Back to the Pictures

In the penultimate review of Season 3, our trusted trio delight in disagreement as a relic of Ben's film student days rears its beautiful or ugly head, depending on who you ask! Sofia Coppola's understated, cinematic love letter to Tokyo, Lost In Translation (2003) is in the firing line this time round. And the boys have a jovial time dissecting the nuances between loving a film where hardly anything happens and loathing a film where hardly anything happens. The debate ebbs and flows from respecting the lesser plot and more on experiencing life. Why the exploration of theme is more fitting than the desire for revelation. Is the movie irresistible and the characters empathetic or is it irredeemable and the characters pathetic? Find out what's hot and what's not about LIT on another episode of Back to the Pictures...and remember, for relaxing times...make it Suntory times.

Mellow Greetings Fellow Citizens! Enhance your calm and be well...by downloading and enjoying our review of DEMOLITION MAN - the 1993 dystopian sci-fi action movie. Our first go around with the iconic Wesley Snipes & Sly Stallone! Join us as we dust off the three seashells, turn up the wall-to-wall mini-tunes, and devour those oh-so-sumptuous rat burgers. In this episode we dig deep into the cryo-prison system and it's bizarre theories on rehabilitation and parole. And we dig deeper still into the Scraps, the Cocteau Plan, alternative titles for the movie and speculate as to who else might be on ice during this time period...

A touchstone of the despicable, deplorable and degeneration of the time the BTTP crew grew up in. Is South Park the last bastion of equal opportunities offending left in this burnt out burgh we call society? Or is it a relic of a decayed era, now a stain on our more refined culture? Or is it a bit of both? We dive into 1999's South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut to pose these questions and so much more. And to rub Saddam's nipples while he tortures a familiar, muffle-voiced little piggy...

This time round, the Back to the Pictures lot focus on James Bond's return to the big screen and his reclaiming of the crown as the go-to in the espionage action genre. This Bond is different. Different then all those that came before him. Listen in as we breakdown what's changed, what's sharper, what's edgier and perhaps what still lingers from the past...this is not your dads James Bond...or is it? Not to mention an absurdly immature focus on THAT torture scene. You don't want to miss this one. Have your martini's at the ready. Just don't ask for them to be shaken or stirred. Because, seriously, does it look like anyone gives a damn?

If you weren't even supposed to be here today, suck it up, download this episode and lose yourself to the banter of Ben, Ian & Anthon joined by special guest Noah Jordan - this movies primary superfan. This week, the guys work their way through Kevin Smith's divisive, but undoubtedly seminal, 1994 indie classic - Clerks. It's a comedy as outrageous as it is incomparable. The first Smith film reviewed on Back to the Pictures (and surely not the last), the opinions are passionate, the banter is plentiful and the final score is heartbreaking. But as a wise man once said, one doesn't want to disturb things just so they can shit comfortably.

It's an ugly planet, a bug planet!Remember your training and you will make it back alive! Zegama Beach! Come on you apes, you wanna live forever? Medic! Take a trip down washout lane! Someone made a big goddamn mistake! The only good bug is a dead bug! You trying to be a hero Sgt? Just trying to kill some bugs sir! Service Guarantees Citizenship. At least I got to have you. Everybody fights, no one quits. Welcome to the Roughnecks. Rico's Roughnecks! Yeah, this is going to be a geek fest of an episode. Monster Bugs. Space Travel. Sci Fi Weapons. Psychics. Love triangles. Defying Gravity. Fascist rhetoric propaganda. It's all here. What more could you want from a review of 1997's Starship Troopers?Would you like to know more?

Join us for another showdown with Ben, Ian and Anthon and a genre rarely dipped into on Back to the Pictures. With only Hitch & The Girl Next Door for company, this time round, the romcom arena gladly receives 10 Things I Hate About You. Yes, the 1999 teen classic straight from the reimagining of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. This episode, BTTP Alumnus, Heath Ledger returns and is lauded upon (as necessary) and timeless Larry Miller is shown the proper respect as well. In fact, this film is chock full of BTTP alumni including JGL & David Krumholtz. The latter, of which, plays the terrifying genius, Michael, to much aplomb. Other questions answered include, has Bianca always been this selfish? And if so, why? How much did it really cost to have Letters for Cleo up the top of the building for that final iconic shot? And most importantly, did Nigel actually come through with the Brie??!

Well, this one hurts. Benthonian return for episode 2 of Season 3 to review a movie that has haunted them for nearly 20 years. In this super-heroic session, the guys come out swinging with the deepest philosophical questions from a painfully abstract movie - what's with the Emo hair & eyeliner? Why does Peter act like a dick even before he meets the Symbiote?What was Harry's plan blackmailing Mary Jane, anyway? Why does Eddie Brock feel like he's a sitcom character spliced into a summer blockbuster? And what oh what did the fucking butler see? This one hurts more than a pumpkin bomb to the face...and one you don't recover from within mere hours. All this and more when the BTTP crew reevaluate 2007's Spiderman 3!

We're back, back from the future! Or the past...or days of futures past?Either way, Back to the Pictures returns for Season 3 to once more take a stroll down movie memory lane...Ben, Ian & Anthon buckle up for another round of movies they once watched together as clueless uni students between 2005 & 2009. And episode 1 starts off with a big bang. Metaphorically speaking, of course, as the Shawshank Redemption is probably the most prestigious and filmic movie reviewed yet on BTTP! This episode, the boys once again turn to the Almighty himself, Morgan Freedman and his dulcet tones to narrate a tale of injustice, corruption, hope and ultimately, salvation. And The Kurgan.

We finally cover all the bases in the second and final part of our review of 1972's epic Mob Drama, The Godfather. In the final part of this instalment, the guys are ready for war on where this movie stands on their List of greatest movies. In the final episode of Season 2, we digest by just how far Sonny missed that punch to Carlo and continue our love letter to the Playstation 2 adaption of this very movie.Join us one last time, this season, for banter, Brando and of course, bollocks.

Time to make you an offer you can't refuse...In Part 1 of the final instalment of Back to the Pictures Season 2, the lads bring you one of their all-time favourites. And let's face it, it's a lot of peoples favourite! Let's see if the movie really does insist upon itself or if there is merit to calling it the greatest movie of all-time...Do we take the gun or the canolli ? Find out on BTTP!

Everything comes to he who waits...and we have waited since 1987 to bring you this review of Masters of the Universe. We are cheating ever-so-slightly this week. As this movie is one Ben and Ian have watched many times over together - so many, it's hard to remember if Anthon was ever in the room! Which makes for a unique episode, where our hosts battle the feel-good of nostalgia while being hit with the stark reality of just how bad a Cannon Films Alumni could be. We were all so innocent back then...what do our hosts think now of the baby-oiled Dolph Lundgren and the mind-numbingly redundant inclusion of Detective Lubic? And how one piece of dialogue actually renders the entire plot irrelevant. All this and more on the penultimate review of this season on Back to the Pictures.

You better be sure you wanna know what you wanna know...You don't wanna be scratching at the wrong door...But a bodies got a right to be curious...In this episode of Back to the Pictures, the lads tackle their most niche re-evaluation yet with the little-known, but unabashedly acclaimed, indie-noir classic Brick. Our crew dive into the murky world of Film Noir and encounter the genres living, breathing cliches - Femme Fatales, Brooding Detectives and Drug Lords and find them mashed together with their...what?! Teen drama counterparts? Yes, that's right e.g. Queen Bees, football jocks, loveable losers and brilliant-minded nerds. This episode is for the hardcore film lover. And as usual, perfect for the casual banter-loving podcast listener.

Take our love, take our land, take us where we cannot stand. We don't care, we're still free, we review these flicks for thee...And this episode is no different with 2005's Sci-fi-Space-Opera-Action-Western film Serenity. One of the true first films our Terrific Trio viewed together way back in 2005. In this episode, they dive into a pre-established world of Serenity, a cinematic blockbuster that rose from the ashes of the short-lived, but perpetually-adored, Fox TV series Firefly. Listen in as the boys discuss the possibilities of Reaver Radio, the would-be casting of Nicholas Brendan as Malcolm Reynolds and who the fuck was Shepherd Book, anyway?

We don't know who you are or what you want...but if you are looking for a movie review podcast with pep, you should know we possess a very particular set of skills... so, join us for this episode of Back to the Pictures - where you are, ahem, taken - Yes, taken back to 2008 for the insanely action-packed thriller film Taken.We ask the philosophical question, would you follow U2 across Europe? Do you think any of our hosts would? Is Maggie Grace trying to play a 17-year-old going on 11-years-old? And what's with that run? All this, plus dissection of the ultra-lean script and a subtle cameo appearance by Kevin A-Spacey.

Voila! At last an episode of Back to the Pictures that shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous - Join us, as we are cast vicariously as both victim and villain while reexamining 2006's Dystopian Sci-fi Action flick V for Vendetta. In this episode, we vow to vanquish the venal and virulent vermin, vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of re-evaluation! This is a rare instance where none of our three cohosts have really seen this movie since their sojourn at Odeon Printworks nearly 17 years ago.

Call it fate, call it luck, call it karma...but we finally made it to Ghostbusters! 1984's spooktacular horror-comedy mega-hit is at the mercy of Back to the Pictures for one-episode-only. Follow us, this time, as we dive into the pop culture phenomenon and dissect the ever evolving Venkman Problem, the underlying Corporate America vs Small-time Business motifs and of course, nitpicking everything from spores, molds and even fungus.

This time round on Back to the Pictures, we serve you up the single greatest podcast episode you have ever or will ever hear! Side note: Lucky for us, Max's birthday wish doesn't have the same sway over your hosts!The Tripod head back to 1997's Jim Carrey comedy classic Liar Liar! In this episode, we return to the Carrey dominated era of 90s zaniness and bask in the reverence of Jim's comedic genius. But is it enough to save this film from a reappraisal even Fletcher Reede can't talk his way out of.

In this particular sugary sweet episode of Back to the Pictures there is absolutely no earthly way of knowing, which direction we are going. But as we are the music makers and the Dreamers of Dreams we invite you into a world of Pure Reevaluation ...To a place of Wangdoodles, and Hornswogglers, and Snozzwangers, and rotten, Vermicious Knids. A place where Candy is Dandy but Liquor is quicker. Yes, it's 1972's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. And joining us on the Wonkatania this episode is a special guest to the podcast - one of the original prop makers on the 2005 remake of this very film - Adam Rose.

We're Back! For another season of Back to the Pictures! The movie review podcast by three university friends traveling back in time to decide whether their beloved filmic favourites really are as good as they remember. And we are ready to pick up right where we left off...by rewatching the mind-blowing 1999 psycho-action-thriller movie Fight Club. This time round, we remind ourselves of Bob's Bitch Tits, Jack's Wasted Life, the timeliness of Project Mayhem accompanied by absolute bangers like Where Is My Life? (which we always thought was a song by Placebo - when it was clearly the Pixies. Weird).We start Season 2 off with a bang - a new episode will land every two-weeks - so stay tuned!

Previously on Back to the Pictures....The boys got too self-indulgent even for their own Podcast last week! They could not fit one Batman movie review into the alloted time. So, bonus FINAL episode of Season 1 of Back to the Pictures...And here weeeee go...again.

This is the podcast you deserve. But not the one you need right now. Wait...that's not right. This IS the podcast you both need AND deserve and for those Back to the Pictures die-hards out there, sometimes, one episode just isn't good enough. Sometimes, people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded - so this week we give you The Dark Knight...Part I 0f 2. (Yes, the boys went a bit over the alloted time on this one!

This weeks episode of Back to the Pictures sees the guys revist one of their most loathed movie-going memories. It is indeed, 2006's torid X-Men sequel - the Last Stand. Meant to shut out the trilogy in style, this movie is far from fondly remembered. From the blink-and-you'll-miss-it Arch Angel...well...arc, to the interminable dialogue, unfathable plot twists and overall Wolverine overkill - this movie really does let the pawns go first - and boy do they get massacred.

In this episode of Back to the Pictures the boys rewind their VHS tape to 2005 for the Will Smith driven romantic comedy Hitch. This session sees Ben, Anthon and Ian tackle topics like the science of attraction, controverseries e.g. the Slap Heard Around the World and we find out just how many times it takes for Ian to read out a sentence! All this and more in Episode 8 of #BTTP

In this May bank holiday episode the P2C's review an old dick-and-fart comedy movie THE GIRL NEXT DOOR (2004). How does this movie hold up in 2023? How has the porn industry evolved over the past 19 years? And did Ian hook up with the girl in his downstairs loo?Find out on this spicier episode of BACK TO THE PICTURES

On this Bank Holiday Monday, BACK TO THE PICTURES takes another stab at the crime thriller genre with 2001's Training Day. Ben, Ian and Anthon dive into the seedy world of police corruption, offer listeners insightful anecdotes based on their own run-ins with the law and address that profound question - how the hell did they explain the massive hole they dug in Roger's house?!

In this episode of BACK TO THE PICTURES the guys travel back to 2006 for the unforgetable crime thriller THE DEPARTED. Questions galore - Does Ian know which order the plot happens? Is it best to treat Feds like mushrooms (feed 'em shit and keep 'em in the dark)? And was Dignam the last rat?Buckle up, hold on tight and don't forget to call your mum and tell her you won't be home for suppa!

In this Easter Monday episode of BACK TO THE PICTURES, the P2C's find themselves in a spot of bother. Their task, to re-review one of their less revered movie-going experiences from the summer of 2006. The question of whether Superman Returns still holds up is not the point of this episode - rather, the questions vary from when the hell is this movie even set? What was Lex Luthors plan exactly? How did he even know where the Fortress was? Plus, ironic this is Easter Monday and the guys examine the Resurrection and Redeemer theme running slightly on, over and through the nose in this superhero stinker!

This time round on Back To The Pictures, the guys whip out their three-flavour Cornetto's and settle in to rewatch 2007's action comedy HOT FUZZ! Join them as they debate the flawed physics of supermarket trolly assaults, the comedic merits of old ladies receiving flying kicks to the face and tackle that age-old, existential question - was it all really for the Greater Good???

In the sophomore episode of Back to the Pictures, the gang revisit one of their favourites - Zack Snyder's 2006 Historical (ish) Action film 300!How has this blood-soaked, slow-mo'd, airsprayed, green-screened thrill ride held up? Let's say, opinions vary wildly. However, one thing is agreed upon - where the F did that white horse come from?!?

In this pilot episode, Ben, Ian and Anthon dive back into the past to reconsider arguably their most quoted movie of all - Guy Richie's 2000 British Crime Comedy SNATCH!One of the first movies these three ever watched together - find out how their views have changed since 2005 - 2009. What do they make of the stereotypes? Does Bricktop still hold up? What do they think about Brad Pitt's Irish accent? And did Tommy the Tit really have the Minerals??This and so much more - filled with fun facts, critical thought and inappropriate callbacks to their uni days. Buckle-up, as we go BACK TO THE PICTURES!