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Shane and Lucien are joined by Luke to discuss Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin in Martin Brest's 80s classic Midnight Run! We celebrate our third De Niro movie with a quiz about his career, discuss Grodin's leading man career and how this film set the template for the modern action comedy. Follow Luke on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukeshanhowdyman/ Subscribe to our new weekly newslette...

Shane and Lucien celebrate the huge number of great living Irish screen actors with a special draft episode. We're picking our respective teams of the best Irish actors across 8 categories. Who will get the best crew and be the ultimate victor?

So you're telling me... there's a chance? It's Dumb & Dumber week on the show, as we discuss Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels' comedy breakout in the Farrelly Brothers' 1994 slapstick sensation. We discuss Carrey's record-breaking 90s run, Daniels' short-lived movie star career and subsequent The Newsroom comeback, Peter Farrelly's pivot to Oscar-winning dramas with...

Lucien and Shane discuss Frank Darabont’s beloved Stephen King adaptation starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman.

Shane and Lucien review the long-awaited sequel to 2006's The Devil Wears Prada , starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci.

Brendan returns to the show to discuss David Cronenberg's 2022 sci-fi Crimes of the Future and its stars Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux and Kristen Stewart. We chat about Cronenberg's return to body horror, this film's low-budget futuristic aesthetic, Viggo Mortensen's support for Sinn Féin, Kristen Stewart's pivot from Twilight lead to indie icon, and much more.

The fifth episode of City Sicjos has arrived and it's a Cate Blanchett spectacular, as we discuss her 2003 Dublin crime biopic Veronica Guerin and Oscar-winning role in Woody Allen's San Francisco-set Blue Jasmine .

No Encore host and cultural journalist Dave Hanratty returns to the show to discuss David Fincher's 2011 adaptation of Men Who Hate Women - also known as The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo , and the careers of its stars Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara.

The screen rivalry so dramatic it spawned a whole miniseries... it's Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? , this year's Boy Party March Madness bracket champion! We discuss Robert Aldrich's camp classic, the Hagsploitation subgenre it spawned, the on and off screen feuding of its two stars and Ryan Murphy's 2017 Feud: Bette & Joan , which captured t...

Easter has just wrapped up, so we’re heading to the Vatican for Carol Reed’s Michelangelo/Pope Julius two-handed The Agony & The Ecstasy starring screen icons Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison!

This week we're discussing Gus Van Sant's 1991 gay classic My Own Private Idaho starring Keanu Reeves and the late River Phoenix as two young hustlers in a film loosely based on William Shakespeare's Henry IV. We touch upon the ups and downs of Gus Van Sant's career, River Phoenix's tragically short-lived reign as a Hollywood leading man, and the varying faces of Keanu Reeves a...

Cue the Roy Orbison because it's Pretty Woman week on Boy Party! We're discussing Gary Marshall's beloved 'hooker with a heart of gold' rom-com starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. We'll be discussing the film's parallels to Anora , Gere's Hollywood blacklisting since becoming an advocate for Tibet, and Julia's 90s run as the world's biggest female star.

It's our first ever Watch-along Commentary, and we're joined by Eoghan and Michael to talk you through Scott Derrickson's The Gorge, starring Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy!

It's the third annual Golden Boy Awards! Join Lucien and Shane as we celebrate the best films, performances and craft of the past year, handing out Golden Boys to all of our favourites. Plus, we present the Lifetime Achievement Award to the iconic Richard Jenkins. 00:02:45 - Supporting Actor 00:13:20 - Original Score 00:18:00 - Needle Drop 00:21:40 - Original Song 00:23:40 Supporting Actress 0...

Katie returns to the show for her fourth appearance, discussing Greta Gerwig's beloved 2019 adaptation of Little Women and the careers of its stars: Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh and Emma Watson!

Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal star in Tom Ford's turgid, style-over-substance 2016 thriller Nocturnal Animals!

First-time guest Katherine joins us to discuss 2018 drug addiction melodrama Beautiful Boy starring this year's presumptive Best Actor winner, Timothée Chalamet, opposite Steve Carell.

Irish filmmaker Barra Convery joins us for a Galway classic, John Michael McDonagh’s The Guard starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle!

Film critic Alistair Ryder returns to the show, to chat about 2002 family comedy Big Fat Liar and its trio of stars: Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes and Paul Giamatti!

You will hear a shrill shrieking sound... as we discuss Sidney Lumet's nuclear masterpiece Fail Safe starring Henry Fonda and Walter Matthau!

En garde! Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are back on screens in Netflix's The Rip this week (reviewed briefly on this episode) but we're looking back at a better collaboration between the two Boston boys: Ridley Scott's 2021 historical drama The Last Duel starring Damon and Affleck alongside Adam Driver and Jodie Comer. Plus: as Damon joins our elite Three-Timers Club, Lucien quizzes Shane...

We're Girl Crazy this month, as we discuss 2015's San Francisco-set coming-of-age drama Diary of a Teenage Girl starring Bel Powley and Alexanderd Skarsgard, and 1964's Dublin-set Edna O'Brien adaptation Girl with Green Eyes starring Rita Tushingham and Peter Finch.

We're kicking off the new year with what is technically our first ever horror movie... it's Robert Zemeckis' 2000 ghost story What Lies Beneath starring Michelle Pfeiffer and - finally being discussed for the first time on the show - Harrison Ford.

Lucien and Shane begin 2026 and conclude our 25 for '25 countdown by awarding the best films and performances of 2000-2025.

As 2025 draws to a close, we're looking back at some of our best moments and best guests of the year in Boy Party. Happy New Year and we'll see you all in 2026! Jump to a clip: 00:35 - The Devil Wears Prada with Katie Brady 03:39 - Heat with Kevin McGahern 09:39 - Golden Boy Awards 2025 12:06 - The Morning Show with Fionnuala Jones 15:27 - The Roaring Twenties with Peter McGann 20:07 - Tri...