Movies You Forgot You Forgot

This week, Joe made Adam watch First Blood, starring John J Rambo aka Slyvester Stallone. How come 80s action aficionado Adam never watched it? It stirs all sorts of thoughts, not least on loners new in town, righteous kills and how inevitable is it that such films male violent anti-heroes aspirational. Also: Sir Christopher puts in a call to Homer, to check all’s good. Got a film you forgot you f...

Joe’s busy for a few weeks or so, but he’s getting Adam to watch some films and talk about them. First up for this is 2016’s Lion, directed by Garth Davis and starring Dev Patel. It’s a good flick, well worth watching - but how good? Can Joe guess what Adam will think of it? Got a film you forgot you forgot?  Join our collegiate Discord community and tell us all about it:   https://discord.gg/b3CU...

Stephen Spielberg is back to the alien well with 2026’s government chase caper Disclosure Day. Starring Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor.  Did Joe really make Adam watch it? How’s Stevie’s new flick match up to his others? Do directors age out? And what’s Toy Story 5 got to do with it all? Find out on the first of these summer specials where Joe Makes Adam Watch A Film, and Adam talks about it - by h...

Don’t watch the remake of Alfie starring Jude Law (2004), but do listen to this episode about the remake of Alfie.  And do also watch the original Alfie (1966) starring Michael Caine - it’s a bit bleak, but it more than earns its existence, and Adam talks about the far superior original (aren’t they all) a fair bit. Topics in today’s episode: urban legends, Sienna Miller, what is in the original A...

This is Valkyrie: 2009's Bryan Singer directed, Tom Cruise starring, Second-World-Wartime movie about a failed plot to kill Adolf Hitler. Joe & Adam talk Cruise, the best thrillers of all time, and play a game called "films better than Valkyrie" with some surprise outcomes. Got a film you forgot you forgot?  Join our growing Discord community and tell us all about it: https://discord.gg/b3CUUd...

Stephen Norrington's 1998 film  Blade  is the topic of today's discussion, a movie in which a half-human vampire hunter, played by Wesley Snipes, seeks to foil the plot of mildly-bad vampire villain Dorf.  Joe & Adam dive into one of Adam's all time favourites and explore the film from several different angles, including Freudian. 

Oscar Isaac makes some risky investments and dangerous deals to grow his oil company, in the middle of  a most violent year  in New York in the early 1980s. Joe & Adam discuss this grown up movie, and also play a couple of IMDB based games. 

It’s the phenomenal 2004 Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki directed based on the book of the same name flick Howl’s Moving Castle. How could Joe & Adam forget this? Doesn’t matter; they’re glad they did so they got to rewatch it and talk about: the choice between watching subtitled Ghiblis vs English dub versions, the joyful little side characters that invariably pop up in a Miyazaki flick and bin...

It's the year 2000. Hollywood mega guy Clint Eastwood is releasing a movie starring him and directed by him. He's cast some cool, older guys to be his buddies. That's right, it's Space Cowboys (this isn't a joke). Joe & Adam dive head first into barely talking about the movie at all, but instead discuss: which Friends characters would be which directors? Who would be recast in today's version...

What is a Constant Gardener? Is Ralph Fiennes’ subtle performance a help or a hinderance for a film that is neither satisfyingly edgy nor solidly genre-tastic?  Find out for the latest MYFYF episode on the Fernando Meirelles big pharma whistleblower flick, The Constant Gardener (2005). Also starring Rachel Weisz, this is as plum a forgot as you’ll ever likely to see. Got a film you forgot you forg...

Joe & Adam discuss 2001's Donnie Darko, the ultimate DVD movie. What happened to director Richard Kelly? How good is the soundtrack really? And other things, I'm sure.

Jon Turteltaub’s National Treasure (2004) gets a good going over. Why is it so long? Why is Sean Bean so good in such a duff flick? Why are Americans obsessed with Freemasons? What bit of the Nic Cage cycle are we in? Oh and an odd phone call from Tommy Lee Jones. All that and more awaits. Got a film you forgot you forgot?  Join our growing Discord community and tell us all about it: https://disco...

It’s a special non-canon episode today, as Joe and Adam each went to see Ryan Gosling’s latest sci-fi blockbuster Project Hail Mary. Or should that be Project Fail Mary?  Is it a fine movie? Or a good movie? Or a fine erring on good movie? Or a good erring on very good movie? Also, can Ryan Gosling ‘open’ a movie? And if he can’t, who can? Back to normal next week and: National Treasure! Got a fil...

Shane Carruth and his buddy build a time machine for $7,000 in a time when such things were possible. Joe & Adam reflect on  Primer,  a great or unnecessarily complicated film depending on who you ask.  Primer  was a darling of Independent cinema in 2004, and holds a place in the hearts of many hard sci-fi fans. This episode includes a discussion about time travel, and a series of impersonatio...

It’s canon episode 100, the listener-picked film: Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, released is the hazy mists of time: 2001. The much-loved first film in Peter Jackson’s Middle Earth trilogy finally gets its due on MYFF. It’s one of Joe’s faves of all time - he says it’s art. Adam is a little more chilly on it, has this rewatch softened his heart and made him an admirer? They discuss the...

1972's  The Godfather , directed by Francis Ford Coppola, is considered one of the greatest films of all time. But is it? Joe & Adam discuss that, plus: does it romanticise patriarchy? Does daddy love us? And if one were to recast a mediocre version of The Godfather in the modern day, which role would Chris Pratt play?

Very simple: Joe and Adam buzz through Best: Casting, Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay, Supporting Actor/Actress, Actor/Actress, Director and Film. Who do they want to win each category and who they think will win. It’s an excuse to talk about One Battle After Another, Sentimental Value, Hamnet, Sinners, Marty Supreme and of course BUGONIA.  Tangents include: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo...

James Kirk and Spock join the crew of the USS Enterprise and try to stop the destruction of multiple planets. That's right, it's JJ Abrams' 2009 Star Trek debut. Was this just his audition for Star WARS? Who knows.  Join Joe & Adam as they discuss this partly ill-fated film, talk about the different Chrises and their attributes, and play a series of games.  Also, join the discord community! ht...

K, an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, unearths a secret that could create chaos. He goes in search of a former blade runner who has been missing for over three decades.  Joe & Adam dive into Blade Runner 2049. Is this a slept on sequel? Or are you Adam?

On today’s episode, the big aliens blowing up things blockbuster from 1996: Indepedence Day. Directed by Roland Emmerich, and starring William Smith and Jeff Goldblum, how has this ‘America leads the Free World’ type story fared over the years? How was Big Willy the biggest star of the time?  It’s a bad long film. Sorry. The chat’s fun though. Got a film you forgot you forgot?  Join our growing Di...

The Ticket Stub Journey comes to a close. What a year 2003 (twenty oh three) was: Adaptation, Confessions of a Dan, Matrix Reloaded… Just Married and more! Adam digs through his faded stubs, saw lot of trash, not many double bills, and vaguely remembers who he was back then. What seat did he sit in? How much was the ticket? Note: it’s The Dancer Upstairs, not the Dancer… and the ‘Bob’ Kinnear mist...

It’s Big Mel; he’s back… and this time it’s not Scotland, it’s America he saves. Hailing from 2000, the Roland Emmerich’s directed The Patriot hits our eyes - and boy, at 2 hours 45 mins, does it hit. The factual history is all over the shop… but is this actually watchable? Find out, Joe and Adam get waylaid by Andrew Garfield (Good Choice/Bad Choice), and they muse for far too long about Big Mel...

2019's Parasite, directed by Bong Joon Ho, should arguably not be on this list. But today, Joe & Adam discuss why they think this counts as a forget you forgot. Contents includes: dinner parties, smelling, rewatchability, and the box office game. Got a film you forgot you forgot? Join our growing Discord community and tell us all about it: https://discord.gg/2M5MzMDz Or send us an email at mov...

It’s the wonderfully straightforward The Untouchables (1987). Directed by Brian De Palma and starring Costner, Connery and De Niro, this crime flick is still tip top - how could anyone forget they forgot it? Why is it not chatted about more? Is it because it’s not ‘cool’? Joe and Adam ponder why the film works so well, digging into Ennio Morricone’s score and David Mamet’s script. Meanwhile, Peter...

Judd Apatow’s late 2000s rom-com-dram Knocked Up gets dusted down, mulled over, chewed on. The film was massive, but who thinks of it ever now? Is Apatow overlooked generally? And the big tangential question is asked: Who’s funnier Jim Carrey or Jack Black? Plus a phone call and the Box Office Game, and the Picking the Next Episode’s Film segement. Got a film you forgot you forgot?  Join our growi...