Cinematic Leap

This episode we leap with stunt person Heidi Moneymaker to Nicolas Cage adventure film National Tresaure . That's twice in a row that Keanu could have been chosen as a leaper, and twice he was overlooked! What is going on? Will we overlook leaping with Nic Cage next?!?

This week we leap straight into the next John Wick film with executive producer David Leitch. Leitch actually co-directed the first Wick film but was uncredited with Chad Stahelski getting the full credit for that film. Do the Wick films get better each time, or was Chapter 2 the peak? Listen and see what we think!

This week we leap to with another uncredited leaper – but at least it’s to another (and arguably better) Keanu film – John Wick: Chapter 2. Will we stick with Keanu for a third film of his this season, or leap elsewhere? Did we love John Wick 2? So many unanswered questions, but one thing we do know – with Glenn choosing the next film surely he won’t screw us over again!

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This week we leap with tech support Noah Taylor to another Tom Cruise film, 2014 sci fi action film Edge of Tomorrow . Where will we go from here? We are yet to leap with Cruise himself...

This week we leap to one of Glenn's favourite films (for some reason) Vanilla Sky . We leapt here with director Steven Spielberg who has nothing to do with this film but briefly appears to wish Tom Cruise's character 'Happy Birthday'. 

This week we leap with composer John Williams to the third and some people (Mike) might say - best - Indiana Jones film: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. We explore and dig into this film, with many adventures along the way, and discuss if it is as good now as it was then.

This week we leap to a galaxy far, far away and discuss the 2015 continuation of the Star Wars saga that began way back in 1977. It's hard not to love a good Star Wars movie, but is this a good Star Wars movie? We leapt here through Andy Serkis because Scott didn't want to watch Lord of the Rings .

This week we leap with Charlize Theron to a comedy where she stars alongside Seth Rogen - 2019 film Long Shot . A political rom com that is actually quite humorous.

This week we leap to our second western. Hopefully this one is better than our first seasons foray into westerns... A Million Ways To Die In The West has a much lower imdb score than The Assassination Of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford , but more importantly, how will our score compare (we gave Jesse James 9/30) ... surely this can't be worse. We leapt from Knock Knock to 2014 comedy wes...

This week we leap to a film that has had mixed reviews and a lot of hate. Sometimes, we do leap to a film many people dislike, but it can make for an interesting discussion and a fun podcast so we hope you join us and enjoy our discussion of the 2015 Keanu Reeves thriller Knock Knock as much as we did. (Spoiler... we may see one of us give our lowest score yet!)

Pop quiz, hotshot: Which podcast just did an episode on classic Keanu action movie Speed ? This one! We loved rewatching and discussing this film. It was interesting to see if it held up. This episode we gather speed and don't stop until we are ready to leap again, with a leap even more stupid than over an incomplete freeway!

This week we leap with Liev Schreiber to our first animated film, and our first Marvel film, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. This film was released in 2018 and features amazing animation with an equally great cast of voices. And features Nic Cage!

This week we leap with the uncredited Matthew Lillard who appears briefly in the background in Scream 2 . It was either that or Scooby Doo or something when this leaper was selected, and Scream 2 is not a bad sequel! Will we continue with the Scream films or leap elsewhere after this? Listen to find out!

This week we leap to our first horror movie through composer Marco Beltrami who also worked on Live Free or Die Hard . This is our first horror film of the podcast and one of Scott's favourites. A lot to talk about with this film, which was a big deal in 1996 when it was released, rejuvenating the horror genre. Does it hold up? We discuss this and more this episode and hope you enjoy.

This episode we leap with Mary Elizabeth Winstead who plays the daughter of Bruce Willis in Die Hard 4.0 (also know as Live Free or Die Hard). Can a 4th Die Hard film be as good as the others? Probably not, but we watched it anyway because that's where we've ended up and that's how the leaping rules go. Hope you enjoy this episode, it's a fun movie and an even funner podcast discussion. 

This week we leap to another Edgar Wright film, this time through cinematographer Bill Pope. Will we love it as much as the last two Wright films we've watched? You may be surprised by the answer. And where will we leap to next? Will we pick another crew member to continue our Edgar Wright run, or move on to films that are not as great...?

Welcome to season 2! This week we leap to Baby Driver through director Edgar Wright. A fun way to start season 2. Action packed and fast paced. Hope you stick with us for a new season of Cinematic Leap. 

We did it! We got through a whole season of episodes, rambling our way through many films, some good, some great, some absolutely terrible. But it was fun. This bonus episode we discuss the season, what we learnt, what we would do differently and how the podcast will evolve as we head into season 2 (including inviting the occasional special guest to join us).  We've come a long way. Hopefully...

For Mike's third leap we head to 2007 Edgar Wright classic Hot Fuzz . Lots of action, lots of comedy, lots of mysterious accidents (or are they murders?) We leapt here somehow through systems engineer Rodrigo Bernardo.

This week we leap to Mike's second film choice, 2014 epic sci-fi Interstellar . We leapt here through Matthew McConaughey who is fast becoming a Cinematic Leap favourite. 

Back to the action films this week with Mike's first of three leaps - 2005 action adventure Sahara starring Matthew McConaughey, who we last saw in We Are Marshall way back in episode 8. Listen now to discover if we enjoyed this forgotten modern action classic, or if it should stay forgotten...

Number one on our all time top 5 movie podcasts is clearly this one, not only because this week we leap to 2000 music drama (comedy?) High Fidelity starring John Cusack and Jack Black, but also because we had a lot of fun making it! Glenn's third film of his three leaps. Not sure this will be in the top 5 films we've reviewed this season, although Glenn certainly thinks it should be up there.&nbsp...

This episode we discuss Serendipity. We leapt here with Eugene Levy who has a much bigger role in this film. Serendipity is a 2001 romance comedy so it is no surprise Glenn chose to take us here. 

We could have leapt to almost anything when Rosario Dawson was chosen as this episodes leaper, she's amazing and done so many great films, but Glenn took us to the 2001 classic comedy music film Josie and the Pussycats. Something a bit lighter than the last three films Scott had chosen. A nice change! Who knows where he will take us with his next two picks...