After seemingly being taken by aliens and dumped in the desert, Blake and Rich have found their way back to civilisation, after a long break, to talk about Speilberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Along the way, we talk dirt through the kitchen window, the presence of other people at the cinema, cricket legend Freddie Flintoff and get all no…

Blake and Rich head straight outta Movie Club for episode 10 where we discover a Lep in the hood, come to do no good!! Along the way we talk apes on horses, garden grave digging, and strange dreams. We also celebrate the Retro Asylum Game Club and discuss some of our favourite Game Club moments. Join us, with our zombie fly girls, to find the Lepre…

Rich and Blake enlist the help of Retro Asylum hosts Mads and Mark to embark on a journey to the centre of the Labyrinth to defeat the evil, yet alluring, Jareth! Along the way we discuss Jim Henson puppets, Jennifer Connolly and David Bowie’s perv pants! Thanks to that pesky worm, sending us the wrong way, we also take a detour into Arcade Club, c…

Under the surveillance of Chief Judge Hyde, Street Judge Brett takes to his Lawmaker bike to pay a visit to Peach Trees to delve into the 2012 movie, Dredd. On the way, Mega City One's newest Judge makes a stop off to tell us about Revival 2024. He describes what it took to set up, the day spent there with his family and the amount of Amigas at the…

Blake and Rich take on a Hitchcock classic in episode 7 with Strangers on a Train. We talk plotting the perfect murder, horn-rimmed glasses and playing tennis without a ball! Join us as we discuss our preconceptions of 1950s society and whether it is acceptable to simulate a strangling at a dinner party. We also examine the unexpected importance of…

Rich and Blake take on The Big Lebowski in this episode of the Retro Movie Club. The Cohen brothers 1998 film is placed under the spotlight where we try to give our views of the film, and some of those of our listeners also. We also talk crêpe, a lot of crêpe. Sorry about that 🙂

Join us for our first Talking Crêpe episode where Blake and Rich waffle, NO! I mean talk crêpe for 85 minutes about life in general, Blake tries to remember the simplest of things and fails, and we also pick out the next 6 films we will be working through for the film club in the next couple of months. Feel free to discuss our choices over in the R…

In this episode we discuss what we think of the 1968 film Planet of the Apes. Blake and Rich discuss monkeys, guns and token good looking women placed within films. What did Rich think of the ending having not watched the film before? What are Blake's opinions on watching it through for the second time? What are some of the opinions of the Discord …

This film discussion, the second of 2024 in the Retro Movie Club is Alien 3 (1992), and in particular the Assembly Cut. Join Rich and Blake as they discuss what they thought about the film and discuss some of the differences between this and the theatrical version. Plus Rich picks the next film for the film club watch and discussion.…

The first film discussion of 2024 in the Retro Movie Club is The Final Countdown (1980). Rich and Blake get together for another chat. How does Blake get on with forcing his kids to watch Star Wars? What do we think about the time travel elements of the film? Did the Jolly Roger crew ever get to speak to Katharine Ross? Who knows.…

Rich and Blake get together for another relaunch of the Movie Club. Will it last more than a few months this time? Will Blake pull his finger out and actually upload some material? Listen to find out.By Blake Brett, Richard Hyde