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Please Watch This
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Each week two film loving mates with gaps in their viewing history recommend films to each other. So they can once and for all answer the question: who has better taste?
Episodes
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124: The Rock
Episode 124. Sam and Hugh this week are sampling cinema de Michael Bay in the classic 90s action thriller The Rock. Did Sam enjoy the film so much that he’s now going to lose his mind in unusual ways like Nicolas Cage? Or was he so bored that he wished someone would lock him up on Alcatraz just…
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123: Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny
Episode 123. Hugh, Sam and returning guest Joe Blakeley are hanging out with Jack Black and Kyle Gass A.K.A. Tenacious D, as they attempt to become rock gods in the 2006 comedy Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny. Did Hugh enjoy the film so much that he wants to start his own rock band? Or was he…
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122: The Gentlemen
Episode 122. Sam, Hugh and retuning guest Liam "Juicy" Waters are enjoying a jolly old time in that London with a Guy Ritchie gangster flick in this week's film The Gentlemen. Did Sam enjoy the film so much that he is going to start making his friends wearing matching tracksuits? Or was he so…
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121: Prisoners
Episode 122. Hugh, Sam and new guest Sarah from Popcorn Chat get the popcorn out and watch the 2013 film Prisoners. Did Sam enjoy the film so much that that he is going to join his local police department and become a hard boiled detective? Or was he so bored that he felt like a prisoner? Find…
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120: Alien 3
Episode 120. Sam, Hugh and new guest Gareth "Mr Still Smiling" Jones take a deep dive review of the much maligned 1992 film Alien 3. Did Sam enjoy the film so much that he’s become a celibate religious zealot? Or was he so bored that he decided to book his next holiday to the North East of…
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119: 119. The French Connection
Episode 119. Hugh, Sam and new guest Kevin the Critic are on the mean streets of New York watching the multi Oscar winning film the French Connection. Did Sam enjoy the film so much that he is planning a career change to become a hard boiled police detective? Or was he so bored that he spent the...
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118: The Pianist
Episode 118. This week Sam and Hugh are watching the powerful 2002 holocaust survival film The Pianist. Did Sam enjoy the film so much that he now too is going to take up the piano? Or was he so bored he went and practised the cello instead of watching the film? Find out this and much more on…
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117: Stoker
Episode 1117. Hugh and Sam are spending some time with the family Stoker, but there seems to be something a bit odd about Uncle Charlie. Let’s hope Mia Wasikowska can figure it out before it's too late? With Oldboy's director Park Chan-Wook in the director’s chair and a script penned by Wentworth...
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116: Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
Episode 116. Sam and Hugh are back!!! And so is Indiana Jones. This time he is going on a crusade; his last crusade one might say. Did Sam enjoy the film so much he’s now on his own personal quest to find the Holy Grail? Or was he so bored that he thought he was going to die of old age and…
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115: 2021: A Review and a Big Fat Film Quiz
Episode 115: 2021 is coming to an end. So what better way to celebrate than to reflect on the best films of the year and to enjoy a quiz? Sam is today's quizmaster, taxing Hugh's knowledge of the best (and worst) films of the year. Play along and see if you beat Hugh's admirable 26.5/38 (or...
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114: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Episode 114. Once again it’s the most wonderful time of the year, and Hugh and Sam are spending Christmas with the Griswolds trying to avoid all the potential calamity that this visit entails, in this week's film National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Did Hugh enjoy the film so much that he is...
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113: Gone Baby Gone
Episode 113. Sam and Hugh once more return to the mean streets of Boston where they are charged with watching Ben Affleck's directorial debut in his 2007 film Gone Baby Gone. Did Sam like the film so much that he wants to become a private eye? Or was he so bored that he wishes that it was him who...
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112: Green Room
Episode 112. Sam and Hugh find themselves in a green room, but wait, what's this? A murder? Skinheads trying to stop them from leaving? It can only be the 2015 film Green Room, directed by Jeremy Saulnier. Did Hugh enjoy the film so much that he wants to stick it to the man and start his own punk...
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110: Man on Fire
Episode 110. Hugh and Sam are joined this week by a new guest to the pod, Sam's buddy Tom "Snazzy" Szenasi-Holland. He's here to talk about the 2004 film Man on Fire. Did Hugh enjoy the film so much that he will be going loco down in Acapulco for his next holiday? Or was he so bored he tried to…
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109: A History of Violence
Episode 109. Sam and Hugh are in sleepy Indiana (and not Philly) with Aragorn himself Viggo Mortensen as his character's history catches up with him in the David Cronenberg film A History of Violence. Did Sam enjoy the film so much that he is now going to solve all interpersonal problems with...
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108: It Follows
Episode 108. Hugh, Sam and returning guest Ben Dawson are back for the third and final horror movie of the 2021 Halloween season: the 2014 frightfest It Follows. Did Hugh enjoy the film so much he wants to make his own indie horror flick? Or was he so bored he just wanted It to arrive? Find out...
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107: The Woman In Black
Episode 107. Sam and Hugh are being haunted this week, alongside Daniel Radcliffe, by the scary lady known as the Woman In Black, in the 2012 Hammer horror film The Woman In Black. Was Sam so terrified by all the jump-scares in this film that he never wants to watch another horror film again? Or...
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106: The Babadook
Episode 106. Hugh and Sam are being haunted by a possessed children's book in this week's film: the Babadook. Did Hugh enjoy the film so much that he is going to become a horror children's author? Or was he so bored that he is going to let the Babadook in, just so he doesn't have to watch the…
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105: Malcolm X
Episode 105. Hugh and Sam meet up once again to get all embarrassed and self-conscious when discussing important socio-political issues for which they're unqualified. Will Sam enjoy Spike Lee's 1992 epic biopic (biepic?) so much that he's joining the Nation of Islam, or would he rather be…
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104: Point Break
Episode 104. Hugh, Sam and returning guest Joe “suspiciously-named” Blakeley are hanging out with FBI agent-turned-surfer dude Johnny Utah in Kathryn Bigelow's 1991 action crime drama Point Break. Did Hugh enjoy the film so much that he wants to move down to Cornwall and start a food truck…
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103: Twelve Monkeys
Episode 103. Hugh and Sam are heading back to the mid-90's to try to figure out the cause of a (frankly farfetched) viral pandemic. Will Sam enjoy it so much he's gone mentally divergent over it, or will he pray to be attacked by a coked-up whore and a crazy f-ing dentist? Find out this and much...
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102: The Hippopotamus with director John Jencks
Episode 102. Hugh and Sam are investigating miracles. In order to do this they decided to interview the *director* of this week's film The Hippopotamus: JOHN JENCKS!!! Join us for stories of sensitive, private areas and the French translation for ‘jazz mags’. Did Hugh enjoy the film so much that…
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101: Angela's Ashes
Episode 101. Hugh and Sam are suffering in the bleak, desperate poverty of Limerick through the 1930's and 40's as they watch Angela's Ashes. Will Sam enjoy Alan Parker's adaptation of Frank McCourt's Pulitzer-Prize winning memoir so much that he's already saving up for his place on the Irish…
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100: 100th Episode Bonanza
Episode 100. Sam and Hugh have made it to 100 episodes of the podcast, so in order to celebrate they both get really drunk. This week they must each choose one film that other people like which they don't, and one film they like that other people don't. Did Sam agree with Hugh on his choices or…
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99: I don’t feel at home in this world anymore
Episode 99. Hugh and Sam don't feel at home in this world anymore, and they are not alone. Macon Blair of Blue Ruin fame also feels the same with his directorial debut I Don't Fell at Home In This World Anymore. Did Hugh enjoy the film so much that he wants to learn how to use throwing stars? Or...
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98: Apollo 13
Episode 98. Sam and Hugh are on their way to the moon, but Houston: we have a problem. That's right; this week's film is the 1995 Ron Howard film Apollo 13. Did Sam enjoy the film so much that he now wants to be an astronaut? Or was he so bored that he had the problem of trying to find the remote...
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97: The Suicide Squad
Episode 97. Hugh and Sam have been bad boys and have been sent to prison, but never fear: they can reduce their sentence by ten years by joining "The Suicide Squad", (emphasis on the "The"), in this week's film The Suicide Squad. Did Hugh enjoy the film so much that he is booking his next holiday...
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96: Blood Diamond
Episode 96. Sam and Hugh are in West Africa on a diamond hunt with Leonardo DiCaprio, weird South African accent and all, in this week's film Blood Diamond. Did Sam enjoy the film so much that he is now going around calling everyone ‘my bru’? Or was he so bored that the only film set in Africa…
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95: About Time
Episode 95. Hugh and Sam are back doing some time travelling shenanigans, this time with the lovable writer/director Richard Curtis, in his 2013 romcom, About Time. Did Hugh enjoy the film so much that he wants to take up table tennis? Or was he so bored that he felt midway through that it was...
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93: The Apartment
Episode 93. Hugh, Sam and returning guest Ben Dawson are hanging out with Jack Lemmon in his 1960s apartment, in the classic Billy Wilder penned and directed The Apartment. Did Hugh enjoy the film so much that he is going to use his own apartment for career advancement? Or was he so bored that he...
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92: Gladiator
Episode 92. Sam and Hugh are thrust into the Roman arena with auld Rusty himself Russell Crowe in the Oscar winning film Gladiator. Did Sam enjoy the film so much that he too wants to become a gladiator? (Big cotton bud and all) Or was he so bored he wished someone had fed him to the lions just…
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91: Palm Springs
Episode 91. Hugh and Sam are in Palm Springs with Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti for a wedding that just might never end. Did Hugh enjoy this film so much that he wants to go to Palm Springs and buy a pizza lilo? Or was he so bored that he felt like this went on forever? Find out the answer to...
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90: Stargate
Episode 90. It's time for some more 90s nostalgia as this week Sam and Hugh travel to the other side of the known universe in the 1994 action sci-fi adventure film Stargate. Did Sam enjoy the film so much that he is going to get his own square hair cut like Kurt Russell has in this film? Or was…
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89: The Birdcage
Episode 89. Hugh and Sam are hanging out at a club in Miami beach with Robin Williams and Gene Hackman (Sam's man crush), the club in question happens to be a drag queen club. The name of this club? The Birdcage. Did Hugh enjoy it so much that he wants to take up a career as a drag queen and be…
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88: Mississippi Burning
Episode 88. Sam and Hugh are heading down to Mississippi with Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, in the Alan Parker directed film Mississippi Burning. Did Sam enjoy the film so much that he wants to pack the family up and move to Mississippi? Or was he so bored that he would have rather sat and spelt...
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87: Raising Arizona
Episode 87. It’s the Coen Brothers, it’s Cage, it’s Hunter, it’s Arizona. It’s this week's film Raising Arizona. Did Hugh enjoy the film so much that he wants to steal a baby for himself? Or was he so bored that he wished that he would get sent to prison just so he didn't have to watch until the...
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88: Re-release: Circle (2015), with guest Michael Nardelli
For the final week of the boys’ pod-break, we go all the way back to episode 6. Those halcyon days in the summer of 2019 when everything seemed possible and you could hug the ones you love. The multi-talented Michael Nardelli was kind enough to join our fledgling show for a chat about Circle…
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87: Re-release: Please Don’t Watch This
The boys are having a week off to celebrate Easter, and the small matter of Sam’s 32nd birthday. In place of glistening new content, we have dusted off episode 27: our first foray into actively discouraging you guys from watching films. We tackle our picks for worst films of the 2010s, namely…
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86: Jaws
Episode 86. Just when you thought it was safe to go back and listen to a movie podcast, Sam, Hugh and returning guest Ben Dawson are reviewing Jaws!! Did Sam enjoy the film so much that he wants to go hunt sharks for a living? Or was he so bored he wished a great white would eat him just so he...
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85: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Episode 85. Hugh and Sam are once more joined by Liam "Juicy" Waters to watch the crazy world of Kazakhstan's fourth best Journalist, in this week's Film Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. Or to give the film's full title, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for...
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84: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Episode 84. Sam, Hugh and new guest to the pod Amanda Baljak are in the frozen north A.K.A. Sweden in this week's film: the crime thriller The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Did Sam enjoy the film film so much that for his next ink he is getting a full dragon back tattoo? Or was he so bored that he...
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83: Brief Encounter
Episode 83. Hugh and Sam don their very best upper middle class accents to watch the 1945 David Lean-directed and Noel Coward-penned Brief Encounter. Did Hugh enjoy the film so much that he now sees train stations as viable pick-up places? Or was he so bored that he wanted to throw himself in…
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82: Galaxy Quest
Episode 82. This week Sam and Hugh are going on a quest, a Galaxy Quest with Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman and Sam Rockwell, in the 1999 Star Trek satire. Did Sam enjoy the film so much that he is now going back and watching re-runs of the original Star Trek series? Or was he so bored...
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81: Never Let Me Go
Episode 81- Hugh, Sam and new guest Harper from Harper Overthinks watched the 2010 film Never Let Me Go, based on the Kazuo Ishiguro novel of the same name. Did Hugh enjoy the film so much that he is going to get into his own complicated love triangle? Or was he so bored that he wished he was...
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80: Vanilla Sky
Episode 80. Sam and Hugh are hanging out with Tom Cruise this week because life is but a dream, in this week's film Vanilla Sky. Did Sam enjoy the film so much that he wants to be reincarnated as a mole on Penelope Cruz? Or was he so bored he wanted to drive a car off a bridge at 80 mph so he...
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79: The Master
Episode 79. Hugh, Sam and returning guest and Contra Zoom Pod host Dakota Arsenault have joined a cult, as we look at the Paul Thomas Anderson film The Master. Did Hugh enjoy the film so much that he now wants to join a cult and devote this and all his subsequent lives to the cause for the next...
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78: Schindler's List
Episode 78. This week Sam and Hugh watch the 1993 Steven Spielberg film Schindler's List to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day and 76th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Whilst you're here, check out our sister blog 'Please Read This': https://pleasewatchthis.wordpress.com/ Music: "Let...
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77: This is Spinal Tap
Episode 77. Sam and Hugh are joined once again by Joe Blakeley as the boys go on tour with Britain's loudest band in this week's film This is Spinal Tap. Did Hugh enjoy the film so much that he wants to become a rock star. Or was he so bored that he wished he had self combusted so he didn't have…
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76: Spotlight
Episode 76. Sam and Hugh are back to Boston, this time they are with the investigative journalist team of the Boston Globe, shedding a spotlight on the cover up by the Catholic Church of priest molestation of children in the Oscar winning film Spotlight. Did Sam enjoy the film so much that he…
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75: Parasite
Episode 75. Hugh and Sam are in South Korea to hang out with the Kim and Park families in the Oscar-winning film, Parasite. Will Hugh enjoy the film so much that it will worm its way into his brain? Or was he so bored that he was hoping to find a basement to go hide in? Find out this and much…
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