The Stinking Pause Podcast

The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good. 2023 marked the 10th anniversary of the Stinking Pause podcast.   To celebrate, this year we are looking back at some of the movies already reviewed over the past 10 years and inviting fellow podcasters and friends to join us.   This week, it's Anthony's turn to join Scott and Paul to look back at a...

The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good. 2023 marked the 10th anniversary of the Stinking Pause podcast.   To celebrate, this year we are looking back at some of the movies already reviewed over the past 10 years and inviting fellow podcasters and friends to join us.   This week, our dear friend Ben from the Rated H and House of Hammer podc...

The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good. 2023 marked the 10th anniversary of the Stinking Pause podcast.   To celebrate, this year we are looking back at some of the movies already reviewed over the past 10 years and inviting fellow podcasters and friends to join us.   This week, our dear friend Tom from the Banned Biographies podcast joins...

The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good. 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Stinking Pause podcast.   To celebrate, this year we are looking back at some of the movies already reviewed over the past 10 years and inviting fellow podcasters and friends to join us.   This week, our dear friend Adam from The Secret History of Hollywood, Att...

The Stinking Pause Podcast Bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good.   2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Stinking Pause podcast.   To celebrate, this year we are looking back at some of the movies already reviewed over the past 10 years and inviting fellow podcasters and friends to join us.   This week, Anthony from Glass Onion: On John Lennon, Film Gold, and Life...

The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good. 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Stinking Pause podcast. To celebrate, this year we are looking back at some of the movies already reviewed over the past 10 years. This week, Paul has selected a genuine classic from Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. Some Like I...

The Stinking Pause podcast – bringing you classic movie reviews since 2013   Scott is joined this week by Steven, his co-host over at the Reel Britannia podcast and Anthony, host of Film Gold, Glass Onion : On John Lennon, and Life and Life Only   A Night To Remember (1958)   The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portraye...

The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good.   2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Stinking Pause podcast. To celebrate, this year we are looking back at some of the movies already reviewed over the past 10 years and inviting fellow podcasters and friends to join us. This week, Cev from Film Guff, House of Hammer, and Here Lies Amicus, joins...

The Stinking Pause podcast - reviewing movies since 2013...some good...some not so good. A special episode this week as part of our 10th birthday celebrations in which Scott is joined by friend and fellow podcaster Anthony Rotunno to chat about one of their favourite movies in the form of a commentary. Jaws (1975) It's a hot summer on Amity Island, a small community whose main business is its beac...

The Stinking Pause Podcast - bringing you classic movies since 2013...some good, some not so good. 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Stinking Pause podcast. To celebrate, this year we are looking back at some of the movies already reviewed over the past 10 years and inviting fellow podcasters and friends to join us. This week, Smokey from Rated H, House of Hammer, and All The Best Lines, join...

Episode 173 - Michael Caine: A British Icon (Part 2 of 2) We complete our Michael Caine tribute, a joint presentation of the 'Film Gold' and 'The Stinking Pause' podcasts, as the great man turns 90. Antony Rotunno and Scott Phipps count down their top 5 Caine performances and also discuss his ultimate legacy after 60 years as a film star. There are audio clips galore to complement the conversation...

Michael Caine, born as Maurice Micklewhite, has been acting for 70 years and been a star for nearly 60. This 2-part joint presentation of the 'Film Gold' and 'The Stinking Pause' podcasts celebrates the life and career of a true cinematic icon as he approaches his 90th birthday. In this first part, Antony Rotunno and Scott Phipps look at Caine's upbringing and give an overview of his career before...

The Stinking Pause podcast – bringing you classic movie reviews since 2013   Scott is joined this week by Steven, his co-host over at the Reel Britannia podcast and Anthony, host of Film Gold, Glass Onion : On John Lennon, and Life and Life Only   Ace In The Hole (1951)   With flaws that outweigh his talent, reporter Chuck Tatum (Kirk Douglas) has bounced across the country from job to job. Windin...

The Stinking Pause podcast – bringing you classic movie reviews since 2013   Scott is joined this week by Steven, his co-host over at the Reel Britannia podcast and Anthony, host of Film Gold, Glass Onion : On John Lennon, and Life and Life Only   Strangers On A Train (1951)   In Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's thriller, tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) is enraged by h...

The Stinking Pause podcast – bringing you classic movie reviews since 2013 Scott is joined this week by Steven, his co-host over at the Reel Britannia podcast and Anthony, host of Film Gold, Glass Onion : On John Lennon, and Life and Life Only The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948) In this classic adventure film, two rough-and-tumble wanderers, Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) and Curtin (Tim Holt), meet...

The Stinking Pause podcast – bringing you classic movie reviews since 2013 A brand new movie this week as we take a look at Steven Spielberg's remake of a classic sixties musical West Side Story (2021)   Manhattan, Upper West Side, 1957. Against the backdrop of the decaying tenements in the San Juan Hill neighbourhood and the constant threat of the wrecking ball, two warring gangs--tough Riff's Je...

The Stinking Pause Podcast - reviewing movies since 2013...some good, some bad   Amelie (2001)   This week Scott is joined by his dear friends - his  co host of the Reel Britannia podcast, Steven, and Anthony, the host of the Glass onion: On John Lennon podcast   "Amélie" is a fanciful comedy about a young woman who discretely orchestrates the lives of the people around her, creating a world exclu...

The Stinking Pause podcast – bringing you classic movie reviews since 2013 Incredibly…it's our first James Bond 007 movie review in nearly ten years of the podcast., So we thought….let's review two – and there is something of a method in our madness here as we take a look at: Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008) James Bond (Daniel Craig) goes on his first mission as a 00. Le Chiffre (...

The Stinking Pause podcast – reviewing movies since 2013….some good, some not so good. It's Tarantino time as Scott, Paul and Charlie pack their little green bags and see who let the dogs out. Reservoir Dogs (1992) A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors – veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange,...

The Stinking Pause podcast – bringing you classic movie reviews since 2013 This episode, recorded on the eve of the Euro 2020 (21?) final, finally sees the light of day as Scott, Paul and Charlie get together and chat about Bob Fosse, Roy Scheider and All That Jazz from 1979.  Joe Gideon is a Broadway director, choreographer and filmmaker, he in the process of casting the chorus and staging the da...

The Stinking Pause podcast – bringing you classic movie reviews since 2013 This episode we are proud to present High Society without the songs – it's The Philadelphia Story (1940) This classic romantic comedy focuses on Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn), a Philadelphia socialite who has split from her husband, C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant), due both to his drinking and to her overly demanding nature...

Join Scott, Paul and Charlie this week for some Oscar winning Scorcese action. The Departed (2006) The Departed  is a 2006 American crime-thriller film and remake of the 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller  Infernal Affairs . The Departed  was directed by Martin Scorsese, written by William Monahan, produced by Graham King, Brad Pitt, and Brad Grey, and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholso...

A special double bill this week as Scott, Paul and Charlie celebrate the life and work of Sean Connery Join us as we chat about captains, cat burglars and coffin polishers with a review of The Hunt For Red October(1990) and an almost complete avoidance in trying to review Entrapment (1999) "When I was twelve, I helped my daddy build a bomb shelter in our basement because some fool parked a dozen w...

Brace yourself...it's time for a tale of platform boots, perverted uncles and pinball….teens, beans and Acid Queens. Ladies and gentlemen, the Stinking Pause podcast is proud to present some very  mixed opinions on Ken Russell's vision of the classic rock opera, Tommy. Nora Walker is told that her British fighter-pilot husband is missing in action and presumed killed in World War II. On V.E. Day,...