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Betamax Babylon

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Betamax Babylon, a new podcast about all the films, TV and games we enjoyed in the 70s,80s and 90s

tv & film film reviews

All Episodes

49:25

Ghostbusters

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2022/02/10

The guys chat about the Ghostbusters that almost was, John Belushi as Venkman, that song, the mayor/bishop double act and pay tribute to Harold Ramis

45:29

The Blues Brothers

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2022/02/03

Jake and Elwood screech into this week’s episode on a mission from God as the chaps wonder ‘why do people leave bags of dog poo in trees?’

45:01

The Naked Gun

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2022/01/27

The guys worship at the altar of Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin, The Naked Gun and Police Squad come under review

54:26

The Last Starfighter

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2022/01/21

The chaps look back at the sci-fi cult favourite from the bloke who played Michael Myers in Halloween plus a bit of Dune talk

60:01

Rambo: First Blood Part II

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2022/01/13

Rambo finally comes to Babylon! The guys look back at THE 80s action movie, discuss being snuck in to watch the movie and playing the classic PC game!

59:07

Scrooged

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2021/12/23

The chaps get Scrooged with the 1988 festive classic, discuss why we never got a Ghostbusters 3 in the 90s and have a bit of Spider-Man chat

57:14

Lethal Weapon

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2021/12/16

The chaps discuss why Lethal Weapon is the classic Christmas movie, update on the first Betamax Babylon movie and give their take on Mel Gibson and cancel culture

48:52

Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2

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2021/12/09

The guys start to discuss the terrible Silent Night Deadly Night 2 then decide to come up with their own cockney Christmas horror movie instead and begin funding for it

56:49

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

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2021/12/02

Betamax Babylon begins its festive season with the slapstick favourite and queries whether Christmas bonuses actually exist while Bruce goes on another rant

60:04

Kickboxer

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2021/11/18

JCVD makes his Babylon debut in his 80s martial arts cheese classic as the chaps discuss beating up buildings, ludicrous movie training regimes and doing the splits

57:47

Dune

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2021/11/11

The guys look at David Lynch’s cult sci-fi epic, pay tribute to the most repulsive character of the decade and discuss the new version with Timothee Chalamet

65:10

The Fog

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2021/10/28

The guys venture into The Fog in a Halloween special, celebrate husky DJs and the irresistible pull of Tom Atkins AND tell their scariest personal stories!!

54:12

Evil Dead 2

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2021/10/21

Halloween season continues with Sam Raimi’s cult classic as the chaps discuss the remake/sequel debate, praise the anarchic combo of Campbell and Raimi while addressing the influence of the slapstick greats of yesteryear

60:05

Fright Night

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2021/10/14

The guys pay tribute to one of the very best vampire movies of the decade, glory in 80s disco scenes and discuss silly Halloween cakes

51:13

Hellraiser

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2021/10/07

The guys kick off Halloween season on the pod with Clive Barker’s Hellraiser and discuss Pinhead selling insurance, pervy 80s tradesmen and cenobitic nicknames

66:04

Licence to Kill

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2021/09/30

007 is back! James Bond returns to the pod with Licence To Kill as the guys analyse the Dalton era, look ahead to No Time To Die and drop an exclusive on the next Bond!!!

57:23

Tango & Cash

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2021/09/23

The guys celebrate bad cockney accents and unnecessary villain accessories in the 80s cop comedy classic while Bruce threatens to fight any detractors naked in front of his neighbours

67:04

Mad Max 2

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2021/09/16

It’s time to hail one of the most influential action movies ever made and pay homage to crazy stunts, pervy gangs and James’ very own Mad Max road trip

59:31

Runaway

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2021/09/09

The chaps take on the 1984 cops and robots thriller and discuss shit robots, famous movie moustaches and the brilliant mind of Michael Crichton

58:41

Spaceballs

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2021/09/02

The chaps wax lyrical over the genius of Mel Brooks, discuss the pitfalls of movie spoofs and the world of toilet humour

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