Commentary Club
Film, TV & Pop Culture
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Welcome to Commentary Club! Join Jim and Teresa as they talk over various movies and bits of cult TV. So take your seat, make yourself comfy as we do commentaries for all kinds of films, the classic, the cult and the crap!
Episodes
- COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 81 - League of Gentlemen Series 3 Begins
Commentary Club begins its review of League of Gentlemen Series 3, focusing on the opening episode which revisits characters and includes the story of Pauline and Mickey.
- COMMENTARY CLUB 125 - REC
In episode 125 of Commentary Club, the hosts discuss REC, the 2007 Spanish found footage horror film. The episode includes a quote expressing a desire to record the events.
- COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 80 - Royston Vasey And the Monster From Hell
Commentary Club Minisode 80 reviews the second series finale of The League of Gentlemen, discussing the apocalyptic events in Royston Vasey.
- COMMENTARY CLUB - Easter Special 2026 - Night of the Lepus
The Commentary Club podcast reviews the 1972 film Night of the Lepus for their Easter special. The episode discusses the movie, which features a cast including Stuart Whitman, Rory Calhoun, Janet Leigh, and DeForest Kelley, and its plot in…
- COMMENTARY CLUB 124 - Scream
Commentary Club episode 124 revisits the 1996 film Scream, directed by Wes Craven. The discussion covers the meta-horror movie starring Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Rose MacGowan, and Matthew Lillard.
- COMMENTARY CLUB 123 - The Kissing Booth
In this podcast, we take a look at a notoriously bad modern movie - the teen rom com The Kissing Booth (2018) starring Joey King, Jacob Elordi, and Joel Courtney - and discover if it really deserves a place on the Worst Movies lists...
- COMMENTARY CLUB - Valentines Special 2026 - Groundhog Day
Welcome to our annual Valentine's Day Special, and this year for a change it's not a wildly inappropriate movie but a bona fide classic - Groundhog Day (1993) starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Scooter the groundhog as seer of seer…
- COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 79 - Anarchy in Royston Vasey
We reach the penultimate episode in our rewatch of the second series of the League of Gentlemen, in which the town is riddled with a mystery plague and the Creme Brulee reunion does not go as planned...
- COMMENTARY CLUB 122 - Gorgo
It's cult film time again and so we are watching a movie from the dawn of the Swinging Sixties starring Britain's answer to Godzilla! London's landmarks beware for here comes the marvellous monster mayhem of Gorgo (1961) !
- COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 78 - Death in Royston Vasey
We continue our rewatch of the second series of the League of Gentlemen, with the fourth episode of the second series - Death in Royston Vasey.
- COMMENTARY CLUB CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2025 - Rare Exports
For our Christmas special this year we are watching a fantasy comedy horror adventure from Finland, Rare Exports (2010) a tale uncovering a dark folkloric side to Santa!
- COMMENTARY CLUB 121 - The Naked Gun
In this show we revisit classic 1980s comedy The Naked Gun, the spin-off movie from the cult comedy TV show Police Squad! starring Leslie Nielson and Priscilla Barnes!
- COMMENTARY CLUB 120 - Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
For our first show for December, we are watching a Christmas movie which happens to be one of the greatest bad movies ever made, the frankly bewildering Santa Claus Conquers the Martians from 1964!
- COMMENTARY CLUB 119 - The Matrix
In this show we swallow the red pill and take a trip back to 1999 and revisit the original Matrix starring Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Lawrence Fishburne, Hugo Weaver, and loads of 1s and 0s!
- COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 77 - A Plague on Royston Vasey
We continue our rewatch of the second series of the League of Gentlemen, with Episode 3 - A Plague on Royston Vasey featuring mystery nosebleeds, a showdown between Pauline and Ross and a very unusual card game...
- COMMENTARY CLUB 118 - It! The Terror From Beyond Space
In this show we are watching one of the great classics of 1950s science fiction, interstellar monster movie It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958), the movie that later was a direct inspiration for Alien (1979)!
- COMMENTARY CLUB - Halloween Special 2025 - The Amityville Horror
It's time for our Halloween special and we are visiting one of cinema's most famous haunted houses with a rewatch of The Amityville Horror (1979) starring Margot Kidder, James Brolin and Rod Steiger.
- COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 76 - Lust for Royston Vasey
We continue our rewatch of the second series of the League of Gentlemen, with Episode 2 - Lust for Royston Vasey featuring a school trip with Herr Lipp and multiple mysterious nosebleeds...
- COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 76 - Lust for Royston Vasey
We continue our rewatch of the second series of the League of Gentlemen, with Episode 2 - Lust for Royston Vasey featuring a school trip with Herr Lipp and multiple mysterious nosebleeds...
- COMMENTARY CLUB 117 - Death Ship
In this episode, we set sail for a crap movie, and wind up aboard Death Ship (1980), an odd mix of ghosts and maritime mayhem!
- COMMENTARY CLUB 116 - Return of the Living Dead
For our cult film selection we revisit, or should that be reanimate, seminal 1980s comedy horror Return of the Living Dead, directed and scripted by Dan O'Bannon!
- COMMENTARY CLUB 115 - The Love Bug
We are back, and a covering a classic movie movie about a mad car that drives itself and misbehaves! No, not Christine! Herbie, in his first movie, The Love Bug (1969)
- COMMENTARY CLUB 114 - The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Another release of a previously for Patreons only episode - a commentary for Hammer's The Satanic Rites of Dracula, which sees the final battle between Van Helsing and the Count! Starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Freddie Jones and J…
- COMMENTARY CLUB 113 - Dracula AD 1972
This week we have another release of a previously only for Patreons episode - a commentary for Hammer classic in which the Count is undead and well and undying in Swinging London - Dracula AD 1972! Starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing,…
- COMMENTARY CLUB 112 - Bedknobs and Broomsticks
This week we have a special release of a previously only for Patreons episode - a commentary for the classic magic fantasy from Disney, Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), featuring witchcraft vs nazis - what more do you want?
- COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 75 - Destination Royston Vasey
We begin a rewatch of the second series of the League of Gentlemen, starting with Episode 1 - Destination: Royston Vasey - where we will meet new characters, fresh horrors, and a new dark saga begins...
- COMMENTARY CLUB 111 - Time Guardian
This week we look at the little seen 1987 sci-fi flop Time Guardian, which features Carrie Fisher and Dean Stockwell doing their level best to minimise their involvement in this dreck.
- COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 74 - Escape from Royston Vasey
We watch the episode 6 of the first series of the League of Gentlemen - Escape From Royston Vase - the thrilling grand finale of the New Road saga!
- COMMENTARY CLUB 110 - The Thing
This week we revisit The Thing - the 1982 John Carpenter remake that initially flopped badly at the box office, but has since been reappreciated as a masterful exercise in suspense, paranoia and alien body horror!
- COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 73 - Love Comes To Royston Vasey
We return to the League of Gentlemen with Series 1 episode 5 - Love Comes To Royston Vasey, which sounds delightful but completely isn't! But it does feature classic appearances from failed rock star Les McQueen and Mick the cave tour guid…
- COMMENTARY CLUB - St Patricks Day Special 2025 - Leprechaun 4 In Space
To celebrate that special day of the year when everyone pretends to Irish and drinks too much, we are watching in famous cult classic Leprechaun 4: In Space starring the legendary Warwick Davis and Guy Siner from British sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
- COMMENTARY CLUB 109 - Total Recall
This week we revisit a classic from 1990, the mind-bending sci-fi action epic Total Recall starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone, directed by Paul Verhoeven, and with special make-up effects from the legendary Rob Bottin.
- Commentary Club Minisode 72 - The Beast of Royston Vasey
We return to our rewatch of the League of Gentlemen with Series 1 episode 4 - The Beast of Royston Vasey! Featuring a curious autopsy, a visit to Luigi's restaurant, and the first appearance of incompetent theatre group Legz Akimbo...
- COMMENTARY CLUB 108 - Tourist Trap
This week it is a (possibly) crap movie, obscure slasher Tourist Trap (1979) starring Chuck Connors, Tanya Roberts, and a load of dummies... No, literally, a load of dummies!
- COMMENTARY CLUB Valentines Special 2025 - My Bloody Valentine
For our traditionally highly inappropriate Valentine's Day special, we are watching the 2009 remake of My Bloody Valentine starring Jenson Ackles and Jaime King, numerous pickaxes, and roughly sixty gallons of blood...
- COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 71 - Nightmare in Royston Vasey
We return to our rewatch of the League of Gentlemen with Series 1 episode 3 - Nightmare in Royston Vasey! Featuring the death by compressed air, an egregious interview role play, and something nasty, but certainly local, dug up on the site…
- COMMENTARY CLUB 107 - Dark Star
We return with one of the all-time great cult movies - Dark Star (1974). Written by Dan O'Bannon and the first movie directed by John Carpenter, this student film became a cult film and huge influence on science fiction
- COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 70 - Leave Us Not Little, Nor Yet Dark
We watch the sixth episode of The Box of Delights - Leave Us Not Little, Nor Yet Dark, which sees the final struggle for the Box between Kay Harker and Abner Brown
- COMMENTARY CLUB Christmas Special 2024 - The Bishop's Wife
For our Christmas special this year we are going back to 1947 to revisit The Bishop's Wife, a charming celestial comedy set at Yuletide starring Cary Grant, David Niven and Loretta Young.
- COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 69 - Beware of Yesterday
"You want the past? Oh I'll send you back... Back, back where you will never be found!" We watch the fifth episode of The Box of Delights - Beware of Yesterday, in which Kay takes a perilous journey into the past.
- COMMENTARY CLUB 106 - Die Hard
For our classic film selection for this December, we revisit a seasonal favourite, the original Die Hard(1988) the film that made Bruce Willis a mega star and maybe the best action movie ever made!
- COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 68 - The Spider in the Web
"It's the old Punch and Judy man! But he must be five hundred... seven hundred years old!" We watch the fourth episode of The Box of Delights - The Spider in the Web, more scrobbling sends Kay to search for Abner's headquarters
- COMMENTARY CLUB 105 - A Very British Christmas
In this show, for our crap film selection, we attempt to get festive with the alleged rom com A Very British Christmas (2019) which at least was filmed in the beautiful Yorkshire town of Knaresborough!
- COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 67- In Darkest Cellars Underneath
"They know I can look after myself. I've generally got a pistol or two on me and I'm a dead shot with both hands." We watch the third episode of The Box of Delights - In Darkest Cellars Underneath, in which Abner escalates his search for t…
- COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 66 - 2 Where Shall the Nighted Showman Go
"Getting up before it's light - on the first day of the holidays? I think it's the purple pim!" We watch the second episode of The Box of Delights - Where Shall the 'Nighted Showman Go and what's we are now watching the just released remas…
- COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 65 - 1 When The Wolves Were Running
To mark the 40th anniversary of the BBC's The Box of Delights, an adaptation of the classic novel by John Masefield, we are rewatching the classic TV series one episode at at time, week by week just like back in 1984. In this episode we se…
- COMMENTARY CLUB 104 - In Bruges
In this show, we revisit a modern cult favourite, the dark comedy In Bruges (2008) starring Colin O'Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and Ralph Fiennes.
- COMMENTARY CLUB Halloween Special 2024 - Hocus Pocus
For our traditional Hallowe'en special, we watch a modern Hallowe'en favourite - Hocus Pocus (1993) starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as three Salem witches from 1693 resurrected to wreak havoc in the modern age!
- COMMENTARY CLUB Minisode 64 - The Road to Royston Vasey
Like the addicted customers of Mr Hilary Briss, the butcher, we are back for more, as we watch the second episode of The League of Gentlemen TV series, The Road to Royston Vasey...
- COMMENTARY CLUB 103 - The Seven Year Itch (1955)
"It shakes me! It quakes me! It makes me feel goose-pimply all over!" In this show we revisit a true classic - The Seven Year Itch (1955) a romantic comedy from director Billy Wilder, starring the legendary Marilyn Monroe!