There are those out there who can fly, then there are those that can fly well, then of course there are those who can fly the best. This is a podcast about a film about those people. Andrew’s childhood comedy bible is brought to Johnny on a plate, wherein discussions of Charlie Sheen’s career, body horror in cinema and the film Top Gun help pad a run time. Topper Harley Forever!
265 - 2021 - A YEAR IN REVIEW
As 2021 closes up, Andrew and Johnny look back at the year’s episodes, the good, the bad and the forgotten entirely. It’s a chill overview of year 5 of the podcast, a good way to get settled in to the next run of the show if you’re wanting an entry point.
BONUS - TICK, TICK... BOOM! COMMENTARY
Happy holidays to all! Johnny and Andrew are back in-person, and opening presents, as they watch their favourite film of 2021, talking Sondheim, Cats, Lin-Manuel Miranda, adventures in Oslo, Vanessa Hudgens’ filmography and also a nice pop-in of friend of the show Richard Kind. Come join the fun by syncing up with the film on Netflix, the commentary starts at 00:18:29
264 - ROAR
Ok, so, there was a bit of a mistake, this was meant to be us watching Julia Ducournau’s Raw in the build-up to us covering Titane next year, but it seems we got the wrong disk in so here’s us watching a movie about living with lions and tigers and hairy men, oh my! Andrew discusses seeing this film in a packed cinema, and Johnny rates animals based on how he’d most be comfortable living with them.
263 - RENO: 911!: MIAMI
It’s time to take a trip back to the mid-noughties and one of those TV-show-movie-spin-offs that is full of big cameos, big laughs, and weirdly unknown beyond those that are aware of the original show, or the Quibi reboot from 2020. It’s the first in-person recording since March 2020, and Andrew has made Johnny a red velvet cake, they taste it on-air! Johnny rates the Venom Burger from a promo event, whilst Andrew demonstrates a pitch-perfect Kristen Stewart As Princess Diana impression.
262 - PRIVATE PARTS
We’re tuning in to the most shocking of disk jockeys for a biographical picture episode regarding that old rapscallion Howard Stern, and this of course means the return of beloved guest Paul Giamatti to discuss Jungle Cruise and the name “Pig Vomit”.
261 - THE IRON GIANT
Vin Diesel returns to the podcast to talk guns and ships, and so the balance shifts. Johnny prepares for a holiday by watching a modern childrens’ classic, Andrew coming back from holidays trying to remember film information, and also a nice tangent on Space Jam, because it’s always gonna be a part of us now.
260 - ROBIN HOOD 2018
We’re ending Robin Hood Month with the Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn action adventure with Tim Minchin, which Johnny is most excited about, but will the Bono’s Daughter-starring film win the hearts of the podcasters, or is it more rich-robbing than poor-giving?
259 - ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES
You know it’s true, everything we do, we do it for Alan Rickman impressions. It’s time for the Kevin Costner-but-really-Alan-Rickman Robin Hood adventure, where scenery is chewed, the f-word is used and explosions occur. What will Johnny make of a 2+ hour film with no archery contest? Will anything be able to bring him into the fun of the legend of Robin Hood or is this month a lost cause?
258 - DISNEY'S ROBIN HOOD
Second go around with the legend of Robin Hood and this time it’s Disney’s crime to answer for, stealing from The Jungle Book to give to the poor, animation-wise. We take a dive into the formation of furries, and other cultures over the recent generations, discuss who could voice the live action-ish redux, and if Robin Hood is capable of being a cinematic adventure at any point.
257 - THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland star in this very early take on the cinematic legacy of Robin Hood, as we begin a month of Robin Hood films. Andrew reminisces on his time in college, Johnny talks Irish cinema experiences, trips to Wales for Gavin And Stacey locales, and a lot is made of Flynn’s life and… terrible terrible deeds. Also, I guess, something about taking from the rich and giving to the poor.
256 - WRINKLES THE CLOWN
Halloween Kills Ends and we’ve saved the scariest for last, a documentary on creepypasta, the legacy of virality, child trauma, a rise in clown hauntings just before the world fell apart, and the serious work that goes into being a funny, kind, hopeful clown performing artist. We bring positivity and hope into a world feeling low and broken, and wave adieu to scary clown halloween.
255 - WRONG TURN 2021
Halloween Kills Month carries on with another scary franchise’s rebooting experience. Johnny digs into his childhood memories of the original Wrong Turn, and an adult run in with the final in the first phase of the franchise, and Andrew discusses watching later Halloween films over the past week as a friend gave updates on their own Wrong Turn marathon, all leading to a screening of this nearly 2-hour revamp of the entire concept.
BONUS - THE TERMINAL COMMENTARY
Johnny’s birthday celebration this year means he’s watching Steven Spielberg’s 2004 comedy drama The Terminal, with Andrew in tow for fun and games. Talk of airport nostalgia, product placement, the never-aging beauty of Diego Luna AND Zoe Saldana, the horniness of imdb keywords and… Shanksville? What is that? Come spend over 2 hours stuck in an airport of cinema with the Are You Movie Mad gang.
Film begins at 00:10:39
254 - HALLOWEEN II
As Halloween Kills prepares to take a stab at the big screen, Johnny takes Andrew back to Haddonfield for the follow-up to the original Halloween movie. Everyone knows the big reveal, but what else is there waiting for them? What are their takes on the franchise, compared to other slasher features, and working out the timelines of this particular set of movies?
253 - THIR13EN GHOSTS
October is, of course, the spookiest month, Halloween Kills month itself, and Johnny has once more taken the reins to show Andrew a series of scary motion pictures. We begin with the Matthew Lillard-starring ‘I remember this from back at school’ movie 13 Ghosts, where Johnny reads descriptions for each of the Ectocean’s gang, and the duo discuss No Time To Die, a film they had definitely watched before recording.
252 - DAY WATCH
Johnny is forced back into the fantasy lore of Russian trilogy-turned-two-film-franchise Nochnoy Dozor, and he’s being at his best behaviour, but will he last the 2 hour follow-up? Andrew discusses the death of cinema, at least as he waves goodbye to a Cineworld Unlimited card, and the Comic Con hunt for a DVD of Day Watch in 2006.
251 - NIGHT WATCH
Andrew takes the reigns of the nostalgia-buster-fantasy-action programming this week, with Timur Bekmambetov’s weird Russian piece of cinema. Will it hold up? Probably not. Will Disney+ offer kinetic subtitles? Of course not. What will be left of hope when the film comes to an unthrilling climax?
250 - HIGHLANDER II: THE QUICKENING - RENEGADE CUT
It’s EPISODE 250 and Johnny’s dream from 150 episodes ago is finally coming true. Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod is on the podcast as we watch the extended, and only-available, cut of Highlander’s infamous sequel. Will Andrew take to a second film to a franchise he doesn’t care for? Will Johnny’s nostalgia be busted by a new look and a different edit? Will Queen create a whole new soundtrack using Christopher Lambert’s chuckle? What kind of party would it be without Michael Ironside anyway? Come for the sword fighting, stay forever because you’re an immortal human or alien or something.
249 - HAPPY GILMORE
Don’t you want to go home? Well, sports month goes home in Sandman fashion, as we swing for the hockey-to-golf-player Adam Sandler classic, Johnny hasn’t gone into the 90s era of Sandler and Andrew is excited to revisit his youth with this one. The debate of Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler rages on, who will win?
