Introduced by Devlin I admit early and often in this episode to having something of an inability to process whimsy. Despite having previously chosen a family fantasy film of sorts (Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen) my childhood had a marked dearth of family-style fantasy films, an even bigger dearth of Disney, and basically... Continue Reading →

Introduced by Patrick I watched Avengers: Endgame (again) this week, which got me recalling fondly the experience of seeing such a film at the cinema, having gone to the midnight screening which was nothing short of wild.  There are few films I consider to have given me a ‘true cinema’ experience. I felt like I... Continue Reading →

Introduced by Devlin There's a sizeable portion of this podcast which veers in to a discussion about heroes. About what they mean to us and how our relationship to them changes over the years. About the inevitability of disillusionment when people we admire turn out to be flawed and messy humans rather than the idealised... Continue Reading →

Introduced by Devlin The other day I was watching Chopping Mall on my phone. Again. While I’m an aficionado of shit cinema, I’m not an expert like the Red Letter Media lads or the Good Bad Movie Club. So while I know some of the names of the more prolific and odd schlockmeisters like David... Continue Reading →

Introduced by Devlin One thing I wish we'd had more time to discuss on this episode was the music is in Almost Famous. I mean, I'm being an idiot in that we did in fact discuss the music used in the film quite a bit - about the amount of diegetic tracks and how Cameron... Continue Reading →

Introduced by Devlin I’d love to say that Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey inspired within me a deep and life-long fascination for the work of Ingmar Bergman, but outside of a couple of the big hitters, I’ve remained too immature to fully delve in to the dense and sombre filmography of world cinema’s foremost SERIOUS... Continue Reading →

Introduced by Devlin After our previous discussion of the life and times of Kevin Costner back in our chat about the epic Dances With Wolves, we visit Our Kev just 5 years later, still riding the crest of a wave of hits that came to an abrupt wipeout when he took to the high seas... Continue Reading →

Introduced by Devlin Christmas movies always feel special. While the big day itself can often feel a bit of a lethargic, carb-heavy disappointment, the twinkly soundtracks and frosty windows and gaudy lights bathing the snowy ground in a magical glow evokes a parallel universe where homes are palatial and hijinks come thick and fast. We... Continue Reading →