Reviewing movies since 2013 - some good...some not so good.
The Stinking Pause Podcast
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Reviewing movies since 2013 - some good...some not so good.
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June 23, 2026
Episode 208 - Wake In Fright (1971)
<h2><strong>Welcome to Bundanyabba. The beer is cold, the welcome is warm, and leaving may prove surprisingly difficult.</strong></h2> <p><strong><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/44872/Screenshot_2026-06-23_194710.png" alt="" width="250" height="363" /></strong></p> <p>This time on <strong>Stinking Pause</strong>, Scott, Paul and Charlie are joined by Maurice in Melbourne and Kerry in America for a trip into the heat, dust and rapidly collapsing good intentions of Ted Kotcheff's extraordinary 1971 drama <strong>Wake in Fright</strong>.</p> <p><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/44872/2k7rdp9-20260623-0tiufpucwx.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="136" /></p> <p>Gary Bond stars as John Grant, a young schoolteacher who becomes stranded in the remote Australian mining town of Bundanyabba after missing his train. All he needs to do is survive one night and continue his journey the following morning. Unfortunately, this simple plan fails to account for gambling, endless glasses of beer and the local determination to ensure that no visitor remains sober enough to remember where the railway station is.</p> <p><img src="//assets.libsyn.com/show/44872/2k7rg08.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="171" /></p> <p>What follows is a brutal and increasingly nightmarish descent into violence, humiliation and male camaraderie at its most aggressively hospitable. Bleak, unsettling and occasionally very funny in ways that leave you feeling slightly guilty, Wake in Fright remains one of Australian cinema's most powerful and unforgettable films.</p> <p><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/44872/MV5BMTkzMjg5NzAzNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTg2MjI2OA._V1_QL75_UX596_.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="184" /></p> <p>Between the two halves of our review, we celebrate the life and career of <strong>Donald Pleasence</strong>, the wonderfully distinctive British actor whose performance as the cheerfully dishevelled Doc Tydon gives the film much of its uneasy fascination. Pleasence could suggest menace, vulnerability and imminent psychological collapse with little more than a glance and a carefully raised eyebrow.</p> <p><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/44872/MV5BY2YxOGQ2NWQtYmI2ZS00MTNhLWIxY2QtMzU1OGZmNmY4YWM2XkEyXkFqcGc._V1_QL75_UX812_.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="134" /></p> <p>Then, having spent quite enough time contemplating isolation, alcohol and the fragile veneer of civilisation, we move on to our latest <strong>Celluloid Stinker</strong>.</p> <p><img src="//assets.libsyn.com/show/44872/hc8g9c.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="309" /></p> <p><strong>The Thing with Two Heads</strong> stars Ray Milland and Roosevelt Grier as two men forced to share one body following a medical experiment that should probably have been stopped during the planning meeting.</p> <p>One great film, one remarkable actor, two heads and enough questionable decision-making to fill several hospital negligence forms.</p> <p>It can only be <strong>Stinking Pause</strong>.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>This and previous episodes available at: <a href= "https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/stinkingpause">https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/stinkingpause</a> as well as your podcatcher of choice.</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>You can follow us on Twitter @stinkingpause</strong></p> <p><strong>Send your thoughts and your feedback to <a href="mailto:thestinkingpausepodcast@gmail.com">thestinkingpausepodcast@gmail.com</a></strong></p> <p> </p> <p>#WakeInFright #DonaldPleasence #TheThingWithTwoHeads #AustralianCinema #CultCinema #ClassicFilm #BadMovies #FilmPodcast #MoviePodcast #StinkingPause</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Coming soon....our next episode:</strong></span></p> <p><strong><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/44872/Screenshot_2026-06-23_201050.png" alt="" width="250" height="381" /></strong></p> <p> </p>
June 1, 2026
Episode 207 - The Fisher King (1991)
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Episode 207 - The Fisher King (1991), Terry Gilliam, Flesh Gordon (1974)</strong></span></p> <p><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/44872/ChatGPT_Image_Jun_1_2026_06_51_33_PM.png" alt="" width="350" height="197" /></p> <p><br /> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>A quest for redemption, a salute to cinematic stubbornness, and a Sex Ray pointed directly at good taste.</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/44872/MV5BMjE4MjU4ODEzMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTAxOTIwMjE._V1_.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="235" /></p> <p>In this episode of <strong>Stinking Pause</strong>, Scott and Antony head into the gloriously strange, tender and occasionally unhinged world of <strong>The Fisher King</strong>, Terry Gilliam's 1991 tale of guilt, grief, romance, fantasy and Robin Williams doing the sort of work that reminds you he could break your heart as easily as make you laugh. Jeff Bridges is on beautifully rumpled form too, as a man trying to crawl back from the wreckage of his own ego, which is always good podcast territory, especially when medieval visions start wandering through modern New York.</p> <p> </p> <p><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/44872/Terry-Gilliam-01-thumbnail.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="182" /></p> <p> </p> <p>The episode also takes a lovingly chaotic wander through the career of <strong>Terry Gilliam</strong>, from the cut-out lunacy of <strong>Monty Python</strong> to the battle-scarred brilliance of <strong>Brazil</strong>, <strong>Time Bandits</strong>, <strong>The Adventures of Baron Munchausen</strong>, <strong>Twelve Monkeys</strong> and the almost biblically cursed journey of <strong>The Man Who Killed Don Quixote</strong>. Floods, studio rows, injuries, lost productions, legal wrangles, and still he kept tilting at windmills.</p> <p> </p> <p><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/44872/k36aj3-20260601-9zt4r3vvtl.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="271" /></p> <p> </p> <p>And then, because this is <strong>Stinking Pause</strong> and standards must be lowered before the credits roll, the Celluloid Stinker is <strong>Flesh Gordon</strong>, the 1974 adult sci-fi parody that somehow combines a Sex Ray, planet Porno, deeply questionable character names and genuinely impressive special effects. </p> <p> </p> <p>A heartfelt, funny and slightly filthy episode about imagination, obsession, redemption and the noble art of watching things you probably should not admit to watching.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>This and previous episodes available at: <a href= "https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/stinkingpause">https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/stinkingpause</a> as well as your podcatcher of choice.</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>You can follow us on Twitter @stinkingpause</strong></p> <p><strong>Send your thoughts and your feedback to <a href="mailto:thestinkingpausepodcast@gmail.com">thestinkingpausepodcast@gmail.com</a></strong></p> <p> </p> <p>#StinkingPause #TheFisherKing #TerryGilliam #RobinWilliams #JeffBridges #FilmPodcast #CultCinema #FleshGordon #MoviePodcast #CelluloidStinkers</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Coming soon - our next episode:</strong></p> <p><strong><img src="//assets.libsyn.com/show/44872/ems.jpeg" alt="" width="350" height="507" /></strong></p> <p><br /> <br /></p>
April 25, 2026
Episode 206 - F1 The Movie (2025)
<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/44872/3bh36p1.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="517" /></strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>"They're saying Sonny Hayes isn't a has-been. He's a never-was."</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>The Stinking Pause Podcast - reviewing movies since 2013. Some good...some not so good.</strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>In the latest episode of The Stinking Pause Podcast, we buckle up for a slightly unhinged trip through speed, spectacle and sheer cinematic nonsense.</strong></p> <p><img src="//assets.libsyn.com/show/44872/3cp1abe.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="244" /></p> <p><strong>First up, we dive into F1: The Movie, a modern racing picture built on big-screen gloss, high-stakes drama and the sort of intense thousand-yard stares that suggest the next corner may decide the fate of civilisation. Joining the conversation is Paul, a man whose taste in films remains as selective and unpredictable as ever, though this time we may just have found a subject close enough to his heart to keep the grumbling to a manageable level.</strong></p> <p><strong><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/44872/Screenshot_2026-04-25_153608.png" alt="" width="350" height="534" /></strong></p> <p><strong>From there, we take a wider look at Hollywood's long love affair with motor racing movies, from the swagger and danger of the classic era to the polished pressure-cooker world of more modern racing dramas. It's a lively run through the films that turned fast cars, fragile egos and split-second decisions into some of cinema's most reliable crowd-pleasers.</strong></p> <p><strong><img src="//assets.libsyn.com/show/44872/e5nxj2.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="285" /></strong></p> <p><strong>And then, because no episode of The Stinking Pause Podcast would be complete without a sharp turn into deeply questionable territory, we head into Celluloid Stinkers country with The Wild Women of Wongo. It's bizarre, baffling and exactly the sort of film that leaves you wondering who thought any of it was a good idea.</strong></p> <p><strong>Fast cars, old Hollywood, Paul being Paul, and one gloriously ropey slice of nonsense. In other words, business as usual.</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>This and previous episodes available at: <a href= "https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/stinkingpause">https://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/stinkingpause</a> as well as your podcatcher of choice.</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>You can follow us on Twitter @stinkingpause</strong></p> <p><strong>Send your thoughts and your feedback to <a href="mailto:thestinkingpausepodcast@gmail.com">thestinkingpausepodcast@gmail.com</a></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Coming soon - our next episode:</strong></p> <p><strong><img src= "//assets.libsyn.com/show/44872/Screenshot_2026-04-25_154058.png" alt="" width="350" height="556" /></strong></p> <p><strong>The Fisher King (1991)</strong></p>
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