Ben & Rob get sticky with Ridley Scott’s 1979 masterpiece ‘Alien’, starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto. When the overworked and underpaid crew of the USS Nostromo dock on a derelict planet, what they find on the surface might just be the deadliest organism in existe…

Ben & Rob watch ‘Godzilla Minus One’ wipe out our tissue box for ALL the reasons; 2023’s Japanese Toho franchise entry became a global sensation, winning the Oscar for Best Visual Effects and making over $100million at the box office. Directed by Takashi Yamazaki and starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe and Yuki Yamada, ‘Godzilla: Minus One’ te…

Ben & Rob take a bite of ‘Abigail’, the 2024 horror comedy from the directors of ‘Ready or Not’ Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. When six criminals kidnap a young vampire, they swiftly become child’s prey rather than child predators. Starring Alisha Weir as the titular character alongside Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, Will C…

Ben & Rob roar back to life as they revive The Legendary MonsterVerse series, with this year’s box-office kaiju ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’! Despite an awkward name and a lukewarm reception from critics, this movie is not only the second highest grossing film of the series but of the entire 2024 box-office! Starring Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree …

Ben & Rob get cold feet on the finale of their series covering every Ghostbusters movie EVER, defrosting ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’, the 2024 Gil Kenan directed latest instalment in the franchise. Take a deep breath for the cast-list, as it features the talents of Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Celeste O'Connor, Logan Kim,…

In a surprise twist, Ben & Rob stop by the ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’, an incredibly fun remake of Roger Corman’s 1960 original horror comedy, with a musical twist! Starring Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, John Candy and Steve Martin, this animatronic wonder of eighties cinema tells a disturbing tail of space invaders, mur…

Ben & Rob dig up the dirtfarm of ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ as they continue to cover EVERY Ghostbusters movie EVER! Starring Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, and Paul Rudd as our brand new team of misfits, but also featuring wonderful reprise performances from Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, and Sigourney Weaver, ‘Gho…

Ben & Rob take a jab at ‘Monkey Man’, Dev Patel’s 2024 brand new feature film; his first in the director’s seat, his first in the writer’s room and without question the best starring turn of his career. When ‘The Kid’ (Patel) is wronged by those in power, he will stop at nothing to find the justice he needs and the audience craves, fighting not onl…

Ben & Rob marvel at 'Ghostbusters: Answer The Call', the 2016 reboot of the Ghostbusters franchise starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon and Chris Hemsworth. Set in a whole new universe where the original cast briefly appear in different roles but still shout fan service catchphrases, this film was unfairly reviled an…

Ben & Rob close the curtain on their Charlie Chaplin with ‘Limelight’, his 1952 movie about love and regret that proved to be his last American film before his exile for suspected Communist sympathies. Billed as ‘Charles’ rather than ‘Charlie’, Chaplin paints a poignantly tragic tale of a fading star mentoring an up and coming dancer and reflects o…

Ben & Rob sit on a throne of blood and discuss ‘Ghostbusters 2’, the hotly anticipated and much maligned sequel to the classic original that everyone loves to hate but can’t pinpoint why. Released in 1989, ‘Ghostbusters 2’ made Columbia Pictures over two hundred million dollars richer but was still considered a flop, despite bringing back the full …

Ben & Rob rage against the machines for the second episode of their Charlie Chaplin series with the incomparable ‘Modern Times’. Released to critical and commercial acclaim in 1936, this was Chaplin’s first ‘talkie’ whilst also arguably the very last movie of the silent era. Confused yet? Well hold onto your bowler hat; this rabbit hole only gets d…

Ben & Rob cross the streams for ‘Ghostbusters’, kicking off their series covering every Ghostbustin’ movie ever! Starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis and Ernie Hudson and directed by Ivan Reitman, this 1984 film was not only a smash hit critically and commercially but has been loved and revered since then,…

Ben & Rob shut their mouths and open their eyes to silent movies, with the first movie in their three part series on Charlie Chaplin, his films and his legacy. 1921’s ‘The Kid’ was a film of hundreds of movie firsts - the first ever film to mix comedy and drama, starring the first ever child star and featuring Chaplin’s first wife; what better plac…

Ben & Rob pick at the stitches holding ‘Poor Things’ together as they finish their coverage of the 2024 Oscars season with the film Ben has been DYING to cover since we began. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe and many more, ‘Poor Things’ collected FOUR Academy Awards this year despite strong competiti…

Ben & Rob stay in school with ‘The Holdovers’, the Alexander Payne coming-of-age drama that’s nominated for no less than FIVE Academy Awards! Starring Paul Giamatti, DaVine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa in his debut role, ‘The Holdovers’ tells the tale of a curmudgeonly teacher having to stay in school over the Christmas break; to babysit students…

Ben & Rob cannot cover 'The Zone Of Interest'. Jonathon Glazer's latest film is uncompromisingly bleak, with even its slim glimmers of light only better illuminating our own guilt and complicity in society's continued evils. Starring Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller, Glazer paints a cruelly slow picture of the commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Hös…

Ben & Rob get cancelled for ‘American Fiction’; the utterly hilarious 2024 Best Picture nominee that has every white person second guessing if they’ve been the wrong kind of ally to minorities! With an all star cast that features Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K Brown, Issa Rae, Erika Alexander and Lesie Uggams, ‘American Fiction’ challenges the culture …

Ben & Rob reconnect with each other over ‘Past Lives’, Celine Song’s directorial debut starring Greta Lee, Teo Yoo and John Magaro. It’s distributor A24 are better known for their independent horror movies, but this foray into romance has been cleaning up at awards shows all over the planet as well as making a tidy profit for them. ‘Past Lives’ tel…

Ben & Rob slurp up ‘Saltburn’, the social media sensation directed by Emerald Fennell of ‘Promising Young Woman’ fame. Starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E Grant, Alison Oliver and Archie Madekwe the film surfed a wave of buzz driven by it’s casts multiple prior hits (Banshees of Inisherin, Gran Turismo and Euphoria to nam…

Ben & Rob finish their trilogy of contemporary grindhouse with S Craig Zahler’s final movie ‘Dragged Across Concrete’. Starring famously disgraced racist Mel Gibson alongside Vince Vaughn as two suspended cops stealing money from a heist that’s not yet happened. Universally ignored upon it’s release by both festivals and wider audiences, ‘Dragged A…

Ben & Rob suit up to take on ‘The Avengers’, not only Marvel’s final film of Phase One but our last in this year's coverage of the franchise! Representing the final move in Marvel’s master-plan to monopolise the movies; the final piece of a jigsaw started when they bet the entire Avengers IP in exchange for a £500m loan from Merril Lynch. Bringing …

Ben & Rob drop the soap of “Brawl In Cell Block 99” as they cover every S Craig Zahler movie ever made! Released in 2017, you’d be forgiven for having never heard of this story of vengeance, courage and ultraviolence. Despite masterful directing, brilliant writing and Vince Vaughn turning in the best performance of his entire career, this film neve…

Ben & Rob inject 2011’s ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’, directed by Joe Johnston and starring Chris Evan, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Tommy Lee Jones and Sebastian Stan. The final Phase One film before Marvel unveiled their long-hyped debut Avengers movie, ‘The First Avenger’ sees human wetwipe Steve Rogers getting bigger and stronger but no…

Ben & Rob saddle up and gallop for Exploitationville with 2015’s ‘Bone Tomahawk’, directed by S. Craig Zahler and starring Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins and Lili Simmons. When bloodthirsty cannibals kidnap a cowboy’s wife, it’s up to the Sheriff to get the boys together and stage a rescue mission. In their way stands hundreds of mil…

Ben & Rob take a swing at 2011’s ‘Thor’; Marvel’s Kenneth Branagh directed fourth instalment in the cinematic universe that redefined the box-office. Introducing the third and arguably strongest Avenger, ‘Thor’ finds Asgard’s buffest boy banished for boisterous behaviour whilst his smarter, more attractive brother ends up man of the house. With Chr…

Ben & Rob debate the many merits of ‘If You Were The Last’, the debut feature film of director Kristian Mercado, who joins us to talk about everything from Anthony Mackie’s shed-beard to the challenge of making movies in the era of the franchise. ‘If You Were The Last’ stars Anthony Mackie and Zoe Chao as two stranded astronauts facing no hope of e…

Ben & Rob get the War Machine turning as they review Marvel’s 2010 blockbuster sequel ‘Iron Man 2’, starring Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke and Samuel L. Jackson. Famous for being the film that made Jon Favreau leave the MCU and never come back, ‘Iron Man 2’ sees a dying Tony Stark tr…

Ben & Rob smash their way through episode two of their series covering every MCU Phase One movie ever, and do battle with 2008’s ‘The Incredible Hulk’. Starring Ed Norton, Liv Tyler, William Hurt and Tim Roth Marvel has this movie in the wings should their first cinematic experiment, ‘Iron Man’, not become the international blockbuster it was alway…

Ben & Rob complete their lap of every Neil Blomkamp movie ever with his 2023 film 'Gran Turismo', starring Archie Madekwe, David Harbour, Orlando Bloom and Djimon Hounsou. When veteran Playstation gamer Jann Mardenborough wins the chance of a lifetime to compete in professional races, will his lack of real-world experience be an obstacle to him win…

NOW AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE AT THE LINK BELOW! Ben & Rob suit up for episode one of their MCU journey, with Jon Favreau’s 2008 instant-classic “Iron Man”. Starring Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges and Terrence Howard, this is the film that started the largest change in contemporary cinema culture since the invention of computer graphics…

Ben & Rob exorcise 2021’s ‘Demonic’ as the train of their Neil Blomkamp series rolls through its most controversial stop yet. Released in the midst of a global pandemic that had forced the total shutdown of society, and made with a budget of less than two million dollars, ‘Demonic’ explores what happens when you enter a virtual reality hosted insid…

Ben & Rob decipher 'National Treasure: Book of Secrets,' the 2007 sequel to Disney’s cinematic adventure franchise. Starring Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, and Justin Bartha this instalment ups the ante with kidnapped Presidents, Aztec temples and questionably sized cities of gold. Spanning not just the US this time, Benjamin Franklin Gates and his te…

Ben & Rob play Mama & Papa to ‘Chappie’, Neill Blomkamp’s 2015 sci-fi parental dystopia starring sex criminals and slumdogs raising AI’s answer to Forrest Gump. Starring South African heartthrob Sharlto Copley, Australian Ryan Reynolds Hugh Jackman, queen of scifi (and Ben’s heart) Sigourney Weaver and the ever wonderful gentleman and scholar Dev P…

HALLOWEEN IS UPON US! Ben & Rob follow the sticky trail of 'The Switch', a “romantic comedy” from 2010 starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Jeff Goldblum, Juliette Lewis and Patrick Wilson in their horrifically “heart warming” Halloween special.This film tells the tale of ill-advised life choices, pregnancies hijacked by toxic friend-zone fana…

Ben & Rob spin the chamber of 'The Deer Hunter', the 1978 cinematic masterpiece that explores the profound impact of the Vietnam War on a group of rural-living friends. This episode of The Every Movie Ever Podcast is also our very FIRST to have a sponsor: legendary film distributor StudioCanal! To celebrate the launch of their brand new streaming s…

Ben & Rob strap on an exo-suit and set sail for ‘Elysium’, Neill Blomkamp’s 2013 sophomore cinematic symphony of love, death and robots. Set in a dystopian future where the poor live on a polluted and scorched Earth while the ultra-rich live off-world on space station Elysium, he tries to cover themes of global inequality, immigration and healthcar…

Ben & Rob crack the code of 'National Treasure’, Disney’s 2004 adventure that turns American history into a nonsense puzzle. Starring Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha and Sean Bean, the film weaves a ridiculous tale of hidden treasures, cryptic clues, and historical secrets. Nicolas Cage plays Benjamin Franklin Gates, a treasure hunter who…

LINK IN BIO! Ben & Rob kick off their brand new Neill Blomkamp series with his stunning 2009 directorial debut ‘District Nine’. A loose re-imagining of the apartheid system of South Africa through the lens of refugee aliens and the corrupt corporation assigned to manage their resettlement, ‘District Nine’ is a masterpiece of science fiction that pu…

Ben & Rob stare in amazement at Japanese Spiderman, the 1978 theatrically released movie from the ‘Supaidaman’ television series. The brainchild of Stan Lee and the Japanese Toei corporation, ‘Supaidaman’ re-invents the webslinger beyond your wildest imagination; featuring mecha, demon aliens and anthropomorphic swordfish. Because of course it does…

Ben & Rob climb the walls of ‘Cobweb’, a horror movie that distributor Lionsgate has done its best to bury under the pumpkin patch. Starring Lizzy Caplan, Anthony Starr, Cleopatra Coleman and Woody Norman, ‘Cobweb’ tells the story of Peter, a young boy living with bizarre parents uniquely ill-equipped to help him with the monster living in his wall…

Ben & Rob stare into the nuclear fire of ‘Oppenheimer’; Christopher Nolan’s latest assault on the senses, and the finale of our series covering every Nolan movie EVER! With a typical Christopher Nolan all-star cast featuring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek and Kennet…

Ben & Rob unbox Greta Gerwig’s 2023 box-office topping ‘Barbie’, the movie that triggered a thousand incels whilst giving them the exact information they need to get laid. Margot Robbie Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, Will Ferrell all contribute to this star studded song and dance spectacular tale of female ide…

Ben & Rob reverse the entropy of ‘TENET’, Christopher Nolan’s 2020 spy-thriller that confused millions and delighted only half of them. Released at the end of the lockdowns, it served as a much needed resuscitation of the cinema trade with a story of spies, lies, sci-fi and of course: time. But did Christopher Nolan go fifteen steps too far with hi…

Ben & Rob undergo hypnosis and recover memories of ‘The Fourth Kind’, the 2009 pseudo-documentary tale of alien abduction and astral possession that boldly tried to blur the line between reality and fiction. Starring Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Corey Johnson, and Will Patton the film was critically panned upon release for its disregard toward fac…

Ben & Rob wait on the beach of Christopher Nolan's 2017 film 'Dunkirk'. The highest grossing World War Two movie ever theatrically released, 'Dunkirk' tells the inspirational tale of the land, sea and air theatres of the war, and the contribution of civilian "Little Ships" to the Allied retreat in 1940. Starring Fionn Whitehead, Jack Lowden, Barry …

Ben & Rob probe the 1993 abduction horror film ‘Fire In The Sky’, starring Robert Patrick and D. B. Sweeney. The film adaptation of Travis Walton’s book about his claims of terrifying alien abduction had special effects handled by none other than Industrial Light & Magic, the famed FX house responsible for some of the most effective science fiction…

Ben & Rob slingshot around the gargantuan gravity of ‘Interstellar’, Christopher Nolan’s 2014 sci-fi masterpiece starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, Matt Damon, Michael Caine and many more. With Earth uninhabitable, corn farmer Cooper and a team of scientists travel an interdimensional hole in s…

Ben & Rob grab their tinfoil hats and scan the skies for ‘The McPherson Tape’; a 90’s bootleg that convinced thousands that aliens were here to steal your daddies! Distributed almost entirely via home-copied VHS tapes among UFO enthusiasts and conspiracy obsessives, ‘The McPherson Tape’ was the FIRST found-footage horror movie in the history of cin…

Ben & Rob dream a lil’ dream of Christopher Nolan’s 2010 masterpiece ‘Inception’. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard and Ken Watanabe as dream thieves trying their darndest to plant ideas in rich lad Cillian Murphy’s head. One of Christopher Nolan’s biggest box office successes and a huge cultural touchsto…