Failed Critics

Welcome to this weeks Failed Critics Podcast, with all new improved sound quality. And not just because Gerry's northern brogue is sadly absent. Ploughing on with our new format,  in this week's helping of cinematic goodness we review new releases Pain & Gain, You're Next, and James reports from the UK Premiere of Jadoo.  Also this week, Owen dismisses Conan the Barbarian, Steve is reasonably impresses with Breaking Bad, and James reviews his first ever Bollywood film.

Welcome to this week’s slightly less shambolic Failed Critics podcast. We’ve tinkered with the format, and are hopefully this close to solving our audio problems. For the time being though, sit back, relax, and let us talk you through the week in cinema. We’ve got reviews of new releases Elysium, The Heat, and The Way, Way Back; plus Beware of Mr Baker, Wadjda, and the Coen Brother’s True Grit in What We’ve Been Watching. We’ve also got recommendations for the next week on television, Lovefilm, and new on DVD, and we discuss the online flap over the casting of Ben Affleck as Batman.

A group of amateurs who know nothing the harsh realities of film criticism band together to review a film about a group of amateurs who know nothing about the harsh realities of crime fighting and and band together. Nobody does meta like the Failed Critics, here with our review of Kick-Ass 2. And while the Gerry's away, the others will play, and we have our largest 'What We've Been Watching' section for a long time. James reviews new releases We're the Millers, and Blackfish, Owen discusses his new man-crush John Wayne, as well as hipster classics The Big Lebowski and Adaptation, while Steve continues his quest to get scared with Dark Skies.

"I am Siege Face" Ruddy hell, it's only the Failed Critics back with another slice of digital broadcasting gold. This week we review the new Alan Partridge film, Alpha Papa, as well as other new releases in the shape of Only God Forgives, 2 Guns, and The Conjuring. We also discuss Renny Harlin's attempts to film Wikipedia's most disturbing entry, James' fancy dress habits, and another podcaster joins the growing swell of praise for Side Effects.

Bonjour, hola, guten tag, and konnichiwa to the Failed Critics World Cinema Special. This week the critics (well, most of them) take you through some of their favourite elements of film filmed in something other than English, as well as exploring some new avenues themselves. In What We've Been Watching they review films from a country they haven't experienced cinematically before, with choices from Israel, Brazil, and Quebec, while this week's Triple Bill is 'Favourite World Cinema Actors/Actresses'. We round off the podcast with some recommendations from some of our favourite countries.

This week's main review is The World's End, the final installment of the Blood and Ice Cream trilogy from Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost. Also this week we discuss the events of Comic-Con, including the announcement of Superman vs Batman, and Loki building a formidable geek army. We also review Apollo 13, Sssssss (yes, really), and new Netflix Original show Orange Is the New Black. Join us next week when we induct Studio Ghibli into the Corridor of Praise.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's a first for the podcast this week and we have a double main review. First we discuss Pixar's latest sequel/first prequel Monsters University, and try to figure out if Pixar are getting lazy, or if everyone else has simply upped their game. After that we talk gigantic bad-ass robots and aliens in our review of Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim. Also this week, we discuss Sam Mendes' return to the Bond franchise (Yay!) and Johnny Depp's return to the Alice in Wonderland franchise (why?!), James has a rant about films from The Asylum, particularly the so-bad-that-it's-fucking-terrible Sharknado, and the other lads watched some films as well. Guess which forgetful old bastard wrote this.

After the success of last year's TV Special, we decided to recommission a second series. And not just because none of us wanted to watch The Internship. Oh no. So we review TV programmes we've been watching recently, including The Newsroom, Arrested Development Season 4, Sherlock, and Jericho, and in Triple Bill we pitch our movie remake ideas for shows from our youth. We also review Ben Wheatley's A Field In England, the civil war psychedelic horror film that debuted in cinemas, on DVD, and on free-to-air television on the same day. Join us next week for our Monsters...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The podcast where Steve quite literally phones it in (due to technical issues, not a lack of enthusiasm). In this week's episode we discuss the worst jobs from  the movies, in 'tribute' to The Internship; the two hour Google advert that none of us can bring ourselves to go and see. We also review new releases Hummingbird, and Despicable Me 2 which leads to a lengthy discussion on the current state of Hollywood animation. Join us next week for the return on our TV Special.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to this week's Failed Critics Podcast, featuring some lifeless, shuffling, mindless abominations...TALKING ABOUT ZOMBIES! Pretty sure we've used that joke before as well. Sorry. As well as reviewing World War Z (starring Brad Pitt), we also discuss new releases in the shape of This Is The End and Now You See Me, and pay tribute to James Gandolfini and Ray Matheson who sadly passed away in the last seven days. Join us next week for a Triple Bill of the Worst Movie Jobs (in 'honour' of The Internship), and maybe even a new release or two.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's three nitwits holding court on all things Superman! In this weeks extra special bumper podcast (weighing in at over two hours) we celebrate the release of Zack Snyder's reboot of the Superman series, Man of Steel. Prepare for it to kick off as two of the team nearly come to blows over their experience and expectations of the movie. As well as a review of the film, we look under the bonnet and get our hands dirty in an extended Spoiler Alert look at Man of Steel. Not only that, but we discuss every Superman film ever made in What We've Been Watching, and choose our favourite performances by the Man of Steel main cast in Triple Bill.

After a well-earned week off, the Failed Critics Podcast returns with a Triple Bill of our favourite cinematic fathers. Sadly, we're missing the one real-life dad in the team as James recovers from the exertions of taking a week off work. Luckily Steve, Owen, and Gerry soldier on his his absence, and even find time to review new releases After Earth and Behind the Candelabra, as well as looking back at Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Departed. Join us next week for our Superman special, as we look back on the cinematic legacy of Kal-El, and review the latest...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the latest Failed Critics Podcast, and this week we've hastily arranged a last-minute Triple Bill after Owen turned us down for a sleepover. We discuss our favourite 'Great Performances in Bad Films (with Nic Cage somehow escaping everyone's list), and show exactly how far our fingers are from the pulse in reviewing 21 Grams, Billy Liar, and the hit new television show Frasier. We off next week recuperating, so join us in a fortnight as we choose our favourite movie dads for Fathers' Day.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In honour of our main review, this week’s podcast is both fast (coming it at under an hour) and furious (well, one of us is a little peeved). We not only review the 379th film released this year starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (Fast & Furious 6), but James even recaps the series for all of you who have missed out so far. Apart from the really rubbish ones. Owen and James then wax lyrical and slightly homoerotic about Ryan Gosling, and his brilliant performance in The Place Beyond the Pines. Steve is impressed by a little-heard of gem called The Man From Earth, and Gerry revisits the genius of Four Lions.

It's that time of year where the big blockbusters come thick and fast, and this week the Failed Critics are putting on our red shirts, setting our phasers to stun, and splitting any and all infinitives we can fins as we embrace Star Trek Into Darkness. As well as reviewing JJ Abrams' latest installment of the epic sci-fi franchise (including a suitable lengthy Spoiler Alert), we also have time for reviews of Pedro Almodovar's latest release 'I'm So Excited', giallo homage 'Berbarian Sound Studio', and impossibly hot couple Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway in 'Love & Other Drugs'.

In the most self-destructive moment since school holiday-dominating kids TV show Why Don't You told us to "switch off your TV set and do something less boring instead", we recommend films you could watch in the time it takes to listen to this semi-coherent drivel in this week's Triple Bill. Elsewhere on the podcast we pay tribute to the genius of Ray Harryhausen, review new releases 21 & Over and Chimpanzee, and welcome Gerry back to the 'ALL NEW' Failed Critics Podcast. Next week we'll set phasers to stun, don our red shirts, and have sex with beautiful alien creatures...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A year older, wiser, and fatter (in some cases) and the Failed Critics Podcast is back with a bit of a redbranding and format shake-up. Worry not, it's still the same four idiots (three this week) talking about film from our respective bedrooms via an unstable network connection. This week we review the start of Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 2 with Shane Black's Iron Man 3. We've dusted off Spoiler Alert especially for the occasion  and James even finally got around to watching all the Marvel Phase 1 movies. He gives his opinions on those in What We've Been Watching, while Steve struggles to make head or tail out of the utterly bonkers and surreal Holy Motors.

Against the odds, and at times against our better judgement, the Failed Critics Podcast has made it to its first birthday! So light the candles, eat some cake, and dust off your beer bongs as we celebrate our first year together. This week sees us look back on our reviews from the last twelve months with What We've Been Watching: Second Opinion. Films to get a second-look from our colleagues this week include Before Sunrise (which Gerry hated when he watched it last year) and (500) Days of Summer (which wound James up something chronic in 2012). We also get second opinions on Sightseers, Trollhunter, Rust and Bone, and The Divide. We also answer those burning issues we asked you to put to us, and get a shocking...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the Failed Critics Podcast, where this week our main review is Tom Cruise-starring, sci-fi magpie Oblivion. Gerry and James nearly get into a fit over Tom Cruise (not quite in that way), and we play 'I Spy Sc-Fi' when discussing the film's very obvious influences. Also in the pod, we review what we've been watching this week, including Festen, and The Man From Nowhere. Join us next week for our First Birthday celebrations. We'll be answering everything you've ever wanted to know about us and film, but were afraid to ask (because you didn't want anyone...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's a bumper episode of the Failed Critics Podcast this week as we look forward to our most anticipated movies this summer that aren't called Iron Man 3, Man of Steel, or Star Trek Into Darkness. As well as looking forward to the summer, we look back on our viewing this week, including Steve's decent into Box Office Bomb hell with Cutthroat Island. We also pay tribute to Roger Ebert, one of the truly great film critics to have ever lived. Join us next week for a review of Tom Cruise's latest sci-fi blockbuster, Oblivion.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.