At the tail end of Pride Month, we're discussing an iconic leather-clad biker boy gang... yes it's the profoundly heterosexual Wild Hogs! Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence and William H Macy teamed up for this 2007 comedy, the epitome of three-star 2000s comedy filmmaking. We talk Allen's success as a sitcom dad-turned-movie star, Lawrence existing in the shadow of Eddie Murphy and Macy's genuinely hilarious role in the film.

Music producer and No Encore sonic architect Adam Shanahan makes his first appearance on the show, discussing his true passion of motorsports and 2019's Ford v Ferrari starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale. We discuss the best films about fast cars going vrrrrroooom, Christian Bale's collaborations with Adam McKay and upcoming Heat 2 role, how Matt Damon is often willing to take a backseat to another star, James Mangold's history with biopics, this film's incredible use of Tracy Letts, and much more!

Football's coming home and we're celebrating the start of the FIFA World Cup, as we discuss 1981's football-on-a-POW camp romp Escape to Victory and its stars Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine and Brazilian legend Pelé!

Shane and Lucien discuss some early 90s bad boys: Rob Lowe and James Spader star in Curtis Hanson's erotic thriller Bad Influence. We go in-depth on the careers of these one-time leading men turned network TV mainstays, analyse the rise and fall of the male-oriented erotic thriller and ask 'exactly how bad was the influence?'.

We're all out of hotdogs! Shane and Lucien dig into Todd Haynes' 2023 psychological drama May December starring Oscar-winning duo Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore as actress and subject opposite Charles Melton in a breakout role. We discuss Haynes' eclectic filmography, the film's complex depiction of the aftermath of a sexually predatory relationship and the research of an actor, and Portman and Moore's great careers as leading women.

Shane and Lucien read between the lies to discuss Bill Condon's 2019 OAP thriller The Good Liar starring beloved British thespians Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen.

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Shane and Lucien are joined by Luke to discuss Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin in Martin Brest's 80s classic Midnight Run! We celebrate our third De Niro movie with a quiz about his career, discuss Grodin's leading man career and how this film set the template for the modern action comedy.

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Shane and Lucien celebrate the huge number of great living Irish screen actors with a special draft episode. We're picking our respective teams of the best Irish actors across 8 categories. Who will get the best crew and be the ultimate victor?