Life's A Pitch Podcast

Tom's back! and we're right back at it pitching movie adaptations to books we haven't read. A coming of age movie meets The Fly as one boy finds a magical book that solves almost none of his teenage problems! Other movies pitched: A Year at the Movies Dracula Cha Cha Cha

Matt and Riley pitch a conspiracy thriller, proving that it's not *always* Tom's fault. We also talk about Daniel Radcliffe a LOT and for some reason spiral into dialogue about sitcom reboots.

While Tom's away, Matt & Riley pitch some family spy movies, what do you do when your Spy Mother goes missing, and the only person you can call for a lift is her hapless new boyfriend? Charlie Day, Kate Blanchett and Henry Cavill (but aged down in a time machine) star in this feel-good family romp. Other movies pitched: MI6-year-old The KGB is for life, not just for christmas. Listen to Radio Go! and the Tide. They're good podcasts!

We're joined by Guy Kelly to talk Kaiju movies and rickety old rollercoasters. These are the deleted scenes! Go back and listen to the main episode if you want something even remotely coherent.

This week we're joined by Guy Kelly (brainmage.bsky.social) to pitch some gigantic kaiju movies! The world is shocked by the attack on new york by an enormous Big Bird some years after his death on the challenger space shuttle disaster. Now a team of felted journalists are going to get to the bottom of how it all happened. Other movies pitched: Big Deal Attack of the 50 inch flatscreen

Tom has some gripes about content creators and we talk about the murder mystery genre and pitch another movie! Enjoy!

We get some star-studded ensemble casts going this week as we pitch some murder mystery movies this week! Other pitches include: Richard Osman Strikes Again Uno Reverse

Matt chats about Sean Bean's Birdwatching podcast, and we pitch a strange 60s rock n roll musical conspiracy

This week we pitch "Historical Epics", and as you can tell from the title it went very well and stayed totally in-genre. Other movies pitched: I'm the emperor, what are you gonna do, stab me? How We Made 'Dude Where's My Car?'

We discuss Harry Hill's new podcast and the Space Opera Genre and pitch a new movie!

We pitch some space opera's this week and come up with an eighties college comedy. Other pitches include; The Three Tenors Galactic tour Solar Lottery

A very grounded contemporary drama in which Bradley Cooper lives in your walls. We also chat about the suspension of disbelief and what "contemporary drama" means.

This week we pitch (questionably) contemporary (questionably) drama (questionably) movies. A pair of twins struggle with their need for patriarchal approval after their father reveals he's dying. Seriously, that's the movie. It's definitely a normal drama movie. Other movies pitched: God these are bad A dream unalived

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We look ahead to films coming out in 2026 and ask "what if we made them?" Other pitches include; Madden The RIP

We pitch a sequel to Macbeth in which Matt finally figures out how to spell the place where Macbeth lives. Most of this though, is us critiquing Star Trek movies. So do stick around for that too.

This week we're pitching (slightly belated) xmas horror movies, but it's ok! This one is themed around having to take back an awful piece of haunted tat to the store. Perfect for the new year! Other movies pitched: The Caroling A dog is for death, not just for xmas

We pitch another Family Feud movie with Dave and talk about certain scenes from Deck The Halls. (Spoilers for Deck The Halls btw)

We're joined by our Christmas correspondent Dave Bulmer to pitch some Christmas family feud movies!

This week's Deleted Scenes is chock-full of extra pitches, as we smash through loads of ads at the start and the end of the show. Including: Burgers! Durex! Soulless Gemini ads! The Smell of Sheffield! Captain Dingle's Old Fashioned Navy Beans! And much much more!