Clash Of The Titles

So, here it is: the final episode of Clash of the Titles. And we're going out with the biggest bang imaginable.In the second half of our final destructive duel, we're casting a cautious eye over 1997's Volcano, which stars a dismissive Tommy Lee Jones looking suspiciously at manhole covers and literally laughing in the various faces of science. We have yet more disputes around basic volcanic terminology, all while the volcano itself manages to solve racist tensions marring the town. Ah, the movies…Thank you to everyone who has listened to Clash over the past four and a half years. Be sure to have a peruse of our extensive back catalogue to hear us natter on about loads of movies you love - and plenty you might not.***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the final instalment of Clash of the Titles, there was only one movie matchup we could do: the very films that the entire show was pitched on back in 2019. Oddly, they're a bit rubbish - but hilarious fun to talk about!We're comparing two disastrous natural disasters from 1997, as Volcano takes on today's topic of eruption discussion: Dante's Peak. A bitter volcanologist - whose sworn enemy is an actual volcano - gets a shot at vengeance when a huge eruption threatens to wipe out the entire town he's just stumbled across. Bonus points for insisting on being saved before the women and children in his custody.We'll be back with the final episode of Clash of the Titles this Thursday!***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Now that we've all had our office Christmas party cheer, it's time to bring on the post office Christmas party fear! This week we've been battling out the wasted winter wonderlands of The Night Before vs Office Christmas Party. The branch manager throws an epic Christmas party when his uptight CEO sister threatens to shut down his branch, but the party gets just a little bit out of hand...***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, everyone was wasted, so they wouldn't have even noticed if there was a mouse. For our final Clash of our Clashmas Christmas Countdown we're talking The Night Before vs Office Christmas Party. 2015's The Night Before sees lifelong friends spend Christmas Eve searching for the ultimate Christmas party in New York City.***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why make the night silent when it could be violent? That's the question we're asking as we talk about 2022's Violent Night. Santa Claus steps in when mercenaries attack the estate of a wealthy family, he saves them all and thankfully Christmas day. Sounds wholesome? Well not quite. There's blood, sweat and tears in this very unsilent violent night. ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Better watch out, better not cry, better not pout we're telling you why… BAD Santa is coming to town! Santa Claus has become an unusually unorthodox character in both Fatman vs Violent Night. In 2020's Fatman, a rowdy Santa is struggling to save his business. Little does Santa know that a 12-year-old boy is planning to hire a hitman to kill him… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The second episode of our Clashmas Christmas Countdown is here and your present is none other than Tony Stark! He's back with a bang as we chat about all things Iron Man 3. Tony Stark embarks on a journey of rebuilding and retribution when his world is torn apart by the Mandarin… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christmas is here and it's going to be absolutely super duper! First up in our Christmas Clashmas Countdown we have Batman Returns (1992) vs Iron Man 3 (2013). Up first we see Danny Devito embody the penguin in Batman Returns. It's not just the Penguin wreaking havoc in Gotham; Catwoman also has her own vendetta.***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will justice prevail this week? There's only one way to find out... It's the second instalment of our Assault on Precinct 13 vs Green Room bust up. In Green Room A punk rock band is forced to fight for their lives after witnessing a murder at a neo-Nazi skinhead bar. ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week it's a siege showdown: Assault on Precinct 13 vs Green Room. First up it's the Assault on Precinct 13. You may think they're protecting Precinct 13, but no… It's Precinct 9. During a bloodthirsty street gang siege, a Highway Patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary unite to defend a Los Angeles precinct office.***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get your lifejackets ready, because this boat is going down and we're diving straight into the water. It's another telling of the Titanic's terrifying tour of the oceans. Titanic (1997) follows the story of an aristocratic young man who falls in love with a lower class woman while on the doomed voyage. Which Titanic title will take the win?***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There is no doubt this will be a podcast to remember! We're setting sail on a terrifying tour of the sea with A Night to Remember (1958) vs Titanic (1997). Up first is the 1958 classic, where we relive the story of the Titanic based on the book by Walter Lord…***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you believe in life after… college?! In your second instalment of this week's fight, we have Reality Bites (1994) where we see a documentary filmmaker and her gang of friends face the reality of life beyond college. They're not looking for much, just unwavering romance and success…***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All the single ladies! And men! And twenty-something year olds! This is your time to shine as this week we pitch Singles against Reality Bites. Up first, 1992's Singles follows a group of friends who are searching for love and happiness. Sounds simple, right? Right?!***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you were afraid the spooky season was over, it most definitely isn't here at Clash HQ! We're about to drag you to hell. Drag Me To Hell (2009) follows an officer who evicts an elderly woman from her home only to discover that she has suffered a supernatural curse…***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The next stop will be… The Final Destination! Are you ready for the furious fight of fates this week as we talk Final Destination (2000) vs Drag Me To Hell (2009)? Final Destination sees a group of American high school students on a trip to Europe. Suddenly, one of them has a vision that the plane will crash. Will they get out on time?***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You can never have enough… of The Stuff! That's what we're singing all this episode as we talk all things The Stuff. That's the movie shaping it up against the Halloween III: Season of the Witch this week. In The Stuff, a tasty, mysterious goo oozes from the earth and is being marketed as a new kind of dessert. However this tasty treat is not only addictive, but destructive… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shock-toberrrr season continues! The Halloween franchise is back for the third time and it's up against something terrifying: a dessert! That's right, this week we're talking all things Halloween III: Season of the Witch vs The Stuff. In Halloween III children all across the United States want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween, but what is the owner of the company secretly planning?***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is going to be a great clash - period. We're back on a puberty pilgrimage with Two death-obsessed sisters in Ginger Snaps. The girls are outcasts in their suburban town and when one of them is bitten by a werewolf, they must figure out how to deal with it all alone…***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's time for some coming of (r)age movies! This week we're teeing up Carrie (1976) against the duo in Ginger Snaps (2000). Up first, a shy and lonely teenage girl Carrie is sheltered by her strict and religious mother. But after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom, she unleashes her telekinetic powers…***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shock-tober continues this week with The Exorcist III: “I believe in death. I believe in disease. I believe in injustice and inhumanity, torture and anger and hate…” As a police officer investigates a series of murders, the killer has all the hallmarks of a "dead" serial killer… Leading him to uncover more than he bargained for.***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What an excellent day for an exorcism! We're kicking off this spectacular spooky season of Shock-tober with The Exorcist vs The Exorcist III. Two Catholic priests are called upon to save the life of a young girl who has been possessed by a mysterious entity… ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Back, back again. Rambo's back, tell a friend! It's time for part two of our Rambo rumble with Rambo: First Blood Part II. Rambo returns to the Vietnamese jungles to rescue American POWs still held captive at an enemy base-camp. Which will win, Part 1 or Part 2? Join us to find out... This episode is titillating!***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“I could have killed 'em all, I could've killed you.”This week we're talking the man, the myth, the legend that is... Rambo. It's a sweaty, smoky, shirtless face-off as 'First Blood' and 'Rambo: First Blood Part 2' go head to head. Today we're drawing First Blood, where a cruel sheriff and his deputies force an army veteran to flee into the mountains and wage a one-man war against them…***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stellar casts yet mediocre movies? That's right we're talking Smokin' Aces and Bullet Train. Bullet Train (2022) is set on a (you guessed it) bullet train, where five assassins board to discover that their missions are… the same?! Not only do they have to kill their target, but they also have to before any of the others… Who will win?***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lights, action, comedy! That's what's on the bill this show time as we talk Smokin' Aces (2006) vs Bullet Train (2022). Kicking us off is Smokin' Aces where a Las Vegas performer turned snitch has decided to testify against the mob, and it seems many people want to make sure he can't…***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Action-adventure fantasy films are head to head this week! Facing against Warcraft (2016) is Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023). Dungeons and Dragons sees a charming thief *cough Chris Pine* lead an unlikely band of adventurers on an epic quest to recover a lost relic, but it goes horribly wrong…***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's get those game consoles ready as we dive into the wonderful world of games-turned-movies! This week we're taking on Warcraft (2016) vs Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023). An Orc horde invading the planet Azeroth through a magic portal must be stopped by a few human heroes and dissenting Orcs… Join us in a world of magic and myth!***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“I don't get out of my character until the DVD is done.” On today's episode we are talking about the epic movie that is Tropic Thunder! As a result of a series of freak occurrences, actors who are portraying soldiers in a big-budget war movie become soldiers themselves…Join us in celebrating our 400th episode! That's 400 movies covered and we couldn't have done it without you! If you enjoy the podcast please send it to someone else you think might love it. Here's to 400 more!***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're going meta this week, as this week's movie analysis is about movies featuring characters who think they're in a movie. Keeping up? First up, we're off to a caricatured Mexico where (the) Three Amigos stumble into a remote village thinking they're in a film, while being mistaken for real heroes. It's a Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short triple threat - but do they do meta better than Tropic Thunder? Let's find out! ***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're mixing the past and present this week as we're clashing Child's Play (1988) vs M3gan (2022). It's time to take a trip to the toy store as we line up the next demented doll: M3gan. A robotic engineer working at a toy company builds a lifelike doll that slowly begins to act on its own… What could go wrong?***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week it's a toy toss up as we have Child's Play (1988) face to face with M3gan (2022). Up first is the iconic Child's Play, where in a bizarre voodoo ritual, a dying serial killer transfers his consciousness to a popular children's doll. Given to a young boy by his lone mother as a birthday gift, the doll is not exactly the present they imagined…***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back in the courtroom dock to watch another gripping trial and this time it's in 1996's A Time to Kill. In Mississippi, a daring young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter. It's got McConaughey, L.Jackson and Bullock, but does it have Clash star movie potential? Let's find out…***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're talking all things trial and murder this week with two major movies: To Kill a Mockingbird vs Time to Kill! First up is To Kill a Mockingbird, where during the depression an Alabama widowed lawyer tries to educate his young children against prejudice while defending a black man accused of rape. Does it go as planned? You'll have to wait and see…***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"You're Tacky And I Hate You." On Monday we talked about Arnold Schwarznegger in Kindergarten Cop, so now it's time for us to talk about Jack Black in School of Rock! We're joined again by Absolute Radio DJ Dave Berry! Dewey Finn, who has been kicked out of his rock band, becomes a substitute teacher at a posh private elementary school, where he then tries to turn his students into rockstars... Arnold Schwarznegger vs Jack Black, who's your money on?***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's get this week of school started shall we? And joining us this week for our school time showdown is the one and only Dave Berry from Absolute Radio! We're talking Kindergarten Cop vs School of Rock. The mad movie that is Kindergarten Cop sees tough cop Arnold Schwarznegger impersonate a kindergarten teacher to find a dangerous criminal's ex-wife…***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grindhouse grapple: commence! We're back with this disgustingly horrific pair as we talk 2007's Death Proof. Joining us again is amazing journalist and author Kim Taylor-Foster. Using his death proof cars, a scarred stuntman stalks two sets of women at different times… It's weird, it's splatter filled and it's grindhouse baby.***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Come into the Grindhouse… if you dare. We're bringing you all the low budget horror and splatter this week as we talk Planet Terror (2007) vs Death Proof (2007)! Joining us this week is none other than film journalist and horror enthusiast Kim Taylor-Foster, and first up is Planet Terror where a group of survivors must stop a bio-weapon from infecting the population and turning them into zombie-like creatures. Easy right?***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's another instalment of our Eddie Murphy journey this week as we talk all things Beverly Hills Cop (1984)! Mr Murphy is back but this time he's in the hero role as he plays a laidback Detroit cop. Everything changes as he pursues a murder investigation and finds himself in Beverly Hills… What could go wrong?***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you ready for a week full of Eddie? This week on Clash of the Titles we have two Eddie Murphy masterpieces going head to head in the shape of 48 Hours vs Beverly Hills Cop! First up, it's 48 Hours, and in order to track down the killer, a no nonsense police officer teams up with an amusing inmate on temporary parole. Let's get this madness started...***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Starships are meant to fly! So let's troop on and talk about the second half of this major clash mash up. Up now is none other than 1997's Starship Troopers as we enter a fascist, militaristic future. Humans wage a war against highly evolved bug creatures. Which Paul Verhoeven movie will win this war? There's only one way to find out…***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a Paul Verhoeven vicious fight this week as we see RoboCop (1987) take on Starship Troopers (1997). In the 1987 American sci-fi action film RoboCop, a terminally wounded police officer returns to duty as a powerful cyborg haunted by the memories of his past. It may sound like a kids movie, but we assure you, it is not…***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Come on Barbie let's go party! What's shaping up to be the biggest movie of the year is now being put to the ultimate test: Clash of the Titles up against Mannequin (1987). As a result of a crisis, Barbie questions who she is and why she exists… Is it all it's geared up to be or will Margot Robbie fall at the last hurdle? Listen in to find out!***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Life in plastic, it's fantastic! Or is it?! This week we're pitting Mannequin (1987) vs Barbie (2023) against each other in the ultimate toy meets the real world mash up. First up is Mannequin where a lost in life young artist makes a mannequin so perfect he falls in love with it (yes you read that right). Eager to be with her he finds the shop she's placed in, gets a job there and then as if this movie can't get any weirder, she comes alive!***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a week of thrilling action and action-filled thrills at Clash HQ. Next up on our Die Hard-inspired adventure is Passenger 57. When terrorists seize control of a passenger jet, an airline security expert must act quickly. Sound familiar?***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're die hard fans of Die Hard-inspired movies - are you? If so, we've got you sorted. It's a 1992 mashup as Under Siege and Passenger 57 go head-to-head. First up is Under Siege; when terrorists seize control of a U.S. battleship, an ex-Navy Seal turned cook is the only one who can stop them.***Please rate and review us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. It means a lot and makes it easy for other people to find us. Thank you!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.