Aussie and the Scotsman talk movies
You couldn’t find two more different people — from opposite sides of the world — with completely different takes on what’s entertaining, serious, heartfelt, or funny. Rohan (the Aussie from Melbourne) loves his romantic comedies. Rob (the Scotsman from Glasgow) loves his action films. Each week, the boys deep dive into a new movie — unpacking the themes, cast, awards, controversies, and a heap of trivia along the way. They don’t hold back. Sometimes they agree, often they don’t — but it’s always honest, hilarious, and a little bit chaotic. New episodes drop every Saturday. Fifteen years of friendship has led to the birth of Aussie and the Scotsman — two mates, two accents, and one shared obsession with great movies. Strap in. It’s not always pretty, but it’s definitely fun.
Episodes
After 10 months and 127 shows we have made it to the end of season 2.
And we have uploaded our first video of the podcast - on You Tube now - End of Season 2
It has been a roller coaster of a year. We've had hits and misses both in the movie's we have reviewed and in the conversations and robust discussions we have had between ourselves.
It's not always been easy but for 125 shows it has been a lot of fun.
Thanks to you the listen...
This week we are talking about the 1979 American psychological epic war film Apocalypse Now produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
The screenplay is loosely inspired by the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, with the setting changed from late 19th-century Congo to the Vietnam War.
The film follows a river journey from South Vietnam into Cambodia undertaken by Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), who is on a secret...
This week we are talking about the1976 American comedy drama film Network directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Paddy Chayefsky.
It depicts a television network struggling with poor ratings until the nightly live broadcast of its longtime news anchor Howard Beale (Peter Finch) inadvertently showcases his breakdown into increasingly psychotic behaviour, which makes his show a surprise hit.
Alongside Finch (in his final role), the ...
This week we bring you our top 10 movies between 2010 - 2025.
Not a bad 15 years - better than the previous decade at least in our eyes.
Turns out that 2019 and 2022 is our favourite.
- Django Unchained
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Captain Phillips
- Three billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
- Dunkirk
- Mission Impossibles
- The Marvel Movies
- Creed
- Avengers Endgame
- Spotlight
- Oppenheimer
- Maestro
- Silver Lining PLaybook
- Greenbook
- Hacksaw Ridge
- CODA
- ...
This week we give you our personal top 10 lists from our recent review of all movies from 1970 to 2025.
A little different this week - we have prepared 2 lists.
1) The top 10 movies you would take to a desert island with you - the fun, entertaining ones. Popcorn movies, love stories, action and adventure - really anything you want that you could watch over and over again.
2) This final top 10 is our list of the movies we recommend ...
This week we bring you our top 10 list of Best Movies between 2000 - 2010.
The discussion starts when The Scotsman drops the Aussie right in it early on
Couple of crackers from the Aussie: "Ewan McGregor sings Your Song better than Elton John in Moulin Rouge"
This is not our favourite decade of movies - and if you tune in you will find out why.
- The Departed
- Crouching T...
This week we review the Best Movies of the 1990s - we thought the 1980's was hard. Wow - this was nearly impossible to choose a top 10.
How do you condense 50 of your favourite movies into a top 10. No easily - which leads to some great and fairly heated discussions towards the end of the podcast.
What a decade with the likes of:
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Jerry Maguire
- Donnie Brasco
- Titanic
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- The Green Mile
- Le...
This week we review the Best Movies of the 1980s - and this was hard.
"I've never been more excited" says the Aussie
"This will be show of the year" he declares.
"The hardest top 10 I've ever had to write". replies the Scotsman.
Well the lines have been drawn - no starting stories.
The Scotsman starts reeling them off year by year. The Shining, The Elephant Man, Ghostbusters, The Blues Brothers, Rambo, Cocktail, Fatal Attract...
This week we review The Best Movies of the 1970s - and there are so many to choose from.
Before we run through them and list our top 10 the Aussie tells us tales of old girlfriends and he is surprised if not weirdly excited - nae aroused - when the Scotsman tells him about a new movie coming up called Marty Supreme starring Timothy Chalamet - which is about ping pong. And as our regular listeners know the Aussie was nearly an Olymp...
This week we discuss all Robert De Niro's movies to date
The Aussie kicks up off by chatting about his Aussies bad memory and then we ....eh I can't quite remember but I think we run through De Niro's incredible volume of work, his biography, our favourite De Niro lines and we finish with our top 10 countdown.
From old classics like The Godfather 2, Deer Hunter, Goodfellas, The Untouchables and Heat to some questionable career choi...
This week we are reviewing the 2022 black tragicomedy film The Banshees of Inisherin directed, written, and co-produced by Martin McDonagh.
Set on a remote fictional island off the west coast of Ireland in 1923, The film stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as two lifelong friends who find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their friendship, with severe consequences for both of them.
Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan c...
This week we review the 1992 American romantic thriller drama film The Bodyguard directed by Mick Jackson, starring Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston (in her movie acting debut), Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs, and Ralph Waite.
The film follows a former United States Secret Service agent turned bodyguard who is hired to protect a famous actor and singer from an unknown stalker.
Kasdan wrote the film in the mid-1970s, originally as a vehicle fo...
This week we are delighted to chat with Leigh Illfand and Leigh Livingstone from Popcorn Podcast.
Having just reached over 500 podcasts, we probe Leigh and Tim about their journey to success.
Having interviewed a huge number of celebs from Hugh Jackman to Nick Offerman, To Justin Baldoni the list goes on and on. You can find them on all the social sites:
Instagram -@popcornpodcast
This week we review the1996 American comedy film The Birdcage produced and directed by Mike Nichols.
Elaine May's screenplay adapted the 1978 French film La Cage aux Folles, itself an adaptation of a 1973 play.
It stars Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as a gay couple whose son (Dan Futterman) is set to marry the daughter (Calista Flockhart) of a conservative senator (Gene Hackman) and his wife (Dianne Wiest).
Hank Azaria and Christi...
This week we review the 2010 American thriller film Unthinkable directed by Gregor Jordan and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Sheen and Carrie-Anne Moss.
The film focuses on the sanctioned torture of a man who has threatened to detonate three nuclear bombs, planted in three large U.S. cities.
This is all about that ultimate question: "how far would you go - how far can the government go - how far should they go - to retrieve in...
This week we are reviewing the best of Denzel Washington movies.
From Cry Freedom to his Oscar win in Glory to Malcolm X to The Pelican Brief to Philadelphia to Crimson Tide to The Bone Collector, Remember the Titans, Fences, The Equalizer, Flight to his Shakespearean roles, Denzel is nearly an all rounder. Except for comedy - he doesn't really do funny.
We finish with our top 5 best Denzel Washington movies - let us know if you ag...
This week we review the 2017 crime drama film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri written, directed, and produced by Martin McDonagh.
It stars Frances McDormand as Mildred Hayes, a Missouri woman who rents three roadside billboards to draw attention to her daughter's unsolved rape and murder.
Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, John Hawkes, and Peter Dinklage appear in supporting roles.
This turns out to be one of o...
Mack Lindon is an Australian actor turned director who first captured audiences with his powerful debut film Rise (2014), inspired by his own wrongful imprisonment. Sentenced to six years in jail in 2008, Mack was released on appeal in 2010.
Now, Mack returns with Rise of the Underdog (2025) — hitting cinemas on November 6th — an inspiring new story that celebrates the resilience of independent filmmaking and the unbreakable underd...
This week we have a fun little movie theme tune quiz with The Doc returning once again to the Aussie and the Scotsman studio
The Doc schools the Aussie early in this one but the Aussie bounces back. See if you can keep up with the speed of the guesses.
The Scotsman moderates with his own unique points system.
We rattle through the decades - who will be crowned the winner? Tune in to find out.
You can comment on our Instagram page ...
This week we review the 2009 American biographical sports drama film The Blind Side written and directed by John Lee Hancock.
Based on the 2006 book of the same name by Michael Lewis, the film tells the story of Michael Oher, a football offensive lineman who overcame an impoverished upbringing to play in the National Football League (NFL) with the help of Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy.
It stars Sandra Bullock as Leigh Anne, Tim McGraw ...
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