Popcorn Digest

We're back and for our latest episode, we are coming out of our shells to trade family-friendly blows with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secrets of the Ooze. But is this terrapin ninja movie a radical time? Or is it less Martial Arts and more martial farts? Listen on to find out!

Roger Moore is back as Jimmy Bond in Moonraker, only this time he’s older! Featuring a head with more lines on it than Pablo Escobar's coffee table, Moore takes our lovable super spy from the countryside of France to the edge of space in his fight against full-sized Peter Dinklage impersonator, Hugo Drax. But does this ambitious space adventure have a licence to thrill? Listen on to find out!

Gareth and Andy are donning their furry best as they look to answer the question ‘Just what would a Marlon Brando film look like if no one told him no?' That's right, they're taking a doomed trip to The Island of Dr. Moreau. But does this troubled production leave them howling for more? Listen on to find out!

Father of the modern blockbuster, Steven Spielberg, is back to direct up to 28% of Ready Player One, a plug-in-and-play adventure movie that takes us into the world of virtual reality! But is Ready Player One more than just a shopping list of nostalgia bait and movie references? Listen on to find out!

Gareth and Andy are back and once again spending time with notorious kook and enemy of the couch Tom Cruise, as we take on Mission: Impossible 2. But is this much-maligned sequel an overlooked gem or is finishing the film the only impossible mission we face? Listen on to find out!

Gareth and Andy take to the sky to review the Richard Pryor starring Superman III, featuring Christopher Reeve as Superman in a guest star role. But is Superman III a super-hit or a super-dud? Listen on to find out!

Gareth and Andy are donning their helmets and heading to the block as they take on Sylvester Stallone's much-maligned comic-book movie, Judge Dredd (1995). But is there something special to salvage in the wreckage of this nightmare production or is Judge Dredd about as convincing as Sylvester Stallone’s attempts at comedy? Listen on to find out!

Gareth and Andy are back for the battle of the musical biopics as they compare notes on Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman. But will Rhapsody rock us? Or when the dust has settled is it Rocketman that will be left still standing? Listen on to find out!

For this week's episode, well, you didn’t hear anything from us, as we’ll be spending time with Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman. But do Scorsese and his team of special effects wizards convince us that De Niro can relive his youth or is the real crime the fact $200m dollars was spent to make him look like a De Niro waxwork dummy after a blaze at Madame Tussauds? Listen on to find out!

Gareth and Andy are spending time with the film so nice they made it twice as they take on not one but two Exorcist prequels. That’s right, Morgan Creek took one look at Paul Schrader’s Dominion and called the only man they knew that could salvage this interesting but flawed meditation on man’s evils and post-war faith— Deep Blue Sea’s Renny Harlin. But do either of these films light the way to God or are these demons too much for our souls to bear? Listen on to find out!

Gareth and Andy are traveling deep underground to draw their guns with commandos, fight against the undead and escape from genetic abominations as they review Paul WS Anderson's Resident Evil (2002). Milla Jovovich is the amnesia-suffering Alice, a mostly-naked action hero who is struggling to remember who she actually is, in this film that will leave you struggling to remember what the heck actually happened! But is Resident Evil worth defending? Listen on to find out!

Gareth and Andy are back once more for a close encounter of the felt kind as they take a look at Muppets From Space. But is this adventure out-of-this-world or is the only question Muppets From Space leaves us asking, 'I wonder how many Muppets I can bludgeon with a bag full of bricks?' Listen on to find out!

Gareth and Andy welcome the erotic thriller with open legs as they take an uncomfortably long look at Basic Instinct 2. But is there more to this critical flop or does this particular pick leave us ice cold? Listen on to find out! Visit CINEFANART: https://tinyurl.com/cinefanart-shop

If this boat is rocking, well, probably best to call the police as Gareth and Andy are jumping aboard Richard Curtis' The Boat That Rocked. Here they'll be spending time with that most unproblematic group of role models; the 1960s Disc Jockey. But does this boat rock or sink like a stone? Listen on to find out!

Gareth and Andy are back and plugging into The Matrix Resurrections, the Gremlins 2 of the Matrix series. Remember those sequels you didn't like? Well, they've made another one! And remember those characters you loved? Well, they're sad now! Yes, the matrix is back for a limited time only (if the box office is anything to go by). But is this an unfairly maligned legacy sequel? Listen on to find out!

The boys are back and at war with Joe Dante's Small Soldiers, a movie that asks 'what if Vietnam, but in your kid's bedroom?' But is this the toy-based movie to rival Pixar's Toys or do these small soldiers deserve a lifetime in Sid's backyard? Listen on to find out!

In the latest of their 'first vs last' episodes Gareth and Andy are back and revving their engines for The Fast and the Furious franchise. But just how has Dominic Toretto and this group of loveable rogues evolved from their days of DVD player heists and humble race wars (no, not THAT kind of race war) to the Marvel superhero-like figures they are today? Listen on to find out!

For our latest episode, Gareth of Green and Andrew of Raphael are off to Nottingham Forest to shoot their arrows into Kevin Costner's Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves. Does the script live up to Alan Rickman's hilarious pantomime villain performance, or is the final film as confused as Costner's accent work? Listen on to find out!

Just in time for the Avatar sequel, Gareth and Andy are back to review James Cameron’s surprisingly pro-global warming movie that makes glacial ice the villain?! That’s right, we’re plunging deep into Titanic, a film that at 25 years of age is now just old enough for Leonardo DiCaprio to break up with it. But does this James Cameron epic leave us feeling like kings of the world, or do our hopes and dreams go down with the ship?

Gareth and Andy are taking a dive into Atlantis: The Lost Empire, the animated film about a sunken ancient city that ironically sunk the Disney animation department. But is this swashbuckler a rip-roaring adventure or have Disney ripped the heart out of their renaissance? Listen on to find out!

In the latest episode, Gareth and Andy are taking a very, very slow ride on the Starship Enterprise as we join Kirk, Spock, Bones, and crew on their search to find the fabled clitoris. That’s right, we’re discussing Star Trek The Motion Picture. But is this a triumphant return to Starfleet, or are these two of the longest hours of our life that we’ll never get back?

After a brief hiatus (and then a further 12 months off podcasting) Popcorn Digest is back! And in this latest episode, we’re puzzling over not one but two adaptions of Clive Barker’s The Hellhound Heart as we look at both 1987 and 2022’s HELLRAISER. But do we find delight in these grotesque depictions of love and death or is the battle of the Hellraisers about as pleasurable as a colonoscopy performed by Edward Scissorhands? Prepare yourself for delightful suffering!

Like Palpatine from Star Wars, the dead are alive (somehow) as we’re spending time with patient zero of the sexually transmitted disease, James Bond. That’s right, we’re back to review SPECTRE, a 007 adventure with too many plot points surrounding the quality of James Bond’s Ring. But is spectre a success or a spectacular failure? Listen on to find out!

Gareth and Andy are joined by writer/ director M.K Rhodes (The Gulf of Silence) for an all-together spooky episode of the show as we ask some of the big questions. Questions such as ‘are we alone in the universe?', ‘have we secretly made contact with intelligent alien life?’ and finally ‘why did no one stop Chris Carter after six seasons!’. That’s right, we’re watching The X-Files: Fight the Future.   But do we find the truth out there? Listen on to find out!

Gareth and Andy are back and taking on prosthetically enhanced mobsters as they review Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy (1990), a cartoonish hard-boiled noir featuring a lot of dicks and plenty of rubber. But do we find a lot to love about Warren Beatty's dick caper? Listen on to find out!

Gareth and Andy return once more to draw their swords against Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Studios. The story follows Bilbo Baggins, a Shire-Hobbit who finds a magic ring that allows him to disappear... for large portions of the plot. But is this middle-earth fantasy an epic triumph or does it crash and burn in a fury of dragon flame? Listen on to find out!

Gareth and Andy are stuck at the airport for the second of their Christmas specials, as they spend some time with the world's unluckiest action hero. That's right, we're reviewing Die Hard 2 (Die Harder?). But is this a Christmas well spent? Listen on to find out!

Gareth and Andy are spending this holiday season in perpetual darkness, as they travel to Gotham City for the first of our Christmas specials. That's right, we're flying high with Tim Burton's Batman Returns; a packed to the walls sequel starring Danny DeVito as The Penguin, Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman and, of course, Michael Keaton as Sir. Not Appearing in the Movie. But is it a worthy follow up? Listen on to find out!

This week Gareth and Andy are staring down the barrel at Quantum of Solace, another international espionage adventure starring everyone’s favourite sex pest, James Bond. But is Quantum of Solace a rip-roaring ride or does it get bond wrong? Listen on to find out!

This week Gareth and Andy are donning their masks to prepare themselves for a face-melting good time with Halloween 3: Season of the Witch. But is this Halloween film a shapeless mess? Listen on to find out!

Gareth and Andy are joined by special guest Aidan Belizaire, to unravel the creature feature that is Alex Kurtzman's The Mummy (2017), the first epic monster movie in Universal’s Dark Universe. If you don't know what Universal's Dark Universe is, well it's a collection of cross-media monster-movie related films, tv shows, books and video games that in a uniquely bold creative choice for a cinematic universe consists of just one film. But is this Tom Cruise starring horror-blockbuster too much for us to take? Listen on to find out.

Gareth and Andy are back with the last of our Best Forgotten Movies Lost Episodes. And this time we're jacking into a world of well-choreographed fight scenes, mind-bending philosophies and tear-inducing disappointment. No, we're not talking about a night out with the in-laws but The Wachowski's The Matrix Sequels!

Gareth and Andy return for the second part of their Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker special. But do we find ourselves one with the force or, like a Sith with diarrhoea, do we find the hate flowing through us? Listen on to find out.

This week Gareth and Andy are executing order 66- that's episode 66- as we turn our ion cannons on Star Wars Episode IX: Electric Boogaloo. But is this sequel a star too far for a dying franchise or have we unfairly treated this space adventure like fresh bantha poodoo? Listen to part one of this two-part Star Wars special to find out!

This week Gareth and Andy are boarding the cruise ship of H.P Lovecraft's dreams as we take a plunge with Stephen Sommers' Deep Rising, a film named after an impending bowel movement. But is this creature-feature too much for us to digest? Listen on to find out!

Pierce Brosnan lures children and simple folk into his basement with the promise of a good time in (legally not) Stephen King's The Lawnmower Man; a film so bad the man behind Dreamcatcher had his name forcibly removed from the title. But do Gareth and Andy find this 90's virtual-reality thriller virtually unwatchable? Listen on to find out.

Gareth and Andy are back and they've got worms! That's right, we're reviewing Ron Underwood's Land Jaws... I mean Tremors! But have we unearthed a B-Movie classic worthy of its cult status or is this a bad mother-humper that deserves to be buried? Listen on to find out!

This week Gareth and Andy are joined by special guest Aidan Belizaire, for first of our new topic-based episodes. And what better topic for these three 30-something men to discuss than animated kid's films? No, honestly. This week we'll be discussing Disney's live-action remakes, from 101 Dalmatians and Aladdin to The Lion King and Mulan. But are there diamonds in the rough of this creatively bankrupt cinematic trend? Listen on to find out!

Gareth and Andy return for a Bird based double-bill as we spend an episode talking about a couple of memorable peckers! One film is a thriller by the master of suspense, littered with scenes so iconic they’ve come to define the genre, and the other is The Birds! But do either of these films soar? Listen on to find out...

Gareth and Andy embark on a most unprecedented expedition to the after-life with everyone's favourite dumb rockers, Bill & Ted. But do we find this Bogus Journey a hell of a time or is it simply a hellish time? Listen on to find out.

For this weeks episode Gareth and Andy are swapping the darkness, tension and Alien beings that populate space, with the darkness, tension and Alien beings that populate the ocean as we take a deep dive into James Cameron's THE ABYSS! But do we find a treasure worth bringing to the surface or should this thriller be left to rot with the Titanic? Listen on to find out!

This week Gareth and Andy are venturing into the cosmos to ask 'in space, can anyone hear you complain?' That's right, we're watching Ridley Scott's ALIEN COVENANT. But is the Prometheus sequel worthy of the series name or should we blast this sucker out of the nearest airlock? Listen on to find out...

This week Gareth and Andy unearth another unreleased Best Forgotten Movies episode with their review of Ridley Scott's Alien: Dicktease. I mean, PROMETHEUS. But is this divisive sci-fi a shining star in the dark or a quality black hole? Listen on to find out...

For this weeks episode, Gareth and Andy are looking at the cartoonish 1992 Christmas released film starring beloved improv actor Robin Williams and featuring a character called 'Al'. That's right, we're reviewing... TOYS? *checks notes* Yes, TOYS! But is Barry Levinson's much-maligned passion project worth another play? Listen on to find out...

Gareth and Andy return to the X-Men franchise to review the last film in the series (anyone actually watched). Huge Jacked-Man returns as Logan Stabby-Hands a mutant mercenary turned care worker for the elderly, living out the remainder of his days in Trump's America. But is Logan the book-end the X-Men series deserves or is it surprisingly good? Listen on to find out...

You've seen The Lord of the Rings, binged Game of Thrones and taken a glance at any fantasy novel from the past 70 years, now watch Willow! A film that's all of those things, and less! Gareth and Andy venture into the realm of Lucasfilm high fantasy to ask 'should we have watched Strange Magic instead?'  But is Ron Howard's Willow an often overlooked childhood classic? Listen on to find out...

Gareth and Andy plunge into the depths of madness, as they review Cats. But is this far from purrfect feline farce the catastrophe its reputation has led us to believe? Yes. Yes, it is.  But listen on to hear our hosts lose their minds over this bonkers musical anyway...

Gareth and Andy present a blast from the past with the first of our Lost Best Forgotten Movies Episodes. This week we review Titan AE, an animated sci-fi epic that blew up the earth before bombing at the box office. But is this titan of failure one of the best of the forgotten movies, or should it simply remain best forgotten? Listen on to find out...

This week Gareth and Andy sift through cinematic trash as they review Paul WS Anderson's SOLDIER (1998). But is this Kurt Russell starring Blade Runner spin-off a diamond in the rust, or should we have left Soldier on the junk pile? Listen on to find out!

Gareth and Andy take a stroll through everyone's favourite otherworldly murder-town. That's right, we're peaking behind the curtain in our review of TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME. But that's not all! We'll also be discussing the latest news on the Justice League Snyder cut and which Director's Cuts we'd like to see in the future.

Gareth and Andy return to take a bite out of Ridley Scott's much-maligned sequel Hannibal (2001). But is this Hannibal Lector thriller a meal fit for high society or is it too much to chew for our co-hosts? Listen on to find out...

Gareth Green and Andrew Raphael return to the microphone booth for the first episode of their rebranded series POPCORN DIGEST (formally Best Forgotten Movies). On our new series, we'll be discussing a variety of films and various cinematic happenings in the world of movies. We begin with a look at an apocalyptic wasteland ravaged by death and destruction, where individuals basic needs are scrapped over, tooth and claw. But that’s enough about the Coronavirus as we’ll be talking about MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME.

If you loved the worst aspects of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit movies, then WARCRAFT: THE BEGINNING might just be the film for you. Does Duncan Jones' much-maligned pixel-pusher overcome the curse of the video-game adaption? Gareth and Andy investigate:   Follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PopcornDigestFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/popcorndigestPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/bestforgottenmovies And visit our website https://www.popcorndigest.com for all your movie needs!

Just in time for Black Panther and the home-video release of Thor Ragnarok, Gareth and Andy return to discuss Marvel's near-forgotten rage filled monster-mash; THE INCREDIBLE HULK. Listen as we ask Marvel to not make these movies mediocre, because we won't like them when they're mediocre.  Follow Popcorn Digest at the following links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/PopcornDigestFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/popcorndigestPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/bestforgottenmovies And visit our website https://www.popcorndigest.com for all your movie needs!

Best Forgotten Movies is back for more from the films that time forgot! In the first episode of this limited series we take on Vin Diesel's Dune for Dummies, otherwise known as The Chronicles of Riddick. Is this an overlooked sci-fi epic or an overblown sy-fy disaster? Gareth and Andy investigate... Follow us on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/PopcornDigestFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/popcorndigestPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/bestforgottenmovies And visit our website https://www.popcorndigest.com for all your movie needs!

Gareth and Andy escape to the movies to watch Arnold Schwarzenegger have a mid-life crisis in the meta-action adventure romp, LAST ACTION HERO. But will this love letter to the action genre (from wire-tapping enthusiast and genre legend John McTiernan) survive it's explosive reputation? Armed with nothing more than bad impressions, we jump into the bullet-storm to find out!

Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton inspect each other's fillings in THE THING. No not that THING...Matthijs van Heijningen Jr's THE THING Prequel from 2011 (oh that one). But does this imitation deserve to be a bridge for John Carpenter's classic film, or should it be incinerated and left out in the cold. Gareth and Andy investigate (each other's fillings)...

One is a slimy monster, the other a ruthless killer and the two don't get on at all! But enough about the presidential election, it's time for the latest episode of Best Forgotten Movies! In a series that brought us cinematic greats from the likes of Ridley Scott, James Cameron, and John McTiernan, comes AVP: ALIEN V PREDATOR, straight from the creative mind that brought us Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil. But does Paul WS Anderson's shlock monster-mash put up a worthy fight or is this a dud that should have been sacrificed for the hunt? Gareth and Andy don their gloves to find out...

Peter Fonda is Chuck Seventies-Man, a reporter who cottons on to the fact the company who manufacture serial killer theme-park robots might be up to no good. That's right, we're taking on the genre-bending sci-fi sequel to Michael Crichton's cult-classic, FUTUREWORLD! Will we survive our stay or is this roller-coaster ride in need of decommissioning. Gareth and Andy are booking in to find out!

Will Smith is hired by President Kevin Kline in unconvincing make up to join forces with US Marshall Kevin Kline in unconvincing make-up as we venture back to a time of cowboys, gunslingers and... giant mechanical spiders?! That's right, we're drawing our guns on Barry Sonnenfeld's big budget train-wreck WILD WILD WEST. But has more been made of this genre-bending western or can not even Kevin Kline's make-up kit disguise this tone-deaf bomb? Gareth and Andy investigate...

Christian Bale doesn't keep his cool and Captain of Charisma Sam "I was in Avatar guys" Worthington is meant to be the main character (before rewrites) in McG String's TERMINATOR SALVATION. Yet another redundant attempt to relaunch the franchise, does this film of metallic fart noises have what it takes to rise above the wreckage of the ailing series? Gareth and Andy try and get beneath the skin to find out...

Orlando Bloom is the carved wooden statue of Balian of Ibelin in Ridley Scott's KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.  But is this sprawling religious epic an under-appreciated masterpiece, a butchered and unengaging bore or perhaps even both? Gareth and Andy investigate... And remember, by supporting this podcast for $4 or more you will gain access to our commentary tracks for both the latest 007 movie SPECTRE and the mutant black sheep of the Alien series, ALIEN RESURRECTION, available at our POPCORN DIGEST Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/bestforgottenmovies

Pug-faced action star Jeremy Renner is not Matt Damon in Tony Gilroy's THE BOURNE LEGACY, a film that trades in spine tingling tension for 'action' and talking...lots of serious talking. But does this spin-off escape the shadow of its predecessors or does it lack the chemical enhancements to get it through to the end? Gareth and Andy try their hardest to remember this strange oddity in the Bourne series. And remember, by supporting this podcast for $4 or more you will gain exclusive access to our commentary track for the 007 movie SPECTRE, available at our POPCORN DIGEST Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/bestforgottenmovies

William Shatner and the Enterprise crew return to action only to blow up God in the much maligned Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. Set your phasers to fun as Gareth and Andy ask whether Star Trek V: So Very Tired proves that anything Nimoy can do, can Shatner do better? Spoilers: It doesn't. And remember, by supporting this podcast for $4 or more you will gain exclusive access to our commentary track for the 007 movie SPECTRE, availible at our POPCORN DIGEST Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/bestforgottenmovies

Tom Cruise tries to control his all-round weird behaviour whilst acting in Steven Spielberg's WAR OF THE WORLDS. But does this 2005 post-9/11 take on the classic HG Wells Novel have what it takes to rise above Mr Cruise's antics, or will it just suddenly catch a cold and die? Gareth and Andy are here to investigate. And remember, by supporting this podcast for $4 or more you will gain exclusive access to our commentary track for the 007 movie SPECTRE, availible at our POPCORN DIGEST Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/bestforgottenmovies

Jeremy Irons, Bruce Payne and Marlon Wayans seriously chew up some poor looking scenery in Courtney Solomon's role playing nightmare DUNGEONS & DRAGONS. But does this train wreck fantasy have any redeeming qualities or...wow that was the worst CGI Dragon i've ever seen!! Gareth and Andy look back at this curiosity from the year 2000...so you don't have to.

Timothy Dalton as 007 is out for vengeance over his best mate's wife's chinchilla in John Glen's LICENCE TO KILL. But does this harder edged 16th Bond adventure still deserve the mixed reception it had on release, or is this a film that could literally make your head explode? In this special extended edition of BFM Gareth and Andy investigate this overlooked Bond thriller.

Ralph Fiennes would like to 'Jack you in' and Angela Bassett is more concerned with 'right here, right now' in Kathryn Bigelow's STRANGE DAYS. But is this tale of recorded memories one to hold dear, or does it need to be thrown onto the pile of forgotten Minidiscs? Bad wig wearers Gareth and Andy plug in to find out...

Sean Connery & Wig star as Sean Connery in Stephen Norrington's THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN. Other out-of-work actors co-star as ye olde Avengers in this messy action adventure romp. But is there any worth to be had in a concept that should work so well? Gareth and Andy investigate...

George Clooney falls in love with creepy robot girls and Britt Robertson pretends to be a teenager for no reason in Brad Bird's TOMORROWLAND. But does this tale of dreaming of a better tomorrow become everything we want it to be, or does it just become an elitist doomsday machine? Listen on as Gareth & Andy find out...

Julie Christie fights off the sexual advances of her own computer controlled house ... yep you heard us right, in Donald Cammell's DEMON SEED. But does this bonkers premise hit all the right places or should we close our pod bay doors on this 70s curiosity? Gareth and his trusty robot companion Andrew-5000 break out of the box to find out...

Christopher Reeve and Gene Hackman have a day out at Milton Keynes Train Station in Sidney J. Furie's SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE. Margot Kidder tries to keep it together (herself, not her performance) whilst everyone else tries to work around endless padding and numerous budget cuts in this Poundland entry of the Superman saga. But does this Cannon Films blockbuster deserve all its bad press or is it ready to be tossed into the sun? Gareth and Andy find out...

Rufus Sewell stars as the Bourne Confusion, trying to rack up enough points in the Crystal Maze for Richard O'Brien in Alex Proyas' epic DARK CITY. But is this lost odyssey worth remembering or should it be wiped permanently from our minds. Listen on as Gareth and Andy find out...

Bob Hoskins plays numerous Italian stereotypes, John Leguizamo falls in love with a dinosaur Princess, and Dennis Hopper pretends to be a T-Rex in this early 90s attempt at a Video Game adaptation. Gareth, Andy and Special Guest Aidan Belizaire find out whether this strange concoction should be granted a second chance or flushed down the movie toilet.

Huge Jacked Man and Liev Schreiber's bag lady claws star in Gavin the Hood's X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, a film so pointless that Fox have tried to retcon it for the last 6 years. Ryan Reynolds also gets his first chance at playing Deadpool, but in doing so murders a lot of African people. Gareth and Andy look back on this black sheep of the X-Men film series to find out what went wrong.

William Hurt can barely hold back the tears whilst starring in LOST IN SPACE, Stephen Hopkin's reimagining of the 60s sci-fi tv series. Mimi Rogers kind of supports, Gary Oldman camps it up, and Matt LeBlanc checks how everyone's doing in this 90s bomb. But is this tale of a family lost in the cosmos a rip-roaring adventure, or just a limp sausage? Gareth and Andy investigate...

The World's Greatest Actor - the one and only Alec Baldwin stars in the pulp adaption THE SHADOW. Penelope Ann Miller, John Lone and Ian McKellen all struggle to stay in the shadow of Tim Curry's acting in Russell Mulcahy's half-baked caper. Will The Shadow get to the bottom of what evil lurks in the hearts of men, or will it come out with a beard made of pubes? Gareth and Andy find out...

If you loved the worst aspects of RETURN OF THE JEDI then you'll love the Ewok Adventures CARAVAN OF COURAGE and BATTLE FOR ENDOR. Gareth and Andy round off their Star Wars season by looking back at these two furry TV Movies.

Daniel Craig stars as ye olde Jason Bourne and Harrison Ford has some fun for once in this Western Epic...plus it has some Aliens in it as well. Gareth and Andy examine Jon Favreau's COWBOYS & ALIENS to see just why this genre mash-up failed to set the world alight. Listen on to find out...

Mark Hamill, Bill Paxton and Bob Peck star in SLIPSTREAM - a film you've never heard of, probably because no one owns it. Gareth and Andy kick off their Star Wars season by examining a film involving both the Star (Hamill) and Producer (Gary Kurtz) of STAR WARS, that has for many reasons slipped into heavy obscurity.

Lori Petty and Naomi Watts star in Rachel Talalay's TANK GIRL, a post-apocalyptic feminist romp featuring Malcolm McDowell with no head and much Kangaroo 'action'. Gareth and Andy traverse the dry plains of studio interference to discover what happened to this cinematic curiosity.

Kevin Costner struggles to keep afloat in WATERWORLD whilst being dragged down by his ego. Gareth and Andy brave the harsh seas of development hell to review Kevin Reynolds' Fishtar spectacular.

Jamie Lee Curtis stars in her self described all-time worst movie VIRUS. But is this tale of killer Meccano truly deserving of the title? Gareth and Andy investigate...

Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery try to make sense of HIGHLANDER 2, a dense illogical plot involving aliens, the ozone layer and quickies in back streets... Gareth and Andy try to unravel the fascinating mess of the many versions of Russell Mulcahy's mind-bending film.

Starring as James Bond: that guy you've never heard of - ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE features 007 facing his biggest challenge yet...wearing a Kilt! Oh and getting married as well. Gareth and Andy look back at this relic of the past to see if this is a lost gem or a rogue failure - listen on to find out...

Benicio del Toro and Anthony Hopkins struggle to care in Joe Johnston's butchering of THE WOLFMAN. Gareth and Andy look back at a film with more problems than it had reshoots, and genuine terror isn't one of them.

A Cast of hundreds leads this 'comedy spectacular' focussing on the aftermath of Pearl Harbour. Gareth and Andy take a second look at Steven Spielberg's ode to loud noises and breaking stuff - 1941.

Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy decide to make a half-decent film for once. Gareth and Andy examine BOWFINGER, directed by the puppet fondler himself Frank Oz.

Michael Douglas stars as Mullet-Man and Director Ridley Scott proves that Xenophobia really sucks. Gareth and Andy lose their heads and fingers over the culture clash thriller BLACK RAIN.

In a mini episode Gareth takes a second second look at David Lynch's DUNE, this time focusing the power of his voice on the 3 hour long, Alan Smithee credited TV edit of the film.

Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and the late comic actor Bruce Willis (RIP) star in Robert Zemeckis' ultra black comedy DEATH BECOMES HER. Gareth and Andy try to find out how a film that features murder, broken necks and scenes of a sexual nature ever got marketed as a 'Family Film'.

David Lynch has a nightmare playing with Giant Worms in Mexico as we try and comprehend how a 4 hour movie got squeezed into 2hours 10mins. Join us as we extract DUNE from the deserts of lost memory!

The Phantom battles against improbably named Xander Drax in a late-for-the-party Indiana Jones film that's as slender as our heroes purple suit. Join us as we rub toothpaste onto Simon Wincer's THE PHANTOM!!

A fierce warrior alien fights off lions, tigers, bears, and Gary Busey's teeth. Join us as we follow Danny Glover struggling to keep up in PREDATOR 2. Much thrusting is had by all...oh my!!

Jason Statham stars in an enigma, wrapped in a mystery, delivered with a headbutt. Join us as we attempt to comprehend Guy Ritchie's REVOLVER.

The only family comedy about a man thrust inside another man. We examined Joe Dante's INNERSPACE! And Dennis Quaid's arse.

Remember when Blockbusters were racist and sexist? Well we've got a treat for you as we take on James Cameron's TRUE LIES

The concluding part of our opening animation double-bill. Find out who won...

A special two-part opening episode, pitting Dreamwork's Antz with Disney/Pixar's A Bug's Life. Let the battle commence!!