The Rewind Movie Podcast

Checkmate. Come join the Rewind Movie Podcast as we celebrate our Independence Day with Roland Emmerich’s 1996 sci-fi action spectacular.A drunk crop duster pilot with a painful memory of extraterrestrial abduction; an overqualified cable TV repairman and his elderly father; a hot shot Air Force ace, his exotic dancer girlfriend, and her cutesy kid; and a war hero President with faltering approval figures are among the sprawling cast that finally receive a definitive answer to the question, ‘are we alone in the universe?’. The response comes courtesy of on-screen devastation the likes of which audiences had never seen before, as the 90s disaster movie arms race went nuclear and then some.German director Emmerich’s 3rd Hollywood feature tapped emerging megastar Will Smith, quirky character actor-turned-recently-minted summer movie favourite Jeff Goldblum, and versatile leading man Bill Pullman for lead roles, surrounded them with a murderer’s row of familiar supporting faces (including an inexplicably deployed Randy Quaid), and dropped them into a maximalist effects-laden extravaganza that led to extraordinary financial success. But, is it actually…good? Gali, Devlin and Matt tussle with the tentacles, position our pieces, and call our mothers. And our housekeepers. And our lawyers. Actually, forget the lawyers.If you have a film you’d like the gang to tackle, send us an email at rewindmoviepodcast@gmail.com. For introductions, essays, playlists, and the full back catalogue of episodes and specials, find us at rewindmoviecast.com. For specially designed merchandise, movie shirts, posters, and our famous Bingo Trope Totes and a poster based on this week’s episode cover image, head to DevlinDoesDrawing on Teemill. 

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of SPEED (1994), we decided to pull our discussion from the archives to give all you wildcats another ride on that infamous bus, that terrifying elevator and...the slightly forgettable train, ENJOY!!!POP QUIZ HOTSHOT. We’re careening through the unfinished highways of Los Angeles with Jan de Bont’s explosive debut feature SPEED, courtesy of a listener request.After thwarting an elaborate exploding elevator hostage situation, bomb disposal expert Jack Traven (Keanu Reeves) finds himself targeted by the enraged madman responsible (Dennis Hopper). The game? A bomb on a city bus. Once it goes above 50 mph, the bomb is armed. Drop below, and everybody goes kaboom. In the right place at the wrong time is passenger Annie (Sandra Bullock), deployed as emergency driver after the unfortunate regular Sam takes a stray bullet.After establishing himself as one of the premiere popcorn cinematographers of his era, de Bont set the charges for his directorial career with this runaway hit. Firmly establishing Bullock in the upper echelons of Hollywood, and cementing a post-Point Break Keanu as an action cinema superstar, the film transcended its Die-Hard-on-a-bus origins to become one of the biggest grossers of 1994. But, can those analogue nineties thrills survive in the modern era? Join Gali, Devlin, Patrick and Matt as they hop aboard and hang on tight. Big thanks to listener Matthew Pinder for his selection!If you have a film you’d like the gang to tackle, send us an email at rewindmoviepodcast@gmail.com. For introductions, essays, playlists, and the full back catalogue of episodes and specials, find us at rewindmoviecast.com. For specially designed merchandise, movie shirts, posters, and our famous Bingo Trope Totes and a poster based on this week’s episode cover image, head to DevlinDoesDrawing on Teemill. 

Welcome to The Open Slate! Ever sat through the credits and wondered what a stand-in stands on? Or whether the Base PA plays baseball? In this series, we sit down with working film industry professionals from across the departments for unvarnished, honest, practical conversations about how and why they joined the movie business, how they contribute day-to-day to the creation of cinema, and how they maintain their careers in a high-pressure, highly sought after field.Episode 5 explores someone who didn’t attend Leeds Met University, but is, as chance would have it, from Leeds (Leeds Leeds) - Lev Watach , a Cast Assistant, Cast Coordinator, and Assistant Director whose credits list boasts adventures with Indiana Jones and Han Solo among major productions for some of the biggest studios in the world. Patrick accompanies Lev on a tour through his career, from the early days cooped up in a cinema projection room, a brave move to Vancouver in search of a big break, via hand doubling Benedict Cumberbatch, on his way to becoming one of the most trusted cast assistants in the country.Special Mentions:www.unorthodoxroasters.co.ukhttps://www.youtube.com/@ValVerdeBroadcasting Head over to our Teemill store for merchandise, movie shirts, art prints, stickers, totes and more. If you’d like to support the podcast, a review or a quick rating on your platform of choice is the best way you can help us get the word out and keep the conversations flowing. Get in touch with us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, and if you'd like to submit a request, correct our constant mispronunciations, or have a chat about whatever is on your mind, you can email rewindmoviepodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!

Do not adjust your calendars - Matt and Devlin have jumped the gun by six months with this Halfway to HalloRe’ewind double bill - a very special episode where we pitch to horror film agnostic Patrick two tenuously connected 1980s slashers in the Canuxploitation sequel-in-name-only Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II and the Spanish-American co-produced mayhem of Pieces. In Devlin’s choice Hello Mary Lou, the vengeful spirit of a would-be 1950s Prom Queen escapes containment in then-modern-day 1987 Hamilton High, seeking a vessel through which to ruthlessly reclaim her position atop the social totem pole, and seek out the jilted boyfriend who was responsible for her fiery public death - now the high school principal played by Canadian icon Michael Ironside. Pairing Nightmare on Elm Street-esque, phantasmagoric practical effects, Catholic sexual repression, and teen high melodrama, this film came relatively late in the slasher cycle, and emerged as a cineliterate magpie of the decade’s tropes.Matt’s pick Pieces sees a chainsaw-wielding maniac seek out pretty women to carve up and reconstruct into a corpsey jigsaw on a college campus in a suitably sleazy example of the relatively early days of the slasher subgenre. A mysterious madman, ludicrous giallo-aping death scenes, buckets of gore, and foxy undercover tennis detectives mark a wild cult classic from the video nasty era.Judge Patrick (residing) assesses the films’ merits and the pleas of the panel, as Devlin and Matt make their case to get fresh eyes on some springtime slashing. Head to rewindmoviecast.com for an introductory essay by Matt! And as always, merchandise and movie shirts, hoodies, totes and more are available at devlindoesdrawing.teemill.com, including our new Slasher Tropes Bingo artwork.

Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? We delve into the murky, rain-soaked neon streets of 2019 Los Angeles for Ridley Scott’s seminal 1982 sci-fi slow burner Blade Runner.Retired replicant hunter Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is pulled back into duty when four illegal synthetic humanoids are reported to be loose in the sprawling, polluted megalopolis. Led by the enigmatic Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer), the creations seem to have developed an emotional range that their kind was never built for, and seek fundamental answers from the genius founder of the company that made them. Questions also plague the downtrodden Deckard as he falls for the tragic, beautiful replicant Rachael, and the true nature of his brutal task becomes murkier than ever.An infamous flop on release, saddled with studio-mandated edits and voiceover narration, the film’s reputation was salvaged by a 10 year anniversary recut that cemented its place as a visually resplendent, influential work of importance. But questions raised during its release by a mixed, occasionally hostile critical community, continue to swirl around the film, as even the primary creatives express conflicting opinions about the answers. Join Gali, Devlin and Matt as they set down their noodles and take on the case.Thanks to listener James for the suggestion! If you have a film you’d like the gang to tackle, send us an email at rewindmoviepodcast@gmail.com. For introductions, essays, playlists, and the full back catalogue of episodes and specials, find us at rewindmoviecast.com. For specially designed merchandise, movie shirts, posters, and our famous Bingo Trope Totes and a poster based on this week’s episode cover image, head to DevlinDoesDrawing on Teemill. 

LATE RETURN FEE: Rewind dips into the archive for a classic episode from 2020 - one of the very first featuring the whole four-piece panel!NO BLADES. NO BOWS. LEAVE YER WEAPONS ‘ERE. We’re off to Sherwood Forest with the bemulleted, Nottingham-by-way-of-Burbank-accented Robin of Locksley, as he returns from The Crusades with a taste for swashbuckling justice in the 1991 mega-smash Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.Accompanied by the capable and noble Moor Azeem (Morgan Freeman), Kevin Costner’s Robin romances the radiant Maid Marion, robs the rich, and rebels against the reprehensible Sheriff of Nottingham (an uproariously pantomime-pitch Alan Rickman) with the assistance of a band of tree-dwelling local folk.The second Kevins Costner & Reynolds collaboration before the ill-fated Waterworld, this epic romp packs in Brian Blessed, Crystal Maze-esque set design, gleaming white arses in waterfalls and more ill-placed Cornish accents than you can shake a big wooden fighting stick at. Join Gali, Devlin, Patrick and Matt as they take to the trees and relive the summer of Bryan Adams. All together now: ”Look in to my eyes…”Robin Hood: The Man, The Myth, The Legend (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Behind the Scenes) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VA2CHj_n0sHead over to rewindmoviecast.com and don’t forget to check out devlindoesdrawing.teemill.com for Rewind Movie Podcast merchandise, and shirts, sweatshirts, tote bags and more from Devlin’s personal selection of cult favourite films.Get in touch with us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, and if you'd like to submit a request, correct our constant mispronunciations, or have a chat about whatever is on your mind, you can email rewindmoviepodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for listening!Thank you for listening and if you like the show please press that subscribe button and leave us a little review, MANY THANKS!!!