At the Movies in the Noughties

War of the Worlds (2005) ft A. J. Black

"Is it the terrorists?" On this episode of At The Movies In The Noughties (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is checking out Steven Spielberg's hit alien blockbuster! No not that one, or that one, or the other one, or even that one; it's got Tom Cruise running (and running his mouth), Dakota Fanning crying, and all the death, dust, and destruction that reminds me of that tragedy. We're looking back at the timely adaptation of a timeless classic, it's Spielberg's 2005 War of the Worlds! His special guest this week is A. J. Black! The Tom Cruise (crazy man) of podcasts with At the Movies in the 90s, Modern Horror, Podmetheus, Don't Call Us Shirley, Last Take, You Have Been Watching, The X-Cast, The Discourse, and more! Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest A. J. Black https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Jason X (2002) ft Mark Adams

"Guys, it's okay! He just wanted his machete back!" On this episode of At The Movies In The Noughties (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson has waited 400 years for a new Friday the 13th, but Jason is there to greet him in the future. Evil gets an upgrade but does the writing in our 10th entry to the slasher franchise? It's James Isaac's 2002 (2001 in Spain...) sci-fi slasher sequel Jason X! His special guest this week is Mark Adams! A wrestling commentator, celebrant, and podcaster at Shipwrecked & Comatose, It's Reel to Me Damnit, The Nasty Cast, and ChuckyVision! Host / Editor Devon Elson ⁠twitter.com/absolutetravist⁠ [https://x.com/absolutetravist] Guest Mark Adams ⁠https://bsky.app/profile/markadamshc.bsky.social⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/markadamshc.bsky.social] Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠twitter.com/atthenoughties⁠ [https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/3849c902-948d-11ee-a8e5-7bd40b388660/podcasts/ee682880-299e-11f0-bb3e-7355f1db99fc/episodes/twitter.com/atthenoughties] Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠ [https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew] Twitter: ⁠@filmstories⁠ [https://x.com/filmstories] Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠ [https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/3849c902-948d-11ee-a8e5-7bd40b388660/podcasts/ee682880-299e-11f0-bb3e-7355f1db99fc/episodes/www.filmstories.co.uk] Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Rush Hour 2 (2001) ft A. J. Black

"I'm on vacation, man! and I want some mu shu." On this episode of At The Movies In The Noughties (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is on vacation after the chaotic guesting over with At The Movies In The 90s looking at Rush Hour (1998) but his host has followed him here for a high-energy follow up in Brett Ratner's 2001 nonstop action comedy sequel Rush Hour 2! His special guest this week is A. J. Black! The Toto to my MJ with the big brother podcast At the Movies in the 90s, as well as Modern Horror, Podmetheus, Don't Call Us Shirley, Last Take, You Have Been Watching, The X-Cast, The Discourse, and more! Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest A. J. Black https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

13 Going On 30 (2004) ft Ashley Thomas

"Thirty and flirty and thriving." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is feeling his thirties and wants to go back to simpler times by watching a movie of a girl who desperately wishes to be thirty and gets her wish! Turns out her successful fashionable life comes at the cost of real friendship and we learn a lesson about second chances, in Gary Winnick's 2004 thriving romantic comedy 13 Going on 30! His special guest this week is the returning Ashley Thomas! A writer at Fangirlish, and consummate podcaster with Podcast-616, We Are Starfleet, and Gene-ology: A Mission Log Look into Gene Roddenberry’s Works! Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Ashley Thomas bsky.app/profile/thenerdyblogger.bsky.social Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Get Over It (2001) ft Rob Heath

"Bill Shakespeare was a wonderful poet. But Burt Bacharach he ain't." On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES  (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson is finally tackling the hoighty toighty bard himself, it's Shakespeare... but as a teen rom-com. It's Tommy O'Haver's 2001 irreverent play-within-a-play-within-a-movie Get Over It! His special guest this week is the Oberon to my Puck, it's Robert Heath! Co-host of BritCom Goes to the Movies, the podcast about British comedy shows making the transition from the small to big screen. Together they recognise the wealth of young acting talent with serious challenging actors like Ben Foster and Kirsten Dunst starring opposite Sisqo and Vitamin C, marvel at the big song and dance opening and closing sequences with said musician stars, and get down to a sweet romantic situation overshadowed by the studio's desperation to get in on that sweet American Pie success. Host / Editor Devon Elson twitter.com/absolutetravist Guest Robert Heath twitter.com/robertcheath [https://x.com/robertcheath] Executive Producer A. J. Black Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: twitter.com/atthenoughties Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title and opening music: 'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com 'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]