EngMovieReviews: Learn English With Movies

About EngMovieReviews: Learn English With Movies

If you can talk about a movie, you can talk about anything. Every episode reviews one film in slow, clear English, so you can actually talk about it afterwards — with real vocabulary and idioms from the film, not textbook sentences. I'm Teacher Teddy, a TEFL-certified English teacher with a British master's degree, teaching since 2020. Each ten-minute episode is levelled by CEFR — Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced — so you start at your level, not the newest episode. New episode daily. Free transcripts, flashcards, quizzes and 192 grammar lessons at engmoviereviews.com.

Publisher

Teacher Teddy

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Aug 2026

Latest episode

10 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

68 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Oct 2026

   English Listening Practice: Home, Searching and Belonging | Lion

   The real English of home and belonging, in slow, clear English — your hometown, where you’re from, your roots, feel out of place, fit in, feel at home, homesick, lose touch with, track someone down. An English learning podcast episode you can take on a walk or a long drive, because there is nothing on screen to miss. Taught through Lion. This episode covers the story of Lion, the true account of Saroo Brierley, lost on a train at five years old, raised in Tasmania, and searching twenty years later for a village whose name he mangled as a small boy — plus a vocabulary lesson built right into that story: the English of home and belonging, from “your hometown” and “your roots” to “feel out of place”, “fit in”, “homesick” and “track someone down”. Perfect for intermediate English learners who enjoy movies and want a slow, clear, podcast-friendly way to improve their English listening comprehension and vocabulary on the go — no video required. Free interactive learning materials for this episode are also available at engmoviereviews.com. Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to this English learning podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts for more movies reviewed in slow, clear English, or catch the video version on YouTube (EngMovieReviews).

2. 

   9 Oct 2026

   English Listening Practice: Manners and Polite Requests | Mary Poppins

   The real English of manners and polite requests, in slow, clear English — please, could you, would you mind, may I, would you like, excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you, I'm afraid not. An English learning podcast episode you can take on a walk or a long drive, because there is nothing on screen to miss. Taught through Mary Poppins. This episode covers the story of Mary Poppins, the classic 1964 musical in which a nanny comes down out of the London sky to look after two children whose father wants somebody strict — plus a vocabulary lesson built right into that story: the English of polite requests, from “please” and “could you” to “would you mind”, “may I”, “excuse me” and “I’m afraid not”. Perfect for beginner English learners who enjoy movies and want a slow, clear, podcast-friendly way to improve their English listening comprehension and vocabulary on the go — no video required. Free interactive learning materials for this episode are also available at engmoviereviews.com. Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to this English learning podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts for more movies reviewed in slow, clear English, or catch the video version on YouTube (EngMovieReviews).

3. 

   8 Oct 2026

   English Listening Practice: Translation and Misunderstanding | Arrival

   The real English of translation and misunderstanding, in slow, clear English — to translate, to interpret, word for word, make yourself understood, ambiguous, lost in translation, a misunderstanding, get the wrong end of the stick, take something the wrong way. An English learning podcast episode you can take on a walk or a long drive, because there is nothing on screen to miss. Taught through Arrival. This episode covers the story of Arrival, Denis Villeneuve’s first-contact drama in which a linguist is asked to speak to visitors nobody can understand and a single translated symbol pushes three continents towards war — plus a vocabulary lesson built right into that story: the language of translation and misunderstanding, from “to interpret” and “word for word” to “ambiguous”, “lost in translation” and “get the wrong end of the stick”. Perfect for advanced English learners who enjoy movies and want a slow, clear, podcast-friendly way to improve their English listening comprehension and vocabulary on the go — no video required. Free interactive learning materials for this episode are also available at engmoviereviews.com. Enjoyed this episode? Subscribe to this English learning podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts for more movies reviewed in slow, clear English, or catch the video version on YouTube (EngMovieReviews).

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