34: The Oscars Special
What are the most forgettable Academy Award winning films?
59m Mar 05, 2024
59m
33: The Thomas Crown Affair, heisting art, and sexy bits
Pierce Brosnan steals Rene Russo's (he)art in The Thomas Crown Affair.
57m Feb 27, 2024
57m
32: Constantine, horror vs fantasy, and Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves is unholier than thou as John Constantine.
54m Feb 19, 2024
54m
31: The Italian Job, cast your heist movie, who’s the man
It's Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron and Jason Statham in the most boring of heist gangs ever, in this 2003 F Gary Gray directed Oceans 11 knock-off: The Italian Job.
59m Feb 12, 2024
59m
30: Dune, space fantasy, Tolkien vs Herbert
Timothée Chalamet heads off into the desert with mummy on a spicy adventure in Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's worm-heavy tome Dune.
1hr 1m Feb 05, 2024
1hr 1m
29: Role Models, man-child movies, Bill Burr & Louis CK
Paul Rudd and Stifler Seann William Scott bro down in bromedy, Role Models.
1hr 1m Jan 29, 2024
1hr 1m
28: The Fighter, dysfunctional families, making the bleak British version
Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale do familial fighting in The Fighter.
1hr 8m Jan 23, 2024
1hr 8m
27: The Beach, reading the book first, and Americanising things
Leo DiCaprio flops in the overheated, undercooked The Beach in his post-Titanic stink bomb.
1hr 1m Jan 15, 2024
1hr 1m
26: Saltburn Special / Joe’s Apology
Barry Keoghan does the dirty with the aristocrats. And Joe apologises for messing up his recording of the Lord of the Rings special episode.
45m Jan 01, 2024
45m
25: The Two Faces of January, Viggo Mortensen, and actors we love
Oscar Isaac, Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst get up in each other's grill in a solid Patricia Highsmith adaptation.
59m Dec 18, 2023
59m
24: V for Vendetta, fondness vs fury, and can a great scene save a bad film
Portman does English, but only words beginning with V.
1hr 10m Dec 11, 2023
1hr 10m
23: Fury, WW2 films, The Brad Pitt Game
Bradley Pitt does broken war daddy, and tanks get some special attention.
1hr Dec 04, 2023
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22: Jumper, teleporting, blockbuster effort, stuck on a film set
Hayden Christensen looks pretty vacant in this limp 2008 flick from Doug Liman.
39m Nov 27, 2023
39m
21: The Bourne Legacy, tampering with Bourne, and the nearly Renners
Jeremy Renner is Bourne again but for the first time, with mixed feedback.
57m Nov 20, 2023
57m
20: The American, distracted by George Clooney, and European sensibilities
George Clooney broods and builds a gun in a quaint Italian village; he's sexy, it's sexy.
40m Nov 13, 2023
40m
19: Sunshine, titans of sci-fi, and the third act fixed
Danny Boyle does sci-fi, with an ensemble cast before they were mega famous.
1hr 5m Nov 06, 2023
1hr 5m
18: Logan Lucky, Channing Tatum, and why Soderbergh is great
Channing Tatum goes nowhere fast in Steven Soderbergh's light and frothy crime-comedy, no amount of onscreen talent and snazzy visuals can get this flick out of second gear.
1hr 2m Oct 30, 2023
1hr 2m
17: Melancholia, watchable Von Triers and heavy movie symbolism
Kirsten Dunst squares up to an evocatively named planet in Lars Von Trier's sumptuous, misery-laden drama.
59m Oct 23, 2023
59m
16: Mystic River, Clint Eastwood and the 2004 Oscars
Clint Eastwood gathers a mightily impressive cast for this slog of a crime drama – Sean Penn supplies the ham, Tim Robbins the cheese, and Kevin Bacon, oddly, brings the bread.
50m Oct 16, 2023
50m
15: King Arthur, the Clive Owen conundrum, and cheese as directors
More sword swinging, this time Clive Owen and pals in this soggy (but 'realistic') interpretation of the King Arthur legend.
56m Oct 09, 2023
56m
14: Logan, Hugh Jackman, and superheroes (Powered by Kellogg’s)
Hugh Jackman carves it up as an ailing, ageing Wolverine.
52m Oct 02, 2023
52m
13: Half Nelson, the Ryan Gosling Game, and ideas for muting film criticism
Ryan Gosling leans on walls and chews on a toothpick as a drug addict teacher in this confused indie flick.
1hr 3m Sep 25, 2023
1hr 3m
12: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, films that hit different, and Daddy’s Doorway
A lyrical tale told from the point of view of a French journalist with locked in syndrome, who learned to communicate by blinking - and wrote a book with the help of his nurse. Starring a superb Mathieu Amalric.
58m Sep 18, 2023
58m
11: The Recruit, CIA Hogwarts and Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken
Colin Farrell and Al Pacino do CIA. Or do they? A bullseye forget you forgot it flick.
52m Sep 11, 2023
52m
10: The Ninth Gate, Euro puddings, the devil’s business; and the pleasures of story structure
Johnny Depp goes full gumshoe in the hunt for a devil-rousing book in this saucy Euro-pudding.
1hr 12m Sep 04, 2023
1hr 12m
9: Kingdom of Heaven, swords and silliness, and ethical absolutism
Ridley Scott swings his hefty sword at the Crusades.
45m Aug 28, 2023
45m
8: Anger Management (Charity Shop Special)
Adam Sandler. Jack Nicholson. Idiocy. Disappointment.
53m Aug 24, 2023
53m
7: The Science of Sleep, the music video of it all and the show finds its true name
A man-child dreams of creativity, and falls in love with his neighbour.
49m Aug 21, 2023
49m
6: Reign of Fire, why dragons don’t work and many things post-apocalyptic
Bale and McConaughey get down and dirty with a dragon.
46m Aug 14, 2023
46m
5: Revolutionary Road, Sam Mendes nuts and film criticism is absolutely pointless
DiCaprio & Winslet do the suburbs.
45m Aug 07, 2023
45m
4: The Adjustment Bureau; Matty Damons and bafflingly bureaucratic angels
Matt Damon, the politician, meets Emily Blunt in a bathroom.
56m Jul 31, 2023
56m
3: Life of Pi, cod wisdom fit for tea towels; and the 9/11 connection
Remembering Ang Lee's Life of Pi from 2012.
40m Jul 24, 2023
40m
2: Blades of Glory, Funny Ferrell, and Recasting the Movie So It’s Different and Good
‘Comedy’ Blades of Glory (of 2007 fame) is the flick we forgot we forgot for this episode. Starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder, directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, the story sees two chalk-and-cheese figure skaters who have to overcome their differences in order to win in the Olympics, or something. It was more fruitful recasting the film than actually dicussing its merits, so that's what w...
36m Jul 17, 2023
36m
1: Nocturnal Animals, sad male fantasies, and advice on sharing that novel you wrote
Does Tom Ford's Nocturnal Animals deserve to be remembered? You won't find the answer here.
57m Jul 10, 2023
57m
Welcome to Movies You Forgot You Forgot
Welcome to the Movies You Forgot You Forgot podcast, with Adam Richmond & Joe Devine. In this trailer, we lay out what you can expect from this show going forwards. Thanks to Henry Cooke & Alice Devine for the podcast artwork. 4ee19e04c0b07e5c6639f901b2c7c9f2e21299d7
5m Jul 03, 2023
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