Some movies don‘t deserve what the box office and critics did to them. But then again, some of them really do. James and Huw dig up forgotten movies and walk them around one more time.
Episodes
Friday Jul 23, 2021
Friday Jul 23, 2021
It's 1982 and maverick director Samuel Fuller creates one of his final movies, the experimental and controversial White Dog.
Buried at its original release, and restored by The Criterion Collection, our two gentlemen philosophers approach this unloved mutt with trepidation and a bag full of hamburgers.
Friday Jul 02, 2021
Friday Jul 02, 2021
For our summer instalment, we look at David Fincher's second decade of filmmaking, specifically the thriller Panic Room!
Starring Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Kristen Stewart and Jared Leto, this one's an absolute gem.
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
It's 1994 and superstars Geena Davis and Michael Keaton are brought together for a romantic comedy that crashed at the box office and has since disappeared from existence (seriously - this film was hard to find!)
We give Speechless another appraisal and weigh up whether it is a lost gem, or something we should never speak of again.
Sunday May 23, 2021
Sunday May 23, 2021
It's 1981 and Matthew Robbins is at the helm of this dark fantasy tale starring Peter MacNicol, Caitlin Clarke, Ralph Richardson, Ian McDiarmid and the finest dragon ever committed to screen, Vermithrax Pejorative.
No virgins were harmed in the making of this production, although we may yet discover James' recipe for poached eggs.
Saturday Apr 17, 2021
Saturday Apr 17, 2021
It's 1991 and Disney takes flight into the superhero genre with an adaptation of a comic book hero. With Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton, Paul Sorvino and Terry O'Quinn in supporting roles, we take a look at why this one crashed after take-off.
Dripping with 1930s nostalgia, director Joe Johnston was later to enjoy much greater success along the same lines with Captain America: The First Avenger.
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
A brand new spin-off from the team that brought you Weekend At Crombie's. In this four-part series, once a quarter, we will examine the work of a single director, whose work spans the decades.
Beginning with David Fincher's acclaimed (and still terrifying) feature: Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt face a vicious serial killer in Se7en.
Also: spoiler alert for Se7en.
(James made me put that in. But come on, if you haven't seen Se7en. Go and watch Se7en)
Saturday Mar 13, 2021
Saturday Mar 13, 2021
It's 1982 and writer-director Robert Towne brings us a track-and-field drama that fell at the first box-office hurdle.
With Mariel Hemingway, Patrice Donnelly and Scott Glenn, this one deserved a second chance on the podium.
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
Thursday Feb 11, 2021
It's 1990 and the up-and-coming Coen Brothers produce a neo-noir gangster film with the stellar cast list of Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro and Albert Finney, plus a hauntingly beautiful musical score by Carter Burwell.
Overlooked at the time both critically and commercially, it is now regarded as an undisputed classic and one of the Coens' best films. We drive into the woods to put one into its brain.
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
It's 1995 and acclaimed director Kathryn Bigelow, along with producer James Cameron, present a turn-of-the-millennium thriller, starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis and Tom Sizemore.
A tremendous box-office flop upon release, our two gentlemen philosophers have their own views about how Strange Days has withstood the test of time.
Monday Dec 28, 2020
Monday Dec 28, 2020
As if 2020 wasn't enough to deal with, we've now got a bonus track from our two gentlemen philosophers as they review the films we shared over the year, and for James to mercilessly beat Huw into the ground with statistics. Again. Again.