A first for the Arniethology, as Alex and Ben get stuck into some Shakespeare and they've got some creative notes for the young up-and-comer. A cast that includes Denzel Washington, Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Richard Briers, Brian Blessed, Michael Keaton, Imelda Staunton, Kate Beckinsale and Robert Sean Leonard breathes life into Shakespeare's classic romantic comedy and this time, Keanu is the bad guy.

But wouldn't this have been better re-cast with Jason Statham and Kathy Bates?

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A change of pace for sure this week, as Alex and Ben get into Alex Winter's directorial effort Freaked, a weird, metatextual satire, wherein the once and future Bill S. Preston plays a deformed actor and Keanu plays a half-man-half-dog hybrid (not a werewolf) called Ortiz. There are laughs to be had and horror to be horrified by and the jury is still out as to whether it's any good or not. It certainly is different though.

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An Oscar-winning director, a formidable cast, a literary classic and a unique vision are all in the mix this week, as Alex and Ben sink their teeth into Francis Ford Coppola's ambitious adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula from 1992. Ben's been harping on about this one for years and Alex finally sat down to watch it. What does he think of it and how does Keanu fit into proceedings?

And then, just for fun, Jo Cardew bobs in to share her history with the film.

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Keanu returns to his indie roots this week, as Ben and Alex try and decipher a critical darling of the early 90s independent scene, Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho. A fractured narrative that emerged from multiple sources gives way to a touching story of love and friendship, street hustling and life on the road. And there's a big dollop of Shakespearean dialogue for good measure. Keanu is holding his own against River Phoenix here, but is it to the Arniethology's tastes?

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As teased last week, Ben has joined up with another podcast - The Good, The Bad and The Remake - and their first episode was on Point Break and its 2015 remake. So as a way of launching the series and offering up something that the Arniethologists might enjoy, here is episode 1 of The Good, The Bad and The Remake.

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It's that time where we get to discuss the second Bill and Ted film and joining us to help make sense of this wild trip is our most special of guests, Adam Stolfo from the Reel Chat podcast in Australia. Adam's been a long-term listener, supporter and friend to the podcast, and brings with him a wealth of knowledge and even an insider story or two. Join the three of us as we try to pick apart the starkly different and darker tone this film goes for, the genius of William "Bill" Sadler as Death and attempt to answer the question: 'Which is better, Bogus Journey or Excellent Adventure?'

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We've finally arrived at Keanu's first action role - as Johnny Utah in the 1991 surfer-bank-robber-skydivers action thriller Point Break - and, as is tradition when dealing with an action classic with slightly homo-erotic undertones, Ben's sisters (Jo Cardew and Laura Highton) have joined us to discuss Keanu and Patrick Swayze's respective hotness, a thoroughly entertaining supporting cast that includes Gary Busey, John C McGinley and a Red Hot Chili Pepper, the wild pitch this film must have had, the pseudo-philosophy that underpins the action and the conductor of that action, the Oscar-winning Kathryn Bigelow.

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Back into the unknown this week, with a film neither of us had heard of, let alone seen - the 1990 period comedy-fantasy, Tune In Tomorrow. Keanu heads a cast that includes The Entity's Barbara Hershey and Columbo himself, the late great Peter Falk.

The film itself is a combination of romantic drama and bizarre (and sometimes risqué) humour, against a backdrop of a 1950's radio station in a small town and the characters that help keep the serialised drama running. When Peter Falk's provocative writer comes to town, everything gets turned on its head and the results are very entertaining.

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This week, we've got the comedic powerhouses Kevin Kline and Tracey Ullman more-than-ably supported by River Phoenix, William Hurt and, of course, our boy Keanu, in the strange black comedy I Love You To Death from Indiana Jones and Star Wars screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan.

While not a complete departure from his usual goofy stoner shtick, Keanu is playing a genuinely entertaining twist on it here. How does he stack up against such formidable pedigree though?

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Ron Howard's 1989 bittersweet dramedy is the subject of this week's conversation and it's another chance to reminisce about the golden age of the Steve Martin film. Keanu is arguably playing his finest 80s slacker here, as the idiot with a heart of gold, Tod. Does the funny stuff still make us laugh and does the dramatic stuff still give us chills? You know what to do to find out.

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