Boy Party

Shane Kelly and Lucien Waugh-Daly

When stars align. Boy Party is a weekly movie podcast, discussing cinema's most legendary movie star team-ups.

From "Heat" to "The Philadelphia Story", All The President's Men" to "The Devil Wears Prada", every week we discuss a movie that saw multiple A-list actors share the screen, battling it out for top billing, the bigger trailer and the fatter paycheck.

Join us every Tuesday as we celebrate cinema's most iconic leading men and women, delving into the juicy details of duelling stars, behind-the-scenes drama, and the quest for cinematic dominance. Find out more at boypartypod.com

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#140
September 21 · 50 min
A Few Good Men
Tom Cruise Month continues as we discuss Rob Reiner and Aaron Sorkin's classic courtroom drama A Few Good Men, pitting Cruise against Jack Nicholson and Demi Moore. We dig into Sorkin's mixed bag filmography, casting Cruise as a tough lawyer, this film's influence on US network TV trends and Demi's long run as a leading woman and recent near-Oscar success.
September 19 · 52 min
TwentyTeens | "Twilight"
Introducing a new limited series on the Boy Party feed... TWENTYTEENS! The 2010s Young Adult craze saw Hollywood focus on producing big-budget genre films aimed at young woman more than ever before, or since. Join Lucien and Christina for a journey through the attempted YA franchises of their youth, from Twilight and The Hunger Games to their various imitators. For our first episode, we're discussing the hit film that arguably started YA Fever: Catherine Hardwicke's 2008 adaptation of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight, which catapulted Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson into the spotlight and spawned numerous vampiric copycat projects. It's a film we both adore, and we celebrate its legacy.
#139
September 14 · 48 min
The Color of Money
We're kicking off Tom Cruise Month, a four-part celebration of the greatest living American movie star, with a focus on Cruise's 80s and the crucial moment he co-starred with Paul Newman in Scorsese's The Color of Money, a sequel to classic sports drama The Hustler. The movie represented a baton-passing from Newman to Cruise, and we discuss how this impacted Cruise's career, what the equivalent project in 2026 would look like, and the other films in the 1980s that defined Cruise's persona going forward. Tune in next week for A Few Good Men!
#138
September 7 · 40 min
Steel Magnolias
Shane and Lucien celebrate the recently late Dolly Parton and her surprisingly strong film career, discussing 1989's female-centred melodrama Steel Magnolias starring Parton, Shirley Maclaine and Sally Field.
#137
August 31 · 55 min
The Actor & Singer Draft
It's special episode this week, as Shane and Lucien draft the best actors with singing careers, and singers with acting careers! From Ariana Grande to Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand to Lady Gaga, Donald Glover to Hailee Steinfeld, we're digging into the intersection of film and music and establishing what stars have done the best job of balancing both.
#136
August 24 · 59 min
Sweet Smell of Success (with Hugh O'Conor)
Award-winning actor, filmmaker and photographer Hugh O'Conor joins us to discuss Alexander Mckendrick's iconic 1957 Sweet Smell of Success starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis. Hugh is the director of feature film Metal Heart and RTE's Showkids, and has starred in films including My Left Foot, Lamb, Chocolat, The Stag and Werner Herzog's upcoming Bucking Fastard which premieres at Venice Film Festival next month. His photography has been exhibited at National Gallery of Ireland and internationally. Find out more about his work at hughoconor.com
#135
August 17 · 1 hr 6 min
Challengers
Anyone for tennis? This week, we're discussing Luca Guadagnino's 2024 sexy tennis drama Challengers starring trendy stars-of-the-moment Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist. We debate the film's frustrating lack of compelling characters, the narrative challenges faced by tennis films, the brilliant Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross score, and much more.
#134
August 10 · 1 hr 2 min
Rumble Fish
Shane and Lucien discuss Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 moody coming-of-age drama starring two bad boy heartthrobs of the era, Matt Dillon and Mickey Rourke.
#133
August 3 · 1 hr 5 min
Pain & Gain
Lucien and Shane discuss Michael Bay's 2013 body building-themed caper starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson! We debate this movie's compelling pre-Trump Era depiction of Miami white trash, phenomenal Tony Shalhoub and Ed Harris supporting performances and the disappointing arc of Wahlberg's leading man career.
#132
July 27 · 1 hr 28 min
Psycho (with Niamh Mary!)
Niamh Mary returns to the show to discuss Alfred Hitchcock's seminal 1960 Psycho - the foundation of slasher cinema - starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh as the iconic Norman Bates and Marian Crane.
July 26 · 50 min
City Sickos: "The Invite"/"The Delinquent Season"
Full episode of Lucien and Hannah's City Sickos podcast. Subscribe to this podcast's own exclusive feed HERE. This month, Hannah and Lucien discuss two sexually-charged inter-marital stories: Olivia Wilde's hit 2026 comedy The Invite starring Wilde herself, Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton; and Mark O'Rowe's 2018 Irish film The Delinquent Season starring Cillian Murphy and Andrew Scott. Plus, we react in real time to Mayo winning the All Ireland Football Final and breaking their 75 year curse.
#131
July 19 · 52 min
The Odyssey 🔱
Shane and Lucien discuss the biggest movie of the summer: Christopher Nolan's epic The Odyssey starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Himesh Patel, Samantha Morton and an ensemble of faces. We're mixed on the movie but dive into Nolan's adaptation of the classic text, depiction of fantasy sequences and casting choices.
#130
July 13 · 58 min
Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis (Welcome to the Sticks) with Pierce! 🇫🇷
Happy Bastille Day! We're getting very French this week discussing (embarrassingly) our first ever foreign language film... the biggest French hit ever, 2008's Dany Boon/Kad Merad comedy Bienvenue Chez Les Ch'tis/Welcome to the Sticks, a culture clash sensation, with very special guest Pierce! We dig into this film's colossal box office, Dany Boon's career as auteur/star, the French's obsession with broad comedy and how this movie functions as a tourism ad for the Northern provinces.
#129
July 6 · 1 hr 3 min
A Star Is Born '76 (with Christina!) ⭐️
Christina returns to the show as we close the loop on discussing variations of A Star is Born: this time tackling the 1976 Barbra Streisand/Kris Kristofferson iteration. We dig into Streisand's short but high quality filmography, the extent to which Bradley Cooper poached ideas from this movie for his 2018 edition, and debate the merits of songs including "Look Closely Now" and "The Woman in the Moon".
#128
June 29 · 53 min
Wild Hogs 🏍️
At the tail end of Pride Month, we're discussing an iconic leather-clad biker boy gang... yes it's the profoundly heterosexual Wild Hogs! Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence and William H Macy teamed up for this 2007 comedy, the epitome of three-star 2000s comedy filmmaking. We talk Allen's success as a sitcom dad-turned-movie star, Lawrence existing in the shadow of Eddie Murphy and Macy's genuinely hilarious role in the film.
#127
June 22 · 1 hr 10 min
Ford v Ferrari (with Adam Shanahan!) 🏎️
Music producer and No Encore sonic architect Adam Shanahan makes his first appearance on the show, discussing his true passion of motorsports and 2019's Ford v Ferrari starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale. We discuss the best films about fast cars going vrrrrroooom, Christian Bale's collaborations with Adam McKay and upcoming Heat 2 role, how Matt Damon is often willing to take a backseat to another star, James Mangold's history with biopics, this film's incredible use of Tracy Letts, and much more!
#126
June 15 · 54 min
Escape to Victory (World Cup Special) ⚽️
Football's coming home and we're celebrating the start of the FIFA World Cup, as we discuss 1981's football-on-a-POW camp romp Escape to Victory and its stars Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine and Brazilian legend Pelé!
#125
June 8 · 52 min
Bad Influence 👀
Shane and Lucien discuss some early 90s bad boys: Rob Lowe and James Spader star in Curtis Hanson's erotic thriller Bad Influence. We go in-depth on the careers of these one-time leading men turned network TV mainstays, analyse the rise and fall of the male-oriented erotic thriller and ask 'exactly how bad was the influence?'.
#124
June 1 · 57 min
May December
We're all out of hotdogs! Shane and Lucien dig into Todd Haynes' 2023 psychological drama May December starring Oscar-winning duo Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore as actress and subject opposite Charles Melton in a breakout role. We discuss Haynes' eclectic filmography, the film's complex depiction of the aftermath of a sexually predatory relationship and the research of an actor, and Portman and Moore's great careers as leading women.
#123
May 25 · 57 min
The Good Liar
Shane and Lucien read between the lies to discuss Bill Condon's 2019 OAP thriller The Good Liar starring beloved British thespians Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen. Subscribe to our new weekly newsletter: https://boypartypod.substack.com/subscribe?params=%5Bobject%20Object%5D

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