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Welcome to this fortnightly podcast hosted by Ben Rose, Ian Green and Anthon Ogundimu, three former university roommates - reviewing movies like you've never heard before.
This trio of student-loan, debt-ridden 30-somethings pledge to re-watch and re-evaluate the movies they once viewed together (usually over a Pot Noodle) during their student days. Follow them, as they discover whether their once treasured flicks still hold up against the standards of cynical life-experience and evolving tastes.
Each episode, they travel BACK TO THE PICTURES, screening a movie first viewed during 2005-2009. Moreover, each week the audience are serenaded with film trivia, plot breakdowns and excruciating knit-picking guided by impossible standards. Discussions are glued together with fond memories, private jokes and aimless banter.
From Ian's shoutouts to classic film characters such as 'Sausage Charlie' to his shrewd observation of supermarket trolly quantum mechanics, to Anthon's nigh eidetic attention to detail and Ben's nihilistic approach to filmic discourse, this podcast is a shout-out to the duped generation - Viva La Higher Education Act 2004!
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S4 S04E11 Chasing Amy (Part 2)
Hard one, this.An absolute staple of our boys movie watching uni years.Where does it sit today? Test of time/has it aged/in hindsight...All the cliches.Kevin Smith is a talented filmmaker. He is an…
S4E10 S04E10 Chasing Amy (Part 1)
Hard one, this.An absolute staple of our boys movie watching uni years. Where does it sit today? Test of time/has it aged/in hindsight...All the cliches. Kevin Smith is a talented filmmaker. He is an…
S04E09 Batman & Robin (1997)
There has been a lot thrown at Batman and Robin over the past 28 years. The question we try to break down in this episode is - is the hate and vitriol deserved? Actually, that question takes less…
S4E8 S04E08 Tropic Thunder (2008)
Is this the most controversial movie reviewed on Back to the Pictures? It certainly feels like it. Tune in this week as our three movie sommeliers react to a movie that was already prime for…
S4E7 S04E07 - Se7en (1995)
Someone once wrote "This podcast is a fine thing and worth fighting for". We agree with the second part.A decaying megacity. Perpetually dark, rain soaked and its streets are unforgiving. No, we are…
S4E6 S04E06: Mean Girls (2004)
This episode is so Fetch.Drop in for a banterful review of an early naughties cultural phenomenon - it's Tina Fey's Mean Girls. And to help the terrific trio of Ben, Anthon and Ian navigate through…
S4E5 S04E05 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Rarely does a movie come along that encapsulates the BTTP's 30-somethings sensibilities. Here, this episode, Ben, Ian and Anthon are faced with the ultimate franchise from their childhood and beyond.…
S4E4 S04E04 - The Green Mile (1999)
It's a long walk, the Green Mile. Yes, it is. But in a change of pace from recent outings, this go around sees the BTTP lot inducted into a story of compelling narratives, profound themes and complex…
S4E3 S04E03 - Blade (1998)
You want to remember something a certain way, but that memory can only preserve as long as you do not revisit it. In 2025, the BTTP fellas are at it again - rewatching a long-time favourite…
S4E2 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Part 2)
A short time ago, in a recording studio far far overpriced...Join Ian, Anthon and Ben once again for more side-splitting, knit-picking, bollocks-calling shenanigans as the boys from P2, Oxford Court…
S4E1 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Part 1)
What is the story here? The planet Naboo is under an attack...Why? It's political. How? It's macro economics.Who? Essentially, Amazon in SpaceWhen? A long, long time agoWhere? a Galaxy Far, Far…
S3E11 S03E11: The Matrix (Part 2 of 2)
Unfortunately, still no one can be told what this Back to the Pictures review on 1999's the Matrix is. You still have to hear it for yourself.
S3E10 S03E10: The Matrix (Part 1 of 2)
Unfortunately, no one can be told what this Back to the Pictures review on 1999's the Matrix is. You have to hear it for yourself.
S3E9 S03E09: Lost in Translation (2003)
In the penultimate review of Season 3, our trusted trio delight in disagreement as a relic of Ben's film student days rears its beautiful or ugly head, depending on who you ask! Sofia Coppola's…
S3E8 S03E08: Demolition Man (1993)
Mellow Greetings Fellow Citizens! Enhance your calm and be well...by downloading and enjoying our review of DEMOLITION MAN - the 1993 dystopian sci-fi action movie. Our first go around with the…
S3E7 S03E07: South Park Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
A touchstone of the despicable, deplorable and degeneration of the time the BTTP crew grew up in. Is South Park the last bastion of equal opportunities offending left in this burnt out burgh we call…
S3E6 S03E06 Casino Royale
This time round, the Back to the Pictures lot focus on James Bond's return to the big screen and his reclaiming of the crown as the go-to in the espionage action genre. This Bond is different.…
S3E5 S03E05 Clerks
If you weren't even supposed to be here today, suck it up, download this episode and lose yourself to the banter of Ben, Ian & Anthon joined by special guest Noah Jordan - this movies primary…
S3E4 S03E04: Starship Troopers
It's an ugly planet, a bug planet!Remember your training and you will make it back alive! Zegama Beach! Come on you apes, you wanna live forever? Medic! Take a trip down washout lane! Someone made a…
S3E3 S03E03: 10 Things I Hate About You
Join us for another showdown with Ben, Ian and Anthon and a genre rarely dipped into on Back to the Pictures. With only Hitch & The Girl Next Door for company, this time round, the romcom arena…
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