Aussie and the Scotsman talk movies

About Aussie and the Scotsman talk movies

You couldn’t find two more different people — from opposite sides of the world — with completely different takes on what’s entertaining, serious, heartfelt, or funny. Rohan (the Aussie from Melbourne) loves his romantic comedies. Rob (the Scotsman from Glasgow) loves his action films. Each week, the boys deep dive into a new movie — unpacking the themes, cast, awards, controversies, and a heap of trivia along the way. They don’t hold back. Sometimes they agree, often they don’t — but it’s always honest, hilarious, and a little bit chaotic. New episodes drop every Saturday. Fifteen years of friendship has led to the birth of Aussie and the Scotsman — two mates, two accents, and one shared obsession with great movies. Strap in. It’s not always pretty, but it’s definitely fun.

Publisher

Aussie and the Scotsman

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Jul 2024

Latest episode

30 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

248 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Oct 2026

   Moulin Rouge

   This week we are reviewing Moulin Rouge, the 2001 musical romantic drama directed by Baz Luhrmann, starring Nicole Kidman as Satine and Ewan McGregor as Christian, a penniless writer who falls in love with the most celebrated courtesan at the Moulin Rouge cabaret in turn-of-the-century Paris. Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh and John Leguizamo round out a brilliant cast. Before a single frame gets discussed, the episode opens with a full inquest into the Aussie's inability to buy the correct cable. One cord became three cords of the wrong length, then a second trip, then a third, then a fourth, until a six-metre cord was finally sourced. The Aussie's defence? He was stressed that day. "You'd rather be stressed than just tie your cords up properly" is the Scotsman's reply. From there, the Aussie launches into a grievance about restaurants offering cash discounts and early bird specials — "a hollow offer" to people who no longer carry cash. The Scotsman dismantles every point. The Aussie concedes nothing. On the film — and this is the surprise — the Aussie hated the first hour. He has seen Moulin Rouge many times, rewatched it for the podcast, and found it "a really difficult watch." The Scotsman felt exactly the same. The first hour is a cacophony — a brain explosion of noise and colour and sheer excess that leaves no room to breathe. Baz Luhrmann threw everything he had at the screen, ran out of steam, and then — mercifully — settled down. They agree on what saves it. The final act is beautiful. The music is extraordinary — thirty-two million copies sold, among the greatest soundtracks ever made. Jim Broadbent as Zidler is a highlight. Richard Roxburgh's Duke is perfectly unhinged. The great argument of the episode is whether Ewan McGregor sings Your Song better than Elton John. The Aussie says yes. Headphones come off. The Scotsman is speechless There is also a Roxanne drinking game story and two stitches from a tomato soup can. The Aussie's mother calls mid-recording. The Scotsman answers. She hangs up immediately. Rohan Reminisces covers 2001 — Gladiator, Goran Ivanisevic, Wikipedia, the first iPod, Shrek, and September 11. The Scotsman was sitting a ten-hour architecture exam in Glasgow that day. Trivia includes Whoopi Goldberg quipping that Moulin Rouge "must have directed itself" after Luhrmann was snubbed for Best Director, Leonardo DiCaprio auditioning for the lead, Nicole Kidman breaking two ribs in rehearsals, and the clearing of rights for the Elephant Love Medley — one of the most complex music licensing negotiations in film history. Ratings: 3.4 from the Aussie, 3.2 from the Scotsman. Closing line: *"Don't watch it if you need to wind down."* The podcast is out now on YouTube and also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Please hit subscribe or follow — it genuinely helps us be seen among the thousands of other podcasts out there. Thanks for your support.

2. 

   23 Oct 2026

   The Castle

   This week we are reviewing The Castle, the 1997 Australian comedy directed by Rob Sitch and starring Michael Caton as Daryl Kerrigan — a loveable, utterly ordinary Australian bloke who lives with his family in a weatherboard house next to Melbourne airport and thinks it is the greatest home on earth. When the government issues a compulsory acquisition notice and offers him $70,000 to leave, Daryl says no. Not about the money. It is his castle. What follows is one of the most beloved David and Goliath stories in Australian cinema history. This one has been a long time coming. The Aussie has wanted to do this episode for the better part of two hundred podcasts, and when it finally arrives he is practically vibrating. The Scotsman rewatched it without much enthusiasm and ends up enjoying it far more than he expected — which, if you know him, tells you a great deal. The pre-film chat this week finds the Scotsman at a networking event he hated every second of. Walking in alone, holding a coffee, trying to break into conversations, standing like a weirdo while exactly one person came over to him. The Aussie, who loves networking and has no shame whatsoever, finds this baffling. It is a funnier exchange than it has any right to be. Then they get into the film — and this is where the episode really takes off. The Aussie runs through the lines that have embedded themselves into the Australian language. "Tell him he's dreaming." "How's the serenity." "This is going straight to the pool room." Lines that Australians use without even thinking about where they came from. The Scotsman, twenty years into living here, admits he probably says them without remembering they came from this film. There is a lovely moment where they sit in that together. But the standout moment of the episode comes when the Scotsman explains the Mabo connection — the 1992 High Court ruling that recognised native title and overturned terra nullius. The argument Dennis Denuto cannot make and Lawrence Hamill can. The idea that connection to land, built through living and loving and belonging, is real and cannot simply be overridden by government or commercial interest. Daryl Kerrigan making the same argument about his weatherboard house that Eddie Mabo made about Murray Island. It reframes the entire film — and the Aussie goes quiet in a way he rarely does. They work through the performances, the comedy, the warmth of the Kerrigan family dinner table, the fake chimney that adds a bit of charm, the gates still attached to the car when the police arrive, the speed camera that just paid for itself, and the moment a man digging a hole is celebrated like he has cured cancer. The Scotsman notes that you are laughing with this family, never at them — despite everything. Rohan Reminisces covers 1997 — and the Aussie turns up to his own segment without the music link he has been waiting all week to play. What happens next is a lesson in chaos management. They cover the films, the Oscar winners, Princess Diana, Google starting as a corner store, South Park, and a story from the Scotsman involving tens of thousands of people on Hogmanay in Edinburgh that has absolutely no business being as funny as it is. Trivia includes the $750,000 budget, what the film actually made, the eleven-day shoot, the three-week script, what happened to the real house at 33 Dagonet Street, Eric Bana's film debut, and a final fact about the pool room that is more perfect than it has any right to be. Aussie: 4.2 out of 5. Scotsman: 3 out of 5. Both of them land the final line. You will know it when you hear it. The podcast is out now on YouTube and also available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Hit subscribe or follow — it genuinely helps the show keep growing, and we are grateful for every single one. Thanks for listening.

3. 

   23 Oct 2026

   Warrior

   This week the podcast revisits Warrior — the 2011 MMA family drama directed by Gavin O'Connor, starring Tom Hardy as Tommy Riordan, a former US Marine carrying unimaginable grief and a secret that could detonate everything, Joel Edgerton as Brendan Conlon, his estranged older brother and part-time physics teacher fighting desperately to save his daughter's life, and Nick Nolte as Paddy Conlon — their father, 14 months sober, trying to earn back the love of two sons he failed in every way that matters. The Sparta tournament. 16 fighters. $5 million. Winner takes all. And two brothers on a collision course neither of them can stop. Before the film discussion gets going, the Scotsman arrives with a story. A proper one. It involves his two boys playing footy, a dirty match, a fence that probably should have stayed between him and the pitch, a club president who had something to say about it, and a two-week ban that the Scotsman accepts with absolutely no regrets whatsoever. We'll say no more. Just listen. On the film itself, the two land in rare and slightly painful agreement. The ingredients for something genuinely great are all here — fractured family, guilt, grief, addiction, and the impossible question of whether a father can ever truly earn forgiveness from the people he hurt most. Three performers at or near the very top of their game. And one single scene — Nick Nolte, alone, drunk, utterly broken — that is as honest and as devastating as anything you will find in modern cinema. And yet, somewhere between the repetitive fight structure, the undercooked character development, the montage that looks like it was assembled in an afternoon, and a finale that ties things up just a little too neatly for a story this complicated, the film never quite becomes what it so clearly wanted to be. The Scotsman gives it 2.4. The Aussie gives it 1.5 and is completely unapologetic. It may be the lowest combined score in the history of the show. Rohan Reminisces: 2011 — Game of Thrones premieres, Osama Bin Laden is killed, Steve Jobs dies, Adele takes over the planet and the Aussie attempts to explain planking to a man who still thinks it's yoga The podcast is out now on YouTube and is also available on Spotify or Apple. Please click the subscribe or follow button — it really does help us be seen amongst all the other podcasts. Thanks for your support

Who has been a guest on Aussie and the Scotsman talk movies

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• Jim Meskimen
• The Doc
• Saul
• Ben King

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

17 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 34 / 100

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67

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

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