The Punching Up Movie Podcast

Episode 9-HARD BOILED (1992)

Can an action movie have too much action?
Punching Up’s Adam thinks so.  
Is John Woo’s cop vs triads cult classic, Hard Boiled really better than a dozen Die Hards, or does it suffer from a terminal case of the try-hards? 

Adam thinks it does. 
Is John Woo really the Mozart of Mayhem, or is he actually the Andre Rieu of Chinese Gun fu?  
Adam reckons he might be Rieu, making the case that two hours of wall-to-wall gun fighting (however exquisitely choreographed) can be quite boring.

 

As always, Damian disagrees with him.
So, grab a 45 in each hand, put a matchstick in your mouth, release the doves and listen to Damian and Adam dance their slow-motion bullet ballet for your listening entertainment to determine whether Hard Boiled really deserves its Punching Up status.

 

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Episode 8-ONE CUT OF THE DEAD (2017)

What happens when the weight of expectations ruins an experience?

Find out in the latest Punching Up episode when Adam and Damian discuss the cult fave from a few years ago, Japanese film One Cut of the Dead directed by Shin'ichirō Ueda.

Who liked it? Who didn't?
Did the old geezers agree, disagree or fall somewhere in the middle.
Most likely they just fell down. In a ditch somewhere. Drunk.

They also discuss their favourite zombie films.

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Episode 7-SHAFT (1971) 

According to the legendary Isaac Hayes, John Shaft is a “Bad Mutha” as well as being a “sex machine to all the chicks,” whilst also being a “complicated man… who will risk his neck for his brother man.”
But is the 1971 Blaxploitation classic that bears his name any good?
While fully and freely conceding Shaft’s status as a cinematic cultural landmark, Adam suspects that the film itself, (to quote John Shaft), might actually be a little bit “Shitty!”
What does Punching Up’s own Complicated Man, Damian think?

Tune in and find out. Can you dig it?

Although respectful to the legacy and talent of Shaft’s iconic leading man Richard Rountree, this episode was recorded before the great man’s passing.

 

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Episode 6-Inception (2010)

It’s a Punching Up first!!!!!
Damian has decided to play the bad guy this time and has nominated Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending sci-fi actioner Inception for the Punching Up (TM) treatment.
The normally misanthropic Adam is attempting to defend Nolan’s dream-within-a-dream..…within a dream masterpiece.
So, will it be sweet dreams or will it be lights out for the cerebral blockbuster king.
Tune in and find out.  

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Episode 5a-KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON AT FREDDY'S

Punching Up is back with a mini episode before we launch Season 2.
It’s Punching Up’s first re-match.

For the second time, Damian and Adam have the great man Scorsese in their sights, taking Marty to task for the inordinate length of his latest smash, Killers of the Flower Moon.

His blood still up, Adam takes a brave swing at the Five Nights at Freddy’s and an even braver swipe at Five Nights at Freddy’s fans. Other films also get a mention.

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Episode 5-CAT BALLOU (1965)

You can’t accuse Adam Nightingale of not being objective. 

In this episode, Adam punches up at one of his favourite actors, Lee Marvin for his outrageous Oscar-winning performance in the comedy musical western Cat Ballou.
Damian and Adam discuss why great actors often get rewarded for awful performances.
But Adam is also hedging his bets as he offers up Lee Marvin’s BAFTA-winning performance in The Killers as evidence of Lee Marvin’s greatness.
And what does Damian Asher make of all of this?
Could it be, for the first time in the series, he is in complete agreement with Adam Nightingale? 
Tune in and find out. 

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Episode 4: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968)

It’s episode 4 and this time Adam Nightingale takes Sergio Leone’s Italian cowboy epic to task for its torturous length and lofty pretensions.
Damian Asher honestly can’t understand what Adam could possibly have against this cinematic masterpiece. So, is Sergio Leone’s deconstruction of the semi-mythical tropes of the American West completely up its own anus, or is Adam a complete idiot who can’t cope with complicated ideas in his cowboy movies? Listen and find out. The answer might surprise you.  

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Episode 3: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)

Buggin and mugging with Marty and Gene

The Punching Up Movie Podcast tackles its first comedy, Mel Brook’s 1974 spoof of the classic Universal Frankenstein movies. Adam cannot stand the OTT comedy mugging of Marty Feldman and Gene Wilder but likes the musical comedy. Damian likes the movie but doesn’t like musical comedy, and really doesn’t like musicals. What begins as a reasonably normal episode quickly becomes an impromptu therapy session as Adam helps Damian confront the dark secret behind his deep hatred of the musical theatre genre. 

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