Wilhelm & the MacGuffin
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Episodes of Wilhelm & the MacGuffin
Mark All
This week we’re looking at movies centered around a “perfect” crime that isn’t Strangers on a Train (1955). We start with French crime à trois Les Diaboliques (1955) by Henri-Georges Clouzot. Next up is difficult to sympathise with Gwyneth Palt
This week we’re looking at second attempts at what Disney is now calling the “Marvel Legacy” universe. We start with James Mangold’s bloodier edit of The Wolverine (2013). Next up is The Rogue Cut of X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) which rest
This week we’re looking at big angry houses with guns. We start with the star-studded World War II caper Kelly’s Heroes (1970), behind enemy lines, chasing $16m in gold. Next up is a stranded Russian T-55 crew isolated on the hostile terrain of
This week we’re joined once again by Carlos Boellinger of Tin Cowboys Productions on the eve of the cinematic release of Clay’s Redemption (2020), a future noir fantasy film shot guerrilla style on the streets of London; so we’re discussing fut
This week we’re looking at America’s favorite pastime: baseball. We start with John Badham’s The Bingo Long Travelling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) featuring Billy Dee Williams and James Earl Jones reclaiming the means of production. Next up
This week we’re looking at several animé movies that involve civil unrest. We start with Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s masterpiece Akira (1988), the pinnacle of animated city destruction porn. Next up is Hiroyuki Okiura’s alternate reality underground poli
This week we’re looking at films directed by stuntmen. We start with the grand-daddy of the stunt caper; Hal Needham, who doubled for Burt Reynolds before directing him in Hooper (1978), their second of six collaborations. Next up is Chad Stahe
This week we’re looking at superhero movies that were spun off from major franchises. We start with Jeannot Szwarc’s Supergirl (1984), where Helen Slater plays a very well-informed cousin to Superman. Next up is Tim Miller’s Deadpool (2016), wi
This week we look at the future of incarceration. We start with John Carpenter’s nihilistic antihero Snake Plissken attempting to Escape From New York (1981). Next up is Stuart Gordon’s blue goo and Explodium-filled coed panopticon; Fortress (1
This week we cover four actors who died before the age of 30. We start with James Dean in George Stevens’ Texas oil epic Giant (1956), next up is River Phoenix in Gus Van Sant’s soporific retelling of Henry IV My Own Private Idaho (1991), then
This week we look at Sidney Lumet’s NYPD corruption trilogy, starting with Serpico (1973) starring Al Pacino and based on the experiences of Frank Serpico. Next up is Prince of the City (1981) starring Treat Williams and based on the experience
We revive a pre-lockdown theme we shelved while we tried to make sense of the world; Raymond Chandler’s iconic character of Philip Marlowe. We start with James Garner as barrel-chested Marlowe in Paul Bogart’s Marlowe (1969). Next up is Elliot
After last time stuck inside, this week we’re enjoying the great outdoors. We start with How the West Was Won (1962) by Henry Hathaway, John Ford and George Marshall; an episodic epic in extra widescreen. Next up is Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975
After an extended absence and not one, but now two missing episodes we return under general lockdown to discuss prison escape movies. First up is King of Cool Steve McQueen and twitchtastic Dustin Hoffman in Papillon (1973). Next we have ol’ st
This week we’re looking at three scifi films that came out in 2018 with coincidentally strong parental themes. We start with Rpatz at the tender mercies of psycho-space nurse Juliette Binoche in High Life (2018). Next up is father-daughter extr
This week we’re settling in over the winter holidays with our go-to movies for mindless entertainment without a deeper meaning. We start with Dee’s choice of Flash Gordon (1980), a delight of set and costume design, then a main course of double
This week it’s our annual Yuletidemas episode. We start with First Blood (1982) based on the novel by David Morrell about a Vietnam veteran suffering from PTSD at Christmas time. Next we have Shane Black’s first time in the director’s chair wit
This week we’re looking at men pushed to their breaking points in a variety of systems. We start with John Travolta taking a museum hostage under the gaze of network TV in Mad City (1997). Next up is Denzel Washington taking an ER hostage in a
A king’s duty. This week we’re looking at some of the most expensive and highest grossing epics not made in the US. We start with Fedor Bondarchuk’s Stalingrad (2013) about a tight-knit squad of Russian soldiers defending a key building during
We’re rounding up the season and taking in two films that have been mentioned a few times now. We start with childhood favourite of Joe’s; High Plains Drifter (1973), Clint Eastwood’s second time in the director’s chair. Next up is nineties cyb
This week we’re tackling giant movies. We start with Hitoshi Matsumoto as director and principal actor in surreal Japanese mockumentary Big Man Japan (2007) aka Dai Nipponjin. Next up is Norwegian found-footage film, and more Blair Witch than B
This week we’re looking at movies where the suburban encounters the big bad city. We start with Chris Columbus’ first feature film Adventures in Babysitting (1987), a trial run for Home Alone. Next up is Walter Hill directed Trespass (1992) wit
This week Joe gets to indulge in his greatest passion in computer games; Borderlands. We start with Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) where we don’t need another hero. Next up is true feminist comic heroine Tank Girl (1995) fighting the patriar
This week we’re watching several films from the first half of Rutger Hauer’s career, starting with his first American movie Nighthawks (1981), next up is his chilling turn as the wandering vengeful spirit The Hitcher (1986), then we have a lot
This week we’re looking at stop motion sequences and movies with prop maker Sarah Lovell. We start with Phil Tippett’s work on RoboCop 2 (1990) in a world on the cusp of CGI. Next up is precocious puppet Coraline (2009) seeking parental validat
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