Have You Seen..?

Come with us, a long way back in time, to go very slightly forward in time on this audio exclusive bonus episode: Timeslip (AKA The Atomic Man).

PLUS: The Two Ronnies, Thunderball, Tom Jones, driftwood, muscular thighs, Carry On, The Goons, Gary Oldman, David Bowie, Stella Street, S-VHS, Formula 1, Clive James, A Night To Remember, Stevenage, T’Pau, the history of X-rays, Kieran’s health, 50s technology, The Dam Busters, alchemy, The Bourne Identity and lame endings.

Tom's feature length documentary The Easy Bit is now included with Prime Video: http://bit.ly/theeasybit

Pack your tent, your rations, your selfie ringlight and your lawyer's phone number, and join Kieran & Tom as they tackle all the insanity, nonsense, controversy and outright fraud of Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened in the Have You Seen..? season 2 finale!

PLUS: American Movie, the Netflix acquisition process, Parks & Rec, Electric Boogaloo, The Imposter, Apple TV+, Isaac Asimov, Hulu, The Bahamas, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Steven Seagal, zero gravity, stupid names, Hanson, manbuns, Nirvana, waste water planning, wrangling the tipsy, the power of marketing, WWE continuity, rescuing kittens, defacing aircraft, pigs, the art of delegation and the things a man is prepared to do for mineral water.

Follow Kieran's Bell's palsy recovery via his video diaries: http://bit.ly/kieranbells

Rent Tom's feature length documentary The Easy Bit on Prime Video: http://bit.ly/theeasybit

It's KO's and K.O. as Kieran and Tom step in the ring with Rocky and Knives Out. A show punched and stabbed by a multitude of technical gremlins, which hopefully all got edited out (Kieran's mic is still running a bit hot).

WARNING: We spoil the hell out of Knives Out, BUT only in the second half of the show so you can still listen to the Rocky chat.

PLUS: Oscars, the mob, pet nutrition larceny, Smokey and The Bandit, Batman, Muhammed Ali, wrestling booking, Butch Cassidy, film editing, Ronda Rousey, MMA, subtitles, sequels, Mr. T, Dolph Lundgren, Hulk Hogan, statues, idiocy, movie soundtracks through the decades, boxing weight divisions, Star Wars, JJ Abrams, Blade Runner 2049, Columbo, Agatha Christie, Miss Marple, Transformers, Poirot, Clue, accents, Kenneth Brannagh, Wild Wild West, James Bond, What We Do in the Shadows, Rope, and yet another alteration to the plan.

Follow Kieran's Bell's palsy progress via his video diaries: http://bit.ly/kieranbells

Rent Tom's feature length documentary The Easy Bit on Prime Video: http://bit.ly/theeasybit

Join two very sweaty men on an epic journey from the Far East to the Wild West as Tom & Kieran get to grips with Dragon Blade and Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid.

PLUS: HEAT, flight paths, crap music, travel arrangements of the ancient Romans, elements of historical accuracy, Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, wandering accents, dubious eye makeup, "Wild Geese City", arrows, polygamy, Last of the Summer Wine, Nicolas Cage, Birdemic, Chinese Zodiac, Bleeding Steel, The Foreigner, Pierce Brosnan, Martin Campbell, When Harry Met Sally, creepy introductory scenes, Westworld, bilingual bank robbery, absurd explosions, Towering Inferno, Mel Brooks and the martial art of getting out of the way.

Rent Tom's feature length documentary The Easy Bit on Prime Video: http://bit.ly/theeasybit

This week, it's mostly a true story as Tom & Kieran tackle Erin Brockovich and The French Connection.

PLUS: hotdogging and grandstanding, air conditioning in suits of armour, fighting with flat-packed furniture, Tom & Kieran's Red Carpet Memories, Tom Cruise, The Limey, Drive, Batman, On The Run, The Departed, dismantling automobiles, Santa Claus drug busts, straw hats, fetishes, 1970s airplane design, dangerous working practices, "the wrong bloke", Fat Thomas, Halloween, and taking one's chances with Gallic delicacies.

Follow Kieran's Bell's palsy progress via his video diaries: http://bit.ly/kieranbells Rent Tom's feature length documentary The Easy Bit on Prime Video: http://bit.ly/theeasybit

Kieran and Tom are back with your two-a-week… a week late. Sorry. Let's talk Aliens and Bill!

PLUS: Kieran's crap fortnight, ageing, meat products, What We Do In The Shadows (the movie), What We Do In The Shadows (the TV show), Horrible Histories, Take That, The Cockernee Players of Bow, crossdressing, accents, all-day breakfast, fish & chips, beards, vegetables, Francis Walsingham, Ralph Fiennes, bending of history, Geoffrey Rush, plurals, how xenomorph reproduction works, a hostile crew, The Princess Bride, cinematography, Ian Holm, android amnesia, The Terminator, Brian Dennehy, advances in animatronics, Doug Jones, motion capture, Joss Whedon, David Fincher, Prometheus, studio interference, the power loader, T2, True Lies, Titanic, Avatar, shoddy airlock design, Spy Time/Anacleto and a lot of on-air Googling.

Follow Kieran's Bell's palsy progress via his video diaries: http://bit.ly/kieranbells

Rent Tom's feature length documentary The Easy Bit on Prime Video: http://bit.ly/theeasybit

It's fugitive week as Sylvester Stallone heads for the hills in First Blood, and Yuen Biao goes On The Run.

PLUS: wrestling, Bonjela, Diet Coke, hamster bottles, 2020 shite, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Wah, John Woo, The Prodigal Son, Knockabout, odd noises, a quick history of popular sub-genres in Hong Kong cinema, iffy stunt doubles, Dragons Forever, Eastern Condors, Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam, the Hui Brothers, Aces Go Places, the bleakness of Yuen Biao's weekend, toddlers in wheelbarrows, Kill Bill, machetes, VHS, a good first draft, the process of editing a movie, Predator, About Time, Oscar noms, war, Commando, cheesy editing, PTSD, body count, filing cabinets, Cobra, Tango and Cash, Rocky, Money Heist, Cocoon, In the Heat of the Night, Sidney Poitier, Smokey and the Bandit (again), prejudice, Denzel Washington, Transformers, Pete Hammond, Ratatouille, synesthesia, political commentary and Kieran's terrifying face.

Follow Kieran's progress via his video diaries: http://bit.ly/kieranbells

Is it silky or is it a selkie? A joke we liked so much, we used it twice. Join us as we review The Man in the White Suit and Song of the Sea!

PLUS: tautology, personal development, Batman, Stephen Mangan, Alfred Hitchcock, surpise northerners, fancy lighters, Jackie Chan, feminine wiles, The Third Man, built-in redundancy, Spirited Away, Sarah and Duck, The Gruffalo, "giving out" and reading recommendations from a 3-year-old.

Assume crash positions and dance! Or fight! Or both! It's Airport 1975 and Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films!

PLUS: new technology, Spider-Man, Shep Gordon, VHS arson, UZIs, chainsaws, ninjas, breakdancing, the Lambada, oneupmanship, Peppa Pig, Juan of the Dead, Lazer Team, the Cannes Film Market, cable TV, big money ideas, Ikorodu Bois, wheelbarrows for cars, alternative episode titles, Airplane!, big swords, gaping holes, CHiPs, 747 rental rates in the 70s, the history of the helicopter, Airport 1990(?), The Incredible Hulk, haunted musical instruments and the sex appeal of monkeys.

Clearly we hadn't had enough time and bandits after last week, so here's About Time and Smokey and the Bandit!

PLUS: things you can’t say today, wheelbarrows of money, Alabama local news, Dukes of Hazzard, country music, fake Bandits, elephants, nuns, chemistry, The Fall Guy, Scott Adkins, CB radio, Kieran’s family’s criminal history, lanky gingers, Dark, a five word review, poshness and tangerines.

All will be explained in the course of the episode, but essentially it turned out neither of us had ever seen Time Bandits, so why not watch it, chat about it, then foist that chat upon you, just like the old days?

PLUS: Monty Python, Tron, COVID-19 (sorry), lockdown (sorry) and what on Earth we've been up to for the past three years!

Better late than never! Only three years after it was originally supposed to be released, revel in the sweaty, muscle-bound glory of Hulk Hogan's debut as a leading man: No Holds Barred!

PLUS: a smell of chocolate, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Demolition, wrestling nerdery, axe hammers, Jesse Ventura's loud hair, pot plants, giant men and their small furniture, the world's worst limo driver, baby oil, the inner workings of Terry Bollea and Vince McMahon's minds, Hulk Hogan's mastery of the French language and his "sexy" face, ratings, poor names for combat sports events, Stan Hansen, "Klondyke Raymond", "Brock Jizzer", Frank Welker, grunting sounds, Street Fighter, a fundamental misunderstanding of how the television industry works, a random clown, laughing security cameras, Every Which Way But Loose, the cure for paralysis, Pink Floyd, Knight Rider and picking up women… by the face.

Definitely episode 134 (not 135; ignore foolish Kieran) and the boys are back, talking steroid documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster, minimalist thriller Hush and the reasons behind the large gaps in the release schedule.

PLUS: Incorrect numbering, technical hitches, whacking microphones, washing machines, TV advertising, burly Finnish lads, Netflix, Disturbed, Ben Affleck, drugged violinists, iMessage, Jason Bourne, The X-Files, the DVLA, The Hateful Eight and a shitload of mirrors.

A not-remotely-confusing episode in which Tom and Kieran compare and contrast Hong Kong cop thriller Infernal Affairs and its American remake The Departed.

PLUS: accidental and intentional racism, The Fast Show, The Rolling Stones, Sarah and Duck, Chinese endings, Heat, Starsky & Hutch, and some very rude words indeed.

Kieran & Tom tackle a real cinematic oddity: Walt Disney’s adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes, a horror film for children!

PLUS: Tron, The Black Hole, Kurt Russell, Pete’s Dragon, out-of-focus visual effects, creepy ginger kids, Josh Widdecombe, Ghostbusters, The Imperial March, The Goonies, Paddington and the forcible dying of children’s hair.

It’s the Stranger in a Strange Land episode as Kieran & Tom talk about Jackie Chan taking on the Yakuza in The Shinjuku Incident and Terence Stamp vs. Hollywood in The Limey.

PLUS: Horrific chestnut accidents, age gaps, nonsensical money-making schemes, limb lopping, unexpected cameos, the Jackie Chan oeuvre, Bob Hoskins, accents, memories, “Louise Goodman”, Barry Norman and wet ladies.

Scream if you wanna… well, do anything really… The boys settle down with Lamb of God’s heavy metal courtroom documentary As The Palaces Burn.

PLUS: Tesco, Priuses, DragonForce, Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, Taylor Swift, The Jonas Brothers, lottery numbers, buzzing phones, word amnesia, Saul Goodman, authenticity in documentary making, Formula 1, a spam update, Tokyo confusion and proper hash of a pitch.

The boys tackle a combination of films that defies description: Pain & Gain and Paddington.

PLUS: Bunny and The Bull, The Mighty Boosh, Martin Clunes, “John Wahlberg”, autocorrect, Andy Samberg and more…

Just the one, but it’s a doozie: prepare thyselves, mere mortals, for Tom & Kieran’s take on Hercules in New York!

PLUS: unruly phones, Cactus Jack, height, Rainbow Islands, wrestling, accents, Lewis Hamilton, bears, chunky knit sweaters, illicit gambling, listener correspondence and amazing film merchandise.

Tom & Kieran tackle comic book class war spy thrills in Kingsman: The Secret Service and tense German U-boat drama in Das Boot.

PLUS: Periscope tests (sorry, you missed it), posh nobs, Chris Eubank, Pirates of the Caribbean, Oscar Pistorius, Edgar Wright, Moonraker, Das Boot 2: Das Bootier, Kieran’s fear of submarines, problems with subtitles, drunken marksmanship, a technical interlude and adventures with lonely golfers.

No time to waste as the boys get their teeth into Inside Out, 12 Angry Men and Lazer Team, and try to keep it under an hour.

PLUS: Lava, Riley’s First Date, buzzing objects, The WOW Signal, MegaMan, Red vs. Blue, Slow-Mo Guys, Achievement Hunter, fandom, crowd funding, unprofessional on-air microphone adjustments, jury duty, Wall-E, Kevin Spacey, advertising jingles, AC/DC and funny noises.

We’re back, with the correct episode number! This time, we’re talking The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and John Wick.

PLUS: Confusion, lack of surprise, not Lalo Schifrin, Return to Oz, Noo Yawk, the context of character, fashion critique, sexism, reverse sexism, racism, homophobia, beagles, Mustangs, Faster, Chow Yun-Fat, Jet Li, Taken, Life of Brian, non-existent graphic novels, Making a Murderer, and the expected conventions of movie violence.

New year, new show! Two movies from first-time directors that spark great conversation and debate as we tackle Whiplash and Ex Machina.

PLUS: the Rock Band calibration tool, I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, The Darkness, Supergirl, flawless VFX, flawed logic, the Turing test (kind of), technical hitches, tangents, Zoids, hungry babies and an octopus in a jar.

It’s our final show of the year as we tackle photography documentary Finding Vivian Maier and vampire mock-doc What We Do In The Shadows.

PLUS: the elasticity of time, marshmallows, cuddles, buzzing phones and a mysterious ghostly hand.

In this one, Tom intelligently reviews The Babadook, while Kieran blathers about Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon.

PLUS: we get two very famous actors confused, can’t remember one of their names, profuse apologies and Kieran does an impersonation of a sassy American black woman from the 70s.

A surprise Bumper bi-locational show a week early wIth a lot to say about Alfred Hitchcock’s Spellbound and spelling bee documenTary Spellbound.

PLUS: marketing knobs, psychoanaLYsis, gender politics, Intolerable Cruelty, miners, office harassment, unprofessional Gregory Peck, liverWurst, All-consuming love at firsT sight, Crappy hotel and Home security, skiing, copious Bumping of microphones, Guy Ritchie’s turds, Tom Attempting to redesign the spelling bee from the gRound up, high jump, immigRants, Christopher Guest, Hooters, The Simpsons and details on how You can watch our new short film!

It’s Norwegian borstal drama, King of Devil’s Island and crowd-funded 80’s sci-fi action pastiche short Kung Fury. What a dream team!

PLUS: An explanation as to where we’ve been, coughing (some of which slipped through the edit), some Norwegian that Kieran has learned, Stellan Skarsgård’s “nineteen” kids, borstal Lethal Weapon, Schindler’s List (twice), trains of thought derailing into streams of consciousness, screenwriting foibles, Titanic, rampaging arcade machines, aspect ratio chat, Nintendo Power Gloves, ZX Spectrums, Valkyries, Thor, education chat, Countdown and “tiger vagina”.

After far too long, Tom & Kieran are back, talking The Man Who Would be King and Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead!

PLUS: earwaves, insults, dodgy impressions, men who have forgotten how to speak into a microphone, comeuppance, The Hays Code, Alexander The Great, tortured zombies, puke, terrible (and potentially offensive) accents, Stellan Skarsgard, Mads Mikkelsen, Sharknado, epic listener correspondence and Bonnie Tyler.

All aboard! The boys are tackling Bong Joon-ho’s apocalyptic locomotive sci-fi Snowpiercer.

PLUS: preferential crediting, Cream, the fate of the human race, mountain goats, Dr. Dre and a large slippery fish.

With the greatest of apologies for the unforeseen absence (full details next episode), Tom & Kieran return with a full review of Eric Jacobus & The Stunt People’s Death Grip.

PLUS: Quiches, drawings, motion sensors, squirting blood, the death and resurgence of great fight choreography, How to Train Your Dragon, 22 Jump Street, a new listener pitch and revelations about what we do with our non-podcast time.

To find out more about and purchase Death Grip, visit http://deathgripmovie.com/

The blog Tom mentions at the end can be found at https://journeytothefarsideofthewomb.wordpress.com

Antonio Banderas slaps on some guyliner and pretends to be an Arab in The 13th Warrior.

PLUS: Kate Upton, terrible 70s camerawork, Mongo, the impotent hero, bear costumes, Dungeons & Dragons, The Netherlands, Facebook poking, international shipping, Rain Man, Heart of Dragon, Armour of God, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Koichi Sakamoto, Jeff Pruitt, a birthday and Power Rangers.

Antonio Banderas slaps on some guyliner and pretends to be an Arab in The 13th Warrior.

PLUS: Kate Upton, terrible 70s camerawork, Mongo, the impotent hero, bear costumes, Dungeons & Dragons, The Netherlands, Facebook poking, international shipping, Rain Man, Heart of Dragon, Armour of God, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Koichi Sakamoto, Jeff Pruitt, a birthday and Power Rangers.

A short show, but better than no show as Tom & Kieran review Eric Jacobus’ martial arts shorts Rope-a-Dope and Rope-a-Dope 2, and Hal Ashby’s Harold & Maude.

PLUS: Closeness, purple tulips, shenanigans with lights, saluting devices, Jackie Chan, Groundhog Day, Magic Clap, walking sticks, wrestling rings and fried eggs.

The boys talk sci-fi blockbuster Edge of Tomorrow and comic coming of age drama The Way Way Back.

PLUS: Chocolate biscuits, iPad thievery, 80s MOR rock, Community and Kieran potentially finding a huge mistake in a movie he really likes.

There’s nothing artificial, or indeed intelligent, about this episode as Tom & Kieran review The Machine.

PLUS: Damian Lewis, “-son”, Stephen Campbell Moore, Eric Jacobus, The Adjustment Bureau, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Fault in our Stars, iPhones in the rain, a new segment, listener correspondence, director correspondence and a bonus spoiler story!

Tom & Kieran review exploratory documentary For The Bible Tells Me So and have a surprisingly grown-up discussion of religion, prejudice, family, sexuality and fear.

PLUS: Shrimp, rabbits, budgies, a lot of the usual messing about and the final round of Listener Pitch Yahtzee Roulette.

New year, new show as the boys tackle pointy low-budget horror Splinter.

PLUS: All the usual stuff & nonsense, and our penultimate Listener Pitch Yahtzee Roulette Coin-Toss thingy.

Everyone else is doing a Christmas special, so why shouldn’t we? Kieran reviews the allegedly Christmassy Dead End, and Tom reviews the definitely Christmassy It’s a Wonderful Life.

PLUS: Marilyn Manson, horny doctors, an obsession with Forest Rangers, “woman massages own brain to orgasm death”, copyright lapses, sweaty palms, gender reassignment pedestrian crossings, guilty pleasures, what was at the time breaking news and round 4 of Listener Pitch Yahtzee Roulette.

Obviously the perfect movie to review in the middle of December, Kieran & Tom discuss The Kings of Summer.

PLUS: Hangovers, horrible mispronunciations, passive-aggressive Monopoly, lunch revisited, listener emails, threats of violence, a celebrity anecdote, the inner workings of a cinephile marriage, confessions, Red Dwarf and special Christmas pitches!

Abandon logic and prepare for a toothy storm! The sharks are back as Tom & Kieran review Sharknado 2: The Second One.

PLUS: “Star” cameos, Videocopilot, running up stairs, dubious medical advice, Richard Kind trivia, a random alligator, science, Tara Reid’s guilty secret and a near-death experience.

One review, one pitch and one very big apology. The boys are finally back and talking Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru.

PLUS: Parks & Rec and a shocking revelation.

A short, late, poor excuse for a podcast as Kieran & Tom tackle Steven Soderbergh’s “educational” black-and-white version of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

PLUS: Personal injuries, bodily noises, equipment abuse, live tarantulas, continuity errors, additional Spielberg, Soderberghian speculation, a succession of shadows and Listener Pitch Roulette… that’s actually a dice game.

Two more disparate films you could not hope to see. Tom & Kieran talk about art classic, Koyaanisqatsi and Japanese samurai gunplay zombie action comedy horror, Versus.

PLUS: terrible streaming quality, rubbish apps, Betamax, explosions, giants, Kieran “sings” and impersonates a horn section, Sam Raimi, Cloud Atlas, a bald future, swords with laser sights, the kind of thing we used to make, Hideo Kojima, Metal Gear Solid, dubious claims and a very special pitch for next episode…

Kieran & Tom are kings of the road this week as they discuss Duel and Premium Rush.

PLUS: U2, great stunts, cyclistism, Harry Secombe, a few parish notices and the two most diametrically opposed film pitches in HYS history.

We’re the home of the brave as we dive into true life Norwegian rafting adventure Kon-Tiki and adolescent horror The Hole.

PLUS: strapping Scandis, Oscar-winning documentaries, filming in two languages, mitochondrial DNA, sharks, the best-looking raft crew in history, how to stay in shape while afloat, Movie-Con, clown puppets, boys playing girls, stop motion, delayed release, Monster Dad and blasting Netflix in its various regions.

Just the one movie to talk about this time, but it’s The Raid 2. Put up your dukes, let’s get down to it.

PLUS: Horrific bodily noises, nerdy camera chat, limp useless arms, an unwelcome guest in the submersible, Rush Hour, tall people and all the usual nonsense.

The boys return in the traditional audio-only form to talk Cuban zombie comedy Juan of the Dead and Niki Lauda/James Hunt rivalry flick Rush.

Plus Tom impersonates some famous Austrians… or maybe Australians… Truth be told, I’m not sure what that accent was supposed to be…

Tom & Kieran dive headlong into Extremes of 3D, talking the wildly disparate Gravity and Drive Angry.

PLUS: Live listener tweets, camera confusion and OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ROOM!

You can watch the full show here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_N0r6uMfh0

An epic Unicron-sized show as Tom & Kieran get into the machinery of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Robot & Frank and, as a special bonus, the brand new Transformers: Age of Extinction.

WARNING: Contains many, many spoilers and ranting.

PLUS: Sore throats, weird eyes, superfluous presidents, linking Sandra Bullock to the Transformers cinematic universe, chubby robots, football chat, sci-fi balls, very reliable units, giant computers, time zone debate, microphone abuse and VERY important news about episode 100.