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After an enforced, 5 month hiatus - Richie & Phil are BACK! Doing their best impression of Harry & Marv, the dastardly duo do their very best to dissect the most popular Christmas film of modern times - 1990's smash hit family comedy, 'Home Alone'! Is Kevin or Kate their Champion of the movie? Why do they love John Candy's cameo so much? And WTF is 'Bone Alone'..?! As always, they have all the silliness and salient segments to keep all you film buffs and casuals happy in equal me...

Season 3 finally starts, with one of the greatest films of all time - JAWS! With Richie back on the waves, and the summer-sun trying to shine, we thought this would be the perfect film to dissect, digest & chew the fat over! Released in 1975, this legendary thriller was THE original summer blockbuster and continues to scare and delight viewers around the world - even though "Bruce" is a clearly, a tad rubbery! Let us take you back down the aisles of your local video store.. pick up t...

After a cheeky springtime siesta, Richie & Phil are BACK with their final Episode of Series 2, just as summer gets fully in the mood.. it's time for 'Matilda'! This 90s cult family classic is a proper fave for so many households and especially, for the Shorthall family! Our good friend Emily is a huge fan, a great host and wonderful woman so we thought heck, let's get her involved as our special Guest Act! (She even brought the actual video to the recording!)So join this terrible trio as ...

As the summer slowly approaches, it's time to burn, to pine but hopefully, not perish! So, what better way to semi-celebrate than with another trip down nostalgia lane - it's back to July 1999, it's "10 Things I Hate About You"! Join Phil, Richie and our glitzy Guest Act, Miss Emma Hook - AKA, Lady Chastity Belt - as we talk all things Shakespeare, Shrews & sexy, smouldering Heath. Oh, Heath...As always, we have our 7 Deadly Questions - who would Emma recast as Patrick? Does Paul Rudd get...

After the darkness of Gotham, come the colours of Disney - join Richie, Phil & Guest Act William Wood, as they all get animated in this special episode! Taking you through the decade of the "Disney Renaissance Period" from 1989-1999, The Boys chat about the 10 films that saved the company, revived their reputation and ignited its journey to being the $200 billion juggernaut it is today.Starting with 'The Little Mermaid', these magical movies shaped many a childhood memory and get us all, ...

The Boys are BACK for this proper 80s-retro episode of 'Back To Blockbuster' with special Guest Act, Actor Bradley John! As they mass debate who would be Batman and who would be Robin, I reckon you should sit back, download & glide over to Gotham - it's the 1989, Tim Burton gothic-noir cult classic, 'Batman'! Starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson & Kim Basinger, this box-office smash tells the tale of The Dark Knight's battle with The Joker, against a purple & green soundsc...

As we sit sadly in the midst of a normally scintillating Oscar-season, we thought it high-time we tackled this beautiful beast. Nominated for 7 Oscars back in 1994/95, 'The Shawshank Redemption' is widely regarded to be one of the greatest films of all time. Starring Morgan Freeman & Tim Robbins, this brutal but brilliant tale tells the the story of a man's 19 years in prison for murdering his wife... (shorter sentence than marriage tbf)Initially a box-office flop, "Shawshank" has spent a...

Love can be crazy & stupid. A ghost can be spooky, but sad. And a body.. needs to be.. guarded? Ok fine, forget it, nevermind - it's our Valentine's Special Episode! With a starter course of 'Pretty Woman', a main of 'Notting Hill' & delicious dessert of 'The Wedding Singer', there's plenty to tuck into, whatever your taste in romantic films. Does Richard Gere really look like Lassie? Could Martin Freeman play William Thacker? And is Richie genuinely dating a real-life female?Offering...

"Wait a minute, Doc. Ah... are you telling me that Episode 2 of Season 2 is... LIVE... and they have.. a GUEST?!""Well, the way I see it, if you're 'gonna do 'Back To The Future', why not do it with some style?" Well 'ya know what guys, Marty & Doc are BOTH right - great friend of the Podcast & Cruise Director Supremo, Mr. Jonny Ryley, is on Zoom to share his poignant, palpable passion for this 1985 smash-hit and all-round cult classic.Join this terrible trio, as they squeeze int...

Ok so we've had our little break, so it's time for our BIG return - it's Season 2, Episode 1! As you know, we wanted to be back in the studio with a Guest Act, but thanks to the continued Covid chaos we're in, we had to adapt. So we headed back to first ever poll and had a look at which film came 2nd... and much to our delight, it was the magical, 1988 movie, "Big"! Starring Tom Hanks & Elizabeth Perkins, "Big" tells the tale of Josh Baskin - a typical 12-year-old who's fed up of bei...