Sci-Fi
Predator
In one of his most iconic roles Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Dutch the leader of a Special Forces team who are tasked with rescuing some hostages from a jungle. Things spiral out of control quickly as they become game for a terrifying alien hunter. A fantastic movie with some classic cinema moments and lines; but is…
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Upstream Colour
In the wake of Mac and Devin go to High School, Andrew sought a way to exact his revenge on Daniel by means of a punishingly obtuse art film. His plans backfired when we both turned out to rather enjoy Upstream Colour’s abstract narrative and challenging imagery. 44mins
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Equilibrium
This week we look at another box office bomb, Equilibrium. A fairly standard movie where Christian Bale impersonates Keanu Reeves and battles a totalitarian emotionless system. This really is a complete rip off of the matrix. Some good fight scenes though plus this movie uses a professional dog impersonator. 40 mins
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Starman
Another episode, another attempt from Andrew to win Daniel over to the cult of John Carpenter! This week, we’re looking at his surprisingly warm and humane sci-fi romance “Starman” from 1984, a film that met with success in the post-Star Wars sci-fi boom with its Spielbergian echoes of E.T. and Close Encounters of the Third…
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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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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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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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When Worlds Collide (1951)
On this week’s Two Friends Watch, we take a gander at the oldest film we’ve covered on the show to date: 1951’s George Pal-produced “When Worlds Collide.” Although very much a relic of its time and somewhat unreceptive to modern standards of criticism, we found there was some considerable entertainment value to be had. 46…
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The Mist
A fairly good horror film with a few minor let downs but overall fantastic. The film is full of little shout-outs to Stephen King and some great terror and fear throughout. 42 mins INTRO AND OUTRO “Pop Goes the Weasel” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “Dance of Deception” Kevin…
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Mars Attacks!