Do You Expect Us To Talk?

Ep 245 The 39 Steps (1935) : Do You Expect Us To Talk?

Do You Expect Us To Talk? returns with more Hitchcock and The 39 Steps. With the now common theme of regular man who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances, The 39 Steps finds Richard Hannay (Robert Donat), get caught up in a plot to steal government information when a woman is murdered in his flat. Now on the run, and wanted by the police, his best shot out of a murder change is to find the real culprits and clear his name.

Join Becca, Dave and Chris as we discuss how people were entertained in the 1930s, Becca's tastes in boybands, Goodbye Mr Chips, how old train carriages were better, making your move over dead bodies and what causes pip in poultry?

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Ep 244 The Man Who Knew Too Much (1935) : Do You Expect Us To Talk?

 Do You Expect Us To Talk? returns to Hitchcock with the the film so good, they made it Twice… well….sort of. The Man Who Knew Too Much sees a British family get mixed up in a plot to assassinate a European head of state. Blackmailed into silence with the kidnapping of their child, Bob and Jill must do what they can to save their child and stop the criminals in their tracks.

Join Becca, Dave and Chris as we discuss chair throwing, how Peter Lorre was the perfect Bond villain, getting some dental work when it's not needed and of course nudity in films.

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Ep 243 Blackmail (1929) : Do You Expect Us To Talk?

Do You Expect Us To Talk? returns to early Hitchcock with the first British talkie. Blackmail sees Alice, a young woman who finds herself in jeopardy after killing a man when he attempts to rape her. Filled with guilt, her policeman boyfriend tries to help, but both are approached by a strange man who knows more than he should.

Join Becca, Dave and Chris as we discuss the very little blackmail that goes on, how likeable is Alice to begin with and how quiet London looks. 

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Ep 242 Downhill (1927) : Do You Expect Us To Talk?

Do You Expect Us To Talk? returns to Hitchcock with another one of his earlier silent films. Written and starring Ivor Novello, Downhill tells the tail of a young man, Roddy, at boarding school who is falsly accused of getting a shop girl pregnant. After getting expelled, his life goes from bad to worse. Can Roddy find light at the end of the tunnel.

Join Becca, Dave and Chris as we discuss how all the girls look like some grandma, how escalators in the 1920s used to work and what the hell is a taxi dancer?

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Ep 241The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog : Do You Expect Us To Talk?

Do You Expect Us To Talk? returns with probably the biggest series yet. We start to take on the works of maybe one of the most prolific and famous directors of all time, Alfred Hitchcock. Starting with what is deemed as the first true Hitchcock film, The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog is set against a backdrop of a murderer on the loose, killing a different young blond woman every Tuesday night. A mysterious man, matching the description of the murder, turns up and rents a room from a couple . As suspicion rises the young stranger forms a close bond with the young blond haired daughter Daisy, causing tensions with Daisy's boyfriend and the lead police officer on the hunt for the killer.

Join Becca, Dave and Chris as we discuss the different versions of The Lodger, Hitchcock's themes coming through, Hitchcock's cameo, how crap the 2009 remake looks and of course Dune Part Two.

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Do You Expect Us To Talk Will Return with Downhill (1927)

Review of (What We Remember of) 2024 - Do You Expect Us To Talk?

Do You Expect Us To Talk? Returns yet again and recaps the year gone by. Some of the films of 2024 we have covered previously, but we go back and cover what we remember of 2024. Apologies if we’ve missed your favourite or if we did but only to slag it off. 

Join Becca, Dave and Chris as we discuss the further decline and disinterest in Marvel, the terrible CGI in The Flash, Fast X being everything you expect and is Saltburn a work of art or pretentious smut.  

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Do You Expect Us To Talk Christmas Commentary : Groundhog Day

Do You Expect Us To Talk? returns with our annual Christmas commentary, albeit a month and change late but appropriate timed as this year we've gone with the Bill Murray classic Groundhog Day. Directed by fellow Ghostbuster Harold Ramis, Phil Connors is a cynical weatherman who finds himself trapped living the same day over and over again. Depending into madness, Phil must find what's important in life before he can move on to the next day.

Jpin Becca, Dave and Chris as we discuss how lovely Punxsutawney looks, why was Andie MacDowell considered a bad actress in the 90's, Dave being pals with Stephen Tobolowsky and why we're so late with our special Christmas episode. 

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Ep 240 Ian Flemings Casino Royale 1953 Book Review : Do You Expect Us To Talk?

Do You Expect Us To Talk returns back to Fleming. Back to where we started but to a new medium. The first time we cover not a film but a book. Casino Royale written in 1953, was the first novel to feature the spy, James Bond. Assigned to play and bankrupt, in a game of baccarat, a paymaster for a communist union who has lost soviet subsidies in bad investments. With the help of Rene Mathis, Felix Leiter and female agent and love interest Vesper Lynd, have to take down the grotesque Le Chiffre, before SMERSH does.

Join Becca, Dave and Chris as we discuss is Bond really that sexist, how we been saying Mathis wrong this whole time, Garth Marenghi and how Fleming likes to describes Vesper's.. ahem... assists? 

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EP 239 Beverly Hills Cop 3 : Do You Expect Us Talk?

Do You Expect Us To Talk? returns to review the last Beverly Hills Cop film, until the 4th one arrives on Netflix that is. The third film follows Axel as he returns to Beverly Hills to take down the killer of Inspector Todd. When it turns out the killer is a highly respectable head of security of a theme park Wonder World, Axel has his work cut out for him.

Join Becca, Dave and Chris as we discuss why this film isn't as terrible as other terrible sequels, the role that would be Taggart, forced love interest  and the best performance of disappointed man. 

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EP 238 Beverly Hills Cop 2 : Do You Expect UsTalk?

Do You Expect Us To Talk? returns with Eddie Murphy in Every Hills Cop 2. Back with a bigger budget, Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to investigate a series of Alphabet crimes, one that resulted in a shooting of Captain Bogomill. With the help of Rosewood and Taggert, they have to solve the crimes under the radar from the Police Chief Lutz who are looking to fire everyone. 

Join Becca, Dave and Chris as we discuss how to tell if a film has been reshot or not, repeating the same stuff but bigger and more, the career of Ridley Scott, how there always assholes like Lutz and we try to remember stuff about the bad guy. 

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