It's hard to hit one out of the park on your first go-around. But some directors have swung that action wonderfully BIG TIME! Join the fellers as they fawn over their favourite films by first time directors! Which of your favourites will hit the list?

Then the guys take a few pokes at Gerard Butler's belly in the new thriller - Den of Thieves! Is it Sparta, or is it Farta? Find out when this week WITHOUT the help of The Soundboard, that very VERY suspiciously no longer works after Wayne was left alone with it for the past week...

This week's promos are for awesome #PodFix Network show, Shaken Not Nerd featuring Dudi, Ian and Tom @ShakenNotNerd and the Was It Worth it? podcast featuring Toffa and Ethan @WasItWorthItPod and http://masterdebaters.podomatic.com/ And don't forget our oldest and bestest podcasting friends, the Epic Film Guys, aka Nick and Justin, at http://epicfilmguys.podbean.com/ and on Twitter @EpicFilmGuys.

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And, finally, if you don't want to scan the episode looking for a particular film, check out Paul's lists at https://letterboxd.com/Kaisersoze/lists/ and Wayne's lists (when he can be assed updating them) at http://letterboxd.com/waynetangclan/lists/

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