Brett & Cliff's Flea Circus: A movie and TV podcast

The third in the Halloween series has no Michael Myers, he died in number 2, but John Carpenter is still in the producer role and he has plenty of influence over the style and tone of this much-malig…

Brett get a chance to talk about his favourite director John Carpenter and his 1981 classic Escape From New York. A classic lead character in Kurt Russell's Snake Plisskin and an incredible supportin…

The Beatles' debut movie appearance is a funny, boundary pushing, influential ROMP that shows off their characters, comedic side and musical talent. Directed by Richard Lester, it drew on kitchen sin…

Delving into the 2004 documentary about The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols. We discuss if it's a fair representation of Anton Newcombe, who the most pretentious out of the two bands i…

Denis Nilsen, or Des to his friends, killed around 15 lost and lonely young men in the late 1970s and early 80s in London. The 2020 ITV drama Des is the story of what happened following his arrest.

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Brandon Lee's tragic death overshadows a fine graphic novel adaptation, but The Crow has plenty going for it apart from a macabre ending.

We also talk have a fun quiz, get angry about Zlatan Ibrahimo…

Noel Edmonds cemented himself as Britain's top light entertainer with Noel's House Party, which ran from 1991 to 1998. We watch the first episode and find ourselves squirming at some of the jokes and…

We take a while to get round to actually talking about M.A.S.K, but stick with us...

Before the 80s cartoon is dived into we cover the identity of Banksy, the morals of sending someone a prostitute as…

We book a viewing for indie thriller/horror 1br. Sarah thinks she's found the perfect apartment building but it soon turns into a nightmare.

There are spoilers in the podcast, as we discuss conspirac…

An inventive horror from director Rob Savage, Host focuses on six friends who get together during lockdown for a virtual seance through Zoom. We loved it and thought we should jump straight on Zoom o…

The Who's 1979 album Quadrophenia is transferred to the big screen by director Franc Roddam with a cast of teenagers who would go on to be mainstays of British TV and film for decades to come.

Phil Da…

Both huge fans of The Beatles, Brett and Cliff discuss their second favorite Liverpool band and talk about why they love Shack and The La's.

There's also a quiz and another song at the end.

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Ethan Hawke stars as a temporal agent who travels back in time to solve the case of the notorious Fizzle Bomber - along the way he meets 'The Unmarried Mother' who could be the key to whole thing.

Bu…

A look at ESPN's brilliant 30 for 30 series, specifically The Two Escobars episode from the first season in 2009 which looks at the rise of drug kingpin and cartel boss Pablo Escobar and how his infl…

Brett picks the only romantic comedy he likes for this week's episode, and thankfully Cliff likes it too. Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence star alongside Robert De Niro and an excellent ensemble …

This week delves into a well-reviewed, cult comedy-horror from 2016, Jim Hosking's The Great Strangler. Not for everyone (or many people), it split opinion between Cliff and Brett.

Before that, thoug…

We revisit the BBC's emergency call recreation show, fronted by newsreader Michael Buerke and find it something of a hilarious and terrifying watch.

There are gas explosions, creepy rescuers, suspicio…

A feature-length episode where we get rather excited about discovering Brian Bosworth, or as he's more commonly known - The Boz.

Taking a recommendation from a listener we watch Stone Cold, a 1991 act…

In the mid-90s video games were having something of a moment, with the likes of Sega Megadrive, Super Nintendo and Amiga bringing some amazing games to the market,

Capitalising on the boom in the UK w…