One of Us is a Filmmaker - a Nostalgic Movie Podcast

In this very special season 4 finale, Orion and Cassiah chat to the brilliant Nicole Rixon, founder of Bridget Productions. We chat a little bit about Nicole's career, how she founded her own production company, and what inspires her. So tune in as we demystify the role of production companies in filmmaking, and how to break into the industry yourself! 

Today, Orion and Cassiah look back at some classic sci-fi movies of the 2010s - both the hits, and the misses! From Arrival, to Inception, to Ex-Machina, to Passengers, and many many more, tune in to listen to us chat all things science fiction! 

Orion and Cassiah are BACK, talking about the Indian Hindi-language musical / sports epic 'Lagaan' (2001) starring Aamir Khan and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. A hugely nostalgic movie with fantastic music (shout out to the incredible A. R. Rahman!), this veryyyyy long film surpassed all expectations and made us excited about cricket! 

"Good heavens Gromit, another episode already?!" That's right folks, this week Orion and Cassiah are talking about the iconic British duo of Wallace and Gromit, from legendary creator Nick Park and Aardman Studios. We discuss the the ins and outs of each movie, the franchise's film evolution and, finally, rank them from best to worst. Time to pull out some Wensleydale and get cracking!

What do 'The Incredibles', 'Ratatouille' and 'Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol' have in common? Well, they are all helmed by esteemed film director, Brad Bird. In today's episode, Orion and Cassiah take a more focused look at this incredible filmmaker's animation movies, and discuss a little bit about his origin story, how he built his career, and how he ultimately made some of Pixar's most succesful films of all time.

In 2001, Reese Witherspoon portrayed the smart, sweet and pink-loving lawyer Elle Woods in 'Legally Blonde' - an iconic, cultural movie of the early 2000s, featuring actors like Jennifer Coolidge, Luke Wilson and Selma Blair. Today, Orion and Cassiah discuss some well-known and less-well-known movie facts (like, we almost didn't have a bend and snap scene?!), their favourite lines and scenes ("what, like it's hard?"), and how well the movie stands up today. 

In this week's episode, Orion and Cassiah debate childhood movies which were both terrifying and traumatising - from 'Jumanji' to 'Labyrinth' to 'Coraline'... In essence, kids movies that really shouldn't have been kids movies! 

"Hey now! Hey now!" Today's episode is what dreams are made of as Orion and Cassiah discuss the OG Disney teen queen Hilary Duff. We talk about her iconic role of Lizzie McGuire, as well as her many other movies in her classic teen era between 2001 and 2004. 

"Aaaaaaaaah! Watch out for that tree!" In today's movie throwback, Orion and Cassiah discuss the 90s live action Disney movie adaptation 'George of the Jungle' (1997) starring Brendan Fraser and Leslie Mann - particularly looking at how it played such a significant part of Cassiah's childhood! 

Following on from our Star Wars part one episode, Orion and Cassiah jump back into debating which of the films from the originals (70s-80s) and prequels (90s-00s) is the best, before answering the all-important question: which was better, the original Star Wars trilogy, or the prequel trilogy?