Bill and Ted Watch Movies

Bill Cwirla and Ted Giese

A Podcast About Watching Movies

  1. Oct 28

    Episode 76 – A Knight’s Tale (2001)

    Bill and Ted discus Brian Helgeland’s 2001 anachronistic 14th Century action rom-com “A Knight’s Tale” inspired by the thrill and sport of medieval jousting, the wit and writings of Geoffrey Chaucer, and romantic literature like the 12th-century tale “Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart.” Replete with 1970’s area rock anthems from the likes of Queen, […]

  2. Apr 30

    Episode 75 – The Congress (2013)

    Bill and Ted discuss Ari Folman’s film 2013 “The Congress” inspired by Stanislaw Lem’s 1971 overpopulation dystopian think piece “The Futurological Congress.” Delving into questions of personal sovereignty and self-ownership in an increasingly digital age mired in obsession, nostalgia and triviality the actress Robin Write, here playing a version of herself, contacts away her likeness […]

  3. 12/27/2025

    Episode 74 – They Live (1988)

    Bill and Ted discuss John Carpenter’s 1988 adaption of Ray Nelson’s 1963 cosmic horror short story “Eight O’Clock in the Morning.” Largely inspired by Bill Wray’s comic book version of Nelson’s story in Alien Encounters #6 (from April 1986) Carpenter’s “They Live” provides a clever political satire wrapped in a campy Sci-Fi B-Movie wrapper where […]

  4. 10/24/2025

    Episode 73 – Barry Lyndon (1975)

    Bill and Ted discuss Stanley Kubrick’s 1975 adaption of William Makepeace Thackeray’s satirical 1844 novel “The Luck of Barry Lyndon,” about the challenges and hazards of attempting to climb the social ladder of late 18th century Europe. Set between the 1750’s through to the end of the 1780’s the plot — which includes the 7 […]

  5. 08/14/2025

    Episode 72 – The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

    Bill and Ted discuss Michael Mann’s 1992 adaption of James Fenimore Cooper’s 1826 novel “The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757.” Set in colonial New England during the French and Indian War the frontiersman Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis) the adopted son of the Mohican Chingachgook (Russell Means) and his natural son Uncas (Eric Schweig) […]

  6. 05/20/2025

    Episode 71 – Grizzly Man (2005)

    Bill and Ted discuss Werner Herzog’s 2005 documentary “Grizzly Man” largely assembled from footage shot by troubled aspiring actor Timothy Treadwell for an unrealized TV Nature programme interspersed with interviews featuring people connected to the man and/or to the tragic death of Treadwell and his girlfriend at the time. Asking questions about the nature of […]

  7. 01/29/2025

    Episode 70 – Dragonslayer (1981)

    Bill and Ted discuss Matthew Robbins’, J.R.R. Tolkien inspired, 1981 dark fantasy film “Dragonslayer” set in the gritty fictional sixth-century British Iles kingdom of Urland, terrorized by Vermithrax Pejorative, a 400-year-old dragon. Wishing to be rid of the dragon a delegation of common folk led by the young lad Valerian (Caitlin Clarke) seek the help […]

  8. 11/14/2024

    Episode 69 – Children of Men (2006)

    Bill and Ted discuss Alfonso Cuarón’s 2006 brooding adaption of P.D. James’ 1992 dystopian novel “The Children of Men” where infertility has rendered humanity collectively childless for 18 years pushing the world into a melancholy of despair and hopelessness. Former activist, Theo Faron (Clive Owen), is drawn into a revolutionary plot co-ordinated by a group […]

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A Podcast About Watching Movies

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  • Creator
    Bill Cwirla and Ted Giese
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    78
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Bill and Ted Productions
  • Show Website
    Bill and Ted Watch Movies

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