The Movie Mull

Following last week's 200th episode, we are heading eagerly forward into the next 100... This week, our host is Richard and he wanted to start off this new stretch of episodes with something designed to make everyone feel great - the topic of Feel Good Movies.

What is the movie that you go to when you need to escape? A movie that is guaranteed to bring comfort, joy, relief... 

As always, before we get into the movies themselves, we spend some time defining exactly what Richard means by 'feel-good' movies!  How would you define a feel good movie? And what comes to mind when you think of that? 

Listen in and then let us know the films that come to mind for you...

Episode 200 is here! Yes, after years of talking about movies together, the mulls have reached another milestone -200 episodes! And we've got plenty to talk about still. 

For this very special episode, we gathered a live audience in order to hold our own nOscars awards show.  So what are the nOscars, you might ask? They are those infamous films, behind-the-scenes roles and performances that surely deserved an official Academy Award but were - for whatever reason - overlooked at the time.  

Each of the four mulls brought along their suggestions for films, directors and actors that should have won across 6 categories and then debated - with the help of our lovely audience - who should take home the special - belated - nOscar.  

Listen in - and then find us online to join the debate!

NOTE: Despite our best efforts, we had a few technical issues with our recording equipment on the day.  It shouldn't affect your listening enjoyment - but flagging it here in case the audio isn't quite up to our usual standards!

As we approach our 200th episode of the podcast, the mulls are taking a moment to look back at four years of podcasting...

The last of our four special 'rewind' episodes is Darren's choice. In this podcast, our host - Neil- invited us to share our favourite movies set aboard trains - or with significant train-based moments!

This episode was originally released in March 2023 and inspired - ironically - by the Gerard Butler action-film Plane which was rumoured to have a Train sequel on the way... still no sign of that, but in the three years since we recorded plenty more phenomenal set pieces on the railways... Perhaps this is another theme worthy of a revisit, alongside both Planes and Automobiles!

Enjoy the conversation - and then tune in again next week for Episode 200!

As we approach our 200th episode of the podcast, the mulls are taking a moment to look back at four years of podcasting...

Our penultimate special 'rewind' episode is Neil's choice. In this podcast, our host - Richard - invited us to look again at one of his favourite movie genres: the Creature Feature!

This episode was originally released in March 2022 - so early in the Movie Mull journey that we were still trying to squeeze film reviews into the same episode! So, brave yourself for film reviews, followed by an attempt to define what makes a 'creature feature' and then, of course, our favourite examples - and what we love about them. 

Enjoy the conversation - and look out for one more classic episodes being re-released next week as we count down towards Episode 200!

As we approach our 200th episode of the podcast, the mulls are taking a moment to look back at four years of podcasting...

Our second special 'rewind' episode is Richard's choice. In this podcast, our host - J - invited us to look again at one of our favourite films - murder mystery comedy classic: CLUE! 

Hypothetically, if this film was being remade today (no need, we know!) who would you cast in the main roles. Back in February 2023, we spent an hour going through our choices...

Enjoy the conversation - and look out for further classic episodes being re-released over the next couple of weeks as we count down towards Episode 200!