Ego Hour

LIZARD VERSUS MONKEE. CHOOSE YOUR SIDE. 

Good Brother and Lil' Silky tackle two monster films this week, the brand new cinema event 2021's 'Godzilla vs. Kong' and the weird English dub of 1962's 'King Kong vs. Godzilla'. 

The boys talk wrastling, academic interpretations of the two behemoths and may just be joined by a surprise guest.

'I DON'T WANT TO BE A PIE!' 

Good Brother and Lil' Silky learn to fly as they revisit Aardman Animation's 2000 stop-motion classic 'Chicken Run'. 

The boys recall some of their favourite childhood memories, discuss Mel Gibson's Buzz Lightyear impression and chalk up a victory for female representation.

'Let's gut the friggin' nerd!' 

Good Brother and Lil' Silky wire in this week to David Fincher's 2010 critically acclaimed biopic 'The Social Network'. 

What's better than a million dollars? The boys ponder this question and talk super-villain Timberlake, super-sexist Sorkin and super-saiyan Trent Reznor.

Good Brother and Lil' Silky have their bloody hearts warmed this week with Lee Isaac Chung's 2020 award-winner 'Minari'. 

The boys try to not tear up as they talk beautiful soundtracks, terrific performances and good old-fashioned Reagan family values.

"This is no dream! This is really happening!" 

Lil' Silky and Good Brother get proper spooked with 1968's horror classic 'Rosemary's Baby'. 

The boys talk flamboyant Satanists, killer camera work and socially inept policemen. 

Content warning: This film and episode involves themes of sexual assault which may be disturbing to some listeners.

Lil' Silky and Good Brother are joined once again by Bad Brother (FKA Neb) to take on Wong Kar Wai's beautiful, deliberate 2000 masterpiece 'In the Mood for Love'. 

The group talk the ridiculously drawn-out production of the film, Maggie Cheung's killer fashion and (for some reason) Lil' Silky's first year uni assignment on Wong's work.

Lil' Silky and Good Brother are joined by film aficionado Ben to explore David Robert Mitchell's 2018 postmodern noir comedy-drama 'Under the Silver Lake'. 

The group talk Hitchcock, Spiderman, Jesus, David Lynch and all things LA as they try to crack the code of the Dog Killer.

What is Soylent Green? 

Set in 2022, this 70s sci-fi flick explores a future in which the Earth has been devastated by the greenhouse effect and overpopulation. 

Lil' Silky and Good Brother search 'Soylent Green' poignant insights for us in 2021 facing a not-so-disimillar future. 

Will it provide comfort for our raging climate anxieties?

4:3 aspect ratio? Check. Black and white? Check. Subtitles? Check. 

Good Brother and Lil' Silky go back in time to post-WWII Poland with Paweł Pawlikowski's beautiful romance drama 'Cold War'. 

The boys go into depth admiring the art-direction, cinematography and performances - yet still find a way to shit-talk 'A Star is Born'. 

A long-ass episode for a long-ass movie. 

Good Brother and Lil' Silky once again enter the Nolan-verse and tackle 'Interstellar', this time with movie buff Ellen. 

The group talk the inevitable comparisons to '2001', Nolan's aggressive apoliticism and do their best Casey Affleck impressions.

***Apologies for the minor audio issues***