In this episode of the More Movies Podcast, Greg and Dave discuss sci-fi sequel Dune Part Two (2024) directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Florence Pugh, Josh Brolin, Charlotte Rampling, Stellan Skarsgård, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux and Austin Butler. We also talk about The Iron Claw (2023), a wrestling biopic starring Zac Efron, Wicked Little Letters (2023) a British comedy starring Jessie Buckley and Olivia Colman and American comedy Ricky Stanicky (2024) starring John Cena. Join us for a chat about all these movies and le ..read more

In this episode of the More Movies Podcast, Greg and Dave discuss the Academy Award nominations for the 2024 Oscars Ceremony, discussing the actors and directors shortlisted and the movies American Fiction, The Holdovers, Maestro, The Zone of Interest, Anatomy of a Fall, Poor Things and more! We also talk to our special guest (the first ever guest on this podcast!) Tico Romao. Tico is a Film Studies lecturer from Alberta, Canada. He has recently published a book about action in film which we discuss with him. You can visit his website and order his book via the links below. Join us for a chat ..read more

In this 2023 Wrap Up episode of the More Movies Podcast, Greg and Dave discuss lots of the 2023 movies they have been watching over the past 12 months. This year has been a BIG year for movies! In the past few months we have seen Napoleon, Killers of the Flower Moon, Asteroid City, Beau is Afraid, The Flash, Cocaine Bear and The Creator to mention just a few. We cover all of those in this episode plus loads more movies from 2023 AND a bunch of older and classic films that we have watched over the past 12 months. These include The Ipcress File, Black Rain, Children of Men, The Taking of Pelham ..read more

In this episode, Greg and Dave discuss Indy 5 AKA Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023), Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) and Witness for the Prosecution (1957). Plus there’s a look at Dave’s summer adventures in the U.S. One of the summer blockbusters this year was the highly anticipated and divisive fifth installment in the Indiana Jones saga. Harrison Ford returns to the role of the famed adventurer for a final outing. He is joined by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelson, John Rhys-Davies, Karen Allen and Antonio Banderas ..read more

A native son of Kenosha, Wisconsin, George Orson Welles is widely considered one of the world’s greatest film directors of all time and is regarded as one of the finest actors ever to grace the big screen. However, he made his name directing radio plays and theatre before beginning to work in film. Many people will be vaguely familiar with the story about Welles’ radio play adaptation of H. G. Wells War of the Worlds, which was said to have convinced some listeners that aliens from outer space were actually invading the earth in real life. Orson Welles upbringing was tumultuous and fraugh ..read more

Born in Denver, Colorado, David Fincher moved to San Anselmo, California, with his family when he was only two years old. Coincidentally, one of his neighbours in California was future-movie mogul George Lucas. Fincher’s fascination with filmmaking began at an early age, and similar to many other successful Hollywood filmmakers, his first efforts were recorded on an 8mm camera during his childhood. He later moved to Oregon in his teens and got involved in amateur theatre productions, directing plays and working on set designs. He also worked as a projectionist in a local movie theatre and cont ..read more

Every generation has a filmmaker that defines the era. So-called auteurs like Alfred Hitchcock and Francis Ford Coppola are but a few names that spring to mind. Perhaps the most infamous name of recent times is Quentin Tarantino. Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Tarantino moved with his mother to Los Angeles, California when he was just 3 years old. Quentin Tarantino grew up on the west coast and his stepfather encouraged his love of television shows and of course, movies. At an early age, he began writing scripts, which was something that would help to establish him as a fully-fledged and indep ..read more

Christopher Nolan is one of the most celebrated modern filmmakers plying his trade today. Best known for his cerebral, often nonlinear storytelling, the English director has managed to turn the summer blockbuster into a more serious art form with an effective, almost European approach. Born in London in 1970, his first short film was Doodlebug (1997), a piece he created whilst studying English at university. Shot on 16mm black and white film, it gave him the confidence to make his first feature, Following (1998), a taut and ingenious neo-noir that caught the attention of many people in the ind ..read more

In this article we take a look at an American Master, a true “Godfather” of the New Hollywood era and a modern giant of cinema. Francis Ford Coppola was born on this date April 7th in 1937 in Detroit, Michigan. His musician father was a successful arranger and musical director who worked on the radio show The Ford Sunday Evening Hour which was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company. Francis was also born in the Henry Ford Hospital, so his namesake is indeed in respect to the famous car manufacturer. After taking a job in New York at NBC, Carmine Coppola moved the family to Woodside, Queens and th ..read more

What can one say about Martin Scorsese that has not already been said? The man is a living legend and has helped to shape western cinema over the past five decades. With his own unique body of work and a passion for movies which is infectious, Martin Scorsese has become a name synonymous with quality works of art in cinema. This talented writer / director / producer is rightly considered to be a filmmaking deity. Not only has he produced some of the most seminal Hollywood films ever created, he has also been a key figure in preserving and aggregating the history and grammar of the moving image ..read more