The Rewind Movie Podcast

The Rewind Movie Podcast
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Since 2018, former film school friends Gali, Devlin, Patrick and Matt have tried to distil the essence of their myriad bleary, late night, free-flowing, probably bullsh*t-laden formative movie conversations almost 20 years ago, as they cast their eyes back to former favourites, cult curiosities, and ubiquitous cultural trash alike. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Little Giants (1994) - Episode 141

    5D AGO

    Little Giants (1994) - Episode 141

    “You'll never get anywhere treating your helmet like a lunchbox son.” We’re getting into our three-point stance on the mini gridiron for the 1994 family sports comedy Little Giants. Local legend Kevin O’Shea (Ed O’Neill), a Heisman Trophy-winning football hero, is running tryouts for his Pee-Wee football team, where he mercilessly discards the ‘misfit’ kids. Among them, his own niece - Becky “Icebox” O’Shea (Shawna Waldron), one of the toughest players refused because she is a girl. She maneuvers her dad, mild-mannered garage owner and Kevin’s overshadowed little brother Danny (Rick Moranis), into coaching a rival team made up of those same misfits, with an inevitable big game collision looming in the third act. Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment produced this sporting underdog tale, coming in the wake of the likes of The Mighty Ducks and The Sandlot, which inspired a young Patrick to put on an American accent and toss the pigskin in his Leicestershire back garden. Will his affection for this somewhat-forgotten kids film similarly inspire the less-nostalgic Devlin, a lifelong NFL fan who can't remember whether he actually watched this as a kid, or just saw the trailer too often? Join us as we finally determine just how many fart jokes are too many fart jokes. Rewind Movie Podcast merchandise, and shirt designs from some of our favourite films, are available here. If you have a film you’d like the gang to tackle, send us an email at rewindmoviepodcast@gmail.com. For introductions, essays, playlists, and the full back catalogue of episodes and specials, find us at rewindmoviecast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 35m
  2. Columbo - Murder by the Book (1971) - Episode 140

    FEB 23

    Columbo - Murder by the Book (1971) - Episode 140

    My wife loves ya! The Rewind Movie Podcast goes small screen as we continue our meandering tour around the career of Steven Spielberg with his feature-length episode of the legendary mystery show Columbo - Murder by the Book.  In 1971, Spielberg - the golden boy of Universal, and still a few months out from his seminal TV movie Duel - was hired to direct the first true episode of the series, after three early outings for the character, the latter two starring New York theatre actor-turned-Hollywood transplant Peter Falk. This tale of a mystery novelist slaying his soon-to-be-ex writing partner simultaneously acts as the blueprint for the beloved programme, and a forum for the prodigious director’s mastery of camerawork and scene construction. Gali and Devlin’s shared history with the series goes back more than 20 years, with many a lazy Sunday spent in the company of the disheveled detective. Join us as we discuss the character’s origins, the development of the show’s tropes, pick our favourite murder styles, and revel in a cinematic legend’s earliest evidence of their technical prowess. Rewind Movie Podcast merchandise, and shirt designs from some of our favourite films, are available here. If you have a film you’d like the gang to tackle, send us an email at rewindmoviepodcast@gmail.com. For introductions, essays, playlists, and the full back catalogue of episodes and specials, find us at rewindmoviecast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 46m
  3. DUEL (1971) - Episode 139

    JAN 22

    DUEL (1971) - Episode 139

    “I'd like to report a truck driver who's been endangering my life!” Our Steven Spielberg Series continues with a detour back to where it all started - 1971’s TV movie-turned-theatrical debut DUEL. Mild mannered travelling salesman David Mann (Dennis Weaver) finds himself the unexplained target of escalating threats from a mysterious, smoke-belching truck’s largely unseen driver, as they cross the barren California desert highways locked in a cat-and-mouse chase towards an inevitably deadly conclusion. Under contract as the wunderkind development project of then-Universal president Sid Sheinberg, the 24-year-old Spielberg lobbied to follow up his seminal Columbo episode with this Richard Matheson-penned thriller as a forum to flex his aptitude for visceral action and tension. After pulling in a very respectable audience share and earning a run in European cinemas, Spielberg was ready to take his explorations of overmatched man versus an unstoppable force onto the water… Join Gali, Devlin and Matt at the Snakearama for a sinister cheese on rye sandwich of suspense! Rewind Movie Podcast merchandise, and shirt designs from some of our favourite films, are available here. If you have a film you’d like the gang to tackle, send us an email at rewindmoviepodcast@gmail.com. For introductions, essays, playlists, and the full back catalogue of episodes and specials, find us at rewindmoviecast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 31m
  4. HOOK (1991) - Episode 138

    12/22/2025

    HOOK (1991) - Episode 138

    Bangarang! We continue our journey through the filmography of The Beard Himself, Steven Spielberg, with a contrasting look at fatherhood in 1991’s grand kids’ fantasy Hook. A now adult Peter Pan (Robin Williams) has no memories of his time in Neverland, having committed himself to a life of dour responsibility as a successful lawyer under the name Peter Banning. Returning for the first time to the home of Wendy, grandmother to his wife, he receives a sharp reminder of his previous adventures when Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman) kidnaps his two young children - necessitating a crash course in whimsy, imagination, flying, and sword fighting from the Lost Boys, now led by the brooding Rufio. While Spielberg tackling the story of the boy who never grew up seemed like a slam dunk, the project took almost a decade to make it to the screen, and bloated in running time, shoot days, budget, and tabloid intrigue along the way. A sizeable box office haul couldn’t dispel a reputation as a critical failure and a financial disappointment, relative to expectations. But, did the Rewind Lost Boys dig into a steaming imagination buffet of nostalgic fun, or were we left lamenting our lost marbles. A Merry Christmas from the gang - if you’d like to help us out this year, we would be thrilled if you would consider donating a few pounds to MediCinema, a wonderful organisation who provide cinema screenings to hospital patients across the country. Those few hours of immersive relief can be so important for people going through such difficult times.  https://www.medicinema.org.uk/donate/ Rewind Movie Podcast merchandise, and shirt designs from some of our favourite films, are available here. If you have a film you’d like the gang to tackle, send us an email at rewindmoviepodcast@gmail.com. For introductions, essays, playlists, and the full back catalogue of episodes and specials, find us at rewindmoviecast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    2h 1m
  5. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Episode 137

    11/21/2025

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Episode 137

    The Rewind Movie Podcast pays our respects to the Beard, as we embark on a rewatch series of some of the highlights and lesser-travelled avenues of the career of arguably the most successful director in the history of the medium - Steven Spielberg. Our starting point (having already lavished our praise on Jaws) is his self-penned, emotionally-charged, 1977 alien visitation blockbuster drama Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The freshly-minted star director utilised all of his newfound influence to bring a bombastic, visually resplendent, and grandly-scored vision of the after effects of a blue-collar suburban dad seeing a series of UFOs in the skies over Indiana. Not yet 30, Spielberg mined his formative years for the film, loosely adapting an amateur 16mm feature he made as a 17-year-old, and investing this tale of a dissolving marriage with the messy verisimilitude of a young man still processing his own parents’ estrangement. Rewind Movie Podcast merchandise, and shirt designs from some of our favourite films, are available here. If you have a film you’d like the gang to tackle, send us an email at rewindmoviepodcast@gmail.com. For introductions, essays, playlists, and the full back catalogue of episodes and specials, find us at rewindmoviecast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 44m
  6. HalloRe'ewind 2025 SPECIAL

    10/27/2025

    HalloRe'ewind 2025 SPECIAL

    It’s time… it’s time! It’s time for HalloRe’ewind 2025! Your spirit guides, Matt and Devlin, have returned with a specially selected triple bill each of seasonal tricks and treats. Devlin conjured up a We Are Not Alone, We Are F****d trio, with three-courses of intergalactic terror featuring PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES, LIFEFORCE, and GOD TOLD ME TO. Meanwhile, Matt made Lycomania! his hirsutely fearsome triumvirate of hairy-handed, wolfy goings-on with SILVER BULLET, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, and THE HOWLING.   Head to rewindmoviecast.com for an extended essay discussing our thoughts on each film, specially created poster art, videos, clips, and a stuffed casketful of other creepy delights.   Prints and shirts as always available at deadpenpal.teemill.com   Big thanks to Mary for lending her voice to our introduction! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    2h 36m
  7. Species II (1998) - Episode 136

    10/14/2025

    Species II (1998) - Episode 136

    "This isn't the f**king X-Files, goddammit!" No, this is a direct sequel to the surprise 1995 naked Natasha Henstridge sci-fi smash hit... it's Species II. Gali and Devlin have a close encounter with an awfully icky alien, as the sequels creators have gender-swapped the intergalactic sexual predator with unsurprisingly unpleasant results. Will a sloshed Michael Madsen, a checked-out Marg Helgenberger, and a regrettably 90s racially stereotyped astronaut-turned-sidekick take this story to strange new places, or will it all just peter out in an abandoned barn full of gunk? Rewind Movie Podcast merchandise, and shirt designs from some of our favourite films, are available here. If you have a film you’d like the gang to tackle, send us an email at rewindmoviepodcast@gmail.com. For introductions, essays, playlists, and the full back catalogue of episodes and specials, find us at rewindmoviecast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    2h 5m
  8. The Sound of Music (1965) - Episode 135

    09/18/2025

    The Sound of Music (1965) - Episode 135

    Patrick has done it again...he has brought the musical back into the podcast, this time to celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Sound of Music. A year after Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews plays Maria, a nun-turned-governess (so, not at all like a nanny) to the seven unruly children of Captain von Trapp (Christopher Plummer). Her warmth, charm and songs soon win the hearts of the children and their father. But when the threat of war rises (Nazis, booooo), Maria is forced to attempt a daring escape with her new family. Will Patrick find that it is 3rd time lucky when trying to convince the tuneless gang on the merits of the musical genre? Or, despite it being the 60th anniversary, will they join Rolfe on the wrong side of history?! Grab your Lederhosen and Dirndl and warm up those pipes, we're off to the mountains for a sing-song to find out what all the fuss is about. Rewind Movie Podcast merchandise, and shirt designs from some of our favourite films, available here. If you have a film you’d like the gang to tackle, send us an email at rewindmoviepodcast@gmail.com. For introductions, essays, playlists, and the full back catalogue of episodes and specials, find us at rewindmoviecast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    2h 10m
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Since 2018, former film school friends Gali, Devlin, Patrick and Matt have tried to distil the essence of their myriad bleary, late night, free-flowing, probably bullsh*t-laden formative movie conversations almost 20 years ago, as they cast their eyes back to former favourites, cult curiosities, and ubiquitous cultural trash alike. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    The Rewind Movie Podcast
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    160
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