Mar 26, 2023

Continuing on from last episode, our hosts decide to return once more to the world of independent animation and in doing so find a convenient excuse to cross animation legend Phil Tippett's stop-motion magnum opus, "MAD GOD" off the list.

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Mar 16, 2023

This week the FMB shine some light on 2021's animated dark fantasy epic "The Spine of Night". Its considered and very particular mode of animation spurs our hosts into a spirited discussion about the virtues and pitfalls in using rotoscoping to tell a story and visualise the genres of fantasy seldom seen on...

Mar 6, 2023

After our hosts tepid response to Guy Ritchie's "Ruse De Guerre", the sub-genre of "media celebrities thrust into wildly dangerous situations by [insert intelligence service]" started to feel a little under-represented - that is, until the FMB realised that Nic Cage's "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent" had thrown...

Mar 2, 2023

The FMB return to Norman Jewison's filmography and trade in futuristic rollerskates, laser-gun parties and James Caan for the midcentury, sweltering American South, a bellowing Rod Steiger and an iconic Sidney Poitier. 

next episode: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent