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Ex-Wives! Expletives! Exceptional Police Work! Drop your eggs and lube up your crossbow, because Nick & Ray are back, and the only law they know is the HToF law...Don't Forget About Hard Times on Film! You may have thought you left these two giants of cinematic criticism behind - but they have returned to track you down and subject you to every last insight and insult from Bronson's 1986's Cannon classic (?), Murphy's Law! What are you waiting for, booger bits? This podcast is worth 3 1/2 stars, minimum!

Sleeper Agents! Station Wagons! Soviet Hockey Superiority (circa 1977)! Don’t answer the phone and don’t take your eyes off the ice, because Nick & Ray are back and they have promises to keep!  Listen carefully, as everybody’s favourite reactivated podcast agents get lovely, dark, and deep on a paranoid cold war spy thriller (light) action near classic.  Could this be the moustache zenith? Is this the 70’s or 80’s? Is that an Arby’s uniform? All will be answered, dear lister, when adventure calls, and its name is TELEFON.

Heartthrobs! Haymakers! Hand Injuries! Fix up that jalopy, roll out the champagne, and get ready to sing along as the Cream Valley Chamber of Commerce proudly presents...  Hard Times on Film! Enjoy a front row seat as Nick & Ray go 9 rounds hard to the body of the Bronson/Presley match-up you demanded - 1962's gritty boxing-noir family musical, Kid Galahad!

Dads! Dumpers! Discipline! Grab your snakes and cut your veggies, because Nick & Ray are back, and they're sending this one up the chain! Branded obsolete and left for dead, can two over-the-hill podcasters rediscover their humanity and marshal the sheer brute strength required to discuss every blistering moment of Kurt Russell's 1998 action sci-fi, epic?  That's AFFIRMATIVE. Welcome back to Hard Times on Film.

Derring-do!  the Deep State! Down ol' Mexico way! Smoke your fish and cash your cheques, because Nick & Ray only have 4226 seconds to free you from your boredom and whisk you away to a world where the adventure knows no limits and the shirts know no sleeves. It's Bronson! It's Breakout!

Brothers! Bison! A Bronson Best?! Grow your hair and change your name, because Nick & Ray are killing this podcast the old way. You'll be plagued by night terrors until you track down the mythical, magical, underrated western  masterwork that is...The White Buffalo!

Problematic Relationships! Public Displays of Affection! Pure Unbridled Power! Lose the shirt, call up the old girlfriend, and pound the island cocktails, because Nick & Ray are hiding in the bushes and ready to hit you with a full hour of Euro-Bronson delights!  This year on Hard Times on Film, it's Violent City!

Fashion! Finales! Fairfield! (and Freddy Flakes) Draw yourself a couples bath, pop some stress pills, and luxuriate in Nick & Ray's extra special discussion of Charles Bronson's final theatrical offering, Death Wish V: The Face of Death. To kick off season 3, the guys also had the extra special honour of chatting with Erica Fairfield, who played Chelsea Regent in the film.  You won't want to miss this one!

Karate! Corruption! Cocaine! Work that speed bag, wax those skis, and tuck in to a hour long celebration of all things Chuck Norris! Hard Times on Film is going Beyond Bronson to discuss late 70's urban cop kung-fu cult classic, A Force of One. How did Chuck shape Ray's childhood? Who does Nick hang out with when he's in LA? The answers will shock and delight!

Adolescence! Aristocratic ladies! Animal husbandry! Make sure them horses is watered, bathe yourself in a bucket, and head into town for the latest episode of Hard Times on Film.  Join Nick, Ray, and Andy as they attempt to embody every life lesson and butcher every Italian name in this unsung western classic.

Knives! Neckerchiefs! No Enemies? (Alive) Strap on your chaps and hide your womenfolk, because Nick & Ray are riding into town with the strength of at least three average men to keep the place safe from bad ideas and mediocre movies.  Come for the men's hair styles and woods-craft; stay for the math lessons and medical advice.

Deceptions! Detonations! Those Damn Drugs! Pour a glass of wine, fire up your IROC-Z, and meet Nick & Ray down at the roller rink for a balls-out celebration of the lost masterpiece of 80's cinema that is  Death Wish 4: The Crackdown! *Adult~themed cake provided, bring your own light beer.

Bridges! Beards! Brown liquor! Ray may have uprooted his life to flee the crime-ridden streets, and Nick may have contracted a novel coronavirus, but nothing can stop them from diving headlong into an illuminating discussion of the sort-of-mystery, kind-of-western,  semi-romantic, almost action-packed, Breakeart Pass!

Punks! Payback! Public Transit! Set your traps, get the chicken in the oven, and sit back for an hour of hard-hitting 80's action analysis as Nick reminisces, the moustache takes centre stage, and HToF takes on the movie you've been waiting for...Death Wish 3!

Missiles! Motorbikes! May-December Romance! Slip on your neglige,  grab a bowl of strawberries, and luxuriate in Nick & Ray's hour-long discussion of Bronson's 1987 B- movie action bonanza, Assassination!