Forever Movie Boys

In The Heat of The Night

March 02, 2023 05:47 - 46 minutes - 32 MB

The FMB return to Norman Jewison's filmography and trade in futuristic rollerskates, laser-gun parties and James Caan for the midcentury, sweltering American South, a bellowing Rod Steiger and an iconic Sidney Poitier. next episode: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Knock at the Cabin

February 22, 2023 23:05 - 1 hour - 42.9 MB

The FMB have a date night with M. Night and watch his latest, 'Knock at the Cabin', which might be his best work in years - sparking yet another round of discussion about the eternal debate: Is a Bad Shyamalan more rewatchable than a Good Shyamalan? next episode: In the Heat of The Night

In The Earth

February 15, 2023 23:33 - 1 hour - 43.9 MB

This episode, noted Breadheads the FMB reignite an old conversation about the utility of ambiguity when popping into Ben Wheatley's neck of the woods to check out his 2021 Covid-set horror flick. next episode: Knock at the Cabin

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

February 06, 2023 01:15 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MB

This week, the FMB slice open Andre Ovredal's 2016 chamber horror and try to determine whether the film was DOA or perhaps, if anything, there's still sign of a pulse in there somewhere. next week: In The Earth

The Long Good Friday

January 30, 2023 01:52 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MB

Starving for quality British gangster content, the FMB flip through Bob Hoskin's catalogue and end up discussing John Mackenzie's barnstorming British classic, "The Long Good Friday"

Operation Fortune: Ruse De Guerre

January 20, 2023 05:41 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MB

The FMB tunes into Guy Ritchie's latest bid to sell us his luxury barbecues by microwaving and feeding us his creative leftovers. next week: The Long Good Friday

(Meet) The Fabelmans

January 16, 2023 06:21 - 1 hour - 41.8 MB

The FMB watch Spielberg's self-reflective stroll through his own childhood and discuss the challenges in rendering one's own life story in cinematic terms. Plenty of Dano-talk for all the Paulheads out there too. next episode- Guy Ritchie corners us in a pub again with Operation Fortune: Ruse De Guerre

Planes

January 11, 2023 04:10 - 1 hour - 46.2 MB

This week Disney literally takes off with the Cars franchise and leaves Pixar on the tarmac below. Does this new bird's-eye view bring some much needed to perspective to the anti-logic nightmare that is the Cars franchise? No. Should you still listen to the FMB try their darndest to make sense of it all? Only if you dare. next episode: The Fabelmans

Charley Varrick

January 05, 2023 23:41 - 49 minutes - 34 MB

After a brief hiatus over the Chrismtas break, the FMB is back in 2023. Starting off the New Year is an episode that should have been released back in 2022 - the FMB talk Don Siegel's "Charley Varrick", a low key Walter Matthau-starring thriller with something of a chip on its shoulder. next episode: the ongoing investigation into the Cars franchise takes to the skies with "Planes"

Avatar: The Way of Water

December 25, 2022 03:01 - 1 hour - 53.4 MB

James Cameron emerges from the jungles and oceans of Pandora, covered head to toe in raver body paint, and ready to teach us all a thing or two about blockbuster filmmaking and something called The Way of Water. next week: Charley Varrick

The Cannonball Run

December 17, 2022 04:20 - 56 minutes - 39 MB

It's Burt Reynold's O'clock at the FMB studio and time for our hosts to check in with the late star. On the agenda this week is 1981's, The Cannonball Run - the big questions on the boy's lips after watching: Is this funny? Is this racist? Is this even a movie? next week: Sky-person James Cameron returns with Avatar: The Way of Water

Bones and All

December 10, 2022 02:52 - 1 hour - 44.1 MB

Get down on all fours, butt in the air, and gorge with us on Luca Guadagnino's sumptuous offering full of shocks, tenderness and absolutely barnstorming performances. The true capstone to this year's FMB maneater series is here! next week: The Cannonballl Run

Glass Onion

December 02, 2022 02:15 - 1 hour - 45.4 MB

Rian Johnson and Benoit Blanc are back at it again with another "Knives Out mystery". Johnson dons the magician's hat again and engages in some major misdirection, but when the FMB hold up the film to esteemed Golden Age author Edward Knox's Ten Commandments of detective fiction - does the film come out virtuous or full of sin? Tune in and find out! next week: Bones and All

North Sea Hijack/ffolkes

November 25, 2022 01:32 - 56 minutes - 39 MB

This week the boys discuss 'North Sea Hijack', in which a bearded, beanie-wearing, alcoholic, cat-loving, woman-hating character named Rufus Excalibur ffolkes, played by the dearly departed Roger Moore, takes on a group of oil rig hijackers led by Anthony Perkins and Michael Parks (possibly lovers). It's Under Siege by way of the British Isles! next week: Glass Onion

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

November 18, 2022 10:10 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MB

So we got together in the flesh to talk about America's favourite chainsaw dancin', chilli cookin' cannibal family. In our excitement we forgot to record good quality audio, sorry gang, but this one's gonna sound a little like we're recording out of Leatherface's meat locker. next week: North Sea Hijack

Tremors

November 11, 2022 04:57 - 58 minutes - 40 MB

This week the FMB pay their belated dues to the dearly departed Fred Ward by watching him and co-star Kevin Bacon essentially play 'The Floor is Shai-Hulud' for our viewing pleasure. *REBA ALERT*, she's in this one too, fam ;) . next week: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

Halloween Ends

November 04, 2022 08:36 - 1 hour - 45.3 MB

The FMB make it to the Halloween party in classically late fashion, bringing you the talk on David Gordon Green's much maligned end to his Michael Myers trilogy, 'Halloween Ends'. The big question on everyone's lips: Well does it? next week: Tremors

Brotherhood of The Wolf

October 28, 2022 09:04 - 1 hour - 44.1 MB

Closing out our Man Vs Beast season is Christophe Gans' bonkers French/Gothic martial arts horror romance which, if we're honest, completely misses the kind of themes we've been trying to explore with this series and is instead mesmerised by Monica Bellucci and a 'Native American' Mark Dacascos in equal measure. next week: Halloween ends with 'Halloween Ends'

Piranha 2: The Spawning

October 20, 2022 23:07 - 52 minutes - 35.7 MB

A semantic kerfuffle in FMB HQ resulted in our hosts having to watch Piranha 2 instead of the original Joe Dante film - but fear not, they manage to squeeze about 40 minutes of conversation out of superstar director James Cameron's directorial debut. next week: Brotherhood of the Wolf

Arachnophobia

October 14, 2022 03:50 - 1 hour - 42.3 MB

The Bug Sidebar of our Manhuntin' Season comes to a close with a 90's horror comedy that's sure to rankle anyone with a distate for multi-limbed, multi-eyed, rapidly multiplying organisms and Jeff Daniels. next week, the open water beckons with: Piranha

The Naked Jungle

October 07, 2022 03:40 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MB

Open Season continues for mankind as the FMB continue to explore the savage frontier of the Man vs Beast genre. This week our hosts find themselves deep in the Amazon facing down a swarm of remorseless ants, and in the process may have stumbled across a plot to wipe Charlton Heston's face from Google... next week: Arachnophobia

Alligator

September 30, 2022 07:05 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MB

Lewis Teague sneaks his way back into the FMB lineup this week under the guise of our still-going Man vs Beast series with 'Alligator' (not McKlusky). Can he win back the hearts of the FMB with Robert Forster and a giant hormone-infused 'gator in his corner? next week: The Naked Jungle

The Edge

September 23, 2022 02:28 - 1 hour - 48.5 MB

It's open season on Man at the FMB and continuing our foray into the maneater genre is Lee Tamahori's ursine talkie thriller "The Edge". Talking points include: Scariest animal to get eaten by; clarifying family ties in the Matrix Trilogy, and Hopkins and Baldwin chewing through David Mamets dialogue like Bart the Bear chews through Harold Perrineau's stunt double. next week: Alligator

The Ghost and The Darkness

September 14, 2022 07:43 - 1 hour - 45.8 MB

This week, the taxidermied husks of the original Tsavo man-eaters take to the mic and dish out their thoughts on Stephen Hopkins' 1997 adaptation of the tale, "The Ghost and the Darkness". Talking points include Michael Douglas' huge ego, the salt content of human flesh, and the mystery of Val Kilmer's accent. next week the hunt continues with: The Edge

Beast

September 08, 2022 08:50 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MB

This week it's just the Virgona Bros. trying to recapture the magic of that Green Zone episode by surviving Idris Elba's man v beast flick aptly titled: BEAST. The brothers dish on the shoddy CGI, Idris' unwavering commitment to his craft, other creature features, and more! next week, the taste of human flesh has driven us to continue the hunt with The Ghost and The Darkness

A Bridge Too Far

September 03, 2022 00:46 - 1 hour - 42.1 MB

You know what we always say at the FMB. We have have gone a podcast too far.. This week the fellas were able to be in the same room for the first time in a while! Feel the raw chemistry as we discuss the highs and lows of this decidedly mid WWII epic

Last Night In Soho

August 24, 2022 08:38 - 1 hour - 42.7 MB

With every member of the FMB now caught up on Edgar Wright's latest, they finally get around to chatting about Last Night in Soho. Feelings about the film are very mixed and Nick suddenly dips 45 minutes into the episode due to a technical issue, but hey - that Matt Smith's one Cool Ghoul huh? next week: A Bridge Too Far

NOPE

August 17, 2022 08:35 - 1 hour - 41.6 MB

Jordan Peele makes his return to the big screen with "JAWS" -- I mean "NOPE", and the FMB congregate after a first viewing to pick all the metal bits out of their teeth and chat about it. Is NOPE a YUP? Or is it an EH? Maybe it's just a MAYBE? Tune in to find out. Next week: Last Night in Soho

Bullet Train

August 11, 2022 10:44 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MB

This week David Leitch introduces the FMB to all his Hollywood friends and shows us the kind of fun they have together. Regrettably (or thankfully, depending on who you ask), it doesn't seem like our hosts are feeling the vibe and proceed instead to list the myriad of ways in which this movie hurt them personally - all in Virtual Reality! next week: NOPE

UHF

August 05, 2022 04:13 - 57 minutes - 39.8 MB

Late drop this week FMBuffs, but the latest episode is here and it's a doozy. In an effort to re-live their ill-fated never-released Naked Gun special the FMB try Weird Al's 'UHF' on for size and have perhaps the driest, most mirthless conversation about any piece of media with the word "comedy" attached to it. enjoy! next week: Bullet Train

The Gray Man

July 28, 2022 01:52 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MB

The FMB fight back tears choking on the pillar of smoke the Russo brothers generated after setting fire to 200 million dollars of Netflix subscriber money with their big, loud, hopelessly unoriginal franchise 'starter' The Gray Man.

Rollerball

July 20, 2022 09:01 - 1 hour - 43.5 MB

Our hosts bid adieu to a true legend of film and television, James Caan, with a somber viewing of Norman Jewison's Rollerball. Each person grieves in their own personal way and in this case it manifests in our hosts with massive tangents into John Mctiernan's fledgling career, animator Richard Williams, and beating up on the Russo brothers (again). Sorry, Jim. We'll miss you. next week: The Gray Man

Ruthless People

July 13, 2022 09:33 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MB

After last week's Drebin-esque technical bungle. The FMB return with a continuation of their discussion of the Zucker-Abrams-Zucker triumvirate's stab at 'straight' filmmaking: 1986's Ruthless People. The conversation has a particular wanderlust this episode as the boys manage to fill out their FMB bingo cards and still pay tribute to the late James Caan. next week: Rollerball

Elvis

July 01, 2022 03:06 - 58 minutes - 40 MB

This week the FMB risk both blindness and vertigo by exposing themselves to Baz Luhrmann's exhausted, bloated and spangled attempt at capturing the life of an exhausted, bloated and spangled superstar, Elvis Presley. next week: The Naked Gun series

Bubba Ho-Tep

June 23, 2022 07:36 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MB

With Alex Garland's Men proving to be inaccessible to some of the FMB, the boys instead treat themselves to a primer for Baz Luhrmann's Elvis in the form of Don Coscarelli's own wacked out ode to The King: Bubba Ho-Tep. next week: ELVIS

Jurassic World: Dominion

June 15, 2022 09:05 - 1 hour - 44.1 MB

It's that time again. Universal Pictures has resurrected the genome of the Jurassic Park franchise and trotted out yet another shambling abomination. Luckily the FMB are on hand to deliver the coup de grace and put this thing out of its misery. next week: we said Men, but it might be something Elvis-related, who knows.

Congo

June 08, 2022 06:23 - 1 hour - 45 MB

Before subjecting themselves to the final (?) instalment of the Jurassic World franchise next week, the FMB retreat into the snug arms of the series' patriarch, Michael Crichton, with 1995's, bejeweled, beheaded, befuddling killer gorilla flick: Congo. next week Jurassic World: Dominion

Top Gun : Maverick

June 02, 2022 05:40 - 1 hour - 45 MB

Fighter Weapons School comes'a'knockin once more this week as our hosts, the world, and Tom Cruise all make their way back to Top Gun. Joe Kosinski goes all-out in this gravity and trend defying nostalgic sequel that reminds us all how lucky we are that Tom Cruise has a death wish. next week: Congo

Top Gun

May 25, 2022 08:55 - 1 hour - 41.6 MB

This week, the top 100% of the FMB strap in, shoot for the stratosphere and court the Danger Zone in their discussion about Tony Scott's all-American, millitary recruitment drive classic: Top Gun. next week: Top Gun: Maverick

Pathfinder/Ofelas (1987)

May 18, 2022 09:08 - 58 minutes - 40 MB

This week our hosts brave sub-zero temperatures, bears with names, and ethnically obscure bandits as they discuss this grounded, charming tale from the edge of the world. They also endured the abysmal 2007 remake of said film for the sake of the episode, but the less said about that experience the better. next week: Top Gun

Dr Strange in The Multiverse of Madness

May 11, 2022 07:51 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MB

Another week, another multiverse film. This time Disney steps up to the plate with All-Time Great and FMB fave Sam Raimi donning the catchers mitt. Is Sam's raw talent, penchant for shoehorning in Bruce Campbell cameos, and his all-round cuteness enough to sway the FMB as they continue to drift further away from the MCU? tune in to find out. next week: Pathfinder (1987) and maybe Pathfinder (2007)

The Northman

May 04, 2022 10:57 - 1 hour - 47.9 MB

It's here folks. Indie-cinema darling 'Bob Egg' has laid another and the FMB dutifully crack it open and get it sizzlin'. The film - painstakingly authentic, bloody, bear-minded viking epic The Northman . The verdict - jump into the episode to find out. next week - Sam Raimi drags the FMB back into the MCU with Dr Strange 2.

Everything Everywhere All At Once

April 28, 2022 05:25 - 1 hour - 42.5 MB

Filmmaking duo Daniel's finally make their way back to the big screen with the gonzo, heartfelt, ass-kicking, mustard-and-ketchup-squirting Michelle Yeoh showcase that is Everything Everywhere All At Once. next week: The Northman

Sphere

April 20, 2022 08:08 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MB

This week the FMB finally cast their benevolent gaze on Michael Crichton and Barry Levinson's adaptation of Crichton's's novel 'Sphere'. Said benevolence quickly turns to scorn, however, as Levinson appears to have dropped the proverbial, impossibly perfect, golden shimmering ball with this one. next week: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Ambulance

April 14, 2022 16:43 - 1 hour - 49.1 MB

This week the fellas sit down to discuss Michael Bays wildly incoherent heist-gone-wrong chase movie and spend some time with crazy Uncle Jake

Paycheck

April 07, 2022 19:24 - 1 hour - 41.8 MB

Years after ManHunt, the FMB return to the master of the Bullet Ballet, John Woo, and take a look at the film bookending his tenure in Hollywood - Paycheck. A Phil Dick adaptation injected with Woo's sensibilities sounds like the makings of a good time... right? next week: we said Sphere but probably Ambulance

What Dreams May Come

March 30, 2022 23:53 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MB

This episode plunges into the scant filmography of artist Vincent Ward as our hosts discuss 1998's Heaven-set fantasy romance, 'What Dreams May Come'. Is the promise of an afterlife with Robin Williams enough to tide the FMB over? Or are our hosts after something a little more nourishing for the soul? next week: John Woo's Paycheck

The Power of the Dog

March 24, 2022 04:30 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MB

This week our hosts dip their nets into the Oscars pool and fish out perhaps the biggest mackerel of the year, Jane Campion's "The Power of the Dog". The boys cut through the awards buzz and straight through to the chase with this one. next week: What Dreams May Come

Paprika

March 17, 2022 00:13 - 1 hour - 41.9 MB

This week our hosts strap on their DC Mini's and fall in step with the phantasmagorical parade at the center of Satoshi Kon's final feature film 'Paprika'. next week: The Power of The Dog

The Batman

March 10, 2022 01:09 - 1 hour - 61.5 MB

The FMB gather on the rooftop of the GCPD for a powwow on Matt Reeves' contribution to the ever-expanding catalogue of Batman movies. Does this 3-hour gloomfest manage to build a better mouse(flying rodent)trap? Tune in to hear wildly different and rambling opinions on the matter. next week: Paprika

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