Aussie and the Scotsman - Unfiltered Movie Podcast

This week we are reviewing Weapons, the 2025 supernatural mystery horror film written and directed by Zach Cregger — the man behind Barbarian — starring Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Benedict Wong and Amy Madigan.

At exactly 2:17am, seventeen children from the same third grade classroom simultaneously leave their homes and vanish into the night, arms outstretched, as if summoned. One child does not go. No...

This week we are reviewing the best movie one-liners of the last 50 years, a movie debate special built around the most iconic quotes ever spoken on screen — from immortal punchlines and threats to speeches that may or may not technically count as “one-liners,” which becomes a major part of the argument.

What starts as a list quickly becomes something much better: a full-blown debate over what makes a movie quote ...

This week we are reviewing Sinners, the 2025 supernatural horror drama written and directed by Ryan Coogler, starring Michael B. Jordan in a dual role as twin brothers Smoke and Stack — former Chicago gangsters who return to 1930s Mississippi to open a juke joint and build something of their own.

What starts as a story about hustle, music and community turns into something far darker when uninvited guests arrive after dark.

H...

This week the lads review the 1987 American romantic drama Dirty Dancing, directed by Emile Ardolino and starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Set in the summer of 1963 at a Catskill Mountains resort, it follows seventeen-year-old Baby Houseman as she falls for the resort's dance instructor Johnny Castle — a story of class, first love, and one of the greatest soundtracks ever committed to film.   Before a single fra...

This week we are reviewing Sophie’s Choice, the 1982 psychological drama directed by Alan J. Pakula and starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline and Peter MacNicol.

A young writer moves into a Brooklyn boarding house and becomes entangled with a volatile couple, slowly uncovering a past shaped by Auschwitz and an impossible decision that defines everything that follows.

Before the film even starts, the Scotsman arrives completely u...

This week the podcast dives into Sexy Beast, the 2000 black comedy crime film directed by Jonathan Glazer (his feature debut) and written by Louis Mellis and David Scinto.

Starring Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, and Ian McShane, it follows retired safecracker Gal Dove, whose peaceful Spanish exile is shattered by the arrival of a terrifyingly unhinged gangster demanding one last job in London.

The Scotsman loves this one. The dialogue...

This week we are reviewing the 1982 biographical epic Gandhi — directed and produced by Richard Attenborough, written by John Briley, and featuring one of the greatest performances ever committed to film by Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi.

The film covers Gandhi's extraordinary life from a defining moment in 1893 — being thrown off a train in the Colony of Natal for sitting in a whites-only compartment — right thro...

This week we are reviewing the 1994 American epic historical Western drama Legends of the Fall, directed by Edward Zwick and starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Julia Ormond and Henry Thomas.

Based on the 1979 novella by Jim Harrison, the film follows three brothers and their father living in the wilderness and plains of Montana in the early 20th century — and how their lives are shaped by nature, history, war a...

This week the lads review Anora, the 2024 American romantic comedy-drama written, directed, produced and edited by Sean Baker.

The film stars Mikey Madison as Anora “Ani” Mikheeva, a New York lap dancer who impulsively marries the wealthy son of a Russian oligarch, played by Mark Eydelshteyn.

Supporting performances from Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Darya Ekamasova, and Aleksei Serebryakov round out...

This week on Aussie and the Scotsman, the lads take on Brothers (2009), the American psychological thriller directed by Jim Sheridan starring Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard, Clifton Collins Jr., and Mare Winningham.

SPOILER ALERT - Watch before listening. This is an absolute must watch

The film follows Captain Sam Cahill (Maguire), a US Marine. It’s heavy, confronting, and — according ...

This week the podcast revisits Scarface, the 1983 crime epic directed by Brian De Palma and written by Oliver Stone. A remake of the 1932 original, it stars Al Pacino as Cuban refugee Tony Montana, alongside Michelle Pfeiffer as Elvira Hancock and Steven Bauer as Manny Ribera.

Arriving in Miami during the Mariel boatlift, Tony claws his way from dishwasher to cocaine kingpin through ambition, violence and pure ego. As the empire gr...

This week we are reviewing Munich, the 2005 thriller directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, starring Eric Bana as Avner Kaufman — a Mossad agent chosen to lead a five-man team tasked with hunting down the eleven men responsible for planning the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre.

Daniel Craig, Geoffrey Rush and Mathieu Kassovitz round out a cast in one of Spielberg's most morally complex and politic...

This week the podcast takes on The Florida Project, the quietly devastating 2017 drama from Sean Baker, written with Chris Bergoch and starring Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, and a superb Willem Dafoe.

It’s six-year-old Moonee running feral through a budget motel in Kissimmee, Florida — living in the shadow of Walt Disney World while her mum scrambles to keep a roof over their heads.

It’s bright colours, sticky i...

This week we are reviewing Seabiscuit, the 2003 drama directed by Gary Ross and starring Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges and Chris Cooper — the true story of a small, overlooked, knock-kneed horse who became a symbol of hope for an entire nation during the Great Depression.

And we have a very special guest to help us do it.

Brett Ratten is in the studio. Carlton premiership player. Club captain. Three-time best and fairest. 255 g...

This week on Aussie and the Scotsman, the boys review The Founder (2016), the biographical drama directed by John Lee Hancock.

Starring Michael Keaton as salesman-turned-mogul Ray Kroc, the film charts the brutal, calculated rise of McDonald's — and how its original founders were ultimately forced aside.

Nick Offerman and John Carroll Lynch co-star as brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald, with Linda Cardellini as Ray Kroc&rs...

Welcome back to Doctor Andrew for our third music quiz episode — and this time, we’re diving into the world of musicals.

Now, fair warning: it takes a while for the Aussie to warm up… and to be honest, he never really gets there. If musicals were a sport, he’s on the bench, in the wrong uniform, holding a cricket bat.

Meanwhile, Doctor Andrew is absolutely on fire. The moment a track starts, he’s shou...

This week on Aussie and the Scotsman, the lads review Ocean’s Eleven (2001), the American heist comedy directed by Steven Soderbergh.

The first instalment in the Ocean’s trilogy, the film is a remake of the 1960 Rat Pack classic and boasts one of the most stacked casts of the early 2000s — George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Andy García, Don Cheadle, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Elliott Gould, Bern...

This week the boys review the 1996 black comedy crime classic Fargo, written, directed, produced and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen.

Starring Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Harve Presnell and Peter Stormare, the film follows pregnant police chief Marge Gunderson as she investigates a botched kidnapping plot hatched by a desperate car salesman that spirals wildly out of control.

The podcast kicks off with a discus...

This week the Aussie and the Scotsman review the 1982 American science-fiction classic E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Melissa Mathison.

The film follows Elliott, a young boy who befriends a stranded alien and, with the help of his family and friends, tries to get E.T. home. The cast includes Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton and a very young Drew Barrym...