Episodes

  • EP21 - Marvel Summer Catch Up
    Oct 16 2021

    For our latest outing, The Courtyard Players are catching up on  the films of the summer. This week we're counting rings and avoiding widows -  Its our Marvel Catch Up episode. 

    Chris is once again joined by Curie Kim and Dan Kearns as we delve into all things Shang Chi and Black Widow.  

    In a one off episode we attempt to answer such important questions as “Can you be the toast of Croydon and support Liverpool?",  "Does having your soul sucked out make up for child abuse? ",  and "How many accents can Ray Winstone murder in one film?"

     If you enjoy this episode please like, share and leave us a 5* review on wherever you download your podcast.  

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    51 mins
  • EP20: The Conjuring Universe Part II
    Oct 2 2021

    We are back! Yes once again we took a bit of break over the summer but we're back with our twentieth episode. This week The Courtyard Players take a look at evil nuns,  creepy dolls and haunted houses as we delve into The Conjuring Universe. 

    in Part II Curie Kim and newcomer Natalie Webb join Chris Daley in attempting to answer such important questions as 'What is the point in the crooked man?' 'Do you have to have a nun in every horror film?' and 'Why do Americans think everyone in the UK uses the insult w**ker?'

    Note: This episode was recorded back in June and so therefore The Conjuring 3 doesn't feature and there may be the odd reference to things that were happening back in the summer. 
     
    If you enjoy this episode please like, share and leave us a 5* review on wherever you download your podcast. 

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    58 mins
  • EP20: The Conjuring Universe Part 1
    Sep 25 2021

    We are back! Yes once again we took a bit of break over the summer but we're back with our twentieth episode. This week The Courtyard Players take a look at evil nuns,  creepy dolls and haunted houses as we delve into The Conjuring Universe. 

    in Part I Curie Kim and newcomer Natalie Webb join Chris Daley in attempting to answer such important questions as 'Why does Latin work against Demons?' 'How can you spot a dead bride when you've got so many net curtains?' and 'Did Romania not get any cars until the 60s?'

    Note: This episode was recorded back in June and so therefore The Conjuring 3 doesn't feature and there may be the odd reference to things that were happening back in the summer. 
     
    Part I covers the bottom half of our list. Part II will be up in the next week. 

    If you enjoy this episode please like, share and leave us a 5* review on wherever you download your podcast. 

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • EP19: Wes Anderson Part III
    Jul 24 2021

    WE'RE BACK! After a much needed rest, we're back for our second year and ready to kickstart with another Director's episode. 

    For our nineteenth outing, The Courtyard Players have yet another mammoth for you. This week for the first of what we will be a three part episode we focus on a modern version of the 'auteur', a director who has made people laugh, think and even baffled them completely. With nine films so far and a tenth about to return to cinemas, we thought about time we focus an episode on the brilliant but often perplexing Wes Anderson

    Chris is once again joined by Mike Armagon and Adam Smith and we welcome a newcomer to the podcast , Jarrod Handley as we delve into all aspects of Anderson's films and try to work out what these films are actually about, if anything

    In Part III we continue our climb up our traditional worst to best list and attempt to answer such important questions as “Why would anybody ever take a date to see a Wes Anderson film?", "Why does Wes Anderson hate pets?" and "Why is a child being struck by lightning one of the funniest things you're likely to see?"

     If you enjoy this episode please like, share and leave us a 5* review on wherever you download your podcast.  

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    53 mins
  • EP19: Wes Anderson Part II
    Jul 17 2021

    WE'RE BACK! After a much needed rest, we're back for our second year and ready to kickstart with another Director's episode. 

    For our nineteenth outing, The Courtyard Players have yet another mammoth for you. This week for the first of what we will be a three part episode we focus on a modern version of the 'auteur', a director who has made people laugh, think and even baffled them completely. With nine films so far and a tenth about to return to cinemas, we thought about time we focus an episode on the brilliant but often perplexing Wes Anderson

    Chris is once again joined by Mike Armagon and Adam Smith and we welcome a newcomer to the podcast , Jarrod Handley as we delve into all aspects of Anderson's films and try to work out what these films are actually about, if anything

    In Part II we continue our climb up our traditional worst to best list and attempt to answer such important questions as “What do Adam Smith's tinder profile and Fantastic Mr Fox have in common?", "Why does Jarrod Handley hate children?",  "Will Mike Armagon ever watch a Wes Anderson film in one sitting?" and "Will Chris ever think his impression of Owen Wilson's "Woooooow" isn't funny?"

    Part III will be up next week
     
     If you enjoy this episode please like, share and leave us a 5* review on wherever you download your podcast.   

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    56 mins
  • EP19: Wes Anderson Part I
    Jul 10 2021

    WE'RE BACK! After a much needed rest, we're back for our second year and ready to kickstart with another Director's episode. 

    For our nineteenth outing, The Courtyard Players have yet another mammoth for you. This week for the first of what we will be a three part episode we focus on a modern version of the 'auteur', a director who has made people laugh, think and even baffled them completely. With nine films so far and a tenth about to return to cinemas, we thought about time we focus an episode on the brilliant but often perplexing Wes Anderson

    Chris is once again joined by Mike Armagon and Adam Smith and we welcome a newcomer to the podcast , Jarrod Handley as we delve into all aspects of Anderson's films and try to work out what these films are actually about, if anything

    In Part I we begin our climb up our traditional worst to best list and attempt to answer such important questions as “Does Bill Murray ever play a non pathetic character in any of these films?", "Are symmetrical films something to aspire to?" and "Can you be eaten by a shark, and not be dead?"

    Parts II and III will be up next week and the week after. 
     
     If you enjoy this episode please like, share and leave us a 5* review on wherever you download your podcast.  

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • EP18 - YEAR IN REVIEW: Part 2
    May 16 2021

    Our eighteenth outing is a pretty special one. It's our one year anniversary. Yes that one year has come round already so we're being very self indulgent and looking back over our first year online with a very special episode. 

    This week Chris is joined by a whole host of contributors including Adam Smith, Curie Kim, Dan Kearns and Mike Armagon as we reflect over the films we've watched over the past year. We take all the films that came number one on our lists and then, believe it or not, rank THEM in order of preference to get our definitive best of the best list. 
    But this wouldn't be Flick N Mix without the best and worst of cinema. So we have also taken all the films that came bottom of our lists and ranked them to try understand why the worst of cinema remains down at the bottom. 

    Part 1 last week covered the worst of the worst. This week features the best of the best.

    We've been overwhelmed by the response of our first year online and are incredibly grateful to all our listeners out there. We cant wait for what's in store next year. 


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    1 hr
  • EP18 - YEAR IN REVIEW: Part 1
    May 16 2021

    Our eighteenth outing is a pretty special one. It's our one year anniversary. Yes that one year has come round already so we're being very self indulgent and looking back over our first year online with a very special episode. 

    This week Chris is joined by a whole host of contributors including Adam Smith, Curie Kim, Dan Kearns and Mike Armagon as we reflect over the films we've watched over the past year. We take all the films that came number one on our lists and then, believe it or not, rank THEM in order of preference to get our definitive best of the best list. 
    But this wouldn't be Flick N Mix without the best and worst of cinema. So we have also taken all the films that came bottom of our lists and ranked them to try understand why the worst of cinema remains down at the bottom. 

    We've been overwhelmed by the response of our first year online and are incredibly grateful to all our listeners out there. We cant wait for what's in store next year. 

    Part 1 covers the worst of the worst. Part 2 will be up next week where we cover the best of the best

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    1 hr and 3 mins