Forever Movie Boys

This week the FMB gather to discuss David Lowery's beautiful, fabular and heart-wrenching "A Ghost Story". There's not much fat on the film and the episode reflects that, but fear not, even with the shortened length we manage to pay lip service to Rooney Mara's pie eating abilities and Casey Affleck's rippin' bod before he hides it under that big white sheet.  next episode: Mcklusky returns with "...

This week the FMB navigate the neurotic mindscape of Charlie Kaufman's latest directorial feature "i'm thinking of ending things". There's a lot to chew on with this one and opinions on the film's meaning and quality pinball wildly among our three hosts; which, if anything, is probably the desired effect.  next week: David Lowery's "A Ghost Story"

YEAW! This week polish up that rebel yell and grab yourselves a bowlful of Shakey Pudding as you listen to our hosts (and returning guest) talk more Burt Reynolds in the first instalment of the shine-runnin', rubber burnin' Gator film series: White Lightning.  next week: I'm Thinking of Ending Things 

This week, recurring guest Sean reappears and zaps the FMB back into the past as we revisit a childhood favourite, the star-making Michael Caine war epic "ZULU". Given the context, they quickly set to discussing the racial and colonial aspects of the film before going into historical accuracy, the film's influence and whether or not it's appropriate to tarnish a good yarn about Rorke's Drift with...

They day has finally arrived. After three delayed release dates, those fortunate enough to venture outdoors for a trip to the theatre are free to induce an aneurysm by watching Christopher Nolan's latest: "Tenet". Our hosts, with guest Anand, sit down and discuss the films palindromic plot, performances and questionable sound mixing while wrestling with the larger implications of this deliberately...

This episode your mind is the scene of the crime. Christopher Nolan's upcoming 'Tenet' looks to be a contender for 'the most Christopher Nolan movie ever made' so the FMB decide to revisit the reigning champ and celebrate it's 10 year anniversary at the same time! So grab your totems, blow that Zimmer horn and dive into unconstructed Podspace as we talk INCEPTION. next week: Tenet

Hey you! Put down that copy of Boy Stuff and listen up! The FMB have got the scoop of a lifetime and wanna tell you all about it! It's a twofer this week as the boys get to tick off a Frank Capra AND bask in another seismic performance from star James Stewart. Listen as our hosts flaunt a rudimentary understanding of American politics, educate themselves on Oswald The Rabbit and spend far too much...

In this very special episode, two thirds of our panel of hosts finally pop their Hitchcock cherries by watching his magnum opus: "Vertigo".  Our hosts cover the film top to bottom and hold Jimmy Stewart's feet to the fire while attempting to justify and sometimes even question the film's venerated status. next week we follow Jimmy Stewart to the U.S capital with, Mr Smith Goes To Washington.

This week the boys settle in to discuss Nick's pick of the week, John Carpenter's "Memoirs of An Invisible Man". This Chevy Chase starring, milk run of a film leaves the FMB scrambling for anything interesting to say and end up taking detours into Carpenter's body of work (again) and Sam Neill's instagram account. And after two weeks of build-up, Tobias finally gets something off his chest. next w...

Welcome back FMBuffs; this week our hosts navigate the nightmarish, milk-splashing, ooze-oozing, meat-mulching hellscape conjured up in Andrzej Zulawski's 1981 psychosexual surrealist horror "Posession". There's plenty of cryptic symbolism for the boys to unpack here, and they manage to catch their breath with some brief chatter about Michael Mann and JK Rowling's shitting wizards.  next week: Mem...

This week the FMB get around to Tobias's belated pick, and ingest John Leguizamo's infamously unfunny,  "The Pest".  Folks this is probably the closest the FMB has come to throwing in the towel mid-episode as the boys desperately cling to any flotsam this cinematic catastrophe leaves in it's wake.   next week: hopefully Andrzej Zulawski's "Possession"

In light of Ennio Morricone's recent passing, the FMB have decided to trade in Leguizamo's Pest for another trip to the Wild West. And what better fitting film to farewell the maestro than his own farewell to the genre he helped define? That's right, we talk Sergio Leone's "Once Upon A Time In The West" as well as Morricone's impact not only on the Western, but cinema itself.  Try as we might, the...

Saddle up, Pilgrim! This week the FMB ride, boldly ride to the end of the rainbow with Howard Hawks' acrylic Western "El Dorado", starring Robert Mitchum, James Caan and of course, everyone's favourite lazy cowboy, John Wayne. No stone is left unturned! Everyone tries their hand at a Wayne impression, James Caan's shoulders get a mention, and Mitchum's handsomeness is put on trial. And there's tha...

Folks, sadly we have a chopped-up offering for you this week. Microphone issues meant we had to ditch a large chunk of this episode that was inexplicable dedicated to discussing the 1993 Super Mario Brothers movie, but we've managed to salvage what was listenable into a lovely chat about Charles Laughton's seminal masterpiece The Night of the Hunter.  next week we continue our love affair with Rob...

Welcome! Make yourselves comfortable, wipe the irradiated sand our of your eyes and crack open an ice cold Aqua-Cola as the FMB wander into the wasteland to talk Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. Much time is spent on the many qualities of Sexy Jason aka The Lord Humungus, but there's room in the discussion for the Mad Max franchise, George "The Penguin" Miller, the state of Australian cinema and a qui...

Yes children, this is the cool-out corner. We're slowing it down for all the lovers in the house. The FMB'll be giving you all the help you need, sonically, that is..  This week we discuss Spike Lee's frenetic, funny, raw, tragic and still-relevant masterpiece Do The Right Thing. and that's the double truth, Ruth. next week Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

THEY WANTED US This week the FMB enter Phase V as we discuss Saul Bass' sole feature. The psychedelic Ant caper - Phase IV

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN This week was Tobias' pick. We look back at a picture that started the buddy cop craze - Walter Hill's 48hrs. Tobias and Maciej did a little extra homework this week by enduring Another 48hrs on top, who doesn't like a little sequel comparison?  Next week we enter - PHASE IV

Nick's pick this week throws us into a candy-coated simulacrum of a couple of days in the life of brothers Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez. We are talking, of course, about 1990's garbage-man comedy/conspiracy thriller hybrid Men At Work.  The buys promptly trash the flick and get a little deep in the weeds talking about the Sheen family, surname, Chuck Lorre shows and Hot Shots Part Deux before...

In this weeks 2hr monster ep. the FMB try their best to compress their thoughts and opinions on the groundbreaking Jason Bourne film series. That's Bournes: Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum, Legacy (yup) and Jason for those keeping score.  The density of the discussion is hard to fit into this description, but suffice to say the boys valiantly attempt to express the dizzying heights and regrettable...

Have you ever been so mad that you accidentally blew up your own son with your biomechanical gun-arm? No? How about accidentally murdering your girlfriend with your out of control drill-penis? Just us? This week the FMB foray into the realm of experimental cinema with a back to back viewing of Shinya Tsukamoto's influential cyberpunk nightmares, Tetsuo: The Iron Man and its remake/sequel Tetsuo II...

Maybe it's the isolation, maybe it's just that this movie plain sucked, but it's the first new release the FMB have gotten in a while and the boys tear it to ribbons.  The Sam Hargrave-directed, Russo-produced, Hemsworth-starring Extraction is this weeks main course and much like the film, very few things walk out of this episode unscathed- yes, invcluding David Harbour.  next week: Tetsuo II: Bod...

This week, Tobias takes us way back to the swingin' sixties with this then-praised, now nary-mentioned offering from James Bond director Terrence Young: "Wait Until Dark". This primordial cat-and-mouse thriller boasts that elusive 'coolness' factor that Youngs films seem to exude, plus some big performances from stars Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin and the immortal Richard Crenna.  next week we sharpe...

Welcome back FMBuffs. This week Nick makes a pick on that movie jukebox and pulls out perennial podcast darling Peter Berg's 1998 debut directorial feature Very Bad Things. In a rare episode the boys are somewhat split on what exactly to laugh at in this pitch-black mean spirited comedy, but as usual there's time for a sidebar on Boogie Nights, Christian Slater's criminal record, and a chance for...

This week the boys unearth Andrei Konchalovsky's Shakespearean superthiller: Runaway Train. It's love at first sight for the FMB; the film aims for the heavens and this episode is packed to the gills with discussions on themes, Jon Voight's nuclear performance, inevitable comparisons to Snowpiercer and strangely enough, some light-to-heavy criticism of John Carpenters body of work.  Next week we r...