Movie Banter

Another mini-banter previewing films such as 4,3,2,1, Black Death and the new version of Death At A Funeral. Full-on maxi-banter to follow in a week.

The only major film reviewed this week is Prince of Persia, but that doesn't stop other movie-related banter flowing freely, including discussing why we've not watched Sex and the City 2, Brendan Fraser losing his way, and the chances of replacing Jenny with Gemma Arterton (SPOILER ALERT: slim to none). Desert Island Flicks is "best car chase", and of course your emails, tweets, and Facebook comments.

A bitesize episode for you (is 11 minutes bitesize? How many minutes can you eat in one bite? Have I misunderstood the analogy? Is it an analogy or a metaphor? Does anyone care?), featuring a glimpse of movies we may be bantering about next week, including a highly inappopriate film idea for Sarah Jessica Parker. Mansize episode next week.

The Bantercast crew take aim at at Robin Hood, cower from Four Lions, and clamber into a Hot Tub Time Machine. We also muse on whether Shia LaBeouf should have criticised the latest Indiana Jones, get confused by the meaning of "spelling Nazis", and Desert Island Flicks covers best non-BTTF time-travel movie. Plus of course your emails, tweets, and Facebook comments, and a healthy dose of other banter.

The Ghost (Writer), Date Night, Nanny McPhee 2 and documentary Erasing David are all covered in the second half of our two-parter, plus emails and tweets from youse guys and Desert Island Flicks looks at the best Roman Polanski film. What would yours be? Do email us and tell, and we may mention it, with any other of your movie thoughts, on episode 67.

The first half of a two-parter this week, as we had a lot to cover! First and foremost, we review Iron Man 2, and despite all quite liking it, somehow end up arguing anyway. We've also got some news about Lindsay Lohan and Cowboys and Aliens and surgery (three separate stories - separate the words into the most amusing combinations), a review of The Disappearance of Alice Creed, a couple of your emails, and In This Week in Movie History. Oh, and an unexpectedly innuendo-ridden finish - apologies in advance. Catch the second half next week!

This week Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore fight Greek gods, while Sam Worthington lies about his age to join a roller derby team. Something like that anyway. Clash of the Titans and Whip It get reviewed by the Bantercast team, together with chat about the future of Bond, your emails and tweets, This Week in Movie History, and Desert Island Flicks focuses on best film featuring a volcano, after Eyjafjallajökull caused so many problems this week (bless you, copy and paste).

Kick-Ass and How To Train Your Dragon are up for review this week, plus your emails and tweets spark chat of Total Recall, the Dollars trilogy, Titanic in 3D, and Desert Island Flicks covers best Gene Hackman movie.

The second half of our double-bill is just as movie-packed as the first, with Green Zone, Shutter Island, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Chloe. There's also a special feature in the form of Paul's Oscar quiz, but the flipside is him unleashing a fair few hideous puns on us all - apologies. We've also got your emails, and Desert Island Flicks covers best Martin Scorsese film.

Paul, Jon and Jen have seen so many films that it's a two-parter - on this edition, it's The Blind Side, Alice In Wonderland, The Princess & The Frog, Crazy Heart, Ondine, some Oscar chat, and In This Week In Movie History. Watch this space for part 2, which will feature Green Zone, Shutter Island, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and Chloe... Both parts chock full of banter, of the movie kind.

We've hit the big 6-0, and to celebrate we go on a pun-ridden journey of The Lovely Bones, A Single Man, The Crazies, Leap Year, and Micmacs. We also muse on the BAFTAs, the Odeon/Alice in Wonderland saga and the pluralisation of mathematics, plus of course This Week in Movie History. Desert Island Flicks this week is best French film.

From werewolves to the World Cup, from Harlem to harmless romcoms, our 59th episode is packed full of The Wolfman, Invictus, Precious (based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire), Valentine's Day and It's Complicated. Plus a look at the Oscar nominations, proper film critic Andrew Collins recommends his favourite undiscovered gem of a film from last year, In This Week In Movie History, and Desert Island Flicks features the best Clint Eastwood films.

Edge of Darkness, Daybreakers, Up in the Air, and 44 Inch Chest are under scrutiny from the Banterers this week, together with tangents into scary foreplay, skinning a groundhog, and whether Mel Gibson can still speak English. And of course This Week in Movie History, and Desert Island Flicks covers Mel Gibson's best film.

Golden Globes, The Book of Eli, The Road, Exam, Nine, Sherlock Holmes, and ways an agent could annoy Colin Salmon all come up for discussion from Jon, Paul and Jen this episode, plus In This Week In Movie History, your emails and tweets, and Desert Island Flicks looks at the best post-apocalyptic movies of all time.

Happy New Year! It's the Movie Banter review of 2009 - Paul, Jon and Jen go through their best and worst films of 2009, with occasional diversions into a debate on films vs theatre, Paul getting Shaggy and Murdock confused, and more of our interview with Andrew Collins.