Oldie But A Goodie

As we begin our journey through the 1940s, we go back to one filmmaker we saw during the silent era... Charlie Chaplin! World War II has just kicked off and the Chap has released his biting political…

We're off to talk about the Wizard! The charlatan Wizard of Oz! And joining us is our friend from Twitch, Valarrys! We chat about all the plot theories, all the behind-the-scenes drama, and all the r…

Grab your bows, grab your colourful tights, and get ready to steal from the rich as we're hanging out with Robin Hood this week! For our first TECHNICOLOR movie, we're checking out the very bright an…

We're back out on the seas for this week's movie! Based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling, it's a coming-of-age tale from 1937 called Captains Courageous. Directed by Victor Fleming, it's about a young…

Flash! (Ah-ha!) Wow, it's time to review one of the first-ever superhero movies! I mean, technically, it's a science-fiction movie because Flash Gordon doesn't really have any powers. And also, techn…

We're back on the seas for another pirate movie! Captain Blood is the 1935 swashbuckling adventure film we've been waiting to find. Errol Flynn stars as a quick-witted action hero who's got so many q…

Arrr, matey, it's time to go a-treasure huntin'. Grab your Jolly Roger, polish your parrot, and hop aboard as we set sail to Treasure Island. Yep, it's the 1934 adaptation of the classic novel by Rob…

Did you know that 9 months after the incredibly successful 'King Kong' got released in 1933, they rushed out a sequel called Son of Kong? Well, they did. And we watched both of them for this week's e…

Do you want some more classic monsters? We've got loads of classic monsters! After dipping our toes into the Universal Classic Monsters franchise last week, we've decided to go back in for more and s…

It's a big one this week! We're doing the first two movies in the Universal Classic Monsters franchise, both of which came out in 1931. First up, it's the incredibly iconic Dracula. Yep, THE Dracula …

As we enter a brand new decade of cinema, it's time to check out some of the funniest, talkiest and most influential comedians of the time: The Marx Brothers! Based on their stageplay from the late '…

Join us as we head under the water with Count Dakkar (not Captain Nemo) and go on an adventure filled with sea-people, giant monsters, and... revolutions? Wait, this isn't based off the Jules Verne n…

We've covered a lot of "cinema firsts" on the podcast this year, and this week is no different. For our 1928 movie pick, we've gone for a film that won the first-ever Best Actor award and the first-e…

This is the big one. Some might say the biggest film of the '20s. Not only is it the silent movie that's known for revolutionising science-fiction cinema... Not only is it a very important German exp…

Because we loved 'Sherlock Jr' so much, we checking out another classic Buster Keaton comedy! This one is 'The General', the very famous historical film about the American Civil War. There are loads …

We've done a bunch of silent horror films and a bunch of silent comedy films, but this week we're checking out a silent action-adventure film. Based on the classic novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lo…

We've covered films by Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin so far this year, but on this episode, we finally check out another comedy icon from the silent era... It's Buster Keaton! As big Sherlock Holm…

1923. A man named Harold Lloyd decides to make a romantic comedy called Safety Last! where he climbs up a building. The image of him hanging from the clock becomes one of the most iconic images of th…

As we journey into the year 1922, we check out another big horror classic. It's the unofficial German Expressionist adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, the one and only Nosferatu. We're joined by ho…

For the second episode of our new series, we're heading to 1921 to review Charlie Chaplin's big feature debut... The Kid. He plays his classic character The Tramp and adopts a child to help with his …