Name: 286 - Bowfinger by Andrew & Johnny
Duration: 1 h 18 min 15 s
Description: It is Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F release day and the start of our Eddie Murphy Month, we’re playing not-the-hits but some of his others. Starting off with Steve Martin and Frank Oz’s Hollywood satire, a film that Andrew holds dear to his understanding of the world and art, and Johnny brings his brain to many ‘what-if-this-film-got-Bowfingered’ scenarios.

Happy Towel Day! Yes, an episode long-in-gestation, since Johnny told Andrew there was a towel day and it was directly related to one of Andrew’s core art loves. We go sweary talking Sam Rockwell, The Office, Garth Jennings’ career, waking up early for a screening of this film and Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted (And subsequent commencement speech). Grab a towel, stick out your thumb and don’t panic.

283 - The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

It’s June, and Johnny’s taking the show into his personal love, Johnny Cash and the people around him. Holding off for months since dropping on Paramount+, Johnny finally gets to watch the documentary on June Carter Cash, with talking heads from Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson, whilst Andrew discusses a month-long movie he’s started watching and discussions of similarly-titled movie Dune and Dune Part 2 occur, with requisite failed throat singing to boot.

284 - June: The June Carter Cash Story

Last ep was for Johnny but this one’s Andrew taking the bike and riding it hard. What if an NFL star did Point Break in a Commando violent explosive fest featuring a komodo dragon, Lance Henriksen, a January 6 riot and every possible vehicle becoming a fireball in a single touch?
We also redo previous episodes on the Bad Boys franchise and talk Ride Or Die, Inside Out 2, The Pope’s Exorcist and announce July’s theme month!

285 - Stone Cold

It is Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F release day and the start of our Eddie Murphy Month, we’re playing not-the-hits but some of his others. Starting off with Steve Martin and Frank Oz’s Hollywood satire, a film that Andrew holds dear to his understanding of the world and art, and Johnny brings his brain to many ‘what-if-this-film-got-Bowfingered’ scenarios.

286 - Bowfinger

Eddie Murphy Month rolls on and we give thoughts to Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, discuss the recent situations of cinema, politics and the world, go down a Cameo rabbit hole, recall how films are made and find anything to talk about when broaching the subject of this entirely empty attempt at satire.

287 - Holy Man

Ending Eddie Murphy Month with a look at a Paramount action comedy that kinda doesn’t exist but was big for a moment, Andrew and Johnny discuss Deadpool & Wolverine (spoiling things), Eddie Murphy’s music career and Meet Dave/Twisters, because everything is intertwined now and cinema is definitely a dead art form.

288 - The Golden Child

Straight from the bowels of DVD-only content comes the first attempt to lionise Road House as a modern classic, with Jake Busey and Will Patton and no Swayze. Will anyone have their throat ripped? Will animals (living or stuffed) attack baddies? Will this establish what the sequel to the Jake Gyllenhaal version should explore? Let’s find out together.

290 - Road House 2: Last Call

From Gamer To Racer!
Johnny was hyped for this film in 2023 and it became his big summer obsession. Now a year on, Andrew hasn’t caught the game adaptation based on the true story yet, and it is prime time to turn life into content through the medium of podcasting. Will it be a pole position for this film, or will it spin out and not finish like Andrew’s reaction to CHAPPiE?

289  - Gran Turismo: Based On A True Story

Vacation - All we ever wanted. Vacation - Had to get away.
It’s September and we’re sitting around, reminiscing on holidays long past as we pack the car and take a first trip with the original Griswold family. On top of stops on the road we spend the time discussing Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, spoilers galore, and Kneecap, as well as comparing the 1983 comedy with the 2015 reboot and run through the legacy of National Lampoon as a brand.

291 - National Lampoon's Vacation

Are You Movie Mad? Is the podcast that asks the most difficult question one man has ever faced. Cinephile Andrew Jones is perpetually flabbergasted that Johnny Ellis uses the online moniker 'Movie_Mad' yet at any given moment seems not to understand any movie references. Join Andrew as he journeys through a collection of films to educate Johnny and ask if Johnny is Mad about the movie he watched or remains Movie Mad.

286 - Bowfinger

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