For Screen and Country

The final (for a while, anyway) edition of And Now For Something Completely Similar begins with a discussion of the third Harry Palmer flick - Billion Dollar Brain. During this discussion, the guys talk about it all including how this movie completely abandons the "mundane" approach of The IPCRESS File in favour of the populist Bond format, the villain sadly being more relevant in 2021, lack of computer understanding in 1967, Jason does some observational comedy about Karl Malden and much more.

Next week: And Now For Something Completely Similar continues with an examination of the 2003 "remake" of The Italian Job.

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Billion Dollar Brain stars Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Francoise Dorleac, Ed Begley, Oskar Homolka and Guy Doleman; directed by Ken Russell.

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USA: Indie Flix and Flix Fling

Canada: Flix Fling

UK: N/A

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This episode is literally Brendan and Jason talking about nothing. They do answer some listener mail though, talk about their new horror movie/lemonade podcast spinoff, rant about prequels, directors who should just shut up and be British and much more.

Next week: the guys return with a discussion of the first installment of And Now for Something Completely Similar with a discussion of the third Harry Palmer adventure - Billion Dollar Brain starring Michael Caine.

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Jason is on vacation this week so enjoy this slice of Brendan's other podcast where the former joined him to discuss Wild Mountain Thyme. See!? It still fits into this podcast topic... sort of. Stay tuned for that ending, Yowzah.

Next week: Jason is still on vacation but the guys recorded a mini-episode!

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This week, the guys get musical with a discussion of the bombastic all-singing, all-dancing Oliver Twist adaptation directed by Carol Reed - Oliver! In this episode, Jason gives his full dissertation on musicals, the guys bemoan the lack of any version of "A Christmas Carol" on the list, they discuss how this movie may have heavily inspired several moments on The Simpsons, they talk about Oliver being the least interesting character in the film and much more.

Next week: Jason is away for a couple of weeks so please enjoy a previously recorded discussion from the What Were They Thinking? podcast in which Jason joined Brendan and Nathan to discuss Wild Mountain Thyme.

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Oliver! stars Mark Lester, Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Jack Wild, Shani Wallis, Harry Secombe and Hugh Griffith; directed by Carol Reed.

Is It Streaming?

USA: available to rent everywhere

Canada: Crave. CTV and Starz and available to rent

UK: Sky TV, Now TV, Virgin TV and available to rent everywhere

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This week, Brendan and Jason discuss a film that is still not Carry On Up the Khyber - that of Stephen Frears' film My Beautiful Laundrette starring History's Greatest Monster Daniel Day-Lewis. The guys break down the movie and discuss The Shocking Reveal, how the film is one of the few on the BFI Top 100 led by a person of colour, laundry as a metaphor, the themes of dealing with one's own identity and much more.

The guys also draw next week's movie out of a hat! What will it be? Join us, won't you?

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My Beautiful Laundrette stars Gordon Warnecke, Daniel Day-Lewis, Saeed Jaffrey, Shirley Anne Field, Roshan Seth, Rita Wolf and Derrick Branche; directed by Stephen Frears.

Is It Streaming?

USA: Prime and available to rent on Amazon and Apple TV

Canada: available to rent on Apple TV.

UK: All 4 and available to rent on Amazon and Apple TV.

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Captain a ship and fire at your own men! It's time to sail on the cruel sea! Brendan and Jason talk all about the 1950s Jack Hawkins war film with regards to Stanley Baker's memorable brief performance, the fact that this may be a stealth anti-war film, the use of stock footage, manly men crying, thinly-written but multiple female characters in a war film, early on-screen portrayals of PTSD and much more!

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The Cruel Sea stars Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, John Stratton, Denholm Elliott, John Warner, Stanley Baker, Bruce Setter and Virginia McKenna; directed by Charles Frend.

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USA: N/A

Canada: N/A

UK: available to rent

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Take a step into the surreal side of the BFI Top 100 with the occasionally mind-bending, often awe-inspiring film if.... starring Malcolm McDowell. This is the film that made Stanley Kubrick take notice and cast McDowell in A Clockwork Orange and the guys take notice as well by going deep into his impactful performance. They also discuss the unexplained surreal imagery, the innocuous switching back-and-forth between colour and black-and-white, the comic relief headmaster, the animalistic sex scene and more! They also debate if the violent finale really does take place and Jason reads a portion of a Rudyard Kipling poem. Plus: did a listener just invade the show!?

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if.... stars Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan, Robert Swann, Hugh Thomas, Peter Jeffrey, Arthur Lowe and Mary MacLeod; directed by Lindsay Anderson.

Is It Streaming?

USA: Kanopy and available to rent on Amazon, Vudu and Apple TV

Canada: Mubi

UK: BFI Player

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This week, the guys discuss the all-singing all-frowning experimental family drama Distant Voices, Still Lives. They discuss the fractured narrative of the film and how it gives everything an ethereal dreamlike quality, they discuss the idea of grieving over very troublesome and/or problematic folks, they praise the use of the music and singing and how it tells the story rather than the dialogue and much more.

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Distant Voices, Still Lives stars Pete Postlethwaite, Freda Dowie, Angela Walsh, Lorraine Ashbourne, Dean Williams and Debi Jones; directed by Terence Davies.

Is It Streaming?

USA: Arrow, Kanopy, Mubi, Tubi and available to rent

Canada: Mubi

UK: BFI Player

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This week, the guys talk about what maybe one of the strangest choices to win Best Picture at the Oscars. That's right, Brendan and Jason discuss the 1963 Tony Richardson romp Tom Jones starring the late, great Albert Finney. They talk about the unique film editing techniques drawing from both past and present, the dark subjects the film approaches with a very light tone, the use of a goofy narrator, all of the animal actors, the film's controversial standing amongst film critics and much more.

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Tom Jones stars Albert Finney; Susannah York, Diane Cilento, Hugh Griffith, Joyce Redman, Joan Greenwood, Edith Evans, Peter Bull, Lynn Redgrave, Freda Jackson, Julian Glover and David Warner; directed by Tony Richardson.

Is It Streaming?

USA: Criterion Channel and HBO Max

Canada: Criterion Channel

UK: available to rent on Amazon

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This week, the guys talk all about the John Schlesinger epic romantic drama Far from the Madding Crowd. At three hours long, will this be a slog or a beautiful slow-burn of a drama? Or something in between? The guys talk about "pasture bloat," the sex appeal of a young Terence Stamp, they discuss the flimsy handling of marriage "back in the day," debate if Boldwood is an old-timey incel, lavish Julie Christie with tons of praise for her impressive lead performance and much more.

Plus: Brendan finally figures out which movie was playing while Jason was conceived.

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Far from the Madding Crowd stars Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, Prunella Ransome, Fiona Walker, Freddie Jones, Alison Leggatt and Bryan Mosley; directed by John Schlesinger.

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USA: available to rent

Canada: available to rent

UK: available to rent

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