448: Crimewave [1985] Movie Discussion

Spoiler Filled Film Conversation, Hooray!

https://ia600707.us.archive.org/3/items/crimewave_202504/Crimewave.mp3

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It’s the very first episode of The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr and our first guest is Phil Wang! And Phil’s subgenre is…This Place is Evil. We’re talking psychological torture, we’re talking gory death scenes, we’re talking Lorraine Kelly?! The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr is a brand new comedy podcast where each week a different celebrity guest pitches an idea for a film based on one of the SUPER niche sub-genres on Netflix. From ‘Steamy Crime Movies from the 1970s’ to ‘Australian Dysfunctional Family Comedies Starring A Strong Female Lead’, our celebrity guests will pitch their wacky plot, their dream cast, the marketing stunts, and everything in between. By the end of every episode, Jimmy Carr, Comedian by night / “Netflix Executive” by day, will decide whether the pitch is greenlit or condemned to development hell! Listen on all podcast platforms and watch on the Netflix Is A Joke YouTube Channel . The Big Pitch is a co-production by Netflix and BBC Studios Audio. Jimmy Carr is an award-winning stand-up comedian and writer, touring his brand-new show JIMMY CARR: LAUGHS FUNNY throughout the USA from May to November this year, as well as across the UK and Europe, before hitting Australia and New Zealand in early 2026. All info and tickets for the tour are available at JIMMYCARR.COM Production Coordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries Production Manager: Mabel Finnegan-Wright Editor: Stuart Reid Producer: Pete Strauss Executive Producer: Richard Morris Executive Producers for Netflix: Kathryn Huyghue, Erica Brady, and David Markowitz Set Design: Helen Coyston Studios: Tower Bridge Studios Make Up: Samantha Coughlan Cameras: Daniel Spencer Sound: Charlie Emery Branding: Tim Lane Photography: James Hole…

about a year ago

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Sam Raimi is usually very comfortable with dark humour, especially with mixing genre elements like slapstick comedy, horror and suspense. So, his movie Crimewave, which is about a dweeb dealing with a murder plot, bumbling hitmen and trying to save and woo the woman he fancies and also written by dark humour maestros the Coen Brothers, really should have been a homerun, but ends up being a spectacular foul ball, with a major emphasis on the foul. What made this such a mess? Studio interreference apparently, but can that truly explain everything wrong with this misfire of a movie? Tune in to find out our answers.

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448: Crimewave [1985] Movie Discussion

Spoiler Filled Film Conversation, Hooray!

published about a year ago

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https://ia600707.us.archive.org/3/items/crimewave_202504/Crimewave.mp3

146 episodes

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452: Retroactive [1997] Movie Discussion

12 days ago

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This week we discover we all have a weird bias against Jim Belushi even though we don’t really know where it came from. Has society lied to us and will we discover, in our viewing of the wonderfully obscure Retroactive, that ol’ Jim is actually good and entertaining actor? Come and find out in our discussion involving: confusing rat experiments, surprising Power Rangers connections, the forgotten about job of micro-chip smuggler and props to M. Emmet Walsh’s stunt man. https://dn721709.ca.archive.org/0/items/retroactive_202505/Retroactive.mp3…

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451: Flight of the Navigator [1986] Movie Discussion

19 days ago

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Ever wondered what it would be like if a dog-frisbee enthusiast is flung into the not so distant future and has boring adventures in a spaceship that sounds like Pee-wee Herman? No? Well, here’s Flight of the Navigator anyways, an 80’s sci-fi that is often looked back on quite fondly, but not so much by this bunch of Welsh chumps who find out its a film of two halves: one half an intriguing, almost David Lynch-for-kids drama and one half annoying, only-for-kids comedy adventure. Watch out for: roaming robot cupboards, lots of 80’s synthetic drum beats, Sarah Jessica Parker flirting with a child, alien sphincter monsters with colds and so much God-damned dog frisbee. https://ia601806.us.archive.org/29/items/flight-of-the-navigator/Flight%20of%20the%20Navigator.mp3…

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450: Robot Dreams [2023] Movie Discussion

5 weeks ago

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Did they finally make a sequel to Electric Dreams? No, silly, it’s a dialogue-free, French animated movie about a boy and his dog…no wait, a dog and his robot that may be one of the most charming and heart-warming things we have seen in a long time, despite the countless times it keeps tricking us with false narratives and an ending which leaves you with only a vague sense of catharsis. And hey, good luck getting September by Earth, Wind and Fire out of your head, it certainly hasn’t happened for us. https://ia800209.us.archive.org/14/items/robot-dreams_202504/Robot%20Dreams.mp3…

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449: The Cat From Outer Space [1978] Movie Discussion

7 weeks ago

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There are a million and one films about dogs, not so many about cats. Maybe it’s because dogs are easier to train and cats are essentially ungovernable, but Hey! does no-one enjoy a challenge anymore? Well, they seemingly did in 1978 when they made The Cat From Outer Space and fair play to them they got pretty decent performance from a cat. It’s just a shame that nothing else in the film got that level of attention or scrutiny. Come and hear our discussion about: flying motorbikes, inter-species cat romance, gaining U.S. citizenship by levitating a judge, last minute James Bond villains and giving far too much thought to alien cat society. https://ia800705.us.archive.org/25/items/the-cat-from-outer-space/The%20Cat%20from%20Outer%20Space.mp3…

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448: Crimewave [1985] Movie Discussion

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447: Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown [1988] Movie Discussion

11 weeks ago

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We have differing levels of experience with the filmography of Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar here at SFFCH, but none of us have seen what is probably his most well known film, Women on The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, a zany, dark comedy about women on the…verge of a…nervous breakdown…yeah. So come and find out: who is happy they don’t have to think too much, who hates British Rom-Coms with a vengeance, who loves the vibrant colours and kitsch the most, who thinks everyone is getting arrested after the happy ending and just what is everyone’s relationship with gazpacho soup. https://ia601206.us.archive.org/0/items/women-otvoanb/Women%20OTVOANB.mp3…

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446: Ghost [1990] Movie Discussion

13 weeks ago

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Somehow most of the crew have never seen the film Ghost before and because of that their PKE meters (Podcaster’s Knowledge & Expectations) are all askew with readings of ‘corny romance’ and ‘silly 80’s nonsense’. Little do they know, they’ve discovered a bona fide classic. So come and listen to their discussion about: constant death fake-outs, screaming at cats, train-hobo-ghosts, ruining potential artistic masterpieces for a bit of muddy sexy time, one of the weirdest lesbian workarounds ever and general amazement at Rich’s mezzanine knowledge. https://ia600607.us.archive.org/21/items/ghost_202503/Ghost.mp3…

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445: Onibaba [1964] Movie Discussion

14 weeks ago

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Most people think of the 90’s horror movement when they think of Japanese horror, so we wanted to go back to it’s roots and see what influenced it. Onibaba is a small scale, vaguely supernatural drama that relies more on the bleakness of war, poverty and human nature to convey it’s horror rather than monsters and spirits. Come and listen to our discussion where: one of us tries to deny the supernatural element, everyone appreciates the aggressive jazz, someone gets a lot less chauvinism than they expect and we perhaps get our own podcast ghost. https://ia800806.us.archive.org/35/items/onibaba_202502/Onibaba.mp3…

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444: Tammy and the T-Rex [1994] Movie Discussion

15 weeks ago

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“So, I have this animatronic T-rex laying around, for some reason, do you want to make a film with it? No, there’s no script and no money and you have a few weeks to do it. Whatd’ya say?” This was the proposition that director Stewart Raffill received one day in 1994 and you can’t say the man doesn’t meet a challenge. Tammy and the T-Rex is probably the biggest and best ‘backyard’ movie ever made, but where does this silly, weird and perplexing movie rank on the overall film scale? Tune in to find out now! https://ia600808.us.archive.org/28/items/tammy-and-the-trex/Tammy%20and%20the%20TRex.mp3…

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443: Smiley Face [2007] Movie Discussion

16 weeks ago

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We’ve all watched stoner comedies before here at SFFCH and know that they can range from endearingly stupid to utter dreck, so where does 2007’s Smiley Face fall on the filmic weed-ometer? Come and listen to us find out in our discussion about: well needed female stoner representation, long overdue Anna Faris appreciation, whether we would want our lives narrated by Roscoe Lee Browne, random Carrot Top sightings and trying to figure out if there was more to destroying the Communist Manifesto at the end (probably not). https://ia600608.us.archive.org/2/items/smiley-face_202502/Smiley%20Face.mp3…

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442: THX 1138 [1971] Movie Discussion

18 weeks ago

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We all wanted to watch some non-Star Wars George Lucas this week. Turns out, there wasn’t really much choice so here’s THX 1138, a film that everyone has misspelled at some point in their lives. It seems he always had the imagination to get alot out of a small budget and remains a surprisngly influencial artist, but really should stop remastering his old stuff. Up for discussion this time: vending machine therapy, futuristic fleshlights, Robert Duvall breakdancing and a few more references to Waiting For Godot than this film probably deserves. https://ia800804.us.archive.org/17/items/thx-1138_202501/THX%201138.mp3…

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441: Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion [1997] Movie Discussion

19 weeks ago

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The thought of school reunions makes the crew all nostalgic for their old school days this week as they tackle Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion, the female answer to those ‘two dumb men do dumb things’ films from the 90’s. They came in with expectations of ‘silly blonde comedy’ and leave with ‘quietly funny and endearingly odd’ in a discussion about: perfectly executed dream sequences, Handsome Squidward Alan Cummings, pretend sex scenes, post-it notes, business women and one of the best dance sequences ever. https://ia802309.us.archive.org/16/items/romy-and-micheles-high-school-reunion/Romy%20and%20Michele%27s%20High%20School%20Reunion.mp3…

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440: The Flintstones [1994] Movie Discussion

21 weeks ago

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Years ago, The Internet decided that The Flintstones was a terrible film. We all bought into it here at Spoiler Filled and believed it, so there was little enthusiasm when it came to watching it. However, we soon came a shocking conclusion: it’s fine. For a film whose premise is essentially “Stuff, but it’s stone”, it is heightened by it’s attention to detail, fun practical effects and commited actors. It still has that God awful fat pig waste disposer though, so… https://ia800607.us.archive.org/9/items/the-flintstones_202501/The%20Flintstones.mp3…

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439: Fallen [1998] Movie Discussion

22 weeks ago

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It’s taken us a while, but we finally realised that Denzel Washington is pretty good at this acting business. We’ve also got some due love to give for Elias Koteas and John Goodman too, even if Fallen has a crippling case of ‘Good Idea, Bad Execution’. Come and listen to us: debate demon possession rules, develop an aversion to James Gandolfini’s facial hair and try to comprehend the extreme subtlety of a mass murdering monster eating cereal. https://ia601208.us.archive.org/10/items/fallen_202412/Fallen.mp3…

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438: Tokyo Godfathers [2003] Movie Discussion

23 weeks ago