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Film critic Alistair Ryder returns to the show, to chat about 2002 family comedy Big Fat Liar and its trio of stars: Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes and Paul Giamatti!

You will hear a shrill shrieking sound... as we discuss Sidney Lumet's nuclear masterpiece Fail Safe starring Henry Fonda and Walter Matthau!

En garde! Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are back on screens in Netflix's The Rip this week (reviewed briefly on this episode) but we're looking back at a better collaboration between the two Boston boys: Ridley Scott's 2021 historical drama The Last Duel starring Damon and Affleck alongside Adam Driver and Jodie Comer. Plus: as Damon joins our elite Three-Timers Club, Lucien quizzes Shane...

We're Girl Crazy this month, as we discuss 2015's San Francisco-set coming-of-age drama Diary of a Teenage Girl starring Bel Powley and Alexanderd Skarsgard, and 1964's Dublin-set Edna O'Brien adaptation Girl with Green Eyes starring Rita Tushingham and Peter Finch.

We're kicking off the new year with what is technically our first ever horror movie... it's Robert Zemeckis' 2000 ghost story What Lies Beneath starring Michelle Pfeiffer and - finally being discussed for the first time on the show - Harrison Ford.

Lucien and Shane begin 2026 and conclude our 25 for '25 countdown by awarding the best films and performances of 2000-2025.

As 2025 draws to a close, we're looking back at some of our best moments and best guests of the year in Boy Party. Happy New Year and we'll see you all in 2026! Jump to a clip: 00:35 - The Devil Wears Prada with Katie Brady 03:39 - Heat with Kevin McGahern 09:39 - Golden Boy Awards 2025 12:06 - The Morning Show with Fionnuala Jones 15:27 - The Roaring Twenties with Peter McGann 20:07 - Tri...

To wrap up the year, Lucien and Shane discuss all the eligible 'Boy Party' new releases we didn't get around to discussing in 2025! Films discussed on this episode: ​Den of Thieves 2: Pantera  ​Back in Action ​Together  ​You’re Cordially Invited  ​The Gorge ​In the Lost Lands ​Long Day’s Journey into Night ​Another Simple Favor  ​Hallow Road  ​Black Bag  ​Snow White  ​Hurry Up Tomorrow  ​Die My Lo...

We've come to the end of Lucien's countdown of the 25 best films of the 21st century so far. Number 1 is The Coen Brothers' 2009 A Serious Man starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed and Aaron Wolff.

It's the Christmas episode! This year we're discussing Richard Curtis's deeply evil 2003 all-star romantic comedy Love Actually , and focusing on the careers of three of its leads: Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson and Liam Neeson.

Lucien discusses the second greatest film of the 21st century: David Lynch's 2001 surrealist masterpiece Mulholland Dr . starring Naomi Watts and Justin Theroux.

Here, far, wherever you are... it's Boy Party's milestone 100th Episode, recorded live in front of an audience at The Dot Theatre, Dublin on 22nd November. We're discussing the most successful Boy Party movie ever: James Cameron's epic Titanic starring Oscar winners Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Plus: playing the Letterboxd Top 4 Game and the Box Office Game (All Time Edition) with our studi...

Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss are two of Hollywood's biggest grumps, so imagine the fun when they shared the screen in Frank Oz's 90s psychiatry comedy What About Bob? Note: this episode was recorded in March 2025

Lucien discusses the No. 3 best film of the 21st Century: Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love starring Adam Sandler, Emily Watson and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Lucien and Shane discuss Terence Malick's 1973 classic Badlands and its legendary stars Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek.

Lucien discusses the fourth best film of the century: Greta Gerwig's perfect coming-of-age movie Lady Bird starring Saoirse Ronan, Beanie Feldstein, Laurie Metcalfe, Tracy Letts and Timothee Chalamet.

This week Sean Penn, Naomi Watts and Benicio Del Toro star in Alejandro González Iñárritu's 2003 misery-fest 21 Grams . Tickets for Boy Party Live this Saturday on sale here

Lucien discusses the No. 5 best film of the 20th century: Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

With the great Peter Sellers’ 100th birthday this year, we discuss when he and Peter O’Toole co-starred in 1965 raunchy comedy “What’s New Pussycat?” Get tickets for Boy Party LIVE on 22nd Nov!

Hannah and Lucien compare two biopics of iconic political leaders: Gus Van Sant’s San Francisco-set Milk starring Sean Penn, and Neil Jordan’s Dublin-set Michael Collins starring Liam Neeson!

For the first time, we're discussing a TV boy party, digging into Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon's pricey Apple series The Morning Show with TV/radio presenter and Flop Culture host Fionnuala Jones! Follow Fionnuala on Instagram Listen to Flop Culture

Lucien discusses No. 6 on the 25 for '25 list of the century's best films: Richard Linklater's epic coming-of-age drama Boyhood .

Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum teamed up for 2011’s action comedy megahit 21 Jump Street, but does this teen-oriented comedy hold up in 2025?

Lucien discusses the seventh best film of the century: Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise's action spectacular Mission: Impossible - Fallout .

Shane and Lucien pay tribute to Diane Keaton with a discussion of Woody Allen's Oscar-winning classic Annie Hall.