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Commentary Club

Welcome to Commentary Club! Join Jim and Teresa as they talk over various movies and bits of cult TV. So take your seat, make yourself comfy as we do commentaries for all kinds of films, the classic, the cult and the crap!
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COMMENTARY CLUB 099 - Raiders of the Lost Ark

For our classic film selection we go back the 1980s for the legendary collaboration between George Lucas and Steven Spielberg - the very first Indiana Jones adventure - Raiders of the Lost Ark !

Aug 23, 20242 hr 6 minSeason 1Ep. 99

COMMENTARY CLUB 098 - Titanic II

Did you know there was a Titanic II? In this podcast we wish we didn't, as we tackle this dubious 2010 mockbuster pretend sequel from The Asylum!

Aug 10, 20241 hr 40 minSeason 1Ep. 98

COMMENTARY CLUB 097 - Rollerball

This week we are are revisiting a slice of 1970s scifi in the shape of cult classic Rollerball (1975)

Jul 19, 20242 hr 14 minSeason 1Ep. 97

COMMENTARY CLUB 095 - The Terror

In another special show, we revisit another movie from the late great Roger Corman - The Terror (1963) a gothic fever dream which stars Boris Karloff and a very young Jack Nicholson!

Jun 10, 20241 hr 30 minSeason 1Ep. 95

COMMENTARY CLUB - Minisode 061 - Top of the Pops 80s Showdown 2

After recording the Zombie Creeping Flesh episode, it seemed like a good idea to keep on drinking and watch a Top of the Pops from November 1980 the same week as the film's release. And we had such a good time, we sampled another episode from 1981 for good measure!

Jun 04, 20241 hr 12 minSeason 3Ep. 62

COMMENTARY CLUB 093 - Zombie Creeping Flesh

It's crap movie time and we are looking at a legendarily shoddy movie - a 1980s Italian Dawn of the Dead knock-off which you may know as Zombie Creeping Flesh AKA Virus AKA Zombie 3 AKA Hell of the Living Dead AKA Night of the Zombies AKA That Bloody Terrible Film

May 11, 20241 hr 47 minSeason 1Ep. 93

COMMENTARY CLUB 091 - Big

For our classic movie selection, we are watching classic 1980s comedy Big starring Tom Hanks

Apr 19, 20241 hr 53 minSeason 1Ep. 91

COMMENTARY CLUB EASTER SPECIAL 2024 - Inseminoid

We celebrate Easter this year with an 1980s British scifi horror about eggs and rebirth... sort of... Yes, we are doing Norman J Warren's infamous alien shocker - Inseminoid (1981)

Mar 30, 20241 hr 42 minSeason 2Ep. 30

COMMENTARY CLUB ST PATRICKS DAY SPECIAL 2024 - Apocalypse Clown

We celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a new Irish scifi comedy - Apocalypse Clown! When a mysterious cosmic event destroys all electronics and the world plunges into chaos, will a bunch of failed clowns be our saviours?

Mar 16, 20241 hr 52 minSeason 2Ep. 29

COMMENTARY CLUB 090 - The Bubble

For our crap movie selection, we are watching an all-star cast go to hell in a hand-basket in Judd Apatow's pandemic misfire The Bubble (2022)

Mar 02, 20242 hr 18 minSeason 1Ep. 90

COMMENTARY CLUB - Valentines Special 2024 - The Trip

For our traditional wildly inappropriate movie for Valentine's Day this year, we picked a romantic comedy... from Tommy Wirkola, director of the Dead Snow films! The Trip (2021) has Noomi Rapace and Aksel Hennie as a couple off for a romantic break where they plan to kill each other!

Feb 14, 20242 hr 8 minSeason 2Ep. 28

COMMENTARY CLUB 089 - Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

For our cult movie selection, we are sticking with kaiju movies, and revisiting Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995), the first movie in of the Heisei series for Godzilla's great rival monster!

Feb 09, 20241 hr 46 minSeason 1Ep. 89

Commentary Club 088 - King Kong

First show of a new year and we are looking at an all-time classic - the original King Kong from 1933!

Jan 27, 20241 hr 50 minSeason 1Ep. 88

COMMENTARY CLUB - New Years Eve Special 2023

For our New Year's podcast, we thought we'd watch an old Top of the Pops end of year special from the 1980s! And we had such fun - and we so *ahem* merry - we did another one from 1970s too! Best enjoyed after a wobble of bine or two...

Dec 31, 20231 hr 52 minSeason 2Ep. 27

COMMENTARY CLUB CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - White Christmas

For this year's Christmas special, we are going for a old fashioned classic - White Christmas (1954) starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen.

Dec 23, 20232 hr 8 minSeason 2Ep. 26

COMMENTARY CLUB 087 - Klaus

For our classic movie for December we have gone for new festive favourite Klaus, a 2019 animated feature giving us a truly magical alternative take on the origins of Santa Claus.

Dec 09, 20231 hr 47 minSeason 1Ep. 87

COMMENTARY CLUB 086 - Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2

For our crap film choice, as it is December, we are revisiting infamous Santa slasher Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2! Why not Part 1? Well, because this film is so cheap half of it is Part I repackaged!

Dec 01, 20231 hr 42 minSeason 1Ep. 86

COMMENTARY CLUB - Minisode 058 - The Young Ones - Summer Holiday

"We're Young Ones. Bachelor boys! Crazy, mad, wild-eyed, big-bottomed anarchists!" In this episode, we reach the final ever episode of The Young Ones - term has finished, their courses ended, what will the boys do now...

Nov 24, 202340 minSeason 3Ep. 58

COMMENTARY CLUB 085 - Dawn of the Dead (1978)

This time we are doing one of the kings of cult movies - George A Romero's zombie masterpiece - Dawn of the Dead! And what's more, we are looking at the longest version - the Cannes Cut - for full fat zombie apocalypse action!

Nov 18, 20232 hr 35 minSeason 1Ep. 85

COMMENTARY CLUB - Minisode 057 - The Young Ones - Sick

"It's funny, but being ill makes me lose my usual tolerant and easy-going approach to communal living!" In this episode, the boys are all ill, but there's worse to come, including riots and a visit from Neil's parents - The Good Life it ain't!

Nov 10, 202337 minSeason 3Ep. 57

COMMENTARY CLUB 084 - The Omen

For our classic film we have gone for one of the great 1970s horror blockbusters - The Omen (1976) starring Gregory Peck, David Warner, Lee Remick, Billie Whitelaw and Patrick Troughton!

Oct 24, 20232 hr 3 minSeason 1Ep. 84

COMMENTARY CLUB 083 - Super Mario Bros.

For our crap film this time we have a movie regarded as one of the worst of all time - the disastrous Super Mario Bros. from 1993 starring Bob Hoskins, Dennis Hopper and John Leguizamo. It's going to be a bumpy ride...

Oct 16, 20231 hr 59 minSeason 1Ep. 83

COMMENTARY CLUB 082 - The Legend of Seven Golden Vampires

It's cult film time again, and appropriately for October we have a Hammer horror starring Peter Cushing! But it's a Dracula movie with a twist, for this is the fabled horror-martial arts smash-up Hammer did with the legendary Shaw Brothers - The Legend of Seven Golden Vampires!

Oct 07, 20231 hr 42 minSeason 1Ep. 82
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