Cinematic Leap

This week Sam Neill takes us to a much more recent past, Australia in the 1960s for a classic Australian comedy based on true events in Parkes, NSW - a town that played a key role in the first mission to take people to the moon - 2000's The Dish .

This week we leap with Steven Spielberg to everyone's favourite 1993 classic dinosaur movie Jurassic Park .

This week we leap to recent Spielberg adventure film Ready Player One . Join us as we relive the 80s and discuss the adventures of Wade Watts in the Oasis.

Join us this week as we enjoy Dick , the 1999 comedy starring Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams. We discuss all the things we love about Dick , and some of the things that could have been better. While we agree Dick can be a lot of fun, some of us prefer to be more adventurous when it comes to watching films. We leapt here with Ryan Reynolds from Michael Bay disaster 6 Underground .

Our first Halloween bonus episode! We discuss Edgar Wright horror Last Night In Soho ! Join us for this special Halloween episode where we discuss this fun film, as well as other horror chat!

This week we leap with writer Rhett Reece to a Michael Bay film that is basically Michael Bay parodying Michael Bay. This ridiculous action thriller stars Ryan Reynolds and generates a very interesting discussion between the three of us. We hope you enjoy the Bayhem of this episode!

This episode we leap with the great Woody Harrelson to another of his more recent roles - 2019 horror comedy Zombieland: Double Tap - The sequel to the enjoyable Zombieland . Was this as fun as the first film? Listen as we discuss!

This week we leap with actor John Hawkes to 2017 crime drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri . A couple of us had not seen this before... can a movie seeming about billboards be interesting? There's a good cast so it must be? Join us as we find out!

This week we leap to another intense film, from the arts to the sciences, to 2011's prophetic Contagion . A great cast and our second Soderbergh film of the season, and only our 6th episode! 😷 🤒 🦠 💉

Join us this week as we discuss the intense music film Whiplash . We leapt here with casting director Terri Taylor. 🥁 🩸 🥁 🩸 🥁

Mike surprises everyone by leaping to “horror” film – Get Out – but is it really horror? We discuss this and much more – a lot going on in this film to talk about. You will enjoy this episode… ☕️ 🥄 ☕️ 🥄 ☕️ 🥄

This week we leap with Ving Rhames to another 90s action film - Out of Sight starring George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez. No one is surprised that Scott chooses another 90s crime movie. Also, no one is complaining either...

This week we finally get to watch our first Tarantino film after leaping to Pulp Fiction with sound editor Stephen Hunter Flick. Join us for an interesting discussion of a much loved film!

To start off season 3 we leap to classic Arnie film Total Recall . 80s Schwarzenegger sci-fi - what's not to love? (Well, actually there are a couple of little things...) We leapt here from Jaws with stunt person Dick Ziker. Welcome to season 3 of Cinematic Leap !

Well, we did it again... we got through another whole season of Cinematic Leap without any arguments (except for all the times we strongly disagreed with each other...) Season 2 saw our first 0 rating for a film (Mike - ridiculous!) and we each gave a couple of 10s. Listen to us discuss what we regret, what we enjoyed the most, and what we thought of the season overall in this special bonus episod...

Scott continues to take us back in time for a leap with Steven Speilberg to one of his favourite films - the original summer blockbuster and classic monster movie - Jaws . A great way to end the season, and an interesting starting point from which to leap into season 3! 

This week we leap back to our childhoods to classic 80s adventure film  The Goonies . We leapt here with actor Joe Pantoliano. Where will we leap to next? I’m guessing it will be somewhere with Spielberg…

Scott takes us back in time to the early 90s for this weeks film –  The Fugitive  starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. Is this even a good movie anymore? Listen and find out!

This week we leap one year into the future from 2005’s  V for Vendetta  to another favourite of Mike’s – 2006’s  Children of Men . We leapt here with casting person Lucinda Syson. 

This week we discuss one of Mike’s favourites – 2005s  V for Vendetta . A very violent venture veering via visionary vocations vis a vis versatile venust vixen Natalie Portman and vehement vorocious valiant Hugo Weaving. 

This week for Mike's first of three leaps we jump on a Bullet Train for an action-packed adventure across Japan. Brad Pitt stars in this action packed ride while we watch and discuss and cast our judgement.

This week we discuss Glenn's third pick after leaping with sound guy Tony Solis to 2020's Promising Young Woman . A promising film, but of course everyone surely would love to know: did three middle-aged white guys think it was any good? Listen to find out!

For the second of Glenn’s three leaps we go to the 2022 Weird Al biopic  Weird: The Al Yankovic Story . Another recent film that looks fun. Did we like it or was it a bit  Weird ? (Or both?)  Listen to find out!

This episode we leap to Glenn's first of three solo leaps where he has picked Ralph Fiennes to leap to 2022 film The Menu (which none of us had seen before). Did this film leave a bad taste in our mouths, or did we enjoy the dark and unsettling flavours meticulously presented? Listen to find out!

This week we again leap without Nicolas Cage, but instead with Harvey Keitel to spend some time at The Grand Budapest Hotel . What an amazing place, and an interesting movie. Listen to find out if we all enjoyed our time in this extreme colour palette.