Big Boys Don't Cry is a weekly podcast in which Paddy Johnston & Rob Gordon discuss a film (usually with romance in), as well as catching up about culture, politics, video games and nonsense.
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This week’s episode is all about the thriller Obsessed, starring Beyoncé and Idris Elba! We also talk about Van Halen, getting help from wolves to raise our children, and this week’s film inspires a …
On this episode we delve into Spike Lee’s back catalogue and talk about Do The Right Thing! We also discuss doing the right thing, the heatwave, and how to do film criticism good. Also, Paddy bought …
On this week’s episode we talked about Barry Jenkins’ excellent adaptation of the James Baldwin novel If Beale Street Could talk! We also discussed soap operas, the end of lockdown, and the truth tha…
0n this week’s episode we discuss the film More Beautiful for Having Been Broken, an interesting and passionate love story we enjoyed a lot. We also talked about defunding the police, how we would do…
It’s an action-packed episode this week, as we discuss the enjoyable comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me. We also talk spy films in general, quizzes, candy floss, and shitposting conspiracy theorists.
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On this week’s episode we discussed Greta Gerwig’s 2019 adaptation of Little Women, and realised you can’t spell Little Women without Lit Men, which led us to our worst film idea yet.
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Wherefore art thou, Big Boys? On this week’s episode we had a lot of fun talking about Baz Luhrmann’s ROMEO + JULIET! We also talked about our favourite Shakespeares, Swedish bands, and Rob’s career …
It’s cult classic time once again this week, as we head back to 1986 for a discussion of Pretty in Pink (written by John Hughes, not Howard Hughes as Rob thought).
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It’s an extra special four movie episode this week, as we watched the entire Hunger Games series! Join us as we talk Hemsworths, sanitised violence, bad romance and the brilliance of Stanley Tucci.
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Quarantine means Netflix films, so we watched a new one this week: the not so great LOVE WEDDING REPEAT. We also talked about St George’s Day, Nextdoor, wedding movies in general, and Shakespeare’s b…
It’s our 150th episode and it’s a cracker! We talked about Autumn De Wilde’s recent adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, and also talked about actors in bands, Disney censoring butts, animal poo coffee,…
Woof! To celebrate the launch of Disney+ we decided to look at one of the many weird live action Disney movies that time forgot: The Ugly Dachshund. We also discuss two sequels for it, the ethics of …
What goes in this podcast is none of your busini-WAIT, yes it is! This week we discuss the underrated eighties Pierce Brosnan classic TAFFIN! Don’t like it? Then maybe you shouldn’t be living here!
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It’s our first Studio Ghibli special this week, as we celebrate Ghibli coming to Netflix with a discussion of the classic Laputa: Castle in the Sky! We also talk about 90s dance music conspiracy theo…
It’s all Goode in our hood(e) this week, as we watched the beautiful garbage thriller Stoker! We also talked about working from home, bad uncles, and devilled eggs.
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Happy belated leap day! To celebrate this momentous occasion we subjected ourselves to one of the worst films of 2010: Leap Year. We also discuss murder podcasts, our idea for a murder-themed gastrop…
This week we discuss a film that time rightly forgot: 2004’s Wicker Park! We also talk about the French film that inspired it (L’Appartement), panic buying, Scooby Doo, and reminisce about the Nokia …
It’s Toga Party time on Big Boys Don’t Cry this week, as we discuss the classic 70s campus comedy Animal House! We also discuss which biscuits to serve if Seann William Scott comes round, a future in…
To all the boys we’ve loved before…help us write a better sequel! On this week’s episode we discuss the Netflix original To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: P.S. I Still Love You, an underwhelming seq…
Imagine a world without the Beatles… on this episode we discuss the Richard Curtis & Danny Boyle film about that very world, YESTERDAY! As usual, we have suggestions for better films along the same l…