Boy Party

We'll pod what she's podding. Lucien and Shane discuss 1989's rom-com classic When Harry Met Sally... starring Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal. We dig into what makes this such a beloved film across the generations, Meg and Billy's highs and lows as movie stars, and the secret to selecting who presents Best Picture at the Oscars every year.

Lucien and Shane tackle Noah Baumbach’s Oscar-winning 2019 divorce masterpiece Marriage Story, starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver. Links Adam & Ben: The Meyerowitz Stories episode Adam & Ben: Greenberg episode Adam & Ben: While We're Young episode

This week we celebrate the late Gene Hackman, discussing 2003 courtroom garbage Runaway Jury starring Hackman, John Cusack and Dustin Hoffman! Links Hear us discuss The Royal Tenenbaums in April 2022 Lucien guests on NO ENCORE Podcast Vote in our daily March Madness polls

This week, Shane and Lucien discuss mid-2010s old man bachelor party comedy Last Vegas, from the director of the National Treasure movies and starring 5 (five!) Oscar winning actors. We dig into the careers of Michael Douglas and Kevin Kline, and touch upon their co-stars Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Mary Steenburgen. Listen to Lucien’s appearance on NO ENCORE

Shane and Lucien celebrate the best films, performances and craft of the past year at the 2nd Annual Golden Boy Awards. 0:00 Introduction 03:58 Best Supporting Actor 10:51 Best Needle Drop 14:24 Best Original Song 16:03 Best Supporting Actress 22:26 Miscellaneous Awards 33:03 Best Scene 39:05 Best Actress 44:33 Best Actor 49:16 Best Director 51:35 Best Picture

Michael McAndrew, host of the Norming podcast, joins the boys to discuss classic David Mamet adaptation, the boy-heavy Glengarry Glen Ross, and its stars Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin and Kevin Spacey.

In Northern Ireland, Martin McGuinness and Ian Paisley were the ultimate political boy party. We're discussing 2016's The Journey, in which legendary character actors Colm Meaney and Timothy Spall star as the Chuckle Brothers of post-Troubles Northern Ireland.

In 2010, Robert Downey Jr and Zach Galifianakis were the most famous men in movies. Todd Phillips put them together in road trip comedy Due Date!

In celebration of the late David Lynch, who died this month, we're discussing one of his finest films: 1990's Wild At Heart, starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern.

Christina returns to the show to discuss Cameron Crowe's 2000 rock n roll coming-of-age classic Almost Famous and its trio of stars: Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.

We're back for a new year of episodes, and kicking off 2025 with lots of coughing and sneezing... it's Contagion! This week, we discuss Steven Soderbergh's all-star pandemic thriller and its leads Jude Law, Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard and Kate Winslet.

As we hit our 1 year anniversary this week, we’re taking a week off and celebrating some of the best moments from the past 12 months. Back next week!

We close out the year with a roundup of some new release Boy Party movies we haven’t discussed in 2024, including The Substance, We Live in Time, A Real Pain, Wicked, His Three Daughters and more!

We've reached our milestone 50th episode and we're celebrating by welcoming back special guest Katie to discuss the origins of diagonal billing, celebrating its own 50th anniversary this month: it's 1974's The Towering Inferno starring Steve McQueen and Paul Newman.

It’s the Christmas special, and we’re discussing Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn’s 2008 festive rom com Four Christmases!

Don't spill yer beans. Lucien and Shane are joined by first-time guest Luke to discuss Robert Eggers' 2019 surrealist black comedy The Lighthouse starring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe (and Sully Seagull!).

A night club, a dance hall and a bordello. Ruled over by Harold Zidler. A kingdom of night time podcast. This week, Lucien and Shane are discussing Baz Luhrmann's 2001 maniacal musical Moulin Rouge! starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor.

Lucien's new friend Edward Norton stars opposite Robin Williams in 2002's Danny DeVito-directed black comedy Death To Smoochy.

Michael Caine and Steve Martin star in 1988's con artist comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels! We discuss their respective careers and how low energy this movie is.

After more than 40 episodes we're finally discussing the one and only Tom Cruise, as he stars opposite Jamie Foxx in Michael Mann's beloved 2004 noir thriller Collateral. Is this movie as good as everyone thinks? Is it Cruise's best on-screen look? And is Jamie Foxx actually a good actor?

Lucien and Shane react to the teaser trailer for Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.

Brendan Kelly Palenque returns to the show to discuss Pedro Almodovar's first English-language film starring dual Oscar winning actresses, Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore.

Relive your Leaving Cert memories as we discuss Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush in Oscar-winning megahit The King's Speech.

We’re joined from the USA by special guest Hannah to discuss Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite and its Oscar winning trio of leading women: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz.

All aboard! Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and Jason Schwartzman star in Wes Anderson's 2007 India-set dark comedy The Darjeeling Limited, and we dig into each of their careers as a leading man, including the upcoming Brody renaissance led by his roles in Succession and The Brutalist.