Adam and Ben (New and Selected)

Shane and Lucien discuss Noah Baumbach's Jay Kelly starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler, and recap their trip to London Film Festival 2025.

Shane and Lucien are back to discuss Adam Sandler's long-awaited sequel Happy Gilmore 2, released on Netflix this weekend. Plus: news of the upcoming fourth Meet the Parents movie, Noah Baumbach's Jay Kelly and Ben Stiller's new documentary about his parents. Check out Shane and Lucien talking movies every week on Boy Party.

We're back with a pre-Christmas treat to check in on Adam and Ben's 2024, discussing Stiller's new Christmas comedy Nutcrackers, Sandler's spiders in space drama Spaceman and comedy special Love You, Noah Baumbach's upcoming Sandler/Clooney project, and more!

Welcome to Boy Party, the podcast that tackles cinema's most legendary team-ups, where two massive movie stars share the screen and battle it out for top billing... and the fatter paycheck. Join the creators of Adam & Ben (New & Selected), as we delve into the juicy details of dueling star personas, behind-the-scenes drama, and the quest for cinematic dominance. New episodes release ev...

After two-and-a-half years of Sandler and Stiller discussion, Lucien and Shane bid farewell to Adam & Ben (New & Selected) with a special goodbye episode, running through the Best Of The Rest (films we didn't cover previously) and revealing our final ranking of Adam and Ben's films. Thanks to everyone who has listened, guested and supported the show. Join us very soon for Boy Party...

Shane and Lucien finally tackle the film our podcast is named after... it's Adam and Ben's first official collaboration in Noah Baumbach's 2017 dramedy THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW & SELECTED). We discuss the Boys' first time co-starring in a film, great Dustin Hoffman and Elizabeth Marvel performances, Netflix's hot streak in Summer/Autumn 2017.. and Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman: The Golden Circle. I...

Lucien and Shane are joined by Gemma Robocop to discuss Adam Sandler's (inaccurately) most beloved comedy... 1996's Happy Gilmore ! We discuss golf movies, Julie Bowen and the cast of Modern Family, and Sandler and Stiller's first on-screen collaboration.

This is how we win. Lucien and Shane sit down and watch the entirety of The Safdie Brothers' 2019 classic Uncut Gems ... live on mic! Start the film (UK Netflix version) at the 0:00 mark of the podcast and watch along with us. Join us to talk diamond Furbies, The Weeknd, Lakeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, Adele Dhazeem, Judd Hirsch, Wayne Diamond, Eric Bogosian, America finally legalising sports be...

Lucien and Shane marathon Ben Stiller's "default role", one mister Gaylord Focker, in the absurdly successful Meet The Parents/Meet The Fockers/Little Fockers trilogy of family comedies co-starring Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand.

Lucien and Shane finally discuss the finale of Ben Stiller's DreamWorks animated franchise... it's the Noah Baumbach-scripted MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED. Join us as we're introduced to The King of Versailles, dig into Frances McDormand and Jessica Chastain's illustrious careers and test Lucien's near-photographic memory of the Summer 2012 box office.

"I heard a podcast of you, and I wanted to meet you" Lucien and Shane are back to cover the single greatest film either Adam or Ben has ever made... Paul Thomas Anderson's 2002 masterpiece PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE! We discuss the film's unique visual and aural landscape, Lucien's recent interaction with Emily Watson, the great Philip Seymour Hoffman's brilliant villain performanc...

Lucien and Shane are back to discuss Adam Sandler's 2002 Frank Capra remake "Mr Deeds", co-starring Winona Ryder and John Turturro. We dig into the film's 1930s origins, Sandler as traditional Nice Guy, the movie's attitude to excess wealth, how much Steve McQueen's "Widows" slaps, and the box office of Summer 2002.

Lucien and Shane celebrate Adam Sandler's 2015 collaboration with OG Harry Potter director Chris Columbus... mega-budget video game blockbuster Pixels. We tackle Lucien's decade-long feud with Josh Gad, why this movie succeeds where Ready Player One failed and our relationships with video games. Plus: Michelle Monaghan, Brian Cox and how this movie killed Sandler's theatrical comedy movies for goo...

Lucien and Shane go deep on Noah Baumbach's Wikipedia page "Personal Life" section to dissect his 2010 dramedy starring Ben Stiller and Baumbach's two wives: Jennifer Jason Leigh and Greta Gerwig. Oops! We chat about the work of Dave Franco, Rhys Ifans and - unrelated to this film - Joseph Gordon Levitt, why this movie doesn't quite work and why it's kinda Ben Stiller's fault.

Shane and Lucien enter a medically-induced time loop to discuss Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore's amnesiac rom-com 50 First Dates. How depressing is the premise of this movie? How does Rob Schneider's racist performance compare to his others? Is this the platonic ideal of the modern rom-com so many people are crying out for?

Lucien and Shane dig into what is arguably Adam Sandler's best comedy ever - 2006's high concept Click, the movie about a universal remote that controls the user's life. We talk about the film's heartbreaking climax, the sincerity of Sandler's tribute to his own father, the chronology of the Fast & Furious movies and the wild box office of Summer 2006.

Lucien and Shane are back for the new year to discuss what is perhaps Ben Stiller's most iconic film... and its abysmal sequel. We chat about Will Ferrell's career, the time when Neil Patrick Harris dated Ben Stiller's wife and discovered he was gay, David Bowie and Justin Bieber's cameos in these movies and how Stiller thought it was acceptable to release a film as bad as Zoolander 2 into the wor...

Lucien and Shane discuss one of Ben Stiller's most successful films, the Farrelly Brothers' hit gross-out comedy There's Something About Mary. We dig into Cameron Diaz's wild career, the time Lucien met Matt Dillon in New York, and how this movie influenced the next decade of US comedies.

Lucien and Shane discuss the worst Adam Sandler film we'll ever discuss... 2000's son of Satan comedy Little Nicky, a film that can only be described as Extremely Ugly in every sense. We dig into why Patricia Arquette would possibly have agreed to be in this movie, the weird early 00s Kevin Smith/South Park influence, the film's Gameboy tie-in and whether this was Sandler's biggest blank check bou...

Lucien and Shane discuss Adam Sandler's only Disney movie, 2008's Adam Shankman-directed Bedtime Stories! We discuss Keri Russell, Guy Pearce, Russell Brand and the movie's excellent blend of adult and kids humour.

Shane and Lucien are joined by long-time friends and podcast collaborators Eoghan and Michael to discuss one of the most iconic and controversial movies we'll ever cover... 2008's TROPIC THUNDER, directed by and starring Ben Stiller! We dig into Robert Downey Jr, Tom Cruise, Jay Baruchel and Matthew McConaughey's careers before and after this movie, how its provocative/offensive elements have aged...

Turn up the Kangaroo Song cause it's Big Daddy time! We dive into one of Sandler's best early comedies, the influence of Friends on it, Jon Stewart's role in pop culture, and the different UK and US voice casts for 2005's The Magic Roundabout (thanks, Weinstein!).

What's sadder than being the last mimzy? Well, losing your wife and kids in 9/11, of course, which provides the setup for the utterly miserable 2007 drama Reign Over Me starring Adam Sandler and Dan Cheadle. Turn up the Springsteen, it's time to get... super depressed!

Lucien and Shane get wistful as they discuss Mike White's midlife crisis dramedy Brad's Status starring Ben Stiller as the world's most bitter man. Featuring deep dives into Michael Sheen, The Walking Dead, the naming conventions of the Hitman's Bodyguard franchise and more!

It's a belated Happy Pride as we're joined by expert of LGBT cinema, Brendan Kelly Palenque, to dissect Adam Sandler's foray into gay culture, a 2007 comedy where Sandler and Kevin Smith pose as a gay couple to scam the government -- a victimless crime! We talk about the film's treatment of the gay community, its shockingly racist Rob Schneider performance, mainstream Hollywood standards for gay a...