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Simon and Lee tier list the shit out of films starring Keanu Reeves.

Things they discuss: Dangerous Liasons (including the book), Valmont (L&S got this name wrong), The World According to Garp, Sea of Love and having the hots for Ellen Barkin, slightly dirty (erotic) thrillers, Cruel Intentions, all the Keanu films (can't be bothered listing them all), Interview with the Vampire (not a Keanu film), two lads banging (in televisual remake of Interview with the Vampire), the final of Wimbledon in which Alcaraz was called 'hot' by Annabelle Croft (who was on Strictly Come Dancing), Nicole Kidman in Eyes Wide Shut, the eroticism of Ken and Barbie, River's Edge (homework for Simon), River Phoenix's death, Gus van Sant, Mission Impossible directed by Brian de Palma, To Die For (Kidman film), Dirty Dancing, True Blue by Madonna, top 5 Beyonce songs, a conversation about Ms Swift, Destiny's Child.

Top 5 according to your hosts: 1. John Wick; 2. The Matrix; 3. Speed; 4. My Own Private Idaho; 5. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net.

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Simon and Lee talk about obsessions and whether or not to talk about them.

Things they discuss: Being discombobulated, Lee's flight being cancelled, more on Simon's cholesterol and the NHS, budget cuts, brief (tangiential) conversation with Jefrey the dalmation, there will be butter (a film starring Daniel Day Lewis), birthday presents and Bob's birthday present registry, Bear (note-taking application), annual subscription services, shitting and kissing balls, putlocker (again), very delayed update on Kamala Harris, Eames House Bird, reading in the pub with a frolleague, articles about Lidar ("light detection and ranging"), Quicksilver (launcher application from back in the day), being obsessed with things, dickhead rabbit holes, sub-reddits, Lee going further than Madonna in his (yoga) practice, teaching classes on Brecht and Stanislavski, Artaud and total theatre, why Simon quit instagram years and years ago, and the sourdough line of conversation (getting high on your supply).

Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net.

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Simon and Lee discuss hosting parties that are performances and re-wiring approaches to food.

Things they discuss: Simon hosts a party that is a performance in which he is not the host called We Move In Close Circles, the stress of hosting a party, making a lot of pizza, curious.com (which changed its name to just Curious), On the Scent, cholesterol update, the cost of olive oil, intermittant fasting regimes (5 days 2 days), snake dinners, Lee's commute, Lee hallucinating about talking to Jefrey, thinking about when you can eat before bedtime and how that's a midlife thing, the Anatomy Colouring Book, Bob and the Death Star (ie charity shopping), Lee in a second-hand Zegna shirt, witchcraft.

Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net.

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