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Carl and Simon revisit Shaun of the Dead for the Classics Collection. It's a 2004 romantic comedy and horror film (ZomRomCom) directed by Edgar Wright, featuring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis. It’s spooky season and this is about as close to horror as we get! We discuss whether this horror homage has the stamina, girth and penetration necessary to make it into the MTN Classics Collection Find Movie The Needle: Letterboxd: CarlMTN / SiMTN Bluesky: @mtnmoviepod.bsky.social Facebook: mtnmoviepod Instagram: @mtnmoviepod Twitter/X: @mtnmoviepod YouTube: @movietheneedle Email: [email protected]

Carl and Simon are joined by Damon Carter to tackle Uncut Gems on Mashflix and Chill. It's a 2019 crime and comedy drama film directed by Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie, featuring Adam Sandler, LaKeith Stanfield, Idina Menzel. The mashup: Dog Day Afternoon & Rounders. Does Dog Day Afternoon and Rounders really make Uncut Gems? Or do we come up with something better to make it on to the Filmily Tree? Carl and Damon face-off - Who knows more Sandler than Pacino? You can find Damon and the gang on The Neverending Watchlist on your chosen podcast platform. Find Movie The Needle: Letterboxd: CarlMTN / SiMTN Bluesky: @mtnmoviepod.bsky.social Facebook: mtnmoviepod Instagram: @mtnmoviepod Twitter/X: @mtnmoviepod YouTube: @movietheneedle Email: [email protected]

Carl and Simon discuss million dollar baby for Movie the Needle and see whether they can change each other's minds. It's a 2004 buddy and drama film directed by Clint Eastwood, featuring Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman. Clint Eastwood pulls no punches, but does Million Dollar Baby earn its emotional knockout? Carl and Simon step into the ring to see if they can Movie the Needle. One of us likes it and the other doesn't. We talk all of the usual nonsense including being grumpy, swearing at a priest, engaging in some politically incorrect banter, and possibly even coming around to the idea of a surrogate child fixing all of our problems. Find Movie The Needle: Letterboxd: CarlMTN / SiMTN Bluesky: @mtnmoviepod.bsky.social Facebook: mtnmoviepod Instagram: @mtnmoviepod Twitter/X: @mtnmoviepod YouTube: @movietheneedle Email: [email protected]

We look back over the films we covered in the month of August and discuss lingering thoughts, listener feedback and favourite scenes, quotes and top 3s. -Taxi Driver -Forrest Gump -Terminator 2: Judgement Day Plus, we induct some more movies into the Classics Collection and Carl does a blind ranking. (00:00:00) Song and intro (00:02:01) Chit chat (00:05:40) What we've watched (00:26:36) Unveil the Ale (00:27:40) General apologies and corrections (00:30:35) Taxi Driver retro (00:53:06) Ranking on-screen beers - The Firm (00:56:48) Director's Hall of Fame: Hog in the Limelight - Michael Bay (01:01:35) Mashflix and Chill: Rain Man x The Way We Were = Forrest Gump Retro (01:16:35) The Game: Blind Ranking No. 2 Films (sequels) (01:23:37) Terminator 2: Judgement Day Retro (01:37:53) Top 3 Movies with Iconic Quotes (01:45:15) Classics Collection: Finding Nemo, Top Gun, Rocky, Pirates of the Caribbean (01:50:40) Goodbye and Next time You can read our reviews of other movies on Letterboxd - Look for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CarlMTN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SiMTN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (@mtnmoviepod.bsky.social) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on Facebook ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(mtnmoviepod) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (@mtnmoviepod) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (@mtnmoviepod) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to our YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (@movietheneedle) Or email us and let us know what you think: [email protected]

That's the end of season 4! To close things out we are pitting the 16 movies we have covered in this season against each other in a tournament to find out the overall winner, that will proceed to the champion of champions tournament where it will face the winners from seasons 1, 2 and 3! We've ranked all the movies based on their cast, production and plot and let them battle it out. LET THE GAMES BEGIN...AGAIN! (00:00:00) Theme song and Intro (00:03:50) The format of the tournament (00:07:10) Christopher Nolan drunken ranking and chit chat (00:11:55) Unveil the Ale! (00:12:54) The draw (00:15:30) Round of 16 match-ups - Carl's half (00:30:25) Round of 16 match-ups - Simon's half (00:46:05) The Game - Quiz on season 4 (00:55:09) Quarter Finals (01:03:47) Semi Finals (01:07:02) Bronze medal match-up (01:10:07) THE FINAL (01:12:44) Goodbye and Outro and random microphone clunking You can read our reviews of other movies on Letterboxd - Look for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CarlMTN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SiMTN⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (@mtnmoviepod.bsky.social) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on Facebook ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(mtnmoviepod) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (@mtnmoviepod) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (@mtnmoviepod) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to our YouTube Channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (@movietheneedle) Or email us and let us know what you think: [email protected]

Si and Carl are joined by Chris G from Best Picture Cast for Mashflix and Chill. Which two films combine to make Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight? We talk about Glory, and we do get into The Thing. No, not Tarantino's foot fetish, the other thing. Also, Si tells us what he thinks of Channing Tatum's oral skills. It's madness, it's fun, it's Mashflix and Chill! Find Movie The Needle: Letterboxd: CarlMTN / SiMTN Bluesky: @mtnmoviepod.bsky.social Facebook: mtnmoviepod Instagram: @mtnmoviepod Twitter/X: @mtnmoviepod YouTube: @movietheneedle Email: [email protected]

Carl and Si return to argue about Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. One of us likes it, the other not so much. Can Shane Black's "razor sharp" dialogue win the day? Or will Robert Downey Jr's relentless neediness prove too big an obstacle. Have a listen and see if we can Movie the Needle for one another! Find Movie The Needle: Letterboxd: CarlMTN / SiMTN Bluesky: @mtnmoviepod.bsky.social Facebook: mtnmoviepod Instagram: @mtnmoviepod Twitter/X: @mtnmoviepod YouTube: @movietheneedle Email: [email protected]

Si & Carl rank Nolan's filmography from their least favourite to favourite. We recorded this at the end of our monthly retro episode, so as you may be able to tell, we are a little worse for wear. Tell us your lists or your Nolan hot takes. As a bonus game, there are clips from 13 different films in todays episode. Can you get all 13? Answers on a postcard. Details for how to find us below! Find Movie The Needle: Letterboxd: CarlMTN / SiMTN Bluesky: @mtnmoviepod.bsky.social Facebook: mtnmoviepod Instagram: @mtnmoviepod Twitter/X: @mtnmoviepod YouTube: @movietheneedle Email: [email protected]

Carl and Simon revisit Dunkirk, Tenet and Batman Begins in their Christopher Nolan month Retro, including listener feedback and their Directors Hall of Fame. The Directors hall of fame now has a name!!! Classics collection, on screen beers and general sillyness ensue. Find Movie The Needle: Letterboxd: CarlMTN / SiMTN Bluesky: @mtnmoviepod.bsky.social Facebook: mtnmoviepod Instagram: @mtnmoviepod Twitter/X: @mtnmoviepod YouTube: @movietheneedle Email: [email protected]

Carl and Simon revisit Terminator 2: Judgement Day for the Classics Collection and discuss James Cameron's film, including its cast and production. Join Si and Carl as they dive into Cameron's Abyss, tell some True Lies, wrestle with a Titanic budget and discuss Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Find Movie The Needle: Letterboxd: CarlMTN / SiMTN Bluesky: @mtnmoviepod.bsky.social Facebook: mtnmoviepod Instagram: @mtnmoviepod Twitter/X: @mtnmoviepod YouTube: @movietheneedle Email: [email protected]

Carl and Simon are joined by regular collaborator, full time Lion King denier and part time German to discuss the latest proposed movie mashup… …But does Rain Man X The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, really make Forrest Gump? You can catch Heather on the Revisionist Almanac podcast with Brothers (or She!) from another mother Andrew and Amanda (@Revalmanac) and on the usual socials @HeatherJStewart. Find Movie The Needle: Letterboxd: CarlMTN / SiMTN Bluesky: @mtnmoviepod.bsky.social Facebook: mtnmoviepod Instagram: @mtnmoviepod Twitter/X: @mtnmoviepod YouTube: @movietheneedle Email: [email protected]

Carl and Simon disagree over Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese's 1976 film starring Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle. One of us likes it, the other one not so much! Join us as we argue over Taxi Driver and try to movie each other's needle. Find Movie The Needle: Letterboxd: CarlMTN / SiMTN Bluesky: @mtnmoviepod.bsky.social Facebook: mtnmoviepod Instagram: @mtnmoviepod Twitter/X: @mtnmoviepod YouTube: @movietheneedle Email: [email protected]

This monthly Retro revisits Scary Movie, The Last Boy Scout and Team America: World Police, with listener feedback, lingering thoughts, favourite scenes and quotes. We look back over the month of June and discuss lingering thoughts, listener feedback and favourite scenes, quotes and top 3s. -Scary Movie -The Last Boy Scout -Team America Find Movie The Needle: Letterboxd: CarlMTN / SiMTN Bluesky: @mtnmoviepod.bsky.social Facebook: mtnmoviepod Instagram: @mtnmoviepod Twitter/X: @mtnmoviepod YouTube: @movietheneedle Email: [email protected]

Simon and Carl cap off Christopher Nolan month with a discussion on Batman Begins. We talk about it's penetration, girth and stamina, and decide whether it really does belong in our classics list. Also, be sure to check out the following videos. Batman has a dirty mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt07rT5kNWU Batman is confused https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbgLapRAloQ The Bat Voice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plfr2zkfSLk Find Movie The Needle: Letterboxd: CarlMTN / SiMTN Bluesky: @mtnmoviepod.bsky.social Facebook: mtnmoviepod Instagram: @mtnmoviepod Twitter/X: @mtnmoviepod YouTube: @movietheneedle Email: [email protected]

Carl and Simon tackle Christopher Nolan's Tenet, the time-bending film starring John David Washington, as part of their back-to-back episodes about time. Don't try to understand it. Feel it. Or just listen to it, that's fine too. Simon and Carl are joined by Morgan from Hall of Film to talk through a time travel / spy mash-up. Make sure to check out Morgan on YouTube @OfficialHallofFilm and @lonewolfmojo on the socials. (00:00:00) Theme song and Intro (00:02:02) Welcome to Morgan (00:11:30) Introducing the mashup and rating BTTF2 (00:18:19) Rating Skyfall (00:27:07) Introducing Tenet (00:35:27) Tenet Deep Dive (00:55:45) The Game (01:05:30) A bit more plot (01:11:30) The cast and re-casting (01:26:43) Does the Mash work? Update to the Filmily Tree (01:34:26) Wrap-up and Goodbye Find Movie The Needle: Letterboxd: CarlMTN / SiMTN Bluesky: @mtnmoviepod.bsky.social Facebook: mtnmoviepod Instagram: @mtnmoviepod Twitter/X: @mtnmoviepod YouTube: @movietheneedle Email: [email protected]