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Since Apr 2022
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An amused second look at movies and culture from the last century.

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S10E245 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Mar 27, 2026 53m

What can we say that's new about Raiders of the Lost Ark. Turns out, a lot. Kristian Reimer joins us for what turned into a far ranging and often hilarious discussion about Raiders. Is it a timeless…

S10E244 Fargo (1996)

Mar 13, 2026 46m

Scott Faulconbridge is back and he's talking about a movie that's totally different from what he's brought in the past - 1996's Fargo. But is it really all that different? Jimmy think so but Scott…

S10E243 Inception/Key Largo

Feb 27, 2026 46m

Phil and Jim get together again to watch each other's movie choice and discuss them. Phil made Jim watch Inception and Jim made Phil watch Key Largo. Jim got confused, Phil got bemused. So who do you…

S10E242 Practical Magic (1998)

Feb 13, 2026 45m

Happy Valentine's Day everybody. It's our special Valentine's episode with everybody's favourite cutie pie Chris Wuergler. Chris brings a little magic with her movie for lovers, 1998's Practical…

S10E241 The Big Sleep (1946)

Jan 30, 2026 46m

It's a different time, a time when the world was black and white and nothing made sense - especially the movie The Big Sleep. It was Chris Wuergler's choice but even she can't make sense of it. What…

S10E240 Predator (1987)

Jan 16, 2026 49m

Predator is like catnip to guys - it drives them crazy. Jimmy and Phil host Nik Duncan and surprise guest Ryan Sim to talk about the Sylvester Stallone macho-fest Predator and it turns into three…

S10E239 After The Thin Man (1936)

Jan 02, 2026 50m

Chris Jarvie and Mario Bernardi return to talk about the sequel to The Thin Man. After finding the original better than they expected, Jimmy pushed them to check out the sequel. Did they like it?…

S10E238 The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)

Dec 19, 2025 52m

Our second special Christmas episode takes a look at The Muppet Christmas Carol with guests Chris Jarvie and Christine Kinahan. How does it compare to the classic 1951 version? And is a comparison…

S10E237 A Christmas Carol (1951)

Dec 05, 2025 43m

Alistair Sim is easily the greatest Scrooge of all time in 1951's "A Christmas Carol" - or "Scrooge", as it's known in the UK. It's a movie that didn't have much success when released in North…

S10E226 True Grit (1969)

Nov 21, 2025 52m

Guest Bret Measor wanted to talk about the remake of True Grit, not the original with John Wayne. Jimmy said no so Bret watched the original and blew both his socks off. The result is a fun romp as…

S10E235 Diner (1982)

Nov 07, 2025 47m

Mario Bernardi revisits his youth with the movie Diner, in some ways the life of every boy wrestling with adulthood and in some ways in a world all its own. Did it hold up with Mario, the man who…

S10E234 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Oct 24, 2025 51m

They don't actually meet Frankenstein but they do meet a bevy of Universal's iconic creatures in this movie that's both funny and even a little chilling. Larry Smith takes us bacik to a different…

S10E233 The Mask of Zorro (1998)

Oct 10, 2025 46m

Chris Wuergler goes romantic - or is it action oriented? With Chris it's hard to tell. And so is the The Mask of Zorro - just one of the countless retellings of a story that's over a hundred years…

S10E232 The Rock (1996)

Sep 26, 2025 50m

It's hard to see Chris Wuergler as an action movie afficianato but she's brought us more action movies than anyone else. Trouble is, now she's brought us The Rock, a slam-bam action movie that makes…

S10E231 Days of Thunder (1990)

Sep 12, 2025 51m

The movie Chris Jarvie has been begging us to talk about. Is it the gem Chris remembers or is he just all caught up in the car racing thing? A little of both maybe but Jimmy and guest engineer Ryan…

S10E230 One Hour Photo/The Solid Gold Cadillac

Aug 29, 2025 46m

Ryan Sim joins Jimmy England to talk about the movie they think the other should watch. For Ryan Sim it's One Hour Photo with Robin Williams in a role that turns his comic persona on its head with a…

S10E229 The Blob (1988)

Aug 15, 2025 51m

Personal favourite Bob Kerr returns to extoll the virtues of 1988's remake of The Blob. It was a time of either great creativity moving towards a new way of story telling or sanitized dreck. Take a…

S10E228 Dead Poet's Society (1989)

Aug 01, 2025 45m

Mario Bernardi saw it when it first came out - but will he still love it thirty-five years later when anything he had in common with it is long gone? And then there's the question of how much…

S10E227 The Thin Man (1934)

Jul 18, 2025 52m

A classic movie gets a surprising reaction from two people who aren't really into classic movies. Join guests Mario Bernardi and Chris Jarvie in an exploration of a movie that still influences movies…

S10E226 A Knight's Tale (2001)

Jul 04, 2025 48m

Again we bend the rules for Chris Wuergler to talk about 2001's A Knight's Tale. She has a professed interest in bad boys on motorcycles, does this mean that's how she sees knights on horseback? Some…

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