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A light-hearted review of a relationship story (involving people and music) that goes by the name of High Fidelity, based on the book by Nick Horby. In this episode we also discuss relationships of the past, what songs are not-so-cringy kareoke duets, and a whole portion of the episode is dedicated to picking favourite albums that would be in our top five!  ----------------------------------------...

A light-hearted review of Breakfast at Tiffany's, a classic piece of cinema starring Audrey Hepburn as the iconic Holly GoLightly! As we both discuss our thoughts on seeing this for the first time, we also bring up what would be our happy place that gives us the feeling of Tiffany's, how shocking the level of racism that's portrayed is, and what we'd actually name the cat with no name!  ----------...

Turn it up to 11 and join us this episode to hear us and our first returning guest Mike Millitello talk all about This is Spinal Tap! Alongside talking about what tickled our funny bones the most, Mike also provides some background knowledge within the music industry, working on his new album with his band Ashes Rise - and there's another reveal on Sophie's part that catches him off guard?? Our gu...

A light-hearted review of Drive My Car, an Academy Award winner of 2022's Oscars (for Best International Film).  Does the film length justify the appraise it's received? Have we ever been involved with stage performances? And is there in fact enough driving going on?? Listen in to find out (and enjoy the little ditty at the very start)!  ------------------------------------------------------- Don'...

BONUS EPISODE OMFG MONSTER MARCH CONTINUES TO LIVE FOR ONE LAST ATTACK TO YOUR EAR HOLES!! ------------------------------------------------------- Don't forget to follow us on social media in the links below, and let us know your thoughts and recommendations for the future!   instagram.com/sp_filmviewers/twitter.com/SP_Filmviewers facebook.com/spfilmviewers  Rating and reviewing the show is a grea...

So our journey with #MonsterMarch sadly draws to a close, but with one final outing, we make our way through the streets of New York to escape the Cloverfield monster! (and give our thoughts on the movie, obvs)Listen to hear how Sophie found the filming style, whether we're heading towards an alien invasion at this rate, and we wrap up with regaling all our previous monster movie scores (which you...

Our penultimate episode of Monster March has us head up to Scotland, as we both discuss the family-friendly monster film, The Water Horse for our first time viewing. Listen in to hear Sophie butcher the titular monster's given nickname, debate whether such a creature could still exist, and - more Pokemon references?!?   ------------------------------------------------------- Don't forget to follow...

We're now in the middle of Monster March 2022, and in this episode we'll be reviewing the director's cut of Little Shop of Horrors. But we also have a special guest joining us - it's Gemma from the world famous Skip to the End Podcast! Listening in you'll hear about the songs we love from the film, the underlying capitalist messages, how badly we take care of our own plants, our personal food vice...

Monster March continues to ooze into 2022, and this time Paul joins Sophie in watching this creature feature for the first time! Steve McQueen stars in this B-Movie monster flick known simply as The Blob, but is he as much of a heartthrob as he's made out to be? Does the monster itself make us wobble like jelly? And can we tell that most of these actors aren't professionals?? Drip this into your e...

So begins our third (and final?) Monster March, the themed movie month where we look over various creature features, only this time, they'll be some that Paul hasn't seen either... But in this episode, it's Sophie who's going to be discovering what lurks in the Amazon jungle, with 1997's Anaconda. Listen in for slating of Owen Wilson, Pokemon references (again), a little bit of trivia, and whether...

Review-wise this time around, we are both experiencing a piece of classic cinema for the first time, as we enter into The Apartment, directed by Billy Wilder. Listen in to find out if it gives us warmth, or leaves us out in the cold...  ------------------------------------------------------- Don't forget to follow us on social media in the links below, and let us know your thoughts and recommendat...

A light-hearted (and slightly ranty) review of the 2007 coming-of-age comedy drama that is Juno, directed by Jason Reitman (son of the late Ivan Reitman RIP). What is it exactly that Paul can't enjoy about this movie, no matter how many times he watches - and will Sophie see the irritancy from his perspective? Listen in to find out!  ------------------------------------------------------- Don't fo...

Delving back into Japanese Cinema, this episode we are both venturing into this anthology epic for the very first time! Based on the stories from Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, we have four different tales directed by Masaki Kobayashi, and at the time of 1964, was one of the most expensive movie productions made in Japan. But what do we make of these ghostly tales...

"With great power comes great responsibility" - and we're responsible for bringing you this trio of reviews of the Sam Raimi Spider-Man Trilogy this time around. But do we have the power (or knowledge) to be discussing such iconic superhero movies? Listen in to find out!  ------------------------------------------------------- Don't forget to follow us on social media in the links below, and let u...

Awoo! Paul and Sophie are very excited to be watching and reviewing this animation for the first time - it's Wolfwalkers from the fantastic Irish animation studio, Cartoon Saloon! As a big supporter of the 2D animation format, Paul has high hopes for the film and what it has to offer. But Sophie is slightly worried that the studio could be ripping off other animated stories... you'll have to liste...

Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! You've had a taste of the new format, now it's back to an old familiar experience where Sophie is watching a film for the first time - this weeks choice being Sexy Beast by Jonathan Glazer. We still have the expectations section prior to the viewing (listen out for a fantastic synopsis read from Paul), which ultimately reveals what Sophie thought of this British Gangster o...

A new year - a new episode - and a couple of new changes to the format (and sound, we'd like to think)!We'll be mixing up the formula of our reviews with a bi-weekly switch on covering films that Sophie hasn't seen, and ones that neither of us have seen. Plus we are segmenting the episodes with a pre-ramble of our/Sophie's expectations of the film, before following up with the end result of our us...

With the end of 2021, we have another retrospective special episode for you all, where we have a laugh and reflect on our second year in the podcasting game (and reaching 100 episodes)! We discuss the movie highs and lows of what we’ve watched this year, our top downloaded episodes of all time, our hopes for 2022, and also answering some more listener questions! Big thank you to these lovely peopl...

Here it is, folks! Our 100th episode, and our longest recording yet! In celebration of Christmas and making it this far, we are discussing two festive movies, which are Anna and the Apocalypse and Christmas with the Kranks (which one's the real horror story??)On top of that, we also have a re-review of our very first (and very brief) episode where we discussed Kiki's Delivery Service. This is to b...

Another festive episode, 2021's number two, where we talk three times over the Grinchiest Who,Be sure to listen in on what scores we each give,Plus we discuss on how long Who's can live,And where was the Grinch actually supposed to drop,and if Sandler was the lead, would she consider it a flop?  ------------------------------------------------------- Paul and Sophie are planning to do something ch...

Well, snow my balls! It's our first Christmas themed episode of 2021, and for this one we're going to be talking about the Michael Keaton snowman movie that is 1998's Jack Frost! Shockingly, Sophie has never seen this festive film before, and in this review we delve into possible reasons behind that... (TBH, I don't think she'd care much to see the 1997 'horror' incarnation either)----------------...

Paul and Sophie are planning to do something charitable for the leadup to reaching 100 episodes of their movie review podcast, and this is something we need your help with too! Listen in for more details, and please help spread the word about our cause! For more information on the charity we are donating towards, and to make a donation yourself, feel free to visit the website links below: www.alzh...

This just might be your tempo...In this episode we are discussing the music based movie that is Whiplash, and once again we have some special guests joining us - it's only Ben and Fiona from Film Floggers! As well as the talking about the film, we reflect on how far we would go to achieve perfection, our music instrument capabilities, and much more (while also trying very hard not to do too much s...

Another world, another time, in the age of podcasting... Two forces combine for the following episode - the couple that is SP Filmviewers, and the family that is Kids, What are we Watching Tonight? to discuss Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal, as well all other aspects of the franchise. Other topics include Pop Vinyl comparisons, fan theories of the upmost accuracy, and applying nationalities to the p...

Halloween may over and done with for 2021, but we have another horrific episode for you to listen to - it's the abomination that is the Super Mario Bros. movie! Is Sophie's childhood ruined from this cinematic venture? Does she put this film on par with primordial ooze? Listen in to find out! Plus we talk video game injury, Yorkshire dialect, and Paul's dinosaur disappointment... Don't forget to f...