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For our 40th episode we thought we would provide our listener with a public service. Films seem so much longer now, (they probably aren't, but that is what it seems). So, we at The Midnight Run Podcast have devoted this episode to shorter films. Picture the scene. You are at home on your sofa, bed, or sofa bed. It is 8pm, you have had your dinner and you want to watch a film, but you want to be in bed by 10. What are you going to watch? This episode is for films under 100 minutes long, so we are ticking your box.

All genres are on the table here, as it is purely based on the running time, but which genres do we think are more prominent in this category and which films would we recommend for an all day film marathon?

It is a great excuse to talk about the performances of (amongst others) Peter Sellers in Dr Strangelove, Ralph Fiennes in The Grand Budapest Hotel, Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice, Alicia Silverstone in Clueless and everyone in The Adventures of Robin Hood.

This subject is also littered with showy, scene stealing moments, so The Black Knight, Always Be Closing and complaining to a car rental dealership will all feature.

We have managed to contain all of this loveliness within 100 minutes. We would like to tell you that it was deliberately and brilliantly stage managed that way, but it wasn’t.

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The Rotten Tomatoes website was launched in 1998 and is a widely used review aggregation tool for film and TV. Each film is scored using a percentage and the higher score the better. If a film scores above 60% it is considered as "fresh", which means that 59% or lower is a "rotten" film. The site is as good a gauge as any and they largely get it right....or do they? Obviously this it subjective and although there are some undoubted stinkers and disappointments in here (not naming names, but The January Man should have been better), there are some films rated rotten that we can't get on board with. We discuss potential agendas, such as Lee Marvin and Clint singing in Paint Your Wagon, Kevin Costner's lack of an English accent in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, or knocking Oliver Stone down a peg in Any Given Sunday.

In this episode we pick our top 10 films, scenes and performances from films that are classified rotten at the time of recording and discovering which films are rated below 60% was a surprise, particularly noting the number of films we grew up watching and saw at the cinema. Which genre do we think is the most maligned and who does Matt think is the absolute master when it comes to rotten film appearances?

Our favourite performances are dominated by supporting roles by such actors as Bill Murray, Raul Julia, William Petersen and Sharon Stone and we recall many scenes that have lived long in our memories (not just Sharon Stone).

If you are unable to correctly guess the Top Gun call signs, the Alphabet crimes in Beverly Hills Cop 2 or play along with our own version of Play Your Cards Right, you should be able to decide upon your favourite food to have with tomatoes.

If you like the episode, please rate it higher that 59% that would be lovely.

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The films from 2000-20009 had many a peak and trough. There were some huge hits such as Avatar, Gladiator, The Departed, The Dark Knight and the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but attempting to choke them like a mean old vine were Battlefield Earth, The Ladykillers and The Room. It was a decade that saw a new James Bond, the re-emergence of fantasy and comic book hero genre's and Pixar was at the peak of their powers.

Lewis reveals which film watched in preparation he had put off for more than 20 years as well as both he and Matt picking their favourite directors, actors and actresses of the decade. The favourite performance and scenes categories are loaded, with Ben Kingsley, Julia Roberts, Christolph Waltz and Heath Ledger featuring.

We reveal our favourite songs, sporting moments and personal achievements of the decade. We also go off topic with a theory about Lt Harris in Police Academy, bad sports fans and Bruce Springsteen among others.

We hope that you enjoy listening to the episode. If not, Anton Chigurh will come looking for you with his captive bolt pistol, Miranda Priestly will look disdainfully at what you are currently wearing and you will be exposed to Sex Panther, by Odeon. Either way, we will have our vengeance, in this life or the next.