Commentary Club

We watch the sixth episode of The Box of Delights - Leave Us Not Little, Nor Yet Dark, which sees the final struggle for the Box between Kay Harker and Abner Brown

For our Christmas special this year we are going back to 1947 to revisit The Bishop's Wife, a charming celestial comedy set at Yuletide starring Cary Grant, David Niven and Loretta Young.

"You want the past? Oh I'll send you back... Back, back where you will never be found!" We watch the fifth episode of The Box of Delights - Beware of Yesterday, in which Kay takes a perilous journey into the past.

For our classic film selection for this December, we revisit a seasonal favourite, the original Die Hard(1988) the film that made Bruce Willis a mega star and maybe the best action movie ever made!

"It's the old Punch and Judy man! But he must be five hundred... seven hundred years old!" We watch the fourth episode of The Box of Delights - The Spider in the Web, more scrobbling sends Kay to search for Abner's headquarters

In this show, for our crap film selection, we attempt to get festive with the alleged rom com A Very British Christmas (2019) which at least was filmed in the beautiful Yorkshire town of Knaresborough!

"They know I can look after myself. I’ve generally got a pistol or two on me and I’m a dead shot with both hands." We watch the third episode of The Box of Delights - In Darkest Cellars Underneath, in which Abner escalates his search for the box...

"Getting up before it’s light - on the first day of the holidays? I think it’s the purple pim!" We watch the second episode of The Box of Delights - Where Shall the 'Nighted Showman Go and what's we are now watching the just released remastered Blu-ray version!

To mark the 40th anniversary of the BBC's The Box of Delights, an adaptation of the classic novel by John Masefield, we are rewatching the classic TV series one episode at at time, week by week just like back in 1984. In this episode we see how young Kay Harker encounters the mysterious Cole Hawlins, and some sinister folks who are very interested in his old magic...

In this show, we revisit a modern cult favourite, the dark comedy In Bruges (2008) starring Colin O'Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes.

For our traditional Hallowe'en special, we watch a modern Hallowe'en favourite - Hocus Pocus (1993) starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as three Salem witches from 1693 resurrected to wreak havoc in the modern age!

Like the addicted customers of Mr Hilary Briss, the butcher, we are back for more, as we watch the second episode of The League of Gentlemen TV series, The Road to Royston Vasey...

"It shakes me! It quakes me! It makes me feel goose-pimply all over!" In this show we revisit a true classic - The Seven Year Itch (1955) a romantic comedy from director Billy Wilder, starring the legendary Marilyn Monroe!

"We didn't burn him!" We begin an epic rewatch of the classic comedy series, The League of Gentlemen, beginning with the very first episode - Welcome to Royston Vasey...

In this episode we look at one of the all classic so bad its good movies from the 1980s - The Toxic Avenger (1984) from the legendary Troma Films!

For our cult film selection we watch The Purge (2013) the low budget action horror flick, starring Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey, that spawned a brand new franchise

For our hundredth episode we revisit one of the greatest science fiction films of all time - the original Planet of the Apes (1969) starring Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter and Roddy McDowell.

For our classic film selection we go back the 1980s for the legendary collaboration between George Lucas and Steven Spielberg - the very first Indiana Jones adventure - Raiders of the Lost Ark!

Did you know there was a Titanic II? In this podcast we wish we didn't, as we tackle this dubious 2010 mockbuster pretend sequel from The Asylum!

After recording our Rollerball episode we thought it would be a good idea to sample some vintage Top of the Pops, and hence we pit June 1977 against July 1978!