On this week Sam went to see smash hit comedy Zoolander 2 with Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson and the rest of the gang reprising their roles as the clueless but lovable ridiculously good looking models. He was baffled by a large sprawling film which seemed to mainly consist of political machinations in 9th century China and definitely didn't have Ben Stiller in it. It was only when the credits rolled that he realised that he'd actually gone to wrong screen and had watched the entirety of The Assassin, a sumptuous epic from esteemed Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien....so he reviewed that instead.Meanwhile Danny went to check out Alvin and Chipmunks: The Road Chip. He was initially impressed by the stellar A list cast- Ralph Fiennes as Alvin with Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts and Dakota Johnson as the chipmunks?! It all seemed to implausible to be true and it turned out it was as what he'd actually watched was A Bigger Splash - a film about sexy rich people hating each other on a beautiful Italian island. He didn't mind though because he thought it was like well good.They also discuss the latest news from enfant terrible, agent provocateur Danish wunderkin Lars Von trier......and wonder if Stephen Fry was replaced with a life size cut out of Stephen Fry which just emitted a string of sycophantic adjectives every four minutes anyone at the Baftas would notice.

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When Brooklyn came out last November, its tinkly cutesy trailer put us off going to see it. But the low-key story of a luminous Irish lass torn between worlds old and new has since done nothing but pick up awards and praise, so this week Danny decided to see what all the fuss was about. Did it welcome him like a beaming distant family relative, or leave him wanting to emigrate from the cinema forever? His review reveals all.Another film that has received some Academy love is Trumbo, all about a cranky communist screenwriter and his bristling moustache facing down John Wayne and the flag wavin, commie-hatin House Un-American Activities Committee. It wasn’t particularly good but it did make a strong case for First Amendment rights, high-waisted trousers, and writing in the bath.Plus: Danny contains his boiling rage as a listener disagrees with his review of Room; we discuss the 3 seconds of shirtless Bourne boxing millions of Superbowl viewers enjoyed last Sunday; and gravel-voiced northerner Sam Riley elaborates on his raven-focused preparations for his role in Pride & Prejudice & Zombies.

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This week Sam reviews Youth. It's a film where Michael Caine plays an old mentor who tells what Matthew McConaughey what to do.. No sorry that's Interstellar. It's actually a film where he plays an old mentor type who tells Leonardo DiCaprio what to do....No wait that's Inception. It's actually a film where he plays an old mentor type who tells Christian Bale what to do.....No wait that's Batman. It's actually a film where Michael Caine doesn't mentor anybody...go figure.Then we both review Spotlight, the oscar nominated film about a group of journalists being really excellent at their jobs. Hey BBC maybe you should watch this movie and take some notes huh? ‪#‎Satire‬Plus we discuss the latest projects from auteurs Ben Wheatley and Nicolas Wending Refn as well as all the usual giggling, clapping and donkey punching that comes as standard.

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This week, a head-to-head between two Oscar-nominated films adapted from books with extremely simple-sounding titles. Danny braved Lenny Abrahamson's Room, an adaptation of Emma Donoghue's novel about a boy whose whole universe is the room in which he and his mother are imprisoned. It's a premise so grim it took Danny days to adjust to normal human life after he escaped the cinema.Sam and Danny also watched The Big Short, a film about the 2008 global financial crisis and the bunch of crazy white guys in bad wigs who saw it coming. Anchorman director Adam McKay tries to balance the technicalities of subprime mortgage-backed securities with a lot of fun montages, fourth-wall breaking, and Selena Gomez playing blackjack. It would be a great educational movie for kids if everyone didn't say fuck all the time.We also go over a lot of bizarre recent film news, including Miley Cyrus joining Woody Allen's TV show (?!), Joseph Fiennes being cast as Michael Jackson in a 9/11 road trip drama (?!?!) and Daniel Radcliffe's "farting boner corpse movie" (?!?!?!?!?!?!?!). We're left so agape by it all, the howling of the wind in our cavernous gobs caused severe audio problems that took Katie hours to sort out. Sorry Katie (!?!?!)

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First off we examine Creed, the 7th film in the Rocky franchise. It's a film about a young black boxer trying to live up to legacy of his famous father, but his black step mother doesn't want him to. However according to "The ACaDemy" it's just about an old white guy and no other characters ‪#‎Satire‬Meanwhile DiCaprio brings new meaning to the phrase "go the distance" in the macho, bear attack/spiritual odyssey film The Revenant. Not since he was a toddler has Leo screamed and crawled this much. If you like the idea of seeing him crawl and scream a lot, and I mean A LOT then this is the film for you.We also check out the latest project announcements from Jennifer Lawrence, Tina Fey and Ronda Rousey before weighing in on the whole Oscars diversity debacle. Are our views more in accordance with Spike Lee or Charlotte Rampling. Listen to find out!!

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Film Chat is back! It's revamped, meaner, bigger and ready for anything and everything 2016 has to throw at us!!!!!*First off Sam tackles the latest David O'Russell/Jennifer Lawrence collaboration Joy. After playing a sparky young widower and a sparky young mother, can J-Law play a sparky young divorcee/mother who invents a really nice mop???? Yes.Then we turn our attention to Quentin Tarantino's latest opus The Hateful Eight. A film shot on a format so big that it literally took the two of us to review it. Sam took the left half of the screen and I took the right. One of us loathed the film, one of us loved it -weird?????Plus we depress ourselves by paying tribute to the inordinate amount of legends we lost this week but then cheer ourselves up by remembering how funny Matt Damon was in the brilliant (and now award winning) comedy, The Martian. Remember that scene where he puts the potatoes in the shit? LOLZ!!!NOTE: There may be some odd crackly audio in the Hateful Eight review and the very end bit -- if you experience that issue we're very sorry about that. Rest assured we will spend many moons hunting the source of the problem and bringing it to justice.*The podcast is literally the same, we haven't changed a single thing

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Danny, Sam, and Katie gather round the roaring log fire in our festive podcast cabin for a special Christmas episode of Film Chat. Shut yourself away from all that awful family time, grab a cocktail, and join us as we drink and spout nonsense about the holiday season and the year gone past.We compare our top ten films of the year (and explain why they are more correct than our listeners’), indulge in a Christmas quiz that doesn't descend into sullen bickering, pull some crackers, and pay a heartfelt tribute to Nicolas Cage and his ethical attitude towards the illicit trading of dinosaur bones.It's all such a riot, every other festive activity will seem like a drab, lifeless waste of time by comparison!

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It is a time of great excitement in the world as this week the most anticipated cinematic event of the year took place this week....OUR review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens!!Sam with his trusted companion Danny traveled to the science museum where they watched the film on a format so big it was an affront to God. Did they think it was the dog's bollocks or was it the wookie's sphincter? Listen to find out.They also check out the latest movie which there is very little of because literally everybody is getting the hell out of Star Wars' way. It's like Disney is the death star and literally every other film studio is Alderaan and nobody wants to be Alderaan. Remember what happened to Alderaan? Exactly.

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This week, Danny dons the high-falutin beret of chin-stroking and Sam pulls on the lofty turtleneck of deep thought to review two films that the vast majority of the human race will never see.The Forbidden Room is the latest feature from Canadian director Guy Maddin, who has assembled an eclectic collection of melodramatic short stories nestled within one another like a Russian doll. Fragmented, theatrical, absurd - the film will be an acquired taste for most audiences. But not our extraordinarily discerning listeners. Those guys will love it.Also reviewed this week: The Russian Woodpecker, a concise but sweeping documentary that follows a young Ukrainian artist as he attempts to unravel the mystery of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. It has everything you could want from a documentary - animation, archive footage, spectacular landscapes, interviews, conspiracies, performance art, a captivatingly weird protagonist, and a thick atmosphere of gradual, engulfing doom.The episode also contains ruminations on the "big nommers" at the Golden Globes, James Franco's attempts to make a good film about a bad film, the DJs inside Gandalf's pantomime horse, and, of course, Shia LaBoeuf.PS Sorry this one is late everyone. Sam was tasked with uploading it to the internet but his hands were trembling so violently with anticipation for The Force Awakens, not to mention Christmas, that it took him a full two days to control himself sufficiently to do the necessary button pushing. Won't happen again.

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On this episode Sam reviews Steven Spielberg's latest film which is about spies and bridges and swapping spies across the bridge. I think it was called 'Espionage Crossing'.We then both tackle Todd Haynes film about a woman called Carol who meets another woman not called Carol who falls in love with Carol, I think it was called " Old Timey Chicks Get Their Kicks!"** We actually review Bridge of Spies & CarolPlus we discuss who we would cast as a young Han Solo, the Sight and Sound best of 2015 list and Peter Jackson's nobel attempts to save a man from a crazed despot. All of this and the usual dick measuring and back slapping that comes as standard.

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