Big Boys Don't Cry is a podcast in which Paddy Johnston and Rob Gordon discuss romantic films.
Ever get the feeling you’ve heard this episode before? This week we discuss Groundhog Day! We talk about what we’d do if we found ourselves living the same day over again, celebrate the magical holiday of Black Friday, and Rob also reports on a recent trip to the cinema.
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Ever wanted to go back in time to try and re-do a romance? No, us neither, but When We First Met has! We discuss this 2018 Netflix film in all its Groundhog Day-is glory, including leading man Adam Devine’s place as a new generation’s Jack Black. Also discussed are Detective Pikachu, John Cage, cats playing rugby, and our idea for a live-action Kirby movie (give us all your money, Nintendo).
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Heading back to the year 2000 to delve into the bin of comedy history, this week we discuss the dumb but high-grossing film Miss Congeniality! We also discuss befriending raccoons, Rhode Island, neckless men, Rob’s hatred of slapstick, conspiracy theories about birds, and our latest film idea: The Brexit Backstop.
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Big Boys DO Bend…and snap! This week we discuss the classic film Legally Blonde, cleansing our palates after another successful Halloween month. We also talk about the latest Budget, Aerosmith, Dating Videos for Dogs, and the strange work of Uwe Boll.
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Our second annual Halloween month concludes with a discussion of a definite horror-romance shitpiece: the 2011 film Red Riding Hood. We also discuss slime videos, Venom, Sunn 0))), and Paddy’s impending fatherhood.
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It’s vampire time once again on Big Boys Don’t Cry, as we discuss Jim Jarmusch’s film Only Lover Left Alive. Will it measure up to the greatest vampire film of all time, Twilight? Listen in to find out! We also discuss royal babies, royal vampires, Peter Jackson, the litigious activities of Tom Waits, and Banksy being back on his bullshit.
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This episode follows the last one, just like the demon follows you in It Follows! Continuing our month of horror-romance crossovers, we enjoyed watching the critically acclaimed 2014 film It Follows and talking about it on this week’s episode. We also discuss Bake Off, the Bermuda Triangle, sexy horror films, and come up with another excellent film idea: JELLYSTORM, starring Gerard Butler and Jose Mourinho.
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It’s October, and you know what that means…a month of spoooooky romance! First up is intriguing and highly original zombie romance Warm Bodies, which surprised us both in a good way. We also discuss butt songs, the Conservative Party Conference, and David Hasslehoff’s recent career developments.
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Honky Tonk Badonkadonk (workout remix)
This episode is our Autumn kick-off episode, so we watched a Hallmark original film that’s set on a sexy pumpkin farm! The film turned out to be so forgettable that we couldn’t recall much of it, so we spent most of the episode talking about root vegetables, Alec Guinness and the majesty of the disco-country classic song ‘Honky Tonk Badonkadonk,’ which truly has to be heard to be believed.
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This week’s episode escalated incredibly quickly, as we find Paddy defending catfishing, and Rob having a good old fashioned rant about the Netflix original film Sierra Burgess is a Loser. We also discuss Trump’s mushroom, Gerard Depardieu, and Apple’s stupid new phones, and come up with yet another epic new film idea: Cyrano de Bandcamp.
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What your top five, all time favourite John Cusack films? One of them has to be High Fidelity! On this episode we discuss how much we were pleasantly surprised by it and how well it has aged, and we also talk Fortnite, James Bond, Austin Powers, Hanif Kureishi and how you should tell everyone Die Hard is your favourite Christmas Film if you want them to think you are cool and manly.
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Now that we’ve broken the 69 barrier we can get back to watching good films, and we’re starting as we mean to go on with the so-hot-right-now To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before! We also discuss Steve Bannon, mummified cheese, 18 certificate films and how everything is a political act.
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Welcome to our nicest episode yet, and also the episode which sets the new record for our lowest rated film! We watched the whole Fifty Shades trilogy so you don’t have to. Listen if you dare.
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It’s finally time for us to get down with Wes Anderson, as we take a deep dive into the coast of the beautiful islands of his cult film Moonrise Kingdom. We also discuss motorsports, TOCA Touring Cars, Rebecca Black, and pay tribute to Tom Selleck, the greatest man who ever lived.
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How long could you survive on alone on a spaceship before becoming a weird creep? Hopefully longer than Chris Pratt in Passengers! We do a deep dive into this interesting and flawed film on this episode, and also discuss Silvio Berlusconi, Daft Punk, Jurassic World and James Gunn.
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Neither of us can sleep in this heat, so we decided to watch Sleepless in Seattle! We come up with a new film idea, Opposite Day, celebrate Rob’s birthday, and also discuss DVD commentaries, Chumbawumba and Jona Lewie.
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In a vain attempt to combat the ongoing UK heatwave, we decided to watch a film involving snow this week, so that’s how we ended up with Chalet Girl! We also discuss stripping wallpaper, 90s fashion, Danny Dyer’s future career, and dancing to Gregorian chant.
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Stop all the clocks! It’s time to take a trip back to 1994, when the Super Nintendo was the best console, and Richard Curtis smashed the box office with Four Weddings and a Funeral. We discuss Paddy’s heat-related meanness, vanilla ice cream, ‘adequate food,’ angry owls, and have a long debate about the Harry Potter universe and whether wizards are actually bad people.
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This week’s episode is all about the trashy romantic comedy P.S. I Love You, a film which has given us the biggest difference between Rob and Paddy’s ratings in the history of this podcast. We also talk Irish stereotypes, thin-skinned billionaires, and TERFs.
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We’re in love with The Shape of Water! Guillermo Del Toro’s Oscar-winning masterpiece is our film of choice this week, so we talk in-depth about romance between man and fish. We also discuss the chaos in the Tory party, the bigger chaos of the Brexit bin fire, and Paddy is forced once again to be a Sheeran apologist. Key Lime Pie is debated, as is Dog the Bounty Hunter.
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Stolen Trailer (Nicolas Ca-aage)
