Still Any Good?

Take a deep breath, prepare for the worst, the laziest podcasters in the uniiveeeeeerse!  Yes, we're back.  Again.  Sorry we're late.  We hope our revisit of Richard Curtis' 1989 comedy THE TALL GUY will in some small way make up for it.  Music kindly provided by The Sonic Jewels. Support the show

Rob has taken us back to 1983, where we visit the raunchy goings-on of Andrew McCarthy and Jacqueline Bissett in CLASS.  Is it an 80's Graduate or a rehash of Animal House?  Can't say.  But there's a very young John Cusack hanging about, and that bloke who says "Darn it" in Speed.  Our theme music is kindly provided by The Sonic Jewels. Support the show

Everyone's favourite puerile kids' comedy about mental cruelty, manipulation and paranoid schizophrenia. Yes, it's the 1991 movie DROP DEAD FRED, starring Rik 'we love you Rik' Mayall and Phoebe 'which one of you bitches is my mother' Cates.  Have fun, snot-faces!  Support the show

COENS ... CAGE ... COLETTA (Anne) ... COLLINS (Phil).  Yes, Still Any Good is back - and this time it's personal.  Well, it's the personal choice of one of our beloved listeners. Did we think that RAISING ARIZONA was a Coen classic, or just a big ol' pile of quirky baby-shit?  Why not listen and find out. Support the show

An episode once thought lost, has been found... Yup, it’s our incredibly overdue HOME ALONE episode.  Sorry we’re late.  Let’s hope that at this drab post-festive time of the year, listening to Rob & Chris banging on endlessly about a 28 year old kids’ film will give you all some much needed belated Christmas spirit. Support the show

Summer's here and the time is right for getting a bouncy ball and trying to throw it into a little hoop with a net on it.  We're heading back to 1992 to take a look at the Snipes/Harrelson/Perez b-ball hit WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP.  Will it be a [insert basketball phrase], or just a load of [basketball term goes here]?  Warning: podcast contains a squeaky chair and some remarkable Rosie...

As a tribute to the late Stan Lee, we've gone back to the first live-action adaptation of his work. If you don't include a cheap cameo in a weird kids' TV show. In the feature length pilot of what became THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, we really do see Peter Parker do whatever a spider can. But only if the spider in question wore massive collars on its shirt, live in a grotty attic, and kee...

What happens when two masters of horror decide to work together? Well, when it's Stephen King and George A Romero, you get a zany anthology featuring Leslie Nielsen, a tiny Ted Danson, and an un-bald Ed Harris ... dancin'.  Yes, get under the duvet, it's the 1982 horror comic CREEPSHOW.  Music as ever is kindly provided by The Sonic Jewels. Support the show

In between discussions about developing an 80's style TV show called Caribbean Heat and learning Thom Yorke's favourite flavour of crisps, Rob and Chris manage to have a chat about James Cameron's debut blockbuster, PIRANHA II: THE SPAWNING.  There's blood, death, nudie bits and a hell of a lot of flying grunions.  Music as ever comes from The Sonic Jewels. Support the show

Get your cowboy hats on, start up the Trans-Am and get ready to talk a load of CB bollocks, good buddies!  It's time to hear what Rob and Chris thought of the Burt Reynolds 1977 car chase blockbuster SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT. Support the show

To celebrate International Roald Dahl Day - which was blimmin' ages ago - Rob and Chris have decided to look back at a couple of episodes of TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED. Bet you never saw that coming! Chris has opted for the deliciously fun LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER, while Rob thought it would be more fun to upset everyone with the incredibly disturbing THE FLYPAPER. So get in a comfy fireside chair,...

This week it's Still Any Good: The Musical as we sing, dance, and holler "Punjaaaaaab!" while discussing the pinnacle of John Huston's career, ANNIE. We also find the time to come up with the perfect 1930's crime-fighting duo,  Support the show

Chris gets a bit giggly after having one whole beer and some cough medicine, while Rob looks very dapper in his Disney pajamas. It is in this condition that we discuss the Sam Raimi superhero vigilante film DARKMAN, the originator of the 'Liam Neeson angrily twats people' franchise. Support the show

To celebrate our first Birthday, we go back and look at 1991's Billy Crystal equine vehicle CITY SLICKERS. As we give each other the bumps and gorge ourselves on cake, do we think it's passed the test of time, or is it simply a steaming pile of horse shit? Why not listen in and find out! Support the show

Before the total trousers of SOLO, little Ronny Howard and big George Lucas teamed up for 1988's fantasty adventure WILLOW. As well as acting as an introductory service for Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley, it seems to have influenced everyone from Peter Jackson to Tone Loc. And hats off to Lucas: he's given us two characters that are even more annoying than the lovechild of Jar Jar Binks a...

Diiiiiig-beeeee .... We managed to get through this by imagining that DIGBY THE BIGGEST DOG IN THE WORLD is a prequel to 28 Days Later and that all involved were horrifically slaughtered by the Infected. So we ask: is it still any good? Or is Digby actually The Shittest Film In The World? Music provided by The Sonic Jewels. Support the show

Barry Norman called Brian De Palma's BODY BOUBLE "damn near pornographic". One of us thinks it's tour-de-force cinema, while the other believes it to be tittilating cobblers. Which of us is right? Find out in our latest episode. Warning: This podcast contains middle aged men giggling at rudies. Music by The Sonic Jewels. Support the show

Johnson talks to Webb-y, his knees have gone all trembly! Join us both as we assist the Allied POWs to escape by doing bicycle kicks, saving penalties and doing some standard Caine shoutery. Yes, it's the John Huston 1981 "war is hell, and so is football" extravaganza ESCAPE TO VICTORY. As ever, our music has been kindly provided by The Sonic Jewels. Support the show

Travel back in time with us to 1989 as we revisit the comedy BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE. As well as proving we really don't have a clue about how time travel works, we also corpse for a ridiculously long amount of time (it's been edited). Party on ... ummm ... dudes. Support the show

Because Rob had a New Zealand special, Chris stuck out his bottom lip and demanded a Welsh movie too. Out of the 3 or 4 to choose from, he went for 1997's TWIN TOWN. Is it as good as he remembered? Or is it a total mess of a film that's essentially an avalance of f-words; basically an excuse for an Allen family reunion? Why not listen and find out for yourselves! Theme music by The Sonic...

We find out what happened when the director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre met the creator of Alien and made a kids' film. Turns out it was a fair amount of dodgy acting and a lot of neck-fannies. Join Rob and Chris as we do battle with Tobe Hooper's INVADERS FROM MARS. Music by The Sonic Jewels. Support the show

In the first part of our New Zealand Double Bill, Rob & Chris re-visit the hard-hitting 1994 classic ONCE WERE WARRIORS. Warning, we swear quite a bit in this one. Support the show

For part 2 of our New Zealand Special, we go back to where it all began for 'our' Peter Jackson with 1987's BAD TASTE. In a film where the best performance comes from a cardboard cut-out of Paul McCartney, Rob fell asleep while watching it, so Chris does most of the jabbering. By the time we got to record part 2, we'd had a few drinks so we mainly sound like slightly tired bitt...

The heist movie that has everything: trains, murder, toupees, a dead cat, and more nob gags than you can shake a veiny bang stick at. Yes, it's the Crichton/Connery romp THE FIRST GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY. Support the show

And just in the (Saint) nick of (Christmas) time, Chris & Rob take a nostalgic sleigh-ride to the North Pole for the 1985 cult fave SANTA CLAUS: THE MOVIE. Starring Dudley Moore as a vivacious Vendegum, The Big Lebowski as Santa, and John Lithgow as the Lex Luthor of the toymaking world, you'll be transported to a time when film-makers thought they could get away with ludicrous notions li...