For this year’s festive special, Charlie and George head to sunny/smoggy 1980’s LA to discuss Lethal Weapon! The boy have pulled the Nam file, to discuss the Richard Donner buddy-cop classic, that would spawn a franchise, TV series and several imitators. Along the way, they discuss star chemistry, (Shane) Black humour, mullets and how many times the word “crazy” is said. As per usual, there’s alternate casting in Coulda Woulda Shoulda and some Suspicious Spin-Offs. WARNING –

In a nutshell – Chicago, 1930. Due to Prohibition, crime boss Al Capone (Robert De Niro) rules Chicago – with much of the police force under his thumb. Treasury Agent Elliot Ness (Kevin Costner) is brought in to form an elite team to take down Capone and end his rule of corruption. Gangster films were a popular genre in the early 30s. Films like White Heat and Scarface, usually dealt with organised crime and bootlegging and were big hits. However, the genre all but vanished w

In a nutshell: The Impossible Missions Force (IMF) are tasked with stopping the theft of the NOC list – a file containing every secret agent’s real name. When the mission goes horribly wrong and the list revealed to be a fake, Ethan Hunt finds himself framed as a double agent. To clear his name and catch the culprit, he assembles a team to steal the real NOC list from CIA headquarters. Warning: This review, should you choose to read it, is full of spoilers. “This whole operat

In a nutshell: Billionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) has found a way to clone dinosaurs and wants to showcase them in his theme park – Jurassic Park. Due to an employee fatality, he brings in some experts, Dr Grant (Sam Neill), Ellie Statler (Laura Dern) and Mathematician Dr Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) to help get approval to officially open it. Following some industrial espionage, the park loses all power and security measures, unleashing the dinosaurs. “Bingo! Din