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Condorman (1981)

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2026/Condorman__1981_.html

Published: January 3, 2026 09:00

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a lovable bumbler? Roger and Nick visit one of the films that turned Disney back towards animation, 1981's Condorman. Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

The Jazz Singer (1927)

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2025/The_Jazz_Singer__1927_.html

Published: November 21, 2025 09:00

Nick and Roger strangely fail to don blackface as we visit the "first talkie" (I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that), 1927's The Jazz Singer. Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

Early Hammer

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2025/Early_Hammer.html

Published: October 11, 2025 08:00

Nick and Roger look at the three films that made Hammer's reputation as a horror studio: The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Mummy. Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

Phibes-a-Thon

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2025/Phibes_a_Thon.html

Published: September 13, 2025 08:00

Nick and Roger obsess over past wrongs and set up baroque murders with a glamorous assistant in The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Dr. Phibes Rises Again, and Theatre of Blood. Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

Top Gun and Maverick

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2025/Top_Gun_and_Maverick.html

Published: June 21, 2025 08:00

Nick and Roger strap jet engines to our naughty bits and take a dangerous look at Top Gun (1986) and its rather belated sequel Top Gun: Maverick (2022). Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

Werewolves III

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2025/Werewolves_III.html

Published: June 7, 2025 08:00

Roger and Nick conclude our werewolf mini-season (for now) by jumping forward another twenty years, to Ginger Snaps (200) and Dog Soldoers (2002). Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

Werewolves II

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2025/Werewolves_II.html

Published: May 24, 2025 08:00

Nick and Roger continue our highly selective werewolf season with two films from 1981 noted for their transformation sequences: The Howling and An American Werewolf in London. Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

Werewolves I

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2025/Werewolves_I.html

Published: May 10, 2025 08:00

Werewolf films arguably began with 1935's Werewolf of London, but Roger and Nick choose to begin our werewolf mini-season a little later, with The Wolf Man (1941) and Cat People (1942). Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

Marty (1955)

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2025/Marty__1955_.html

Published: April 26, 2025 08:00

It was intended as a tax write-off, but ended up winning four Academy Awards and the first ever Palme d'Or. Nick and Rger look at Ernest Borgnine's big break in Marty (1955). Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

1980s Vampires

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2025/1980s_Vampires.html

Published: April 12, 2025 08:00

Time to don our red-silk-lined capes and listen to the creatures of the night ("meow") as Roger and Nick take a look at the 1980s vampire boom, in particular The Lost Boys (1987) and Near Dark (1987). Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player.…

Parody Hitler 2

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2025/Parody_Hitler_2.html

Published: March 29, 2025 09:00

In part two of this double episode, Nick and Rger look at more parodies of Hitler on film, with Look Who's Back (2015) and Jojo Rabbit (2019). Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

Parody Hitler 1

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2025/Parody_Hitler_1.html

Published: March 15, 2025 09:00

In part one of a double episode, Roger and Nick look at parodies of Hitler on film, with The Great Dictator (1940) and The Producers (1967). Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

Seventies Apocalypse

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2025/Seventies_Apocalypse.html

Published: February 15, 2025 09:00

Roger and Nick look at the state of the art in big-budget SF in the years just before Star Wars, with the serious doom-mongering of Silent Running (1972) Soylent Green (1973) and Logan's Run (1976). Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player.…

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2024/Lawrence_of_Arabia__1962_.html

Published: July 13, 2024 08:00

Nick and Roger look at the sort of Epic! film that just doesn't get made any more, 1962's Lawrence of Arabia. (Actual historica accuracy can wait by the back door in case we need you.) Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

The Third Man (1949)

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2024/The_Third_Man__1949_.html

Published: May 4, 2024 08:00

Roger and Nick don our trenchcoats and explore the sewers with The Third Man (1949). We also commend to your attention the Orson Welles Findus outtakes. Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

A Better Tomorrow (1986)

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2024/A_Better_Tomorrow__1986_.html

Published: February 17, 2024 09:00

Nick and Roger strap on our pairs of pistols and embrace each other in a brotherly (and manly) manner as we consider John Woo's breakout film A Better Tomorrow (1986). Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

Halloween (1978)

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2024/Halloween__1978_.html

Published: January 20, 2024 09:00

Nick and Roger discuss Halloween (1978): another Carpenter masterpiece, or the opening of the floodgates of cheap spam-in-a-can slasher horror? Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

Robin Hood

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2023/Robin_Hood.html

Published: December 30, 2023 09:00

Roger and Nick don our tights and feathered hats to consider Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood (1922), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Robin Hood (1973), Robin and Marian (1976), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993).…

Train Rec to Busan

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2023/Train_Rec_to_Busan.html

Published: December 16, 2023 09:00

Roger and Nick pick two foreign-language fruits from the zombie tree, with [•REC] and Train to Busan. Featuring Roger's Railway Corner! Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

Renfield (2023)

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2023/Renfield__2023_.html

Published: September 30, 2023 08:00

Nick and Roger go back to the Nic Cage well—but will it be one time too many, as he plays Dracula to Nicholas Hoult's Renfield? Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

The Thin Man (1934)

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2023/The_Thin_Man__1934_.html

Published: September 23, 2023 08:00

Roger and Nick go back to the glorious seven months between the end of Prohibition and the enforcement of the Production Code, with The Thin Man (1934). Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

After Indy

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2023/After_Indy.html

Published: August 12, 2023 08:00

Roger and Nick watch a couple of films derided as ripoffs of Raiders of the Lost Ark: High Road to China (1983) and Romancing the Stone (1984). Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

The Call of Cthulhu (2005), Die Farbe (2010), The Whisperer in Darkness (2011) and Color Out of Space (2019)

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2023/The_Call_of_Cthulhu__2005___Die_Farbe__2010___The_Whisperer_in_Darkness__2011__and_Color_Out_of_Space__2019_.html

Published: July 22, 2023 08:00

Nick and Roger indulge in a second slate of Lovecraft adaptations, with The Call of Cthulhu, Die Farbe, The Whisperer in Darkness and Color Out of Space. Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download

Max Max Fury Road (2015)

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2023/Max_Max_Fury_Road__2015_.html

Published: March 25, 2023 09:00

Roger and Nick don our spiked leather and consider Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download (Recorded face to face…

Spotlight (2015)

https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2023/Spotlight__2015_.html

Published: March 18, 2023 09:00

Nick and Roger put on our green eyeshades and ecclesiastical rings to discuss Spotlight (2015). Your browser isn't showing you an HTML5 audio player. Download (Recorded face to face in an acoustically bright room, apologies for that.)

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