Weekend At Crombie‘s

Vol 7, Episode 7: Quest For Fire

It's 1981 and Everett McGill, Ron Perlman and Nameer El-Kadi play three cavemen (Ron Perlman was an easy casting, to be fair) who are searching the wilderness for that most precious resource: love (and also fire).

A remarkable prehistoric fantasy adventure from director Jean-Jacques Annaud, and a mere 80,000 years later, we have the technology to podcast about it.

A Very Special Crombies: The Ballad of Wallis Island

We return to our Very Special catalogue to look at arguably the best Tim Key folk music comedy set on a Pembrokeshire island.

Vol 7, Episode 6: Deadly Pursuit / Shoot To Kill

It's 1988, and Sidney Poitier has returned from a decade-long absence to team up with Tom Berenger in an odd-couple, buddy-cop hunt through the mountains.

Also featuring Kirstie Alley, Clancy Brown and a scene that was surely in contention for Best Supporting Duvet.

Vol 7, Episode 5: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

It's 2005 and before taking the lead in a modest superhero franchise, Robert Downey Jr. stars with Val Kilmer and Michelle Monaghan in this neo-noir romp by writer-director Shane Black.

Our hosts don't always agree on the film of choice, and let's just hope it doesn't end badly. Or possibly bad. Adverbs are tricky.

Vol 7, Episode 4: The Shop on Main Street

It's 1965 and, from behind the Iron Curtain, a Czechoslovakian New Wave film stars Jozef Kroner and Ida Kamińska as they depict the Aryanization program in the Slovak Republic during World War II.

Academy winner of Best Foreign Language Film, with Ida Kamińska also nominated for Best Actress, there's some powerful stuff here. And also a goose.

Vol 7, Episode 3: Hell Drivers

It's 1957 and this Stanley Baker vehicle tells the story of gravel haulage on the mean streets of Buckinghamshire.

An absolute galaxy of supporting cast, including Patrick McGoohan, Sean Connery, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins, William Hartnell, Sid James, Jill Ireland, Gordon Jackson and David McCallum.

Vol 7, Episode 2: Princess Caraboo

Phoebe Cates stars in this Regency-era true story of the mysterious Princess Caraboo.

Supporting cast includes Jim Broadbent, Wendy Hughes, Kevin Kline, John Lithgow and Stephen Rea, so the real mystery is: how did this disappear without a trace?

Vol 7, Episode 1: Clue

Tim Curry leads a murderers' row of comedic talent in this 1985 mystery comedy based on the family board game.

Spoiler: it was Dr Evans. In the kitchen. With the temperamental headset.

Vol 6, Episode 13 - A Year In Review

James has the numbers, and he's not afraid to use them. We look back on the films of the past year, the whole series, and how the scales of public perception may have rebalanced our previous picks.

It's the review of the reviews show!

The Twelve Days of Crombie: Klaus

Are we starting to connect the dots?