Betamax Video Club

Star Wars Holiday Special (live commentary)

(This episode was recorded in November 2020) Please forgive me. I'm so sorry, but I just had to do it... Welcome to the first and last live commentary episode of Betamax, as John from the Trial Of A Time Lord podcast and I suffer the ordeal of 1978's…

Trailer: Don‘t You Want Me?

A new podcast coming soon: DON'T YOU WANT ME?   Rich Nelson and Catrin Lowe have started a new podcast, taking a lighthearted look at the most relatable, intruiging and dysfunctional relationships in film. Series one launches on Thursday September 23…

A View To A Kill - Extended episode

"Then I'm about to make the same mistake twice..." Originally recorded in 2019, I've decided to release the full version of the episode on A View To A Kill, with an extra 50 minutes of Marty from Thunderballs and I talking about Roger Moore, Christop…

Three Men And A Baby

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Steve Guttenberg makes his long overdue Betamax debut in the Leonard Nimoy-directed opus Three Men And A Baby. Guttenberg is joined by Tom Selleck and Ted Danson as three New York bachelors who become guardians …

Better Off Dead

"Two dollars!" No, not another Patreon plug, but if you've seen the movie, you know the score... Joining me at the top of the mountain in Jonathan Foster, host of The Pod Charles Cinecast, the podcast of the incredible Prince Charles Cinema. We have …

Back To The Future

"I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet... But your kids are going to love it" One of the all-time greats finally arrives on Betamax - and we go all the way back to 1985 to revisit a lot of people's favourite movie. Due to poor planning it's not …

The Goonies

"HEY YOU GUYS!!!!!" Welcome to the biggest adventure on Betamax so far as I'm joined by two guests for the first time, Doug and Elly from the newish podcast Doug and Elly Watch Telly. They were surprisingly gentle with a movie that a lot of people wi…

Three Amigos!

"You dirt-eating piece of slime! You scum-sucking pig! You son of a motherless goat!" We travel back in time to a golden age of cinema this week, as the infamous Graham Sibley returns for another film with an exclamation mark (after Airplane!, while …

Pretty In Pink

"His name is Blane? Oh! That's a major appliance, that's not a name!" We remain in the classics section this time with one of the defining movies of the era, featuring the first lady of 80s cinema Molly Ringwald. Joining me at the prom is The Telegra…

Aliens

"Get away from her, you bitch!" Returning after a 57 year absence, Simon Pegg joins me on LV-426 to talk about one of the most bold and exciting sequels to a very different masterpiece...  Thank you again for the ongoing support. Mostly. If you like …