The Movie Robcast

We started back in 2016 as The Electric Shadows Podcast. We enter the twenties as The Movie Robcast, with a gorgeous new image, courtesy of designer Bridge Fazio. Check out Bridge's work at http://www.bridgefazio.com/. And episode 77 is a biggy, in which Robs Daniel and Wallis run through their respective Top 10s of the 2010s. Not to spoil the surprises too much (although the movie quick-witted wi...

The Electric Shadows Podcast has rebranded! We're now The Movie RobCast, a more befitting title for a podcast about movies by two guys named Rob. It took us 76 episodes to reach that realisation... thanks for sticking with us. But, fear not. The same degree of movie passion, knowledge and penchant for tangents will be as present and correct as they were under the old banner. In this episode Robs D...

The Electric Shadows Podcast reaches its three-quarters of a century mark! And in the 75th episode Robs Daniel and Wallis see just how strong the Force is with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The film has proven as divisive (almost) as The Last Jedi, and our two intrepid casters in pod have opinions on what it does well and where it stumbles. We don't want to spoil the discussion here too much,...

Episode 74 of The Electric Shadows Podcast picks up where episode 73 left off. Robs Daniel and Wallis found that Mike Flanagan's adaptation of Stephen King's Doctor Sleep stayed with them, its themes and characters lingering in the mind. Someone of the same opinion is regular Electric Shadows Podcast contributor Mr Ian Bird, who also happened to be in town and was up for explaining why he was so i...

Episode 73 journey back to The Overlook Hotel for a discussion of Doctor Sleep, the sequel to both Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. Robs Daniel and Wallis also take this as an opportunity to review Stanley Kubrick's classic horror film, discussing why it still has such a hold on the imagination nearly forty years later. Horror fans will know Kubrick changed large parts of King's boo...

Episode 72 of The Electric Shadows Podcast is another one on location. This time our intrepid explorers in pod, Robs Daniel and Wallis, are at the O2 braving the latest Terminator film. In the last ten years paying to see Terminator films has been something of a fool's errand and the trailers for Dark Fate were not promising. So, what did they think? You'll have to listen in to find out. Along the...

Episode 71 of The Electric Shadows Podcast is an epic review of the 2019 BFI London Film Festival. Over the course of two hours, Robs Daniel & Wallis run through their respective Top 10s of the festival. There is some crossover, but some shocks are in store as films make one Rob's list but not the other. They also make time to chat through notable films they saw that didn't make the Top 10 and, in...

In episode 70 of The Electric Shadows Podcast, Robs Daniel and Wallis set their laughing gear to discussing Todd Phillips' Joker. A controversial film being hailed as a masterpiece, the two Robs are baffled as to why. They both talk about why the film left them unimpressed and non-plussed, from the slavish homage to Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy to Joaquin Phoenix's mannered performance. Rob...

The Electric Shadows Podcast reaches Bill and Ted's favourite number. In episode 69 Robs Daniel and Wallis stare into the deadlights of IT Chapter Two. Rob Daniel is none too impressed at how much has been chopped out of Stephen King's novel, despite the 171 minutes running time. Rob Wallis finds more to enjoy, but still has issues he runs through in a spoiler section. Yep, a spoiler section becau...

Episode 68 of The Electric Shadows Podcast sees Robs Daniel & Wallis look back at the Arrow Video FrightFest's twentieth anniversary festival and run-down their top 10 films. Gems such as Rabid, The Dark Red, Ready or Not and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark all get warm words. As do the two five star films to play the festival, The Wind and A Good Woman is Hard to Find. Then, in a bumper episode...

Robs Daniel and Wallis take a good, long look at Quentin Tarantino's latest movie, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. What better way to tackle an expansive, rambling tapestry of a movie than by having a rambling, discursive chat of their own. Over 70 minutes the two Robs look at everything from old Hollywood and the rise of the new Hollywood to how Tarantino seems to be making his own statement on wo...

Episode 66 of The Electric Shadows Podcast tackles two different films indeed. First up we have Spider-Man: Far From Home. Can the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe swing as high as Spider-Man: Homecoming or Avengers: Endgame? Or Into the Spider-Verse for that matter? Robs Daniel and Wallis take a look and rank this latest instalment against the webslinger's previous big screen adventur...

In episode 65, we welcome a special guest to The Electric Shadows Podcast. Regular listeners will know that frequent ESP contributor Ian Bird knows his movies. What you may not be aware of is Ian’s 10-year-old son Ronan is also something of a film authority, particularly when it comes to monster flicks. This isn’t patronising flattery, listen to Ronan’s 12-minute discussion of Godzilla: King of th...

In episode 64 of The Electric Shadows Podcast, Robs Daniel and Wallis show remarkable restraint in largely eschewing X-related puns as they discuss Dark Phoenix. But, they do talk about the long, windy road of this 19-year-old franchise, why in some ways it is superior to the MCU, where it has stumbled, and what they think of the latest instalment. Which, of course, is a retelling of a plot events...

Episode 63 of The Electric Shadows Podcast is a bonus instalment capping off our Night of the Living Dead trilogy. Those three episodes looked at George A. Romero’s six Dead films, his other movies and the zombie explosion and totaled just under six hours of edited podcast time. But, that final episode just grazed the cranium rather than putting one in the brain, so our Living Dead series is still...

In episode 62 of The Electric Shadows Podcast we reach the final part of our Night of the Living Dead trilogy. Recorded six hours into an eight hour podcasting marathon, this episode sees our intrepid casters in pod Rob Daniel, Rob Wallis and Ian Bird ever-so slightly punchy. But, despite the whiff of mania that had descended by that point, the daring trio managed to stay on point. Romero’s second...

Episode 61 of The Electric Shadows Podcast is an epic discussion of Avengers: Endgame. But, what do the two Robs, our intrepid explorers in pod, make of the final instalment of the Infinity saga? No spoilers here, and also no spoilers for the film itself until the podcast gets into the spoiler zone. But, there is a massive buffer, so you have more than enough time to turn off your iPhone/Android p...

The Electric Shadows Podcast reaches its 60th episode! To celebrate Robs Daniel and Wallis cram in discussions of four releases. First up, DC’s Shazam! Has the (justice) beleaguered studio finally cracked the code for how they can make superhero films to rival those over at Marvel? The Robs swoop down to deliver their verdict. They also dig deep into sour ground to ruminate on the latest adaptatio...

Episode 59 of The Electric Shadows Podcast is part two in our Night of the Living Dead trilogy. In episode 53, Robs Daniel and Wallis along with special guest Ian Bird took a 50th anniversary look at George A. Romero’s 1968 horror classic. Now, they emerge from the Night and boldly move through the Dawn into the Day of the Dead. On their travels they discuss why Romero’s original zombie triumvirat...

Episode 58 of The Electric Shadows Podcast sees Robs Daniel & Wallis delivering their verdict on Captain Marvel. Is it indeed Marvel-lous? Or does the cookie cutter filmmaking bite deep? We won’t spoil the surprises, but let’s just say Brie Larson delivers one of the liveliest performances in the MCU. The Robs also ponder why it has taken so long for Marvel to deliver a female-led superhero movie,...

The Oscars may have occurred a week ago, but some review shows are worth the wait. In episode 57 of The Electric Shadows Podcast, Robs Daniel and Wallis deliver their verdict on Bohemian Rhapsody winning most Oscars at this year’s ceremony and Green Book picking up the Best Picture statuette. Along the way they also discuss Roma, First Man’s consolation prize, past Oscar gaffes and, gasp, the deci...

In episode 56 of The Electric Shadows Podcast we commemorate the 25th anniversary of Bill Hicks’ death. Rob Daniel and Ian Bird, who are both old enough to remember the shock at discovering the comedian had died of pancreatic cancer aged 32, discuss why Hicks has remained relevant and remembered a quarter of a century later. Their chat was recorded late one night in Manchester, so it all becomes q...

Rob Daniel & Rob Wallis touch the sore tooth that is this year's Oscar nominations. They discuss the insanity of nominating Bohemian Rhapsody for Best Picture, and how safe the Best Picture nods are in general. They're happy Spike Lee finally has his Best Director nomination, and acknowledge a few other things the Academy got right. But, the two Robs mainly lament the omissions. No Best Actor nom...

As 2018 draws its final breaths, Robs Daniel and Wallis reveal their Top 10 films of the year. There are some crossovers on the two lists, there are films one loves and the other can't see the fuss. Over the next hour they will discuss what impressed them most on the cinema landscape this year, plus those films that weren't up to snuff. No spoilers for what comes in at the number one spots on both...

To mark the 50th anniversary of Night of the Living Dead, The Electric Shadows podcast looks back at the brilliance and influence of George A. Romero's horror masterpiece. The film that invented the modern horror film, we look at what made it so radical back in 1968, a year riven with civil riots violence, assassinations and the Vietnam quagmire. We look at why it has endured, and the copyright fo...