American Psycho (2000) is the last film in our unlikeable protagonists month! We may have jumped the shark with this one. How? Well, no sh*t Sherlock is a serial killer a little bit unlikeable. This particular potential serial killer is especially heinous, so it almost feels a little unfair to compare poor little Danni Sanders to him. Norman Bates …

Ruby Sparks (2012) is up next on our Unlikeable Protagonists Month and wow is the guy in this unlikeable. Consent issues aside, the biggest crime he commits against humanity is being a terrible author. How dare you make us listen to terrible prose. We shall not stand for this. We have a lot of fun chats about men written by women and women written …

Not Okay (2022) kicks off our unlikeable protagonist month and the beginning of our comeback tour! Did you miss us? We missed you! We decided to ease ourselves back in by watching films in which we are encouraged to judge people harshly. Not that we need encouragement to do that. Bonus fun factor, we also get to rate this film in terms of O'Briens!…

In From The Side (2022) wraps up our sad bullshit month, otherwise known as 'Not Like Other Movies' month. We're finishing strong and clueless, as we know very little about the moshpit sports ball. However, we do know a little something or two about Henrys. You're even getting a longer episode so we can properly whinge about him. There won't be an …

The Breakfast Club (1985) is next in our 'Not Like Other Movies' month. We're going to conveniently drop the Sad Bullshit thing for a week because this isn't all that sad. This is one of those films that everyone has seen (apart from Sam), so you'll probably hate what we have to say (it's not bad). Tag yourself, I'm the flare gun that went off in t…

Lilting (2014) is up next in our 'Not Like Other Movies' month, otherwise known as 'Sad Bullshit' month. If you like awkward dancing, stubborn old ladies, and Alan; this film is perfect. If you like all your audio in sync with your visuals, you might have a bit of a tough time. We land somewhere in the middle of those two sides. Join us next week a…

The Selfish Giant (2013) is up next in our 'Not Like Other Movies' month, more fondly known as 'Sad Bullshit' month. This film fits the theme perfectly! You may have guessed by the title that it's based on the Oscar Wilde short story, and it kind of is if you squint and spin around a bit. Or not. If someone would like to explain how it's related we…

It's Calum's birthday month which means we get a brand new theme picked by him! A Ghost Story (2017) kicks off our 'I'm Not Like Other Movies' month, otherwise known as 'Sad Bullshit' Month. That's right dear listener, most of the films are going to be depressing hipster movies. Are you hyped to have an existential crisis with us? If so, you're in …

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) is the last film in our unnecessary sequel to the unnecessary sequel month and it is possible that we may have been led astray by the internet again. Why did you mean-spirited meanies tell us this film was bad? Why did we listen? The whole joke of this month was for this film and it relied u…

Spider-Man 3 (2007) is up next in the unnecessary sequel to the unnecessary sequel month! Now, does this film belong here? Or did the internet being mean only make us think this belonged here? Probably the latter. Has anyone seen this film recently? Yeah, it's cringey, but it's fun cringe. So join us as we celebrate Tobey Maguire in all his dorky g…

Shrek Forever After (2010) is up next in our unnecessary sequel to the unnecessary sequel month! Quick! What is your favourite Shrek film? If you didn't answer Shrek 2 (2004), you are wrong. Sorry if that was you, dear listener. What we can all agree on, is that your favourite Shrek film probably isn't Shrek Forever After. Or Shrek the Third (2007)…

Toy Story 4 (2019) kicks off the unnecessary sequel to the unnecessary sequel month, where we will be watching unnecessary sequels to necessary sequels. The concept is a little confusing so we thought we'd start easy. For example, Toy Story 2 (1999) is one of the best sequels of all time. Toy Story 3 (2010) gets away with it because of nostalgia. H…

The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002) concludes our unnecessary sequel month, and man is this is a weird one. Did you watch the end of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and despair that Quasimodo never got laid? No? Neither did we. However, Disney decided that this would simply not do so they made a pretty girl for him to go out with. Yes, he's just as s…

Titanic II (2010) is up next on our unnecessary sequels month! Oh? You thought it was going to be Space Jam: A New Legacy? Well, you must have heard wrong. After all, how could we pass up the opportunity to see a gigantic boat crash a second time? What a twist! Will this be the film that finally adds a 'bored' tally to Sam's list? How could it? Sur…

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023) is the second film in our unnecessary sequel month. Does it deserve to be here? Probably. Tell us what happens in the first Chicken Run film. Quickly. See? Unless you're one of the top stans, you probably don't remember. Why is that the case? Well, the first one was made in 2000 and while it is good, it's neve…

Mulan II (2004) kicks off our Unnecessary Sequel Month, and we may have unnecessary sequel'd too close to the sun. For those not in the know, Mulan is Sam's favourite film ever. Which is why this horrific betrayal stings so much. Ever wanted to see your favourite characters turned into poor imitations of themselves? Just watch literally any Disney …

Sharkboy and Lavagirl (2005), otherwise known as The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005), is the last film in our Childhood Fever Dream Month II: The Siblings Strike Back. It's been a fun dive into the very early 2000s, but all good things must come to an end. Will we be able to bore Calum to tears yet again? Here's hoping. Watching a…

The Water Babies (1978) is up next in our Childhood Fever Dream Month II: The Siblings Strike Back. Alternate subheadings for this episode include; obesity to the rescue and racist tuna. So, you know you are in for a treat today. This is possibly the most fever-dream-like of all the films we have done this month, but a lot of that is probably down …

Barbie of Swan Lake (2003) is up next in our Childhood Fever Dream Month II: The Siblings Strike Back. Now, if you're a Barbie cinematic verse connoisseur like myself and my siblings (and my mum), you'll know that this is the inferior of the original four Barbie movies. It is, however, the most fever-dream-like one. There will be no wholesome duets…

Aquamarine (2006) is up next on Childhood Fever Dream Month II: The Siblings Strike Back. 2006 was the year of Mermaids, but Calum somehow missed out on all the fun. No worries though, as we are giving him a taste of it here! He's decided to show his age (72) in this episode, as he's back to clutching those pearls. This is apt because, well, Mermai…

Welcome to March and a brand-new theme month! This month we've given Sam's sisters the controls, and they've decided we're kicking off with Bratz Babyz (2006). As you can tell from this first pick, Childhood Fever Dream Month II: The Siblings Strike Back is going to be an adventure. If you're a fan of Foley artists, you will love this film! If you …

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023) wraps up our month of Indiana Jones, as sadly all good things must come to an end. This film isn't the most beloved of the series, but does it deserve all the hate it gets? Spoiler alert; no it doesn't. The 80s aren't coming back, you need to let them go. Move on. If you can manage that, you'll have quit…

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) is up next in our Indiana Jones month! We're back chasing another Christian artefact, only this time we have Sean Connery Jones along for the trip. He stans the grail harder than anyone else, so be ready for some criticism on that. We do have a treat for you as this episode is full of fun facts! Are we tryi…

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) is up next in our Indiana Jones month! You may have already heard us talk about this film on the Film vs Film podcast, where we lost. Watching this again for our podcast has made us realise that we were robbed of a win. You hear us, Martin? We should have won. Justice for the temple of petty, as Harrison …

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) helps us to kick off our month of Indiana Jones. If anyone can think of a better name, please feel free to send it along. This week we are looking for the Ark of the Covenant and it is being guarded by many tiny danger noodles. Luckily, Calum is a fan of them, so we should be just fine to get our extreme face care rou…

Howl's Moving Castle (2004) is the second and last film of our half-hearted Steampunk month! What a rollercoaster it's been, and thank goodness we have something so positive to end on. Sorry to all the fans of this film, for we never gave it a chance until now. We were wrong and we do perform a ukulele apology in the middle of this episode to stay …

Wild Wild West (1999) is our first official episode of 2024 and it kicks off our Half-hearted Steampunk Month! What a way to begin the year. Is it the most offensive film ever made? Not at all, but it certainly does try. If you have a niche kink for both spiders and steampunk, you're gonna have a fantastic time with this one. If you're a Calum, you…

Happy Anniversary to us! It's been three years of One of us is Board, and we've decided to celebrate by watching two of Britain's most depressing films: Threads (1984) and When The Wind Blows (1986). In this special episode, we decide which of these bleak looks at a nuclear apocalypse makes us want to cry more. That is genuinely the main criterion …

Best. Christmas. Ever! (2023) is our final film of our Christmas Inception month and our final episode of 2023. So, was it the best Christmas film ever? Of course not. We know what we're in for when it comes to these 90-minute Netflix Christmas films. However, it did lead to us discovering the true meaning of Christmas, and really, what more can yo…

A Castle For Christmas (2021) kicks starts our Christmas Inception fortnight. This week, and the next, we will be looking at Christmas Netflix films that are referenced in other Christmas Netflix films. A Castle For Christmas was featured in last year's Christmas film, Falling For Christmas. This one is set in Scotland so you get some bonus rants -…

The Outfit (2022) is the final film in our Dylan O'Vember month and, spoiler alert, we've decided to end on a high. For those who aren't long-term stans, you may not know that we have covered this film already. We did a quick episode after attending the UK premiere. So why did we watch it again? Because it's Dylan O'Vember and this is a top-tier fi…

Flashback (2020), known in an alternative reality as The Education of Fredrick Fitzell (2020), is our third film of Dylan O'Vember! This is a very trippy and confusing film that no one but Dylan O'Brien fans has heard of. So, why did we choose to talk about it? Well, because every Dylan O'Brien film deserves its time in the sun and also because we …

Deepwater Horizon (2016) is up next in our Dylan O'Vember month! This is a film based on the Deepwater Horizon explosion that happened in 2010, which we admittedly do not know much about. So please don't judge us when we get things wrong (like we usually do). Should this have been a film so soon after the disaster? Maybe not BUT ethics aside, we do…

We're watching American Assassin (2017), which only means one thing. Welcome to the best month of the year; dear listener it is officially Dylan O'Vember. We'll be celebrating Sam's favorite, by watching some of his less-known films and being very, very kind about them (Sam and Calum are definitely in agreement about this). Get ready for discussion…

It's almost Halloween, and we're watching The Faculty (1998) to conclude our Month of Dread. The Faculty isn't exactly a beloved horror classic, but will we love it anyway? We've had to suffer a bit to get through this month, so will baby Frodo stabbing aliens in the eye with a pen full of caffeine pills save the day? Well, at least this one is in …

Gaslight (1944) is up next on our Month of Dread. So, you know how everyone likes to use the words 'lying' and 'gaslighting' interchangeably now? Well, get ready to see the difference played out for you. This film (or the play) actually originated the term, which is mostly why we ended up watching it. So, why has a 1944 film suddenly become relevan…

The Amityville Horror (1979) is up next in our month of dread. The month's name has changed many times, but what's a Halloween month without some chaotic whimsy? You'll have to suffer through this episode, much like Calum and Sam have been suffering in real life; beware the snottery sick voice and tired tones of someone attempting a move. Much like…

Nosferatu (1922) is the perfect inclusion to our Old School Horror month because you can't get much more old school than 1922! You can't do a Halloween month without watching the original horror template. Okay, so, we did do that for the two years prior but we've fixed it now. What we lack in dialogue, we make up for in plot holes, hamster teeth, g…

It's October and you know what that means! It's time for the obligatory month of spoopy films! We're returning to the classics this time, starting with Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943). Much of our focus, as it always is with Frankenstein films, turned to the monotonous lives of the villagers. However, this time we were also delighted to find…

Alas, we've now come to the end of Forgotten Disney Month. We conclude by watching the one film on this list that was a financial success, Chicken Little (2005). Despite having a financial impact, it made very little impact on our memories (other than the PS2 game loading screen). Join us as we watch this mean-spirited iteration of what is a very d…

Welcome back to Forgotten Disney Month! This week we're watching The Black Cauldron (1985), the film that almost single-handedly destroyed Disney animation forever. Surely that means it must be amazingly awful? Nah, as far as Sword in the Stone rip-offs go, it's pretty unremarkable. Join us as we fumble our way through this episode, much like frog …

Welcome back to Forgotten Disney Month, where we continue our journey through the dusty Disney vaults by watching Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001). How could an epic tale featuring Michael J. Fox and human sacrifice have been forgotten to the sands of time? Very easily as it turns out. Atlantis is the film that most people either haven't watched or…

New month, new theme! This month we will be watching some forgotten Disney movies, and we're sure you'll tell us that you remember them so they're not really forgotten. To which we would say, “okay, fair.” We're kicking off with Treasure Planet (2002). Now this film is mostly only memorable to us because of that one Goo Goo Dolls song and because S…

Alas, dear listener, we have reached the end of Twaugust. We conclude our viewing of the Twilight series by watching Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011) & Part 2 (2012). Now, we haven't exactly been stanning the Twilight series so far, but will Breaking Dawn surprise us? Spoiler alert; Yes. Whether it's a good or bad surprise is still to be determined. Mak…

Welcome back to Twaugust! You're just in time to grab your nearest solar viewer as we watch Eclipse (2010). Finally, the Twilight Saga offers us an OTP that we can get behind. We're of course talking about Alice and Jasper. Unfortunately, we all still have a lot of vampire/werewolf love triangle shenanigans to sit through, so buckle up as we slowly…

Welcome back to Twaugust, where we continue our journey through the Twilight Saga with New Moon (2009). We will need some feedback from the Twilight fans on this film, because honestly? Not a lot happens. Is this one popular amongst the fans? Anyway, if you're going through a breakup, this is either the best or the worst film for you to watch right…

We're back! We bet you missed us because we missed you! We decided to jump back into the swing of things by watching a series neither of us has ever watched; welcome to Twaugust! We will catch up on our missed teenage experience this August and go through all the Twilight films. Calum has no clue where this series is going, so Twilight fans will ge…

You join us today for our last episode of World Cinema Month and our last episode before our much-needed Summer break. Don't worry though because we've left you with an actual treat. This week we travelled to India to watch RRR (2022). This was a big hit last year that somehow we both missed, as we want to do with obvious popular things. We are low…

Welcome back to World Cinema Month! This week we are flying to Russia and watching Leviathan (2014). This is a bit of a long film; one of us loved it and the other watched it at 1.25 speed. Yes folks, it's going to be an interesting one this week. If you haven't watched Leviathan, you just have to know that it's a bit bleak. This may explain why on…

It's Calum's Birthday! So, he decided we were going to enjoy some nice, friendly soft-core entertainment together; as friends do! You guessed it, this week we discussed Y tu mamá también (2001) otherwise known as And Your Mother Too (2001). While the obvious happens, this film has a lot of additional depth (lol). So, we get really deep in our discu…