Call It, Friendo

Andy J Ritchie & Donnchadh Tiernan
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Join co-hosts Andy J Ritchie and Donnchadh Tiernan as we watch and discuss 2 films decided by the toss of a coin.

  1. 25. Jan.

    The Final Episode

    It’s the final episode! We run through our top 5 films and a bunch of other stuff we discovered over the last few years, both good and bad. It’s been fun, folks. Thanks for joining us along the way!

    1 Std. 15 Min.

  2. 11. Jan.

    200. Chungking Express (1994) & In the Mood for Love (2000)

    This week, we discuss two films from celebrated Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai. The first is Chungking Express (1994), The film consists of two stories told in sequence, each about a different lovesick Hong Kong policeman mulling over his relationship with a woman. The second is In the Mood for Love (2000). The film follows a man (Tony Leung) and a woman (Maggie Cheung) in 1962 who discover that their spouses are having an affair.   Timestamps What we’ve been watching (00:00:30) – Generation Kill, Pluribus season one, Wake Up Dead Man, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Zootropolis 2, Sentimental Value, Weapons, Hot Tub Time Machine, Darkest Hour, Pulp Fiction Chungking Express (00:34:05) In the Mood for Love (00:55:55)   Links Instagram - @callitfriendopodcast @munnywales @andyjayritchie   Letterboxd – @andycifpod @fat-tits mcmahon   Justwatch.com – streaming and rental links - https://www.justwatch.com Carry On podcast - conversation with Josh Ray Person from Generation Kill - https://youtu.be/YQ9NLG8RNMk?si=oHSWzYbFnvOXWxRU

    1 Std. 16 Min.

  3. 21.12.2025

    199. Kanal (1957) & Ashes and Diamonds (1958)

    This week, we discuss two WWII films from Polish director Andrzej Wajda. The first is Kanal (1957), the first film made about the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, telling the story of a company of Home Army resistance fighters escaping the Nazi onslaught through the city's sewers. The second is Ashes and Diamonds (1958). The film takes place in 1945, shortly after World War II. The main protagonist of the film, former Home Army soldier Maciek Chełmicki, is acting in the anti-Communist underground. Maciek receives an order to kill Szczuka, the local secretary of the Polish Workers' Party. Over time, Chełmicki increasingly doubts if his task is worth doing.   Timestamps What we’ve been watching (00:00:30) – For All Mankind season three, The Death of Bunny Munro, Margin Call, A Generation Kanal (00:11:30) Ashes and Diamonds (00:30:45) Coin toss (00:48:30)   Links Instagram - @callitfriendopodcast @munnywales @andyjayritchie   Letterboxd – @andycifpod @fat-tits mcmahon   Justwatch.com – streaming and rental links - https://www.justwatch.com

    51 Min.

  4. 14.12.2025

    198. Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) & One False Move (1992)

    This week, we discuss two films from director Carl Franklin. The first is Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), a smoky noir set in postwar Los Angeles, where a seemingly simple missing persons job pulls an everyman detective, played by Denzel Washington, into a web of corruption, racial tension and moral compromise. The second is One False Move (1992), starring Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton, a slow-burn crime thriller that begins as a manhunt and evolves into something far more unsettling.   Timestamps What we’ve been watching (00:00:35) – The Bourne Trilogy, The Big Short, Dumb Money, The Godfather Part II, Dangerous Animals, Black Rabbit, Pluribus Devil in a Blue Dress (00:33:00) One False Move (00:58:00) Coin toss (01:22:20)   Links Instagram - @callitfriendopodcast @munnywales @andyjayritchie   Letterboxd – @andycifpod @fat-tits mcmahon   Justwatch.com – streaming and rental links - https://www.justwatch.com

    1 Std. 26 Min.

  5. 30.11.2025

    197. I for Icarus (1979) & The Day of the Jackal (1973)

    This week, we discuss two films about political assassinations. The first is I for Icarus (1979), directed by Henri Verneuil and starring Yves Montand. The film is a fictionalised account of the JFK assassination, with the state attorney, played by Montand, investigating a potential conspiracy. The second is The Day of the Jackal (1973), directed by Fred Zinnemann and based on the novel by Frederick Forsyth. It tells the story of a British assassin recruited by the French OAS to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle.   Timestamps What we’ve been watching (00:00:30) – Shallow Grave, A House of Dynamite, The Parallax View I for Icarus (0014:15) The Day of the Jackal (00:41:45) Coin toss (01:16:05)   Links Instagram - @callitfriendopodcast @munnywales @andyjayritchie   Letterboxd – @andycifpod @fat-tits mcmahon   Justwatch.com – streaming and rental links - https://www.justwatch.com

    1 Std. 19 Min.

  6. 23.11.2025

    196. Kafka (1991) & Brazil (1985)

    This week, we examine two films shaped by the influence of Franz Kafka. The first, Kafka (1991), directed by Steven Soderbergh from a screenplay by Lem Dobbs, intertwines biographical details of Kafka’s life with motifs drawn from his fiction. The second, Brazil (1985), directed by Terry Gilliam, is frequently cited as one of the most profoundly Kafkaesque films ever made.   Timestamps What we’ve been watching (00:00:26) – Eight Men Out, Entourage, The Sopranos, Project Almanac, Boss Level, Die My Love Kafka (00:27:06) Brazil (01:00:04) Coin toss (01:34:00)   Links Instagram - @callitfriendopodcast @munnywales @andyjayritchie   Letterboxd – @andycifpod @fat-tits mcmahon   Justwatch.com – streaming and rental links - https://www.justwatch.com

    1 Std. 37 Min.

  7. 16.11.2025

    195. The Night of the Hunter (1955) & Night of the Juggler (1980)

    This week, we discuss two American thrillers connected tenuously by their titles. The first is The Night of the Hunter (1955), directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish. Mitchum plays a murderous preacher pursuing two young children. The second is Night of the Juggler (1980), starring James Brolin as an ex-cop trying to get back his kidnapped daughter while navigating the mean streets of 1970s New York.   Timestamps What we’ve been watching (00:00:33) – The Ghostwriter, Slow Horses season five, The Running Man, Bugonia, Pluribus The Night of the Hunter (00:35:50) Night of the Juggler (01:09:13) Coin toss (01:41:15)   Links Instagram - @callitfriendopodcast @munnywales @andyjayritchie   Letterboxd – @andycifpod @fat-tits mcmahon   Justwatch.com – streaming and rental links - https://www.justwatch.com

    1 Std. 45 Min.

  8. 09.11.2025

    194. Poor Things (2023) & The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

    This week, we discuss two films from acclaimed director Yorgos Lanthimos. The first is Poor Things (2023), written by Tony McNamara and based on the 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray. It follows Emma Stone as Bella Baxter, a young woman in Victorian London who is brought back to life via brain transplant. The second is The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), which follows a cardiac surgeon, played by Colin Farrell, who introduces his family to a teenage boy with a connection to his past, after which they mysteriously begin to fall ill.   Timestamps What we’ve been watching (00:00:33) – Alien: Earth, Slow Horses season five, Down Cemetery Road, My Brilliant Friend season one, Mr. Scorsese, Predator: Badlands, Bugonia Poor Things (00:32:00) The Killing of a Sacred Deer (01:00:30) Coin toss (01:28:30)   Links Instagram - @callitfriendopodcast @munnywales @andyjayritchie   Letterboxd – @andycifpod @fat-tits mcmahon   Justwatch.com – streaming and rental links - https://www.justwatch.com

    1 Std. 33 Min.
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Join co-hosts Andy J Ritchie and Donnchadh Tiernan as we watch and discuss 2 films decided by the toss of a coin.

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