For Screen and Country

For Screen and Country

Brendan and Jason dive into the British Film Institute's Top 100 British Films of All-Time list. What does that mean? Well, they'll be exploring each film's significance, if it deserves its place in history and answering questions and comments from you, the listeners.

Episodes

June 16, 2025 66 mins
Hey look ma, it's another one o' dem Jarheads. Let's kill it! That's right. This week, the fellas check out Jarhead... (sigh)... 3: The Siege. It's a movie where things happen, jingoistic stuff goes down, bloggers dance around, a RETURNING STAR FROM THE FIRST MOVIE RETURNS, we learn about a movie called Cold Fusion and much more. Next week: JUNEHEAD CONTINUES. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e...
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Do you like war movies? Where people in uniforms shoot guns and shout things at each other? Where bad guys roam around ready for our heroes to take out? Where there's even a lady or two!? This week, as we celebrate Junehead, we have a movie that was made! (Jarhead 2: Field of Fire will not answer the unanswered questions of Jarhead: First Blood) Next week: JUNEHEAD CONTINUES. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always s...
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June 2, 2025 89 mins
It's the most wonderful time of the year: Junehead. It all starts off with the movie that IS on Paste Magazine's list - Jarhead. The guys talk all about a movie that hits very differently 20 years later, Foxx and Sarsgaard's highlight performances, Jason's "edging" analogy and much more. Next week: JUNEHEAD CONTINUES. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠forscreenandcountry@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠...
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May 26, 2025 74 mins
Another boy, another partisan group. Things were bad in Come and See, sure, but it was bad for boys all across the Eastern front! After his unit is scattered by the Germans, Ivan is picked up by other partisans and is reunited with his captain. The captain and his unit wish to send him to safety in the rear but Ivan will not go! There is still much work to be done. Next week: JUNEHEAD BEGINS! Questions? Comments? Suggestions?...
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May 19, 2025 82 mins
Ah, Mel Gibson is back again. This time... in actor form. Yes, it's Peter Weir's Gallipoli, a film about two Australian hetero life-mates who really like running and one likes war more than the other. Will one convince the other? Is the poster a giant spoiler? Does this movie treat Aboriginals with respect? Find out this week! Next week: Come and See Ivan. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at...
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May 12, 2025 76 mins
They say there's a hero to save us, and they (Chad) may be right, but, dang, it ain't Dennis Quaid in 1998's Savior. No sir. No siree Bob. I don't like it. I don't like it at all. #CancelJoshRose Next week: Shrimp on the barbie?! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at ⁠⁠forscreenandcountry@gmail.com⁠⁠   Full List: ⁠⁠https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/war-movies/the-100-greatest-war-movies-o...
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May 5, 2025 74 mins
We perk things up a little bit this week with an action/adventure war caper starring Ol' Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra. Yes, it's Von Ryan's Express, a 1965 film with lots of practical effects and stunt work that is, unfortunately, mostly a lost art these days. The guys also discuss Sinatra as an actor, characters that keep screwing up, the goofy tone and music choices and much more. Also: MORE TRAINS. Next week: Bosnia! Q...
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April 28, 2025 77 mins
In 1943, Nazi Forces occupied the Soviet territory of Byelorussia (modern day Belarus). Unleashing their fanatical SS divisions - the true believers and the unrepentant criminals - they brought violence, misery and death to the local population. This week, having experienced 1985's Come and See... join the fellas as they peer through the cracks of history and experience the tiniest sliver of that horror. Next week: Ol' Blue Eyes...
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April 21, 2025 70 mins
We are finally back to the list that you know and love to talk about #40 - a little WWII caper called Play Dirty. Is this the first movie with a gang of ruffians that ACTUALLY features some legitimately disgusting criminals? Is this movie really about a series of recurring failures? Is there gay representation in thie film? All this and more! Next week: it's gonna get... real sad. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always ...
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April 14, 2025 73 mins
Sometimes when you're watching a lot of war movies, the darkness and the suffering and the death and the mud and the blood and... everything... it can wear on you. Every now and then it's nice to be reminded that despite it all, despite seeing the worst humanity can muster... the human spirit can still triumph in ways big and small. Next week: It's gotta be CAINE! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mai...
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April 7, 2025 76 mins
And now it's time for something completely similar, folks. AKA we did another Ang Lee movie that one time. Anyhoo, this week the fellers discuss Ang Lee's wartime satire (?) Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk. Is this a case of a source material's tone being lost in the adaptation? Why is Steve Martin in this movie? How does Vin Diesel go up against expectations and give the best performance in this movie (not a knock, it's a good one...
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March 31, 2025 95 mins
His will broken but his dedication to his podcast strong and his NEED to KNOW, Brendan has finally been forced through a door he dared not open: anime. And what better way than to start with one of the saddest? This week we ask our unnecessarily long question about the legendary Japanese film, 1988's Grave of the Fireflies! Next week: A long-ass walk. Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at forscree...
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March 24, 2025 77 mins
Wait... isn't that almost the name of our podcast? Yeah... but it's a real movie, idiots! Gawd. ...anyway... this week, the fellas chat about Denzel Washington and his cockney accent in For Queen... and Country. Complete with the TV-est of TV movie soundtracks (for a theatrically-released movie nonetheless), the guys talk about Denzel overcoming a questionable accent with his skills as an actor, the similarities to Rambo, British s...
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March 17, 2025 76 mins
It's a third Paddington.What do you want from me? Sit your butt down and just watch it. Come on. This shouldn't be that hard. He's a charming frickin' bear and he's surrounded by the most delightful actors! What?! You think you're too good for Paddington? Cause no one is good enough for him - that sweet bear! We don't deserve his kind... and you wanna get smart with me? Now? When there's an unwatched Paddington in front of you? I'm...
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March 10, 2025 74 mins
Attack of the Brit Pick! This week, the boys go back to the original format of the show and talk about their favourite old British director Mike Leigh and his newest film... Hard Truths. After a brief dissection of Leigh's filmography, the guys discuss Marianne Jean-Baptiste taking a character with insufferable traits and making them incredibly sympathetic through sheer acting talent alone, the tragicomic family dynamic, the late D...
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March 3, 2025 70 mins
Film critics Brendan Wahl and Jason MacLeod survey videos and related products as holiday gifts. Included: films and TV programs on videocassette, instructional videos, VCRs, laser discs and players, camcorders for children, interactive toys, video games and publications. Also: a special look at last year's hottest World War II glow-up: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Next week: More new movies!? Questions? Comments? Sugge...
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February 24, 2025 84 mins
How many cockney accents can you truly have in a movie about Stalingrad? Plenty! Join the guys as they discuss 2001's Enemy at the Gates starring Jude Law as a Russian sniper and Ed Harris as a Nazi sniper. Did they really have to hang a child? How true is the source material anyway? Could there be a more Hollywood-ized ending? All this and more this week on For Screeeeeen and... you get the idea. Next week: Guy Ritchie! Question...
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February 17, 2025 52 mins
Once more unto our personal edge of tomorrow... once more the pleasure of seeing Reinhard Heydrich eliminated. This time it's from legendary pigeon wrangler Lewis Gilbert with a 70s tinged electronic-scored take: does it measure up? Is that Tim Bottoms charisma too much? Where are the pigeons? Join us and we'll talk it through! Next week: Oy! Doris! Check dem gates for an enemy! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always sh...
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February 10, 2025 92 mins
Controversial, brutal, long... sexy? Let's find out on this week's episode where the fellas talk about Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter. Brendan and Jason talk all about the controversial Russian Roulette scenes, Meryl Streep wrangling an Oscar nomination out of a paper-thin role, the struggle to get John Cazale in the film, the wedding scene that seemed to bore most people... does it hold up better today? All this and more in this...
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February 3, 2025 82 mins
The war is over. The Japanese have lost. The Emperor, Hirohito, continues to live as he has, albeit in a bunker, albeit in a haze. His nation's future is uncertain as is his position but... unlike his ally on the far side of the world, there will be no bullet. The Sun God will die, yes; but he will remain. Next week: Back to Vietnam! Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at forscreenandcountry@gmail....
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