Welcome all to this week's podcast! As mentioned on the last episode, Carole is taking a break this week so we turned to trusty stalwart James to fill in. He can't do anything to prevent quiz controversy with Owen's inept hosting. But then, neither could Carole. Nor Steve, now that we mention it. Despite James' temporary return, it's actually Steve who somehow ends up being the most sophisticated and intellectual of the bunch. No, really . At least, that's what the guys at EM Foundation thought ...
Oct 10, 2014•1 hr 23 min
" What do you hear when you listen to us? " Welcome one and all to the latest Failed Critics Podcast! This week, Carole looks back at 90's Johnny Depp with Dead Man, Owen dabbles and perhaps even revels in celebrity gossip, Steve discusses the biggest TV crossover since the Flintstones met the Jetsons and the team chat about The Equalizer and Maps to the Stars among other things. It's also Carole's last podcast appearance for a couple of weeks, but don't worry! We'll still be back next week with...
Oct 03, 2014•58 min
Welcome all to this weeks podcast This episode has a bumper crop of new releases.. and new-ish releases..! A whopping four films out in the cinema right now receive the Failed Critics treatment. Whilst Carole reviews the latest Woody Allen movie Magic in the Moonlight and the upcoming zom-rom-com Life After Beth, Owen tackles the recent Liam Neeson crime thriller A Walk Among The Tombstones and the totes ruddy spiffing The Riot Club. Amongst all that, the team also found time to talk about BBC's...
Sep 28, 2014•56 min
Steve returns and carefully edits out a spoiler for a relatively new release as he tries to remember how to host a podcast after sunning himself for a week. Meanwhile Carole and Owen review a couple of new releases, including Pride, and What We've Been Watching ganders at the recent TV and film viewing habits of our intrepid trio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 20, 2014•48 min
That's right ladies and gentlemen; just two weeks after saying some emotional goodbyes and handing over the keys to Failed Critics Towers, James has come crawling back begging to help out. Luckily for him, Steve's holiday presented the ideal opportunity for a coup d'état and a triumphant return as guest host for one night only. Luckily for you, Owen and Carole are on hand to keep the ego in check, and provide some much needed analysis of the week in film, including the launch of London Film Fest...
Sep 11, 2014•1 hr 20 min
By the authority vested in me by the State of This Mess, I now pronounce you podcast and listener. You don't have to kiss us if you do not want to. Welcome dear listeners to the Failed Critics podcast, where a hastily arranged 'movie weddings' triple bill is the main feature this week. Partly inspired by Steve's drunken escapades at a wedding reception this past weekend, the team promise that they haven't prepared an emotional speech that lasts for days. Although I can't promise that everyone re...
Sep 03, 2014•52 min
The King is dead retired, long live the King, King and Queen! With the James-era officially ending with our previous podcast, we begin anew with two new release reviews. We did consider making you wait nine years for us to get back together, inspired by Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame To Kill For , but we just couldn't wait that long to tell you about it. We also found time to review Luc Besson's latest sci-fi thriller Lucy - and we didn't need to reach 100% brain capacity...
Aug 28, 2014•1 hr 15 min
Hello everyone. I usually write these in the third person, like a pretentious wrestler or someone with a personality disorder, but I'm dropping the charade this one time to say thank you for listening to this podcast, and any others that you've happened upon over the last two-and-a-bit years. I'm moving on for the time being to focus on other projects, but Failed Critics will always be very special to me, and I hope to come back in some shape or form at some point in the future. In the meantime ...
Aug 21, 2014•1 hr 36 min
Really sad news this week as we react to the untimely death of Robin Williams on this week's podcast. Steve, Carole, and James discuss his brilliant body of work, and choose their favourite performances of his for a hastily arranged Triple Bill. There's also reviews of new releases The Inbetweeners 2 and Planes 2: Fire and Recue. Join them next week for the return of Owen, and what is certain to be a very emotional farewell from James in his last podcast as a regular. Expect tears, tantrums, and...
Aug 13, 2014•1 hr 9 min
Nothing goes over the head of these podcasters. Not even humongous man-eating fish being hurled at them by a terrible sharkrnado. Our reflexes are too fast, plus we have chainsaws for hands. James is absent, but not yet retired. Just lazy. Steve warns against watching the latest b-movie from The Asylum, Sharknado 2: The Second One. Meanwhile, Carole tries to hold it together after the announcement that Studio Ghibli may be closing to give us the low-down on a slightly more up-market Brotherhood,...
Aug 05, 2014•1 hr 21 min
You maniacs! You've done a whole podcast on the Planet of the Apes films! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell! That's right listeners; this week's podcast is dedicated to all things simian as we not only review Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, but also discuss all the films that have gone before. Including the Tim Burton one. Sorry about that. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 20, 2014•1 hr 16 min
Welcome back to the Failed Critics Podcast, after an unscheduled and unexpected (but we're sure, not entirely unwelcome) break from lobbing our cinematic opinions directly into your ear holes. There's no James this week (hooray!) as the rest of the team review Trans4ormers: Age of Extinction (boo!), and The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared (huh?). We also hear about the sneak peak preview of Guardians of the Galaxy. Join us next week for more film stuff. Probabl...
Jul 12, 2014•52 min
Welcome to this week's podcast, and due to the fact that we've all been watching football rather than any new cinema releases we decided to bandwagon-jump and bring you a World Cup Special! Steve, James, and Owen are joined by Born Offside's (and regular Glasgow Film Festival podcast contributor) Dave McFarlane to discuss the uneasy relationship between film and football, and in Triple Bill we choose our favourite football stories that we want to see made into films. Next week sees us return to ...
Jun 21, 2014•1 hr 9 min
Better late than never (probably), it this week's Failed Critics Podcast! And please welcome our latest full-time member of the team... Carole Petts! In honour of this momentous occasion, James manged, with textbook precision, to do something dumb to the recording. Don;t worry though, as it only means there's less of him this week. And what a week? We review 22 Jump Street, discuss the latest news in Marvel's Ant Man omnishambles, and Carole lets us know which is the bigger car crash (get it?) o...
Jun 16, 2014•56 min
Welcome to this week's Failed Critics Podcast: now with added not sounding like we recorded it at the bottom of the ocean with only a drill and some bees for company. Steve, James, and Owen round up the week in film news, including the latest Star Wars rumours, and the joyous future collaboration of Nic Cage of John McTiernan. We also review Tom Cruise's latest sci-fi blockbuster, Edge of Tomorrow, and will James finally convert to Seth MacFarlane fandom after watching A Million Ways to Die in t...
Jun 05, 2014•1 hr 17 min
Welcome to this week's bumper Failed Critics Podcast, ans the usual suspects and special guest Carole Petts get in touch with their younger and combine their efforts in attempt to stop catastrophe: Steve winning the quiz and picking a film worse than Cutthroat Island... They also find time to review new releases X-Men: Days of Future Past and Maleficent, as well as a clutch of teen-focused dramas in What We've Been Watching, including Short Term 12, The Selfish Giant, and The Kids Are Alright. N...
May 29, 2014•1 hr 29 min
ROOOOOOOOOOOOAAAARRRRR! Welcome to Critic Island, and we've assembled a cavalcade of monster critics to discuss the legendary Japanese kaiju, Godzilla. King Steve and MechaOwen are joined Space Matt Lambourne, and the returning Three-Headed Monster, James Diamond. As well as reviewing Gareth Edwards' modern take on the Godzilla series, the team also discuss some classic (and not-so-classic) films from the cult series, while Owen's very own king of monsters (not his penis) attempts to destroy his...
May 21, 2014•1 hr 20 min
Welcome to this week's Failed Critics Podcast, as Steve and Owen are joined once more by Carole Petts to discuss the last week in film. There's palpable excitement about new superhero movie news (not the Batfleck image, but the Mighty Morphin Power Ranger reboot!), as well as reviews of new releases Frank, and Hayao Miyazaki's final film, The Wind Rises. At the other end of the scale, and with buzz growing at Cannes about Ryan Gosling's debut as a director, Triple Bill returns this week to discu...
May 17, 2014•1 hr 8 min
Welcome one and all to this week's Failed Critics Podcast, and we're back to a foursome this week as Steve and Owen are Joined by Matt Lambourne and Carole Petts to discuss new releases Pompeii and Bad Neighbours. The team also pay tribute to Bob Hoskins, who sadly passed away last week, while the films they've seen this week range from the 1964 Danish film Gertrude, to the fantastic documentary Queen of Versailles, via the opinion-splitting American Hustle. Join us next week for reviews of (hop...
May 08, 2014•54 min
This week sees us welcome Matt Lambourne back to the podcast to help us induct the Dutch maestro Paul Verhoeven, director of Robocop, Total Recall, and err...Showgirls, into our Corridor of Praise. We also get Steve's review of the highly anticipated documentary Next Goal Wins. Elsewhere we've got Owen talking about the Saw film series, the team's thoughts on the Star Wars casting and Justice League movie confirmation news, and the longest and most interminable quiz yet. Join us next week for mo...
May 04, 2014•1 hr 29 min
Welcome to this week's podcast; the first one since James took temporary leave (of his senses in trusting the pod to this lot). Callum Petch makes his return to the pod, and along with Steve and Owen reviews the latest blockbuster effort featuring the masked web-slinger, as well as Johnny Depp sans Tim Burton and white-face make-up in Wally Pfister's directorial debut Transcendence. Join us next week as we drag a stranger off the street to keep Owen and Steve company whole they try and find a ne...
Apr 24, 2014•1 hr 17 min
This week's podcast welcomes back the loud, opinionated, and slightly drunk Svengali-figure of James Diamond, for one week only before he disappears on leave for a while. Don't worry though, as Steve and Owen continue to show a suitable lack of respect. We also get into this week's new releases, mainly the brutal gangster epic The Raid 2, and the latest offering from the resurrected Hammer Studio, The Quiet Ones. We also have time to discuss Under the Skin, Tropic Thunder, and Snowpiercer once m...
Apr 17, 2014•1 hr 24 min
Welcome to this week's Failed Critics Podcast, where once again Carole Petts has stepped into the rather large James-shaped breach at the last minute. Join us as we discuss Darren Aronosfsky's biblical epic, Noah, as well as the long-awaited Korean sci-fi classic-in-waiting Snowpiercer. Owen and Steve also come close to tearing out their own eyes as they remember watching Movie 43 like it was 'Nam. James promises he will return next week, and considering we'll be reviewing The Raid 2 we wouldn't...
Apr 11, 2014•1 hr 7 min
Welcome to this weeks Failed Critics Podcast, and in this episode we're reviewing two of the most anticipated films of the early blockbuster season. Marvel Phase Two continues apace with Captain America: The Winter Soldier, while another sequel in the shape of Muppets Most Wanted also comes under the spotlight. James is away this week, but we're joined by our friend Carole Petts as the team not only review Captain America 2, but also delve into what it means for the MCU in Spoiler Alert. Owen al...
Apr 03, 2014•1 hr 19 min
Welcome to this week's Failed Critics Podcast, and in the absense of any new releases that we could be bothered to go and see, we instead look forward to our most anticipated films coming this summer. Steve also teases us with a few hints about the highly anticipated (by us) football documentary Next Goal Wins, James celebrates the return to our screens of Chris Morris, and Owen continues his Korean odyssey with a review of Mother. Join us next week as some of us yet to be determined review Capt...
Mar 27, 2014•1 hr
Strap in, shift gears, and glance to your right as the new Failed Critics Podcast speeds into view. Or something. This week sees us review the latest attempt to make a worthwhile videogame-to-movie adaptation with Need for Speed, as well as our thoughts on Terry Gilliam's The Zero Theorem, and pre-release musings on the critically acclaimed prison drama Starred Up. Triple Bill is also back this week, as the team choose their favourite pre-title sequences (and have a debate about what actually co...
Mar 20, 2014•1 hr 14 min
This week's podcast introduces a young, fresh-faced critic to the mix in Callum Petch. Much like the plot of Wes Anderson's new film The Grand Budapest Hotel, this episode sees a classy yet older gentleman (James) taking a young and enthusiastic outsider under his tutelage. At least that's how James sees it. We also have reviews of 300: Rise of an Empire and Escape from Planet Earth, as well as our plans for how to save the Die Hard franchise, and some bitter accusations of cheating in the quiz....
Mar 12, 2014•1 hr 38 min
It lasts for hours, is achingly smug and self satisfied, and features drunk people making fools of themselves. But enough about the Failed Critics Podcast - this week we're talking about the Oscars. Who deserved it, who can count themselves very lucky, and should any of us even care? We'll also be offering our advice to the Academy on how to fix the Oscars (as in mend it, not ensure that tripe like Crash never wins again), and even find time to review the new Liam Neeson film, Non-Stop. We're ba...
Mar 05, 2014•1 hr 1 min
Och aye the new Failed Critics podcast! We're back in Scotland for our second annual trip to the Glasgow Film Festival, and once more James is entrusted with somehow patching together a podcast without the erstwhile talents of Steve and Owen. Luckily he isn't alone, and for this special podcast is not only joined by our good friends Dave McFarlane of Born Office and Paul Fisher of The Write Club, but also by our very special guests Pappy's - the award-winning sketch comedy stars of BBC3's Badult...
Mar 02, 2014•1 hr 20 min
After a disastrous attempt at recording our 100th episode last week, we're back after our brief hiatus with our 'official' centenary podcast. And it's more packed than ever, with no less than six new (or nearly new) release reviews. We argue over whether or not The Lego is awesome or simply just very good; we look at two very different explorations of humans/machine relationships with Her and Robocop, and we still find time to talk about Dallas Buyers Club, The Monuments Men, and Cuban Fury. We ...
Feb 19, 2014•1 hr 36 min
