The Movie Mull

They're Coming They're Coming! The Best Alien Invasion Movies

Neil asks us to discuss what we love - or hate - about alien invasion movies. From classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers to blockbuster Independence Day; from Tim Burton's Mars Attacks to Spielberg's take on War of the Worlds, from John Carpenter's alien-mimic in The Thing, to Krasinski's silence-enforcing species in A Quiet Place.... What are your favourite alien invasion movies?   
Let us know the ones we missed - and there will certainly be a few! - in the comments or on social media. 

What We've Been Watching - The Iron Claw, Furiosa, Abigail, Imperium

For this week's What We've Been Watching episode, Neil reviews the 'vampire ballerina movie' from directors Radio Silence: Abigail. Darren than discusses George Miller's return to the wasteland with the Fury Road prequel Furiosa, Richard talks about Imperium, Daniel Radcliffe's thriller from 2016, and finally Justin talks about the The Iron Claw, which tells the true story of the Von Erich wrestling family. 
We also start with a brief conversation about the health of cinema and the films that are hitting and missing with audiences. 
Have you seen any of these movies? What have you been enjoying at the cinema this spring? Let us know your thoughts - or tell us about what you've been watching - in the comments or find us on social media... 

Recasting: Little Shop of Horrors

This week, Justin is back in the hosting seat and brings another of his recasting challenges. This time he turns our attention to the much-loved musical reimagining of Little Shop of Horrors (1986).
From quiet introvert Seymour to the man-eating plant, Audrey 2, who in the cinema of today could take on these classic roles - as well as have the singing voices needed for songs like Suddenly Seymour, Somewhere That's Green and Feed Me! 
His co-hosts put their casting skills to the test and come up with their own dream cast for this iconic movie. 
If you enjoy this episode, you might like our previous re-castings of Clue! and The Wizard of Oz.  And do let us know in the comments or on social media, your own ideal choices. 
 

MOVIE MULL REWIND: Classic Episode - Black and White Movies

While our Mulls take one more week off, we're sending you back to April 2022 and Episode 10, an episode in which we tried to convince our fellow mull, Richard, to give Black and White movies a try... 
At the start of the episode we talk about a few films we'd seen recently Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City, Kimi, The Lighthouse, and The Wrong Man.
Then we dive into our favourite uses of Black and White cinematography in films as diverse as Some Like It Hot, Sin City, The Man Who Wasn't There, Schindler's List and Young Frankenstein.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter (X) or Instagram @moviemull and tell us your favourite black and white movies... 
And tune in next week for a brand new episode! 

MOVIE MULL REWIND - Classic Episode: Movie Openings

While our Mulls set the recording dates for all of our summer episodes, this week we re-present a classic episode from February 2022.  During Episode 3, the Mulls shared their reviews of Scream 4, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Scream (2023) and Pig, before talking about their favourite movie openings of all time. Which movies released since then deserve to be added to the list? 

Mini-Mull Cinema Etiquette (or Four Grumpy Old Men!)

For this week's mini episode, the mulls talk about what they consider to be the most important elements of cinema etiquette... What bugs you about your fellow movie fans' behaviour?  Talking? Weirdly Allocated Seats? Phone Screens? 
Let us know what frustrates you? Or if you secretly are guilty of any of the 'crimes' discussed! 

Mini-Mull Film Legend: John Williams

The mulls are all busy acting and directing in a play this month, so this week and next week we've got a couple of mini episodes to fill the gap until our schedule returns to normal in a few weeks. 
And for the first of these mini episodes, we talk about an absolute giant of cinema: the legendary musical genius of John Williams. Join us as the Mulls talk about some of our favourite Williams' film themes.  
Use the comments or find us on social media to let us know your favourites.  

Feast or Famine? The Best Dinner Scenes in Movies

For this week's episode, Darren asks his fellow mulls to share their favourite moment from movies when the characters sit down together for dinner. Whether it brings humour, horror, surprise, tears or anger, what is the moment that you find most iconic or memorable?
Tune in to hear our suggestions, then let us know all the moments that we sidelined or forgot to mention.  Use the comments below or find us on social media to share your ideas... 

What We've Been Watching - The Death of Stalin, The Beautiful Game, Civil War, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

For this week's What We've Been Watching episode, Justin talks about Armando Iannuucci's darkly comedic take on 'The Death of Stalin'; Richard discusses the Bill Nighy-starring Netflix arrival 'The Beautiful Game'; Darren reviews Alex Garland's latest movie 'Civil War'; then host Neil wraps things up with the latest movie in the monster-verse 'Godzilla x Kong'.
Have you seen any of these movies? Let us know your thoughts - or tell us about what you've been watching - in the comments or find us on social media... 

Movie Endings - Can They Break or Make a Movie?

This week's host, Richard, invites us to consider film endings... surprising, strange, funny, moving or simply baffling: when do movie endings really work? Is it possible that those final moments can make a film even better... or completely ruin everything that came before?  
Listen in to see what we think... and then use the comments to let us know the films where you love or hate those ending moments.