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Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 73 – Barry Lyndon (1975)
Bill and Ted discuss Stanley Kubrick’s 1975 adaption of William Makepeace Thackeray’s satirical 1844 novel “The Luck of Barry Lyndon,” about the challenges and hazards of attempting to climb the social ladder of late 18th century Europe. Set between the 1750’s through to the end of the 1780’s the plot — which includes the 7 years war — follows the rise and fall of Redmond Barry (Ryan O’Neal) a young Irish man born into gentry within a once noble but ruined family. Lush and visually stunning Kubrick’s “Barry Lyndon” provides a demanding yet rewarding film experience which both defied expectations while presenting audience...
2025-10-242h 07Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 72 – The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Bill and Ted discuss Michael Mann’s 1992 adaption of James Fenimore Cooper’s 1826 novel “The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757.” Set in colonial New England during the French and Indian War the frontiersman Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis) the adopted son of the Mohican Chingachgook (Russell Means) and his natural son Uncas (Eric Schweig) become the protectors of British Col. Edmund Munro’s (Maurice Roëves) daughters Cora (Madeleine Stowe) and Alice (Jodhi May) along with Maj. Duncan Heyward (Steven Waddington) as they endeavor to keep one step ahead of French double agent and spy Magua (Wes Studi) a dispossesse...
2025-08-142h 05Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 71 – Grizzly Man (2005)
Bill and Ted discuss Werner Herzog’s 2005 documentary “Grizzly Man” largely assembled from footage shot by troubled aspiring actor Timothy Treadwell for an unrealized TV Nature programme interspersed with interviews featuring people connected to the man and/or to the tragic death of Treadwell and his girlfriend at the time. Asking questions about the nature of nature and man’s relationship to it the film is deadly serious, uncomfortable and unnerving with surprising moments of pitch black dark humour. Herzog presents a puzzling and unexpected documentary experience which stays with the viewer long after the credits roll.If you e...
2025-05-201h 38Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 70 – Dragonslayer (1981)
Bill and Ted discuss Matthew Robbins’, J.R.R. Tolkien inspired, 1981 dark fantasy film “Dragonslayer” set in the gritty fictional sixth-century British Iles kingdom of Urland, terrorized by Vermithrax Pejorative, a 400-year-old dragon. Wishing to be rid of the dragon a delegation of common folk led by the young lad Valerian (Caitlin Clarke) seek the help of the wizard Ulrich (Sir. Ralph Richardson). The task falls instead to his young apprentice Galen Bradwarden (Peter MacNicol) who must face both the dragon as well as Casiodorus Rex (Peter Eyre) the local king who has instituted a dreadful lottery designed satiate and ap...
2025-01-291h 24Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 69 – Children of Men (2006)
Bill and Ted discuss Alfonso Cuarón’s 2006 brooding adaption of P.D. James’ 1992 dystopian novel “The Children of Men” where infertility has rendered humanity collectively childless for 18 years pushing the world into a melancholy of despair and hopelessness. Former activist, Theo Faron (Clive Owen), is drawn into a revolutionary plot co-ordinated by a group called ‘The Fishes’ headed by his estranged wife Julian (Julianne Moore) who has come into custody of a young refugee woman with a secret that could disrupt geopolitics and change the course of human history. Cuarón mixes modern photojournalist imagery with innovative long takes and extr...
2024-11-151h 20Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 68 – Idiocracy (2006)
Bill and Ted discuss Mike Judge’s 2006 film “Idiocracy,” the Rip Van Winkle style comedy about an exceptionally average man, Corporal Joe Bauers (Luke Wilson), left to awaken to a future so stupid and idiotic that it boggles the mind five hundred years after a botched one year top-secret military hibernation experiment. The average Joe and his fellow experimental subject Rita (Maya Rudolph) are stunned to discover that he’s easily become the smartest man in America. This alarmingly cutting and prescient cautionary thought experiment satirically delves into the dangers of unchecked consumerism and coperatocracy, the degradation of medicine and law...
2024-10-091h 24Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 67 – Black Narcissus (1947)
Bill and Ted discuss Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1947 film adaptation of Margaret Rumer Godden’s 1939 novel “Black Narcissus.” Set in the Himalayas a newly minted mother superior, Sister Clodagh (Deborah Kerr), is sent to the palatial yet rundown former mountaintop harem house of Mo- Poo to establish a convent and open a combination school for girls and pharmacy for local minor medical needs. Both beautiful and brimming with dark obsessions the film delves into physiological and spiritual themes of arrogance and humility against a backdrop of mission-field-culture-shock and extreme isolation with all the temptations and the struggles accompan...
2024-09-181h 15Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 66 — GoldenEye (1995)
Bill and Ted discuss Martin Campbell’s 1995 James Bond film “GoldenEye” staring Pierce Brosnan as 007. Set after the fall of the Iron Curtain Bond finds himself racing against the Janus Syndicate, a cadre of self-interested villains, to retrieve the access codes for a satellite space weapon named “GoldenEye” that can fire a devastating electromagnetic pulse toward Earth. The very 1990’s “GoldenEye” rounds out Bill and Ted’s ‘golden’ pre-Daniel Craig, pre-modern era James Bond hat trick survey of the franchise. They had previously watched Guy Hamilton’s iconic 1964 film “Goldfinger” and his oddball and juvenile 1974 film “The Man with the Golden Gun.”
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2021-10-2503 minBill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 65 – TRON: Legacy (2010)
Bill and Ted discuss Joseph Kosinski’s 2010 “TRON Legacy” the action packed follow up to Steven Lisberger’s 1982 groundbreaking sci-fi cult classic TRON. Computer programmer, Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), long trapped within his own digital creation is forced into action when his son Sam (Garrett Hedlund) surprisingly arrives within The Grid. Together father and son must assist the “isomorphic algorithm” Quorra (Olivia Wilde) as Kevin Flynn’s fallen programme Clu (Jeff Bridges) plots to gain complete control of The Grid and access to the biological world. Less futurist manifesto and more of a contemplative reassessment of digital life Kosinski’s TRON finds its...
2021-10-021h 36Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 64 – Metropolis (1927)Bill and Ted discuss Fritz Lang’s 1927 landmark silent science-fiction drama “Metropolis” where utopia collides with dystopia and the head of the planner desperately needs a mediator for the hand of the worker. Gustav Fröhlich stars as Freder, the privileged son of Johann Fredersen (Alfred Abel), the technocratic designer and overlord of the futuristic city […]
2021-09-071h 24Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 63 – TRON (1982)Bill and Ted discuss Steven Lisberger’s 1982 boundary pushing Sci-Fi film “TRON,” a futurist film made at the dawn of the personal computer and the explosion of the video game market. Lisberger envisions a world where analogue collides with digital in a struggle over what is real and what is programmed. Jeff Bridges stars as […]
2021-08-061h 26Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 62 – Early Silent Short FilmsBill & Ted discuss early silent short films from the dawn of film making: Thomas Edison’s “The Kiss,” (1896); Louis Lumière’s proto cinéma vérité film “The Arrival of the Train,” (1896); Georges Méliès’ iconic Jules-Verne’s-esque sci-fi film “A Trip to the Moon,” (1902); Edwin S. Porter’s Western “The Great Train Robbery,” (1903); D.W. Griffith’s Rom-Com […]
2021-07-141h 49Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 61 – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)Bill & Ted discuss “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” – John Hughes’ 1986 classic teen comedy. Fast-talking high school senior Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick), his neurotic best friend Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck), and carefree girlfriend Sloane Peterson (Mia Sara) put Ferris’ “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, […]
2021-03-311h 26Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 60 – The Wizard of Oz (1939)Bill & Ted discuss “The Wizard of Oz,” Victor Fleming’s 1939 adaptation of Frank L. Baum’s 1900 children’s novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland), a young Kansas farm girl, finds herself in the magical Land of Oz pitted against the Wicked Witch of the West (Margaret Hamilton) over a pair of […]
2021-03-021h 07Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 59 – The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King (2003)Bill & Ted discuss the Extended Edition of Peter Jackson’s 2003 adaptation of the JRR Tolkien’s 1955 Lord of the Rings Book “The Return of the King.” This is the inspirational epic conclusion where everything comes to a head and all obstacles both internal and external are overcome one way or another: the fate of […]
2021-01-181h 40Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 58 – The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002)Bill & Ted discuss the extended edition of Peter Jackson’s 2002 adaptation of the JRR Tolkien’s 1954 Lord of the Rings Book “The Two Towers.” On the hunt for Hobbit-nappingOrcs, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli meet an unexpected old friend and become embroiled in the defense of Rohan at Helm’s Deep against the tower of Orthanc […]
2020-12-181h 27Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 57 – The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Part IIBill & Ted continue their discussion of the Extended Edition of Peter Jackson’s 2001 adaptation of the JRR Tolkien’s 1954 The Fellowship of the Ring, as they dig into the themes and theological underpinnings of the film asking, “What is the nature of the Ring that Frodo Baggins carries and its impact on the characters in […]
2020-12-041h 19Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 56 – The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) Part IBill & Ted discuss the Extended Edition of Peter Jackson’s 2001 adaptation of the JRR Tolkien’s 1954 Lord of the Rings Book “The Fellowship of the Ring” a sprawling fantasy epic staring Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins, the Hobbit, setting out on an adventure beyond his expectations. “The Fellowship of the Ring” is the first […]
2020-11-091h 23Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 55 – The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)Bill & Ted discuss Guy Hamilton’s 1974 Bond film “The Man with the Golden Gun.” Amidst the international energy crisis of the early 1970’s, Bond (Roger Moore) must find and liquidate the million dollar hit man Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee). Hamilton’s last venture as a Bond director has many of the 007 staples audiences come […]
2020-10-161h 21Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 54 – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) & Get Out (2017)Bill and Ted discuss Stanley Kramer’s social problem film “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (1967) and Jordan Peele’s social thriller/horror film “Get Out” (2017). Released fifty years apart, Kramer’s film is about encouraging changing attitudes regarding racism in America where Peele’s film is about investigating how slow that progress actually has been. One film is […]
2020-09-191h 25Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 53 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)Bill and Ted discuss Milos Forman’s 1975 adaptation of 60’s drug culture author Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” R.P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson), a violent offender, is sent to receive a psychiatric evaluation, and while institutionalized, befriends a group of residents as he struggles against the domineering Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) […]
2020-08-141h 28Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 52 – Time Bandits (1981)Bill and Ted discuss Terry Gilliam’s 1981 Python-esque “Time Bandits” which focuses on a ten-year old boy, Kevin, who goes on an adventure through time with a band of would-be bandits on the lam having absconded with the Supreme Beings’ map of all the holes in the fabric of time. Filled with fun cameos from […]
2020-07-211h 31Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 51 – Dr. Strangelove (1964)Bill and Ted discuss Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 darkly satirical “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,” a film that invites viewers to question their general safety and sanity, and maybe even their precious bodily fluids. It’s a movie about geopolitics, atomic bombs, loyalty, patriotism, fluoridation, and fear … not […]
2020-06-231h 22Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 50 – Conan the Barbarian (1982)Bill and Ted discuss John Milius’ 1982 film “Conan the Barbarian” drawn from the sword-and-sorcery pulp fiction writings of Robert E. Howard featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Conan, a gladiator bent on finding the warlord wizard Thalsu Doom (James Earl Jones) who killed his family. With a phenomenal score by composer Basil Poledouris, Milius brings to […]
2020-06-101h 30Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 49 – Stranger Than Fiction (2006)Bill and Ted discuss Marc Forster’s 2006 film “Stranger Than Fiction” featuring Will Ferrell as Harold Crick an IRS agent who becomes concerned after hearing the voice narrating his life say, “Little did he know that this simple, seemingly innocuous act would result in his imminent death.” With the help of literary professor Jules Hilbert […]
2020-05-081h 12Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 48 – Fight Club (1999)Bill and Ted discuss David Fincher’s 1999 film “Fight Club” featuring Edward Norton as an insomniac accountant resentfully living a consumer- driven apathetic life devoid of happiness whose chance meeting with the devil-may-care, philosophizing traveling soap salesman Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) turns his whole world upside down. Adapted from Chuck Palahniuk’s raw nerve of a […]
2020-04-231h 15Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 47 – My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)Bill and Ted discuss Joel Zwick’s 2002 film “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” written by and starring Nia Vardalos as Toula a Greek woman who falls in love with a non-Greek man, Ian played by John Corbett, prompting her to come to terms her Greek heritage and identity while integrating him into her family. With […]
2020-03-211h 08Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 46 – DUNE (1984)Bill and Ted discuss David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Hugo and Nebula award winning novel “DUNE” first published in 1965. A complex, epic, science-fiction, surreal, eye-popping, auditory, extravaganza puzzle of a film that comes across like a dream, and, like a dream when awake, all the pieces of the puzzle don’t exactly fit. […]
2020-02-141h 54Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 45 – O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)Bill and Ted discuss Joel and Ethan Coen’s 2000 film “O Brother, Where Art Thou” featuring George Clooney, John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson as escaped convicts Ulysses Everett McGill, Pete Hogwallop, and Delmar O’Donnell. Roaming rural 1930’s Mississippi, the trio embark on a search for a time-sensitive, hidden treasure while pursued by a relentless, […]
2020-01-311h 16Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 44 – A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)Bill and Ted discuss Bill Melendez’s 1965 film “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the beloved TV holiday special written by Charles M. Schulz and starring the Peanuts gang featuring the sweetly melancholic jazz score by Vince Guaraldi. Charlie Brown simply wants to know what Christmas is all about. In his search, he encounters pop psychology, sociology, […]
2019-12-251h 02Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 43 – The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)Bill and Ted discuss Wes Anderson’s 2004 film “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.” Set against a quirky backdrop populated with colourful characters, the film features Bill Murray as a Jacque Cousteau-esque oceanographer contemplating fatherhood and failure following the death of his long time partner and friend Esteban (Seymour Cassel), who was eaten by the […]
2019-12-211h 12Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 42 – The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)Bill and Ted discuss John Huston’s 1948 film “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” featuring Humphrey Bogart as an out of work American Fred C. Dobbs who convinces an old prospector (Walter Huston) to help him and a buddy (Tim Holt) mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains of 1920’s Mexico. Huston provides a […]
2019-12-111h 08Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 41 – Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)Bill and Ted discuss Frank Capra’s 1944 film “Arsenic and Old Lace” featuring Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster, a theatre critic who finds unexpected drama of his own tucked away in his aunts’ window seat on Oct 31st in Brooklyn New York when he and his bride come to tell the family the good news […]
2019-11-011h 08Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 40 – Napoleon Dynamite (2004)Bill and Ted discuss Jared Hess’ 2004 film “Napoleon Dynamite” featuring Jon Heder as the idiosyncratic, yet endearing, Napoleon Dynamite a high school student navigating friendship and family life in rural small town Idaho. A film that’s as much about being awkward as it is about being honest, a slow burn comedy that is extraordinarily […]
2019-10-101h 06Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 39 – Cape Fear (1991)Bill and Ted discuss Martin Scorsese’s 1991 film “Cape Fear,” featuring Robert De Niro as Max Cady, a hardened convict who, after 14 years of incarceration, obsessively seeks revenge on his former defense attorney Sam Bowden, played by Nick Nolte, who failed to keep Cady out of prison. Scorsese ramps up the tension in this […]
2019-09-181h 10Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 38 – Cape Fear (1962)Bill and Ted discuss Lee Thompson’s 1962 suspense thriller “Cape Fear,” featuring Robert Mitchum as Max Cady a hardened convict seeking revenge on prosecutor Sam Bowden, played by Gregory Peck, who helped send him away to prison for 8 eight years. Tension in this black and white film noir inspired pulp-fiction thriller mounts as Cady […]
2019-08-221h 16Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 37 – Interstellar (2014)Bill and Ted discuss Christopher Nolan’s 2014 film “Interstellar,” featuring Matthew McConaughey as Joe Cooper a former NASA test pilot and engineer venturing into space to save the world and his family from a worldwide blight-induced famine: Cooper’s odyssey sees him brave relativity, wormholes, a gargantuan black hole and the best and worst aspects of […]
2019-08-071h 29Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 36 – Rear Window (1954)Bill and Ted discuss Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 film “Rear Window,” featuring Jimmy Stewart as LB Jefferies a convalescing photo-journalist who can’t recuperate without spying on his neighbours with Grace Kelly as his socialite girlfriend Lisa who gets drawn into a world of intrigue. An intricately crafted claustrophobic mystery thriller about the ethics of surveillance and […]
2019-07-191h 10Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 35 – Director Alfred HitchcockBill and Ted are joined by Tom Caldwell from “Good Evening: An Alfred Hitchcock Podcast” for a conversation about Hitchcock director of The Birds (1963), North by Northwest (1959), Vertigo (1958) and his most famous work Psycho (1960). Often referred to as the father of horror flicks, his work is less about gore and more […]
2019-07-111h 09Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 34 – Beetlejuice (1988)Bill and Ted discuss Tim Burton’s 1988 film “Beetlejuice,” featuring Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis as the ghosts of newly deceased Adam and Barabra Maitlandas they try to spook the NYC high society Deetzes’ and their Goth daughter Lydia played by Winona Ryder who purchased their house in a sleepy New England town. Failing to […]
2019-06-271h 10Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 33 – Batman (1989)Bill and Ted discuss Tim Burton’s 1989 film “Batman,” featuring Michael Keaton as Bruce Wayne/Batman and Jack Nicholson as the Joker. Dark and brooding Burton twists the campy qualities of the 1960’s Adam West version of Batman in into a dark freak show doubling down on Wayne’s introspection and the Joker’s psychosis. Brimming with memorable […]
2019-06-121h 10Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 32 – The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)Bill and Ted discuss Wes Anderson’s 2001 film “The Royal Tenenbaums,” featuring Gene Hackman as the conniving patriarch Royal Tenenbaum with Luke Wilson, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow as his adult children Richie, Chas and Margot and Anjelica Huston as their mother Etheline also featuring Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Danny Glover, Seymour Cassel and Kumar Pallana. […]
2019-05-231h 15Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 31 – Director Wes Anderson Part II / Themes and CharactersBill and Ted continue their two-part discussion of director Wes Anderson. The focus of this episode is themes and characters in Anderson’s films Bottle Rocket (1996), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Moonrise Kingdome (2012) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Looking for other films with offbeat ensemble casts? Here are Ted’s Picks: The Princess […]
2019-05-0458 minBill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 30 – Director Wes Anderson Part I / Style and TechniqueBill and Ted launch a two-part discussion about auteur director Wes Anderson. The focus of this episode is Anderson’s direction, style and technique. This conversation includes but is not limited to Bottle Rocket (1996), The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Moonrise Kingdome (2012) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Looking for other deeply quirky […]
2019-05-0151 minBill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 29 – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)Bill and Ted discuss Nicholas Meyer’s 1982 Sci-Fi film “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.” The crew of the Star Ship Enterprise encounter a nemesis from their collective past, Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalban), bent on revenge and desperate to use an experimental terraforming technology called Genesis. Themes of friendship, self-sacrifice and aging permeate […]
2019-04-081h 11Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 28 – El Cid (1961)Bill and Ted discuss Anthony Mann’s 1961 epic “El Cid,” featuring Charlton Heston as the 11th Century Christian Spanish nobleman Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar. Branded a traitor for releasing captured Muslim Emirs after a clash between Muslims and Christians, Rodrigo fights to clear his name and becomes one of Spain’s enduring heroes – the legendary […]
2019-03-221h 06Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 27 – Witness (1985)Bill and Ted discuss Peter Weir’s “Witness,” a thoroughly satisfying 80’s classic. Harrison Ford as police detective John Book protects an Amish boy (Lucas Haas) and his mother (Kelly McGillis) after the child witnesses a murder in the big city. It’s a crime thriller, romances, and a compelling fish out of water story set in […]
2019-03-021h 13Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 26 – Bill and Ted’s Excellent California AdventureBill and Ted discuss Ted’s 2019 visit to California. They cover everything from Ted attending screenings at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, visiting Disneyland and Universal Studios to checking out the Max Factor Hollywood Museum, Hollywood Boulevard, stars on the walk of fame and some of the legacy theaters on the strip. Bill even […]
2019-02-151h 09Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 25 – The Tree of Life (2011) Part II / SonBill and Ted discuss Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life,” a film as experimental as it is poetic investigating the mysteries of grief and loss and the dynamics of family life and life in general. This second half of their two part conversation focuses more on the son Jack, Malick’s use of music and some […]
2019-02-021h 07Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 24 – The Tree of Life (2011) Part I / Mother FatherBill and Ted discuss Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life,” a film as experimental as it is poetic investigating the mysteries of grief and loss and the dynamics of family life and life in general. This half of their two part conversation focuses on mother and father and on the organic visual effects of the […]
2019-01-0356 minBill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 23 – Name That MusicalIn a departure from their usual format, Bill and Ted engage in a game of “Name That Musical” with show tunes from twenty-one musical films. See if you can outscore Bill in identifying the movie and the singer. It won’t be difficult. How well do you know your musical cinema?
2018-12-271h 02Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 22 – It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)Bill and Ted discuss Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life,” a film that has become something of a holiday classic. Yet all is not Christmas carols and lighted trees as Capra’s film delves into some probing self-evaluation on the question “What is one life worth to others in a marriage, family, and community.” If you […]
2018-12-211h 13Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 21 – West Side Story (1961)Bill and Ted discuss Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise’s 1961 film version of the Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim musical “West Side Story.” A film about the mean streets of the West Side of NYC: One part Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliette one part teenage social commentary wrapped up in the post WWII American immigrant experience […]
2018-12-1318 minBill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 20 – Life Is Beautiful [La vita è bella] (1997)Bill and Ted discuss Roberto Benigni’s film “La vita è bella,” “Life Is Beautiful,” a sometimes humorous sometimes poignant and touching film about love and family and the effect of the will and imagination in the face of great obstacles: one half romantic comedy, one half family WWII holocaust concentration camp drama. Looking for some […]
2018-11-221h 08Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 19 – The VVitch (2016)Bill and Ted discuss Robert Eggers’ film “The Witch,” A New-England Folktale where a father accepts banishment from a 17th century Massachusetts puritan colonial plantation taking his family out into the wilderness to start a farm by the edge of the woods only to be tragically plagued by a Witch: A study in despair and […]
2018-10-311h 13Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 18 – Misery (1990)Bill and Ted discuss Rob Reiner’s adaptation of the Stephen King novel “Misery,” a suspense-filled thriller where an injured romance novelist is held captive by an unhinged and deeply disturbed fan. This physiological horror film delves deeply into the nature of misery and what it can drive people to do. Here are Ted’s Picks for […]
2018-10-261h 08Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 17 – Deleted Scenes From the Cutting Room FloorA little something extra from our first 16 episodes. Deleted dialogues, bonus segments, and a few notorious outtakes from Bill & Ted Watch Movies. Enjoy.
2018-10-2133 minBill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 16 – The Karate Kid Part II (1986)Bill and Ted discuss John G. Avildsen’s “The Karate Kid Part II,” another ‘fish-out-of-water’ story where Jersey boy Daniel Larusso goes from California sun to Mr. Miyagi’s Okinawa home town fishing village. The stakes are higher as Daniel hones his martial arts focus and Mr. Miyagi confronts the reasons he originally left for California. Here […]
2018-10-181h 01Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 15 – Goldfinger (1964)Bill and Ted discuss Guy Hamilton’s film “Goldfinger,” the third Sean Connery James Bond film featuring the British spy with a licence to kill as he works to foil a plot to break into Fort Knox. Here are Ted’s Picks for other great Connery 007 films: Dr. No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963), Thunderball […]
2018-10-091h 06Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 14 – The Karate Kid (1984)Bill and Ted discuss John G. Avildsen’s “The Karate Kid,” a surprisingly touching ‘fish-out-of-water/zero-to-hero’ teen story with a nice balance of martial arts and California sun. If you enjoyed this film you may also like these; here are Ted’s Picks: The Power of One (1992), Lean on Me (1989), Rocky (1976)
2018-09-151h 15Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 13 – Sense and Sensibility (1995)Bill and Ted discuss Ang Lee’s “Sense and Sensibility,” the 1995 adaption of Jane Austen’s 1811 commentary on the social mores of late 18th century England and the place of love, honour and romance alongside practicality concerns revolving around property, patronage and inheritance. The plot follows the widow Dashwood and her three daughters as the older two, Elinor and Marianne, […]
2018-08-281h 03Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 12 – The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)Bill and Ted discuss David Lean’s “The Bridge on the River Kwai,” the celebrated WWII war/anti-war film about the madness of war in a Japanese prisoner of war camp deep in the jungles of Ceylon (Sri Lanka); a film about leadership, gorilla engineering, pride in workmanship and sabotage. If you enjoyed this film you may […]
2018-08-161h 04Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 11 – Silverado (1985)Bill and Ted discuss Lawrence Kasdan’s “Silverado,” an underrated western with stunning vistas, fun characters, and a gorgeous soundtrack filled with high adventure and touching moments. If you enjoyed this film you may also like these: Young Guns (1988), Tombstone (1993), 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
2018-07-281h 09Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 10 – Zombieland (2009)Bill and Ted discuss Ruben Fleischer’s “Zombieland,” known for its practical Zombie apocalypse survival rules, humorous one-liners, Twinkies, and as might be expected zombies. If you enjoyed this film you may also like these: House (1985), Shaun of the Dead (2004), Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
2018-07-111h 02Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 9 – Chef (2014)Bill and Ted discuss Jon Favreau’s “Chef,” known for its pairing of foodie glamour shots and Latin infused jazz and blues music! If you enjoyed this film for its father and son story of coming back from the brink of failure check out The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), or for its father/son food focus then Jiro Dreams […]
2018-06-221h 05Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 8 – The Big Chill (1983)Bill and Ted discuss Lawrence Kasdan’s “The Big Chill,” known for its powerhouse cast and great soundtrack. If you enjoyed this film for its investigation into grief you may also like these: Manchester by the Sea (2016), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Ordinary People (1980). If you liked the hang-out story line you may […]
2018-06-051h 03Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 7 – Brazil (1985)Bill and Ted discuss Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil,” known for its dystopian themes and film noir style, its cutting satirical humor and vivid dream/nightmare imagery. If you enjoyed this film you may also like these: Blade Runner (1982), Kafka (1991), Dark City (1998)
2018-05-311h 00Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 6 – The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)Bill and Ted discuss Terry Gilliam’s “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen,” known for its inventive art direction, fantastic storytelling and extraordinarily warmhearted investigation of fantasy and reality. If you enjoyed this film you may also like these: Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985), The Fisher King (1991)
2018-05-241h 03Bill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 5 – Casablanca (1942)Bill and Ted discuss the Michael Curtiz classic WWII film “Casablanca,” known for its film noir cinematic style, iconic romantic performances by Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman and the classic song, “As Time Goes By.” If you enjoyed this film you may also like these; here are Ted’s Picks: The Maltese Falcon (1941), Notorious (1946), […]
2018-05-0859 minBill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 4 – The Goonies (1985)Bill and Ted discuss the classic 80’s Richard Donner kid’s adventure film “The Goonies,” known for the truffle shuffle, One-Eyed Willy’s hidden treasure and a lot of quotable one-liners. If you enjoyed this film you may also like these; here are Ted’s Picks: Explorers (1985), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), The Monster […]
2018-04-2457 minBill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 3 – Being John Malkovich (1999)Bill and Ted discuss music video and TV commercial director Spike Jonze’s first feature film “Being John Malkovich,” known for its darkly wry and humorous investigation of existential angst. If you enjoyed this film you may also like these; here are Ted’s Picks: Get Out (2017), Adaptation. (2002), Fight Club (1999)
2018-04-1054 minBill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 2 – Rushmore (1998)Bill and Ted discuss Wes Anderson’s second feature film “Rushmore,” known for its quirkiness, odd characters, and bitter-sweet comedic flair. If you enjoyed this film you may also like these; here are Ted’s Picks: Lady Bird (2017), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), Election (1999)
2018-03-2739 minBill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 1 – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)Bill and Ted discuss Sergio Leone’s classic Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” known for its cinematography, prolonged tension, and unforgettable score. If you enjoyed this film you may also like these; here are Ted’s Picks: The Good the Bad the Weird (2008), Fistful of Dollars (1964), Once Upon a Time in the […]
2018-03-1433 minBill and Ted Watch MoviesEpisode 0 – In the Beginning, Bill and Ted Created a Podcast.Bill (aka Bill Cwirla) and Ted (aka Ted Giese) launch their movie podcast discussing their movie memories and favorite films. The podcast is a conversation between an expert movie watcher (Ted) and a movie novice (Bill). The art of watching movies as well as the role of movies in culture will be the focus. Films […]
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