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Welcome back to Apocalyptic April, where no one is surprised to see that we have once again fallen behind schedule. This week we watched The Road (2009) to cheer ourselves up. If anyone here hasn't seen The Road, we're very jealous. It's not that it's a bad film, it's just that it sucked all joy and happiness from our lives and we're both still searching for it. If you can find our last shred of h...

Welcome back to Apocalyptic April! This week we watched Don't Look Up (2021) and my God was it depressingly accurate. Remember when everyone was talking about this film for all of a week (and we missed it). Yeah. Funny how quickly we moved on from it. It's fitting in a depressing way. This episode was originally two hours and our editing team managed to cut it right down, so you're welcome (or sor...

God, this one has a title longer than a Fall Out Boy song. Talking of fall-out, this week we kicked off Apocalyptic April with When the Wind Blows (1986). This is a super cheerful film in which we watch two charming seniors slowly wither and die due to acute radiation sickness following a nuclear bomb. Yes, we're aware of the unfortunate timing. It is what it is. Keep calm and carry on, just like...

Welcome to the last episode of Childhood Fever Dream month! This week we watched Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (1975), not to be mistaken for Disney's The Little Mermaid. If you have seen it though, you'd know that it's an impossibility to get the two mixed up. Marina is a lot more willing to show her nips. This is an especially exciting episode because we meet Calum's nemesis. Extr...

It's March, it's sunny, Sam turned twenty-something, and now we're watching Mousehunt (1997). You guessed right listener, we're living the dream over here. Jealous? Well, you're in luck. You can listen to us and maybe even watch along (if this film even appears on Amazon prime in your country). You want morbid funeral and toiler humour? This film is perfect for you. Despite the fact that Calum gig...

Welcome back to our month of 90's Childhood Fever Dreams, in which we celebrate the birth of Sam by watching the weird crap she watched as a child. This week, we had an amaizing time as we watched VeggieTales. Well, that's a lie, we've bean suffering. We don't carrot all for this series and we don't beet around the bush about it. Peas don't worry, we didn't include any puns in this episode at all....

Welcome to Childhood Fever Dream Month! It's entirely possible that we've managed to peak early this month as we start with The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1998). No, we didn't opt for the cult classic original. Should we have? Maybe. However, stick with this as we managed to come up with some fan-theories (haha Calum, you've been labelled a fan) that truly make this somewhat forgettable se...

We watched The Outfit (2022) and we thought it was brilliant. What is this positivity, you say? Well, we attended the UK premiere and got some free Prosecco! That alongside the prospect of seeing Dylan O'Brien's pretty face had us super happy before the film even began. This film was genuinely very good and we just wanted to share some of our spoiler-free thoughts in the hopes it encourages some o...

Coco (2017) is the final film of February and thus concludes our "Pixar Films That Calum Never Bothered To See" month. We're gonna be real with you, this is mostly a tired ramble about family legacies, music, obscure TV adverts from the early 2000s and the freedom that comes with being forgotten. It sounds a lot more poetic and less confusing than it is, but join us nonetheless. We need the attent...

Welcome back to "Pixar Films That Calum Has Never Bothered To See" month! This week we watched WALL-E (2008) and had a super cheery chat about how doomed the planet is. We also learned a lot about each other, as we seem to do every episode now. Maybe too much. Drinking game time! Take a shot every time you hear Sam whine about how space is scary and take a shot every time Calum says "post-scarcity...

Welcome back to One of us is Board! We had a small burnout break, but we're now back with Ratatouille (2007) as part of our "Pixar films that Calum never bothered to see before now" month. A half-assed name for a half-assed month! This episode is possibly us at our best as we butcher some French accents, ramble about food and drift in and out of the plot in a tired daze.  Make sure to join us...

Alas, we have reached the end of Judy January. We knew you guys would be sad about it so we delayed our episode on Judy (2019) so you could savour every last moment of it. It was a deliberate choice we made so that the Ashanti reference in the episode was made even more special. There's no laziness or procrastination to be found here. Anyways, join us as we discuss the triumphant return of two sta...

You can't have a Judy Garland month without including A Star is Born (1954). Well, you could, but it would suck and everyone would get mad at us. We can't have that as we crave only positive attention and adoration, much like the male lead of the this weeks film! We actually got a taste of what our listeners get. As a result of the film being somewhat hacked at and then awkwardly patched together;...

Exactly one year ago, with a noticeable shake in our voices, we released our first ever podcast. Oh how times have changed. While we do take a light-hearted view in regards to our journey through making a film podcast, we genuinely have learned a lot. This bonus episode is an excuse for us to talk about how we got started and how other people wanting to make a podcast can do so. We want to thank e...

Welcome back to Judy January! This week we watched Meet Me in St Louis (1944) and had a very twee time. Now, we know what you are all wondering. Yes, the title song lies. It's Lewis, not Looie; don't worry, we checked. We try very hard to not look like a pair of fuds on this show. Often, we fail. However, in this instance we managed to get that one fact super right. Join us as we discuss Barney th...

What better way is there to start off 2022 than to binge a bunch of Judy Garland films? Welcome back to One of us is Board, the professionally unprofessional film podcast obsessed with themed months. We kick off our first show of the year with The Wizard of Oz (1939). You do, admittedly, have to listen to a twenty minute ramble about an unfortunate and traumatic childhood production of the text to...

Only a few days until Christmas so we decided to watch The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992). We couldn't just do our last themed month of the year without honouring our first ever themed month. The March Month of Muppets Madness will never end (despite how much Calum wishes it would). We're now so knowledgeable about the series, that we decided to create our own characters. You'll need to listen to t...

No edits at Christmas! The whole Christmas season! Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason. We watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) many weeks ago now, but December is not a good month for editing podcasts. Nonetheless, you still have time to enjoy some holiday films with us. We did you a solid and didn't try to rhyme throughout the episode. You're welcome. Join us on Mon...

It's CHRISTMAS! We kick off the holiday season with a classic, Disney's The Santa Clause (1994). Now, we know how it is and how we come across. Maybe you're not into Christmas. Maybe you've come here in the hopes that we will be a safe place for those not interested in the holiday season. Maybe you're hoping we will be our grouchy selves and crap all over the festivities and the films that come wi...

Mortal Kombat (1995) is a movie that we decided didn't belong in our video game adaptation month. Why? Because we're not very smart. Really, that one fact explains many of our episodes. It is one of the most beloved video game adaptations of all time, so of course we decided to miss it out. We decided to go back and revisit it as one of our last films of 2021 and hopefully that'll make up for it....

Welcome back! This week we watched Cats and Dogs (2001) and the podcast went some weird places. This was to be expected. The film is a James Bond parody using cats and dogs, after all. It's wild that this exists and still has some sequels being produced. Lots of important discussions feature in this episode, for example, we debate as to whether Australia really exists. It's worth a listen for that...

This week we watched Jumanji (1995) and decided it would be fun to take this beloved classic and deliver the most chaotic review possible. No joke. While this is objectively an awful review of Jumanji, it is a fantastic insight into how our minds work. Perhaps this should have went out as a Halloween episode. It's genuinely sounds like we gave a pair of five year olds a shot of espresso and making...

You thought Halloween month being done meant the horror was over? You thought wrong. This week we watched Diana: The Musical (2021) and well, yeah. It's just about as tasteful as you could expect, yet somehow the most boring show we've ever watched. You have over two hours of what feels like the same song going on forever about a marriage breaking down. Please don't watch it, just listen to us tal...

Happy Halloween, Listener! This week we watched Dracula (1931) and thus concludes our Very Spoopy Halloween. To those who managed to stick with it, congratulations. You are far braver than many. So, does our Halloween specials end with a bang or a whimper? Or does it end with a pile of hate mail as we diss a classic? Who knows. You'll have to listen to find out. Although the official month of horr...

Spoopy Halloween Month continues! Make sure to listen with the lights firmly turned on as this week watched The Wolf Man (1941). Now, to say that the film is questionable is an understatement. It's possibly really fortunate that the film is in black and white. What are we talking about? Just look at the poster. Questionable. Arguably though, our review of this film is just as questionable as the f...