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It made more money than James Bond!

New Year, new exciting 101 Films feature! Lewis and I have come up with yet another 101 Films podcast. We’re becoming like a crisp/chip company with all our various ‘flavours’. Joining our standard podcast (the Ready Salted, if we’re going to stick with the crisp flavour analogy), our Specials (Salt and Vinegar) and our ExtrasContinue reading “It made more money than James Bond!”

Movie Marathon: British Sitcom Films

Featuring Till Death Do Us Part, On The Buses, Dad’s Army, Are You Being Served? and The Likely Lads.

It got serious

It’s been a long time coming but we finally, FINALLY, got round to watching A Separation. Back in 2012, when we were worrying about Mayan Calendars, London Olympics and Gangnam Style (what a year that was) young Philip Rose recommended we watch A Separation, the first Iranian film to win an Oscar and the criticalContinue reading “It got serious”

#68: A Separation

Let’s just say this film puts your own problems into perspective.

One. Two. Three. Knock on the Wall

Finally our terrifying journey through October, the spookiest month of all, comes to an end with our last Halloween special podcast for 2013. After looking at horror in the 1950s with Night of the Demon and in the 1970s with The Wicker Man, we finish with what is considered a modern classic, 2007’s The Orphanage.Continue reading “One. Two. Three. Knock on the Wall”

#67: The Orphanage

In our third Halloween podcast we look at J. A. Bayona’s spooky 2007 film.

Here’s the story of Bonnie and Clyde

If you were looking for a film that perfectly encapsulated the 1960s then you’d struggle to find a better one than Bonnie and Clyde. Often described as the start of ‘New Hollywood’, Bonnie and Clyde feels, even now, exciting and rule defying. Its stars are young and fresh faced (indeed, Warren Beatty looks almost impossiblyContinue reading “Here’s the story of Bonnie and Clyde”

The World’s End: 101 Films Extra #02

Our second 101 Films Extra, this time with added Lewis! Being big fans of Spaced, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, Lewis and I were very much looking forward to The World’s End. Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg back together writing and Nick Frost and Simon Pegg back together on screen. This is goingContinue reading “The World’s End: 101 Films Extra #02”

#61: When Harry Met Sally

The film that inspired dozens of terrible sketches that all end with the punchline “I’ll have what she’s having”.

I don’t think you have this under control anymore

Ah, school. Best days of your life. What’s strange is how you find the same sort of people and stories in every school: the ‘cool’ teacher, the misfit kid, the bullies, the couple who acted like they were practically married, the neo-fascistic school project that everyone in your class gets way too involved in, eventuallyContinue reading “I don’t think you have this under control anymore”