Movies and Tea

Our season long look at the Evolution of the Creature Feature on this episode goes international as we look at the Italian film Wild Beasts in which PCP gets into the water supply for the zoo sending the animals on a violent rampage in a film packed with memorable set pieces as well as a host of equally wacky sequences as crazy as the behind the scenes tales of making the film.

Kim and Elwood's season long look at the evolution of the Creature Feature enters the 80's with Alligator which playing off the urban legend of sewer gators as a pet alligator grows to gigantic proportions when it starts feeding on the carcases of discarded test animals  and soon start moving up the food chain.

Kim and Elwood's season long look at the evolution of the Creature Feature continues with Kingdom of the Spiders in which William Shatner plays the rural town vet who discovers that the town is being invaded by tarantula's which have moved on from feeding on the local livestock to feeding on the town.  We also question the worst places to encounter a spider, the insane behind the scene produc...

Bringing our re-evaluation of Quentin Tarantino's filmography to a close with Once Upon A Time In Hollywood another entry in Tarantino's alternative histories as Leonardo Dicaprio plays Rick a actor whose star is on the fall struggling to recapture fame and success in 1960s Los Angeles like his best friend and stunt double Cliff (Brad Pitt Meanwhile, living next door to Rick is Sharon Tate and her...

Originally meant to be part of the double feature "Grindhouse" alongside Robert Rodriguez Planet Terror here Tarantino threw his hat into the world of car smash movies as the serial killer Stuntman Mike plots to kill his victims using his death proof car. 

A long mooted project for Tarantino Inglorious Basterds provides the first of Tarantino's alternative history films as this multi-plot tale follows the titular Basterds on their campaign of fear through occupied France while a Jewish woman plots her revenge on the German officer who killed her family.

Elwood and Kim continue thier re-evaluation of Quentin Tarantino's filmography with "Pulp Fiction" in which four interweaved stories play out as a mysterious briefcase, a dinner date, a gold watch and the etiquette of the stick up all come together to create a film still ingrained in pop culture as when it was released. 

Our celebration of female directors comes to a close with Lulu Wang's "The Farwell" based in part on an event in Wang's life as Billi (Awkwafina) finds herself drawn into a speedy wedding organised as a cover to bring the family together when her grandmother is diagnosed with terminal cancer.  

The season long celebration of female directors this time looks the French Body Horror Raw written and directed by Julia Ducournau in which first year veterinary student vegetarian Justine (Garance Marillier) finds herself with an unsatisfiable craving after being forced to eat meat during the traditional hazing of the new students.

The season long celebration of female directors this time looks at Ana Lily Amirpour and her take on the vampire movie "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night" were in the Iranian city Bad City a skateboarding vampire is preying on the men who disrespect women.

Continuing our season long celebration of female directors on this episode we look at both the directing debut of Karyn Kusama aswell as the acting debut of Michelle Rodriguez as a wayward teenager living in Brooklyn who finds an outlet for her agression and frustrations with life through boxing.