At the Movies with William Fletcher

Apologies for the fairly late release this week.

 

We do talk about the 2022 film Fall but we spend a lot more time on our own personal fears, rollercoasters and generally dangerous situations.

Looking at the world of Looney Tunes this week with the 90s childhood favourite in Space Jam and it's fairly unneeded sequel. We also get into 90s music, shoes and basketball (naturally). 

This is one of the episodes that has been a long time coming with a look at The Martian as well as talking about Ridley Scott's career and the recent adaptation of Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary.

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.