This is the collected archive of in-depth movie podcasts produced and hosted by Alex Shaw since 2010, joined by Sharon Shaw in 2014. For brand new episodes subscribe to the School of Movies podcast as well.
These are spread across three volumes:
Digital Gonzo (2010-2014)
Digital Drift (2014-2015) and
School of Movies (2015-Present)
Coming soon: The School of Everything Else Archive.
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This is the collected archive of in-depth movie podcasts produced and hosted by Alex Shaw since 2010, joined by Sharon Shaw in 2014. For brand new episodes subscribe to the School of Movies podcast as well.
These are spread across three volumes:
Digital Gonzo (2010-2014)
Digital Drift (2014-2015) and
School of Movies (2015-Present)
Coming soon: The School of Everything Else Archive.
[School of Movies 2017]
This was a commission from Chris Finik and turned out to be one of our most challenging shows. I was ill and having to energise myself on sugar, caffeine and enthusiasm while painkillers did their work, but more specifically we were dealing with a movie that is on the surface a silly mess, unlovable and mostly forgotten. We had to find the elements of quality in a mismanaged, overambitious yet underachieving project which ended the careers of a promising director (Stephen Norrington, the man behind Blade and little else) and a legendary actor, Shaun Connery.
Also we haven't seen most of the rest of the cast in the interim years either, but that's what happens when you throw 22% of your budget ($17 million) at one actor and find yourself short on what is obviously an ensemble film. This also serves as a weirdly specific prototype for Marvel's Avengers movie which came out nine years later in 2012.
So join us for ourr 199th movie covered as we go on a voyage with these men who aren't very extraoriary, certainly not gentle and the best of their number is a woman (notably the only person in the film without a Y-chromasome.)
The School of Movies Archive
This is the collected archive of in-depth movie podcasts produced and hosted by Alex Shaw since 2010, joined by Sharon Shaw in 2014. For brand new episodes subscribe to the School of Movies podcast as well.
These are spread across three volumes:
Digital Gonzo (2010-2014)
Digital Drift (2014-2015) and
School of Movies (2015-Present)
Coming soon: The School of Everything Else Archive.