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After a brief two-year hiatus, Simon, Mat, and Jon are back to meander in chat about three films linked in the ever-evolving grandbag chain. In this episode, we’re dissecting: Last Embrace (1979): A Jonathan Demme "Hitchcock homage" that feels more like a student film with a "leathery" Roy Scheider running around after buses in some truly questionable pants. We dig into the production's secret filming at Niagara Falls and why Scheider had enough clout to swap out the leading lady at the last minute. Ishtar (1987): The legendary flop that might actually be funny for the first ten minutes. We explore Elaine May's perfectionism (including moving sand dunes with bulldozers), Dustin Hoffman’s ego, and why Charles Grodin is effectively the "De Niro of Chevy Chase". All the President's Men (1976): A "synchronised masterpiece" that makes 1970s journalism feel more gripping than a high-speed chase. We praise the "textured silence" of the sound design, the neurotic accuracy of Woodward and Bernstein, and why Robert Redford is the ultimate "calculated dude". Plus, Mat provides his internal monologue of notes—featuring "Bernie Winters" as a lawyer and "Airwolf" cameos—and we ponder why Chevy Chase is universally acknowledged as a "a dick" and who are the DeNiro and Keitel of Chevy Chase's.

Simon Jon and Mat are back with a deep dive into SciFi Restoration, Nihilism and Literature with 3 film classics: The Empire Strikes Back, RoboCop 2 and Naked Lunch.... *Disclaimer* Leigh Brackett's Star Wars 2 First Draft

After a 2 year hiatus, Simon Jon and Mat are back with a deep dive into Terrorism, Racism and War with 3 film classics: Twilight's Last Gleaming, White Dog and The Big Red One....

The boys are back to examine 3 more classics in the Grandbag's chain that takes us down rabbit holes featuring Big Willie, Gonch, The Batman and starting the chain with Bonnie & Clyde! This week we are joined (or rudely interupted) by Lord Salford from Warner Bros, Stockport.

After a 9 month sabbatical for no good reason, the boys are back to dissect and examine 3 more classics in the Grandbag's chain that takes us down rabbit holes featuring Orville the Duck, Gruey and Psycho Biddies. We start the chain with Kiss Me Deadly.

In this episode Simon, Jon, and Mat discuss A Town Called Bastard, The Silencers and The Cannonball Run through a series of tenuous links. We explore how Tinker from Lovejoy shot someone 5 times with a shotgun, how Simon acquired his Matt Helm's Lounge boxset, how seatbelts got their name and Aqua's Barbie Girl's connection to Titanic. All this and more for your listening pleasure.

Leonard Tool interviews Clint Salford about his memories working on classic "Where Eagles Dare" and what inspired his performance.

In this episode Simon, Jon, and Mat discuss Catch 22, City Heat, and Kelly's Heroes through a series of tenuous links. Arye Gross gives us some feedback, Simon explains his love of tanks, Mat's Kingmaker snare drum and Liam Gallagher's Tiger Shark. All this and more for your listening pleasure.

In a mini special from GBF Media, Leonard Tool takes a look at the career of Clint Salford and his iconic roles, starting with Dirty Harry.

In this episode Simon, Jon, and Mat discuss Full Metal Jacket, Hexed, and Coupe De Ville through a series of tenuous links, why does Val Kilmer miss all the roles, were the Kubricks a kooky family, is Hexed the funniest overlooked film of the century and how do you pronounce Arye Gross's name? All this and more for your listening pleasure.

In this episode Simon, Jon and Mat discuss Big Trouble in Little China, Tremors and Short Cuts through a series of tenuous links, is Kurt Russell's Jack Burton the inspo for Ash from Evil Dead? Is Perfection the perfect place to live, regardless of the killer worms and lastly, why is there so much fingering in Short Cuts. All this and more for your listening pleasure.

In this episode Simon, Jon and Mat discuss Lifeforce, David Lynch's Dune and Bone Tomahawk through a series of tenuous links, debating whether Sir PatStew made good early career choice, whether there is anything coherent about Dune and why is Noseybonk, a nightmarish children's entertainer appearing in the Chancery Lane apocalypse. All this and more for your listening pleasure.

In this episode Mat, Jon and Simon discuss Kentucky Fried Movie, An American Werewolf in London, After Hours and Poltergeist through a series of tenuous links, debating whether Poltergeist has a curse, is KFM funny and exactly how much of a c**t is John Landis.

Sometimes we meander off the topic so much it has to be cut, so we'll sneak these little clips between episodes once in a while as little bonuses.

In this episode, Simon, Mat and Jon discuss the work of Richard Stanley and a wide array of interconnecting links around it.