095 - REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2020

Jeremy is joined by both Anthony Malone and Chris Arnsby to examine the best and worst films of 2020. Studying the cinema of that remote space year leads them to sundry apocalypses, Sherlockiana, the origin of Mary Poppins, historical fidelity, the drug of creative control and the last (and first) word on Tenet.

Since this podcast was recorded Peter Jackson's The Beatles: Get Back project has changed from a feature film released in cinemas to a miniseries exclusive to Disney+. Check local listings for details.

Featured below is a playlist of the podcast's choices for best films of the year in decades past, as well as two pieces of music that come under discussion during the show.

092 - THE TAILOR OF PANAMA

After a long interregnum, Anthony Malone returns to the podcast, joining Jeremy for a discussion of 2001 comic spy drama The Tailor of Panama, based on the novel by John Le Carré, directed by John Boorman and starring Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush and Jamie Lee Curtis. Their discursive discussion covers such a range of topics as Raise the Titanic, authorial distance, pandemic delays, the persistance of a lack of memory and Alan B'Stard.

078 - MARS ATTACKS!

Jeremy is joined by Anthony Malone to discuss the weighty issues that surround Tim Burton's 1996 sci-fi disaster movie parody Mars Attacks!, boasting an all-star cast led by Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Pierce Brosnan and Natalie Portman. Their detailed conflab covers such pressing concerns as Martians on the razz, Edward D Wood Jr, Richard Nixon, military deference, disposable culture, ignorant tourists and getting trolled by the Horror Channel.

Added below for your viewing pleasure are some of the science-fiction films from the 1950s that likely acted as inspiration for Mars Attacks!.

076 - BRITANNIA HOSPITAL

Anthony Malone returns for an examination of Lindsay Anderson's 1982 satire Britannia Hospital, starring an ensemble cast including Leonard Rossiter, Mark Hamill, Malcolm McDowell, Joan Plowright and Robin Askwith, while a timely conversation between himself and Jeremy covers such topics as religious propaganda, unnecessary surgery, injured actors, Brexit and Rebel Wilson.

 
 

070 - TERMINATOR GENISYS

Jeremy and Anthony Malone reunite for the first of a new season, beginning with a timely examination of 2015 science-fiction action sequel Terminator Genisys starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, Jason Clarke and JK Simmons.

Over the course of a mammoth struggle of intellects, their debate touches on such weighty matters as bad marketing, Ryan Gosling's Giggle Factory, James Cameron's secret merman identity, grey goo, Amistad with Oompa-Loompas and Terminators that ride horses, dance, attend job interviews or are made of mushrooms. We were both quite tired.

Be warned that there are major spoilers early on in the podcast, and that the trailer below was carefully selected to avoid including them.

 
 

069 - WATER

Jeremy is joined again by Anthony Malone to mull over the 1985 satirical comedy Water starring Michael Caine, Leonard Rossiter, Brenda Vaccaro, Valerie Perrine and Billy Connelly, as part of a discussion that covers such topics as the BBC Shakespeare, comic actor Salma Hayek, Bernard and the Genie and knockabout prankster George Harrison.

Included below are extracts from the fantastic soundtrack and the segment from the programme mentioned in the podcast, In at the Deep End, in which Paul Heiney gets acting lessons from a mercurial Oliver Reed.

067 - ALIEN3

Jeremy is joined by Anthony Malone once again to study 1992 sci-fi horror sequel Alien3, starring Sigourney Weaver and Charles Dance and directed by a debuting David Fincher, with a discussion that takes in Cats, The Corrs, astronaut pranks, Damon Lindelof's acting and the time Jeremy described the plot of Seven to his mother.

Included below for additional viewing enjoyment is the recent stage production of Alien: The Play, adapted and performed by the students of North Bergen High School, North Bergen, New Jersey, with an on-stage introduction by Sigourney Weaver.

063 - REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2018

Jeremy rounds up his choices for the best and worst films of the year, assisted by Chris Arnsby and Anthony Malone, the latter joining via written notes, as together they cover such subjects as the stage version of The Exorcist, the parallel between Freddie Mercury and Neil Armstrong, Jurassic World: The Lawsuit, the distance of history and exactly what Jeremy thinks of Ernest Cline.

054 - PLAY TIME

Anthony Malone joins Jeremy to discuss 1967's epic comedy Play Time, starring, co-written and directed by Jacques Tati. As they dissect the film they immediately decide is a masterpiece, they also touch on Terry Gilliam, The Prisoner, Peep Show, architectural prophecy, silent farce and all the joy of the world.

052 - PRINCE OF DARKNESS

Jeremy is joined by Anthony Malone for a discussion pertaining to John Carpenter's 1987 quantum horror Prince of Darkness, starring Donald Pleasance. Their conversation covers such matters as broken-down cars, academic dissertations, future sitcom stars and Joe Pesci impressions, while Anthony is tickled by the notion of an Erich von Daniken theme park and Jeremy is interrupted by an actual ghost.