“EVERYBODY HAPPY!” Dig out your Moby CDs, log onto My Excite, and check your electronic mail for Danny Boyle’s divisive, turn-of-the-millennium hippy-dippy paradise existential Leonardo DiCaprio vehicle The Beach. Did its comedy conquer the world, or was it an ASSH*LE suggestion? Did it stand a chicken’s chance in Thailand? Was it a lot of dope,... Continue Reading →
"Hey, Elliot, where's your goblin?" Our sporadic Steven Spielberg season returns with the film that launched a thousand suburban-kids-on-bikes knockoffs, 1982's megahit E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. When an intergalactic flight makes an emergency departure from Earth for fear of discovery, the alien visitors leave behind one of their own - a stumpy, long-necked, wide-eyed, curious explorer... Continue Reading →
“One, two, three! And I don't even miss her, two, three! One, two, three! And I don't even miss her, two, three...!” 1970s comedians’ comedian Albert Brooks co-writes and directs his acerbic 1981 relationship comedy-drama sophomore feature Modern Romance. Self-sabotaging film editor Robert (Brooks) arranges a hasty breakup, seemingly the latest of many, from frustrated... Continue Reading →
F*ck-a-doodle-doo. As spring turns to summer, so the nuptial season is upon us, and we’re celebrating with the breakthrough 1994 Brit romcom classic Four Weddings and a Funeral. Charmingly dishevelled serial monogamist bachelor Charles (Hugh Grant) meets mysterious and beautiful American Carrie (Andie McDowell) at a wedding for which he is the best man. Over... Continue Reading →
“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 →
“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 →
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 →
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