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Join us at Cocktails and Shattered Dreams this week for #83 Zootopia. Poppy the fact-checker returns, who is glad this isn't the sequel to All Dogs go to Heaven. While she might be a fact-checker she has her dad's skills at scoring, with a 99 score for action 😂If all that wasn't enough, we work out that the film is too sweet for Andy, kids are cruel regardless of human or animal, and prep for next week with Rob's favourite actor of all time without disputeIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2948356/@longplayvideo

Welcome back to the bar, where Carla escapes the video shopto make her bar debut—after accidentally watching this week’s film in both English and German. We’re at #84 on the list with 2011's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. We pour some straight gin (or embalming fluid) and debate if the RDJ and Jude Law bromance was a little overcooked this time around.We dive into the completely unnecessary "hedgehoggoulash" subplot , discuss the pointlessness of Stephen Fry being naked, and marvel at a 3-star review furious over a misplaced chess piece at exactly 39 minutes and 56 seconds. We wrap up by imagining Sherlock losing his mind trying to keep up with TikTok algorithms. Settle in for a Guy Ritchie special.IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2948356/@longplayvideo

Welcome back to Cocktails & Shattered Dreams, nowfeaturing a marble “Pizza Express” aesthetic—Poppy’s ideal bar vibe 😁This week we’re hitting #85 on the list with Kev’s  first-ever (remembered) cinema experience, though re-watching it now is possibly not the same.We dive into a debate on Gen X, Y, Z, and Alpha while Andyreminisces about the glory days of the milkman delivering cream soda. We cover the Ten Commandments, to Poppy calling out Andy’s spelling again, and Kev tries to convince everyone that rules make it more fun. While the moon draw-er was "on point," the truth is Burt Reynolds cannot sing, and the songs just don't hit the mark for a classic. We wrap up with a chat on "immortality", because honestly, this film isn’t a great one. Grab a Coke Float and settle in.IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096787/@longplayvideo

Welcome back to Cocktails & Shattered Dreams for #86 on Kev’s list, The Insider. It’s a high-stakes look at corporate ethics and the 90s era of journalism. We’re going deep on Al Pacino staying just below "ranting caricature”, and Russell Crowe delivers an epic performance. We end up with a "dead heat" rewatch score, and the mashup blends Big Tobacco with a WWI propaganda football match. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140352/

This week on the pod we discuss the difference between a Channel 4 and an ITV childhood when there’s only 4 channels. We discuss how long a 1 liner can be and still be a 1 liner, as well as the difference between 80s and 2000s action. We get into the details of how a helicopter works, how Andy's scoring works and which is more complicated. How do you compare an action movie with a semi documentary about a financial crash...with ease apparently as this week, at number 87 on Kev's list, we talk about 1987's The Running Man.IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093894/@longplayvideo

This week at Cocktails and Shattered Dreams, Kev, Andy &MCU guru Freddie shrink down #88 on Kev's Top 100: 2018's "Ant-Man and the Wasp" – his "least fave fave" Marvel (baffling the expert 😂). Kev digs Rudd's everyman charm, quantum gimmicks, and comedy beats; Andy brands it "fine" (his fave MCU slur 😁), with too much exposition, ghost villain flop, and post-Rudd fatigue. They roast villain overload, FBI truth serum comedy gold, quantum everything, and why Kev only has one more MCU film on his list, which one could it be? We cover all the reactions, with magic fun from Freddie! Beige homework from Andy. And perfect comedy-action balance from Kev. Catch school shrinks, Pez dispenser chases, grandma heists, and Whiplash mashup 🥳🥳On the menu: Freddie's tequila rose shots (smallbut punchy), Kev's sake bombs for shrinking vibes, Andy's vodka sprite – standard, like the filmIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5095030/@longplayvideo

This week at Cocktails and Shattered Dreams, we tackle #89on Kev's Top 100: 1989's Tom Hanks suburban nightmare "The 'Burbs". Kev's nostalgic for its zany Gremlins vibes and stacked cast (Hanks! Fisher! Feldman!); Andy calls it bizarrely all-over-the-shop, with zero chemistry, weak plot, and Hanks edging into Saviour mode too soon. Alongside guest Dani, we debate satanic panic, Carrie Fisher's meh wig, typecast army nuts, and why Kev skipped Splash, Big, and Turner & Hooch, for this "funny" Hanks flick 🤯 Dani graciously calls it amusingly weird; while Andy clocks it as Scooby-Doo gone wrong with Rear Window pretensions; Kev admits it crumbles on rewatch.Expect Rear Window riffs, werewolf red herrings, product placement overload, and an ending that reveals... nothing much 😂😂Quote: "Is that supposed to go up to 5000 degrees"IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096734/@longplayvideo

This week at Cocktails and Shattered Dreams, Kev and Andy tackle #90 on Kev's Top 100: 2024's Pharrell Williams "Piece by Piece" – their first ever documentary showdown, and naturally it's the one made entirelyof Lego 🥳. Kev's mesmerised by the tiny plastic beats,swirling colours, and to quote an epic film, I don’t think he can “handle the truth" about the last part of the film; Andy's debates whether this "happy" flick dodges the big topics, and will we ever find out why theNeptunes broke up?​On the menu: Kev cracks open pure childhood nostalgia with Um Bongo straight from the carton, while Andy rolls up with a piña colada that kicks off like a party high but crashes into a sugar slump – much like the film's second half. They dive into tackling massive topics in a fun Lego world, Pharrell still hustling for his mates, and if that insanely creative synaesthesia opener just... quietly bricks it later on.​Poppy phones in a flawless 100/100 rewatch score 🥳,Kev ribs Andy's romance heart for turning to coal, and we learn Andy's life story is pure Fast & Furious chaos while Kev dreams of an animated midlife meltdown 😂. Catch Snoop in Lego glory, Pharrell's eternal niceness, Andy's finally spot-on scores, and an ending flatter than ourpost-cocktail vibes 😂😂.Quote: "Relevance is a drug"IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31064841/@longplayvideo

This week Arnie heads to Mars in Total Recall, but the real question is: did he actually go there, or is this whole podcast a dream? 🤔Andy's back with his hilariously high standards and controversial scoring system. This week, guest Rob joins us at the bar to discuss whether Ben Affleck should be the next Terminator, why the remake makes the original look like a masterpiece, and—most importantly—would you actually go to Recall and get your memory implanted?We dive into body horror (so much body horror), mysterious suitcases full of stuff, and Andy's completely unhinged belief that Sinners and From Dusk Till Dawn are totally different films. Spoiler: they're not, and yes, Andy is definitely dreaming.Plus: Rob gets an unexpected education in Lego movie lore. Strap in. It's 1990. It's violent. It's confusing. And honestly? We're not sure any of this actually happened.Quote: "A man is defined by his actions not his memory"IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/@longplayvideo

This week at the bar, Andy and Kev take on Drive, Nicolas Winding Refn’s neon-drenched crime thriller and possibly the quietest film to ever cause this much disagreement. With Ryan Gosling barely saying a word, Andy questions Kev’s long-standing obsession with strong, silent types — accidental pattern or window into his soul?Is Drive home to the greatest lift scene ever filmed, rivaling The Apartment? We dig into the real Ryan Gosling (not the deep-fake one from Season One), asking whether he’s the leading man Hollywood keeps searching for — or the Patrick Swayze of his generation hiding in plain sight.Top Trumps descend into chaos as Andy tries to be generous with scores for a film he doesn’t love, Kev refuses on principle, and the pair debate the perfect ratio of violence to action. Somewhere along the way, evidence emerges that Kev may have time-travelled back to 2011 to influence Andy’s opinion.Number 92 on Kev’s list. Satin jackets, synths, and existential staring ensueQuote: "No...It's bad luck"IMDB:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780504/@longplayvideo