At the Movies in the Noughties

"Guys, it's okay! He just wanted his machete back!" On this episode of At The Movies In The Noughties (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson has waited 400 years for a new Friday the 13th, but Jason is there to greet him in the future. Evil gets an upgrade but does the writing in our 10th entry to the slasher franchise? It's James Isaac's 2002 (2001 in Spain...) sci-fi slasher sequel Jason X! His special guest this week is Mark Adams! A wrestling commentator, celebrant, and podcaster at Shipwrecked & Comatose, It's Reel to Me Damnit, The Nasty Cast, and ChuckyVision! Host / Editor Devon Elson ⁠twitter.com/absolutetravist⁠ Guest Mark Adams ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/markadamshc.bsky.social⁠ Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠twitter.com/atthenoughties⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠ Twitter: ⁠@filmstories⁠ Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠ Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com

"I'm on vacation, man! and I want some mu shu." On this episode of At The Movies In The Noughties (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is on vacation after the chaotic guesting over with At The Movies In The 90s looking at Rush Hour (1998) but his host has followed him here for a high-energy follow up in Brett Ratner's 2001 nonstop action comedy sequel Rush Hour 2! His special guest this week is A. J. Black! The Toto to my MJ with the big brother podcast At the Movies in the 90s, as well as Modern Horror, Podmetheus, Don't Call Us Shirley, Last Take, You Have Been Watching, The X-Cast, The Discourse, and more! Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest A. J. Black https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com

"Thirty and flirty and thriving." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is feeling his thirties and wants to go back to simpler times by watching a movie of a girl who desperately wishes to be thirty and gets her wish! Turns out her successful fashionable life comes at the cost of real friendship and we learn a lesson about second chances, in Gary Winnick's 2004 thriving romantic comedy 13 Going on 30! His special guest this week is the returning Ashley Thomas! A writer at Fangirlish, and consummate podcaster with Podcast-616, We Are Starfleet, and Gene-ology: A Mission Log Look into Gene Roddenberry’s Works! Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Ashley Thomas bsky.app/profile/thenerdyblogger.bsky.social Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com

"Bill Shakespeare was a wonderful poet. But Burt Bacharach he ain't." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES  (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is finally tackling the hoighty toighty bard himself, it's Shakespeare... but as a teen rom-com. It's Tommy O'Haver's 2001 irreverent play-within-a-play-within-a-movie Get Over It! His special guest this week is the Oberon to my Puck, it's Robert Heath! Co-host of BritCom Goes to the Movies, the podcast about British comedy shows making the transition from the small to big screen. Together they recognise the wealth of young acting talent with serious challenging actors like Ben Foster and Kirsten Dunst starring opposite Sisqo and Vitamin C, marvel at the big song and dance opening and closing sequences with said musician stars, and get down to a sweet romantic situation overshadowed by the studio's desperation to get in on that sweet American Pie success. Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Robert Heath twitter.com/robertcheath Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com

"You're not feeding him Dad's famous Sunday night hot dogs again, are you?" On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is finally bringing the Cage Rage to the noughties, or his guest is, but is this film really on par with some of his most meme-worthy pictures of the decade, or is it one of several hidden gems scattered across this rocky period for the great actor? His special guest this week is Kurt North! And the numbers predict he hosts The Magic Box, The X-Cast, No Book Club, The Time Is Now, Make It So, and Shipwrecked & Comatose! Together they discover a time capsule of 00s Nic Cage memes and how this film straddles the line of thought-provoking ideas and disasterpiece trend chasing, as well as Rose Byrne and Ben Mendelsohn not getting enough screentime, questionable alien/angel plotting, and just how soon is too soon for a mainstream American blockbuster to make 9/11 a throwaway cultural reference. Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Kurt North https://bsky.app/profile/rmuldrake.bsky.social Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com

"Don't ever risk your life for an asset. If it comes down to you or them... send flowers." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is welcoming in the new year with shady government killings and more 9/11 talk. Same as last year, then. But there is fun to be had with Robert Redford teaching Brad Pitt how to be a spy in Tony Scott's 2001 melodramatic thriller Spy Game! His special guest this week is A. J. Black! The Redford to my Pitt with the big brother podcast At the Movies in the 90s, as well as Modern Horror, Podmetheus, Don't Call Us Shirley, Last Take, You Have Been Watching, The X-Cast, The Discourse, and more! Together they get into the 2000s career trajectory of Tony Scott, the last decade of his life, and appreciate the heavy and hot mix of CIA approved spycraft details and Hollywood dramatic storytelling. Redford making homage to his past investigative thrillers and passing the buck to hearthrob Pitt who isn't afraid to spend most of the plot beaten senseless in prison. Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest A. J. Black https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com

"We don't celebrate Christmas around here. We're Muslims." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is working off his Christmas meal with a second special episode, because I'm a bad Santa and I play by my own rules. I took a lesson from the baddest Santa around, Billy Bob Thornton in Terry Zwigoff's 2003 coal black comedy Bad Santa! His special guest this week is Ian Buckley! A Good Podcaster with The Collector's Commentary, Illumination Above All, We Are Starfleet, and Movieversaries! Together they cut through the 180+ f-bombs to find a genuine sweetness in the very dark Christmas tale that isn't entirely unlike the journey Scrooge once took. Thornton delivers a shockingly frank portrayal of alcoholism and depression, the likes of Lauren Graham and Brett Kelly provide warmth and hope but not without their own authentic issues, and ensuring every scene is hilarious are supporting acts like the late John Ritter and Bernie Mac... or are they depending on which of the three cuts there are of this movie! Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Ian Buckley https://bsky.app/profile/ianbuckley.bsky.social Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com

"We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is feeling festive but our first Christmas special of the pod is not about Jolly St Nick himself but one of his elves, the 6'3 36 year old Buddy who may or may not be an elf, in John Favreau's 2003 modern holiday classic Elf ! His special guest this week is Ashley Thomas! A writer at Fangirlish, and consummate podcaster with Podcast-616, We Are Starfleet, and Gene-ology: A Mission Log Look into Gene Roddenberry’s Works! Together they take sides in the growing Elf-mania but find plenty of equal ground on appreciating the relentless enthusiasm excellently portrayed by Ferrell, the crotchety disinterest in his human father thanks to James Caan, the revelatory singing talents of Zooey Deschanel which leads to an extended plug of her music career, and maybe, just maybe, a friendly disagreement over just how sugary sweet an ending can be in a Christmas flick... Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Ashley Thomas bsky.app/profile/thenerdyblogger.bsky.social Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com