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We close out another volume of the podcast with a divisive look at the harrowing 'niche indie movie'/Oscar nominee, Nickel Boys. We have a spirited debate about the effectiveness of the First Person POV filmmaking and a not-so-spirited look ahead at what we might be podcasting about next.

What? You came for the three-way? Well it's time for you to learn a little something about delayed gratification... and far more than you ever wanted to know about tennis. It's a spicy one and we wouldn't have it any other way.

Plus 10 second review of Wake Up Dead Man!

No need for an episode guide, because we've got you covered on how to understand a metaphor, what happened in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and how deeply broken our brains are when it comes to thinking about the logistics of television production.

A lizard this big demands special treatment so Matt hopped in a train to admire Ben's premium Godzilla box-set in person. We're talking kaijus. We're talking Academy Awards. We're talking Gokaiger. And we're of course talking Science, B!tch.

Matt once again tries a movie Ben has never seen before and it can't really go much worse than 'The Harder They Fall'... right??? Tune your radios to Big Foot Stories, cook the most unholy meal imaginable and let's negotiate the terms of this encounter, shall we?

(The Arrested Development trivia Matt was thinking of is that Michael Cera and Liza Minelli never shared a scene so in Season 4, George Michael claims "I don't know the woman.")

Demonstrating why they don't generally record at night, Ben & Matt have gone pretty insane in this episode as they give the world's worst descriptions of Cannes and how to eat Ortolans. Whatever, man, I got hungry just writing the caption.

Fire up your preferred Skype machine and join us for a discussion of in-yan, yearning and immigration questions. Is Matt projecting? Who won Benjis? Come find out!

Hey maybe you used to be the podcaster and WE were the listeners! Ignore the fact podcasting was invented in our lifetime.

For the first time in the history of the podcast Matt took zero notes and tried to match Ben's 'off the dome' acumen... and he simply could not have picked a worse episode given the various twists and turns at play in this Korean detective tale. Open up your translator apps, takes some voice notes on your smart watch and lets climb the expert route of podcasting together.

You think you know The Lion King? You know nothing of The Lion King. Oh, sorry, Hamlet. You know nothing of Hamlet.

Crawl into our weird shamanic chamber, start howling like a wolf, and learn all about Olde English Oral Tradition, Bjork's film career and of course unique Icelandic apps.

It seems Matt truly can just have everything he wants as he follows up on his most controversial selection ever last week with truly exhaustive detail on The Batman, resulting in one of our longest episodes ever. Sorry, Ben.

This is a first for this particular podcast, which used to have a 'No Capes' rule, but we tossed most of these restrictions out for this volume, which means the floodgates really burst as we get into one of fiction's most enduring characters, the career of Matt Reeves, the various influences of this movie and its messy development history and try and solve some riddles together.

Pack a lunch!

The tradition continues as Matt brings his annual eyebrow raising pick for Ben to politely tear apart. That's right it's time to talk the Netflixification of film, why everyone is so clean and what the heck has happened to most of these actors' careers as we talk The Harder They Fall.

Come and listen to two idiots locked in a life-long grudge talking about two idiots with a life-long grudge. Who's to say which pair are less qualified to talk about the subject matter, really? At least there's insane costuming and accent choices to lighten the tone!

Players of 'Stuff Matt Likes in Movies Bingo' should have their cards at the ready as we head to Norway to experience some deep Millennial Malaise. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll hear about The Benjis.

Make sure your seatbelts are fastened because it's time for 40 minutes of uncomfortable car journeys, rapidly-changing hobbies, ice cream in the snow and of course a great deal of allegorical discourse. Never change, Charlie Kaufman.

We're back baby!

We simply couldn't wait to start talking about the 2020s so decided to launch Volume 5.1 to cover 2020-2024, starting with Christopher Nolan's brain-breaking Tenet.

Does Matt even understand the film? Does he realise he keeps saying palomino? Is Princess Diana super tall in The Crown??? Find out now!

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In an effort to go out with a bang, Ben and Matt recorded in person for the first time and invited a special guest in the form of Ben's partner Alex, leading to some fun bickering about When Harry Met Sally.

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Naturally one of the most important movies about racism in America requires deep discussion of how IMDb works, sneaker culture and villains of the Far Cry games...

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What's the bigger mystery here: How this movie ended up on our Best of the 80s list, or what the heck these spices from the Algarve could possibly be? We can only answer one of them for you!

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Somewhere in amidst this thorough examination of American financial systems, European travel and outdated dollar denominations there's some chat about Midnight Run, we promise.

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The Christmas Season can officially kick off because it's Die Hard time, and you've never heard Matt so excited. Lets talk set design, 80s henchmen, Alan Rickman's devastating good looks and obviously Circle Theory.

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Isn't it weird how we made it 95 episodes of a movie podcast without any animation? Well, there's a good reason for that which Ben will explain...(Another episode impacted by the weird audio sync so we'll be talking over each other without realising. Edited out as much as we could. Sorry!)

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'OMG shut up about Aaron Sorkin, Matt!' - you, listening to this, probably. No, but for real, it's a nice episode!

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Another year, another satirical masterpiece from Paul Verhoeven that some very dumb people insist isn't political. This time it's RoboCop, so plenty of discussion of the hyper-violence, police commentary and of course Judge Dredd.

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Yeah, yeah, discussion points, tangents, Woody Woodpecker, all that jazz. But the real main event of this episode is The (never to be played again) Nicolas Cage Genre Game Spectacular!!!Music courtesy of Goldblume

Join us on a surreal exploration of the id of David Lynch, with plenty of discussion of Twin Peaks, Matt's time in film school and the Community movie, obviously.

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You knew this day was coming when we announced an 80's volume... It's time to Play With the Boys.Music courtesy of Goldblume

Is this the best Hollywood production of all time? Let's find out and also talk theme parks, video games, re-castings and The Power of Love, but somehow not Rick and Morty.Music courtesy of Goldblume

Astonishingly this was Ben's first time with one the most iconic movies of the 80s and he certainly has some thoughts for unapologetic superfan Matt to parse.Music courtesy of Goldblume

For many years Ben has had to suffer in private as Matt expressed his preference for this movie over its more iconic sequel. Now his suffering can end as the pair take things public for a fun discussion of the entire franchise and occasionally remember to cover the actual movie.Music courtesy of Goldblume.

Was this movie picked purely so that Matt could unleash a multi-year rant about Cobra Kai? Potentially! But while we're here we might as well talk about 80s pop culture, the 2010 Remake and various sitcom references.Music courtesy of Goldblume

Apologies again for the Gremlins in the audio, but it's only fitting as we discuss the deep lore of the chaotic critters, and get very silly with voice acting trivia. References!Music courtesy of Goldblume.

Two white guys talking about how much they love Ghostbusters? On a podcast?! Whatever next? Well, listen carefully and you can hear Matt playing defence to preserve his final joke. And maybe you'll have fun along the way!Music courtesy of Goldblume.

We did a great job of covering for some behind the scenes drama surrounding this pick. Nothing but professional discussion of manslaughter, blackface and a deep dive into stocks.Music courtesy of Goldblume.

Martin Scorsese in the 80's? Obviously it's time to talk about Robert De Niro! And stand-up comedy! And boxing! Oh... well, two out of three ain't bad! Yes, we chose Rupert Pupkin over Jake LaMotta. Feel free to yell about it.Music courtesy of Goldblume.

Is Deckard a Replicant? What stupid thing did Matt do at midnight? How has he managed to make yet another episode about Batman the Animated Series? We've got answers to all these questions and more!Music courtesy of Goldblume.

A contender to Heat's crown as 'possibly the best film we've ever covered' has entered the arena. Is this the most handsome any man has ever looked? What happened in the prequel? How will Matt find a way to make this about Batman? Let's find out!Music courtesy of Goldblume.

You could try and drink every time Ben & Matt wander wildly off topic, but you probably wouldn't survive this one... Music courtesy of Goldblume.

Recorded before the unfortunate passing of James Caan, we discuss his career defining performance and the degree to which Thief feels like a precursor to Heat.Music courtesy of Goldblume.

How do you talk about possibly the greatest comedy movie of all time without simply repeating all the joke? By going on long tangents about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, wrestlers-turned-actors and the history of parody movies, of course!Music courtesy of Goldblume.

Place your bets now on how many references to The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror there are in this inaugural episode for volume 4. We discuss Steven King's burning hatred for the movie adaptation of his book, Kubrick's career and of course the Razzies.

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But before they can launch this probable farewell tour they obviously need to provide a fourth explanation of the rules and logic behind the selections, because maybe you're late to the party?Don't worry, the first actual episode of the volume is dropping in about an hour!

It took until our penultimate episode for us to finally dip our toes into World Cinema, but we figured we'd make up for it by closing the volume out with Claire Denis' Beau Travail. Obviously this sparks conversation about homosexuality, literature, foreign policy and what's to come from your hosts in 2022.

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It took us 23 episodes to finally step into the world of 90s World Cinema, with Pedro Almodóvar's All About My Mother. Come for the discussion of gender and sexuality, stay for an in depth exploration of one of the host's university degree.Music courtesy of Goldblume.

Finally, we discuss the most exhilarating movie of 1999 to feature a tense office cubicle chase scene... that's right, it's Mike Judge's live action feature film debut, Office Space!Music courtesy of Goldblume.

Somehow a movie that completely evaded major Oscar nominations, the brilliant Truman Show of course leads to a discussion of the academic merits of books vs films.Music courtesy of Goldblume.

It's not your fault... that the audio is so choppy in this episode about Good Will Hunting. That's our fault. Sorry. We do not like those apples one bit.Music courtesy of Goldblume.

Listening to this podcast may not guarantee citizenship, but there's still a fun time to be had discussing imperialism, nudity and of course, Power Rangers because it's time for Starship Troopers.Music courtesy of Goldblume.

We honestly did not plan for Paul Thomas Anderson's porn epic to be our 69th episode, but sometimes life throws you a bone... and sometimes it throws Little Bill's wife a bone while everybody watches.Music courtesy of Goldblume

Grab your multipass because you're won an all expenses paid trip to Fhloston Paradise! If there's time you also need to save the world and whatnot.Music courtesy of Goldblume.

Recorded on Halloween by pure coincidence, it's time to dip a toe into an under-represented genre for the podcast as we discuss Scream and the revival of slasher movies. Music courtesy of Goldblume