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Failed Critics (2012-2019 episodes)
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Failed Critics is home to the slightly shambolic weekly film podcast, where each week we review new theatrical releases, as well as revisit classics (and not-so-classics), trawl through film news, and even chat with the odd special guest. This is our now old, unused podcast feed so go here for the next era of Failed Critics: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/failed-critics-podcast/id1611135627 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Triple Bill: Turning TV into Films
Like buses, you wait for three years and then two come along at once, overcharge you, and make you late for work. Or something. Released at almost the exact same time as the previous episode, because why wait? This time, it's just Steve and Owen talking about stuff they've seen - including…
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Up to no good again (again)
Surprise! We're back, sort of, for a couple of episodes at the very least. We do sure hope nothing's changed since we last stepped onto this feed in 2019. Steve is putting the memory foam back in his hosting chair seat, Owen is being as pretentious as always, as Brooker is, of course, reviewing...
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Announcement: Failed Critics is back (and in a new home!)
A quick announcement from Failed Critics' new publisher and editor Tony Black discussing the return of Failed Critics and where to now find the podcast, plus a sneak peek at our first episode back with Tony, regular host Steve Norman, and guest Matt Lambourne. This feed will remain active as a...
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Failed Critics Podcast: Triple bill 2019 and that
Hosts Steve Norman and Owen Hughes had a day off work and decided to kill time by doing an impromptu podcast on stuff they've seen in 2019. It also means we edge one step closer to the magic episode 300 mark - just nine more to go. But, seeing as the last podcast they released was in June 2018,...
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Failed Critics Podcast: Solo: A Star Wars Podcast
We're back! Sort of. Host Steve Norman is back, at least, for another Star Wars special episode with regulars Paul Field and Dave Valentine booting misery guts Owen Hughes from the podcast. There's quizzing, japes, and of course more Solo: A Star Wars Story chat than you could shake a lightsaber...
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Failed Critics Podcast: Avengers: Infinity War birthday special
Happy birthday to you guys! Yes, it's your birthday everyone. Or, rather, the Failed Critics Podcast turned six this week, which means happy birthday to us and all of our listeners who witnessed this Frankenstein's monster of a podcast come to life. To celebrate, hosts Steve Norman and Owen…
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Failed Critics Podcast: Oscars That Never Were Triple Bill
We're back for a bit. No biggie. Just Steve Norman, Owen Hughes and Paul Field, hanging around recording a random triple bill podcast trying to ride the crest of interest that usually comes during the Oscars season. Resurrected from the near dead, the Failed Critics revive an old quiz - not an…
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Failed Critics Unplugged: Live in Oxford (Again)
Happy New Year and all that jazz. We're back from our end of year celebrations (sort of) as hosts Steve Norman and Owen Hughes head to a pub in Oxford to chat movies and TV with Character Unlock's Andrew Brooker. Recorded over a month ago in the same pub as our last live podcast, the trio run...
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Failed Critics Podcast: FC Awards 2017
Another year down, and another awards ceremony concluded. Hosts Steve Norman and Owen Hughes are joined by a returning Paul Field to produce another quality end-of-year quiz, and to help us round-up the results from the Failed Critics Awards 2017. Our huge thanks go out to everybody who took the...
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Failed Critics Podcast: The Last Jedi
A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far, Far Away... Steve, Paul and Crisp Packet Dave returned for their annual Star Wars podcast and took an in-depth look at Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi. (Note: This review contains spoilers, a lot of them.) Elsewhere, there is the traditional quiz where…
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Failed Critics Podcast: Justice League
Hopefully by now you will have caught up with DCEU's latest attempt at salvaging a flailing franchise with Justice League. Hosts Steve Norman and Owen Hughes run their beady eye over Zack Snyder/Joss Whedon's ensemble superhero flick, as well as chatting about some post-apocalyptic fiction and...
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Failed Critics Podcast: Thor: Ragnarok
So very, very late this week that it's actually now "next week" but hey, at least it's here, right? Let's cut out the chit chat and get straight to it: Steve Norman hosts (and edits) this week as Owen Hughes and Brian Plank join for a review of the MCU's latest fantasy adventure with Thor:...
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Failed Critics Podcast: London Film Festival 2017 Special
Welcome to another episode of the Failed Critics Podcast as hosts Steve Norman and Owen Hughes are joined by Callum Petch, fresh from this year's London Film Festival. We kick off the podcast with a chat about the ins and outs of the Festival itself as Callum explains what it's like being one of...
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Failed Critics Podcast: Blade Runner 2049, Loving Vincent, and The Mountain Between Us
Welcome to another episode of the Failed Critics Podcast. This one is actually being published within a reasonable amount of time since the recording. Aren't we spoiling you, eh! In it, hosts Steve Norman and Owen Hughes chat about the new Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer as well as react to the...
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Failed Critics Podcast: Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Only a week and a half late this time, it's our Kingsman: The Golden Circle podcast! Entering into the fool's golden circle that is the Failed Critics Podcast this week is Steve Norman, Owen Hughes, Tony Black and Brian Plank. The quiz was cut from the final audio due to being incredibly shit....
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Failed Critics Podcast: Oooh Chinny Reckon
Welcome to the absolute best podcast we've ever recorded.... ooooh chinny reckon. Chinny. Reck. Kon. Oooh Jimmy Hill chinny reckon. Chinnnnny. Ok, ok. No, it's probably not the best podcast we've ever recorded, but it was still a lot of fun as hosts Steve Norman and Owen Hughes chat Korean…
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Failed Critics Podcast: It (Spoiler Alert Special)
Just a short podcast for you all this week as Owen Hughes and Andrew Brooker float the idea of a very short It Spoiler Alert review special rather than take a week off. This is your second and final warning: do NOT listen to this episode unless you have seen the weekend's release of Stephen…
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Failed Critics Podcast: Spy Triple Bill
Leaping out of a moving aircraft with a Union Jack adorning their parachutes, before safely landing in the driver's seat of their sub-aquatic Aston Martin, it's your podcast hosts Steve Norman and Owen Hughes. Spinning around on his high-backed leather chair with a pussy in his lap, it's our...
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Failed Critics Podcast: FrightFest 2017
Spooktacular! Fangtastic! Unbelieva...ghoul...? Yes, it's our Horror Channel FrightFest 2017 special episode of the Failed Critics Podcast. Hosts Steve Norman-Bates and VoodoOwen Hughes drag Andrew 'PVCface' Brooker and Mike ShawcrossedTheWrongGuy straight from FrightFest and onto Skype for a...
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Failed Critics Podcast: Stephen King Triple Bill
Hosts Steve Norman and Owen Hughes do not podcast with their microphones; he who podcasts with his microphone has forgotten the face of his father. They podcast with their friends, Maaya Brooker and Liam, as the each pick their three favourite Stephen King movies for this week's triple bill...
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Front Row with Owen and Paul: Better Speaking
Our speaking talk is no good on the latest episode of Front Row with Owen Hughes and Paul Rutland. Straight from their Bucks 101 Radio show, the pair fumble a review of Atomic Blonde, mumble through the week in sport, and give a heads up about some news (as the dice dictates). We'll be back on…
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Failed Critics Podcast: Atomic Blonde
Welcome to the latest episode of the Failed Critics Podcast where your hosts Steve Norman and Owen Hughes were joined by Brian Plank to review David Leitch's newest action thriller, Atomic Blonde. The episode was recorded a day late and about half an hour short after Steve decided to copy the...
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Failed Critics Podcast: Sharknadon't
After a week-long hiatus, Steve Norman and Owen Hughes are back with a new episode and a slightly less conventional format than usual. With the premiere of Sharknado 5: Global Swarming airing on the SyFy Channel at the same time as the pair sat down to record, we cover the usual movie chat whilst...
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Character Unlock: Doubling Down on Destiny
You won’t believe this, but for the first time in months, your hosts John Miller and Andrew Brooker found time to play games... together.Taking their own advice from last week’s episode, John and Brooker spent some time on the Destiny 2 online beta, before starting the original FPS MMO over and...
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Failed Critics Podcast: Dunkirk
Is it their finest hour and 17 minutes? With a stonking quiz hosted by guest Callum Petch, pitting hosts Steve Norman and Owen Hughes against each other, plus reviews of Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk, Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled, 2016 mystery thriller Pet, and the extraordinarily awful documentary...
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Character Unlock: Death Before Destiny and Dishonored 2
We honestly don’t know what’s going on. There should be plenty of big news floating about about now, but it seems like everyone has started their summer holidays early and the guys struggled to find news this week! Still, they have to try don’t they? Welcome to this week’s episode of Character...
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Failed Critics Podcast: WFTBOTPOTA
NOOOOOOOOOOO-- I mean, yes, it's the latest episode of the Failed Critics podcast with Callum 'bright eyes' Petch and Dr Andrew Brookerzaius joining hosts Steve 'chimpan A' Norman and Owen 'chimpan Z' Hughes as they get their stinkin' paws on The Dawn of the War Beneath the Battle for the Planet…
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Failed Critics Podcast: Spider-Man: Homecoming
Another episode of the Failed Critics Podcast where hosts Steve Norman and Owen Hughes are left on their lonesome to review the week's major new release. With no news to discuss nor quizzes to, er, quiz, it makes space for both a spoiler-free and a post-credits Spoiler Alert, all about…
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Character Unlock: The Classic Mini Super Turbo Episode
Welcome to this week’s episode of Character Unlock, where hosts John Miller and Andrew Brooker decide to mark the occasion of the recently announced Super Nintendo Classic by dragging back on their guest from February’s Resident Evil episode, fellow Failed Critic Matt Lambourne rejoins the duo....
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Failed Critics Unplugged: Ultimate Haddocks
Get a round in, pull up a pew and try the fish - we recommend the ultimate haddocks. Yes, that's right, Tony Black, Owen Hughes and Andrew Brooker are back together again for another Failed Critics Unplugged, recorded live at The Mitre in Oxford last weekend. Unfortunately Steve Norman couldn't...
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Failed Critics Podcast: The Last Night Wasted On Transformers
Dare! Dare to believe you can survive [another Michael Bay Transformers movie]. You hold the future in your hand. Dare. Dare to keep all of your dreams alive [of never having to sit through another one]. It's time to take a stand. And you can win, if you dare [to stay home when the Bumblebee solo...
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Character Unlock: Life on the Horizon is Strange
Welcome back to our regularly scheduled programming. After a mammoth E3 last week, the Character Unlock guys are back to doing what they do: playing video games and talking an unlimited amount of nonsense. This week is no different. This episode, hosts John Miller and Andrew Brooker forego a news...
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Failed Critics Podcast: Eat Local, Solong Han, and Steve's Jobs
Despite reports of different creative visions for this episode of the Failed Critics Podcast, hosts Steve Norman and Owen Hughes haven't left the project, but have brought on board Underground Nights co-host Paul Field to delve into some film news and reviews. The pod kicks off with Owen still in...
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Character Unlock: E3 2017 Part Six - Nintendo
The end is here!Join our hosts as they take apart the last of this year’s E3 press conferences. This episode, we focus on Nintendo who, as has become tradition, have foregone the big stage for a pre-recorded show.That means that we were treated to a super-short advert fest and not much else.…
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Character Unlock: E3 2017 Part Five - Sony
There is a light at the end of this tunnel. As the guys sit an go through the second to last showcase of 2017’s E3; the light can barely be seen as the tired, squinting eyes of our hosts are barely open.It’s 4am, and we’ve got games to talk about. Loads of games. Everything from the new God of…
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Failed Critics Podcast: The Mummy
This isn't a tomb, it's an audio prison. It takes a couple of monsters in hosts Steve Norman and Owen Hughes to create a podcast episode (and nobody else) reviewing Universal's first foray into their new Dark Universe, The Mummy. It's just the two of them and they can make it if they try. To make...
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Character Unlock: E3 2017 - Part Four - Ubisoft
As day three of E3 starts up and the guys have managed to get a few hours kip… it’s time for the Ubisoft conference.As tiredness and hay fever appear to be getting the better of the boys, join them in going through the developer’s advert-fest for 2017.Assassin’s Creed Origins makes it’s expected...
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Character Unlock: E3 2017 - Part 3 - Bethesda
Seriously. This can’t be healthy.With only two hours sleep, we are back covering this year’s E3 press conferences. This time, it’s fan favourite - but not John favourite - publisher Bethesda.Quickly getting the records for latest ever E3 presser and the shortest ever E3 conference, join the lads…
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Character Unlock: E3 2017 - Part Two - Xbox
The E3 Hype train continues today as Microsoft’s Xbox Showcase rolls into town.Join the lads as they pull apart what could be the most important conference of the week as Microsoft formally announce the name of what we’ve all come to know as Project Scorpio.The newly named Xbox One X provides all...
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Character Unlock: E3 2017 - Part One - EA Play
E3 is finally here. That means late nights, early mornings and far more caffeine than is healthy.Let us begin this year's festivities with EA Play. The first show of the conference gets underway with a flurry of old favourites and ends with a very anticipated title.Hosts John Miller and Andrew...
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Character Unlock: Pre-E3 2017
It's almost here! E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the start of the next 12 months of marketing is finally upon us for 2017. Hosts John Miller and Andrew Brooker will be spending a couple of hours talking all things E3, just like every other video game podcast, website, foghorn, whatever,...
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Failed Critics Podcast: Wonder Women Triple Bill
We've got what you want, what you need AND what you deserve on this week's Failed Critics triple bill special episode with not one, not two, but a whole bunch of Wonder Women - and we're not just referring to Maaya Brooker! Maaya joins hosts Steve Norman and Owen Hughes for a Wonder Woman…
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Failed Critics Podcast: Alive Podcasters Tell Dirty Tales
Cue the sax, it's the Failed Critics Podcast: Latenight Softcore Edition, where host Steve Norman finally gets his wish to make Owen Hughes review Emmanuelle In Space, possibly the boobiest of all our quiz booby-prizes thus far. If you giggle when you hear naughty words, you're going to, well,...
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Character Unlock: #InjusticeForBatman
Summer is (kind of) here, and what better way to celebrate the amazing hot weather we've been blessed with than listening to a couple of guys chatting about playing video games indoors? Welcome to the Character Unlock tangent-cast where ,in a surprisingly news heavy week that came with a ton of...
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Failed Critics Podcast: Colossal Geezers
Awight you pwopa nawty boys, oi oi! Brian Plank joins Steve Norman and Owen Hughes for a top, top podcast this week. We've got a review of Guy Ritchie's new movie, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. It's sick, bruv. Banterific. As well as the Kaiju drama(?) comedy(?) action(?) indie(?) flick,...
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Failed Critics Podcast: Alien: Covenant
This week Steve Norman and Owen Hughes are joined by regular Failed Critic Andrew Brooker as they delve in to Ridley Scott's latest instalment in the Alien franchise, Alien: Covenant, complete with Spoiler Alert as well as a spoiler free review. In the news we pay tribute to the late Powers…
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Character Unlock: War, Death, Fury and Gaming Funks
The seals have been broken and the armies of Heaven, Hell and Earth are locked in a battle to decide the fate of all eternity. Answering the call, your hosts John Miller and Andrew Brooker are here to make sense of the chaos that has ravaged the Earth. Ok, maybe things aren’t quite that bad,...
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Failed Critics Podcast: The Dudleycast / Comedy Triple Bill
Ee arr, our kid. Yow wo' believe it, but we've only gon' an' published anuva bostin' episode! Ark at four half-soaked wallies blaberen about films an' that in a Failed Critics Dudleycast. Only kidding. The main feature of this week's podcast is a triple bill on British comedy films post-1980s in...
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Failed Critics Podcast: Pirates, Space Pirates and Bad Pirate Jokes
Where does a pirate keep his buccaneers? Apparently on the bucking Failed Critics Podcast this week, as Steve Norman and Owen Hughes are joined by both Andrew Brooker and Brian Plank for some jolly rogering - and to talk about Marvel's latest space adventure movie, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2!...
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Character Unlock: Boots on the Ground - A Telltale Series
Welcome to another episode of Character Unlock, the video game-centric (but equally shambolic) Failed Critics sister podcast. In our 17th episode, usual host Andrew Brooker has stepped aside to let his partner in crime John Miller take the reigns, guiding us through the news from the past couple…
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Failed Critics is home to the slightly shambolic weekly film podcast, where each week we review new theatrical releases, as well as revisit classics (and not-so-classics), trawl through film news, and even chat with the odd special guest.
This is our now old, unused podcast feed so go here for the next era of Failed Critics: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/failed-critics-podcast/id1611135627
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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