Two Friends Watch

A fairly good horror film with a few minor let downs but overall fantastic. The film is full of little shout-outs to Stephen King and some great terror and fear throughout. 42 mins INTRO AND OUTRO "Pop Goes the Weasel" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Dance of Deception" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)...

In an attempt to bring a dash of high culture to Two Friends Watch, Andrew elects to watch Bernardo Bertolucci's famous anti-fascist classic The Conformist. It turns out we're in over our head and neither of us have any idea what we're on about - and we flail around for a while looking for something insightful to say. 38 mins

A disaster of a film for everyone from the cast and crew to the directors and investors. Waterworld has long been considered a terrible movie for many reasons but Andrew and I work hard in this week's episode to find the enjoyment and brilliance hidden deep within this movie. 42 mins

This week's episode of Two Friends Watch: we tackle the 2011 drama from Iran that swept up accolades left and right, affording Iranian cinema a previously unprecedented level of exposure in the west. We both agree that although it begins slowly, it eventually reveals a compelling scenario of moral complexity and ambiguity, beautifully acted and directed. 48 mins

A fairly straight forward film about a manic ex-hockey-player-wannabe who intimidates people at golf until he has enough money to save a house. 33mins

With The Martian due out this week and winning plaudits from left and right, we thought we'd take the time to revisit Ridley Scott's debut feature from 1977. We found The Duellists to stand high in the famous director's body of work, a must for anyone with an appreciation for period pieces. 39 mins

Good morning everyone. This week we are looking at the 2013 movie Oblivion, an interesting end-of-the-world alien-apocalypse story. Although this movie isn't great I think that the poor reception during it's initial release was mainly based on general public opinion of Tom Cruise at the time. Which is a shame really as a movie should be based on its own merits rather than that of a single individu...

This podcast was born from the short time Andrew and I worked together on a radio show at uni. One thing we had in the radio show which is slightly diminished in the podcast is the amount of general chat we had. Thoughts, opinions about the world, nonsense, that sort of thing. To make up to this we are dedicating this whole episode to just chatting about the movie industry in general. No review th...

And so our hexalogy of Star Wars retrospective reviews draws to a close with Andrew and Donald's thoughts on the end of the original series, 1983's "Return of the Jedi." The finale isn't generally regarded with the kind of unanimous, rapturous acclaim as its predecessors, but we make the case for its being worthy of consideration alongside either of them. 40 mins

Released before either of us were born, this movie is still one of our most memorable childhood movies. That being said this movie is seriously intense for an infants film and if Don Bluth had his way it would have been even more horrific in places. 30 mins

The second of this wonderful trilogy (trilogy at time of writing because the prequals suck and the new movie isn't out yet). We return once again to the welcoming busom of Star Wars, this time to talk about the inimitable The Empire Strikes Back - whether you consider there to be six or only three true Star Wars films, it matters not - this one is the best, and we'll brook no argument. Here's why...

Don't get me wrong, this movie isn't very good but from it came one very good outcome, The Science and Entertainment Exchange. This is a board designed to foster collaborations between scientists and the entertainment industry and although the core wasn't solely responsible for it's creation, it is one the main culprits.   Other than that this movie wasn't too bad. It's your basic disaster/end-of-...

Months back, we delved the darkest depths of the prequel trilogy - now we see fit to reward ourselves with another trio of podcasts on the original, good Star Wars trilogy in anticipation of Episode VII, beginning today with A New Hope! Donald rejoins us, muscling through the influence of heavy painkillers to add his voice to our enthusiasm. 45 mins

In the year and a half that Andrew and I have been running this show I believe that this film is one of the worst things we have ever had to watch. It is boring, offensive, uninteresting and complete garbage. This movie has so much wrong with it that we honestly didn't even know where to start tearing this movie apart. The bar for worst movie has been lower so far by this movie that I believe it w...

NINJAS! NINJAS EVERYWHERE! There's one behind you right now! In all seriousness, fans of highly choreographed martial arts action owe it to themselves to catch this collaboration between director Isaac Florentine and B-movie legend Scott Adkins - we both loved it in spite of - perhaps even partly because of - its paucity of plot.

Andrew and I are fair fans of zany and mind bending films but this may have been a bit much for both of us. A very peculiar movie with strong influences from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I think with a larger budget and a bit more work on the script this movies would have been a real gem. 33 mins

Best known for its iconic score, this story has been retold in so many different styles and genres. It's a fairly sad film in many ways but it has an intensity that many modern films can only imitate. 39mins

With all the recent chatter about Batman vs Superman we thought we would look at Batman's début movie. A truly fun-filled and wonderful movie full of daft physical comedy and ridiculous word play. It's nothing like the more modern takes on Batman but it's not trying to be. It's light hearted and enjoyable throughout. The maker's of the movie even state at the start: "To them [Enemies of Crime], An...

On this week's episode, we're discussing Into The Wild, a feature based on a true story that won a lot of acclaim from critics and audiences alike back in 2007. Based on a couple of years in the life of Christopher McCandless, a young man who, in the early 90s, left behind a comfortable and plush lifestyle to wander the highways and byways of America. We found it intriguing, although maybe not as...

There are many movies starring Nic Cage that are bad, this isn't a new thing. The suprise of this movie is that it's bad bad. Other than casting there is nothing to like about this movie. Which is a shame really because a team-up between Ghost Rider (Nic Cage) and Hellboy (Ron Perlman) should really be amazing. 35 mins

Against his better judgement, Andrew decided that he wanted to talk (on the Internet, no less) about the superhero movie responsible for perhaps the most flame wars in recent memory. Accordingly, our discussion of 2013's Man of Steel was decidedly conflicted. 46 mins

In 1990 Kevin Bacon stared in a movie which he believed at the time to be his career low. Tremors turned out to be a fantastic cult classic which is still loved to this day. 37 mins

We turn the clock back this episode for a look at a vintage 70s thriller, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. Though you might be familiar with the mediocre Travolta/Washington remake from a few years back, this original is a taut, fast paced hostage-situation potboiler that serves equally well as a time capsule of the period in which it was made, and we both thoroughly enjoyed it.

This week we look at a not greatly known movie, Glory. It follows the first ever all black Platoon in the US Civil War. A fantastic set of memorable characters played by an amazing cast, many of who were still early (ish) in their careers. 37 mins

On this week's Two Friends Watch, Andrew picks one of his favourite films of 2014 - the tough, bleak anti-revenge thriller Blue Ruin, the product of a successful Kickstarter campaign that would seem to vindicate crowdfunding as a means of supporting the arts. We're both looking forward to what director Jeremy Saulnier has cooking next. 40 mins