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Lucien discusses his 22nd favourite film of the last 25 years: 2004's The Spongebob Squarepants Movie.

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This week, Lucien and Shane are joined by film critic Alistair Ryder to discuss 2002's Antonio Banderas/Lucy Liu vehicle Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever, officially the worst reviewed film in Rotten Tomatoes history. But is this film, from a director literally named Koas, really that terrible? We also dig into Banderas and Liu's careers and play The Vs Game.

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Lucien discusses his No. 23 favourite film of the past 25 years, Todd Field's 2022 character study Tár starring Cate Blanchett as fictitious conductor Lydia Tár.

White Smoke! As we discuss 2019 papal drama The Two Popes starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce as Popes Benedict and Francis.

Shane and Lucien return to the Marvel canon to discuss new release Thunderbolts* and its stars Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan.

It's No. 24 on Lucien's list of the 25 Best Films of the Last 25 Years: David Dobkin's 2014 legal drama The Judge starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall.

Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron star as a speechwriter and presidential candidate pursuing romance in 2019’s Long Shot.

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Lucien kicks off Boy Party's 25 for 25, celebrating the 25 best films of the last 25 years (according to Lucien), with No. 25: Martin Scorsese's 2011 family-friendly celebration of cinema history Hugo starring Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen and Michael Stuhlbarg.

The 25 for 25 continues throughout the summer with episodes dropping intermittently.

Lauren joins Shane and Lucien to discuss 2006's Notes On A Scandal, starring Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett as English schoolteachers embroiled in a twisted story.

It's your March Madness winner for 2025... Stanley Kubrick's classic erotic drama starring real-life married couple Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman! Lucien and Shane discuss the film's legacy as Kubrick's swan song, Cruise and Kidman's respective 90s and how this intersects with their doomed marriage, the new Mission: Impossible trailer and this film's journey to winning our March Madness bracket.