The Unbreakable Movie Chain

Beetlejuice (1988)

This week on The Unbreakable Movie Chain, Ed and Gould calypso dance through the lurid bureaucracy of the afterlife in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice. With sand snakes, roadkill civil servants and bioexorcisms galore!

Also:

• The impossibility of getting through a Blue Velvet / Mulholland Drive double bill with brain intact.
• Someone thinks Mars Attacks is a snooze.
• A brief rant about the state of comedy in modern cinema.

“Even if the film’s terrible there’s gonna be at least one performance that’s worth watching.” - Ed on Michael Keaton.

“It was so nice to watch a good Tim Burton film!” - Maddie on Tim Burton’s patchy 21st century output.

“It upsets me actually that she doesn’t get any kind of comeuppance in the film, she’s just a dick who’s there.” - Gould on Jane.

 

CONTENT WARNING – Contains references to suicide

SPOILER WARNING – Contains very mild spoilers for Fruitvale Station (2013) and Lars and the Real Girl (2007). Major spoilers (pound in the jar, Gould) for Heaven Can Wait (1943)

 

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Thelma & Louise (1991)

In this, the first episode of The Unbreakable Movie Chain, Ed and Gould don their headscarves and shades and gas up the tank for a fun, revenge-fuelled roadtrip with Thelma & Louise. Featuring classic diners, inept cops and getting laid and betrayed by two thirds of Brad Pitt.

Also:

• Revelling in the gory splatter-fest that is Evil Dead Rise.
• A brief discussion of the merits of fighting Kirk Douglass in your pants one-handed.
• Is 1995’s Judge Dredd really one of the stupidest films Ed has ever seen? Yes, and he loves it.

“This is before he went super-whoomfy.” - Gould on Hans Zimmer

“If Ridley Scott has made a film and you’ve not heard of it, it’s probably because they’ve done a lot of work to bury it.” - Gould on 1492: Conquest of Paradise

“It’s not Michael Bay shooting Megan Fox’s arse all the time, it’s appropriate.” - Ed on leery camerawork

 

CONTENT WARNING – This episode contains discussion of abuse and rape

SPOILER WARNING – Contains mild spoilers for 1958’s The Vikings

 

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Welcome to The Unbreakable Movie Chain!

In this special introduction to the pod our co-hosts, Madeline Gould and Ed Howells answer three burning questions – “Who the Hell are they?”, “What the Hell are they doing?”, and “Why on Earth are their voices making the journey from their cupboards to my ears?” SPOILER: The answer to all of these questions has something to do with loving movies and hoping that you do too.

Also -

• Films that scare, films that arouse, films that make you laugh, films that make you punch the air
• The Spicer Lovejoy hall of fame
• Ed shows just how eclectic his movie tastes are by bringing up Jurassic Park and The Godfather

“I suspect that John Travolta’s not going to be a fan” - Gould

“I think I’m a little more tolerant of pretentious bullshit than you are” - Ed

“You just wanna watch the world burn” - Gould

CONTENT WARNING – Not really a content warning, but something on this recording went wrong with Ed’s sound quality, he apologises and won’t allow his standards to slip again.

SPOILER WARNING – A teeny tiny spoiler for Star Trek Into Darkness (answers on a postcard for where the emphasis goes in that film title).

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