Movie Banter

We're back! Apologies for the massive delay, but scheduling was an issue. We've got a great line-up of movies to banter about though - Cabin in the Woods, Hunger Games, The Artist, and John Carter all up for discussion, together with a few random tangents.

Another mix of recent past and nearer present this week - Puss in Boots, The Awakening, In Time, and Sherlock Holmes 2 all get Bantered good and hard.

Turns out we've got a ton of movies we've seen but yet to cover, so a mix of older and newer this week - the banter crew take a look at The Iron Lady, 50/50, Twilight: Breaking Dawn, Immortals, and Take Shelter.

We're back! And we kick off 2012 with our 2011 quiz! Because why not.

Schedules have got the better of us, I'm afraid, so no podcast until the new year, but we managed to convene for just long enough for this brief message. Merry Christmas, a happy new year, and we'll return in 2012!

Action-heavy (ish) this week - Johnny English Reborn, Reel Steel, The Debt, and Red State all come under our bantering eyes. Can eyes banter? Well, ours can.

A mix of good, hard, bad and indifferent this week, as we cover Warrior, 30 Minutes or Less, Midnight in Paris and We Need to Talk About Kevin. Try and guess which description matches which movie...

An unintentional Ryan Gosling-fest this week, as we review Drive, Crazy Stupid Love, Ides of March, Lars and the Real Girl (older film but he's in that too) and also Contagion (which he isn't in, but go with it).

A Harry Potter special this week, taking a look back over the decade-long franchise.

An eclectic collection this week - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Change-Up, Fright Night, Final Destination 5, and Kill List. Plus Paul says a bad word, weirdly.

Powering through the figurative hangover of episode 100, this week we're covering Super 8, Horrible Bosses, The Inbetweeners Movie, and The Tree of Life.

The big 100! Our centennial (sort of) is marked by party blowers, Paul doing a 100-title run of movie puns, and a bantery look at Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Captain America, and The Devil's Double.

Things take a slightly blokier turn this week, as we look at Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Blitz, and Life in a Day.

Kung Fu Panda 2, Bridesmaids, and Larry Crowne this week - something for all the family!

Back with a collection of man-friendly movies - Hangover 2, X-Men: First Class, Green Lantern, and Senna. Desert Island Flicks this week is "best films set in Thailand". Difficulty - no porn.

Don't worry, the title isn't the length! Another special episode, taking a look back at the biggest movies of 2001.

A Banter special this week - we muse on the upcoming Avengers film, together with those leading up to it, veering off into wondering who'd win a fight between the Avengers, who was the best Batman, what's after 3D, and more.

Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Hanna, Source Code, Catfish, and Something Borrowed up for grabs this week, as well as banter about Eric Bana's Nana, and a theoretical yet fantastic-sounding film featuring four Liam Neesons.

An eclectic collection of reviews this week - 5 Fast 5 Furiou5, Chalet Girl, Meek's Cutoff, Sucker Punch and Arthur, so pretty much something for everyone!

Apologies for the delayed podcast - scheduling issues derailed us, but we're back with blockbuster overload - Thor, Scream 4, Limitless and the Lincoln Lawyer all up for bantering, together with a look at the William and Kate movie (in a word: appalling) and picking our favourite movie based on Norse mythology, which covers a wider range than you might think.

A special this week - the second part of our and your "most hated films", which started in episode 79 - we continue our frustrations, this time with Broken Flowers, LA Takedown, Jumper, Parting Shots, Shark Attack 3: Megalodon, and many more...

It's another Jennyless week, but we plough on as best we can, taking a look at Unknown, The Adjustment Bureau, and Ironclad, together with some of your movie mashups and a healthy dose of banter.

Paul and Jon are unfettered by Jenny's moderating influence this week, and run riot across the tangent-strewn landscape of the Oscars, Battle: Los Angeles, and Rango.

Not a film title for once, but we couldn't let that one go. A range of movie types covered this week - The Mechanic, Never Let Me Go, Morning Glory, and Tangled. One day Jason Statham will make an animated musical I'm sure, but not just yet.

This week we take a good look at all the best picture nominees for the upcoming Oscars, with particular focus on The Fighter, Black Swan, True Grit and Winter's Bone (as we've not reviewed them before), plus a recap of our thoughts on the other candidates.

Slightly belated, it's our 2010 round-up, taking a look at the best and worst movies of last year.

Happy new year! We dive into 2011 with The King's Speech, 127 Hours, Narnia, Tron, The Tourist, Movie Mashups, and much more...

A Movie Banter special this week - we take a look at the best films of the naughties.

It's the Movie Banter Christmas quiz! Plenty of movie-related questions for contestants Jon and Jen to get their teeth into (and you, of course!) while quizmaster Paul puts them through their paces.

Now that would make an interesting film. Plenty of movies to get our bantering teeth into this week - Harry Potter, Unstoppable, Monsters, Due Date, and Rare Exports. Plus we get into a sprout/mistletoe exchange program, are amazed at Steve Guttenberg being at the Academy Awards, and Paul takes an unusual anti-ginger position. We've also got more of your and our movie mashups, of course.

An eclectic mix this week - Red, The Kids are All Right, and Made in Dagenham. Plus more movie mashups, and desert island flicks centres on best film featuring lesbians. Strictly mainstream movies before you get any dodgy ideas. Also a guest appearance from Paul's baby son Joseph, and a squirrel. Long story.

A jam-packed banter - Paul's back from paternity leave, Jenny's back from acting, and Jon is somehow geekier than ever. No-one should be able to name all 7 Police Academy films. We cover Saw 3D, The Social Network, and Burke & Hare, discuss movies based on board games, recall being insulted by famous people and the responses we wish we'd made, pick our favourite computer-based films, and play our new movie mashup game.

A special this week - Jon and Paul cover their (and your) most hated movies of all time, covering Batman and Robin, Problem Child 2, Teen Wolf Too, The Fountain, and many more....

We're back with a bumper selection of movies to banter about - The Town, Buried, Tamara Drewe, The Other Guys, and Devil, in approximate order of quality. Plus our plan to replace Jenny with Gemma Arterton takes a sinister turn, Paul conjures up a disturbing casting couch image, and Jon envisages an unusual KFC bucket.

A special episode this week - TV banter! Paul and Jon take a look at 24 and Lost, now sadly no longer with us, together with a few other of their current favourite TV shows such as Louie, Dexter, Smallville, Supernatural, and more...

Another action-heavy episode this week - The Expendables, Piranha 3D, and last but not least The Switch, just to calm everything down with a romcom. Also Jon demonstrates a surprisingly loud slap, Paul unintentionally self-edits sex and violence from a gory movie, and Jenny shouts "sperm". There's context, honest. Plus Desert Island Flicks is "best 80s action movie".

We're back with a full podcast - Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Knight and Day, and Salt. Heavy on the action, heavy on the banter, heavy on the post-Edinburgh hangovers - what more could you want?

The second half of our look ahead at this year's summer movies...

The first of two summer movie round-ups this week - we review the A-Team, and take a look forward to The Expendables.

An Inception special this week, as we felt it was warranted - if you've not yet seen it and want to remain in the dark until you do, save this one for afterwards. Our in-depth thoughts on the movie, together with a few theories, facts, bits of trivia, and other related banter. Plus we touch on the potential of Tom Hardy as a new Bond, Paul somehow uses the term "knob weasels" (we were confused too) and our introduction takes a somewhat disturbing turn.

Hooray! A good movie week! Toy Story 3! Inception! Oh, and Predators. Discussion of these, plus mother-and-baby screenings, Spanish cinemas, the best Leonardo DiCaprio films, and all the usual waffle.

A mini-banter to tide you over this week - Paul and Jon get frustrated at the great Back to the Future hoax of 2010, evade attack by a giant wasp, and take a look forwards at Inception, Predators, Toy Story 3, and The Karate Kid.

Plenty of movies on tap this week, with Twilight Eclipse, Shrek Forever After, Get Him to the Greek, and the remake of Death at a Funeral. Plus Jen edges ever-closer towards becoming a Bond villain, and Desert Island Flicks covers best fairytale movie.

Back with a big banter, full of chat of Killers, She's Out Of My League, various DVDs, a look at the best Dennis Hopper movies, your emails and tweets, a healthy dosage of smut (well it is episode 69), and the results of whether we're keeping Jenny or sacking her and getting Gemma Arterton.

Well we've been busy and there are no decent films out. So here's one more mini-banter till next time. This one features the rest of Paul's interview with Radio Times Film Editor, TV writer, journalist and podcaster, Mr Andrew Collins. Includes fond thoughts of Carry On Screaming, the movies of Richard Linklater, and the short-lived ER video club.

Another mini-banter previewing films such as 4,3,2,1, Black Death and the new version of Death At A Funeral. Full-on maxi-banter to follow in a week.

The only major film reviewed this week is Prince of Persia, but that doesn't stop other movie-related banter flowing freely, including discussing why we've not watched Sex and the City 2, Brendan Fraser losing his way, and the chances of replacing Jenny with Gemma Arterton (SPOILER ALERT: slim to none). Desert Island Flicks is "best car chase", and of course your emails, tweets, and Facebook comments.

A bitesize episode for you (is 11 minutes bitesize? How many minutes can you eat in one bite? Have I misunderstood the analogy? Is it an analogy or a metaphor? Does anyone care?), featuring a glimpse of movies we may be bantering about next week, including a highly inappopriate film idea for Sarah Jessica Parker. Mansize episode next week.

The Bantercast crew take aim at at Robin Hood, cower from Four Lions, and clamber into a Hot Tub Time Machine. We also muse on whether Shia LaBeouf should have criticised the latest Indiana Jones, get confused by the meaning of "spelling Nazis", and Desert Island Flicks covers best non-BTTF time-travel movie. Plus of course your emails, tweets, and Facebook comments, and a healthy dose of other banter.

The Ghost (Writer), Date Night, Nanny McPhee 2 and documentary Erasing David are all covered in the second half of our two-parter, plus emails and tweets from youse guys and Desert Island Flicks looks at the best Roman Polanski film. What would yours be? Do email us and tell, and we may mention it, with any other of your movie thoughts, on episode 67.

The first half of a two-parter this week, as we had a lot to cover! First and foremost, we review Iron Man 2, and despite all quite liking it, somehow end up arguing anyway. We've also got some news about Lindsay Lohan and Cowboys and Aliens and surgery (three separate stories - separate the words into the most amusing combinations), a review of The Disappearance of Alice Creed, a couple of your emails, and In This Week in Movie History. Oh, and an unexpectedly innuendo-ridden finish - apologies in advance. Catch the second half next week!