Join us every week for a trip into the weird and wonderful world of trailers. Whether it’s the first teaser for the latest instalment in your favourite franchise, an obscure preview for a strange indie darling, whether it’s good, bad, ugly or just plain weird – your favourite pop culture baristas are there to tell you what they think.
In Alan’s countdown of Academy Award Best Picture winners from the very beginning of the Oscars, he’s arrived in 1936 with The Great Ziegfeld. The film stars William Powell, so Alan’s bound to love it. Right?
Fast-forward 90 years, from the Ziegfeld Follies to the latest of Morgan’s follies: in this week’s Six Damn Fine Degrees, Sam talks about the appeal British comedy has had to him for many, many years now, and how Diane Morgan’s Ann Droid continues that success story.
And what else do we have for you this week?
Mege: There is Flanagan‘s brilliant miniseries The Haunting of Hill House, well-liked by this podcast, but I don‘t know if he should now adapt one King novel after another. Carrie has been redone more than once.
Mege: Yes, that‘s my favourite dish. I saw Oddity and Caveat back-to-back, two very good Irish horror movies, the first one also starring Carolyn Bracken in a double role. I hope this one is anywhere as good as Ducournau‘s Raw.
Matt: Remember, a few years ago, when Mahershala Ali was cast as the MCU version of Blade? It’s pretty likely now that film, or at least that version, will never exist – but honestly, I’d rather see what strange, interesting projects Ali does instead, especially since Marvel has obviously found it difficult to make something of the vampire-killing daywalker. And “a devoutly religious hitman embarks on a desperate journey across Houston to protect his children, confronting the forces closing in around him – and the beliefs threatening to unravel within” (as Wikipedia summarises this film’s premise) sounds plenty exciting to me. No need for vampires to spice things up.
Matt: A historical fantasy-slash-romantic comedy in which Olivia Colman has sex with a wicker man (no, not that kind!), played by Alexander Skarsgård, the Swede that Launched a Thousand Motorbikes, made for her by Peter Dinklage? (And I’ve not even mentioned Elizabeth Debicki and Richard E. Grant yet.) Sounds a bit generic, innit? No, seriously: it takes skill to make such an outlandish premise work for an entire film, but considering the talent involved in this, it could be an absolute hoot.
A Damn Fine Cup of Culture 