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Yes! We’ve been away for over six months. Deal with it. We make no apologies. Well I might, but Al sure as hell doesn’t.

Luckily for you, between us, in that time we saw seven of the ten highest grossing movies of 2008, including the number one! Which movie was that? Hint: it was very dark. At night.

So mostly we talk about that, including both of our excuses on why we saw Mamma Mia, and we take two of the most lauded movies down a peg or three.

After all that, we get to recent movies, including Slumdog Millionare (AKA: “The one that’s going to win Best Picture, allegedly”) and of course, The Wrestler, a tailor-made piece of cinema for Al, who cries at Olympic closing ceremonies. In fact, that is where our opening ‘rawk’ comes from.

Don’t forget: if you haven’t already, subscribe on iTunes (No really: we’re going to do more) and ‘follow’ Al on Twitter (@Tagliners), one scratched DVD at a time.

Well apparently, we’re just totally over this summer’s movies after a string of disappointments and duds have left us craving next summer’s fare. Which is of course more of the same – sequels that resurrect our childhood memories and get us all dewey-eyed with nostalgia… that’s why Al’s been talking about Indiana Jones 4 at every damn opportunity he can, and we’ve both been paying (a little) attention to The Dark Knight, AKA Batman 6… 7? It’s a lot of Batmen anyway….

Apart from us waxing about those two movies – that are so far away, they’re much easier to joke about – we also weigh in on the ‘mysterious Cloverfield‘ or perhaps 1-18-08, or Cthulhu: The Movie, or Ghostbusters III… we wish.

And finally… I, at least, went to the movies. So download to hear me talking about 28 Weeks Later (Good!), Ocean’s Thirteen (Not so good!) and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Also good!).

Shit, I just totally told you all you need to know. Download it anyway, okay? It’s a good show. Honest.

We’ll be back soon – probably. Set your watches!

Back before you knew it, and we’ve both been to the flicks – myself to see Joe ‘Narc’ Carnahan’s Smokin’ Aces, and Al went off to see Ed Zwick’s – or is it really Leo DiCaprio’s? – Blood Diamond. A nice, quick, sub-30 minutes podcast for the busy moviegoer on the, well, go.

Listen in to hear all about those two flicks, as well as the latest crazy news about the proposed Hobbit movie, Indy IV and more. Show notes below…

SHOW NOTES

00:00 – The King gets us started. We’re looking for a theme tune, can you tell?

00:50 – This is the news… is Sam Raimi potentially going to direct The Hobbit?? And if so, who’s Bruce Campbell going to play?

03:43 – Indiana Jones IV… god save us… will Sean Connery be in it? Are nuns Catholic? Well, depends on the nun, doesn’t it?

05:20 – Darren Aronofsky. Put down the crackpipe and put your hands up against the wall, dude. He’s off on one about Batman, again….

13:13 – I’m up with my thoughts on Smokin’ Aces. To summarise: no, I won’t tell you. Listen to it, dammit.

20:05 – Al tells us all about Blood Diamond, and yes, that is an excuse for him to do the accent again.

28:10 – Wrapping up and saying goodbye.

That’s it for now – come back soon for more podcast fun. In the meantime write us an email, send us a voice message or leave a comment on the site… g’wan, we wanna know you’re out there!