Episodes

Forrest Gump 1994 Review is here, and this week the boys take on one of the most iconic, quoted, and emotionally loaded films of all time… but not everything is as sweet as that box of chocolates. Whitey, Damo, and the Work E...

Face Off 1997 Review is here, and this week the boys take a long, hard look at one of the biggest action blockbusters of the 90s… and ask the question, what the hell happened? Whitey and Gow dive back into Face/Off, the John ...

The Poltergeist 1982 Review is here, and this one sits right in that sweet spot of childhood nostalgia and genuine horror. Back in the day, this was the movie that introduced a lot of us to scary films, not full nightmare fue...

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 2011 Review is on the table this week, and the boys are diving headfirst into David Fincher’s icy, brutal, and deeply unsettling thriller. What started as scepticism about the need for an Engli...

The American Ninja 1985 Review is finally here, and this one might be the ultimate test of childhood nostalgia versus cold, hard reality. Back in the day, ninja movies were everything. You'd watch them with your mates, then h...

The Bourne Identity 2002 Review kicks off a brand-new era of action cinema, and this week on Born to Watch , the boys break down the movie that changed everything. After a chaotic start that only this crew can deliver, Whitey...

This week on Born to Watch , Whitey, Gow and Damo head back to 1983 for a full Trading Places 1983 Review , revisiting one of the most iconic comedy films of the 1980s. Directed by John Landis and starring Eddie Murphy, Dan A...

In this Terminator 2: Judgment Day Review , the Born to Watch crew dives headfirst into what many consider the greatest sequel ever made. James Cameron didn't just follow up the original Terminator … he reinvented the blockbu...

2025 Hit Sleeper Dud is here, and this year it’s a solo pod. Whitey is on the road, the Academy Awards are looming, and the team is temporarily scattered, but the show must go on. So in true Born to Watch fashion, we break do...

Logan (2017) Review kicks off this week's episode of Born to Watch , and boys… this is not your usual superhero movie. Whitey, Gow and Damo head into the wasteland of 2029 to talk about the final outing for Wolverine, and rig...

Our Hard to Kill 1990 Review kicks off with a simple truth: the late 80s and early 90s were the golden age of action heroes. Stallone, Schwarzenegger and Willis ruled the world… and then along came a man with a ponytail, a wh...

This week, the boys jump aboard the Andrea Gail for The Perfect Storm 2000 Review , the Wolfgang Petersen disaster epic that tried to answer one simple question: What if Mother Nature just decided you were finished? It's a Mo...

Boogie Nights 1997 Review: 200 episodes in, and Born to Watch hits a milestone with a film that feels weirdly, uncomfortably autobiographical. From the moment Whitey declares this the perfect way to celebrate the show's 200th...

The boys are back for 2026, and they are not easing into it gently. Born to Watch kicks off the new year with a full-blooded dive into one of the most aggressively 80s action films ever put on VHS shelves, Walter Hill's Extre...

What happens when you try to rank the Best Movies of This Century , one year at a time, with no safety net, no do-overs, and your family sitting right beside you? You get chaos, passion, nostalgia, and one of the most honest ...

Comedy is the hardest genre to get right. Making people laugh once is tough; making them laugh for decades is almost impossible. Yet here we are in 2026, revisiting a film released in 1980 that still lands gags at a rate mode...

Welcome to a special holiday edition of Born to Watch as we kick off 2026 with our first episode of the year, diving headfirst into James Cameron's latest visual behemoth, Avatar: Fire and Ash . Released during the peak Chris...

In our Ghostbusters 2 (1989) Review , Whitey and Damo strap the proton packs back on and head to New York City for a sequel that arrived five years too late and never quite captured the lightning in a bottle of the original. ...

It's Die Hard 2 Review time, and because it's Christmas Eve, lightning has apparently decided to strike twice. After saving Nakatomi Plaza barefoot and bleeding in 1988, John McClane is back in 1990, this time trading skyscra...

There are movies you enjoy, movies you love, and then there are Life Changing Movies , the ones that hit you at the exact right moment and quietly shape how you see the world. In this special Born to Watch episode, Whitey and...

On this week's Born to Watch, the boys dive headfirst into one of the great underappreciated modern buddy cop films with their " The Nice Guys" (2016) Review . Every so often, a newer movie sneaks into the sacred eighties and...

Strap in and charge up the Mr Fusion, because this week on Born To Watch, the boys head back, forward and sideways through time with our full Back to the Future 2 (1989) Review. Whitey, G Man and Will settle into the DeLorean...

In this week's episode of Born to Watch, the boys dive headfirst into a movie that feels a little too real after the last few years. Our Outbreak 1995 Movie Review isn't just a look back at a blockbuster about a killer virus;...

Few films strike the perfect balance between dark humour, bleak violence, and unforgettable characters quite like Fargo (1996). In this week's Born to Watch deep dive, the boys return to the bitter cold of Minnesota to revisi...