This week, as the listener's choice series dries up, the Pals set sail for the distant shores of Waterworld, Kevin Reynolds’ notorious epic from 1995, when the oceans were rising, the world’s natural resources were shrinking and movies were written by coked-out jet ski enthusiasts. Well, we suppose nothing has changed really all that much, but we’re still excited to dive in with K. Cost and the crew for this sea-faring escapade that joins Mad Max with catamarans, and the Atlantic with the Pal-ci...
May 01, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Strap in for some galactic galavanting, as the Pals delve into a little known indie sci-fi gem all about homoerotic-robotics and space-side genocide. That’s right, George Lucas’ classic Star Wars (1977) is in our crosshairs and we are ready to hit the hyperdrive… pedal, I’m guessing? At any rate, we here at Throw in the Pal are never too proud, noble or smart to avoid making the obvious joke, so come with us on a journey, set a long time ago, in a Pal-axy far, far away…
Apr 24, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 23
🎶 This is the story of a world, That got infected and quickly unfurled, With monkeys filled with rage let out of there cage, And everything imploded, After a whiiiiiile! 🎶 Specifically, that short while was 28 Days Later (2002), the guerrilla style zombie flick from Danny Boyle that brought Cillian Murphy and Naomie Harris into our lives and the firelight of a dying world, splattered with grim visions of our potential Pal-ocalypse.
Apr 17, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 22
This week, the Pals delve into the story of Promising Young Woman (2020), Emerald Fennell’s Oscar-winning tale of rambunctious revenge. Carey Mulligan stars as a millennial spin on the femme fatale archetype who’s hell-bent on, as Frank gleefully puts it, “a spree!” Throw in Bo Burnham as a dubiously decent guy singing along to Paris Hilton in a pharmacy, and it sounds Pal-romising to me!
Apr 10, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Like a tempest in Tahiti, this week there's some Tropic Thunder a-brewin'! Famed for its cultural sensitivity and political correctness, Ben Stiller's 2008 comedy stars himself, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. as actors on the quest for the perfect Vietnam war movie, while our Pals find themselves with guts busted and sides split from the ensuing chaos. Movie coulda used some more na-Pal-m, though.
Apr 03, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 20
"Knock knock!" "Whose in there?" "In Bruges, yeah!" So now, not only do you have a cool new knock-knock joke that’ll make you the life of the party, you also get to listen to the Pals’ waxing poetic all about In Bruges (2008), a cult classic of Irish proportions that also doubles as a travelogue of perfectly-preserved medieval Belgium, that tells a tale of morality, boredom, responsibility and cocaine that’ll have you singin’ “Oh, Pally boy, the pipes, the pipes are Palling!”...
Mar 27, 2023•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 19
WHOOSH! CHOO-CHOO! What was that? Something with the speed of a bullet and in the shape of a train? Do words even exist to describe such a contraption?! Yes, that’s right, this week the Pals are riding on the Bullet Train (2022), joining Brad Pitt and an eclectic ensemble in the action-comedy set entirely on an express engine. Pall aboard!
Mar 20, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 18
The Pals are in the kitchen with a culinary eye this week, cooking up some red-hot takes on The Menu (2022), a black comedy about service industries, rampant pretentiousness and the twisted ties that bind artistry and consumerism. For some of the Pals, it’s a delectable treat, but others found it a bit much to chew on. Bon Ap-pal-tite!
Mar 13, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Some say awards shows are the most pompous, boring and unnecessary invention of modern times, but those people have clearly never heard our podcast. What’s more, this week Throw in the Pal is hosting its 1st Annual Oscars Special, where the Pals gather together to chat about the nominees (and possible winners) of this year’s 95th Pal-cademy Pal-wards!
Mar 09, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 16
What does red mean to you? Is it love or hatred, passion or bloodshed? Or, does it just mean that you’re red-y for a new episode of Throw in the Pal, where our titular Pals take on the ruby-red-riddled American Beauty (1999), an infamous and much-beloved classic, to see if the bloom is still on the rose or if it’s Pal-tals have withered.
Mar 06, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 15
“Multi-verses and Butt-plugs” is not just the title of Tom’s unpublished memoir, but also the subheading for this week’s chaotic tango with Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), the surprise hit of last year that leaves one of the Pals in tears, a couple of them scratching their heads and our listeners begging that we try not to talk Pal(l) at once!
Feb 27, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 14
A 30-some-years later sequel to a beloved ‘80s film (again!), this week the Pals are grounded by Top Gun: Maverick (2022), a true American movie, emblazoned with a Stars and Stripes face tattoo, with red, white and blue pumping through its clogged arteries, and our podcast heroes flying by the seat of their Pal-nts!
Feb 20, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 13
A 30-some-years later sequel to a beloved ‘80s film, Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) has started pinging on the Pals’ P.K.E. Meter, and now they’re in the studio ghostin’ fools and bustin’ moves, patiently waiting for someone to ask, “Who you gonna Pall?”
Feb 13, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 12
This week, the Pals’ knives are out for one another, as their discussion of Glass Onion (2022) proves to be the most divisive thus far, begging the questioning, “What the heck are we all shouting a-Pal-t?!”
Feb 06, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 11
You’ve heard of the mystical Book of the Dead, but today the Pals are riffing off the top of their heads, as Stephen Sommers’ The Mummy (1999) is excavated, unwrapped and exhumed with more care than went into building the Great Pal-rymid of Giza!
Jan 30, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 10
“Meow what do we have here?” is something you might ask about this week’s long-anticipated pal-wow over Tom Hooper’s Cats (2019), a maligned adaptation of the broadway musical that one of the Pals has a surprising take on…
Jan 23, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In a shocking turn of events, this week the Pals find that one of their members misunderstood the assignment, making their conversation about Sian Heder’s Oscar-winning CODA (2021) an uproariously, unforgetta-pal experience.
Jan 16, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 8
This week, witches leave the Pals in stitches when discussing James Wan’s The Conjuring (2013), a haunted house tale based on true events that kicked off a major franchise and is sure to get your pal-ses racing!
Jan 09, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Back with a vengeance, the Pals skulk the seedy streets of Gotham in Matt Reeves’ The Batman (2022), seeking justice and scouring for clues to help solve the Riddler’s im-pal-netrable web of chicanery!
Jan 02, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Limerick! Kilkenny! Dublin! Just some of the places that get no mention at all in the Pal’s emerald elegy about Belfast (2021), Kenneth Branagh’s coming-of-age tale where the Troubles are slow, but the Pals-fast!
Dec 26, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Four Pals and a Blonde walk into a podcast studio, then proceed to have a chinwag over who gentlemen prefer in Andrew Dominick’s 2022 fictionalised rundown of the life of Marilyn (“Pal-rilyn” to her friends) Monroe.
Dec 19, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 4
This week, the Pals are all about c-words: Complexly crafted chatterbox cinema, in Guy Ritchie's 2019 gangster flick The Gentlemen, a film with some truly ap-pal-ling language. Strong language warning
Dec 13, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 3
The pals are launched back together to chat Dexter Fletcher's 2019 Rocketman, the Elton John biopic that asks if Saturday Night's Pal-right for Fighting! Strong language warning.
Dec 13, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 2
The pals get swingin' for the very first time to discuss Baz Luhrmann's 2022 film Elvis, to resolve once and for all if it truly ain't nothin' but a "Pal-Dog". Strong language warning
Dec 13, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 1
