Deep Dive Movie Reviews

Film producer Mark Blaney from Footprint Films joins Steve & James to unpack the 1961 musical classic West Side Story. Does this beloved film stand the test of time and deserve it's place in Oscar history? Join us to find out!

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Find out more about Mark at Footprint Films here: https://footprintfilms.co.uk/team/mar...

0:00 - Intro

1:20 - More about Mark & his film background

4:11 - Working with Daniel Radcliffe

6:37 - Our relationship with West Side Story

10:37 - Unpacking the film

40:23 - The Cast of West Side Story

47:41 - West Side Story at the Academy Awards

52:41 - Does West Side Story stand the test of time?

#rianjohnson #knivesout #wakeupdeadman

Rian Johnson returns as writer and director of the 3rd installment of the "Knives Out" franchise. Along the way Steve reaches into his Evangelical experiences to suggest Johnson may have made the best faith based "Christian" film of the year.

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0:00 - Intro

0:45 - Watching films in cinema rather than at home

2:20 - Wake Up Dead Man is about storytelling

3:40 - The Best Christian film of 2025?

7:01 - Why the film had Steve within the first 5 minutes?

9:10 - The scene that impacted James personally

13:45 - Wake Up explores how faith can offer a better story

17:10 - Rian Johnson demonstrates a real knowledge of "whodunit" lore

19:45 - Why Johnson used a Catholic Church setting rather than an Evangelical

25:39 - The Larry Norman needle drop

31:10 - Final score for "Wake Up Dead Man"

Jafar Panahi's new film centers on a group of people who have to decide how to dispense justice on a former torturer who had abused them under the Iranian regime.

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Many are declaring Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" his Magnum Opus but does the Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn led film actually deliver?

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0:00 - Intro

3:48 - The book "One Battle" is based on

5:44 - Leonardo DiCaprio & Paul Thomas Anderson

12:45 - Why we are still pondering "One Battle" days later

14:10 - That car chase scene

19:00 - Benicio del Toro

23:00 - The cast

27:39 - Final score for "One Battle After Another"

Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, and Amy Madigan star in the eerie tale of a class of missing school children. Part psychological thriller, part pitch black comedy, and all horror, Zach Cregger's latest film "Weapons" might just be a new cult classic?

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Steve & James do a Deep Dive into Danny Boyle's much anticipated zombie sequel "28 Years Later" . Along the way James explains why this film is quintessentially British on so many levels including the jaw dropping "Jimmy" ending!

#28yearslater #dannyboyle #alexgarland #ralphfiennes #aarontaylorjohnson #alfiewilliams #jodiecomer #jackoconnell #zombie #virus #horrormovies #britishcinema

0:00 - Intro

1:32 - "Is it any good?"

3:25 - Things we liked in "28 Years Later"

6:20- A "quintessentially" British film

11:22 - The screenplay feels like a "hodge podge" of ideas

15:28 - Explaining those "Henry V" clips

23:10 - The effect of the 28 Days Later franchise on cinema

25:48 - "Erik is toast"

34:38 - "The Jimmys" Explained

40:45 - The music of "28 Weeks Later"

47:10 - How many "Jimmys" would we score "28 Years Later"?

#jaws #jawsat50 #stevenspielberg

Steve & James celebrate the 50th anniversary of the "perfect film" by telling stories and anecdotes about their mutual love for Steven Spielberg's "JAWS". Along the way they explain why the 1970s was the best cinematic decade.

0:00 - Intro

2:34 - How Jaws caused me to fall in love with movies

3:22 - Why Jaws is a "perfect film"

7:25 - Jaws made with modern tech would not be as good

10:35 - Was the '70s the best film decade?

16:37 - Best moments with "Jaws"

Lee Hye-young stars as an aging female assassin who is the target of an up and coming competitor who may have other agendas. Min Kyu-dong directs

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Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid play a couple who gather for a weekend getaway with friends but chaos ensues when one of the guests is revealed to be an AI android.

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James & Steve unpack the recent Oscar nominations for 2025 discussing snubs (Denis Villeneuve, A Real Pain) and surprises (I'm Still here) as well as the love Emilla Perez seems to have received.