Cinematic Leap

We are back for our first episode of season 6! This episode we discuss 2000 horror film Urban Legends: Final Cut. We leapt here with actress Jennifer Morrison from the final film of season 5 of our podcast, Warrior.

For this special guest episode we are excited to have a great supporter of the show, David Shields, who has taken us to 2006 historical drama The Last King of Scotland. We arrived here through leaper Forest Whitaker who was chosen by our last guest Pete Kelly during or Rogue One episode.

Finally we get to our fifth guest to join the podcast - this time with great friend of the show Pete Kelly. Pete had Riz Ahmed as the leaper who was chosen from Nightcrawler by Steph from Psychocinematic podcast. We leap with Riz Ahmed to 2016 action sci-fi Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. We hope you enjoy this special bonus episode.

Another season done. This week we discuss season 5 - the highs, the lows, the terrible movies, the occassional good movies. Are we happy with where the films have ended up/happy with our scores? We discuss this and more in this special bonus episode.

This week, for our final film of season 5 we leap with actor Jeff Hochendoner to martial arts sports drama Warrior. Did Scott deliver a film we'd all love as he promised? Listen to find out. We hope you enjoy.

This week we leap with Russell Crowe to Scott's second pick - 2010 crime thriller The Next Three Days. We hope you enjoy.

This week we leap with Ryan Gosling to 2016 neo-noir buddy action comedy film The Nice Guys. We hope you enjoy.

This week we finally leap to one of Glenn's favourites, after wanting to get here so long he finally leaps with costume designer Mary Zophres to 2016 musical romance La La Land. We hope you enjoy this episode more than 2 of us enjoyed this film.

This week we leap back to English speaking films, from Paris to the old west, with cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel. Amelie was full of beautiful cinematography and this week we view and discuss The Coen Brothers 2018 American Western anthology The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. We hope you enjoy.

This week we leap to our first foreign language film 2001 French romantic comedy Amelie. We got to this film through actor Mathieu Kassovitz and had some disagreements during our discussion about this film. We hope you enjoy.

This week we leap with Bruce Willis to a cult classic favourite of many - 1997 French sci-fi action film The Fifth Element. This film is coming up to being 30 years old. Is it still as great as many remember it being? We have an interesting discussion and varied opinions on this. We hope you enjoy.

This week we leap with editor Thom Noble to 2010 action comedy film RED. A refreshing change from last weeks (some would say) harshly reviewed film. A great cast and fun discussion this week. We hope you enjoy.

This week we take a leap with cinematographer Adrian Biddle to a favourite of Mikes - 2002 post-apocalyptic science fantasy film Reign of Fire. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as Mike enjoys this movie!

This week we leap with actress Geena Davis to the classic 1991 road film Thelma and Louise. We hope you enjoy this episode.

This episode we leap to the lesser-known Bill Murray 1990 bank robbery comedy Quick Change - we leapt here with actor Kurtwood Smith. We hope you enjoy this episode.

This week we leap with Robin Williams to one of his greatest films - 1989 drama Dead Poets Society. Surely we can all agree this is one of the best films we've discussed...

This episode we leap again with Matt Damon to his Oscar winning film - 1997 drama Good Will Hunting. Such a joy watching Robin Williams at his best - we discuss this and a lot more. Hope you enjoy.

This week we leap with George Clooney to the classic casino heist movie Ocean's Eleven. Huge cast of stars - could leap almost anywhere from here. We hope you enjoy this fun episode :)

This week we take a huge leap, right into orbit, as we discuss 2013 sci-fi Gravity. We leapt here with composer Steven Price.

This episode we leap with actor Nick Frost to our 5th(!) Edgar Wright film, 2013 science fiction comedy The World's End. We hope you enjoy this discussion.

This episode we leap with Hans Zimmer to 2009 comedy The Boat That Rocked. No surprise Glenn would choose a Richard Curtis films, but will we enjoy it as much as we enjoyed the last film of his we discussed (About Time - Episode 79)

This episode we leap with the great Allison Janney to 2023 science fiction action film The Creator. No surprise that Mike would chose a sci fi... but this film sparked some interesting and passionate responses...

This week we leap to our FOURTH Margot Robbie film in a row! - 2017 (2018 in Australia) biographical sports film I, Tonya. We discuss this crazy story and interesting film and more. We hope you enjoy.

After viewing two amazing performances from Margot Robbie she is finally chosen as our leaper this week and we leap to 2020 superhero film Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn). Scott generally avoids superhero movies, will he enjoy this one? Did any of us? Listen to find out! We hope you enjoy.

This episode we leap with Brad Pitt (for our third Brad film in a row) to 2022 epic historical black comedy drama film Babylon. Yet another super-long movie - which we are getting over a little, but will time fly by when watching this one? Another fun discussion which we hope you enjoy.

This week we leap with director Quentin Tarantino to his (very long) latest film, 2019 comedy/western Once Upon A TIme In... Hollywood. We hope you enjoy this episode more than Mike enjoyed this film...

This Christmas we take a break from our chain of leaps to discuss 2015 comedy drama The Night Before. We hope you enjoy this special Christmas episode and enjoy the rest of 2024!

For this episode we leap with cinematographer Robert Richardson to Quentin Tarantino's 2009 WW2 film Inglourious Basterds. Mike generally doesn't like Tarantino but has taken us here, so it should be an interesting discussion.

This episode we have a change of pace as we leap with Sam Neill to 1998 western/family film The Horse Whisperer. This is a fun episode with some... passionate responses! We hope you enjoy!

This episode we leap with James Earl Jones to one of the top submarine spy thrillers - 1990's The Hunt For Red October. A lot of people seem to like this movie, but did we? Listen to find out!

This week we leap with the legendary Carrie Fisher to her biggest and best role in the film that started it all - Star Wars! What can be said about this film that hasn't been said before? Nothing. And who cares what we have to say about it? Nobody. Did that stop us doing an episode on this film anyway? Not at all.

For our first episode of season 5 we start back in the 80s with classic musical comedy from 1980 The Blues Brothers. We leapt here from Three Amigos with costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis.

Join us for a quick chat about what we thought of our most recent season, what we would change or re-rate, and our highlights and lowlights of the season.

For our 2024 Halloween special this year we take a look at 2016 zombie horror Train to Busan. We hope you enjoy.

For our last leap of the season Scott leaps with casting person Jackie Burch to absolute classic 1986 film Three Amigos starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Chevy Chase. Is this as funny as we all remember, almost 40 years later. We find out and discuss. We hope you enjoy!

Finally! We did it. After 106 episodes Scott has finally been able to leap to a film he's been wanting to discuss here since day one. This week we leap with Bruce Willis to 1998 Chirstmas classic Die Hard. Are the rest of us into it as much as Scott? Listen and find out. We hope you enjoy.

This week we leap with Owen Wilson to classic 1998 sci-fi/action disaster film Armageddon. Scott brings us here with the first of his three leaps. Does this film hold up? We discover this and more and hope you enjoy this episode.

Something a bit lighter this week as we leap to 2011 romantic comedy Midnight In Paris for the last of Glenn's three films. A favourtie of Glenn's, but unseen my Scott and Mike… what will they think? We leapt here with cinematographer Darius Khondji.

This week we leap to 2002 David Fincher thriller Panic Room. This film stars Jodie Foster, a young Kristen Stewart, and the always great Forest Whittaker. This is Glenn's second leap of his three and hopefully gets things back on track with a director and genre we all like… don't we?

This week we stay in 2005, with another superhero film – this time superhero comedy Sky High. Glenn leapt here with stunt person Heidi Moneymaker. 

Mike's third and final leap for the season is with Peter Stormare to 2005 superhero horror film Constantine. We have journeyed all the way from 2006 back to 2005 with Mike's three films this time and what a ride it's been! While it may only feel like one year of cinema, we really journeyed from 480 BC, to early 1800s, to contemporary LA. Where will Glenn take us next?

This week we leap to Mike's second film choice of his three with Lena Headey to another historical film - but this time with fantasy and magic added - 2005 fantasy adventure The Brothers Grimm. This film also stars Matt Damon and Heath Ledger so opens up many interesting possibilities for Mike's final leap of the season!

This week for our 100th episode Michael takes us to a favourite film of his - 2006 action/adventure 300. We leapt here with composer Tyler Bates.

This week we leap with Kevin Bacon to the 2010 superhero comedy/action film Super! An interesting film with some mixed responses from us...

This week we take a giant leap to the classic Ron Howard historical space drama from 1995 Apollo 13. We leapt here with cinematographer Dean Cundey. We hope you enjoy our review!

This week Scott shocks us all by picking average 2006 Christmas romance film The Holiday when leaping with Kate Winslet. We discuss this film and more and hope you enjoy.

This week we leap with director James Cameron to the biggest blockbuster of the 90s - Titanic. It has been 25+ years since this film was released. This is one of Glenn's favourites, but are Mike (who is not a fan of Leo) and Scott (who is generally not a fan of films over 2 hours) into it? Join us for this fun discussion and find out!

This week we leap with composer James Horner to one of Mike's favourite films - 1986 sci-fi Aliens. But what do the rest of us think of it, and do we regard as highly as many seem to?

This week we stay in 1994, leaping with stunt person Jim Dunn to the early Brad Pitt drama Legends of the Fall. We discuss how beautiful Brad Pitt's hair is, and also talk a little bit about the film. Hope you enjoy.

This episode we leap with Point Break composer Mark Isham to the 1994 action sci-fi JCVD film Timecop. Join us as we discuss this fun but flawed film. We hope you enjoy.

For this episode we go further back in time to 1991 for classic action/surfing/bank robber film Point Break. We leapt here with Tom Sizemore and had a lot of fun revisiting this classic. We hope you enjoy this episode.