Welcome back FMBuffs; this week our hosts navigate the nightmarish, milk-splashing, ooze-oozing, meat-mulching hellscape conjured up in Andrzej Zulawski's 1981 psychosexual surrealist horror "Posession". There's plenty of cryptic symbolism for the boys to unpack here, and they manage to catch their breath with some brief chatter about Michael Mann and JK Rowling's shitting wizards.  next week: Memoirs of an Invisible Man

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Possession (1981)

This week the FMB get around to Tobias's belated pick, and ingest John Leguizamo's infamously unfunny,  "The Pest".  Folks this is probably the closest the FMB has come to throwing in the towel mid-episode as the boys desperately cling to any flotsam this cinematic catastrophe leaves in it's wake.   next week: hopefully Andrzej Zulawski's "Possession"

The Pest

In light of Ennio Morricone's recent passing, the FMB have decided to trade in Leguizamo's Pest for another trip to the Wild West. And what better fitting film to farewell the maestro than his own farewell to the genre he helped define? That's right, we talk Sergio Leone's "Once Upon A Time In The West" as well as Morricone's impact not only on the Western, but cinema itself.  Try as we might, there just aren't enough words in the English language to express our gratitude to the man who brought so much to the medium we love so dearly. Vale, Ennio.

Morricone / Once Upon A Time In The West

Saddle up, Pilgrim! This week the FMB ride, boldly ride to the end of the rainbow with Howard Hawks' acrylic Western "El Dorado", starring Robert Mitchum, James Caan and of course, everyone's favourite lazy cowboy, John Wayne. No stone is left unturned! Everyone tries their hand at a Wayne impression, James Caan's shoulders get a mention, and Mitchum's handsomeness is put on trial. And there's that little sinophobic elephant in the room...  next week we endure John Leguizamo's "The Pest"

El Dorado

Folks, sadly we have a chopped-up offering for you this week. Microphone issues meant we had to ditch a large chunk of this episode that was inexplicable dedicated to discussing the 1993 Super Mario Brothers movie, but we've managed to salvage what was listenable into a lovely chat about Charles Laughton's seminal masterpiece The Night of the Hunter.  next week we continue our love affair with Robert Mitchum in Howard Hawks' El Dorado.  

The Night Of The Hunter

Welcome! Make yourselves comfortable, wipe the irradiated sand our of your eyes and crack open an ice cold Aqua-Cola as the FMB wander into the wasteland to talk Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. Much time is spent on the many qualities of Sexy Jason aka The Lord Humungus, but there's room in the discussion for the Mad Max franchise, George "The Penguin" Miller, the state of Australian cinema and a quick overview of Scoot McNairy's career.  next week: The Night of The Hunter

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

Yes children, this is the cool-out corner. We're slowing it down for all the lovers in the house. The FMB'll be giving you all the help you need, sonically, that is..  This week we discuss Spike Lee's frenetic, funny, raw, tragic and still-relevant masterpiece Do The Right Thing. and that's the double truth, Ruth. next week Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

Do The Right Thing

THEY WANTED US This week the FMB enter Phase V as we discuss Saul Bass' sole feature. The psychedelic Ant caper - Phase IV

Phase IV

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN This week was Tobias' pick. We look back at a picture that started the buddy cop craze - Walter Hill's 48hrs. Tobias and Maciej did a little extra homework this week by enduring Another 48hrs on top, who doesn't like a little sequel comparison?  Next week we enter - PHASE IV

48hrs.

Nick's pick this week throws us into a candy-coated simulacrum of a couple of days in the life of brothers Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez. We are talking, of course, about 1990's garbage-man comedy/conspiracy thriller hybrid Men At Work.  The buys promptly trash the flick and get a little deep in the weeds talking about the Sheen family, surname, Chuck Lorre shows and Hot Shots Part Deux before bringing it home with with a squeaky clean ending about the film's own squeaky clean ending.  next week : Walter Hill's '48hrs'

Men At Work

In this weeks 2hr monster ep. the FMB try their best to compress their thoughts and opinions on the groundbreaking Jason Bourne film series. That's Bournes: Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum, Legacy (yup) and Jason for those keeping score.  The density of the discussion is hard to fit into this description, but suffice to say the boys valiantly attempt to express the dizzying heights and regrettable lows of a franchise that's finally reached drinking age.  next week: Men at Work starring brothers, Emilio and Carlos Estevez. 

The Bourne Series

Have you ever been so mad that you accidentally blew up your own son with your biomechanical gun-arm? No? How about accidentally murdering your girlfriend with your out of control drill-penis? Just us? This week the FMB foray into the realm of experimental cinema with a back to back viewing of Shinya Tsukamoto's influential cyberpunk nightmares, Tetsuo: The Iron Man and its remake/sequel Tetsuo II: Body Hammer.  Next week we run the gamut of Jason Bourne movies for your listening pleasure. 

Testuo: The Iron Man/Tetsuo II: Body Hammer

Maybe it's the isolation, maybe it's just that this movie plain sucked, but it's the first new release the FMB have gotten in a while and the boys tear it to ribbons.  The Sam Hargrave-directed, Russo-produced, Hemsworth-starring Extraction is this weeks main course and much like the film, very few things walk out of this episode unscathed- yes, invcluding David Harbour.  next week: Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (Tetsuo: The Iron Man recommended, not required)

Extraction

This week, Tobias takes us way back to the swingin' sixties with this then-praised, now nary-mentioned offering from James Bond director Terrence Young: "Wait Until Dark". This primordial cat-and-mouse thriller boasts that elusive 'coolness' factor that Youngs films seem to exude, plus some big performances from stars Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin and the immortal Richard Crenna.  next week we sharpen our fangs on a new release with Extraction.

Wait Until Dark

Welcome back FMBuffs. This week Nick makes a pick on that movie jukebox and pulls out perennial podcast darling Peter Berg's 1998 debut directorial feature Very Bad Things. In a rare episode the boys are somewhat split on what exactly to laugh at in this pitch-black mean spirited comedy, but as usual there's time for a sidebar on Boogie Nights, Christian Slater's criminal record, and a chance for the boys to flex their esoteric knowledge of early 2000's sitcoms.  Next Week: we head to the swingin' 60's with Wait Until Dark

Very Bad Things

One Cha'man and One Cha'boi watch and riff on movies new and old.

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