370: King Creole [1958] Movie Discussion

Uh-Huh-Huh! Elvis has entered the podcast! We watched Baz Luhrman’s Elvis biopic and we figured maybe there’s something to this Elvis guy people keep talking about. So, whilst being most famous for his music, we delve into his movie back catalogue and pick out the one we most fancied: King Creole. Whilst it might not be the best representation of his entire oeuvre, which consists mainly of lazy, crowd pleasing musical comedies, King Creole is a surprisingly nuanced and dramatic outing which leaves us wondering if Elvis could have been as good of an actor as he was a singer.

369: Mom and Dad [2017] Movie Discussion

What if one day all parents suddenly had the urge to kill their kids? Huh? What do you mean that doesn’t sound so far fetched? OK, OK, what if one day all parents suddenly had the urge to act on their urge to kill their kids? There we go! Well, that’s what we’ve got this time with Mom and Dad, a dark comedy horror which we are sure is some kind of social satire about modern family life, but lets be honest were here for the Nicholas Cage and the crazy.

368: Over The Top [1987] Movie Discussion

So, we need a sports films to watch so we can go on our usual wrestling tangents, but we’ve already done a wrestling film. What could be the next best thing? That’s right, it’s competitive arm wrestling! Not only that, but its a cheap semi-Rocky rip-off both written and starring Sylvester Stallone as a trucker trying to bond with his son and win arm wrestling tournaments. Unfortunately, everything the premise promises is pretty much undelivered in a film about: an unrealistic child custody battle, terrible 80’s soft rock, teleporting villains, Ash Ketchum hat twirling mechanics and so much melodrama it hurts.

367: Frequency [2000] Movie Discussion

It’s a new year and we think that at this time of looking to the future and putting your past mistakes behind you that the perfect film to watch is one that is obsessed with being stuck in the past and trying to fix all your mistakes. Frequency is a forgotten-about 90’s time-shenanigans movie (which is kinda funny seeing as this discussion has been lost for months in the Spoiler Filled Vault) about magic time travel radios powered by aurora borealis, firefighters, cops, serial killers a very young Michael Cera and a very non-mental Jim Caviezal.