Simon and Carl cap off Christopher Nolan month with a discussion on Batman Begins.

We talk about it's penetration, girth and stamina, and decide whether it really does belong in our classics list.

Also, be sure to check out the following videos.

Batman has a dirty mind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt07rT5kNWU

Batman is confused

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbgLapRAloQ

The Bat Voice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plfr2zkfSLk

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Carl and Simon tackle Christopher Nolan's Tenet, the time-bending film starring John David Washington, as part of their back-to-back episodes about time.

Don't try to understand it. Feel it. Or just listen to it, that's fine too.

Simon and Carl are joined by Morgan from Hall of Film to talk through a time travel / spy mash-up.

Make sure to check out Morgan on YouTube @OfficialHallofFilm and @lonewolfmojo on the socials.

(00:00:00) Theme song and Intro

(00:02:02) Welcome to Morgan

(00:11:30) Introducing the mashup and rating BTTF2

(00:18:19) Rating Skyfall

(00:27:07) Introducing Tenet

(00:35:27) Tenet Deep Dive

(00:55:45) The Game

(01:05:30) A bit more plot

(01:11:30) The cast and re-casting

(01:26:43) Does the Mash work? Update to the Filmily Tree

(01:34:26) Wrap-up and Goodbye

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We build up to the release of The Odyssey and kick off our month of Nolan with his World War II epic which of course involves some time-fuckery with overlapping, intercutting and converging timelines, plus men trying to get off left, right and centre.

We talk all things Cast, Production and Plot, and for our game this week Carl has to identify the movie with non-linear timelines in as few clues as possible!

(00:00:00) Theme song and Intro

(00:02:00) Chit chat - World cup, manliness, Nic Cage weirdness

(00:12:10) Unveil the ale

(00:13:28) Simple 5 Point Scale ratings

(00:16:46) Production - Nolan and Odyssey thoughts

(00:42:38) The Game: Give me some non-linear time

(00:53:20) The Plot - Somebody needs to get off

(01:18:26) The Cast - Keoghan hate, Hardy love and recasting

(01:33:48) Any changes

(01:38:27) This is why you're wrong

(01:41:15) Close out

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The monthly Retro returns to E.T., Catch Me If You Can and Schindler's List for further thoughts, listener feedback and top threes.

We look back at the movies we covered in May.

Lingering thoughts, listener feedback and top 3s abound. As well as on screen beers, the directors hall of fame and Carl ranks the stars he would go for a pint with.

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Carl and Simon revisit Team America: World Police for the Classics Collection and discuss whether it earns its place among their chosen classics.

Simon and Carl discuss Team America and discuss whether it really does have girth (pussies think everyone can get along), penetration (dicks fuck pussies), and stamina (dicks also fuck assholes).

Team America: FUCK YEAH!

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Adam Richmond joins Carl and Simon for Mashflix and Chill to test whether Lethal Weapon 2 and The Maltese Falcon combine to make The Last Boy Scout.

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It's the start of summer, and just in time for the release of the new sequel / reboot Scary Movie, we go back to say Whassssuuuuuupppppp to the original Scary Movie which is a parody of other Scary Movies. Well crafted comedy or mean-spirited one-note garbage - we argue the toss!

We talk all things Cast, Production and Plot, and for our game this week Carl has to identify the parody movie from well known quotes!

(00:00:00) Zucker fail

(00:01:15) Theme Song

(00:03:15) Chit chat

(00:08:10) Unveil the ale

(00:10:20) Introducing the movie

(00:12:14) Production - Wayans, Comedy craft, writing

(00:44:47) The Game - Parody!

(00:53:35) The Plot - Jokes - what works and doesn't?

(01:05:20) The Cast - Farris and...others

(01:11:19) Any changes?

(01:16:19) This is why you're wrong

(01:19:45) Close and next week

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It's our monthly retro and we look back at the films covered in April.

We also talk on screen beers, classic films and who measures up for our directors hall of fame.

This months top 3 is unlikely duos. Get it in your ear holes!

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Carl and Simon revisit Schindler's List for the Classics Collection, balancing their discussion of the film with the show's usual irreverence.

He's making a list

Stern's checking it twice

A few extra names, no matter the price

Oskar Schindler's fleeing, from town!

It's classics time and Si and Carl manage to maintain a little bit of silliness as we discuss the excellent Schindler's list.

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Two little MICE...are joined by Reggie and we talk our usual brand of nonsense.

Steven Spielberg might be a decent director who has had some success, but have you ever wondered what his laziest films are? Tune in to find out!

You can find Reggie over at Movie Postmortem, do go and give them a listen.

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