Adam and Ben (New and Selected)

Welcome to Boy Party, the podcast that tackles cinema's most legendary team-ups, where two massive movie stars share the screen and battle it out for top billing... and the fatter paycheck.
Join the creators of Adam & Ben (New & Selected), as we delve into the juicy details of dueling star personas, behind-the-scenes drama, and the quest for cinematic dominance.
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After two-and-a-half years of Sandler and Stiller discussion, Lucien and Shane bid farewell to Adam & Ben (New & Selected) with a special goodbye episode, running through the Best Of The Rest (films we didn't cover previously) and revealing our final ranking of Adam and Ben's films. Thanks to everyone who has listened, guested and supported the show. Join us very soon for Boy Party.

Lucien and Shane are joined by Gemma Robocop to discuss Adam Sandler's (inaccurately) most beloved comedy... 1996's Happy Gilmore! We discuss golf movies, Julie Bowen and the cast of Modern Family, and Sandler and Stiller's first on-screen collaboration.

This is how we win.

Lucien and Shane sit down and watch the entirety of The Safdie Brothers' 2019 classic Uncut Gems... live on mic! Start the film (UK Netflix version) at the 0:00 mark of the podcast and watch along with us. Join us to talk diamond Furbies, The Weeknd, Lakeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, Adele Dhazeem, Judd Hirsch, Wayne Diamond, Eric Bogosian, America finally legalising sports betting, this movie's phenomenal trailer and complete lack of Oscar attention, Lucien's weekend with Ronald Bronstein in 2014, "Shrodinger's Glass Door", and the fire alarm going off when we saw this opening night. Holy shit we're gonna cu--

Lucien and Shane marathon Ben Stiller's "default role", one mister Gaylord Focker, in the absurdly successful Meet The Parents/Meet The Fockers/Little Fockers trilogy of family comedies co-starring Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand.

Lucien and Shane finally discuss the finale of Ben Stiller's DreamWorks animated franchise... it's the Noah Baumbach-scripted MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED. Join us as we're introduced to The King of Versailles, dig into Frances McDormand and Jessica Chastain's illustrious careers and test Lucien's near-photographic memory of the Summer 2012 box office.

"I heard a podcast of you, and I wanted to meet you"

Lucien and Shane are back to cover the single greatest film either Adam or Ben has ever made... Paul Thomas Anderson's 2002 masterpiece PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE! We discuss the film's unique visual and aural landscape, Lucien's recent interaction with Emily Watson, the great Philip Seymour Hoffman's brilliant villain performance, Jon Brion's score, Tom Cruise's surprising involvement in this movie's development, being teased by your sisters for going on a date, and much more! We have a podcast in our lives, and it makes us stronger than you can imagine.

Lucien and Shane are back to discuss Adam Sandler's 2002 Frank Capra remake "Mr Deeds", co-starring Winona Ryder and John Turturro. We dig into the film's 1930s origins, Sandler as traditional Nice Guy, the movie's attitude to excess wealth, how much Steve McQueen's "Widows" slaps, and the box office of Summer 2002.

Lucien and Shane celebrate Adam Sandler's 2015 collaboration with OG Harry Potter director Chris Columbus... mega-budget video game blockbuster Pixels. We tackle Lucien's decade-long feud with Josh Gad, why this movie succeeds where Ready Player One failed and our relationships with video games. Plus: Michelle Monaghan, Brian Cox and how this movie killed Sandler's theatrical comedy movies for good.