(Deep Dive begins at 30:20) Why do I get the feeling you're going to be the death of me? Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam & Georgia (Megs if off looking for cloners on Camino) as we're off to Naboo to protect a senator and just staring inapporpriately in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. We're ready for the adventures of Jar Jar in our 224th episode as we discuss: Georgia's right to comment on hypothetical fries Liam does an impression of Felix We discuss whether...

(Deep Dive begins at 38:50) It's a Tuesday and everybody listens on Tuesdays.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcaster, Ian & Georgia (LIam and Megan are off working Club Med) as we're off to Washington on a walking tour in the Kevin Kline/Sigourney Weaver romcom, Dave brought to us by BFF of the BFE: Kirsti.  We're collective souvenirs in our 223rd episode as we discuss: Why don't Brits know about this film? A brief history of U.S. Presidents in the late 20th Century / Early 21st...

(Deep Dive begins at 47:30) Would you believe that someone else is to blame for the runtime on a Hermes episode?  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcaster, Ian & Liam (Georgia, Ethan, and Megan have all won fellowships) as we're the keymaster at a Seattle house party while trying to pick-up the brainiac in the Cameron Crowe/John Cusack film Say Anything. We're joined by very special guest,  BFF of the BFE: Hermes Auslander, and we're disussing kickboxing form in our 222nd episode as we...

(Deep Dive begins at 42:30) Get your black leathers on, shirts are apparently optional, and let's head out looking for trouble. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian and Liam (Georgia, Megs, and Ethan are chasing down rogue drivers) as we're heading to Australia in the not too distant future in the Mel Gibson film, Mad Max.  We are the nightrider in our 221st episode as we discuss: Whether a simple story is necessarily a bad story We talk about big life events this week Liam talks...

BEFORE 53:30 is our WrestleMania 40 (Night Two) PREVIEW & PREDICTIONS AFTER 53:30 you get our WrestleMania 40 (Night Two) FULL REVIEW You know we love our wrestling here at the BFE (well some of us...). Join Ian from Best Film Ever and Stew from The Stew World Order podcast as we break the BFE format by looking at WrestleMania 40 (Night Two). We discuss whether The Rock is helping or hurting creative? Did WWE promise something they ultimately couldn't deliver on? What exactly is a...

BEFORE 1:02:00 is our WrestleMania 40 (Night One) PREVIEW & PREDICTIONS AFTER 1:02:00 you get our WrestleMania 40 (Night One) FULL REVIEW You know we love our wrestling here at the BFE (well some of us...). Join Ian from Best Film Ever and Stew from The Stew World Order podcast as we break the BFE format by looking at WrestleMania 40 (Night One). We discuss whether The Rock is helping or hurting creative? Do we rate matches higher or lower based on our representations? What other stories...

FIRST 23:40 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict AFTER 23:40 it's a full spoiler review You know the BFE is getting up there in years when we're doing a SIOSI that's a sequel to an earlier film that we also did a SIOSI on.  Join us as we look at the sequel to a legacy sequel in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. We discuss whether Paul Rudd is being over-exposed? Are there too many characters in this film? Did we need every character back from Oklahoma in New York City? Were...

(Deep Dive begins at 32:30) It's WrestleMania week and the BFE are doing their annual tradition of finding something wrestling-related for the  someone asks if you're a god, you say yes. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian and Liam (Georgia, Megs, and Ethan aren't booked so they're not showing up) as we're heading from bingo halls to the Royal Rumble and everywhere in between in the Barry Blaustein documentary, Beyond The Mat.  We're wishing you a good day in our 220th episode...

We usually go king sized on the BFE but perhaps brevity truly is the source of wit.  Welcome to Three Act Structure: the BFE review show where we have to pass judgment on films but this time, we can only use 3 words or less - wait, should that be 'or fewer?' This month we're reviewing the global box office champion from 1977 to 2023.  How will films like Star Wars, Back To The Future, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, The Avengers and Barbie do when we're limited to a trifecta of words. What 3...

(Deep Dive begins at 25:20) If someone asks if you're a god, you say yes. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, Megan and Georgia (Ethan's locked out of his apartment) as we're heading to New York City and craving Marshmallows in the Dan Aykroyd/Ivan Retiman penned megahit, Ghostbusters, on account of its 40th anniversay.  We ain't afraid of no ghosts in our 219th episode as we discuss:  The generational aspect to comedy Why is nostalgia something we guard so closely? We've...

Are you ready for some football?  Ian from Best Film Ever is joined by fellow Patriots fan, Ryan Kuketz and Pats hater Hermes Auslander from The Scuttlebutt Podcast to focus on all things Foxboro as we close the playbook on Apple TV's "The Dynasty" with episode breakdowns for "Breaking Point" and "End Game".  We discuss all things NFL, The New England Patriots, and our own nostalgia as we tackle the following from Episodes 9 & 10: Why does the doc skip out on key moments like The Philly...

(Deep Dive begins at 43:40) We have just met you and we already love you. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, Georgia, and eventually Megan (Ethan's run off with some balloons and an air blower) as we're heading, well, up in the Pixar animated film, Up.  We're looking to invest in talking collars for our 218th episode as we discuss:  What is it that makes this film such a tearjerker Is this a kids film by default?  Does Pixar ever go another direction? Is the plot...

Are you ready for some football?  Ian from Best Film Ever is joined by fellow Patriots fan, Ryan Kuketz and Pats hater Hermes Auslander from The Scuttlebutt Podcast to focus on all things Foxboro as we review Week Four from Apple TV's "The Dynasty" with episode breakdowns for "Under Pressure" and "Score To Settle".  We discuss all things NFL, The New England Patriots, and our own nostalgia as we tackle the following from Episodes 7 & 8: What's the deal with the NFL letting teams have...

(Deep Dive begins at 48:20) The runtime on this is entirely on Hermes!  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcaster, Ian (Georgia, Ethan, Megan and Liam have run off to Vegas) as he's shipping up to Boston in the neo-noir Clint Eastwood film, Mystic River. We're joined by BFF of the BFE: Hermes Auslander and we're getting hit over the head with red herrings in the multiple Oscar Winning Films.  We're asking for a Sprite in our 217th episode as we discuss:  Which members of the cast and crew...

And the Oscar goes to... BFE with our coverage of the 2024 Academy Awards.  Join Ian and BFF of the BFE Hermes Auslander as we discuss all things Oscar in our preview special just in time for the big awards show.  We talk snubs, flubs and films we'd like to sub as we separate those who should win from those who should be glad just to be nominated.   We break down this year's panel of categories while also discussing the relevance of the Academy and whether or not they're recognizing the...

Are you ready for some football?  Ian from Best Film Ever is joined by fellow Patriots fan, Ryan Kuketz and Pats hater Hermes Auslander from The Scuttlebutt Podcast to focus on all things Foxboro as we review Week Three from Apple TV's "The Dynasty" with episode breakdowns for "Torn" and "At All Costs".  We discuss all things NFL, The New England Patriots, and our own nostalgia as we tackle the following from Episode 3 Is Matt Cassel's success the beginning of the end for Tom Brady's...

(Deep Dive begins at 30:05) It's Been Emotional. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Megan, and Georgia (Ethan and Megan are off buying fertilizer) as we tackle Guy Ritchie's debut gangster film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. We're shooting people with air guns in our 216th episode as we discuss: Guy Ritchie and if his films are essentially comedies masquerading as Gangster films We argue exactly how Jason Statham's name is pronounced Liam and Georgia discuss...

FIRST 32:20 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict AFTER 30:45 it's a full spoiler review I'd argue we're likely done with the Oscar frontrunners now but we couldn't miss out on the Jeffrey Wright fronted Best Picture nominated American Fiction, and so we are giving it the See It or Skip It treatment. We discuss counter-stereotypes and anti-stereotypes and when does allyship overpower the voices that matter? Should Jeffrey Wright be discussed in the Best Actor shortlist?...

Are you ready for some football?  Ian from Best Film Ever is joined by fellow Patriots fan, Ryan Kuketz and Hermes Auslander from The Scuttlebutt Podcast to focus on all things Foxboro as we review Week One from Apple TV's "The Dynasty".  We discuss all things NFL, The New England Patriots, and our own nostalgia as we tackle the following from Episode 2 The build-up to the first Patriots win and when is it called a Dynasty? Is Tony Kornheiser the most incorrect man in all of sports? Randy...

(Deep Dive begins at 33:55) The past is a story that we tell ourselves, or so I was told by my Operating System.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Megan, and Georgia (Liam and Ethan are on dates with their phones at the beach) as we tackle the Spike Jonze Sci-Fi film about loving your technology and your technology loving you right back, Her.  We're questioning the very nature of existence in our 215th episode as we discuss:  Joaquin Phoenix and why some viewers...

FIRST 30:45 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict AFTER 30:45 it's a full spoiler review Leonard Bernstein says that a work of art should not answer questions, it should provoke them; I'd say we've done Leonard Bernstein proud as we gave his biopic, fronted by Bradley Cooper, Maelstro, the See It or Skip It treatment. What was our background knowledge of Bernstein going in? Do we sometimes give directors credit for decisions that should go to other members of the creative...

Are you ready for some football?  Ian from Best Film Ever is joined by fellow Patriots fan, Ryan Kuketz and Hermes Auslander from The Scuttlebutt Podcast to focus on all things Foxboro as we review Week One from Apple TV's "The Dynasty".  We discuss all things NFL, The New England Patriots, and our own nostalgia as we tackle the following from Episode 1 How much of the Patriots lore that Ian and Ryan are familiar with was common knowledge to an outsider like Hermes? Does this programme do a...

(Deep dive begins at 38:55)Is it better to be feared or to be loved?.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Liam, and Megan, (Ethan and Georgia are off at a Yankee game) as we head to the Bronx to determine whether the working man is a sucker or not and we're joined by BFF of the BFE, Juleen who picked this week's selection and talks about her feelings during our endgame.  We're shootin' dice in our 214th episode as we discuss: If this film is a good gateway to the gangster...

FIRST 22:30 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict AFTER 22:30 it's a full spoiler review It's time for the Steel Cage Rematch as we're back and giving the Zac Efron fronted wrestling biopic, The Iron Claw, the See It or Skip It treatment.  Is the Von Erich name a big enough one to draw an audience? Was there a wrestling cameo that Ian picked up on? Does the film stay true to wrestling history? Which member of the cast made it right by us until the credits? Which of the...