Films(trips)

It's 2025, but Dave Babbitt and Ross May are keeping the party going by discussing the films of Akira Kurosawa.

Hey, an episode! Okay, not a regular episode, but a special one in which Jake Almond of Photo Flo and Ross May of Reitman for the Job discuss the era of the first Doctor, William Hartnell!

Andrew and Dave return to talk about how coffee is for closers and when to keep yer mouth shut. Next Episode: Mind games aplenty!  All music by Andrew Kannegiesser. Editing by Dave Babbitt.

In this episode, Andrew and Dave take a look at writer-director Andrew Niccol's S1m0ne . Next Episode: Something something is for closers! All music Andrew Kannegiesser. Editing by Dave Babbitt.

(NOTE: We are almost at the end of the episodes where Dave's mic was a bit glitchy! Sorry in advance.) Andrew and Dave return to discuss ALIEN RESURRECTION, the fourth film in the Alien franchise. Next Episode: A career low for Al Pacino and about a dozen others. All music by Andrew Kannegiesser. Editing by Dave Babbitt

Films(trips) returns with a trip to France to look at a European coproduction! Why is Ron Pearlman in the cast despite not speaking French? Who is this film made for? What is the perfect Canadian cable channel to air this close to midnight? Tune in and find out! Next Episode: The dry run of Firefly . All music by Andrew Kannegiesser. Editing by Dave Babbitt

In which Dave explains exactly when you will hear the new episodes of Films(trips) (hint: soon!)!

Leaving Collateral (and with any luck, technical issues) behind them, Andrew and David decide to stop off for dinner, which is to say that they turn their attention to director Stacey Title's 1995 dark comedy The Last Supper . What do the duo make of the film which has a cast which includes Cameron Diaz, Courtney B. Vance, and Ron Perlman? How much has (and hasn't) changed with regards to politica...

Technology did its best to completely kill this episode, but all it did was slightly derail it like a subway car with a hit man on it! In this episode, James Hrivnak once again joins Andrew and Dave to discuss Michael Mann's COLLATERAL, the 2004 thriller with Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise! Next Episode: Even in 1995 dinner could be awkward. Music by Andrew Kannegiesser. Editing by Dave Babbitt

Andrew and Dave return this episode to take a look at the crime thriller SET IT OFF from director F. Gary Gray! Next Episode: The Mann returns. All music by Andrew Kannegiesser. Editing by Dave Babbitt

They're back! Finally! After an unplanned extended break, Andrew and Dave pick up the show by watching Gina Prince-Bythewood's 2008 drama The Secret Life of Bees , starring Queen Latifah and Dakota Fanning. What do the podcasting duo make of the adaptation of the hit 2001 novel? Where did they previously see Sophie Okonedo before? And why does Paul Bettany always feel like the sixth choice for a r...

One final bonus episode before getting back to business as usual! This time, Dave ruins the work of Percy Shelley.  Editing by Dave Babbitt.

Films(trips) continues to play for time with Andrew taking a stab at reading public domain poetry! All work on this episode by Andrew Kannegiesser. 

In which Dave plays for time and makes Robert Frost weep with rage.  All music by Andrew Kannegiesser. Editing by Dave Babbitt. Happy 2024, folks!

James Hrivnak once again joins Andrew and Dave to review the year on the podcast that was! What decade of film was most covered by the hosts? What memory from last year's holiday episode haunts Dave? And just what is James' favourite line from Airplane II ? Tune in and find out! Next Episode: The first regular episode of 2024, and it is all about the bees! All music by Andrew Kannegiesser. Editing...

It's Christmas, so Reitman for the Job host Ross May and Films(trips) regular Dave Babbitt celebrate the only way they know how: by discussing a long running Japanese kaiju series! This time, the pair take a look at the famed giant turtle himself, Gamera! What do the podcasters make of the long running franchise? How hard does the monster gore go? And what is worse: an ultra-cheap clip show movie...

Wrapping up 2023, James Hrivnak joins Andrew and Dave to look at Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia , the neo noir starring a whose who of up and coming stars in 2006. Next Episode: A bonus episode! Episode After That: NOT THE BEES-- wait, no. Not that movie. All music by Andrew Kannegiesser. Editing by Dave Babbitt.

An episode of returns! A Rob Zombie film! A Munsters film! A Sylvester McCoy film! But what is the final result like? Next Episode: Josh Hartnett was great long before 2023. Whether the films around him were great... All music by Andrew Kannegiesser. Editing by Dave Babbitt

Dave and Andrew return to Don Sigel territory in this episode by taking a look at one of the director's lesser known works, The Black Windmill ! What do the duo make of the 1974 thriller? Can they agree on whether or not the film is deliberately taking a shot at the Bond series? Can Andrew get past his feelings towards Michael Caine? Tune in and find out! Next Episode: We're back with Rob Zombie (...

Leaving behind the excellent (and disturbing) The Collector behind them, Andrew and Dave turn their attention to the much less excellent but absolutely bizarre Modesty Blaise , the spy comedy directed by Joseph Losey and starring Monica Vitti! How excellent is Dirk Bogarde in the film? Do Vitti and costar Terrence Stamp have chemistry together? Just what titan of Italian cinema was on the set? Tun...

Leaving chariot racing behind them, Andrew and Dave turn to the American made but England set William Wyler film The Collector , starring Terrence Stamp and Samantha Eggar! Just what do the podcasting duo make of this psychological horror film? Why does the film feel remarkably contemporary? How on Earth does Blade Runner come up in a discussion of a small, two actor film? Tune in and find out! Ne...

Eric Jones of Photo-Flo once again does Andrew and Dave a solid by joining them for the discussion of what might be the peak Biblical epic, Ben-Hur ! And they'll need all the help they can get, between the long length of the film and Dave sounding like death itself! Next Episode: Did you know that Incels were around in the 1960s as well? All music by Andrew Kannegiesser. Editing by Dave Babbitt.

Thanks to the joys of real life obstacles (in other words, Dave moving), there is no regular episode this week. Instead, enjoy this... thing Dave has put together (sadly, no vampires) in which he does a performance of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" with zero practice beforehand! How much stumbling will Dave do? What words will be mispronounced? Can anyone make it through the full ten minutes of thi...

Andrew and Dave leave France behind and turn their attention to 1970s Britain in this week's episode of Films(trips) as the duo take a look at The Final Programme , Robert Fuest's 1973 adaptation of the Michael Moorcock novel of the same name. Just what do the podcasting duo make of the film, which was a critical and commercial bomb upon release? What on Earth does one have to know for this film t...

Andrew and Dave decide to head back to 1977 to watch and discuss The Duellists ,  the feature film debut of director Ridley Scott! What do the pair make of the Napoleonic Wars set drama starring Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel? Does Scott have his directorial voice right from the start, or is he figuring it out at this point? And... Stacey Keach?! Tune in and find out! Next Episode: Jerry, Frank...