Clash Of The Titles - a movie podcast!

Lights, action, comedy! That’s what’s on the bill this show time as we talk Smokin’ Aces (2006) vs Bullet Train (2022). Kicking us off is Smokin’ Aces where a Las Vegas performer turned snitch has decided to testify against the mob, and it seems many people want to make sure he can’t… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for...

Action-adventure fantasy film s are head to head this week! Facing against Warcraft (2016) is Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023). Dungeons and Dragons sees a charming thief *cough Chris Pine* lead an unlikely band of adventurers on an epic quest to recover a lost relic, but it goes horribly wrong… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means...

Let’s get those game consoles ready as we dive into the wonderful world of games-turned-movies! This week we’re taking on Warcraft (2016) vs Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023). An Orc horde invading the planet Azeroth through a magic portal must be stopped by a few human heroes and dissenting Orcs… Join us in a world of magic and myth! ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify o...

“I don’t get out of my character until the DVD is done.” On today’s episode we are talking about the epic movie that is Tropic Thunder! As a result of a series of freak occurrences, actors who are portraying soldiers in a big-budget war movie become soldiers themselves… Join us in celebrating our 400th episode! That's 400 movies covered and we couldn’t have done it without you! If you enjoy the po...

We're going meta this week, as this week's movie analysis is about movies featuring characters who think they're in a movie. Keeping up? First up, we're off to a caricatured Mexico where (the) Three Amigos stumble into a remote village thinking they're in a film, while being mistaken for real heroes. It's a Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short triple threat - but do they do meta better than...

We’re mixing the past and present this week as we’re clashing Child’s Play (1988) vs M3gan (2022). It’s time to take a trip to the toy store as we line up the next demented doll: M3gan. A robotic engineer working at a toy company builds a lifelike doll that slowly begins to act on its own… What could go wrong? ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a...

This week it’s a toy toss up as we have Child’s Play (1988) face to face with M3gan (2022). Up first is the iconic Child’s Play, where in a bizarre voodoo ritual, a dying serial killer transfers his consciousness to a popular children's doll. Given to a young boy by his lone mother as a birthday gift, the doll is not exactly the present they imagined… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify...

We’re back in the courtroom dock to watch another gripping trial and this time it’s in 1996’s A Time to Kill. In Mississippi, a daring young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter. It’s got McConaughey, L.Jackson and Bullock, but does it have Clash star movie potential? Let’s find out… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wher...

We’re talking all things trial and murder this week with two major movies: To Kill a Mockingbird vs Time to Kill! First up is To Kill a Mockingbird, where during the depression an Alabama widowed lawyer tries to educate his young children against prejudice while defending a black man accused of rape. Does it go as planned? You’ll have to wait and see… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify...

"You're Tacky And I Hate You." On Monday we talked about Arnold Schwarznegger in Kindergarten Cop, so now it’s time for us to talk about Jack Black in School of Rock! We're joined again by Absolute Radio DJ Dave Berry! Dewey Finn, who has been kicked out of his rock band, becomes a substitute teacher at a posh private elementary school, where he then tries to turn his students into rockstars... Ar...

Let’s get this week of school started shall we? And joining us this week for our school time showdown is the one and only Dave Berry from Absolute Radio! We’re talking Kindergarten Cop vs School of Rock. The mad movie that is Kindergarten Cop sees tough cop Arnold Schwarznegger impersonate a kindergarten teacher to find a dangerous criminal's ex-wife… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify...

Grindhouse grapple: commence! We’re back with this disgustingly horrific pair as we talk 2007’s Death Proof. Joining us again is amazing journalist and author Kim Taylor-Foster. Using his death proof cars, a scarred stuntman stalks two sets of women at different times… It’s weird, it’s splatter filled and it’s grindhouse baby. ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your...

Come into the Grindhouse… if you dare. We’re bringing you all the low budget horror and splatter this week as we talk Planet Terror (2007) vs Death Proof (2007)! Joining us this week is none other than film journalist and horror enthusiast Kim Taylor-Foster, and first up is Planet Terror where a group of survivors must stop a bio-weapon from infecting the population and turning them into zombie-li...

It’s another instalment of our Eddie Murphy journey this week as we talk all things Beverly Hills Cop (1984)! Mr Murphy is back but this time he’s in the hero role as he plays a laidback Detroit cop. Everything changes as he pursues a murder investigation and finds himself in Beverly Hills… What could go wrong? ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means...

Are you ready for a week full of Eddie? This week on Clash of the Titles we have two Eddie Murphy masterpieces going head to head in the shape of 48 Hours vs Beverly Hills Cop! First up, it's 48 Hours, and in order to track down the killer, a no nonsense police officer teams up with an amusing inmate on temporary parole. Let’s get this madness started... ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spot...

Starships are meant to fly! So let’s troop on and talk about the second half of this major clash mash up. Up now is none other than 1997’s Starship Troopers as we enter a fascist, militaristic future. Humans wage a war against highly evolved bug creatures. Which Paul Verhoeven movie will win this war? There’s only one way to find out… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you...

It’s a Paul Verhoeven vicious fight this week as we see RoboCop (1987) take on Starship Troopers (1997). In the 1987 American sci-fi action film RoboCop, a terminally wounded police officer returns to duty as a powerful cyborg haunted by the memories of his past. It may sound like a kids movie, but we assure you, it is not… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your po...

Come on Barbie let’s go party! What’s shaping up to be the biggest movie of the year is now being put to the ultimate test: Clash of the Titles up against Mannequin (1987). As a result of a crisis, Barbie questions who she is and why she exists… Is it all it’s geared up to be or will Margot Robbie fall at the last hurdle? Listen in to find out! ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or whe...

Life in plastic, it’s fantastic! Or is it?! This week we’re pitting Mannequin (1987) vs Barbie (2023) against each other in the ultimate toy meets the real world mash up. First up is Mannequin where a lost in life young artist makes a mannequin so perfect he falls in love with it (yes you read that right). Eager to be with her he finds the shop she’s placed in, gets a job there and then as if this...

It’s a week of thrilling action and action-filled thrills at Clash HQ. Next up on our Die Hard-inspired adventure is Passenger 57. When terrorists seize control of a passenger jet, an airline security expert must act quickly. Sound familiar? ***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. Thank you!*** Host...

We’re die hard fans of Die Hard-inspired movies - are you? If so, we’ve got you sorted. It’s a 1992 mashup as Under Siege and Passenger 57 go head-to-head. First up is Under Siege; when terrorists seize control of a U.S. battleship, an ex-Navy Seal turned cook is the only one who can stop them. ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes i...

It’s part two of our naturally horrifying film fiasco as we pit The Birds vs The Happening. So it’s time to ask ourselves what is happening in M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening! A science teacher (who happens to be Mark Wahlberg) and his family are trying to escape a plague that causes people to commit suicide once infected. It's dark... and possibly meant to be funny but we're not really sure. T...

There’s horror and then there’s natural horror?! This week we’re getting down in the dirt with The Birds (1963) and The Happening (2008).  First up are our flying friends in The Birds. After a move to Northern California in pursuit of love, things take a bizarre turn when birds of all kinds begin attacking people…  ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your p...

It’s the fourth and final instalment of our Avengers quadrilogy confrontation. Ending it all is of course Avengers: Endgame (2019). After the catastrophic ending of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in tatters. In order to defeat Thanos and stop him from ending the universe in a rage of destruction, the Avengers must sacrifice all. Do you know who will win? Do you think we’ve picked i...

It’s the penultimate episode of our Avengers quadrilogy big brawl! This week we’re talking Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). At the end of Thursday’s episode we’ll decide which of the four is the ultimate Avenger movie but today Avengers: Infinity War (2018) is in the hot seat. In order to defeat Thanos, the Avengers must sacrifice all to prevent the end of the universe d...