Still Any Good?

Get your boots on and join us as we travel back to 1981 and fall in love with a footballer.  It's the Bill Forsyth young romance and footy favourite, GREGORY'S GIRL.  Is it a load of balls, or bella …

Get your flippers and goggles on - and those funny little peg things to stop water going up your nose - as we dive deeply into the rivers of Yorkshire for the 1978 live action/animated chimney sweep …

All aboard the needle-nosed bugger as we fly perilously to Moss-COW while being pursued by a badger. Yes, it's the ultimate in disaster movies, THE CONCORDE...AIRPORT '79.  Or if you're British AIRPO…

It's Christmaaaaaaaaaaas!!! So it's time for our festive film choice.  Well, not OUR choice.  We've ... ummmm ... traded places and allowed our special guest to choose a movie.  So the lovely Simon L…

For this episode, Rob has gone back to his old friend Brian De Palma for what is widely regarded as his most well-known film about a telekinetic teenage girl, after Carrie.  Yes, it's time to revisit…

Is it safe?  Is it still any good?  We're joined by great comedy writer Matt Owen to talk about everybody's favourite running and dentistry extravaganza, 1974's MARATHON MAN. Enjoy!

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Because Halloween has just been, we thought we'd do our traditional horror double bill.  Join us for the first part, where we venture down the scary passageways of Herbert Lom's brain while wearing R…

2 men have now had some experience with babies, so naturally we're now experts. So what better film to flex our child-rearing muscles at than the 1989 possessed infant laugh extravaganza LOOK WHO'S T…

It's that time of year again when we rummage through Roald Dahl's garden shed and revisit a couple of TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED.  This year's selected episodes are charmingly titled THE UMBRELLA MAN an…

Come back with us to 1983 as we see if Steve Martin's cranial surgery comedy THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS is as screwy as we remember, or is it all just a bit pointy-pointless?  Let's find out, shall we?

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It's a very warm & steamy welcome back to Rob!  And to celebrate his return, he's chosen a film guaranteed to make it awkward for Chris to watch on his phone on the bus.  Yes, it's 1992's BASIC INSTI…

Chris is joined by Betamax Video Club's Rich Nelson to talk about everyone's favourite film where kids talk about toomahs and genitalia.  Well, everyone's film like that from 1990 anyway.  Yes, we re…

Chris is joined in his dojo* by his podcasting sensei: comedian, writer, actor and generally funny-man, Marek Larwood.  Marek has chosen the 1986 martial arts phenomenon NO RETREAT NO SURRENDER, with…

With Rob still away, we've got another very special guest: it's Julia Raeside, whose here to talk about 1998 Aussie rom-dram DEAD LETTER OFFICE.  Well, we talk a bit about Dead Letter Office, but als…

With Rob away on paternity leave, we've dragged in another Rob.  It's the return of My Mum's Seen A Movie host Rob Marland, who has revisited the 1989 miniaturisation and formicide family favourite, …

This episode has it all: happy news, no-so-happy news, and two very tired middle aged men talking about the 1989 action/buddy extravaganza,TANGO & CASH. For approximately an hour.  Is it as good as w…

Here, to terrorise y'all's neighbourhood, is our special guest Michael Legge.  Out of all the films in the world, he decided to discuss the Thriller video from 1983.  I suppose after a long period of…

Eey up! Join Rob and Chris as we go up north to blow our flugels and bloody euphoniums to revisit the gritty comedy BRASSED OFF.  Is it a brassy breath of fresh air, or a stinking lump of ... coal?

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It's New Zealand Special time again, so Rob has chosen the feature length adaptation of the much loved comic strip FOOTROT FLATS: A DOG'S TALE.  Is it a slice of heaven, or a giant pile of dog poo?

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What would happen if you missed your train and your life split in two?  Would you cut your hair and quote Monty Python?  Or would you bring out some rather whiffy candles?  That's what Rob and Chris …