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The lads are on a quest to build a list. As we explore the movies of past and present we’ll get stuck into a different one each week and rank it against all the others we’ve watched so far... where will this weeks movie end up!? Let’s find out! Contact us via email at podcast@themoviequest.com and follow us on instagram at TheMovieQuest
Jonny and Ant venture out to the streets of Halifax to watch the latest Scorsese epic, in this weeks (mostly) spoiler free reaction to Killers of The Flower Moon... Enjoy!
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Here's a little bit of a bonus episode, Jonny and Ant's instant spoiler free reaction to watching Gareth Edward's latest creation The Creator at the Odeon's Screen Unseen movie session... Enjoy!
After a few weeks off The Movie Quest lads are back! This week we discuss the self aware meta commentary action comedy starring Nicolas Cage as Nick Cage in Unbearable Weight of Massive talent, plus a whole lot more.
Films/TV discussed:
00:02:15 Bend It Like Beckham00:03:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem00:11:00 Jaws
00:12:58 The Whale
00:16:35 The Mission Impossible Films 1-6
00:19:15 The Bear Season 2
00:26:05 One Piece
00:30:10 Anne00:40:00 Movie Quest Quiz Time!
00:49:50 Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent
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This week we return to our roots... our first episode ever was all about the 2018 Netflix original Bird Box... so who better than us to discuss the newest installment in this important and groundbreaking series, Bird Box Barcelona.. Plus we chat about the latest Hollywood offerings.
Films/TV discussed:
00:08:15 Barbie00:13:30 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One00:19:35 The Witcher Season 3
00:24:40 Ted Lasso Season 3
00:29:00 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
00:42:00 Asteroid City01:01:45 Bird Box Barcelona
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This week the movie quest crew ventured out to the cinema to watch the latest Christopher Nolan joint, Oppenheimer, joined by our good friend Ben we discuss and react to the intense historical drama.
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Sorry to keep you waiting... Long time no pod... The Movie Quest podcast returns! this week we catch up on Movies, TV and everything else thats been going on in our lives, discussing some recent releases as well as some of our highlights since we've been gone.
Films/TV discussed:
00:08:10 The Flash
00:24:52 Barbarian
00:34:45 The Figo Affair
00:43:50 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
00:49:00 Tetris
00:51:50 Jury Duty
00:54:20 The Rehearsal
00:58:15 Air
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We finish the season with a bang, as we sit down and discuss Alfonso Cuarón's ground breaking film Gravity.
Films/TV discussed:
00:08:50 School of Rock
00:15:15 The Game
00:19:00 Yasuke
00:20:53 Night in Paradise
00:24:15 Catfish
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The Movie Quest crew delve into the depths of Nic Cage's rendition of the HP Lovecraft story Color Out of Space.
Films/TV discussed:
00:01:40 Love and Monsters
00:05:40 Nomadland
00:14:55 Parks and Recreation
00:20:45 Color Out Of Space
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This week the movie quest crew ventured out to the cinema to watch the latest and most quietest scary movie A Quiet Place Part II, joined by our good friend Jamie. So lets discover just how quiet this quiet film really was...
Films/TV discussed:
00:03:30 The Big Short
00:10:00 Sicario
00:13:44 Super 8
00:16:15 Castlevania
00:19:00 A Quiet Place
00:30:02 A Quiet Place Part II
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The Movie Quest Lads continue ethe series with the third topic of "Space" So Aaron kicks off with Satoshi Kon's and eccentric dream llike anime film Paprika.
Films/TV discussed:
00:04:45 Falcon and The Winter Soldier
00:11:15 We're the Millers
00:21:20 Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
00:28:00 The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
00:36:30 Paprika
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This week we have a little bonus quest where Ant and Jonny venture back to the world of cinema. Which film better to kick off the re-opening of the cinemas across the country than the re-animated corpse of a film that is Mortal Kombat. Will it be everything that they hoped and dreamed for during this Covid nightmare world we lived through, lets find out...
Finish Him!
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On this weeks pod we invite our good friend Tommy to join us on our escape season, scrapping in the Glaswegian(?) streets in the mid 2000's film Unleashed starring Jet Li, Bob Hoskins and Morgan Freeman.
Films/TV discussed:
00:07:05 Bloodlands
00:11:50 The Tester
00:16:15 Office Space
00:20:30 ARG Chat
00:33:25 Unleashed
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This week we discussed Aaron's pick for the Escape season Green Room, Jonny goes on a deep dive into how he makes the perfect sandwich and Ant watches Little Women.
Films/TV discussed:
00:02:35 Castaway
00:09:55 Little Women
00:19:10 Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula
00:24:50 Green Room
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This week we discussed Jonny's pick for the new sub season Escape... and Aaron and Ant delve deep into the Zack Snyder's Justice League.
Films/TV discussed:
00:03:00 Zack Snyder's Justice League
00:21:12 Psycho Goreman
00:26:39 Escape From Pretoria
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This week we go all showbiz, and do a run down of all the Oscar movies we've watched this year and tell you what we think and if there worth catching up on!
Films/TV discussed:
00:03:40 Soul
00:05:40 Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
00:08:10 Onward
00:10:08 Pieces of a Woman
00:13:10 Mulan
00:14:30 Tenet
00:18:30 Movie Quest Oscars Quiz
00:32:35 Sound of Metal
00:38:50 The Trial of the Chicago 7
00:45:40 Judas and the Black Messiah
00:49:20 News of the World
00:55:40 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
01:01:15 My Octopus Teacher
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On this weeks episode the lads sit down and tackle Aaron's Dusky pick, 2016's Oscar winner Moonlight. A beautiful and moving film shot in the streets of Miami.
Films/TV discussed:
00:04:25 The Wire ( Season 5 )
00:10:20 Bosch
00:17:40 Justice League Zack Snyder's Cut
00:20:35 Moonlight
00:52:45 Moonlight's 1 Star Reviews
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We continue the first part of our mini season Dusk, we watched Jonny's pick Blue Ruin, a beautifully shot, intense, revenge thriller.
Films/TV discussed:
00:02:15 The Wire ( Season 2 )
00:10:27 When We Are Born
00:18:30 The Way, Way Back
00:24:57 Blue Ruin
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We kick off the start of our new season with the first topic "Dusk". This week its Ant's choice with the early 2000's sci-fi romp Pitch Black starring Vin Diesel in his breakout role as Riddick. How does it hold up 21 years later? Lets turn down the lights and get stuck in!
Films/TV discussed:
00:09:35 Greenland
00:14:40 The Night Manager
00:16:00 Departures
00:17:52 Point Break
00:19:22 The Wire Season 1
00:28:25 Pitch Black
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This week, the Movie Quest delves into the world of The Mandalorian as we invite a few special guests on the pod to deep dive into some Star Wars. Where were we before The Mandalorian? What were our thoughts on it?, and where do we think the Star Wars universe is heading next?
Time Stamps:
00:03:00 Getting to know the guests
00:29:14 Mandalorian Quiz
00:38:13 Mandalorian Discussion
01:22:00 Star Wars Or?
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Finally, we arrive at the finale of the western animation season, we discuss Jonny's pick Anomalisa, an interesting Charlie Kaufman stop motion animation film, as well as that we decide where all these films rank in our season order.
Films/TV discussed:
00:02:35 The Dig 00:07:00 Mean Girls 00:13:00 Waking Ned 00:18:00 The Foreigner 00:19:50 Anomalisa 00:47:12 The Movie Quest Ranking
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This week we get all up in some Lego... As we watch Aarons second pick of the season, the colourful and energetic The Lego Movie, is everything awesome? Let's find out as we pour sugar into our eyeballs and all things Lego.
Films/TV discussed:
00:02:15 The Queen's Gambit
00:06:20 Pieces of a Woman
00:09:25 The Farewell
00:10:50 WandaVision
00:12:10 The Hateful Eight
00:15:05 Widows
00:20:10 Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer
00:29:50 The Lego Movie
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Here's another episode of the movie quest coming right at ya! Its the 4th episode in our western animation series, and we tackle our first Disney film, The Jungle Book. Is it still a great watch? Does it hold up? Lets discuss and get into it.
We also discuss what we've been watching and this week Aaron and Ant go a head to head at the totally original quiz, THE MOVIE WAGER... Cool lets get to it!
Films/TV discussed:
- Crazy Rich Asians
- Official Secrets
- The Comey Rule
- Infernal affairs
- Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy
- Lone Survivor
- Devil Wears Prada
- My Mister
- Ted Lasso
- Jungle Book
We carry on our Western Animation season, Jonny has brought an.. interesting one, The Triplets of Belleville a French created, and beautifully grotesque, tour de france inspired film. Lets get the hoover on those calf muscles and get back on the bike!
Also we have a very long chat about what we have been watching.. probably too long!
Films/TV discussed:
- Trial of the Chicago 7
- Oceans 8
- Tigertail
- The Holiday
- The Mandalorian
- Knives Out
- Soul
- Personal History of David Copperfield
- The Clown
- Tiger Who Came For Tea
- Ted Lasso
- Terminator
- Ready Player One
- BumbleBee
We're back to chat western animation and this week we discuss Aarons pick, Wes Anderson's stop motion film Fantastic Mr Fox.
Films/TV discussed:
- Calm with horses
- Holidate
- Noelle
- The Mandalorian Season 3
- Mortal Engines
- The Imitation Games
We're back and getting into the swing of things, this week we jump start the movie quest with a brand new season!
The next list we're building is all about animation, specifically Western Animation.. to kick things off we start with Ant's pick, the thunderously stunning and heart-warmingly beautiful story, 2018's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Lets swing into the action!
Films/TV discussed:
- The Mandalorian - Season 2
- The Mole: Undercover in North Korea
- David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Yeah.. we know... Its a been a while, but we're back, and better(?) than ever! This week we kick off the return with the 90s Disney Halloween production Hocus Pocus which... is a film.
We also catch up, discuss what we've been watching and debut our newest segment, the Wager!
Films/TV discussed:
- Downfall
- Ali G Indahouse
- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
- Manhunt: Deadly Games
- Dark
- Peanut Butter Falcon
- Tenet
- Hocus Pocus
On this weeks episode we talk about what we've been watching, plus we go back to the Spielberg classic E.T as we finish up our listener request season.
Films/TV discussed:
- Steve Jobs
- Snowpiercer
- Queen and Slim
- Waves
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On this weeks episode we talk about what we've been watching this week, plus we delve into Richard Curtis's time travelling Rom-Com About Time.
Films/TV discussed:
- Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich
- Dark Waters
- Snow Piercer TV Show
- Hellraiser
- About Time
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On this weeks episode, the Movie Quest crew venture over to the Little Italy ̶N̶e̶w̶ ̶Y̶o̶r̶k̶ Toronto, to watch the 2018 Rom Com, Starring Emma Roberts and Hayden Christensen, or maybe its Christian Haydenson?
"There's a reason they call it Little Italy, because nothing ever changes here"
HUH?
So yeah.. Thanks... Lewis.
Films/TV discussed:
- Rear Window
- The Last Dance
- Little Italy
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On this week's Movie Quest, the lads kick off the latest season of the podcast which is all based around listeners suggestions. The first being the mid 90s action thriller Blown Away, staring Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones and U2 on the soundtrack!
Films/TV discussed:
- Yesterday
- A Clockwork Orange
- Richard Jewell
- I, Tonya
- The Princess Diaries
- Blown Away
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This weeks episode was mostly just the movie quest crew catching up on what we've been watching during lockdown, However stick around to the end of the pod as we do our live draw of the first film we'll be watching for our next season which is all based around listener suggestions!
Films/TV discussed:
- Better Call Saul Season 5
- True Detective Season 3
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- Outbreak
- Dark Waters
- The Big Sick
- Memory: Origins of Alien
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This season has finally come to an end, its been a long and arduous journey, we've reached some highs, and we've also hit some definite lows but after all that The Movie Quest crew has finally answered the question movie watchers everywhere have been asking for decades... Which water related movie is the best.. Well.. have a listen and find out!
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On this weeks episode we watch the final movie in our water themed season! Jonny picked the Werner Herzog epic Aguirre Wrath of God. What will the lads make of the interesting trip down the amazon... Lets's find out!
Films/TV discussed:
- Toy Story 4 1:00
- West World Season 3 5:00
- The World According to Jeff Goldbum 8:25
- Tiger King 10:54
- Contagion 18:15
- Aguirre the Wrath of God 23:50
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In this weeks episode of the Movie Quest, we venture into The Abyss.
Films/TV discussed:
- The Abyss
- Toy story 4
- Lady and the tramp 2019
- 101 Dalmations
- Curb your enthusiam
- The Invisible Man
- Unbelievable
- Kingdom
- This Is Us Season 4
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This week, we do something a little different, we attended the Manchester film festival, we talk short movies and and attend a premiere of the latest Simon Pegg film Lost Transmissions. How exciting!
Thank you to the Manchester film festival for putting on a great event and for kindly giving us passes!
Films/TV discussed:
- Lost Transmissions
- Sweepers
- Bad Assistant
- Nico
- The Snatcher
- This is English
- Othello
- A Long Way To Winning
- Second Sight
- Mathew vs Pritchard
- The Motions
- Short Calf Muscle
- The Widow
- Snapshots
- Class
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In this weeks episode of the Movie Quest, we continue our voyage under the sea and watch Aaron's pick, the 2013 blockbuster Pacific Rim.
Films/TV discussed:
- Pacific Rim
- Parasite
- Uncut Gems
- Zodiac
- Better Call Saul
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On this weeks episode we watch Aarons pick, and our first Studio Ghibli film, Ponyo. Aaron really is bringing out the big guns with this!
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This week on the podcast we continue our completely original "Water" Season with Ant's pick, the harrowing 2013 movie Captain Phillips, based on the real world events from 2009 by Director Paul Greengrass. The film transports us to the Somalian coast, we watch the crew of the cargo ship try and hold off the hijacking as things go from bad to worse.
Films/TV discussed:
- The Witcher
- Captain Phillips
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On this week's episode we discuss The Personal History of David Copperfield as our very own Jonny sits down to chat with one of the stars of the movie Aimée Kelly.
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Finally, its the start of a new season, some how, we decided water related movies would be a good choice! So for Jonny's pick, this week the movie quest crew travel into Kevin Costners vision of the future, the ice caps have melted, civilisation has fallen and for some reason we must try desperately to find dry land by using a young girls back tattoo as a map... makes sense right?
Lets get stuck into 90s blockbuster bomb Waterworld.
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The Movie Quest crew get together this week to watch the latest WW1 feature from Sam Mendes. Is this another flash in the pan, or could it be something people look back on as truly special?
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That's it, we did it, we got to the end of the year, and you know what that means! It's time for the lads to discuss the best and worst films of 2019 in our yearly round up episode The Questies!
Films/TV discussed:
- Klaus
- The Irishman
- Cats
- The King
- Spiderman Far From Home
- 6 Underground
- Michael Inside
- Fifth Element
- American Psycho
- Scream
- Annihilation
- North By North West
- Me And Earl and The Dying Girl
- The Good Dinosaur
- Halloween 2018
- BirdBox
- The Highwaymen
- It Chapter 2
- The Hobbit
- The Report
- The Farewell
- I Lost My Body
- Midsommar
- Joker
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Its finally here, Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker, The final film in the latest star wars saga.
The lads are finally reunited after weeks of being apart.
Lets get down to it!
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Jonny's back again this week with the honorary 4th host of the podcast Sarah.
They have a chat about their thoughts on Last Christmas, they both sing a little George Michael, and we learn that Jonny doesnt know who Emma Thompson is.
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We're all very busy this week, so we're having a week off! But don't fear! Jonny and his special guest, Sarah have you covered!
After visiting this years Kendal Mountain Film Festival, they have some films for you to check out!
Films talked about at Kendal Mountain Festival:
- Climbing Blind
- The Home for Broken Toys
- The Big Bang: the Emma Twyford Story
- The Postman
- Scenes from a Dry City
- Up On A Limb
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This weeks episode, we discuss one of our favourite films of all time and Dr sleep.
Lets see how the sequel holds up.
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On this weeks episode the lads get deep into the world of Breaking Bad, Ant discovers Scream for the first time, while Aaron gets all into the Mandy soundtrack and Jonny... sings the Star Trek theme tunes..?
Films/TV discussed:
- Breaking Bad
- Better Call Saul
- El Camino
- Scream
- Mandy
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For the final episode of our Halloween Spookfest of 2019, we watched Aarons pick, the wonderfully animated Paranorman.
Films/TV discussed:
- A Vigilante
- Abducted In Plain Sight
- Office Season Finale
- Paranorman
For our second instalment in our Halloween series, we watched the 80s horror classic Poltergeist. Ant finds the whole thing creepy, Aaron is just annoyed with the workmen and all Jonny wants to know is who would have the cheek to take someone else's steak?!
Films/TV discussed:
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Audio Described)
- The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot
- Mean Streets
The first of our Halloween mini series is Jonny's pick, the somewhat creepy Arachnophobia.
Films/TV discussed:
- The Snowman
- Downton Abbey
- American Psycho
- Stranger Things Finale
- Horrible Bosses
In this weeks movie quest, the lads catchup with what we've all been watching!
Jonny and Ant discus the horror follow up It Chapter 2, Aaron talks up Top Boy, and we have another go at one of Jonny's classic quiz's
Films/TV discussed:
- It Chapter 2
- Dazed and Confused
- Top Boy
- Blindspotting
- John Wick Chapter 2
- Between Two Ferns: The Movie
The Movie Quest lads are having a break this week, so please enjoy our mini discussion on some of the theories floating about for the upcoming Star Wars Film The Rise of Skywalker!
For our final film in our Tarantino series, The Movie Quest crew get suited and booted to watch Jonny's pick, Kill Bill: Volume 1, as The Bride (Uma Thurman) wakes after being in a coma for 4 years, she's driven to take her revenge on the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad led by her ex boss/lover Bill.
Please join us to find out, exactly where it fits into our list of Tarantino movies.
Films/TV discussed:
- TV And Film
- The Girl in the Spider's Web
- Top Boy
- Always Sunny In Philadelphia
- The Thick of It
- The Pig Who Cried Werewolf
- Golden Time
In this weeks episode we look back to where it all first began, Quentin Tarantino's debut film Reservoir Dogs. How does it hold up 27 years later?! The Movie Quest crew is about to find out!
Films/TV discussed:
- Derry Girls
- Charlie Wilson's War
- Mars Attacks
- Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
In the second episode of our Tarantino series, we go back to 1994 to revisit the classic that is Pulp Fiction! Starring Samuel L Jackson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Bruce Willis.
TV / Film Discussed:
- Edward Scissorhands
- American Factory
- Better Than Us
- That Awkward Moment
- The Notebook
- The Fred Dibnah Story
This week, we kick off the second season of Movie Quest, this will be a mini season centering around Quentin Tarantino, to start us off, we went back in time to Hollywood 1969 and entered the realer than real universe to meet the actor Rick Dalton and his stunt double Cliff Booth in the latest Tarantino movie, Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood.
Films/TV discussed:
- The Office
- The Boys
- Derry Girls
- The Hateful Eight
- Shaun The Sheep
This week we decided to do something a little bit different, so we scoured the interwebs, spent hours researching, and each picked three movies that we think should be on your radar, all of which are coming out before the end of this year.. (pretty much).
This weeks episode's Aaron and Ant head to the cinema to watch Hobbs and Shaw, the first spin movie from the Fast and Furious franchise. Will it live up to expectations? or spin off and end up a mangled heap. Lets find out!
Please join us for our completely SPOILER FREE episode of Movie Quest!
It's the hottest day of the year, we've all been away and finally this week the lads are back together!
This weeks episode we catch up on what what we've been up to and most importantly what we've been watching!
Films/TV discussed:
- Gilmore Girls
- Live PD
- Mile 22
- Bushwick
- The Fugitive
- They Live
- Dog Soldiers
- Dawn Wall
- Valley Uprising
- Doomsday
- Stranger Things
This week, the movie quest crew is down one man, with Jonny away on his summer hols, Aaron and Ant decided to rope in their good friend, Phil to tell us all about one of his favourite movies, Inside Llewyn Davis.
Starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and John Goodman, written and directed by the Coen brothers, this should be good.. Let's travel back in time, and spend a week in the life a folk singer from the 60s, as we go... Inside Llewyn Davis.
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Whilst Aaron's away on his travels, Jonny and Ant voyage out to the cinema to watch Ari Aster's latest creation, Midsommar. We chat in depth about the film, but we try and avoid any big spoilers!
This week, the movie quest crew watch the puntastic, 90s toy advert that is Batman and Robin.
Was it really all that bad? Or was it really a true classic for the ages?
Please join us on our journey of rediscovery as we discuss this... film?
Last weeks rankings:
- Fifth Element
- You Were Never Really Here
- The King of Comedy
- A Ghost story
- Moana
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
- North By Northwest
- Bird Box
- Halloween (2018)
Films/TV discussed:
- Jessica Jones
- Street Food
- Rocketman
On this weeks episode we watch a sequel to one of the best slasher movies of all time, Halloween, but after 40 years will Jonny's pick live up to the original... Lets find out on this weeks movie quest!
Last weeks rankings:
- Fifth Element
- You Were Never Really Here
- The King of Comedy
- A Ghost story
- Moana
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
- North By Northwest
- Bird Box
Films/TV discussed:
- The Disaster Artist
- Crazy Rich Asians
- Syriana
- Captain Marvel
This week we discuss the TV mini series Chernobyl, a HBO documentary drama depicting the real life events of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster within the Soviet Union on 26 April 1986.
We discuss the series as a whole, talk in length about some of the events, facts and figures outside of the TV show and what's currently going on within the exclusion zone.
On this weeks Movie Quest, Aaron takes us on a voyage across the ocean, to a beautiful Polynesian island as we watch Moana, Maui, and a very stupid chicken try and return the heart of Te Fiti.
Last weeks rankings:
- Fifth Element
- You Were Never Really Here
- The King of Comedy
- A Ghost story
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
- North By Northwest
- Bird Box
Films/TV discussed:
- Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
- The Matrix
- Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Rupert: Hello, Movie Quest Podcast please, my name is Pupkin, Rupert Pupkin.. P-U-P-K-I-N.. People often misspell it and mispronounce it.
Secretary: There's a man here by the name Rupert Pumpkin.. who wants to see the Movie Quest Podcast.. I'm Sorry Mr Pumpkin but we we've never heard of you...
Rupert: Pardon Me? But I'm the King of Comedy! You know the movie with Robert De Niro directed by Martin Scorsese.
Secretary: Well, they've never heard of you and neither have our listeners.
Rupert: I spoke with one of them directly and he told me to call in with the podcast tape, would I be able to talk to them now?
Secretary: Maybe try tomorrow Mr Pupnick, we should be able to get back to you tomorrow, otherwise Monday.
Rupert: Monday? Well I might just wait here a while. I don't mind waiting.... looks up a the ceiling Is that Cork?
Last weeks rankings:
- Fifth Element
- You Were Never Really Here
- A Ghost story
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
- North By Northwest
- Bird Box
Films/TV discussed:
- The Great British Sewing Bee
- Chilling adventures of Sabrina
- Star Trek Discovery
- Black Summer
- Gladiator
- Roman Empire
- The Highwaymen
- Jackie
This week, Jonny gets a crash course in all things marvel from special guest Tom Barry our Marvel Universe expert! We then watch and discuss in detail the biggest film of the year Avengers: Endgame
Lets see what all the hypes about!
Skip to 21mins for the start of our Endgame discussion.
Jonny's taken us back to 1959. Join us on episode 6 as we get mistaken for spies whilst being chased by an areoplane. Will we survive Alfred Hitchcock's classic North By Northwest?
Last weeks rankings:
- Fifth Element
- You Were Never Really Here
- A Ghost story
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
- BirdBox
Films/TV discussed:
Training Day, Behind the Curve, Free Solo, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The year is 2263 an evil force is threatening the universe and the only thing that will stop it is The Fifth... Episode of the Movie Quest Podcast! As we sit down and let Aaron's pick The Fifth Element wash over us.
Last Weeks Rankings:
- You Were Never Really Here
- A Ghost Story
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
- Bird Box
Other Films/TV Discussed:
- The Founder
- Ghost Stories
- Scrubs
- Close
This weeks quest took us somewhere a little bit different, the National Media Museum Cinema in Bradford! We went to watch Jordan Peele's new mystery thriller Us and had a bit of chat about it in Jonny's car afterwards.
Apologies for the sub par audio this week, we'll try and find a better recording setup next time we go on an expedition outside the studio.
The lads get all existential this week, We grab a slice of pie and talk about Ant's pick, A Ghost Story starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara... Well, Ant and Aaron talk about A Ghost Story, Jonny has something else to discuss.
Last Weeks Rankings:
- You Were Never Really Here
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
- Bird Box
Other Films/TV Discussed:
- Scrubs
- The Good place
- Rebellion
- Star Trek Discovery
- Lord of the Rings - Trilogy Extended Edition
- Stranger than Fiction
- Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
This week on the Movie Quest Podcast... It's Jonny's choice, and he chose 2017's You Were Never Really Here. Did he choose well? Did we pronounce Joaquin Phoenix's name correctly? Lets find out on this weeks episode of the Movie Quest Podcast!
Last Weeks Rankings:
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
- Bird Box
Other Films/TV Discussed:
- Scrubs
- The Punisher
- Black mirror: Bandersnatch
- Paths of Glory
- Eyes Wide Shut
- Free Solo
- Interstellar
- Cloud atlas
Following the cinematic masterclass of last weeks movie Bird Box, this week Aaron, Jonny and Ant are transported back to teenage high school life in the city of Pittsburgh as we watch Aaron's pick, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.
In our first ever episode of the Movie Quest Podcast, Aaron, Jonny and Ant sit down and discuss the netflix viral sensation Bird Box.
Apologies for the sub par audio quality, this improves in later episodes.