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This week down at the bar we go back to the 80s with a film from the 2013s and wonder when exactly it was appropriate! Andy shares his opinion before we've even had time to settle on a drink and things aren't looking good. Thankfully the pod isn't as long as the film or we'd never make it through!

We chat about Leonardo Di Caprio's performance and where it ranks in his list, Martin Scorcese's approach to endings and somehow why Jonah Hill steals the whole film. What would need to change to make this film today? Probably everything but we still have to watch it and compare it to an even longer film in the comparison to season 1! After over 6 hours of film watching, will Andy need a strong drink at the bar?

Join us as we talk through #57 on Kev's list, the Wolf of Wall Street.

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This week on Long Play Video we're revisiting Paul W.S. Anderson's traumatizing space-horror cult classic, Event Horizon so obviously have invited back our Michael Douglas specialist Kate! Is it Alien meets The Shining in space, an unofficial prequel to The Matrix featuring a young Laurence Fishburne or just a 90-minute cautionary tale about a 49-year-old Sam Neill ripping his own eyes out?

Drinks at the bar range from cozy and comfortable to gross and repellent as we discuss why this 90s sci-fi nightmare holds up, what went missing on the cutting room floor and why admitting to being bad at Latin is important as your crew mates start to die around you.

Join us as Kev tries to get Kate to bad mouth the mashup, criticise Andy's romance scores and advocate for Saw to be added to the list, all of which fail and it's pointed out it's his list and he can do what he wants with it!

Strap in for a journey that isn't quite as hellish as the film we're talking about!

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So money, baby! Welcome back down to the bar for Episode 42 of the ultimate movie review podcast.

This week, Kev continues counting down his 100 favourite films of all time when we invite back our resident Doug Liman expert Carla, not something we ever thought we'd have an expert on at the start of the pod. Join Kev, Andy, and Carla as they crack open drinks and dissect everything 90s.

This week what sort of a world the 90s were when catchphrases ruled us all. We wonder if Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau really 'needed' this movie to be big or were always going to be money, with Andy changing his mind at least twice. Kev has done research again, being able to quote previous films and even throwing in a Steven Spielberg bit of trivia. We ask just how much time Carla spends with Jon Favreau, how well Kev knows Doug Liman and with inflation how long is 2 days in the 90s to call a girl, in today's Gen Z world. Kev also has some advice for Gen Z which is a bit more to the point.

Join us as we talk about #59 on Kev's list, 1994s Swingers....baby!

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Say his name three times, or just hit play!

We’re descending back into the bar for as we've hit Number 60 on Kev’s 100 favourite films of all time: the 1988 Tim Burton goth masterpiece, Beetlejuice!

In this episode, we drag our resident "horror expert" Natalie (who was born in 1988 and somehow avoided this movie her entire life) into the afterlife for her very first viewing. Is it the best week of her life, or are we just terrible friends? Grab a green, bug-themed Grasshopper cocktail (or Kev's curdled charcoal concoction) and join as we talk about how Michael Keaton steals the entire movie in only 17 minutes of screentime. How having puppets and in-camera effects somehow still looks better than today's CGI and how young Alex Baldwin, Geena Davis and Winona Ryder all look!

The top trump battle is one for the ages as the AI becomes infected by Tim Burton and gets mysteriously dark and weird on us. Is Kev finally right and it's nothing but Bangers from here on out?

No incantations or handbook for the recently deceased required. Just pour a drink, watch out for the sandworms, and let’s celebrate being weird!

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The Jewel of the Nile (1985) — Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner & The Romancing the Stone Sequel | #61 on Kev's 100

This week at the bar we introduce Kate, our new Michael Douglas expert, who instantly starts a Twitter war with him before she's even sat down and ordered a flimsy drink. We pit Michael Douglas against Tom Cruise in a game neither one wants to win.

We marvel at how much the viewing order of a film franchise changes everything — anyone discovering The Jewel of the Nile today instantly knows it's the Romancing the Stone sequel, instead of finding out years later when they stumble across the prequel.

Kev is in de-Nile that this 1985 Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito adventure is far more of a romance film than an action adventure — and that's more Nile than appears in the entire movie. Andy doesn't hold back on his romance score, and despite Kev trying to widen the definition to "friend-mance", he's tempted to play his veto.

Kate stays neutral throughout, although admits she'll never watch it again and won't recommend it to anyone. What a Michael Douglas expert to have.

Join us as we review #61 on Kev's 100 favourite films list: The Jewel of the Nile.

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Welcome back down to Cocktails and Shattered Dreams! This week, we board the 2022 action film, Bullet Train. Andy actually watched this high-speed thriller while stuck on a stationary Southeastern train waiting for a driver, which really maximised the immersion. We dive into Brad Pitt embracing fun roles as a begrudging assassin with terrible luck, and debate if the film suffers from an identity crisis. Should it have committed fully to the silly Guy Ritchie style or the serious Kill Bill storyline? And did they just write the entire movie around that one cool shot of Brad Pitt flying through a crashing carriage?

Alongside the cinematic breakdown, we discuss our sponsor OutOut helping you organise messy trip photos, Kev sipping a BoomSlang while Andy attempts the ridiculous 71-ingredient Commonwealth Cocktail, and Poppy stepping in to correct Andy's notes yet again. Finally, brace yourself for the ultimate cinematic mashup as the brotherly love of Bullet Train collides with the step-brotherly love of Clueless. Grab your train ticket and join us at the bar!

Ethan Hunt is back, and thankfully, so is the running. In episode 38, we tackle Mission: Impossible – Fallout, a film featuring rooftop sprints, helicopters bumper cars, bathroom-based violence and enough exposition to make even the most patient IMF agent whisper: “Guys, you’re overthinking this”

Is Tom Cruise playing Ethan Hunt, or is Ethan Hunt playing Tom Cruise? Has Andy secretly completed a HALO jump, making him the real Ethan Hunt? And why does Ethan Hawke keep getting mentioned when he isn’t even in the film?

We discuss the genuinely next-level bathroom fight, the questionable need for both Paris and London chase sequences, Bond’s apparent inability to speak another language, and whether Fallout represents the modern adventure film: spectacular, slightly silly and best enjoyed if you don’t think about it too much

Also featuring: Henry Cavill’s reloaded arms, Simon Pegg becoming an action star, Tom Cruise’s broken ankle, the world’s most unnecessarily complicated bomb-disposal instructions and the eternal question: where does the actor end and the character begin?

Just don’t overthink it

Welcome back down to the bar!

In this episode, Kev and Andy tackle #64 Hudson Hawk, the gloriously unhinged cult film that somehow crams cat burglars, cappuccinos, singing heists, dolphin talk, and a world domination plot into one deeply weird package.

We dig into Bruce Willis's bonkers passion project, the Die Hard meets Looney Tunes chaos, the suspiciously overcomplicated story, and whether anyone involved was ever stopped by a sensible adult.

Expect us to dissect:

• A massive studio budget seemingly blown on chaotic Italian holidays

• Graphic scenes casually sneaking into a wacky kids movie

• The completely pointless singing heist mechanic

• Andy utterly failing at his AI prompting

It is part nostalgia, part roast, and fully committed to the bit. Grab a rum spiked hot chocolate or force down a cappuccino and hit play!

This week Andy & Kev are in their elements, talking about a film from the 80s that they've only ever watched on TV! They are shocked at the language in the actual film and also have 2 scenes they've never seen before, or at least 1 of which Kev just couldn't remember!

They talk about growing up with the actor Eddie Murphy before realising he's done the odd bit of comedy too and how young he is in this break out film!

Now the sections have been sorted on Top Trumps, everyone agrees there's less cheating, although Andy's obsession with making them logical still brings out questions. Does he think this is the best soundtrack of all time? Can Kev even remember how any themes from Star Wars go? All this and more as we talk about, at number 65 on Kev's list, Beverly Hills Cop.

IMDb - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086960/

This week we're holed up in the bar, drinking the strongest drink known to humans and trying to follow the rules. Andy and Kev discuss their past experiences with zombies, what their plan will be when they take over and discuss how quickly Rob would kill Zombie Andy.

We discuss if Dalton from Roadhouse would have survived, how much the Fifth Element rule applies to this film and come up with a whole new scoring system live and unprepared. Join us as we talk about #66 on Kev's list, Zombieland.

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