Two Friends Watch – Détails, épisodes et analyse

'It's bad but I didn't have a bad time' - Andrew

Tonight, we spend more time than warranted on this wildly fun disaster movie.

40 mins

The Hobbit _ The Desolation of Smaug

(Andrew doesn't like the lip flaps!)

It's time for our regular christmas special! Continuing from last years first Hobbit film, we are facing the uphill struggle which is the second of the trilogy. Come listen to Daniel and Andrew ruin the christmas spirit by compaining for 30 minutes!

And we're back! After a short break of....too many months we are returning with a late 'Christmas' film. Continuing from completing the Lord of the Rings trilogy last year we are now staring The Hobbit. 42 mins

On this week's episode, we cast our gaze back to the twilight years of the studio system and one of the most pleasant and enjoyable westerns ever made. We both found ourselves entirely in love with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, in particular its iconic pairing of Paul Newman and Robert Redford. 28 mins

Another episode, another attempt from Andrew to win Daniel over to the cult of John Carpenter! This week, we're looking at his surprisingly warm and humane sci-fi romance "Starman" from 1984, a film that met with success in the post-Star Wars sci-fi boom with its Spielbergian echoes of E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. 35mins

There are exceptionally few times when a random movie pick will leave you in tears of laughter. This is one such time. Andrew and I have never really encountered a movie like this before.It's main premise is to take a serious old martial arts film (Tiger and Crane fist), and use ridiculous dubbing and green screened characters to create a hilarious parody of old Hong Kong Martial arts films. Words sort of fail us as we try to convey the sort of odd but brilliant humour this movie is full of. 35 mins

After the larky Disney animated comedy version of Mesoamerican civilisation last week, we decided it was time on this week's episode to have the pendulum swing as far as possible in the opposite direction, with our discussion of Mel Gibson's unflinchingly brutal Mayan pursuit movie Apocalypto. We found a problematic and flawed film that nevertheless has a lot to admire about it. 36 mins

In the last decade or two 2D animation has really died out. Disney was the leader in this style  but on the back of Frozen's HUGE success I suspect they too have moved on.

One of their final films in 2D animation, The Emperor's New Groove, is one hell of a film to end on. Fantastic characters, cast, and story come together to make this a film that both of us would recommend to everyone. A must see even if you aren't a big fan of animation. 38 mins

This week's episode brings with it a spot of conflict! Andrew discovers to his horror and dismay, that his beloved goofy 80's action-fantasy-comedy Big Trouble in Little China left Daniel utterly cold. We spend half an hour trying to arrive at some sort of a reconciliation. 33min

If you go to pretty much any popular list like "100 greatest movies" or "Movies to watch before you die", you are fairly likely to find this movie in the top 10.

This film is incredibly popular and for good reason too. An entrancing story, wonderful characters, and brilliant cast is topped of by narration by Morgan Freeman himself. What more can you really need in a film? 44 mins