Digital Cowboys Film Club is a new project we’re starting with next week’s first episode. We were a Movie and Video Gaming podcast for nearly 90 episodes and since we switched to just games there have been many times we’ve wanted to talk about movies but couldn’t because we want to stay focused on games. We at Digital Cowboys have a commitment to excellence, so we couldn’t just talk about any old movies.

So we decided to go back and take a look at some films that made us love cinema in the first place. We’re holding off Star Wars, The Matrix and the other big franchises (at least for now) in favor of slightly more esoteric, unusual and challenging films. It also allows us to share some of the great pictures that may have passed by our audience over the years. We’re treating it like a club. We’ll give you all a heads up as to what film we’re doing next and you’ll have three weeks to get hold of and see it. Borrow it, rent it, buy it, but SEE it, because we’re going deep on these films and each show will be a spoiler-filled discussion. Sometime in the future we may do a film that absolutely sucks, but is such a train-wreck that it’s worth seeing, and sometimes we may have totally polarized viewpoints on a film.

Here are the eight rules of Film Club.

1. You do talk about Film Club
2. You DO talk about film Club
3. Everyone on the show has to see the film just beforehand
4. One show every three weeks
5. One film per show, gentlemen
   
6. No going “Er… I don’t remember that bit”
   
7. Shows go on as long as they have to
   
8. If you have an opinion on Film Club… you have to voice it

This is going to be great. Our first film is Fight Club and you should see it before Tuesday August 4th