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Back to the Pictures
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Welcome to this fortnightly podcast hosted by Ben Rose, Ian Green and Anthon Ogundimu, three former university roommates - reviewing movies like you've never heard before. This trio of student-loan, debt-ridden 30-somethings pledge to re-watch and re-evaluate the movies they once viewed together (usually over a Pot Noodle) during their student days. Follow them, as they discover whether their once treasured flicks still hold up against the standards of cynical life-experience and evolving tastes. Each episode, they travel BACK TO THE PICTURES, screening a movie first viewed during 2005-2009. Moreover, each week the audience are serenaded with film trivia, plot breakdowns and excruciating knit-picking guided by impossible standards. Discussions are glued together with fond memories, private jokes and aimless banter. From Ian's shoutouts to classic film characters such as 'Sausage Charlie' to his shrewd observation of supermarket trolly quantum mechanics, to Anthon's
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Iron Man
We just hope it's been worth the wait! After an extended absence - Back to the Pictures delivers the final episode of season 4! At least we go out with a bang by bringing you our Iron-clad review of the movie that launched an entire Universe. The film that laid the foundations for a bolder,...
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S04E11 Chasing Amy (Part 2)
Hard one, this. An absolute staple of our boys movie watching uni years. Where does it sit today? Test of time/has it aged/in hindsight... All the cliches. Kevin Smith is a talented filmmaker. He is an even better writer. Let's see what Back to the Pictures thinks in this deeeep analysis of…
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S04E10 Chasing Amy (Part 1)
Hard one, this. An absolute staple of our boys movie watching uni years. Where does it sit today? Test of time/has it aged/in hindsight... All the cliches. Kevin Smith is a talented filmmaker. He is an even better writer. Let's see what Back to the Pictures thinks in this deeeep analysis of…
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S04E09 Batman & Robin (1997)
There has been a lot thrown at Batman and Robin over the past 28 years. The question we try to break down in this episode is - is the hate and vitriol deserved? Actually, that question takes less than a minute to answer. The review itself is more focused on how on earth certain decisions were…
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S04E08 Tropic Thunder (2008)
Is this the most controversial movie reviewed on Back to the Pictures? It certainly feels like it. Tune in this week as our three movie sommeliers react to a movie that was already prime for Cancelation in 2008, let alone in 2025. Ben Stiller leads the way in a movie so incredibly difficult to...
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S04E07 - Se7en (1995)
Someone once wrote "This podcast is a fine thing and worth fighting for". We agree with the second part. A decaying megacity. Perpetually dark, rain soaked and its streets are unforgiving. No, we are not reviewing Salford. This is 1995's incredibly twisted (trust us) crime noir thriller (horror?)...
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S04E06: Mean Girls (2004)
This episode is so Fetch. Drop in for a banterful review of an early naughties cultural phenomenon - it's Tina Fey's Mean Girls. And to help the terrific trio of Ben, Anthon and Ian navigate through this reevaluation of high school social dynamics and clique culture is a special guest of the week…
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S04E05 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Rarely does a movie come along that encapsulates the BTTP's 30-somethings sensibilities. Here, this episode, Ben, Ian and Anthon are faced with the ultimate franchise from their childhood and beyond. What do they make of the bodacious, tubular and spectacular looking animatronic Ninja (sorry…
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S04E04 - The Green Mile (1999)
It's a long walk, the Green Mile. Yes, it is. But in a change of pace from recent outings, this go around sees the BTTP lot inducted into a story of compelling narratives, profound themes and complex characters - not to mention a balls-to-the-wall performance by the late MCD! This is all true.…
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S04E03 - Blade (1998)
You want to remember something a certain way, but that memory can only preserve as long as you do not revisit it. In 2025, the BTTP fellas are at it again - rewatching a long-time favourite Vampire-Superhero-Action-Horror flick, Blade (1998). It's going to be a tough one. This episode, Anthon…
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Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Part 2)
A short time ago, in a recording studio far far overpriced... Join Ian, Anthon and Ben once again for more side-splitting, knit-picking, bollocks-calling shenanigans as the boys from P2, Oxford Court recall some of their bestest and some of their lamest movie adventures. And why not start with…
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Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Part 1)
What is the story here? The planet Naboo is under an attack... Why? It's political. How? It's macro economics. Who? Essentially, Amazon in Space When? A long, long time ago Where? a Galaxy Far, Far Away And that is how we kick of Season 4 of Back to the Pictures? Join Ian, Anthon and Ben once…
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S03E11: The Matrix (Part 2 of 2)
Unfortunately, still no one can be told what this Back to the Pictures review on 1999's the Matrix is. You still have to hear it for yourself.
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S03E10: The Matrix (Part 1 of 2)
Unfortunately, no one can be told what this Back to the Pictures review on 1999's the Matrix is. You have to hear it for yourself.
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S03E09: Lost in Translation (2003)
In the penultimate review of Season 3, our trusted trio delight in disagreement as a relic of Ben's film student days rears its beautiful or ugly head, depending on who you ask! Sofia Coppola's understated, cinematic love letter to Tokyo, Lost In Translation (2003) is in the firing line this time...
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S03E08: Demolition Man (1993)
Mellow Greetings Fellow Citizens! Enhance your calm and be well...by downloading and enjoying our review of DEMOLITION MAN - the 1993 dystopian sci-fi action movie. Our first go around with the iconic Wesley Snipes & Sly Stallone! Join us as we dust off the three seashells, turn up the…
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S03E07: South Park Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
A touchstone of the despicable, deplorable and degeneration of the time the BTTP crew grew up in. Is South Park the last bastion of equal opportunities offending left in this burnt out burgh we call society? Or is it a relic of a decayed era, now a stain on our more refined culture? Or is it a…
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S03E06 Casino Royale
This time round, the Back to the Pictures lot focus on James Bond's return to the big screen and his reclaiming of the crown as the go-to in the espionage action genre. This Bond is different. Different then all those that came before him. Listen in as we breakdown what's changed, what's sharper,...
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S03E05 Clerks
If you weren't even supposed to be here today, suck it up, download this episode and lose yourself to the banter of Ben, Ian & Anthon joined by special guest Noah Jordan - this movies primary superfan. This week, the guys work their way through Kevin Smith's divisive, but undoubtedly seminal…
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S03E04: Starship Troopers
It's an ugly planet, a bug planet! Remember your training and you will make it back alive! Zegama Beach! Come on you apes, you wanna live forever? Medic! Take a trip down washout lane! Someone made a big goddamn mistake! The only good bug is a dead bug! You trying to be a hero Sgt? Just trying to...
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S03E03: 10 Things I Hate About You
Join us for another showdown with Ben, Ian and Anthon and a genre rarely dipped into on Back to the Pictures. With only Hitch & The Girl Next Door for company, this time round, the romcom arena gladly receives 10 Things I Hate About You. Yes, the 1999 teen classic straight from the reimagining of...
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S03E02: Spiderman 3
Well, this one hurts. Benthonian return for episode 2 of Season 3 to review a movie that has haunted them for nearly 20 years. In this super-heroic session, the guys come out swinging with the deepest philosophical questions from a painfully abstract movie - what's with the Emo hair & eyeliner?…
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S03E01: Shawshank Redemption
We're back, back from the future! Or the past...or days of futures past? Either way, Back to the Pictures returns for Season 3 to once more take a stroll down movie memory lane...Ben, Ian & Anthon buckle up for another round of movies they once watched together as clueless uni students between…
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S02 E11: The Godfather (1972) Part 2 of 2
We finally cover all the bases in the second and final part of our review of 1972's epic Mob Drama, The Godfather. In the final part of this instalment, the guys are ready for war on where this movie stands on their List of greatest movies. In the final episode of Season 2, we digest by just how...
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S02 E10: The Godfather (1972) Part 1 of 2
Time to make you an offer you can't refuse... In Part 1 of the final instalment of Back to the Pictures Season 2, the lads bring you one of their all-time favourites. And let's face it, it's a lot of peoples favourite! Let's see if the movie really does insist upon itself or if there is merit to...
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S02 E09: Masters of the Universe (1987)
Everything comes to he who waits...and we have waited since 1987 to bring you this review of Masters of the Universe. We are cheating ever-so-slightly this week. As this movie is one Ben and Ian have watched many times over together - so many, it's hard to remember if Anthon was ever in the room!...
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S02 E08: Brick
You better be sure you wanna know what you wanna know... You don't wanna be scratching at the wrong door... But a bodies got a right to be curious... In this episode of Back to the Pictures, the lads tackle their most niche re-evaluation yet with the little-known, but unabashedly acclaimed,...
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S02 E07: Serenity (2005)
Take our love, take our land, take us where we cannot stand. We don't care, we're still free, we review these flicks for thee... And this episode is no different with 2005's Sci-fi-Space-Opera-Action-Western film Serenity. One of the true first films our Terrific Trio viewed together way back in...
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S02 E06: Taken
We don't know who you are or what you want...but if you are looking for a movie review podcast with pep, you should know we possess a very particular set of skills... so, join us for this episode of Back to the Pictures - where you are, ahem, taken - Yes, taken back to 2008 for the insanely...
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S02 E05: V For Vendetta
Voila! At last an episode of Back to the Pictures that shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous - Join us, as we are cast vicariously as both victim and villain while reexamining 2006's Dystopian Sci-fi Action flick V for Vendetta. In this episode, we vow to vanquish the venal and...
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S02 E04: Ghostbusters (1984)
Call it fate, call it luck, call it karma...but we finally made it to Ghostbusters! 1984's spooktacular horror-comedy mega-hit is at the mercy of Back to the Pictures for one-episode-only. Follow us, this time, as we dive into the pop culture phenomenon and dissect the ever evolving Venkman...
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S02 E03: Liar Liar
This time round on Back to the Pictures, we serve you up the single greatest podcast episode you have ever or will ever hear! Side note: Lucky for us, Max's birthday wish doesn't have the same sway over your hosts! The Tripod head back to 1997's Jim Carrey comedy classic Liar Liar! In this…
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S02 E02: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory w/ Special Guest Adam Rose
In this particular sugary sweet episode of Back to the Pictures there is absolutely no earthly way of knowing, which direction we are going. But as we are the music makers and the Dreamers of Dreams we invite you into a world of Pure Reevaluation ...To a place of Wangdoodles, and Hornswogglers…
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S02 E01: Fight Club
We're Back! For another season of Back to the Pictures! The movie review podcast by three university friends traveling back in time to decide whether their beloved filmic favourites really are as good as they remember. And we are ready to pick up right where we left off...by rewatching the...
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S01 E11: The Dark Knight Part II
Previously on Back to the Pictures....The boys got too self-indulgent even for their own Podcast last week! They could not fit one Batman movie review into the alloted time. So, bonus FINAL episode of Season 1 of Back to the Pictures...And here weeeee go...again.
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S01 E10: The Dark Knight Part I
This is the podcast you deserve. But not the one you need right now. Wait...that's not right. This IS the podcast you both need AND deserve and for those Back to the Pictures die-hards out there, sometimes, one episode just isn't good enough. Sometimes, people deserve more. Sometimes people…
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S01 E09: X-Men 3: The Last Stand
This weeks episode of Back to the Pictures sees the guys revist one of their most loathed movie-going memories. It is indeed, 2006's torid X-Men sequel - the Last Stand. Meant to shut out the trilogy in style, this movie is far from fondly remembered. From the blink-and-you'll-miss-it Arch...
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S01 E08 - Hitch
In this episode of Back to the Pictures the boys rewind their VHS tape to 2005 for the Will Smith driven romantic comedy Hitch. This session sees Ben, Anthon and Ian tackle topics like the science of attraction, controverseries e.g. the Slap Heard Around the World and we find out just how many...
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S01E07: The Girl Next Door
In this May bank holiday episode the P2C's review an old dick-and-fart comedy movie THE GIRL NEXT DOOR (2004). How does this movie hold up in 2023? How has the porn industry evolved over the past 19 years? And did Ian hook up with the girl in his downstairs loo?Find out on this spicier episode of...
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S01E06: Training Day
On this Bank Holiday Monday, BACK TO THE PICTURES takes another stab at the crime thriller genre with 2001's Training Day. Ben, Ian and Anthon dive into the seedy world of police corruption, offer listeners insightful anecdotes based on their own run-ins with the law and address that profound...
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S01 E05: The Departed
In this episode of BACK TO THE PICTURES the guys travel back to 2006 for the unforgetable crime thriller THE DEPARTED. Questions galore - Does Ian know which order the plot happens? Is it best to treat Feds like mushrooms (feed 'em shit and keep 'em in the dark)? And was Dignam the last…
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S01E04 Superman Returns
In this Easter Monday episode of BACK TO THE PICTURES, the P2C's find themselves in a spot of bother. Their task, to re-review one of their less revered movie-going experiences from the summer of 2006. The question of whether Superman Returns still holds up is not the point of this episode -...
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S01E03: Hot Fuzz
This time round on Back To The Pictures, the guys whip out their three-flavour Cornetto's and settle in to rewatch 2007's action comedy HOT FUZZ! Join them as they debate the flawed physics of supermarket trolly assaults, the comedic merits of old ladies receiving flying kicks to the face and...
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S01E02: 300
In the sophomore episode of Back to the Pictures, the gang revisit one of their favourites - Zack Snyder's 2006 Historical (ish) Action film 300! How has this blood-soaked, slow-mo'd, airsprayed, green-screened thrill ride held up? Let's say, opinions vary wildly. However, one thing is agreed…
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S01E01: Snatch
In this pilot episode, Ben, Ian and Anthon dive back into the past to reconsider arguably their most quoted movie of all - Guy Richie's 2000 British Crime Comedy SNATCH! One of the first movies these three ever watched together - find out how their views have changed since 2005 - 2009. What do…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to this fortnightly podcast hosted by Ben Rose, Ian Green and Anthon Ogundimu, three former university roommates - reviewing movies like you've never heard before.
This trio of student-loan, debt-ridden 30-somethings pledge to re-watch and re-evaluate the movies they once viewed together (usually over a Pot Noodle) during their student days. Follow them, as they discover whether their once treasured flicks still hold up against the standards of cynical life-experience and evolving tastes.
Each episode, they travel BACK TO THE PICTURES, screening a movie first viewed during 2005-2009. Moreover, each week the audience are serenaded with film trivia, plot breakdowns and excruciating knit-picking guided by impossible standards. Discussions are glued together with fond memories, private jokes and aimless banter.
From Ian's shoutouts to classic film characters such as 'Sausage Charlie' to his shrewd observation of supermarket trolly quantum mechanics, to Anthon's
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