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Film Utopia
In-depth movie talk hosted by three fellas with a passion for film. Detailed retrospective movie reviews and filmography discussions of directors, actors, composers, and more!
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70. Denis Villeneuve Part 2 - 2016 to 2017
With the release of Dune Part Two in theatres now, this is the second episode of our Denis Villeneuve retospective movie review series. In this episode…
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69. Denis Villeneuve Part 1 - 1998 to 2015
Steven, Benjamin and Sean begin a detailed retrospective review series on the directorial filmography of French-Canadian filmmaker; Denis Villeneuve. In this…
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68. Physical Media Formats
Physical Media is in danger of going extinct, thanks in no small part to streaming. But do we also have an issue with the buyers themselves? Have people become…
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67. 1989 in Film
1989! A year of many team-ups, buddy comedies, underwater sci-fi fiascos, and of course; the summer show-down of the mega blockbuster! What with Batman, Lethal…
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66. Friday the 13th Part 3 - 1993 to 2009
Sadly, the franchise that made Jason Voorhees famous couldn't quite live up to its name; both by losing the 'Friday 13th' moniker of the series, and also not…
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65. Friday the 13th Part 2 - 1985 to 1989
We are back for our second instalment of our Friday the 13th saga (Huh? huh? Saga?!) coverage to discuss Friday the 13th Pat V: A New Beginning (1985), Friday…
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64. Friday the 13th Part 1 - 1980 to 1984
It's Ben's turn to choose our Halloween special this year, and he has seen fit to inflict the Friday the 13th franchise on us! However, he ended up just as…
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63. Top 10 Brad Pitt Performances
Hi there movie lovers! On this episode, Benjamin nominates award winning, mega-star actor William Bradley Pitt for another 'top 10 performances' discussion…
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62. More Guilty Pleasures!
Steven, Benjamin and Sean revisit a topic from way back in our first year of the Film Utopia Podcast to bring you another assortment of their go-to guilty…
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61. Comedy Picks - Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Jim Carrey, Michael Palin, Gene Wilder & John Candy!
Upon realising the shocking lack of Comedy coverage on The Film Utopia Podcast, Steven, Benjamin and Sean go some way to amend this glaring omission with an…
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60. John Carpenter Part 5 - Music Scores 1974 to 2022
Steven, Benjamin and Sean conclude their epic John Carpenter retrospective with a discussion on the legendary filmmaker’s music score work. Having composed…
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59. John Carpenter Part 4 - 1996 to 2010
Steven, Benjamin and Sean close out their John Carpenter filmography retrospective with a look at the latter movies of his career and share their…
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58. John Carpenter Part 3 - 1988 to 1995
With the 1980s coming to an end and during the start of the 1990s, John Carpenter’s output makes a few left field turns in terms of quality compared to the…
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57. John Carpenter Part 2 - 1982 to 1987
Welcome to Part 2 of our John Carpenter retrospective review series! In this episode, we unpack and discuss the movies made during period of Carpenter’s…
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56. John Carpenter Part 1 - 1974 to 1981
Ahoy there, fellow film fanatics! If you were to ask each of us for a list of our top 5 directors, all three of us would include John Carpenter! So, it doesn’t…
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55. Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Reaction! - Part 2
*NOTICE* There is a very slight delay between our three hosts' on this episode. Apologies in advance! Steven, Benjamin, and Sean continue their review of Star…
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54. Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Reaction! - Part 1
With latter Star Trek movies and shows leaving an awful taste in our collective mouths, Steven Benjamin and Sean were ready to leave their beloved franchise…
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53. Brian De Palma Part 2 - 1987 to 2019
Steven, Benjamin and Sean conclude their epic discussion of Brian De Palma’s filmography as well as ponder why so many legendary filmmakers end their careers…
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52. Brian De Palma Part 1 - 1968 to 1986
As Steven’s director pick this year, the Film Utopia boys dive deep into the directorial filmography of Brian De Palma. With a career spanning 50+ years and…
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51. Movie Picks From Before the 1980s!
Steven, Benjamin, and, Sean each recommend 10 films from before the 1980s that float their boat, including plenty of deep cuts and underrated treasures from…
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50. 1990 in Film
As has become routine, Film Utopia kicks off the new year with another retrospective year of cinema history. It’s Sean’s pick this time and he brings Steven…
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Special: 2022 Recap
Steven, Benjamin, and Sean have a very relaxed chat about the year’s cinema releases and reveal their opinions on the good, the bad, and the atrocious that…
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49. Film Composer: Harold Faltermeyer
Film Utopia cranks up the volume and slips on a pair of mirrored aviators for a full-throttle dive into the filmography of composer Harold Faltermeyer, the man…
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48. Top 10 Tom Cruise Performances
Love him or hate him, Tom Cruise is often referred to as the last, true, Hollywood movie star, and he has the career, the charisma, the chops, and the scandals…
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47. Halloween Special: Halloween - Complete Movie Series Retrospective
Happy Halloween everybody! With Halloween Ends, the final part of David Gordon Green’s new Halloween trilogy, out in cinemas now, we thought we would reflect…
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46. 80s Action Stars: Steven Seagal – Lawman, Ego, and Elbow Locks
If anyone said “save the best till last” to any of us here on the show, you would be met with wild, howling laughter. It’s Steven Segal time, and Sean…
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45. 80s Action Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme – The Muscles from Brussels
High kicks, slow splits, and a surprisingly soulful streak, Steven and Benjamin trace JCVD’s journey from Bloodsport bravado to meta meltdown. Expect talk of…
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44. 80s Action Stars: Dolph Lundgren – The Thinking Man’s Killing Machine
With a master’s degree in chemical engineering and a PhD in looking good while exploding things, Lundgren brought intellect to ultra-violence. From Rocky IV to…
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43. 80s Action Stars: Chuck Norris & Cannon Films – The Roundhouse Empire
Where denim met destruction. We dive into the low-budget, high-body-count world of Chuck Norris and his Cannon Films heyday; a glorious blur of slow kicks…
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42. 80s Action Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Part 2 – Ageing Like Fine Creatine
Steven, Benjamin, and Sean conclude their deep-dive on the action movie career of Sly Stallone by discussing his post 1997 output, an era defined heavily by…
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41. 80s Action Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Part 1 – Punching Up
The Film Utopia 80s Action star summer projects continues exploding forwards in a hail of bullets and sweat as Steven, Benjamin, and Sean talk opinion their…
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40. 80s Action Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger – Flex, Quip, Repeat
What would a retrospective series on 80s Action stars be without Mr. Olympia himself? Lacking, is what! Steven, Benjamin, and Sean are delighted to discuss the…
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39. 80s Action Stars: Bruce Willis – Yippee-Ki-Yay, Everyman!
Welcome to our 2022 summer special retrospective series! This year we’re doing an 8-part extravaganza on 80s action stars, starting with everyone’s favourite…
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38. Paul Verhoeven
It’s director time again on Film Utopia! This time, Benjamin drags Steven and Sean into the gloriously sleazy, shockingly intelligent world of Dutch…
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37. Bad Sequels: Cash-Ins, Crimes, and Cinematic Catastrophes
Steven, Benjamin, and Sean dive head-first into the bargain bin of cinema history to discuss bad sequels – think of it as a sequel to our recent ‘Belated…
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36. Film Composer: Vangelis. Synths, Skylines & Sonic Sorcery
Steven, Benjamin, and Sean drift into the shimmering electronic dreamscape of Vangelis, diving deep into the legendary composer’s filmography from Chariots of…
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35. Belated Sequels: The Ones That Actually Worked
Steven, Benjamin, and Sean take a nostalgic-yet-critical trek through the world of belated sequels; those unexpected franchise revivals that arrived decades…
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34. 1988 In Film
Steven, Benjamin, and Sean hop in the cinematic time machine once again, this time to revisit 1988. A year of genre-bending gems, blockbuster oddities, and…
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33. Film Composer: Clint Mansell. From Grebo to Grimly Beautiful
It’s film composer retrospective time again! This time, Sean leads Steven and Benjamin into the brooding, hypnotic world of Clint Mansell; one of his favourite…
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32. Musicals!
On this episode, The Film Utopia lads burst into spontaneous song (metaphorically… mostly) for an entirely off-the-cuff romp through the world of musicals…
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31. Guillermo del Toro: Monsters, Melancholy & Questionable Fish Romance
Sean’s director pick for this retrospective leads the FU trio through the shadowy, creature-cluttered corridors of Guillermo del Toro’s filmography, covering…
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30. Star Trek: Picard
The Film Utopia complete Star Trek retrospective draws to a close with a look at Star Trek Picard; the legacy sequel, or follow on, to the events of the TNG…
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29. Star Trek: Discovery
The Film Utopia Trekathon brings Steven, Benjamin, and Sean into unprotected contact with Alex Kurtzman’s ‘ST:D’.
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28. Star Trek: Animations – The Animated Series & Lower Decks
Steven, Benjamin, and Sean take the 70s Animated Star Trek series for a re-spin before checking out the newly produced Lower Decks. There’s also time for a…
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27. Star Trek: Enterprise
Film Utopia go boldly back to a time before Kirk and revisit the short-lived series Star Trek: Enterprise. Sean is once again the torch carrier for this…
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26. Star Trek: Voyager
Steven, Benjamin, and Sean get stranded in the Delta Quadrant and plot their 70,000 light year journey though the ups and downs of the second spin-off series…
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25. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Film Utopia’s trek into the stars temporarily docks at Deep Space Nine and Steven, Benjamin, and Sean head into Quark’s Bar for a cup of Raktajino and a chat…
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24. Star Trek: The Next Generation Part 2
The voyage continues as we tackle the powerhouse middle and late seasons of TNG, where the series continues going from strength to strength (apart from that…
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23. Star Trek: The Next Generation Part 1
Steven, Benjamin, and Sean “make it so” and engage at warp 9.8 into Star Trek: The Next Generation. A new crew, a new ship, and much love all round as all…
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22. Star Trek: The Original Series
Steven, Benjamin, and Sean beam back to the Original Series; the three seasons of Trek that started it all. It’s fond nostalgia overall, especially for the…
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21. Star Trek: The Kelvin Timeline Movies
This week on Film Utopia, Steven, Benjamin, and Sean break the established rules of transportation range and lens-flare their way into the Kelvin Timeline…
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20. Star Trek: The TNG Movies
On this episode of Film Utopia, Steven, Benjamin, and Sean set phasers to stun and warp into the Next Generation era of Star Trek movies, covering Generations…
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19. Star Trek: The Original Movies
Welcome to the first episode of our giant summer retrospective! Yes! Goddammit, Jim! We’re doing Star Trek! All of Star Trek! Join us as Steven, Benjamin, and…
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18. Die Hard On A Podcast: The Die Hard Clones
Steven, Benjamin, and Sean crawl through the air vents of action cinema to break down the Die Hard formula, where it came from, and hopefully mention every…
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17. Darren Aronofsky
Steven, Benjamin, and Sean strap in for a cinematic panic attack as we dive head-first into the bleak, obsessive, beautifully unhinged world of Darren…
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16. Martial Arts
Steven and Benjamin are joined by special guest Max for a general chat on Martial Arts action stars and movies. From early memories of David Carradine in Kung…
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15. Marvel & DC Update! Wandavision, Wonder Woman 1984, The Snyder Cut and more!
Following on from last year’s MCU & DCEU episodes, Steven and Benjamin catch up with the latest releases from each studio to mostly share a collective ‘WTF?’…
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14. 1994 in Film
Film Utopia kick off the new year by winding back the cinema clock to 1994 for an in depth look at what floated our boats back then, and what still does now. A…
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13. Film Composer: Alan Silvestri. Great Scott, what a career!
Steven, Benjamin, and Sean dive into the dynamic, bombastic, time-travelling, jungle-thundering, motion-captured musical universe of Alan Silvestri. We cover…
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12. Bill Paxton
Steven, Benjamin, and Sean spend some long overdue time paying tribute to the late, great Bill Paxton – one of our favourite character actors. With undeniable…