Film Utopia

Steven and Sean rope Ben in for a long discussion about the journey of Physical Media in our lives. From Betmax and VHS all the way through to UHD 4K DVD! Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ On […] The post 68. Physical Media appeared first on Werkre.

Intro Montage: 3 mins 26 secs. We return to coveringa year in cinema – This time round we focus on 1989. A year of many team-ups, buddy comedies, under water sci-fi fiascos and of course the summer show-down of the mega blockbuster with Batman, Lethal Weapon 2, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, License to […] The post 67. 1989 appeared first on Werkre.

And the end! Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ On YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@filmutopia The post 66. Friday the 13th Part 3 appeared first on Werkre.

We close out 2023 with our one and only commentary track for the year. We revisit John Carpenter one last time with our chat track for John Carpenter’s The Thing. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ On YouTube […] The post Commentary. John Carpenter’s The Thing appeared first on Werkre.

We are back, a bit late!, for our second installment of our Friday the 13th saga (Huh huh! Saga?) coverage. So, here are our thoughts on parts 5 – 8. And weirdly there are highs and lows of the series here! Enjoy (we largely didn’t! (Especially Ben) (Whose chose to do this series) (Thanks Ben!)). […] The post 65. Friday the 13th Part 2 appeared first on Werkre.

For our belated Halloween franchise special this year we have chosen the Friday the 13th series. Ben picked it; and just as quickly regretted it once he started watching the films! Thankfully, Sean and Steven are old hats at this sort of crap; so there is plenty cheerful discussion to be had. So much so, […] The post 64. Friday the 13th Part 1 appeared first on Werkre.

Steven, Ben and Sean list their favourite top 10 Brad Pitt performances! Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ On YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@filmutopia The post 63. Top 10 Brad Pitt appeared first on Werkre.

Back on our first year and on episode 7 of Film Utopia we visted some films each of us consider a guilty pleasure. We extend that list here for your listening pleasure! Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ […] The post 62. Guilty Pleasures II appeared first on Werkre.

Steven, Ben and Sean going through a list of 10 specific comedy films each in this strange collection of actors, comedy sub-genres and random picks! Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ On YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@filmutopia The post 61. Comedy appeared first on Werkre.

We finish off our John Carpenter retrospective with a look at his work as a film score composer. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ On YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@filmutopia The post 60. Carpenter Part 5 appeared first on Werkre.

We close out our talk on John Carpenter’s filmography with a detailed look at his last four films to date. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ On YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@filmutopia The post 59. Carpenter Part 4 appeared first on Werkre.

We are back for part three of our John Carpenter retrospective. Here we branch from They Live up to Villiage of the Damned. 4 movies; but plenty to talk about. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ On YouTube […] The post 58. Carpenter Part 3 appeared first on Werkre.

Steven, Bena nd Sean pick up with The Thing and opush on through to Prince of Darkness for the second part of our Carpenter retrospective. It’s clearly some of the best cinema known to mankind! Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On […] The post 57. Carpenter Part 2 appeared first on Werkre.

We start our summer season with a nice long llook at director John Carpenter. Steven, Ben and Sean dive deep on a favourite and discover that director’s work age well over time. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ […] The post 56. Carpenter Part 1 appeared first on Werkre.

Our Concluding thoughts on the second half of Picard Season 3. It really was that missing fifth movie! Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ On YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@filmutopia The post 55. Picard Season 3 Part 2 appeared first on Werkre.

We never thought we would dare come back to Star Trek so soon, and certainly not to sing the poraises of a Picard season? But, as Sean says, It always takes Trek 3 seasons before it gets good! Here arer our thoughts on the first half of the season. Film Utopia is on social media. […] The post 54. Picard Season 3 Part 1 appeared first on Werkre.

We continue our discussion on Brian De Palma from the mid-80s through to his last film to date (Dominio from 2019), making for a total of 4 hours worth of chat. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ On […] The post 53. De Palma Part 2 appeared first on Werkre.

Steven, Ben and Sean dive deep on the directorial work of Brian De Palma. We start in the 60s and make it through to the mid-80s fir part 1. Steven picked this one,m but Ben and Sean really put the homework in on this! Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then […] The post 52. De Palma Part 1 appeared first on Werkre.

Steven, Ben and Sean each come armed with a list of 10 films the recommend film lovers check out that were made before the 80s. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ On YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/@filmutopia The post 51. Pre-80s Cinema appeared first on Werkre.

Intro Montage: 2mins 59 secs. We begin year 4 of Film Utopia, like all previoous years, with a deep dive on a previous year in film. Sean Kennedy was kind enough to nominate a year and throw Steven Hurst and Benjamin Pegley into the well of 1990. Film Utopia is on social media. If you […] The post 50. 1990 appeared first on Werkre.

Steven, Ben and Sean have a round up of the year before looking to the future, not just of the movies, but also of the podcast. And we also mention that we now have our own YouTube channel! Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook […] The post Special: 2022 Recap appeared first on Werkre.

Well it would not be Christmas without Die Hard. Steven, Ben and Sean settle down for a calm and pleasant vieiwng of one of the best action movies ever put to the screen. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: […] The post Commentary. Die Hard appeared first on Werkre.

As per usual, we end our last main show for the year on a composer. We thought it would be fun to have a look at tye impactful, yet short filmography of German composer, Harold Faltermeyer. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial […] The post 49. Harold Faltermeyer appeared first on Werkre.

Steven and Sean list there 10 favourite Tom Cruise Performances. Stay tuned at the end where Ben shows up late to the party with his thoughts. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ The post 48. Top 10 Tom Cruise appeared first on Werkre.

For Halloween, Steven and Sean picked the 2013 remake of The Evil Dead, simply titled Evil Dead. And whilst we love the film, we kinda forget most of the time to actually talk about the film or what is on screen at the time, and instead have a general horror chat! Ooops! Spontaneity is a […] The post Commentary. Evil Dead (2013) appeared first on Werkre.

Steven, Ben and Sean deliberate on all 13 Halloween movies. This marks our first Slasher series retrospective, and at almost 3 hours, we dug deep. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ The post 47. Halloween appeared first on Werkre.

It’s horror season, so he’s one we prepared much earlier. Sean, Max and Steven get their hads all gooey with The Blob (1988). Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ The post Commentary. The Blob (1988) appeared first on Werkre.

If anyone said “save the best till last” to any of us here on the show – you would be met with wild, howling laughter. No, instead for our Action Hero summer season, we left Seagal until last. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook […] The post 46. Steven Seagal appeared first on Werkre.

Ben and Steven hammer in the Van Dammage for one of our lengthier episodes! Bring on the muscles… and surprisingly … the acting muscles! Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ The post 45. Van Damme appeared first on Werkre.

Ben joins Steven for double the Van Dammage in our latest Van Damme commentary. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ The post Commentary. Double Impact appeared first on Werkre.

Max Payn joins Steven Hurst for the first of our Van Damme Commentaries. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ The post Commentary. Cyborg appeared first on Werkre.

Steven and Sean tackle, not just Van Damme this week, but also Dolph Lundgren which should nicley Segway us over to the latter for our summer actrion season! Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ The post Commentary. Universal Soldier appeared first on Werkre.

Steven and Ben spend more time than they thought on the big Swedish man himself. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ The post 44. Lundgren appeared first on Werkre.

Sean and Steven have a belly full of laughs taking a peek back at 80s misfire/now cult classic? Masters of the Universe! And as a Cannon Film this will also help segway us into our next segment of the summer. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: […] The post Commentary. Masters of the Universe appeared first on Werkre.

Steven and guest Max Payn dig ointo the latest addition to the Predator franchise. Spoilers ahead! Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ The post Special: Prey appeared first on Werkre.

Chuck Norris and Ninja movies from the Cannon Films era of cinema comes under fire this time round. Sean is largely new to it all whilst Steven and Ben uneartrh old haunts. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ The post 43. Chuck Norris & Cannon Films appeared first on Werkre.

The boys continue the Sly chat focussing on the latter part of his carrer from the 2000s onwards. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ The post 42. Stallone Part 2 appeared first on Werkre.

If Schwarzenegger was the King of Action then Stallone has to be the Godfather of it. Stallone has seen the genre through thick and thin and has come back so many times to kick start it all back to life that the man demands respect. Stallone would pull together wires and a car battery to […] The post 41. Stallone Part 1 appeared first on Werkre.

Before we get to our main show on Stallone we have another commentary. Steven and Ben are joined by Max Payn for this one. We look back with, erm, dread (sorry) when we think of the Schneider… But we actually find a lot of love elsewhere the film. Film Utopia is on social media. If […] The post Commentary. Judge Dredd Commentary appeared first on Werkre.

Ben and Steven relive more Stallone Glory days with tango & Cash. A film they recall fondly as one of the first films they gelled on talking about together during the early era of their podcasting days. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: […] The post Commentary. Tango & Cash appeared first on Werkre.

As Sean insn’t the biggest Rocky or Rambo fan; We spared him the torture of Rambo a couple of years back on our First Blood commentary. And now here we spare him time in the ring with Rocky. Ben and Steven, however, are both eagerlly first in line every time! Film Utopia is on social […] The post Commentary. Rocky 3 appeared first on Werkre.

Maybe the King of the Axction genre back in the day. Schwarzenegger was always a force to be reckoned with. Sean, Ben and Steven are here to examine the Governator’s celluloid past. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ The post 40. Schwarzenegger appeared first on Werkre.

Steven and Sean dig into one of Arnold’s (and Cameron’s) most dated films. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ The post Commentary. True Lies appeared first on Werkre.

Ben and Steven start running gags and memories of one of Arnold’s moere forward thinking, yet still under appeciated sci-fi actioners from the 80s. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ The post Commentary. The Running Man appeared first on Werkre.

Max Payn guets on this one with Steven as we begin our Arnold Schwarzenegger short season with a chat track on Total Recall – Also ties in nicely with our previous Verhoeven work from April! Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On […] The post Commentary. Total Recall appeared first on Werkre.

We start our summer project for the year right here. The next four months will come loaded with commentary tracks on many of our favoruite action heroes who fuelled the genre back on cinema screens in the 70s, 80s and beyond. To keep this simple we have selected half a dozen or so action stars […] The post 39. Willis appeared first on Werkre.

Our next Willis commentary is for one of his best – 12 Monkeys Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ The post Commentary. 12 Monkeys appeared first on Werkre.

We kick off our summer season throw back to 80s action heroes with Bruce Willis, but before we get to the main show we have pre-recorded a couple of commentaries – starting here with The Last Boy Scout. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook […] The post Commentary. The Last Boy Scout appeared first on Werkre.

As promised, here is Ben, Sean and Steven delivering the goods on Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers. Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ The post Commentary. Starship Troopers appeared first on Werkre.

Our next director choice is Dutch legend Paul Verhoeven. Ben dominates this month as Sean and Steven try to play catch up for the most part. But all in all; we all still love the Dutch Director. De blood, De Gore, De nudity, De Camera! Bring him him on! Film Utopia is on social media. […] The post 38. Verhoeven appeared first on Werkre.

Sean joins Steven for this commentary session on Paul Verhoven’s Hollow Man. This will act as a precurser to our Verhoven podcast show due later this month! Film Utopia is on social media. If you like us then please do follow us: On Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/filmutopiaofficial On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/filmutopiaofficial/ The post Commentary. Hollow Man appeared first on Werkre.