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• 122. War of the Worlds (2025)

  This week, we review War of the Worlds (2025), director Rich Lee’s modern, “screenlife” twist on H. G. Wells’s iconic sci-fi thriller. Ice Cube stars as DHS agent Will Radford, juggling the chaos of a looming alien invasion and an invasive surveillance state — all through the lens of screens and apps. With Eva Longoria as the NASA ally Sandra, the film explores data privacy, government overreach, and digital surveillance. As meteors fall and alien machines emerge from every data center, the stakes go from father-daughter drama to a full-scale fight for humanity’s informational lifeblood.Is this adaptation a surveillance-state nightmare or a cheeky tech‑centric rediscovery of a classic? Listen on to find out!Join Colin & Niall as we embrace the weird, the wonderful, and the downright awful of cinema!Contact us: [email protected]: It was a movie..Spotify pageFollow, rate & review us here:https://linktr.ee/itwasamovieYoutube: It was a movie channel...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itwasamovieInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/itwasamoviepodcast/X: https://x.com/itwasamoviepodTikTok clips & highlights: https://www.tiktok.com/@itwasamoviepodSee all our ratings & reviews: Google SpreadsheetIMDb List: IMDb | Letterboxd: Letterboxd

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• 121. The Bedroom Window (1987)

  This week, we review The Bedroom Window (1987), Curtis Hanson’s suspenseful neo-noir thriller steeped in voyeurism, deception, and moral ambiguity. Quentin Tarantino recommended it so we thought why not. Steve Guttenberg stars as Terry, a Baltimore businessman who becomes entangled in a murder investigation after his affair with his boss’s wife, played by Isabelle Huppert, leads him to report a crime he didn’t actually witness. Elizabeth McGovern co-stars as the potential next victim, drawing Terry deeper into a dangerous cat-and-mouse game.With a Hitchcockian setup of mistaken identity and unreliable perception, this film raises intriguing questions about truth, responsibility, and the cost of good intentions gone awry.Is seeing believing, or is lying for love a killer move? Listen on to find out!Join Colin & Niall as we embrace the weird, the wonderful, and the downright awful of cinema!Contact us: [email protected]: It was a movie..Spotify pageFollow, rate & review us here:https://linktr.ee/itwasamovieYoutube: It was a movie channel...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itwasamovieInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/itwasamoviepodcast/X: https://x.com/itwasamoviepodTikTok clips & highlights: https://www.tiktok.com/@itwasamoviepodSee all our ratings & reviews: Google SpreadsheetIMDb List: IMDb | Letterboxd: Letterboxd

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• 120. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

  Grave of the Fireflies (1988)Movie 120 on Metacritic’s all time movie list. This week, we review Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Isao Takahata’s devastating war-time animated drama from Studio Ghibli. Tsutomu Tatsumi and Ayano Shiraishi voice Seita and Setsuko, two siblings struggling to survive in the aftermath of the firebombing of Kobe during World War II. With harrowing scenes of loss, resilience, and the collapse of innocence, this film raises haunting questions about the human cost of war and the fragility of childhood. If this is a “cartoon,” why are we crying into our popcorn before the opening credits finish? Listen now to find out!Join Colin & Niall as we embrace the weird, the wonderful, and the downright awful of cinema!Contact us: [email protected]: It was a movie..Spotify pageFollow, rate & review us here:https://linktr.ee/itwasamovieYoutube: It was a movie channel...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itwasamovieInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/itwasamoviepodcast/X: https://x.com/itwasamoviepodTikTok clips & highlights: https://www.tiktok.com/@itwasamoviepodSee all our ratings & reviews: Google SpreadsheetIMDb List: IMDb | Letterboxd: Letterboxd

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• 119. Being John Malkovich (1999)

  🎬 Being John Malkovich (1999) – Random Movie #342This week, we review Being John Malkovich (1999), Spike Jonze’s wildly inventive....thing...that blends surrealism with sharp social satire. John Cusack stars as a struggling puppeteer who discovers a secret portal into the mind of actor John Malkovich—yes, the real one. With a stellar cast including Cameron Diaz and Catherine Keener, this genre-defying film explores identity, obsession, and what it means to literally walk in someone else’s shoes (or skull).Picked from Metacritic’s All-Time Movie List—if you found a doorway into someone else's mind… would you peek, take control, or shut it forever? Listen now to find out!Join Colin & Niall as we embrace the weird, the wonderful, and the downright awful of cinema!Contact us: [email protected]: It was a movie..Spotify pageFollow, rate & review us here:https://linktr.ee/itwasamovieYoutube: It was a movie channel...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itwasamovieInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/itwasamoviepodcast/X: https://x.com/itwasamoviepodTikTok clips & highlights: https://www.tiktok.com/@itwasamoviepodSee all our ratings & reviews: Google SpreadsheetIMDb List: IMDb | Letterboxd: Letterboxd

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• 118. Inception (2010)

  Inception (2010) – Random Movie #3521This week, we review Inception (2010), Christopher Nolan’s genre-defying sci-fi thriller that folds reality in on itself. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Dom Cobb, a skilled thief who infiltrates dreams to steal secrets—but this time, he’s tasked with planting an idea instead. With its stacked ensemble cast, mind-bending action sequences, and layered narrative, the film explores memory, guilt, and the blurry boundaries between reality and illusion.Picked from Metacritic’s All-Time Movie List. If you could live forever in a dream of your own making… would you ever want to wake up? Listen now to find out!Join Colin & Niall as we embrace the weird, the wonderful, and the downright awful of cinema!Contact us: [email protected]: It was a movie..Spotify pageFollow, rate & review us here:https://linktr.ee/itwasamovieYoutube: It was a movie channel...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itwasamovieInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/itwasamoviepodcast/X: https://x.com/itwasamoviepodTikTok clips & highlights: https://www.tiktok.com/@itwasamoviepodSee all our ratings & reviews: Google SpreadsheetIMDb List: IMDb | Letterboxd: Letterboxd

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