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We all know how terribly ‘men in drag’ comedies usually age these days and we were kind of expecting the same from Tootsie, especially seeing as it was made in 1982, but we are pleasantly surprised to find out its just a solid comedy movie with some great comedy performers and some satirical social commentary. … Continue reading "467: Tootsie [1982] Movie Discussion"

Merry Spooky Day once again from all of us here at SFFCH. This year, we have decided to tackle a much loved, comedy horror classicfrom Abbott and Costello which inspired a long run of them meeting various horror icons on screen. Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein is fondly remembered, highly rated and unexpectedly popular, so … Continue reading "466: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein [...

There’s a surprising amount of films called Fortress, but we’re watching the most obscure one, the Australian family thriller (if that’s a genre) that constantly switches between jovial, Steven Spielberg-esque kids adventure in the outback and violent horror thriller with kidnapping, murder and rape threats. Be prepared for: improvised tools and weapons, decapitated duck heads, &...

We talk for far too long about the various meanings of the world ‘rumble’ at the start of this podcast as well as tangents about youth clubs and soap operas for kids. What’s all this got to do with the out first discussion of a Jackie Chan film, the Hong Kong martial arts classic Rumble … Continue reading "464: Rumble In The Bronx [1995] Movie Discussion"

We all remember watching the t.v show Harry and The Hendersons in our youth, so we figured we’d better check out the movie, especially considering it had podcast favourite John Lithgow in it. Our questions this week: is this the most rugged and sexy we have ever seen David Suchet?, would a fan casting of … Continue reading "462: Harry and The Hendersons [1987] Movie Discussion"

Our Chinese martial arts movie kick continues with the 1994 action comedy Legend of The Red Dragon, which soon descends into a trope filled, silly, Looney Tunes-style live-action cartoon that forgoes logic and sense for as many visual gags as it is possible to jam in there and, do ya know what, we are totally … Continue reading "462: Legend of The Red Dragon [1994] Movie Discussion"

It’s the classic story of ‘parents go away for the weekend and kids have to deal with hell portal that opens up in the backyard’ in The Gate from 1987. If you’re looking for a Stranger Things fix this may be the perfect film for you with its fun blend of kid-centred family film meets … Continue reading "461: The Gate [1987] Movie Discussion"

How have 4 British people making a film podcast not tackled a Carry On in over 10 years? Some kind of generational trauma, perhaps? The fact that they seem to revolve only around innuendos to private parts? Well, whatever the reason we have finally deemed it time to examine this huge part of our comedy … Continue reading "460: Carry On Up The Khyber [1968] Movie Discussion"

Richard Kelly took the world by storm with his debut feature Donnie Darko. There was a lot of expectation on his follow-up Southland Tales, a film that seemed to promise even more originality and mind-bending antics. Unfortunately, what everyone got was probably the biggest sophomore slump in film history with a drawn out, pretentious and … Continue reading "459: Southland Tales [2006] Movie...

Moulin Rouge was huge when it dropped in 2001 and is credited with reviving the movie musical with it’s lightning pace, wacky antics and maximalist aesthetic. Was this actually a good thing? This week we seek to find just how well this jukebox musical has aged in a discussion about: elephant boudoirs, narcoleptic Argentinians, well … Continue reading "458: Moulin Rouge [2001] Movie&#16...

We’ve never done a South African film before and what better choice than Yankee Zulu, a movie half remembered from childhood about criminals, poachers, theft, racists and royal affairs. But don’t worry, it transforms into outback Home Alone at the end so it’s all good. Up for discussion this week: dismemberment pranks, disappearing poo pranks, … Continue reading "457: Yanke...

Oh dear, we’re going to explore the early days of anime film adaptation this week with the awkwardly named The Guyver. To be fair, the later days of anime film adaptation haven’t improved very much, but My God, they really didn’t have a clue what to do with this one. Come and join our discussion … Continue reading "456: The Guyver [1991] Movie Discussion"

God forbid we actually expect a story about mermaids in a film called Mermaids. Of course we should have expected it to be about Cher as a flight-y mother moving her kids across country and her 15 year old daughter starting a love affair with a 26 year old dude. I suppose Christina Ricci does … Continue reading "455: Mermaids [1990] Movie Discussion"

It’s time to fight our way through the back catalogue of martial arts films from The Shaw Brothers Studio by taking on The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter. Our first challenge: try to workout what the title of the movie means. Result: We fail. But don’t worry, we meet all the other challenges this crazy film … Continue reading "454: The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter [1984] Movie Discussion"

We return to obscure Steven Spielberg this week with The Sugarland Express, a crime dramedy from 1974 which was his first official feature film and first collaboration with John Williams. Is their movie magic already fully formed at this point or is it a case of tentative first steps into greatness. Come and join our … Continue reading "453: The Sugarland Express [1974] Movie Discussion...

This week we discover we all have a weird bias against Jim Belushi even though we don’t really know where it came from. Has society lied to us and will we discover, in our viewing of the wonderfully obscure Retroactive, that ol’ Jim is actually good and entertaining actor? Come and find out in our … Continue reading "452: Retroactive [1997] Movie Discussion"

Ever wondered what it would be like if a dog-frisbee enthusiast is flung into the not so distant future and has boring adventures in a spaceship that sounds like Pee-wee Herman? No? Well, here’s Flight of the Navigator anyways, an 80’s sci-fi that is often looked back on quite fondly, but not so much by … Continue reading "451: Flight of the Navigator [1986] Movie Discussion...

Did they finally make a sequel to Electric Dreams? No, silly, it’s a dialogue-free, French animated movie about a boy and his dog…no wait, a dog and his robot that may be one of the most charming and heart-warming things we have seen in a long time, despite the countless times it keeps tricking us … Continue reading "450: Robot Dreams [2023] Movie Discussion"

There are a million and one films about dogs, not so many about cats. Maybe it’s because dogs are easier to train and cats are essentially ungovernable, but Hey! does no-one enjoy a challenge anymore? Well, they seemingly did in 1978 when they made The Cat From Outer Space and fair play to them they … Continue reading "449: The Cat From Outer Space [1978] Movie Discussion"

Sam Raimi is usually very comfortable with dark humour, especially with mixing genre elements like slapstick comedy, horror and suspense. So, his movie Crimewave, which is about a dweeb dealing with a murder plot, bumbling hitmen and trying to save and woo the woman he fancies and also written by dark humour maestros the Coen … Continue reading "448: Crimewave [1985] Movie Discussion"

We have differing levels of experience with the filmography of Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar here at SFFCH, but none of us have seen what is probably his most well known film, Women on The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, a zany, dark comedy about women on the…verge of a…nervous breakdown…yeah. So come and find out: … Continue reading "447: Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown [1988] Mo...

Somehow most of the crew have never seen the film Ghost before and because of that their PKE meters (Podcaster’s Knowledge & Expectations) are all askew with readings of ‘corny romance’ and ‘silly 80’s nonsense’. Little do they know, they’ve discovered a bona fide classic. So come and listen to their discussion about: constant death … Continue re...

Most people think of the 90’s horror movement when they think of Japanese horror, so we wanted to go back to it’s roots and see what influenced it. Onibaba is a small scale, vaguely supernatural drama that relies more on the bleakness of war, poverty and human nature to convey it’s horror rather than monsters … Continue reading "445: Onibaba [1964] Movie Discussion"

“So, I have this animatronic T-rex laying around, for some reason, do you want to make a film with it? No, there’s no script and no money and you have a few weeks to do it. Whatd’ya say?” This was the proposition that director Stewart Raffill received one day in 1994 and you can’t say … Continue reading "444: Tammy and the T-Rex [1994] Movie Discussion"

We’ve all watched stoner comedies before here at SFFCH and know that they can range from endearingly stupid to utter dreck, so where does 2007’s Smiley Face fall on the filmic weed-ometer? Come and listen to us find out in our discussion about: well needed female stoner representation, long overdue Anna Faris appreciation, whether we … Continue reading "443: Smiley Face [2007] Mo...