Clash Of The Titles - a movie podcast!

It’s a comic book showdown on today’s show - but not the usual kind. Forget your Marvel masterpieces and stale Superman side quests, let’s watch a 52 year-old detective’s scrap with a half-invisible playboy in Dick Tracy vs The Shadow! First up, 1990’s Dick Tracy. In this comical comic caper, an underwhelming Batman rip-off clashes with a shouty gangster who actually wants to be a musical theatre...

A riot is the language of the unheard… This week here at Clash HQ we’re making sure these movies about riots are definitely heard about. Chris, Vicky and superstar guest Kaleem Aftab are talking about the legendary La Haine! La Haine follows 24 hours in the lives of three young men living in the French suburbs, the day after a violent riot. It offers a brutal, stark and sometimes beautiful glimpse...

I predict a riot, I predict a riot! We have a special episode for you today, Clashpodders. Not only are two epic movies going head to head, but Vicky and Chris are joined by writer, journalist and much more, Kaleem Aftab! Squaring up to each other this week is Do the Right Thing (1989) and La Haine (1995). Do the Right Thing is set on a Brooklyn street on the hottest day of the year. Everybody’s b...

Let’s GO! No seriously, we gotta go and talk about Go (1999)! Battling out against Pulp Fiction this week is another mash up of mayhem in this cult classic. Stuck for cash, a shop worker decides to become an impromptu drug dealer. The deal is then retold from three different points of view… So what are we waiting for, let’s go! ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get you...

It’s all go this week as we squeeze the pulp out of two more juicy movies! Up first we have none other than the cult classic Pulp Fiction (1994), while sticking it to the man is none other than Go (1999)! Pulp Fiction follows the intertwining lives of two hitmen, a gangster, his wife, a pair of bandits and a boxer. Six people, four tales of violence and redemption. As Mia would say: “Now I wanna d...

There’s five of them. They’re fast. Who is it? It's the Fast Five! As a powerful Brazilian drug lord and a dangerous federal agent watch Dominic and his crew of street racers, they plan a massive heist to buy their freedom. Which movie will walk away with the loot and which will be hanging its head in shame? ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It mean...

Oh you have a job, you say? Well, is it Italian? Because this one is… Battling it out in an ultimate action film head to head is The Italian Job (1969) and Fast Five (2011)! Shooting it out in the red corner first is one of Britain's favourite comedy capers. In The Italian Job, a recently released Cockney criminal forms a gang to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin. Will they get the j...

It’s okay. don’t worry. You haven’t travelled back in time, it really is another episode of Clash! We’re back and today we’re talking all things About Time. At 21, a man discovers he can time travel and realises he can change what has happened in his own life – and getting a girlfriend is on the top of his list. I wonder who that might be… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever...

I had a joke about time travel but you guys didn’t like it… This week getting ready to fight it out is The Time Traveller’s Wife (2009) and About Time (2013)! Up first is The Time Traveller’s Wife, where we see Rachel McAdams fall in love with a time traveller… and funnily enough, it’s almost exactly like the plot of About Time. What does Rachel McAdams see in time travellers that we don’t?! ***Pl...

We’re back again with a McDonagh, Farrell and Gleeson cocktail supreme – this time in the shape of  The Banshees of Inisherin (2022). A friendship between two Irish men abruptly comes to an end, much to the surprise of Farrell's character and leading to alarming consequences for both of them. It’s already cleaning up this awards season, but can it win the ultimate title and be the winner of t...

Farch! This week we’re handling all things Brendan Gleeson, Colin Farrell and the man that is Martin McDonagh. In the red corner we have In Bruges (2008) facing off against one of the biggest movies of 2022: The Banshees of Inisherin. In Bruges tells the tale of a hitman and his partner who are awaiting orders from their ruthless boss in (you guessed it) Bruges, Belgium. But they’re guilt-stricken...

We’re going back to back with Brangelina this week as we talk about Mr & Mrs Smith, the second of our spy comedy escapades!  What will happen when this nice married couple suddenly learns they are assassins belonging to opposing agencies? But not only that, they’ve been assigned to kill each other! Which spy movie will complete the mission? ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify o...

It’s an American Spy Movie Battle and boy are we ready to go undercover with these movies! We have True Lies and Mr & Mrs Smith in a head to head this week.  True Lies (1994) follows the trials and tribulations of a double-life spy trying to balance his responsibilities at home and at work. I spy *wink wink* a brilliant Clash pairing! ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wher...

This week at Clash HQ, we’re discussing movies that follow tortured artists trying to perfect their skills. In the blue corner we had Black Swan (2010), and in the red corner today we have Whiplash (2014)! Miles Teller plays a talented young drummer starting out at a music conservatory, where he is mentored by a teacher who won’t let his students give anything less than 100% to their art. Drumroll...

The penultimate Febru-fanny Clash is upon us. What better way to finish it off than by pitting two modern classics against each other: it's Black Swan (2010) vs Whiplash (2014)! We start with Black Swan, where Natalie Portman plays a committed ballerina who is battling to maintain her sanity after securing the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake". Will she make the final dance? *...

It’s the most lovable week of the year… Or is it? Here at Clash HQ we’re making sure we bring our own twist to the love season by pitting two obscure movies head to head. Today we’re looking at 2013’s Under the Skin. An atmospheric thriller about a woman who mercilessly kills and feeds on men on the streets of Glasgow is the epitome of love, don’t you think? ***Please rate and review us on Apple,...

It’s that time of year once again, as Clashpod celebrates another anti-Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day special! And appropriately, it’s a sexy symbiote showdown this week... First up, it’s 1995’s Species. Ben Kingsley assembles a ragtag bunch of mercenaries to track down an alien experiment gone wrong. Speaking of experiments gone wrong, strap yourselves in for this film. Seriously, brace yourself...

We’re back again exploring the galaxy! This time, our journey takes us to 1986’s Flight of the Navigator. A 12-year-old boy is walking through the woods to pick up his 8-year-old brother from a friend’s house when he falls and is knocked unconscious. When he wakes up he has travelled eight years into the future… But which boys’ alien adventure will come out on top? ***Please rate and review us on...

Let’s dive into the world of American science fantasy and see where we land. This week, duelling it out in an intergalactic world, is 1985’s Explorers and 1986’s Flight of the Navigator. ‘Explorers’ follows the journey of a boy obsessed with ’50s sci-fi movies. He keeps having a dream about a blueprint, he draws it for friends and they embark on the challenge of building a spaceship - sounds simpl...

It’s time to talk about the famed monster hunter: Van Hesling. In the blue corner we see Van Hesling sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula, who is using Dr. Frankenstein's research and a werewolf to accomplish his evil plans. It’s a week of fantasy, horror, beasts and brutality… But which film will win this Fan-uary and Febru-fanny clash? ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wher...

Action? Horror? Fantasy Beasts? All the ingredients are there for a brilliant clash. So this week, in the red corner is 2003’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Taking it on in the blue corner is 2004’s Van Helsing. Kicking us off in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, on a secret mission, a group of contemporary fantasy, science fiction, and adventure characters team up in an alternate Vi...

“Been spendin' most of their lives, livin' in the gangsta's paradise.” That’s surely the case in this week’s Clash as we see Road to Perdition step up to the plate! In today’s show we visit 1930’s Illinois. When a mob enforcer's son witnesses a murder, they must both take to the road – and the father must venture down a path of redemption and revenge. Which movie will join Coolio in gangster’s par...

This week is our very own Clash Gangster’s Paradise. Up first is 1987’s The Untouchables taking on 2002’s Road to Perdition. The Untouchables follows US Federal Agent Eliot Ness, who embarks on taking down ruthless gangster Al Capone. But rampant corruption means he must put together a hand-picked team to help him. They might be untouchable, but can they win this Clash? Hosted on Acast. See acast....

We’ve been on a boat so now it’s time to take a trip to the world’s tallest building: The Glass Tower. In 1974’s The Towering Inferno, an electrical short starts an undetected fire on the 81st floor of the building. Suspicions arise that the electrical subcontractor and the developer’s son-in-law have cut corners. Will they survive The Towering Inferno? And which disaster film will come out on top...

January blues may have got a hold of you but let’s be honest, your life could be worse… You could be in one of these disaster films! In the red corner we have 1972’s The Poseidon Adventure, while squaring up in the blue corner is 1974’s The Towering Inferno. In today’s episode, the ocean liner  SS   Poseidon  is travelling from New York City to Athens. The new owner's representative...