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The Best Forgotten Movies podcast takes a look at the black sheeps of cinema. Listen as hosts Gareth Green and Andrew Phillips ask whether these films deserve a second chance?

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    • Oct 12, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    100. Fateful Findings (The Neil Breen 100th Episode Spectacular!)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2023 82:33


    Gareth and Andy are back to decipher the forgotten zodiac puzzle that is Neil Breen's Fateful Findings. If you've ever wondered 'What type of movie would David Lynch make if he had suffered a traumatic head injury?' Well, look no further as Neil Breen is that and more! But does Fateful Findings live up to the hype or should it remain lost to obscurity? Listen to our 100th EPISODE to find out! 

    99. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - The Secret of the Ooze

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 65:19


    We're back and for our latest episode, we are coming out of our shells to trade family-friendly blows with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secrets of the Ooze. But is this terrapin ninja movie a radical time? Or is it less Martial Arts and more martial farts? Listen on to find out! 

    98. Moonraker - James Bond Special 005

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 124:51


    Roger Moore is back as Jimmy Bond in Moonraker, only this time he's older! Featuring a head with more lines on it than Pablo Escobar's coffee table, Moore takes our lovable super spy from the countryside of France to the edge of space in his fight against full-sized Peter Dinklage impersonator, Hugo Drax. But does this ambitious space adventure have a licence to thrill? Listen on to find out!

    97. The Island of Dr. Moreau

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2023 88:22


    Gareth and Andy are donning their furry best as they look to answer the question ‘Just what would a Marlon Brando film look like if no one told him no?' That's right, they're taking a doomed trip to The Island of Dr. Moreau. But does this troubled production leave them howling for more? Listen on to find out! 

    96. Ready Player One

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 81:11


    Father of the modern blockbuster, Steven Spielberg, is back to direct up to 28% of Ready Player One, a plug-in-and-play adventure movie that takes us into the world of virtual reality! But is Ready Player One more than just a shopping list of nostalgia bait and movie references? Listen on to find out! 

    95. Mission: Impossible 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2023 90:38


    Gareth and Andy are back and once again spending time with notorious kook and enemy of the couch Tom Cruise, as we take on Mission: Impossible 2. But is this much-maligned sequel an overlooked gem or is finishing the film the only impossible mission we face? Listen on to find out! 

    94. Superman III

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 77:00


    Gareth and Andy take to the sky to review the Richard Pryor starring Superman III, featuring Christopher Reeve as Superman in a guest star role. But is Superman III a super-hit or a super-dud? Listen on to find out!

    93. Judge Dredd (1995)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 83:57


    Gareth and Andy are donning their helmets and heading to the block as they take on Sylvester Stallone's much-maligned comic-book movie, Judge Dredd (1995). But is there something special to salvage in the wreckage of this nightmare production or is Judge Dredd about as convincing as Sylvester Stallone's attempts at comedy? Listen on to find out!

    92. Bohemian Rhapsody vs Rocketman

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023 105:58


    Gareth and Andy are back for the battle of the musical biopics as they compare notes on Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman. But will Rhapsody rock us? Or when the dust has settled is it Rocketman that will be left still standing? Listen on to find out! 

    91. The Irishman

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 92:39


    For this week's episode, well, you didn't hear anything from us, as we'll be spending time with Martin Scorsese's The Irishman. But do Scorsese and his team of special effects wizards convince us that De Niro can relive his youth or is the real crime the fact $200m dollars was spent to make him look like a De Niro waxwork dummy after a blaze at Madame Tussauds? Listen on to find out!

    90. The Exorcist Prequels

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2023 96:10


    Gareth and Andy are spending time with the film so nice they made it twice as they take on not one but two Exorcist prequels. That's right, Morgan Creek took one look at Paul Schrader's Dominion and called the only man they knew that could salvage this interesting but flawed meditation on man's evils and post-war faith— Deep Blue Sea's Renny Harlin. But do either of these films light the way to God or are these demons too much for our souls to bear? Listen on to find out!

    89. Resident Evil (2002)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 65:08


    Gareth and Andy are traveling deep underground to draw their guns with commandos, fight against the undead and escape from genetic abominations as they review Paul WS Anderson's Resident Evil (2002). Milla Jovovich is the amnesia-suffering Alice, a mostly-naked action hero who is struggling to remember who she actually is, in this film that will leave you struggling to remember what the heck actually happened! But is Resident Evil worth defending? Listen on to find out! 

    88. Muppets From Space

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 62:09


    Gareth and Andy are back once more for a close encounter of the felt kind as they take a look at Muppets From Space. But is this adventure out-of-this-world or is the only question Muppets From Space leaves us asking, 'I wonder how many Muppets I can bludgeon with a bag full of bricks?' Listen on to find out!

    87. Basic Instinct 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2023 75:05


    Gareth and Andy welcome the erotic thriller with open legs as they take an uncomfortably long look at Basic Instinct 2. But is there more to this critical flop or does this particular pick leave us ice cold? Listen on to find out! Visit CINEFANART: https://tinyurl.com/cinefanart-shop

    86. The Boat That Rocked

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023 80:32


    If this boat is rocking, well, probably best to call the police as Gareth and Andy are jumping aboard Richard Curtis' The Boat That Rocked. Here they'll be spending time with that most unproblematic group of role models; the 1960s Disc Jockey. But does this boat rock or sink like a stone? Listen on to find out!

    85. The Matrix Resurrections

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2023 79:42


    Gareth and Andy are back and plugging into The Matrix Resurrections, the Gremlins 2 of the Matrix series. Remember those sequels you didn't like? Well, they've made another one! And remember those characters you loved? Well, they're sad now! Yes, the matrix is back for a limited time only (if the box office is anything to go by). But is this an unfairly maligned legacy sequel? Listen on to find out!

    84. Small Soldiers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2023 63:31


    The boys are back and at war with Joe Dante's Small Soldiers, a movie that asks 'what if Vietnam, but in your kid's bedroom?' But is this the toy-based movie to rival Pixar's Toys or do these small soldiers deserve a lifetime in Sid's backyard? Listen on to find out!

    83. The Fast and the Furious (First vs Last)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2023 95:07


    In the latest of their 'first vs last' episodes Gareth and Andy are back and revving their engines for The Fast and the Furious franchise. But just how has Dominic Toretto and this group of loveable rogues evolved from their days of DVD player heists and humble race wars (no, not THAT kind of race war) to the Marvel superhero-like figures they are today? Listen on to find out!

    82. Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022 81:48


    For our latest episode, Gareth of Green and Andrew of Raphael are off to Nottingham Forest to shoot their arrows into Kevin Costner's Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves. Does the script live up to Alan Rickman's hilarious pantomime villain performance, or is the final film as confused as Costner's accent work? Listen on to find out!

    81. Titanic

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2022 113:13


    Just in time for the Avatar sequel, Gareth and Andy are back to review James Cameron's surprisingly pro-global warming movie that makes glacial ice the villain?! That's right, we're plunging deep into Titanic, a film that at 25 years of age is now just old enough for Leonardo DiCaprio to break up with it. But does this James Cameron epic leave us feeling like kings of the world, or do our hopes and dreams go down with the ship?

    80. Atlantis - The Lost Empire

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2022 75:46


    Gareth and Andy are taking a dive into Atlantis: The Lost Empire, the animated film about a sunken ancient city that ironically sunk the Disney animation department. But is this swashbuckler a rip-roaring adventure or have Disney ripped the heart out of their renaissance? Listen on to find out!

    79. Star Trek The Motion Picture - Director's Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2022 88:34


    In the latest episode, Gareth and Andy are taking a very, very slow ride on the Starship Enterprise as we join Kirk, Spock, Bones, and crew on their search to find the fabled clitoris. That's right, we're discussing Star Trek The Motion Picture. But is this a triumphant return to Starfleet, or are these two of the longest hours of our life that we'll never get back?

    78. Hellraiser (Original vs Remake)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 78:24


    After a brief hiatus (and then a further 12 months off podcasting) Popcorn Digest is back! And in this latest episode, we're puzzling over not one but two adaptions of Clive Barker's The Hellhound Heart as we look at both 1987 and 2022's HELLRAISER. But do we find delight in these grotesque depictions of love and death or is the battle of the Hellraisers about as pleasurable as a colonoscopy performed by Edward Scissorhands? Prepare yourself for delightful suffering!

    77. SPECTRE - James Bond Special 004

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 156:58


    Like Palpatine from Star Wars, the dead are alive (somehow) as we're spending time with patient zero of the sexually transmitted disease, James Bond. That's right, we're back to review SPECTRE, a 007 adventure with too many plot points surrounding the quality of James Bond's Ring. But is spectre a success or a spectacular failure? Listen on to find out!

    76. The X Files - Fight The Future (with M.K. Rhodes)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 111:34


    Gareth and Andy are joined by writer/ director M.K Rhodes (The Gulf of Silence) for an all-together spooky episode of the show as we ask some of the big questions. Questions such as ‘are we alone in the universe?', ‘have we secretly made contact with intelligent alien life?’ and finally ‘why did no one stop Chris Carter after six seasons!’. That’s right, we’re watching The X-Files: Fight the Future.   But do we find the truth out there? Listen on to find out!

    75. Dick Tracy (1990)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 80:12


    Gareth and Andy are back and taking on prosthetically enhanced mobsters as they review Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy (1990), a cartoonish hard-boiled noir featuring a lot of dicks and plenty of rubber. But do we find a lot to love about Warren Beatty's dick caper? Listen on to find out!

    74. The Hobbit - The Battle Of The Five Armies

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 120:50


    Gareth and Andy return once more to draw their swords against Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Studios. The story follows Bilbo Baggins, a Shire-Hobbit who finds a magic ring that allows him to disappear... for large portions of the plot. But is this middle-earth fantasy an epic triumph or does it crash and burn in a fury of dragon flame? Listen on to find out!

    73. Die Hard 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2020 81:21


    Gareth and Andy are stuck at the airport for the second of their Christmas specials, as they spend some time with the world's unluckiest action hero. That's right, we're reviewing Die Hard 2 (Die Harder?). But is this a Christmas well spent? Listen on to find out!

    72. Batman Returns

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 110:28


    Gareth and Andy are spending this holiday season in perpetual darkness, as they travel to Gotham City for the first of our Christmas specials. That's right, we're flying high with Tim Burton's Batman Returns; a packed to the walls sequel starring Danny DeVito as The Penguin, Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman and, of course, Michael Keaton as Sir. Not Appearing in the Movie. But is it a worthy follow up? Listen on to find out!

    71. Quantum Of Solace - James Bond Special 003

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2020 122:55


    This week Gareth and Andy are staring down the barrel at Quantum of Solace, another international espionage adventure starring everyone’s favourite sex pest, James Bond. But is Quantum of Solace a rip-roaring ride or does it get bond wrong? Listen on to find out!

    70. Halloween III: Season of the Witch

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2020 70:26


    This week Gareth and Andy are donning their masks to prepare themselves for a face-melting good time with Halloween 3: Season of the Witch. But is this Halloween film a shapeless mess? Listen on to find out!

    69. The Mummy (2017)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 111:31


    Gareth and Andy are joined by special guest Aidan Belizaire, to unravel the creature feature that is Alex Kurtzman's The Mummy (2017), the first epic monster movie in Universal’s Dark Universe. If you don't know what Universal's Dark Universe is, well it's a collection of cross-media monster-movie related films, tv shows, books and video games that in a uniquely bold creative choice for a cinematic universe consists of just one film. But is this Tom Cruise starring horror-blockbuster too much for us to take? Listen on to find out. 

    68. The Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 69:22


    Gareth and Andy are back with the last of our Best Forgotten Movies Lost Episodes. And this time we're jacking into a world of well-choreographed fight scenes, mind-bending philosophies and tear-inducing disappointment. No, we're not talking about a night out with the in-laws but The Wachowski's The Matrix Sequels!

    67. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020 87:41


    Gareth and Andy return for the second part of their Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker special. But do we find ourselves one with the force or, like a Sith with diarrhoea, do we find the hate flowing through us? Listen on to find out. 

    66. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 93:13


    This week Gareth and Andy are executing order 66- that's episode 66- as we turn our ion cannons on Star Wars Episode IX: Electric Boogaloo. But is this sequel a star too far for a dying franchise or have we unfairly treated this space adventure like fresh bantha poodoo? Listen to part one of this two-part Star Wars special to find out! 

    65. Deep Rising

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 83:45


    This week Gareth and Andy are boarding the cruise ship of H.P Lovecraft's dreams as we take a plunge with Stephen Sommers' Deep Rising, a film named after an impending bowel movement. But is this creature-feature too much for us to digest? Listen on to find out!

    64. The Lawnmower Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2020 67:52


    Pierce Brosnan lures children and simple folk into his basement with the promise of a good time in (legally not) Stephen King's The Lawnmower Man; a film so bad the man behind Dreamcatcher had his name forcibly removed from the title. But do Gareth and Andy find this 90's virtual-reality thriller virtually unwatchable? Listen on to find out. 

    63. Tremors

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2020 73:31


    Gareth and Andy are back and they've got worms! That's right, we're reviewing Ron Underwood's Land Jaws... I mean Tremors! But have we unearthed a B-Movie classic worthy of its cult status or is this a bad mother-humper that deserves to be buried? Listen on to find out!

    62. Disney Live Action Remakes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020 95:07


    This week Gareth and Andy are joined by special guest Aidan Belizaire, for first of our new topic-based episodes. And what better topic for these three 30-something men to discuss than animated kid's films? No, honestly. This week we'll be discussing Disney's live-action remakes, from 101 Dalmatians and Aladdin to The Lion King and Mulan. But are there diamonds in the rough of this creatively bankrupt cinematic trend? Listen on to find out!

    61. The Birds and Birdemic: Shock and Terror

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 94:30


    Gareth and Andy return for a Bird based double-bill as we spend an episode talking about a couple of memorable peckers! One film is a thriller by the master of suspense, littered with scenes so iconic they’ve come to define the genre, and the other is The Birds! But do either of these films soar? Listen on to find out...

    60. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 86:14


    Gareth and Andy embark on a most unprecedented expedition to the after-life with everyone's favourite dumb rockers, Bill & Ted. But do we find this Bogus Journey a hell of a time or is it simply a hellish time? Listen on to find out.

    59. The Abyss

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020 103:28


    For this weeks episode Gareth and Andy are swapping the darkness, tension and Alien beings that populate space, with the darkness, tension and Alien beings that populate the ocean as we take a deep dive into James Cameron's THE ABYSS! But do we find a treasure worth bringing to the surface or should this thriller be left to rot with the Titanic? Listen on to find out!

    58. Alien: Covenant

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 107:16


    This week Gareth and Andy are venturing into the cosmos to ask 'in space, can anyone hear you complain?' That's right, we're watching Ridley Scott's ALIEN COVENANT. But is the Prometheus sequel worthy of the series name or should we blast this sucker out of the nearest airlock? Listen on to find out...

    57. Prometheus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2020 89:28


    This week Gareth and Andy unearth another unreleased Best Forgotten Movies episode with their review of Ridley Scott's Alien: Dicktease. I mean, PROMETHEUS. But is this divisive sci-fi a shining star in the dark or a quality black hole? Listen on to find out...

    56. Toys

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2020 85:25


    For this weeks episode, Gareth and Andy are looking at the cartoonish 1992 Christmas released film starring beloved improv actor Robin Williams and featuring a character called 'Al'. That's right, we're reviewing... TOYS? *checks notes* Yes, TOYS! But is Barry Levinson's much-maligned passion project worth another play? Listen on to find out... 

    55. Logan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2020 83:31


    Gareth and Andy return to the X-Men franchise to review the last film in the series (anyone actually watched). Huge Jacked-Man returns as Logan Stabby-Hands a mutant mercenary turned care worker for the elderly, living out the remainder of his days in Trump's America. But is Logan the book-end the X-Men series deserves or is it surprisingly good? Listen on to find out...

    54. Willow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 74:15


    You've seen The Lord of the Rings, binged Game of Thrones and taken a glance at any fantasy novel from the past 70 years, now watch Willow! A film that's all of those things, and less! Gareth and Andy venture into the realm of Lucasfilm high fantasy to ask 'should we have watched Strange Magic instead?'  But is Ron Howard's Willow an often overlooked childhood classic? Listen on to find out...

    53. Cats

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 80:11


    Gareth and Andy plunge into the depths of madness, as they review Cats. But is this far from purrfect feline farce the catastrophe its reputation has led us to believe? Yes. Yes, it is.  But listen on to hear our hosts lose their minds over this bonkers musical anyway...

    52. Titan AE

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2020 79:00


    Gareth and Andy present a blast from the past with the first of our Lost Best Forgotten Movies Episodes. This week we review Titan AE, an animated sci-fi epic that blew up the earth before bombing at the box office. But is this titan of failure one of the best of the forgotten movies, or should it simply remain best forgotten? Listen on to find out...

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    51. Soldier

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2020 126:46


    This week Gareth and Andy sift through cinematic trash as they review Paul WS Anderson's SOLDIER (1998). But is this Kurt Russell starring Blade Runner spin-off a diamond in the rust, or should we have left Soldier on the junk pile? Listen on to find out! 

    50. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2020 68:46


    Gareth and Andy take a stroll through everyone's favourite otherworldly murder-town. That's right, we're peaking behind the curtain in our review of TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME. But that's not all! We'll also be discussing the latest news on the Justice League Snyder cut and which Director's Cuts we'd like to see in the future. 

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