Apologies for the delay in release but while making this episode Sam sprained his wrist while attempting to pour a glass of Prosecco and we had to shut down production for 12 days. Never fear though for this bumper edition of film chat is now here and features: A review of the biggest movie in the world right now, Mission Impossible 6! A review of a documentary nobody is watching and is apparently kinda shit, Generation Wealth! A rundown of the biggest trailers from Comic Con! A discussion of Ja...
Aug 07, 2018•1 hr 3 min
This week we review the long-awaited Pixar sequel Incredibles 2, which is still in cinemas, I've checked. We both felt it was a bit of a mess, but the villain Screenslaver made some good arguments about people in modern society being too attached to their screens. In this podcast's opinion, that is an implicitly pro-podcast message. We also natter about Sacha Baron Cohen and his big bag of satire prosthetics, we contemplate setting up a Film Chat dating service, we try to work out what's going o...
Jul 31, 2018•49 min
Behold an episode which hasn't dated at all since we recorded it last week! First of a discussion of how England will definitely win the world cup (we didn't). Then we speculate what Sacha Baron Cohen's latest project could be (it's a TV show that airs tonight). Then we question Scarlet Johansson's decision to plays a trans man (she's now left the role). Then we give reviews of Mcqueen, Sicario 2 and The Endless (very unlikely that any of these films will still be in the cinema). Hosted on Acast...
Jul 16, 2018•57 min
This week, Danny reviews a film about a group of women having a whole lot of fun doing some crimes, the latest franchise reboot/remake/sequel hybrid Ocean's 8. We then tackle a horror about a family having no fun at all, the much-hyped and certainly-not-at-the-cinema-anymore Hereditary. We also talk about the second best film of the year so far, series 2 of Queer Eye; we discuss prospects for the recently announced sequel to The Shining; and we check in with an increasingly strange Johnny Depp. ...
Jul 08, 2018•1 hr 2 min
On this episode, we review the eagerly awaited sequel (at least by Spielberg's accountants) Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom. It's a high octane blockbuster which actually asks a lot of very deep and interesting questions. Namely, how can a film that features dinosaurs and an exploding volcano be so dull? PLUS we discuss Jeremy Renner's CGI arms, analyse the controversy surrounding the Mortal Engines movie, and spend possibly too much time talking about the upcoming projects from Film Chat's f...
Jun 15, 2018•51 min
This week we review Solo: A Star Wars Story, the film that teaches you everything you need to know about the sexy Star Wars rogue Han Solo - where he got his name, how he met Chewbacca, who gave him that jacket, how he has his eggs, everything. Think of a question about Han Solo. This film answers it. If it's not in the film, it can't be a possible answer to a question about Han Solo. Needless to say it is a masterpiece. Plus, Danny reviews a pair of acclaimed smaller films that teach you nothin...
Jun 10, 2018•1 hr 2 min
We have always prided Film Chat in being ridiculous, irreverent and totally irrelevant and as such we feel totally out of our depth reviewing the very serious film Deadpool 2. However never fear we rise to the occasion and discuss in great detail the film's mise en scène, its use of diegetic and nondiegetic music as well as the many innovative visual and editing techniques that result it being one of the most important films of all time #Gamechanger. PLUS we discuss if Johnny Depp should be allo...
May 31, 2018•54 min
In this week's extremely late-arriving podcast Sam reviews I Feel Pretty, Amy Schumer's high-concept, low-Rotten-Tomatoes-score comedy about a women whose self-esteem receives a dramatic boost after a head injury. Sam liked it more than most critics seemed to, but struggled to articulate why and ended up re-recording his entire review multiple times. Fortunately only one of those efforts is included in this episode. Danny meanwhile eloquently explains why he liked Jeune Femme, the too relatable ...
May 25, 2018•55 min
Danny and Sam put their intergalactic dispute over Infinity War behind them to review some more low-key, earthbound fare. FIRST, Tully, in which the team behind Young Adult returns to again explore the stress of not being a child, this time through the lens of motherhood, which tuckers a person out by the sounds of things, and SECOND Lean on Pete, an indie drama about the stress of being a penniless child looking after a horse, especially in this day and age. We also discuss Nicolas Cage's next ...
May 15, 2018•56 min
We return from our break to review an absolute unit of a film, Avengers: Infinity War. Like the movie itself, the review is a titanic struggle between the forces of good (Sam, who liked it and is writing this) and evil (Danny), it goes on for too long, and some of the jokey banter feels flat and forced in the unusually grim, apocalyptic atmosphere. When not butting heads over what is undoubtedly an excellent film for the whole family to enjoy, we give our quick takes on A Quiet Place and Love, S...
May 10, 2018•1 hr 5 min
On this week we argue whether Wes Anderson is racist or just misguided when reviewing Isle of dogs ...whether Robin Campillo is a good director or a great director when reviewing 120 BPM ...and whether anybody will be going to see I Kill Giants when reviewing I Kill Giants. PLUS we find time to discuss the latest film projects by so-hot-right-now director Taika Watiti and everyone's favourite man child/performance artist Shia La Boeuf. I the words of this episode's editor: "This took forever to ...
Apr 11, 2018•54 min
Film Chat is often asked: what do you do when you're not recording your opinions and asking people to listen to them? Well, we spend each morning gaming, and in the afternoon we watch a classic film. Then in the evening, we put on leg warmers and head to the skate park to boogie all night to Joy Division and practice solving Rubik's Cubes. For that reason, Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One is our favourite film of all time. Listen to this episode for a RAVE review. Danny also gives his verdict...
Apr 05, 2018•58 min
On this week's episode, Sam reviews the new Tomb Raider movie starring Alicia Vikander as the iconic Lara Croft. Danny refused to accompany him as he was strongly put off by the lack of giant triangular tits or as he put it, "The PC brigade have cucked my childhood!" Sam, however, thought it was ok. Instead, Danny went to see Ruben Ostlund's The Square, the Palm D'or winning film about how modern art is shallow and the middle classes are all twats or something? As a middle class, pretentious mor...
Mar 29, 2018•1 hr 7 min
This week we review two highly dramatic, extremely intellectual films. They'll fly right over the heads of your average slack-jawed multiplex chump, but for discerning minds, they've got everything—languid close-ups of everyday objects, sad protagonists with tragic backstories, and cool violence. I'm referring to Annihilation, Alex Garland's latest headscratcher starring Natalie Portman and a collection of weird-ass plants and animals, and You Were Never Really Here, Lynne Ramsay's moody crime t...
Mar 21, 2018•56 min
On this episode, we give our piping hot takes on the Oscars...a mere 8 days after they happened. We pour scorn on Jimmy Kimmel's lackluster hosting, gnash at teeth at the news that Johnny Greenwood didn't win best score and generally convey extreme apathy for an event which is essentially meaningless. However, we are far more enthusiastic about the films Sweet Country and A Fantastic Woman which we thought were ace...but don't worry Sam shits all over Red Sparrow. Finally, we give our fans what ...
Mar 12, 2018•1 hr 14 min
This week we tackle two of the early frontrunners for Best Picture 2019—you heard it here first folks!! First, Danny offers his take on Finding Your Feet, the latest film about twinkly-eyed, ageing posh people that he went to see with his dear mother. Tune in to find out if he found watching it painful like bunions or pleasant, like a nice foot rub. We also give our verdict on Duncan Jones' messy sci-fi noir Mute, which explores what would happen if you put a man who uses no technology (because ...
Mar 07, 2018•52 min
This week we tackle Lady Bird, the final Oscar-nominated film to make it to UK shores. As a couple of absolute legends whose teenage years were spent banging chicks, doing hard drugs and basically having a great time we struggled to relate to the film's themes of anxiety and the struggle for self-identity but we thought the jokes were good. PLUS we discuss the winners, the losers, the snubs and the flubs at this year's Baftas, detail the exciting news of a fourth Ryan Coogler/Michael B Jordan co...
Feb 28, 2018•1 hr 3 min
This week we review Guillermo del Toro's acclaimed grown-up fairytale The Shape of Water, a film so romantic Sam added "would bang a fish" to his Tinder profile. We also declare Black Panther to be good, an endorsement that should give Marvel's latest blockbuster the box office boost it so sorely needs. Plus! We talk about the film Pan and how shit it is, Uwe Boll's feud with Paul Thomas Anderson, and some upcoming projects from Paddington director Paul King, Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish...
Feb 20, 2018•56 min
This week we review Paul Thomas Anderson's sumptuous period drama Phantom Thread, a film which is going straight into my top four films with the word "Phantom" in the title*. Then we tackle Loveless which unfortunately is not a Wild Wild West spinoff film focussing on Kenneth Branagh's villain but the latest masterpiece from acclaimed Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev. If you like your art bleak, uncompromising and totally enthralling then this is the movie for you! We also try our best to spe...
Feb 13, 2018•1 hr 5 min
It's the landmark 150th episode of Film Chat, which we celebrate with a completely normal episode that is the same as all the others—though it does depart from our recent bitter denunciations of prestige dramas by tackling some gentle kiddie films. Danny reviews Coco, Pixar's latest magical journey with laughs along the way and a nice big cry at the end, and Sam gives his thoughts on Early Man, the new claymation adventure from Aardman Animations. Plus, we get judgey about the following people: ...
Feb 07, 2018•55 min
It's white saviour week on Film Chat as we review two film which pinpoint the world's problems with laser like focus and tell us all how to solve them. First up is Downsizing, in which Matt Damon plays an everyman who undergoes an experimental shrinking process to increase his wealth and decrease his carbon footprint. Danny SIZES the film up, decides that despite its BIG ambitions it has very LITTLE to say and is ultimately kinda AVERAGE*. Then he and Sam tackle The Post, a timely picture all ab...
Jan 31, 2018•1 hr 3 min
January blues continue to afflict either us or the slate of current releases, as our thumbs remain firmly down for this week's trio of reviews. Danny was unimpressed by documentary The Final Year, a would-be puff piece about Obama's foreign policy team that struggles to sell its message in the face of the massive celebrity baby who is currently destroying everything they achieved. Sam enjoyed the seamless Spacey-to-Plummer transplant that Ridley Scott performed for All the Money in the World, bu...
Jan 22, 2018•1 hr 1 min
We ring in the new year with a bumper episode packed to the rafters with thumbs-down reviews. Danny did not care for James Franco's The Disaster Artist, a vanity project about the making of another vanity project (cult "worst film ever" The Room), and Sam was unimpressed by Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut Molly's Game, the drabbest showcase yet for Sorkin's unchanging repertoire of grating dialogue tics. Nor were we much endeared to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, in which an admitte...
Jan 16, 2018•1 hr 13 min
On this special yuletide episode, we give our scorching hot take on The Last Jedi a mere 16 days after it was released. Fear not though, the belated nature of this episode just means we had more time to ponder all the questions the film provoked. Questions such as " Why is General Holdo's hair purple?" , "Can Porgs fly" and "Is it good?" We also review the Netflix blockbuster Bright in which Will Smith proves that he can somehow make a film as bad as Suicide Squad and Collateral Beauty. The man ...
Dec 31, 2017•1 hr 9 min
This week, eat your reviewing greens in the form of Stronger, an admirably almost-unsentimental drama charting the recovery of one of the survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing. Then, tuck into the tasty, mindless dessert that is Blade of the Immortal, a samurai epic whose IMDb page is the first Google result for the phrase "orgy of bloodletting". Elsewhere in this episode, we talk about Mr Dick Pants himself, John Oliver, and his interrogation of Dustin Hoffman; we ask whether the TV series T...
Dec 13, 2017•47 min
Can women play tennis? Are rich people arseholes? If you've ever asked yourself those questions then this is the podcast for you as we review two films that tackle them head-on. First up is the Emma Stone sports drama Battle of the Sexes, in which the recent Oscar winner plays Billy Jean King facing a series of adversities, namely: a failing marriage, rampant misogyny, and really unflattering glasses. Then we examine Michael Haneke's ironically titled Happy End, in which a group of sexy French p...
Dec 05, 2017•55 min
Justice League, one of the most hotly anticipated car crashes of all time, has arrived. The DC cinematic universe has given off bad vibes from the start, but even the staunchest pessimists could not have predicted that its flagship $300 million team-up would go so wrong that Superman's face had to be covered in a kind of emergency CGI silly putty to disguise his bristling moustache. And yet here we are. Danny and Sam pore over the wreckage with horrified fascination. We also challenge the near u...
Nov 30, 2017•53 min
On this week's episode, Film Chat reviews the widely acclaimed crime thriller Good Time but when they watched it did they have.....a pleasurable viewing experience? Yes. Then Danny gives his verdict on Ingrid Goes West a satire of the Instagram culture but did he....... "like" it. No. And then they join forces once more to talk Paddington 2 the latest film about everyone's favourite Peruvian, duffle coat wearing bear but they did think...........it was fucking delightful. Yes. Plus they wonder d...
Nov 22, 2017•1 hr 8 min
It takes a genius to play a genius, which is why Kenneth Branagh cast himself as Poirot in his adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie mystery, Murder on the Orient Express. Don't be surprised if you find yourself spontaneously weeping or wracked with uncontrollable spasms of laughter as you watch the legend hunt for clues—that's just the power of Branagh. The slightest furrow of his noble brow can melt the coldest heart and stir the most inert loins. It's hard to find words that do justice to...
Nov 14, 2017•55 min
THIS week we pour ourselves a nice glass of Chianti and cook some fava beans to enjoy as we give a reappraisal of The Silence of the Lambs. It's generally considered to be a masterpiece but does that FilmChat hivemind agree? THEN, Danny casts a critical eye over the supernatural coming of age film Thelma by Joaquim Trier. Was he bewitched by the film or did he think it should be drowned in a well? FYI the film is about witchcraft so that the last sentence was a brilliant joke. AND we give a scor...
Nov 07, 2017•54 min
