Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's three nitwits holding court on all things Superman! In this weeks extra special bumper podcast (weighing in at over two hours) we celebrate the release of Zack Snyder's reboot of the Superman series, Man of Steel. Prepare for it to kick off as two of the team nearly come to blows over their experience and expectations of the movie. As well as a review of the film, we look under the bonnet and get our hands dirty in an extended Spoiler Alert look at Man of St...
Jun 19, 2013•2 hr 15 min
After a well-earned week off, the Failed Critics Podcast returns with a Triple Bill of our favourite cinematic fathers. Sadly, we're missing the one real-life dad in the team as James recovers from the exertions of taking a week off work. Luckily Steve, Owen, and Gerry soldier on his his absence, and even find time to review new releases After Earth and Behind the Candelabra, as well as looking back at Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Departed. Join us next week for our Superman spe...
Jun 13, 2013•1 hr 2 min
Welcome to the latest Failed Critics Podcast, and this week we've hastily arranged a last-minute Triple Bill after Owen turned us down for a sleepover. We discuss our favourite 'Great Performances in Bad Films (with Nic Cage somehow escaping everyone's list), and show exactly how far our fingers are from the pulse in reviewing 21 Grams, Billy Liar, and the hit new television show Frasier. We off next week recuperating, so join us in a fortnight as we choose our favourite movie dads for Fathers' ...
May 30, 2013•1 hr 4 min
In honour of our main review, this week’s podcast is both fast (coming it at under an hour) and furious (well, one of us is a little peeved). We not only review the 379th film released this year starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (Fast & Furious 6), but James even recaps the series for all of you who have missed out so far. Apart from the really rubbish ones. Owen and James then wax lyrical and slightly homoerotic about Ryan Gosling, and his brilliant performance in The Place Beyond the Pine...
May 23, 2013•58 min
It's that time of year where the big blockbusters come thick and fast, and this week the Failed Critics are putting on our red shirts, setting our phasers to stun, and splitting any and all infinitives we can fins as we embrace Star Trek Into Darkness. As well as reviewing JJ Abrams' latest installment of the epic sci-fi franchise (including a suitable lengthy Spoiler Alert), we also have time for reviews of Pedro Almodovar's latest release 'I'm So Excited', giallo homage 'Berbarian Sound Studio...
May 15, 2013•1 hr 31 min
In the most self-destructive moment since school holiday-dominating kids TV show Why Don't You told us to "switch off your TV set and do something less boring instead", we recommend films you could watch in the time it takes to listen to this semi-coherent drivel in this week's Triple Bill. Elsewhere on the podcast we pay tribute to the genius of Ray Harryhausen, review new releases 21 & Over and Chimpanzee, and welcome Gerry back to the 'ALL NEW' Failed Critics Podcast. Next week we'll set ...
May 08, 2013•1 hr 21 min
A year older, wiser, and fatter (in some cases) and the Failed Critics Podcast is back with a bit of a redbranding and format shake-up. Worry not, it's still the same four idiots (three this week) talking about film from our respective bedrooms via an unstable network connection. This week we review the start of Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 2 with Shane Black's Iron Man 3. We've dusted off Spoiler Alert especially for the occasion and James even finally got around to watching all the Marvel P...
May 02, 2013•1 hr 17 min
Against the odds, and at times against our better judgement, the Failed Critics Podcast has made it to its first birthday! So light the candles, eat some cake, and dust off your beer bongs as we celebrate our first year together. This week sees us look back on our reviews from the last twelve months with What We've Been Watching: Second Opinion. Films to get a second-look from our colleagues this week include Before Sunrise (which Gerry hated when he watched it last year) and (500) Days of Summe...
Apr 27, 2013•1 hr 23 min
Welcome to the Failed Critics Podcast, where this week our main review is Tom Cruise-starring, sci-fi magpie Oblivion. Gerry and James nearly get into a fit over Tom Cruise (not quite in that way), and we play 'I Spy Sc-Fi' when discussing the film's very obvious influences. Also in the pod, we review what we've been watching this week, including Festen, and The Man From Nowhere. Join us next week for our First Birthday celebrations. We'll be answering everything you've ever wanted to know about...
Apr 16, 2013•47 min
It's a bumper episode of the Failed Critics Podcast this week as we look forward to our most anticipated movies this summer that aren't called Iron Man 3, Man of Steel, or Star Trek Into Darkness. As well as looking forward to the summer, we look back on our viewing this week, including Steve's decent into Box Office Bomb hell with Cutthroat Island. We also pay tribute to Roger Ebert, one of the truly great film critics to have ever lived. Join us next week for a review of Tom Cruise's latest sc...
Apr 10, 2013•1 hr 26 min
Welcome to this week's Failed Critics podcast, and after the highbrow in-depth exploration of the work of one of cinema's greatest auteurs last week, we are genuinely reviewing the latest batshit crazy instalment in the G.I. Joe franchise. We also mourn the fact that Dredd will not be getting a sequel, discuss the next film series that The Rock should resurrect, and James and Owen nearly come to blows over Danny Boyle's Trance. Join us next week for our Summer Preview Triple Bill! Hosted on Acas...
Apr 05, 2013•59 min
Today we are honouring one of the single greatest film directors to have ever picked up a camera. A man who not only created some incredible films, but who changed the world of film-making on a stylistic and technical level over and over again. When we set up our Corridor of Praise, one of the entry requirements was that any inductees must not have won an Oscar in their main category, and the fact that tonight’s subject never received an Oscar for direction is a travesty. Still, the Academy’s lo...
Mar 28, 2013•1 hr 9 min
A story of social outcasts with bizarre ideas about the world, communicating over huge distances and never meeting face-to-face. But enough about the Failed Critics team, this week we discuss Mary and Max, Owen's reward for winning our Oscar picks challenge. Also this week James reviews Brit thriller Welcome to the Punch and new Steve Carrell/Jim Carrey comedy The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Owen revisits Conquest of the Planet of the Apes and Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and Steve turns off...
Mar 23, 2013•1 hr
You lucky, lucky people. You wait ages for a Failed Critics Podcast with a cracking Triple Bill, and then two come along in a week. James is away, so Steve, Gerry, and Owen almost certainly take the piss out of his age and deteriorating body, as well as reviewing new releases Side Effects, and Oz: The Great and Powerful. Steve continues his Box Office Flops odyssey with John Carter and Green Lantern, and in honour of Mother's Day the team choose their favourite movie mums in a hastily arranged T...
Mar 15, 2013•53 min
Apologies for the delay in getting this edition of the Failed Critics Podcast to your earholes - our editor (and the only person with the keys to the shed where we store our high-tech servers) was down in London searching for fame and fortune on television. On a quiz show. That only students and old people watch. Anyway, this week the critics get their teeth stuck into the Oscars; from the winners and losers to the performance of professional misogynist Seth MacFarlane. They also tackle some hea...
Mar 12, 2013•1 hr 6 min
Hello Scotland! This week's Failed Critics podcast sees James head north of the border to report back from Glasgow Film Festival. With the reluctant blessing of the rest of the critics, he is joined this week by two special guests; Dave McFarlane from our 'sister podcast' Born Offside, and Paul Fisher from our new upstart rivals on the Write Club podcast. They review South Korean heist movie The Thieves, as well as documentary Men at Lunch and the microbudget feature Breakfast with Curtis. James...
Feb 28, 2013•1 hr 14 min
In this week's podcast we're reviewing Die Hard 5 (we're refusing to play along with their ridiculous naming practices), and in an effort to appeal to a younger audience we have decided to make the following changes and earn ourselves a 12a certificate. James is still drinking while recording, but his part has been cut to a 10 minute phone call from a Brewdog Glasgow (sponsors of our Glasgow Film Festival coverage) All references to the makers of Die Hard 5 being 'motherf***ers' for delivering a...
Feb 21, 2013•51 min
We were sadly a man down on this week's podcast, with Gerry suffering in the same way Eddie Redmayne did at this week's BAFTAs. Come to think of it, we've never actually seen Gerry and Eddie in the same room... Talking of the BAFTAs, we give you the low-down on the winners and losers from Sunday night's ceremony, as well as giving our Oscar predictions. We review the various film streaming services currently available (including Netflix, Lovefilm, and Mubi), and finally get around to reviewing D...
Feb 13, 2013•1 hr
The Failed Critics Podcast is back, and in somewhat lubricated style. Well, one of us is. This week sees the return of Triple bill, and in honour of the recent Sly and Arnie comebacks, we discuss the actors and actresses we would love to see make a big comeback. Also this week we review new release Hitchcock, James has an early contender for worst film of 2013 in Movie 43, and some of us discover some gems from 2012 that we missed the first time around in Silver Linings Playbook, Perks of Being ...
Feb 07, 2013•1 hr 16 min
On this week's podcast we review Zero Dark Thirty, Flight, Hyde Park on Hudson, and The Possession We also induct the second member of our Corridor of Praise. Let's hand over to Gerry to introduce him... Murzzuschlag, Austria. The Second World War is ending. Aurelia Jadrny, a clerk in her early twenties whose husband was killed just eight months after their wedding, is working at her desk when she spots a tall, good looking man in his late thirties walking past. He's wearing the uniform of the g...
Jan 29, 2013•1 hr 3 min
The Failed Critics are back, and we're here to SHUT YOUR BUTT DOWN! This week we review Quentin Tarantino's latest blood-soaked and highly controversial (no change there) epic, Django Unchained. One of us wasn't that impressed. We've got your curiosity, but do we have your attention? Also this week; James reviews a history lesson with exceedingly high production values in Lincoln, Owen talks about The Village, and Gerry finally gets round to seeing Magic Mike (the horny devil). We're back next w...
Jan 22, 2013•51 min
Do you hear the critics sing? Podding the thoughts of angry men, They are the musings of a people who won't watch Rock of Ages again, When the bleating of the fool, Echoes the bleating of the drunk, There is podcast about to start when tomorrow comes! That's right, James has finally managed to persuade the critics back into the cinema to see another musical, and hopefully this time they won't want to kill him afterwards. Also on our big return we review new releases Gangster Squad, The Sessions,...
Jan 16, 2013•1 hr 9 min
Welcome to our first ever End-of-Year Review and the inaugural Failed Critics Awards! Get your tuxedo on, raid the free bar, and join Steve, James, Gerry, and Owen as they discuss their highlights from 2012, and their thoughts on the winners as chosen by contributors to Failed Critics. As well as the prestigious Top Ten Films of the Year, we also award the best performances, foreign-language film, documentary, and soundtrack of great year for film. Not only that, but we also review our last batc...
Dec 31, 2012•1 hr 31 min
Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas to every single one of our beautiful listeners (we hope the less good-looking ones have a decent time as well), and as an early Christmas present to you we present our favourite Christmas films. Well, three of us do anyway. One of the team decided that they wanted to be different and chose some films that might have a bit of snow in them, possibly a tree in one of the scenes. I wonder who... We'll be back on New Years Eve with a review of the year destined to be bigger,...
Dec 23, 2012•33 min
In honour of this week's main review we thought about splitting this podcast into three full-length episodes, or recording it at twice the speed, or even inviting old guests back for needless cameos (except we've never had a guest on the podcast). Instead we felt the story of a short, hairy old man and his companions resonated enough with us hear to avoid such frippery. This week sees the Failed Critics dissect Peter Jackson's return to Middle-Earth in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. We'll gi...
Dec 19, 2012•57 min
This week's podcast returns to the bread and butter work of reviewing the latest releases, and the spotlight is on Martin McDonagh's follow-up to the brilliant In Bruges - Seven Psychopaths. Boasting a brilliant cast including Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, and Christopher Walken half of the podcast team (yes, I know...) give their verdicts. Also in this episode James tries to cement his hipster art-house credentials while sporting the worst French accent since 'Allo 'Allo with his glowing reviews...
Dec 11, 2012•58 min
We'd like to welcome you all to the first ever Failed Critics Corridor of Praise induction. The C.O.P. has been set up to honour the work of those legends of the movie world who have either never sought the acceptance of the Academy, or who have been shunned by those bestowers of baubles. In this podcast we are honouring the first recipient of our recorded adoration. He has a career spanning six decades, and his films have grossed over $6b worldwide. At one point 4 of the top 6 grossing films of...
Dec 04, 2012•1 hr 2 min
This week on the Failed Critics Review we look at the cop film that French Connection director William Friedken described as the "best movie about cops ever made". Can James get over the found footage angle? Can Steve suggest a way he would have done it better? Can Gerry get around to seeing it? (No). Also on this week's podcast we look at James' future wife Marion Cotillard in the fantastic Rust and Bone, and discuss films as varied as Network, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, and The...
Nov 27, 2012•56 min
The Failed Critics Review is packed full of moaning, shuffling, bad-smelling, and barely sentient beings this week...and we also talk about zombies! James reports back on the 6th annual UK Festival of Zombie Culture, including the world première of the HD restoration of Zombie Flesh Eaters. There's a heated discussion on what constitutes a zombie movie, and whether the zombies that run are proper zombies. And don't even get James started on Danny Boyle's view that 28 Days Later isn't a zombie fi...
Nov 21, 2012•1 hr 23 min
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Nov 16, 2012•1 hr 4 min
