The Movie Mull

This week, 75% of our mulls are back with another What We've Been Watching episode.  We're bringing you three more reviews, helping you to decide what movies you might want to watch (or avoid) over the coming week.

First up, Neil tells us all about Apple TV's 80's-style, cold-war-era action-comedy, Mayday.  This films sees Ryan Reynolds' fighter pilot stranded behind enemy lines with ex-KGB agent Kenneth Branagh as his only hope. 

Then, Richard has a chance to catch up with ta film released in cinemas to high acclaim earlier this year. It's now available to stream on Netflix, and so Richard tells us what he thought of Wasteman, a brutal prison drama starring two rising stars in the UK acting world: David Jonsson and Tom Blyth.

Finally, Darren reviews Blue Heron. This very personal, autobiographical drama starts by introducing a family of six settling into their new home on Vancouver Island as seen through the eyes of the youngest child, eight-year old Sasha - and then becomes something both unexpected and moving.  Available to stream now on Mubi.

We'll be back soon with another movie chat - and with a full set of mulls! In the meantime, get in touch and let us know what you've been watching - and what you'd like to hear us talking about in the future.

As Lex Luthor, aka Gene Hackman, once said, "It isn't that I don't trust you, but I don't trust you..." 

For this week's episode of the Movie Mull, our host Richard asks his fellow mulls to think about movie characters and trust. Specifically, those characters that we think we can believe in, that we completely trust, until a late twist reveals their darker intentions... or - the flip side - the character we are led to believe is a completely untrustworthy bad guy, until we find out that they were actually on our side all along (usually just before they die horribly as the real evil is revealed!). 

Warning to those who are spoiler averse: due to the theme of the episode, we will be talking about some of the twists and turns that occur later in various movies.  We will try to warn you when these are coming up, so that you can skip ahead if you haven't seen the film and don't want to be spoiled - but there might be a few that have snuck through!

Listen in and then get in touch to let us know who we've missed...

This week on the podcast, three quarters of our Mulls gather to share their reviews of three of the movies that they have been watching recently.  Our fourth Mull - Justin - is in the midst of rehearsals now, but he'll be back on the pod very soon.  

For this episode, Richard starts things off with a review of the latest film from director Olivia Wilde - The Invite.  This comedy drama is centred around two couples (Wilde and Seth Rogan, with Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton) coming together for a dinner and has started gathering some Oscar Buzz!

Then, Darren reviews a highly anticipated comedy from Matt Johnson and Jay McCarroll - Nirvanna: The Band, The Show, The Movie. The creator, writer and - respectively - director and musician pair have taken their original 2007 web series and created a feature length film centred around the simple premise of two friends in search of a gig for their band... and things spiral from there...  

Finally, Neil returns to one of this podcast's favourite genres - the Creature Feature.  The comedy horror Hungry features a very hungry hippo feasting on unsuspecting tourists in the Louisiana Swampland... Tune in to see what he thought!

Three very different movies and something for every taste... Listen in and then let us know what you thought of these movies, or anything that you've been watching recently.

For this week's episode, our host Justin was inspired by a post he saw online proclaiming the most iconic characters in cinema from each decade - which got him thinking... What makes a character iconic? And - frankly - did they make the right decision?

He challenged each of the mulls to suggest the characters that they felt to be the most iconic - focusing this week on the films of the 1930s, 50s, 70s and 90s - and why.  Together, could the Movie Mulls figure out the truly iconic from the merely famous? 

Listen in to hear our discussion and decision... then let us know who you would have suggested...

This week, all four of the mulls reunite for a brand new episode.  Our host, Neil, invites us to consider all of the ways in which magic has been conveyed on the silver screen... From conjurors, magicians and illusionists (in films ranging from The Prestige to The Sorcerer's Apprentice to Now You See Me) to the wizards and witches from the even more fantastical storytelling of The Lord of the Rings, Dungeon's and Dragons, Doctor Strange... and so much more.

Listen in and then let us know your favourite examples of magic and illusion in the movies.