The Podcast Nobody Asked For

Not that anybody asked but this week we got our hopes up and lost at penalties as we talk through films where it isn't coming home. It's a vague topic but Graham had things to work through. Football didn't come home and neither did the characters in these movies. What will make our final Top 3 list this week? Expect VAR, 10 gorillas vs a T-Rex and roughly 37.3 tonnes of seagull. You can find the t...

Not that anybody asked but this week we packed our go bags and smashed the in case of emergency glass. I say "this week" we recorded this episode back at the beginning of May to be used in case a disaster struck that stopped us being able to record: that disaster turns out to have been heavily drinking in a bierhaus by the river in 30 degree heat all day. As covered before, we are too meta for our...

Not that anybody asked but this week we put away our editting scissors and very quickly hit upload as we are talking through our favourite long takes in movies and TV, and to add an extra level of meta goodness for you all we recorded this episode as one continuous take. The only rules for our choices: the final shot had to appear to be one long, continous take. Expect umms, errs and Elton John's...

Not that anybody asked but this week we are opening up the toy chest and becoming master builders because things are going to get bricky. We talk through which movies we would want to see get The Lego Movie treatment and in doing so, we learn a little bit about ourselves. Expect the pop punk sensations Kiefer Sutherland, Rotten and Ogrish silverware and Beneath The Planet Of The Apes in the bath....

Not that anybody asked but this week we are clearing some space and updating our contents insurance because we are off to claim ourselves some new belongings. The magical world of movies contains an awful lot of magic objects, but which ones are going to enter our Top 3 lists this week? Expect disco, Deaths of a Salesman and The Knob Shop just outside of Reading town centre. You can find the trail...

It's time for another League of Good Bad Movies minisode! Each month we have our listeners vote on which good bad movie we should watch and then we crack open a couple of beers and roll film. This month we took in the 1988 jaunt through the froggy wasteland that is Hell Comes To Frogtown, a film bought to you by a man who has made 5 films about rollerblading and starring Rowdy Roddy Piper and a bu...

Not that anybody asked but this week we hollowed out our bears and booked our flights to Stockholm because we are finally diving deep into Ari Aster's folk horror masterpiece Midsommar. You may recognise Midsommar from where we have recommended it every single episode, and it's now time for us to put our money where our mouth is. The first half an hour of this episode is spoiler free and our Top 3...

Not that anybody asked but this week we hid the dalmations and fired up our time machines so we could talk about where movie villains came from. If Cruella has taught us anything, ignoring her thoughts on dogs, it's that origin stories can work and cinema has given us some brilliant villains with some incredible stories to be told. Expect the nefarious Bill Volume, tucked away anvils and a heavy d...

Not that anybody asked but this week we constantly pushed meetings and kept our notebooks closed as we decided we didn't have time to research anything. Complete peek behind the curtain: it was a very busy week and we literally didn't have time to research anything. So what better week to talk about films we could comfortably talk about for 10 minutes with no preperation? Expect filibustering, pan...

Not that anybody asked but this week we are stocking up on pet food and heading out for walkies as we talk through our favourite pets from movie and TV that we would want to own. Remember listener, a fictional pet is for life not just for Christmas. Expect snozberries, suburban tapirs and The Aforementioned Russian Dogs. You can find the trailers for our choices, and other things referenced, on th...

It's time for another League of Good Bad Movies minisode! Each month we have our listeners vote on which good bad movie we should watch and then we crack open a couple of beers and roll film. This month we took in the first video game movie ever made with 1993s Super Mario Bros, a film bought you by a husband and wife team who didn't like talking to each other that features pretty much nothing you...

Not that anybody asked but this week we are opening the pit and cranking the volume up to 11 as we are talking about the best songs across film and TV that are performed by fictional bands. To avoid anarchy we set ourselves some rules: it has to be an original song for the movie/show, can't be a cover and has to be performed in show by a band or singer, not as a musical number. Expect interrailing...

Not that anybody asked but this week we are prepping our screenshooted non-apologies and arranging personal security as we take aim at movies that the world seems to love but we don't rate. Turns out that just because a film is much loved, doesn't mean that everybody loves it. Expect waggles, whelms and David Cronenberg's The Barnacle. You can find the trailers for our choices, and other things re...

Not that anybody asked but this week we fired up the grills and sharpened our best kitchen knives as we are talking about food. The silver screen has played host to countless iconic and delicious meals and we try to talk through them at a volume loud enough that you can't hear our stomachs rumbling. Expect cloud pasta, extreme milk and the expanded ham universe. Bowie the dog is particularly loud...

It's time for another League of Good Bad Movies minisode! Each month we have our listeners vote on which good bad movie we should watch and then we crack open a couple of beers and roll film. This month we took in the 1989 vampire sh*t crazy Vampire's Kiss, a film bought to you by a writer who hated his girlfriend and starring Nicolas Cage at arguably his most Nicolas Cage. To watch the trailer fo...

Not that anybody asked but this week we popped some caffeine pills and poured the biggest coffee we could in order to stay awake for a conversation about boring things. It turns out films don't need to be based on exciting subjects and we talk through our favourite films based on the most boring things. Expect a pig cadaver pillow, Not Willem Dafoe and Where In The World is Anthony Hopkins(tm). Yo...

Not that anybody asked but this week we wrote our finest acceptance speeches and brushed down our best tuxedos as we are taking things to the Academy Awards - mainly to have a go at them for ignoring some incredible performances. Expect half sized Oscars, New Vienna and a live ordination. You can find the trailers for our choices, and other things referenced, on this youtube playlist . Become a fr...

Not that anybody asked but this week we donned our finest spandex and cranked up the entry music as we talk through which wrestlers we would want to add to films. It's the finest that sports entertainment has to offer. Expect hands, badly done decapitations and Shafts. You can find any relevant videos on this youtube playlist . Become a friend of the podcast on Patreon and get bonus episodes and s...

This week somebody actually asked as we took a topic requested by a listener. We are donning our capes and figuring out our origin story as we talk through the most pointless super powers in movies and TV which are still quite cool, because for every Superman there's an Arm-Fall-Off Boy. Expect questionable dolphin science, matter eating and the Teenage Anthropomorphic Ninja Turtles. You can find...

Not that anybody asked but this week we crack out the Nintendo as we talk through video games we think could make for a brilliant movie - it's not like there's much competition. Expect blood baby mazes, Ian's mate's shed and making today a perfect day for you. (It's worth noting that when this episode was released, none of these video games had been adapted yet) In the episode Ian mentions a podca...

Welcome to our second League Of Good Bad Movies bonus minisode spectacular! Each month we have our viewers vote on which good bad movie we will watch and then we crack open a couple of beers and roll film. This month we took in the 1995 margin doodle Showgirls, a film inexplicably brought to you from the person behind Robocop and Total Recall that mainly teaches you the power of being a terrible p...

Not that anybody asked but this week we are fortifying our animated position and grabbing our boomsticks as we turn out attention to an animated zombie apocalypse and talk through which animated characters from film and TV we think we stand the best chance of surviving with and taking the fight to the undead. Expect lactose free astronauts, Alexander Hamilton and The Adventures of Baron Court and...

Not that anybody asked but this week we are grabbing our pint glasses and checking out the menu as we talk through the pubs, bars and restaurants from movies and TV shows that we think would make for the best night out. Basically we really miss the pub. Expect competitive dancing, The Crown & Treaty and Bobolo Bakers' Wailers. You can find the trailers for our choices on this youtube playlist...

Not that anybody asked but this week we are flexing our muscles to talk through the strongest movie villains that we think we would be able to defeat. I don't want to say we are heroes, but if the cape fits. Expect mould, Derry Girls crossovers and heroically doing absolutely nothing. You can find the trailers for our choices on this youtube playlist . Become a friend of the podcast on Patreon and...

Not that anybody asked but this week we decided to make the episode on a budget and talk through our favourite films that were made for practically no money. It turns out not every film needs to have the backing of a vast and definitely not evil corporation, and many films can stretch the pounds into masterpieces. Expect a fearful Spielberg, a money hose and roughly $1,776,261 You can find any rel...