The Fantasy Film League

After a complaint from Belgium about the podcast being too long,the Misters try to get it down by having a running order and everything. This goes about as well as you would expect. Mr Smith talks about being late to the party fro hi One and Done entry and using AI to "cheat" while Mr B covers the ever helpful "Here is who you should have bought" section of the show. Also the N...

The Misters are back and as Mr B is getting on a plane tomorrow they are in a hurry. You might want to play this at a slower speed . The boys review Project Hail Mary (as spoiler free as possible ), the Devil Wears Prada 2 and Mr Birch starts his new theory on the 20 year loop. They also inadvertently fall over the best name for a sequel ever. Meanwhile Mr Smith chairs the inaugural meeting of the...

Welcome back to Mister Smith and Birch after a longer than expected break. As usual, the boys start with good intentions but quickly get sidetracked by "Ethnic" biscuits, job hunting and catching up on films from the 1940's. We've had a word and normal service will resume next month, in the meantime enjoy the sounds of Mr Smith slowly going insane trying to remember the name of a...

Welcome to 2026. The boys had an agreement not to go off on weird tangents this year but they blow it within a few seconds with biscuits and chocolate trading apps. This week Mister Birch reveals what would have been the best picks for your One and Done, talks FFL rules and gets the award for mentioning a Marvel film nearly 12 months from release. Mr Smith reveals the winners of the OAD and studio...

Mr Birch records his thoughts on Wicked and ends up writing a musical number. Mr Smith loses his mind over German buscuits, the boys review The Running Man, Now you see me 3, Good Fortune and random Xmas films on UK TV. They do drift a bit to be honest but it's difficult to keep them on track. They also cover the Back to School season winner, discuss the Winterval (the magical time where time...

The Misters are back to cover off the upcoming festive season and offer some advice on what to do (TLDR: Buy Wicked Cast), they discuss the upgrades to the game and introduce an new features for our patrons. Mr Smith also tries to explain the plot of Nightbitch while Mr Birch tries to keep them from all the tangents. So pretty normal. Music by the FFL Team and Legion.

In the words of Jessie J, It's all about the money this week on the podcast as Mr Smith plays the FFL One and Done with a few difficulty sliders to full. Mr Birch goes through some well know sequels and asks "Why were they not in this" There answer is usually money but is some cases it was a bit more noble. The boys also cover more films coming out to the end of the year and Mr Birch...

Join the Misters in a chilled out blues setting at FFL Towers as Mr Birch plays his guitar while talking about Sinners. No, we have no idea either. The boys talk Ballerina, Mission Impossible and circle back to Death of a Unicorn. Don't expect them to do that in any kind of order though. Finally the look at the three big films for July and try to predict which one would be the better investmen...

After the overrun on the last episode (we think recording on a Friday caused the issue) the Misters are determined to keep this on on track and they speed run the upcoming films for June. This goes as well as you expect it to... We're talking F1, training dragons, Vanessa Kirby, Ballerina and coin the term "New Dadcore" and Vanessa Kirby again. All music by the FFL team...

The misters are back and this time they try to keep the podcast on track and no deviate. Mr Birch immediately deviated but c'mon we knew that right. The boys are talking accent this week with Mr Birch taking us on a tour of his homeland to address the worst accents ever, Yes Wild Mountain Thyme is in there.. The also discuss Thunderbolts, Sinners and Legion (our resident AI) trying to take ove...

In what we all assumed was an April Fools joke turns out to be real as Mr Birch has been working on the FFL Album. Yeah, really. Listen along as Mr Smith starts to lose his mind. The boys also cover Mickey 17 and trash Kraven T. Hunter, discuss FuffleCon and, of course, biscuits. It's been a weird one. Music by Hidden Citizens and Mr Birch, apparently....

Mr Birch unveils a previously hidden talent and Smith wonders if he's losing his mind. Smith reviews Mickey 17 and Birch starts to cover Kraven The Whatever but gets sidetracked almost immediately. So pretty standard Sunday then.

Due to an uncaring AI the Misters have their scripts flipped and it's Mr Birch's turn to be responsible for the the timeline. He's less than happy about this. Mr Smith is however is *savagely* enjoying being in charge for once and gets to push all the buttons. No-one say Lord of the Rings... Strap in people!!

With the exception of *one* joke about The Bechtel Test pretty much everything said my Mister B is true. Yes ,that includes his Tom Cruise Gap and the bizarre Las Vegas Santa Claus story... The boys wrap up the year looking at the top film of 2024, Mr Smith battles his bad decisions from last night to talk about Red One and Mr Birch invents a movie rating system that may change your life... And, y...

This month we cover Fruit Flapjack biscuits in an attempt to be more "autumnal". Oh and we also remember this is meant to be a podcast about a film game. We talk about that as well, between biscuits. Mr Birch tries to remain calm talking about Borderlands and they Misters lose their minds when the words "Ana De Armas" and "John Wick" are combined. 2025: It's the future!

It started well... Mr Smith got all excited about a film reference he immediately recognised and then, well, then it all got a bit weird. Intro music is by, you know who, and the outro music by Hidden Citizens.

The Misters are back and they are doing a deep dive into the scores so far for the One and Done and the mini league. They also have a look at film still to come for 2024 and give a few tips on where to place your investments. Intro music this week is a cover "In the House in a Heartbeat" by one of our players, Papsamillion but the outro music is as always by the ever excellent Hidden Cit...

The Misters an in an alternate location this week and it's caused some technical issue. Soldiering on the boys discuss the upcoming Blockbuster season (May to July) and discuss whether it's better to go all in with Ryan Reynolds or Ryan Gosling. Mr Birch also looks at movie tropes and Checkov's Gun comes under the spotlight today. And Tivo. So many references to Tito. And yes, there is...

So one more time before it becomes officially official. We need to talk about Bond casting and the boys try to do it without Mr Birch waxing on about Henry Cavill. This goes about as well as you would expect. They cover some of the contenders for the role and give thier own thoughts on who will be slipping into the tuxedo next. And (possibly for the last time) we get to roll out the classic Budget...

The Misters are under a tight deadline this week so they get faster and faster as we go on. You may need to slow Mr B down a bit. Also, as promised Mr B tries to explain the plot of The Beekeeper but gets totally sidetracked by the *amazing* accents. The main event this week though is a quick look all of the films coning out in 2024. There's actually quite a lot given 2023. There's actuall...

The Misters are back, talking Oscars and trying to keep the episode length down. Apologies in advance for the term "Barbieheimer" coming back. They cover the FFL rules for the Oscars and take a look at the contenders and address the Barbie in the room, well the Barbie *not* in the room. Music as always by the Two Steps from Hell and Hidden Citizens.

It's important you read the label on any medicine you take. If you don't you could find yourself dealing with unexpected side effect likes a gravelly voice, a dimension slipping turn into alternate realities and losing your mind when presented with an impossible casting choice. That's not really mentioned on the labels but it can happen... Mr Smith gets another chance to put right what...

Well New Year, new game but before we do we have to look back on the biggest earners of 2023 and do a shout out to the top ten player of the FFL from the One and Done game and the 2023 season. We also cover some BIG changes to the way the scores are done this year. Mainly around how we score cameos and animation but we detail the whole thing out for you here. Oh and Legion, our rogue AI seem to ha...

The boys are back and they are a little distracted. After clarifying a few rules for the game for players and explaining that Legion, their benevolent AI is just here to help they get totally sideline by biscuits and unavailable Joel Kinneman films. They manage to hold it together for *just* long enough to cover Wonka and the other film left for us in December before veering off widely again about...

Bad Film Club is back and Mr Smith is suffering for it. "Blackbird", the Michael Flately vanity project is given a rewatch from hime with the drinking rules. It's still everything we need it to be. Prepare for a deep dive and a shocking reveal of the next Bad Film... The boys also look at the reduced roster of releases for the rest of the year and basically tell you how to win the Ho...