At the Movies with William Fletcher

We're back into the world of video games this week with a look at the expansive Resident Evil franchise with the main discussion being the Paul W.S. Anderson films but with talks about the animated films, the 2021 Welcome to Raccoon City and the games of course. 

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.

We're back to cover another Spielberg film (he's got a new one out this week so you know) and we get into his career, aliens and the definitions of genres (somehow again). 

Just as a preface, this episode was supposed to be out last week but it has been delayed to this week so apologies if some of the language we use sounds outdated in regards to what we were tying this into.   Quite possibly the most tenuous connection I've ever done in terms of trying to tie an episode into a new release with but we're looking at some really successful low-budget horror films to tie into the release of the new Backrooms film with some films that are in a similar vein.

Concluding the two-parter with a look at how Disney has done with Star Wars and how it compares to George Lucas' Star Wars.

One of the biggest blind spots in the podcast history is being covered over the next two weeks with a retrospective look at the Star Wars franchise with this week being focused on the pre-Disney era of the franchise with the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy. 

Delving back into the world of video games this time with the far more mature and violet realm of Mortal Kombat. 

As a prefacer there were some technical difficulties so apologies for those. We're looking at the beloved 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada to tie into the upcoming sequel as well as discussing fashion and legacy sequels.

No, there isn't a new Brendan Fraser film out but instead a new Mummy film from Blumhouse which we are tying this week's episode into. We do talk about the Fraser Mummy films along with the original 19322 version and the 2017 Tom Cruise vehicle.

A bit more of an out there episode this week as we look at Nirvanna the Band (not the Kurt Cobain one) with a look from their start with the 2007 web series to the 2017 show on Vice culminating with our main discussion being on the recently released film.

We're doing something very out of line with the show again this week as we are looking at a video game franchise with a look at the Super Mario Bros. game series.

We're having a little bit of a TED Talk this week (get it?) with a look at the Ted film series along with the recent TV show as well as a look at Seth MacFarlane's career as a whole.

We're looking at comedy adjacent work this week with a retrospective look at the directorial efforts of Lord & Miller as well as briefly touching on other projects in their catalogue. 

Slightly later than usual but before the actual ceremony as the show embarks on the annual Oscars special with a look at the Best Picture nominees and the general Oscars race this year.

We're back to look at Pixar again with the release of Hoppers looming ahead, we're looking back at the 2009 favourite, Up. 

Another big franchise retrospective this week for the show as we look back through the history of the Scream franchise with talks on the slasher genre, the mess that appears to be the upcoming Scream 7 and Matthew Lillard (obviously).

The show is here with a new Valentine's special with myself and my guest choosing two films to cover for this week's episode to celebrate Valentine's.

Going for a look at a film adaptation of a book with Wuthering Heights we well as looking at the upcoming adaptation and the controversies surrounding it.

The first of presumably many directorial filmography retrospectives this year with a look back at the 40+ year career of Sam Raimi. 

Instead of tying into a new release, we're just talking about a film because we can. It's also a long time coming as we're finally properly talking about a Matt Damon film with Good Will Hunting as well as talking about Boston accents and love (aw).

We're here for the first episode of 2026 with the continuation of our Review of the Year for 2025.

It's the end of the year which means it is time for the annual Review of the Year episode with part 1 covering the first 6 months of the year.

It's time for our 3rd annual Christmas special on the podcast with a look at the beloved Christmas classic in Die Hard.

We're here with the final director filmography retrospective for the year with a look back at James Cameron's career in anticipation of the release of Avatar: Fire and Ash.

We're delving back into the world of murder mysteries this week as we look at the Knives Out series before Wake Up Dead Man releases on Netflix because they don't want to keep it in cinemas for longer.

The show is back to cover more Disney this week with a look at Zootopia before the upcoming Zootopia 2 along with Disney's recent output and the potential future of Disney's output.

We're covering more Hollywood blockbuster fare this week with a look at Wicked before the sequel comes out this week with a discussion on the film's long production history, the "controversies" surrounding the film and the film's Oscars chances.

Time for something completely different as we look at the somehow long-running Now You See Me franchise while also talking about Harry Potter (because Daniel Radcliffe is in one of them), magic (duh) and Dan Harmon (what?)

What's that? Two episodes in one week?! Indeed, you lucky ducks, as we're looking at The Running Man this week as well discussing the work of Stephen King, Arnold Schwarzenegger and 80s action movie cheese. Here is the link to the short film my guest mentioned: https://vimeo.com/1131913288

Another longer gap between episodes but we're back with the Predator franchise which we couldn't really pass up on after doing the Alien franchise last year.

After a delay, we're back with a look at the history of Frankenstein and the career of Guillermo del Toro because there's a new Frankenstein out directed by Guillermo del Toro which is the only reason we cover certain films now.

Going more for a cult classic film this week with a look at Tron because there's a sequel out soon but you know how this show works now.

It's the big'un. Episode 200. For such a momentous occasion, we're covering one of the biggest classics and most important films in cinema history with Jaws. 

A very out of nowhere choice (especially before episode 200) but we decided to cover a film that is really archetypical of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson before The Smashing Machine comes out and he shows his chops as a dramatic actor with Pain & Gain.

We're back with another look at a directorial filmography, this week with Paul Thomas Anderson as we start from Hard Eight and work our way to the present with a look forward at One Battle After Another.

A cult favourite this week with This Is Spinal Tap but we do talk about comedy in general and the mockumentary subgenre.

A bit of an offbeat choice this week as we delve into the world of murder mysteries with a look at the 1985 cult classic, Clue.

Going the complete opposite direction from last week with a far darker and muted approach with the Coen Bros. No Country for Old Men.

After taking a break from episodes, we're back again with an action film looking at the Bob Odenkirk lead Nobody and discussing the man's career and the current state of action films being made.   Apologies for the audio issues on my end, I will work on getting them fixed for next week's episode.

After a delay to this week's release due to some unforeseen sickness, we're back with another Marvel episode looking at Fantastic Four's onscreen outings before seeing whether or not Disney can succeed in doing so.

To the opposite spectrum of films now following on from Superman with a look at a 90s favourite, Happy Gilmore.