After a brief two-year hiatus, Simon, Mat, and Jon are back to meander in chat about three films linked in the ever-evolving grandbag chain. In this episode, we’re dissecting:
Last Embrace (1979): A Jonathan Demme "Hitchcock homage" that feels more like a student film with a "leathery" Roy Scheider running around after buses in some truly questionable pants. We dig into the production's secret filming at Niagara Falls and why Scheider had enough clout to swap out the leading lady at the last minute.
Ishtar (1987): The legendary flop that might actually be funny for the first ten minutes. We explore Elaine May's perfectionism (including moving sand dunes with bulldozers), Dustin Hoffman’s ego, and why Charles Grodin is effectively the "De Niro of Chevy Chase".
All the President's Men (1976): A "synchronised masterpiece" that makes 1970s journalism feel more gripping than a high-speed chase. We praise the "textured silence" of the sound design, the neurotic accuracy of Woodward and Bernstein, and why Robert Redford is the ultimate "calculated dude".
Plus, Mat provides his internal monologue of notes—featuring "Bernie Winters" as a lawyer and "Airwolf" cameos—and we ponder why Chevy Chase is universally acknowledged as a "a dick" and who are the DeNiro and Keitel of Chevy Chase's.
9 Nov 2024
Frank Miller's Salad Cream Sandwich 2
Simon Jon and Mat are back with a deep dive into SciFi Restoration, Nihilism and Literature with 3 film classics: The Empire Strikes Back, RoboCop 2 and Naked Lunch....
*Disclaimer* Leigh Brackett's Star Wars 2 First Draft
28 May 2024
Twilight's Last White Pussay
After a 2 year hiatus, Simon Jon and Mat are back with a deep dive into Terrorism, Racism and War with 3 film classics: Twilight's Last Gleaming, White Dog and The Big Red One....
21 May 2024
Grandbagger's Return Trailer
After a couple of years away in the sun, the boys are returning to the Betamax player to watch some stone cold classics and make podcasting great again.....
Stay Tuned!
28 May 2022
Oscar Slapping Big Willies and Painting the Chinatown Reds with Gonch
The boys are back to examine 3 more classics in the Grandbag's chain that takes us down rabbit holes featuring Big Willie, Gonch, The Batman and starting the chain with Bonnie & Clyde! This week we are joined (or rudely interupted) by Lord Salford from Warner Bros, Stockport.
6 Feb 2022
Orville & Gruey's Hollywood Rubover
After a 9 month sabbatical for no good reason, the boys are back to dissect and examine 3 more classics in the Grandbag's chain that takes us down rabbit holes featuring Orville the Duck, Gruey and Psycho Biddies. We start the chain with Kiss Me Deadly.
8 Jul 2021
Cannonball Bastard
In this episode Simon, Jon, and Mat discuss A Town Called Bastard, The Silencers and The Cannonball Run through a series of tenuous links. We explore how Tinker from Lovejoy shot someone 5 times with a shotgun, how Simon acquired his Matt Helm's Lounge boxset, how seatbelts got their name and Aqua's Barbie Girl's connection to Titanic. All this and more for your listening pleasure.
2 Apr 2021
Tool on Salford: Where Eagles Dare
Leonard Tool interviews Clint Salford about his memories working on classic "Where Eagles Dare" and what inspired his performance.
29 Mar 2021
Condoms and Shit Sandwiches, Notwithstanding
In this episode Simon, Jon, and Mat discuss Catch 22, City Heat, and Kelly's Heroes through a series of tenuous links. Arye Gross gives us some feedback, Simon explains his love of tanks, Mat's Kingmaker snare drum and Liam Gallagher's Tiger Shark. All this and more for your listening pleasure.
28 Mar 2021
Tool on Salford: Dirty Harry
In a mini special from GBF Media, Leonard Tool takes a look at the career of Clint Salford and his iconic roles, starting with Dirty Harry.
7 Feb 2021
The 3 Gabronies
In this episode Simon, Jon, and Mat discuss Full Metal Jacket, Hexed, and Coupe De Ville through a series of tenuous links, why does Val Kilmer miss all the roles, were the Kubricks a kooky family, is Hexed the funniest overlooked film of the century and how do you pronounce Arye Gross's name? All this and more for your listening pleasure.
22 Nov 2020
Swiss Cheese & Bullets
In this episode Simon, Jon and Mat discuss Big Trouble in Little China, Tremors and Short Cuts through a series of tenuous links, is Kurt Russell's Jack Burton the inspo for Ash from Evil Dead? Is Perfection the perfect place to live, regardless of the killer worms and lastly, why is there so much fingering in Short Cuts. All this and more for your listening pleasure.
23 Sept 2020
Noseybonk at China Whites
In this episode Simon, Jon and Mat discuss Lifeforce, David Lynch's Dune and Bone Tomahawk through a series of tenuous links, debating whether Sir PatStew made good early career choice, whether there is anything coherent about Dune and why is Noseybonk, a nightmarish children's entertainer appearing in the Chancery Lane apocalypse. All this and more for your listening pleasure.
10 Jun 2020
See You Next Wednesday
In this episode Mat, Jon and Simon discuss Kentucky Fried Movie, An American Werewolf in London, After Hours and Poltergeist through a series of tenuous links, debating whether Poltergeist has a curse, is KFM funny and exactly how much of a c**t is John Landis.
9 Jun 2020
Xtra - Bit of Politics
Sometimes we meander off the topic so much it has to be cut, so we'll sneak these little clips between episodes once in a while as little bonuses.
2 May 2020
Six Degrees of Richard Stanley
In this episode, Simon, Mat and Jon discuss the work of Richard Stanley and a wide array of interconnecting links around it.
13 Feb 2020
War Crimes Matinee
In our second episode Simon, Jon & Mat discuss classic war films The Dirty Dozen, The Wild Geese, Dark Night of the Sun and Where Eagles Dare.
4 Jan 2020
Origins
In this pilot episode Jon and Simon discuss the origins of Fight Club and its sequels, the documentary Memory: Origins of Alien and the comic book of William Gibson's un-produced script to Alien 3.
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