Best Film Ever Movie Podcast
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- TV & Film
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Your soon-to-be new favourite transatlantic film review podcast, trawling through the blockbusters and critical darlings in search of the best film ever.
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Episode 223 - Dave (Nominated by BFF of the BFE: Kirsti)
(Deep Dive begins at 38:50)
It's a Tuesday and everybody listens on Tuesdays. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcaster, Ian & Georgia (LIam and Megan are off working Club Med) as we're off to Washington on a walking tour in the Kevin Kline/Sigourney Weaver romcom, Dave brought to us by BFF of the BFE: Kirsti. We're collective souvenirs in our 223rd episode as we discuss:
Why don't Brits know about this film?
A brief history of U.S. Presidents in the late 20th Century / Early 21st century
We talk about some 4 time female contributors and compare that against a bunch of men making their debuts
We talk about running and what it's like to mix an artist in an athletic family
Like everyone else, we're discussing Taylor Swift now that she's dropped her new album
What is it about the aesthetic of the American presidency that's so appealing for films
We talk about Hannah Waddingham's moment with the Papparazzi this week
Whether or not Dave is the Best Film Ever
Catch so much more of Hermes on his podcast, The Scuttlebutt Podcast at . https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scuttlebutt-podcast/id1503504933 (Apple) or https://open.spotify.com/show/2n9CNB9X6QXnmvn78HBEoJ?si=ca1784afd4874ff3 (Spotify)
Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE
We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:
Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM
Hermes Auslander
James DeGuzman
Kirsti
Synthia
Ensign Ian Davies
Chris Pedersen
Duane Smith (Duane Smith!)
Randal Silva
The Yeetmeister
Nate The Great
Rev Bruce
Cheezy (with a fish on a bike)
Andy Dickson
Richard
Ryan Kuketz
Dirk Diggler
Shai Bergerfroind
Stew from the Stew World Order podcast
NorfolkDomus
John Humphrey's Left Foot
Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/
Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog. Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor
Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song. You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/ -
Episode 222 - Say Anything (w/ Special Guest: Hermes Auslander)
(Deep Dive begins at 47:30)
Would you believe that someone else is to blame for the runtime on a Hermes episode? Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcaster, Ian & Liam (Georgia, Ethan, and Megan have all won fellowships) as we're the keymaster at a Seattle house party while trying to pick-up the brainiac in the Cameron Crowe/John Cusack film Say Anything. We're joined by very special guest, BFF of the BFE: Hermes Auslander, and we're disussing kickboxing form in our 222nd episode as we discuss:
What is the proper way to throw a kick at a heavy bag?
We continue to hear the modem sound when Liam tries to access our back catalogue
Ian shares a story of his one academic shortcoming growing up
Hermes continues his one man revolution against the Gif of the Week game
Ian postulates that this film isn't about Lloyd Dobler at all
Ian tries to explain to Liam that he can't keep track of which episodes other people have missed
The trappings of large sized products when we'd probably be satisfied with a medium sampling
We share a story about spicy food and Meg's lack of concern when dishing out sampling
Whether or not Say Anything is the Best Film Ever
Catch so much more of Hermes on his podcast, The Scuttlebutt Podcast at . https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scuttlebutt-podcast/id1503504933 (Apple) or https://open.spotify.com/show/2n9CNB9X6QXnmvn78HBEoJ?si=ca1784afd4874ff3 (Spotify)
Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE
We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:
Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM
Hermes Auslander
James DeGuzman
Kirsti
Synthia
Ensign Ian Davies
Chris Pedersen
Duane Smith (Duane Smith!)
Randal Silva
The Yeetmeister
Nate The Great
Rev Bruce
Cheezy (with a fish on a bike)
Andy Dickson
Richard
Ryan Kuketz
Dirk Diggler
Shai Bergerfroind
Stew from the Stew World Order podcast
NorfolkDomus
John Humphrey's Left Foot
Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/
Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog. Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor
Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song. You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/ -
Episode 221 - Mad Max (1979)
(Deep Dive begins at 42:30)
Get your black leathers on, shirts are apparently optional, and let's head out looking for trouble. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian and Liam (Georgia, Megs, and Ethan are chasing down rogue drivers) as we're heading to Australia in the not too distant future in the Mel Gibson film, Mad Max. We are the nightrider in our 221st episode as we discuss:
Whether a simple story is necessarily a bad story
We talk about big life events this week
Liam talks an awful lot about films we're not reviewing this week
We discuss the Guinness Record this film had for an awfully long time
Liam shares an origin story for Mel Gibson's career that, if true, is amazing
What is it with the religious imagery for all of 10 minutes in this film?
Whether or not Mad Max (1979) is the Best Film Ever
Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE
We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:
Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM
Hermes Auslander
James DeGuzman
Kirsti
Synthia
Ensign Ian Davies
Chris Pedersen
Duane Smith (Duane Smith!)
Randal Silva
The Yeetmeister
Nate The Great
Rev Bruce
Cheezy (with a fish on a bike)
Andy Dickson
Richard
Ryan Kuketz
Dirk Diggler
Shai Bergerfroind
Stew from the Stew World Order podcast
NorfolkDomus
Elliott
Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/
Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog. Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor
Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song. You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/ -
See It or Skip It? - WrestleMania 40: Night Two
BEFORE 53:30 is our WrestleMania 40 (Night Two) PREVIEW & PREDICTIONS
AFTER 53:30 you get our WrestleMania 40 (Night Two) FULL REVIEW
You know we love our wrestling here at the BFE (well some of us...). Join Ian from Best Film Ever and Stew from The Stew World Order podcast as we break the BFE format by looking at WrestleMania 40 (Night Two). We discuss whether The Rock is helping or hurting creative? Did WWE promise something they ultimately couldn't deliver on? What exactly is a Bloodline Rules match anyways and did the end result justify the Night One Main Event? We also discuss who has the worst finisher on the WWE roster? We'll answer all these questions on WrestleMania 40 (Night Two) and then we'll compare it to WrestleManias of the past.
Catch more of Stew on his own podcast: Stew World Order athttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stew-world-order/id1559913522You can also catch him at his website where he writes about all sorts of fun things:https://swoproductions.com/ -
See It or Skip It? - WrestleMania 40: Night One
BEFORE 1:02:00 is our WrestleMania 40 (Night One) PREVIEW & PREDICTIONS
AFTER 1:02:00 you get our WrestleMania 40 (Night One) FULL REVIEW
You know we love our wrestling here at the BFE (well some of us...). Join Ian from Best Film Ever and Stew from The Stew World Order podcast as we break the BFE format by looking at WrestleMania 40 (Night One). We discuss whether The Rock is helping or hurting creative? Do we rate matches higher or lower based on our representations? What other stories besides Cody Rhodes needs finishing this year? And whether a two-night WrestleMania card is diluting the quality off matches that qualify for the event? We'll answer all these questions on WrestleMania 40 (Night One) and then we tell you whether you should SEE IT or SKIP IT.
Catch more of Stew on his own podcast: Stew World Order at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stew-world-order/id1559913522You can also catch him at his website where he writes about all sorts of fun things:https://swoproductions.com/ -
See It or Skip It? - Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
FIRST 23:40 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict
AFTER 23:40 it's a full spoiler review
You know the BFE is getting up there in years when we're doing a SIOSI that's a sequel to an earlier film that we also did a SIOSI on. Join us as we look at the sequel to a legacy sequel in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. We discuss whether Paul Rudd is being over-exposed? Are there too many characters in this film? Did we need every character back from Oklahoma in New York City? Were all the actors even trying all that hard? Which returns made us cheer and which made us groan? And whether Ghostbusters is trying to pivot from an adult based audience to a pre-teen audience. We'll answer all these questions on Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and then we tell you whether you should SEE IT or SKIP IT.
Customer Reviews
Georgia Lebowski
Maybe don’t have someone that dismissive of the big Lebowski on the Lebowski podcast, she was so irritating, I had to stop listening and this is one of my favorite movies. Also, did she not get it was a comedy? This is not real life, it’s a movie. You don’t have to like it, but at least be aware of the genre.
Get so off topic
Entertaining podcast but wowww its so hard for them to stay on topic. It took them at least 20 min to start to actually talk about the movie and then continued to go off on irrelevant tangents.
One podcast to file them all?
I listen to an insane amount of podcasts while I work: theology podcast, political podcasts, true crime, long form journalism, and so the list continues! The majority of what I listen to is heavy, weighty topics - but I also love movies! So, I set out to find a movie podcast! The best movie podcast! I landed on this one and have revisited most work days since - scrolling through the backlog until I find an episode that pops out to me!
Half of the movies I don’t recognize - but even those episodes are fun because the dialogue is so great! Every member of the podcast has a unique, fun, meaningful bit to offer. There’s a variety of different formats and I’ve enjoyed the Talking the Mickey crossovers and Cleared for Takeoff episodes!
If you enjoy meaningful dialogue, fun banter, mostly good opinions, (I’m still salty Iron Man wasn’t the crown jewel of the show - I have a soft spot for that movie) and some education in movie trivia, film technique, and 3 hours of material per some episodes (Heyooo Django Unchained episode I had to restart 4 times until I finally finished!) to pass the slog of a 8-5 by quick etc. this is definitely a podcast for you!