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Drive-By Cinema

Trapped in covid lockdown two people started reviewing movies and have not been able to stop. We watch the movies so you don‘t have to. Join the discord to discuss: https://discord.gg/nzBEAMteGP

tv & film film reviews

All Episodes

01:00:18

Drive-By Cinema, Decision To Leave

Drive-By Cinema ·

2023/01/26

Trigger warning for themes of suicide as Paul and Rick discuss Korean film-noir Decision To Leave. Rick tests ChatGPT vs Paul in puzzle solving, while Paul expresses his dislike of sushi, but his love of conveyer belts.

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59:19

Drive-By Cinema, Monsters

Drive-By Cinema ·

2023/01/19

Paul and Rick discuss design protection and cakes in the shape of mushrooms, along with bribing border guards as they navigate the infected zone of Gareth Edwards' 2010 film Monsters. Search for registered designs on the Design View website.

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01:00:52

Drive-By Cinema, High Rise

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2023/01/12

Ben Wheatley's take on J G Ballard's High Rise, on the dissection table in this episode. Paul proves himself again to be much better read then Rick.

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01:00:13

Drive-By Cinema, Never Let Me Go

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2023/01/05

Episode 22 the first one of 2023. It's all about 2010 sci-fi drama Never Let Me Go. Except for the bits about Avatar and design protection.

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01:09:34

Drive-By Cinema, Troll

Drive-By Cinema ·

2022/12/29

Asymmetric intelligibility, Aldi vs M&S, and other stuff are discussed along with Norwegian movie Troll.

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01:06:50

Drive-By Cinema, Vivarium

Drive-By Cinema ·

2022/12/22

F**king magnets, how do they work? And how do Paul and Rick keep ending up watching these lock-down style movies with a cast of 3 or 4 people? It's Vivarium this time. Mentioned in this podcast - controversial explanation of electricity on the Veritasium YouTube channel, and the concept of the "McMansion".

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01:09:08

Drive-By Cinema, The Block Island Sound

Drive-By Cinema ·

2022/12/15

Paul discusses fake colonic irrigation TikTok videos for some reason, thinks the ship of Theseus could have done with some stone cladding, and fails to resolve Rick's dinner party etiquette conundrum. He also reveals that he has lost his visual imagination though still has vivid dreams. None of which has anything to do with The Block Island Sound.

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01:14:49

Drive-By Cinema, The Core

Drive-By Cinema ·

2022/12/08

It's not a recent movie, but The Core has an infamous relationship to scientific accuracy. How do Paul and Rick take to it?

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58:56

Drive-By Cinema, Captain Nova

Drive-By Cinema ·

2022/12/01

A Dutch future Greta Thunberg goes back in time to our near-future to stop arctic fracking in Captain Nova. Paul and Rick discuss the noble sacrifice of teleportation.

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59:22

Drive-By Cinema, Everything Everywhere All At Once

Drive-By Cinema ·

2022/11/24

Every so often, Paul and Rick find themselves reviewing a film which has a name of more than one word. It's confusing and difficult for them, but somehow they muddle through. This time they tackle Everything Everywhere All At Once to see if it justifies the profligate use of words.

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59:04

Drive-By Cinema, Cam

Drive-By Cinema ·

2022/11/17

Splosh, Mukbang, nightclub whales, Paul reamins unconvinced by ranking algorithm enthusiasm in Cam. Warning: This film depicts fake suicides which we mention during the discussion.

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01:01:29

Drive-By Cinema, X

Drive-By Cinema ·

2022/11/10

No this isn't episode 10, instead Paul and Rick discuss 2022 horror shocker 'X' and discuss vintage porn.

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01:02:47

Drive-By Cinema, Sextette

Drive-By Cinema ·

2022/11/03

Paul teaches Rick all about Mae West as they review the spectacle of Sextette. Rick recounts his weekend helping to run the QED conference. Paul knows a lot about big cats.

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01:15:52

Drive-By Cinema, It Follows

Drive-By Cinema ·

2022/10/27

Possibly missing the point of 2015 horror It Follows Paul and Rick discuss the importance of toys. Happy Halloween for those listening along live!

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59:45

Drive-By Cinema, I Came By

Drive-By Cinema ·

2022/10/20

Low-key chiller I Came By is the next horror for the month of October. As Paul says, 20 quid for a heated jacket is better than 15 quid for a jacket potato. Rick listens to the alarmingly similar Alan Partridge podcast From the Oasthouse.

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01:08:24

Drive-By Cinema, One Cut Of The Dead

Drive-By Cinema ·

2022/10/13

Japanese zombie horror(?) One Cut Of The Dead has Paul revealing how excruciatingly honest he is. We don't usually give spoiler warnings, we always spoil, but if you were planning to see this film you should maybe do so before listening to Paul and Rick explain it to death.

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01:08:47

Drive-By Cinema, Synchronic

Drive-By Cinema ·

2022/10/06

The past sucks, but does Synchronic? Rick introduces Paul to the NBA. Any listener wishing to own a heated gilet can buy one from Paul's eBay shop. And the Radiolab episode Rick mentions is this one.

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01:09:45

Drive-By Cinema, Bodies Bodies Bodies

Drive-By Cinema ·

2022/09/29

Two Gen-Xers discuss the Gen-Z study Bodies Bodies Bodies. Paul is hoping to keep bodies warm this winter with his heated gilet concept.

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01:07:49

Drive-By Cinema, Interceptor

Drive-By Cinema ·

2022/09/23

Not the '90s helicopter-based gameshow TV series with Annabel Croft, but the much maligned Netflix vanity project Interceptor. For some reason, stories of nuclear missile defence systems seem pressing and relevant just right now.

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01:01:53

Drive-By Cinema, Thirteen Lives

Drive-By Cinema ·

2022/09/15

True story of the 2018 cave rescue of a Thai junior football team, Thirteen Lives prompts Paul and Rick to discuss caving. Risk recommends the Dive Talk youtube channel, hosted by Woody and Gus. It's on Amazon Prime, not Netflix as Rick may have previously suggested.

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