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Best Film Ever

Your new favourite transatlantic film review podcast, trawling through the blockbusters and critical darlings in search of the best film ever.

tv & film film reviews

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04:50:30

Episode 239 - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of...

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2024/08/13

(Deep Dive begins at 30:50)We've got a near 5 hour long epic of an episode for the 3 plus hour epic conclusion of The Lord of the Rings trilogy in The Return of the King. Join your ragtag fellowship of TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, and Megan, (Georgia got caught up in a spiderweb) as they're joined by our friendly guide, the greatest LOTR expert of our time, James DeGuzman, as we're heading to the black gate to create a diversion for Frodo in this majestic conclusion to a three year journey

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01:03:21

See It or Skip It? - Twisters (w/ Best Friend of the...

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2024/08/09

FIRST 32:00 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdictAFTER 32:00 it's a full spoiler review This week's See It Or Skip has us talking about the sequel that's not really a sequel and a reboot that's only kind of a reboot. Join us as we look at Twisters the sequel that much like their namesake, we didn't see coming. Join Ian and Best Friend of the Podcast as we discuss whether this was a legacy sequel anybody wanted, how exactly does this film link to the original, what kind of

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03:16:36

Episode 238 - The Sixth Sense

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2024/08/06

(Deep Dive begins at 32:10)We're ready to tell you our secret now. We see dead podcasts... only they don't know they're dead. I'm hoping there's not a twist coming regarding our own status. Join your favorite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, Megan, and Georgia (and a ghostly appearance by KevDog), as we're heading to Philadelphia and trying to avoid graveyards at all cost as we review The Sixth Sense. Is there a surprise ending coming in our 238th episode as we discuss: Can Bruce Willis

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01:54:16

WWE SummerSlam 2024: Review & Reflections

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2024/08/04

Join Ian from Best Film Ever and Stew from The Stew World Order podcast as we break the BFE format by looking at the biggest party of the summer in WWE's SummerSlam from Cleveland, Ohio. We discuss whether a Bloodline Rules match prevents fans from becoming engaged? Did WWE do the right thing by having Sami Zayn win last month? Where does the WWE go in the aftermath of tonight's event? We also discuss who has the worst finisher on the WWE roster? We'll answer all these questions on SummerSlam and

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01:23:24

WWE SummerSlam 2024: Preview & Predictions

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2024/08/02

You know we love our wrestling here at the BFE (well some of us...). Join Ian from Best Film Ever and Stew from The Stew World Order podcast as we break the BFE format by looking at the SummerSlam card ahead of Saturday's big PPV card. We discuss whether Damien Priest is simply cosplaying as a world champion? What's Logan Paul done now that's embroiled him in controversy? When can injuries be blessing in disguise? Are WWE booking Sami Zayn like a classic heel? Is there a double turn coming in a

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01:19:37

See It Or Skip It? - Deadpool & Wolverine

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2024/08/02

FIRST 39:15 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdictAFTER 39:15 it's a full spoiler review This week's See It Or Skip It leaves us giving Maximum Effort! Join us as we look at the exercise in fan service that brings a superhero back from the dead (well, maybe not literally) in Deadpool & Wolverine. Join Ian, Liam, and Megan (make sure you nail that superhero landing) as we discuss whether the fun stuff in a film can overcome fundamental story flaws, what the impact is of

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04:52:40

Episode 237 - Nightcrawler (w/ BFF of the BFE: Hermes...

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2024/07/30

(Deep Dive begins at 1:00:30) If the true value of any item is what someone’s willing to pay, what does it say about our free podcast? Join your favorite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam and Georgia, as we're staying in Los Angeles and waiting for the police scanner to go off in search of the best lighting in Nightcrawler, brought to us by BFF of the BFE, Hermes Auslander of the Scuttlebutt Podcast. We really hope you like long runtimes in our 237th episode as we discuss: The aftermath of the

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02:56:08

Episode 236 - (500) Days of Summer

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2024/07/23

(Deep Dive begins at 15:35)It's always about measuring expectations so they line up with reality, am I right? Join your favorite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Megan and Georgia, as we're heading to Los Angeles and violently yo-yoing between loving us and hating the world in the indie darling, (500) Days of Summer. We're doing choreographed dance sequences with animated birds in our 236th episode as we discuss: The significance of the birthday equinox Who gets over break-ups easier, men or

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01:04:40

See It or Skip It? - Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

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2024/07/19

FIRST 44:00 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdictAFTER 44:00 it's a full spoiler review Beverly Hills, that's where we want to be! Join us as we look at the strangest named legacy sequel in memory with Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. We discuss whether Axel Foley has reached John McClane? Which actor seemed vastly over their heads compared to their castmates? Which of the returning cast members still have it and who seems to have missed a step? Ian also shares about his viewing

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02:38:58

Episode 235 - When Harry Met Sally

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2024/07/16

(Deep Dive begins at 38:25) When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with a pod, you want the that pod to start as soon as possible Join your favorite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, Megan and Georgia, as we're heading to New York City and questioning all of our friendships in the Rob Reiner directed When Harry Met Sally. We're having what she's having in our 235th episode as we discuss: What was the main hang-up with the casting of this film The reverence this film seems to

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04:27:11

Episode 234 - Boyhood

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2024/07/09

(Deep Dive begins at 34:50)The film that took twelve years to make and almost as long for us to review it. Join your favorite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, KevDog and Georgia, as we're heading back to our collective childhoods as we watch Boyhood for its 10th anniversary. We're expressing our hatred for squash in our 234th episode as we discuss: What risks did Richard Linklater take when making this film What was Ian's prediction at the end of the film We got some more film school as Ian talks

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01:24:21

Off-Script (July 2024)

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2024/07/08

It's the BFE as you've seldom heard them: all tangents and no format sheet. We turned the mics on and let whatever came to the conversation end up on the tape. Ian, Liam, and Georgia are cracking wise and sharing their thoughts and histories as we discuss: Preparations for summertime viewing, including the Olympics Ian cracks wise about Wimbledon Liam shares thoughts about American Football and how he got into it We set up Chicken Wing Challenge 2024 Where would we like to visit and where would we

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04:18:41

Episode 233 - Spider-Man 2

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2024/07/02

(Deep Dive begins at 50:30)Intelligence is not a privilege, it's a gift. And you use it for the good of mankind . Join your favorite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, Megan and Georgia, as we're heading back to New York City for Canada Day weekend to see the fusion demonstration in Spider-Man 2 for its 20th anniversary. We're discovering our love for all things science in our 233rd episode as we discuss: Liam is raring to talk about a completely different movie Georgia's very impassioned about

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04:09:30

Episode 232 - Trees of Peace (w/ BFF of the BFE:...

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2024/06/25

WARNING: POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT SUBJECT MATTER IN THIS EPISODE(Deep Dive begins at 47:45) Join your favorite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, Megan and Georgia, as we're reviewing the 2022 Netflix Original Film on the 1994 Genocide Against The Tutsi in Rwanda, Trees of Peace. We're asking some big questions in our 232nd episode as we discuss: Should snack foods be held accountable for hyperbolic claims of spice Megs shares a T-Shirt story when wearing her own merch Why our knowledge on the

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03:27:05

Episode 231 - The Lion King (1994)

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2024/06/18

(Deep Dive begins at 29:30) Hakuna Matata, what a wonderful phrase... Join your favorite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, Megan and Georgia, as we're heading to Pride Rock to pay homage to the carnivores that might eat us one day in the 1994 Disney animated classic, The Lion King. We're avoiding goose-stepping hyenas in our 231st episode as we discuss: Ian workshops a 1 man Lion King show for the Edinburgh fringe What was Disney's innovative approach for the trailer What other Disney animated

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04:04:52

Episode 230 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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2024/06/11

(Deep Dive begins at 27:35)Expecto patronum! Join your favorite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, and Georgia (Megan's training to be a dementor) as we're joined once again by KevDog - freshly broken out of Azkaban - as we're heading to a remodeled Hogwarts while messing with the fabric of time itself in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. We're managing our mischief in our 230th episode as we discuss: Whether it is possible to divorce the films, and the IP, from the author of the source

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04:15:35

Episode 229 - Dead Poets Society

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2024/06/04

(Deep Dive begins at 30:50)We don't watch and analyse films because it's cute. We watch and analyse films because we are members of the human race. Join your favorite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, and Megan (Georgia is in detention) as we're heading to a dark cave in the middle of the night to trade snacks, play saxophone, and read from Five Centuries of Verse in the film that's crack for teachers, Dead Poets Society. We're seizing the day in our 229th episode as we discuss: Just how

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01:23:50

Three Act Structure: Reviewing EVERY Marvel (MCU)...

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2024/06/03

We usually go king sized on the BFE but perhaps brevity truly is the source of wit. Welcome to Three Act Structure: the BFE review show where we have to pass judgment on films but this time, we can only use 3 words or less - wait, should that be 'or fewer?' This month we're reviewing every Film and TV entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. How will films like Iron Man, Captain America, Ant-Man, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Avengers Endgame do when we're limited to a trifecta of words. What 3

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03:37:26

Episode 228 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

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2024/05/28

(Deep Dive begins at 32:30)We belong in a museum. Join your favorite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian and Liam (Georgia & Megan got lost in their own museum) as we're heading to Alexandretta in search of the Holy Grail and Henry Jones Sr in what should have been Indy's swan song, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. All we have to do is scream in our 228th episode as we discuss: Some of the insane pitches for this film as Liam plays "Real Pitch or Chat GPT Pitch?" We have a little English teaching

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04:03:26

Episode 227 - Logan (w/ BFF of the BFE: James DeGuzman)

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2024/05/21

(Deep Dive begins at 37:30)Don't be what they made you. Join your favorite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, and Georgia (Megan's already set off for the magical Canadian border) as we're joined by BFF of the BFE, James DeGuzman in the supposed Hugh Jackman Wolverine send-off, Logan. We're bringing X-23 to the safe haven in our 227th episode as we discuss: More hypothetical food tasting by Georgia What's the backstory of Wolverine Is this film accessible to those not familiar with any of the

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