The Best Bits

Will and Kevin list their ten favourite new films of 2023. You can view a video version of this episode on their Patreon. For a list of Will's Best Picks of 2023 and Kevin's Best Picks of 2023, check out The Best Bits on Letterboxd.

Music is from Epidemic.

You can contact the show via bestbitspodcast.com/contact. Please consider leaving a five-star review on your podcast app of choice. It helps the show grow and helps others to discover it.

You can also support the show directly on Patreon and get an extra 100 bonus shows like film reviews, commentaries, and our Mini Bits podcast by clicking this link: patreon.com/bestbitspodcast

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From spy flicks to quests, heists and whodunits, Will and Kevin dig into the films whose plots run on MacGuffins — in a topic chosen by Patrons.

Whether a plot device or narrative decoy, MacGuffins can be found in everything from The Maltese Falcon to A New Hope.

So, what is a MacGuffin? How does it work? And who are the filmmakers who have deployed it, toyed with it, and even Artoo'd it?

For a full list of films discussed on the show, check out The Best Bits on Letterboxd.

Music is from Epidemic.

You can contact the show via bestbitspodcast.com/contact. Please consider leaving a five-star review wherever you get your podcasts if you enjoy this episode. It helps the show grow and allows others to discover it.

You can also support the show directly on Patreon and get an extra 80 bonus shows like film reviews, commentaries, and our Mini Bits podcast by clicking this link: patreon.com/bestbitspodcast

Thanks for listening!

Will and Kevin list their favourite films that constitute guilty pleasures, the films that others dismiss but they unabashedly love.

For a complete list of films discussed on the show, check out The Best Bits on Letterboxd.

Music is from Epidemic.

You can contact the show via bestbitspodcast.com/contact. Please consider leaving a five-star review wherever you get your podcasts if you enjoy this episode. It helps the show grow and allows others to discover it.

You can also support the show directly on Patreon and get an extra 100 bonus shows like film reviews, commentaries, and our Mini Bits podcast by clicking this link: patreon.com/bestbitspodcast

Thanks for listening!

The next main show episode from Will and Kevin was meant to be Best Death Scene, but they hit a snag after recording the show with a guest. Unfortunately, their audio was lost. That left them with an incomplete taping. Rather than try and do it over, Will and Kevin have decided to come back to it in the future.

Instead, they will record an episode on a topic suggested by one of their Discorder Patrons, Lara. Best Guilty Pleasure Films! In the meantime, enjoy this "outtake" release that hopefully serves as a suitable farewell for what would have been a brilliant episode. 

Will and Kevin dive into the scenes of characters keeping a secret and carrying off a persona, whether masquerading in disguise or cavorting out in the open as they go undercover.

For a full list of films discussed on the show, check out The Best Bits on Letterboxd.

Music is from Epidemic.

You can contact the show via bestbitspodcast.com/contact. Please consider leaving a five-star review wherever you get your podcasts if you enjoy this episode. It helps the show grow and allows others to discover it.

You can also support the show directly on Patreon and get an extra 100 bonus shows like film reviews, commentaries, and our Mini Bits podcast by clicking this link: patreon.com/bestbitspodcast

Thanks for listening!

Next week, Will and Kevin will release their 53rd main show (Best Undercover Scene), and right now, it's a long episode. Whenever they have recordings like this, they try to whittle them down to get them to a listenable length. When they do make edits, those moments are consigned to the bin, but as Will is putting the final touches to the next ep, he has put together an outtake from the coming episode. In this outtake, Will and Kevin talk about William Friedkin's Cruising from 1980—a controversial film at the time, but one that they found plays a lot more conventional now. 

Silver Shamrock!

For October, Will and Kevin (and special guests) have been releasing an episode per day as part of their 31 Days of Horror series, recommending a different genre film for listeners. However, to avoid gumming up the main feed or spamming subscribers, the remaining episodes have been available FOR FREE via their Patreon feed. By joining their community, you get all episodes without a subscription, with no strings attached. Just click the link, and enjoy: patreon.com/bestbitspodcast

There could only be one franchise to bring this series home, and as Will and Kevin began the season with a John Carpenter/Debra Hill film, they ended it with a John Carpenter/Debra Hill sequel. 

In 1982, Tommy Lee Wallace spun off the Halloween franchise into a standalone film with the Michael Myers-less Halloween III: Season of the Witch. At the time, it was written off as a misfire, but today, it stands proud for many as the second-best Halloween film. 

It's Kevin's final pick and the last film of this Horror October. Happy Halloween!

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The opening theme of "Stop Look and Listen, It's Halloween" is from Pete Antell. All episodes are written, produced, and edited by Will and Kevin.

You can contact the show via bestbitspodcast.com/contact. If you enjoy this episode, please consider leaving a five-star review wherever you get your podcasts. It helps the show grow and allows others to discover it.

You can also support the show directly on Patreon and get an extra 80 bonus shows like film reviews, commentaries, and our Mini Bits podcast by clicking this link: patreon.com/bestbitspodcast

Thanks for listening!

Will and Kevin tackle Time Travel in more ways than one, from films focusing on characters going back in time, forward in time, messing around with time, or being trapped in time.

For a full list of films discussed on the show, check out The Best Bits on Letterboxd.

Music is from Epidemic.

You can contact the show via bestbitspodcast.com/contact. Please consider leaving a five-star review wherever you get your podcasts if you enjoy this episode. It helps the show grow and allows others to discover it.

You can also support the show directly on Patreon and get an extra 80 bonus shows like film reviews, commentaries, and our Mini Bits podcast by clicking this link: patreon.com/bestbitspodcast

Thanks for listening!

Thirty more days to Halloween, Halloween, Halloween!

For the entire month of October, Will and Kevin (and special guests) will be releasing an episode per day as part of their 31 Days of Horror series recommending a different genre film for listeners. However, to avoid gumming up the main feed or spamming subscribers, the remaining episodes will be available FOR FREE via their Patreon feed. By joining their community, you will get all episodes without a subscription, no strings attached. Just click the link, and enjoy: patreon.com/bestbitspodcast

The opening theme of "Stop Look and Listen, It's Halloween" is from Pete Antell. All episodes are written, produced, and edited by Will and Kevin.

You can contact the show via bestbitspodcast.com/contact. Please consider leaving a five-star review wherever you get your podcasts if you enjoy this episode. It helps the show grow and allows others to discover it.

You can also support the show directly on Patreon and get an extra 80 bonus shows like film reviews, commentaries, and our Mini Bits podcast by clicking this link: patreon.com/bestbitspodcast

Thanks for listening!

Will and Kevin return to show out and throw down with a topic chosen by their Patreon subscribers. Be it duels, confrontations, climaxes, or face-offs, there have been too many to choose from, but they took it on to pick their Best Showdown.

For a full list of films discussed on the show, check out The Best Bits on Letterboxd.

Music is from Epidemic.

You can contact the show via bestbitspodcast.com/contact. Please consider leaving a five-star review wherever you get your podcasts if you enjoy this episode. It helps the show grow and allows others to discover it.

You can also support the show directly on Patreon and get an extra 80 bonus shows like film reviews, commentaries, and our Mini Bits podcast by clicking this link: patreon.com/bestbitspodcast

Thanks for listening!