Overture! Cut the lights. This is it, the night of nights. No more rehearsing or nursing a part, you know every part by heart - well some of us.  The BFE brings another bonus episode as we bring you another Reel Roundtable discussion for your listening enjoyment.  Ethan, Georgia, Ian and Liam are in the back row and led by our visiting leads, Danny and Drew from "It's A Musical Podcast"  We discuss the best of musical films, from the classics of Hollywood's golden age to the Julie Andrews era in the 60s right up to the present-day release of West Side Story.  Comments, banter, and an appreciation for bannermen can be found as we discuss:

• Our own personal history in musicals

Catch Danny & Drew every week on It's A Musical Podcast. Available here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/it-s-a-musical-podcast/id1513922608

If you have any ideas about future actors/actresses or topics for future roundtables, we’d love to hear from you.  Hit us up at @BestFilmEverPod on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.  

Yipee-Kai-Yay and Merry Christmas. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, and Georgia (Ethan is watching 60 Minutes) as we review the most contentious Christmas movie ever in Die Hard.  We're Moonlighting with a 2nd full review in 4 days as we look at the film that made Bruce Willis a movie star.  We're walking on broken glass in our 102nd episode as we discuss:

• The laundry list of names that turned down the role of John McLane and what surprising name had contractual first right of refusal

Support the BFE with a donation at https://linktr.ee/bestfilmeverpod

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/

Timestamps for this episode:

• 0:00 - Opening Banter
  

Ready your bow and refill your quiver as the Best Film Ever team come round the table this Christmas to discuss Episode 5 of Disney+’s “Hawkeye”, “Ronin”. Hawkguys is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan and Ian as they discuss if this is a filler episode, a heated debate on box Mac and cheese, Ethan gives Ian a quick recap on Kingpin

What could be worse than the total agony of being in love? Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ethan, and Georgia as we review what Working Title told us was The Ultimate Romantic Comedy in Love Actually. We're going to give this film our absolute truth because at Christmas you tell the truth.  Love actually is all around in our 101st episode as we discuss:

• The mash-up that inspired this story

Support the BFE with a donation at https://linktr.ee/bestfilmeverpod

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/

Timestamps for this episode:

• 0:00 - Opening Banter
  

FIRST 28:15 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict

AFTER 28:15 it's a full spoiler review

It's an edition of See It Or Skip It 19 years in the making. because this time we're talking aout the pop-culture event that is Spider-Man: No Way Home.  Join Ethan, Georgia, Ian, and Liam as we make our way through the following questions: Was this a good film or just a collection of fan-service and easter eggs?  Do you have to have seen all the Spider-Men films to appreciate the returning villains?  Is there anything fun beyond the nostalgia and callbacks in this thing to cling onto?  Has Spider-Man figured out its post-Tony Stark surrogate dad problem for Peter Parker? We answer all these questions and more in our "See It or Skip It" review of Spider-Man: No Way Home and then we tell you whether you should SEE IT or SKIP IT.

We're now up to a quuintolgy of quizdom under the BFE banner, as we assemble for the Festive Season with BFE Quiz Night 5: Our Nightmare Before Christmas.  Ian is joined by defending champion Kevin from The Podcast That Wouldn't Die as he tries to defend his title against Stew from SWO Productions, Ed from The Film Effect Podcast, Griff from the Paul & Griff Show, and former champion, Danny from It's A Musical Podcast. Join us for 5 rounds of quizzing fun on:

• Casting Calls: We give 3 actors, you tell us which film it is

If you want to join us on a future quiz night, please get a hold of us on our Twitter account (@bestfilmeverpod) and let us know that you'd like to be on our waiting list.

It's Sonic Saturday which means it's about to get all wibbly-wobbly and timey-wimey up in here and we think that's fantastic. So grab your fez, your sonic sunglasses and "allons-y"  Ethan and Ian are here to bring you "Who Do You Think You Are"; a retrospective look at Doctor Who's best moments in preparation for Jodie Whittaker's departure and inevitable successor in Autumn 2022. This week Ethan and Ian are about to change time as they cover the second special of 2009 “The Waters of Mars” as they discuss: the villain that is water, one of the Doctor's single-episode companions and the culmination of the Time Lord Victorious.

We're back with another round of our Mail Call episode.  Russell the Postie has dropped off a special delivery just in time for Christmas and Ethan's working the mail room to deliver the questions from the Fledgling Fandom to your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting team.  Hear Ian, Georgia, Liam, and Ethan answer some of your questions in our 3rd edition.  Key questions this time include:

• What foods do we associate with Christmas, based on our respective homelands?

If you have a question for the next time the mailbag is open.  Catch us on Twitter at @bestfilmeverpod and use the hashtag #AskBFE or #BFEMailCalld

Is it the Red Pill or the Blue Pill? Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ethan, and Georgia as we review the DVD classic that had us all convinced that we might just be a Duracell battery in The Matrix.  There is no spoon in our 100th episode as we discuss:

• The inspiration for this story

Support the BFE with a donation at https://linktr.ee/bestfilmeverpod

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/

Timestamps for this episode:

• 0:00 - Opening Banter
  

Ready your bow and refill your quiver as the Best Film Ever team come round the table this Christmas to discuss Episode 4 of Disney+’s “Hawkeye”, “Partners, Am I Right?”. Hawkguys is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan, Ian and Georgia as they discuss Spider-Man booking issues, is Clint and Kate’s dynamic becoming boring?, Who is Pugh? and do we have time for this?