The Misters an in an alternate location this week and it's caused some technical issue.

Soldiering on the boys discuss the upcoming Blockbuster season (May to July) and discuss whether it's better to go all in with Ryan Reynolds or Ryan Gosling.

Mr Birch also looks at movie tropes and Checkov's Gun comes under the spotlight today. And Tivo. So many references to Tito.

And yes, there is a real button and no, he did not get to push it.

Outro music by Hidden Citizens and there rest, well it went a bit wrong.

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So one more time before it becomes officially official. We need to talk about Bond casting and the boys try to do it without Mr Birch waxing on about Henry Cavill.

This goes about as well as you would expect. They cover some of the contenders for the role and give thier own thoughts on who will be slipping into the tuxedo next.

And (possibly for the last time) we get to roll out the classic Budget Bond Theme by D.S Squid. It's a work of art. Check out his other work at https://dsquidmusic.bandcamp.com/music

Other music by Two steps from Hell and Hidden Citizens

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The boys are back and uncharacteristically trying to keep it short DESPITE having to dissect Madame Webb and discuss Dune 2 AND they start badly with a massive biscuit

diversion.

They also remember that Bad Film Club is back next week with Morbius and it causes issues...

Finally, they do quite well covering the Oscar winners in brief detail but then we have The Incident and then, well, then things got violent...

Music by the ever excellent Two Steps from Hell and Hidden Citizens for the intro and outro.

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The Misters are under a tight deadline this week so they get faster and faster as we go on. You may need to slow Mr B down a bit.

Also, as promised Mr B tries to explain the plot of The Beekeeper but gets totally sidetracked by the *amazing* accents.

The main event this week though is a quick look all of the films coning out in 2024. There's actually quite a lot given 2023. There's actually too many to do in one episode but the Misters give it a good try.

Music by the ever excellent Two Steps from Hell and Hidden Citizens.

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The Misters are back, talking Oscars and trying to keep the episode length down. Apologies in advance for the term "Barbieheimer" coming back. They cover the FFL rules for the Oscars and take a look at the contenders and address the Barbie in the room, well the Barbie *not* in the room.

Music as always by the Two Steps from Hell and Hidden Citizens.

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It's important you read the label on any medicine you take. If you don't you could find yourself dealing with unexpected

side effect likes a gravelly voice, a dimension slipping turn into alternate realities and losing your mind when presented with an impossible casting choice.

That's not really mentioned on the labels but it can happen...

Mr Smith gets another chance to put right what once went wrong as he once more is presented with the world altering choices of casting What If while Mr Birch's voice travels a few octaves.

It's a weird one....

Music and interstitials by the ever excellent Two Steps From Hell and Hidden Citizens.

No alternate realities were harmed in the making of this episode

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Well New Year, new game but before we do we have to look back on the biggest earners of 2023 and do a shout out to the top ten player of the FFL from the One and Done game and the 2023 season.

We also cover some BIG changes to the way the scores are done this year. Mainly around how we score cameos and animation but we detail the whole thing out for you here.

Oh and Legion, our rogue AI seem to have developed a curious attraction to Patrick Dempsey. Yeah we don't know either.

Music as always by the ever excellent Two Steps from Hell and Hidden Citizens.

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The boys are back and they are a little distracted.

After clarifying a few rules for the game for players and explaining that Legion, their benevolent AI is just here to help they get totally sideline by biscuits and unavailable Joel Kinneman films.

They manage to hold it together for *just* long enough to cover Wonka and the other film left for us in December before veering off widely again about the French and Eva Green.

We'd like to say normal service will be resumed next episode when they cover the stats but we both know that's unlikely..

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The boys are back for a bit of a bumper episode. It's been a while so they're out of practice with keeping the tangents to a minimum.

Mr Birch has been to see The Marvels and has some views on it. The boys also look at some of the sequels slated for next year, some good, most bad.

Mr Smith has brought the biscuits to the recording and they are amazing. He's also been talking to Legion, our rogue AI and persuaded it to add in some features.

Finally the boys look at some of the cancelled films this year. WB have shelved three and Smith is not happy about it at all...

Music by Hidden Citizens and Two Steps from Hell.

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Bad Film Club is back and Mr Smith is suffering for it. "Blackbird", the Michael Flately vanity project is given a rewatch from hime with the drinking rules. It's still everything we need it to be. Prepare for a deep dive and a shocking reveal of the next Bad Film...

The boys also look at the reduced roster of releases for the rest of the year and basically tell you how to win the Holiday Season.

Music by Hidden Citizens and Two steps from Hell. And the dubstep news song that inspires a wandering tangent..

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The boys are back after an extended break travelling and collecting new biscuits and removing their Twitter (sorry, "X" accounts)

They cover Barbieheimer and Mr Birch catches up on some of the films he missed in 2023 uncovering a future Bad Film Club Classic in the process.

Smith also covers the newest season and looks ahead to some films coming out for the rest of the year.

There's a Liam Neeson action film in there you know...

Interstitial music by Two Steps from Hell and the Intro and Outro music by Hidden Citizens.

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