The Movie Men

GO BACK TO THE SHADOWS! As Gandalf once said. Or, alternatively, emerge from them like the beautiful vampire butterfly you are as this week The Movie Men are sinking their teeth into Taka Waititi’s 2014 rockumentary What We Do In The Shadows. It’s funny. So listen.Mark also updates us on his unrequited love for Gael Garcia Bernal, there’s some dynamite chat on coastal erosion

It’s a triumvirate steering the ship this week as Oly, Callum & Jonny splice and dice all things nice with a forensic* examination of Ryan Gosling & Russell Crowe in 2016 Neo-noir The Nice Guys.We pay tribute to top scorer Ennio Morricone, question whether Jason Voorhies has adequate PPE and do our best to STOP GETTING BOND WRONG! Also, Oly gargles on something that may o

Oh yes, we're still doing this shiz and this week an extra special joy for you all - 2002's ode to the greatness of Madchester and Factory Records, 24 Hour Party People.Note - There's a couple of moments of very, very strong language (all quoted direct from the film) so you have been warned.We also twist our melons round Michael Keaton's mooted return to the batsuit, what not to wa

Better late than never, The Movie Men are back to take a look at the darkest of the dark - Denis Villeneuve's thriller Prisoners (2013). Some heavyweight chops from Jake Gyllenhaal & Hugh Jackman help to lighten some of the depression but listener beware, this one ain't for the faint of heart.We also talk potential Alien reboots, James Bond's kids and, if you stick around to th

So…we were meant to review Lucky Number Slevin this week but the problem with making a list at the start of lockdown is that things change after 10 weeks and it’s no longer free on Netflix. So, we had to adjust quickly like the men of action we are and instead we bring you 21 JUMP STREET! Oh, yeah!Also, Mark reads us his one-man play (literally all of it), Harry has the makings

Listeners you are in for a treat because this week it's the turn of one of the greatest films of the last 30 years to get The Movie Men treatment - neo-noir crime classic L.A. Confidential.If that isn't enough to get you salivating and your ears twitching, Oly takes us through the twisting, turning passges of his subconscious in Oly's Challenge, Mark trains for the Tour de Yorkshir

The Movie Men get the ol' flux capacitor out for a trip back almost half a century, and a reappraisal of Martin Scorsese's 1973 classic Mean Streets.We consider whether Thanos or Dr Heiter would be less suitable to organise a wedding, Oly goes full Boris Johnson and there's huge controversy caused entirely by Harry's lazy hand raising. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor

Apologies for the delay and the sound issues folks - due to some technical difficulties The Movie Men are coming at you a couple days later, but it’ll be worth it when you get your ears stuck into 35 minutes of classic podding. We’ll get it sorted for next time!It’s 1995 cult classic Clueless under scrutiny this week, as the boys delve into a world they’re all experts in -

My God are we only on episode 6???Well, at least we can console ourselves that we picked Horrible Bosses right? RIGHT??? Sorry listeners, the isolation fever has finally kicked in for some of us but never fear, we still managed to make it through another week's podding just for you!As ever, we answer the big questions like: who would be better fronting a government campaign, Aragor

This week The Movie Men delve into the whacky world of Satanism, with a look at 2019 Netflix documentary Hail, Satan?The return of James Pugh to the pod has us debating film's greatest grapplers, a fine dose of they-don't-make-em-like-they-used-to from Jonny and Oly cooking up a dish best served with a heavy dose of telepathy.Thanks for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri