Spoiler Filled Film Conversation, Hooray!
A bunch of Welsh people talking about films and making stuff.
Well, this aint our first submarine movie so we’ll dispense with the usual jokes about things being long and hard and full of seamen. Shame this movie doesn’t dispense with the poor humour. You don’t see Kelsey Grammer in movies much, do you? Not unless he’s hairy and blue anyways. Down Periscope is a movie we have all seen before here at Spoiler Filled and we don’t remember a thing about it. And that’s saying something considering it ends with a Village People music video. Enjoy?
Before he helped Marvel take over the world as Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr had been kicking around Hollywood for a long time. We wanted to go back and see a fresh faced RDJ before the super-stardom and his ‘wilderness years’ shall we say. What we found was Heart and Souls, a supernatural comedy about 4 ghosts from the 1950’s tethered to a boy in order for him to fulfill their unfinished business. Like pretty all movies involving ghosts and a vague afterlife, this movie raises so many more questions than it intends to answer and sets up an interesting premise which it can’t quite pay off. But hey, at least we get to see RDJ pretend to be a black woman pretending to be RDJ!
Movies telling the story of the making of other movies have become very popular over recent years, but one of our favorites has to be Dolemite is My Name, staring Eddie Murphy (in a return to form performance) as Rudy Ray Moore, the creator of the Dolemite character and persona and the subsequently titles 70’s movie. We have a mixed history with movies about movie making here on the podcast, but this movie manages to mix up the story with Moore’s comedy career and early life enough to keep us engaged and pleased to see Eddie Murphy back in the game. Also, it would be criminal to not mention Wesley Snipes’ wonderful turn too.
Ever wanted to run off into the night with Michelle Pfeiffer and/or Jeff Goldblum? Well now you can with…Into The Night, a comedy action thriller from 1985. But we should warn you, should you choose to take this absconsion, be prepared for: questionable slapstick Iranian portrayals, cameos from every movie director working in the 80’s, death by shared ennui, Bruce McGill as a possible gay Elvis impersonator and probably our favourate David Bowie cameo ever.
We can do this the easy way…or we can do The Hard Way. We don’t get to see Michael J. Fox films very often so how about we watch one where he plays an actor. Not much a stretch you might be thinking, but pit him up against gritty cop James Woods in a buddy cop action comedy and we might have something here. Might. Be prepared for: getting weirdly heated over junkyard hotdogs, this films bargain bin origins, tangents about romance novel cover model Fabio, movie interpretations of video games and Fox and Woods relationship role play being the best thing.
Have we ever done a pirate film? We must have done a pirate film, right?! How have we never done a pirate film!??! Well, let’s be honest, if we did one from the last few decades we would have been very disappointed. Luckily we went back all the way to the Fifites for The Crimson Pirate, a very light-hearted, swashbuckling adventure. Be prepared for the usual carribean islands, boats, brawls, sword fights, rope swinging and stripey tights as well as the slightly less usual pirates in drag, farcical antics, tanks and hot air balloons.
We’ve earned the privilege of being allowed into The Big Room this time on Spoiler Filled, so we decided to put on Ruthless People really loud, a movie that seemingly invented the stereotypical 80’s aesthetic while also lampooning it at the same time. Although, what would you expect from a Zucker/Abrams production. In store for you this time, dear listener, is: kidnapping, murder plots, sex tapes, blackmailing, attempted dog killing, Danny DeVito being the biggest asshole and yet it’s all a zany comedy.
What we want from 2022 is a little more trust. And an old sword. I think we may have been a little confused by choosing this weeks less than antique film Sword of Trust, but i think its safe to say we’re happy with the decision. And we certainly won’t be sheltering it away from the rest of world as we freely discuss this slightly obscure comedy gem.
This week Rich, Abi and Anthony enjoy the farcical linguistic gymnastics of the 1948 body swap satire Vice Versa. Listen in now to hear Rich be bamboozled by the use of the word ‘cool’ before 1970 and for a general celebration of the late, great and verbally ornate Peter Ustinov. Enjoy.
Our resident sociopaths Larry and Richard are back for some more corpse stealing and bothering in, the even more inexplicable than the original, Weekend At Bernie’s 2. This time, Voodoo reanimates the corpse of Bernie to dance his way into revealing the location of his stolen fortune. Yes, you did read that correctly. Seems those 80’s executives started lacing that cocaine with something psychedelic when they became 90’s executives, it’s the only way to explain this insane movie. Rich loves it. Ant has nostalgia. Abi gets by by making up her own plot.
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