Silver Screen Snobs

Sometimes actors act. Sometimes directors direct. Sometimes directors act. Sometimes actors direct. Sometimes actors act and direct. In the same movie. Wiser words have never been spoken. Dave and Tom review the Oscar-nominated Fences (directed by and starring Denzel Washington) and the definitely not Oscar-nominated Live By Night (directed by and starring and written by Ben Affleck). Plus, The Great Pants Shitting Debate reaches a stirring conclusion. Also: Captain Fantastic, Sing Street, Swiss Army Man, Hot Rod, Homicide, Capricorn One, Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy, Bad Moms, Bad Words, Daddy's Home, Sex Tape, The Intern, Phantasm, The Hills Have Eyes.

Heard of movies? Hope so, cos this week Tom and Dave review movies. Like the Oscar nominated films Manchester By The Sea and Lion plus M. Night Shyamalan's latest, Split. Also: How To Be Single, Mississippi Grind, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Men In Rubber Masks, There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane, A Murder In The Park.

Oscar nominations get dissected, Moonlight gets reviewed and then, to celebrate making it to 200 episodes, Dave and Tom discuss their favourite movie scenes from 2016. Spoiler sections: Finding Dory (1:43:30 to 1:46:32), The Witch (1:49:58 to 1:53:02), Rogue One (1:53:38 to 2:00:14), Bone Tomahawk (2:00:19 to 2:02:41), La La Land (2:02:42 to 2:07:47).

Tom and Dave go through their favourite films of the year and their most hated films of the year. That's right - it's list time!

Jack, Jack, Jackie. Natalie Portman stars in Jackie, dealing with the immediate aftermath of the JFK assassination. Plus Dave and Tom discuss the week in film news and the Golden Globe Awards.

Remember growing up? Everyone's done it. Some of us have done it. A few people have done it. Most haven't. Tom and Dave review The Edge of Seventeen, Assassin's Creed and Why Him? on this week's Snobcast. Also: David Brent: Life On The Road, Oasis: Supersonic, American Honey, Krampus, Captain Fantastic, The Handmaiden, Elle, A Bigger Splash, Newtown, The Fear of 13.

The director of Whiplash is back with another music-filled film, La La Land. Dave and Tom try and sing their way through their review while also discussing Allied, Paterson and briefly re-capping Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Plus news. A fair bit of news.

Tom and Dave review new original sci-fi Passengers starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt plus Collateral Beauty starring Will Smith and obnoxious sentimentality. Spoiler sections for both films are at the end of the episode. Passengers spoilers start at 48:02, Collateral Beauty spoilers start at 1:09:41.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. In non-spoiler and spoiler sections. That's it. Oh, and some news first.

Bats, owls, moths... Tom and Dave ain't reviewing those boring ass nocturnal animals this week. It's Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals, a thriller starring Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal! Ta da! Also: The Shallows, War Dogs and London Has Fallen.