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Hello Princess!  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian and Ethan, (Liam,  Megan, and Georgia are otherwise engaged with musical dress rehearsals) as we review the multiple Academy Award winning Italian Film, La Vita E Bella (Life is Beautiful). Join us for our 197th episode as we discuss: If this film steers into existing stereotypes What it means to look on the bright side of thi...

Diversions! Early Sunday mornings! Mystical magicians and more as the Keeping It Loki boys return with Glorious Purpose to break down the third episode of Season 2 of Loki with episode 3, "1893" Keeping It Loki is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan and Ian as Ethan brings a new MCU memoir no-holds barred book to the table with some...

The boys are continuing to search for their glorious purpose for Season 2 of Keeping It Loki to recap and discuss the second episode of Season 2 of Loki with "Breaking Brad"   Keeping It Loki is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types).   Join Ethan and Ian as Ian discusses his issue finding his footing today, did we feel like we skipped an episode...

We're here to have a great conversation. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Ethan, and Megan, (Liam and Georgia are searching for the perfect cherry blossom) as they head to Japan to see the meeting of the ancient and the modern in the Tom Cruise epic, The Last Samurai brought to us BFF of the BFE, Hermes Auslander. We're dressing up in our finest red armour in our 196th episo...

The boys are back with their glorious purpose for Season 2 of Keeping It Loki to review, recap and discuss Season 2 of Loki, beginning with the premiere episode, "Ouroboros" Keeping It Loki is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan and Ian for a delve into their personal MCU feelings, where people might have stopped keeping up, the cha...

FIRST 36:05 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict AFTER 36:05 it's a full spoiler review We're back again and this time we're giving Netflix's series on Ohio Valley Wrestling, Wrestlers, the See It Or Skip It Treatment with Ian and Liam talking about their respective viewing experiences of the BBC Studios/Netflix documentary series.  Do you have to be a wrestling fan in order t...

We're here to play for the Irish! Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Ethan, and Georgia, (Liam and Megs didn't make the dress list) as they head back to school to major in montages in the 1993 sports biopic, Rudy. We're heading through the tunnel (mind the time jump) in our 195th episode as we discuss: Should there be rules about egregious abuse of the time jump narrative devi...

Pod got no reason; pod got no rhyme - you'd better get the BFE on time! Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Ethan, Megan and Georgia, (Liam's having a semester abroad) as they head back to school to learn all about math using unconventional methods in the Jack Black vehicle, School of Rock. We're off to the Battle of the Bands in the middle of the day in our 194th episode as we...

You only gotta hang mean bastards, but mean bastards: you gotta hang. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian and Liam (Ethan, Georgia, and Megan are trapped in the blizzard) as they head to Minnie's Haberdashery in remote Wyoming (don't call it Colorado) to join BFF of the BFE, Juleen in reviewing the Quentin Tarantino written & directed Western/Psychological Thriller, The Hate...

We're so cool (I promise that's an allusion to the movie). Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian and Liam (Ethan, Georgia, and Megan are riding rollercoasters) as they head to Detroit and then Los Angeles to make the deal of a lifetime in the Tony Scott/Quentin Tarantino collaboration, True Romance. We're off to power our nose in our 192nd episode as we discuss: Why Quentin Tarant...

The BFE isn't a concept. We're just a [messed] up group of peeps trying to find some peace of mind.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Liam and for the full episode, BFF of the BFE: Hermes Auslander.  I think we have to acknowledge that our extended runtimes aren't a Megan problem or an Ethan problem; they're a Hermes problem. We're rewriting our own personal histories in our...

Are you ready for some (more) fantasy football?  Ian's out to defend the good name of the BFE and take on 9 other podcasts for Fantasy gridiron supremacy.  He's joined on the live call by Dave from Pop Culture Pastor and Kev from The Podcast that wouldn't die (links below). We promise it's the last full-out special talking only football this year but see how Ian does against  Kev from The Podcast...

Are you ready for some (fantasy) football?  We're back with our Patrons in the mix this year and invited a special guest to join us to fill out the field  We've got your BFE favourites - Ian, Georgia and Megs drafting live (Ethan's drafting remotely and Liam's doing the autodraft).  We're also joined live by Ensign Ian Davies, James DeGuzman, Andy Dickson and Kevin from "The Podcast That Wouldn't...

You say you don't subscribe to our podcast?  You'd be a lot cooler if you did.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian's riding solo from the BFE (Meg & Ethan are running from a bat-wielding Liam... Georgia manages to evade and join slightly late) as he's paying his freshman dues Richard Linklater's 1993 love letter to the mid 1970s in Dazed and Confused.  We're joined by a sen...

Colonel, you'd better have a look at this radar, I don't know what it is but it looks like a giant.... Podcast.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Liam, Ethan and Georgia (Meg's off on a Top Secret Mission) as we're headed to the 1960s in search of Dr Evil and Austin Powers' mojo in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.  We're getting into fights on the Jerry Springer show i...

Get ready for some conversations about if you like apples.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Liam, Ethan and Georgia (Megan's trying to pick up a retainer in a job interview) as we're headed to MIT in search of a Fields Medal in Good Will Hunting.  We certainly won't be unoriginal in our 188th episode as we discuss: Matt Damon and if he is the greatest actor of our time The...

Iron Man or Guardians? Endgame or Infinity War? The Dark World or Love & Thunder?  Eternals vs. The Incredible Hulk?   People have been debating which is the best of the best since Tony Stark made his suit in a cave and now we're having a turn.  Joined by some of our Friends of the Podcast: Juleen, Hermes and Andy Dickson [we're still sorry]) we're setting up 32 of the best in a single knockou...

On your marks... get set... technical difficulties!  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Liam, and Georgia (Megan and Ethan weren't Ford type people) as we're heading to rural France in search of a 3 minute perfect lap and do our best to go 24 hours in reviewing it. We're all just trying to keep up with the leader as BFF of the BFE, Hermes Auslander blasts ahead regardless of t...

We had the pleasure of sitting down (virtually - although we were all seated) with "Mr Heckles" himself, Larry Hankin who was kind enough to give us over an hour of his time to discuss his career, his motivations, what excites him, what frustrates him and what he's working on now.  Catch Ian & Georgia for the full cut of our previously excerpted interview where we discuss: His run on FRIENDS:...

"I didn't kill my wife / I don't care"  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Liam, and Ethan (Megan and Georgia have commandeered an ambulance) as we're conduction a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in 1993's The Fugitive. We're staying up til 2am thinking of an ending in our 186th episode as we discuss: Th...

FIRST 34:30 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict AFTER 34:30 it's a full spoiler review We're back again and this time we're giving Oppenheimer the See It Or Skip It Treatment with Ian and Liam talking about their trip to see Oppenheimer last week as Ian finished his Oppenheimer double header.  Did Cillian Murphy have an advantage by being somewhat unknown as far as leading a...

You vow, we move!  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Liam, Ethan, Megan, and Georgia as we're heading back to Sherwood Forrest after fighting in the Crusades with a Scottish King Richard in Mel Brooks' Robin Hood: Men In Tights.  We're busy trying to find a pair of early 1990s Reeboks in our 185th episode as we discuss: A bonanza of yellow button moments We discuss how the ru...

FIRST 24:30 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict AFTER 24:30 it's a full spoiler review We're back again and this time we're giving Barbie the See It Or Skip It Treatment with Ian and Megan talking about their trip to see Barbie mid-week as Ian began his Oppenheimer double header.  How does Margot Robbie handle the titular character?  Why did a serious actor such as Ryan Gosli...

We got birthdays, we got milestones, we might be getting a little FUBARred. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Liam, Ethan, Megan, and Georgia as we're heading to France via Omaha Beach in search of a James Francis Ryan from Iowa (you Minnesota boys stay away) to be saved by Captain Miller as try and win the $300 pool in Saving Private Ryan.  We're learning the ropes and tryin...

FIRST 30:00 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict AFTER 30:00 it's a full spoiler review This week we're back with the undisputed King of the Box Office, Tom Cruise, in his quest for meaning in meaningless times in Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One.  Ian & Liam are kicking it old-school as we look at Part One of the likely finale of our favourite train riding, m...