This week is a rare review of a modern release - something I usually leave for the rest of the worlds Youtube / podcast film buffs, so as not to add to an over saturated market... but this time, after umming and arring for the past few weeks as to whether or not I should go and watch the latest installment in the Indiana Jones series, Indiana JOnes and the Dial Of Destiny, and in the end I did, and soI felt I had to have a say. I briefly discuss the other movies in the series, mostly The Kingdom...
Jul 17, 2023•34 min
Trev was put up with a bad back over the weekend, and decided that it was a great time to revisit the 80's Ron Howard sci-fi fantasy Cocoon (1985), a Spielberg-esque film of wonder and sentiment, with lots of laughs along the way and great performances from its senior cast of Hollywood legends, past their sell-by date but still going strong. Actors such as Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Don Ameche, Jack Gilford, Wilford Brimley, and supported by a younger cast including Brian Dennehy and Steve Gutt...
Jun 19, 2023•47 min
From Mike Judge (King of the Hill, Office Space) Beavis and Butthead follows those two iconic stars of MTV on a hapless feature-lengthed episode, as a quest for TV becomes an all out action-fuelled plot featuring the voices of none-other than Bruce Willis and Demi Moore as the two villains of the film. Watching tonight's film was like a bit of a time warp for both Stan and I, more so than most films, but has it still withstood the test of time? This weeks listeners question is "What are the best...
Apr 15, 2023•51 min
Trev is joined once again by Stan as they discuss the sequel to Paul Verhoven's ultra violent sci-fi thriller Robocop, Paul Verhove's Robocop 2, starring Peter Weller, Nancy Allen and directed by Irvin Kershner. Detroit is still spiralling out of control, despite the shady OCP's back-handed methods of trying to take it over to pave the way for the construction of Delta City! When they decide to create a second Roocop programme, is using the king pin of the city's growing Nuke problem the best ch...
Mar 17, 2023•49 min
I was 4 or 5 when I first watched Ghostbusters, and its been a film that i have happily returned to ever since. In this episode, I discuss the historical production of Ghostbusters, from its original conception as a Belushi and Aykroyd vehicle,through its rushed and frantic production and to the legacy that it has left today. If you love film trivia, and especially if you love Ghostbusters, the this special episode of WN Movie Talk Podcast is for you! So who ya gonna call? Trev from Wn Movie Tal...
Mar 10, 2023•36 min
Ultra-violent science fiction classic ROBOCOP (1987) gets discussed today as Trev is joined by yet another friend, Stan, who recommended this movie as its one of his favourites. Good job we hadn't done it already, which is surprising because its one of my favourites too. Starring Paul Weller, Nancy Allen, Kurtwood Smith, Miguelle Ferrer and Ronnie Cox - Robocop tells the story of Murphy, a cop in crime ridden Detroit who is killed by a gang of career criminals before being picked up by OCP who i...
Feb 27, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Four films in one podcast? It can only mean that Trev is back with another months worth of the Films I Own That I Haven't Watched Yet. Four films picked at random (well, three at random this week and one has jumped the queue) from Trev's ever growing DVD collection. Listen in as he watches each movie and then gives his impromptu review straight after watching them. This weeks films are RONIN (1988) A gritty Crime - thriller directed By John Frankenheimer Written By David Mamet and starring Rober...
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Trev continues his deep dive into the films of Steven Spielberg with this second chapter of the Definitive Spielberg. Using reviews taken from his old YouTube movie review channel, Trev takes us through the directors second decade of film making, the 1980's, when films like Raiders and ET broke more records, and movies like Empire of the Sun and the Color Purple took him into a new direction as a dramatic director, in a bid to win his first Oscar. Raiders Of The Lost Ark 1981 - Steven Spielberg ...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr
This week the guys return after another long gap and discuss Tarantino's seminal 1994 crime thriller PULP FICTION starring Samuel L Jackson, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman and many many more. Having not discussed the work of Quentin Tarantino as of yet, Rob and Trev were torn between a selection of his films and so we put it to the vote over on the WN Movie Talk Podcast Facebook page, and the you guys voted for PULP FICTION!! Of course you did! The film that really catapulted Tarantino...
Feb 10, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Trev's here to discuss with you some of the movies released in 2022 that he managed to get around to see, whilst also sharing some listeners choices for best and worst films of the year, as well acknowledging some of those films that were released that he still hasn't managed to watch. Among the films mentioned in this weeks episode are THE BATMAN starring Robert Patterson, ELVIS starring Tom Hanks, BLONDE , the horrific retelling of the life and times of Marilyn Monroe, LICORICE PIZZA from accl...
Feb 03, 2023•59 min
This weeks movie is the horror classic THE EXORCIST a film that Robin had never seen, and one that Trev revisits from time to time. Based on the book by William Peter Blatty director William Friedkin's adaptation stars Linda Blaire as the possessed teenager Reagan, and Ellen Burstyn as her tortured mother forced to call the church in when medical science cant help. What a film to kick off the Christmas season! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 02, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Brothers Rob and Trev discuss a classic 1980's sci-fi action flick PREDATOR from 1987. Starring Arnie and Carl Weathers we join an elite team on a covert mission in the jungle, who before long realise that they are being hunted by an intelligent alien lifeform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 19, 2022•59 min•Season 3Ep. 4
A cult classic this week as Trev suggests 1971's macabre comedy drama Harold and Maude - a film that most film buffs revere yet most people haven't heard of... well, its about time you did. Harold (Bud Cort) a young man obsessed with death, who's favourite past times are recreating suicides and visiting funerals, meets Maude (Ruth Gordon), an eccentric elderly lady with a zest for life and the two spark a strange but eye opening relationship. Some fantastic direction by Hal Ashby and a terrific ...
Nov 04, 2022•57 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Due to an unfortunate childhood phobia, Trev has never got around to seeing this weeks movie, and as there is talk of a modern retelling in the pipeline, it looks like he has managed to get there just in time. Join brothers Rob and Trev as they discuss the hilarious low budget sci-fi comedy Time Bandits! When the bedroom of young Kevin ( Craig Warnock ) appears to be a portal through time and space, he is whipped onto an adventure with 6 unlikely and miniature space thieves led by Randal ( David...
Oct 21, 2022•57 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Rob and Trev are back for a hilarious banter and spoiler filled discussion of films - and this weeks main topic is the sci-fi fantasy adventure READY PLAYER ONE - directed by Steven Spielberg and based on the best selling book by Earnst Cline . Wade Watts ( Tye Sheridan ) is a youngster who is king in the virtual world known as the Oasis, where its a race to find the keys hidden by its late creator James Halliday ( Mark Rylance ) to become the sole owner of this endless world and the endless wea...
Oct 07, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 1
This weeks long awaited return of the WN MOVIE TALK PODCAST was actually recorded about 2 months ago, and see's brothers Rob and Trev discussing the classic 2004 horror comedy from the British trio of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright (Spaced) for the first film to feature in their Cornetto Trilogy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 06, 2022•57 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Starring Andrew Garfield and Vince Vaughn, this war movie biopic directed by Mel Gibson tells the incredible true story of Desmond Doss, an conscientious objector turned wartime hero. But can Gibson handle a job like this? We also discuss other warfilms that you lovely listeners suggested. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 06, 2022•58 min•Season 2Ep. 16
An interesting choice of film this week, as Robin selects Spike Jonze romantic sci-fi comedy her, starring Joaquin Pheonix, Amy Adams, Chris Pratt and the voice of Scarlett Johannsson telling the story of a lonely man in the not so distant future, who begins a relationship with an operating system. Want to get in touch, then please contact us via email at wnmovietalk@gmail.com Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wnmovietalk) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 22, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 15
A little later than planned and after a bit of a technical disaster we have managed to salvage quite a decent episode out of our STAR WARS DISCUSSION. To celebrate 50 episodes of the podcast we thought we could allow ourselves the pleasure of discussing one of our most favourite and also disappointing series of films - the Star Wars Franchise. In this episode we rank the films as based on our own sensibilities, and discuss why we love star wars, and also why we hate star wars. Lucasfilm or Disne...
Apr 08, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 14
This weeks podcast takes the brothers back to the late 1920's and the time of great change in the early days of cinema - its out with the old and in with the new with this modern silent movie, as Silent movie star George Valentine struggles to come to terms with the rise of 'the talkie'! Its a good fun movie that we may have missed if it wasn't for this podcast. Join us in this hilarious episode, although we do apologise for the technical hiccup part way through! Trev's also been to watch THE BA...
Mar 18, 2022•57 min•Season 2Ep. 13
1977 was a great year for science fiction movies. Not only did it see the arrival of George Lucas's Star Wars, but months later, his close friend Steven Spielberg delivered his epic sci-fi classic Close Encounters of the Third Kind, starring Richard Dreyfuss. Roy Neary (Dreyfuss) witnesses a UFO, and it leaves an impression on him that threatens to send him into madness. Meanwhile government agents led by Lacombe (François Truffaut) are also tracking these visitors, and preparing for an awe insp...
Mar 11, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 12
MArtin Scorsese's violent period drama Gangs of New York gets discussed this week, and tells the story of the early days of New York, and the gangs of the five points. Starring Daniel Day Lewis as Bill The Butcher and Leonardo DiCaprio as young Amsterdam, a vagrant youngster seeking revenge for his fathers death. Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 04, 2022•56 min•Season 2Ep. 11
A classic rise and fall this week, as Trev and Rob discuss Brian De Palma's SCARFACE , starring Al Pacino as Cuban immigrant Tony Montana, one of the many criminals deported from Fidel Castro's Cuba to find their feet on the shores of Miami Florida, who see's opportunity in the cocaine trade. Starring Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio From a script by Oliver Stone (which was based on the 1932 film of the same name starring Paul Muni written by Ben Hecht, pro...
Feb 25, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Within days of each other, Trev and Rob both managed to get the dreaded Covid - in completely seperate incidents too. The one good thing to come of the isolation, was the opportunity to watch stuff! And in this extra episode of WN Movie Talk Podcast, we discuss the various films and TV shows that we sat through as a means of passing the time. From classic westerns to Tarantino films, 80's comedies to Harry Potter spin off franchise Fantastic Beasts, sitcoms and mini series. Support the show (htt...
Feb 23, 2022•48 min•Season 2Ep. 9
A listeners recommendation this week, as Trev and Rob discuss classic Western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the titular roles as the moralistic thieves from the old west, pursued into hiding in Bolivia. Written by William Goldman , with lavish cinematography from Conrad Hall , and directed by George Roy Hill , this movie has gone down in history as one of the most influential and respected movies of all time, and Trev had never seen it before! Come...
Feb 18, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 8
Taking up the short fall from a break in recording, Trev returns withselection of the Films That I Own That I Haven't Watched Yet ! 4 titles picked at random, watched and discussed. But only one can be film of the month! This months movies are... MAD MAX (1979) Disturbing dystopian thriller starring Mel Gibson as the rogue cop hellbent on revenge against a pack of violent motorheads. Directed by George Miller https://amzn.to/3uDO6lr 21 (2008) Slick crime caper about a group of MIT students with ...
Feb 11, 2022•47 min
Its two for the price of one today, as Rob and Trev discuss both cinematic incarnations of The Ladykillers . First an absolute classic, the Ealing Studios comedy from the 1950's, then for its modern remake by the talented Coen Brothers , but how do they compare. The Ladykillers (1955) - https://amzn.to/3KTSMZU A gang of criminals posing as a string quartet rent a room from a little old lady to plot a heist, but have to reconsider her role as their plans unravel. Starring Alec Guinness, Peter Sel...
Feb 04, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Mr Body has been murdered, and there are six colourful suspects. Was it Colonel Mustard in the Lounge with the Lead Pipe? Was it Ms Scarlet in the Dining Room with the rope? Or was it Professor Plum in the Kitchen with the revolver? Who knows? Who cares? A rip-roaring chaotic laugh fest in this weeks podcast, as 1985's Clue, based on teh Who-Dunnit board game gets the WN Movie Talk treatment... well, as long as the lads can stay on topic. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wnmovietal...
Jan 28, 2022•57 min•Season 2Ep. 5
We are massive Potter fans in this household, and if you are too, then maybe this podcast will be right up your street! PLEASE RATE THIS PODCAST NOW to HELP SUPPORT US! Having just recently rewatched the Harry Potter series of films, and currently listening to the audio books, I thought that now would be a great time to delve deeper into the films production for another extra episode of the WN Movie Talk Podcast ! So here, is Everything You Need To Know About Harry Potter and The Philosophers St...
Jan 25, 2022•50 min
Classic 80's comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is the main topic of discussion this week. Directed by Muppeteer Frank Oz and Starring Michael Caine and Steve Martin , this timeless movie of two conmen battling to con wealthy hieress (Gleanne Headly) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is available to watch on Amazon Prime - https://amzn.to/3zUAqTA Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wnmovietalk) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 21, 2022•58 min•Season 2Ep. 4
