Midweek Mention Episodes

Oct. 6, 2021

Midweek Mention... Battle Royale

Kinji Fukasaku 's BATTLE ROYALE (200) is sometimes hailed as a modern classic. Quentin Tarantino certainly thinks so, and who are we to argue with him!? Well at least one of the Dads is keen for an argument as someone …

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Sept. 29, 2021

Midweek Mention... Cruella

Join us to discuss the 2021 Disney parent murder-fest CRUELLA. Warning, we do chat about all the spoilerific movie content! We do however also have a bunch of copies of the movie available to giveaway, which is nice. All you …

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Sept. 22, 2021

Midweek Mention... Identity

Identity is a film that we watched.

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Sept. 15, 2021

Midweek Mention... Rush Hour

RUSH HOUR is the 1998 buddy action comedy film brought to us by the visionary auteur Brett Ratner. We can be as horrible as we like about him, because he's a gigantic turd. However, this film marked the first non-dubbed …

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Sept. 8, 2021

Midweek Mention... The Rock

If you've listened to the show for any length of time you'll know exactly what we think about Michael Bay movies. Peter Andre very kindly nominated on the Mr Bay's masterpieces, 1996's THE ROCK. Can this one shine through in …

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Sept. 1, 2021

Midweek Mention... Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights is a movie we've mentioned a lot on the show. It was released in 1997, and I don't think I've seen it since then! Time to revisit it and see if this holds up after all these years!

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Aug. 25, 2021

Midweek Mention... Short Circuit

Number 5 is alive. But sadly so is casual racism and lazy story telling. We watched Short Circuit. A film we all enjoyed as kids and probably should have left it that way!

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Aug. 18, 2021

Midweek Mention... Clerks

Kevin Smith takes occasional time out from swooning over us on Twitter to make movies. One of those films forms the subject of this week's Midweek Mention. We watched Clerks and if you listen closely to this podcast, you can …

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Aug. 11, 2021

Midweek Mention... The Burbs

Peter Andre loves The Burbs. He has threatened violence against his fellow hosts if they don't like this movie. This could get ugly!

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Aug. 4, 2021

Midweek Mention... The Sound of Music

Our podcast is alive...With the SOUND OF MUSIC! Peter Andre and Sidey have already outed themselves a big Sound of Music fans. What about the others? If you've been on twitter this week you'll know Reegs thoughts. One thing t...

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July 28, 2021

Midweek Mention... The Cabin In The Woods

Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard's 2011 THE CABIN IN THE WOODS is a postmodern comedy which takes the familiar tropes and conventions of horror movies to unexpected places. Witty, fun and so incredibly meta that it works both as ...

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July 21, 2021

Midweek Mention... The Third Man

This is a trip down memory lane. It's a movie that Sidey studied at school and that Dan went to see at the pictures on it's opening night. We watched The Third Man, the classic film noir, Harry Lime bootlegging …

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July 14, 2021

Midweek Mention... Blood Simple

Risky territory here, as we take our first look at the work of the Coen Brothers. Risky in that I'm going to be very disappointed if any of the guys didn't enjoy this movie! Blood Simple is the 1984 debut …

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July 7, 2021

Midweek Mention... The Debt Collector

Stuntman and fight choreographer turned writer and director Jesse V. Johnson's third collaboration with English martial artist Scott Adkins was 2018's THE DEBT COLLECTOR, a superior DTV action crime-thriller. Adkins plays Fre...

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June 30, 2021

Midweek Mention... Raising Cain

Peter Andre had fond memories of the 1992 Brian De Palma movie RAISING CAIN and with none of the other dads having seen it, the midweek mention was the perfect place to settle down and discuss this feverishly ludicrous psycho...

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