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Kim and Elwood's Re-Evaluation of Wes Anderson's filmography comes to his latest theatrical release The Phoenician Scheme as Benicio del Toro here appears as Wealthy businessman, Zsa-Zsa Korda appoints his only daughter (Mia Threapleton), a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As attempts to bring together his most ambitious venture while avoiding the wrath of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins.

Kim and Elwood look at The Royal Tenenbaums as family dysfunction runs high when a trio of child geniuses now grown up are reunited when they estranged father announces that he's dying.

Kim and Elwood finish their re-evaluation of Wes Andersons filmography with Asteroid City. Set in the titular fictional town were a Junior Stargazer convention is thrown into chaos with the arrival of an actual alien causes the town to be locked down ---Opening / Closing Theme - Coffee DateBeat Provided By https://freebeats.ioProduced By White Hot---

Kim and Elwood share there favourite movie discoveries of 2025 as they reveal their top 10's and the films which left the most impact on them Check out the full top 40 listsKim's ListElwood's List---Theme - Coffee DateBeat Provided By https://freebeats.ioProduced By White Hot---

Kim and Elwood's season long re-evaluation of the filmography of Wes Anderson comes to The French Dispatch in which he assembles another stunning ensemble for an anthology of tales presented within the framework of being articles for the final issue of the magazine "The French Dispatch". ---Theme - Coffee DateBeat Provided By https://freebeats.ioProduced By White Hot---

Kim and Elwood's re-evaluation of Wes Anderson's filmography comes to The Grand Budapest Hotel which is not only his most critically acclaimed but also brings together his largest ensemble cast to date. The film also gives us the most quirkest creation to date in Gustave H, a concierge who works at a famous European hotel and who along with his lobby boy must prove his innocence when he is framed for a murder.

Kim and Elwood continue their season long revaluation of Wes Anderson's filmography with Moonrise Kingdom. A coming of age comedy drama following Sam and Suzy a pair of 12 years olds who having fallen in love via letter decide to elope into the wilderness of the island they live on. Now the hunt is on to find the couple by her parents and his scout troop before a storm hits the island.

Kim and Elwood re-evaluation of the filmography of Wes Anderson's filmography looks at both of his stop motion animated features

Continuing our Wes Anderson season with "The Darjeerling Limited" as three estranged brothers reunite after their fathers funeral to travel across India in search of their mother in a madcap journey involving a bottle of mace, a poisonous snake and far too much baggage. ---Opening Theme - Coffee DateBeat Provided By https://freebeats.ioProduced By White Hot---

Wes Anderson season continues with a film intended as both a tribute and parody of French diving pioneer Jacques Cousteau, to whom the film is dedicated.Here Bill Murray heads up another ensemble cast oceanographer and documentary film maker Steve Zissou who along with his crew of misfits goes in search of the Jaguar shark which ate his partner which is further complicated by the arrival of Ned (Owen Wilson) who claims to be his estranged son---Opening Theme - Coffee DateBeat Provided By https://freebeats.ioProduced By White Hot---

We're back with season 10!Kicking of our Wes Anderson season with Rushmore as we identify the trademarks of Anderson's directing style as well as look how this film rather than his debut established it.

Kim and Elwood look at the latest volume of the sci-fi anthology series from Tim Miller and David Fincher which this time features an alien invasion in miniature, rampaging dinosaurs, giant babies and talking appliances!

Elwood and Kim breakdown the latest season of David Fincher + Tim Millers anthology series which this time includes giant crabs, a rat uprisings, a cybernetically enhanced bear and the return of three robots amongst this new set of stories. 

Love Death and Robots has finally made its return to Netflix and while it might have been a shorter season than the previous season there was still plenty to discuss as we found out on this episode as like we did for the first season, we break down the second season on this episode aswell as highlighting our favourites and hopes for Season 3

To wrap up season #2 this final bonus episode has us looking at "Love, Death + Robots" for our first boxset binge. A project from David Fincher and Tim Miller whose initial plans to remake "Heavy Metal" were mophed instead into this anthology of short animated tales with seemingly limitless scope for the stories which can be told as we discover from this first season.So get ready for alternative histories, monsters, shocking twists and of course love, death + robots!!

Continuing their apprication for the All The Boys I've Loved Before Kim and Elwood now look at the spin off series XO, Kitty following youngest of the Covey sisters as she heads to Korea to study reconnect with boyfriend Dae and hopefully find out more about her mother's time at the school.Season # 1 Review: 0:00:00Season#2 Review: 00:58:10Note: Due to the backlog of episodes we have combined both recordings for each series into one handy chunk....enjoy

What happens when Christopher Robin leaves his friends from the Faraway wood behind? Apparently they go on a murderous rampage as Kim and Elwood look at the first entry in Rhys Frake-Waterfield's "Twisted Childhood Universe" which promises twisted horror takes on beloved children's character which have now slipped into the public domain. But is there more to the film than shock value?

Kim and Elwood take a spoiler heavy look at Zach Cregger's debut film Barbarian a film you will not want to know a thing about going into as what starts as a double booked Airbnb soon reveals much darker secrets hiding within its walls aswell as beneath it.

It's shark week once again as this time Kim and Elwood look at the found footage shark movie "Open Water" as a couple find themselves stranded in the ocean when their scuba diving boat accidently leaves them behind. Loosely based on the true story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan this was a film considered revolutionary when it was released but does it still hold up?

Kim and Elwood wrap up their catch up season with Jovanka Vuckovic's post apocalyptic "Riot Girls" set in a future were a mysterious disease has wiped out all adults leaving a world dominated by rival teenage gangs.

Kim and Elwood continue their catch up season with Julia Ducournau's Titane the follow up to Raw as a murderous car model disguises herself as the missing son of fire captain Vincent. Notes - Synch issues corrected 24/1 - 18:47

Kim and Elwood reveal their favourite first time watches of 2024 as they rundown the films which they dug the most from new releases to cinema shames crossed off. Check out Kim's Top 50 Check out Elwood's ‎Top 50

Kim and Elwood continue their catch up season with Ana Lily Amirpour's dystopian thriller "The Bad Batch" were those deemed undesirable by the government are banished to the desert outside of Austin, Texas. Now faced with hungry cannibals, cultists and junkies the newest addition to this ramshackle community Arlene has to find a way to survive aswell as her own place in this newly formed society.

Kim and Elwood continue their season of catch up's with Lynne Ramsey's "You Were Never Really Here" starring Joaquin Phoenix as a disturbed veteran who now specialises in tracking down trafficked girls. However when he is hired by a politician to find his missing daughter he soon discovers an ulterior plot is afoot.

Kim and Elwood continue their catch up season with Sofia Coppola's "On The Rocks" a comedy drama released exclusively on Apple+ aswell as reuniting her with Bill Murray. Here Rashida Jones plays Laura a novelist struggling with writers block and feeling like she is in a rut who begins to suspect her husband is having an affair. Now roping in her aging Lothario father Felix (Murray) she sets out on a quest to find out the truth

Continuing our catch up season we look at Guillermo Del Toro's stop motion adaptation of Pinocchio as he delivers a version closer to the original novel than the more well known Disney version.

Continuing our catch up season we now move onto our Season #2 featured director Guillermo Del Toro with Nightmare Alley an adaptation William Lindsay Gresham's novel. Bradley Cooper stars as the down on his luck Stan, who having stumbled into working for a traveling carnival soon begins to the learn the tricks of the clairvoyant. But as his confidence grows so does his ambitions as he soon sets his sights on the wealthy elite.

Kicking off our catch up season we go back to were it all started with Paul W.S. Anderson and his adaptation of the popular video game series "Monster Hunter" as Milla Jovovich stars as Army Ranger Captain Artemis who finds herself transported along with her squad into the realm of giant monsters and were her only ally is soon the mysterious hunter (Tony Jaa)

Kim and Elwood look at the surprisingly numerous Resident Evil Animated films including the mini series Infinite Darkness while also questioning the weirdest zombie animals, how the films link to the games and questionable master plans plus more!!

Our re-evaluation of Hayao Miyazaki's filmography comes to a close with the fictionalised biography of fighter plane designer Jiro Horikoshi. We also look back at the season as we reveal our favourites, hidden gems and worst films of Miyazaki's filmography.

Kim and Elwood's re-evaluation of the filmography of Hayao Miyazaki comes to one of the more overlooked Studio Ghibli titles Ponyo in a which a young boy believing he has found a goldfish in a bottle he pulls from the ocean discovers she is in fact the daughter of an underwater wizard who is keen to find her while she longs to be a human girl.

Kim and Elwood rundown their favourite movie discoveries of 2023 as they reveal the films which left the biggest impact on them, the surprising discoveries and cinema shames they crossed off.

Kim and Elwood re-evaluation of the filmography of Hayao Miyazaki this time looks at Howl's Moving Castle a film which argued that there was still a place for hand drawn animation as a young girl is turned into an old woman by a jealous witch with her only hope of being turned back resting with the self-indulgent yet insecure wizard Howl.

Kim and Elwood re-evaluation of the filmography of Hayao Miyazaki reaches the Oscar winning Spirited Away and a film which arguably brought an intrest in Studio Ghibli to the mainstream. The film following ten-year-old Chihiro whose parents are turned into pigs when they stumble into an abandoned amusement park which at night becomes a resort for spirits. Now put to work in the bathhouse she must find a way to turn her parents back and escape the spirit realm.

The battle between nature and industry is waged in Princess Mononoke a fantasy epic set in the 14th century as Ashitaka having had his arm infected after a demon attack soon finds himself caught up in the war between the ancient forest gods lead by San and the human forces of Lady Eboshi.

Kim and Elwood re-evaluation of the filmography of Hayao Miyazaki this time looks at arguably one of the hidden gems of his filmography Porco Rosso. Set in the aftermath of world war 1 were hotshot pilot Porco has been turned into a humanoid pig battling sky pirates only for an American ace to set his sights on taking down the flying pig.

Kim and Elwood re-evaluation of the filmography of Hayao Miyazaki takes a look at another Studio Ghibli favourite with Kiki's Delivery Service as 13-year-old Kiki moves to a seaside town with her talking cat, Jiji, to spend a year alone, in accordance for witches in training. But when she looses her powers she begins to question if they will ever come back.

Kim and Elwood re-evaluation of the filmography of Hayao Miyazaki arrives at My Neighbour Totoro as Miyazaki drew inspiration from his own childhood to craft a fantastical tale which would also introduce some of Studio Ghibli's most memorable creations including the gigantic forest sprite Totoro. 14/9 - audio issues corrected (Overlap)

Kim and Elwood continue their re-evaluation of the filmography of Hayao Miyazaki with Castle In The Sky in which Sheeta an orphan abducted by the government agent Muska might hold the key to finding Laputa the mythical castle in the sky as she teams up Pazu and a group of sky pirates to find it.

Kim and Elwood continue their re-evaluation of the filmography of Hayao Miyazaki Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind based on his manga released the previous year. Set in a post apocalyptic future were the survivors of humanity live in scattered settlements while giant insects roam the desert landscape which the teenage princess Nausicaä has learned to communicate with. But when a rival kingdom plans to revive and ancient weapon she finds herself drawn into a quest to stop them.

Kim and Elwood kick off their season long look at the films of Studio Ghibli co-founder and legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki starting with his directorial debut The Castle of Cagliostro The second movie adaptation of the long running Lupin the 3rd series as the legendary thief finds himself caught up in a counterfeiting plot while attempting to rescue the kidnapped princess Clarisse and finally discover the hidden treasure of Cagliostro.

Elwood and Kim don their best deer stalker hats to look at Knives Out the first of Rian Johnson's Benoit Blanc mysteries as he attempts to undercover who is responsible for the death of a crime novelist and the suspects are plentiful.

Kim and Elwood look at the sci-fi horror Virus in which a tugboat crew escaping a storm discover a seemingly abandoned Russian communication ship only to soon discover that the ship has been taken over by an alien presence which plans to us the crew for spare parts. Regarded by Jamie Lee Curtis as the worst movie she ever made, we find out if it's as bad as she claims while looking at it's production from Dark Horse comic to the questionable acting choices of some of the cast and more!

Shark Week returns to the podcast as Elwood and Kim finally sit down to talk about Jaws which not only created the summer blockbuster but also spawned hundreds of imitators in it's wake. We look at what make this film stand out compared to it's counterparts, draw comparisons to the book and why this film still makes us question if it's safe to go back into the water.

Our Evolution of the Creature Feature season comes to a close with Alexandre Aja's Crawl which see's a category 5 hurricane heading towards Florida as college swimmer Hailey attempts to find her missing father only for the pair to soon be battling the rising flood waters and the ravenous local alligators. We also run down our best, worst and hidden gems of the season

Continuing their look at the Evolution of the Creature Feature Kim and Elwood look at the 2012 found footage horror The Bay as a coastal town finds itself being devastated over the 4th of July celebrations when the water supply becomes infected with mutated parasites, which soon begin infecting the townsfolk.

Continuing our season long look at the evolution of the creature we have a film which is equal parts a remake as it is a sequel as Alexandre Aja adds another memorable remake of a horror classic to his filmography as a tremor unleashes a horde of prehistoric piranha just in time for the spring break celebrations.

It's full scream ahead as Kim and Elwood's look at the evolution of the creature feature arrives at the aquatic horror Deep Rising as a group of hijackers targeting a luxury cruise ship discover that the ship is empty and soon find themselves being hunted by the monster which has taken over the ship.

The season long look at the evolution of the creature feature arrives at the 90's and the Steven Spielberg produced Arachnophobia which sets out to do for spiders what Jaws did for sharks as a small town finds itself under siege from killer spiders and a doctor terrified of spiders has to find the source before they wipe out the town.

Our season long look at the Evolution of the Creature Feature on this episode goes international as we look at the Italian film Wild Beasts in which PCP gets into the water supply for the zoo sending the animals on a violent rampage in a film packed with memorable set pieces as well as a host of equally wacky sequences as crazy as the behind the scenes tales of making the film.