Exploding Helicopter
The world’s only podcast celebrating films where helicopters explode.
- Update frequency
- every 26 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 162
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou
“It’s a documentary, it’s all really happening.”
Exploding helicopters are almost exclusively found in the action genre. But on this show we’re reviewing that rarest of all aviation animals: an expl…
00:38:05 |
Fri 14 Apr 2017
SWAT
“You’re either SWAT or you’re not.”
Will and Dara take a look at SWAT (2003) the big screen reboot of an old, long forgotten, Seventies cop show.
After a considered discussion of the film’s puzzli…
00:37:16 |
Thu 23 Mar 2017
Stone Cold
"Imagine the future, because you're not in it."
Will is joined by Nick Rehak from French Toast Sunday to look at the cult classic Stone Cold (1991). It marked the movie debut of the former American …
00:36:55 |
Wed 01 Mar 2017
The Interview
“They hate us, because they ain’t us.”
Will and Dara take a look at one of the most controversial films of recent times, The Interview (2014).
They try to work out how on earth this film caused a …
00:33:33 |
Sat 21 Jan 2017
X Men Origins Wolverine
“We're going to make you indestructible - but first, we're gonna have to destroy you.”
Will is joined by Bubba Wheat from Flights, Tights and Movie Nights to look at X Men Origins: Wolverine (2009).…
00:37:18 |
Tue 27 Dec 2016
Charlie Wilson's War
“Well I told you what we had to do, shoot down the helicopters.”
Will and Dara take a look at Charlie Wilson’s War (2007) a film which tells the true story of America’s involvement in the Soviet/Afg…
00:35:34 |
Sun 11 Dec 2016
Battleship
“Oh brother, somebody gonna kiss the donkey!”
Will is joined by Nick Rehak from French Toast Sunday to look at the most important film in the exploding helicopter genre BATTLESHIP (2012), a movie th…
00:38:21 |
Wed 23 Nov 2016
Men Of Honor
“God damn, if I’d just been a couple minutes early he’d be breathing now.”
Will and Dara pull on their diving suits, hook up their oxygen line and plunge into nautical biopic Men Of Honor (2000).
A…
00:34:37 |
Sat 22 Oct 2016
Die Hard 4.0
“You just killed a helicopter with a car.”
On this show we’re looking at Die Hard 4.0 (2007) a film that includes one of the greatest ever helicopter explosions.
So, in keeping with the movie, Exp…
00:31:16 |
Sat 24 Sep 2016
On Deadly Ground
“What does it take to change the essence of a man?”
On this show Will and Dara don eccentrically tasselled jackets and tie their hair into ponytails to look at On Deadly Ground (1994), Steven Seagal…
00:33:45 |
Sat 27 Aug 2016
Rambo First Blood Pt II
“Do we get to win this time?”
On this show Will sharpens his Bowie knife, ties on a bandana and perms his mullet in readiness to talk about Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985).
Guesting on this show …
00:40:41 |
Sun 31 Jul 2016
The Green Berets
“This trip is going to make LSD feel like aspirin.”
On this show Will is joined by Nick Rehak from French Toast Sunday to look at John Wayne’s infamous Vietnam War propaganda film The Green Berets (…
00:39:00 |
Thu 14 Jul 2016
Sheena
“When paradise became a battleground, she led the fight for survival.”
On this show Exploding Helicopter looks at the at the frankly bonkers jungle adventure romp Sheena (1984), a film which feature…
00:38:16 |
Mon 20 Jun 2016
Three Kings
“Are we shooting people or what?”
On this show Will and Dara take a look at Three Kings (1999) and try to work out if it’s a comedy, a drama or a war movie.
They also examine a rare exploding helic…
00:35:07 |
Fri 03 Jun 2016
Machete Kills
“Vengeance never dies. It only changes target.”
When Robert Rodriguez made a fake trailer for part of the Grindhouse project with Quentin Tarantino, no-one could have guessed it would become a real-…
00:36:28 |
Sat 21 May 2016
Capricorn One
"Pervert."
On this show Will and Joe take a look at one of the classics of the 1970s wave of conspiracy thrillers: Capricorn One (1978). Or do they?
What real evidence is there that they watched th…
00:36:42 |
Fri 08 Apr 2016
The Hunt For Red October
“One ping only.”
On this episode of Exploding Submarine we take a look at one of the big sea beasts of the genre: The Hunt For Red October (1990).
Will is joined in the conning tower by Nick Rehak…
00:23:51 |
Fri 01 Apr 2016
Sudden Death
“Terror goes into overtime.”
After Die Hard rewrote the rules of the action movie, Hollywood started churning out thinly disguised knocks offs that replicated its plot in increasingly bizarre locati…
00:38:40 |
Wed 09 Mar 2016
True Lies
“I married Rambo.”
Exploding Helicopter takes a look at the action classic True Lies (1994), which features one of the all-time great helicopter explosions (in case you’ve forgotten: a chopper is de…
00:35:37 |
Wed 17 Feb 2016
22 Jump Street
“Something cool.”
Will and Dara, the maverick podcasters who play by their own rules, are back. This time they’ve only 24 hours to review the buddy cop movie comedy 22 Jump Street (2014) otherwise i…
00:32:37 |
Wed 03 Feb 2016
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