Milestone Movies
I'm marking my own Big 5-0 by celebrating the best movies of the last 50 years!
Episodes
50 episodes
Episode 50; 2024: DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
Let's. Flippin'. Go.!! The two most perfectly-cast comic book actors ever are reunited; but this time do it SO much better! The MCU fully embraces the best bits of the legacy of Fox's X-Men films, goes R-rated for the first time an...
Episode 49; 2023: SISU
A brutal, bloody treat this week, as I look at an unexpected blast of vengeance and violence from Finland, 'SISU', which came out of nowhere to blow every other movie of 2023 out of their jackboots and leaving nothing but a smouldering pile of ...
Episode 48; 2022: THE ADAM PROJECT
A first for the list this week; my film of the year for 2022 is a movie made for streaming, not the cinema- it's Shawn Levy and Ryan Reynolds' THE ADAM PROJECT', a rip-roaring, hilarious, sci-fi, time travel, coming-of-age epic!
Episode 47; 2021: GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE
Wait, haven't I already done a Ghostbusters episode? Well, yes, but when the son of the original director comes along and manages the impossible by both honouring the legacy AND setting up it's future in a brand new Supernatural Spectacular, ho...
Episode 46; 2020: LOCKED DOWN (+ Q&A)
We all know what a s***show that year was, with not all that many classic movies to discuss, so what better time to answer some listeners questions!!
Episode 45: 2019: AVENGERS ENDGAME
You must have known this one was coming! The culmination of 22 amazing game-changing movies came together to make not just the ultimate comic-book movie, but simply one of the greatest stories ever made!I could do this all day!
Episode 44; 2018: TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES
At a time when the cinemas were choc-a-block with comic book superheroes, one film stood head and shoulders above the rest as the smartest, funniest and coolest of them all- and it was based on a kids cartoon!Join me and my special guest...
Episode 43; 2017: VARIOUS
Yep, another year when i can't quite decide which is my favourite film of the year (although, i do actually get there in the end!), but there are some absolute cracking flicks this year to discuss!As mentioned on the episodes, i'm planni...
Episode 42; 2016: EDDIE THE EAGLE
Another life-affirming, hugely positive slice of film fun again this week, with Dexter Fletcher's 'Eddie The Eagle', which documents the true-life rags to (almost) riches story of Eddie Edwards who, through sheer force of will, managed to captu...
Episode 41; 2015: TOMORROWLAND!
Here's another one of those movies that I love, but suspect that many people have decided they don't like without actually watching! I find it an endlessly entertaining, and, importantly, really optimistic story with some jaw-dropping visuals a...
Episode 40; 2014: THE LEGO MOVIE
I know, I know: ANOTHER kids film? But what a film- so much funnier and cleverer than anyone was expecting, Everything really is Awesome!
Episode 39; 2013: VARIOUS!
A bit of a change-up today, as I meander around all over the place talking about the best movies of 2013, without actually settling on my favourite! Still, it was a bumper year, so wont you please join me once again..for Milestone Movies!?
Episode 38; 2012: JOHN CARTER
A really under-appreciated Sci-Fi gem from 2012 this week, a fantastic adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' 'Barsoom' series of pulp fantasy classics, which is SO much better than it's reputation would have you believe! Check it out please!<...
Episode 37: 2011: RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
Monkey Magic this week on Milestone Movies, as i delve deep into the epic long-running Simian franchise that is P.O.T.A.!From the Ape-Mania and the rubber masks of the 60's and 70's, right up to today's flawless motion-capture masterpiec...
Episode 36; 2010: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
No, seriously- hear me out! If you've never experienced the DragonsVerse, you need to get on board! I was as pleasantly surprised as anyone that this movie (and all of it's many spinoffs!) turned out as well as it did, and there was no real com...
Episode 35; 2009: DISTRICT 9
A brilliant slice of sci-fi that came out of nowhere (well, actually from South Africa) to blow us all away, Neill Blomkamp's "District 9" is my movie of the year for 2009. An oddly affecting 'alien invasion' movie like nothing before or ...
Episode 34; 2008: IRON MAN (& the M.C.U.)
2008- the year that everything changes! Jon Favreau casts Robert Downey Jr in the role he was born to play, gives us a tiny glimpse of Samuel L Jackson and the Marvel Cinematic Universe is born! Cinema and TV will never be the same again...&nbs...
Episode 33; 2007: HOT FUZZ
"The Greater Good..." The team behind Shaun Of The Dead strike Fried Gold once again with their awesome take on all-action cop thrillers... except it's in a sleepy English village!Properly laugh-out-loud comedy alongside blistering actio...
Episode 32; 2006: CLERKS II
"With No Power, Comes No Responsibility!" Kevin Smith returns once again to the 'Askewniverse' that he accidentally created with his low budget debut in 1994 with an absolute corker of a sequel; 2006's 'Clerks II'. Building on everything he'd d...
Episode 31; 2005: SERENITY
You can't stop the signal!Gather round, Browncoats, as i delve into Joss Whedon's superb space opera SERENITY, as well as it's parent TV series, the amazing FIREFLY!Thanks for listening, please do like and subscribe etc!
Episode 30; 2004: SHAUN OF THE DEAD
You've got red on you! For my money, the greatest British comedy film of all time, Shaun Of The Dead is an absolute gem! Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are amazing in Edgar Wright's movie debut, and the legacy of what they created here i...
Episode 29; 2003: THE COOLER
Perhaps a less well-known treat for us this week, as I take a look back at Wayne Kramer's Vegas-set 'The Cooler', which despite a trinity of fantastic character performances and a mesmerising story, was never really rewarded the success it dese...
Episode 28; 2002: SPIDERMAN
With great power comes great responsibility. We're not yet quite at the dawn of the MCU, but we are thick in the beginnings of the Comic book movie boom, with Sam Raimi's pitch-perfect take on everybody's favourite web-slinger, which paved the ...
Episode 27; 2001: LORD OF THE RINGS
You. Shall. Not. PASS!! Well, at least not until you've listened to this week's podcast anyway! We've reached 2001, which was the year that "The Fellowship of the Ring" launched us all into Peter Jackson's fully realised vision of Tolkein's wor...
Episode 26; 2000: CHICKEN RUN with special guests!
This Ain't No Chick Flick! But it is one of Aardman's finest animations, and a particular favourite of my family; which is why, for the first time ever I have two very special guests on the pod- my own daughters and Chicken Run Super Fans Rose ...
