Episodes
Friday Jan 31, 2020
Escape to Victory: Deadly Rematch (ft. Ant McGinley)
Friday Jan 31, 2020
Friday Jan 31, 2020
In over three years of podcasting, one genre we've never really touched on here at Beyond The Box Set is football movies. Fortunately, Podcast supremo and host of On The Left Side Ant McGinley is here to give us a crash course with the all-star WW2 sports classic Escape to Victory...
Tune in to hear our thoughts on misleading movie titles, Sylvester Stallone's goalkeeping credentials, the most relaxed POW camp in movie history and much more!
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Every week on Beyond The Box Set, we compete to pitch sequel, prequel and spin-off ideas to bring classic one-off movies back to the big screen. We've been rated as a binge-worthy listen by Apple Podcasts, recommended a Podcast of the Week by The Guardian and we've achieved five-star reviews from over 150 global listeners.
If you enjoy the show, please hit subscribe to receive a new episode every Friday morning, and consider leaving us a rating or review - it really helps us to build our audience and improve our visibility.
00.00: Anal bleeding: Football's silent killer
46.05: Escape to Victory Drinking Games
54.40: Escape to Victory: Deadly Rematch
1.07.05: Escape to Victory: Don't Mention the VAR
1.19.00: Escape to Victory 2: Prisoner of Love
1.29.05: Episode 153 Preview & Listener Submissions
Friday Dec 20, 2019
The Princess Switch 2: Electric Switcheroo
Friday Dec 20, 2019
Friday Dec 20, 2019
It's double the fun in more ways than one this week, as returning guests Joe and Ollie join us to discuss Netflix's Festive rom-com 'The Princess Switch' starring Vanessa Hudgens, Vanessa Hudgens, and literally hundreds of Christmas trees...
Tune in to hear our thoughts on the questionable politics of fake countries, questionable oral hygiene, the most outrageous product placement we've ever seen in a movie and much, much more...
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Every week on Beyond The Box Set, we take a look back at a classic standalone movie, and compete to pitch sequel, prequel and spin-off ideas to bring them back to the big screen. Our podcast has been recommended as a binge-worthy listen by Apple Podcasts, a Podcast of the Week by The Guardian and rated 5 stars by over 150 reviewers!
If you enjoy the show, please hit subscribe to receive a new episode every Friday morning, and consider leaving us a rating or review - it really helps us to build our audience and improve our visibility.
00.00: Where the hell is Belgravia supposed to be anyway?
40.20: The Princess Switch Drinking Games
50.55: The Princess Switch 2: Baker to Dictator...
57.30: The Princess Switch 2: Electric Switcheroo
1.08.50: The Princess Switch 2: Annihilation
1.22.45: Episode 148 Preview & Listener Submissions
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Let The Right One In: Curse of the Killer Kitties (feat. The Contrarians)
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Our Vampire season concludes with a chilly Nordic noir about a young Swedish boy who falls in love with a child vampire. Julio from The Contrarians Podcast joins us to talk Stockholm syndrome, incompetent serial killers, CGI cat attacks and more as we pitch sequels for Let The Right One In.
Released in 2008, Let The Right One In was directed by Tomas Alfredson and adapted from the bestselling novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist. It was also remade for American audiences in 2010 as Let Me In, starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Kodi Smit-McPhee. Both versions are very good, but the prospect of forcing Harry to sit through two hours of Swedish was just too tempting. Tune in to find out how he fared...
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Beyond The Box Set is a popular movie podcast in which each week, we take a look back at a classic standalone movie and challenge ourselves to pitch sequel, prequel or spin-off ideas to bring them back to the big screen.
If you enjoy the show, please hit subscribe to receive a new episode every Friday morning, and consider leaving us a rating or review - it really helps us to reach the ears of new listeners.
00.00: Whoops! My Best Friend's a Vampire!
52.10: Let The Right One In Drinking Games
1.10.40: Let The Right One In 2: Let The Good One Out
1.21.00: Keep The Wrong One Out
1.34.30: Let The Right One In: Curse of the Killer Kitties
1.44.35: Episode 141 Preview & Listener Submissions
Friday Sep 20, 2019
Oliver's Orphanage of Opportunity!
Friday Sep 20, 2019
Friday Sep 20, 2019
A spectacular Dickensian musical that traumatised multiple generations of children, Carol Reed's Oliver! is a bona fide classic... but somehow in fifty years, it's never been granted a direct sequel.
Far be it from us to claim we can top Charles Dickens for creativity, but with the great man long dead, we're sure he won't mind us stepping into his shoes for a while. Aussie Nerd Daniel Tickner joins us to share his love of (the first half of) this movie, and to discuss important matters such as the uncomfortable sexiness of Bill Sykes, The Artful Dodger's excellent colour co-ordination and why this movie's title character kind of sucks...
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Every week on Beyond The Box Set, we take a classic movie from the past and boldly attempt to pitch sequels, prequels and spin-offs to bring them back to the big screen. From Titanic to The Shawshank Redemption, Mars Attacks to Maximum Overdrive, there's nothing we won't risk spoiling forever with our creative ramblings...
If you enjoy the show, please hit subscribe for a new episode every Friday morning, and don't forget to leave us a rating or a review on your preferred podcasting app - it really helps us to connect with new listeners and keep the show on the air.
00.00: Bill Skyes would 100% get it
24.40: Oliver! Drinking Games
33.10: Oliver! Adventures of a Master Criminal
40.20: Oliver meets Hamilton!
44.50: Oliver's Orphanage of Opportunity!
53.50: Episode 135 Preview & Listener Submissions
Thursday Sep 12, 2019
Napoleon Dynamite's High School Reunion
Thursday Sep 12, 2019
Thursday Sep 12, 2019
A micro-budget indie comedy with no recognisable stars, Napoleon Dynamite was a surprise crossover smash in 2004. However, it was also highly divisive - and up until now, John has actively avoided watching it. Can Harry and this week's special guest convince him to overcome his prejudices, or will this movie land like a cold slab of steak to the face?
Tune into this week's episode to hear our thoughts on unlikable characters, questionable timelines, inexplicable Llamas and disgusting, disgusting food - plus our usual combination of drinking games, listener reviews and fantasy sequel pitches that attempt to imagine where Napoleon, Kip, Deb, Pedro and Uncle Rico might be today...
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Every week on Beyond The Box Set, we take a look back at a notable standalone movie and attempt to pitch the perfect sequels, prequels or spin-offs to bring them back to the big screen. We've scored over 50,000 downloads, been featured in The Guardian and recommended as a top TV and Film podcast by Apple.
If you enjoy the show, hit subscribe to receive a new episode every Friday morning, and please consider leaving a rating or a review via your preferred podcasting app to help us to reach the ears of new listeners.
00.00: Why John had no previous interest in watching this movie...
29.55: Napoleon Dynamite Drinking Games
41.00: Napoleon Dynamite's High School Reunion
50.50: Napoleon Dynamite: The College Years
55.40: House of Dynamite
1.05.40: Episode 134 Preview & Listener Submissions
Friday Aug 16, 2019
The Shawshank Redemption 2: Shawshank Resurrection
Friday Aug 16, 2019
Friday Aug 16, 2019
Thinly veiled Jesus allegory? Platonic gay love story? The greatest movie of all time? Depending on who you ask, The Shawshank Redemption could be any and all of the above. One thing everybody can agree on - this adaptation of Stephen King's short story is a very popular film, despite the fact that virtually nobody originally saw it in the cinema.
In this week's podcast we're joined by Harry's brother Sam to discuss the mysterious appeal of Shawshank, Morgan Freeman's iconic narration, the mysterious heteronormative power of IMDB voters and much more, before subjecting this screen classic to the greatest test of all - trial by theoretical sequel!
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Beyond The Box Set is a British movie podcast that puts a creative twist on your favourite movies. Each week, we take a look at a classic piece of standalone cinema and compete to pitch ridiculous sequel, prequel or spin-off ideas to bring them back to the big screen. We've been as a Guardian Podcast of the Week, a Podbean Recommended Podcast and you can currently find us under 'Best-selling Movie Podcasts' on Apple Podcasts.
If you enjoy the show, please hit subscribe to receive a new episode every Friday morning, and leave us a rating and review to help us spread the word to a wider audience. We really appreciate it, so let us know and we might even give you a little shout-out!
00.00: IMDB's top 250 'films that straight white men like'
30.00: The Shawshank Redemption Drinking Games
44.15: The Shawshank Resurrection
56.00: The Shawshank Renaissance
1.04.00 The Shawshank Strikes Back
1.11.45: Episode 130 Preview & Listener Submissions
Friday Jul 19, 2019
Chronicle 2: Chronic Back Pain
Friday Jul 19, 2019
Friday Jul 19, 2019
An inventive blend of superhero action, high school drama and found footage horror, Chronicle is the kind of auspicious debut that should have set director Josh Trank on the road to a glittering career. Then Fantastic Four happened...
Disappointing follow-ups aside, Chronicle remains one of the most refreshing movies we've covered on this podcast in a while, and we'd definitely be open to some kind of sequel. In this week's episode, Lee Agne of the Connected Hearts podcast joins us to discuss hormonal superheroes, alien spunk, why every high school house party takes place in a mansion and more...
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Beyond The Box Set is a weekly movie podcast with a creative twist. Every episode sees us taking a deep dive into a classic standalone movie, before competing to pitch ludicrous sequel ideas to bring them back to the big screen.
We've been recommended by publications including The Guardian and Podbean, and featured as a 'binge worthy podcast' on iTunes. We also have over 150 five-star user reviews at time of publication.
If you enjoy the show, please hit subscribe for a new episode every Friday morning, and feel free to add to our tally of positive ratings and reviews - they truly help us to reach out to new listeners so it's much appreciated.
00.00: Teenage John had definite supervillain potential
42.30: Chronicle Drinking Games
52.50: Chronicle II: Chronic Back Pain
1.03.07: ChronIIcle
1.17.10: Chronicles of Chronicle
1.25.25: Episode 126 Preview & Listener Submissions
Friday Jun 28, 2019
Left Behind 2: Highway To Hell (feat. Chris Scott)
Friday Jun 28, 2019
Friday Jun 28, 2019
For the second time this month, our disaster movie season lands on the bizarre latter-day career choices of Nicholas Cage. Based on a bestselling Christian book series, 2014's Left Behind is a low-budget, shoddily made train wreck that not even Jesus could save from box office oblivion.
With the help of our special guest Chris Scott from the Ask Karen podcast, we spend this week's episode discussing important spiritual matters such as Nicholas Cage's alarming headpiece, the suspiciously porn star-sounding character names, dwarf kicking, air hostess slut shaming and much more.
Along the way we also have the usual collection of drinking games - and trust us, you'll need it for this one - listener submissions and of course, sequel pitches! Given that this movie was intended to kickstart a nine-part franchise, theoretically we should have plenty to work with. You'll have to tune in to discover just how that turned out...
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Every week on Beyond The Box Set, we take a look back at a classic standalone movie and compete to pitch the most ridiculous sequel, prequel and spin-off ideas to bring them back to the big screen. We've been featured in The Guardian as a 'Podcast of the Week' and recommended as a 'Binge worthy Podcast' by Apple.
We upload a new episode every Friday morning so please hit subscribe on your preferred podcasting app to stay up to date. While you're there, please take the time to rate or review us, it really does help us to attract new listeners and keep the show alive.
00.00: The secret to reversing a box office flop? SEO...
37.35: Left Behind Drinking Games
48.20: Left Behind 2: Snapped Away
59.30: Left Behind 2: Left Behind The Times
1.06.00: Left Behind 2: Highway To Hell
1.17.15: Listener Submissions & Episode 123 Preview
Friday May 17, 2019
Clueless 2: High School Reunion
Friday May 17, 2019
Friday May 17, 2019
Deceptively smart and, like, totally quotable, Amy Heckerling's Clueless redefined the High School comedy genre in the mid 90s, paving the way for the likes of Mean Girls and Easy A. In this week's episode, returning guest Louise Ball joins us this week to pitch some totally bitchin' sequels...
Tune into this week's podcast to hear our thoughts on insane 90s fashion, Tai's questionable past, Christian's possible future as a serial killer and whether or not it's creepy to date your non-biological stepbrother.
We also put together some frat party-friendly Clueless drinking games, essentially quote 90% of the dialogue and attempt to imagine what Cher, Dionne, Josh and the gang might be up to in 2019...
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Every week on Beyond The Box Set, we discuss a classic standalone movie and compete to pitch the most ridiculous sequels, prequels and spin-off ideas to bring them back to the big screen.
We're proud to have been listed as a 'Podcast of The Week' by The Guardian and Podbean, and as a 'Binge-Worthy Podcast' by Apple. We release a new episode every Friday morning, so subscribe for free to make sure you never miss an episode.
Beyond The Box Set is also a founding member of the Pave Media Podcast Network. Check them out at pavemedia.net to find out how they could help you to grow your listenership and make meaningful connections with fellow podcasters.
00.00: Ode to a virgin who can't drive
33.00: Clueless Drinking Games
43.00: Clueless 2: Cher & Dionne's High School Reunion
57.25: Clueless 2: How Cher Got Her Groove Back
1.06.50: Clueless 101
1.15.30: Listener Submissions & Episode 117 Preview
Friday Mar 29, 2019
John Carter Must Die (feat. Fake Nerd Podcast)
Friday Mar 29, 2019
Friday Mar 29, 2019
John Carter of Earth? John Carter of Mars? Frankly, as far as we're concerned this unholy mess of a movie should have been called John Carter and the completely incomprehensible plot.
Directed by Pixar legend Andrew Stanton and starring Battleship himbo Taylor Kitsch, the long gestating big screen adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' highly influential adventure novel was a disastrous box office bomb on release in 2012 - although it has since developed a small but vocal band of defenders.
One of those defenders is Brandon T McClure of the Fake Nerd Podcast, who gamely joins us this week to explain his love for this movie and attempt to unpick the seriously overstuffed plot for our benefit.He also sticks around for the usual drinking games and, of course, our attempts at pitching a workable sequel - although given the financials, we wouldn't hold our breath for any of them getting green lit by a studio. Not on this planet, anyway...
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Beyond The Box Set is a successful movie podcast in which two intrepid hosts journey through the history of classic standalone cinema - then proceed to take a wrecking ball to each and every one of them with some truly ludicrous sequel pitches to bring them back to the big screen.
Our show has been listed as a 'Podcast of The Week' by The Guardian and Podbean, and as a 'Binge-Worthy Podcast' by Apple. We release a new episode every Friday morning, so hit subscribe to make sure you never miss an episode.
Beyond The Box Set is also a proud member of the Pave Media Podcast Network. Check them out at pavemedia.net to find out how they could help you to grow your listenership and make meaningful connections with fellow podcasters.
00.00: Barsoom, Helium and not-so-little Green Men...
56.10: John Carter Drinking Games
1.06.30: John Carter The Second
1.14.00: John Carter and the Gods of Mars
1.19.40: John Carter Must Die
1.29.50 Listener Submissions & Episode 110 Preview