Episodes

  • Take 2 - One Battle After Another
    Oct 2 2025

    A new month, autumn is finally here and we have another new podcast episode, The Chronicle Take 2 and a review of Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another.

    Thank you very much to everyone who downloaded and listened to the current episode 50. Which Paul Devine and Sean Wilson review Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues along with The Long Walk.

    One Battle After Another sees Paul Thomas Anderson adapt another Thomas Pynchon book the 1990 novel Vineland (Inherent Vice was the other). Next to Di Caprio this also stars Benicio del Toro, Sean Penn, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti to name a few. This one follows a stoner alcoholic attempting to find his missing daughter when his old life (a revolutionary terrorist) catches up with him. Bob Ferguson (DiCaprio) was the gadget man for the group who now brings up his daughter Willa (Infiniti) on his own.

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    27 mins
  • Spinal Tap 2 and The Long Walk
    Sep 19 2025

    Celebrate Episode 50 of The Chronicle Film Podcast as Paul & Sean Wilson review Spinal Tap II: The End Continues and The Long Walk.

    A very diverse episode comedy to Psychological thriller. We take the lighter stroll first with Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. Over 40 years after the original film graced our screens the boys are back for one final fling. Volume turned up to 11, Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins, and Derek Smalls, despite the split reunite for one contractual reunion gig. Will the magic still be there?

    Final review is The Long Walk. a dystopian psychological thriller directed by Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games) and written by JT Mollner (Strange Darling). Based on a Stephen King novella which a group of young men 'volunteer' for a long walk with no stopping. They must walk at least 3 miles per hour, if they don't they get a warning, get 3 they are eliminated. Chilling story that stars Copper Hoffman, David Jonsson and Mark Hamill.

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    44 mins
  • Take 2 - Seo Nora Interview (Happyend Director)
    Sep 16 2025

    Happyend arrives on 19th September in UK and Irish Cinemas. @ModernFilms

    The film made it's Premiere at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival (not Edinburgh I mentioned in the intro) , The People's Movies' Robert Ewing got a chance to chat to the film's director Neo Sora. This audio interview has been released as a bonus episode for The Chronicle Film Podcast.

    Head back to our YouTube home page, and you can find previous episodes of the podcast by clicking on the 'Podcast' link.

    Synopsis: Set in a dystopian near-future Tokyo, Neo Sora’s striking feature explores a group of teenagers rebelling against societal expectations. The film offers a vivid coming-of-age portrait, following best friends Yuta and Kou as they confront a world where AI surveillance is tightening under the yoke of oppressive authoritarianism. Infused with the raw energy and pulsing with a techno soundtrack, HAPPYEND is a hopeful, youthful vision of resistance and joy in the face of control.

    Read Robert's review here - https://thepeoplesmovies.com/toronto-film-festival-2024-review-happyend-2024/ ----

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    37 mins
  • FrightFest 2025 Special (inc. The Toxic Avenger Uncut)
    Aug 28 2025

    Greetings, Fellow Chroniclers, it's time for another episode of The Chronicle film Podcast. In episode 49, Paul and co-host Aaron Gillingham look back and review FrightFest 2025.

    Every August bank holiday, the dark heart of horror FrightFest take over central London. The 26th edition promises a weird, the wild and wonderful year. The burning question is did this year deliver?

    One of the reviews in this episode is The Toxic Avenger Uncut. The long-awaited Macon Blair directed remake of the Troma Films cult classic, which is in UK cinemas from 29th August. Peter Dinklage, Kevin Bacon, Jacob Tremblay and Elijah Wood all star in this one. Winston Gooze (Dinklage) is an ordinary worker, who after a shocking accident, transforms a downtrodden janitor into a mutant vigilante. Armed with his signature mop, the unlikely hero battles freaks, gangsters and corrupt CEOs while trying to save his relationship with his son.

    Remember to check out The People Movies for more reviews from FrightFest, click on the link below...

    Related Post : Our FrightFest 2025 coverage

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    58 mins
  • Weapons / Bring Her Back
    Aug 12 2025

    Another fine episode from our film Podcast, The Chronicle has arrived online. Episode 48, a horror special with reviews for Weapons and Bring Her Back.

    For this episode Paul is joined by Becci Sayce one of our horror focused writers. We're opening up to letting many more of our writers share their voices on the Podcast. Look out for many of the other writers getting involved as well as bringing you a diverse range of episodes.

    After the superb debut feature Talk To Me, Michael and Danny Philippou return with another devastating chiller Bring Her Back. Tapping once again into the themes of grief, obsession and reminding us horror can stretch beyond it's limits to deliver something disturbing. The film stars Billy Barrett and Sora Wong as step brother and sister who put into foster care after the death of their father. They are put into the care of foster mother Laura (Sally Hawkins) also grieving from her own loss. Quickly things seem too good to be true, does Laura have a secret sinister agenda?

    Another second feature and horror, this time with Zach Cregger and Weapons. Cregger's debut Barbarian can only described as absolute bonkers. His latest stars Julia Garner, Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher. We find ourselves in the small town of Eastbrook, which one class pupils all one night disappeared into the night at the same leaving the parents and community enraged. Who is behind the disappearance? The teacher (Garner) or someone else?

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    38 mins
  • Mitzi Peirone (Saint Clare/Director - 101 Films)
    Jul 24 2025

    If you love film, you are in the right place and the place is The Chronicle, The People Movies official Film Podcast. In ep 47 Shane A. Bassett chats to Mitzi Peirone the director of Saint Clare starring Bella Thorne .

    Based on a novel by Don Roff, the film is expertly helmed by award-winning Italian director Mitzi Peirone (Braid) who co-wrote the screenplay with Guinevere Turner (American Psycho).

    In a small town, a solitary young woman is haunted by voices that lead her to assassinate people with bad intentions who think they can get away with it. But her last kill changes everything and sucks her headlong down a rabbit hole riddled with corruption, trafficking and twisted visions from the beyond. Can Saint Clare save herself from unimaginable terror as her pursuit for retribution takes a dangerous turn, carrying her deep into an unknown hell?

    London’s FrightFest 2024 Premiere. The inimitable Bella Thorne (Blended, Midnight Sun, Scream: The TV Series) delivers an outstanding performance as the eponymous lead in a spiritually charged smalltown tale with a powerful mix of American Psycho meets Joan of Arc. The rest of the cast includes Ryan Philippe (Crash, Cruel Intentions), Rebecca DeMornay (The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Risky Business), Frank Whaley (Broken Arrow, Pulp Fiction) and Bart Johnson (High School Musical). The film features an original soundtrack by Zola Jesus.

    Shane A.Bassett chatted to Mitzi in this 40 minute interview all about her film, enjoy...

    Related Post: Saint Clare Review

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    45 mins
  • 28 Years Later and F1
    Jun 28 2025

    If you love about film, you are in the right place and that place is The Chronicle. For this new episode 46 Paul and Clotilde review 28 Years Later plus F1.

    22 years after Danny Boyle and Alex Garland gave us 28 Days Later, we get the long awaited sequel 28 Years Later. The film is based in the North East part of England and an island off the coast. A isolated community live including young boy Spike (Alfie Williams) who is taken to the main land for his first 'infected' hunt with his father (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). During the botched hunt he learns Dr. Kerson (Ralph Fiennes) might help his sick mother (Jodie Comer). With this info he returns to the mainland to find Kerson and embarking on a journey he never anticipated.

    Joseph Kosinski's F1 starring Brad Pitt, as Sonny Hayes one time most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track nearly ended his career.  Thirty years later, he’s a nomadic racer-for-hire when he’s approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling Formula 1 team that is on the verge of collapse.  Sonny comes back to Formula 1 for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world. He must drive with promising new talent Pearce (Damson Idris), cocky in nature better than all the rest.

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    57 mins
  • Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning and The Phoenician Scheme
    May 30 2025

    If movies is your thing, you are in the right place and that place is The Chronicle Film Podcast. In Episode 45 Paul and Clotilde review Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning along with The Phoenician Scheme.

    Up first if you accept the mission is Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. Is this the end of the road for Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise)and the IMF? In the 8th and potentially film film of the franchise Ethan and the team go after The Entity. The world is charging, truth is vanishing and war is coming as the entity starts to take control and destroy humanity. The team must go after first Gabriel (Esai Morales), will you trust Ethan one last time?

    Related Post: Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)

    For the final review, we step back into the absurdly quirky world of Wes Anderson and The Phoenician Scheme. This time with a crime comedy with a story inspired by something personal to the director. Benicio Del Toro is Zsa Zsa Korda. one of the richest men in Europe, and the film tells the story of “a family and a family business. There has been 6 assassination attempts on Korda and despite having 9 sons, Zsa-Zsa appoints his only daughter Liesl (Mia Threapleton), a nun heir to estate. A new scheme starts with Zsa-Zsa and Liesl embarking on a journey making them targets of terrorists, other tycoons.

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    33 mins