Episodes

'A Belter, a Martian and an Earther walk into a bar . . . where they are forced by an Englishman and a Welshman to take part in a stupid podcast. Belta lik pashang! Our review of the fifth season of sci-fi TV epic The Expanse! 00:00 - Golden Globes 2021 Nominations announcements 37:00 - The Expanse Season 5 You can find our platforms here: https://www.linktr.ee/TheHoffiCoffiCast INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/thehofficofficast/ Rhys Bolton: www.instagram.com/bolts97/ Rhys Jones: www.instagram...

Don’t get a bodybag - Cobra Kai Never Dies!! Youtube Red and Netflix's successful sequel series to the cult classic The Karate Kid follows the adult lives of the main characters Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence, whose rivalry continues to dominate All Valley karate. Cobra Kai is all 80s as it can get it, a homage and a revitalisation of that decade's culture. It’s all karate, Iron Eagle, Cools Light, babes and Mr Kreese! 00:00 - Our Top 10 most anticipated TV Shows of 2021. 46:00 - Cobra Ka...

For this episode of Cases of Conspiracy, THCC delve into a local murder story with The Pembrokeshire Murders. Recently dramatized into a show of the same name, starring Luke Evans (The Hobbit, Dracula Untold) and Keith Allen (Twin Town), this story follows Detective Superintendent Steve Wilkins (Evans) who reopens two unsolved murder cases from the 1980s and his endeavour to bring the serial killer John Cooper (Allen) to justice! https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/cooper-john.htm Steve Wilkins an...

On 23rd January 1959, in the dead of winter, a group of Russian students set out on a trek to the Ural Mountains. On 1-2 February, their frozen bodies were discovered with inexplicable injuries. The Dyatlov Pass Incident,(named after the group's leader Igor Dyatlov) has spawned dozens of conspiracy theories over the past 6 decades and still now the mystery has never been solved. We could not wait to examine this conspiracy case! https://medium.com/the-mysterious-miscellany/in-the-shadow-of-dea...

Nothing is true, everything is permitted . . . except allowing this movie to be made! As Monster Hunter hits the big (and small) screens THCC thought of what better way to talk video games to films adaptations then to review the video game to film adaptation of Assassin's Creed (2016). In just four words to describe this film . . . IT'S AWFULLY BAD! https://www.businessinsider.com/notre-dame-fire-assassins-creed-maxime-durand-ubisoft-interview-2019-4?r=US&IR=T You can find our platforms here:...

2021 has begun and what better way to start off the new year than a review/discussion of undoubtedly one of the best shows and one of the saving graces of 2020 with The Mandalorian Season 2! We are joined by another guest, our friend and Star Wars fan Patrick, to discuss everything that happened this season, with the return of fan favourites like Boba Fett and Ashoka Tano, galaxy wide easter eggs, the continuing developing relationship between Din Djarin and Baby Yoda (Grogu) to jaw dropping su...

THCC say goodbye to 2020, one of the most awful years in living memory. So much has happened and we discuss what our 2020 was like. We talk the pandemic impacts on cinema, streaming as well as rating each our top tv shows and films of the year. From the boredom of lockdown me and Rhys created The Hoffi Coffi Cast as a little side project. We did not yet realise how much fun we had doing this podcast and entertaining an audience. We hope that we helped many throughout the turbulence of 2020 thro...

THCC's Christmas month won't be complete without a review of one of the best action films of the 80s, with the never-ending debate of whether its a 'Christmas film' or not, John McTiernan's Die Hard (1988) Dominated by stellar performances from Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman, Die Hard is a simple story of a NY cop caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, who must go up against a group of international robbers in the Nakatomi Plaza on Christmas eve! https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-...

For this week THCC review two of the most classic Christmas films to come out in modern memory. Chris Columbus and John Hughes's Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). When Kevin McCallister (Macularly Culkin) is left behind by his family during the holiday season, he must learn to look after himself and become protector of his home in the face of the robber duo the Wet Bandits. We talk about how great these films are as Christmas films and its themes of religion, family, ...

The festive season has arrived and what better way to kick it off here on THCC than a review of the infamous cataclysmic Star Wars 1978 Holiday Special. Considered one of the worst television specials in history, its impact continues as one of the biggest mistakes of the main actors/actresses and for Star Wars as a whole. Of course when you think of Star Wars, you think soft-core holographic porn, communications array instructional videos, cooking shows, Bea Arthur, Harvey Korman, Art Carney and...

"Your move creep!" Cyberpunk November comes to a close as THCC discuss another Paul Verhoeven sci-fi classic: 1987's RoboCop. Set in a near futuristic Detroit, a city in decline, where mass unemployment and crime cascades the streets and a mega-conglomerate corporation creates and controls everything, from household items to military weapons, from the police to the local government. Add in a part man, part machine crime fighting robot cop and its a great 80s action flick, both a satire and a for...

This week THCC delve into the cyberpunk artistry of famed director Paul Verhoeven in Total Recall (1990). In 2084, everyday man Douglas Quaid (the Arnie himself) dreams of going to Mars and do something worthwhile in his life. When he learns of tech-corporation Recall which can make his dreams into a virtual experience, he finds himself learning that his life is a false memory as well as uncovering a deadly political conspiracy. The question: is this all a dream or reality? https://www.cinemabl...

Cyberpunk November continues as THCC perform their own judgements on the 2012 cult classic Dredd, staring Karl Urban as the judge, jury and executioner himself!! J ulian Darius, 'Dredd as Violent Morality Play', Sequart Magazine (2012) You can find our platforms here: https://www.linktr.ee/TheHoffiCoffiCast INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thehofficofficast/?hl=en Rhys Bolton: www.instagram.com/bolts97/ Rhys Jones: www.instagram.com/rhysbjones/

Welcome to the future . . . THCC's Cyberpunk month begins with a review of one of the most influential and greatest sci-fi films in cinema, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982). In dystopian 2019 Los Angeles, in a world of outer-planet colonization and corporate overruling, former blade runner Rick Deckard is tasked to hunt down and "retire" a group of fugitive replicants. Tears of Rain monologue analysis: Joanne Taylor (2006), "'Here's to Plain Speaking': The Condition(s) of Knowing and Speaki...

October 31st 1978: THE NIGHT HE CAME HOME Widely regarded as one of the most revolutionary horror films in cinema, John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) tells the story of Michael Myers, a young boy who commits sororicide and is committed to a sanatorium. 15 years later he escapes and returns to the suburban streets of Haddonfield to continue his murderous nature. THCC discuss this film and the latest 2018 entry along with the key themes of conservatism, suburban horror, PTSD and the representation...

This is the way. . . In preparation for the Season 2 premiere, THCC review the first season of The Mandalorian. We have spoken! https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/star-wars-underworld-george-lucas-tv-show-history/ https://www.polygon.com/star-wars/2019/11/21/20974456/star-wars-jedi-fallen-starkiller-base-ilum-planet You can find our platforms here: https://linktr.ee/TheHoffiCoffiCast INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thehofficofficast/ Rhys Bolton: www.instagram.com/bolts97/ Rhys Jones: www.i...

This week THCC discuss the horror sensations of Robert Eggers: The Witch (2015) and The Lighthouse (2019). Both of these films are filled with history, mythology, superstitions, human morality and mentality! 00:00 - The Witch 1:14:50 - The Lighthouse You can find our platforms here: https://linktr.ee/TheHoffiCoffiCast INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thehofficofficast/ Rhys Bolton: www.instagram.com/bolts97/ Rhys Jones: www.instagram.com/rhysbjones/

On this episode we venture into one of the greatest horror films ever made: Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (1980)! You can find our platforms here: https://linktr.ee/TheHoffiCoffiCast INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thehofficofficast/ Rhys Bolton: www.instagram.com/bolts97/ Rhys Jones: www.instagram.com/rhysbjones/

THCC continue in their horror month, this time talking about John Carpenter’s classic sci-fi horror The Thing! ‘The ultimate in alien terror!’ You can find our platforms here: https://linktr.ee/TheHoffiCoffiCast INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thehofficofficast/ Rhys Bolton: www.instagram.com/bolts97/ Rhys Jones: www.instagram.com/rhysbjones/

'In space no one can hear you scream.' To start our October/Halloween month, we discuss one of our favourite sci-fi horror franchises, the Alien series, arguably the better ones Alien (1979), directed by Ridley Scott, and Aliens (1986), directed by James Cameron. We talk about the settings, characters, aesthetics, themes, the horrors and of course the major player: the xenomorphs. How are these creatures the most terrifying monsters in cinema history? Gigers Alien (1979 Documentary): https://w...

On this episode THCC delves into the crimes of notorious Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen. https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/dennis-nilsen You can find our platforms here: https://linktr.ee/TheHoffiCoffiCast INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thehofficofficast/ Rhys Bolton: www.instagram.com/bolts97/ Rhys Jones: www.instagram.com/rhysbjones/

"All I have for you is a word: tenet." THCC returns to the cinema in this latest episode, ready to delve into the newest instalment of the film world of Christopher Nolan. This time, its not Batman, dreams nor wormholes but time travel! As we follow the lead character, known only as 'The Protagonist', we are thrust into a world of algorithms, temporal pincers, arrows of time, Bond homages and a fake painting. Of course as this is a Nolan film there are more questions than answers. This episode...

THCC discusses the future of the MCU! 00:00 - Introduction 07:15 - Black Widow (2020) 19:20 - Eternals (2021) 29:30 - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 38:30 - WandaVision 47:20 - Loki 54:15 - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) 1:02:30 - Untitled Spider Man sequel (2021) 1:08:30 - Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) 1:21:00 - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) 1:34:40 - Hawkeye 1:39:10 - Ms. Marvel 1:39:50 - Moon Knight 1:41:50 - She-Hulk 1:44:30 - What If ...

Join us on our excellent adventure as we review the cult classic Bill & Ted series! NO WAY.... YES WAY!! Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) You can find our platforms here: https://linktr.ee/TheHoffiCoffiCast INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thehofficofficast/ Rhys Bolton: www.instagram.com/bolts97/ Rhys Jones: www.instagram.com/rhysbjones/