Everyone's A Critic

Often called one of the worst movies ever made, not only by critics but even by everyone invloved, Batman & Robin has now become something of a cult classic. Jordan Myrick (Talk Chef) and I discuss its camp qualities, the hilarious villains, and what Jordan discovered about herself after watching it the first time.

After Dirty Dancing, Patrick Swayze was unstoppable and so he made Road House - a movie that features next to no plot but makes up for it with a whole lot of action. Daniel Kibblesmith (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) joins me to discuss small town bouncers, crazy fights, and we also get a cameo from his wife, fellow fan Jennifer Wright!

You ain't seen Bad Boys 2? Christine Nangle (The Simpsons, The President Show) joins me to discuss the Will Smith/Martin Lawrence sequel. We talk about our views of cop movies in 2021, the insane action sequences, and when we first met in London! 

Give me a body-swap premise for a movie and I'm always in! So, I was very excited to talk about the Lindsay Lohan rom-com with Dana Donnelly! We discuss Lindsay's career ups and downs, child stars, and obviously McFly!

We enter the realm of Disney this week with Heavyweights - a movie about kids at a fat camp that gets overtaken by a fitness guru played by an overly-ripped Ben Stiller. Julia Claire (Reply Guys) joins me to talk about summer camps experiences, the 90s health craze, and much more!

A throwback to movies from the 40's starring George Clooney and directed by Steven Soderbergh should surely work and yet The Good German just doesn't. Connor Ratliff (Dead Eyes, The George Lucas Talk Show) joins me and takes a unique approach to defending the movie that no guest has tried yet. If you know him at all you'll also be shocked by a movie he thinks is bad!

In the season finale of the podcast, Haley OC joins me to defend the cult stoner classic Super Troopers, from the Broken Lizard comedy team. We talk about why this is probably their best movie, Brian Cox elevating everything he is in, and why stoner comedies are so looked down on!

Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as witches in a rom-com? How could anyone not enjoy this movie? Lizzie Logan joins me to defend Practical Magic. We discuss the fantastic casting, the intensity of Nicole Kidman's acting, and our shared hate of two very big movies!

The day which comes around once every four years finally gets the representation it deserves. Ngoc Bui joins me to defend Leap Year, the Amy Adams rom-com about a woman who attempts to get to Dublin to propose to her boyfriend on a leap day because apparently that's a tradition? We discuss, grand proposals, our very different views on the name Declan, and more!

Bangarang! With a choice that was very close to my heart, Stevie Martin joins the podcast to discuss Hook, a movie considered a classic by many 90s kids. We talk about the excellent casting, the amazingly memorable food fight with the Lost Boys, and how much Robin Williams was a part of our childhoods!

A sequel to one of the biggest movies of all time but with none of the original cast - what could go wrong? Marcia Belsky joins me to discuss Grease 2, a movie that did so badly on release that they scrapped plans for 3 more. Does every song sound the same? Why is everyone 40 years old? We get into these points and more!

Rowan Atkinson is a master of slapstick and satire from Mr Bean, to Blackadder, and in Johnny English he combines them to... a debatable outcome. Ania Magliano joins me to discuss the film and we learn about her nostalgia for it and her dislike of film-bros.

At the height of the millenium there were a series of movies that dealt with people trying to leave their comfortable office jobs in pursuit of happiness (wild these days) and The Beach approached it in the form of hedonism. Jordan Brookes joins me as we talk about cults, communes, and whether we would ever do something like this.

Famous for his movie twists, M. Night Shyamalan was once one of Hollywood's biggest filmmakers and then came Lady in the Water, a mythological style movie that makes zero sense and bombed after costing $70 million. Josh Gondelman comes on to try to defend and explain why despite flawed storytelling, it's a must watch!

In the 90's there was a bar in New York City where women would serve drinks and dance at the same time but this was no strip club, it was the Coyote Ugly. Hollywood decided to make a rom-com out of it and Charlie Dinkin is on the podcast to defend this "feminist masterpiece", that features cameos from Michael Bay and Johnny Knoxville, as well as an uncredited rewrite from Kevin Smith... yes that o...

At the height of Dakota Fanning's child-stardom and Brittany Murphy's rom-com phase came Uptown Girls, a movie that combined the two elements and had a newly broke socialite take on a nanny job for a child who behaves more grown up than she does. Georgia Shenk comes on to defend it and also repeatedly plugs the movie Sleeping With Other People for some reason!

In a first for the podcast, comedian and writer Ginny Hogan chose the Andy Samberg movie Hot Rod to defend having never actually seen it prior to picking it! What were her feelings about a movie featuring a 90 second scene of a man rolling down a hill? Was the movie 2 legit 2 quit? Find out in this podcast!

After seeing her frequent love for it on Twitter, I knew I had to have comedian Erika Ehler on to discuss the Eddie Murphy movie Norbit. Is it his most offensive movie? Did it cost him the Dreamgirls Oscar? Was this Cuba Gooding Jr's comeback? We answer all these questions and more!

Flashdance was an unexpected choice from Will Hines and so I was incredibly excited to hear what he had to say about it! We talk about how he came to watch it as a teen, the really fun dance sequences, and the bizarre wannabe stand-up comedian side character. 

A movie based on one of the most popular games of all time and starring the biggest action star in the world - what could go wrong? It turns out quite a lot when your lead allegedly has a $10,000 a week cocaine habit! I speak to comedian Athena Kugblenu about Street Fighter and what, despite its many flaws actually makes it a great movie! 

Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews return for another adventure with the princess of Genovia, and this time Chris Pine joins them! Broti Gupta and I discuss how this extremely tame G rated movie has next to zero conflict, was shockingly written by Shonda Rhimes, and what a third movie might look like today! 

What's more peak 90s than a rom-com starring Matthew Perry and Salma Hayek? Head writer and performer for College Humor, Rekha Shankar and I discuss how the movie is suprisingly progressive for the time and subverts all expectation. We also have a conversation about the lack of representation in movies and TV we grew up with, and Rekha reveals her love of anthropomorphic cartoons.

Crossroads, Glitter, Burlesque - it seems like every pop icon had to have a big budget debut role and this was Christina Aguilera's turn. A small town girl moves to LA with the hopes of becoming a singer and falls in love with performing at a club, yes this is basically the plot of Showgirls but far more tame! Sam Reece, Becky Chicoine and I discuss the rivalries, the lack of story, and come up wi...

In the most antagonising episode yet, comedian and illustrator Bruce Tang defends the middle of the Bridget Jones series - The Edge of Reason. We discuss the Tory nature of the movie, how offensive every Thailand scene is and I slowly lose my mind as Bruce refuses to let the episode end. Don't believe his lies, this is not a season finale or a 3-parter!

How would you feel if your movie was realised one week after Jurassic Park? That happened to Last Action Hero, a huge bomb for Arnold Schwarzenegger. Astronomy Club and Black Men Can't Jump in Hollywood's James III comes on the podcast to discuss why despite its failure, it's still a great movie with a ton of hilarious action comedy.