342 - BICYCLE THIEVES

September 2, 2026

We recorded a few weeks prior because someone stole our time, so we finally get around to talking The End Of Oak Street, the first episode of Lanterns and an elegy to Hayden Panettiere, Juliette Barnes herself from Nashville, before facing up to the Italian post-war melodrama and ‘Very Important Film On All The Film Lists’, which is something this show tends to avoid for the sake of lesser-watched/considered films, but Johnny needs to tick some of the lists off. All this plus a game of name the film from the stolen/destroyed vehicle.

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341 - HAPPY, TEXAS

August 21, 2026

Decade 2 begins with a bang, a couple of quizzes, talk of a Johnny Cash stage musical, catching up with Broken Lizard’s Super Troopers 3, David Wain’s Gail Daughtry & The Celebrity Sex Pass and an unboxing of the Kill Bill The Whole Bloody Affair 4K box set. Then we set off for Happy, Texas and talk Sundance acquisitions, Steve Zahn, William H. Macy’s groans and them not making comedies anymore (Except the above noted new release comedies).

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340 - MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING

August 5, 2026

OPA! We’re hucking ouzo and dancing like Zorba with the cultural phenomenon of 2002, long gone now, trying to examine the artifacts of a civilisation now long gone (the romantic comedy that actually gets a cinema release). Johnny catches up with Minions & Monsters and two boat films (Moana and The Odyssey) and Andrew jumps in to discuss Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the somehow-nearly-one-billion-dollars-in-opening-weekend smash. Plus we make up for no game last ep with the Ghost game in act one and a wedding of trivia in act three.

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339 - GHOST

July 22, 2026

Johnny wants Evil Dead Burn to be the basis of the next step of the franchise, Andrew gets The Invite to The Odyssey with Moana, then gets on stage with Arcadia and Glengarry Glen Ross, Johnny sees Legally Blonde live and the two reunited in London for Jesus Christ Superstar. Then after ALL that stuff, they got out the pottery wheel, hit play on Unchained Melody and watched Whoopi, Demi, Tony and Swayze get ghostly and romantic/spooky.

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338 - EVOLUTION

July 8, 2026

Andrew holds the novelisation of Ivan Reitman’s sci-fi-gang-hangout-comedy film Evolution and reads snippets before taking Johnny on a journey from head to shoulder through Duchovny’s charming handsomeness.

And the two talk Supergirl, Toy Story 5, Jackass: Best And Last, Minions & Monsters, The Furious, They Will Kill You, Carolina Caroline and Johnny’s trip to Jesus Christ Superstar in Derry.

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337 - AIRHEADS

June 24, 2026

We might not be doing an MTV this time but it’s got MTV News in it, Beavis & Butthead and it’s music-first so it’s as close as one can get for a Die Hard In A Radio Station Opposite Nakatomi Tower On The Same Plaza feature with Fraser, Sandler and Buscemi. On the air and held hostage by films, Andrew and Johnny consider Disclosure Day, Masters Of The Universe, Office Romance, Backrooms, Tuner, the 2026 Scary Movie and Johnny has now solved the mystery of The Sheep Detectives too. Rock on!

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336 - ORANGE COUNTY

June 10, 2026

Welcome to the OC! Don’t call it that. Andrew shares an important film of his youth about important art in youth with Johnny, throws two games at him and then goes off on rants about The Mandalorian & Grogu, Finding Emily, Power Ballad and finds The Sheep Detectives charming as hell. Johnny talks his Obsession with The Last Five Years of Miss Saigon on stage and playing 007: First Light.

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335 - CROSSROADS

May 27, 2026

It’s Britney, Bitch and she’s not a girl, not yet a woman in the road-trip drama written by Shonda Rhimes and co-starring Zoe Oscar-winner Saldaña! Johnny is pumped for the songs, Andrew is reserved since hearing word from a friend way back in 2002, but they’ve got to talk the new Martin Short documentary and the Faces Of Death reboot and Johnny’s vinyl collection that’s just starting before they head on to the film true.

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334 - AEON FLUX

May 13, 2026

Charlize! Weird sci fi stuff! Worm outfit Postlethwaite! Well, yeesh, this is a weird film that never works so we hide that by talking Hokum, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, The Devil Wears Prada & Mortal Kombat sequels, Billie Eilish in 3D, Apex, Remarkably Bright Creatures and The Comeback season 3.

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BONUS - TENACIOUS D IN THE PICK OF DESTINY COMMENTARY

May 5, 2026

Another birthday, another chat-track. As Andrew looks on the wrong side of his thirties, we rewatch a rock opera for the 20th anniversary celebration a few months early. Games, trivia, singing along and nostalgia for a preview weekend when everyone else was watching Bond change course forever instead, this has mostly everything worth listening to.

Movie starts at 00:24:38

Because of the cartoon at the start we sync right at frame one.

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333 - BIO-DOME

April 29, 2026

Hey budddddddddy, we’re squeezin’ the wheeze with Pauly Shore causing trouble in a bubble, but to raise our IQ prior it’s time to talk some theatre (The Hunger Games on stage and One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest at the Old Vic), Streaming TV (Shrinking’s 3rd season and Malcolm In The Middle: Life’s Still Unfair) and a little A24 horror film (Undertone) lest we lose every brain cell in the dome.

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332 - BREAKING AND ENTERING

April 15, 2026

Smashing the windows and stealing plans for the podcast this week turns out that discussion topics would be The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, The Drama, Jury Duty: Company Retreat, Last One Laughing UK series 2 and No Ordinary Heist with Eddie Marsan, before taking focus on Anthony Minghella’s final film that stars Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright, Martin Freeman, Vera Farmiga and Ray Winstone, all about London in transitional phases. Sounds like a cracking episode, best leave this on the desk and let them record it. Here, it’s done. Sorry for this lame premise of an episode description. It’s ok Andrew. Thanks Andrew. No problem Andrew, don’t mention it. I won’t, but I will write it in the description too Andrew. Oh no, now there’s a paper trail on the crime! Rats.

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331 - ANDRE

April 1, 2026

As long as you’re seeing this the first 12 hours of release then April fools! But also not, because Johnny is taking over the show for real, for fun but for real, with a film about a Seal and a kid that he grew up on yet Andrew holds no knowledge of… until this episode. They also gab about Project Hail Mary, the recent Oscar ceremony, Louis Theroux Inside The Manosphere, Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come, How To Make A Killing, Colleen Hoover’s Reminders Of Him and The Magic Faraway Tree. We are an eclectic bunch.

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330 - THE BROTHERS SOLOMON

March 25, 2026

Stepping up to the plate to watch a Bob Odenkirk film where Wills Arnett and Forte play weird brothers trying to make a baby by any means necessary, whether it’s the smart way to do it or smartless, but Andrew and Johnny find a little time to discuss the Netflix Peaky Blinders movie, Cold Storage and The Bride!

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329 - THE COMPANY MEN

March 11, 2026

Pick up the reports and sit in for the board meeting about AYMM, Inc as Andrew takes Johnny through John Wells’ filmography all the way up to The Pitt, they talk new Scrubs, watch Elvis’ EPIC movie, say Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die, deal with a Whistle and a Scream 7, jump on Pixar’s Hoppers, contemplate The Moment and hold onto the Dead Man’s Wire. All before Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper and Kevin Costner act up in a Deakins-shot drama nobody but Andrew remembers.

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328 - GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK

February 25, 2026

Our top story tonight, Andrew shows Johnny the George Clooney-directed drama about Ed Murrow and CBS News fighting Senator McCarthy’s witchhunts across America which seems to once more be very bloody relevant.

In other news, Johnny watches every film in The Strangers franchise, Andrew learns Crime 101, the Fennell is Emerald for “Wuthering Heights”, The Muppet Show returns and Cliff Booth surprises in Superbowl teaser. Plus My Neighbour Totoro live on stage.

All this and a link to Andrew’s epic western revenge saga THE FERRYMAN UPON THE PLAINS out now at just 99p/99c

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327 - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

February 11, 2026

We’re back together in time for Valentine’s Day and celebrating Ang Lee’s astonishing cinematic experience and Best Best Picture Loser the Oscars have ever known, Brokeback Mountain. Johnny fills in the cinematic blindspots of 28 Weeks Later: The Bone Temple, H Is For Hawk, The History Of Sound, Primate, Zootropolis 2, Is This Thing On?, Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein and Return To Silent Hill, plus how his recent rewatch of the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy felt after so long away (a few years). Andrew dives into Shelter and Wonder Man before they both Send Help and pay respects on the passing of the icon, the Queen, the best of the best Ms. Catherine O’Hara.

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326 - STUCK ON YOU

January 28, 2026

DISASTER: After a long recording session, it turns out the audio for one of us didn’t come through so we’re un-joined with Johnny for this look at the Matt Damon - Greg Kinnear - Cher comedy from the Farrelly Brothers, Andrew also checks out the 98th Oscar nominations, talk Hamnet, Rental Family, The Rip and Merrily We Roll Along before gathering live theatrical thoughts on new productions of Into The Woods and The Producers around London.

All coming to a head in a thrilling game of conjoined film titles, trivial fun for a rough January.

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325 - SHANGHAI NOON

January 14, 2026

The new year kicks off in kung-fu cowboy style with the Jackie Chan-Owen Wilson two-hander from the year 2000, Andrew and Johnny try to find things to discuss after waffling on about the festive season’s watches that include Marty Supreme, Hamnet, The Housemaid, Anaconda, Song Sung Blue, Saipan, Five Nights At Freddy’s 2, Giant, Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair and live theatre shows The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy Immersive, Oh, Mary! and Billy Crudup in (Shang)High Noon.

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BONUS - BLACK BAG COMMENTARY

December 23, 2025

Well we’re ending a wild year of podcasting watching Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett and a starry ensemble spy about London in Soderbergh’s and Koepp’s best of 2025, and Andrew’s fave chill thriller comedy of the year Black Bag. There’s trivia and games and festive fun, plus talking memories of London life from an outsider and Brosnan chat because who could not?

We start our commentary tracks 5 seconds into the feature film, and for this episode we hit play at 00:11:34 into the episode, if you wish to watch along. (Note, if watching on UK TV via Sky/Now you will end up being ahead of us a bunch because framerates so go ahead and pause every few minutes but please remember to click play as well)

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Andrew co-wrote a fan film (many years ago) that is finally starting to pop up. 007 Endgame

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