Alex defends, saying that this love letter to Japan made a fascinating period of history accessible for Western audiences. Dave feels too much is lost in translation, with glaring historical inaccuracies that stop it achieving greatness.

All this with an impression of the big man Billy Connolly and a quiz all about Akira Kurosawa.

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Ausy and Gav say this is an essential 90s movie, with surprising depth to the characters and top notch actors. Dave says this film is trapped in the decade it was made and takes playing happy families a little too far.

All this with a spot on impression of a 90s valley girl!

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Part 1 will cover the trial. Gav and Ausy are on defence and state that it's a textbook James Bond movie. The Daves are prosecuting and argue that it's too serious and shooting itself in the foot.

There are lots of great arguments, banter and impressions. So do be sure to check it out, because you only live twice!

And check out part 2 next week, when we'll be covering a big, bumper Films on Trial quiz. Definitely not one to be missed.

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Special Guest: Big Dave.

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Trading Places is on trial. This film launched Eddie Murphy's career, but is it a Christmas classic, or does it need to trade places with a better movie?

There's the usual witty lines, a biffy quiz, some songs and a quick round up of the latest news:

• Joel talks about dinosaurs again, as the Jurassic World 2 trailer has released
• Another one bites the dust...Bohemian Rhapsody has a new director
• Quentin Tarantino boldly goes into the Star Trek franchise
• Disney could buy 21st Century Fox so... could we end up with more superhero crossovers, or will we see the most epic Mickey Mouse remake you can imagine?

Special Guests: Ausy, Big Dave, and Ste.

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Dave has another week off to continue with building his scale model of the Titanic ship he was going to use to prove that James Cameron had taken massive liberties with the inaccuracies of the movie. This leaves Austin to step in again and try and fashion a prosecution in his absence.

Alex has been building a reputation for successfully defending the indefensible and is hoping that he can pull off another wonder act this week. Gav lends his views to either side and Joel brings his notorious impartiality to the fray as this week's judge.

Special Guest: Ausy.

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Links:

• Charlie Sheen Accused Of Raping 13-Year-Old Child Star — Actor Charlie Sheen has been accused of raping the former child star, Corey Haim
• A good time (not a long time): why Hollywood is trimming down its bloated film lengths | Film | The Guardian — “No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough” Roger Ebert

Gav defends and Joel prosecutes, while Alex listens on to pass judgement.
This weeks quiz: "Robber or Keeper" can you guess if these people are famous robbers or premier league goalkeepers.

A quick round of movie news and gossip with the usual banter that comes form 4 longtime friends. Pixar’s Coco gets a mention for its latest publicity release, Alex brings up The Florida Keys Project, which prompts the guys to discuss their favourite child actors. Joel brings a summary of the latest Star Wars rumours and Gav talks about the future plans for the Walking Dead.

Finally, find out if you won a freddo in the caption contest.

In all honesty, we will probably replace this summary with something better if we get time.

Special Guest: Ausy.

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Links:

• Episode Links - Fireside — The Walking Dead will keep running long after you and everyone you love has died
• Coco (2017) News & Info | Screen Rant — Coco is the 19th film released by Pixar Animation Studios, and the company’s first original offering since The Good Dinosaur in 2015.