The Big Man (1990) with screenwriter Don Macpherson

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   S2 · E10 · 6 Mar 2023 · 1 hr 41 min

   Hudson Hawk (1991) with Steven E. de Souza

   Hello! Welcome to another edition of the exclusive audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. For this episode, I’m delighted to welcome back my screenwriting hero and mentor Steven de Souza , who not only wrote some of our all-time favourite action movies – Die Hard, 48 Hours, Commando and, yes, The Running Man – but also several early, formative drafts of the infamous 1991 action-romantic-comedy-trainwreck Hudson Hawk , subsequently rewritten by Daniel Waters and an ad-libbing Bruce Willis. It's well known that Hudson Hawk went wildly off the rails during production, but whether…

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   S2 · E9 · 13 Feb 2023 · 1 hr 45 min

   A History of Violence (2005) with screenwriter Josh Olson

   Hello! Welcome to another edition of the exclusive audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. This episode is sponsored by boutique Blu-ray label Plumeria Pictures, whose latest release is The Big Man, aka Crossing the Line, an underrated 1990 drama with a blistering lead performance by Liam Neeson, and a cast that includes Joanne Whalley, Ian Bannen, Billy Connolly, Hugh Grant, Peter Mullan and more. The Blu-ray contains not one but three new audio commentaries, from producer Stephen Woolley, director David Leland and screenwriter Don Macpherson. Check out this and other Plumeria…

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   S2 · E8 · 12 Feb 2023 · 1 hr 36 min

   Streets of Fire (1984) by author and critic Walter Chaw

   Hello! Welcome to the latest edition of the exclusive audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. This episode is sponsored by boutique Blu-ray label Plumeria Pictures, whose latest release is The Big Man, aka Crossing the Line, an underrated 1990 drama with a blistering lead performance by Liam Neeson, and a cast that includes Joanne Whalley, Ian Bannen, Billy Connolly, Hugh Grant, Peter Mullan and more. The Blu-ray contains not one but three new audio commentaries, from producer Stephen Woolley, director David Leland and screenwriter Don Macpherson. Check out this and other…

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   S2 · E7 · 13 Jan 2023 · 1 hr 58 min

   Call Jane (2022) with screenwriter Hayley Schore

   Hello! Welcome to the latest edition of the exclusive audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. For this episode, I’m delighted to be joined by Hayley Schore, co-screenwriter of Call Jane , Carol director Phyllis Nagy’s under-appreciated 2022 film about the "Janes", the underground group that gave Chicago women access to abortions in the pre-Roe v Wade years. Needless to say the film, which stars Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Messina and Kata Mara, took on a horrible new resonance when the Supreme Court effectively overturned Roe v Wade in June 2022. I really enjoyed…

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   S2 · E6 · 28 Dec 2022 · 1 hr 46 min

   The Stylist (2020) with co-writer/director Jill Gevargizian

   Hello! Welcome to the latest edition of the exclusive audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. In this episode I’m very excited to be joined by screenwriter Jill Gevargizian, co-writer, director and producer of 2020’s brilliant Kansas City-set horror film The Stylist , in which a profoundly disturbed hair stylist, played by the phenomenal Najarra Townsend, gives very special hair treatment to her clients. Eat your heart out, Sweeney Todd. I’ve been a fan of this understated film – which you can find here (US) and here (UK) – since I first saw it, and although there’s a fantastic…

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   S2 · E4 · 25 Apr 2022 · 1 hr 30 min

   Bull (2021) with writer-director Paul Andrew Williams and Neil Maskell

   Hello! Welcome to the latest – as in very late – edition of the exclusive audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. On this episode, I'm delighted to welcome writer-director Paul Andrew Williams and actor Neil Maskell for a journey through the making of the brutal, brilliant British revenge thriller Bull . For best results, cue it up to the film, which is available to watch in the UK here and in the US here . My intro will tell you where to cue up the film, and when to press play. Thanks to Marek Steven and Signature Entertainment for hooking us up. Comments? Feedback?…

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   S2 · E2 · 4 Nov 2021 · 1 hr 31 min

   Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) with writer-director John Hancock

   Hello! Welcome to the latest – as in very late – edition of the exclusive audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. On this episode, I'm delighted to welcome writer-director John Hancock – 82 years of age and still going strong – for an exclusive Zoom-enabled dive into one of my all-time favourite horror films, Let's Scare Jessica to Death , to celebrate its 50th anniversary. For best results, cue it up to the film, which is available to watch in the UK here and in the US here . My intro to the podcast will tell you when to press play. Apologies that the audio quality is not…

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   S2 · E2 · 19 Jul 2021 · 1 hr 32 min

   Werewolves Within (2021) with screenwriter Mishna Wolff

   Hello! Welcome to a brand new episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. On this episode, I'm delighted to bring you screenwriter Mishna Wolff's exclusive audio commentary for the whip-smart horror comedy Werewolves Within . Usually you can listen to one of our podcommentaries by themselves, but this one's a little sparse, so for best results, cue it up to the film, which is available to watch in the UK here and in the US here . My intro to the podcast will tell you where to cue it up. Huge thanks to Mishna of course, but also to Mark Towle of Mister Smith…

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   S2 · E1 · 27 Jun 2021 · 1 hr 52 min

   Rent-A-Pal (2020) with Jon Stevenson, Brian Landis Folkins and Jimmy Weber

   Hello! Welcome to the first episode of Season Two of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. On our Season Two premiere, I'm delighted to bring you the exclusive audio commentary for one of 2020's best psychological thrillers (or horror movies, if you see it that way), Rent-A-Pal , featuring writer/director/producer Jon Stevenson, actor/producer Brian Landis Folkins and producer/composer Jimmy Weber. The film is available to watch in the US here , and in the UK here . Huge thanks to Jon, Brian and Jimmy for agreeing to get together and record this! Do keep an eye on Pretty…

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    S1 · E16 · 1 Apr 2021 · 1 hr 52 min

    The Reckoning (2020) with Neil Marshall and Charlotte Kirk

    Hello! Welcome to the latest – 16th! – episode of the audio commentary podcast hosted by me, David Hughes. As a big fan of Neil Marshall, from Dog Soldiers to The Descent, Doomsday – not to mention the epic "Blackwater" episode of Game of Thrones – I'm delighted to join Neil and his co-writer/lead actor (and fiancée) Charlotte Kirk for a feature-length walk through The Reckoning , which is available to watch in the US here , and will be released in the UK on April 16th. As with most commentaries, it's chock full of spoilers, so don't listen if you haven't seen the film. Huge thanks to Neil…