The Every Movie Ever! Podcast

Ben Groves & Rob Macfarlane
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Join hosts Ben Groves & Rob Macfarlane for a weekly mental health check in disguised as a movie podcast. Weekly episodes released every Sunday have the boys talking everything from Hollywood blockbusters to indie darlings and all manner of highs and lows in-between!

  1. The Lawnmower Man (1992): What In The Omnipotent Cyber God Just Happened?

    4d ago

    The Lawnmower Man (1992): What In The Omnipotent Cyber God Just Happened?

    Ben and Rob strap themselves into the feedback loop and jack all the way in to The Lawnmower Man, directed by Brett Leonard and starring Pierce Brosnan, Jeff Fahey, Jenny Wright, and Mark Bringelson. What begins as a deceptively simple fable about a gentle simpleton turbocharged into a god by virtual reality and experimental drugs slowly mutates into something far weirder; a conversation about the most chaotic production history in early nineties Hollywood, the strange economy of Stephen King's name and exactly what it takes for him to legally disown your film, the accidental genius of low-rent CGI as a vessel for genuine existential dread, and whether a movie about a lawnmower man becoming an omnipotent digital deity has turned out to be less science fiction and more uncomfortable Tuesday. What even is virtual reality as cinema understood it in 1992, and how does that fever dream vision compare to the surveillance-soaked, algorithm-shaped reality we actually ended up inside? How did this film pass through so many hands, studios, and creative crises that its very authorship became a legal battlefield? Is there something genuinely prophetic buried beneath the laughable polygon graphics and the mulleted hubris, or are we simply pattern-matching onto a movie that got lucky? Who is Jobe before the machines get hold of him, why does his innocence matter so much to the film's horror, and what is the movie actually saying about who gets experimented on and why? And why does a film this ridiculous, this campy, this thoroughly of its moment, still manage to leave something cold and unsettling lodged in the back of the mind long after the credits roll? And finally… What does it all mean? CONSUUUME to find out all this and much, much more! PLUS we have a Patreon with EXCLUSIVE content just for you starting at less than £2 a month - Click the link below! Find us on your socials of choice at www.linktr.ee/everymovieeverpodcast

    1h 6m
  2. The Surfer (2024): A Short, Sharp Shock Of Violence On The Shore

    Jun 1

    The Surfer (2024): A Short, Sharp Shock Of Violence On The Shore

    Ben and Rob dive headfirst into the churning, sun bleached chaos of The Surfer, directed by Lorcan Finnegan and starring Nicolas Cage, Julian McMahon, Finn Little, and Nick Warnock. What begins as a straightforward tale of a man trying to reclaim his boyhood beach slowly mutates into something far stranger; a conversation about exploitation cinema, Australian genre filmmaking, territorial masculinity, mob psychology, class warfare, and whether Nicolas Cage has quietly delivered one of the most unhinged yet precisely calibrated performances of his entire career. What even is an exploitation movie and does The Surfer wear that label as a badge of honour or a disguise? How did a distinctly Australian filmmaking tradition turn low budgets and sun scorched paranoia into an art form all its own? Who is the old man in the car park, why does he linger so long in the memory, and what is he actually doing in this film on a deeper level? Why does this story, a man systematically stripped of status, dignity, and sanity by a pack of territorial gatekeepers, feel so peculiarly timely? And finally… What does it really mean? CONSUUUME to find out all this and much, much more! PLUS we have a Patreon with EXCLUSIVE content just for you starting at less than £2 a month - Click the link below! Find us on your socials of choice at www.linktr.ee/everymovieeverpodcast

    1h 13m
  3. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2012): Smarter Than All Of Us...?

    May 24

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 (2012): Smarter Than All Of Us...?

    Ben and Rob conclude their journey through Panem with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part Two, directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Donald Sutherland. What begins as one final YA franchise finale slowly mutates into something far stranger; a conversation about propaganda, blockbuster filmmaking, dead children, sewer monsters, wigs, merchandising, oligarchs, trauma, rebellion branding, and whether Suzanne Collins may have quietly pulled off one of the most outrageous sleight-of-hand tricks ever hidden inside a studio franchise. Why does Donald Sutherland feel like he’s acting in an entirely different film from everybody else? Why does this franchise keep accidentally becoming more relevant every single year? Is Gale the most terrifying character in the entire series? And what if Mockingjay Part Two is not just a blockbuster about propaganda… but something far more clever? And finally… What does it really mean? CONSUUUME to find out all this and much, much more! PLUS! We have a Patreon with EXCLUSIVE content just for you starting at less than £2 a month - click the link below! Find us on your socials of choice at www.linktr.ee/everymovieeverpodcast

    1 hr
  4. Flight Of The Navigator (1986): The Nostalgic Family Classic Or Wildly Misunderstood Masterpiece?

    May 18

    Flight Of The Navigator (1986): The Nostalgic Family Classic Or Wildly Misunderstood Masterpiece?

    Ben and Rob step back into the summer of 1986 with Flight of the Navigator, a film that has spent forty years being wildly underestimated. Warm, strange, and quietly melancholy beneath its adventure film surface, it tells the story of a boy who falls into a ravine and wakes up in a world that moved on without him… but is it the misunderstood masterpiece its most devoted fans insist it is? Or has our affection for it quietly outgrown the film itself? The boys dig into the extraordinary story of how Flight of the Navigator came to exist at all; the bankrupt production companies, the directors who almost made something far darker, and the unlikely chain of events that led to one of the most influential films in cinema history changing CGI forever. Somewhere along the way, the theories start to surface. Why are THOSE toys in David's NASA room? Did Max accidentally become conscious somewhere over Florida and did everyone simply fail to notice? And when David chooses to go back to 1978 at the end of the film, is he really choosing his family? And finally... What does it really mean? CONSUUUME to find out all this and much, much more! PLUS! We have a Patreon with EXCLUSIVE content just for you starting at less than £2 a month - click the link below! Find us on your socials of choice at www.linktr.ee/everymovieeverpodcast

    44 min
  5. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014): Hear Us Out... We Fixed It.

    May 11

    The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014): Hear Us Out... We Fixed It.

    Ben and Rob return to Panem with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014), the instalment that divides fans and demands a verdict. Directed by Francis Lawrence, this chapter strips away the spectacle and doubles down on the psychology. But does that make it a bold creative swing, or a franchise stumbling under the weight of its own ambitions? Two visions of the same film. Ben and Rob don't just disagree on Mockingjay, they disagree on what it means for the series as a whole. Is this the moment the Hunger Games grew up, or the moment it lost its nerve? Along the way, they dig into the making of... the behind the scenes decisions that shaped one of the most divisive blockbusters of the decade. Then things get strange. Wild theories surface, hot takes land without apology, and the franchise itself gets put on trial. Is Mockingjay an underrated piece of political filmmaking hiding in plain sight, or has it been let off the hook for too long? And finally... What does it really mean? CONSUUUME to find out all this and much, much more! PLUS! We have a Patreon with EXCLUSIVE content just for you starting at less than £2 a month - click the link below! Find us on your socials of choice at www.linktr.ee/everymovieeverpodcast

    1h 2m
  6. Die My Love (2025): Katniss And Edward Sitting In A Tree... They're Awful To Each Other And The Marriage Breaks Down In Unimaginable And Horrific Ways

    May 4

    Die My Love (2025): Katniss And Edward Sitting In A Tree... They're Awful To Each Other And The Marriage Breaks Down In Unimaginable And Horrific Ways

    Ben and Rob plunge into the feverish, unraveling psyche at the heart of Die My Love, a film that blurs the boundaries between passion, isolation, and psychological fracture. Set against a raw, untamed landscape that feels as volatile as its characters, the story captures a relationship pushed to its emotional limits, but what exactly is Die My Love? A romance? A descent into madness? Or something far harder to define? What drove the film’s creation, and how did its cast and creatives shape such an intense, intimate portrayal of love under pressure? Ben and Rob dig into behind the scenes insights, exploring the choices that give the film its unsettling authenticity, from performance styles to the way the environment itself becomes a character. As the discussion deepens, they turn to the film’s most striking imagery. What does the black horse represent, and why does it linger so ominously at the edges of the story? How do fire and destruction intertwine with themes of desire and loss? And in a landscape that feels both expansive and suffocating, what role does the setting play in reflecting the inner lives of its characters? From its haunting symbolism to its emotional volatility, Die My Love resists easy interpretation, but that doesn’t stop Ben and Rob from trying. What does it really mean? Is the film a portrait of love pushed beyond its limits, a meditation on identity and confinement, or something more abstract and elusive? And when the dust settles, are we left with answers or just the lingering sense that some stories are meant to be felt rather than understood? CONSUUUME to find out all this and much, much more! PLUS! We have a Patreon with EXCLUSIVE content just for you starting at less than £2 a month - click the link below! Find us on your socials of choice at www.linktr.ee/everymovieeverpodcast

    1h 16m
  7. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013): The Middle Not Middle One

    Apr 27

    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013): The Middle Not Middle One

    Ben and Rob step back into the arena with The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), the sequel that proves it’s anything but a middle movie. Directed by Francis Lawrence, this chapter doesn’t just continue the story, it sharpens it. But what is it that makes Catching Fire feel so complete, so essential, rather than just a bridge between beginnings and endings? They dig into the making of drama, from the high pressure director switch to the challenge of elevating a global phenomenon. How did those behind the scenes shifts help shape a stronger, more confident film? Somewhere along the way, Ben pinpoints the exact moment he fell in love with Peeta Mellark... From there, the conversation turns to love triangles in square pegs. Does the dynamic between Katniss Everdeen, Peeta, and Gale actually resist the trope, or just twist it into something more complicated? Zooming out, they tackle the clash of the female fronted franchises, asking why Katniss stands apart in a wave of imitators and what Catching Fire gets right that others don’t. And finally... What does it really mean? CONSUUUME to find out all this and much, much more! Find us on your socials of choice at www.linktr.ee/everymovieeverpodcast

    1h 5m
  8. The Platform (2019): AKA The Hungry Games

    Apr 20

    The Platform (2019): AKA The Hungry Games

    Ben and Rob descend into the stark, vertical nightmare of The Platform (2019), the Spanish sci-fi thriller from director Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia that turns a simple premise into a brutal, unforgettable allegory. Set within a mysterious tower where food and morality cascade from the top down, the film strips human behavior to its rawest form. But how did this claustrophobic concept become such a sharp reflection of the world outside its concrete walls? Who is Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, and what inspired his vision of a society defined entirely by levels, luck, and survival? What makes The Platform feel so disturbingly plausible, and how does its minimalist setting amplify its message rather than limit it? And as we follow Goreng’s descent through the shifting floors, are we watching the journey of a savior, a fool, or something far more complicated? From its haunting imagery to its cyclical structure, Ben and Rob unpack The Platform as a vertical hell of human nature one that forces uncomfortable questions about greed, solidarity, and whether fairness can exist in a fundamentally unequal system. Is the film a bleak condemnation of society as we know it, or a challenge to imagine something better? Along the way, they wrestle with the film’s most cryptic ideas: are we still holding out for a hero in a system designed to crush them? What does it really mean that “the girl is the message”? And could deeper layers demonology, numerology, even religious symbolism offer clues to understanding the film’s ambiguous, haunting conclusion? CONSUUUME to find out all this and much, much more! PLUS! We have a Patreon with EXCLUSIVE content just for you starting at less than £2 a month - click the link below! Find us on your socials of choice at www.linktr.ee/everymovieeverpodcast

    1h 6m
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Join hosts Ben Groves & Rob Macfarlane for a weekly mental health check in disguised as a movie podcast. Weekly episodes released every Sunday have the boys talking everything from Hollywood blockbusters to indie darlings and all manner of highs and lows in-between!

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  • Creator
    Ben Groves & Rob Macfarlane
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    182
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Ben Groves 2021
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    The Every Movie Ever! Podcast

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