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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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01:54:58

WWE Survivor Series 2024: Review & Reflections

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2024/12/02

Join Ian from Best Film Ever and Stew from The Stew World Order podcast as we break the BFE format by getting ready for war in WWE Survivor Series: War Games from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. We discuss whether either War Games match actually had stakes and whether both of them even had a story. Did WWE do the right thing by having a third match in the Gunther-Damian Priest rivalry? Where does the WWE go in the aftermath of tonight's event? We also discuss how a birthday hat might not sync

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03:49:07

Episode 254 - Dumb and Dumber (w/ BFF of the BFE:...

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2024/11/26

(Deep Dive begins at 48:30)Do you want to hear the most annoying sound in the world? You're in luck! Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam and Megs (Kev and Georgia are left to play with their new parakeet) as we're travelling across the American midwest to return a briefcase in Dumb and Dumber. We're sharing our backup gloves in our 254th episode as we discuss: What is Jim Carrey's appeal? Which one is dumb and which one is dumber Do we prefer slapstick or clever writing What

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02:50:02

Episode 253 - Moana

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2024/11/19

(Deep Dive begins at 42:10) What can we say except you're welcome? Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian and Megs (we've left Liam, Georgia, and Kev back on the island) as we're travelling across the great sea to return the heart of Te Fiti in Moana. We're seeing how far we'll go in our 253rd episode as we discuss: Why the film had to have a different name in Italy Maui's original story design Which screenwriter wrote the first draft Whether this is the best of the computer animation

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01:43:45

See It Or Skip It? - The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox

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2024/11/18

This week's See It Or Skip has us talking about the sports documentary mini-series "The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox." Ian is joined by the team behind Dissecting The Dynasty: 'The Cool Cat' Ryan Kuketz and Hermes 'Have You Heard of my Revolution' Auslander. We discuss whether this film can touch the lofty standards created by The Last Dance, if they overstayed with certain talking heads and were they successful in establishing the Yankees as villains in this piece. Also, we ask that most pesky of

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04:52:51

Ep 252 - The Santa Clause

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2024/11/12

(Deep Dive begins at 56:35) Seeing is believing but believing is seeing (both of which mean nothing in an audio-only format. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam and Kev, (we may have some elves waiting for us at the North Pole) as the reindeer are taking us to Santa's workshop in the Tim Allen Christmas mainstay, The Santa Clause. We're checking the naughty/nice list (twice) in our 252nd episode as we discuss: Why we're doing this film in early November The fallout from the

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03:53:30

Episode 251 - 3:10 to Yuma (w/ BFF of the BFE: Hermes...

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2024/11/05

(Deep Dive begins at 1:02:40) What does it mean to be a man? What kind of man do you want to see in the mirror? Those are some of the questions we're asking ourselves and each other this week.. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian and Liam, (Kev, Megs, and Georgia are off chasing the wrong wagon) as we're joined by BFF of the BFE, Hermes Auslander for the FULL EPISODE as we're off on a BOYS' NIGHT while reviewing a modern western that's also a remake of a classic film. We're not gonna

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05:13:30

Episode 250 - Interstellar

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2024/10/29

(Deep Dive begins at 56:30)If you're not afraid of death, you might be afraid of time - or our runtime at least. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, and Kevin (Megs and Georgia have been left on earth) as we go through a wormhole to Christopher Nolan's ode to the laws of time and space in Interstellar. We're raging against the dying of the light in our 250th episode as we discuss: We celebrate 250 episodes of the BFE The enigma that is Christopher Nolan Why live entertainment

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04:01:37

Episode 249 - Clerks

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2024/10/22

(Deep Dive begins at 49:30)Unlike Dante, we are supposed to be here today. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, and eventually Megs in the third part of an ex-boyfriend trilogy in the Kevin Smith ode to New Jersey slackerdom in Clerks. We're bringing you a lasagne in our 249th episode as we discuss: Whether Kevin Smith is a manchild The crazy alternate ending this film ended up cutting Why does Randal have all the good lines? Which acts are more intimate than others? Megs shares

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01:35:07

See It or Skip It? - Joker: Folie à Deux (w/ Andy...

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2024/10/18

FIRST 41:15 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict AFTER 41:15 it's a full spoiler review This week's See It Or Skip has us talking about the sequel to one of 2019's most acclaimed films. Join us as we look at Joker: Folie à Deux as Arthur Fleck is joined by Lady Gaga this go around. Ian is joined by Scotland's finest son, Andy Dickson and Norfolk's classiest export, Dom as we discuss whether the original film needed a sequel, is this film interested in moving on from the first

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04:56:03

Episode 248 - Pulp Fiction

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2024/10/15

(Deep Dive begins at 49:30) That is a tasty burger! Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, and KevDog on a BOYS NIGHT in the most Boys Night of films as we're heading to the underbelly of Los Angeles in search of a 5 dollar shake in Quentin Tarantino's magnum opus, Pulp Fiction. We'll be back before you can say 'blueberry pancakes' in our 248th episode as we discuss: What is PostModernism Why does this film speak so strongly to a certain generation of cinephile Kev has brought some

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02:48:41

Episode 247 - American Beauty

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2024/10/08

(Deep Dive begins at 32:20) We rule! Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian and Megs (Liam, Kev, and Georgia are showing an Open House) as we're heading to suburban Chicago in search of our zeal for life as we review the Sam Mendes / Alan Ball collaboration, American Beauty. We're looking for the least amount of responsibility in our 247th episode as we discuss: What to do when faced with a protagonist that makes decisions that we don't agree with Should there be a limit to what type of

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04:53:44

Episode 246 - Gone Girl

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2024/10/01

(Deep Dive begins at 46:45)We're so cute. I want to punch us in the face. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, and Kev (the girls are gone... or are they?) as we're heading to small town Missouri on a treasure hunt as we reconvene the BFE Book Club as we review the Gillian Flynn literary adaptation, Gone Girl. We're heading to the woodshed in our 246th episode as we discuss: Spectatorship and how this film plays both sides and gets away with it Liam again struggles with some

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04:07:31

Episode 245 - The Help (w/ BFF of the BFE: Juleen)

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2024/09/24

(Deep Dive begins at 53:00) Were you dropped on your head as an infant? Or were you just born stupid? Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian and Liam (Megs and Kev have gone to bring Georgia home) as we're heading to Jackson, Mississippi to uncover what really happens in wealthy white households in literary adaptation, The Help. This episode, we're joined by special guest author, Juleen as she brings us a film of her choosing for the deep dive treatment. We're feeding each other chocolate

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03:44:46

Episode 244 - The Shawshank Redemption (and Farewell...

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2024/09/17

(Deep Dive begins at 27:20) Remember folks, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies". Join your favourite ragtag fellowship of TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, KevDog, Megs and Georgia as we're beginning a 20 year journey to breaking out of prison as we review the Frank Darabont cinematic adaptation of a Stephen King short story, The Shawshank Redemption. We're toasting one of our own as Georgia records her last live episode for a while in our 244th episode

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03:35:52

Episode 243 - Amadeus

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2024/09/10

(Deep Dive begins at 31:30)We speak for all mediocrities, for we are their patron saint. Join your ragtag fellowship of TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, and Georgia (Megs and Kev are in Salzburg) as we're heading back to the last 18th century watch the rise of Wolfgang Mozart and the downfall of Antonio Salieri in the Milos Forman film Amadeus. We're complaining about too many notes in our 243rd episode as we discuss: Our own knowledge bases of Mozart Do you have to know the story of Mozart to

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01:35:17

BFE Special - Fantasy Football Draft Night (The...

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2024/09/07

Are you ready for some (fantasy) football? We're back with our Patrons once again and invited a returning special guest to join us to fill out the field We've got your BFE favourites - Ian, Liam, KevDog, Georgia and Megs drafting live. We're also joined live by James DeGuzman, and Andy Dickson adding to the merriment.It's a peak behind the curtain as you catch the BFE group just kicking it as we pretend we know what we're doing with Fantasy Football. In between bites of Pizza and Chicken

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03:01:53

Episode 242 - Austin Powers in Goldmember

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2024/09/03

(Deep Dive begins at 31:00) There's two things we can't abide in this world: people who are intolerant of other people's podcasts, and the Scuttlebutt Podcast. Join your ragtag fellowship of TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, Kevin, and Georgia (turns out Megs was a fembot all along) as we're heading back to the 1970s to rescue Austin Powers' fajha in the aptly named Goldmember. We're discussing the challenges in writing sketch based comedic franchises in our 242nd episode as we discuss: Does

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03:49:31

Episode 241 - Chef (w/ BFF of the BFE: James DeGuzman)

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2024/08/27

(Deep Dive begins at 36:45)Welcome to the podcast that's not undercooked, it's molten. Join your ragtag fellowship of TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, and Georgia as we're taking this show back on the road in a beat-up food truck as we review Jon Favreau's ode to working out his own creative issues in Hollywood in the indie darling, Chef. We're also joined by our Sous Chef: BFF of the BFE, James DeGuzman as we serve our hungry customers. We're discussing creativity vs bankability in our 241st

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03:56:32

Episode 240 - Monty Python's Life of Brian

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2024/08/20

(Deep Dive begins at 44:00)We're not the messiah, we're a bunch of naughty boys (and girls). Join your ragtag fellowship of TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, Megan, and Georgia as we're heading back to talk all things Python as we review what's arguably the connoisseur's pick of Python, in Life of Brian. We're discussing the structure of a joke in our 240th episode as we discuss: How should you pronounce John Cleese's name What couple of scenes come off a bit hard today Were their any moments

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01:23:59

Reel Roundtable #44 - Brad Pitt

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2024/08/16

Another bonus episode as we bring you another Reel Roundtable discussion for your listening enjoyment. Ian, Liam, Megan, KevDog and Georgia revisit the career of Brad Pitt. Comments, banter, and an appreciation of acting against type can be found as we discuss: We again open the conversation of movie star vs. actor and where does Brad Pitt fall on both We look at Pitt's introduction to the Georgia makes a mistake for the ages... multiple times We discuss whether Brad Pitt should be held in that

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