It’s a post-election, current-lockdown world, and Johnny is finally bearing witness to the gold of American Utopia, after the 2018 episode on Stop Making Sense and Andrew’s attempts to get Johnny to see the show live, in the end it all comes down to an HBO Max account and a distinct hope and love for humanity in the darkest of times. Join the celebration of music, ideas, togetherness and looking to better one another, plus I guess jokes.
214 - GANGS OF NEW YORK
As America’s election fever grows stale, Andrew and Johnny set their sights on the hands that built America, those of Leonardo ‘Irish’ DiCaprio, and Cameron ‘Irish’ Diaz. But never fear, Jim Broadbent pops in to reminisce on filming Scorsese’s violent epic, and what he’s been up to in lockdown.
212 - DEATH OF A VLOGGER
On the time of FrightFest’s Halloween spooktacular, Johnny pays homage with another of 2019’s festival favourites, an indie Scottish found-footage-cum-shockumentary (shocking mockumentary) about a vlogger, a ghost, and a series of scares. Andrew spirals deeper into his own madness and commences naming HBO shows for 15 minutes, he’s doing fine, he’s doing fine, he’s...doing……….fiiiiiiiine.
BONUS - FRIGHTFEST DAY 3
Johnny lost the internet for a bit, but still he found the scares of FrightFest Day 3, including a whole pack of shorts.
We’re talking Clapboard Jungle, Hall, Aquaslash, Two Heads Creek and short films Bark, Jeff Drives You, Ouzo And The Blackcurrant, Breakfast, A Bit Of Fun, FLESH Control, Subject 3, Tarrare, Guest and The Beholder.
BONUS - FRIGHTFEST DAY 1
Johnny catches Andrew and the audience up with FrightFest 2020’s digital event, including talk of pre-fest movie Sky Sharks, and Day One films I Am Lisa and 12 Hour Shift. Expect haunts and guffaws from two folk making it through a very bad time together. But… apart, socially.
204 - THE DRONE
It’s Frightfest weekend and Johnny wants to relive the glory of a former year, by choosing a film he himself gave 2 stars to on Letterboxd. Johnny insists The Drone is a good silly fun time, but will it warm the cold, broken heart of horror-un-liking Andrew?
198 - BON COP, BAD COP
Andrew takes control of the show back once more with a Canadian buddy cop picture where cultures clash like teams on the hockey rink. Will J like his new nickname? Will Andrew enjoy a film for once? Will the recording of the episode be marred by the passing of Carl Reiner the hour before recording? Yes, in that case, yes it bloody will.
197 - BOOK CLUB
It’s another Johnny pick whilst the lockdown continues to hurt the streaming video libraries, and the 2018 septuagenarian rom-com experience is explored and the hotness of Andy Garcia is stretched to feature length. Andrew continually recalls his pre-screening excitement and post-screening existential spiral as the Book Club opens to the first page.
196 - QT8 - THE FIRST EIGHT
Johnny’s love of Quentin Tarantino returns as he makes Andrew watch a doc about the director’s films (besides Hollywood) and sheds new light on the whole Weinstein situation. This is a light entertainment podcast recording during a lockdown heatwave.
191 - TOP SECRET!
How silly can you get? Well, for Andrew and Johnny this is about the lockdown limit of silly. Coming off discovering 2 different planned films were no longer available to watch, plan C has gone into action, and comedy, and spy thriller, and musical, and all genres to fit in Val Kilmer’s crooning teen-hearthrob-hero Cold War spoof movie.
