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What is the difference between 'Near Dark' and dusk? Well these two movies of course! This week in our third instalment of Clashaween, 1987’s Near Dark is up first! An innocent farmer's son is bitten by a beautiful drifter and forced to join a group of vampires. In the blue corner meanwhile, we have 1998’s From Dusk Till Dawn! A truck stop populated with vampires is an unwelcome refuge for two cri...

It’s another episode of our Clash of the Titles Clashaween countdown! There is no better movie to pit against Dawn of the Dead than the remake of… Dawn of the Dead. It may be 26 years later but is it 26 times scarier? Did you know Alex was in it? If you don't you will after this episode! Once again, the terrified U.S. population does everything they can to escape the zombies that are swarming...

Welcome back to another episode of our Clashaween countdown. Halloween wouldn’t be Halloween without some zombies trudging about, that’s why this week we’re pitting two equally zombified movies in the ring. It’s 1978 Dawn of the Dead against, you guessed it, 2004’s Dawn of the Dead. Trying everything in their power, the terrified U.S. population attempt to escape the zombies that are swarming acro...

300 episodes in and what better way to celebrate than with our second episode of Clashaween!! Clashaween is our spectacularly spooky lead up to the scariest night of the year. In our first episode we discussed 2010’s Black Death, so this time we’re turning to The Witch (2015)! A baby kidnapping is just the start of the chilling trauma a Puritan family experience on their New England farm. It’s got...

Welcome to the first episode of the Clashoween countdown! In the lead up to the best night of the year we will be pitting scary, horror films in the ultimate barbaric battle. First up is 2010’s Black Death, after the bubonic plague breaks out in England, killing hundreds of people, there is a report which states that some people are miraculously surviving. No better man to investigate than a monk....

Here we go again with the big bulky boys! This week, The A Team have to clear their names after losing some important evidence - dramatic stuff. It’s a movie filled with action, adventure and a flying tank (!!) as the team they try to figure out who set them up and how they get out of it. For your consideration, it’s 2010’s The A Team - though is it any match for The Losers? ***Please rate and rev...

We’re taking two teams of burly bulky men and putting them in the ultimate fight of their lives. First to square up is 2010's The Losers, featuring Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar, a group of elite US Special Forces Unit try to get revenge after a deathly betrayal.  While in the blue corner we have 2010 repping once again with The A Team. After a successful mission in Iraq, four America...

What would you do if you won a contest for a one-week visit to the luxurious, isolated home of your billionaire boss? Well, in Caleb’s case he jumps at the opportunity to bask in this decadent world. However, his boss soon reveals that he has built a humanoid robot, named Ava. What Caleb doesn’t know is that his boss has picked him specifically to test if Ava is capable of being sentient. It’s wei...

It’s a week of weird and yeah... just weird. The sexual side of the science world takes the reigns, as in the red corner we have the absolutely mad, and aptly named, ‘Weird Science’ (1985). The tale is as old as time: geeky boys want cool girls. Yet Weird Science has a twist, as these teenagers create a virtual woman using a computer and pick all their favourite ‘aspects’ of women they fancy in or...

Back once again with a movie based on lawyers in America, starring Tom Cruise! This week in 1993’s The Firm, we see Mitch, a soon-to-be Harvard Law School graduate accept a lavish job offer from ‘Bendini, Lambert & Locke,’ a boutique firm in Tennessee. However the job comes with a lot more than Cruise’s character bargains for. There’s off-shore accounts, shady characters, affairs and deaths un...

What’s better than one movie based around lawyers in America, starring Tom Cruise? Of course, it's two movies based around lawyers in America, starring Tom Cruise: this week it's 1992’s A Few Good Men vs 1993’s The Firm! In today's A Few Good Men, we follow the trials and tribulations of this courtroom drama after two U.S. Marines are charged with the murder of a fellow soldier. ***Please rate and...

Our spidey senses are tingling again this week as we deep dive into 2002’s Eight Legged Freaks! It’s an action-horror but make it… A comedy? What do you get if you get a colony of spiders and expose them to toxic waste? Gigantic monster spiders and the movie Eight Legged Freaks! Not only is this episode crawling with giant spiders who traumatise humans, it also includes Chris letting loose after a...

This week we are going deep into the webs of the cinematic world as we discuss two spider-ly spectacular movies. In the red corner we have 1990’s Arachnophobia! James Atherton, an entomologist living in Venezuela catches two aggressive, newly-discovered species of spider. And by the way, it was announced in June that we’re getting a remake, 32 years after the original!   While in the blue cor...

Can a 2022 movie beat an old time classic? Well when it comes to romantic comedies that don’t shy away from action, it’s time to see. Earlier this week Chris took us through all things Romancing the Stone (1984), so now it's Lost in the City's turn to fight for its spot!  It’s safe to say it’s got it all... and then some! But can it top the true, timeless love you find when trying to save you...

Action? Adventure? Romance? Comedy? Danny DeVito? You name it and the red corner, 1984’s Romancing the Stone, has it. A romance novelist is on a quest to Colombia in order to save her sister, where criminals are holding her ransom because she holds the map to priceless treasure... In the blue corner is 2022’s Lost in the City! Another romantic comedy filled with action, this movie has a star-studd...

There’s a difference between dogs and children… right, Chris? Fighting its corner this week is John Wick! After hearing about the trials and tribulations Denzel Washington had to endure in 2004’s Man on Fire, it will take a whole lot for this to be topped.  Joined again by Absolute Radio presenter and Friend of the Pod, Dave Berry, it’s time to settle this action packed movie-off once and for...

You had one job Denzel! Hired to protect a family, you guessed it… he fails. Now seeking revenge on those who wronged him, today's high-profile target is 2004's Man on Fire - and we've got a special guest in the studio! Putting up a fair fight this week is the much sprightlier John Wick. After the death of his wife, the legendary assassin played by Keanu Reeves has nothing left to live for, so whe...

It’s time for this week’s part two and taking the spotlight today is no other than Orphan (2009). After the death of their unborn child a couple adopt a nine-year-old girl Vera from an orphanage, when things suddenly take a turn for the worst… Vera starts showing signs of violent and disturbing behaviour. But the real question is: are they up to the horror child standard set by Macaulay Culkin ear...

If you didn’t know this was a film podcast, this could be perceived as a very dodgy episode title... Anyway! In the red corner this week, we have The Good Son (1993). After Home Alone launched him into stardom, a violent and disturbing film was of course next on child star Macaulay Culkin's career path. That's up today! On Thursday, it’s Orphan (2009). A psychological horror film which surrounds.....

Earlier this week, Chris did his best to spread some Karate Kid nostalgia over to Alex. Well, now it’s part two - so it's time to strap on your black belts and brace yourselves. It's time for No Retreat, No Surrender! Could the ghost of Bruce Lee be the ultimate rival for Mr Miyagi? Probably not. Is this film nothing more than a shoddy remake of the aforementioned Karate Kid? Probably. Join us for...

Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting… This week we’re putting The Karate Kid (1984) against the one and only, No Retreat No Surrender (1986), in the ultimate karate movie face off! First on the agenda is The Karate Kid, as we follow Daniel LaRusso’s bid to simultaneously win the heart of the girl he loves and the fight against his bullies! Can Mr. Miyagi teach him on time or is he just exploiting him fo...

We’re still clinging to the icy edge by our fingernails, as Darwinism is pushed to breaking point by laughable choices and plot holes big enough to fall through: it’s time for Vertical Limit! Join us for part two of our mountain melee, as we weigh up which of these intrepid explorers is laughably, lovably bad - and which is just plain bad. Strap some nitroglycerin to your back and let’s sacrifice...

Strap your harness on and join us for today’s mountanside melee! First up, Sylvester Stallone searches for the Mountain of Youth amidst pangs of regret and machine gun fire - it’s 1993’s Cliffhanger!   A truly harrowing opener is followed by a tiresome trudge, but at least we’re entertained by some bafflingly expensive stunts and some of the worst hostage negotiations we’ve ever seen. Hold on...

We’re raising another glass to our next vineyard vacation, as Paul Giamatti and Thomas Haden Church test the audience’s ability to root for wholly dislikable characters in 2004 Oscar nod, Sideways! Their nuanced take on an introspective trip through Californian wine country makes for a crisp, fruity affair - with notes of surprising unease! But how does it stack up against Monday’s pod favourite,...

We're toasting to bitter hopes of success this week, as these films' respective lads on tour take completely different paths to fuzzy introspection. First up is a true cult classic that may earn a place in the Clashpod Hall of Fame. Plucked from the melancholic mind of Bruce Robinson, it's Withnail and I! ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot...