Episode 139: Duel (1971)

“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 →

Episode 138: Hook (1991)

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 →

Episode 117: Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

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 →

Episode 116: *batteries not included (1987)

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 →

Episode 106: Jaws 3-D (1983)

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water (again), yet another Carcharodon carcharias is on the rampage in 1983’s stereoscopic sequel Jaws 3-D. Chief Brody’s eldest son Mike (a wired Dennis Quaid) has left the smalltown idyll of Amity Island to work at the sprawling SeaWorld theme park in Orlando,... Continue Reading →

Episode 105: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

We couldn't be more chuffed to welcome back one of our favourite podcasters, Em from Verbal Diorama, as she brings us Robert Zemeckis’ madcap 1988 live action/animated hybrid noirtoon Who Framed Roger Rabbit. As an avowed enthusiast of all things animated, Em was gracious enough to offer her expertise and insight once again, after her... Continue Reading →

Episode 93: Jaws 2 (1978)

I mean, it's obvious that a big fish took a bite out of... this big fish. We’re back on Amity Island as another carcharodon carcharias comes to feast on the summer revellers in the first sequel to the unstoppable original blockbuster, JAWS 2.  Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider), wife Elaine (Lorraine Gary) and family are... Continue Reading →

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