“You'll never get anywhere treating your helmet like a lunchbox son.” We’re getting into our three-point stance on the mini gridiron for the 1994 family sports comedy Little Giants. Local legend Kevin O’Shea (Ed O’Neill), a Heisman Trophy-winning football hero, is running tryouts for his Pee-Wee football team, where he mercilessly discards the ‘misfit’ kids.... Continue Reading →
Introduced by Devlin Gali may not have introduced me to Columbo as such - I'd watched it before and enjoyed it, I'm sure - but he was certainly the person who anchored it as a regular viewing habit. Back when we were housemates in the Hyde Park area of Leeds, we would commandeer the living... Continue Reading →
“I'd like to report a truck driver who's been endangering my life!” Our Steven Spielberg Series continues with a detour back to where it all started - 1971’s TV movie-turned-theatrical debut DUEL. Mild mannered travelling salesman David Mann (Dennis Weaver) finds himself the unexplained target of escalating threats from a mysterious, smoke-belching truck’s largely unseen... Continue Reading →
Bangarang! We continue our journey through the filmography of The Beard Himself, Steven Spielberg, with a contrasting look at fatherhood in 1991’s grand kids’ fantasy Hook. A now adult Peter Pan (Robin Williams) has no memories of his time in Neverland, having committed himself to a life of dour responsibility as a successful lawyer under... Continue Reading →
The Rewind Movie Podcast pays our respects to the Beard, as we embark on a rewatch series of some of the highlights and lesser-travelled avenues of the career of arguably the most successful director in the history of the medium - Steven Spielberg. Our starting point (having already lavished our praise on Jaws) is his... Continue Reading →
The Rewind Movie Podcast’s resident horror-heads, Devlin and Matt, return (from their graves) to trick and treat you to their one-stop Hallowe’en shop, as they curate another "All Hallows' Evening." Join us for a seasonal slice of horror, art, and chat. It's HalloRe'ewind '25 aka HalloRe'ewind IV or V: Talkin' Jive! The Rewind Movie Podcast’s HalloRe’ewind duelling triple bills! Two mini-marathons of 3-film... Continue Reading →
"This isn't the f**king X-Files, goddammit!" No, this is a direct sequel to the surprise 1995 naked Natasha Henstridge sci-fi smash hit... it's Species II. Gali and Devlin have a close encounter with an awfully icky alien, as the sequels creators have gender-swapped the intergalactic sexual predator with unsurprisingly unpleasant results. Will a sloshed Michael... Continue Reading →
Film chosen by Patrick “Good luck exploring the infinite abyss.” It’s a trip back to smalltown New Jersey with sitcom star-turned-indie auteur Zach Braff and his 2004 directorial debut Garden State. Heavily medicated struggling Hollywood actor/waiter Andrew “Large” Largeman (Braff) learns of his disabled mother’s passing, and heads back to the home of his father... Continue Reading →
Our Hail to the King series concludes (for now) with another anomaly from the venerable author's assemblage of adaptations - director Fraser C. Heston's 1993 take on his 1991 megatome Needful Things. In the quaint New England town of Castle Rock, the opening of a new store causes quite a stir - but just how... Continue Reading →
Film chosen and introduced by Matt Maybe I’m crackers for finding The Shining convivial and cozy, but in parallel with Jaws, it’s morphed from a once petrifying picture into a movie that induces a somewhat trance-like state, where the horror is neatly neutered. It slowly became a seductively snug watch—washing over me like a secure,... Continue Reading →
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