In the Fleapit

Mar 07 2024

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Each week, hilarious and bickering best friends Angus Roberts and Will Lawler share the films and tv shows they love and hate—going against the grain of critics and fans—as well as covering all things awards season each year. Asking themselves one main question: What deserves to be thrown into the fleapit, and what deserves to be taken out and given more praise? Also each week are mini-episodes all the way film recasting, quizzes, stories about famous Hollywood moments, and more.

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38 - 2024 Oscars Final Predictions

Mar 07 2024 111 mins

In their returning episode, the boys cover the nominees at the upcoming Academy Awards, as well as their predictions for who'll take home the golden statue for each category.

37 - Barbenheimer

Aug 20 2023 78 mins

For this main episode, Angus and Will cover the two most successful and acclaimed films of the year and the circumstances behind their strange pairing— Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, and Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer,' also with a star studded cast. How did the two come together to form the internet and cultural phenomenal now known as "Barben

Fleapit Mini - Top 5 Film Posters

Aug 16 2023 28 mins

For this mini-episode, Angus and Will pick and rank their five favourite film posters of the 21st-century.

Fleapit Mini - The Wilhelm Scream

Jul 19 2023 37 mins

For this mini-episode, Will shares with Angus the history behind the most recognisable stock sound in cinema—the Wilhelm scream. He also tests him on whether or not the iconic scream has appeared in a variety of films and tv shows; all the way from the Star Wars franchise to Tarantino's films.

36 - Meeting Cate Blanchett?

Jul 16 2023 64 mins

The boys are back with a main episode wrapping up everything they've seen over the past month or so, as well as other film/tv news that has interested them. And yes, you read the title correctly, they also talk about what it was like attending the Australian premiere of Warwick Thornton's 'The New Boy' which held a Q&A afterwards with the star and absolute icon, Cate Blanchett.

Fleapit Mini - Ranking the Highest Grossing Films

May 31 2023 30 mins

In this mini-episode, the boys take the ten highest grossing films of all time (when adjusted for inflation) and rank them from worst to best. They also take a look at the highest grossing films without inflation and how Marvel and Disney seem to dominate the industry.

Fleapit Mini - Recent Movie Trailers

May 28 2023 42 mins

For this mini-episode, Angus and Will take a look at a handful of recent trailers for movies that are set to release this year in 2023 from Martin Scorsese's 'Killers of the Flower Moon' all the way to Jennifer Lawrence comedy 'No Hard Feelings,' and more. What is your most anticipated film for the year, and has its trailer made you more excited, or killed the buzz for you?

Fleapit Mini - Trivia Round 2

May 14 2023 36 mins

This week's mini-episode is more trivia! Angus quizzed Will last time; this time the tables have turned and Will is quizzing Angus by naming four films in ten categories, and asking him to order them from the earliest released, to the newest.

35 - The God Blacklist Part II

Apr 30 2023 104 mins

In this weeks episode, the boys cover two different, but in strange ways, similar stories of corruption and politics. Will takes us back to the 40s and 50s of Hollywood, where screenwriter Dalton Trumbo and nine other industry professionals—now dubbed 'The Hollywood Ten'—were charged and sentenced for refusing to testify about whether they were affiliated with the Communist par

Fleapit Mini - Trivia

Apr 16 2023 32 mins

For this mini-episode, Angus quizzes Will on some general (or not so general) movie knowledge that seems to get more unhinged as the questions go on.