The Mark of Caine

Feb 08 2022 37 ep. 43 mins
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Join us on our epic journey through the film career of Michael Caine, reviewing every movie spanning seven decades, from the Oscar winning performances to the dumpster fire movies that would have incinerated a lesser actor. Journalist Michael Foley is joined by Steven Black, the creator and thumbs behind the hugely popular Mallow News satirical Twitter feed to pore over every Caine performance and explore films that range from eternal classics to incomprehensible duds, all in our tireless and yes, inexplicable, quest to figure out what makes the Mark of Caine.
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Beyond the Poseidon Adventure

Feb 08 2022 42 mins  
It's 1979, our final look at 70s Caine, and what a way to go: drenched in an upturned wreck, scuba-diving about with little Sally Field and 125-year-old Karl Malden in Beyond the Poseidon Adventure! It's the last in a triptych of late-70s Caine-nurtured turkeys alongside The Swarm and Ashanti. What more truly needs to be said.... Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See ac

Ashanti

Feb 01 2022 52 mins  
We're off to Africa where Michael Caine is now hunting slave traders who have kidnapped his wife. Yes, it's Ashanti - basically 1970s Taken. Part of a holy trinity of late 70s turkeys, prepare to be astounded by Caine's disinterest, dumbfounded by Peter Ustinov's accent, stunned by Omar Sharif's boredom and amused by Caine spending two full minutes trying to mount a camel. Yes, tha

California Suite

Jan 25 2022 35 mins  
After the tortures of The Swarm, it's Michael Caine moving seamlessly from killer-bee fighter to bisexual antiques dealer in this Neil Simon-scripted flick. Come for Caine, stay for an Oscar-winning performance from Maggie Smith, suffer Bill Cosby. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Swarm

Jan 18 2022 42 mins  
It's the day we've been braced for since the beginning, but finally we encounter the plumpest turkey of Caine's career. The Swarm and its brilliantly organised, genocidal killer bees is most of the things the critics have said and more. Worst movie ever? Is it even the worst Caine ever?! But as constructive people, we offer ways to improve the Swarm - ninja Caine up to fight the be

Silver Bears

Jan 11 2022 47 mins  
Some Caine Obscura, this time Silver Bears from 1978, as Mr Caine banks the cheque and goes to Switzerland, but we do get Sports Caine, Drunk Caine, Lover Man Caine and Jay Leno. And as the chemistry with yet another leading lady fails to yield even a spark, it's time to ask the burning question: is it possible to see actor Michael Caine as a sexy beast? Get bonus content on Patreo

A Bridge Too Far

Jan 04 2022 49 mins  
On this week's episode it's cameo a go go with the cream of 1970's actors collecting a paycheck to ruminate on the horrors of war in A Bridge Too Far. Join us as we discuss Caine's moustache, Robert Redford's attractiveness and the world's tiniest Nazi sniper. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Eagle Has Landed

Dec 28 2021 47 mins  
Mein Gott im Himmel! It's Good Nazi War Caine in the village of Studley Constable - presumably named after a medieval porn star - to kill Churchill. The great director John Sturges pockets the money and goes fishing. Donald Sutherland tortures everyone with the worst accent ever committed to celluloid. Larry Hagman plays it a bit mental. What do we end up with? Begob and begorrah c

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Dec 21 2021 56 mins  
Joy to the world! Caine as Scrooge! Muppets! A Christmas Carol! What can possibly go wrong? This time, absolutely nothing. Here's the story of Caine's Scrooge based on Wall Street banker gits, Gonzo's Dickens (ahem), what might have happened Tiny Tim and the making of a proper Christmas classic! Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio

Harry and Walter Go To New York

Dec 14 2021 34 mins  
A dip into heist comedy for our man Caine with 70s movie royalty James Caan, Elliott Gould and Diane Keaton in a movie also known as Elliott and James Wreck A Perfectly Reasonable Movie. But can Caine save the day with a prototype performance he will eventually perfect for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels? Oh the tension!! Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Peeper

Dec 07 2021 36 mins  
So it's 1975 and Michael Caine is freshly energised by his triumphant performance in The Man Who Would Be King. He's not going to fall back on old habits, grab the first script that comes within an asses roar of him, indulge his love for film noir and play a cockney PI in 1940s Los Angeles.....right?! Please?! Damn you, Peeper!! Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See aca