Movie Banter
115 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 12 years ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsComedian Paul Kerensa, web-based movie buff Jon Sandys, and film-loving actress Jennifer Masters take a light-hearted look at recent releases, movie news, and anything else film-related that comes to mind.
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Episode Sixty Five Children and It
May 07, 2010 18:55The first half of a two-parter this week, as we had a lot to cover! First and foremost, we review Iron Man 2, and despite all quite liking it, somehow end up arguing anyway. We've also got some news about Lindsay Lohan and Cowboys and Aliens and surgery (three separate stories - separate the words into the most amusing combinations), a review of The Disappearance of Alice Creed, a couple of your emails, and In This Week in Movie History. Oh, and an unexpectedly innuendo-ridden finish - apolo...
Episode Sixty Four Rooms
April 23, 2010 18:55This week Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore fight Greek gods, while Sam Worthington lies about his age to join a roller derby team. Something like that anyway. Clash of the Titans and Whip It get reviewed by the Bantercast team, together with chat about the future of Bond, your emails and tweets, This Week in Movie History, and Desert Island Flicks focuses on best film featuring a volcano, after Eyjafjallaj�kull caused so many problems this week (bless you, copy and paste).
Episode Sixty Three Men and a Baby
April 09, 2010 01:20Kick-Ass and How To Train Your Dragon are up for review this week, plus your emails and tweets spark chat of Total Recall, the Dollars trilogy, Titanic in 3D, and Desert Island Flicks covers best Gene Hackman movie.
Episode 62 Days in the Valley
March 27, 2010 01:20The second half of our double-bill is just as movie-packed as the first, with Green Zone, Shutter Island, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Chloe. There's also a special feature in the form of Paul's Oscar quiz, but the flipside is him unleashing a fair few hideous puns on us all - apologies. We've also got your emails, and Desert Island Flicks covers best Martin Scorsese film.
Episode Gone In 61 Seconds
March 17, 2010 01:30Paul, Jon and Jen have seen so many films that it's a two-parter - on this edition, it's The Blind Side, Alice In Wonderland, The Princess & The Frog, Crazy Heart, Ondine, some Oscar chat, and In This Week In Movie History. Watch this space for part 2, which will feature Green Zone, Shutter Island, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and Chloe... Both parts chock full of banter, of the movie kind.
Episode Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road
March 06, 2010 01:30We've hit the big 6-0, and to celebrate we go on a pun-ridden journey of The Lovely Bones, A Single Man, The Crazies, Leap Year, and Micmacs. We also muse on the BAFTAs, the Odeon/Alice in Wonderland saga and the pluralisation of mathematics, plus of course This Week in Movie History. Desert Island Flicks this week is best French film.
Episode Ice Cold in aLIX
February 17, 2010 00:10From werewolves to the World Cup, from Harlem to harmless romcoms, our 59th episode is packed full of The Wolfman, Invictus, Precious (based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire), Valentine's Day and It's Complicated. Plus a look at the Oscar nominations, proper film critic Andrew Collins recommends his favourite undiscovered gem of a film from last year, In This Week In Movie History, and Desert Island Flicks features the best Clint Eastwood films.
Episode ALVIIIN and the Chipmunks
February 02, 2010 00:10Edge of Darkness, Daybreakers, Up in the Air, and 44 Inch Chest are under scrutiny from the Banterers this week, together with tangents into scary foreplay, skinning a groundhog, and whether Mel Gibson can still speak English. And of course This Week in Movie History, and Desert Island Flicks covers Mel Gibson's best film.
Episode Passenger 57
January 19, 2010 20:30Golden Globes, The Book of Eli, The Road, Exam, Nine, Sherlock Holmes, and ways an agent could annoy Colin Salmon all come up for discussion from Jon, Paul and Jen this episode, plus In This Week In Movie History, your emails and tweets, and Desert Island Flicks looks at the best post-apocalyptic movies of all time.
Episode The House on 56th Street
January 04, 2010 20:30Happy New Year! It's the Movie Banter review of 2009 - Paul, Jon and Jen go through their best and worst films of 2009, with occasional diversions into a debate on films vs theatre, Paul getting Shaggy and Murdock confused, and more of our interview with Andrew Collins.
Episode 55 Days at Peking
December 23, 2009 11:30Avatar Yourself A Merry Little Christmas! An epic Christmas special, featuring our very own Nativity acted out for you, dear listener, praise for Avatar, aka, Dances With Smurfs (or is it 'Smurves'?), plus a mammoth discussion of the best Christmas films of all time as voted for by you, the podcastees, and latest reviews of recent releases Nativity! and A Christmas Carol. All that, plus a festive special of the quiz In This Week In Movie History. And Christmas greetings from us all!
Episode LIV and Let Die
December 14, 2009 11:30A bumper episode - we cover New Moon (terrible), The Box (weird), and Law Abiding Citizen (more fun than it should be). Paul somehow conjures up the idea of giant mechanical spider porn, Jon turns an intended compliment into something a bit creepy, and Jen gets worked up over vampires, but probably not how you expect. We've also got an interview with journalist and podcasting legend Andrew Collins, This Week in Movie History, and Desert Island Flicks covers "best box movie" because the idea ...
Episode Dragon: The Bruce LIII Story
November 30, 2009 16:30Paranormal Activity comes under the MB spotlight this week, together with discussing the Twilight phenomenon (proper review of New Moon next time), and the second half of our interview with screenwriter David Bloom. We also narrowly skirt a libellous discussion about Silvio Berlusconi, talk about Crank 2, Tropic Thunder, The Prestige, and Stuck, plus This Week in Movie History, and Desert Island Flicks covers best "found footage" movie.
Episode Fifty Two Wong Foo
November 16, 2009 23:59We're one year old! So an epic podcast with 2012 and a discussion of the best disaster films on Desert Island Flicks. Plus reviews of Harry Brown and The Men Who Stare At Goats, a morbid This Week In Movie History, a slamming of film publicists on Newsdesk, and your many lovely birthday wishes and film recommmendations. Week off next week, and if you're after part 2 of the interview with Donkey Punch screenwriter David Bloom, we bantered so much we ran out of room, so next time. Roll on Movi...
Episode The 51st State
November 08, 2009 23:59An exclusive interview with Donkey Punch screenwriter David Bloom, plus Jon & Paul review An Education, 9 and Cold Souls. Plus the Movie Banter Newsdesk, reports on Mel Gibson's growing brood, Joss Whedon's take on the Terminator series, a discussion on the relative easiness of CGI, and Desert Island Flicks features best actor playing themselves. This episode also includes some of the worst links you will ever hear, but we're proud of them.
Episode 50 First Dates
November 01, 2009 23:59A bumper week for our 50th, as we cover Saw VI, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Triangle, and Bottle Shock. We also muse on the possibility of a British Saw film, the genius of Terry Gilliam, Paul somehow mixes up laughing and vomiting, In This Week in Movie History, Desert Island Flicks (this week: "best horror franchise"), and an interview with comedian Phil Butler. Oh, and when Paul mentioned the movie "Unlawful Entry", Jenny barely stifled a laugh so filthy we had to...
Episode Ladder 49
October 23, 2009 23:30It's the Movie Banter Autumn Quiz! Play along at home, as quizmaster Paul pits Jon and Jen against each other with eight rounds of fiendish/not-so-fiendish questions. Who was meant to play Dirty Harry? When did Bond drink Martini stirred not shaken? What happened in this year in movie history? How many films can Jen think of starting with the letter A? Who Framed Roger Rabbit? What About Bob? And other questions...
Episode 48 Hours
October 18, 2009 23:30Paul, Jon and Jenny float away on Up, through weather which is Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, before landing in a Couples Retreat, and taking the Transsiberian to Eden Lake. Along the way there are some diversions via Jon's bizarre operating hours, the potential of a dialogue-free animated movie, Paul's confusing toilet story, and much more. This week's Desert Island Flicks is "best Pixar movie".
Episode 47 Ronin
October 10, 2009 02:30Paul, Jon and Jenny dig into the brains of Zombieland, try and debug Surrogates, theorise on Creation, and suffer Pandorum. Along the way we get distracted by the idea of a Zombie cannon, Jenny's shrine to Chris Pine, trailers that ruin movies, DVDs given away in newspapers, and muse on how zombifying The Crying Game might have livened it up a bit. Also In This Week in Movie History, and Desert Island Flicks covers our favourite zombie movies.
Episode 2046
October 03, 2009 02:00Paul, Jon and Jenny review an epic 50 films in 50 minutes, being the top 50 as voted for by IMDB users. Includes: Paul & Jon saying "Meh" to Jenny's doubt over Goodfellas; attempts to pronounce foreign language titles like Shichnin no Samurai and C'era una voila ina da West.
Episode Fahrenheit 451
September 26, 2009 06:00Paul, Jon and Jenny lavish praise on Away We Go and Fish Tank, heap scorn on Gamer and the prospect of the forthcoming Love Happens, and banter tangentially about toilet-based romantic comedies, best pregnancy films in Desert Island Flicks, what the writers of The Pink Panther 2 did next, a squirrel in Paul's garden mistreating its nuts, In This Week In Movie History, plus your emails and tweets via twitter, which are always welcome.
Episode 44 Minutes
September 20, 2009 06:00Dorian Gray's the main movie up for discussion this week, together with Adventureland, Ocean's 11/12/13, Brassed Off, and more. We've also got a new feature based around mis-describing films, together with regulars This Week in Movie History and Desert Island Flicks, which this week sees us picking our favourite Patrick Swayze movie.
Episode Bill and Ted's XLIIInt Adventure
September 11, 2009 19:30A packed episode, as up for bantering are District 9, 500 Days of Summer, Funny People, and Julie and Julia. Desert Island Flicks focuses on best film about food, and of course This Week in Movie History. [Apologies for a couple of moments of mobile phone interference in this episode. Won't happen again.]
Episode 42nd Street
September 05, 2009 05:00This week Paul, Jon and Jen banter their way through The Final Destination, including ideas on where to take the franchise given that the makers have clearly run out of steam. Also reviewed are The Hurt Locker and Broken Embraces. Desert Island Flicks covers the best modern World War 2 film, and This Week in Movie History centers around the third installment of a certain time-travelling film.
Episode 1941
August 29, 2009 06:00The Inglourious Basterds (Jon & Paul) return with The Time-Traveler's Wife (Jenny) to face The Ugly Truth about all these current releases, plus Coco Before Chanel, I Love You Man, and, via some godforsaken tangent, The Princess Diaries 2. Plus This Week In Movie History, Desert Island Flicks featuring the best Tarantino film, and plenty of emails from you to read out - of which more are always welcome. So drop us an email about anything movie-based.
Episode 40 Days and 40 Nights
August 25, 2009 06:00One last special before holidays are over and normal service resumes. Paul, Jon and Jenny take a loving, bantering look at the Back to the Future trilogy - everything that makes them classics, the quirks, the deft touches, and the mistakes. We've got an interview with a Delorean owner, and Jen has a rather disturbing theory as to how Doc's time-travelling train is powered.
Episode The 39 Steps
August 18, 2009 03:00An experimental episode - a special "6 degrees of separation" edition, where we try and work our way from Frank Sinatra to Justin Timberlake through interlinking movies, together with the usual doses of banter about everything that crops up en route. No doubt you can get there quicker than we did - let us know your routes!
Episode (THX 11)38
August 10, 2009 17:00This week the focus is mostly on cautious praise for GI Joe and less-cautious taking to pieces of The Taking of Pelham 123, plus a chat with comedian Patrick Monahan, and Desert Island Flicks is "favourite John Hughes movie."
Episode Thirty Seven Samurai
July 31, 2009 05:00Plenty to banter about this week - movie-wise Moon, The Proposal, and The Game, also Twitter, age gaps between costars in movies, whether sequels should stand alone or be tied closely to their originals, Desert Island Flicks covers "most consistent franchise", and more.
Episode The Thirty Sixth Sense
July 24, 2009 02:30Paul and Jon look at some upcoming movies including Inglourious Basterds, Shutter Island, Iron Man 2, District 9, Avatar and The Lovely Bones. Plus the usual waffle, tangents, natterings, or to give it another word, banter.
Episode 35mm
July 17, 2009 02:30Ach! Ish habe Hogwarts auf mein Wand! That's right: Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince and Bruno come under fire from Jon, Jen and Paul, plus This Week In Movie History, three film recommendations from Delorean car owner Stuart Nicholls (and Back To The Future isn't one of them), plus Desert Island Flicks looks at the best child actor performances.
Episode Podcast on 34th Street
July 12, 2009 02:30Jon and Paul weigh into Public Enemies, My Sister's Keeper, and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, plus discussing whether 3D is the future, Desert Island Flicks covers best documentary, and This Week in Movie History.
Episode 33 1/3: The Final Insult
July 06, 2009 04:00Normal movie bantering is resumed - Transformers 2, Year One, and Man on Wire all under scrutiny, prompting discussions on the merits (or lack thereof) of big dumb action films, and also bemoaning ill-thought-out comedies. Paul mentions his Delorean experiences, we're unusually mocking towards Jen (maybe becase she had a week off) and Desert Island Flicks covers vampire movies. Oh, and of course This Week in Movie History.
Episode thirty(two)something
June 26, 2009 02:30Movie Banter becomes TV Banter for one week only - Paul and Jon cast their critical square eyes on new shows Dollhouse and Better Off Ted, established shows such as 24, Prison Break, Smallville, Pushing Daisies and Lost, and take a particular look at great final episodes, notable Scrubs and Seinfeld.
Episode Thirty One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
June 20, 2009 02:30Paul, Jon and Jenny banter about The Hangover, Sunshine Cleaning, marvel at Amy Adams, and muse on whether the reality of The Terminator or future-setting of Terminator Salvation make for more engrossing viewing. Also a chat with comedian George Egg, Desert Island Flicks covers "best trailer", and as always, This Week in Movie History.
Episode XXX
June 13, 2009 02:30Paul, Jon and Jenny put Terminator Salvation through its paces, together with Last Chance Harvey. Also covered are the aging actor population, the cinematic vision of the future they'd most like to live in, movie recommendations from comedian Matt Price, and of course This Week in Movie History.
Episode 29 Palms
June 08, 2009 05:00This week up for bantering by Paul, Jon and Jen are more bad ideas for movie prequels, musings on which of the new acting generation could replace the old guard, a review of 12 Rounds, discussing the recently-announced remake of Total Recall, the TV movie of Discworld novel The Colour of Magic, and thoughts about books that should and shouldn't be made into movies. Also a chat with UK comic Andy Kind, This Week in Movie History, and last but not least, Desert Island Flicks covers our most ha...
Episode 28 Days Later
May 29, 2009 22:00A top mix this week as Paul, Jon and Jen, with guest audient/contributor Paul's wife Zoe, discuss "Night at the Museum 2" and vampire movie "Let the Right One In", with regular features "This Week in Movie History" and "Desert Island flicks", this week discussing best sequel. Also musing on appalling ideas for prequels ("Casper the friendly kid down the street" being my personal favourite, but let us know yours), an interview with comedian Tony Vino about his favourite films, and much more...
Episode 27 Dresses
May 23, 2009 20:00A blazing row about how good/bad Angels & Demons is dominates this week's podcast, plus Jon, Paul and Jennifer discuss board games as films, the best high school movies, your thoughts on Star Trek, and an attempt to understand Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York.
Episode Twenty VI Warchowski
May 17, 2009 20:00Paul's back! He and Jon celebrate with a desperately-crowbarred episode title (one for fans of Roman numerals), plus reviews of Star Trek, Coraline, and I Love You, Man. Also the return of This Week in Movie History, Desert Island Flicks, and more.
Episode 25th Hour
May 06, 2009 02:30Jon and Jenny have had to get by without Paul, who's still on his honeymoon, but console themselves through the medium of Wolverine, In the Loop, 17 Again, Fast & Furious, and Night Watch. Normal service will be resumed next week...
Episode 24 Hour Party People
April 30, 2009 02:30A companion to last week's episode - Paul and Jon take a look at movies from 1987, which Jon has long-believed to be one of the best ever years for classic cinema. That may be overstating it, but a ton of classic 80s movies were released then, including Robocop, Predator, The Princess Bride, The Untouchables, and many others...
Episode The Number 23
April 21, 2009 14:30A special episode focusing on the films of 1984, which Paul argues is a significant year in movie-making terms as it was the starting point for a few major franchises, such as Terminator, Police Academy, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Ghostbusters, and more. Apologies for the late posting - Paul got married on Saturday, with Jon being best man, so we've been busy! He's not neglecting his honeymoon, in case anyone's concerned - we recorded this in advance, together with next week's special, which...
Episode TwenT2: Judgment Day
April 11, 2009 14:30That Boat That Didn't Rock and Duplicity come under fire in the first podcast from our new studio, plus chat about Superman Returns, The Imposter, The Mist, who you'd cast as a new Supergirl, and the best Terry Gilliam films.
Episode 21 Grams
April 02, 2009 14:30A 2nd episode in a week? We're too generous. As Paul moves house, Jon and Jennifer help sift through his DVD box, unearthing treasures from Swingers to Top Secret to Russian Ark to Chums with Ant & Dec. Desert Island Flicks is your Most Watched Film, and there's a chat about the first 18-rated films we saw.
Episode 20th Century Fox
March 29, 2009 14:30This week Paul, Jon and Jennifer cover Marley & Me, Knowing, Bronson, Interstate 60, and A Prarie Home Companion. There's also the return of "this week in movie history", and Desert Island Flicks covers the best TV to movie adaptation.
Episode K-19: The Widowmaker
March 21, 2009 03:00A more ominous-sounding title than we intended! This week Paul and Jon banter about Paul Blart: Mall Cop, The Peacemaker, and Absolute Power, plus discuss the best Best Man speeches from movies, going to the cinema alone, and attempt a quickly-abandoned version of audio charades.
Episode Eighteenwolf
March 12, 2009 03:00This week Watchmen, Gran Torino, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, laddish films, Heath Ledger's Oscar, mistaken ages, and the absence of a twist in An Officer & A Gentleman all come under scrutiny from Paul, Jon and Jennifer.
Episode 17 Again
March 07, 2009 01:00A special 2009 preview edition, taking a look at a few of the (hopefully) best movies coming out this year, including Star Trek, 500 Days of Summer, Public Enemies, The Boat That Rocked, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, and many more. Plus Paul and Jon discuss the movies that most disappointed them (George Lucas doesn't come off well).
Episode 16 Candles
February 26, 2009 20:00Paul, Jon, and special guest Jennifer share their thoughts on the Oscar show (and results), debate He's Just Not That Into You, as well as covering Doubt, Push, and Bolt. Plus picking the best film with an ensemble cast, "this week in movie history", Jon recovers from watching Death Race, Crank, and Shoot 'Em Up in the same day, and more.