It's the last week of Michael Douglas month at the FMB household, and true to their amorphous, directionless nature, the examination has morphed into closely observing the triumvirate of stars Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito - so we see them out with the capstone (or coffin nail) to that historic trio: "The War of the Roses". next week: the boys finally visit Michael Mann's 2015 monetary failure "Blackhat" 

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The War of the Roses

It's week three of the FMB Month of MD (Michael Douglas to you) and instead of the smorgasbord approach the boys have put on their bifocals and honed in on the direct sequel to the previous episode and watched the vastly inferior Jewel Of The Nile - and also spend far too much time on a gaffe about 1998's Mighty Joe Young. next week Michael Douglas month mutates even further and we wrap it up with War Of The Roses. 

Jewel of The Nile

It's week 2 into our impromptu FMBMDM (the Forever Movie Boys Michael Douglas Month to the uninitiated), and what better way to celebrate the Dougster than to take a look at the film that arguably put him on the map and launched him into the sexual daydreams of countless bored stay-at-home types hoping for their own companion with whom to share a Colombian mudslide (not a euphemism or a cocktail).  next week: Jewel of The Nile

Romancing The Stone

The FMB continue their meandering entry to the year by focusing their sights on 90's darling Michael Douglas, specifically Joel Schumacher's 1993 treatise on the American Dream "Falling Down". It's the kind of movie that has a lot to say, but has a hard time saying it and ends up maybe choking a little on its own words.  next week the Douglas dissertation continues with "Romancing The Stone"

Falling Down

Our host's very own backyard provides the backdrop for todays pick. On the agenda is one-time director Sandy Harbutt's cult 1974 Australian biker flick "STONE". Having lost both Harbutt and Australian acting legend Hugh Keays-Byrne last year, the boys pay tribute to both in the only way the FMB know how.  next week: Falling Down

Stone (1974)

After 3-ish years our hosts return to the New York backstreets to see what that crazy Maniac Cop, Matt Cordell has been up to. Turns out more of the same, but with a more capable cast in tow - including the legendary Robert Davi - perhaps this stuntacular grindhouse sequel might go down a little easier. next week: STONE (1974)

Maniac Cop 2

This week, our hosts return to provocateur Paul Verhoeven's body of work and discuss his 1995 rags-to-riches trash epic, Showgirls.  Resented in it's day, celebrated in certain corners, the boys try their best to parse the satire and intent from the genuinely bad and misguided.  next week: Maniac Cop 2

Showgirls

It's 2021 FMBuffs! The FMB welcome you into this New Year the only way they know how - by selecting an esoteric, seldom seen, unfunny film by a bygone filmmaker (no shade on Brian De Palma, we love him dearly) that would interest only the narrowest possible audience. It's good to be back!  next week: Showgirls

Get To Know Your Rabbit

Happy Holidays FMBuffs! In order to truly embrace this festive season the FMB got together and talked about the infamous 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special. It's got everything you'd want in a Star Wars story; including, but not limited to: Intergalactic Daytime Television, Circus performers, Jefferson Starship, a murder cover-up and truckloads of comedy so broad that it's for absolutely no-one.  Enjoy! 

The Star Wars Holiday Special

This week, the FMB hunker down and blow the dust off of their dossier on Pixar's Cars and delve deeper into its maddening, nonsensical universe with Cars 2. Hoping to at least put to rest some lingering questions from the first film, the boys instead open a Pandora's box of logical loopholes, inconsistent analogies and frightening anatomical implications.  next week: The Star Wars Holiday Special (check it out on YouTube)

Cars 2

Having downed Citizen Kane as our apertif for this weeks main course, the FMB dive headfirst into David Fincher's first film in six years, "Mank".  As expected from a Fincher flick, the gears inside the movie are precisely calibrated and well oiled, cast and crew alike,  however the question remains - does it actually work?     

Mank

Now, we are well aware that the FMB are certainly not the first generic Film-and-Tv podcast to tackle cinema's crown jewel, Citizen Kane.  However, we believe with the utmost confidence that within the sub-category of Kane-related podcast episodes, we may well be the first to draw a wonky line of comparison from Orson Welles' masterwork to Ang Lee's underappreciated 2003 superhero film 'Hulk' and subsequently dedicate about 1/3 of the episode talking about just that. Go us! next week: Mank

Citizen Kane

John Boorman's gonzo 1974 sci-fi parable, Zardoz, may not be the first film that comes to mind when recalling the late Sean Connery, but maybe that's the point. Come, FMBuffs, meditate with us on the 2nd level as we honour Connery by watching him emerge from Bond stardom into a brave new world filled with flying stone heads, green bread and racy, impractical wardrobe choices. next week: Citizen Kane

Zardoz

AWAKEN SLEEPERS. Welcome to Arrakis, FMBuffs, where spice is plentiful and water is not. This week our hosts, in a fit of impatience and curiosity, discuss David Lynch's infamous 1984 stab at adapting DUNE for the big screen. What follows is a migraine-inducing breakdown of book-to-screen translation, the pronunciation of 'Dune', and more Fremen slang than you can wave a Gom Jabbar at. Enjoy. next week we honour the passing of Sir Sean Connery with Zardoz. 

DUNE (1984)

In this short, but sweet episode, our hosts explore the pitfalls of gentrification and tourism in a Cornish fishing village via Mark Jenkins astonishing independent 2019 feature 'Bait'. Despite the distancing effect of it's unorthodox trappings, the boys find themselves thoroughly mesmerised by the films unassuming, yet bold style. next week we make believe and watch David Lynch's "DUNE" in lieu of the again-delayed Villeneuve version. 

Bait (2019)

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