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"Is it the terrorists?" On this episode of At The Movies In The Noughties (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is checking out Steven Spielberg's hit alien blockbuster! No not that one, or that one, or the other one, or even that one; it's got Tom Cruise running (and running his mouth), Dakota Fanning crying, and all the death, dust, and destruction that reminds me of that tragedy. We're looking back at the timely adaptation of a timeless classic, it's Spielberg's 2005 War of the Worlds! His special guest this week is A. J. Black! The Tom Cruise (crazy man) of podcasts with At the Movies in the 90s, Modern Horror, Podmetheus, Don't Call Us Shirley, Last Take, You Have Been Watching, The X-Cast, The Discourse, and more! Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest A. J. Black https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Guys, it's okay! He just wanted his machete back!" On this episode of At The Movies In The Noughties (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson has waited 400 years for a new Friday the 13th, but Jason is there to greet him in the future. Evil gets an upgrade but does the writing in our 10th entry to the slasher franchise? It's James Isaac's 2002 (2001 in Spain...) sci-fi slasher sequel Jason X! His special guest this week is Mark Adams! A wrestling commentator, celebrant, and podcaster at Shipwrecked & Comatose, It's Reel to Me Damnit, The Nasty Cast, and ChuckyVision! Host / Editor Devon Elson ⁠twitter.com/absolutetravist⁠ Guest Mark Adams ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/markadamshc.bsky.social⁠ Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠twitter.com/atthenoughties⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠ Twitter: ⁠@filmstories⁠ Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠ Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"I'm on vacation, man! and I want some mu shu." On this episode of At The Movies In The Noughties (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is on vacation after the chaotic guesting over with At The Movies In The 90s looking at Rush Hour (1998) but his host has followed him here for a high-energy follow up in Brett Ratner's 2001 nonstop action comedy sequel Rush Hour 2! His special guest this week is A. J. Black! The Toto to my MJ with the big brother podcast At the Movies in the 90s, as well as Modern Horror, Podmetheus, Don't Call Us Shirley, Last Take, You Have Been Watching, The X-Cast, The Discourse, and more! Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest A. J. Black https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Thirty and flirty and thriving." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is feeling his thirties and wants to go back to simpler times by watching a movie of a girl who desperately wishes to be thirty and gets her wish! Turns out her successful fashionable life comes at the cost of real friendship and we learn a lesson about second chances, in Gary Winnick's 2004 thriving romantic comedy 13 Going on 30! His special guest this week is the returning Ashley Thomas! A writer at Fangirlish, and consummate podcaster with Podcast-616, We Are Starfleet, and Gene-ology: A Mission Log Look into Gene Roddenberry’s Works! Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Ashley Thomas bsky.app/profile/thenerdyblogger.bsky.social Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Bill Shakespeare was a wonderful poet. But Burt Bacharach he ain't." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES  (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is finally tackling the hoighty toighty bard himself, it's Shakespeare... but as a teen rom-com. It's Tommy O'Haver's 2001 irreverent play-within-a-play-within-a-movie Get Over It! His special guest this week is the Oberon to my Puck, it's Robert Heath! Co-host of BritCom Goes to the Movies, the podcast about British comedy shows making the transition from the small to big screen. Together they recognise the wealth of young acting talent with serious challenging actors like Ben Foster and Kirsten Dunst starring opposite Sisqo and Vitamin C, marvel at the big song and dance opening and closing sequences with said musician stars, and get down to a sweet romantic situation overshadowed by the studio's desperation to get in on that sweet American Pie success. Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Robert Heath twitter.com/robertcheath Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"You're not feeding him Dad's famous Sunday night hot dogs again, are you?" On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is finally bringing the Cage Rage to the noughties, or his guest is, but is this film really on par with some of his most meme-worthy pictures of the decade, or is it one of several hidden gems scattered across this rocky period for the great actor? His special guest this week is Kurt North! And the numbers predict he hosts The Magic Box, The X-Cast, No Book Club, The Time Is Now, Make It So, and Shipwrecked & Comatose! Together they discover a time capsule of 00s Nic Cage memes and how this film straddles the line of thought-provoking ideas and disasterpiece trend chasing, as well as Rose Byrne and Ben Mendelsohn not getting enough screentime, questionable alien/angel plotting, and just how soon is too soon for a mainstream American blockbuster to make 9/11 a throwaway cultural reference. Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Kurt North https://bsky.app/profile/rmuldrake.bsky.social Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Don't ever risk your life for an asset. If it comes down to you or them... send flowers." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is welcoming in the new year with shady government killings and more 9/11 talk. Same as last year, then. But there is fun to be had with Robert Redford teaching Brad Pitt how to be a spy in Tony Scott's 2001 melodramatic thriller Spy Game! His special guest this week is A. J. Black! The Redford to my Pitt with the big brother podcast At the Movies in the 90s, as well as Modern Horror, Podmetheus, Don't Call Us Shirley, Last Take, You Have Been Watching, The X-Cast, The Discourse, and more! Together they get into the 2000s career trajectory of Tony Scott, the last decade of his life, and appreciate the heavy and hot mix of CIA approved spycraft details and Hollywood dramatic storytelling. Redford making homage to his past investigative thrillers and passing the buck to hearthrob Pitt who isn't afraid to spend most of the plot beaten senseless in prison. Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest A. J. Black https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"We don't celebrate Christmas around here. We're Muslims." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is working off his Christmas meal with a second special episode, because I'm a bad Santa and I play by my own rules. I took a lesson from the baddest Santa around, Billy Bob Thornton in Terry Zwigoff's 2003 coal black comedy Bad Santa! His special guest this week is Ian Buckley! A Good Podcaster with The Collector's Commentary, Illumination Above All, We Are Starfleet, and Movieversaries! Together they cut through the 180+ f-bombs to find a genuine sweetness in the very dark Christmas tale that isn't entirely unlike the journey Scrooge once took. Thornton delivers a shockingly frank portrayal of alcoholism and depression, the likes of Lauren Graham and Brett Kelly provide warmth and hope but not without their own authentic issues, and ensuring every scene is hilarious are supporting acts like the late John Ritter and Bernie Mac... or are they depending on which of the three cuts there are of this movie! Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Ian Buckley https://bsky.app/profile/ianbuckley.bsky.social Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is feeling festive but our first Christmas special of the pod is not about Jolly St Nick himself but one of his elves, the 6'3 36 year old Buddy who may or may not be an elf, in John Favreau's 2003 modern holiday classic Elf ! His special guest this week is Ashley Thomas! A writer at Fangirlish, and consummate podcaster with Podcast-616, We Are Starfleet, and Gene-ology: A Mission Log Look into Gene Roddenberry’s Works! Together they take sides in the growing Elf-mania but find plenty of equal ground on appreciating the relentless enthusiasm excellently portrayed by Ferrell, the crotchety disinterest in his human father thanks to James Caan, the revelatory singing talents of Zooey Deschanel which leads to an extended plug of her music career, and maybe, just maybe, a friendly disagreement over just how sugary sweet an ending can be in a Christmas flick... Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Ashley Thomas bsky.app/profile/thenerdyblogger.bsky.social Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"I pledge allegiance... to the band." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is getting educated in a feel-good classic that cemented funny rockerman Jack Black as a platinum family-friendly success with the help of acclaimed writer Mike White and acclaimed director Richard Linklater in School of Rock (2003)! His study buddy is recurring special guest Craig McKenzie! Runner of kneelbeforeblog.co.uk and host of podcasts Kneel Before Pod and We Are Starfleet: A Star Trek Podcast! Together they reconcile how every child on earth knows Jack Black these days but how many have seen perhaps his best film? How did Linklater and White end up working on a seemingly mainstream crowdpleaser? And just how brilliant is this cast of young child actors who all know how to play their instruments and how did their real personalties shape their scenes? Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Craig McKenzie twitter.com/nemesis4909 Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"..." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson takes a trip to Tokyo to sample some Suntory whiskey, but this spectacular tourist spot is leaving him a little confused, he's going to need a translator for Sofia Coppola's shoegaze romantic-dramedy Lost in Translation (2003)! His special guest helping him understand the meaning behind the words is Sam Stokes, host of Reel Talk, Den of Ten, One Rules Them All, and the upcoming Last Take! Together they find much to appreciate in a mature adult drama such as the infamous 36-second opening of Scarlett Johannson's 17-year-old behind, racial humour as these Americans just can't understand Japanese, and then actually admire the wealth and complexity of Coppola's writing of two adults finding themselves in each other while emotionally adrift in a foreign land. Host / Editor Devon Elson ⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/absolutetravist⁠⁠⁠ Guest Sam Stokes https://bsky.app/profile/samwellpv.bsky.social Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/atthenoughties⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠@filmstories⁠⁠⁠ Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"You're so dead, you don't even know it." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson takes a trip to Texas to sample the sweet meats you can only find off the beaten path and the southern hospitality is putting me at ease, surely this is the last place to expect The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)! His special guest is the returning Mark McManus, a voice behind At the Movies in the 90s, The Collector's Commentary, and Podmetheus! Together they tackle the shocking truth to one of the defining horror remakes of the 00s as well as smashing through the entire list of films that followed, they get into the film itself and the "Hollywoodised" look thanks to the very same cinematographer of the original, and Mark brings the take that will leave listeners spooked this Halloween!!! Host / Editor Devon Elson ⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/absolutetravist⁠⁠⁠ Guest Mark McManus bsky.app/profile/steelbookbluray.com Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/atthenoughties⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠@filmstories⁠⁠⁠ Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"I'm twelve. But I've been twelve for a long time." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson travels on over to chilly Sweden to befriend a couple of kids who might not be alright. In fact, one of them might be psychotic and the other an immortal vampire, but the pair are an odd match and so we find ourselves in a horrific meet cute coming of age story, it's Tomas Alfredson's 2009 critically acclaimed Let The Right One In! His special guest this week is Robert Heath, co-host of BritCom Goes to the Movies, the podcast about British comedy shows, creative teams and comedians making the transition from the small to big screen. Host / Editor Devon Elson ⁠⁠twitter.com/absolutetravist⁠⁠ Guest Robert Heath⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/robertcheath Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠twitter.com/atthenoughties⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠@filmstories⁠⁠ Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠ Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Those guys have been frozen in ice for millions of years. Wouldn't you be a little horny?" On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson needs to science some science in order to save the day from two colossal beasts waking up from an ice bath and resuming their almighty grudge match. It's a mega shark versus a giant octopus in Ace Hannah's (Jack Perez's) 2009 b-movie Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus! His special guest this week is Mark Adams! A wrestling commentator, celebrant, and podcaster at Shipwrecked & Comatose, It's Reel to Me Damnit, and ChuckyVision... yes, Mark's my co-host over on my other show! Together they mix coloured liquids in order to figure out the science behind modern day b-movies and why this film deserves to be held up against the pantheon of veritable classics on this podcast. Promising leads are the muscial career of actress Debbie Gibson, a positive interracial romance, some wonderful special effects on a tight schedule, and the online virality of the trailer itself. Host / Editor Devon Elson ⁠twitter.com/absolutetravist⁠ Guest Mark Adams ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/markadamshc.bsky.social⁠ Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠twitter.com/atthenoughties⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠ Twitter: ⁠@filmstories⁠ Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠ Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Turn the right corner in Sin City, and you can find anything..." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson revisits the old days, the bad days, the all or nothing days. 2005 that is where the dark and miserable Basin City houses three anti-heroes capable of great violence with the will to fight against the overwhelming corruption. It's an all star cast all hanging out on a greenscreen, it's Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's Sin City! His special guest this week is Mark Adams! A wrestling commentator, celebrant, and podcaster at Shipwrecked & Comatose, It's Reel to Me Damnit, and ChuckyVision... yes, Mark's my co-host over on my other show! Together they traverse through the grit and grime of this explosive noir tale to praise the A-list actors, tackle all the controversial R-rated subject matter, Robert Rodriguez's cheap, fast, and beautiful direction, and find any opportunity to take pot shots at the disappointing sequel! Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Mark Adams https://bsky.app/profile/markadamshc.bsky.social Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: https://filmstories.co.uk/film-stories-podcast-network-shows/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.