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This week we're on the Road to WrestleMania as we're locking up and hoping to avoid a receipt in a film based on a true story in Fighting With My Family. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia - as we head to Norwich, England; and then Orlando, Florida to try and crack onto the main roster of the WWE.  It's a bodyslam of a 62nd episode as we discuss: The...

We're back with another episode reviewing Marvel's "The Falcon & The Winter Solider", with our analysis of Episode 3, "The Power Broker." Falcon & The Weekly Soldier is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan and Ian for a Thanos snapped roundtable as we discuss our new crush on Zemo, the logistics of having a fling with Steve Rogers an...

Come join us as we turn the April Fools Day joke back on ourselves with a Watch-Along of the Netflix Original Film, "Tall Girl."  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, Georgia - and push play in unison with us on your own Netflix and listen to us extol the virtues (there aren't very many), and slam the criticisms.  Join us as we discuss: How we ended up doing the Wa...

This week we've got a suitcase full of marmalade, a sandwich under our hat, and have stowed away on board a postal boat in search of a new home in posh London as we watch Paddington.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, Georgia - as we wait at Cockfosters train station for someone to notice the tag around our neck.  It's a 61st episode full of British cameos as we...

We're back with another episode reviewing Marvel's "The Falcon & The Winter Solider", with our analysis of Episode 2, "The Star-Spangled Man" Falcon & The Weekly Soldier is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types).  Join Ethan, Georgia, and Ian together on this one as we talk about the slow burn on John Walker, our happiness with the Shrink's contin...

Your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew continue to try their hands at a little TV Pilot Analysis and we're trying to talk ourselves into a little more money laundering money for to make up for underweight gas tankers. We've got Ian in the pilot's chair and Liam is skimming a little off the top this week as he's never seen the show.  Relocate with us as we discuss: Jason Bateman's comedic car...

TOWARDS THE END, THERE'S ABOUT 2 MINUTES OF SILENCE.  THE PROGRAMME RESUMES AT 2:02:00 AND YOU'LL WANT TO HEAR THIS WEEK'S CODA. This week we're heading off to McDowell's in search of two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions on a seedless bun in Coming To America.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, Georgia - as we head to Queens,...

We're back with a new series reviewing Marvel's "The Falcon & The Winter Solider", our first episode by episode series review on BFE.  Falcon & The Weekly Soldier is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types).  Join Ethan, Georgia, Ian, and Liam together on this one as we talk about our first impressions, expectations and if there is a rule of diminis...

Another bonus episode for your listening enjoyment as we bring you another Reel Roundtable discussion, this time live from Pod vComm.  Ellie, Ethan, Georgia, Ian, and Liam are making up for a lack of vacation opportunities with our best of vacation and road trip films.  Comments, banter, and flat out disagreements can be found as we discuss the respective quality of vacation movies, followed by th...

This week we're back from rejuvenation clinic in an effort to look younger on this, our first birthday.  Join us as we head to Hill Valley in 2015 in search of Pepsi Perfect, self lacing Nikes and our very own hoverboard.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, Georgia - and Ethan from Talking The Mickey – as we travel all over the prime and alternate timelines in se...

FIRST 34:30 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict AFTER 34:30 it's a full spoiler review It's another BOYS NIGHT as Ian, and Ethan are talking about the Golden Globe Winner for Best Musical or Comedy (seriously), "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm." It's won 2 Golden Globes but what did we make of it?  What parts worked?  What parts didn't?  It was re-written and re-edited halfway thr...

This week we're joining the Minnesota State Police (our prowler might need a boost) as we check out Siskel & Ebert (Ebs!)'s 1996 film of the year in the Coen Brothers' Fargo.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie - and Ethan from Talking The Mickey – as we head to Siberia with Family restaurants with pseudo-Scandanavian accents before snuggling up with a nature docu...

Your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew continue to try their hands at a little TV Pilot Analysis and we're having our first day as surgeons at Seattle Grace as we take a Ferry Boat over to Grey's Anatomy. We've got Ian in the pilot's chair and Ellie is scrubbing inthis week as she's never seen the show.  Relocate with us as we discuss: ABC's movement to target a female audience in Primetime...

This week we're joining the FBI (our ID expires next week) as we check out only the 3rd film to win The Big Five Academy Awards in Jonathan Demme's The SIlence of the Lambs just a couple of weeks after its 25th anniversary.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie - and Ethan from Talking The Mickey – as we head to Quantico with lots of questions as we head for the las...

After 82: The Documentary presents the history of the HIV epidemic in the UK in the 1980s and we at BFE are beyond fortunate to have been granted an hour with the directors, Steve Keeble and Ben Lord, and two of the participants, Jonathan Banks and Patrick Lyster Todd.  In a move unusual for this podcast, we take a backseat and let those involved in the film explain the motivation, process, and le...

For this bonus episode we commemerate the career of Christopher Plummer by reviewing one of his very last films, in the whodunnit from Rian Johnson, Knives Out.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Ethan – as we act as deputies for Benoit Blanc in hunting down the killer of Harlan Thrombey.  We’re looking for donut holes in our 56th episode as we discuss: How...

Warning: Sensitive Content discussed between 1:02:45-1:05:45 (Infant Death) This week we're going to Edinburgh (or is it Glasgow) as we check out the film that launched Ewen McGregor into the Mainstream with Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting on the exact day of its 25th anniversary.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia – as we return to 1990s Britain with on...

This week we're going to the dystopian future for a love story between Johnny Five and the latest Apple HomePod in Wall-E.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia - alongside Ethan from Talking the Mickey - as we allow Disney/Pixar to lecture us about the dangers of big corporations taking over the world. It's a humanity-filled 54th episode as we discuss:...

I know you can be overwhelmed, and you can be underwhelmed, but can you ever just be whelmed? - This week we're going back to English class via way of 1990s Seattle in 10 Things I Hate About You.  Grab an aqua and join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia as we consider a retelling of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew.  We couldn't take our eyes off of this...

Happy Valentine's Day!  Another bonus episode for your listening enjoyment as we bring you another Reel Roundtable discussion.  Ellie, Ethan, Georgia, Ian, and Liam are all loved up in the spirit of corporate romantic obligation and are back to talk about the films that send their hearts-a-flutter.  Comments, banter, and flat out disagreements can be found as we discuss the respective quality of t...

Your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew continue to try their hands at a little TV Pilot Analysis and we're taking the doors off in this episode as we leave the big city for the titular hamlet of Schitt's Creek. We've got Ian in the pilot's chair and Ethan is on training duty this week as co-pilot as he's never seen the show.  Relocate with us as we discuss: The microscopic legacy of Canadian...

Life finds a way - This week we're going back to the Jurassic Era (or is that the Cretaceous period?) via way of 1990s Central America in Jurassic Park, a review 52 episodes in the making.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia - alongside friend of the podcast, Debbie as we became so preoccupied with whether we could review it that we never considered i...

FIRST 34 MINUTES are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict AFTER 34 MINUTES full spoiler review It's another BOYS NIGHT as Ian, Liam, and Ethan are talking about the Amazon Prime original film (and heavily touted Oscar contender), "One Night In Miami" It's been nominated for THREE Golden Globes but what did we think about it?  What parts worked?  What parts didn't?  It was original...

Watch that first step, it's a doozy - This week we're stormstayed in Punxsutawney - with the weather crew from WPBH as we have a look at the Bill Murray-Harold Ramis classic, Groundhog Day.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia - alongside friend of the podcast, Tom from Podjerky (they're awesome, check them out) as we analyse a a case study in life wit...

Forget the past; this is your future - Your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew continue to try their hands at a little TV Pilot Analysis and we're heading all the way back to 2021 (so not that far back) and yet we're also in the 1950s as we tackle the cultural juggernaut that is WandaVision. Why not fly with us this week as we discuss: When is a pilot not a pilot? Is this enjoyable if you hav...