Films Under Discussion

We're wrapping up the final film from our second "Fud's of Future Past" special. All of our partners used to be part of our film club! And they have some ideas for what we should talk about on the podcast...Jack's partner has decided to lead us down a dark cinematic path with a rare movie phenomenon... a film where the bad guy wins! Des has chosen Spike Lee Joint... Inside Man and the debate rages as to who the bad guy is, if they won and if it's actually ok to steal nazi gold. Jack even questions if it fits the criteria of the theme!As always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, an existential crisis question, a wee quiz and our final scores.

We're still in our second "Fud's of Future Past" special. All of our partners used to be part of our film club! And they have some ideas for what we should talk about on the podcast...Jack's partner has decided to lead us down a dark cinematic path with a rare movie phenomenon... a film where the bad guy wins! Paul has selected one of the most iconic twists in cinematic history where the bad guy wins! Does this film still live up to the pop culture hype or has it passed its prime? And which one of the fuds quotes the best "Keyser Söze"As always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, an existential crisis question, a wee quiz and our final scores.

We're at it again with our "Fud's of Future Past" special as all of our partners used to be part of our film club! And they have some ideas for what we should talk about on the podcast...Jack's partner is up next and has decided to lead us down a dark cinematic path with a rare movie phenomenon... a film where the bad guy wins! Jack is up first and he's asking us... who watches the Watchmen! Spoilers... we do, and we have some stuff to say about it!As always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, an existential crisis question, a wee quiz and our final scores.

It's the final film in our current theme! Paul keeps us out of the comfort zone of Hollywood and the English language...and has decided to take us into global cinema with foreign language films! Let's all overcome that 1 inch barrier together!Oh la la, Jack takes us all to Paris with French standout Amelie! This whimsical flick about a day dream believer suits Jack to a T... but will our cynical analysis be the reality check for this over-stylised slice of cinema or will whimsy win the day?As always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, an existential crisis question, a wee quiz and our final scores.

Time for the second film in our current theme! Paul keeps us out of the comfort zone of Hollywood and the English language...and has decided to take us into global cinema with foreign language films! Let's all overcome that 1 inch barrier together!Des has picked a controversial film, the band is controversial, their music, their lifestyle their politics... all of it a quagmire of controversy... but in the most controversial twist of them all... does this film even fit the theme!? Find out in another exciting episode of FUDAs always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, an existential crisis question, a wee quiz and our final scores.

New theme day! Paul keeps us out of the comfort zone of Hollywood and the English language...and has decided to take us into global cinema with foreign language films! Let's all overcome that 1 inch barrier together!Paul delves into one of his all time favourite genre's.... "jidaigeki" or samurai cinema! The Twilight Samurai follows Seibei, a petty samurai who struggles his way through life and finds himself fighting for more than just honor. Jack and Des also get a crash course on samurai history and culture.As always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, an existential crisis question, a wee quiz and our final scores.

Last pick of our current theme... Jack seems to think we focus too much on blockbusters and budgets...so has also decided to take us out of our comfort zone with TV movies... did everyone else think Hallmark straight away?Des plays us out with a film that he thinks hits all the right notes, Behind the Candelabra. This film charts the story of Liberace and his young lover Scott through their turbulent relationship and lives...As always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, an existential crisis question, a wee quiz and our final scores.

Our current theme is TV Movies! Jack seems to think we focus too much on blockbusters and big budgets...so has also decided to take us out of our comfort zone with TV movies... did everyone else think Hallmark straight away?Paul had to enter the mind palace of his old dvd collection to produce Citizen X. A gritty crime thriller based on a real life serial killer... in Soviet Russia! Strap in for this old school HBO TV Movie comrades!As always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, an existential crisis question, a wee quiz and our final scores.

Time for the next theme! Jack seems to think we focus too much on blockbusters and budgets...so has also decided to take us out of our comfort zone with TV movies... did everyone else think Hallmark straight away?Jack will kick us off with To Hull and Back because he truly is a product of the generation before him and loves Only Fools and Horses. Can this iconic British classic stand up to the scrutiny of a modern eye?As always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, an existential crisis question, a wee quiz and our final scores.

Time to wrap up another theme! Des has decided to take us out of our comfort zone, and as three white men with a podcast he's challenged us to think about films which have the best examples of female empowerment.Paul has chosen Hidden Figures, because what's more empowering for women than sending a bunch of men into space who may never return... doing it in America, during the space race, while being a black woman!As always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, an existential crisis question, a wee quiz and our final scores.

Another episode with your favourite fuds! Des has decided to take us out of our comfort zone, and as three white men with a podcast he's challenged us to think about films which have the best examples of female empowerment.Jack has picked The Invisible Man...Des and Paul really don't like horror films for very different reasons. I wonder if that will come up at all this episode!?As always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, an existential crisis question, a wee quiz and our final scores.

New theme day! Des has decided to take us out of our comfort zone, and as three white men with a podcast he's challenged us to think about films which have the best examples of female empowerment.Des has picked Barbie as our first flick...the question never came up if he played with Barbie's as a kid... the question that did come up however was Jack's new segment... the existential crisis question!As always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, an existential crisis question, a wee quiz and our final scores.

Surprise motherfudder, we have guest themes! We call this "Fud's of Future Past" as all of our partners used to be part of our film club! And they have some ideas for what we should talk about on the podcast...Des's partner has given us a truly excellent theme. A film we love from a genre we hate. Paul loves video games, Paul hates video game movies. Paul loves Mortal Kombat... but accepts that maybe some heavy nostalgia tinted glasses have influenced this first love!As always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, a wee quiz and our final scores.

Surprise motherfudder, we have guest themes! We call this "Fud's of Future Past" as all of our partners used to be part of our film club! And they have some ideas for what we should talk about on the podcast...Des's partner has given us a truly excellent theme! A film we love from a genre we hate. Jack is not a big fan of the western genre, a staggering fact when you've seen how many hours he's sunk into Red Dead Redemption 2... but a western he loves is Bone Tomahawk.As always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, a wee quiz and our final scores.

Surprise motherfudder, we have guest themes! We call this "Fud's of Future Past" as all of our partners used to be part of our film club! And they have some ideas for what we should talk about on the podcast...Des's partner has given us a truly excellent theme inspired by the fact that Des hates Keira Knightley in a corset... what a weirdo. She wants us to pick a film we love from a genre we hate. Des hates vampire movies (seriously... weirdo) but loves What We Do In The Shadows.As always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, a wee quiz and our final scores.***Please excuse the technical difficulties with Des' mic on this episode***

Theme Three - Theme Hard with a Vengeance. Paul's up with his first theme and he wants to know what everyones first 18 certificate film was.Jack's first film was Return of the Living Dead Part II (according to his sisters) and we can only apologies if you happen to have watched this film because of us! We don't let him off easy...As always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, a wee quiz and our final scores.

Theme Three - Theme Hard with a Vengeance. Paul's up with his first theme and he wants to know what everyones first 18 certificate film was.Des' first film was The Running Man and he has some interesting ideas on what his stalker name would be if he was part of the show.As always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, a wee quiz and our final scores.

Theme Three - Theme Hard with a Vengeance. Paul's up with his first theme and he wants to know what everyones first 18 certificate film was.His was Predator when he was 8 years old and he had a rather interesting question about Chekov's Gorilla's...As always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, a wee quiz and our final scores.

Theme 2 - Theme Harder... Jack has challenged us to pick films which opened us up to a new type of cinema, Des is rounding off the theme with his choice, Sweet Sixteen.That's the Ken Loach film by the way... NOT the 1983 slasher film of the same name. But you knew that of course, because Des clearly only picks Scottish films!As always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, a wee quiz and our final scores.

Theme 2 - Theme Harder... Jack has challenged us to pick films which opened us up to a new type of cinema, Paul has picked THE indie film. Clerks! And would you believe he wasn't even meant to be podcasting today...As always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a few good taglines, a wee quiz and our final scores.

Theme 2 - Theme Harder... Jack has challenged us to pick films which opened us up to a new type of cinema! His choice is Dead Man's Shoes which opened him up to a strange fear of elephants... We also introduce a new segment. Alternate Taglines and interrupting JackAs always prepare for some hot takes, deep film analysis, someone losing the plot, a bit of banter, a wee quiz and some final scores.

Three episodes... I guess we're actual podcasters now! It's time to round off our first theme: Most Influential Scottish Films.Paul goes for an unexpected choice as a direct rebuttal to a previous pick. Prepare for some hot takes, film analysis, a bit of banter, a wee quiz and some final scores.

Another episode, we are really doing this! We are still in our first theme: Most Influential Scottish Films.Jack's first pick of the podcast, Trainspotting, an undeniably iconic slice of Scottish cinema. Prepare for some hot takes, film analysis, a bit of banter, a wee quiz and some final scores.

First episode baby! For this inaugural episode we have chosen our first theme: Most Influential Scottish Films.As theme originator Des gets first pick of the film and we will be looking at Braveheart. Prepare for some hot takes, film analysis, a bit of banter, a wee quiz and some final scores.