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Send us Fan MailYou must have known this one was coming! The culmination of 22 amazing game-changing movies came together to make not just the ultimate comic-book movie, but simply one of the greatest stories ever made!I could do this all day!

Send us Fan MailAt a time when the cinemas were choc-a-block with comic book superheroes, one film stood head and shoulders above the rest as the smartest, funniest and coolest of them all- and it was based on a kids cartoon!Join me and my special guests (yep, they're back!) to discuss this and everything else from 2018!

Send us Fan MailYep, another year when i can't quite decide which is my favourite film of the year (although, i do actually get there in the end!), but there are some absolute cracking flicks this year to discuss!As mentioned on the episodes, i'm planning on doing a wrap-up Q&A episode as we get near to the final instalments (*sob*), so please feel free to send me any questions in advance!Thanks for listening!

Send us Fan MailAnother life-affirming, hugely positive slice of film fun again this week, with Dexter Fletcher's 'Eddie The Eagle', which documents the true-life rags to (almost) riches story of Eddie Edwards who, through sheer force of will, managed to capture the hearts of the whole world in the 88 winter olympics.

Send us Fan MailHere's another one of those movies that I love, but suspect that many people have decided they don't like without actually watching! I find it an endlessly entertaining, and, importantly, really optimistic story with some jaw-dropping visuals and awesome performances; give it a go- i reckon you'll love it too!

Send us Fan MailI know, I know: ANOTHER kids film? But what a film- so much funnier and cleverer than anyone was expecting, Everything really is Awesome! 

Send us Fan MailA bit of a change-up today, as I meander around all over the place talking about the best movies of 2013, without actually settling on my favourite! Still, it was a bumper year, so wont you please join me once again..for Milestone Movies!?

Send us Fan MailA really under-appreciated Sci-Fi gem from 2012 this week, a fantastic adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' 'Barsoom' series of pulp fantasy classics, which is SO much better than it's reputation would have you believe! Check it out please!We are hurtling towards the Big 5-0 now, just a few more episodes to go, so keep it Milestone Movies!Thanks for listening! 

Send us Fan MailMonkey Magic this week on Milestone Movies, as i delve deep into the epic long-running Simian franchise that is P.O.T.A.!From the Ape-Mania and the rubber masks of the 60's and 70's, right up to today's flawless motion-capture masterpieces, it's a fascinating and thought-provoking series that seems set to run and run!

Send us Fan MailNo, seriously- hear me out! If you've never experienced the DragonsVerse, you need to get on board! I was as pleasantly surprised as anyone that this movie (and all of it's many spinoffs!) turned out as well as it did, and there was no real competition when it came to choosing my movie of the year for 2010!

Send us Fan MailA brilliant slice of sci-fi that came out of nowhere (well, actually from South Africa)  to blow us all away, Neill Blomkamp's "District 9" is my movie of the year for 2009. An oddly affecting 'alien invasion' movie like nothing before or since, it was a decent-sized hit at the time, but deserves to have been enormous! 

Send us Fan Mail2008- the year that everything changes! Jon Favreau casts Robert Downey Jr in the role he was born to play, gives us a tiny glimpse of Samuel L Jackson and the Marvel Cinematic Universe is born! Cinema and TV will never be the same again... 

Send us Fan Mail"The Greater Good..." The team behind Shaun Of The Dead strike Fried Gold once again with their awesome take on all-action cop thrillers... except it's in a sleepy English village!Properly laugh-out-loud comedy alongside blistering action sequences, all delivered by the very finest of British character actors, Hot Fuzz is the second part of the 'Cornetto Trilogy', and it's amazing!Join the discussion online, and thanks for all your support for the show!

Send us Fan Mail"With No Power, Comes No Responsibility!" Kevin Smith returns once again to the 'Askewniverse' that he accidentally created with his low budget debut in 1994 with an absolute corker of a sequel; 2006's 'Clerks II'. Building on everything he'd done up to this point in his movies, Smith elevates the story of a bunch of slackers and dealers in an unexpectedly moving new direction, that for me is the high point of the Jay & Silent Bob movies. 

Send us Fan MailYou can't stop the signal!Gather round, Browncoats, as i delve into Joss Whedon's superb space opera SERENITY, as well as it's parent TV series, the amazing FIREFLY!Thanks for listening, please do like and subscribe etc!

Send us Fan MailYou've got red on you! For my money, the greatest British comedy film of all time, Shaun Of The Dead is an absolute gem! Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are amazing in Edgar Wright's movie debut, and the legacy of what they created here is still being seen to this day.Join me for this week's episode of Milestone Movies!

Send us Fan MailPerhaps a less well-known treat for us this week, as I take a look back at Wayne Kramer's Vegas-set 'The Cooler', which despite a trinity of fantastic character performances and a mesmerising story, was never really rewarded the success it deserved.If you've never seen it, check it out, and then listen to this week's Milestone Movies Podcast! 

Send us Fan MailWith great power comes great responsibility. We're not yet quite at the dawn of the MCU, but we are thick in the beginnings of the Comic book movie boom, with Sam Raimi's pitch-perfect take on everybody's favourite web-slinger, which paved the way for a series which is still going from strength to strength today!

Send us Fan MailYou. Shall. Not. PASS!! Well, at least not until you've listened to this week's podcast anyway! We've reached 2001, which was the year that "The Fellowship of the Ring" launched us all into Peter Jackson's fully realised vision of Tolkein's world, so join me as I dive deep into Middle Earth!Wishing you all a very Happy New Year, looking forward to another great year of movies ahead... 

Send us Fan MailThis Ain't No Chick Flick! But it is one of Aardman's finest animations, and a particular favourite of my family; which is why, for the first time ever I have two very special guests on the pod- my own daughters and Chicken Run Super Fans Rose & Adele! It's nearly Xmas, so what better time to put on a great family movie and enjoy each other's company!(This one gets a bit chaotic folks so get ready!)If we don't speak before, have an amazing Christmas everyone, look forward to loads more episodes to come in the New Year!

Send us Fan MailAn under-appreciated family classic this week, as I attempt to persuade you that Brad Bird's "The Iron Giant" is one of the very finest animated movies EVER made!(Because it is.)

Send us Fan MailPossibly my favourite comedy movie of all time, tonight I'm taking you back to 1998's "BASEketball", in which the director of Naked Gun and the stars of South Park combine for a hilarious take on the tropes of Sports movies and create comedy gold!

Send us Fan MailAnother cracking film this week, as we look at the fantastic "hitman goes back to his old hometown to attend his High School reunion and face the girl he left behind" movie Grosse Pointe Blank. This unlikely premise was the recipe for an absolutely beautiful story, so well made and perfectly pitched! Check it out!

Send us Fan MailResistance Is Futile! The eighth Trek movie is my own personal favourite, so join me as i go into great detail and nerd out once again over this Sci_fi classic and franchise high point.

Send us Fan Mail"Do you want me to talk?"... Well, yeah, thats kinda how PodCasts work, Mr Bond..This is the James Bond episode, the one where I celebrate 1995's superlative entry, Goldeneye, which may be the 17th film in a 25 film series, but for my money, is easily the best! Also taking in the franchise as a whole, as well as the regular review of other notable releases for the year, join me for Episode 21!

Send us Fan MailDo you feel the need; the need for SPEED? Well i do, so please join me for the sleeper hit of 1994, and Keanu's emergence as a true action icon, as i discuss what i think is a classic of the genre.Remember you can message the show directly through the button on the link to the show, and join in the discussion as we continue our journey through 50 awesome movie years!

Send us Fan MailA podcast 65 million (and 32) years in the making; Welcome... to Jurassic Park!Still unbelievably breathtaking today, Spielberg's original is the perfect blend of story, pace, effects and characters, all with our built-in fascination about dinosaurs, this movie can do no wrong!Join me to reminisce about all the Jurassic movies so far, as well as some other choice classics from '93, here on Milestone Movies! 

Send us Fan MailYOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!! What a line, what a performance, what a movie! It's 1992, and this week we look back at Rob Reiner's film of Aaron Sorkin's play 'A Few Good Men'Never has a military courtroom drama been so compelling, with whip-smart dialogue, and some amazing actors delivering the performances of their lives.

Send us Fan MailHe said he'd be back, and i said i would discuss this franchise when we got to 1991, as we revisit, very possibly, the greatest sequel ever made; 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'! Taking a look at the entire franchise, join me for a delve into one of the finest sci-fi series in movie history, in this week's Milestone Movies!

Send us Fan MailBurrowing into our collective movie brains like a Graboid, comes 1990's comedy monster mash TREMORS!Join me as i dissect this brilliant movie which was criminally overlooked upon it's first release, only to take hold on home entertainment and would go on to spawn 6 sequels and nearly 2 TV spin-offs to date! (i'll explain the 'nearly 2' bit, dont worry!)It is, like the town it's set in; Perfection! Enjoy...

Send us Fan MailDudes! Join me for a most triumphant journey through time with the most non-non-non bogus teenagers to ever embark on a bodacious quest through history; it's BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE!!Station!

Send us Fan MailWelcome to the party, Pal! This week it's DIE HARD! You know the score, an absolute action classic from start to finish, join me as i revisit the original, delve a little into the sequels, and even the ups-and-downs of Bruce's career.So, strip down to your vest, run barefoot across some broken glass, and crawl around in a god-damn tin can, with this week's Milestone Movies!

Send us Fan MailThe Magic Begins! The ultimate buddy-cop action spectacular blasted onto our screens in 1987 and blew away everything that came before it! Kicking off a whole series of non-stop explosive perfection was the brilliance that is Lethal Weapon!!Join me as I revisit this (and the whole franchise really, I do get a little sidetracked again on this one!), as well as a rundown of an altogether awesome year for cinema!Say it with me- We're NOT too old for this sh...!!

Send us Fan MailAn a-MAZE-ing (sorry!) film for you this week, as i revisit the slice of cinematic fantasy perfection that is LABYRINTH! Jim Henson's puppet tour-de-force is absolutely timeless, and is a particular favourite of mine, so pop on the episode, "come inside, meet the wife- have a cuppa tea" and enjoy!

Send us Fan MailGreat Scott! This is heavy! And it's also THE GREATEST FILM EVER MADE!My personal ultimate favourite movie of all time, I could not love this one more!Hop in the Delorean and lets head Back to 1985, cos it doesn't get any better than this!Enjoy!

Send us Fan Mail"Listen! You smell something?" Now we are at a real Milestone in my movie history, as we reach 1984, and my very first trip to the cinema for what is still one of my all-time favourites; Ghostbusters!Join me as i remember that most formative of movie-going experiences, and how its shaped my life to this day... 

Send us Fan Mail"Looking good, Billy-Ray", "Feeling good, Louis!"  Revisit an all-star comedy classic this week, as we take a quick look back at 1983's brilliant Trading Places in an episode that's more dependable than Frozen Orange Juice Futures!

Send us Fan MailAnother Stallone action classic for this episode, let me take you back to the origins of Vietnam Vet John J Rambo; the original one-man army. Feel free to pop your old school tie round your head and run around the garden shouting "Don't push me!!" like we all did when we were kids. 

Send us Fan MailIt's not the years, Honey- it's the mileage!The seventh episode discusses the debut of a timeless action hero; Indiana Jones and the 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark' from 1981!Don your Fedora, crack your whip, and settle down as we revisit one of the finest adventure stories ever made...

Send us Fan MailSurely this can't be Episode 6 already? Well, it is, and don't call me Shirley.Classic comedy this week from Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker, with the original spoof perfection of 1980's Airplane!Join me as i discuss this hugely influential daftness, as well as hero-worshipping one of the all-time greats Leslie Nielsen!

Send us Fan MailNot every film from my childhood was a gritty action movie or a grown-up horror flick; for our discussion today is the original, and still the best of Jim Henson's classic Muppet movies! Still an unbeaten celebration of clever, innovative film-making with a heck of a big heart, i absolutely love this movie, and i make no apologies for voting it as my film of the year 1979! Please enjoy!

Send us Fan MailPossibly a bit more of an unexpected choice this week; the Burt Reynolds action classic 'Hooper'! Enjoy! 

Send us Fan MailFor our '77 episode, we tackle the birth of one of the most influential series in film history, responsible for inspiring countless filmmakers, and still going stronger than ever today; Star Wars! Is it a work of genius, or just the kids film that got lucky? This and other important questions will likely not be answered in the next half hour..  

Send us Fan MailIt's Episode 2 already, and up for discussion this time is the ultimate rags-to-riches sports drama- 1976's "Rocky"! So lace up those boxing gloves, pop in your gumshield, and lets beat some meat! 

Send us Fan MailAnd... Action!  Join me for a blockbusting celebration of my 50 favourite movies of my first 50 years!Every week, i'll run down the biggest box office hits of each year, in order, from 1975 onwards, and discuss in detail my own pick for Movie Of The Year.So, pop that corn, settle in on the back row, and lets talk movies!Join the discussion online, and tell us your own favourites too!