Two Friends Watch
The Shawshank Redemption
If you go to pretty much any popular list like “100 greatest movies” or “Movies to watch before you die”, you are fairly likelyto find this movie in the top 10. This film is incredibly popular and for good reason too. An entrancing story, wonderful characters, and brilliant cast is topped of by narration by…
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Spaceballs (WARNING AUDIO PROBLEMS)
100th EPISODE SPECIAL! Yes folks, we’ve actually made 100 of these now. Where does the time go? To celebrate, we wanted to do a show that encapsulated everything we love about Two Friends Watch – which, for starters, would have to involve Star Wars. Unfortunately, we seem to have run out of Star Wars movies,…
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Troll Hunter
We often give “found footage” movie a hard time. Most times they come off as cheap, rushed and lazy. The biggest criticism being “why is the bloody camera still running during all of this!?”. Troll Hunter is a rare gem. It uses the shaky-cam effect to further the films atmosphere; detract you from the less…
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
On this week’s episode, we take a look at one of the all-time great remakes. The 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers does justice to, and arguably improves upon, the original Don Siegel classic, featuring stellar performances from a top notch cast and some of the creepiest ever sound design. 39 mins
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Flame and Citron
Two young people once read a book calledThey Saw It Happen.One was the director Ole Christian Madsen and the other was the writer Lars K. Andersen. After they met and realised they shared apassion for the story of Flame and Citron, they spent years researching these WW2 resistance heroes to createthis wonderful film. In this…
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Beasts of No Nation
On this week’s episode, we take a look at the movie that bucked the traditional distribution system for movies and emerged all the more noteworthy for it, but it’s a remarkable film no matter how you come to watch it. Cary Joji Fukunaga’s Beasts of No Nation is a sobering look at the plight of…
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Star Wars – The Force Awakens
So an important point to note, THIS PODCAST HAS A SPOILER SECTION. It is well marked and you are well warned when we will move into it. It occurs around the 25:30 mark. Merry Christmas everybody! As our present to you all, we’ve made good on the promise we’ve been making all year and done…
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The 7th Theatrical Star Wars Movie
There’s a new Star Wars movie just now hitting theatres, and everyone’s terribly excited about it. Well, we watched the seventh Star Wars feature film, and we all agreed it’s garbage – deplorably crass, mercenary bullshit that plumbs depths of pointlessness even the prequel trilogy never fathomed. We dare you to disagree. 52 mins
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Holy Water
Afarce is something that I would consider difficult to get perfect. Comedy is such a diverse and varied taste that it would be nearly impossibleto suit everyone. This film is a bad farce. Missed jokes, slow punchlines, and a very weak story has resulted in a movie that very few people would like. 31 mins
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Dune (2021)