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What"s So Great About...

Terry & Andy

A TV & movie review podcast hosted by a genuine movie buff and a hard-to-please friend.

tv & film film reviews

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Licorice Pizza (2021)

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2023/08/28

We made it folks! The 9th and final movie in our PTA series, Licorice Pizza!! Lets just say the gloves come off here... Also, we chat about (checks notes) sand.... We talk about Terry's colleagues poking the bear, and Andy's had an offer from RTE! We also reveal the movies we'll be discussing in the next series, enjoy!

74:53

Phantom Thread (with Peter McGann)

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2023/08/21

We're back from the gutter! And we've brought someone with us! This week we're joined by comedian Peter McGann! We're reviewing the second-last movie in our PTA series, and Daniel Day Lewis's final role! We chat about the movie, discuss the acting, the ending, the score, and y'know... have a GOOD TIME. We also chat about Peter's sketches, Terrys been re-Justified, and Andy rides a horse called Chubby. Enjoy!!

64:15

FREE PATREON EPISODE - Con Air (1997)

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2023/08/14

Its our last week off, and we're breaking out the free episodes again! This is from our Patreon series "Whats So Great About 90s Action", if you like it, why not consider joining us over on Patreon for a MERE 5 quid a month... Its the big one. The fan favourite. Cage. Malkovic. Cusack. Buscemi. Trejo. Chappelle.... Meaney? Its BALLS to the wall here as we breakdown this movie, where everything is dialled up to 10. We first look at the BOFF before diving into what we thought about this movie. And

46:30

FREE PATREON EPISODE - Top 5 Needle Drop Moments in...

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2023/08/07

No new episode this week as our studio is closed, but we've dusted off an old classic from the patreon vaults. If you like this, we have about 30 different top 5 episodes, plus a bunch of others, on patreon. https://www.patreon.com/whatssogreatabout Now I know what you're thinking, what is a needle drop?! But I assure you its a THING. Basically this week we are looking at our favourite movie scene where the song that's playing elevates the scene even further. We have a wide range to discuss, as we

70:41

Inherent Vice (2014) with Edwin Sammon

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2023/07/31

Delighted to be joined on this one by one of our favourite guests, comedian Ed Sammon! We chat about the 7th movie in our PTA series, Inherent Vice! Not EVERYONE was in agreement on this one, but it made for another good episode!

75:07

The Master (2012) with Joe McGucken

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2023/07/24

This week we're joined by Joe McGucken to discuss one of his favourite movies, The Master! This was a really fun episode, loads of difference of opinion and loads of laughs. We chat about the movie, chat a bit about how our live show went (Thanks again to those who came!!) and we chat about Joe's recent kid free cruise!

76:05

There Will Be Blood (2007) with Erin McGathy

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2023/07/17

In this episode we chat with the lovely and funny Erin McGathy! We discuss shopping nightmares, home made ice cream and of course... THERE WILL BE BLOOD!

61:37

Main character karaoke & Punch Drunk Love (2002)

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2023/07/10

We're chatting about the fourth movie in our Paul Thomas Anderson mini-series, Punch Drunk Love! Also, Andy chats with a fan of the family, Terry recalls a main character karaoke session, Andy hits some serious high notes and the lads talk about being robots.

70:33

Double speed table flipping & Magnolia (1999) - with...

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2023/07/03

This week we're joined by the brilliant and lovely Hannah Mamalis as we chat about this THREE HOUR classic in our PTA series. We chat about the movie, Tom Cruise playing Tom Cruise, Hannah threatens to flip the table multiple times, and Andy reveals he watched the movie on double speed.. Its a good time!

71:51

Andy's Tiktok ban / Blackberries / Boogie Nights (1997)

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2023/06/26

This week y'boyz are back discussing Andy's permanent ban on tiktok, putting old men out of work, the correct pronunciation of Blackberry, and we review a classic movie that Terry was BUSTING to talk about, 1997's BOOGIE NIGHTS!

55:17

Super Simple Bangers / Timothy Olyphant / Hard Eight...

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2023/06/19

This week we chat about kids nursery rhymes that are actual BANGERS, Man City winning the CL (hold for applause....... no? nothing? okay then) and as always we talk about Timothy Olyphant in some capacity! Also, its the first in the series of PTA (Paul Thomas Anderson) movies, as we begin with a review of HARD EIGHT, starring a young John C Reilly and Sam Jackson!

63:11

WE'RE BACK!!!

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2023/06/12

We're finally back on the mics after 9 months! In this episode we chat about Terry's horror movie in real life, Andy's got mosquito problems, John Wick 4, we do some KILLER impressions, and we educate ourselves on the kids' lingo these days.

76:20

Radio Blah Blah XMAS Edition - FREE PATREON EPISODE

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2022/12/23

Its another good ol Radio show, this time with some more, lets say "off the beaten track" Christmas songs you may not have heard. We answer some more questions from here and from instagram, chat some more about Christmas, and listen to some Xmas hits from Bob Dylan, Louis Armstrong and (checks notes) Tha Dogg Pound?! We also got some familiar bangers too dont worry. Enjoy folks!!

133:18

Die Hard (1988) Full Commentary

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2022/12/19

As it is the season of goodwill and all that shite, we are unlocking some Patreon content! Starting with a full audio commentary of CHRISTMAS CLASSIC Die Hard. Die Hard is one of Terry's (and quite likely yours too) favourite movies, its a classic. Would you believe Andy hadn't seen it!!! So we finally sat down together and watched it in full! Die Hard is available on Disney+ if you want to watch along with us, although we tried to make this listenable if you are not watching along anyway. We

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Catch up podcast! November 2022

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2022/11/09

Surprise motherfuckers! Ah no. We decided to dust off the mics and catch up with each other, to see what we've been up to since our hiatus. Bit of a different vibe to usual as we're just chatting really with no agenda, but we had a great time! We chat about Terry's moving house stress, Andy's COVID / colic stress, we chat about life, have a laugh, and you KNOW theres some movie recommendations in there. We even squeeze in a bit of wraaslin chat. We still plan on coming back in the new year and are

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Nicolas Cage - Pig (2021) with Erin McGathy

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2022/09/05

Its our FINALE!! We're discussing the movie that Nick Cage dubbed his favourite! And we are joined by the lovely Erin McGathy! We chat with Erin about Nick Cage in general, her meeting with Charlie Kaufman, and Andy gets SCHOOLED! We have a great laugh throughout, hope you enjoy it! PS. We are OUTTA HERE (for a few months anyway), thank you for all the love and we will return in early 2023. Thanks for all the lovely support, and we will catch y'all soon!!

55:47

PATREON FREEBIE - Andy & Terry's Dreamfest

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2022/08/29

Apologies we have no NEW episode this week so we've broken into the patrons vaults! We had some laugh recording this, as we were both were tasked with putting together our dream festival. Where do they take place? What acts are headlining? What's allowed? What ISNT?! Safe to say our ideas on what makes a good festival are very different, but enjoyable none the less. Enjoy and catch yous next week!

86:31

Nicolas Cage - Bad Lieutenant (2009) with Killian...

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2022/08/22

For the first time ever its a fatal four way on the pod, as we are delighted to welcome the lovely lads Killian Sundermann & Mark Byrne from the MK Ultrafilm podcast. We chat about this Warner Herzog movie that sees Cage somehow dialled up to 11, and dialled down to a 1, seemingly at the same time. We also chat about our favourite movies, Will Smith (of course) and a bunch of other things. Enjoy!!

80:30

Nicolas Cage - Matchstick Men (2003)

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2022/08/15

Its the gruesome twosome this week, chatting about Ridley Scott's con man CAPER, Matchstick Men. We chat about this VERY watchable movie, Terry hits us with some BOFF and we chat about Cage in all his glory. Also, Terry saw BULLET TRAIN and Andy chats about not wanting to be Tyler anymore... Its a fun one!

75:40

Nicolas Cage - Adaptation (2002)

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2022/08/01

Its the gruesome twosome this week as we chat about this movie directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman (of I'm Thinking of Ending Things fame). Its another snake eating its own tail of a movie..... but does THIS one work? We got 2 Cages, we got Streep, we got it all! Hope you enjoy folks

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