Are you a Londoner? Eli Silverman(@elisnoid), Luke and Hamza (@instahamz) are. They take a trip back into London of 1984 when they watch The Chain, the classic British comedy drama written by Jack Rosenthal and directed by Jack Gold.  

Eli takes a break from comedy podcast The Cheapshow and his Soho Radio House of Pickle Sounds to be transported into a fantasy world of an affordable housing market.

All shot on location, the film is bursting with recognisable faces like Nigel Hawthorne, Billie Whitelaw, Warren Mitchell and Leo McKern to name but a few. It's London that in part no longer exists, but will live forever.

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A mind-bending animation directed by René Laloux and designed by Mœbius, The Masters of Time (Les Maîtres du temps) takes us into a dream-like state. A young boy trapped on a hostile planet waits for rescue from his father's friends.

Film-maker Lars Henriks (https://www.larshenriks.de) of the New Hamburg School of Filmmaking tells us why he chose this film. We talk dreams and half-heard voices, and also how this film is so popular it could be a kind of copypasta.

Why did it scar Luke as a child? And what did Hamza(@instahamz) wish he had done before listening?


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Film critic and writer Benedick Lewis (@seethisif) had a mouth watering experience watching Chef. Jon Favreau stars and directs this tale of a chef re-igniting his career and family life, with John Leguizamo, Scarlett Johansson, Oliver Platt, Bobby Cannavale, and Dustin Hoffman, along with Robert Downey Jr. 

Food, working with parents, mysterious hidden doors, we go into it all.

Warning, you will be hungry after listening.

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The Idiots (Idioterne) is a provocative film from Lars von Trier, made under the Dogme 95 manifesto. A group of adults try to find their inner idiot by acting as if they are developmentally challenged.

Improviser Duncan Wrigley joins Luke and Hamza (@instahamz) to have an intense and challenging chat about the messages of the movie. Who really comes off looking bad in the movie, and will we ever want to watch it again?

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Raj Kumarasuriyar from the Arseholics Podcast (@arseholics) takes a break from talking about Arsenal to chat about Top Gun.

He tells us about the emotional trauma that kept him from watching Top Gun for all these years.  Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer's volleyball skills leave us shocked and we discuss the machismo of the 80s, war politics and what the new Top Gun film may bring us.

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Improviser and PhD candidate Nathan Keates talks about The 400 Blows with Luke and Hamza (@instahamz).

We cover our thoughts on education from our youths,  and how François Truffaut took his experience as a youth and turned it into such an influential movie. Where does a kid find decent role models in life?


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Mikey Weinkove (https://thepeoplespeak.org.uk/) talks Fight Club, David Fincher's adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's  novel. Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter are in fine form in this movie about masculinity and consumerism around the turn of the century.

We find out what Talkaoke is, discuss male aggression and testosterone, what Guy Maddin's Sissy Boy Slap Party has to do with Fight Club, and how to find authentic connections with people.


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Data analyst Gareth Morinan returns with glad tidings, he has seen every Cube movie and wants the lads, Luke and Hamza (@instahamz) to discuss it. Nobody is escaping this podcast without solving some sort of puzzle.

We go over Cube, Cube 2 Hypercube and Cube Zero. Why was the original such an amazing hit, and how do the sequels fare?


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David Duncan (@everybodyspal) is a writer and comedian (he admits under duress). He likes horror and blobs, and Luke and Hamza (@instahamz) learn to love the blob in this episode featuring our own predictions about blob sequels.

We talk about Kevin Dillon, Del Close, Shawnee Smith's performances, and Frank Darabont and Chuck Russell's excellent script. Why did it not do so well? Who knows, but we do know that if you want to see more of David's comedy you can follow @beachhunks.

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