Jeremy is joined by Chris Arnsby for a comprehensive review of 2023 in film, covering the ten best and five worst films, and touching on such matters as difficult third acts, John Deacon, disappointing perfumes, the Nose Film and the menace of an empty space.

Thread of nominees: https://twitter.com/cinema_limbo/status/1757428640222994654

Playlist of Best Film nominees trailers: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd-Yt1ySLRCK7LdvVxFaYA0UkQrxazeyU&si=p1rmf6oqn9Jf7b1B

Playlist of Best Film winners trailers since 1963: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd-Yt1ySLRCKxhZR-FtoGmyQyWKeTRbJ4

Godzilla Minus One visual effects reel: https://youtu.be/T4pi1F25sxg?si=HDJrCpoBohZCABWr

Adam Driver on Saturday Night Live as a baby on a plane: https://youtu.be/_yyq5C4Hu8Y?si=whub6_D75nXDOVbN

Coming Up in 2024 trailer playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd-Yt1ySLRCLo2LAMvYvnbEZOGBddu1f2&si=HrxrukbryqamZeTG

Jeremy is joined by perennial guest Chris Arnsby for a belated Christmas episode, as they experience Jason Eisener's 2011 darkly comic exploitation homage Hobo with a Shotgun, starring Rutger Hauer, Molly Dunsworth and Brian Downey. Their conversation covers such topics as living in a real-life Mad Max world, clods of drugs, the original Mars Attacks trading cards and Jeremy's Canadian accent.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJF-gQVlXs4&pp=ygUTaG9ibyB3aXRoIGEgc2hvdGd1bg%3D%3D

Original Grindhouse trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LlazPgxKrA&pp=ygUTaG9ibyB3aXRoIGEgc2hvdGd1bg%3D%3D

Music from The Hitcher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69vqdHFv9vo&pp=ygUXdGhlIGhpdGNoZXIgZW5kIGNyZWRpdHM%3D

Lisa Lougheed - Run with Us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY6MuvRY6g0&pp=ygUabGlzYSBsb3VnaGVlZCBydW4gd2l0aCB1cyA%3D

Jeremy is accompanied by author Simon Guerrier for a study of The Last Wave, Peter Weir's 1977 Australian mythological urban thriller, with their conversation covering such topics as white saviour narratives, the Australian New Wave, storytelling through contrast and Papa Lazarou.

The Last Wave, viewable via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuTVDNnR3AE&pp=ygUSdGhlIGxhc3Qgd2F2ZSAxOTc3

Peter Weir discusses the film: https://youtu.be/D_7BYTf95Vc?si=BcFjOIOGuTAOO0-D

A playlist of Charles Wain's music from the film: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjem-nwYHyoGiN6pgrgowWarH34nRHygE

Simon's biography of David Whitaker: https://tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com/product/david-whitaker-in-an-exciting-adventure-with-television

The story of David Burton in Doctor Who: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5d5pQM7IGo&pp=ygUXZGF2aWQgYnVydG9uIGRvY3RvciB3aG8%3D

Jeremy is joined in the first of a new run of the podcast by Paul Morris, podcaster and scriptwriter, to discuss 2002's sci-fi action Equilibrium, with their conversation covering such matters as stimulating statues, insufficient purity of concept, the word "phenomenological" and the world's most surprising cameo.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raleKODYeg0&pp=ygULZXF1aWxpYnJpdW0%3D

The Grimleys - Pilot and Series 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzFHmtLNkC0&list=PLOV24p_vJFuzel_WI3boMWo7PyY3I_ZvL

Jeremy is joined by Chris Arnsby for a discussion of 1988's Dutch action thriller Amsterdamned, written and directed by Dick Maas. Their conversation covers a range of topics including ITV's overnight schedule, a real-life kidnapping, The Quizmaster Murders, the Godzilla threshold and Keeping Up Appearances.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCuxQ8owFgg&pp=ygUUYW1zdGVyZGFtbmVkIHRyYWlsZXI%3D

Theme song music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeszsmEhDYo&pp=ygUMYW1zdGVyZGFtbmVk

That boat chase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1PZAfdYwQ0&pp=ygUXYW1zdGVyZGFtbmVkIGJvYXQgY2hhc2U%3D

Joined once again by writer and podcaster Paul Morris, he and Jeremy discuss the 1984 comic book adventure and superhero spinoff Supergirl, directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway, Peter Cook and Peter O'Toole. Their discussion covers broad range of topics including illegal hockey play, Jaws heresy, mundane motivations, the Super-Universe and Billy Jor-El.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxXbvzOdj-Q&pp=ygUWc3VwZXJnaXJsIGZpbG0gdHJhaWxlcg%3D%3D

Opening titles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toZRj2o1TQ0&pp=ygUVc3VwZXJnaXJsIGZpbG0gdGl0bGVz

Opening theme and overture by Jerry Goldsmith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SczeTgWkGMw&pp=ygUUc3VwZXJnaXJsIGZpbG0gdGhlbWU%3D

Cinema Limbo - Santa Claus: The Movie: http://www.podnose.com/cinema-limbo/005-santa-claus-the-movie

Cinema Limbo - Superman IV: The Quest for Peace: http://www.podnose.com/cinema-limbo/008-superman-iv-the-quest-for-peace

Jeremy is once again joined by fellow podcaster Ed Bloomer for a study of 1977 nature-based dramatic thriller Orca, directed by Michael Anderson and starring Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson and Bo Derek. Their investigation covers such topics as the elasticity of time, unlikely twist endings, a story without heroes, the aquatic equivalent of Michael Myers and the great white shark in the room.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydqcUY00-N8&pp=ygUMdHJhaWxlciBvcmNh

The Bad Movie Bible presents Borrowing Blockbusters: Jawsploitation - The Best, Best Worst and Weirdest Jaws Knock Offs: https://youtu.be/YFQuI95b9TA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2EdYGSk1VE&pp=ygUXcGxhbiA5IGZyb20gb3V0ZXIgc3BhY2U%3D

Jeremy and Chris Arnsby look back on the last year in movies, exploring the ten best and five worst pictures of 2022, with such topics being covered as toilet strategies, in-cinema naps, yacht rock, the end of Inspector Morse and why Avatar is successful.

Trailers for the top 10 of the year: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAjlUg4-ZwUWtiwK_aCf1uEYGhJ7EvdUB

Trailers for films upcoming in 2023: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAjlUg4-ZwUWEWF9dYY1Bd9UyyW9skF20

Nominations:

Best Film: The Banshees of Inisherin, Benediction, Blonde, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Glass Onion, Mad God, The Menu, Tár, Three Thousand Years of Longing, The Whale.

Best Director: Terence Davies (Benediction), Andrew Dominik (Blonde), Todd Field (Tár), Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once), George Miller (Three Thousand Years of Longing).

Best Leading Performance: Ana de Armas (Blonde), Cate Blanchett (Tár), Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin), Ralph Fiennes (The Menu), Brendan Fraser (The Whale), Jack Lowden (Benediction), Daniel Radcliffe (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story), Tilda Swinton (Three Thousand Years of Longing), Emma Thompson (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande), Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once).

Best Supporting Performance: Peter Capaldi (Benediction), Hong Chau (The Whale), Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin), Paul Dano (The Batman), Colin Farrell (The Batman), Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin), Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Janelle Monáe (Glass Onion), Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Sadie Sink (The Whale).

Best Original Screenplay: Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin), Terence Davies (Benediction), Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Seth Reiss, Will Tracy (The Menu), Todd Field (Tár).

Best Adapted Screenplay: Peter Craig, Matt Reeves (The Batman), Andrew Dominik (Blonde), Rian Johnson (Glass Onion), Augusta Gore, George Miller (Three Thousand Years of Longing), Samuel Hunter (The Whale).

Jeremy is joined once again by Chris Arnsby to examine One Hour Photo, the 2002 psychological thriller written and directed by Mark Romanek, and starring Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan and Gary Cole, with their seminar covering such broad topics as the wonders of Ikea, plagiarism lawsuits, pornocrats and the Carnival of Souls.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gYXuURrLVA

Soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx0cPxgaBfk&list=OLAK5uy_nh0bqvI2apkDdNklu0qe6VwCJpSGWshmM

Cast rehearsals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anSZ9iNo_78

A breakdown of the terrible editing in Bohemian Rhapsody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dn8Fd0TYek

Jeremy is joined by podcaster and Goon Pod host Tyler Adams to discuss The Comic, the 1969 drama written, directed and featuring Carl Reiner and starring Dick van Dyke. Their conversation covers such topics as Ray Bradbury, Samuel Beckett, Olivia Wilde, Kevin Feige, Jim Henson and Supertrain.

The movie available to watch for free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCuJAU8Xapg

The mentioned public information films about fire safety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92xPM7JR2NU and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H79wZ6Fbn0c

Van Dyke talks about his alcoholism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XawJPRjKQvQ

Gilbert Gottfried does his Andrew Dice Clay impression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSKDJIIT3ok

Jeremy is joined once again by Chris Arnsby to discuss Cloud Atlas, the 2012 adaptation of David Mitchell's novel, written and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski and Tom Tykwer and starring an all-star cast led by Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Ben Wishaw, Susan Sarandon and Hugh Grant. Their all-encompassing conversation covers topics from sense triggers, standing ovations and brawling writers to Leonard Nimoy, David Hasselhoff and failing the world's easiest job interview.

Jeremy is joined again by author and scriptwriter Simon Guerrier to investigate Paul McCartney's 1984 musical drama Give My Regards to Broad Street, also starring Bryan Brown, Tracey Ullman and Ralph Richardson. Their conversation covers such vital subjects as the Beatles filmography, Thomas the Funk Engine, dream-storming, alternative storylines and Blame It on Ringo.

Jeremy is joined by writer and podcaster Paul Morris to discuss the 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, starring Vince Vaughn, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Willliam H Macy and Anne Heche. Their discussion covers such ground as the Psycho franchise opportunities, the Invisible Christmas, cover versions, a stage adaptation and when men stopped wearing hats all the time.

Jeremy is joined by Ed Bloomer on the hottest evening of the year to investigate The Two Jakes, the 1990 neo-noir suspense drama, a sequel to the 1974 classic Chinatown, directed by and starring Jack Nicholson, with Harvey Keitel, Madeleine Stowe, Meg Tilly and Eli Wallach. Their sweltering conversation covers such topics as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, unfilmed areas of Los Angeles, Tom Jones playing a mummy and encouraging the listener to take up crime.

Jeremy is joined once again by Chris Arnsby to examine the 1984 alternate cut by Giorgio Moroder of Fritz Lang's Metropolis. Their discussion covers such topics as post-WWI cinema, the ethics of edits, ivory backscratchers, early optical effects and statue therapy.

Jeremy is joined by Chris Arnsby for the second half of a retrospective of the best and worst films of the last year, with such subjects as ageism, writers' block, children as plot tokens, strip-mining the franchises you love and the joys and dangers of drinking.

Jeremy is joined by Chris Arnsby for the first half of a retrospective of the best and worst films of the last year, with such subjects as thought bubbles, climate change, poisonous nostalgia and big lizard robots coming under scrutiny.

Jeremy is joined for the Christmas edition of the podcast by fellow podcaster Tyler Adams for the latter-day pantomine that is 1992 historical comedy Carry On Columbus, with a conversation that takes in A View to a Kill, how to write for The Simpsons, buried sitcoms, Frankie Howerd's oscillating career and Curb Your Foot in the Grave..

Chris Arnsby join Jeremy for the final instalment of the run of special episodes outside the regular remit, celebrating the podcast's centenary with an edition on his favourite film, Francois Truffaut's adaptation of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.

Their lengthy discussion covers a range of topics, including Britain's most influential filmmaker, a world without written language, modernist composers, the abolition of empathy, Ready Player One, The Space Sentinels and the early days of Channel 5.

Simon Guerrier returns to the podcast for a further instalment in the special series covering films outside the regular remit, in this case the notorious 2006 remake of The Wicker Man, adapted and directed by Neil LaBute, starring Nicholas Cage and Ellen Burstyn.

Their discussion of this famous disaster covers bigoted directors, children as plot tokens, the concept of suspense, the critic as pathologist and angry cycling.