At the Movies in the Noughties

"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...

"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 slashe...

"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 spec...

"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 s...

"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 Ob...

"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 th...

"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 Sco...

"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 S...

"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'...

"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 i...

"..." 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 be...

"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 returnin...

"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...

"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...

"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 corruptio...

"There's a bunny inside every woman." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson just woke up from a coma to find this a comedy dude he liked is now making horror movies!? We're going back for Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore's 2009 Miss March! His special guest this week is... well, nobody! It's a special episode as Dev flies solo t...

"I'm here because I was in the comic book.." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson learns a little french and a lot about friendship when a struggling band from Riverdale makes it big. The sisterhood bond Josie (Rachael Leigh Cook), Valorie (Rosario Dawson), and Melody (Tara Reid) is put to the test when their new agents Wyat...

"Welcome to Old Navy." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson had the pick of all the decade and went with this. Eddie Murphy plays a tiny alien who visits Earth inside a spaceship shaped like Eddie Murphy... Him and his crew need to recover a special orb that will drain our oceans for their survival, but Elizabeth Banks and h...

"I always wanted to be a Tenenbaum." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson doesn't need to pretend to be dying to get a guest on to discuss this incredible movie. The tragicomedy follows three fantastical child prodegies of the Tenenbaum family who all suffer from midlife crisises just as their absent father Royal announces h...

"But remember the risk of cheating the plan... you don't even want to f*** with that MacDaddy." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson has a premonition he's about to enjoy the start of a franchise that still has great films coming out right now. What started as a pitch to The X-Files became a blockbuster shocker as a teen pre...

"We just rolled up a snowball and tossed it into hell. Now lets see what chance it has." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is left spinning in slow motion after the hotly anticipated sequel to Mission: Impossible (1996). Bigger and cooler than ever, Tom Cruise elected John Woo to helm a bombastic, operatic adventure that...

"Always know if the juice is worth the squeeze." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson gets scandalous in the realm of boner comedies. After the frathouse antics of American Pie, surprisingly a 2004 film about a teen who learns his new neigbour is in adult entertainment is the sweet coming-of-age romance The Girl Next Door. H...

"Time to explain evolution to the monkeys." Welcome back to AT THE MOVIES IN THE 90s... wait a minute... Yup this was a sneaky backdoor pilot idea A. J. Black over on his podcast, and we're sharing it as a bonus. Will Devon ever cover these damn dirty apes? He aims to talk every 00s movie from chimpan-a to chimpan-z. A. J. Black is joined by recurring guest, podcaster Rob Turnbull, to discuss Tim...

"Look at what they make you give." The inaugural episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing). Devon Elson starts in the year 2002 to comment on the obvious real world events that would shape the decade, but also unravels the long history of director Doug Liman getting his dream project made, gritty spy thriller The Bourne Identity. His special guest re...