Best Film Ever

It's All Happening - This week we're getting on the bus - not the plane - with 70s rockers Stillwater as we go on tour with Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical Almost Famous.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia as we analyse a love letter to classic rock.  We hope you have your final words for Rolling Stone in our landmark 50th episode as we discuss...

So no-one told you life was gonna be this way - Your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew are trying their hands at a little TV Pilot Analysis and we're heading all the way back to 1994, Central Perk and FRIENDS in a show that we've yet to name.   Join us for this pilot episode of the unnamed pilot show as we discuss: The development of FRIENDS as a television show when it had a couple of diffe...

Knock Knock - Who's There? - It's no joke that we're giving 2002's "Catch Me If You Can" the BFE treatment this week as we're heading all over North America hitching a ride in the JumpSeat.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia - as we're joined by Alex from Main St Finance.  We hope you concur that it's a fun 49th episode as we discuss: The 22 year jou...

FIRST 34 MINUTES are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict AFTER 34 MINUTES full spoiler review It's a BOYS NIGHT as Ian, Liam, and Ethan are holding their heads and trying to articulate exactly what happened in TENET. What did we think about it?  What parts worked?  What parts didn't?  How do you pronounce the blasted word properly?  Is this Nolan at his best or Nolan at his Nolan...

"What do you do? What do you say?" - We're going all the way back to 1938 for this year's selection as Liam brings Angels With Dirty Faces to the table. This week we're headed to Hell's Kitchen and learning about two boys, one who ran just a bit faster than the other and the impact it had on our lives.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia.  It's a deba...

Merry New Year!  Another bonus episode for your listening enjoyment as we bring you another Reel Roundtable discussion.  Ellie, Georgia, Ian, and Liam look back on the films they've reviewed in 2020 and have some less prestigious awards to hand out this week in the form of The Resties.  We all tried to stay friends as we debate the worst that we saw in 2020.  Just because the films are rated highl...

"We're headed to the front. We're probably going to die. This is a terrible idea!" - Is this a quote from the movie or one of the panellists after watching this film? This week we're headed back to WWI for the shining jewel in the DCEU's tarnished crown in Wonder Woman. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia as we go to war with a God in our 47th episode...

Happy New Year!  Another bonus episode for your listening enjoyment as we bring you another Reel Roundtable discussion.  Ellie, Georgia, Ian, and Liam look back on the films they've reviewed in 2020 and have some awards to hand out in the form of The Besties.  Comments, banter, and flat out arguments can be found as we debate the best that we saw in 2020 (A full list of award categories and eligib...

If I had words to make a day for you - that certainly sounds like the prayer of the podcaster.  This week we're headed to Hoggett farm for a healthy dose of charm, heart, and optimism to bring 2020 to a close. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia as we put a bow on the prize-winning Australian export, Babe. It's a carnage-free post-Christmas 46th episod...

Tis the season to be jolly and joyous!  Fa la la!.  Charles Dickens’ timeless tale of redemption and the Christmas Spirit never looked or sounded as fun, as charming, and dare I say, as Christmassey as it does in Jim Henson Productions’ The Muppet Christmas Carol.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia – along with Talking The Mickey’s Ethan - as we conc...

I made my family disappear.  This week we tackle the John Hughes holiday classic, Home Alone on its 30th anniversary. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia – along with Talking The Mickey’s Ethan - as continue our trilogy of Christmas Themed reviews with this the film that Ellie declared to be the best Christmas film of all time in our most recent Reel R...

Another bonus episode as we bring you another Reel Roundtable discussion for your listening enjoyment.  Ellie, Ethan, Georgia, Ian, and Liam visit Christmastown and are back to talk about their favourites from today and the land of nostalgia  Comments, banter, and flat out disagreements can be found as we discuss the movies of the Holiday Season before revealing our audience Top Ten list followed...

The best way to hurt rich people is to turn them into poor people.  So said the immortal Billy Ray Valentine as.this week we've woken up in our manor house to a smiling Eddie Murphy in Trading Places.  Half social-commentary, half racially inappropriate and an ending that needs more than half of an explanation.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, & Ellie as we begin a t...

To paraphrase Better Father: Making up a review about Coraline. Was the film a peach, was it a doll or just a waste of time? The animation's cute as a button In the eyes of everyone's who's ever viewed Coraline.  When she went round exploring, Was it fun or did they just make it boring This week our eyes they were on Coraline.   Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, and El...

This is Hollywood. Always time to dream, so keep on dreamin'. This week we've woken up half in a cocaine-fuelled drama, half in a modern-day fairy tale and half in a My Fair Lady homage in Pretty Woman. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, & Georgia as we need a little pick-me-up and so we're headed for the spiritual prequel to Runaway Bride.  We're gonna treat you...

Another bonus episode as we bring you another Reel Roundtable discussion for your listening enjoyment.  Ellie, Ethan, Gerogia, Ian, and Liam revisit the career of Leonardo DiCaprio.  Comments, banter, and a more than slight dose of nostalgia and appreciation can be found as we discuss: When did Leo transform from pretty boy movie star to a great actor Whether Leo's greatest talent is his versatili...

Bring us that horizon!  We're sailing the Seven Seas with the worst pirate you've ever heard of... but you have heard of him in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, & Georgia – along with Ethan from Talking the Mickey -  as we head into Crossover infested waters.  It's anything but a mutiny in this 40th episod...

We're in Bond withdrawal facing the perpetual delay of Daniel Craig's swan song in No Time To Die so Ian dug out a calendar and figured it had been 25 years since GoldenEye hit our movie screens. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, & Georgia – and our very special guest (and Bond connoisseur), Richard -  as we head to the Soviet Union, The UK, France, Florida, and...

With great power comes great responsibility but we won’t give you that while you’re glitching out. Georgia’s final selection of 2020 brings us the animated masterpiece Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, & Georgia – and our very special guest (and Halloween poll ruiner) Ethan -  as we watch a film that is an assault on the sense...

Do you fight the fights you can win or do you fight the fights worth fighting? In honour of our American friends who are heading to the polls on Nov 3rd, we review the Aaron Sorkin test run for The West Wing in The American President.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, & Georgia – and our very special guest (and Sorkin expert) Debbie -  as we watch a political r...

Do you like scary movies?  For Halloween, we review the (arguably controversial) winner of our Halloween audience poll in Scream . Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia – as we watch a horror movie that makes fun of horror movies while still being an excellent horror movies. We're locking all the doors in our 36th episode as we discuss: The impact of Dre...

Another bonus episode as we bring you another Reel Roundtable discussion for your listening enjoyment.  Ellie, Ian, and Liam revisit the career of Julia Roberts.  Comments, banter, and a more than slight dose of nostalgia and appreciation can be found as we discuss: Is Julia Roberts more of a movie star than a great actress? Has Julia Roberts done anything of merit since Erin Brockovich? Why does...

Funny how?  Do I amuse you?  Am I a clown?  Do I make you laugh?  This week we've the film that made Martin Scorsese a made man in GoodFellas. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia – as we join the mob for over three decades and watch the rise and fall of Henry Hill, Karen Hill, Jimmy Conway, and Tommy DeVito. We're all feeling like wiseguys in our 35th...

Why are there so many song about rainbows? This week we've got a bonus episode that gets us aboard the nostalgia bus, The Muppet Movie.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia – as we road trip across America with Kermit, Fozzy, and the gang on the way to become rich and famous in Hollywood. It's a  of a 34th episode as we discuss: All the magical ways th...

There's no crying; There's no crying in baseball!  This week we go deep in the count with Ian's wild card choice with the 1992 baseball classic, A League of Their Own.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia – as we head to the ballpark in Rockford. It's a Grand Slam of a 33rd episode as we discuss: Which major actor/actress was cast just days before shoo...