Our series (!) of interviews with (British) (up and coming) action movie directors continues with this delightful and insighful chat with Will Gilbey. He's written and edited loads of stuff but his directorial debut JERICHO RIDGE knocks it out of the park.We got into the pros and cons of filming a movie in sub-zero temperatures, why using green screen sucks, how Gavin Rossdale features on the soundtrack and so much more...The show's got a Twitter: @dodgethispod All the other good stuff is her...

Captain Big Punch (Joe Roberts) returns to talk about something other than Don Lee as we dive into British survival siege action thriller JERICHO RIDGE, written and directed by Will Gilbey, starring Nikki Amuka-Bird alongside Michael Socha, Zack Morris and Solly McLeod.JERICHO RIDGE trailerWe also get into some pre-waffle about Prestige Television (Shogun, Baby Reindeer), Love Lies Bleeding, Dune 2, method acting, letterboxd ratings, the Steve Martin documentary, Superman: The Tony Hawk's Pro...

Fans of awful bee puns are in for a treat as Chris Gau rejoins to explore The Stath's smash-em-up THE BEEKEEPER directed by David Ayer, written by Kurt Wimmer and starring Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Josh Hutcherson, Bobby Naderi, Phylicia Rashad, Jemma Redgrave and Jeremy Irons.  (Fans of the actual movie: your mileage may vary 😬) THE BEEKEEPER trailer We also got into Chris' magical/maniacal movie  watching (check his LETTERBOXD) as well as mentioning THE HOLDOVERS, THE BRICKLAYER...

Simon is joined by director, educator and chum Ben Mallaby, to get into the weeds on ONE MORE SHOT, James Nunn's all-in-one-take-ish action sequel starring Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, Aaron Toney, Waleed Elgadi, Alexis Knapp and Tom Berenger. ONE MORE SHOT Trailer Also on the menu is REACHER, PRISCILLA, POOR THINGS & ECHO The show's got a Twitter: @dodgethispod All the other good stuff is here:  simonfeilder.com and here mallby.co.uk Subscribe to Simon's newsletter thing:...

What a treat! Our first directorial interview and it's a smasher, with fellow Brit action maestro JAMES NUNN. James has helmed sniper thriller Tower Block, open sea thrillkiller Shark Bait, 2 entries into the WWE Marine franchise plus 4 movies with HRH Scott Adkins - Green Street 3, Eliminators, One Shot (which we discussed on our 2nd episode of this pod!) and his latest is sequel One More Shot... We discussed the nerdy logistics of making a one-take movie, how to wring the most from a...

We're back to start the new year with a bang/machete through the arm as we get into Xavier Gen's FARANG (internationally and perhaps not doing it any favours in terms of expectations titled 'Mayhem!') starring Nassim Lyes, Samir Barda, Loryn Nounay, Olivier Gourmet, Chananticha Tang-Kwa & Vithaya Pansringarm. >>> FARANG TRAILER The Polygon article mentioned:...

It's a festive special and Simon is joined (for the first time evarrr!) IRL by Joe Roberts to touch upon John Woo's naughty Silent Night and Lee Sang-yong's nice The Roundup: No Way Out  starring Ma Dong-seok, Lee Joon-hyuk and Munetaka Aoki. Trailer Kitsch The Brothers Sun | Official Trailer | Netflix Official Trailer - 13 Bom di Jakarta | Tayang 28 Desember 2023 di Bioskop THE BRICKLAYER Official Trailer (2024) The show's got a Twitter: @dodgethispod All the other good stuff is here: ...

We're heading back to Bollywood and we're bringing someone Actually From There to help us! Simon is joined by old pal Emil and real-life Indian Nirvi Maru for masala mega sequel TIGER 3, the Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Maneesh Sharma, produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films and starring Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Emraan Hashmi. We've also watch Tiger Zinda Hai (after the Wandering Earth snafu ;p), A Haunting In Venice and Emil has gone deep on his new PS5. Off...

Simon is joined by improviser, editor and real-life Canadian IAN THOMAS DAY to wade into sci-fi-action(ish)-adventure-drama-cgi-blockbuster THE WANDERING EARTH 2 directed and co-written by Frant Gwo, and starring Andy Lau, Wu Jing and Li Xuejian. >>>WANDERING EARTH 2 trailer After finishing their 3-hour marathon movie they still found time to check out THE CONTINENTAL, JERICHO RIDGE, LEO, BOTTOMS & David Fincher's back catalogue... TRAILERS: The Fall Guy | Official...

We got the band back together! Simon is joined by OG Dodge-r Matthew Highton to get the lowdown on sleek, gorgeous & brutal SK action thriller Ballerina directed by Lee Chung-hyun and starring Jeon Jong-seo, Kim Ji-hoon and Park Yu-rim.  >>>BALLERINA TRAILER With barely enough time to squeeze in a podcast Matt still managed to watch all of Bargain while Simon peeked at My Name, Sniper G.R.I.T. and King Of Killers. TRAILERS GANAPATH | Hindi Teaser | Amitabh B, Tiger S, Kriti S...

Simon is joined by writer/comedian and fellow former Kilburn dweller CHRIS GAU to discuss why Robert McCall is interrupting his Italian vacation to equalize anyone is his way in THE EQUALIZER 3 directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning. >>>The Equalizer 3 Trailer Outside of this Equalizing we've gone absolutely nuts for Equalizing and rewatched the first 2 movies in this series, so it's an Equalization-heavy treat. We also popped THE BEAR and...

We're back buckaroos and once again we're heading to Bollywood to open the season with a bang. And a song. And SRK. It's JAWAN and it's A Lot Of Movie. While Matt is off fighting interdimensional crime, Simon is joined by friend of the show Emil Struijker Boudier to get into this Indian Mass Entertainer co-written and directed by Atlee & starring Shah Rukh Khan, Nayanthara, Vijay Sethupathi, Deepika Padukone, Priyamani and Sanya Malhotra >>> JAWAN Trailer Outside of this epic...

We're jumping on Oprah's sofa for joy at the return of the best (?!) spy series on the planet.. It's MI7 (for brevity's sake) directed by Christopher McQuarrie and starring Tom Cruise along with Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, and Henry Czerny. Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Trailer Outside of this cinema trip we've watched MI: ROGUE NATION, INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY and ASTEROID...

We're going Dutch with King Of the Kickboxers Rico Verhoeven's first headline movie outing BLACK LOTUS, also starring Frank Grillo and directed by Todor Chapkanov. To celebrate all things NL (movie notwithstanding) we welcome back Friend Of The Show and real-life dutchman Emil Struijker Boudier who gives us the lowdown on the explosive Fast 9, nostalgic The Flash & the CelineDion-a-thon Love Again while Simon watched Extraction 2 obvs (we'll get to it in another episode) In the Trailer...

Cor blimey guvnor, Guy Ritchie has taken a little detour to the middle east and so do we this episode as we explore his action-adjacent military thriller THE COVENANT which stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Dar Salim. The Covenant Trailer And while we're adjacent to the action we also get adjacant to the universe with an extended chat about NYC's finest webslinger in SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIER-VERSE Spidey Trailer We've also had a butchers at SLOW HORSES, TOO MANY CHINESE STREAMING SNIPER...

There's gold, nazis and one double-hard Fin in historical war action slasher SISU, written and directed by Jalmari Helander and starring Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan and Mimosa Willamo.  >>> SISU trailer Elsewhere our peepers have peeped VIRKAM, THE MAN WHO FEELS NO PAIN, THE MOTHER, ZOMBIELAND 2, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3, TOO MANY FASTnFURIOUSes Trailergeddon: FARANG | Official Trailer | STUDIOCANAL International THE CREATOR Trailer (2023) SHEROES Trailer (2023) THE...

A double helping of Ladykillers! No not Simon & Matt ROFLcopter; It's Vietnamese neon-drenched fistfest Furies: directed by, and starring Veronica Ngo, alongside Đồng Ánh Quỳnh, Tóc Tiên, Rima Thanh Vy, Thuận Nguyễn, and Song Luân Furies trailer Plus more assassin lore and family drama in Kill Boksoon  directed and written by Byun Sung-hyun, starring Jeon Do-yeon, Sol Kyung-gu, Kim Si-a, Esom, and Koo Kyo-hwan. Kill Boksoon trailer Meanwhile we've been watching EVIL DEAD RISE, RIDE ON,...

Oh sweet Baba Yaga it's finally time for the almighty JW to unleash his fury upon us in the final (?) chapter of the Wick-iverse, directed by Chad Stahelski and starring Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård, Laurence Fishburne, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shamier Anderson, Lance Reddick, Rina Sawayama, Scott Adkins, and Ian McShane.  >>John Wick 4 Trailer Outside of the pod we've clocked Zombieland 2, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, The Menu and Simon finally put The Last Of Us to bed and dusted off...

Where we're going, we don't need roads! Because there's spaceships and wuxia and magic and ALL THE MOVIE in South Korean sci-fi action and a whole lot more genre-mashup ALIENOID directed by Choi Dong-hoon, starring Ryu Jun-yeol, Kim Woo-bin, and Kim Tae-ri.  >>> Alienoid trailer Since last time, we've cheered as EEAAO & RRR WON OSCARS (watch the performance!) and Simon has been searching high and low for Pod-worthy movies which sadlyVR FIGHTER, BAD CITY & CODE OF THE...

WELL STAPLE MY EYES SHUT we're back again with in-your-face action-horror-sci-fi-splatter-OMG-fest PROJECT WOLF HUNTING directed by Kim Hong-sun, starring Seo In-guk and Jang Dong-yoon. Project Wolf Hunting trailer Since last we spoke we've been cramming in a bunch of stuff across the board: Fierce Cop, Plane, DDLJ, An Action Hero, All Quiet On The Western Front, The Whale, Knock At The Cabin Door, Wakanda Forever, Scream 5... Meanwhile in Trailerville: Kill Boksoon | Official Trailer 2 |...

WE'RE BACK and we're starting HUGE with Bollywood mass entertainer PATHAAN, directed by Siddharth Anand and starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham. JAI HIND! PATHAAN Trailer During the Winter holidays we finished ANDOR, started THE LAST OF US, puzzled over BECKMAN, visited CHINATOWN, drank in GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE and unearthed PSYCHO GOREMAN... Meanwhile in TrailerTown: HEAD RUSH (2022) Trailer | Cuong Seven Vietnamese action thriller THE WEAPON THE COVENANT "Ride On"...

Stuffed to the gills on turkey and egg nog, Simon & Matt hog the sofa for Netflix's THE BIG 4 written and directed by Timo Tjahjanto and starring Abimana Aryasatya, Lutesha, Arie Kriting, Kristo Immanuel Putri Marino & Marthino Lio. Then for dessert they run down their Top 3 movies of the year... THE BIG 4 Trailer Before the afternoon nap we briefly tickle ANDOR, TRIANGLE OF SADNESS  and WEDNESDAY... Then it's trailer time: Marco Zaror is back. TWICE. The Fist of the Condor...

It's a Christmas miracle as Matt is back to talk badass Santa smasher VIOLENT NIGHT starring David Harbour, John Leguizamo and Beverly D'Angelo & directed by Tommy Wirkola. VIOLENT NIGHT trailer Before opening our presents we decide if ANDOR, WARRIORS OF FUTURE  and GANGS OF LONDON have been naughty or nice... Then in the Trailer Park: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | Official Trailer AS GOOD AS DEAD (2022) Trailer | Michael Jai White Action Movie KNIGHTS OF THE ZODIAC Official...

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