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Seeing is believing but believing is seeing (both of which mean nothing in an audio-only format. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam and Kev, (we may have some elves waiting for us at the North Pole) as the reindeer are taking us to Santa's workshop in the Tim Allen Christmas mainstay, The Santa Clause. We're checking the naughty/nice list (twice) in our 252nd episode as we discuss:

• Why we're doing this film in early November

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We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:

• Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM

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Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

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What does it mean to be a man?  What kind of man do you want to see in the mirror? Those are some of the questions we're asking ourselves and each other this week.. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian and Liam, (Kev, Megs, and Georgia are off chasing the wrong wagon) as we're joined by BFF of the BFE, Hermes Auslander for the FULL EPISODE as we're off on a BOYS' NIGHT while reviewing a modern western that's also a remake of a classic film. We're not gonna see the sun in our 251st episode as we discuss:

• How many episodes should we do before calling the BFE to a stop

Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE

We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:

• Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM

Catch more of Hermes at The Scuttlebutt Podcast at:

Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

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If you're not afraid of death, you might be afraid of time - or our runtime at least. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, and Kevin (Megs and Georgia have been left on earth) as we go through a wormhole to Christopher Nolan's ode to the laws of time and space in Interstellar. We're raging against the dying of the light in our 250th episode as we discuss:

• We celebrate 250 episodes of the BFE

Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE

We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:

• Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM

Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

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Unlike Dante, we are supposed to be here today. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, and eventually Megs in the third part of an ex-boyfriend trilogy in the Kevin Smith ode to New Jersey slackerdom in Clerks. We're bringing you a lasagne in our 249th episode as we discuss:

• Whether Kevin Smith is a manchild

Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE

We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:

• Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM

Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

FIRST 41:15 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict

AFTER 41:15 it's a full spoiler review

This week's See It Or Skip has us talking about the sequel to one of 2019's most acclaimed films. Join us as we look at Joker: Folie à Deux as Arthur Fleck is joined by Lady Gaga this go around.  Ian is joined by Scotland's finest son, Andy Dickson and Norfolk's classiest export, Dom as we discuss whether the original film needed a sequel, is this film interested in moving on from the first film, if the audience for the first film is the type of film to appreciate a musical, and what Oscar winner for Best Picture Ian keeps comparing this film to. We'll answer all these questions on Joker: Folie à Deux and then we tell you whether you should SEE IT or SKIP IT.

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That is a tasty burger! Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, and KevDog on a BOYS NIGHT in the most Boys Night of films as we're heading to the underbelly of Los Angeles in search of a 5 dollar shake in Quentin Tarantino's magnum opus, Pulp Fiction. We'll be back before you can say 'blueberry pancakes' in our 248th episode as we discuss:

• What is PostModernism

Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE

We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:

• Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM

Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

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We rule! Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian and Megs (Liam, Kev, and Georgia are showing an Open House) as we're heading to suburban Chicago in search of our zeal for life as we review the Sam Mendes / Alan Ball collaboration, American Beauty. We're looking for the least amount of responsibility in our 247th episode as we discuss:

• What to do when faced with a protagonist that makes decisions that we don't agree with

Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE

We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:

• Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM

Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

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We're so cute. I want to punch us in the face. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, and Kev (the girls are gone... or are they?) as we're heading to small town Missouri on a treasure hunt as we reconvene the BFE Book Club as we review the Gillian Flynn literary adaptation, Gone Girl. We're heading to the woodshed in our 246th episode as we discuss:

• Spectatorship and how this film plays both sides and gets away with it

Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE

We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:

• Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM

Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

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Were you dropped on your head as an infant? Or were you just born stupid? Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian and Liam (Megs and Kev have gone to bring Georgia home) as we're heading to Jackson, Mississippi to uncover what really happens in wealthy white households in literary adaptation, The Help. This episode, we're joined by special guest author, Juleen as she brings us a film of her choosing for the deep dive treatment. We're feeding each other chocolate pie in our 245th episode as we discuss:

• Does this film suffer from the white saviour trope?

Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE

We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:

• Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM

Catch so much more of Hermes on his podcast, The Scuttlebutt Podcast at . https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scuttlebutt-podcast/id1503504933 (Apple) or https://open.spotify.com/show/2n9CNB9X6QXnmvn78HBEoJ?si=ca1784afd4874ff3 (Spotify)

Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

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Remember folks, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies". Join your favourite ragtag fellowship of TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, KevDog, Megs and Georgia as we're beginning a 20 year journey to breaking out of prison as we review the Frank Darabont cinematic adaptation of a Stephen King short story, The Shawshank Redemption.  We're toasting one of our own as Georgia records her last live episode for a while in our 244th episode as we discuss:

• Why does this film have the legacy it does?

Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE

We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:

• Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM

Catch so much more of Hermes on his podcast, The Scuttlebutt Podcast at . https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scuttlebutt-podcast/id1503504933 (Apple) or https://open.spotify.com/show/2n9CNB9X6QXnmvn78HBEoJ?si=ca1784afd4874ff3 (Spotify)

Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/