Big Boys Don't Cry

It’s a Disney special this week, as we argue about the live action Cinderall vs the live action Beauty and the Beast! We also discuss sports video games, Metallica, whether geese can drive or not, and come up with an amazing amount of ideas for new Disney and Star Wars films. Enough that Disney will be sending us a cheque soon. Unfortunately there’s a crackle on Rob’s audio that starts about 40 mi...

The time has come to honour our spiritual king, Nicolas Cage! As well as discussing the boring and droopy Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, we also discuss some current films including Black Panther, The Shape of Water, Tomb Raider and Paddington 2, and give Liam Neeson a telling off. But most importantly, this episode sees the launch of the #CageChallenge! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/b...

It’s time to weep, as we watched devastating speculative romance-drama Never Let Me Go this week, and cried some real tears. We also discuss how to soundcheck properly, gig etiquette, music festivals, good novels and spleens, and there’s follow-up on salty dog-man Winston Churchill. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bigboyspodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

Don’t go wasting your emotion, listen to this podcast! With a lot of love for Pierce Brosnan, we talked about Mamma Mia! for this week’s episode. There’s also some Oscars chat, some Brexit chat as usual, and we discuss the British institution that is Take Me Out. This episode also contains a bumper crop of ideas for new films and jukebox musicals. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bigbo...

If you don’t know this week’s film, you’re a greenhorn! It’s another sixties outing this week, as we watched the Audrey Hepburn & Cary Grant classic Charade. Paddy also comes down with the affliction of a curious inability to pronounce Alfred Hitchcock’s name, and we discuss stupid people’s smart people, Cloverfield, Tayto crisps and Dave Benson Philips’ inevitable entry into the House of Lords in...

We paid a visit to Yorkshire this week, or as it’s called in film, God’s Own Country! Last year’s excellent movie of the same name is discussed, along with sheep’s cheese, hedgehog crisps, marmite, and lots of other glorious crap your hosts were eating back in the 90s. We also declare that Winston Churchill was ‘tangy like a good Cheddar.’ There’s more poetry in that line than in the whole of Dark...

On this episode we discuss the wedding film of the century, Table 19. But what happened on the other 18 tables? Listen in to find out! We also discuss hamsters, watching films on planes, gammon (as in middle-aged men), the Cleveland baseball team, Disney songs, TV shows about doctors, and how all fans are bad. Stop liking things. Stop it. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bigboyspodcast...

It’s our 40th episode, and to celebrate, we’re giving the people what they want and discussing fan request Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence (or The Very Thought of You). We also discuss TED Talks for mice, have a long chat about Pokémon, get philosophical about the future of storytelling, and pay tribute to Ursula Le Guin. The song at the end of the episode is the new single by our band, Pa...

What would you do if the world was going to end in 21 days? Hopefully not end up in a forced and boring romance! We discuss the 2012 slightly below-the-radar film Seeking a Friend for the End of the World in this episode, and we also argue about mumbling pixie dream boy Michael Cera, diss Damien Hirst, and make a plan to drive around insulting people we don’t like in the shadow of the apocalypse,...

At long last, we’re getting down with Richard Linklater! In this episode we discuss his influential heavy-talking’ 1995 classic Before Sunrise, mostly focusing our talk on Ethan Hawke’s facial hair. We also make some futurist projections (listen in, Elon Musk) and make a new plan for the UK to get ahead in the Brexit negotiations: send in Vinnie Jones. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/...

We know how much everyone loves Russell Brand and a made-up Dracula puppet musical, so we finally got around to discussing Forgetting Sarah Marshall! Also covered in this week are a lot of puns on Infinite Jest, the brilliance of Air Bud, censorship, laughing at death, flightless birds, and Radiohead vs Lana Del Rey. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bigboyspodcast . Hosted on Acast. Se...

Don’t vomit, but this week’s episode is all about the excellent romantic comedy The Big Sick! As well as discussing how much we both enjoyed this film, we also talk about people playing themselves, public transport, the 1980s film Clue, and whether Rotten Tomatoes is the Brexit of film criticism. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bigboyspodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

It’s the first episode of 2018, so of course we discuss our resolutions and reflect on the jetpackless year ahead before delving into this week’s douchebag-fetishising film, Love and Other Drugs. We also spend a long time discussing 90s music (specifically 1997), take a break to give our own rendition of Reef’s classic song Place Your Hands, and finally catch up about The Disaster Artist. If you’r...

It’s the last episode of the year, so we’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all so much for listening. As a token of our appreciation, we present a lively discussion of the truly awful film New Year’s Eve. May 2018 bring you better films than this one! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bigboyspodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christmas Day is right around the corner, and what better way to celebrate the ensuing festivity than by discussing Elf? Not be confused with the creepy and terrible phenomenon the Elf on the Shelf, which we discuss at length, whilst comparing the Baldwin brothers, speculating as to what Guy Fieri cooks on Christmas Day, and welcoming Noel Gallagher to Trash Island. Support this show http://suppor...

Holidays are coming, holidays are coming! On this episode we discuss syrupy Christmas romance The Holiday, whilst also debating the merits of Guy Fieri-themed Christmas jumpers, talking about famous people whose birthdays we share, and the search begins for right-wing rom-coms. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bigboyspodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

We’re deep into December now, and when you’re deep into December you have to ask yourself the question: what is love, actually? We answer this question in detail in this episode, whilst also celebrating Rob’s new kitten, Paddy’s house move and the good times we had playing Zoo Tycoon back in the day. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bigboyspodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

Jingle bells, Batman smells, Rob Gordon laid an egg! We’re watching Christmas films all through December, and we’re kicking off our festive frolics with our review of the brand new Netflix original film, A Christmas Prince. We also have an update on candidates for Trash Island, and dedicate a fair amount of time to discussing the magic of Don Bluth. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/big...

Recorded on International Men’s Day and released on Black Friday, it’s a podcast for big days this week, as we reflect on the post-Brexit drinks landscape, imagine playing Mario Kart with Tom Waits, and up our political content. Oh, and we also talk about a romantic film. This week: Friends with Benefits! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bigboyspodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

On our most tangential episode yet, fueled by pizza, we discuss the 2003 classic romantic comedy How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Matthew McConaughey’s handsomeness is debated, Papa John’s is dismissed as the worst pizza, and we come up with a new TV show pilot, Trash Island. Also contains spoilers for Stranger Things 2 (spoiler: Paddy cried). Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bigboyspodca...

It’s our second sixties outing in this week’s episode, as we discuss the so-called classic, Breakfast at Tiffany’s! We also diss Ernest Hemingway, talking about writing and the writing process, and continue to be unable to get over having watched the entire Twilight saga two episodes ago. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bigboyspodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Horror month is over and it’s getting colder, so this week we chose to watch a film that would make us feel warm inside. As well as discussing Away We Go, we also keep talking about Twilight as we can’t get it out of our heads, and we have a pop at the latest group of alt-right fools, the Proud Boys. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bigboyspodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

Our month of romantic horror draws to a close with our biggest podcast challenge yet: the entire Twilight Saga. Can Rob and Paddy make it through over ten hours of sad wolves, mumbly dialogue, vampires that randomly gain superpowers when it suits the plot, and creepy wolf-baby relationships? Listen in and you’ll find out. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bigboyspodcast . Hosted on Acas...

Our month of romantic horror continues with a discussion of the 2015 independent body horror romance Spring. We also have a brief flat earth update, a discussion of World Mental Health Day, and hooligans. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/bigboyspodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our month of spooky romance continues with our second romance-horror film, Crimson Peak. We discuss gothicness, ghosts, how Paddy is a Cumberbatch Denier, and Robert Redford's new outing in the film Our Souls at Night (be sure to read that title back to yourself with a British accent). Sadly some kind of spooky ghost got into Rob's mic halfway through the recording, so there's a crackly, atmospher...