Failed Critics

You maniacs! You've done a whole podcast on the Planet of the Apes films! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell! That's right listeners; this week's podcast is dedicated to all things simian as we not only review Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, but also discuss all the films that have gone before. Including the Tim Burton one. Sorry about that.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to the Failed Critics Podcast, after an unscheduled and unexpected (but we're sure, not entirely unwelcome) break from lobbing our cinematic opinions directly into your ear holes. There's no James this week (hooray!) as the rest of the team review Trans4ormers: Age of Extinction (boo!), and The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed out of the Window and Disappeared (huh?). We also hear about the sneak peak preview of Guardians of the Galaxy. Join us next week for more film stuff. Probably.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to this week's podcast, and due to the fact that we've all been watching football rather than any new cinema releases we decided to bandwagon-jump and bring you a World Cup Special! Steve, James, and Owen are joined by Born Offside's (and regular Glasgow Film Festival podcast contributor) Dave McFarlane to discuss the uneasy relationship between film and football, and in Triple Bill we choose our favourite football stories that we want to see made into films. Next week sees us return to normal with reviews of 3 Days...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Better late than never (probably), it this week's Failed Critics Podcast! And please welcome our latest full-time member of the team... Carole Petts! In honour of this momentous occasion, James manged, with textbook precision, to do something dumb to the recording. Don;t worry though, as it only means there's less of him this week. And what a week? We review 22 Jump Street, discuss the latest news in Marvel's Ant Man omnishambles, and Carole lets us know which is the bigger car crash (get it?) out of Diana and Grace of Monaco.

Welcome to this week's Failed Critics Podcast: now with added not sounding like we recorded it at the bottom of the ocean with only a drill and some bees for company. Steve, James, and Owen round up the week in film news, including the latest Star Wars rumours, and the joyous future collaboration of Nic Cage of John McTiernan. We also review Tom Cruise's latest sci-fi blockbuster, Edge of Tomorrow, and will James finally convert to Seth MacFarlane fandom after watching A Million Ways to Die in the West? Join us next week for...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to this week's bumper Failed Critics Podcast, ans the usual suspects and special guest Carole Petts get in touch with their younger and combine their efforts in attempt to stop catastrophe: Steve winning the quiz and picking a film worse than Cutthroat Island... They also find time to review new releases X-Men: Days of Future Past and Maleficent, as well as a clutch of teen-focused dramas in What We've Been Watching, including Short Term 12, The Selfish Giant, and The Kids Are Alright. Not only that, but we even find time to discuss the departure of Edgar Wright from Ant-Man, and the recruitment of Gareth Edwards for a Star Wars spin-off.

ROOOOOOOOOOOOAAAARRRRR! Welcome to Critic Island, and we've assembled a cavalcade of monster critics to discuss the legendary Japanese kaiju, Godzilla. King Steve and MechaOwen are joined Space Matt Lambourne, and the returning Three-Headed Monster, James Diamond. As well as reviewing Gareth Edwards' modern take on the Godzilla series, the team also discuss some classic (and not-so-classic) films from the cult series, while Owen's very own king of monsters (not his penis) attempts to destroy his house while we record. 

Welcome to this week's Failed Critics Podcast, as Steve and Owen are joined once more by Carole Petts to discuss the last week in film. There's palpable excitement about new superhero movie news (not the Batfleck image, but the Mighty Morphin Power Ranger reboot!), as well as reviews of new releases Frank, and Hayao Miyazaki's final film, The Wind Rises. At the other end of the scale, and with buzz growing at Cannes about Ryan Gosling's debut as a director, Triple Bill returns this week to discuss Directorial Debuts. Join us...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome one and all to this week's Failed Critics Podcast, and we're back to a foursome this week as Steve and Owen are Joined by Matt Lambourne and Carole Petts to discuss new releases Pompeii and Bad Neighbours. The team also pay tribute to Bob Hoskins, who sadly passed away last week, while the films they've seen this week range from the 1964 Danish film Gertrude, to the fantastic documentary Queen of Versailles, via the opinion-splitting American Hustle. Join us next week for reviews of (hopefully) The Wind Rises, Frank,...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week sees us welcome Matt Lambourne back to the podcast to help us induct the Dutch maestro Paul Verhoeven, director of Robocop, Total Recall, and err...Showgirls, into our Corridor of Praise. We also get Steve's review of the highly anticipated documentary Next Goal Wins. Elsewhere we've got Owen talking about the Saw film series, the team's thoughts on the Star Wars casting and Justice League movie confirmation news, and the longest and most interminable quiz yet. Join us next week for more of the usual nonsense, plus...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to this week's podcast; the first one since James took temporary leave (of his senses in trusting the pod to this lot). Callum Petch makes his return to the pod, and along with Steve and Owen reviews the latest blockbuster effort featuring the masked web-slinger, as well as Johnny Depp sans Tim Burton and white-face make-up in Wally Pfister's directorial debut Transcendence. Join us next week as we drag a stranger off the street to keep Owen and Steve company whole they try and find a new release to review that isn't...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's podcast welcomes back the loud, opinionated, and slightly drunk Svengali-figure of James Diamond, for one week only before he disappears on leave for a while. Don't worry though, as Steve and Owen continue to show a suitable lack of respect. We also get into this week's new releases, mainly the brutal gangster epic The Raid 2, and the latest offering from the resurrected Hammer Studio, The Quiet Ones. We also have time to discuss Under the Skin, Tropic Thunder, and Snowpiercer once more, as well as trying to figure out why hard-rated action films appear to by a dying breed.

Welcome to this week's Failed Critics Podcast, where once again Carole Petts has stepped into the rather large James-shaped breach at the last minute. Join us as we discuss Darren Aronosfsky's biblical epic, Noah, as well as the long-awaited Korean sci-fi classic-in-waiting Snowpiercer. Owen and Steve also come close to tearing out their own eyes as they remember watching Movie 43 like it was 'Nam. James promises he will return next week, and considering we'll be reviewing The Raid 2 we wouldn't bet against that.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to this weeks Failed Critics Podcast, and in this episode we're reviewing two of the most anticipated films of the early blockbuster season. Marvel Phase Two continues apace with Captain America: The Winter Soldier, while another sequel in the shape of Muppets Most Wanted also comes under the spotlight. James is away this week, but we're joined by our friend Carole Petts as the team not only review Captain America 2, but also delve into what it means for the MCU in Spoiler Alert. Owen also gives us a sneak preview of another highly anticipated sequel after he was lucky enough to gaze upon the brutal spectacle of The Raid 2.

Welcome to this week's Failed Critics Podcast, and in the absense of any new releases that we could be bothered to go and see, we instead look forward to our most anticipated films coming this summer. Steve also teases us with a few hints about the highly anticipated (by us) football documentary Next Goal Wins, James celebrates the return to our screens of Chris Morris, and Owen continues his Korean odyssey with a review of Mother. Join us next week as some of us yet to be determined review Captain Amarica 2 and Muppets Most Wanted.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Strap in, shift gears, and glance to your right as the new Failed Critics Podcast speeds into view. Or something. This week sees us review the latest attempt to make a worthwhile videogame-to-movie adaptation with Need for Speed, as well as our thoughts on Terry Gilliam's The Zero Theorem, and pre-release musings on the critically acclaimed prison drama Starred Up. Triple Bill is also back this week, as the team choose their favourite pre-title sequences (and have a debate about what actually constitutes a pre-title...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's podcast introduces a young, fresh-faced critic to the mix in Callum Petch. Much like the plot of Wes Anderson's new film The Grand Budapest Hotel, this episode sees a classy yet older gentleman (James) taking a young and enthusiastic outsider under his tutelage. At least that's how James sees it. We also have reviews of 300: Rise of an Empire and Escape from Planet Earth, as well as our plans for how to save the Die Hard franchise, and some bitter accusations of cheating in the quiz.

It lasts for hours, is achingly smug and self satisfied, and features drunk people making fools of themselves. But enough about the Failed Critics Podcast - this week we're talking about the Oscars. Who deserved it, who can count themselves very lucky, and should any of us even care? We'll also be offering our advice to the Academy on how to fix the Oscars (as in mend it, not ensure that tripe like Crash never wins again), and even find time to review the new Liam Neeson film, Non-Stop.

Och aye the new Failed Critics podcast! We're back in Scotland for our second annual trip to the Glasgow Film Festival, and once more James is entrusted with somehow patching together a podcast without the erstwhile talents of Steve and Owen. Luckily he isn't alone, and for this special podcast is not only joined by our good friends Dave McFarlane of Born Office and Paul Fisher of The Write Club, but also by our very special guests Pappy's - the award-winning sketch comedy stars of BBC3's Badults.

After a disastrous attempt at recording our 100th episode last week, we're back after our brief hiatus with our 'official' centenary podcast. And it's more packed than ever, with no less than six new (or nearly new) release reviews. We argue over whether or not The Lego is awesome or simply just very good; we look at two very different explorations of humans/machine relationships with Her and Robocop, and we still find time to talk about Dallas Buyers Club, The Monuments Men, and Cuban Fury. We also discuss the Bafta results, make our Oscars predictions, and you finally get the Cutthroat Island review you've all been waiting for.