This week welcome the great Craig McKenzie from Kneel Before Blog, Kneel Before Pod and We Are Starfleet to discuss superhero films where the main characters destroy a toilet. The two films are X-Men Origins: Wolverine and The Amazing Spider-Man Timings for this week are: X-Men Origins: Wolverine (04:51) The Amazing Spider-Man (34:18) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Support Film Stories Podcast Network on...

To honour Halloween, we look at two found footage horror films from the 21st century. This week, it's the turn of Japanese film Noroi: The Curse and the hit from earlier this year, Late Night With The Devil Timings for this week are: Noroi (03:50) Late Night With The Devil (34:51) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Gothamlicious by Kevin MacLeod Link License Leave us a review on Podchaser or Apple...

This week we discuss writing as torture with one of us actually being a tortured writer. The films are the Stephen King adaptation Misery and the Coen Brothers classic Barton Fink. Timings for this week are: Misery (02:33) Barton Fink (30:49) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Gothamlicious by Kevin MacLeod Link License Leave us a review on Podchaser or Apple Podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

This week, we'll be discussing two films that depict writing as torture. Considering one of us is a published author, who really pitched the theme? Episode will be available from 16/10. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Gothamlicious by Kevin MacLeod Link License Leave us a review on Podchaser or Apple Podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we welcome film critic Van Connor to discuss Urban Meltdown movies with the 1993 Joel Schumacher thriller Falling Down and the soon-to-be-sequelised, Todd Phillips' 2019 Joker. It's a long one folks, strap in. Timings for this week are: Falling Down (03:42) Joker (48:51) You can find Van Connor on instagram and his podcast Off/Screen on YouTube and any podcast provider. Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email:...

This week we to celebrate the 200th episode, we break the formula to examine the film that… well simply cannot be paired with another. We watch the film and provide views and thoughts alongside as The Room simply breaks all previously held notions on film analysis and criticism. This isn’t a watch along, it’s not real time however it is chronological and we aim to contextualise each of the random outbursts of laughter the film provokes. There may have been alcoholic beverages consumed...

This week we examine two films that influenced music artists - namely Queen and Gorillaz - with A Night at the Opera, the Marx Brothers classic and the Clint Eastwood starring Don Siegel film Dirty Harry. Timings for this week are: A Night at the Opera (04:56) Dirty Harry (26:49) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Gothamlicious by Kevin MacLeod Link License Leave us a review on Podchaser or Apple...

This week we discuss surveillance movies by exploring two different films that really examine their subjects. The films are the 1974 Francis Ford Coppola film The Conversation and the 1992 Phil Alden Robinson film, Sneakers. Timings for this week are: The Conversation (02:19) Sneakers (40:15) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Gothamlicious by Kevin MacLeod Link License Leave us a review on Podchaser or...

We're watching... We're listening... make sure you check out this week where we discuss two films that heavily feature surveillance. Which ones will they be? Listen in to find out.... Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Gothamlicious by Kevin MacLeod Link License Leave us a review on Podchaser or Apple Podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we brought in the wonderful Sarah from Popcorn Chat to help us discuss two films about the wind. Obviously Twister is one of those films with the upcoming 'standalone sequel' and the other being Chiwetel Ejiofor's The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind. Timings for this week are: Twister (01:52) The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind (39:30) Find Sarah on Twitter, YouTube, TikTok and Instagram Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email:...

This week we draughted in the great Sarah from Popcorn Chat to help us discuss two films about the wind. Prepare for gusts of laughter as we shoot the breeze on wind related films. Find Sarah on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Gothamlicious by Kevin MacLeod Link License Leave us a review on Podchaser or Apple Podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

This week, we welcome drafted in Movieversaries, Academy Watch and Film Stories Podcast Network Legend, Bo Nicholson to discuss two animated films that are definitely not for kids. These films are the Studio Ghibli classic Princess Mononoke and the Oscar Nominated South Park Bigger, Longer and Uncut. Note: This episode is explicit. See more of Bo from his Linktree here: https://linktr.ee/BoNicholson Timings for this week are: Princess Mononoke (06:51) South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut...

This week we'll be delving into two animated features that are not for children. Which animated films will they be? Listen in to find out. Note: Explicit warning - it'll make sense when you know the films.... Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Gothamlicious by Kevin MacLeod Link License Leave us a review on Podchaser or Apple Podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In celebration of the ongoing European championships, we look at two football films where people find themselves through the sport. This week is the turn of the Gurinder Chadha behemoth, Bend It Like Beckham and the Tom Hooper-helmed Michael Sheen film about Brian Clough, The Damned United. Timings for this week are: Bend It Like Beckham (04:19) The Damned United (29:23) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected]...

This week, we discuss two low budget Kaiju movies with the 2016 oddity, Colossal and the 2023 breakthrough smash, Godzilla Minus One. Two different looks at Kaiju and approaches to the story... are they any good?.... Timings for this week are: Colossal (03:27) Godzilla Minus One (29:51) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Support Film Stories Podcast Network on...

This week we'll be discussing two kaiju movies that have really made the most of their modest budgets. In the great pantheon of Kaiju movies, which will they be? Listen in to find out... Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Gothamlicious by Kevin MacLeod Link License Leave us a review on Podchaser or Apple Podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In our punniest episode yet, we welcome writer, director, producer, podcaster Dom Lenoir to discuss two rock climbing films in Cliffhanger and Free Solo. Timings for this week are: Cliffhanger (09:46) Free Solo (39:15) Find Dom on Social Media on Instagram, Twitter and The Filmmakers Podcast on Twitter and the website Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Support Film Stories Podcast Network on...

This week we explore two animated films that have been remade into live action with the 1986 film based on the TV series that was based on the Hasbro toys: The Transformers: The Movie and the 1989 Roald Dahl adaptation The BFG. There is also a very special cameo from the great Adam Rees who you can find some of his writings here NB: There were a number of audio issues in recording, they have been fixed as best as possible in the edit but some glitches still occur. Timings for this week...

Remakes are all the rage! So this week, the boys are jumping back to two animated films that have since been remade into live action. What will those films be? Listen in to find out... Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Gothamlicious by Kevin MacLeod Link License Leave us a review on Podchaser or Apple Podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we commemorate the D-Day landings which happened 80 years ago this week. We examine two World War Two films that show innocence being lost on the battlefield with the Elem Klimov 1985 epic Come and See and Steven Spielberg's 1998 game changer, Saving Private Ryan. Timings for this week are: Come and See (03:42) Saving Private Ryan (33:38) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Support Film Stories...

To mark the upcoming 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings, the boys look at two World War Two movies that depict losing innocence on the battlefield. Which films will they be? Listen in to find out... Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Gothamlicious by Kevin MacLeod Link License Leave us a review on Podchaser or Apple Podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week welcome the great Craig McKenzie from Kneel Before Blog, Kneel Before Pod and We Are Starfleet to discuss fandom motivating quests in Fanboys and Please Stand By. How do both films go down? Are they good depictions? Listen in and find out. Timings for this week are: Fanboys (04:41) Please Stand By (31:16) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Support Film Stories Podcast Network on...

This week celebrate the start of the Great British Summer (hopefully) with two films set at the seaside. The films are British Noir classic, Brighton Rock and Gurinda Chadha's 1993 debut, Bhaji on the Beach. Timings for this week are: Brighton Rock (04:28) Bhaji on the Beach (28:34) Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Support Film Stories Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter:...

Ahead of the Summer, the boys take a trip to the Great British Seaside - which films will they be? Will their hometowns get a mention? Listen in to find out Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter Threads Bluesky Letterboxd Facebook Email: [email protected] Gothamlicious by Kevin MacLeod Link License Leave us a review on Podchaser or Apple Podcasts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices