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We love movies and hope you do too! Join long time film-going buddies Maddie Gould and Ed Howells as they forge an unbroken chain of motion pictures - one link at a time. Movies that make you laugh, movies that make you cry, movies that make you punch the air and, just occasionally, movies that scare the almighty living hell out of you!
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Friday Aug 16, 2024
Resident Evil (2002)
Friday Aug 16, 2024
Friday Aug 16, 2024
Don't forget your flamethrowers, it's time to enter The Hive...
This episode, we're discussing Paul W. S. Anderson's adaptation of the ground-breaking video game phenomenon, Resident Evil. We cover the thrill of playing horror video games, the genius of amnesia and Michelle Rodriguez having an absolute blast.
“It takes a while for her to turn into a zombie because she's fucking nails.” - Ed
“We know he's different from the other men, because he's got a blue shirt on” - Gould
“Fuck you, you gorgeous, talented bitch” - Gould
Link:
The Fifth Element 🔗 Resident Evil
Mila Jovovic
Help save the UK's oldest working cinema
Apologies for Gould's sound on this one, we think it was the Red Queen...
CONTENT WARNING – No issues here
SPOILER WARNING – All good
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Sunday Jul 21, 2024
OTC: Dune 2, Civil War, Monkey Man
Sunday Jul 21, 2024
Sunday Jul 21, 2024
Hello and welcome to this first Off The Chain episode of The Unbreakable Movie Chain. This time out we chat Denis Villeneuve’s epic Dune 2, Alex Garland’s horrifying Civil War and Dev Patel’s kick-ass directorial debut Monkey Man.
Also, there’ve been two scary nun movies (one good, one bad) and two lesbians-on-the-road crime movies (one good, one bad) for us to delve into!
But wait, there’s more!! We have two barking-mad Nicolas Cage home-watches to recommend.
Trailer zone
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
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Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
The Fifth Element (1997)
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Earth! Fire! Wind! Water! Mila Jovovic? That’s right, Ed’s showing his age by banging on about Captain Planet again as we try to make sense of Luc Besson’s whacky sci-fi adventure The Fifth Element. Featuring the human torso, classic farce and Chris Tucker being far, far too much.
Also
- Treasure hunting in CEX
- Sick day films
- Hate-watching Eli Roth movies
“It’s not nourishing, it’s a packet of McDonald’s chips.” - Gould
“His films are very stylish, but they’re just the surface.” - Ed
“I love the androgyny of it.” - Gould
Link:
Unbreakable 🔗 The Fifth Element
The iconic Bruce Willis
Help save the UK's oldest working cinema
CONTENT WARNING – No issues here
SPOILER WARNING – All good
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Monday May 06, 2024
Unbreakable (2000)
Monday May 06, 2024
Monday May 06, 2024
Get ready for a twist! This week we’re covering our first M. Night Shyamalan movie: 2000’s real-world superhero flick, Unbreakable. All seems to be going well until Ed starts picking at the threads. Featuring shattered bones, shoddy parenting and vaguely-defined superpowers!
“None of it makes a drop of sense.” - Ed
“M. Night Shyamalan has got a gift when it comes to working with child actors.” - Gould
“David Dunn might be the single dumbest protagonist I’ve ever encountered in anything.” - Ed
Also
- American Fiction, The Zone of Interest and The Iron Claw
- We introduce new rules for the timed synopsis
- Trailers good and bad
Link:
The Fast and The Furious 🔗 Unbreakable
Directors who make cameos in their own films
Trailers of the week:
Sex Lives of The Potato Men revisited
CONTENT WARNING – No issues here
SPOILER WARNING – All good
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Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Tuesday Feb 20, 2024
Brum brum brum. Fasten your seat belts, we’re off drag-racing around Southern California with one of the stupidest movies we’ve ever had the pleasure to absolutely rinse over a couple of pints. That’s right, it’s the The Fast and The Furious. Featuring: Cars, babes, and other things fourteen year old boys like to stare at.
“Vin Diesel is this juvenile petrolhead Fagin with all these boring car nerd children.” - Gould
“I didn’t expect to be as bored as I was.” - Ed
“Surely they could have come up with a different name for the big race in the desert than Race Wars.” - Gould
Also:
Chaplin and the Marx Brothers
Ashley Judd movies
Ed attempts some maths, it doesn’t go well
Link:
Pleasantville 🔗 The Fast and The Furious
Paul Walker performances
Youtube Hole:
Charlie Chaplin - City Lights, Boxing Match
Charlie Chaplin - Modern Times, Factory Scene
Charlie Chaplin - The Gold Rush, Roll Dance
Marx Brothers - Duck Soup, Mirror Scene
Marx Brothers - A Night At The Opera, Contract Routine
Classic Trailer Of The Week:
CONTENT WARNING – Nothing to worry about
SPOILER WARNING – We’re getting better at this, no spoilers for other movies
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Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Pleasantville (1999)
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Take the phone off the hook and the plastic off the couch! This week we’re opening up our cosy, black and white existence to the seductive danger of colour. That’s right, we’re covering one of Ed’s all time favourites… Pleasantville. Featuring: the warm greeting, proper nutrition and, of course, safe sex.
Also:
- Poor Things
- The joys of the National Trust
- Did Gould’s Mum enjoy Saltburn?
“Watching it through this time, I got really emotional.” - Gould
“Joan Allen delivers arguably the greatest masturbation scene in cinema history.” - Ed
“What is this organisation of small, old TV repairmen going round implanting modern teenagers into 1950s sitcoms?” - Gould
Link:
The Wizard of Oz 🔗Pleasantville
The mixing of black & white and colour cinematography for storytelling purposes
CONTENT WARNING – Nothing to see here
SPOILER WARNING – Not a one
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Thursday Jan 25, 2024
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
I don’t think we’re in our cupboards anymore! This week, we’re strapping on our ruby slippers and hitting the yellow brick road to find out if there really is no place like home. That’s right, it’s time for a certified classic… we’re watching The Wizard of Oz! Featuring apple fights, homesickness, and “I want” songs!
A word of warning. One of us quite strongly took against this film, while we wouldn’t normally warn you of this, we are aware of how important The Wizard of Oz may be to some of you, and we don’t want to cause any hurt. As ever, our opinions are just those of two idiots.
Also:
- A somewhat unkind digression on Johnny Flynn (sorry Johnny)
- One Life
- Gould’s been mainlining bleak crime drama
“I was surprised by how much I hated it.” - Gould
“I think it’s a cold, cold heart that can’t be warmed by The Wizard of Oz” - Ed
“I find the munchkins really upsetting to look at.” - Ed
Link:
The Bad and The Beautiful 🔗The Wizard of Oz
Art Director (and serial Oscar winner) Cedric Gibbons
Content Warning – Contains discussion of outdated language regarding little people.
Spoiler Warning – A spoiler for Roald Dahl’s Matilda. Potentially a spoiler for One Life.
Judy Garland and Ray Bolger reminisce
Judy Garland and Ray Bolger singing If I Only Had A Brain
Sir Nicholas Winton on That's Life
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Monday Jan 08, 2024
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Monday Jan 08, 2024
“If you dream, dream big”. This week we’re taking one last look at the studio system, this time it’s Vincente Minnelli’s multiple Oscar-winner The Bad and the Beautiful, from 1952 – a tale of Hollywood ambition and betrayal starring Kirk Douglas and Lana Turner. Featuring eavesdropped phone calls, drunken starlets and OSCARS!!
Also:
Festive comfort watches
Bleak crime drama
The Boy and the Heron
“He’s a big success as a producer, and we know this because he’s grown a moustache.” - Ed
“There’s something interesting in them as 1950s nepo-babies.” - Gould
“It took me quite a while to realise Lana Turner was Lana Turner.” - Gould
Link
Barton Fink 🔗The Bad and the Beautiful
Depictions of the Hollywood studio system
CONTENT WARNING – The movie contains a suicide attempt, which we discuss
SPOILER WARNING – Should be fine here
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HELLO AND WELCOME!
We're longtime film-buddies Maddie Gould and Ed Howells, and we're on a mission to forge an unbreakable chain of movies.
Each episode we take a good hard look at a movie - some classic, some not so classic - and then select another movie based on a connection to the one we've just watched. The connection could be something obvious like a memeber of the cast or crew, or it could be thematic... or even based on simple word association!
Join us!