Forever Movie Boys

Have you ever expirenced fear, the kind of raw fear that makes your face flush and bladder weaken? If you have seen Mindripper then you have absolutely no idea what we're talking about!  This week the FMB tackle the movie with many names, asking the question has nepotism gone too far? Join us next week for Bring Me the Head of Alfrerdo Garcia

In this episode of Forever Movie Boys, the fellas unpack Neil Jordan's beatifully wrapped gift Mona Lisa.  From comparisons to Kitano's older gangster movies to literally just reading Bob Hoskins IMdB page & a lengthy conversation about the famous failure that is the Super Mario Bros. movie, the boys could not be doing a greater disservice to such great cinema   Next Week - Wes Craven Presents: Mi...

The time has come! This week the boys finally talk about Jackie Chan. Though the title may suggest exclusive Supercop content, the fellas take a trip down memory lane, mostly celebrating Jackies career, influence & lament on the failures of western cinema's attempts to capture Jackie in all his glory   Next Week - Mona Lisa

Bad Karma to God, this week the FMB are bring it back to Lewis Teague with a conversation about his 1990's action movie Navy Seals.  Join your hosts for a couple 'brain grenades' as they compare this to American Ninja & Delta Force while taking a trip down Stephen King lane. All the while they switch from 'stardust to thermal' in the hopes of seeing something positvie to say about Navy Seals. (tha...

It's no secret that Michael Mann is perhaps one of the FMB's most beloved auteurs. It's why the boys decided that this week it would be finally time to bear witness to the financial and critical tragedy that was 2015's cyber thriller 'Blackhat' and forensically attempt to pinpoint where it all went wrong. They also manage to share some of their favourite moments from Hot Shots Part Deux for good m...

It's the last week of Michael Douglas month at the FMB household, and true to their amorphous, directionless nature, the examination has morphed into closely observing the triumvirate of stars Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito - so we see them out with the capstone (or coffin nail) to that historic trio: "The War of the Roses". next week: the boys finally visit Michael Mann's 2015...

It's week three of the FMB Month of MD (Michael Douglas to you) and instead of the smorgasbord approach the boys have put on their bifocals and honed in on the direct sequel to the previous episode and watched the vastly inferior Jewel Of The Nile - and also spend far too much time on a gaffe about 1998's Mighty Joe Young. next week Michael Douglas month mutates even further and we wrap it up with...

It's week 2 into our impromptu FMBMDM (the Forever Movie Boys Michael Douglas Month to the uninitiated), and what better way to celebrate the Dougster than to take a look at the film that arguably put him on the map and launched him into the sexual daydreams of countless bored stay-at-home types hoping for their own companion with whom to share a Colombian mudslide (not a euphemism or a cocktail)....

The FMB continue their meandering entry to the year by focusing their sights on 90's darling Michael Douglas, specifically Joel Schumacher's 1993 treatise on the American Dream "Falling Down". It's the kind of movie that has a lot to say, but has a hard time saying it and ends up maybe choking a little on its own words.  next week the Douglas dissertation continues with "Romancing The Stone"

Our host's very own backyard provides the backdrop for todays pick. On the agenda is one-time director Sandy Harbutt's cult 1974 Australian biker flick "STONE". Having lost both Harbutt and Australian acting legend Hugh Keays-Byrne last year, the boys pay tribute to both in the only way the FMB know how.  next week: Falling Down

After 3-ish years our hosts return to the New York backstreets to see what that crazy Maniac Cop, Matt Cordell has been up to. Turns out more of the same, but with a more capable cast in tow - including the legendary Robert Davi - perhaps this stuntacular grindhouse sequel might go down a little easier. next week: STONE (1974)

This week, our hosts return to provocateur Paul Verhoeven's body of work and discuss his 1995 rags-to-riches trash epic, Showgirls.  Resented in it's day, celebrated in certain corners, the boys try their best to parse the satire and intent from the genuinely bad and misguided.  next week: Maniac Cop 2

It's 2021 FMBuffs! The FMB welcome you into this New Year the only way they know how - by selecting an esoteric, seldom seen, unfunny film by a bygone filmmaker (no shade on Brian De Palma, we love him dearly) that would interest only the narrowest possible audience. It's good to be back!  next week: Showgirls

Happy Holidays FMBuffs! In order to truly embrace this festive season the FMB got together and talked about the infamous 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special. It's got everything you'd want in a Star Wars story; including, but not limited to: Intergalactic Daytime Television, Circus performers, Jefferson Starship, a murder cover-up and truckloads of comedy so broad that it's for absolutely no-one.  Enjo...

This week, the FMB hunker down and blow the dust off of their dossier on Pixar's Cars and delve deeper into its maddening, nonsensical universe with Cars 2. Hoping to at least put to rest some lingering questions from the first film, the boys instead open a Pandora's box of logical loopholes, inconsistent analogies and frightening anatomical implications.  next week: The Star Wars Holiday Special...

Having downed Citizen Kane as our apertif for this weeks main course, the FMB dive headfirst into David Fincher's first film in six years, "Mank".  As expected from a Fincher flick, the gears inside the movie are precisely calibrated and well oiled, cast and crew alike,  however the question remains - does it actually work?     

Now, we are well aware that the FMB are certainly not the first generic Film-and-Tv podcast to tackle cinema's crown jewel, Citizen Kane.  However, we believe with the utmost confidence that within the sub-category of Kane-related podcast episodes, we may well be the first to draw a wonky line of comparison from Orson Welles' masterwork to Ang Lee's underappreciated 2003 superhero film 'Hulk' and...

John Boorman's gonzo 1974 sci-fi parable, Zardoz, may not be the first film that comes to mind when recalling the late Sean Connery, but maybe that's the point. Come, FMBuffs, meditate with us on the 2nd level as we honour Connery by watching him emerge from Bond stardom into a brave new world filled with flying stone heads, green bread and racy, impractical wardrobe choices. next week: Citizen Ka...

AWAKEN SLEEPERS. Welcome to Arrakis, FMBuffs, where spice is plentiful and water is not. This week our hosts, in a fit of impatience and curiosity, discuss David Lynch's infamous 1984 stab at adapting DUNE for the big screen. What follows is a migraine-inducing breakdown of book-to-screen translation, the pronunciation of 'Dune', and more Fremen slang than you can wave a Gom Jabbar at. Enjoy. next...

In this short, but sweet episode, our hosts explore the pitfalls of gentrification and tourism in a Cornish fishing village via Mark Jenkins astonishing independent 2019 feature 'Bait'. Despite the distancing effect of it's unorthodox trappings, the boys find themselves thoroughly mesmerised by the films unassuming, yet bold style. next week we make believe and watch David Lynch's "DUNE" in lieu o...

In this episode, our hosts take another sip from the David Lowery chalice and sit down to discuss 2018's The Old Man and The Gun.  The film has a wonderfully light touch, and this episode breezes by as the boys discuss the films many highlights including an effortless performance from Robert Redford in his final film role. next week: Mark Jenkin's low-fi 2019 drama, Bait 

Happy Halloween FMBuffs, we've snuck in uncharacteristically early for our Spooktacular Halloween episode this year! Now The Haunting Bly Manor wasn't exactly scary, but the real horror in this episode lies in the truly merciless feeding frenzy that ensues once our hosts dive into exactly why it didn't quite cut the mustard. Accents, concepts, performances and writing all face up to the FMB firing...

Join us this week as the FMB build another snowman out of their collective thoughts on 2019's sequel to Disney's Frozen - Frozen 2. Our hosts aren't as forgiving this time around as they were with the film's forebear and despite some early points of contention, Frozen 2 ultimately melts under the boy's scorching-hot gaze. next week: The Haunting of Bly Manor 

In a jam-packed episode, our hosts sit down to trace the perplexing and unique curve of the Universal Soldier film franchise.  They discuss the evolution of the 6-film series from it's lukewarm original to it's pathetic small-screen ambitions and all the way to its maddening, psychotronic and ---legitimately amazing, not-to-be-missed final instalments - Regeneration and Day of Reckoning. Don't loo...

This week, the FMB return with guest, Sean, to the bayou, to Burt Reynolds, to the second instalment of the White Lightning duology: Burt's 1976 directorial debut "GATOR".  Much to Nick's dismay, Archer was wrong and the film is stinky swamp water, but the boys have a good old time describing exactly why that's the case. next week we discuss the trajectory of the Universal Soldier film series.