15 | A Film Review Podcast
43 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago -Comedy charlatans Luke Oddie and Dan Wade try to convince you that their film reviews, formed after watching just the first 15 minutes, are as nuanced and perceptive as any less lazy critic's.
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Our Top 10 Films of 2023
February 28, 2024 04:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MBAlthough we're a little late, it's that time of the year again. Here come our favourite films of the year! In this special episode of 15 | A Film Review Podcast, Luke and Dan each give a rundown of their Top 10 movies from 2023. The duo are picking from the likes of Oppenheimer, Barbie, Poor Things, Past Lives, Saltburn, The Holdovers and Wonka (Dan has better not put that abomination in his Top 10). Click here to watch the podcast instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See...
BlackBerry and Anatomy of a Fall
February 14, 2024 01:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBIn the latest episode of 15 | A Film Review Podcast, Luke and Dan continue to watch some of the most acclaimed films of 2023. The pair of films they review in full this week are BlackBerry and Anatomy of a Fall. Matt Johnson's BlackBerry is a fictional account of the creation of the BlackBerry line of mobile phones by co-founders Douglas Fregin and Mike Lazaridis, and investor Jim Balsillie, played by Johnson, Jay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton respectively. The Oscar-nominated Anatomy of a...
Wonka, Saltburn and Theater Camp
February 09, 2024 06:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBThis time on 15, Luke and Dan rattle off their reviews for three recent films that they should have got round to critiquing sooner. Firstly, Luke gets frustrated by Wonka, the musical fantasy film directed by Paul King, who co-wrote the screenplay with Simon Farnaby. The picture tells the origins of Willy Wonka, featuring his early days as a chocolatier. Starring Timothée Chalamet as the title character, and with an ensemble cast including Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Olivia Colman and ...
The Holdovers and Poor Things
February 07, 2024 06:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBIn this episode of 15 | A Film Review Podcast, in preparation for the Oscars, Luke Oddie and Dan Wade review two of the biggest contenders. To begin with, the duo review Alexander Payne's The Holdovers. The comedy-drama is set in the winter of 1970–71 and stars Paul Giamatti as a strict classics teacher who is forced to chaperone a handful of students with nowhere to go over Christmas break. Co-stars Da'Vine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa play the school cafeteria manager and one of the stu...
2024 Oscars Nominations Reaction
January 24, 2024 17:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBThat's right, it's time for the Oscars (well, not technically, they aren't until March) Listen as Luke and Dan react live to hearing the 2024 Oscar nominations. The big questions get answered... - Will Oppenheimer sweep the nominations? - Will Barbie get snubbed? - And how in the world did America Ferrera get nominated? Good luck to all the nominees, especially Past Lives! Click here to watch the podcast instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions mat...
Killers of the Flower Moon and The Killer
December 13, 2023 01:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBIn this episode of 15 | A Film Review Podcast, Luke Oddie and Dan Wade review two of the most eagerly anticipated films of 2023. To start, the pair get stuck into Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon. Set in 1920s Oklahoma, it focuses on a series of murders of Osage members after oil was discovered on tribal land. The epic Western starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone has received rave reviews from the cognoscente, but will the boys agree? Then, Luke and ...
Oppenheimer and Barbie
August 23, 2023 00:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MB*Tumbleweed for seven months* "Is anyone still there?" Well, if you are, here's a new episode of the award-winning (technically, we haven't won any awards... yet) 15. True to their grasp of timing, Luke Oddie and Dan Wade are finally reviewing the biggest two films of the summer! They kick it off with Luke's front runner for the 'Film of the Year', Oppenheimer. Christopher Nolan's epic centres around an inspired Cillian Murphy performance as the inventor of the atomic bomb, J. Robert O...
Pixar Ranked
February 03, 2023 00:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBWell, they finally got around to it. Ever since starting the podcast, Luke and Dan have promised to do a Pixar episode... hopefully this doesn't disappoint. Join Luke and Dan as they debate the merits of original Pixar films (so no sequels allowed, I'm afraid), from Toy Story to Ratatouille. Hear their thoughts on the cinematography of Coco, the perfect double act in Monsters Inc., Up's opening montage, Inside Out's approach to mental health, WALL-E's audacity, and Soul's potential if the ...
2023 Oscars Nominations Reaction
January 27, 2023 00:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBIt's that time of year again... time to be let down by the Academy Awards! Dan (shambolically) reads out this year's nominees and the pair react live to all the surprises and snubs. Click here to watch the podcast instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Our Top 10 Films of 2022: Part 2
January 20, 2023 00:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBIt's the second part of Luke and Dan's recap of 2022's best films. But who will receive the illustrious honour of being top of Luke's rankings... plus, Dan picks his favourite (as I'm contractually obliged to mention). Films discussed include Nope, Aftersun, Belfast, The Worst Person in the World and Licorice Pizza. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's...
Our Top 10 Films of 2022: Part 1
January 13, 2023 08:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBLuke and Dan encapsulate an outstanding year of film by eulogising some of their favourites: Everything Everywhere All At Once, Banshees of Inisherin, and Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers... yes, that's right, that made the list! Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
The Gray Man; Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; and Flee
July 28, 2022 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBLuke and Dan review: with this retina-burning, high-octane, all-out action "drama", it's comforting to see the Russo brothers targeting subtly following the Avengers; a poorly-titled film with a distinct lack of flammable sommeliers; and yet another Danish animated documentary surrounding an Afghan homosexual absconding to Scandinavia. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account ...
The Sea Beast; 24 Hour Party People; and Being the Ricardos
July 21, 2022 23:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBLuke and Dan review: the trollop Poseidon brings home from a night out; an audacious attempt by the 60 Minute Makeover crew to renovate Prince Andrew's Royal Lodge; and how Javier Bardem daringly leaps out of his Spanish comfort zone to play a Cuban. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Alien; Free Guy; and Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
July 14, 2022 23:00 - 35 minutes - 24.8 MBLuke and Dan review: a tone-shifting sequel to E.T.; a partisan chant appealing against Mr Fawkes' incarceration; and a quasi-live action film that features more 2D than a swinging party. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Spiderhead; Burnt; and The Man from Toronto
June 30, 2022 23:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBLuke and Dan review: the latest big-budget Netflix original; another disgruntled Bradley Cooper performance; and a Kevin Hart film (... don't ask). Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Hustle; The Invisible Man; and Gangs of New York
June 16, 2022 23:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBLuke and Dan review: something Adam Sandler’s films have been doing to halfwits for years; who Dan will be visiting on Father’s Day; and the vehement war between Granny Smith and the Pink Lady. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Legend; The Constant Gardener; and Million Dollar Baby
June 09, 2022 23:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBLuke and Dan review: Tom Hardy's attempt to show his range by playing a pair of twins; Laura Thyme packing in sleuthing to pursue turnips full-time; and a prime example of how hyperinflation has ravaged the honest work of the black market infant-selling industry. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Death on the Nile; The Eyes of Tammy Faye; and Face/Off
June 02, 2022 23:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBLuke and Dan review: Katherine Ryan performing stand-up on an African river; something so forgettable I can't be bothered sweating over an alternative title; and a film which is to face-transplants, what Jojo Rabbit is to Nazis. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Windfall; Tick, Tick...BOOM!; Boiling Point; and Calibre
March 31, 2022 23:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBLuke and Dan review: the reason Ann Widdecombe's agent told her that she had charisma prior to Ann's career assassination performance on Cleverdicks; if this was an actual bomb threat, we wouldn't bother sending in the disposal unit; the secret to perfect roast potatoes; and what our show lacks. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Turning Red; Nightmare Alley; and The King's Man
March 18, 2022 00:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBLuke and Dan review: the colourisation of Luke's face when he hears Americans attempt to pronounce niche; a spin-off the world needed, in which an addiction-driven Cookie Monster roams the dingy underbelly of Sesame Street for a starter-bag of Marylands; and the reason why, at the age of 59, Ralph Fiennes inexplicably has a six-pack. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account ...
Our Top 10 Films of 2021
March 11, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBLuke and Dan review: Dan's attempt to desperately scramble around to find ten films that he actually enjoyed last year. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Licorice Pizza
January 28, 2022 00:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBLuke and Dan review: Paul Thomas Anderson's blatant attempt to cross the odd-food Rubicon and infringe on the turf already monopolised by Luke's ingenious tuna croissants. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Don't Look Up and The Lost Daughter
January 21, 2022 00:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBLuke and Dan review: what a defiant dwarf and a terrified gynaecologist have in common; and Katie McCann's difficult second album. Click here to watch instead. Here is the article Dan was waffling on about. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Office Christmas Party; Krampus; and Father Christmas is Back
December 24, 2021 00:00 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBLuke and Dan review: TRIN's attempt at the world's shortest conga line; if muscle contractions were mutually assured destruction; and what happens when you let washed-up TV actors (ft. John Cleese's pot-belly) run wild with Netflix's wallet. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Luca; Spirited Away; and Sausage Party
December 17, 2021 00:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBLuke and Dan review: what Luke would be called if he had wandering eyes for his sister; how Dan's father describes his swift exit; and what Ratzinger's cardinals called the alter boy selection process. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Halloween; Hereditary; and The Wolf House
November 19, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBLuke and Dan review: the only day of the year where you can dress up as Colonel Gaddafi and have a drink bought for you; what Katie Price tells Harvey when he asks about his face; and how the post box would have read if Little Red Riding Hood didn’t pull off one of the biggest sporting upsets of all time. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd ac...
No Time To Die and Dune
October 28, 2021 23:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBLuke and Dan review: a flippant pun-orientated horologist's response to their doctor's terminal diagnosis; and the anti-nominative determinism film which missed an open goal by being released in October. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
The Matrix; There Will Be Blood; and Labyrinth
October 21, 2021 23:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBLuke and Dan review: if the blue pill keeps you suspended in a tantalising reality and the red one makes your knob drop off, guess which one had the directors foaming at the f*cking mouth like Pavlov's dogs; after reading the title, Daniel Day-Lewis was expecting a slightly different period piece; and Bowie's fate mirrored that of the Cretan Minotaur after it was uncovered that 'Oh! You Pretty Things' was his ode to nouncing. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with ...
Nomadland; Cruella; and Dodgeball
September 23, 2021 23:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBLuke and Dan review: the wildly misjudged vagrant theme park; Disney’s chance to finally rebalance the scales on their egregious rose-tinted portrayal of Dalmatians; and what Eva Braun’s chin called an unwanted blowjob. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Heat; Sound of Metal; and War Dogs
September 16, 2021 23:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBLuke and Dan review: their offer to work pro bono to help Al Pacino eviscerate his kebab-churning Colne-based namesake; the noise Oscar Pistorius should be hearing; and yet further evidence that the Teller bloodline should really start listening the family’s black sheep, Fortune. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
1917; A Rainy Day in New York; and Point Break
September 09, 2021 23:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBLuke and Dan review: the film Keith Floyd turned down after hearing it involved just one shot; Woody ‘It’s Not Technically Incest’ Allen’s stab at being a weatherman; and the maritime mystery of a dreamboat’s fascination with surfing. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
The Tomorrow War; Guns Akimbo; and Hustlers
September 02, 2021 23:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBLuke and Dan review: an Amazon Original that’ll have you sifting through the T’s and C’s for the return policy; Daniel Radcliffe’s attempt to once again one-up Rupert Grint, by seeing his Bazooka Hands and raising him; and Cardi B and J Lo’s frustratingly non-alphabetical S.H.I.T. movie. Click here to watch instead. Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Mission Impossible Fallout; The Meg; and The Trial of the Chicago 7
August 26, 2021 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBLuke and Dan review: the sixth instalment of a weathered franchise… whilst I’m still here waiting for a Killer Klowns from Outer Space sequel; what the mean streets of Bognor Regis still call the Duchess of Sussex; and a title that has got Enid Blyton f*cking revolving in her grave. For more nonsense: twitter.com/15_pod Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
The Prom; American Psycho; and Dredd
August 19, 2021 23:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBLuke and Dan review: the time Luke took a Mormon to the school dance; Gary Busey; and Dan’s prom experience… he got raped… in the arse. For more nonsense: twitter.com/15_pod Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Rebecca; Life of the Party; and Mortal Engines
August 12, 2021 23:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBLuke and Dan review: that schnoz-faced dolphin freak minus the Adlington; you can’t spell Melissa McCarthy without party… oh wait… yeah you can you f*cking twonk… don’t both watching this pile of sh*t then; and what you’d get if, instead of going bust, Shelias’ Wheels became the No. 1 trading stock on the FTSE 100. For more nonsense: twitter.com/15_pod Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's D...
White Chicks; Venom; and Holmes & Watson
August 05, 2021 23:00 - 29 minutes - 20.8 MBLuke and Dan review: the reason why the Wayans brothers’ parents don’t talk to them anymore; something black and sticky… “Dan, I’ve been telling you to go see a doctor for weeks”; and a failed abortion’s cinematic doppelganger. For more nonsense: twitter.com/15_pod Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Clip Show
July 17, 2020 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBLuke and Dan review: well, nothing. But don't worry, instead they bicker whilst picking some of their 'highlights' from the first season. That sounds just as good, right? For more nonsense: twitter.com/15_pod Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Book Club; Scott Pilgrim vs The World; and Disturbia
July 10, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBLuke and Dan review: a movie where Candice Bergen and some forgettable hussies go in search of schlong but instead find friendship (and bukkake, they also discover bukkake); a film where a love-struck geek bashes off seven other men only to realise he's straight; and a confined teen keeps an eye out for serial killers in between his self-pleasuring sessions. Wow that's three penis jokes in a row, we really need some new material. For more nonsense: twitter.com/15_pod Support the Show. Obs...
Extraction; Groundhog Day; and The Wrong Missy
July 03, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBLuke and Dan review: a moody Bollywood re-imagining of Liam Neeson's Taken; the namesake of a swine-centric bestiality romp; and David Spade finally puts his name to good use by digging himself an almighty hole with a career-kamikaze mix-up film. For more nonsense: twitter.com/15_pod Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
It; Robocop; and Sextuplets
June 26, 2020 18:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBLuke and Dan review: the best depiction of kiddy dismemberment since Operation Yewtree seized Jimmy’s laptop; a biopic of your Mam’s dildo (half-man, half-metal); and black culture’s answer to watching Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito’s 1988 classic Twins three times in a row. For more nonsense: twitter.com/15_pod Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Love Wedding Repeat; The Great Escape; and Fighting with My Family
June 19, 2020 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MBLuke and Dan review: love-wedding-don't repeat-eject-destroy-never speak of again; a needless reboot of Chicken Run; and wham-bam-she's-a-woman-back-in-Suffragette-City (it is a wrestling film, and has nothing to do with David Bowie). Good luck making any sense of that. For more nonsense: twitter.com/15_pod Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
Inferno; Divergent; and Dirty Grandpa
June 12, 2020 18:00 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MBLuke and Dan review: a film about amnesia for those that wish they had it; a middle of the road epic for merging traffic enthusiasts; and the filmic representation of erectile dysfunction. For more nonsense: twitter.com/15_pod Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.
That's My Boy; To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You; and Deadcon
June 05, 2020 18:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBLuke and Dan review: Adam Sandler's statutory rape magnum opus; a head-in-the-toilet-from-all-that-white-chocolate sickly romp; and the millennials' answer to The Shining. Have you heard of the dirty tap analogy? Well, welcome to Episode 1... For more nonsense: twitter.com/15_pod Support the Show. Obsessed with films too? See how your opinions match up against the boys'. Here's Luke's Letterboxd account and here's Dan's Letterboxd account.