Welcome back to our trawl through the Alien universe! After starting back to front with gung-ho actioner Aliens followed by Ridley Scott's cerebral sci-fi chiller Alien, we're back in release order for David Fincher's divisive and dark Alien 3. Controversially stripping Ripley (Sigourney Weaver, now a producer with no small amount of clout) of her... Continue Reading →
Film chosen by Joe We welcome our good friend and uber-talented camera department pro Joe back to the show to discuss his affection for the stylish, influential 1994 hitman thriller Leon. With its poster adorning thousands of student bedroom walls, it's an undeniable touchstone for a whole generation of film lovers: a gateway to European... Continue Reading →
Welcome back to May of the Dead! We're diving right in for Part II - taking you through a hand-selected chronological trip through this most unkillable subgenre. Revisit Part I here for more information and, of course, Matt's glorious Zombie Bingo Board. Monday May 17th Braindead aka Dead Alive (1992) And the award for most... Continue Reading →
Film chosen by Patrick, introduced by Devlin Our journey through the seamy, sleazy, seductive and sadly short-lived erotic thriller boom of the 80s/90s has thrown up this anomaly - the Walt Disney-produced (well, Hollywood Pictures, but it still counts!) psychiatrist murder mystery thriller Color of Night. Veteran director Richard Rush's career began by making propaganda... Continue Reading →
Greetings once again, ghouls, and welcome to our month-long May of the Dead, showcasing 31 zombie (hear us out) films - one for every evening in the Zombie Awareness Month of May, 2021. Due to our strong personal convictions, we wish to stress that this playlist in no way endorses a belief in the occult.... Continue Reading →
Film chosen by Patrick, introduced by Devlin As mentioned in the episode, Patrick, Gali and I saw this film together back in Leeds in 2007 during its cinema release. It's a movie-going experience that I rank extremely high in my all-time most memorable - a film that buried itself in my psyche at perhaps exactly... Continue Reading →
Continuing our journey through the ALIEN universe, the team backtrack from James Cameron's seminal 80s action sequel sci-fi classic Aliens, which (almost) all of the gang encountered first, to look back at Ridley (Wiggly) Scott's groundbreaking first film in the series. Our Matt has created, as well as this incredible splattery tribute to South Shields'... Continue Reading →
Film sort of chosen by, and introduced by, Devlin with a wonderful YouTube playlist by Matt https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXTibPqCx29HGoX7bInyvj-nNS-hkqCeJ Honestly there's not much to add to this week's episode; other than to say that if you are interested in the labyrinthine process by which HR Giger was hired to create the lead monster in Species, and subsequently... Continue Reading →
Film chosen by Joe, introduced by Matt The Coen Brothers’ pot-heady, mistaken identity picture and ode to the unemployed, adopts and adapts the specificity of film noir's dialogue to create a colourful, highly quotable, stoner-noir. It's as if our fall guy, The Dude - a clueless dropout, has been dragged into the swirling dramatic plot... Continue Reading →
Film chosen and introduced by Devlin It's now 60 years since this film was released. In the ebb and flow of pop culture, especially in cinema, it's possible this film feels, to a lot of viewers, like a relic of a distant and unknowable past. I mentioned within the episode the strange juncture in movie... Continue Reading →
