Smersh Pod

Smersh Pod

The film podcast that does a bit of everything. Hosted by John Rain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

June 22, 2025 115 mins

This week we’ll be joining nun-other than the world’s best cat burglar as he jumps on the Mayflower to Rome in order to turn lead into gold.


Yes, it’s Hudson Hawk


And joining me to try and find the DaVinci code and attend that hat convention in July, is Paul Gannon


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This week we’ll be heading down under to bring a fish out of water home to America. There’ll be bites, sights, lights and fights, as the greatest Australian export since Rolf Harris, is let loose in the Big Apple.


Yes, it’s Crocodile Dundee


And joining me to find out just what is a knife, is Paul Litchfield.


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Award-winning Professional Welshman Dan Thomas joins to talk over our feelings regarding Ethan Hunt's last big job. There will be spoliers!

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This week we’ll be taking a crash course in prison etiquette and meeting a bunch of stuffy old men who learn the hard way that a woman is always right.


Yes it’s Alien3.


And joining me to find out where you can be heard screaming are Dr. Dean Burnett and Dan Thomas.


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June 1, 2025 78 mins

This week we’ll be going back to the island and hoping that it’s safe to go back into the water, spoiler alert: It isn’t. There’ll be long hairs, wide flares, and a woman that is so panicked by the sight of a shark that she blows herself up. 


Yes, it’s Jaws 2. 


Joining me to open the window after visiting Cable Junction, is Jim Howick. 


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May 25, 2025 87 mins

This week we’ll meeting the best cops in the business; one who loves to waltz in and take all your drugs, and the other who loves a bit of ATM. 


Yes it’s Tango and Cash!


Joining me to get FUBAR BIG TIME is Kate McCabe. 


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This week we’ll be coming down to Earth with a bang, and celebrating by making some jelly, visiting the zoo, and hanging around at Westminster Abbey.


Yes, it’s The Quatermass Xperiment


Joining me to come face to face with a gin goblin, is Toby Hadoke.


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May 11, 2025 63 mins

This week we’ll be returning to Philadelphia to find out who’s packing meat, who has the hairiest baby, if second time truly is a charm.


Yes, it’s Rocky II


Joining me to splash it on and make us smeel mainly, is Paul Whitelaw


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This week we’ll be literally leading a double life in the fast lane, while also looking into the taking of Pelham 1 and 2. 


Yes, it’s The Man Who Haunted Himself


And joining me to ask for more Moore, is John Thomson.


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April 27, 2025 102 mins

This week we’ll be searching the galaxy high and low for a missing baby, and finding out just who wants to hit the Hutt. 


Yes, it’s The Clone Wars


Joining me remember that Christopher Lee would do literally anything for money, is Tom Crowley.


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April 20, 2025 113 mins

This week we’ll be heading back the cutthroat streets and alleyways of the the East End of Victorian London and asking the important questions:

What if the Queen was involved in a murderous conspiracy?

What if one of the Ripper’s victims actually escaped?

And what if respected Victorian detective Frederick Abberline was essentially Uri Geller mixed with Pete Doherty. 


Yes, it’s From Hell


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April 13, 2025 150 mins

This week we’ll be knowing when to hold them, when to fold them, and when to walk away, as we witness James Bond reborn, regenerated, refurbished and really not very good at knowing when someone is bluffing. 


Yes it’s Casino Royale. 


Joining me to bring a gun to a snake and mongoose fight is Dan Thomas. 


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April 8, 2025 99 mins

This week we’ll be heading to a town built by bloody cowboys to find out just what it takes to get a man out of retirement: revenge, or squirrel.  


Yes, it’s Tombstone. 


Joining me to find out who shot the Sheriff, is Dan Thomas. 


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April 6, 2025 125 mins

Welcome to a Spider-Man special!


This week we’ll be going back to 2002 and dialling up the web to go on the hunt for the best swinger, and find out just who has been leaving sticky white stuff everywhere. 


Yes, It’s Spider-Man


Joining me to mess with one and all of New York, is Tom Burgess. 


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April 1, 2025 108 mins
To mark the sad passing of Richard Chamberlain, here's one from the vaults of August 2021: Dan, John and Dean have GOT IT! And try and find some treasure with it. 

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This week we’ll be following a small naked man who wants to get a good look at our ring, bringing an old man off in front of his daughter, getting Merry with a massive wood, while also helping hundreds of men get helm’s deep.


Yes, it’s The Two Towers. 


Joining me to show that they couldn’t give a Fangorn forest, is The Snake Boys, Tom Neenan and Tom Crowley.


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It's 1994, and Mr Peanut signed a treaty of surrender with President Clinton.


A recent episode of the Monday Night Movie Club from the Smersh Patreon.


Subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/c/SmershPod


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This week we’ll be returning to Castle Dracula to get some much needed exorcise. 


There’ll be a bit of necking, some heavy petting, and a British bake off so sensual that it may cause a few soggy bottoms. 


Yes, it’s Dracula Has Risen from the Grave. 


Joining me to see if the baker KNEADS any help, is world class profiterole chef Ashley Blaker. 


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This week we’ll be entering a magical land where love conquers all, lies have no place, and all the men seem to have the horn 24/7. 


Yes, it’s The Magic Flute


And joining me walk through fire while three lads in a balloon admire our Vorsprung durch Technik, is Madeleine Brettingham


Go see Dear Martin at the Arcola Theatre while you can:


https://www.arcolatheatre.com/whats-on/dear-martin/


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March 9, 2025 113 mins

This week we’ll be heading down to Dallas to ride the wild rollercoaster of conspiracy. There’ll be thrills, spills, and more twists and turns than a weirdly laid out presidential motorcade. 


Yes, it’s JFK.


Joining me to sit back and to the left on the fence at the grassy knoll, is Martin Fitzgerald. 


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