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Pre-conceived notions are challenged this week as the guys discuss Shakespeare in Love (#49) aka the flick that won Best Picture over Saving Private Ryan. Brendan and Jason also debate the...
BFI Top 100
Back to David Lean with his take on the Charles Dickens classic Great Expectations, which is apparently the FIFTH best British movie of all-time! The guys dive into the early...
Albert Finney is an angry young man… and he starts off the next batch of 20 movies with the kitchen sink drama Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. Brendan and Jason...
The time has arrived. Brendan and Jason have covered the next round of 20 films (40 in total!) on the BFI Top 100 and so comes the moment to...
Teaching is one of the most underrated professions in the entire world and so what could be better to celebrate them than by discussing the 1939 classic, Goodbye Mr. Chips....
To pod or not to pod? That is the question that Brendan and Jason attempt to answer this week when they discuss the 1948 version of Hamlet (#69 on...
In the conclusion of the Brit Picks mini-series, Brendan and Jason go to the audience and end up discussing the very divisive Jonathan Glazer (again) film, Under the Skin. The...
In a quick little aside, former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien is joined by Hollywood legend Jimmy Stewart to ring in the new year! Brendan and Jason return next...
No full episode this week but not to worry because your favourite Southern gentleman, Santa Claus himself, paid the show a little visit to spread some down-home Christmas cheer....
In the final full-length episode of 2019, Brendan and Jason talk about a Christmas movie that ought to be in consideration for a revival of the BFI Top 100...
Brendan completely changes the tone on this week’s show when he fights for the inclusion of Mike Leigh’s uplifting comedy-drama Happy-Go-Lucky. In a film where the strength of the entire...
This week, the guys bring the first of four off-brand episodes with an in-depth discussion of a possible future BFI Top 100 list contender in Jonathan Glazer’s Sexy Beast. Jason...
It’s time for another epic as Brendan and Jason tackle the 1982 Richard Attenborough-directed biopic Gandhi. Is this one of the best performances of all-time with Ben Kingsley’s Oscar-winning acting?...
This week, Brendan and Jason go back to the James Bond well with the movie that started it all – Dr. No. There were things that didn’t hold up very...
This week, the guys investigate a very strange sort of biopic where anachronisms matter not and historical accuracy be damned! Derek Jarman’s strange spectacle Caravaggio is dissected (insofar as much...
This week, Brendan and Jason learn all there is to know about The Crying Game with #26 on the BFI Top 100. It’s a film that was considered revolutionary at the...
Happy Halloween! In celebration of the spookiest time of year, Brendan and Jason decide to talk all about The Wicker Man – the 1973 cult classic that inspired the Nicolas...
Bad News Bears… kinda. This week, Brendan and Jason go back to the more obscure flicks (at least to these doe-eyed Canucks) with 1954’s The Belles of St. Trinian’s. Much...
Bow before your majesty! This week, Brendan and Jason dive into the second-most-recently released film on the list – 1998’s Elizabeth. The guys discuss the large amount of historical inaccuracies...
What if you suddenly realized you were a foreigner in your own land?! That’s what happens in this week’s film as residents of a small town called Pimlico suddenly...
