At the Movies in the Noughties en (c) Film Stories Whassup! We've survived Y2K and so begins a new millennium! These days finding an original quality movie is like looking for WMDs. So journey back to the heights of DVD, BD, VOD, all in HD and 3D. Netflix went streaming, and The Pirate Bay went stealing. Hollywood reacts as the world changes, we never forget how we reacted AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES. I'm Devon Elson, and the noughties were my decade. My special guests have their favourite 00s movies, maybe this was your decade... A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/ee682880-299e-11f0-bb3e-7355f1db99fc/image/dfdaac85fc809a892b75dfd66be4cc76.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress At the Movies in the Noughties no episodic Film Stories Whassup! We've survived Y2K and so begins a new millennium! These days finding an original quality movie is like looking for WMDs. So journey back to the heights of DVD, BD, VOD, all in HD and 3D. Netflix went streaming, and The Pirate Bay went stealing. Hollywood reacts as the world changes, we never forget how we reacted AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES. I'm Devon Elson, and the noughties were my decade. My special guests have their favourite 00s movies, maybe this was your decade... A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk Whassup! We've survived Y2K and so begins a new millennium! These days finding an original quality movie is like looking for WMDs. So journey back to the heights of DVD, BD, VOD, all in HD and 3D. Netflix went streaming, and The Pirate Bay went stealing. Hollywood reacts as the world changes, we never forget how we reacted AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES.

I'm Devon Elson, and the noughties were my decade. My special guests have their favourite 00s movies, maybe this was your decade...

A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk

]]> Film Stories ajblackwriting@gmail.com Rush Hour 2 (2001) ft AJ Black "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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:00:00 -0000 full Film Stories "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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 4056 13 Going On 30 (2004) ft Ashley Thomas "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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:00:00 -0000 full Film Stories "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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 6140 no Get Over It (2001) ft Rob Heath "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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 06 Mar 2026 06:00:00 -0000 full Film Stories "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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 4931 yes Knowing (2009) ft Kurt North "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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0000 full Film Stories "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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 6092 Spy Game (2001) ft A. J. Black "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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 06 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0000 full Film Stories "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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 3270 yes Bad Santa (2003) ft Ian Buckley "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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 26 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0000 full Film Stories "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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 5169 yes Elf (2003) ft Ashley Thomas "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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 12 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0000 full Film Stories "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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 4776 no School of Rock (2003) ft Craig McKenzie "I pledge allegiance... to the band." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is getting educated in a feel-good classic that cemented funny rockerman Jack Black as a platinum family-friendly success with the help of acclaimed writer Mike White and acclaimed director Richard Linklater in School of Rock (2003)! His study buddy is recurring special guest Craig McKenzie! Runner of kneelbeforeblog.co.uk and host of podcasts Kneel Before Pod and We Are Starfleet: A Star Trek Podcast! Together they reconcile how every child on earth knows Jack Black these days but how many have seen perhaps his best film? How did Linklater and White end up working on a seemingly mainstream crowdpleaser? And just how brilliant is this cast of young child actors who all know how to play their instruments and how did their real personalties shape their scenes? Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Craig McKenzie twitter.com/nemesis4909 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:00:00 -0000 full Film Stories "I pledge allegiance... to the band." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is getting educated in a feel-good classic that cemented funny rockerman Jack Black as a platinum family-friendly success with the help of acclaimed writer Mike White and acclaimed director Richard Linklater in School of Rock (2003)! His study buddy is recurring special guest Craig McKenzie! Runner of kneelbeforeblog.co.uk and host of podcasts Kneel Before Pod and We Are Starfleet: A Star Trek Podcast! Together they reconcile how every child on earth knows Jack Black these days but how many have seen perhaps his best film? How did Linklater and White end up working on a seemingly mainstream crowdpleaser? And just how brilliant is this cast of young child actors who all know how to play their instruments and how did their real personalties shape their scenes? Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Craig McKenzie twitter.com/nemesis4909 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "I pledge allegiance... to the band."

On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is getting educated in a feel-good classic that cemented funny rockerman Jack Black as a platinum family-friendly success with the help of acclaimed writer Mike White and acclaimed director Richard Linklater in School of Rock (2003)!

His study buddy is recurring special guest Craig McKenzie! Runner of kneelbeforeblog.co.uk and host of podcasts Kneel Before Pod and We Are Starfleet: A Star Trek Podcast!

Together they reconcile how every child on earth knows Jack Black these days but how many have seen perhaps his best film? How did Linklater and White end up working on a seemingly mainstream crowdpleaser? And just how brilliant is this cast of young child actors who all know how to play their instruments and how did their real personalties shape their scenes?

Host / Editor

Devon Elson

twitter.com/absolutetravist

Guest

Craig McKenzie

twitter.com/nemesis4909

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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 5080 no Lost in Translation (2003) ft Sam Stokes "..." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson takes a trip to Tokyo to sample some Suntory whiskey, but this spectacular tourist spot is leaving him a little confused, he's going to need a translator for Sofia Coppola's shoegaze romantic-dramedy Lost in Translation (2003)! His special guest helping him understand the meaning behind the words is Sam Stokes, host of Reel Talk, Den of Ten, One Rules Them All, and the upcoming Last Take! Together they find much to appreciate in a mature adult drama such as the infamous 36-second opening of Scarlett Johannson's 17-year-old behind, racial humour as these Americans just can't understand Japanese, and then actually admire the wealth and complexity of Coppola's writing of two adults finding themselves in each other while emotionally adrift in a foreign land. Host / Editor Devon Elson ⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/absolutetravist⁠⁠⁠ Guest Sam Stokes https://bsky.app/profile/samwellpv.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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 14 Nov 2025 06:00:00 -0000 full Film Stories "..." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson takes a trip to Tokyo to sample some Suntory whiskey, but this spectacular tourist spot is leaving him a little confused, he's going to need a translator for Sofia Coppola's shoegaze romantic-dramedy Lost in Translation (2003)! His special guest helping him understand the meaning behind the words is Sam Stokes, host of Reel Talk, Den of Ten, One Rules Them All, and the upcoming Last Take! Together they find much to appreciate in a mature adult drama such as the infamous 36-second opening of Scarlett Johannson's 17-year-old behind, racial humour as these Americans just can't understand Japanese, and then actually admire the wealth and complexity of Coppola's writing of two adults finding themselves in each other while emotionally adrift in a foreign land. Host / Editor Devon Elson ⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/absolutetravist⁠⁠⁠ Guest Sam Stokes https://bsky.app/profile/samwellpv.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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "..."

On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson takes a trip to Tokyo to sample some Suntory whiskey, but this spectacular tourist spot is leaving him a little confused, he's going to need a translator for Sofia Coppola's shoegaze romantic-dramedy Lost in Translation (2003)!

His special guest helping him understand the meaning behind the words is Sam Stokes, host of Reel Talk, Den of Ten, One Rules Them All, and the upcoming Last Take!

Together they find much to appreciate in a mature adult drama such as the infamous 36-second opening of Scarlett Johannson's 17-year-old behind, racial humour as these Americans just can't understand Japanese, and then actually admire the wealth and complexity of Coppola's writing of two adults finding themselves in each other while emotionally adrift in a foreign land.

Host / Editor

Devon Elson

⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/absolutetravist⁠⁠⁠

Guest

Sam Stokes

https://bsky.app/profile/samwellpv.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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 4771 no The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) ft Mark McManus "You're so dead, you don't even know it." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson takes a trip to Texas to sample the sweet meats you can only find off the beaten path and the southern hospitality is putting me at ease, surely this is the last place to expect The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)! His special guest is the returning Mark McManus, a voice behind At the Movies in the 90s, The Collector's Commentary, and Podmetheus! Together they tackle the shocking truth to one of the defining horror remakes of the 00s as well as smashing through the entire list of films that followed, they get into the film itself and the "Hollywoodised" look thanks to the very same cinematographer of the original, and Mark brings the take that will leave listeners spooked this Halloween!!! Host / Editor Devon Elson ⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/absolutetravist⁠⁠⁠ Guest Mark McManus bsky.app/profile/steelbookbluray.com 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 31 Oct 2025 17:59:00 -0000 full Film Stories "You're so dead, you don't even know it." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson takes a trip to Texas to sample the sweet meats you can only find off the beaten path and the southern hospitality is putting me at ease, surely this is the last place to expect The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)! His special guest is the returning Mark McManus, a voice behind At the Movies in the 90s, The Collector's Commentary, and Podmetheus! Together they tackle the shocking truth to one of the defining horror remakes of the 00s as well as smashing through the entire list of films that followed, they get into the film itself and the "Hollywoodised" look thanks to the very same cinematographer of the original, and Mark brings the take that will leave listeners spooked this Halloween!!! Host / Editor Devon Elson ⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/absolutetravist⁠⁠⁠ Guest Mark McManus bsky.app/profile/steelbookbluray.com 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "You're so dead, you don't even know it."

On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson takes a trip to Texas to sample the sweet meats you can only find off the beaten path and the southern hospitality is putting me at ease, surely this is the last place to expect The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)!

His special guest is the returning Mark McManus, a voice behind At the Movies in the 90s, The Collector's Commentary, and Podmetheus!

Together they tackle the shocking truth to one of the defining horror remakes of the 00s as well as smashing through the entire list of films that followed, they get into the film itself and the "Hollywoodised" look thanks to the very same cinematographer of the original, and Mark brings the take that will leave listeners spooked this Halloween!!!

Host / Editor

Devon Elson

⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/absolutetravist⁠⁠⁠

Guest

Mark McManus

bsky.app/profile/steelbookbluray.com

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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 6097 yes Let The Right One In (2008) ft Rob Heath "I'm twelve. But I've been twelve for a long time." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson travels on over to chilly Sweden to befriend a couple of kids who might not be alright. In fact, one of them might be psychotic and the other an immortal vampire, but the pair are an odd match and so we find ourselves in a horrific meet cute coming of age story, it's Tomas Alfredson's 2009 critically acclaimed Let The Right One In! His special guest this week is Robert Heath, co-host of BritCom Goes to the Movies, the podcast about British comedy shows, creative teams and comedians making the transition from the small to big screen. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 17 Oct 2025 05:00:00 -0000 full Film Stories "I'm twelve. But I've been twelve for a long time." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson travels on over to chilly Sweden to befriend a couple of kids who might not be alright. In fact, one of them might be psychotic and the other an immortal vampire, but the pair are an odd match and so we find ourselves in a horrific meet cute coming of age story, it's Tomas Alfredson's 2009 critically acclaimed Let The Right One In! His special guest this week is Robert Heath, co-host of BritCom Goes to the Movies, the podcast about British comedy shows, creative teams and comedians making the transition from the small to big screen. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "I'm twelve. But I've been twelve for a long time."

On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson travels on over to chilly Sweden to befriend a couple of kids who might not be alright. In fact, one of them might be psychotic and the other an immortal vampire, but the pair are an odd match and so we find ourselves in a horrific meet cute coming of age story, it's Tomas Alfredson's 2009 critically acclaimed Let The Right One In!

His special guest this week is Robert Heath, co-host of BritCom Goes to the Movies, the podcast about British comedy shows, creative teams and comedians making the transition from the small to big screen.

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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 5027 no Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus (2009) ft Mark Adams "Those guys have been frozen in ice for millions of years. Wouldn't you be a little horny?" On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson needs to science some science in order to save the day from two colossal beasts waking up from an ice bath and resuming their almighty grudge match. It's a mega shark versus a giant octopus in Ace Hannah's (Jack Perez's) 2009 b-movie Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus! His special guest this week is Mark Adams! A wrestling commentator, celebrant, and podcaster at Shipwrecked & Comatose, It's Reel to Me Damnit, and ChuckyVision... yes, Mark's my co-host over on my other show! Together they mix coloured liquids in order to figure out the science behind modern day b-movies and why this film deserves to be held up against the pantheon of veritable classics on this podcast. Promising leads are the muscial career of actress Debbie Gibson, a positive interracial romance, some wonderful special effects on a tight schedule, and the online virality of the trailer itself. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 03 Oct 2025 05:00:00 -0000 full Film Stories "Those guys have been frozen in ice for millions of years. Wouldn't you be a little horny?" On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson needs to science some science in order to save the day from two colossal beasts waking up from an ice bath and resuming their almighty grudge match. It's a mega shark versus a giant octopus in Ace Hannah's (Jack Perez's) 2009 b-movie Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus! His special guest this week is Mark Adams! A wrestling commentator, celebrant, and podcaster at Shipwrecked & Comatose, It's Reel to Me Damnit, and ChuckyVision... yes, Mark's my co-host over on my other show! Together they mix coloured liquids in order to figure out the science behind modern day b-movies and why this film deserves to be held up against the pantheon of veritable classics on this podcast. Promising leads are the muscial career of actress Debbie Gibson, a positive interracial romance, some wonderful special effects on a tight schedule, and the online virality of the trailer itself. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "Those guys have been frozen in ice for millions of years. Wouldn't you be a little horny?"

On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson needs to science some science in order to save the day from two colossal beasts waking up from an ice bath and resuming their almighty grudge match. It's a mega shark versus a giant octopus in Ace Hannah's (Jack Perez's) 2009 b-movie Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus!

His special guest this week is Mark Adams! A wrestling commentator, celebrant, and podcaster at Shipwrecked & Comatose, It's Reel to Me Damnit, and ChuckyVision... yes, Mark's my co-host over on my other show!

Together they mix coloured liquids in order to figure out the science behind modern day b-movies and why this film deserves to be held up against the pantheon of veritable classics on this podcast. Promising leads are the muscial career of actress Debbie Gibson, a positive interracial romance, some wonderful special effects on a tight schedule, and the online virality of the trailer itself.

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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 4808 no Sin City (2005) ft Mark Adams "Turn the right corner in Sin City, and you can find anything..." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson revisits the old days, the bad days, the all or nothing days. 2005 that is where the dark and miserable Basin City houses three anti-heroes capable of great violence with the will to fight against the overwhelming corruption. It's an all star cast all hanging out on a greenscreen, it's Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's Sin City! His special guest this week is Mark Adams! A wrestling commentator, celebrant, and podcaster at Shipwrecked & Comatose, It's Reel to Me Damnit, and ChuckyVision... yes, Mark's my co-host over on my other show! Together they traverse through the grit and grime of this explosive noir tale to praise the A-list actors, tackle all the controversial R-rated subject matter, Robert Rodriguez's cheap, fast, and beautiful direction, and find any opportunity to take pot shots at the disappointing sequel! 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 05 Sep 2025 19:21:00 -0000 full Film Stories "Turn the right corner in Sin City, and you can find anything..." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson revisits the old days, the bad days, the all or nothing days. 2005 that is where the dark and miserable Basin City houses three anti-heroes capable of great violence with the will to fight against the overwhelming corruption. It's an all star cast all hanging out on a greenscreen, it's Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's Sin City! His special guest this week is Mark Adams! A wrestling commentator, celebrant, and podcaster at Shipwrecked & Comatose, It's Reel to Me Damnit, and ChuckyVision... yes, Mark's my co-host over on my other show! Together they traverse through the grit and grime of this explosive noir tale to praise the A-list actors, tackle all the controversial R-rated subject matter, Robert Rodriguez's cheap, fast, and beautiful direction, and find any opportunity to take pot shots at the disappointing sequel! 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "Turn the right corner in Sin City, and you can find anything..."

On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson revisits the old days, the bad days, the all or nothing days. 2005 that is where the dark and miserable Basin City houses three anti-heroes capable of great violence with the will to fight against the overwhelming corruption. It's an all star cast all hanging out on a greenscreen, it's Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's Sin City!

His special guest this week is Mark Adams! A wrestling commentator, celebrant, and podcaster at Shipwrecked & Comatose, It's Reel to Me Damnit, and ChuckyVision... yes, Mark's my co-host over on my other show!

Together they traverse through the grit and grime of this explosive noir tale to praise the A-list actors, tackle all the controversial R-rated subject matter, Robert Rodriguez's cheap, fast, and beautiful direction, and find any opportunity to take pot shots at the disappointing sequel!

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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 5381 yes Miss March (2009) Zach Cregger's First Movie! "There's a bunny inside every woman." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson just woke up from a coma to find this a comedy dude he liked is now making horror movies!? We're going back for Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore's 2009 Miss March! His special guest this week is... well, nobody! It's a special episode as Dev flies solo to tackle a movie that nobody he knows had heard of, but nevertheless is somewhat significant given the recent success of Zach Cregger. Will this be the start of more guestless ventures? Perhaps, if he can find the time. Dev has been a huge fan of The Whitest Kids U'Know since the 00s but never caught this raunchy road trip comedy co-written, co-directed, and co-starring two of them. Together we'll learn why this isn't a WKUK movie, how Playboy wasn't involved until test audiences wanted more, how the creators have dealt with the devastating reviews, and just maybe we'll have some laughs. Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 22 Aug 2025 22:27:00 -0000 full Film Stories "There's a bunny inside every woman." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson just woke up from a coma to find this a comedy dude he liked is now making horror movies!? We're going back for Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore's 2009 Miss March! His special guest this week is... well, nobody! It's a special episode as Dev flies solo to tackle a movie that nobody he knows had heard of, but nevertheless is somewhat significant given the recent success of Zach Cregger. Will this be the start of more guestless ventures? Perhaps, if he can find the time. Dev has been a huge fan of The Whitest Kids U'Know since the 00s but never caught this raunchy road trip comedy co-written, co-directed, and co-starring two of them. Together we'll learn why this isn't a WKUK movie, how Playboy wasn't involved until test audiences wanted more, how the creators have dealt with the devastating reviews, and just maybe we'll have some laughs. Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "There's a bunny inside every woman."

On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson just woke up from a coma to find this a comedy dude he liked is now making horror movies!? We're going back for Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore's 2009 Miss March!

His special guest this week is... well, nobody! It's a special episode as Dev flies solo to tackle a movie that nobody he knows had heard of, but nevertheless is somewhat significant given the recent success of Zach Cregger. Will this be the start of more guestless ventures? Perhaps, if he can find the time.

Dev has been a huge fan of The Whitest Kids U'Know since the 00s but never caught this raunchy road trip comedy co-written, co-directed, and co-starring two of them. Together we'll learn why this isn't a WKUK movie, how Playboy wasn't involved until test audiences wanted more, how the creators have dealt with the devastating reviews, and just maybe we'll have some laughs.

Host / Editor

Devon Elson

twitter.com/absolutetravist

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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 3189 no Josie and The Pussycats (2001) ft Ashley Thomas "I'm here because I was in the comic book.." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson learns a little french and a lot about friendship when a struggling band from Riverdale makes it big. The sisterhood bond Josie (Rachael Leigh Cook), Valorie (Rosario Dawson), and Melody (Tara Reid) is put to the test when their new agents Wyatt (Alan Cumming) and Fiona (Parker Posey) are using their music to subliminally sell products to teenagers. All this and more in Harry Elfont & Deborah Kaplan's 2001 Josie and The Pussycats! 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, she also has her personal passion of music all thanks to this very fun movie. Together they laugh along with the litany of great meta and silly jokes and wonder why critics couldn't find this funny, praise the particular outstanding pairing of Cumming and Posey, bop their heads to the genuinely decent music to appreciate the real artists behind the fictional band, and move swiftly past the negative release reviews and into the more current reappraisal still in effect today! 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 08 Aug 2025 05:00:00 -0000 full Film Stories "I'm here because I was in the comic book.." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson learns a little french and a lot about friendship when a struggling band from Riverdale makes it big. The sisterhood bond Josie (Rachael Leigh Cook), Valorie (Rosario Dawson), and Melody (Tara Reid) is put to the test when their new agents Wyatt (Alan Cumming) and Fiona (Parker Posey) are using their music to subliminally sell products to teenagers. All this and more in Harry Elfont & Deborah Kaplan's 2001 Josie and The Pussycats! 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, she also has her personal passion of music all thanks to this very fun movie. Together they laugh along with the litany of great meta and silly jokes and wonder why critics couldn't find this funny, praise the particular outstanding pairing of Cumming and Posey, bop their heads to the genuinely decent music to appreciate the real artists behind the fictional band, and move swiftly past the negative release reviews and into the more current reappraisal still in effect today! 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "I'm here because I was in the comic book.."

On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson learns a little french and a lot about friendship when a struggling band from Riverdale makes it big. The sisterhood bond Josie (Rachael Leigh Cook), Valorie (Rosario Dawson), and Melody (Tara Reid) is put to the test when their new agents Wyatt (Alan Cumming) and Fiona (Parker Posey) are using their music to subliminally sell products to teenagers. All this and more in Harry Elfont & Deborah Kaplan's 2001 Josie and The Pussycats!

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, she also has her personal passion of music all thanks to this very fun movie.

Together they laugh along with the litany of great meta and silly jokes and wonder why critics couldn't find this funny, praise the particular outstanding pairing of Cumming and Posey, bop their heads to the genuinely decent music to appreciate the real artists behind the fictional band, and move swiftly past the negative release reviews and into the more current reappraisal still in effect today!

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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 5851 no Meet Dave (2008) ft Rob Turnbull "Welcome to Old Navy." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson had the pick of all the decade and went with this. Eddie Murphy plays a tiny alien who visits Earth inside a spaceship shaped like Eddie Murphy... Him and his crew need to recover a special orb that will drain our oceans for their survival, but Elizabeth Banks and her child show them the complexities and heart worth saving. There's also some jokes because it's meant to be a comedy, it's the 2008 Meet Dave. His special guest this week is Rob Turnbull! Co-host of You Have Been Watching: A British Sitcom Podcast, and the brand new DCU focused Podcast 52, Rob is also an ardent fan of all things Eddie Murphy and watched every one of his '00s films at the movies, he never said he loves all of them. Together they run through the filmography of Eddie and whether Meet Dave is especially great or terrible in comparison to his output, consider just how hard he was working in this and the myriad of ways the script lets him down, contemplate on whether these high-concept fantasy movies are an attempt to elevate him from the expectations of a black comedian, and even question if a Meet Dave remake is worth it... Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Rob Turnbull twitter.com/Forducks 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 05 Aug 2025 16:11:00 -0000 full Film Stories "Welcome to Old Navy." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson had the pick of all the decade and went with this. Eddie Murphy plays a tiny alien who visits Earth inside a spaceship shaped like Eddie Murphy... Him and his crew need to recover a special orb that will drain our oceans for their survival, but Elizabeth Banks and her child show them the complexities and heart worth saving. There's also some jokes because it's meant to be a comedy, it's the 2008 Meet Dave. His special guest this week is Rob Turnbull! Co-host of You Have Been Watching: A British Sitcom Podcast, and the brand new DCU focused Podcast 52, Rob is also an ardent fan of all things Eddie Murphy and watched every one of his '00s films at the movies, he never said he loves all of them. Together they run through the filmography of Eddie and whether Meet Dave is especially great or terrible in comparison to his output, consider just how hard he was working in this and the myriad of ways the script lets him down, contemplate on whether these high-concept fantasy movies are an attempt to elevate him from the expectations of a black comedian, and even question if a Meet Dave remake is worth it... Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Rob Turnbull twitter.com/Forducks 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "Welcome to Old Navy."

On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson had the pick of all the decade and went with this. Eddie Murphy plays a tiny alien who visits Earth inside a spaceship shaped like Eddie Murphy... Him and his crew need to recover a special orb that will drain our oceans for their survival, but Elizabeth Banks and her child show them the complexities and heart worth saving. There's also some jokes because it's meant to be a comedy, it's the 2008 Meet Dave.

His special guest this week is Rob Turnbull! Co-host of You Have Been Watching: A British Sitcom Podcast, and the brand new DCU focused Podcast 52, Rob is also an ardent fan of all things Eddie Murphy and watched every one of his '00s films at the movies, he never said he loves all of them.

Together they run through the filmography of Eddie and whether Meet Dave is especially great or terrible in comparison to his output, consider just how hard he was working in this and the myriad of ways the script lets him down, contemplate on whether these high-concept fantasy movies are an attempt to elevate him from the expectations of a black comedian, and even question if a Meet Dave remake is worth it...

Host / Editor

Devon Elson

twitter.com/absolutetravist

Guest

Rob Turnbull

twitter.com/Forducks

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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 5575 no The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) ft Violet Hammond "I always wanted to be a Tenenbaum." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson doesn't need to pretend to be dying to get a guest on to discuss this incredible movie. The tragicomedy follows three fantastical child prodegies of the Tenenbaum family who all suffer from midlife crisises just as their absent father Royal announces his cancer in an effort to make up for lost time. Hiding behind the pastel artefice are powerfully complex emotions which paved the way for Wes Anderson's career, it's the 2001 The Royal Tenenbaums. His special guest this week is Violet Hammond! Co-host of Movieversaries and Three Circles, and relentless guest on many more podcasts, she also grew up in New York and knows the film like the back of her hand. Together they cover the emotional highs and lows of this family, debate blame and acceptance of their quirks, explore the bevy of takes and readings of Wes' writings, consider the fantasy NYC compared to the realities of 2001, and of course pay tribute to the incredible Gene Hackman by finding the real heart behind the mythic gossip surrounding his performance. Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Violet Hammond bsky.app/profile/violeth310.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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 13 Jun 2025 05:00:00 -0000 full Film Stories "I always wanted to be a Tenenbaum." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson doesn't need to pretend to be dying to get a guest on to discuss this incredible movie. The tragicomedy follows three fantastical child prodegies of the Tenenbaum family who all suffer from midlife crisises just as their absent father Royal announces his cancer in an effort to make up for lost time. Hiding behind the pastel artefice are powerfully complex emotions which paved the way for Wes Anderson's career, it's the 2001 The Royal Tenenbaums. His special guest this week is Violet Hammond! Co-host of Movieversaries and Three Circles, and relentless guest on many more podcasts, she also grew up in New York and knows the film like the back of her hand. Together they cover the emotional highs and lows of this family, debate blame and acceptance of their quirks, explore the bevy of takes and readings of Wes' writings, consider the fantasy NYC compared to the realities of 2001, and of course pay tribute to the incredible Gene Hackman by finding the real heart behind the mythic gossip surrounding his performance. Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Violet Hammond bsky.app/profile/violeth310.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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "I always wanted to be a Tenenbaum."

On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson doesn't need to pretend to be dying to get a guest on to discuss this incredible movie. The tragicomedy follows three fantastical child prodegies of the Tenenbaum family who all suffer from midlife crisises just as their absent father Royal announces his cancer in an effort to make up for lost time. Hiding behind the pastel artefice are powerfully complex emotions which paved the way for Wes Anderson's career, it's the 2001 The Royal Tenenbaums.

His special guest this week is Violet Hammond! Co-host of Movieversaries and Three Circles, and relentless guest on many more podcasts, she also grew up in New York and knows the film like the back of her hand.

Together they cover the emotional highs and lows of this family, debate blame and acceptance of their quirks, explore the bevy of takes and readings of Wes' writings, consider the fantasy NYC compared to the realities of 2001, and of course pay tribute to the incredible Gene Hackman by finding the real heart behind the mythic gossip surrounding his performance.

Host / Editor

Devon Elson

twitter.com/absolutetravist

Guest

Violet Hammond

bsky.app/profile/violeth310.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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 6248 no Final Destination (2000) ft Adrian Smith "But remember the risk of cheating the plan... you don't even want to f*** with that MacDaddy." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson has a premonition he's about to enjoy the start of a franchise that still has great films coming out right now. What started as a pitch to The X-Files became a blockbuster shocker as a teen prevents him and his classmates from boarding a doomed plane, only to find Death is still after them in James Wong's 2000 horror Final Destination. His special guest this week saw it in the cinemas 25 years ago! It's Adrian Smith, a media teacher, lecturer, commentary starrer, and podcaster for Wild, Wild Podcast also on the Film Stories network. They've avoided major disaster but will they pick up all the clues in order to fully discuss this inventive splatter thriller? The realness of the deaths are compared to sequels, Clear's strange psychic abilities are acknowledged, the potential counter forces of Death in the supernatural realm are considered, and perhaps the design for this podcast was always to keep reminding us of that tragedy... Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Adrian Smith twitter.com/retroramblings 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 06 Jun 2025 06:00:00 -0000 full Film Stories "But remember the risk of cheating the plan... you don't even want to f*** with that MacDaddy." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson has a premonition he's about to enjoy the start of a franchise that still has great films coming out right now. What started as a pitch to The X-Files became a blockbuster shocker as a teen prevents him and his classmates from boarding a doomed plane, only to find Death is still after them in James Wong's 2000 horror Final Destination. His special guest this week saw it in the cinemas 25 years ago! It's Adrian Smith, a media teacher, lecturer, commentary starrer, and podcaster for Wild, Wild Podcast also on the Film Stories network. They've avoided major disaster but will they pick up all the clues in order to fully discuss this inventive splatter thriller? The realness of the deaths are compared to sequels, Clear's strange psychic abilities are acknowledged, the potential counter forces of Death in the supernatural realm are considered, and perhaps the design for this podcast was always to keep reminding us of that tragedy... Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Adrian Smith twitter.com/retroramblings 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "But remember the risk of cheating the plan... you don't even want to f*** with that MacDaddy."

On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson has a premonition he's about to enjoy the start of a franchise that still has great films coming out right now. What started as a pitch to The X-Files became a blockbuster shocker as a teen prevents him and his classmates from boarding a doomed plane, only to find Death is still after them in James Wong's 2000 horror Final Destination.

His special guest this week saw it in the cinemas 25 years ago! It's Adrian Smith, a media teacher, lecturer, commentary starrer, and podcaster for Wild, Wild Podcast also on the Film Stories network.

They've avoided major disaster but will they pick up all the clues in order to fully discuss this inventive splatter thriller? The realness of the deaths are compared to sequels, Clear's strange psychic abilities are acknowledged, the potential counter forces of Death in the supernatural realm are considered, and perhaps the design for this podcast was always to keep reminding us of that tragedy...

Host / Editor

Devon Elson

twitter.com/absolutetravist

Guest

Adrian Smith

twitter.com/retroramblings

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

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

]]> 4079 no Mission: Impossible II (2000) ft. Craig McKenzie "We just rolled up a snowball and tossed it into hell. Now lets see what chance it has." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is left spinning in slow motion after the hotly anticipated sequel to Mission: Impossible (1996). Bigger and cooler than ever, Tom Cruise elected John Woo to helm a bombastic, operatic adventure that proved "difficult" was not such a walk in the park for the megastar in Mission: Impossible II. His special guest is fresh into the decade, it's Craig McKenzie! Runner of kneelbeforeblog.co.uk and host of podcasts Kneel Before Pod and We Are Starfleet: A Star Trek Podcast! Together they have just 20 hours to figure out how exactly things got out of control with this sequel on cruise control. Why is so much of it a tourist advertisement for Australia? Why does it focus so heavily on the 'Bond girl' romance over actual spycraft? Will Tom Cruise ever acknowledge this entry in the later sequels? Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Craig McKenzie twitter.com/nemesis4909 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 23 May 2025 06:00:00 -0000 full Film Stories "We just rolled up a snowball and tossed it into hell. Now lets see what chance it has." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is left spinning in slow motion after the hotly anticipated sequel to Mission: Impossible (1996). Bigger and cooler than ever, Tom Cruise elected John Woo to helm a bombastic, operatic adventure that proved "difficult" was not such a walk in the park for the megastar in Mission: Impossible II. His special guest is fresh into the decade, it's Craig McKenzie! Runner of kneelbeforeblog.co.uk and host of podcasts Kneel Before Pod and We Are Starfleet: A Star Trek Podcast! Together they have just 20 hours to figure out how exactly things got out of control with this sequel on cruise control. Why is so much of it a tourist advertisement for Australia? Why does it focus so heavily on the 'Bond girl' romance over actual spycraft? Will Tom Cruise ever acknowledge this entry in the later sequels? Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Craig McKenzie twitter.com/nemesis4909 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "We just rolled up a snowball and tossed it into hell. Now lets see what chance it has."

On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is left spinning in slow motion after the hotly anticipated sequel to Mission: Impossible (1996). Bigger and cooler than ever, Tom Cruise elected John Woo to helm a bombastic, operatic adventure that proved "difficult" was not such a walk in the park for the megastar in Mission: Impossible II.

His special guest is fresh into the decade, it's Craig McKenzie! Runner of kneelbeforeblog.co.uk and host of podcasts Kneel Before Pod and We Are Starfleet: A Star Trek Podcast!

Together they have just 20 hours to figure out how exactly things got out of control with this sequel on cruise control. Why is so much of it a tourist advertisement for Australia? Why does it focus so heavily on the 'Bond girl' romance over actual spycraft? Will Tom Cruise ever acknowledge this entry in the later sequels?

Host / Editor

Devon Elson

twitter.com/absolutetravist

Guest

Craig McKenzie

twitter.com/nemesis4909

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

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]]> 6079 no The Girl Next Door (2004) ft. Kat Hughes "Always know if the juice is worth the squeeze." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson gets scandalous in the realm of boner comedies. After the frathouse antics of American Pie, surprisingly a 2004 film about a teen who learns his new neigbour is in adult entertainment is the sweet coming-of-age romance The Girl Next Door. His special guest has only talked to the very stars in it, Kat Hughes! RT-Approved Critic & host of Movies with Mummy, All of Us are Lost, and Savage Garden. Bylines in THN, Second Sight, Arrow, Film Stories, & Dread Central! Together they discover the genuine emotional depth found in a comedy about pornography, debate the nuances of 2000s romance stories compared to films now and before, and answer whether the juice is worth the squeeze. Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Kat Hughes bsky.app/profile/kathughes.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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 16 May 2025 06:00:00 -0000 The Girl Next Door (2004) ft. Kat Hughes full Film Stories "Always know if the juice is worth the squeeze." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson gets scandalous in the realm of boner comedies. After the frathouse antics of American Pie, surprisingly a 2004 film about a teen who learns his new neigbour is in adult entertainment is the sweet coming-of-age romance The Girl Next Door. His special guest has only talked to the very stars in it, Kat Hughes! RT-Approved Critic & host of Movies with Mummy, All of Us are Lost, and Savage Garden. Bylines in THN, Second Sight, Arrow, Film Stories, & Dread Central! Together they discover the genuine emotional depth found in a comedy about pornography, debate the nuances of 2000s romance stories compared to films now and before, and answer whether the juice is worth the squeeze. Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Kat Hughes bsky.app/profile/kathughes.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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "Always know if the juice is worth the squeeze."

On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson gets scandalous in the realm of boner comedies. After the frathouse antics of American Pie, surprisingly a 2004 film about a teen who learns his new neigbour is in adult entertainment is the sweet coming-of-age romance The Girl Next Door.

His special guest has only talked to the very stars in it, Kat Hughes! RT-Approved Critic & host of Movies with Mummy, All of Us are Lost, and Savage Garden. Bylines in THN, Second Sight, Arrow, Film Stories, & Dread Central!

Together they discover the genuine emotional depth found in a comedy about pornography, debate the nuances of 2000s romance stories compared to films now and before, and answer whether the juice is worth the squeeze.

Host / Editor

Devon Elson

twitter.com/absolutetravist

Guest

Kat Hughes

bsky.app/profile/kathughes.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

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]]> 5941 no Planet of the Apes (2001) ft. Rob Turnbull [BONUS] "Time to explain evolution to the monkeys." Welcome back to AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s... wait a minute... Yup this was a sneaky backdoor pilot idea A. J. Black over on his podcast, and we're sharing it as a bonus. Will Devon ever cover these damn dirty apes? He aims to talk every 00s movie from chimpan-a to chimpan-z. A. J. Black is joined by recurring guest, podcaster Rob Turnbull, to discuss Tim Burton's 2001 remake of the Planet of the Apes, with a ramble through the entire history of the franchise to date... Host / Editor A. J. Black https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Guest Rob Turnbull twitter.com/Forducks Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/atthemoviesinthe90s 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 music: 'I Am Changing' by Isaac Elliott (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 10 May 2025 06:00:00 -0000 Planet of the Apes (2001) ft Rob Turnbull [BONUS] full 2 Film Stories "Time to explain evolution to the monkeys." Welcome back to AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s... wait a minute... Yup this was a sneaky backdoor pilot idea A. J. Black over on his podcast, and we're sharing it as a bonus. Will Devon ever cover these damn dirty apes? He aims to talk every 00s movie from chimpan-a to chimpan-z. A. J. Black is joined by recurring guest, podcaster Rob Turnbull, to discuss Tim Burton's 2001 remake of the Planet of the Apes, with a ramble through the entire history of the franchise to date... Host / Editor A. J. Black https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Guest Rob Turnbull twitter.com/Forducks Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/atthemoviesinthe90s 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 music: 'I Am Changing' by Isaac Elliott (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "Time to explain evolution to the monkeys."

Welcome back to AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s... wait a minute... Yup this was a sneaky backdoor pilot idea A. J. Black over on his podcast, and we're sharing it as a bonus. Will Devon ever cover these damn dirty apes? He aims to talk every 00s movie from chimpan-a to chimpan-z.

A. J. Black is joined by recurring guest, podcaster Rob Turnbull, to discuss Tim Burton's 2001 remake of the Planet of the Apes, with a ramble through the entire history of the franchise to date...

Host / Editor

A. J. Black https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter

Guest

Rob Turnbull

twitter.com/Forducks

Find the podcast on Linktr.ee:

https://linktr.ee/atthemoviesinthe90s

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 music:

'I Am Changing' by Isaac Elliott (c) epidemicsound.com

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]]> 6196 no The Bourne Identity (2002) ft. Mark McManus "Look at what they make you give." The inaugural episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing). Devon Elson starts in the year 2002 to comment on the obvious real world events that would shape the decade, but also unravels the long history of director Doug Liman getting his dream project made, gritty spy thriller The Bourne Identity. His special guest remembers this film well, it's Mark McManus, one half of the team behind At the Movies in the 90s. Together they tackle whether it stands outside the shadow of its decade, its own sequels, and 007, while appreciating all the strengths that influenced spy movies in the last 20+ years. Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Mark McManus bsky.app/profile/steelbookbluray.com 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 08 May 2025 17:14:00 -0000 The Bourne Identity (2002) ft. Mark McManus full 1 Film Stories "Look at what they make you give." The inaugural episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing). Devon Elson starts in the year 2002 to comment on the obvious real world events that would shape the decade, but also unravels the long history of director Doug Liman getting his dream project made, gritty spy thriller The Bourne Identity. His special guest remembers this film well, it's Mark McManus, one half of the team behind At the Movies in the 90s. Together they tackle whether it stands outside the shadow of its decade, its own sequels, and 007, while appreciating all the strengths that influenced spy movies in the last 20+ years. Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Mark McManus bsky.app/profile/steelbookbluray.com 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices "Look at what they make you give."

The inaugural episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing). Devon Elson starts in the year 2002 to comment on the obvious real world events that would shape the decade, but also unravels the long history of director Doug Liman getting his dream project made, gritty spy thriller The Bourne Identity.

His special guest remembers this film well, it's Mark McManus, one half of the team behind At the Movies in the 90s. Together they tackle whether it stands outside the shadow of its decade, its own sequels, and 007, while appreciating all the strengths that influenced spy movies in the last 20+ years.

Host / Editor

Devon Elson

twitter.com/absolutetravist

Guest

Mark McManus

bsky.app/profile/steelbookbluray.com

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

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