The Unbreakable Movie Chain

Which character’s which? On this episode of The Unbreakable Movie Chain we get lost in Sofia Copolla’s hazy, dreamlike debut feature The Virgin Suicides. Featuring sack-like prom dresses, questionable parenting, and Josh Hartnett’s Lego hair. Also David Fincher’s Zodiac, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, and the indie-horror double whammy of Last Shift and its remake Malum. Which film franchise has been Gould’s decorating companion? Ed’s confusion over the literary awards circuit and it’s ability to

Here’s to you, dear listeners! On this week’s Unbreakable Movie Chain, Gould and Ed come of age chatting Mike Nichols’ The Graduate. Taking your date to a strip show while doing the dirty with her mum? We call that a summer well spent. Also: Ed went to see the 4k restoration of The Wicker Man. The omnipresence of the actor Kevin Eldon. Why wasn’t Sidney Poitier nominated for an Oscar at the 40th Academy Awards? I think we can guess. “My frustration was with my own rampant disorganisation.” -

On this week’s episode, Gould and Ed head out on the campaign trail for Clinton era satire Primary Colors. Featuring sex scandals, apple fritters and John Travolta’s dad-dancing. Also: Thoughts on the blood-drenched war epic Sisu and Hereditary director Ari Aster’s latest Beau is Afraid. Our hosts lose their minds over a single long shot of a diner. The art of seguing from American politics to Peter Andre and back. “He has an instinct to over-indulge on the smell of his own farts.” - Ed. “I just

Strap on your two-way wrist radios and get ready to hit the streets with Gould and Ed as they face off against cinematic crime – in the form of 1990’s Dick Tracy. Featuring painted backdrops, gratuitous nipples and all the latex in the land! Also Did our hosts enjoy their recent trips to the theatre? Which of us let the side down by sitting in the sun rather than watching Beau is Afraid? What on Earth are the Oscars for? “If a whole other team of people did a Dick Tracy film that was completely

This week on The Unbreakable Movie Chain, Ed and Gould calypso dance through the lurid bureaucracy of the afterlife in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice. With sand snakes, roadkill civil servants and bioexorcisms galore! Also: The impossibility of getting through a Blue Velvet / Mulholland Drive double bill with brain intact. Someone thinks Mars Attacks is a snooze. A brief rant about the state of comedy in modern cinema. “Even if the film’s terrible there’s gonna be at least one performance that’s worth

In this, the first episode of The Unbreakable Movie Chain, Ed and Gould don their headscarves and shades and gas up the tank for a fun, revenge-fuelled roadtrip with Thelma & Louise. Featuring classic diners, inept cops and getting laid and betrayed by two thirds of Brad Pitt. Also: Revelling in the gory splatter-fest that is Evil Dead Rise. A brief discussion of the merits of fighting Kirk Douglass in your pants one-handed. Is 1995’s Judge Dredd really one of the stupidest films Ed has ever

In this special introduction to the pod our co-hosts, Madeline Gould and Ed Howells answer three burning questions – “Who the Hell are they?”, “What the Hell are they doing?”, and “Why on Earth are their voices making the journey from their cupboards to my ears?” SPOILER: The answer to all of these questions has something to do with loving movies and hoping that you do too. Also - Films that scare, films that arouse, films that make you laugh, films that make you punch the air The Spicer Lovejoy