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From The Archives - Films We Shouldn't Admit We Enjoyed (Live at The Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival)
08/10/2026 | 1h 7 mins.Yes, this is an absolutely shameless attempt to get you to buy tickets to our live show which is taking place in Balham on the 18th October. You can buy your tickets here.
Not that anybody asked but last year we grabbed a pint and took to the stage because we were talking about films we shouldn't admit we enjoyed live on stage at The Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival. It was a fantastic experience and was the first of at least two.. What will make our final Top 3 list this week? Expect The Girl From Ipanema, the surprising apperance of Ian's mum and a good, old fashioned clap-o-meter.
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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.- Not that anybody asked but this week we dropped the needle and turned it up to eleven because we're figuring out our Top 3 Needle Drops That Worked Surprisingly Well. Sometimes a director takes a song you've heard a thousand times, sticks it over a scene it has absolutely no business being in, and it becomes impossible to hear it any other way. Which unexpected soundtrack choices turned out to be pure genius? Which ones made a cheerful pop hit deeply sinister, or a fight scene weirdly emotional? What will make our final Top 3 list this week? Expect whipping your tonsils out for someone, the nunchuck of knives and the extent of our NIN knowledge.
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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. - Not that anybody asked but this week we're all singing and all dancing. Back in episode 21 (over 2,628,000 minutes ago) we argued our Top 3 "Villains Who Have A Point" and nearly had a momentous falling out as Ian went to bat for Benny from Rent. The debate was never settled, so this week we brought in the man himself. We're joined by the incredible Joaquin Pedro Valdes, newly cast as Benny as Rent returns to the West End for its 30th Anniversary. Expect Shinigami, Shakespearean lions and whether the Scorpions had a point on Thunder Road.
Rent is playing the Tom Stoppard Theatre from the 26th September. You can buy your tickets here.
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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. - Not that anybody asked but this week we grabbed the thesaurus and started swapping the subtitles because we're figuring out our Top 3 Movies Most Changed By Replacing One Word With Another. One tiny tweak to a title can turn a beloved classic into something completely unrecognisable, or somehow make total sense in a way it never should. Which single-word swaps cause the most chaos, the biggest laughs, or the most unsettling improvements? What will make our final Top 3 list this week? Expect the magical football bush Bowie likes to hide in, not letting Ian buy a chainsaw and Forgetful Daddy
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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. - Not that anybody asked but this week we blew into the cartridge and mashed the reset button because we're figuring out our Top 3 Movies That Should Have A Video Game. Hollywood loves a tie-in, but somehow the good ones always get left on the cutting room floor while we're stuck button-mashing through licensed disasters instead. Which films are crying out for a janky adaptation, a cheat code and an ill-advised escort mission? What will make our final Top 3 list this week? Expect a good use of "skulking, power-washing the shape of a phallus into the side of a digital van, and The Great Mosquito Massacre
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The award-winning Movie & TV podcast that takes ridiculous questions far too seriously.Ian and Graham each bring three picks before arguing, debating and occasionally compromising their way to an official Top 3.Expect ridiculous questions, a dog called Bowie and an unreasonable amount of Ari Aster’s Midsommar.Give £5, £10 or £20 now and help CALM in their fight against suicide: https://www.justgiving.com/page/podomedy-stay-tuned Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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