What was the British pop movie like before The Beatles? They were quite a lot like What a Whopper, as Graham and Mark discover this week. A featherweight farce in which a struggling writer and his bohemian friends try to fake a Loch Ness Monster sighting – just go with […]
Podcasts
Rob Reiner (Misery, Princess Bride & More) UNCUT PODCAST
We return to the Directors cycle with a director responsible for a legendary run of movies from the 1980s to mid 90s, Rob Reiner. Joined by a debuting Charlotte (Twitter) & Graham (Pop Screen), we discuss a holy trinity of classics, starting with 1984’s This is Spinal Tap, 1987’s the […]
1990s Creature Features: Arachnophobia, Lake Placid & More (PODCAST)
We have yet more genre specific delights this time out on Uncut. Rob is joined by Robyn (Twitter), Vincent (Twitter) and Andy (Twitter) to talk about the 1990s cycle of Creature Features which included everything from Anaconda to whatever those things in Tremors are. Creature Features, Animal Attacks, Nature Strikes […]
Dolly Parton in Nine to Five – Episode 122
What do you get if you combine the most divisive woman in 1970s America, the least divisive woman in modern America, and a comedy legend? You get an absolute treat, at least if it goes as well as Nine to Five did. Colin Higgins’s film brings together Jane Fonda, Dolly […]
Nancy Sinatra in The Wild Angels – Pop Screen 122
Get your motor running, head out on the highway… wait, it’s not that Peter Fonda-starring 1960s biker movie. No, The Wild Angels came a few years before Easy Rider, and it centres around a noticeably less idealistic group of bikers. Director Roger Corman hired several real Hell’s Angels to serve […]
Heroic Bloodshed (Hard Boiled & More) Podcast
We have yet more genre specific delights this time out on Uncut. We might be a day late in getting the show out, but in doing that we bring with us violently futile gestures, and doves flying through the air in show motion as we dive through the air dual […]
The Weeknd in The Idol – Pop Screen 121
Ladies and gentlemen, The Weeknd. To celebrate – ‘celebrate’ – the first anniversary of one of the defining pop star ego trips of our age, Graham and Robyn have reconvened to look at all six – no, wait, all five – episodes of Sam Levinson’s disasterpiece. If you’re wondering why […]
Jamie Lee Curtis (The Fog, True Lies & More) Podcast
We return for another fan favourite in this latest Actors Uncut cycle with Jamie Lee Curtis. Joined by Gav and an Andy who never turns up (this is another cursed episode), we look at John Carpenter’s 1980’s movie, The Fog. A very under-appreciated antithesis to 1990s cop thrillers with Blue […]
Tina Turner in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome – Episode 120
Back with a vengeance! Yes, ahead of the release of Furiosa, we’re looking at the Mad Max movie that features the most legendary pop star in the whole series (well, apart from the Doof Warrior): Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Initially reviled for its lighter tone and child sidekicks, the film […]
Reese Shearsmith (Psychoville, A Field in England & Inside No 9) PODCAST
A little later than planned due to issues with our editing software, but here we are, better late than never, with British TV favourite, Reese Shearsmith. And there we have it, TV favourite, this is a very different episode than usual due to us covering two TV shows (and a […]