Big Boys Don't Cry is a podcast in which Paddy Johnston and Rob Gordon discuss romantic films.
It's the first episode of our month on romantic horror, and the first film for this is the 1986 David Cronenburg classic, The Fly. We discuss integrating romantic plots into horror films and vice versa, the creepy sexiness of Jeff Goldblum, monkeycats, remakes, and return to everyone's favourite cheeky-faced director, Darren Aronofsky.
Jacob Rees-Mogg called 'despicable' by protester
Do you hear the podcast sing? It's our first discussion of a proper musical this week, as we watched the film adaptation of Les Misérables. We focus mostly on Russell Crowe's powerful bellowing, but also have time to discuss rapper BoB's efforts to discover if the Earth is flat (duh, obviously it is), and plan for our own stage show Vinnie Jones: The Musical (coming to the West End in 2019).
Bojack Horseman - Vincent Adultman
WTF with Marc Maron - Anne Hathaway
It's our 20th episode, and it's a long ramble this week as we discuss the dated 90s high school classic Clueless. Development continues on our film, Sensations, we talk about current films just like real podcasters, and we discuss Darren Aronaronaronaronaronaronaronofsky and camouflage top hats.
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Darren Aronofsky's Cheeky Face
This week we turn our attention to one of the most important films of this century and the rich chronicle of humour that is Tommy Wiseau's The Room. We sing to each other to rate the film, Rob shares his thoughts on the different types of bad films, and we pay tribute to one of the true masterpieces of cinema.
In this episode we discuss the most romantic film of all time, The Notebook! We also have a conspiracy update on the nonexistent earth's core, come up with some ideas for new Saturday Night TV shows, and talk everyone's (least) favourite cartoon posh Tory, Jacob Rees-Mogg.
Tom Hiddleston impersonates Bobby De Niro
In this week's episode we discuss the film that inspired the creation of the controversial term 'Manic Pixie Dream Girl,' Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown. Can Rob put aside his nostalgia for the first time he saw it? Can Paddy get past his dislike of Orlando Bloom's wooden and insincere face? Is the whole film just a ruse to fulfil Crowe's desire for a scene in which a band plays Freebird while a cardboard bird is on fire? All will be revealed within! We also discuss the new Great British Bake Off, and Donald Trump's skin.
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In this episode we discuss the 2011 independent film Cloudburst, our first discussion of an LGBT film. Paddy is welcomed back from his honeymoon, and he's back to save Britain from ruin.
case/lang/veirs - Atomic Number
On this episode, as Paddy's getting married, we discuss The Wedding Singer! Turns out Adam Sandler is Paddy's guilty pleasure. We also discuss fidget spinners, and throw a lot of shade at Rob Schneider.
Paddy is away this week, so in lieu of a proper episode we've cut together the first ten episodes' worth of chat about Sensations, our forthcoming film.
We go back to the eighties again this week with a discussion of the Eddie Murphy romantic comedy Coming to America. We also spend some time talking about the Miami Connection, and the theory that there are no Americans called Simon is put to the test.
The royal theme continues this week with a discussion of Sofia Coppola's off-the-wall punk-historical biopic, Marie Antoinette.
It's our first Royal episode, and boy is it a treat! We watched the 2011 made for TV movie, William and Kate: The Movie, based on our very own, possibly reptilian, royal family. There's also a Flat Earth update (#globexit), talk of Shia Labeouf, and a fun discussion of the terribleness of the British tabloid press.
On this episode we discuss the 1999 high school rom-com She's All That, we cast the female lead in our film Sensations, Rob talks for a long time about Paul Verhoeven, and we round it off with hypothetical situations in which foul things are consumed on pizza.
Freddie Prinze Jr. on playing The Iron Bull
We made it to ten episodes! In this episode we discussed The Bridges of Madison County, a slow and lumpen nineties film starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood. We also discuss the truth that the earth is flat, and add a lot of stretch goals to our ongoing Sensations project, plus follow up on the previous episode.
Clint Eastwood shouts at a chair
In this episode we took our podcast back to the sixties and watched the classic film Barefoot in the Park, starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. It was recorded in the middle of the recent UK heatwave, so we somewhat deliriously ended up talking a lot about Star Wars and Daniel Day-Lewis.
In our ninth episode we discuss the 1989 classic romantic comedy Say Anything, which neither of us had seen before. Did we weep when John Cusack held the boom box up? We also discuss hot dog vaping, and get serious about our plan to turn The Godfather into a musical.
In this episode we discuss the teen comedy Easy A, continuing the Emma Stone theme. It's familiar to Rob but new to Paddy, and it's all about reputations. How can we get ourselves a bit more notoriety?
In this episode we dive deep into Paddy's problematic fave, La La Land. Rob has issues, Paddy has dreams. Can we reconcile over a doughnut burger?
Ira Madison III on La La Land's White Jazz Narrative
In our fifth episode we celebrate the arrival of British Summertime with a lively discussion of the offbeat comedy (500) Days of Summer, in which Joseph Gordon-Levitt wears a hoodie with a shirt and tie in approximately 60% of his scenes. Bold move.
In our fourth episode we discuss the classic 1998 film You've Got Mail. Despite it being dated, we agree that it holds up well and has some killer lines, and is a good example of Nora Ephron's screenwriting genius. Sensations expands its cast to include James Brolin, Liev Schreiber and Charles Grodin, gets itself a title sequence, and moves towards becoming a full cinematic universe. #EscapeTheHotDogMines
