The Stinking Pause Podcast

Welcome to Bundanyabba. The beer is cold, the welcome is warm, and leaving may prove surprisingly difficult. This time on Stinking Pause , Scott, Paul and Charlie are joined by Maurice in Melbourne and Kerry in America for a trip into the heat, dust and rapidly collapsing good intentions of Ted Kotcheff's extraordinary 1971 drama  Wake in Fright . Gary Bond stars as John Grant, a young schoolteach...

Episode 207 - The Fisher King (1991), Terry Gilliam, Flesh Gordon (1974) A quest for redemption, a salute to cinematic stubbornness, and a Sex Ray pointed directly at good taste.   In this episode of Stinking Pause , Scott and Antony head into the gloriously strange, tender and occasionally unhinged world of The Fisher King , Terry Gilliam's 1991 tale of guilt, grief, romance, fantasy and Robin Wi...

"They're saying Sonny Hayes isn't a has-been. He's a never-was." The Stinking Pause Podcast - reviewing movies since 2013. Some good...some not so good.   In the latest episode of The Stinking Pause Podcast, we buckle up for a slightly unhinged trip through speed, spectacle and sheer cinematic nonsense. First up, we dive into F1: The Movie, a modern racing picture built on big-screen gloss, high-s...

"What you say, Paper Champion? I'm gonna beat you like a dog, a dog, you hear me!"   The Stinking Pause Podcast - reviewing movies since 2013. Some good...some not so good.   We are back with a bit of a revamp for this episode. Rocky III - Scott is joined by Antony from the Film Gold podcast to chat aboout Stallone, Hulk Hogan and Clubber Lang The Balboa Legacy - in which Scott takes a look at the...

Episode 204 - Southern Comfort (1981) "I got news for you. He's nuts. I mean really fuckin' nuts." Join Scott and Antony as as they take a deep dive into Walter Hill's 1981 atmospheric survival thriller, Southern Comfort . Often hailed as a gripping allegory for the Vietnam War set against the claustrophobic backdrop of the Louisiana bayou, this gritty masterpiece remains a masterclass in escalati...

Episode 203 - U Turn (1997) "You like Patsy Cline? I just love her. I wonder how come she don't put out no more new records." Get ready for a sun-drenched, fast-paced adventure in Oliver Stone's "U-Turn," a story that proves even the worst luck can lead to the opportunity of a lifetime! The film introduces us to Bobby (Sean Penn), a man on a mission, cruising through the spectacular Arizona desert...

Episode 202 - California Split (1974) "Goddamnit, lady, you don't throw oranges on an escalator!" Get ready for one of the most zesty, freewheeling, and flat-out entertaining buddy films ever made! Robert Altman's 1974 gem, California Split, isn't just a movie; it's an experience. Forget a tight, pre-planned plot. Instead, imagine you're a fly on the wall, dropped right into the hazy, electrifying...

Episode 201 - All Night Long (1962) "Me? Oh, I belong to that new minority group: white American jazz musicians. They're going to hold a mass meeting in a phone booth." Get ready to step into the coolest party of 1962. Basil Dearden's All Night Long is a cinematic powder keg, a film that brilliantly transplants Shakespeare's classic tragedy Othello into the vibrant, smoke-filled world of the Londo...

Episode 200 - Jurassic Park (1993) "Look... We can discuss sexism in survival situations when I get back" Get ready for an adventure 65 million years in the making! Steven Spielberg's 1993 masterpiece, Jurassic Park, welcomes you to an extraordinary theme park where dinosaurs roam the earth once more. Eccentric billionaire John Hammond has the brilliant idea to bring these prehistoric giants back...

The Stinking Pause Podcast - chatting about movies since 2013. Some good...some not so good. Episode 199 - Breakfast At Tiffanys (1961) "I don't think I've ever drunk champagne before breakfast before. With breakfast on several occasions, but never before." Few films sparkle quite like Breakfast at Tiffany's . From its opening moments, the 1961 classic wraps you in a world of glamour, wit, and irr...

The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good. This week, Antony joins Scott to take a look at an underseen gem from 1974 The Gambler (1974) Step into the high-octane world of Axel Freed, a brilliant literature professor who lives for the ultimate thrill! By day, he inspires students; by night, he chases the electrifying rush of high-stakes gambl...

The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good. This week,Antony joins Scott to take a look at a classic screwball comedy from the golden age of Hollywood Get ready for a riotous romantic comedy! A houseful of quirky professors find their dusty encyclopedia project turned upside down by the arrival of Sugarpuss O'Shea, a dazzling nightclub singer...

The Stinking Pause Podcast – bringing you classic movie reviews since 2013 - some good...some not so good. This week join Scott, Paul and Charlie for a tale of a bungled diamond heist leading to a chaotic, hilarious web of double-crosses. Seduction, stammering, and stolen fish ensnare a stuffy lawyer in a madcap Anglo-American culture clash for the loot. A Fish Called Wanda (1988) "A Fish Called W...

The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good.   This week,Antony joins Scott to take a look at an incredible piece of cinema from Sidney Lumet In a WWII British military prison in North Africa, new inmates face brutal punishment, epitomized by repeatedly climbing a man-made hill in the desert heat. Led by a defiant ex-Sergeant Major, the prisone...

The Stinking Pause Podcast – bringing you classic movie reviews since 2013 - some good...some not so good. This week join Scott, Paul and Charlie for a tale of  two seasoned Navy men, tasked with escorting a young sailor to military prison. Instead of a straightforward trip, they turn it into an unforgettable adventure—boozing, brawling, and sharing hard-won wisdom along the way. The Last Detail (...

The Stinking Pause Podcast – bringing you classic movie reviews since 2013 - some good...some not so good. This week join Scott and Paul as they discuss a tale of a gambler-jeweler navigating chaos to secure a rare opal and escape debts, blending tension, addiction, and greed in a relentless thriller masterpiece. Uncut Gems (2019) "Uncut Gems," directed by Josh and Benny Safdie, is a gripping and...

The Stinking Pause Podcast – bringing you classic movie reviews since 2013 - some good...some not so good. This week join Scott and Paul as they dive into the deep and murky world of jury rigging and a warm hearted tribute to the legendary Gene Hackman Runaway Jury (2003) Runaway Jury, the 2003 courtroom thriller that puts a quirky twist on the phrase "justice is blind." Imagine a high-stakes tug-...

The Stinking Pause Podcast – bringing you classic movie reviews since 2013 - some good...some not so good. This week join Scott, Paul, and Charlie as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson hunt down the most famous serial killer of all time. Murder By Decree (1979) Imagine Victorian London draped in its signature fog—moody, mysterious, and murderous. Enter Sherlock Holmes, played by the suave Christopher P...

The Stinking Pause Podcast – bringing you classic movie reviews since 2013 This week join Scott, Paul, and Charlie as we discuss Frederick Forsythe's tale of an assassin out to kill French President de Gaulle, while a detective races to stop him in a tense cat-and-mouse chase. The Day Of The Jackal (1973) "The Day of the Jackal" (1973) is a tense political thriller centered on an assassination plo...

The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good.   This week, an episode that has been eleven years in the making.  At last, our dear friend Maurice, host of See Hear and Love That Album joins Scott, Paul and Charlie from Melbourne. Also joining us, from York, is Steven, Scott's co host on the Reel Britannia podcast. A word of warning - this episod...

The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good.   This week, it's Anthony's turn to join Scott and Paul to take a look at an American cop classic from the seventies   Anthony is the host of Film Gold, Life And Life Only and Glass Onion: On John Lennon.   Electra Glide In Blue (1973)     The only thing good-hearted motorcycle cop John Wintergreen (...

The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good.   This week, it's Anthony's turn to join Scott and Paul to look back at a movie that we first chatted about in 2013   Anthony is the host of Film Gold, Life And Life Only and Glass Onion: On John Lennon.   Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbe...

The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good.   This week, Scott is joined by Steven, his co-host on the Reel Britannia podcast and by Antony, host of Film Gold, Life and Life Only, and Glass Onion: On John Lennon   An episode full of barbaric butchers, squeaky bedsprings and French clowns   Delicatessen (1991)     In a post-apocalyptic world wh...

The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good.   2023 marked the 10th anniversary of the Stinking Pause podcast.   To celebrate, we looked back at some of the movies already reviewed over the past 10 years and inviting fellow podcasters and friends to join us.   This week, our dear friend, and Scott's co- host on the Reel Britannia podcast, Steve...

The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good.   This week, Scott is joined by Steven, his co-host on the Reel Britannia podcast and by Antony, host of Film Gold, Life and Life Only, and Glass Onion: On John Lennon   An episode full of pills, perverted parties and possessed refridgerators.   Requiem For A Dream (2000)   The hopes and dreams of fo...