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It's a Mystery Romance Thriller! Because who needs just one genre? Anne Hathaway plays a grief counsellor helping survivors after a plane crash, but not all is as it seems... This is perhaps the most perplexing movie we've reviewed    Subscribe to us on: Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , RSS Feed, Acast, PocketCast   Find us on all our socials:  @BlanksBankPod - Twitter Blanks Bank - Facebook...

It's Anne Hathaway's first Oscar nominated performance! So of course the boys do a deep dive on all the important things: why is her character named "Kym" with a Y? And does the title of the film actually make sense? Also we have another edition of Jamie's Gamey Corner and Al has a serious questions about the state of the podcast.    Subscribe to us on: Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , RSS Fe...

Why fuse two genres when you can fuse THREE, it's time for an Action RomCom baby, that means strap in for Jamie getting to do his two favourite things, talk about comedy and hate on RomComs. Also Al has a very serious question to ask Jamie.    Subscribe to us on: Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , RSS Feed, Acast, PocketCast   Find us on all our socials:  @BlanksBankPod - Twitter Blanks Bank -...

Jamie is regretting more and more the decision of Anne Hathaway as we head in for another PERIOD DRAMA. An "biographical" film about the early life and romance of Jane Austen with James McAvoy (and his CHEEKS), it's about to get steamy in here! Also Al enlists Jamie to help him write a DnD campaign about getting toiler paper and Jamie's Gamey Corner returns with a bang. 

It's EPISODE 100 and the boys are wearing their best cerulean cardigans to celebrate. That's right, we've prepared a biggie for you, THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: Anne Hathaway ain't no princess anymore, she's a high flying fashionista and she's working for not Anna Wintour definitely not Anna Wintour. A movie that has been hyped as a movie Jamie will, quote, "hate so much" we guarantee our opinions will...

Tom Hanks' brand new film News of the World came out in the UK on Netflix this week and so this review is HOT OFF THE PRESSES! That's right, we're back in the Hanks Bank, and that means some classic old bits are back; terrible accents, parody songs and Alexander being woefully underprepared.    Subscribe to us on: Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , RSS Feed, Acast, PocketCast   Find us on all o...

What happens when you make an independently funded 3D animated movie in 2005 for less than 8 million dollars? You make 2 idiots talk about it 16 years later of course! Anne Hathaway stars as the much parodied Red Riding Hood in this visually horrific, but surprisingly endearing relic from the mid noughties.    Subscribe to us on: Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , RSS Feed, Acast, PocketCast  ...

The time is 1960s Wyoming. There's guitar pluckin'. Truck drivin'. Sheep Wrasslin'. And of course, cowboys. The boys whip out their best cowboy impressions to discuss 2005's iconic love story, Brokeback Mountain.    Subscribe to us on: Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , RSS Feed, Acast, PocketCast   Find us on all our socials:  @BlanksBankPod - Twitter Blanks Bank - Facebook Al's Twitter  Jamie...

SURPRISE, Hanks Bank is back. With a special day in Tom Hanks history, he hosts an array of singers singing songs they didn't write, with odes to American heroes but no actual substantive change being made and a massive firework display. What could be more American eh? Well two brits are here to tell you all why you're wrong, so strap in for another special episode of Hanks Bank    Subscribe to us...

Anne Hathaway is DONE being a princess. That's right, it's time for the GRITTY, SERIOUS reboot of Anne Hathaway, wherein she plays *checks notes* uhhh... A rich white girl from LA pretending to be a gangster because she's uhh... Bored? In a straight-to-dvd misstep, we also see young Joseph Gordon Levitt and Channing Tatum and not much else of value.    Subscribe to us on: Apple Podcasts , Spotify...

 It's the biggest and best sequel that no one cares about! Critically panned, Princess Diaries 2 has been hyped on this podcast for weeks, and boy does it deliver. A governmental system that makes no sense, questionable morals and absolutely horrible CGI, the boys are in for a treat this week!      Subscribe to us on: Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , RSS Feed, Acast, PocketCast   Find us on a...

We bring on special guest and Ella Enchanted super fan Ellen to talk about a cult classic. Jamie feels under absolutely no obligation to like this movie and there is no tension or pressure at all coming from his friends, his girlfriend or his co-host.    Subscribe to us on: Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , RSS Feed, Acast, PocketCast   Find us on all our socials:  @BlanksBankPod - Twitter Bla...

Cor Blimey Guv' - when you think of the name 'Anne Hathaway', you think of one famous English writer alone - Dickens! Anne goes back in time to Victorian England, while the team talk about the aesthetics of dick picks and Al's pitch for a Christmas movie.    Subscribe to us on: Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , RSS Feed, Acast, PocketCast   Find us on all our socials:  @BlanksBankPod - Twitter...

Christmas may be cancelled but Blanks Bank isn't! That's right, it's time for Polar Express 2! The boys desperately try to find the Christmas cheer amongst 2004 motion captured demon spawn.    Subscribe to us on: Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , RSS Feed, Acast, PocketCast   Find us on all our socials:  @BlanksBankPod - Twitter Blanks Bank - Facebook Al's Twitter  Jamie's Twitter

Who would have thought that Anne Hathaway starring in a Studio Ghibli movie about talking cats would have resulted in our most contentious episode yet? Al and Jamie have wildly differing opinions about this story of adventure, conquering your fears and... well... Cats. But one thing they can agree on is that raccoons are the one true enemy in the post apocalypse!    Subscribe to us on: Apple Podca...

Did you know, immediately after her breakout role in The Princess Diaries, Anne Hathaway starred in Mormon propaganda about missionaries in the 50s? Strap in for what might be honestly the most god awful film we have ever reviewed on this podcast.    Subscribe to us on: Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , RSS Feed, Acast, PocketCast   Find us on all our socials:  @BlanksBankPod - Twitter Blanks...

It's time for the HATHAWAY STASHAWAY. That's right we're starting on a new adventure and a lot has changed around here. Hanks is out and Hathaway is in! Also the aliens are out, but what's this coming towards us? Listen in to find out what's happened to us (and the world) in between seasons. And also we talk about probably one of the most famous Anne Hathaway roles for a bit too. .. Subscribe to u...

Tom Hanks just had to screw us over one last time. Between last week's episode and today, a sneaky new entry on to Tom Hanks IMDB has had to appear and it's ruined our plans for the final Hanks Bank. But we will still discuss why Tom Hanks is even in this film, and then we will look back on Tom Hanks' entire career and discuss our collective Hanks Banks. Also, in classic Hanks Bank style we have o...

It's all been building up to this. The last Tom Hanks film on his IMDB (for now), and the boys are so excited to review the most Dad film of all time. That's right, Tom Hanks finally got to make the nitty gritty naval war documentary drama of his dreams! Next week, we look back on Tom Hanks' entire career and see how far we've come.    Subscribe to us on: Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , RSS...

It's our penultimate Tom Hanks episode and things are getting a little too sincere for Al and Jamie's British sensibilities. Asking the important questions like, does Fred Rogers sound like Michael Jackson, and is he from the south, we bumble our way through a film we probably should have invited an American to review.    Subscribe to us on: Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , RSS Feed, Acast, P...

It's all been building up to this. Toy Story 3 is highest reviewed film in Hanks Bank history, can Pixar possibly follow it up with what many considered to be an unnecessary sequel? Speaking of unnecessary sequels, we also finally reveal the identity of who we are going to be reviewing after Tom Hanks!    Subscribe to us on: Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , RSS Feed, Acast, PocketCast   Find...

It's Spooky Season and what's scarier than Governmental corruption? That's right Spielberg and Hanks are back together again for another political thriller and this time Hellen Mirren is along for the ride! Also we get our final clues for the Hanks Banks Sequel, whose identity will be finally revealed next week!    Subscribe to us on: Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , RSS Feed, Acast, PocketCa...

Is this perhaps the worst Tom Hanks film ever made? It's certainly the most confusing. Dive in to a techno-babble parable, a techno-parababble if you will, about how technology and social media may slowly erode our privacy. Is Emma Watson a good actress? Could Karen Gillan one day play Gollum? And did Tom Hanks do anything wrong? We answer all this on this weeks episode about The Circle.    Subscr...

It's the third film in the Dan Brown series and the boys couldn't be less excited. Get ready for bad plot twists, horrible dialogue and a villain so cartoonishly evil that he puts Thanos to shame!    Subscribe to us on: Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , RSS Feed, Acast, PocketCast   Find us on all our socials:  @BlanksBankPod - Twitter Blanks Bank - Facebook Al's Twitter  Jamie's Twitter

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Yes, it's a plane. Crashing. Over and over again for 90 minutes. But don't worry, the boys won't be repeating themselves for this 90 minutes, as this episode is chock full with spicy takes, new clues and another controversial ratings segment.    Subscribe to us on: Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Stitcher , RSS Feed, Acast, PocketCast   Find us on all our socials:  @BlanksB...