After a brief hiatus we return with reviews of four films which have become distant memories to the film going public. First up Danny reviews Chris Morris' film The Day Shall Come, an expose about the war on terror full of full of shocking revelations such as the C.I.A are racist and also corrupt but also racist. THEN Sam reviews Joker, which answers the question film fans have been asking for years namely, what if Taxi Driver but also Batman? THEN Danny reviews Hustlers, the sleeper hit which r...
Nov 15, 2019•1 hr 3 min
After a hiatus spent reflecting deeply on the time travel mechanics in Avengers: Endgame, we are back! We review Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, a paean to Tinseltown that will make you want to build a little shrine in your home to the hardworking actors who were big on TV in the 50s but never quite made the transition to film. Bless their pure souls. Danny also gives his take on Bait, an arthouse drama about Cornish fishermen painstakingly shot on black and white 16mm. Critic...
Sep 23, 2019•48 min
On this episode not satisfied with his tope bag that says "nevertheless she persisted" on it and his subscription to Bust magazine, Danny takes another step to prove how much of a woke bae he is by seeing Support the Girls, the brilliant new film by Andrew Bujalski all about female solidarity and the emotional toil of work, two topics he knows nothing about. Then not satisfied with his Dario Argento boxset and his comic by Alejandro Jodorowksy, Danny takes another step to prove how cool and au f...
Jul 16, 2019•57 min
It's a bonafide review bonanza this week on Film Chat as we review 4 films which are so dissimilar to each other they're like four radically different peas in an unusual pod. Danny reviews High Life in which Juliette Binoche plays a crazed scientist hell-bent on harvesting Robert Pattinson's semen, in space. - It's not as fun as it sounds. Then he reviews Sunset in which a young woman tries to unlock the mystery of her past in 1913 Hungary where the country is on the verge of imploding as socio-...
Jun 25, 2019•49 min
On this episode Danny reviews the highly acclaimed indie drama Thunder Road and tries to decide where it ranks in the pantheon of films that share titles with Bruce Springsteen Songs. He settled on somewhere below Badlands but far superior to Pink Cadillac. Then he joins forces with Sam to tackle Bob Burnham's debut film, the deeply affecting drama Eighth Grade which reminds us all that being 13 is a living fucking nightmare and we're all lucky to have survived it. PLUS they have an in depth cha...
Jun 18, 2019•58 min
"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" someone once said, and by a similar token there is simply no way to talk about Detective Pikachu. But Sam tries. He also informs you that the representation of dogs is much improved in the third John Wick film, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum. The dog in the first film was a mere victim, in the second it's a passive companion, and in the third dogs actively bite the shit out of people to help John Wick. That's got to be progress. Danny m...
Jun 11, 2019•54 min
On this belated episode, we review the little indie drama Avengers: Endgame. At the time of recording it had only grossed £5, but if audiences get out there and support this overlooked gem it might gross as much as £10! PLUS we discuss the controversial Sonic the hedgehog trailer and wonder whether applying photo realistic CGI to a 2D platform game character was a great decision or the greatest decision! AND we check in with actor-turned-director-turned-Batman-turned-meme Ben Affleck and his lat...
May 17, 2019•59 min
It's International Cowboy Boots Week, so we're reviewing two films with cowboy boots in them. The one with the most cowboy boots is Jacques Audiard's The Sisters Brothers, an off-beat, star-studded Western which features quite a few shod cowboys. The other, Wild Rose, comes up short in the cowboy boots stakes with only a single main pair and maybe some in the background later on, but it makes up for it by being a tearjerking indie drama about a young Glaswegian woman who dreams of being a countr...
Apr 25, 2019•47 min
In the words of my last six girlfriends before they swore of men forever, "We need to talk about Us".... By which I mean we will be reviewing Jordan Peele's latest politically astute horror, Us which make us go "Ahhh!" and "Hmmm!" in equal measure. By which I mean it scared us and made us think. PLUS we discuss a new mooted version of Macbeth in which Lady Mcdormand (Frances McDormand) will play Lady Macbeth AND we examine the new trailer for the upcoming Joker movie which finally answers the qu...
Apr 15, 2019•52 min
It feels like literally months since the last Marvel film came out, so Sam was absolutely champing at the bit to see the latest offering, Captain Marvel - a title which, if it wasn't referencing a property created in the 60s, would suggest the franchise had expended every single other possible superhero moniker. Danny meanwhile reviews Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story, an uplifting documentary about the maverick comedian and musician Frank Sidebottom. We also discuss who we would cast in a Pe...
Mar 31, 2019•46 min
This week, we shake up the format by discussing three animated films about insects of different kinds: Antz, A Bug's Life, and Bee Movie. For too long, people have been uncritically absorbing these cute movies about little critters and their adventures without asking, "am I indoctrinating my kids with the good propaganda or the bad propaganda here?" With the unshakeable confidence of guys who haven't read Hobbes, Rousseau or Marx, but have read at least 100,000 posts about the Labour Party over ...
Mar 13, 2019•43 min
On this episode, Danny and Sam catch up with the BAFTAs and look forward to the Oscars, which have now happened (but never mind), and we put Oliva Colman where she belongs: on blast! Plus, we talk about three films! Danny gives his take on the Oscar-nominated Can You Ever Forgive Me?, which is also the question the Academy should be posing to the world after failing to reward this good film and bungling most categories in general. Sam meanwhile, in the grip of the flu at the time of the recordin...
Feb 28, 2019•55 min
On this belated edition of Film Chat we review what we are positive will be the most talked about film of the year. I am of course referring to the groundbreaking Alita: Battle Angel. Danny also found time to review Green Book which he found to be an overly simplistic, somewhat offensive look at racism in the '60s and also didn't feature any cyborgs or characters with massive eyes. We also reviewed Barry Jenkins follow up to Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk which they basically thought was ...
Feb 23, 2019•1 hr 21 min
This week we chat about the Oscar-nominated Vice, which features some of the most Dick-Cheney-like rubber ever glued to a human face. It's angry, it's polemical, it breaks the fourth wall constantly, and the fake liver spots are second to none. But is it good? That's the question we would have addressed in our review had we not spent so much time speculating about how hot it gets under a kilo of uncannily flesh-like silicone. Plus, we talk about the casting of Denis Villeneuve's megabudget, mega...
Feb 08, 2019•42 min
On this bumper packed edition of Film Chat we were delighted to be joined by the world's best scientist Georgia Mills for an episode which is packed full of so much science that it makes....err....Brian Cox's podcast sound even worse than it already is.....i assume...i don't listen to it...why would I? First up we review the acclaimed Korean drama Burning which is full of actors so hot right now that they could take a crap , wrap it in tinfoil, put a couple fish hooks on it and sell it to Queen ...
Feb 04, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Film Chat is back for 2019, gearing up for another year of doing what we do best - or at least doing what we do persistently - chatting about films. Hey you know what's bad? Brexit. It's an absurdity that should never have been allowed; a massive crime perpetrated by an unaccountable elite, sold with a pack of lies and probably funded by the Russians; a catastrophic charade and an insult to every right-thinking person in this great country. Plus, Benedict Cumberbatch's accent is a bit wonky! I a...
Jan 29, 2019•1 hr 4 min
As 2018 comes to a close we bring you two takes that are hotter than the sun. We review the latest Ben Wheatley movie Happy New Year Colin Bustead. Having made a film set in a house, a film set in a field, a film set in a high-rise building and a film set in a warehouse, can Ben Wheatley make a film set in a really big house? The answer is a resounding yes. Sam also reviews The Favourite, the latest film from Yorgos Lanthimos where the script mainly consisted of the phrase "awkward pause". PLUS ...
Dec 31, 2018•32 min
Our long-lost producer Katie returns from the faraway land of Sweden to join us for a festive special, which I don't think it's an exaggeration to claim is by far the most Christmassy 55 minutes it's possible to spend this holiday season. Featuring: Our listeners' best and worst films of the year! (incorrect) Our own best and worst films of the year! (correct) A Sweden-themed film quiz courtesy of Katie, who is Swedish now! A review of the extremely hairy and wet adventure that is Aquaman! A rev...
Dec 27, 2018•55 min
On this episode Danny tackles the most controversial film of the year Lars Von Trier's The House That Jack Built. The only thing more controversial will be his Danny's review which is eye wateringly explicit in every sense of the word. We then review Sorry To Bother You a hilarious and scabrous dissection of the ills of capitalism....but we still had to pay to see it, EXPLAIN THAT "Boots Riley" PLUS we examine the deeply underwhelming golden globe nomination and conclusively decide whether Love ...
Dec 17, 2018•54 min
On this episode we review Roma, Alfonso Cuaron's beguiling monochrome drama which screams "classy" at such high volumes 99% of the audience is guaranteed to feel under-dressed watching it. Danny meanwhile enters "epic rant" mode to tear strips out of Assassination Nation, in a review so scathing the director has already written Danny a personal letter of apology and promised never to work in the industry again. Plus! Danny gets a valuable compliment on his blackface analysis; that eternal rascal...
Dec 13, 2018•47 min
In which we give belated hot takes on the controversial Suspiria, the universally acclaimed The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, the barely seen Nae Pasaran, and the best-forgotten Outlaw King. PLUS we pay our respects to industry legends Stan Lee and William Goldman, try and get our heads around the incredibly weird title for the Harley Quinn spinoff movies and spend five hours discussing the social and economic repercussions of the Detective Pikachu movie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...
Dec 05, 2018•1 hr 13 min
This week, reviews of a trio of films with the kind of emphatic single-word titles that makes for a great concise episode title. The biggest of the bunch is Widows, the heist thriller directed by Steve McQueen all about *NO-SPOILER ALERT* a group of women whose very much alive husbands are in a criminal gang. Following a seismic event, the nature of which I won't even hint at, the women have to work together on a big project that their husbands can't help with for reasons I better not get into. ...
Nov 19, 2018•53 min
On this episode, Danny reviews Peterloo the latest film from legendary director Mike Leigh about the Peterloo Massacre. He hasn't seen something that made him so angry at the injustice of British society since he saw THE NEWS...like the current news....#SATIRE Then he and Sam give their 6-week old hot take on Oscar front-runner A Star Is Born in which Lady Gaga proves that she can sing AND act, while Bradley Cooper proves he can act AND sing....but did the film make us laugh AND cry??? Listen to...
Nov 13, 2018•57 min
A few weeks ago, we saw our most anticipated film of 2018, Venom. When the credits rolled, we knew we couldn't review it straight away. This wasn't a movie where you can knock out 10 minutes of off-the-cuff rambling giving an instant reaction - this was an experience that we needed to spend time with, to mull over, to have many vivid, startling dreams about. Having filled whole notebooks with reflections on and tributes to Venom, gotten matching tattoos to commemorate seeing it together, and rea...
Oct 25, 2018•52 min
On this episode of Film Chat, Danny reviews Crazy Rich Asians, a film about some man from Singapore whose family is very wealthy. In fact, that's what they should have called the movie, Crazy Very Wealthy Asians. Much better title imho. Meanwhile, Sam reviews American Animals, a film about some dumb guys trying to steal a book but unfortunately for them it wasn't written by Abbie Hoffman*!!!!! *Abbie Hoffman wrote a book called Steal This Book in 1971 so that joke was actually brilliant. Plus, w...
Oct 01, 2018•51 min
It's a screen adaptations of novels week! Sam reviews The Miseducation of Cameron Post, a John Hughes-influenced drama about a teenager sent to a Christian gay conversion camp, and Danny gives his take on The Children's Act, which is based on an Ian McEwan novel and therefore centres on history's greatest category of people, upper middle class English professionals. We also discuss Mark Wahlberg's eccentric daily routine, the tragic death of Henry Cavill's career as Superman, and the latest thin...
Sep 21, 2018•50 min
Episode 173 infiltrates the airwaves!! On this episode Danny reviews Pawel Pawlikowski's follow up to Ida Cold War a film that left him a little...luke warm. Then they both review Blackkklansman, Spike Lee's latest film bases on the true story of a black police officer infiltrating the KKK. The films been out for a while but this is the review the world needs- two painfully white, middleclass english guys complaining about the depiction of racism in 70s America. First reformed the second 2018 fi...
Sep 16, 2018•1 hr 4 min
This week we review a pair of quiet, tender dramas about people stoically enduring a tough old time: a troubled veteran and his daughter in the case of Leave No Trace, the latest film from Winter's Bone director Debra Granik; and French women left behind during World War I in Xavier Beauvois' The Guardians. Serious movies receiving serious treatment from this podcast. There's no levity or bantering about for 90% of the episode, but there is constant moody string underscoring. Just letting you kn...
Aug 26, 2018•1 hr
On this episode, Danny waxes lyrical about this year's best gangster abduction coming-of-age supernatural love story, A Sicilian Ghost Story. Meanwhile, Sam reviews The Meg in which apparently Jason Statham does not punch a massive shark. Disappointing. PLUS a discussion about alternate taglines for the upcoming comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me, a discussion about the latest film from Chilean wunderkind Pablo Larrain, and a soon to be viral rant about The Oscars desperate attempt to seem relevant. H...
Aug 17, 2018•56 min
It's time for another entry in the most successful long-running franchise of all time: Film Chat reviews of Marvel films! On this occasion it's the comedic superhero sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp, in which Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly team up to resize themselves and other objects as the situation demands. If the film was a sandwich, the bread would be banter and the filling would be big things getting small and small things getting big. We liked it. Plus, we discuss that McDonald's Monopoly hei...
Aug 12, 2018•44 min
