At the Movies with William Fletcher: Recent Episodes
William Fletcher
This podcast has two or more on the show where one of the people on the show chooses a film they haven't seen on the show to cover.
We did Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie earlier this year so we might as well look at the rest of Matt Johnson's career especially because he's got a new film out soon, Tony.
One of the real classics this week as we look back at the Scorsese film Taxi Driver to tie into the film's 50th anniversary. We get into how the film has been misinterpreted, other classics and Quentin Tarantino.
We did all of Nolan's other films when Oppenheimer released but now it's time to properly discuss and look at Oppenheimer with 3 years of hindsight before looking ahead to The Odyssey.
Diving back into the Evil Dead franchise with a look at the last release, Evil Dead Rise, as the newest film in the franchise, Evil Dead Burn, finally releases. We also get into the other Evil Dead films, where the next one should be set and upcoming 2026 releases.
The first, and hopefully only time, that we are covering Illumination on this podcast with a look back at Despicable Me and the Minions films. We get into the history of Illumination as well as a look at other companies in the animation sphere and the career of Pharrell Williams.
We're going back into the DCU with the next major project in the franchise with Supergirl with the show going back to the 1984 film. We also look at the landscape of female led superhero films, Superman (2025) and the "controversies" around the upcoming Supergirl film.
Another redux episode this week as we look at the film that started it all for Pixar with a look at Toy Story as well as all the following sequels and the spin-off. We also get into crying as men, technology used by kids and general Pixar chat.
We're back to cover another Spielberg film (he's got a new one out this week so you know) and we get into his career, aliens and the definitions of genres (somehow again).
Just as a preface, this episode was supposed to be out last week but it has been delayed to this week so apologies if some of the language we use sounds outdated in regards to what we were tying this into.
Quite possibly the most tenuous connection I've ever done in terms of trying to tie an episode into a new release with but we're looking at some really successful low-budget horror films to tie into the release of the new Backrooms film with some films that are in a similar vein.
Concluding the two-parter with a look at how Disney has done with Star Wars and how it compares to George Lucas' Star Wars.
One of the biggest blind spots in the podcast history is being covered over the next two weeks with a retrospective look at the Star Wars franchise with this week being focused on the pre-Disney era of the franchise with the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy.
Delving back into the world of video games this time with the far more mature and violet realm of Mortal Kombat.
As a prefacer there were some technical difficulties so apologies for those. We're looking at the beloved 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada to tie into the upcoming sequel as well as discussing fashion and legacy sequels.
No, there isn't a new Brendan Fraser film out but instead a new Mummy film from Blumhouse which we are tying this week's episode into. We do talk about the Fraser Mummy films along with the original 19322 version and the 2017 Tom Cruise vehicle.
A bit more of an out there episode this week as we look at Nirvanna the Band (not the Kurt Cobain one) with a look from their start with the 2007 web series to the 2017 show on Vice culminating with our main discussion being on the recently released film.
We're doing something very out of line with the show again this week as we are looking at a video game franchise with a look at the Super Mario Bros. game series.
We're having a little bit of a TED Talk this week (get it?) with a look at the Ted film series along with the recent TV show as well as a look at Seth MacFarlane's career as a whole.
We're looking at comedy adjacent work this week with a retrospective look at the directorial efforts of Lord & Miller as well as briefly touching on other projects in their catalogue.
Slightly later than usual but before the actual ceremony as the show embarks on the annual Oscars special with a look at the Best Picture nominees and the general Oscars race this year.
We're back to look at Pixar again with the release of Hoppers looming ahead, we're looking back at the 2009 favourite, Up.
Another big franchise retrospective this week for the show as we look back through the history of the Scream franchise with talks on the slasher genre, the mess that appears to be the upcoming Scream 7 and Matthew Lillard (obviously).
The show is here with a new Valentine's special with myself and my guest choosing two films to cover for this week's episode to celebrate Valentine's.
Going for a look at a film adaptation of a book with Wuthering Heights we well as looking at the upcoming adaptation and the controversies surrounding it.
The first of presumably many directorial filmography retrospectives this year with a look back at the 40+ year career of Sam Raimi.
Instead of tying into a new release, we're just talking about a film because we can. It's also a long time coming as we're finally properly talking about a Matt Damon film with Good Will Hunting as well as talking about Boston accents and love (aw).
We're here for the first episode of 2026 with the continuation of our Review of the Year for 2025.
It's the end of the year which means it is time for the annual Review of the Year episode with part 1 covering the first 6 months of the year.
It's time for our 3rd annual Christmas special on the podcast with a look at the beloved Christmas classic in Die Hard.
We're here with the final director filmography retrospective for the year with a look back at James Cameron's career in anticipation of the release of Avatar: Fire and Ash.
We're delving back into the world of murder mysteries this week as we look at the Knives Out series before Wake Up Dead Man releases on Netflix because they don't want to keep it in cinemas for longer.
The show is back to cover more Disney this week with a look at Zootopia before the upcoming Zootopia 2 along with Disney's recent output and the potential future of Disney's output.
We're covering more Hollywood blockbuster fare this week with a look at Wicked before the sequel comes out this week with a discussion on the film's long production history, the "controversies" surrounding the film and the film's Oscars chances.
Time for something completely different as we look at the somehow long-running Now You See Me franchise while also talking about Harry Potter (because Daniel Radcliffe is in one of them), magic (duh) and Dan Harmon (what?)
What's that? Two episodes in one week?! Indeed, you lucky ducks, as we're looking at The Running Man this week as well discussing the work of Stephen King, Arnold Schwarzenegger and 80s action movie cheese.
Here is the link to the short film my guest mentioned:
https://vimeo.com/1131913288
Another longer gap between episodes but we're back with the Predator franchise which we couldn't really pass up on after doing the Alien franchise last year.
After a delay, we're back with a look at the history of Frankenstein and the career of Guillermo del Toro because there's a new Frankenstein out directed by Guillermo del Toro which is the only reason we cover certain films now.
Going more for a cult classic film this week with a look at Tron because there's a sequel out soon but you know how this show works now.
It's the big'un. Episode 200. For such a momentous occasion, we're covering one of the biggest classics and most important films in cinema history with Jaws.
A very out of nowhere choice (especially before episode 200) but we decided to cover a film that is really archetypical of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson before The Smashing Machine comes out and he shows his chops as a dramatic actor with Pain & Gain.
We're back with another look at a directorial filmography, this week with Paul Thomas Anderson as we start from Hard Eight and work our way to the present with a look forward at One Battle After Another.
A cult favourite this week with This Is Spinal Tap but we do talk about comedy in general and the mockumentary subgenre.
A bit of an offbeat choice this week as we delve into the world of murder mysteries with a look at the 1985 cult classic, Clue.
Going the complete opposite direction from last week with a far darker and muted approach with the Coen Bros. No Country for Old Men.
After taking a break from episodes, we're back again with an action film looking at the Bob Odenkirk lead Nobody and discussing the man's career and the current state of action films being made.
Apologies for the audio issues on my end, I will work on getting them fixed for next week's episode.
After a delay to this week's release due to some unforeseen sickness, we're back with another Marvel episode looking at Fantastic Four's onscreen outings before seeing whether or not Disney can succeed in doing so.
To the opposite spectrum of films now following on from Superman with a look at a 90s favourite, Happy Gilmore.
After doing so much Marvel over the last few years, it's finally time to cover something related to DC with Superman as we finally get the first chapter in the DCU.
After a couple of weeks off, the show is back with a look at Jurassic World Dominion to tie into the upcoming Jurassic World Rebirth and as we get into this Summer movie season (for the Americans).
After covering a Pixar film last week, we're going to jump over and cover a Dreamworks franchise with How to train Your Dragon because apparently all animated films are going to be getting live action remakes now.
Another dive into the well of Pixar this week as we look back at Finding Nemo and it's sequel Finding Dory with as few water-based puns as we can muster.
We're having a retrospective look at Jesse Armstrong's career but it does just slowly become a discussion of the British comedy scene.
A big franchise retrospective this week with a look at the history of Mission: Impossible and we get a surprise guest who shows up during the proceedings.
More Disney and I'm even joined by Stitch himself at a couple of points to talk about this film. We also just talk about the future of the industry and the Disney live action remakes.
We're back with Marvel and while this was intended to be a look at Black Widow, it turns into a general Marvel discussion as well as the upcoming Thunderbolts.
Another TV show discussion this week with a look at David Lynch's Twin Peaks as well as the prequel film, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. We also touch on Lynch's other work and the evolution of TV.
More of an obscure choice for the podcast this week as we look at the 2009 film Daybreakers. We also talk about the Australian film industry, vampire films in general and the work of Ryan Coogler.
We're being a bit more offbeat with a look at a TV show this week with a look at the history of Black Mirror to tie into season 7. We also talk about Charlie Brooker's career in general, relationships and how much the show has aged.
On the flipside of covering Disney's live action remakes and Hollywood slop, we go back in time to 1959 to look at the seminal classic, North by Northwest.
We're covering another big collection of films this week with a look at Disney's recent history with the live action remake.
Apologies for some audio issues on my end. Everything will be back to normal in the next episode.
Time for another director's filmography retrospective where we look at the career of Bong Joon-ho with the main focus being on Parasite but with pitstops at his previous 6 films before looking forward to Mickey 17.
Note: this was delayed due to cyclone preparations that had to be made that took time away from editing.
The show is back with the annual Oscars episode looking at this year's upcoming Oscars ceremony looking at the Best Picture nominees this year and the surrounding controversies, some of the other major categories and the coming year of film.
Note: this was recorded before the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards.
As we are one to do, we're delving into the MCU for the first of many times this year with a look at the Captain America trilogy with a bit of a state of the nation address of the current state of the MCU peppered throughout.
There's nothing to tie into this week so let's just cover a film from Guillermo del Toro with Pan's Labyrinth. We also talk about his career, the weird customs of European film festivals and foreign-language cinema in general.
We're going back into the world of TV this week with a look at the world of Star Trek (primarily the Original Series and Next Generation). We also somehow get onto the topic of Doctor Who.
We're back with the second and final part of the review of the year as we conclude with the second half of 2024.
The show is back for another year and we're going through the first 6 months of 2024 to look back on what the podcast was looking forward to.
Two episodes back to back? You're goddamn right as we do the show's annual Christmas special with It's a Wonderful Life. It starts off fairly normally but at some point, we get to a discussion of Ricky Gervais so it falls into a usual standard for this show.
Looks like there's gonna be two episodes this week as the podcast looks through the history of Wallace & Gromit with a look at the shorts, the films and the work of Aardman as a whole.
One final directorial retrospective this year with a look at Robert Eggers career to tie into his upcoming adaptation of Nosferatu.
We only did a Disney film a couple of weeks ago but they just keep pumping out new films so we're looking at The Lion King (again) along with the two sequels and the 2019 remake.
One of the biggest gaps in podcast history is begin filled this week as we look at Lord of the Rings (but it's not the extended edition this week). We look at the history of the films coming to screen, Peter Jackson's career and, somehow and rather inexplicably, a comparison between Lord of the Rings, Spider-Man and Paddington 2.
There's a sequel to Moana coming out soon but it's already been covered on the show so I guess we're covering Mulan this week? There's no real justification beyond the fact that they're both Disney princess films but we talk about Disney in general and there's a special guest who turns up in the episode.
Gladiator II comes out soon so it's time to talk about the first Gladiator along with the career of Ridley Scott, the general gladiator genre and the similarities between the scores of Hans Zimmer.
Also, in the episode we discuss the similarities between the score of Gladiator and Pirates of the Caribbean so here's a comparison of the scores along with The Lion King 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4VaGGbVpRg
After a hectic and stressful week for some, there's some wholesome content this week with a discussion of the Paddington films to tie into the new film out soon. We look at the films and just the general output of Paul King.
We're covering a real classic for this year's Halloween special with the main item of discussion being the 1982 classic with the 1951, Thing From Another World on one side and the 2011 prequel of the same name (which causes some annoyance to say the least from us). We also talk about poor film endings and what we find scary. Because it's the spooky time of year, you know?
We've had a bit of a lack of superhero podcasts this year so we're gonna tackle the Venom films which aren't even really superhero films so it barely even counts. Anyway, look forward to our impressions of the song and just general Spider-Man chatter.
You may or may not be aware that I covered What We Do in the Shadows already in the history of the podcast but that was early on and not up to the standards of modern quality so here's a more modern look to tie into the release of the show's final season with talks on the career of Taika Waititi, New Zealand Accents and Danny Trejo somehow.
We're dealing with the realm of comic book films again this week but this time we're going for the far more serious (at least it sets out to be) Joker and we look at the film itself, other interpretations of the character and the future films.
We're doing another classic this week. Well, rather a trilogy of classics with a look at The Godfather and sequels but will we find the films to be worthy of this praise?
As opposed to doing a multiple episode run on a director's entire career, we have condensed this done to one episode (more out of time constraints than anything else) so we do a full retrospective look at Burton's entire career with talks of his various partners, the biopic genre as well as getting a bit deeper as we go on.
We conclude our Alien retrospective with a look at the more controversial films in the series and we even get a contender for worst film ever covered on the podcast.
The next few episodes of the show will be massive retrospectives and this week will be the beginning of a retrospective of the Alien franchise with looks at the original 4 films as well as discussing the careers of each director and the Predator franchise.
After a more mature episode last week with Deadpool, we go to the opposite of the spectrum with a far more family oriented episode looking at SpongeBob SquarePants and the film franchise that has spawned from it.
The podcast makes it's return with a look at world of X-Men with a discussion on the Deadpool films as well as a look at the upcoming film and a state of the nation look at the MCU.
The show is back after a nearly month's hiatus and it's time to look at one of my favourite films with Little Shop of Horrors. Not only do we talk about the film but we talk about film musicals, musicals in general and Nicolas Cage somehow.
How else can we follow up Bad Boys? Well, we follow up with another look back at Pixar's filmography with Inside Out to tie into the release of its sequel. Be warned though, it might get a bit emotional this week.
After another extended break, the show has returned with a look at the Bad Boys franchise to tie into the upcoming release of Bad Boys: Ride or Die and I'm joined by special guest Allen Turing, host of the Diminishing Returns Podcast and the British Sitcom History Podcast. We talk about the films themselves as well as general film history of 90s action films, the career of Michael Bay and a talk of the current state of cinema.
We conclude our brief Planet of the Apes retrospective with a look at Tim Burton's 2001 remake before really focusing on the Andy Serkis reboot trilogy to tie into the release of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.
Oh, and it's also the 150th episode!
We are starting a two part retrospective this week by looking back at the 1968 classic, Planet of the Apes as well as the 4 sequels which cause some slight anger and annoyance which leads to conversations on religion, the Simpsons and certain ethical time-travel problems.
We are diving back into the realm of Pixar with a look back at a classic work of Pixar and it's less than incredible sequel.
After another brief hiatus, the show has returned with a retrospective look at the career of Alex Garland's directorial filmography plus a handful of pitstops with his earlier written work.
Also, apologies for some slightly warbly audio on my end. Everything should be back to normal for the next episode.
The show is looking back at another classic of cinema with a retrospective look at the Ghostbusters franchise with the ups and downs of not just this franchise but also the current state of cinema.
Going for a bit of an older film this week with a look back at the Palme d'Or winning and Oscar nominated film All That Jazz with some very long (relevant tangents) on what inspired the film and some general film history discussions.
The annual Oscars celebration is here with a discussion on the 10 films nominated for Best Picture, the various controversies surrounding many of them and a general look at some of the best films of 2023.
The podcast has returned after a hiatus with the first look at a proper Dreamworks franchise with a retrospective look at the Kung Fu Panda trilogy.
It's a special occasion as it is the 4th year anniversary of the podcast and we conclude the Alexander Payne retrospective with looks at the second half of his career, controversy and the upcoming Oscars.
The first directorial retrospective of 2024 is here with a look back at the career of Alexander Payne and there are some very different feelings towards his films.
The first tie-in episode of 2024 is here with a look at the 2004 cult hit Mean Girls as well as discussions of our own less than popular high school careers.
After a severe delay to the first episode of 2024, we look back at the second half of 2023 with discussions on all the films the show was tying episodes into.
2023 is nearly coming to a close and what a better way than looking back and celebrating (mostly) the films released in 2023? At least, for the first half of the year. It'd be too long otherwise.
The podcast is getting into the festive spirit this week covering a film that is celebrating it's 20th Anniversary with Love Actually.
We're getting close to the end of the year and we're up to the final tie-in episode for the year with a look at Chicken Run to tie into the release of its sequel as well as having a look at Aardman's past, present and future.
Poor Things is coming out this week so this week the show will be looking primarily at The Favourite but also the rest of Yorgos Lanthimos' filmography with discussions on the films as well as the upcoming Oscars and bizarre comparisons to other new releases.
To tie into the release of Disney's newest release, Wish, the show is having a look back at some of the classics in the studio's backlog and talking about the history of these films, Jim Carrey and the live action remakes.
With the release of Saltburn being incredibly soon, the show will be looking at Emerald Fennell's first film, Promising Young Woman with a discussion on the film as well as the current state of certain things.
The conclusion of David Fincher's filmography with conversations on his 5 most recent films, monologuing and gender dynamics.
This episode is the beginner of a two parter retrospective looking at the career of David Fincher with lots of dumb impressions, discussions on the colour yellow and a general love for Fincher's work.
The final look at the Marvel Cinematic Universe for 2023 is a look back at Captain Marvel but to be honest, there isn't a whole lot say as will be reflected in this episode's length.
Despite another delay, the show continues with a look at Martin Scorsese's career overall but with a few major pitstops at his most iconic work with discussions devolving into impressions and complaints about film length.
After a severe delay, the podcast is back with the conclusion on Edgar Wright's filmography and as was implied in the last episode, there are much bigger clashes this time around.
The show is looking through another director's filmography this year with a retrospective look at Edgar Wright's career covering his first 4 films with our opinions on these films as well as what our favourite one is, a discussion on what is the best film ever and some great jokes.
After another hiatus, the show has returned this time with a look at Adam McKay's The Big Short. Besides discussing the film, we talk about the man's career as well as some political issues.
A long anticipated episode (at least for us) on this podcast with a look at Bullet Train. Not just a normal look though, a full on commentary and live reaction to the film with some arguably questionable jokes throughout.
Apologies for a shorter episode this week (we've got some interesting stuff in the works currently on the film The Meg in anticipation? of its sequel which releases this week. Honestly, we just spend most of this episode complaining, so if you're a fan of complaining, this is the one for you.
We get to the finale of the Nolan retrospective with discussions on Interstellar, Dunkirk and Tenet as well as Oppenheimer, Barbie and the general Letterboxd community.
There were some slight audio issues so some of the editing may seem a bit choppy.
Better late than never, right?
Apologies for the lateness again but we move on to the next part of Nolan's career which is generally very positive until it isn't. Beyond Nolan, we discuss IMDB, Batman and nudity somehow.
After being sick for a few days, I was able to finish editing this week's episode with a look at Christopher Nolan's filmography with pitstops at his first four films as well as a discussions on low budget filmmaking, film people in general and the superhero origin film.
A smaller film this week before the show gets into a massive retrospective look at a certain filmmaker's filmography, with a look at (500) Days of Summer with discussions not just on the film but also on relationships, love and the worst parts of ourselves.
A couple of weeks after doing Spider-Man, the show is back with another episode looking at a seminal film franchise in Indiana Jones with a special quiz at the end and the first episode with intro music.
Slightly late but still here with the second part of the Spider-Man films. The discussion goes to some interesting places including some controversial takes on the Holland films, slightly less but still controversial take on Spider-Verse and the Spider-Verse sequel.
The show is back with another look at superheroes this time with the first half of a retrospective looking at the first 5 live action Spider-Man films.
This week's episode is looking back at a classic trilogy of cinema with Back to the Future with discussions on the film, changing actors and the quality of Pepsi and Coke.
Delving into the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the first time in 2023 with, what is arguably, the most beloved sub-franchise in the MCU with a discussion on Guardians of the Galaxy and sequels.
After some technical screwups last week, the show is back but delayed again unfortunately. Regardless, we're back doing episodes again and looking at a massive franchise in anticipation of the release of Evil Dead Rise by looking at, well the Evil Dead franchise.
After a slight hiatus, the podcast is back with a look at Ari Aster's filmography in anticipation of his upcoming release, Beau Is Afraid.
Apologies for the slight delay on the release. It wasn't uploading to the hosting site so it wasn't able to be released yet.
A bit of a controversial episode this week as we look back on the Best Picture winner that has be somewhat been re-evaluated in recent years, Forrest Gump.
Tying into the release for John Wick: Chapter 4 this week, we delve into the John Wick franchise but we spend about half of the episode discussing films that aren't even relevant to the discussion.
This was an episode that I had planned to do with my dad but circumstances got in the way so this is now a tribute episode for him where we look at Pleasantville.
Apologies for some slight technical difficulties.
After a fairly lengthy hiatus, I'm back with a look at the Best Picture nominees this year with a discussion on them as well as a few other categories and some changes to this show for the future.
After a brief hiatus (which I will explain in the episode), I'm back with the Valentine's Day special where we look at Fifty Shades Darker. We kind of ignore the film at points to go on tangents about our personal lives and our times at school.
Also, my ratings for the Shyamalan films I didn't cover:
The Visit - 7/10
Split - 8/10
Glass - 7/10
Old - 7/10
The second part of a full retrospective looking at Shyamalan's career where we look at the second distinct era in his career where his career begins to go downhill.
Going into the first big group of episodes for the year where we look at the first five directed works from M. Night Shyamalan and get into discussions on the current state of cinema and child acting.
Now that we've finished with 2022, we can look to the future and look forward to all the new releases of 2023 starting off with a look at Rian Johnson's filmography in anticipation of his new TV show, Poker Face.
Continuing on from last week's episode (as well as the first episode of the new year), we finish up with the discussions on 2022 films with even more of a mixed bag in terms of positive and negative opinions.
Initially planned as one episode (before I realised it would be too long) so I've split it into two parts covering about half of the films/TV shows that I was tying episodes into.
Not a proper episode this week but I've decided to still release a little something for this year's Christmas special.
A film that has been over a decade in the making is finally releasing with Avatar: The Way of Water and this week we are looking back at the film that kicked it off back in 2009.
After some slight delays, episode 101 is out. This will we delve into a classic from the late 90s with discussions on the Oscars of the following and how relevant the film is today.
It's the big one. Episode 100. For this episode. I'm covering my all-time favourite film with Memento with a unique twist and we try something new.
With the final episode before the 100th episode of the podcast, I look back at a beloved classic of the mid-2000s as well as a long coming guest with the film Enchanted.
Concluding with the MCU for the year, with Black Panther and discussions on not just the film but also the past, present and the future of the MCU as a whole.
Concluding the month of October with one final horror film with the 2014 film, It Follows.
With Henry Selick finally releasing a new film with the release of Wendell & Wild on Netflix this week, we look back on the director's first film and his most iconic, Tim Burton's(confusing) The Nightmare Before Christmas.
The episode is on time this week and it delves into a somewhat bizarre trilogy that delves into various realms of tangents and deeper conversations than was initially expected.
Delving into a horror franchise (somewhat) with one of the many timelines that has been created within the Halloween series.
Apologies for some slight audio issues as well as being late for being a few days late.
Before really delving into some horror films for the month of October. we are looking at the foreign language film The Battle of Algiers which delves into some political elements and the horrors of history. So I guess it works.
The last (possibly) time I will be doing one of these monthly updates with a discussion of the films I watched in the prior month.
BTW, Audacity keeps updating and screwing up my audio so apologies if the episode doesn't sound especially great for this one.
My special guest I had planned was not available to do this week's episode so I had to deal with what I had but it was a good opportunity to go on a rant about Hocus Pocus.
With the upcoming release of the Marilyn Monroe "biopic", Blonde, I figured that this week should delve into a classic of Monroe's career with Some Like It Hot.
This time, the podcast delves into a straight up comedy with Kevin Smith's directorial debut Clerks and it's disappointing follow-up Clerks II.
Another quick episode this week as I tackle the Disney film, Pinocchio, in time for the release of the live-action remake.
A new setup with the monthly tradition of me talking by myself for around 20 minutes about films I watched over the past month.
Going to another classic this week with American Beauty where the discussion goes some ways, some of which are not for everyone.
Apologies for a slight audio problem early on.
Delving into an Australian film this week with the 2000 film, Chopper. Sorry in advance for some slightly inconsistent audio this week as I could only have the mic one way which kind of messed with it all. I guess it's kind of gritty and fits for this film, right?
Already breaking my plan by having an episode by myself, I am delving into the MCU for the third time this year with The Incredible Hulk.
A quick episode this week with the stuff I watched in the prior month and trying not to sound too sick.
Tying into the release of DC League of Super-Pets (although I won't be able to watch it for a couple of months), I present one of the most chaotic episodes and shortest covering The Lego Batman Movie.
One of the more out there choices for a film covered on this show, but with the upcoming release of Nope, what better way to celebrate that than with a review of the Jordan Peele written and starring film, Keanu.
For the third time, I've got the returning Jai to cover a film he's been insistent on covering for a bit, 8 Mile with various dark jokes and some iffy audio quality.
Continuing on my quest of doing episodes that are only are only a tie-in to something stupid. First was Orgazmo for episode 69 and now it's an episode on Independence Day for the 4th of July.
With a new name but the same format, I talk about all the films I've watched in the past 30 days.
Delving back into the MCU with a look at the Thor trilogy in anticipation for Thor: Love and Thunder.
This week, we finally delve into the career of Rob Reiner and Aaron Sorkin with the 1992 classic, A Few Good Men.
With the kind of anticipated release of Lightyear, I went through and kind of just rambled on about the Toy Story films for half an hour.
A few days late but here nonetheless concluding the Jurassic Park franchise two parter.
The planned episode has been delayed to later this week (hopefully) so I decided to talk about the new Inside Outtakes that Bo Burnham released.
The long running tradition of talking about the films I watched in the previous month a day late.
The beginning of a two-parter covering the Spielberg classic Jurassic Park and the, it's fair to say, sub-par sequels which is being a bit too fair.
Due to this being the 69th episode of the podcast, I decided to cover a film that encapsulates that in the Trey Parker directed film Orgazmo.
Delving into the world of universal horror film for the first time, I talk about The Wolf Man for a bit as well as get into a psychological debate about film people.
Delving into the MCU for the first time, we are covering Doctor Strange and WandaVision to tie into the upcoming release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Talking about a few films that I watched in the last month. Unfortunately, wasn't as many as usual but still saw some good stuff.
Delving into the realm of Pixar for the first time with Monsters, Inc. and it's prequel Monsters University.
Another quick episode this week as I go through the Breaking Bad universe which is basically just 15 minutes of me saying how good it is.
Part 8 of me going through my various lists as I'm too lazy to come up with genuinely creative content so you get to listen to me ramble for 20 minutes. Enjoy!
A bit of a delayed episode but that's irrelevant as the episode is here with my talking about the films I watched in March. New microphone stuff was used so sorry if it's a bit off at points.
Trying something different for this week's episode as I compile some of my reactions from the show with my overall thoughts of the show at the end. Headphone users, be careful.
One of the longest episodes to date where I cover the Best Picture nominees for this year's Oscars ceremony as well as a few other nominees from this year.
The final major awards ceremony before the Oscars on the 28th with my thoughts on them as well as a quick look at the Critics Choice Awards.
Despite some bad audio, I hope you enjoy me talking about the Danny Boyle directed 127 Hours.
Once again I discuss the films that I watched in the past month albeit with some crap audio this time.
Continuing on with me talking about awards shows that mean nothing, I go through the SAG Awards with my opinions on the winners as well as the potential Oscars future.
This is the first episode of what could be many more where the podcast is expanded to covering more than just films starting with the Contrapoints video essay, Opulence.
For the first annual Valentine's Day special, I decided to cover a film that I had heard about for a few years and I got a couple of friends to help me go through this film. We get into some funny discussions as well as some very inappropriate discussions so viewer discussion is advised.
Rounding out the episodes covering major awards nominations, we finish up with some discussion on this year's Oscar nominations.
The return of William's Lists with me covering my top 10 Animated Films of all time which I teased in last weeks episode. Apologies for some of the editing and audio problems that might occur.
This covers my overall thoughts on the BAFTA nominations as well as predicted winners and my personal choices for the awards. Apologies for the audio problems as this was recorded without the usual set up.
Continuing in my series of covering the films I watched in the past month with the first one of 2022 covering what I watched in January.
This week will be an episode with just me covering a 90s classic, The Lion King with a brief touch on the 2019 remake.
To coincide with the release of the sequel as well as being released on the one year anniversary episode of the podcast, I decided to cover Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse with an OG member of the podcast. This episode is certainly one of my most chaotic episodes yet with some mental tangents and audio quality but some great humor as well.
This week's episode goes into the 2014 Whiplash as well as the short film which the film was adapted from. Covering topics from depression to what makes a life meaningful to even Tinder towards the end.
My reactions to this years Screen Actors Guild Award nominations and a quick touch on the BAFTA longlists that came out the same night.
The Golden Globes 2022 were today. Here are my thoughts on the winners and what it means for the future awards ceremonies including the Oscars.
This week's episode will be covering the seminal zombie film of the earlier 2000s, 28 Days Later as well as it's sequel 28 Weeks Later with some spotty bits of audio occasionally. Apologies in advance.
While audio troubles continue to plague me and this podcast, I hope that that doesn't deter you from listening to the first episode of the podcast in 2022 covering the films I watched in the last month.
Apologies for audio issues as I will consistently say in every episode with them present.
This episode will be covering multiple films in this Review of the Year where myself and my guest look over the best of film and TV in the year of 2021. The longest episode I have ever done that is over 3 hours long.
Starting a new segment for this podcast where I go through major awards ceremonies and nominations with my opinions on the nominees as well as what I think should've been nominated and what I think will win. This episode was recorded in a new area without my proper set up so apologies for the less than stellar audio quality.
The planned episode for this week had to be delayed to next week so this week I decided to improvise and discuss the film Citizen Kane. Discussing my history of the film as well as my opinion on the film.
The third episode covering a film/TV show combo, this time on Buffy the Vampire Slayer with my thoughts on the pretty poor film and the outstanding TV show.
Continuing on with the monthly series of me talking about the films I watched this past month. Audio problems continue to plague me and this podcast. Sorry in advance
After taking a month break, I'm back. This week I will be covering the filmography of Edgar Wright in anticipation of his new release, Last Night in Soho.
This week I'm discussing the films I watched in the month of October. Some of the audio gets a bit messed up in the middle so apologies for that one.
Concluding our Martin McDonagh trilogy with Three Billboards. Much more serious than the previous two episodes. Potentially triggering topics are discussed so viewer discretion is advised.
The second part of the trilogy covering Martin McDonagh's filmography, Seven Psychopaths. More discussions of similar topics as the last episode such as unintentional racism as well as the brilliance of Sam Rockwell.
This week marks the beginning of a trilogy of episodes covering the career of Martin McDonagh. First up is the 2008 film, In Bruges where we have discussions on dwarves and unintentional racism.
This is the plan for the future as well as an explanation as why there is no episode being released today.
This week will be my full ranking of the live action Star Wars films from the original trilogy to the prequels to the sequels to everything in between.
This week's episode covers Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut, the romantic comedy, Don Jon.
Sorry for the gap between episodes. I was sick (which is also why the audio isn't great) but I was able to get this episode out for this week.
Joined by two guests this week, we cover the 2004 film, Collateral. We get into talking about the film as well Tom Cruise stunts when he gets older, Hulk growing facial hair and much more.
Apologies as some of my audio goes out and reverberates considerably. It is a small part around 30 minutes in and I apologize. It fixes itself but if people have a way to fix it in the future, that would be great.
This week the podcast will be covering the Natalie Portman lead film, Black Swan. Dealing with topics such as assault and abuse, this episode doesn't feature as much comedy as usual but still creates interesting discussion.
This week I will be covering a classic from 1975. The Sidney Lumet directed Dog Day Afternoon.
In this episode I will be discussing the films that I watched during the month of July. Recommend you adjust the volume when you listen to this episode
Unfortunately, I was unable to get a proper episode of the show recorded for this week so I'm instead releasing an episode I promised a little while ago. My full Pixar ranking which I completed last month.
For this week's episode we will be covering the cult-classic TV series, Firefly as well the follow up movie Serenity.
Apologies for my audio as there are times where it cuts out.
This week I will be covering the early Studio Ghibli work. The 1988 anime war/drama, Grave of the Fireflies.
A different kind of episode this week. This episode covers the South Korean film, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring. An obscure film but for sure interesting film to analyse.
This week will be the first half of a two part ranking episode. The entire ranking of the MCU films to celebrate the release of Loki and the upcoming release of Black Widow. Part 2 will be released next week.
P.S. The past couple of episodes my audio has been acting up somewhat. I apologize for these technical difficulties and will hope to fix them.
The films that I watched this month. I might consider talking about some TV shows, mini-series and/or short films that I watch throughout the month as well. Thoughts are appreciated
The second edition of William's Lists where I will be covering all of the Spider-Man films and how I would rank them.
Now this was an episode I recorded by myself which is why it's only about 30 minutes but I would like to cover this film again in future with more people.
This week we will be discussing one of my favourite films of all time, Fight Club. This is a really good episode and we had a really good discussion. Side note: my audio messed up for this recording so it will sound kind of bad. It will be improved for the next episode
Today was meant to be an episode of the reactions to the 2021 Oscars but that unfortunately did not happen so instead I decided to talk about what I watched last month instead.
This is a quick announcement on the episode for this week as well as the possible future of the podcast.
Also, I apologise for the audio quality. This was just a quick thing I had to record so the proper set up wasn't in place
This week we will be covering more than just one film. We will be covering the Best Picture nominees for the Oscars this year. A very long episode ahead but a very good I think as well.
This is the first time doing this and I'm not sure how well it will work. Let's see how this goes
A little bit of a different episode this week as not only will I be covering the film, What We Do in the Shadows film but also the TV series of the same name.
I'm going to test this out and see how it goes. A little bit different from the usually episodes but this should be interesting. Hope you all enjoy this!
A bit of a shorter episode for this week but still a good one. Maybe some controversial opinions in this one
This week's episode will be a little bit different. Instead of talking about a film or maybe a group of films, I instead have got a few people from my film course and we had a lengthy discussion of our time there. Hope you enjoy!
The first and hopefully not last Hitchcock film that will be covered on this show, this week we will be covering the seminal classic, Rear Window.
Sorry that I haven't uploaded in about 2 weeks or so. Been really busy with other things but I've got some good episodes planned for the future. I think this is a pretty good episode
This week we will be discussing the film Get Out, after doing Us because why not? Joined this week by Rohan Cooper
This is just an update on where I've been for the past couple of weeks. Also from now on the episodes will be hosted out of Podbean as opposed to Soundcloud but the first three episodes are still on Soundcloud.
I apologise for the audio quality as this was a quick announcement and I couldn't get the regular equipment set up.
This is the third episode for this podcast and we will be delving into Jordan Peele's directorial filmography with his divisive film, Us.
The second episode of my podcast covering Superbad where I'm joined by two of the hosts for the MGT Podcast, Jai Vanderark and Andrew Bell.