At the Movies with William Fletcher

Episode 234: Evil Dead Rise

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.

Episode 233: Despicable Me

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. 

Episode 232: Supergirl

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.

Episode 231: Toy Story: Redux

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.

Episode 230: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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). 

Episode 229: The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity, Obsession

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supposed to be out last week but it has been delayed to this week so apologies if some of the language we use sounds outdated in regards to what we were tying this into.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.

Episode 228: Star Wars: Part 2

Concluding the two-parter with a look at how Disney has done with Star Wars and how it compares to George Lucas' Star Wars.

Episode 227: Star Wars: Part 1

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. 

Episode 226: Mortal Kombat

Delving back into the world of video games this time with the far more mature and violet realm of Mortal Kombat. 

Episode 225: The Devil Wears Prada

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.