They Don't Make 'em Like They Used To - Movie Nostalgia

83. Debbie Reynolds/Carrie Fisher Tribute Show

Fri, 20 Jan 2017 19:58:41 -0000

On the 24th of December 2016, news outlets around the world reported that Carrie Fisher, movie star and cultural icon had suffered a heart attack on a flight from London to LosAngeles, a few days later on the 27th of December she died. Her mother, the golden age movie star and cultural icon Debbie Reynolds died the next day from a stroke. Reportedly, in the wake of Carrie Fisher's death, she had said 'I want to be with Carrie' who she also named as her best friend. Tonight on they don't make 'em like they used to we dedicate our entire show (format and everything) to two ladies from one family who indelibly left their mark on the world.

Shaun, Sharon and Tosin's Movie reviews - Rogue One

Fri, 06 Jan 2017 20:06:16 -0000

Seeing as it was the first one back since Christmas, we decided to talk about Rogue One amongst other movies as we hadn't done that yet... We got side tracked

82. Christmas 2016 Special, Favourite Christmas movies

Fri, 16 Dec 2016 19:58:43 -0000

20 movies in 90 minutes ... and breathe. Welcome to They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To. We decided to give in to the Christmas Spirit and tonight, we're talking FAVOURITE CHRISTMAS MOVIES on the Podcast. People dropped us a few lines as to what their Favourite Christmas movie was and why. We tried to get through them all (in 90 minutes). Great Christmas celebration.

81. Whistle Down the Wind, Tender Mercies, Groundhog Day

Fri, 09 Dec 2016 20:01:56 -0000

TONIGHT, she is our resident musical expert, she’s our resident romantic movie expert and still manages to have a nifty sideline in boys movies. Tonight she takes us through Hayley Mills finding Jesus in a Barn, Robert Duvall drinking and singing about the American South years before Jeff bridges pulled off the same trick, and Bill Murray waking up, and waking up and yet again waking up in a small town in Pennsylvania. Welcome to the Sharon Bollen takeover of They Don’t make ‘em Like they used to.

Show 80: In Cinemas Now reviews - Doctor Strange, The Light between Oceans, Streetcat Named Bob,

Fri, 11 Nov 2016 20:04:33 -0000

The section of the show where we give the old movies a rest for a bit and focus on films you can watch in the cinemas right now.

80. Road Movies: It Happened One Night, Two Lane Blacktop, Thelma & Louise

Fri, 11 Nov 2016 19:59:50 -0000

Tonight, we are in the home of the road. Might not have been invented there, but there is arguably no country that has embraced the road like the good old US of A. And Hollywood noticed, resulting in one of the most recognisable movie genres, the road movie. Tonight we have screwball comedy on the road in the 30s, existential youth culture on the road in the 70s, and Girl power on a crime spree on the road in the 90s. It’s going to be fun, Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘Em Like they Used To.

79. Kes, Red Sun, Gladiator

Fri, 28 Oct 2016 18:53:35 -0000

This evening, we’re in the North of England, it’s realism on screen, it’s social commentary on screen, its dank and it’s a little bit grim. It can only be Ken Loach. We also look at the Far east meeting the wild west waaaaayy before anyone ever heard of Jackie Chan or Owen Wilson. And we end up with a film that briefly threatened to make Swords and sandals a viable genre again. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To.

Show 78 : In Cinemas Now Reviews - The Girl with all the Gifts

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 19:09:57 -0000

Our review of the Girl with all the gifts. HINT: we like it

78. The Jerk, Sky West and Crooked, Good Night and Good Luck

Fri, 14 Oct 2016 19:01:00 -0000

This evening, we discuss the odyssey of a guy who was born a poor black Child, we drag a slightly forgotten movie from one of englands screen sweethearts into the sunlight, spend time watching movies for free with a 1950s cinema usher, and sticking with the 1950s, we defy the Governmental powers that be and bid you Good Night & Good Luck. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To.

77. 77th Show Special, Films themed around the number 7 (hint: feudal Japan and the Wild West)

Fri, 07 Oct 2016 19:05:35 -0000

If this were an episode of Sesame street, this week's episode would be brought to you by the number 7 and sponsored by your good friend and mine Shaun Harris. Welcome to the 77th show of They Don’t make Them Like They Used To.

Movie Legend Quiz: They Don't Make 'em Like They Used To 30/09/2016

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 09:26:47 -0000

Shaun gives three/four clues to a movie acting legend. See if you can guess the star before Tosin does in the studio. extracted from our 30th of September 2016 show. https://soundcloud.com/tajayimedia/76-network-dodge-city-the-big-short

76. Network, Dodge City, The Big Short

Sat, 01 Oct 2016 08:49:41 -0000

This evening WE’RE AS MAD A HELL, AND WE’RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE, oh yes, we also follow a famous swashbuckler as he swaps his buckled swashes for a slung gun. Then we round off with a modern movie that attempts to explain exactly why you can no longer afford that yearly holiday that you so badly need. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To.

75. Guys and Dolls, The Student Prince, Labyrinth

Fri, 23 Sep 2016 19:00:19 -0000

On the show tonight, Marlon Brando Sings!!! That one clue is enough for many to figure out what film we are talking about, also Mario Lanza Sings!!! although we never get to see the poor bloke in the film and finally David Bowie Sings!!! along with a package that you would have thought many people would have been uncomfortable with having in a Children’s film. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To.

74. Literary Adaptations: The Go-Between, The Eiger Sanction, Atonement

Sat, 17 Sep 2016 06:50:18 -0000

This evening, it all starts on the page and in the bookshop. we pay tribute to those stories that started without thought of a silver screen in mind. When all the Authors had were words and the images those words conjour in your mind. until that is some clever clogs came along and decided to show us all the image that they had in their head when they read the words.That’s right, tonight we’re talking films that started life as books. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To.

73. Bio-Pics: Patton, The Sound of Music AGAIN, Lady Sings the Blues, Selma

Fri, 09 Sep 2016 19:08:24 -0000

This evening, we are keeping some illustrious company. I’m talking people who did stuff so momentous that someone threw millions of dollars into a pot to make a film about them, We have an Army General, a Blues Legend, and a civil rights trailblazer. All this and more to come on tonight’s They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To.

72. Black and White movies: The Cruel Sea, The Long and The Short and The Tall, The Artist

Thu, 08 Sep 2016 11:07:14 -0000

In our Black and white special, we are being pitched in at the deep end with the crew of the HMS Compass Rose, Plunged into the jungles of Burma (as it was called) with some of her majesty's finest and to roundup our monochrome special, we will look at a Quirky Modern throwback. Welcome to They Don't make 'em Like They Used to.

71. The Robe, Young at Heart (Frank Sinatra AND Doris Day), Ocean's Eleven

Fri, 26 Aug 2016 18:54:22 -0000

This evening, we tackle a biopic of one of the most famous items of clothing in The Roman Empire, we stumble across two musical cinematic legends that have somehow been hiding their sole collaboration under a rock all these years, and we jump forward in time to tackle a new version of an old romp. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To.

70. East of Eden, Sound of Music, Burn! (Queimada!), Three Kings

Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:57:13 -0000

This week, It’s Character Heartthrob who can act time, as we go through a family Melodrama with Dean, start a revolution on a Island with Brando, and try and benefit from a war in the Gulf with Clooney, Wahlberg and Cube. Also due to our adopted ward Alverstone, we advance one year in age through the means of song. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To.

69. Performance, They Shoot Horses Don't They?, Pitch Black, Slade in Flame

Fri, 05 Aug 2016 19:11:32 -0000

This week, we take a bit of a stroll through the back end of the 60s, stopping at some point in the 70's. And in another of our inadvertent themes, we look at Rock stars playing at being actors. Welcome to They Don't Make 'em Like They Used To.

68. World War II: The Battle of Britain, Showboat, The Bridge at Remagen, Red Tails

Fri, 29 Jul 2016 19:13:02 -0000

This evening, in honour of the recent anniversary of the Battle of Britain, We have a look at World War two movies through the ages, starting in the obvious place, we go through bonafide classics, Hidden gems and modern throwbacks. We also hear tales of the great Howard Keel from Pam in our pet ward Alverstone . Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To

67. The Man who Fell To Earth, The Valley of Gwangi,

Fri, 24 Jun 2016 19:32:54 -0000

This evening, in one of the most slam dunk casting decisions in movie history, David Bowie is an Alien. In the wild, wild west, it’s cowboys vs …. dinosaurs? We hear of one lady's early cinema going life in Barbados, Let’s just say the King travels well, and we talk a film that gives Shaun that childhood feeling all over again. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To

66. Creature Features : THEM!, JAWS, DEEP BLUE SEA, The Jungle Book

Fri, 17 Jun 2016 19:11:26 -0000

This evening, they come from below, They come from above, they come through your walls, they ruin your holidays. We sojourn through time and see what creatures Hollywood offered through the years. Welcome to THEY DON’T MAKE THEM LIKE THE UUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSEEEDDD TO!

65. Bugsy Malone, The Man Who Would Be KIng, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Fri, 10 Jun 2016 18:56:57 -0000

This evening, we pretend to be anybody who is anybody with Fat Sam, sing an ode to that great servant of cinema, The Cowboy, Follow two rogue soldiers attempting to become Afghani royalty and have a blast on the french riviera chasing old women’s money. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To.

64. Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Great Caruso, Ladyhawke, Cold Mountain

Fri, 03 Jun 2016 18:56:13 -0000

This Evening Breakfast at the temple of diamonds with Audrey and Hannibal Smith, It’s the eighties ... That can’t be right, this is a show about old movies hmmm, anyway everything looks like a Duran Duran video. We have an movie by an Island boy done good who mixes with modern hollywood royalty and courtesy of Jean in our adopted ward alverstone, we bring some much needed class to the show. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘Em Like they used to.

63. Remake Special: Hairspray, The alamo, The Thing from another World

Thu, 02 Jun 2016 15:13:51 -0000

Tonight on our re-make special we shall be looking at classic films that have been re-made, re-used and re-cycled. We will be saying Good Morning to Baltimore, You must remember this to San Antonio and Good Grief, I wasn’t expecting that in the antarctic. Welcome to They don’t re-make em like they used to.

62. Secret Agent Special : From Russia with Love, Our Man Flint, The Man from U.N.C.L.E

Thu, 02 Jun 2016 14:58:12 -0000

Tonight we’ll will be talking about the man who put the Special in Special Agent, his rival who took special and turned it up to eleven and not forgetting the boys from the United Network Command for Law Enforcement.

61. Casablanca, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Sons of Katie Elder, Saving Private Ryan

Fri, 13 May 2016 18:58:53 -0000

This week, Colin Fyrth!! Actually live Colin Fyrth on the show. Love or Duty, Love or Duty, that is the big question as we hang out in Casablanca, and we have what I’m hoping will be a heavyweight ding dong battle over the acceptance of a movie into the John Wayne Hall of Fame. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To.

60. Excalibur, The Wild Geese, Eraserhead, Misery

Fri, 06 May 2016 19:28:41 -0000

In this episode, we see what actually happens when a Watery tart throws a title character at someone. We examine the Closest thing we’ve ever gotten to James Bond going to Subsaharan Africa, we talk about the what is probably the most profoundly unsettling movie of all time, and they say you should never meet your heroes, we examine the cinematic case for never, ever, meeting (annie Wilkes voice) your Number 1 fan. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To

59. Brighton Rock, Grease, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Satan Bug, Crazy People

Fri, 29 Apr 2016 19:40:01 -0000

Movies discussed Brighton Rock, Grease, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Satan Bug, Crazy People

58. The Blues Brothers, South Pacific, Walking Tall, Sunshine on Leith

Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:25:09 -0000

On the show tonight we have a wild ride with brothers Jake and Elwood with a little help from Ray, we have a really long walk with brothers Craig and Charlie and we are not going to take any you know what from anyone with Buford. And not forgetting our adopted ward Alverstone we have a patient’s choice that will have you singing in the shower. Welcome to They don’t make em like they used to. Films discussed The Blues brothers South Pacific Walking Tall Sunshine on Leith

Movie Reviews 16/04/2016 - They Don't Make 'em Like They Used To

Sat, 16 Apr 2016 01:01:13 -0000

Movies Discussed Hardcore Henry The Huntsman : Winter's War

Movie Reviews 9/4/16 - They Don't Make 'em Like They Used To

Sat, 16 Apr 2016 00:20:12 -0000

Movies discussed Risen Hail Caesar! The Divergent Series : Allegiant Eddie the Eagle 10 Cloverfield Lane Batman vs Superman : Dawn of Justice

Batman vs Superman : Dawn of Justice review - They Don't make em like they used to

Sat, 16 Apr 2016 00:13:31 -0000

Batman vs Superman : Dawn of Justice review - They Don't make em like they used to by Tosin Ajayi

57. The Last Valley, Doctor Zhivago, A New Leaf, Cast Away

Fri, 15 Apr 2016 23:52:00 -0000

57. The Last Valley, Doctor Zhivago, A New Leaf, Cast Away by Tosin Ajayi

56. The Lady Vanishes, It's a Wonderful Life, The Gospel according To Matthew, Kingdom of Heaven

Fri, 08 Apr 2016 19:43:46 -0000

After what seems like an age, becausse it has been, we are back in the studio. Tackiling a phantom movie. Phantom not because it stars a certain masked singing man, Phantom not because it's a billy zane starring movie that my brother would never forgive me for mentioning on a radio show about good movies, but phantom because none of us seem to know how it ended up on our list. Stay tuned, and all will be revealed. Welcome to They Don't Make 'em Like They Used To. Movies discussed The Lady Vanishes, It's a Wonderful Life, The Gospel according To Matthew, Kingdom of Heaven

55. Singing in the Rain, Lawrence of Arabia, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Moulin Rouge

Fri, 26 Feb 2016 20:09:18 -0000

This evening, it’s the 1920s in Hollywood California, and this new fad called talkies is wreaking havoc everywhere, … in song. it’s the 1800s and a young girl who would later be known as ‘the best man on an ill fated ship’, fights, bites and scratches her way through life, and it’s back. Just like the man in the title, we once again find ourselves attracted like magic to the desert, perhaps because it’s clean. Welcome to They Don’t Make 'em Like They Used To.

54. The Birds, The Exorcist, A Letter to Three Wives, Robot & Frank

Fri, 19 Feb 2016 20:07:24 -0000

This evening, Avian Carnage in Bodega bay, young girl accuses priests mother of lewd acts with poultry in hell and postman is unwitting accomplice in marital strife. Welcome to They don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To.

53. The Quiet Man, Tarzan, The Adventures of Don Juan, The English...

Fri, 05 Feb 2016 19:55:44 -0000

This Evening, The Duke of Inisfree, Ireland, The King of the Jungle, non descripton African Country, The adventures of a Spanish - ish Don, and a Bumbling English man with no title in a made up Welsh village. Welcome to They Don’t Make 'em Like They Used To.

52. A Night To Remember, The Day the Earth Caught Fire, The Island(s), Scary Disney

Fri, 29 Jan 2016 20:26:42 -0000

This evening, we take a look at the other movie involving THE big sinking ship that does not involve the names, Cameron, Di Caprio or Winslet. We debate the scariest scene that Disney ever made to haunt your childhood dreams and We look at a british SciFi hidden gem that is so hidden I know squat about it. Welcome to They Don’t make ‘em like they used to.

51. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Lawman, Alan Rickman, Galaxy Quest

Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:10:08 -0000

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Had to get that in before it was February. This evening we visit an english rose clashing with an American Beefcake down south in the U S of A. At least one of us is shocked to find that Michael Winner is unfairly maligned as a filmmaker and in Honour of Somebody who will be dearly, dearly missed from the film world, we look at a space romp that flies in the face of our titular rule. Welcome to They Don’t Make Em like they Used to

Christmas Special - Favourite Christmas movies in the Hospital

Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:08:04 -0000

Christmas Special - Favourite Christmas movies in the Hospital by Tosin Ajayi

They Don't Make 'em Like They Used To 49 - Things we've seen recently

Fri, 04 Dec 2015 20:27:57 -0000

The last half hour of our show, where we recommend (or not)films that we've seen recently.

49. To Sir with Love, Lawrence of Arabia, The Trouble with Harry

Fri, 04 Dec 2015 20:11:50 -0000

This week, we find out what happens when the a Glaswegian ginger lass meets a Bahamian screen legend, take a sojourn to the clean, clean desert and we find a master of suspense in darkly hilarious form. Welcome to They don’t make ‘em like they Used To.

48. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, The Warriors, Guest House Paradiso

Fri, 27 Nov 2015 22:04:03 -0000

In a week where we are told that the Lord’s prayer is not allowed to be played before movies at your local cinema, we talk about a movie whose existence is arguably due to a shed load of Prayer; we hunt down some WOORRREEEOOOORS, and invite them to COME OUT AND PLAAYEE-YAY!!! We meet Nicola in the hospital who gives us one of the funkiest tunes that we’ve played for a while, and we talk about one of the films that we are frankly ashamed to say was filmed on the Isle of Wight. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Films discussed The Inn of the Sixth Happiness The Exorcist The Warriors Guest House Paradiso

47. War of the Worlds, Star Wars, Somebody Up There Likes Me

Fri, 20 Nov 2015 20:16:18 -0000

This week, we wonder what the chances of anything ever coming from Mars are, we get in a filmic muddle involving Paul Newman, Don Ameche, David Niven and Warren Beatty with some Chris Rock thrown in for good measure, ... and it had to happen at some point. we finally address the massive Elephant that has overshadowed the entire cinematic year of 2015 in the shape of a little space opera being released in December. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like they Used To.

46. A Clockwork Orange, The Ninth Configuration, History of Cinema, IsleofMovies: Lord of the Flies

Fri, 06 Nov 2015 20:10:34 -0000

This week, we spend time with Anarchic yoofs in a non time specific London, hang around inside the predictably weird mind of the man who created The Exorcist, and I have a talk with someone whose lived through more eras of film than I can ever read about. Welcome to They Don't Make 'Em like they Used To.

45 Halloween Special Dawn of The Dead, The Haunting, Exception: Dawn of the Dead

Fri, 06 Nov 2015 17:25:57 -0000

It's Halloween and as is fitting, we theme the show accordingly.

44. Henry V,Charge of the Light Brigade, Water Diviner

Fri, 23 Oct 2015 19:05:31 -0000

In 2015, we have marked 200 years since the battle of Waterloo, On the 25th of October we mark 600 years since the battle of Agin court, sharing the same date as that battle is the Cahrge of the Light Brigade during the crimean war, and we also mark 100 years since the battle of Gallipoli. Welcome to the Battle marking special of They don’t make ‘em like they used to. Film's discussed - Henry V (1944), Charge of the Light Brigade, Charlie Chaplin, The Water Diviner

43. Gone With The Wind,Thunderbolt and Lightfoot,The Salvation

Fri, 16 Oct 2015 19:28:33 -0000

As God is our witness, this week we frankly give a damn and tackle the (inflation adjusted) highest grossing movie of all time. Take an early look at a fresh faced Jeff Bridges, and we ponder the question of what Spaghetti westerns would have been called if they had been filmed in a country besides Spain (yep, you read that right). Welcome to They Don't Make 'em Like They Used To.

42. East of Eden, Rolling Thunder, Disney owns childhood, Shutter Island

Fri, 09 Oct 2015 19:08:10 -0000

This Week, We look at the man who ushered in a new era of matinee Idol in the 50s, spend some time in the 70s with a movie that Quentin Tarantino cites as one of his favourites, so much so that he named his company after it, And zoom forward in time to the nougties with a film that qualifies both as an Island movie and as an exception to out titular rule. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To.

41. The Longest Yard/Mean Machine, Phase IV, Carry On

Mon, 05 Oct 2015 10:16:30 -0000

First we had Jack Nicholson, then Paul Newman and this week, Burt Reynolds joins our inadvertent series of “Movie-star-against-the-big-bad-institution-they-find-themselves-locked-up-in.” On our saunters around the hospital, we meet Leonard who had this to say about some of his favourite movie actors “It was a bunch of men and women who ran around and made about 10 comedies“ have a listen (or just read the name of the track) and see your guess about who he’s talking about is right. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To.

40. Cool Hand Luke, Murder by Death, Hell in the Pacific

Fri, 25 Sep 2015 19:27:41 -0000

Today, What we have here is failure to communicate. Something that Lee Marvin could very possibly have said to Toshiba Mifune on Island in the Pacific, also Truman Capote makes his first and only movie appearance as an actor. All this and more coming up in the next hour. Welcome, to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To.

39. Cuckoo's Nest, The Duellists, 60s Saturday morning cinema

Sun, 20 Sep 2015 15:24:47 -0000

This Evening on your nostalgic one stop for movies of yesteryear, We look at the mental hospital that ruled the Oscar roost of 1975, follow Harvey Keitel as he chases David Carradine all over Napoleon’s France looking for a fight in a role that’s almost as unexpected as those direct line adverts and we visit probably the most filmed island in Hollywood History. Welcome to They Don't Make 'em Like They Used To. http://www.toesin.com/dmeltut.html

38. Logan's Run, Being There, Dambusters, We need to talk about Kevin

Sun, 06 Sep 2015 07:33:13 -0000

This week, It’s book to film hour, as almost all the films we discuss started life as dead trees. We spend sometime with Peter Sellers in what is largely regarded his final film performance, go on the run from the domed city because there is life after 30, and Nature or Nuture? We ponder that question with Tilda Swinton. Welcome to They don’t Make ‘em Like they Used To. Films discussed LOGAN'S RUN - Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Peter Ustinov BEING THERE - Peter Sellers, Shirley Maclaine DAMBUSTERS - Richard Todd WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN - Tlida Swinton, Ezra Miller, John C. Reilly

37. The Wild Bunch, The Men, Jurassic Park

Fri, 28 Aug 2015 20:08:01 -0000

Colonel Kurtz, Don Vito Corleone, Stanley Kowalski, Lieutnant Ken Wojech. One man links all these characters and today we talk about the final character in that list in a film that someone seems to be trying really hard to hide. Welcome to They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To

They Don't Make 'em Like They Used To - Exception To The Rule search

Fri, 07 Aug 2015 19:43:51 -0000

They Don't Make 'em Like They Used To - Exception To The Rule search by Tosin Ajayi

36. NorthWest Frontier, The Medusa Touch, Fragile

Fri, 07 Aug 2015 19:21:47 -0000

This week, we hurtle across an Indian Desert with Lauren Bacall, We meet a lady in the hospital who reminds me of a great song I’d forgotten, We look at Richard Burton hating the entire human race in the 70s, and we remember fondly the time when Han Solo might have visited the Island. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To Number 36.

35. Roman Holiday, THX1138, Amelie

Sun, 02 Aug 2015 20:21:05 -0000

As promised, we pick a suggestion from our recent facebook Requests. Tiberiu Chis (how do you pronounce that?) is up with Roman Holiday. We head into Alverstone ward at St Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight, where we get ambushed by some lovely "first cinematic experience" stories. And we touch upon a THX1138, the relatively hidden gem in George Lucas' closet without which the name Skywalker might never have seen light of day. Welcome to They Don't Make 'em Like They Used To.

34. Enter the Dragon, A Star is Born, The Man with Iron Fists

Fri, 24 Jul 2015 18:47:56 -0000

This week, Friend of the show Doris Day pops up again, this time, courtesy of Patricia in the Alverstone Ward, we discuss a movie legend who we can’t believe has not shown up on this show before. One clue, WWWAAAATAAA!!, and we tackle a movie that have been remade three times, but defying all logic, remains good each time. Intrigued yet? You will be. Welcome to they don’t make ‘em like they Used To.

33. The Taking of Pelham 123, Sunset Boulevard

Fri, 03 Jul 2015 18:38:51 -0000

Just before we head off for a break, we talk Hollywood making movies on Hollywood, Hollywood remaking films that they should leave well alone, and Walther Matthau, Oh Walther, we miss you.

32. Waterloo, Shadow of a Doubt, Christopher Lee Tribute, Stoker

Fri, 19 Jun 2015 18:41:49 -0000

On probably the most packed show we've done, We look back at the LEGEND that was Sir Christopher Lee, Run out of time to talk about the intricately made (and mostly historically accurate) Waterloo, revisit Charlton Heston in the Galley of a slave ship, let Joe talk about Alfred Hitchcock's personal favourite movie (from among his movies)and it's links to one of the best films of the last five years. And Tosin forgets that the point of a quiz is that there be answers. Welcome to They Don't Make 'em Like they Used To.

31. Portrait of Jennie, Guys and Dolls, Mad Max : Fury Road

Fri, 22 May 2015 18:32:46 -0000

This week, we spend a haunting couple of years, or is it decades, or are we here, or do we exist? hmmmm, in New York. We beg Luck to be a lady tonight in a New York sewer, and just like some mutants in a post apocalyptic Australian desert. we have an almighty ding dong about if a certain unnamed film is worthy to be called the exception to our eponymous rule. Welcome to They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To.

30. Go Tell the Spartans, Calamity Jane, The Aviator

Fri, 15 May 2015 18:26:29 -0000

This week, Burt Lancaster tell us a story right out of a lad's mag, They think it’s all over, it is now as we go back to 1966, we contemplate the human ray of sunshine that is the delectable Doris Day, and we spend millions in search of clouds with Howard Hughes. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To.

29. Tora! Tora! Tora!, Love is a Many Splendoured Thing

Fri, 08 May 2015 18:37:52 -0000

This evening, we spend a lot of time on small masses of land surrounded by water. We are in Hawaii as fire rains from the sky, we are off to Hong Kong for some inter racial and racially dubious romance and we travel back in time to 1940s Saturday mornings, talking about one young girl’s first ever experience of the silver screen. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To.

28 - Dunkirk, Female Convict 701, The Guest

Fri, 01 May 2015 18:29:46 -0000

This evening, we spend some time in Dunkirk, waiting with the allies to be evacuated to England, We’re off to Japan for what promises to be an enlightening experience, talk about why you should always triple check those references before taking in a lodger. And Mary from Alverstone ward in the Hospital joins us with a song that always makes her cry. Welcome to they don’t make ‘em like they used to.

27. Kagemusha, Ice Cold in Alex, Cockleshell Heroes, The Last Samurai

Fri, 24 Apr 2015 18:57:10 -0000

This week we look at the director without which there would have been none of Yul Brynner, Robert Vaughn, Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson in a Mexican village, C3PO and R2D2 in a Tunisian desert, OR Harrison Ford avec Fedora in many exotic locales. We gaze longingly at the most anticipated pint of lager in the history of film and we blow up a french ship with a Kayak. Welcome to They Don’t make ‘em like they used To.

26. The Wrong Man, Rollerball, Stewart Grainger

Fri, 10 Apr 2015 18:19:08 -0000

This week, we finger the wrong man with Leytonstone's finest, Fight the powers that be hiding behind a computer with James Caan, and go on the most random Hollywood free association game ever played. Also watch out for a spooky cameo from a Welsh wizard (after what happened here, he must be a wizard)right at the end. Welcome to They Don't Make 'em Like They Used To.

25. Jesus Christ Superstar, Freaks, Alverstone Ward

Fri, 03 Apr 2015 18:16:36 -0000

For our easter special, we kick off with a composing Lord asking questions about THE Lord, talk about a film that killed the career of the greatest director you've never heard of, and chase the staff of Alverstone Ward on St. Mary's Hospital on the Isle of Wight with a microphone till they tell us the first film they ever watched on the silver screen. Welcome to They Don't Make 'em Like They Used To.

24. Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Picnic at Hanging Rock

Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:17:27 -0000

This week, We go on a bit of a cinematic world tour, we hang out in the Australian outback, Spend some time in Imperial era India/Afghanistan and after a brief detour to the other place called Oz, we land on the most exotic and far flung location of all, The Isle of Wight. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To 24.

23. A Town like Alice, Assault on Precinct 13, '71

Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:13:21 -0000

On this show, A treasure trove of movies for those raised in the 90s, We hunker down in the back of an abandoned police station with John Carpenter and his synth, and Alice, Alice, who the @#*?!!! is Alice? Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To.

22. Pinocchio, Mad Max, Rio Grande

Fri, 13 Mar 2015 19:20:53 -0000

This week, we test our nasal capacity for the truth, hang out with Maureen O’Hara and John Wayne (or is that Dean Martin and John Wayne) on the Mexican border and find out exactly what business Mr. Darcy had with the Isle of Wight, Welcome to They Don’t Make 'em Like They Used To.

21. The Godfather trilogy, On the Waterfront, That'll Be The Day

Fri, 06 Mar 2015 19:23:29 -0000

This week, we’re Gonna make you an Offer you can’t refuse, sit in the back of the cab with Rod Steiger and talk about we coulda been contenders, and look at the results of Hollywood glamour brushing the Isle of Wight. Welcome to They Don’t Make ‘em Like They Used To Films discussed The Godfather Trilogy Laurel and Hardy On The Waterfront That'll Be The Day

20. Harvey, Only Angels Have Wings, Mrs. Brown

Fri, 27 Feb 2015 19:19:59 -0000

27th Feb 2015 Tonight we are joined by a host of stars of yesteryear. The star wattage on tonight’s show is enough to power a 1940s Premiere at the Leicester Square Empire. We have James Stewart, Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Howard Hawks, Rita Hayworth and joining in with those old masters, we have Dame Judi Dench, Billy Conolly After Rebecca last week, we continue our inadvertent series of movies in which you never see the the title character Joe gives us another crash course in great Hollywood film composers And Sharon kicks us off with a new feature called Isle of Movies

19. Rebecca, Ulzana's Raid, The Alamo, Gone Girl

Fri, 20 Feb 2015 19:17:53 -0000

Show 19, we are still going. Check out Joe's new feature on Great movie Composers. This week, Franz Waxman, about 15 minutes in. Good show (nods sages)... good show.

18. Valentine's day Special-BrideOfFrankenstein, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, Strictly Ballroom

Fri, 13 Feb 2015 19:27:23 -0000

For our Valentine's day special, we Stroll around St. Mary's Hospital on the Isle of Wight asking 'What's your favourite romantic movie?'. Shaun talks a horror that really isn't in Bride of Frankenstein, and Sharon has Tosin in a nostalgic tailspin talking about 7 brides for 7 brothers. Joe sits back and behaves himself :).

17. Apocalypse Now, It Came from Outer Space, Summer Holiday, Avatar

Sat, 07 Feb 2015 00:23:32 -0000

The first show of 2015 contains a technical cock up by Tosin, a Vietnam war movie soliloquy by Shaun, a stirring defense/explanation of Cliff Richard movies by Sharon, and an impassioned case for Avatar being a good movie deserving of it's hype by Joe.

16. Christmas Special 2014 - White Christmas, Scrooge, The Bishops's Wife, Miracle on 34th Street

Sat, 13 Dec 2014 15:34:37 -0000

We come over all Christmassy in the final show of 2014. Joe explains Jingle all the Way, Shaun talks his favourite scrooge and Sharon waxes lyrical about 34th street and White Christmas. Bad Santa even makes an appearance. Ah, Christmas, it takes all sorts.

15. Tarzan, Out of the Past, 55 days at Peking, John Carter

Fri, 05 Dec 2014 19:24:41 -0000

Shaun finds a kindred spirit, Joe comes up with another good quiz and Tosin wonders if as great as they are, all films back then were racist. This week we go to deepest darkest "Africa", fly far east to China, and slum around LA (I guess, all good film noirs are based there).

14 - All About Eve, White Heat, Gangster Squad

Fri, 28 Nov 2014 19:27:33 -0000

On the day the new Star Wars trailer debuts, An early appearance by Marilyn Monroe makes an appearance on the show. As does the song and dance vaudeville man who became cinema's definitive bad guy, James Cagney. Joe comes up with a pretty good quiz that might have you scratching your head (unless you are familiar with the works of William Powell) and we hope that the new Star Wars will be a future exception to the rule. Enjoy

13. The Night of the Hunter, Bonnie and Clyde, The Great Escape, The Shawshank Redemption

Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:34:03 -0000

Joe and Shaun back in the studio this week. Indulging Joe's Man crush on Robert Mitchum a teensy bit, Shaun waxes lyrical about the most celebrated bank robbers in American History, and Tosin bumbles around not seeing any films. Enjoy.

12. West Side Story, Bambi, Grease, A Room with a View

Mon, 20 Oct 2014 22:57:06 -0000

After an age off the air, We're Back!! this time with guest Guests Sharon and Claudia, talking the enduring classic that is West Side Story, the everlasting tearjerker of Bambi, and the hermetically sealed cool of Grease. Enjoy.

9. Some like it Hot, Sound of Music, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Ironclad

Wed, 28 May 2014 14:41:17 -0000

We kick off with the Billy Wilder Classic with the most celebrated last line in all movie history, Stop by for some Robert Donat loving with Goodbye Mr. Chips, and Talk a bout a few of our favourite things, one of which is definitely Julie Andrews twirling around on an Austrian Hilltop.

8. Gojira!! (Godzilla), Buster Keaton, Yield to the Night (Diana Dors), King Kong (2005)

Mon, 19 May 2014 16:12:15 -0000

In honour of the new Godzilla movie, we celebrate everything that scaly, greenish and 50 foot tall. All together now UP FROM THE DEPTHS, 30 STORIES HIGH, BREATHING FIRE, HIS HEAD IN THE SKY P.S. GOJIRA!! Diana Dors, Head to head. Now that would have been a movie!!!

7. Rear Window, Great Escape, The Green Berets, We Were Soldiers

Mon, 12 May 2014 21:11:20 -0000

This week, we pick a cracker of a movie. Hitchcock's Rear Window. The general hospital populace pick two other crackers in The Great Escape and The Green Berets (might depend on your political stance) and Joe once again foxes us out with his Quiz. DAMN YOU BRISCOE!!!

6. Proper Blade Runner Chat, Black Hole, Bob Hoskins Tribute, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Tue, 06 May 2014 12:40:43 -0000

After Joe's loud protestations last week, we set aside some time for a proper Blade runner love in. We also got round to some Island specific film stories, failed to guess Joe's screen legend and started a conversation about weird cinema experiences.

5. The Sting, Blade Runner, Lilacs in the Spring, Rain Man

Sat, 26 Apr 2014 01:33:31 -0000

Made it to week 5 without being found out. Woohoo!! Seeing as this is a Nostalgic show, you might wonder what that guy is doing in the picture. All will be revealed as you listen. We run the rule over a couple of peoples choices as exceptions to the rule. There's a brilliant bit with Rutger Hauer in. Original broadcast 26th April 2014

4. The Aristocats, Bedknobs & Broomsticks, Ben Hur, David Niven as Dracula

Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:45:50 -0000

4th show of our Nostalgic Friday night at the movies. Joe's Clues this week are kinda devilish. Got into St. Mary's Hospital, Isle of Wight, and there were so many people clamouring to talk, that we let them take over a bit. So no choice from us this week, but they picked some gems. Original broadcast date April 18th 2014

3. Dr Strangelove, Doris Day, The Lone Ranger, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Thu, 17 Apr 2014 03:12:00 -0000

3. Dr Strangelove, Doris Day, The Lone Ranger, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by Tosin Ajayi

2. The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Italian Job, Gulliver's Travels (1939), Master and Commander

Thu, 10 Apr 2014 02:47:00 -0000

Show number 2, we discuss Errol Flynn as Robin Hood and Michael Caine as a plain old Hood Original broadcast date: 6 April 2014

1. Midnight Cowboy, Zulu, Wizard of Oz, Silverado, We love Robert Mitchum

Thu, 03 Apr 2014 02:45:00 -0000

Our first ever show, we talk pre 1980 classics like Zulu and Midnight Cowboy, and listeners tell us of the first film they saw in cinemas (wizard of Oz for the win). there's also a slightly embarassing love in about Robert Mitchum Original broadcast date: 31 Mar 2014