
Drive-By Cinema
This month's movies for review are available on letterboxd.
Episodes
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Paul forces Rick to watch an Adam Sandler movie, Uncut Gems. The freedom of kids in the 80s. gambling and tennis all receive at least a passing mention.
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
Thursday Jun 23, 2022
Paul reveals his most profound thought of the past 11 years as the 2012 movie Cloud Atlas is regarded with mild suspicion. Rick meanwhile is keen on the game Disco Elysium.
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Thursday Jun 16, 2022
Whereas Paul and Rick sometimes confidently guide the listener through the layers of hidden meaning, for this movie, David Lynch's epic Inland Empire, you are essentially on your own.
But they do discuss Newton's laws of motion, and follow-up work on mosquitos in some entertaining reference videos.
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
Monarchy, mutilation, and mood are among the topics beginning with 'm' which for all we know have been edited out of this episode discussing Norwegian film The Trip.
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Back to traditional Drive-By Cinema territory, a lock-down viral apocalypse movie made in 2017, It Comes At Night thrills Paul. Rick notes that it seems to be more like an ebola outbreak, referencing 90's book The Coming Plague.
Thursday May 26, 2022
Thursday May 26, 2022
The movie is the waking dream called Dave Made A Maze, not "Dave Made A Movie" which is what Paul thought. He also details 4 things on his 3 item list, references a '60 long foot shooner' and pronounces "apparel" in a weird way. Rick of course, is beyond reproach.
Ok Go make some entertaining music videos. And it's an Ames Room.
"Glow worms on the beach".
Thursday May 19, 2022
Thursday May 19, 2022
On Netflix, Choose Or Die hits some nostalgia notes for Rick, who talks about armchair treasure hunts like Masquerade, Hareraiser and Pimania.
Thursday May 12, 2022
Thursday May 12, 2022
Paul and Rick are watching Children Of Men for this episode, a film which Home Secretary Priti Patel thinks is a blueprint for immigration policy. They tackle the YouTube road vigilante CyclingMikey. And real-life superhero podcast The Superhero Complex. Paul's tennis skills are compared unfavourably to those of Boris Becker.
Thursday May 05, 2022
Thursday May 05, 2022
A harrowing tale of the family dog nearly drowning (twice), and that's just Paul's story, not even the movie, which this week is Under The Skin.
Word of the week: Petrichor
Paul's word of the week: Gansey
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Paul espouses an "in-at-the-deep-end" approach to education as with Rick he discusses recent Netflix production The Adam Project. Rick dislikes E.T. and Adam Sandler, but presumably no one cares. "Syrup and Honey" in case you were wondering.