Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? We delve into the murky, rain-soaked neon streets of 2019 Los Angeles for Ridley Scott’s seminal 1982 sci-fi slow burner Blade Runner. Retired replicant hunter Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is pulled back into duty when four illegal synthetic humanoids are reported to be loose in the... Continue Reading →
Introduced by Matt Two Bahama Mamas, Please 🦈 Although borderline calamitous in its execution at times, I digested the terminal death rattle of the Jaws series (on a 4:3, open matte VHS taped off the telly, no less) so often as a nipper that when its filmic son of Scheider dons that yellow (symbolic of... Continue Reading →
Film chosen by Patrick Oh it's them. The little guys. My little munchkins! We’re strolling back to the Amblin Entertainment heyday with Matthew Robbins’ cute, nostalgic, intergalactic robot heartwarmer *batteries not included. Elderly corner café owner Frank Riley (frequent Hitchcock collaborator Hume Cronyn) and his flighty, seemingly bewildered wife Faye (Cronyn’s real-life partner Jessica Tandy)... Continue Reading →
Films chosen and introduced by Matt In 1982, the Ladd Company unleashed the dystopian sci-fi classic, Blade Runner. In 1984, they crapped out the first Police Academy movie. Quite the about turn. Overtly racist, sexist, homophobic, fat-shaming characters populated the hugely popular hit, which spawned six shady sequels ranging from amusing to abhorrent. Believe it... Continue Reading →
Funnily Enough, We Never Lose Our Luggage! We’ve snuck a sequel into your stocking this Christmas - Chris Columbus’ 1992 big city follow-up Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. After a familiar family blow-up on the eve of a Christmas trip (this time to Florida, where they don’t even have Christmas trees), mischievous Kevin... Continue Reading →
Welcome to The Open Slate! Ever sat through the credits and wondered why there needs to be a Second 2nd Assistant Director? Or what the Best Boy is supposed to be the best at? In this series, we sit down with working film industry professionals from across the departments for unvarnished, honest, practical conversations about... Continue Reading →
Scary season's greetings, and a warm but wicked welcome to HalloRe'ewind '23, aka In Violent Agreement, The Rewind Movie Mêlée, The Great Big HalloRe'ewind Ding-Dong!, Filmic Fisticuffs, Kino-Clash, Motion Picture Punch-up, Flick-off, Feature Film Fracas, Cinema Scuffle, Quartet Quarrel, etc. It’s The Rewind Movie Podcast’s inaugural, choose your own adventure, HalloRe’ewind evening of duelling quadruple... Continue Reading →
Film chosen by listener Darren Grab a t-shirt featuring this episode's cover image (expertly coloured and finished by our very own Scarious Artists, Matt, from a sketch by Devlin) at our Teemill store! “I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time, I'd rather not spend the rest of... Continue Reading →
Welcome to The Open Slate! Ever sat through the credits and wondered why there needs to be a Second 2nd Assistant Director? Or what the Best Boy is supposed to be the best at? In this series, we sit down with working film industry professionals from across the departments for unvarnished, honest, practical conversations about... Continue Reading →
Film chosen and introduced by Devlin https://open.spotify.com/episode/6KnehV823Ej9dcaxLOJfDl?si=906a13efed19462a If you go across and check out the wonderful introductory graphics Matt created for our About section on this site, you’ll see that nestled in my alphabetically-assembled Top 10 Films list is this week’s pick – Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 teen dream Rumble Fish. That it took me... Continue Reading →
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