3 Men And A Movie

Cross invites Gordy & Mitch on a hazy, rambling and dope-fogged detective yarn circa 1970 courtesy of Paul Thomas Anderson. Based on the Thomas Pynchon novel of the same name the film stars Joaquin Phoenix, Katherine Waterston & Josh Brolin. Spoiler alert, two out of our three enjoyed it - can you guess who didn't...?

Mitch takes us back to feudal Japan in this terrific Akira Kurosawa Samurai flick. Featuring a plot so good it has been remade twice and a performance by Toshiro Mifune that changed movie acting forever, what will Gordy & Cross make of it?

Another of our audience nominations takes us to 1970s New York for this star-studded classy thriller from director John Schlesinger. Best known for its grueling dental torture scene Gordy, Cross & Mitch take a deeper look. Is it safe..?

Mel Gibson stars as Benjamin Martin, taking aim at the nasty Brits (and utter bastard Jason Isaacs) with tomahawk in hand. Cross & Mitchell are of course renowned for their patience with glossy Hollywood crowd-pleasers, what did they make of this epic?

This week Cross takes us to the golden hued days of the American Mid West circa 1944 for the true story of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. Starring Geena Davis, Madonna, Lori Petty and a pre-Oscar winning Tom Hanks, the film hit screens in the summer of '92. Cross, Mitch & Gordy take up a seat in the bleachers to investigate....

John Travolta's movie soundman becomes embroiled in a real-life conspiracy in this paranoid thriller from Brian De Palma. A commercial and critical failure on its initial release, what will the three men make of it?

Another of our audience selections sends us to the Santa Carla boardwalk for Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys. There is a lot of affection out there for this '80s gem but has time been kind..? Gordy, Cross and Mitch brave the mullets to investigate.

In 1999 Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez sent three unsuspecting film students in to the woods of Maryland to investigate the legend of the Blair Witch. In 2016 Gordy sent Mitch & Cross to view the resulting footage. What did they think, and how would they roll?

Cross introduces us to John Matrix, a larger than life ex-special forces killing machine whose daughter has just been kidnapped. Where does this tale rank in the Arnie Canon, and what will Mitch make of it all?

Mitch has chosen Lewis Teague's drive-in movie amalgamation of urban legend and summer blockbuster. Can a blatant Jaws rip-off be anything other than mediocre? Find out what Gordy & Cross think...

The latest in our series of Audience Selections is Paul Verhoeven's masterful action scifi satire of war movies and fascism. Would you like to know more..?

Back to the days of funny Tom Hanks this week as Gordy selects Joe Dante's tale of strange goings on in suburbia.

Mitch has chosen Thomas Vinterberg's Festen - the first movie to be made within the strict guidelines of Dogme 95's Vow Of Chastity. It was a big hit at Cannes that year, but what will Gordy & Cross make of it?

Widely regarded as the pinnacle of mainstream '80s Hollywood movie-making, striking a perfect balance between commercial considerations and the exploration of the human condition through art. Well, by Cross & Mitch anyway. Gordy's watching it for the first time - will he agree?

The second of our audience choices is this childhood favourite starring Gene Wilder as Roald Dahl's eccentric chocolatier.

Rob Zombie takes us back to the glory days of 1970's drive-in trash this week. Gordy enthuses, Mitch gets philosophical and Cross is frank.

Mitch has selected this testosterone-fuelled British thriller starring Stanley Baker as a tough as nails truck driver pitting his nerve against Patrick McGoohan. It's new to both Gordy & Cross, and although it's a little too criminally overlooked to be regarded as a classic, it is in black & white so what will they make of it?

It's Wimbledon Men's Finals day so what better movie to discuss than Woody Allen's Match Point. Cross has selected this more dramatic turn from Allen - considered by many as a real return to form by the prolific film-maker, but what will Gordy & Mitch make of it?

Our first audience choice episode is this perennial favourite from writer/director Bruce Robinson. Unsurprisingly Gordy hadn't seen it before.

Hal Hartley's debut feature The Unbelievable Truth was at the forefront of the US Indie boom of the late 20th century. Mitch adores it, Cross can't quite remember if he's seen it and Gordy...?