Failed Critics

In the run up to the latest hotly anticipated Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron, Steve and Owen have been busy putting together a series of short 20-25 minute long minisode podcasts. With clips from the films, trailers, retro reviews taken from our archived podcasts as well as brand new retrospective reviews featuring a varied mix of different guests for each episode, we’ll be running through all of the MCU movies thus far in chronological order. Ushering in phase two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe was the third and final part in the Iron Man trilogy. With a change in director from John Favreau to the one-time highest paid screenwriter in the...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the run up to the latest hotly anticipated Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron, Steve and Owen have been busy putting together a series of short 20-25 minute long minisode podcasts. With clips from the films, trailers, retro reviews taken from our archived podcasts as well as brand new retrospective reviews featuring a varied mix of different guests for each episode, we’ll be running through all of the MCU movies thus far in chronological order. The longest episode in our Avengers Minisode series sees us clock in at a bumper 30 minutes! But it's worth it for Avengers Assemble, the film that truly cemented Marvel Studios as the...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the run up to the latest hotly anticipated Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron, Steve and Owen have been busy putting together a series of short 20-25 minute long minisode podcasts. With clips from the films, trailers, retro reviews taken from our archived podcasts as well as brand new retrospective reviews featuring a varied mix of different guests for each episode, we’ll be running through all of the MCU movies thus far in chronological order. Already at the half way point in our series, our fifth episode of the Avengers Minisode podcasts sees the team turn their attentions to 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger. The penultimate entry to...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the latest episode of the Failed Critics Corridor of Praise podcast. Originally, the CoP was set up to honour the work of icons and legends of the film world who have been overlooked by the academy and other major award ceremonies. Therefore, our sixth inductee - and long overdue as it may be - is the Muscles from Brussels himself, Mr Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg; otherwise known to you and me as Jean-Claude Van Damme! A professional karate and kickboxing champion in his youth, including being named a former Mr Belgium, JCVD moved to America in 1982 with dreams of making it as an action film star. After a succession of minor roles as an extra...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the run up to the latest hotly anticipated Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron, Steve and Owen have been busy putting together a series of short 20-25 minute long minisode podcasts. With clips from the films, trailers, retro reviews taken from our archived podcasts as well as brand new retrospective reviews featuring a varied mix of different guests for each episode, we’ll be running through all of the MCU movies thus far in chronological order. The fourth episode of our Avengers Minisodes looks at the big screen debut of the God of Thunder. With the Marvel Cinematic Universe well and truly established at this point, its first big expansion came with the...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the run up to the latest hotly anticipated Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron, Steve and Owen have been busy putting together a series of short 20-25 minute long minisode podcasts. With clips from the films, trailers, retro reviews taken from our archived podcasts as well as brand new retrospective reviews featuring a varied mix of different guests for each episode, we’ll be running through all of the MCU movies thus far in chronological order. Up next we're taking a look at the first sequel to pop up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Robert Downey Jr returned as the first superhero some two year's after 2008's Iron Man. With his secret...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the run up to the latest hotly anticipated Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron, Steve and Owen have been busy putting together a series of short 20-25 minute long minisode podcasts. With clips from the films, trailers, retro reviews taken from our archived podcasts as well as brand new retrospective reviews featuring a varied mix of different guests for each episode, we’ll be running through all of the MCU movies thus far in chronological order. Our second episode funnily enough takes a look back at the second in Phase 1 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Hot on the heels of their first film, The Incredible Hulk was released just one month...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the run up to the latest hotly anticipated Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron, Steve and Owen have been busy putting together a series of short 20-25 minute long minisode podcasts. With clips from the films, trailers, retro reviews taken from our archived podcasts as well as brand new retrospective reviews featuring a varied mix of different guests for each episode, we'll be running through all of the MCU movies thus far in chronological order. Therefore, in this episode we go right back to the start, where it all began, with John Favreau's 2008 breakout hit, Iron Man. It stars Robert Downey Jr in the lead role as billionaire weapons...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to this week's Failed Critics podcast! Back down our normal run time of just over an hour you'll be glad to hear after our mammoth 150th episode podcast last week. Regulars Steve Norman and Owen Hughes are joined by Callum Petch and making his debut on one of our proper podcasts, the equivalent of us bringing in Jason Statham to our franchise I'm sure you'll all agree, is Jackson Tyler. On that topic, the team review new releases including the box office juggernaut Fast & Furious 7 (or Furious 7, or whatever you want to...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello and welcome to the 150th episode of the Failed Critics podcast! It seems almost unbelievable that we've made it this far, but somehow we have. Both Steve and Owen would like to extend their thanks to each of you who have ever downloaded our podcast and are eternally grateful for your support. To celebrate reaching this milestone, we've got a new logo, a new theme tune and as a one off treat, we've got an extra long triple-triple bill podcast to share with you. And believe me when I say that it's an extra long episode. Almost five hours long, to be precise.

Welcome to this week's Failed Critics Podcast with Steve Norman once again returning to hosting duties. He's joined as ever by Owen Hughes, with guests Callum Petch and Mike Shawcross. Unlike the British summer time, we're bringing you a podcast that seems to go on forever as the team not only review new releases Princess Kaguya, Spongebob Squarepants: A Sponge Out of Water, The Gunman, The Voices AND Divergent Series: Insurgent (or Divergent 2) (or Divergent: Insurgent) (...or just Insurgent...) but also look ahead to those due for release between June and September with a summer 2015 preview triple bill.

For the first time ever (we think) there's no Steve Norman on this week's Failed Critics podcast as he's still recovering from the pummeling he took at a recent charity boxing match. Rumours that it was actually Owen who sparked him out after a fracas over a cold dinner have neither been confirmed nor denied. Internal investigations are still ongoing. Instead, taking over the hosting duties for one week only is Matt Lambourne, who is joined by Owen Hughes and Andrew Brooker as they each pick their favourite three fist-fights in films in honour of their absent colleague's exploits.

We are alive, we are consciousness, we are reviewing Neil Blomkamp's latest science fiction action thriller, Chappie. By "we", that of course means podcast regulars Steve Norman and Owen Hughes, who are joined this week by Andrew Brooker (for the second week in a row) and Jack Stewart from Not This Again making his Failed Critics debut. The news section this week sees the group discuss the hype (or apparent lack of) for the latest Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer and the announcement that Tim Burton will be remaking the...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We are assembled here today to pay final respects to our honored dead. And yet it should be noted that in the midst of our sorrow, this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world; a world that our beloved comrade gave his life to protect and nourish. He did not feel this sacrifice a vain or empty one, and we will not debate his profound wisdom at these proceedings. Of my friend, I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most... human. Welcome to this week's Failed Critics Podcast where Steve Norman and Owen Hughes are joined by returning special guest, Andrew Brooker.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this glitzy star-studded episode of the Failed Critics Podcast, brought to you by Matt Lambourne's well tickled bottom, in association with Paul Field's Slander. Steve Norman is donning his sharpest tuxedo to present the podcast, whilst Owen Hughes runs around backstage like a lunatic handing out golden envelopes as we reveal the results of the 87th Academy Awards - and more importantly, we discuss which categories that we correctly predicted last week. There's...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As always, your illustrious host Steve Norman and ever present Owen Hughes lead the way through a tightly packed episode. Coming into your earholes to review the 18-rated, arse-ticklingly rude 50 Shades of Grey is Failed Critics debutant, Paul Field. Also joining them this week is Matt Lambourne, mainly so he can recount the story of why he didn't see the (not so) erotic flick. The team also craftily knocked out reviews for two other new releases before climaxing with 50 Shades of Grey, as Will Smith's latest con-film Focus, as well as mind-bending time-travel thriller Predestination also get the once over.

Callum Petch, Callum Petch, does whatever Callum can - i.e. talking even more than James used to as he swings straight from last week's episode to this week's edition of the Failed Critics podcast. He joins your regular podcast host Steve Norman and hanger-on Owen Hughes to discuss the big film news over the past seven days.   Chiefly, Tuesday's long-expected announcement that the rebooted Spider-Man will definitely be making his first appearance in an upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, on loan from Sony. We mull over potential ramifications for existing Marvel films, casting choices we'd make and if it's actually that big a deal anyway.   Completely forgoing our regular "what we've been watching" segment, as there just wasn't enough damn time, we instead take a detailed look over the weekend's BAFTA award winners and losers, as well as the awards ceremony itself.   We also couldn't have hand picked four different main release reviews if we tried...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-

Follow us down the secret service elevator to this week's Failed Critics Podcast. Fist-bumping his way onto this episode is our very own Callum Petch. The main release reviews this week see the team chat about Matthew Vaughn's new action-comedy Kingsman: The Secret Service starring Colin Firth, Samuel L Jackson, Mark Strong and Taron Egerton; as well as the latest in Disney's recent animation resurgence, Big Hero 6.

Opening the pod bay doors on this week's Failed Critics Podcast and simultaneously rescuing us from the brink of disaster is our special guest, Matt Lambourne.   Matt joins regulars Owen and Steve for a one-off 'Artificial Intelligence' themed episode! And by that we don't just mean Owen is pretending to be cleverer than he actually is again...   There's still a main review which sees the team discuss Alex Garland's directorial debut, Ex Machina; the story of a potentially sentient machine called Ava who is the subject of a Turing test. In honour of which, the trio have resurrected the 'triple bill' segment to discuss three of the most interesting uses of A.I. in film that they could each think of. Steve had to be on top form to prevent the podcast from turning into a playground RoboCop vs Terminator debate for the next 60 minutes!   Join us again next week as things get back to normal with Callum guesting on the podcast for reviews of Kingsman: The Secret...  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and o

Welcome to the Failed Critics podcast. Keeping to Steve & Owen's tempo this week are two more guests! Returning for his first appearance since the end of year awards episode is James Diamond, ready to demolish you with his reviews of Whiplash and all things Luc Besson. Joining James is horror-fanatic and best mates with 'Scream Queen' Jessica Cameron; it's Mike Shawcross finally making his long overdue debut with American Sniper, Testament of Youth and 80's b-movie creature feature Alligator in his sights.