EPISODE 32: LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2026 SPECIAL

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In this special episode, we talk about the London Film Festival 2026, including reviews of La Bola Negra, Wild Horse Nine, Possible Love, and Club Kid; plus a round-up of the other notable films shown in the Festival, such as Artificial, Wildwood, The Debut, Elsinore, and Ink.

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EPISODE 31: COYOTE VS. DIGGER

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In this episode, we cover:

PAST: Wes Anderson movies - we discuss our Top 3 films from the quirky director.

PRESENT: The End of Oak Street, Coyote vs Acme, Tony, The Dog Stars, One Night Only, The Death of Robin Hood, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Pressure, Resident Evil, Bad Apples, Hope, Digger, and The Social Reckoning.

The "Future" section covers the news about the pausing of The Batman 2, Star Wars Episode 10, Warner Bros. takeover, and more.

HOMEWORK: We discuss the movies set for us last time - Fever Pitch and Saltburn - and set another movie to watch each for next time.

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EPISODE 30: VIAGGI IN ITALIA

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In this episode, we are joined by Emma Newton - Caterham's leading Classical Studies expert.

We cover:

PAST: Movies set in Italy - such as Life is Beautiful, Cinema Paradiso, Luca, Call Me By Your Name, The Talented Mr Ripley, and more.

PRESENT: The Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Invite, Toy Story 5, Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie, Evil Dead Burn, Minions & Monsters, Supergirl, Rosebush Pruning, and Ice Cream Man.

The "Future" section covers the news about a trailer for Primetime, Robert Pattinson's Oscar year, the pre-sales for Doomsday, and the new X-Men castings.

HOMEWORK: We discuss the movies set for us last time - Jerry Maguire and His Three Daughters (subbed in for the impossible to find Vast of Night) - and set another movie to watch each for next time.

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EPISODE 29: EXTRA TERRESTRIAL OBSESSION

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In this episode, we cover:

PAST: Alien contact movies, such as ET, Men In Black, Predator, District 9, Under the Skin, The Thing, Independence Day, and Mars Attacks.

PRESENT: Tuner, Obsession, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, Backrooms, Power Ballad, Masters of the Universe, and Disclosure Day.

The "Future" section covers the news about the new Daniels movie, The Batman 2, Beyond the Spider-Verse, and the Godfather Part 4.

HOMEWORK: We discuss the movies set for us last time - The Lost Boys and Oslo, August 31st - and set another movie to watch each for next time.

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EPISODE 28: THE GOODFELLAS WEAR PRADA

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In this episode, we cover:

PAST: Our Top 10 Martin Scorcese movies.

PRESENT: Project Hail Mary, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, They Will Kill You, The Tasters, The Good Boy, Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Lee Cronin's The Mummy, The Drama, California Schemin', Michael, Exit 8, Hokum, and The Devil Wears Prada 2.

The "Future" section covers the trailers for The Odyssey, and Resident Evil; plus news on new Lord of the Rings and Planet of the Apes Movies.

HOMEWORK: We finally got around to our set movies - Chungking Express and The Untouchables - and set another movie to watch each for next time.

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EPISODE 27: ONE OSCAR AFTER ANOTHER

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It's Oscars time again, so we've departed from our usual structure slightly.

We pre-empt the ceremony with some predicitions, then go through the winners afterwards (with the "Top 4" awards being delivered "live").

Then we cover the "Present" films, which were:

Send Help, The Ballad of Wallis Island, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Wuthering Heights, The Secret Agent, Crime 101, Frankenstein, The Chronology of Water, The Bride!, Hoppers, the Testament of Ann Lee, and How to Make A Killing.

The "Future" section covers the trailers for Spider Man: Brand New Day, and Dune: Part 3.

HOMEWORK:This was carried over to the next episode!

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EPISODE 26: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE SUPREME KIND

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Welcome back to Film Club - the first episode of 2026.

"Past": With the incoming new Steven Spielberg movie, Disclosure Day, arriving in June, we go through our Top 10 Spielberg movies.

"Present": We discuss Anaconda, Marty Supreme, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Hamnet, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Rental Family, Sentimental Value, Eternity, No Other Choice, Train Dreams, The Secret Agent, and Drop.

The "Future" section covers the trailers for Avengers: Doomsday, Digger, and I Love Boosters. Plus news of a Dirty Dancing 2 (please no!!!).

HOMEWORK: We catch up on the homework set in the last episode - A Different Man and Pleasantville - plus we set new homework for next time.

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EPISODE 25: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2025 WITH SPECIAL GUEST DANIEL MASCIARI

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We are delighted to welcome Daniel Masciari to the podcast as a special guest. Daniel is the director of new movie Stationed At Home. We talk with Daniel about the movie and his influences.

"Past": We each pitch 3 movies to be considered as Christmas movies - just like Die Hard!

"Present": A lot of movies covered - Wake Up Dead Man, Bugonia, Predator: Badlands, The Running Man, A House of Dynamite, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Zootropolis 2, Wicked: For Good, Now You See Me, Now You Don't, Frankenstein, Die My Love, It Was Just An Accident, Train Dream, and If I Had Legs I'd Kick You!! Phew, told you it was a lot!

The "Future" section covers news about the the potential of Knives Out 4, Netflix buying Warner Bros, a new Mummy movie with Brendan Fraser, and the Doomsday trailer showing before Avatar 3.

HOMEWORK: We catch up on the homework set in the last episode - Oldboy and L.A. Confidential - plus we set new homework for next time.

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Stationed At Home

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