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Weekly film chat with reviews, discussion of the latest film news and the occasional bickering of a married couple as their friend listens somewhat nervously.

Becky Foster, Marc Foster & Ian Loring


    • Apr 5, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 478 EPISODES


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    Episode 439 - Ambulance

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 117:41


    Take a trip in a crazy Ambulance as Michael Bay tries to shag drones!

    Episode 438 - Fresh, Deep Water, X

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 149:19


    On this week's show, we have an interesting meal in Sundance horror Fresh, see some very live flesh in SXSW horror X and watch a complete lack of chemistry in the no festival would ever play it Deep Water.

    Episode 437 - Turning Red, Red Rocket, The Adam Project

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2022 143:46


    On this week's show, we embrace our inner panda with Turning Red, our inner scumbag with Red Rocket and our outer younger selves with The Adam Project.

    Episode 436 - The Batman

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 130:07


    ITS THE BATMAN ITS THE BATMAN ITS THE BATMAN

    Episode 435 - Cyrano

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 130:16


    On this week's show we talk about a very sexy little man in Cyrano! Plus, Ian talks about Studio 666.

    Episode 434 - Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Indiana Jones Series

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2022 152:09


    On this week's show we rev up our chainsaws once again and take a trip to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and for some random reason we decided to watch ALL the Indiana Jones films and you know what? We had a good time!

    Episode 433 - Kimi, Uncharted, Death On The Nile, The Eyes of Tammy Faye

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2022 152:07


    On this week's show we have quite the mixed bag, both in terms of what the films are about and their quality, with reviews of Kimi, Uncharted, Death on the Nile AND The Eyes of Tammy Faye.

    Episode 432 - Jackass Forever, Moonfall, Oscar Nominations

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 159:30


    On this week's show we go for over an hour on this year's Oscar noms where we go through EVERY (feature length film) category before taking on two films which defy Oscar with reviews of Jackass Forever and Moonfall!

    Episode 431 - Nightmare Alley, Becky's Review of 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 128:33


    On this week's show, we wander down Guillermo Del Toro's Nightmare Alley and after Becky's absence last week, we get her end of year lists!

    Episode 430 - 2021 Year In Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 170:21


    Its our year end round up show with lists aplenty plus bonus talk about... films being released on the blockchain???

    Episode 429 - Scream, The Tragedy of Macbeth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 170:39


    On this week's show we venture back to Woodsboro with Scream and watch Macbeth again with The Tragedy of Macbeth.

    Episode 428 - Licorice Pizza, The Lost Daughter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2022 125:15


    On this week's show, we enter our 10th year with a look at the director of our first ever main review's latest PTA's Licorice Pizza as well as Netflix's slow burning Oscar botherer, the great Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debut The Lost Daughter.

    Episode 427 - The Matrix Resurrections, Don't Look Up, The King's Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2022 222:31


    On our first show of 2022, we go back to the source with a look at the divisive The Matrix Resurrections, insist on looking up in the INSANELY divisive Don't Look Up and have some stupid fun with the very little seen The King's Man.

    Episode 426 - Spider-Man No Way Home, West Side Story, Wrath of Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2021 175:49


    Merry Christmas! On this week's absolute unit of a show, we take a swing through the multiverse with Spider-Man: No Way Home, click our fingers at each other with a surprisingly spicy review of West Side Story and indulge ourselves with a bit of Stath with Wrath of Man.

    Episode 425 - Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City, The Power of the Dog

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 114:14


    Oops... sorry this is so late... On the first show this week, we get itchy tasty with Resident Evil and welcome Benedict's Cumberbatch as we look at hotly awards buzzed western The Power of the Dog.

    Episode 424 - House of Gucci, Rocky 4: Rocky v Drago

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 129:16


    On this week's show we Gucc up our lives with the King Ridley's latest House of Gucci and we go back to the 80's with Stallone's new vision for Rocky 4.

    Episode 423 - Ghostbusters Afterlife, Tick Tick Boom

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2021 132:29


    On this week's show, Ian monologues about Ghostbusters Afterlife and the whole team muse about not living your creative dreams with a look at Tick Tick Boom!

    Episode 422 - Spencer, Red Notice

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 130:26


    On this week's show, we take a look at Kristen Stewart's awards buzzing turn in Spencer and the emphatically not awards buzzing Red Notice.

    Episode 421 - Eternals, The Card Counter, Finch

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 156:46


    On this week's show, we put another stamp in our MCU cards with Eternals, go play some slots with Oscar Isaac with The Card Counter and get sad with Finch.

    Episode 420 - Last Night In Soho, Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 130:39


    On this week's show, we go downtown and have disagreements about Last Night In Soho and go to a really damn cold looking place in potential franchise restarter which already barely exists, Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin.

    Episode 419 - Dune, The French Dispatch, Titane, Pete's Dragon (Patron's Choice), The Haunting (Retro Review)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 169:54


    A beast for this week as we travel to Arrakis with Dune, the French town of Ennui in The French Dispatch, the psychosexual plains of Titane, the American mid-west with Pete's Dragon... and a really boring mansion in The Haunting.

    Patreon Unlock: Basterds Get Sparkly Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021 27:31


    If you like the sound of this, why not head on over to Patreon.com/filmbasterds and get a hell of a lot more!

    Episode 418 - Venom 2, Halloween Kills

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2021 147:32


    Coming up on this week's show, we debate whether Venom would be better if there was more Eddie & Venom and discuss the second installment in the new Halloween series, Halloween Kills.

    London Film Festival 2021 Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2021 46:37


    On this tour through a few days of London Film Festival, Ian talks about a personal film of the year contender among what was a very solid line up. This was originally released for Patrons but is available to all as the overall amount of coverage was reduced due a family Covid issue (everyone's fine). Normal service resumes next week!

    Episode 417 - No Time To Die, The Red Shoes (Patron Review)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2021 117:49


    On this week's show, we finally see if there's time to die in No Time To Die and we get Becky's pick for the Patron's Choice as we discuss the classic drama The Red Shoes.

    Episode 416 - The Green Knight, The Many Saints of Newark

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 117:01


    On this week's show, we finally watch one of the most buzzed about films of the year, The Green Knight and two non-Sopranos watchers review the Sopranos film The Many Saints of Newark.

    Episode 415 - Prisoners of the Ghostland, Gunpowder Milkshake, Lost Highway (Patron Review)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2021 147:37


    On this week's show, we take a look at the film Nic Cage claims is his craziest ever, Prisoners of the Ghostland, Karen Gillan kicks ass and drinks unhealthy treats in Gunpowder Milkshake and Becky's pick for Patron's Choice wins as we take a trip on David Lynch's Lost Highway.

    Episode 414 - Malignant, Copshop

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 107:04


    On this week's show, we get bananas with James Wan's latest horror Malignant and get retro with Joe Carnahan's Assault on Precinct Tarantino action film Copshop.

    Episode 413 - Shang-Chi, Annette, Pig, Vanilla Sky (Patron's Choice)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2021 169:45


    On this week's show, His Film, Her Movie's Jordan McGrath joins us with an eclectic slate of main reviews including Marvel's newest hero Shang-Chi, Cannes award winning Annette, Nicolas Cage's not John Wick drama Pig and our latest Patron's Choice with a look back at Tom Cruise being Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky.

    Episode 412 - Candyman, The Night House, Reminiscence, The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (Patron Review)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 182:25


    Coming up on this week's show we meet the man in the mirror with the remake of Candyman, watch Rebecca Hall be very attractive while being passive-aggressive in The Night House and Marc admires Rebecca Ferguson's feet in Reminiscence.

    Episode 411 - Free Guy, Don't Breathe 2, Snake Eyes, Blade (Retro Review)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2021 156:31


    On this week's show, we look into surprise horror sequel Don't Breathe 2, Paramount trying to get GI Joe going again with Snake Eyes and Ryan Reynolds doing his thing in Free Guy.

    Episode 410 - The Suicide Squad, Zola

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2021 127:50


    In our first in-person record for nearly 2 years, we are joined by His Film Her Movie's Jordan McGrath along with comic book correspondent Noel Mellor to talk The Suicide Squad and celebrated indie flick Zola.

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    Episode 409 - Jungle Cruise, In The Line Of Fire (Retro Review)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 135:49


    On this week's show we take a trip with a large moving rock in Jungle Cruise and succumb to the charms of a growly OAP with a retro review of In The Line of Fire.

    Episode 408 - Old, Night of the Kings, Space Jam - A New Lgeacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 131:43


    Apologies for the delay, busy week... This week, we take a trip to that beach that makes you get Old, get into some surreal prison shit with Night of the Kings and despair at Space Jam - A New Legacy.

    Episode 407 - The Forever Purge, Fear Street Part 3, Escape Room Tournament of Champions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2021 119:52


    On this week's show, we take a look at an alternate future which feels less alternate than we'd probably like in The Forever Purge, the Fear Street trilogy concludes with 1666 and we go back to the extreme silliness of Escape Room with Tournament of Champions.

    Episode 406 - Black Widow, Fear Street Part 2, Escape Room (Retro Review)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2021 152:07


    On this week's show, we finally re-enter the MCU with Black Widow, go back for Part 2 of Fear Street and  we take a look back at the first Escape Room before the sequel next week.

    Episode 405 - Fear Street Part 1, The Tomorrow War, No Sudden Move, America The Motion Picture, Scott Pilgrim vs The World (Retro Review)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 160:30


    A very busy show this time round as we take a look at some more big streaming titles with Netflix's Fear Street Part 1 and America: The Motion Picture, Amazon's The Tomorrow War and HBO Max's No Sudden Move as well as a look back, and quite the difference of opinion making, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World.

    Episode 404 - Fast & Furious 9, The Ice Road, Speed (Retro Review)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2021 175:07


    On this week's show we finally have Uncle Vin grace us with Fast 9, Liam Neeson does another Liam Neeson in The Ice Road and we look back at The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down.

    Episode 403 - In The Earth, Luca

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2021 145:49


    On this week's show we get lost in the woods with Ben Wheatley's In The Earth and eat a bunch of pasta with some fish kids in the new Pixar joint Luca.

    Episode 402 - In The Heights, Infinite, Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2021 122:36


    On this week's show, we look at one of the most anticipated movies of the year which didn't land so well with in The Heights, a film shot outside of Ian's work, Infinite and some surprising results from Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard.

    Episode 401 - Nobody

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 112:40


    On this week's show we take a look at Bob Odenkirk trying his hand at action with Nobody.

    Episode 400 - Cruella, A Quiet Place Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2021 160:34


    On this week's show, we celebrate episode 400 with noted killer of dogs Cruella and try not to make a sound along with Digimon Honsuneigh in A Quiet Place Part 2.

    Episode 399 - The Conjuring 3, Those Who Wish Me Dead, Spiral, The Unholy, Army of the Dead

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2021 181:02


    Coming up on this week's back to the cinema bonanza, we take a look at the latest Conjuring, the latest Saw, the latest Jolie is a firefighter, the latest Jeffrey Dean Morgan looking hungover AND Zack Synder doing more Zombies. 

    Episode 398 - The Woman In The Window

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 135:20


    Before our great "back to the cinema" celebrations begin, we take a look at a film which on paper should be prime multiplex stuff, and yet... we review The Woman In The Window.

    Episode 397 - City of Lies

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2021 141:53


    Its another VOD release this week but we're nearly there... while we wait for cinemas to open, we look at the Rampart/Rap Beef drama City of Lies.

    Episode 396 - The Mitchells vs The Machines, Without Remorse

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2021 132:10


    On this week's show, we wait patiently for cinemas to re-open with two films originally meant for the big screen, The Mitchells vs The Machines and Without Remorse.

    Episode 395 - Mortal Kombat, Nomadland

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 100:52


    On this week's show, we ask Mortal Kombat to GET OVER HERE and take a look at this year's best picture winner, Nomadland.

    Episode 394 - The Father, Love & Monsters

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2021 125:03


    On this week's show, Oscar catching up continues with multi nom'd drama The Father and Visual Effects nom Love & Monsters.

    Episode 393 - Thunder Force

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 129:49


    On this week's show, we take a look at Melissa McCarthy's latest effort Thunder Force and talk a whole bunch of trailers.

    Episode 392 - Godzilla vs Kong, Chaos Walking, The Empty Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 190:48


    On this week's show, Jordan McGrath of His Film, Her Movie joins us to discuss big monsters fighting in Godzilla vs Kong, men being monsters in Chaos Walking and the monster of Ian's existential dread while watching The Empty Man.

    Episode 391 - Bad Trip, The Snowman

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2021 194:50


    On this week's show, we take a ride with Eric Andre in Bad Trip and get all the clues with a retro review of The Snowman.

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