Oddjob Pod - A James Bond Podcast

The Oddjob Pod’s While They Were Bond series continues with a movie that is much loved by Terry and Graham but controversial with values that can be kindly expressed as of their time. The 1978 action war film, The Wild Geese had an all star cast including Roger Moore. The film is an attempt to navigate through the highly complex world of African politics while at the same time trying to recreate the tone of classic war movies of the 1960s. History has not been kind to the film and we discuss the more problematic elements while celebrating the bits that we still love about this movie. Download the podcast here

Terry, Gary and Graham return for another Action Movie Landfill. This time the crew have unearthed the 1993 classic The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones in this Chicago-based whodunnit/manhunt movie, based on the long running TV series from the 1960s. The film is still regarded as a classic of the action genre and was nominated for seven Oscars, including best picture. Download the podcast here

The Oddjob Pod continues its While They Were Bond series with Pierce Brosnan’s 2001 spy thriller, The Tailor of Panama.Based on a novel by John le Carre and with a stellar ensemble cast including Geoffrey Rush and Jamie Lee Curtis, The Tailor of Panama is a significant departure from the usual spy story we had come to expect from Brosnan’s Bond canon. We all thoroughly enjoyed getting stuck into this compelling drama. Download the podcast here.

Terry, Gary and Graham dive back into the Acton Movie Landfill and uncover an action movie that did more than provide a sweet distraction for a couple of hours. Rush Hour was the focal point of an online phenomenon that has dominated cinema in the decades to follow. There is also a wicked fight scene in a billiard hall. Download the podcast here

Introducing our new series of podcasts: While they were Bond.In this new series we look at the other films Bond actors starred in during their tenure as 007.Our first episode focuses on Sidney Lumet’s extraordinary and harrowing wartime prison drama, The Hill, starring Sean Connery who by 1965 was anxious to be cast in roles very different to James Bond. He certainly got his wish with this outstanding yet deeply controversial telling of life for British soldiers in a North African prison camp during the Second World War. Download the podcast here.

Boobs and facism Gary, Graham and Terry sign up for another tour of the Action Movie Landfill to dissect Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi action flick, Starship Troopers. Opinions on the significance of this film differ among is cohort of fans. Is it a biting satire on fascism and the US military industrial complex or is it a fun action movie where guys dressing up like Nazis is just a costume decisions. Does this film have a brain? Is it is intelligent? Would you like to know more? Listen to the podcast and make up your own mind. Download the podcast here.

The Action Movie Landfill is heading to Tombstone. AND HELL’S RIDING WITH US! George P Cosmatos’ 1993 western, retelling that great mythologised tale of the Gunfight at the OK Corral has been fished out of the landfill for full evaluation and appreciation. Tombstone had a troubled production and there are elements that unravel sufficiently to deny it a place as one of the greatest westerns of all time. That said, our esteem for this film has few limits so if you're down on this movie then you best discard your red sash and head for the hills. Download the podcast here.

The Oddjob Pod crew have emerged from the Action Movie Landfill clutching another nineties classic. Enemy of the State (1998) is a Washington DC political thriller about a rogue cell within the NSA who are on the hunt for a lawyer who has accidentally come into possession of a tape that incriminates a senior NSA figure (Jon Voight) in the murder of a senator. A central theme to the film is the politics of surveillance and the limits of personal freedom in a democracy. The film co-stars Gene Hackman who also starred in the similarly-themed, The Conversation (1974). There are direct call-backs to that film in Enemy of the State. The film also boasts one of the greatest cameo appearances in the history of cinema. Download the podcast here.

Want to feel old? The Goldeneye 007 video game for the N64 turns 30 next year. This game is and remains one of the most celebrated James Bond games ever and represented a breakthrough for Nintendo and first-person shoot-em-ups. In this episode of the OddJob Pod, Gary, Graham and Terry share our own personal recollections of Goldeneye 007 and explore its legacy. We also talk about the broader 007 gaming universe, what Bond movies we'd want to see adapted as a game and in which direction the James Bond games could go, with some interesting speculations. Download the podcast here.

The master of the podcast “rope-a-dope” Gary, Terry, and Graham are back with another edition of Action Movie Landfill. This time, Gary has dragged out John Woo’s 1996 nuclear heist thriller, Broken Arrow. Woo arrived in Hollywood with a reputation for high-octane Hong Kong action movies, and just a year later he’d cement his legacy with the classic Face/Off, once again teaming up with John Travolta. But how much does Broken Arrow serve as a warm-up for Face/Off — or is the stronger link to screenwriter Graham Yost, the man who wrote the script for Speed? For just over an hour, the gang rummage through desert chases, pantomime villainy, Hans Zimmer guitar riffs, and the question of whether this film belongs in the landfill. Download the podcast here.