Clash Of The Titles - a movie podcast!

So, here it is: the final episode of Clash of the Titles. And we’re going out with the biggest bang imaginable. In the second half of our final destructive duel, we’re casting a cautious eye over 1997’s Volcano, which stars a dismissive Tommy Lee Jones looking suspiciously at manhole covers and literally laughing in the various faces of science. We have yet more disputes around basic volcanic term...

For the final instalment of Clash of the Titles, there was only one movie matchup we could do: the very films that the entire show was pitched on back in 2019. Oddly, they’re a bit rubbish - but hilarious fun to talk about! We’re comparing two disastrous natural disasters from 1997, as Volcano takes on today’s topic of eruption discussion: Dante’s Peak. A bitter volcanologist - whose sworn enemy i...

Now that we’ve all had our office Christmas party cheer, it’s time to bring on the post office Christmas party fear! This week we’ve been battling out the wasted winter wonderlands of The Night Before vs Office Christmas Party. The branch manager throws an epic Christmas party when his uptight CEO sister threatens to shut down his branch, but the party gets just a little bit out of hand... ***Plea...

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, everyone was wasted, so they wouldn’t have even noticed if there was a mouse. For our final Clash of our Clashmas Christmas Countdown we’re talking The Night Before vs Office Christmas Party. 2015’s The Night Before sees lifelong friends spend Christmas Eve searching for the ultimate Christmas party in New York City. ***Please rate and...

Why make the night silent when it could be violent? That’s the question we’re asking as we talk about 2022's Violent Night. Santa Claus steps in when mercenaries attack the estate of a wealthy family, he saves them all and thankfully Christmas day. Sounds wholesome? Well not quite. There’s blood, sweat and tears in this very unsilent violent night.  ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spot...

Better watch out, better not cry, better not pout we’re telling you why… BAD Santa is coming to town! Santa Claus has become an unusually unorthodox character in both Fatman vs Violent Night. In 2020’s Fatman, a rowdy Santa is struggling to save his business. Little does Santa know that a 12-year-old boy is planning to hire a hitman to kill him… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wh...

The second episode of our Clashmas Christmas Countdown is here and your present is none other than Tony Stark! He’s back with a bang as we chat about all things Iron Man 3. Tony Stark embarks on a journey of rebuilding and retribution when his world is torn apart by the Mandarin… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for othe...

Christmas is here and it’s going to be absolutely super duper! First up in our Christmas Clashmas Countdown we have Batman Returns (1992) vs Iron Man 3 (2013). Up first we see Danny Devito embody the penguin in Batman Returns. It's not just the Penguin wreaking havoc in Gotham; Catwoman also has her own vendetta. ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It mean...

Will justice prevail this week? There’s only one way to find out... It’s the second instalment of our Assault on Precinct 13 vs Green Room bust up. In Green Room A punk rock band is forced to fight for their lives after witnessing a murder at a neo-Nazi skinhead bar.  ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other peopl...

This week it’s a siege showdown: Assault on Precinct 13 vs Green Room. First up it’s the Assault on Precinct 13. You may think they’re protecting Precinct 13, but no… It’s Precinct 9. During a bloodthirsty street gang siege, a Highway Patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary unite to defend a Los Angeles precinct office. ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spot...

Get your lifejackets ready, because this boat is going down and we’re diving straight into the water. It’s another telling of the Titanic's terrifying tour of the oceans. Titanic (1997) follows the story of an aristocratic young man who falls in love with a lower class woman while on the doomed voyage. Which Titanic title will take the win? ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or whereve...

There is no doubt this will be a podcast to remember! We’re setting sail on a terrifying tour of the sea with A Night to Remember (1958) vs Titanic (1997). Up first is the 1958 classic, where we relive the story of the Titanic based on the book by Walter Lord… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us....

Do you believe in life after… college?! In your second instalment of this week's fight, we have Reality Bites (1994) where we see a documentary filmmaker and her gang of friends face the reality of life beyond college. They’re not looking for much, just unwavering romance and success… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for...

All the single ladies! And men! And twenty-something year olds! This is your time to shine as this week we pitch Singles against Reality Bites. Up first, 1992’s Singles follows a group of friends who are searching for love and happiness. Sounds simple, right? Right?! ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to f...

If you were afraid the spooky season was over, it most definitely isn’t here at Clash HQ! We’re about to drag you to hell. Drag Me To Hell (2009) follows an officer who evicts an elderly woman from her home only to discover that she has suffered a supernatural curse… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to f...

The next stop will be… The Final Destination! Are you ready for the furious fight of fates this week as we talk Final Destination (2000) vs Drag Me To Hell (2009)? Final Destination sees a group of American high school students on a trip to Europe. Suddenly, one of them has a vision that the plane will crash. Will they get out on time? ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you...

You can never have enough… of The Stuff! That’s what we’re singing all this episode as we talk all things The Stuff. That’s the movie shaping it up against the Halloween III: Season of the Witch this week. In The Stuff, a tasty, mysterious goo oozes from the earth and is being marketed as a new kind of dessert. However this tasty treat is not only addictive, but destructive…  ***Please rate a...

Shock-toberrrr season continues! The Halloween franchise is back for the third time and it’s up against something terrifying: a dessert! That’s right, this week we’re talking all things Halloween III: Season of the Witch vs The Stuff. In Halloween III children all across the United States want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween, but what is the owner of the company secretly planning? ***Please ra...

This is going to be a great clash - period. We’re back on a puberty pilgrimage with Two death-obsessed sisters in Ginger Snaps. The girls are outcasts in their suburban town and when one of them is bitten by a werewolf, they must figure out how to deal with it all alone… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people...

It’s time for some coming of (r)age movies! This week we’re teeing up Carrie (1976) against the duo in Ginger Snaps (2000). Up first, a shy and lonely teenage girl Carrie is sheltered by her strict and religious mother. But after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom, she unleashes her telekinetic powers… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods....

Shock-tober continues this week with The Exorcist III: “I believe in death. I believe in disease. I believe in injustice and inhumanity, torture and anger and hate…” As a police officer investigates a series of murders, the killer has all the hallmarks of a "dead" serial killer… Leading him to uncover more than he bargained for. ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get yo...

What an excellent day for an exorcism! We’re kicking off this spectacular spooky season of Shock-tober with The Exorcist vs The Exorcist III. Two Catholic priests are called upon to save the life of a young girl who has been possessed by a mysterious entity… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. T...

Back, back again. Rambo’s back, tell a friend! It’s time for part two of our Rambo rumble with Rambo: First Blood Part II. Rambo returns to the Vietnamese jungles to rescue American POWs still held captive at an enemy base-camp. Which will win, Part 1 or Part 2? Join us to find out... This episode is titillating! ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It mean...

“I could have killed 'em all, I could've killed you.” This week we’re talking the man, the myth, the legend that is... Rambo. It's a sweaty, smoky, shirtless face-off as 'First Blood' and 'Rambo: First Blood Part 2' go head to head. Today we're drawing First Blood, where a cruel sheriff and his deputies force an army veteran to flee into the mountains and wage a one-man war against them… ***Please...

Stellar casts yet mediocre movies? That’s right we’re talking Smokin’ Aces and Bullet Train. Bullet Train (2022) is set on a (you guessed it) bullet train, where five assassins board to discover that their missions are… the same?! Not only do they have to kill their target, but they also have to before any of the others… Who will win? ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you...