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Carl and Simon look back on Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and The Hateful Eight in the September 2026 Retro. It's time to get retrospective! We look back on the movies covered in the month plus our season 4 tournament, address some listener feedback, and play our usual suite of games - Blind Ranking, Classics Collection, Hogging the Limelight and rank some on-screen beers. (00:00:06) Theme song and Intr...

Carl and Simon revisit Shaun of the Dead for the Classics Collection. It's a 2004 romantic comedy and horror film (ZomRomCom) directed by Edgar Wright, featuring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis. It’s spooky season and this is about as close to horror as we get! We discuss whether this horror homage has the stamina, girth and penetration necessary to make it into the MTN Class...

Carl and Simon are joined by Damon Carter to tackle Uncut Gems on Mashflix and Chill. It's a 2019 crime and comedy drama film directed by Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie, featuring Adam Sandler, LaKeith Stanfield, Idina Menzel. The mashup: Dog Day Afternoon & Rounders. Does Dog Day Afternoon and Rounders really make Uncut Gems? Or do we come up with something better to make it on to the Filmi...

Carl and Simon discuss million dollar baby for Movie the Needle and see whether they can change each other's minds. It's a 2004 buddy and drama film directed by Clint Eastwood, featuring Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman. Clint Eastwood pulls no punches, but does Million Dollar Baby earn its emotional knockout? Carl and Simon step into the ring to see if they can Movie the Needl...

We look back over the films we covered in the month of August and discuss lingering thoughts, listener feedback and favourite scenes, quotes and top 3s. -Taxi Driver -Forrest Gump -Terminator 2: Judgement Day Plus, we induct some more movies into the Classics Collection and Carl does a blind ranking. (00:00:00) Song and intro (00:02:01) Chit chat (00:05:40) What we've watched (00:26:36) Unveil the...

That's the end of season 4! To close things out we are pitting the 16 movies we have covered in this season against each other in a tournament to find out the overall winner, that will proceed to the champion of champions tournament where it will face the winners from seasons 1, 2 and 3! We've ranked all the movies based on their cast, production and plot and let them battle it out. LET THE GAMES...

Si and Carl are joined by Chris G from Best Picture Cast for Mashflix and Chill. Which two films combine to make Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight? We talk about Glory, and we do get into The Thing. No, not Tarantino's foot fetish, the other thing. Also, Si tells us what he thinks of Channing Tatum's oral skills. It's madness, it's fun, it's Mashflix and Chill! Find Movie The Needle: Letterbox...

Carl and Si return to argue about Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. One of us likes it, the other not so much. Can Shane Black's "razor sharp" dialogue win the day? Or will Robert Downey Jr's relentless neediness prove too big an obstacle. Have a listen and see if we can Movie the Needle for one another! Find Movie The Needle: Letterboxd: CarlMTN / SiMTN Bluesky: @mtnmoviepod.bsky.social Facebook: mtnmoviepod...

Si & Carl rank Nolan's filmography from their least favourite to favourite. We recorded this at the end of our monthly retro episode, so as you may be able to tell, we are a little worse for wear. Tell us your lists or your Nolan hot takes. As a bonus game, there are clips from 13 different films in todays episode. Can you get all 13? Answers on a postcard. Details for how to find us below...

Carl and Simon revisit Dunkirk, Tenet and Batman Begins in their Christopher Nolan month Retro, including listener feedback and their Directors Hall of Fame. The Directors hall of fame now has a name!!! Classics collection, on screen beers and general sillyness ensue. Find Movie The Needle: Letterboxd: CarlMTN / SiMTN Bluesky: @mtnmoviepod.bsky.social Facebook: mtnmoviepod Instagram: @mtnmoviepod...

Carl and Simon revisit Terminator 2: Judgement Day for the Classics Collection and discuss James Cameron's film, including its cast and production. Join Si and Carl as they dive into Cameron's Abyss, tell some True Lies, wrestle with a Titanic budget and discuss Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Find Movie The Needle: Letterboxd: CarlMTN / SiMTN Bluesky: @mtnmoviepod.bsky.social Facebook: mtnmoviepod I...

Carl and Simon are joined by regular collaborator, full time Lion King denier and part time German to discuss the latest proposed movie mashup… …But does Rain Man X The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, really make Forrest Gump? You can catch Heather on the Revisionist Almanac podcast with Brothers (or She!) from another mother Andrew and Amanda (@Revalmanac) and on the usual socials @HeatherJStewa...

Carl and Simon disagree over Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese's 1976 film starring Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle. One of us likes it, the other one not so much! Join us as we argue over Taxi Driver and try to movie each other's needle. Find Movie The Needle: Letterboxd: CarlMTN / SiMTN Bluesky: @mtnmoviepod.bsky.social Facebook: mtnmoviepod Instagram: @mtnmoviepod Twitter/X: @mtnmoviepod YouTube: @m...

This monthly Retro revisits Scary Movie, The Last Boy Scout and Team America: World Police, with listener feedback, lingering thoughts, favourite scenes and quotes. We look back over the month of June and discuss lingering thoughts, listener feedback and favourite scenes, quotes and top 3s. -Scary Movie -The Last Boy Scout -Team America Find Movie The Needle: Letterboxd: CarlMTN / SiMTN Bluesky: @...

Simon and Carl cap off Christopher Nolan month with a discussion on Batman Begins. We talk about it's penetration, girth and stamina, and decide whether it really does belong in our classics list. Also, be sure to check out the following videos. Batman has a dirty mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt07rT5kNWU Batman is confused https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbgLapRAloQ The Bat Voice https://w...

Don't try to understand it. Feel it. Or just listen to it, that's fine too. Simon and Carl are joined by Morgan from Hall of Film to talk through a time travel / spy mash-up. Make sure to check out Morgan on YouTube @OfficialHallofFilm and @lonewolfmojo on the socials. (00:00:00) Theme song and Intro (00:02:02) Welcome to Morgan (00:11:30) Introducing the mashup and rating BTTF2 (00:18:19)...

We build up to the release of The Odyssey and kick off our month of Nolan with his World War II epic which of course involves some time-fuckery with overlapping, intercutting and converging timelines, plus men trying to get off left, right and centre. We talk all things Cast, Production and Plot, and for our game this week Carl has to identify the movie with non-linear timelines in as few clues as...

We look back at the movies we covered in May. Lingering thoughts, listener feedback and top 3s abound. As well as on screen beers, the directors hall of fame and Carl ranks the stars he would go for a pint with.

Simon and Carl discuss Team America and discuss whether it really does have girth (pussies think everyone can get along), penetration (dicks fuck pussies), and stamina (dicks also fuck assholes). Team America: FUCK YEAH!

He's back! Simon and Carl are joined by Adam from The Movies You Forgot You Forgot podcast to discuss whether Lethal Weapon 2 and The Maltese Falcon really does make The Last Boy Scout. Look for Adam on Letterboxd and Instagram @errorofways

It's the start of summer, and just in time for the release of the new sequel / reboot Scary Movie, we go back to say Whassssuuuuuupppppp to the original Scary Movie which is a parody of other Scary Movies. Well crafted comedy or mean-spirited one-note garbage - we argue the toss! We talk all things Cast, Production and Plot, and for our game this week Carl has to identify the parody movie from...

It's our monthly retro and we look back at the films covered in April. We also talk on screen beers, classic films and who measures up for our directors hall of fame. This months top 3 is unlikely duos. Get it in your ear holes!

He's making a list Stern's checking it twice A few extra names, no matter the price Oskar Schindler's fleeing, from town! It's classics time and Si and Carl manage to maintain a little bit of silliness as we discuss the excellent Schindler's list.

Two little MICE...are joined by Reggie and we talk our usual brand of nonsense. Steven Spielberg might be a decent director who has had some success, but have you ever wondered what his laziest films are? Tune in to find out! You can find Reggie over at Movie Postmortem , do go and give them a listen. You can read our reviews of other movies on Letterboxd - Look for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

To mark the release of new movie Disclosure Day , we kick off our Spielberg month with a troubled child who summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet - flying BMXs and throbbing penis fingers ensue - It's ET: The Extra Terrestrial! We talk all things Cast, Production and Plot, and for our game this week Carl tackles another round of Spielberg...