Fuds On Film
244 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 22 ratingsFuds On Film is a podcast about, and this will shock you, movies. From blockbusters to arthouse, you'll find considered opinions and hot takes on worldwide cinema from three Scotch fuds. Invite us into your ears and we promise to only infrequently disappoint.
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Intermission, March 2022
March 20, 2022 11:41 - 45 minutes - 21.5 MBDo you want to hear our opinions on The Adam Project, The Batman, Turning Red, and Free Guy? How exceptionally fortunate, that's exactly what this podcast covers. It's very much your lucky day. And such great value! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
Jean Claude Vanthology
March 10, 2022 20:36 - 3 hours - 87.3 MBFor varied reasons both personal and geo-political, we're not able to bring you the fresh podcast meat you've come to expect from us this month, our apologies for that. So, we do what we always do in times of trouble and turn to our spirit animal, Jean Claude Van Damme for inspiration. Here is, I think, his every appearance in our podcast, including a very special look at JCVD taken from this podcast's previous incarnation from all the way back in 2009. Apologies for the somewhat inconsistent...
Gremlins and Gremlins 2
March 01, 2022 18:42 - 33 minutes - 15.5 MBIt has long been said that there is no better time to talk about Gremlins than now, and we are nothing if not slaves to that axiom. So, listen ye now to our various thoughts on Gremlins and Gremlins 2: The New Batch, or else we'll tamper with your stairlift.
Intermission, February 2022
February 20, 2022 15:30 - 37 minutes - 17.5 MBAgainst all the odds, humanity has survived another month. Celebrate this remarkable milestone by listening to us talks about The King's Man, Bigbug, and The Worst Person in the World.
Hollow Man 2 and Showgirls 2
February 10, 2022 19:46 - 32 minutes - 15.2 MBNow, we don't know quite why we're doing this either, but today we are talking about Hollow Man 2 and Showgirls 2. If you don't want to hear it we entirely understand. But, c'mon, we both know you're intrigued. Give in to the temptation.
Paul Verhoeven
February 02, 2022 17:21 - 1 hour - 32 MBToday we turn our attention to Paul Verhoeven, in particular his most famous, Hollywood era works, namely RoboCop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Showgirls, Starship Troopers, Hollow Man. Are they worth blabbing about? Would you like to know more? Listen in, then.
Intermission, January 2022
January 20, 2022 18:48 - 33 minutes - 16 MBWe start off the new year hoping that it very much doesn't continue in the same vein, as we examine Don't Look Up and The Matrix Resurrections for any redeeming features. Tune in and find out if we identify any!
Croupier and Hard Eight
January 10, 2022 21:36 - 31 minutes - 14.8 MBWhat better place for drama to accumulate than the formerly smokey dens of iniquity that were casinos? Of course, they're now mostly free of smoke, if not iniquity. We look at two casino adjacent flicks, Croupier and Hard Eight, and see if they roll snake eyes, hit the jackpot, or indeed any other gambling-centric clichés you have to hand.
Cons, stings and swindles
January 01, 2022 13:05 - 1 hour - 31.3 MBOur theme for this episode is the con movie, and why not? Join us for a discussion of Il bidone, The Sting, The Spanish Prisoner, Nine Queens, Confidence, and The Brothers Bloom.
Intermission, December 2021
December 20, 2021 21:46 - 58 minutes - 27.4 MBWhile I suppose we should be glad to see the back of 2021, early previews of 2022 don't look all that great. Take your mind off it all by joining us to chat about House of Gucci, Belfast, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Last Duel, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and Last Night in Soho.
Rollerball and The Blood of Heroes
December 10, 2021 21:09 - 39 minutes - 18.6 MBWe transport ourselves to the far-flung future dystopia of three years ago to take in some Rollerball, and an indeterminate post-apocalyptica for a round of The Blood of Heroes, or The Salute of the Jugger if you'd rather. Are either of these sci-fi sports worth purchasing a season ticket for? Tune in and find out!
Sports Films: Round 2
December 01, 2021 22:07 - 1 hour - 33.1 MBWith Dickie Davies on stand-by, we return to the world of sport to cast a critical eye over Downhill Racer, Any Given Sunday, Warrior, 42, The Way Back, and Schumacher in our continuing effort to find out which sport is best. There's only one way to find out. Listen in!
Intermission, November 2021
November 20, 2021 22:10 - 1 hour - 31.2 MBAnother month, another random assortment of films face our terrible judgement. Get out thoughts on Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Ron’s Gone Wrong, Finch, The French Dispatch, and Dune. Appeals for clemency will be denied.
Repo Men and Source Code
November 10, 2021 17:44 - 28 minutes - 13.9 MBSometimes you just can't trust the contents of your own head, particularly in these loosely connected films, Repo Men and Source Code. Listen in and see if they are worth inserting into your mindtank.
Shane Meadows
November 01, 2021 12:26 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBIn this episode we take stock of Shane Meadow's movie output, and see if his examinations of English working class stories and characters have stood the test of time. Listen in to get our takes of varying temperature on Small Time, TwentyFourSeven, A Room for Romeo Brass, Once Upon a Time in the Midlands, Dead Man's Shoes, This Is England, Somers Town, and Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee.
Intermission, October 2021
October 20, 2021 21:39 - 1 hour - 32.2 MBNo, Mr. Bond, I expect you to listen to us talk about The Chambermaid, Prisoners of the Ghostland, The Protege, Stillwater, and No Time To Die. Get our activated charcoal filtered opinions in our latest podcast episode!
The Maltese Falcon and Beat the Devil
October 10, 2021 14:10 - 26 minutes - 12.7 MBFollowing on from our last episode on the films of John Huston, we thought we'd change things up with a look at two more John Huston films. This time it's his first, and still one of his most iconic films, The Maltese Falcon, and a rather more obscure outing from over a decade later that's considered a loose parody of that films form, Beat the Devil.
John Huston
October 01, 2021 19:18 - 1 hour - 33.3 MBWe take a look at a cross-sectional smattering of John Huston's work in todays episode, namely The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Key Largo, The African Queen, The Night of the Iguana, The Man Who Would Be King, and The Dead. Listen in as we brass it out with bags of swank.
Intermission, September 2021
September 20, 2021 21:34 - 38 minutes - 21.1 MBWe give a thorough examination to The Green Knight, Reminiscence, Space Jam: A New Legacy, and Enforcement in this latest grab-bag-aploosa. Are they worth your time or not worth a dime? Tune in and find out!
The Holcroft Covenant and The Osterman Weekend
September 10, 2021 15:45 - 37 minutes - 18 MBRobert Ludlum was a prolific author of primarily Cold War espionage thrillers, and so in a way it's surprising that so few of his works made their way into cinema screens, and the vast bulk of those were part of the The Jason Bourne Imbroglio. In this episode, for no real reason other than a fondness for espionage bunkum and baroque titling, we are skipping over the various TV miniseries and taking a look at two earlier adaptations, 1983's The Osterman Weekend and 1985's The Holcroft Covenant.
Lethal Weapons
September 02, 2021 09:37 - 42 minutes - 19.7 MBWe examine what's surely the definitive buddy cop franchise in our latest episode, with a look at Lethal Weapons one through four. Join us and revisit these slices of extra-judicial mayhem!
Intermission, August 2021
August 20, 2021 20:09 - 56 minutes - 27 MBThe bell has tolled for The Suicide Squad, Lost in the Moonlight, Gunpowder Milkshake, Pig, and Jungle Cruise. Let's see which ought to be washed away by the sea, and which should remain involved in mankind.
Michael Haneke
August 10, 2021 19:03 - 1 hour - 34.9 MBWe investigate six of Austrian director and screenwriter Michael Haneke's outpu, namely Caché, The White Ribbon, Funny Games, The Piano Teacher, Amour, and Happy End. Will our report be positive? Negative? Both? Neither? Tune in and find out!
Back to the Future(s)
August 01, 2021 13:17 - 41 minutes - 19.6 MBSome time ago we did a whole episode on time travel films without mentioning Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale's Back to the Future series, their bold updating of Oedipus, so today we remedy that oversight and see if the pride of 1985 and its follow-ups live up to their reputations, and their posters. Remember when movie posters were good?
Intermission, July 2021
July 20, 2021 18:48 - 1 hour - 39 MBAnother month, another batch of films present themselves for judgement. What will we make of Black Widow, Fast & Furious 9, Luca, The Tomorrow War, The Dead Don't Die, and Censor? Tune in and find out!
Ronin and The Rock
July 10, 2021 16:40 - 40 minutes - 18.9 MBWe take a trip back to the nineties with a look at Ronin and The Rock, two action thrillers notable for having their dialogue punched up by luminaries you may not expect. Do the hold up in the harsh light of 2K21? Tune in and find out!
Alex de la Iglesia
July 01, 2021 15:33 - 1 hour - 32.3 MBIn this exciting episode we are taking a look at some selected works of Álex de la Iglesia, after a number of stars came into alignment that hinted at him being worthy of further investigation than our brief exposure to him at the EIFF many moons ago. So, we should do that then.
Intermission, June 2021
June 20, 2021 15:31 - 43 minutes - 20.3 MBLoaded into this month's arbitrary film review roulette are Wrath of Man, Cruella, and Army of the Dead. Which of them clean up, and which gets swept into the trash? The answer to this confusing, poorly constructed hypothetical can only be found out by listening in! Rien ne va plus.
ET and Super 8
June 10, 2021 14:57 - 32 minutes - 15.1 MBCan the pupil can match the teacher? We compare and contrast Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and J.J. Abrams' Super 8 in our latest episode. Check it out!
Tombstone and Wyatt Earp
June 01, 2021 16:36 - 31 minutes - 15 MBIt's an open secret that the podcast slot we nominally refer to as "Compare and Contrast" is normally twisted into a way to cover a couple of films we fancy taking a butchers at, but we do keep a list of a few candidates that are more directly comparable than most. Some of these cover that Hollywood phenomenon where, by coincidence or design, films with closely related subject matter are released mere months apart, like Deep Impact and Armageddon, or Volcano and Dante's Peak, covered in our D...
Intermission, May 2021
May 20, 2021 17:19 - 52 minutes - 24.9 MBIt's that time again. Film review time. As it it every time. This time: Nomadland, Palmer, The Human Voice, Without Remorse, Stowaway, Nobody, and Mortal Kombat. It's about time.
Satoshi Kon
May 10, 2021 18:18 - 42 minutes - 20 MBIn this episode we're going to be taking a look at the sadly sparse work of the Japanese animator, writer and director, Satoshi Kon, a favourite around these parts. Get our takes on Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, and Paprika forthwith!
MUSIC x MOVIE
May 01, 2021 17:02 - 55 minutes - 25.5 MBIf you're feeling generous you could call today's episode a mash-up, or more accurately, the remnants of a couple of different music related ideas that never quite gelled into a full episode. It was resurfaced recently in the morass of my mind by the sad passing of rap-man DMX, rendering him unable to deliver to ya. Alternate delivery services must now be sought. He was also the poster child of an idea for covering films where the soundtrack is significantly better than the film it came from,...
Intermission, April 2021
April 20, 2021 16:52 - 34 minutes - 16.1 MBWe are living in a material world, and we are a material podcast. This episode's material - Judas and the Black Messiah and Godzilla vs. Kong. If they can't raise our interest then we'll have to let them be.
Justice League and the Snyderverse
April 10, 2021 17:18 - 1 hour - 31 MBWith the recent release of Zack Snyder's Justice League, we thought it was high time to see what the deal was with that, and indeed have a bit of a post-mortem on the Synderverse and what strategy, if you can call it such, Warner and DC have been following. Join us!
David Mamet
April 01, 2021 22:13 - 1 hour - 35.9 MBIn this extravagently exciting episode, we take a butcher's at some choice cuts of David Mamet's work. Find out what we make of House of Games, Glengarry Glen Ross, Oleanna, Heist, Spartan, and Redbelt by tuning in!
Intermission, March 2021
March 20, 2021 17:37 - 27 minutes - 13 MBWe warily approach the back end of March, which can only mean that it's time to review the movies that have crossed our paths this month. Tune in for our takes on The Mauritanian, Ride Your Wave, and Minari.
The Thing(s) from Another World (on a train)
March 10, 2021 18:50 - 47 minutes - 21.8 MBWho Goes There? Well, various alien Things, naturally. We shapeshift through four takes on the novella with The Thing from Another World, Horror Express, John Carpenter's The Thing, and its 2011 prequel/remake. Join us as we test them with some heated copper wire and see which ones recoil.
Howard Hawks
March 01, 2021 19:26 - 1 hour - 30.5 MBWe take a hopefully representative cross section of Howard Hawks' voluminous output and run it through our extensive analytical suite to determine the truth of it. Join us as we poke and prod at Scarface, His Girl Friday, Sergeant York, To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes until they stop wiggling and give up their secrets. For science!
Intermission, February 2021
February 20, 2021 21:13 - 1 hour - 29.6 MBWe get our laughing gear around In and Of Itself, Earwig and the Witch, The Kid Detective, The Dig, The Endless Trench, and Promising Young Woman. What revs our motors and what blows our gaskets? Tune in and find out!
Godzilla and Them!
February 10, 2021 21:06 - 29 minutes - 13.8 MBWe take a look at two mid-fifties creature feature responses to the advent of the nuclear age, with Godzilla and Them!. Will they hold up in Space Year 2021? Tune in and find out!
Classic Science Fiction
February 01, 2021 22:04 - 1 hour - 33.7 MBJoin us on our fictional scientific exploration to determine if A Trip to the Moon, Metropolis, Things to Come, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The War of the Worlds, Forbidden Planet, and Ikarie XB 1 have stood the test of time!
Intermission, January 2021
January 20, 2021 20:17 - 1 hour - 28.5 MBWe take a wander down the paths of January's batch of films, including Wonder Woman 1984, Wolfwalkers, Sound of Metal, Soul, and Another Round. Are they worth the journey? Join us and find out!
Gorillas in the Congo
January 10, 2021 13:43 - 37 minutes - 17.3 MBGorillas. Man's best friend, or our greatest enemy? Both? Neither? Well, we won't be answering that today, but we will talk for a while about Gorillas in the Mist and Congo and tell you if we liked them or not, which is almost the same thing. Join us!
90s Neo-Noir
January 01, 2021 13:29 - 1 hour - 40.7 MBThe halcyon days of the nineteen-nineties saw a slew, relatively speaking, of Neo-Noirs unleashed upon us, and we thought we'd take a look at a few of them. How well do One False Move, Red Rock West, Romeo is Bleeding, The Last Seduction, La Cérémonie, Bound, and Insomnia hold up? Listen in and find out!
Intermission, December 2020
December 20, 2020 18:23 - 1 hour - 29.4 MBAs 2020 staggers to a merciful end, we see out this dumpster fire of a year with a look at (what else) a bunch of films. Do Black Bear, Possessor, Mank, Unhinged, Tenet, and Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project enhance the 2020 experience, or somehow, unbelievably, make it worse? Tune in and find out!
Get Carter and The Long Good Friday
December 10, 2020 18:03 - 1 hour - 29.9 MBDearly beloved, we are gathered here today to take a butchers at two films that routinely vie for top spot in any self respecting list of British gangster movies. Both are more concerned with gangsters performing investigations, both refuse to sugar coat the nefarious activities of the their leads, and you could probably make a case for each film reflecting the mood of the decade they lead into. We are speaking, of course, of Get Carte_, a firm favourite around these parts for many a year, an...
Quentin Tarantino
December 01, 2020 21:44 - 2 hours - 60.1 MBWe chow down on Quentin Tarantino's directorial output in our latest exciting episode. Join us if you dare!
Intermission, November 2020
November 20, 2020 18:27 - 56 minutes - 26.2 MBWelcome to Fuds on Film, semi-officially the 22nd most popular movie podcast in Egypt. We need to up our game in the Czech Republic though. In this episode we take a look at American Utopia, On the Rocks, Peninsula, The Eight Hundred, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, and The Trial of the Chicago 7. Come get some.
Branded To Kill and Pistol Opera
November 10, 2020 18:42 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MBJapanese director Seijun Suzuki had been on my list to catch up on for some time now, long before his death in 2017. He's cited as an influence on Tarantino (but who isn't?), Jim Jarmusch, Wong Kar-wai, John Woo, Takeshi Kitano, and surely Takashi Miike, both in style and career arc. Suzuki started directing primarily B-movies that were, as I am led to understand, fairly formulaic gangster flicks for the most part, growing increasingly strange and iconoclastic up until the 1967 effort _Brande...