Forever Movie Boys
328 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThree Australian amigos pick a film out of the aether every week to talk about for your listening pleasure.
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Long Weekend
March 04, 2022 01:06 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBStuck in a seemingly perpetual loop of watching Australian Films from the 70's (last week's trip down the Nile notwithstanding), our hosts stumble onto 1978's cult classic surreal thriller Long Weekend. The statement of the film is clear - but is it enough? next week: The Batman
Wake In Fright
February 24, 2022 00:32 - 1 hour - 46.9 MBThis week, the Virgona Bros. are left to run things and run amok in the dusty, sunsoaked hellscape that is The Yabba. Ted Kotcheff's Wake in Fright holds a mirror up to the Australian way of life - can the FMB endure its own hideous visage? next week: Australiana continues with Long Weekend
Death on The Nile
February 17, 2022 00:31 - 1 hour - 42 MBBeset by delays, cursed with stories of gastronomic taboo, Death on the Nile finally hits cinema screens. Does it follow in the tracks of it's flawed predecessor "Murder on the Orient Express"? Or does the film forge ahead and create its own wake?
The Man From Hong Kong
February 10, 2022 09:20 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBBig stunts, bad teeth, besmirched landmarks and ball shots aplenty - The FMB continue to stick to their diet of home-grown offerings and this week it's 1975's exploitation chopsocky delight "The Man From Hong Kong". next week we take a brief break from Aussie cinema and visit new release Death on The Nile.
Breaker Morant
February 02, 2022 09:39 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBThis week, two heads of our regular three-headed podmonster are left thoroughly scratched after watching Bruce Beresfords cinematic account of a controversial Australian figure - 'Breaker Morant'. Uncertain about where the films true loyalties lie, Nick and Maciej summon a Kangaroo Court and cross examine the certified Australian Classic. next week: The Man from Hong Kong
Evil Angels AKA A Cry In the Dark
January 27, 2022 10:22 - 1 hour - 42 MBThe FMB come home with the iconic, oft quoted dramatization of an Australian tragedy - Evil Angels, pehaps more commonly known as A Cry In The Dark. Enjoy a litany of half-formed thoughts including but not limited to: The meaning of Dingo! Andy Griffith books! Jury etiquette! The Beethoven film series! and more! next week: Breaker Morant
Stillwater
January 19, 2022 05:48 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBMatt Damon slips into some bootcut denim and slaps on a blue collar for Tom Mcarthy's sleight-of-hand contribution to Dad-cinema. Are the FMB into it? -- Kind of, maybe. next week: Evil Angels AKA A Cry In The Dark
The Matrix: Resurrections
January 13, 2022 01:35 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBThe FMB *officially* bring in 2021 by performing an autopsy on the recently exhumed Matrix franchise by discussing Lana Wachowski's muddled statement-piece on the franchise that made her.
Cars 3
January 07, 2022 00:32 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBThe FMB round the bend and, checkered flag in sight, attempt to bring some closure to their understanding of Pixar's 'Cars' universe. That's right, Cars 3 is on the rack this week; will it provide answers or just more questions? Can the FMB finally hit the brakes or will it require a few more laps to parse this cinematic enigma? next week: Matrix Resurrections
Good Morning Vietnam
December 31, 2021 05:43 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBHaaaaaaaaaaapy New Year FMBuffs. If you find yourselves alone this festive season allow the FMB to keep you company by desperately trying to keep a conversation going about Robin Williams and his iconic starring role in Barry Levinson's Good Morning Vietnam. (Hint: If you time the podcast with your NYE countdown at 36:00 you will welcome the New Year with our rendition of James Caan's racist impression of a Chinese person from El Dorado ;) )
The Greatest Story Ever Told
December 22, 2021 04:39 - 1 hour - 44 MBMerry Christmas FMBuffs! It may come as a surprise that the last two FMB episodes are nowhere to be seen, but some scheduling errors have delayed those releases and led us to drop our Christmas episode uncharacteristically early and in time for Christmas! Join us as we cast the ever scornful FMB gaze on this bloated cinematic rendition of the Christ story. There is probably some blasphemy within.. coming up: Good Morning Vietnam, Cars 3 and Matrix Resurrections
DUNE (2021)
December 10, 2021 08:03 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBBLESS THE MAKER (and his water). Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of DUNE (part one) has finally hit screens after an absurdly long delay. Join us as we exile Hans Zimmer to the hot sands of Arrakis while talking about many other aspects of the film. next week: Good Morning Vietnam
The Fisher King
December 03, 2021 07:48 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBThis week the FMB enter the baroque, off-kilter, magical realist mind of Terry Gilliam by watching his sensitive Arthurian ode to New York's downtrodden: The Fisher King. Rest easy Frasier fans, we in fact DO mention at some point that David Hyde Pierce is in the film. next week: DUNE returns to the big screen
Ravenous
November 25, 2021 02:52 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBThis week the FMB break the glass on yet another listener suggestion: 1999's underappreciated ironic cannibal-western, Ravenous. The boys are mixed on the film as a whole, but praise gets thrown about favouring among other things, the score, the indelible Robert Carlyle and Guy Pearce's performance as a sentient cleaning utensil. next week: The Fisher King
No Time To Die
November 17, 2021 05:08 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBIt's been years. Too long since the FMB have touched Bond and Bond, in turn, graced the FMB. The drought ends today with 007's latest finally getting a release Down Under. Daniel Craig bids farewell to the role he's inhabited since 2006 and the boys discuss this closing chapter and muse on what may be in store for cinemas perennial secret agent in this supersized episode. next week: Ravenous
The Green Knight
November 11, 2021 05:15 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBThis episode, the efFeMBee gather around to hear David Lowery's telling of the myth, tale, or canto known as The Green Knight. Expect tell of medieval mysticism, Arthurian lore, Chivalric deeds and cinema's least used bodily fluid (you know the one). Next week: 007 returns, and the FMB return to 007 with No Time To Die.
Halloween Kills
November 04, 2021 08:58 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBHappy Halloween FMBuffs; as usual the FMB offer up some belated candy in the guise of David Gordon Greens sequel-to-the-2018-sequel-that-pretends-the-other-movies-don't-exist, Halloween Kills. The fellas quiver and quake whilst talking the films absurd body count, divergent plotlines and the inevitable future for everyone's favourite Shatner impersonator. Evil Dies Tonight! The Green Knight next week
Spiral
October 28, 2021 02:06 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBThis week the FMB crack the spine on the Book of Saw and flip forward to it's eighth, most recent chapter. Does this Chris Rock-starring franchise glow-up cut it? Or is the film itself a sadistic machine designed to torture audience via hackneyed dialogue, baffling performance choices and generic plot trappings? Play our game and take a wild guess. next week Halloween Kills.
Paint Your Wagon
October 21, 2021 09:50 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBThis week grab a paintbrush, your favourite shade of oil-based paint, and help the FMB slather this four-wheeled people-mover with a fresh coat of whatever you damn well please. This patchwork episode sees the FMB finally get around to watching the infamous , toe-tapping 28 carat Western musical Paint Your Wagon! next week: Spiral, from the Book of Saw
Gunfight at Red Sands
October 14, 2021 04:32 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBThe FMB saddle up for a rather obscure proto-spaghetti Western, Gunfight at Red Sands; notable for some unintentional comedy, anachronistic background detail and composer Ennio Morricone's first foray into the genre that ended up defining a large part of his career. the FMB ride again next week with Paint Your Wagon
JFK
October 07, 2021 11:52 - 1 hour - 51.4 MBWe return this week to another Kevin Costner epic. Oliver Stones JFK. Don your tin foil hats, warm up a bowl of etouffee and lets enjoy another episode in the south of America and really get down to the bottom of Tommy Lee Jones' haircut Next week - Gunfight at the Red Sands
Southern Comfort
September 29, 2021 10:36 - 1 hour - 46 MBAn FMB first this week as we tackle a listener request. If all goes well, maybe we'll consider another?! Join in the conversation about our time spent in Walter Hill's atmospheric Bayou Next Week - JFK
Clue
September 23, 2021 10:43 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBAnother mystery this week! The boys follow up a whodunnit with a classic whodunnit based on a classic board game. Johnathan Lynn's Clue. Though the boys would make you believe its Tim Curry's Clue Next week we take out a listener request - Southern Comfort
Urban Legend
September 16, 2021 11:06 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBThis week the boys answer one of Tobias' life long standing questions. Is Urban Legend the scariest movie ever made? If you think you can handle the spooky, come and find out Next Week - Clue
Outland
September 08, 2021 12:15 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MBThis weeks episode comes all the way from one of Jupiter's moons - IO or is it LO? Thats right, the boys are talking Peter Hyam's lost Sci Fi thriller Outland staring the birthday boy himself Sean Connery Next Week - Urban Legend
Soylent Green
September 01, 2021 10:20 - 58 minutes - 40 MBStop all the laughs! This week the boys travel 1 year into the future. To see our mans Charleton Heston take on the big corporations in bleaky beautiful classic, Soylent Green Next Week - Outland
Loaded Weapon 1
August 26, 2021 07:58 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBThe laughs continue this week as the FMB delve into another genre of comedy and explore the bafoonery of National Lampoons Loaded Weapon 1 Next Week, the laughs stop with Soylent Green
One Cut of the Dead
August 20, 2021 04:28 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBFather Maciej is away this week and he leaves Nick and Tobias to talk about the Japanese Zombie Comedy - One Cut of the Dead. Much like the film, this podcast is recorded all in one take! Next week - Loaded Weapon 1
Bad Boy Bubby
August 11, 2021 11:04 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBGreat big whopper of a pod this week as an Australian cult classic was viewed by the FMB. We join Bad Boy Bubby on his trip out into the streets of Adelaide. Come and listen to what we found Next week - One Cut of the Dead
Phantasm
August 04, 2021 09:04 - 1 hour - 43 MBThis week, the fellas make a mess of their breeches discussing Don Coscarelli's first foray into the phantasmagorical world of the similarly named PHANTASM. Dune references, dream logic and death fixations abound. nest week: Bad Boy Bubby
The Gods Must Be Crazy
July 28, 2021 10:22 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBThe FMB felt like a laugh and 1980's international smash hit The Gods Must Be Crazy would surely deliver-- instead it sounds like our hosts had about as much fun as a taking a glass coke bottle to the noggin. Ay yai yai... next week: Phantasm
The Gods Must Be Crazy
July 28, 2021 10:22 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBThe FMB felt like a laugh and 1980's international smash hit The Gods Must Be Crazy would surely deliver-- instead it sounds like our hosts had about as much fun as a taking a glass coke bottle to the noggin. Ay yai yai... next week: Phantasm
the Straight story
July 21, 2021 10:57 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBThis week, Magellan's cast his net back into David Lynch's filmography and fished out this Disney-produced, underappreciated little slice of genuine American beauty (not to be confused with American Beauty, a film which robbed Straight Story actor Richard Farnsworth of his justly deserved prize) next week: The Gods Must Be Crazy
Willy's Wonderland
July 15, 2021 08:10 - 1 hour - 42 MBThis week, the Nicolas Cage-starring, stupid-teen-murdering Five Nights at Freddy's knockoff seeks to entertain the FMB. It fails. next week: The Straight Story
F9: The Fast Saga
July 09, 2021 09:01 - 1 hour - 50.4 MBIt's been 4 years since the Fast Family's last genuine outing. Now, during cinema's darkest hour, Dominic Toretto returns to the big screen hoping that you will too. Does absence make the heart grow fonder? Or has enough time passed for the franchise to curdle? With Magellan out for the count, it's up to Tobias and Maciej to find out. next week: Willie's Wonderland
The Legend of Bagger Vance
June 29, 2021 07:58 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBApologies for the delay FMBuffs, poor scheduling resulted in an FMBless week, but our long awaited Bagger Vance episode is here to be heard. Robert Redford's, spiritual ode to the game of golf in is on the spit this episode and the boys give this gloriously goofy, wrong-headed, racially sanitised slice of Southern melodrama its full due. next episode: F9: The Fast Saga
Boss Level
June 16, 2021 11:53 - 1 hour - 45.4 MBOne movie boy down this week. Nicholas left Tobias and Maciej with what he perceeved as a gift, though together we find out whether that is true or not.. Boss Level, Frank Grillo and Joe Carnahan's gamey movie thats is downright horrible to the gaming community. Enjoy as chaboi & Chaman reunite for an old school style episode and take a look back on the career of Joe Carnhan. Are they Carnafans? Next Week - The Legend of Bagger Vance
The Personal History of David Copperfield
June 10, 2021 03:07 - 59 minutes - 40.5 MBIn an attempt to try and lighten things up from last weeks episode, Tobais chose a movie he researched very little.. This week 2/3rd's of the FMB discover that David Copperfield was a character created by Dickens and not a magician! Next week - Boss Level
Cannibal Holocaust
June 02, 2021 09:33 - 1 hour - 44.2 MB1980 - Ruggero Deodato releases what is one of the most vile, disturbing and down right despicable movies ever made, the ever controversial Cannibal Holocaust. 2021 - the FMB watch it and are left horrified and scarred - Was it really worth it? next week - The Personal History of David Copperfield
Days of Thunder
May 26, 2021 10:56 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBPools of blood are gather in the skulls of the FMB as they endure the speed, excitment and sentimentality of Tony Scotts - Days of Thunder
Those Who Wish Me Dead
May 19, 2021 09:56 - 1 hour - 42 MBThose Who Wish Me Dead surprised the FMB this week - having not realised it was so soon releasing the boys had to push back the Days of Thunder episode in support of Taylor Sheridan and his 90's throwback Thriller Next Week - Days of Thunder
Wrath of Man
May 15, 2021 08:14 - 1 hour - 43 MBGuy Ritchie is back in the FMB hot seat tonight as the boy talk about Wrath of Man. The gangsta movie in disguse Next Week - Those Who Wish Me Dead
Cherry
May 08, 2021 04:10 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBThis week the Russo Brothers offer up what they believe the be their masterpiece to the tribunal. Find out what fate becomes of Cherry. Spoiler alert - This one get nasty Next week - Wrath of Man
3rd Annual 93 Annual Oscars Special
May 01, 2021 01:43 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBIts the FMB & Buffs favourite time of year! When the angels in hollywood get together to pat each other on the back and broadcast it live for everyones envy. This year the boys shake things up a little having not seen most of the nominated films, decided to judge the ceremony itself Next Week - Cherry
Dead Men Dont Wear Plaid
April 24, 2021 07:32 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBThis week the late Carl Reiner and Steve Martin attempt to make the Boys laugh with their 1982 comedy Dead Men Dont Wear Plaid. Join us for Reiner family revelations & in depth discussions about Steve Martins career cleaning woman? CLEANING WOMAN next week - FMB 4th Annual Oscars Special!
Nobody
April 17, 2021 02:07 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBThis week on the FMB pod the fellas finally get their butts back in cinemas to take a look at Bob Odenkirk's action debut - 'Nobody' Was it worth the price of admission? Next week - Dead Men Dont Wear Plaid
Bring Me the Head of Alfreado Garcia
April 09, 2021 01:51 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBWARNING. This episode suffers from some minor technical dificulties. We are transitioning into some change at the FMB studio and are still ironing out the kinks. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia! This week we take a look at Sam Penckinpah's dark, revisionist western. Did Nick & Tobias enjoy their first soiree into the Peckinpah pantheon? Were Maciejs expectations met? Join us next week as we head back to the cinema for 'Nobody'
Wes Craven Presents: Mindripper
April 02, 2021 00:13 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBHave you ever expirenced fear, the kind of raw fear that makes your face flush and bladder weaken? If you have seen Mindripper then you have absolutely no idea what we're talking about! This week the FMB tackle the movie with many names, asking the question has nepotism gone too far? Join us next week for Bring Me the Head of Alfrerdo Garcia
Mona Lisa
March 25, 2021 03:43 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBIn this episode of Forever Movie Boys, the fellas unpack Neil Jordan's beatifully wrapped gift Mona Lisa. From comparisons to Kitano's older gangster movies to literally just reading Bob Hoskins IMdB page & a lengthy conversation about the famous failure that is the Super Mario Bros. movie, the boys could not be doing a greater disservice to such great cinema Next Week - Wes Craven Presents: Mindripper
Police Story 3: Supercop
March 18, 2021 01:56 - 59 minutes - 41 MBThe time has come! This week the boys finally talk about Jackie Chan. Though the title may suggest exclusive Supercop content, the fellas take a trip down memory lane, mostly celebrating Jackies career, influence & lament on the failures of western cinema's attempts to capture Jackie in all his glory Next Week - Mona Lisa