A deep dive into the best films of the past, present and future. Hosts Mr B and Lord Marcus talk about what’s actually worth your time, from hidden gems you may have missed to films that deserve a second look. You don’t have to be a cinephile to enjoy it.
Episodes include reviews of new releases, rewatch conversations around our favourite films, director deep dives, movie news and awards, and bloodthirsty film drafts (best team wins).
Why? Because life’s too short for bad cinema.
Best Movies of 2025 - Highlights and Film Dog Awards (Pt. 2)
Before a single Oscar or Golden Globe was nominated and handed out. Before "the best" critics made their lists. Before anyone else had an opinion worth listening to - the Film Dogs had already drafted and anticipated what would soon become 6 of the 10 Best Picture nominees!
Not guesses. Not hot takes after the fact. Drafted. On record. Locked in. That's what you get when you listen to Film Dogs.
It's time for part 2 of what Lord Marcus and Mr. B thought were the best movies of 2025, and now it's awards night! No red carpet. No ad breaks. No filler. Just two Film Dogs handing out trophies to the actors, writers, directors, and films that earned them... and going to war over the ones that didn't.
In this episode:
The receipts are on the table - and they are damning
Both dogs pick the same Best Actor without knowing the other's answer
One film won Academy Awards and Lord Marcus wants a personal refund
The Letterboxd crowd got the most underrated film of the year completely wrong
A SXSW hidden gem nobody is talking about that you need to find immediately
Both Film Dogs crown the Film Dog Film of the Year - and they are not the same film
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15 May 2026
Best Movies of 2025 - Trades, Flops and Box Office Surprises (Pt. 1)
The Film Dogs Are Cracking Open 2025 - Trades, Flops, Hits, and Predictions That Might Age Terribly
The Film Dogs are back with a 2-part episode this time, and before the 2025 verdicts land, there are trades to settle. Lord Marcus and Mr. B square up the books on their movie draft league. Find out who got robbed, who got lucky, and who walked away with the film they should have picked in the first place. Then some Film Dog News takes over and it does not hold back.
In this episode:
The 2025 draft trade recap... at least one of them is an absolute heist
10 of the Film Dogs' 2026 anticipation picks land in Cannes competition for the Palme d'Or
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is Lord Marcus's favourite film of the year and it deserves way more noise
Project Hail Mary hits big money and you have no excuse not to see it in a cinema
The Bride flopped hard - but is Jessie Buckley turning in the performance of the year anyway?
Lord Marcus makes a Dune 3 prediction on the record
Brady Corbett's next film is four hours, X-rated, and stars someone nobody saw coming
Cate Blanchett cast as one of the most controversial women of the 20th century
Top Gun 3 is locked in and the boys argue whether Tom Cruise can do it again
Two drafted films get bumped to 2027 and at least one of them stings
This is Part 1...The verdicts are coming! In the meantime, follow us and jump into the chaos below.
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9 Apr 2026
The 2017 Film Draft
They Drafted 2017's Best Films Before You Even Remembered They Existed
The Film Dogs are back in the draft room and this time they're raiding 2017, one of the most stacked years in recent cinema history. Mr. B defers his number one pick to gain an extra Wild Card and the board gets flipped upside down before round two is even done.
In this episode: Mr. B loses his number one pick in the first 30 seconds and has to regroup | Lord Marcus delivers a full emotional breakdown about aging, Gen X heroes, and why Logan hit different this time around | The Safdie Brothers get their flowers | Lord Marcus drafts the director of The Substance before anyone knew who she was | A family film makes the final pick and somehow nobody's mad about it | Plus: John Wick 2 causes a mild political incident on a film podcast.
The draft? Absolutely loaded. The chaos? Immediate. The boards? Two of the strongest they've ever put together.
Ghost Story. Blade Runner 2049. Get Out. Phantom Thread. Mother!. Good Times. Logan. This is 2017, baby and they're fighting over Every Single. One! Find out who and what's drafted in our 7 categories of:
Drama
Action/Thriller
Horror/Sci-fi/Fantasy
Box Office Darling
Award Darling
Comedy/Animated/International
Wild Card.
Listen now to find out who walked away with the best team, whether deferring that first pick was worth it, and which film Lord Marcus would trade his entire 2018 draft to own.
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