rings: Matt, Bowen & The Olympics with Matt Rogers & Bowen Yang
01:54:13 – Pretty Sure I Can Fly with Johnny Knoxville and Elna Baker
01:56:41 – Gone South with Jed Lipinski
01:59:23 – Life of the Record
02:01:24 – Who Killed JFK? with Rob Reiner & Soledad O’Brien
02:05:24 – Revisionist History: Hitler’s Olympics with Malcolm Gladwell, and Ben Naddaff-Hafrey

Books:
02:07:54 – Polostan: Vol. 1 of Bomb Light by Neal Stephenson
02:10:40 – The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey
02:12:54 – The Ministry of Time: A Novel by Kaliane Bradley
02:14:21 – The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War by Erik Larson
02:17:04 – The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story by Sam Wasson
02:18:21 – Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman
02:20:16 – Since We Fell: A Novel by Dennis Lehane
02:22:22 – Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk by Kathleen Hanna
02:24:07 – We Solve Murders: A Novel by Richard Osman
02:25:07 – The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris
02:28:13 – Saint Vitus Bar: The First Ten Years, An Oral and Visual History by Nathaniel Shannon
02:30:40 – Theatre Kids: A True Tale of Off-Off Broadway by John DeVore
02:32:37 – Shōgun: A Novel of Japan by James Clavell
02:35:41 – Green Lantern: Sleepers, Book 1 by Christopher J. Priest

Comics:
02:37:38 – The Amazing Spider-Man
02:39:28 – Batman & Robin: Year One
02:40:14 – Grommets
02:42:02 – G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
02:43:09 – Scarlett
02:44:34 – The Sensational She-Hulk
02:45:09 – Fantastic Four
02:47:07 – Nightwing
02:47:57 – Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees
02:49:37 – The Hunger and The Dusk

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Music:
“Happy Holiday [feat. The Music Maids & Hal & John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra]”
Bing Crosby

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