The countdown to 200 reaches its terrifying conclusion with Chris' pick for favourite film. Sam and Alex finish their nostalgia quizzes, get off topic with Fast & Furious and reveal what film we'll be watching on episode 200! (If this isn't your thing, don't worry - we'll be back with new films from episode 200 onwards!) GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our Merch! Download the soundtrack! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram and Facebook too! H...
Jul 09, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 199
The countdown to 200 continues with the dark middle chapter of our nostalgia trilogy. Sam and Alex continue their trip down memory lane, fire some quiz questions at one another and then settle down to listen to another classic episode of SFRS! (If this isn't your thing, don't worry - we'll be back with new films from episode 200 onwards!) GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our Merch! Download the soundtrack! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram and F...
Jul 02, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 198
For the next three weeks we approach our 200th episode with buckets of nostalgia and self indulgence. Sam's moving house and Chris is on holiday so join Alex and Sam for a trip down SFRS memory lane. Behind the scenes gossip, duelling quizzes, and then a rerun of Alex's favourite episode of the pod! (If this isn't your thing, don't worry - we'll be back with new films from episode 200 onwards!) GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our Merch! Download the soundtrack! Se...
Jun 25, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 197
What does the name Midnight Special bring to mind? A cocktail? A club night? A group activity banned in several countries? Surprise! It's none of those, it's a film about a kid with weird eyes being chased across America by the feds and a cult. Seriously, if anyone knows why this film is called what it is, please let us know. Next week, the start of a double bill of Earth stopping, it's The Day The Earth Stood Still ! (The old one) GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy ...
Jun 18, 2021•46 min•Ep. 196
We make our annual trip back into the world of Star Trek, with Insurrection , the penultimate 'proper' Trek film. Picard and crew are out to thwart the most boring plot in the history of the galaxy, or are they accidentally making things worse? Also, another Star Trek quiz, where you should keep Data's manual and the problem with actors being actors. Next week we watch Michael Shannon and an annoying kid in Midnight Special GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our Merc...
Jun 11, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 195
At some point in the past we said we would watch D.A.R.Y.L. and at an unspecified time later someone contacted us and said 'Hey, you still need to watch that film.' Well, we don't know who you were, we forgot saying it, but now we're watching D.A.R.Y.L. Join us as we immediately get wildly off topic with Crocodile Dundee , discuss carnivorous robots, Alex hosts an acronym quiz, and we get blue in a way we haven't for a while. Seriously, there's an 'E' for explicit label on this podcast for a rea...
Jun 04, 2021•53 min•Ep. 194
We emerge from post-lockdown life and consequently get too busy to podcast. But don't worry, we're back, with a film no one has seen, no one wants to see, and no one should see. So, business as usual, then. Next week, D.A.R.Y.L. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our Merch! Download the soundtrack! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 28, 2021•37 min•Ep. 193
It's the future, again, and this time cops are getting trained in a computer by a sadistic AI. What could possibly happen next? Join us as we really go off Russell Crowe, wonder how Brett Leonard keeps getting to make films and marvel that Denzel Washington already had an oscar when he signed on to this... Next week, it's Impostor ! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our Merch! Download the soundtrack! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram and Faceboo...
May 14, 2021•49 min•Ep. 192
These days, kids love battle royale games, like Fortnite and all that. Back when we were young kids loved Battle Royale , an ultraviolent film about 40 schoolkids trying to kill one another. Join us as we take a trip down DVD memory lane, try and work out why anything is happening and play Battle Royale Top Trumps Next week, it's Virtuosity ! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our Merch! Download the soundtrack! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram a...
May 07, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 191
Alex is back with another brush with Hollywood, this time interviewing top documentary maker Rodney Ascher about his latest film, A Glitch in the Matrix ! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our Merch! Download the soundtrack! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 03, 2021•29 min•Ep. 190
This week we're going deeper underground and celebrating the release of Godzilla Vs. Kong with Hollywood's first attempt at bringing the king of monsters to the west. Join us as we discuss the star (?) power of Matthew Broderick, the likelihood of losing a giant lizard in New York and the Devlin/Emmerich Rating System. Next week we watch Fortnite for Boomers, it's Battle Royale ! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our Merch! Download the soundtrack! See the list so f...
Apr 22, 2021•51 min•Ep. 189
This week we watch the super low budget indie time travel film Primer ! Join us as we struggle to work out how time travel works, struggle to work out how time travel works, and finally struggle to work out how time travel works. Next week we're going deeper underground, it's 1998's Emmerich/Devlin Godzilla ! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our Merch! Download the soundtrack! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. ...
Apr 16, 2021•47 min•Ep. 188
So, it's come to this. Alex celebrates his birthday by breaking pod rules and picking a film we shouldn't technically see for another 3 years, or preferably never. Yes, it's Ready Player One , and yes, Sam has a lot to say. Next week it's Primer ! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our Merch! Download the soundtrack! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 09, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 187
It's Easter Friday, and what says Easter better than a healthy dose of ultraviolence and the old in out? We celebrate with a viddy at A Clockwork Orange , the film too shocking for you to see, although not actually because it wasn't ever banned, really. Anyway, it got people excited for a long time and is it worth the hype? Join us for architecture, bad acting, bad impressions and Sam read a book. Next week, it's all Alex's fault, and it's Ready Player One . Thanks, Alex. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUN...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 186
Join Alex and Sam for a bonus spoilercast they didn't think they would record. Expectations were rock bottom for Zack Synder's reconstruction of Justice League so we approach it tentatively but...it's not that bad? Listen as we apply the Batman Rating System™ to the entire Synderverse and then work our way through four hours of superhero team up fun! And join us later this week for your regularly scheduled rating, A Clockwork Orange ! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! B...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 185
This week we watch the classic anime Akira , a film that did a lot to shape the tastes of at least two thirds of this pod. But 30 years later does it still hold up? Join us as we find out and discuss the wonders of animation, the two scenes that gave us nightmares and see if Chris has come round on Japanese films yet... Next week we stay with troublesome teens, it's A Clockwork Orange ! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our Merch! Download the soundtrack! See the li...
Mar 26, 2021•55 min•Ep. 184
This week Chris combines negotiating film contracts with hosting a podcast as we watch Galaxy Quest in installments, starting, stopping, and starting again. We also learn about Tim Allen's idea exchange, the changing face of fandom and Sam wishes he was watching a very specific different film. Next week... Akira ! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our Merch! Download the soundtrack! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Ac...
Mar 19, 2021•44 min•Ep. 183
We're back from break with a change to your scheduled film, it's listener-requested '80s fantasy sci-fi, er, classic(?) Masters of the Universe ! Join us to learn which cast member is a chemical engineer, which cast member improvised all his lines, and how many people in this were also in Star Trek . We also have a quiz, a few listener requests from the mailbag and much, much more. Next week we really are doing Galaxy Quest . Honest. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Bu...
Mar 12, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 182
Bonjour! This week we present a podcast recorded entirely in the original romance language, le French, in which we talk about classic nouvelle vague Godard flick Alphaville . Think we can't handle something this deep? Think again as we discuss science fiction without science fiction, Jaques-'Jaques' Liverot, how to cheat on your French GCSE, and try and remember who Jeff Bitch is. Next week, the long-awaited and repeated fan requested Galaxy Quest ! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit...
Feb 26, 2021•55 min•Ep. 181
This week we're going back to the '60s to the very first Planet of the Apes , a film so big we can't work out why we haven't done it yet. Join us for confusing space missions, terrible captains and uncomfortable female stereotypes. And lots, and lots of apes. Next week we're staying in the olden days with the very different Alphaville ! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our Merch! Download the soundtrack! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram and Fac...
Feb 19, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 180
This week we celebrate the 4K release of Elysium by doing what we do best: an hour of Hot Chat. Join us as we get into the science of this particular dystopian future and the problem with Jodie Foster being too good at French. Next week it's Planet of the Apes ! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our Merch! Download the soundtrack! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram and Facebook too! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 12, 2021•52 min•Ep. 179
This week we conclude our trip back to 2016 with Sam's pick, The 5th Wave ! Alex isn't sure whether this film was actually released, Sam has trouble with the wave system, and Chris broadcasts from a COVID secure bunker somewhere deep underground. Next week we watch Elysium ! Want to watch it yourself? Leave us a review on iTunes, Spotify or wherever, drop us a line and let us know and you could win a copy of Elysium on 4K Blu Ray! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy o...
Feb 05, 2021•48 min•Ep. 178
This week we continue our 2016 trilogy with Alex's pick- it's Shin Godzilla ! After a decade away from making Godzilla films Toho returned with a different but also not different take on the world's greatest monster. Join us for some city-smashing action, a great soundtrack and loads of, er, bureaucracy. Next week it's the final 2016 film, The 5th Wave ! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our Merch! Download the soundtrack! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter ,...
Jan 22, 2021•55 min•Ep. 177
Alex is back with another exclusive interview, this time speaking to Scott Adkins, star of the new sci-fi comedy The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud . Alex Zooms into Scott's car and discusses the film, working with Jean Claude Van Damme, The Mandalorian, and much more! Join us back here Friday for your regular scheduled ranking! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our Merch! Download the soundtrack! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram and Face...
Jan 18, 2021•32 min•Ep. 176
Our season of Star Wars comes to an end with Gareth Edwards' spin-off prequel Rogue One , also the first of our 2016 film season! Opinions are all over the place as we discuss what this film gets right, and what it doesn't, before one of the more contentious rankings in quite some time. Next week we continue our 2016 films with Shin Godzilla GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our Merch! Download the soundtrack! See the list so far! And we're on Twitter , Instagram an...
Jan 15, 2021•54 min•Ep. 175
Its 2021 and before we get back to ranking films we look back at one of the few highlights of 2020, the second season of The Mandalorian . We work through the big moments throughout the season before playing a quick game of Mando or Boba and analysing the ridiculous upcoming slate of Star Wars shows. There are so many. Next week, the Star Wars train rolls on with Rogue One ! GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our Merch! Download the soundtrack! See the list so far! A...
Jan 08, 2021•39 min•Ep. 174
As is tradition we end the year with a round up of what we've been watching aside from the 50-odd films we've stuck in the list. Join us for our six highlights of the year, a mailbag bursting with festive cheer, an impromptu discussion on the state of the film industry in 2021, and find out what we'll be watching in January. This year has been a bumper one for us with the audience growing a surprisingly large amount, so thanks to all of you out there for your support, listeners old and new. Here...
Dec 31, 2020•50 min•Ep. 173
Happy Life Day! We continue our tradition of watching Star Wars for Christmas but this year with a bit of a twist. For too long we've ignored the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special but as the worst year any of us can remember wraps up we decided to break glass in case of misery and trotted out this most peculiar of experiences. All the Star Wars stars you know and love, plus a four armed chef in drag, Jefferson Starship and a big old dose of Wookie onanism, it's Star Wars like you've never seen ...
Dec 24, 2020•47 min•Ep. 172
As we approach Christmas we continue watching some festive flicks from years past- it's a big slice of '80s nostalgia, Twins ! Schwarzenegger and DeVito are unlikely siblings in this Reitman classic. Join us for discussion of pretty foxes, nature vs. nurture, Alex's most inscrutable quiz yet and generally just a lot of whistful mewing about happier times. Next week we celebrate christmas with...well, you'll have to wait and see. GIVE US 5 STARS ON ITUNES! Get in touch! Visit the Website! Buy our...
Dec 18, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 171
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a podcast about the film Superman . We take an extensive look at Richard Donner's superhero blockbuster and ask the important questions: What food item did Marlon Brando want to be cast as? Is the Lois and Clark flying scene the worst scene in this film, or in cinematic history? And what's the proper etiquette when finding a baby inside a meterorite? All this and more! [Check out our revamped and now more cost effective merch options here!]( Buy our Merch! )...
Dec 11, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 170
