The Cinema Catch-Up Club

For the month of January, the Cinema Catch-Up Club is focusing on Australian films. This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Kate Willoughby and Andrew David as they review the 1997 comedy classic 'The Castle.' Listen in as they discuss the trading post, pool rooms and the variations of the Australian F-Bomb. WARNING - This episode features strong language.

For the month of January, the Cinema Catch-Up Club is focusing on Australian films. This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Luke Jago and Tegan Mulvany as they review 'Ten Canoes.' Listen in as they discuss poo-based magic, honey loving grandpas and making dugong balloon animals. Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander listeners are advised that the following program may conta...

For the month of January, the Cinema Catch-Up Club is focusing on Australian films. This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests John King and Katrina Johnston as they review 'Picnic at Hanging Rock.' Listen in as they discuss corset lines, pan flutes, and Mrs. Appleyard's extreme hairstyle.

This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Nicola Brescianini and Philip Hutton as they review the 2003 Christmas rom-com 'Love Actually.' Listen in as they discuss romance-inducing clarinets, Billy Bob Thornton's unusual fear of antique furniture and why this film might be indirectly responsible for Brexit.

It's Christmas, so here is a special present just for you! Back in November, host Stephen B. Platt and special guests Rhianna Hall and Jason Dohle reviewed James Cameron's 1997 film 'Titanic.' You may remember that due to technical issues, the review section of that episode was recorded five days after the viewing of the film. Well just for you, here is the bootleg review Stephen, Rhianna and Jaso...

This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Daniel Buckle and Sarah Courtis as they review the 1992 Christmas classic 'The Muppet Christmas Carol.' Listen in as they discuss singing vegetables, creepy ghosts and swirly vortexes of doom.

This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Dr. Carmen Dohle and Michael De Grussa as they review the first feature length animated film from Walt Disney 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.' Listen in as they discuss Disney's "Dollars for Gags" policy, being scared by cartoons as a child and what it is like to work with Winnie the Pooh in person.

This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Tegan Mulvany and Patrick Downes (and Gruber the German Shepherd!) as they review 'The Graduate' on it's 50th anniversary. Listen in as they discuss the generation divide in 1960's America, why you should never have all your affairs in the same hotel, and re-casting 'The Graduate' with Muppets. (Note: This episode was recorded prior to t...

This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Jess Serio and David Cox as they review 'The Silence of the Lambs' and discuss not blinking, how Buffalo Bill is like the composer Saliere and the worst moustache in the history of cinema.

This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Sarah Courtis and Katrina Johnston to review the cinematic classic 'Casablanca' on the 75th anniversary of it's first screening. Listen in as they discuss Humphrey Bogart's postal Chess game, potentially litigious Nazis and the plot of the proposed sequel: '2 Casa 2 Blanca.'

This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Rhianna Hall and Jason Dohle to review James Cameron's 'Titanic' and discuss fake Monet paintings, doddering Captains and how Jack and Rose inadvertently caused the Titanic to sink.

This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Tegan Mulvany and Michael de Grussa as they review 1987's 'The Running Man.' Listen in as they discuss Pepsi Man, Arnold Schwarzenegger's running style and extras that look like other famous actors.

This week, in our Halloween special, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Andrew David and Kate Willoughby to review 'John Carpenter's The Thing' and discuss blood tests, clumsy Norwegians and Jed, the greatest dog actor in the world. This episode was selected by our Patreon patrons. To become a patron of the Cinema Catch-Up Club, please visit www.patreon.com/ccucpodcast

This week, host Stephen B. Platt is celebrating his birthday by watching one of his all time favourite comedies - 'Airplane!' with special guests Dan Buckle and Ellin Sears. Listen in as they discuss animal actors, drinking problems and Leon getting lar-r-r-r-ger!

This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Tegan Mulvany and Aaron Vanderklay to review Quentin Tarantino's 'Reservoir Dogs' and discuss bad language, morality amongst thieves and what colours we would name ourselves after for our own diamond heist.

This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Alex McVey and Anna Weir as they celebrate 55 years of James Bond films by watching 'Dr. No.' Listen in as they discuss dragons, Honey Ryder's unusual education and what roles we would play if we were cast in the next Bond film.

This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Scott McArdle and Jess Serio as they review the Director's Cut of Ridley Scott's 'Blade Runner.' Listen in as they discuss replicants, humanity and what could be coming in 'Blade Runner: 2049.'

This week - in our first ever LIVE episode of the Cinema Catch-Up Club - host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Kate Willoughby, Nicola Brescianini and a live studio audience to review 'The Princess Bride.' Listen in as they discuss six fingered men, rodents of unusual size and holding your breath with Cary Elwes. This live show was held to mark the launch of the Cinema Catch-Up Club po...

This week - to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the release of the book "The Hobbit" - host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Sarah Courtis and Patrick Downes to review the first of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.' Listen in as they discuss rude house-guests, the useless Bombur and the Goblin King's "Throatum."

This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests John King and Ellin Sears to review 'The Crying Game' and discuss early 1990's fashion in London, Forest Whitaker's bowling technique and murdering goldfish.

This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Luke Jago and Tegan Mulvany as they review TWO films: 1902's 'Le Voyage dans la Lune' and 2011's 'Hugo.' Listen in as they discuss sleeping on the moon, the uncanny valley and Ben Kingsley's baguette.

This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Katrina Johnston and Dean Lovatt as they review 'The Untouchables' and discuss prohibition, police procedures and prams.

This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Patrick Downes and Rhianna Hall as they review 'South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut' and talk about parenting, singing Satan and stories of childhood swearing. WARNING - This episode features strong language and adult themes.

This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests Nicola Brescianini and Jason Dohle to review the Disney classic 'Bambi' as it celebrates it's 75th birthday. Listen in as they discuss animal puberty, similarities with 'The Lion King' and Bambi's dark literature origin.

This week, host Stephen B. Platt is joined by special guests David Cox and Jess Serio as they review Al Gore's 2006 documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth' and discuss poetry, poorly animated polar bears and cherry pickers.