
Ramblin: An Amblin Podcast
by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn
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Bonus Ramble with Bonnie Judd (Animal Trailer on A Dog’s Journey)
Jun 7, 2026
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A Dog's Journey (2019) with Harley Mumford
May 24, 2026
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) with Jack Buckley
May 10, 2026
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) with Tom Jurassic
Apr 26, 2026
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Ready Player One (2018) with Em from Verbal Diorama
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| 6/7/26 | ![]() Bonus Ramble with Bonnie Judd (Animal Trailer on A Dog’s Journey) | We were very lucky to be granted time with Bonnie Judd, the ace animal trainer and coordinator who oversaw all of the good boys and girls on A DOG’S JOURNEY. She talked to us about what brought her to this line of work, the ethos in her approach and the many emotional memories from the set of the film. Thank you for joining us, Bonnie!Follow the podcast on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter-Clayton & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. You can listen to The Robert J Hunter band's new single 'Loser' here: https://ffm.to/rjhloser And you buy tickets to their upcoming album launch show on October 10 here: https://events.talentbanq.com/events/talentbanq/2123808 | — | ||||||
| 5/24/26 | ![]() A Dog's Journey (2019) with Harley Mumford | It’s time to bid adieu once and for all to that wretched Josh Gad dog spirit as we close out our canine duology with the final Amblin W. Bruce Cameron adaptation to date (please god let that remain the case), 2019’s A DOG’S JOURNEY. Glutton-for-punishment Harley Mumford re-joins us to once again dig into the exploits of Bailey, who this time is tasked with ensuring each reincarnation tracks down CJ, the granddaughter of Ethan, to keep her on the straight-and-narrow and ensure she remains unblinkingly judgemental of everyone she encounters who isn’t an angelic corn-fed dog-lover (Editor’s Note: Rein it in, Josh).You can follow Harley and Fandomentals on Instagram and Bluesky, as well as listen to his catalogue of episodes wherever you're listening to this podcast. You can listen to The Robert J Hunter band's new single 'Loser' here: https://ffm.to/rjhloser And you can buy tickets to their upcoming album launch show on October 10 here: https://events.talentbanq.com/events/talentbanq/2123808Follow the podcast on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter-Clayton & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 5/10/26 | ![]() The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) with Jack Buckley | Now we all know that clocks reside either on walls or beside them. It’s a simple matter of fact. But what if, this movie supposes, there was a house with a clock in its walls? A radical notion, to be sure, and one that was first broached in 1973 by author John Bellairs and again in 2018 when director Eli Roth adapted his novel into the film we all know as THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS. Joining us to find the source of the infernal ticking is returning guest Jack Buckley, who has not only read the Bellairs original but has been waiting to wax lyrical about this since the clock-cogs first started turning. Together we talk about the origins of the project, its strange permutations throughout the ensuing decades, Roth’s wide and varied directorial career (Josh did a lot of unnecessary prep and had to make it count somehow), its Goosebumps adjacency and its weird dalliances with (Jamie Lee Curtis voice) trauma. A truly indomitable episode.Here’s the Contrapoints video we referenced, in case anybody is interested: https://youtu.be/uiGIbdrQjbI?si=Isggv-nHNTzkUUlt You can listen to The Robert J Hunter band's new single 'Loser' here: https://ffm.to/rjhloser And you buy tickets to their upcoming album launch show on October 10 here: https://events.talentbanq.com/events/talentbanq/2123808 Follow the podcast on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter-Clayton & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 4/26/26 | ![]() Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) with Tom Jurassic | As the poster for a certain big lizard movie from 1998 said, size matters. We’re joined by the delightful Tom Jurassic (host of The Jurassic Park Podcast and Jurassic Collectables, and creator of Tales from a Jurassic World) for a BIG episode on a BIG movie: the 2018 follow-up to a smash-hit legacy sequel, JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM. Together we try to untangle the questionable motivations that kick the story into gear, marvel at the textures that director J. A. Bayona brings to the visuals and giggle at Chris Pratt’s Action Man poses. It’s a mess of a movie but we find a surprisingly BIG amount to enjoy.You can follow Tom on Instagram at @tom_jurassic. You can find Jurassic Collectables here, Tales from a Jurassic World here and and listen to The Jurassic Park Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.Follow the podcast on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter-Clayton & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 4/5/26 | ![]() Ready Player One (2018) with Em from Verbal Diorama | It’s a film made up entirely of pop culture Easter eggs, centred around a literal Easter egg hunt and released on Easter weekend eight years ago, so we thought it would be fitting to give you a little Easter 2026 treat and release our episode on READY PLAYER ONE a week early. But we’re not heading into the Oasis alone: we’re joined by Em, the fab host of Verbal Diorama, to wade (Watts) through the smorgasbord of references, the film’s long road to realisation and its ultimate message about the real world vs. the virtual one. A playful instance of Spielberg pondering the darker side of his generational impact, or a soulless piece of garbage designed to validate the stunting of our minds? Can it be two things? Plug in and find out!You can follow Em on Instagram at @empoweredstuff. You can follow Verbal Diorama at @verbaldiorama and listen wherever you get your podcasts.Follow the podcast on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter-Clayton & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 3/29/26 | ![]() The Post (2017) with James King | It’s time for us to blow the whistle on THE POST, Spielberg’s 2017 ode to a free press, squeezed in during postproduction on another very different movie (more on that next episode). We’re very lucky to be joined in our discussion by BBC Radio 2’s resident movie critic, top gentleman and (most importantly) fellow Warwick grad James King, who shares tales of his various dalliances with Spielberg over the years, his personal connection to the film and his thoughts on the urgency it exudes thanks to its rapid production schedule. We don’t always get it right, we’re not perfect, but we keep on it. That’s the job, right?You can follow James on Instagram at @jameskingmovies, follow his film club at jameskingfilmclub.com and listen to his reviews on Jo Whiley’s BBC Radio 2 show. Follow the podcast on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter- Clayton & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 3/15/26 | ![]() A Dog's Purpose (2017) with Harley Mumford | Things are about to get rough for the Ramblin boys as Lasse Hallstrom’s 2017 adaptation of A DOG’S PURPOSE fetches us its lead and demands to be taken for a walk. Joining us as we unpack the tenets of doggie cinema, weigh up the value of Josh Gad’s voiceover and stare the film’s emotional manipulations in the face is Fandomentals’ Harley Mumford, longtime dog-haver and self-professed easy-mark for this type of thing. Lots of bark, a little bite and a surprising amount of impressions ensue.You can follow Harley on Twitter at @HarleyMumford and his Fabdomentals Podcast at @FandomentalsPod. You can listen to Fandomentals wherever you get your podcasts.Follow the podcast on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 3/1/26 | ![]() The BFG (2016) with Justin Johnson | Bobswinkles, it’s a fizz whizzer! Yes, you heard that right, the time has come for us to climb into a giant bag and be transported to Giant Country, where we’ll sample the finest snozzcumbers and frobscottle (though you’ll forgive us if there’s a whizzpopper or two). We’re joined by the BFI Southbank’s Head of Cinema Programme, Justin Johnson, for this wide-ranging discussion of Steven Spielberg’s 2016 adaptation of Roald Dahl's THE BFG. It’s an episode as giant as Fleshlumpeater but far less mean, taking in everything from the film’s long gestation to its struggle to make an impact, from the mo-cap performances and CGI compositing to the wide array of accents (some more explicable than others). Whoopsie scrumpers!Follow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin), Instagram (@ramblinamblinpod) and Blusky (@ramblinamblin.bsky.social). Be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via our socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 2/15/26 | ![]() Deep Twilight Impact Zone: The Podcast (1983 & 1998) | We’re back! Again! This time for good! We mark our return – which in turn marks our five year anniversary, if you can believe that – by covering two films that were added retroactively to Wikipedia’s Amblin filmography list (which, of course, is our gospel): the cursed 1983 production of TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE and the other ‘comet hurtling towards earth’ picture from 1998, DEEP IMPACT. It’s a lot to bite off in one episode, so we set ourselves a time limit for each discussion to make sure we don’t disappear too far down the rabbit holes. Strap in as we discuss whether any film can ever escape the tragedy of its making, the tenability of idealised movie presidents in today’s climate and Andy’s unbridled delight at this episode’s very silly title. Just don’t call it a comeback. Follow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin), Instagram (@ramblinamblinpod) and Blusky (@ramblinamblin.bsky.social). Be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via our socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 10/26/25 | ![]() Bridge of Spies (2015) with Rob Yeomans | Wrap up warm and fight off a cold with our episode on Stvene Spielberg’s Cold War drama BRIDGE OF SPIES, released in 2015 with a script by Matt Charman and the Coen Brothers. The film charts the extraordinary true story of insurance lawyer James Donavan (played by Tom Hanks), who is charged with defending a captured Soviet spy (Mark Rylance), which leads to him become a key figure in the negotiations for a ‘spy swap’ in the early 60s. To dive into Spielberg’s murky world of espionage, government bureaucracy and one man’s struggle to uphold American values we invite back Ramblin's resident bridge expert Rob Yeomans - line producer and co-host of the CineMortuary Podcast - to take the journey to East Germany with us in the hope of some successful negotiations. You can find CineMortuary wherever you get your podcasts. Follow the podcast on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
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| 9/28/25 | ![]() Jurassic World (2015) with Nick de Semlyen | The park is open. After a long 14 years since the release of Jurassic Park 3, the Jurassic franchise burst back into life in 2025 with JURASSIC WORLD, from the mind of unknown filmmaker Colin Trevorrow, and it made a quite significant roar at the box office. To take a tour inside the park and see what works - and what doesn't - about this long-awaited fourth entry in the franchise, we’re thrilled to welcome journalist, author and editor of Empire Magazine Nick de Semlyen to the pod. We get into it all from failed scripts featuring dinos with guns and scary castles in the Swiss alps, to stories on set with Trevorrow and perhaps most importantly, the backstory of Edmond, perhaps the most important Jurassic character you never new about. So, hop on your motorbike, summon your pack of highly trained raptors and join us for the ride, won’t you? You can buy Nick’s books - Wild & Crazy Guys and Last Action Heroes - from any good booksellers and online retailers - and can subscribe to Empire Magazine here. Follow the podcast on Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 9/14/25 | ![]() The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014) with Prasanna Ranganathan | Allow Maison Ramblin to cook you up a delectable aural dish with our episode on Lasse Hallström’s 2014 foodie comedy-drama THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY, based on Richard C. Morais’ book and starring film legends Helen Mirren and Om Puri. This cosy tale of an Indian family trying to make a new life for themselves in the French countryside by opening a restaurant directly across the street from a Michelin-starred high dining establishment holds more to it than meets the eye, which we more than tuck into across our own journey. We’re also very happy to be joined in the episode by writer and speaker Prasanna Ranganathan whose own journey with the film has been one that holds many surprising and heartwarming turns.You can follow Prasanna Ranganathan on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/prasran/?hl=en - and can read his Huffington Post piece on film here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/a-culinary-cultural-love-letter_b_5672409 You can also discover more about his mother’s cookbook here: https://rupikaur.com/products/made-with-prema-cookbook?srsltid=AfmBOoqXhPflBrysPz5MPFL24xGykXJpafVEeiw2ZNes5l66UGSEsul2 and here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/south-indian-vegetarian-cookbook-charity-blindness-1.6391105 And discover the recipe for Beef Bourguignon à la Hassan here: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/what-happens-when-an-indian-chef-makes-beef-bourguignon-85558314606.html?guccounter=1 You can follow the podcast on Twitter, BlueSky and Instagram and be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 8/3/25 | ![]() Lincoln (2012) with James Warren | Four score and seven years ago (or thereabouts), our Papa Spielberg brought forth on this filmography a new biopic, conceived in collaboration with Tony Kushner, and dedicated to the proposition that Daniel Day-Lewis was the best man to embody Honest Abe in his pledge to ratify the idea that ‘all men are created equal’. Now we are engaged in a discussion of the result, 2012’s LINCOLN, testing whether that biopic, or any biopic so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that discussion with friend and fellow Warwick film grad James Warren, to explore this work within the pantheon of ‘great films’, the degree of ambivalence with which it views the democratic process and the astonishing array of character actors with great faces. It is here that we highly resolve that this film was not made in vain, and that filmmaking by the Spielberg, with his collaborators, for the Ramblin listeners, shall not perish from our memory.Follow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin), Instagram (@ramblinamblinpod) and Blusky (@ramblinamblin.bsky.social). Be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via our socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 7/13/25 | ![]() Men in Black 3 (2012) with Charlotte Bailey | The Men in Black are back… in time!? It’s time for some Amblin time-travel hijinks not involving a DeLorean as we check back in with the protectors of Earth agent J (Will Smith) and Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) as the very fabric of reality is threatened when an evil alien named Boris the Animal (Jermaine Clement) - actually it’s just Boris - rewrites history, forcing J to travel back to 1969 and team up with K’s younger self (an eerily perfect Josh Brolin). To unpack the flimsy timey-wimey nonsense of it all, we recruit previous guest of the show Charlotte Bailey to join our makeshift MIB and make the time jump to 2012 and explore the troubled production to get MIB3 to the screen, and how, in some small miracle, it all just about holds together. By the way, is anyone else really craving a chocolate milk right about now?You can follow Charlotte’s travel blog No Small Wander here - as well as on Instagram and TikTok.Follow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin), Instagram (@ramblinamblinpod) and Blusky (@ramblinamblin.bsky.social). Be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via our socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 6/22/25 | ![]() War Horse (2011) with Ben Weldon | It’s time to journey from the beautiful green landscapes of Devon to war-torn Europe - then back to a now very orange Devon - in Steven Spielberg’s World War One drama WAR HORSE. Based on Michael Morpurgo’s children's book as well as it’s hugely successful stage adaptation, we welcome friend and history-buff - and star of Zombey - Ben Weldon to join us on the journey of innocence lost and the struggle to maintain a sense of decency in a world gripped by violence - from the perspective of a horse. We get into Morpurgo’s original inspiration, to what pulled Spielberg to the story, before diving into its success as a World War One story and what its multiple story strands offer to the overall pictorial canvas of Spielberg’s lush war epic. Saddle up and join us, won't you? Follow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin), Instagram (@ramblinamblinpod) and Blusky (@ramblinamblin.bsky.social). Be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via our socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 6/1/25 | ![]() The Adventures of Tintin (2011) with Barry Levitt | Blistering barnacles - it’s time to open the book (or comic album) on Tintin and tackle the crab with the golden claws, discover the secret of the unicorn and find Red Rackham’s treasure. Barry Levitt re-joins the pod after a brief break from Amblin animation and together we piece together the whole story: the complicated history of Tintin creator Hergé (and how to properly pronounce his name), the long road to the film’s production, the pros and cons of motion capture, the uncanny valley, whether or not this Tintin has a weird face, Spielberg’s unchained digital camera, the sheer exuberance of the action scenes and, of course, Tintin’s status as a Belgian (NOT French) icon. A fun chat about an intensely fun film, and one that we argue is much deserving of a sequel. Now, how’s your thirst for adventure?You can follow Barry on Twitter and Letterboxd @blevitt93, and catch his writing over at the likes of Vulture, The Daily Beast, Empire, LA Times, Rolling Stone and more.If so inclined, you can watch the 1947 stop-motion adaptation of THE CRAB WITH THE GOLDEN CLAWS here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_DXY0FnOLc And, if Josh’s rendition wasn’t sufficient, you can listen to Joe Cornish’s full doodle story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFuh8NFb6hs Follow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin), Instagram (@ramblinamblinpod) and Blusky (@ramblinamblin.bsky.social). Be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via our socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 5/18/25 | ![]() Super 8 (2011) with Daniel Kelly & Michael Perry | Get ready for an episode full of production value as we get nostalgic with JJ Abrams and SUPER 8 - the 70s set sci-fi drama following a group of kids making their own movie in their backyard, and happen to stumble on a government conspiracy involving an escaped extra-terrestrial being. We welcome back returning guests Daniel Kelly and Michael Perry, re-assembling the team that once made up our student radio show Close-Up on RAW 1251AM, fittingly looking at a movie that was released the summer before we all met for the very first time. We dig into its value as a nostalgic artefact; a film looking back and directly homaging Amblin of old, and how successful Abrams is at approximating that Spielberg-vibe while also trying to deliver something that feels like it comes from the heart, as well as assessing its place in the early 2010s blockbuster landscape. We also resurrect a old feature from our Close-Up days to give you some further viewing recommendations. Mint! You can watch Andy’s Sixth Form zombie movie - ZOMBEY - made in the summer of 2011 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjn3y1L5CLo And you can read Forbes’ 10th anniversary oral history of Super 8 here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshweiss/2021/06/01/super-8-turns-10-a-mint-oral-history-of-jj-abrams-love-letter-to-movies-childhood--spielberg/ You can rent or buy Dan’s film DOCTOR JEKYLL on Amazon and find Michael’s blog here: https://quotesponge.wordpress.com/ Follow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin), Instagram (@ramblinamblinpod) and Blusky (@ramblinamblin.bsky.social). Be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via our socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 5/4/25 | ![]() Hereafter (2010) | We kick off a fresh new decade for Amblin with our last - at least for now - Clint Eastwood movie, the 2010 supernatural drama HEREAFTER. Our Clint journey began with something of a surprising gem with The Bridges of Madison County,and to bookend our experience with Mr. Eastwood we also get a film full of surprises; a meditative, pragmatic look at belief, grief and questions of life and death. We get into it all, from Peter Morgan’s triptych screenplay, the range of performances, its occasionally bizarre swings, to Charles Dickens and Pizza Express. TRIGGER WARNING: In the episode we discuss matters of grief, loss and death - and particularly on the experience of losing loved ones.Follow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin), Instagram (@ramblinamblinpod) and Blusky (@ramblinamblin.bsky.social). Be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via our socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 4/20/25 | ![]() Review of the 00s | After six years and 14 movies, the 00s of the Amblin’s comes to a quick end, which can only mean one thing: who’s going to win the Waxflatter Award for best visual effects shot of the decade? Yes, it’s time for one of our review bonanzas covering the best moments and performances of the decade that has just been, as well as reveal both our and the listener’s top five movies of the decade that have just been. Get comfy, grab yourself a beverage, and join us for a retrospective six years in the making. Follow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin), Instagram (@ramblinamblinpod) and Blusky (@ramblinamblin.bsky.social). Be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via our socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 4/6/25 | ![]() Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) with Scott Murphy | Clint Eastwood’s two-picture project looking the Battle of Iwo Jima reaches its conclusion (as does the 00s for Amblin) with LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA, this time following the perspective of the Japanese soldiers on the island, who employed a unique strategy that took both the Americans and their own country by surprise. To examine these letters, we invite host of All 90s Action All the Time Scott Murphy to dig into what makes this the more successful film of the two, from the figure of Ken Watanabe’s General Kuribayashi, to the ensemble cast at large, its strength as an anti-War movie and the inherent surprise that such a feature should come from one Clint Eastwood. It’s a film of such stark, searing power, and one that is so good, we had to record our thoughts twice…You can follow Scott’s podcast on X @90sAction and can find the show wherever you get your podcasts. Vote for your favourite Amblin movies of the 00s here: https://forms.gle/XHBdU1iit3g4YH9C8 Follow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin), Instagram (@ramblinamblinpod) and Blusky (@ramblinamblin.bsky.social). Be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via our socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 3/16/25 | ![]() Flags of Our Fathers (2006) with Rhys Edwards | The right picture can win or lose a war, and they don’t come more iconic than the image of US Marines raising the American flag atop a mountain in Iwo Jima. But the story behind an image isn't always so red, white and blue, as shown in Clint Eastwood’s sombre World War Two drama FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS. There is plenty to dive into and explore in both the film itself and the real history of the men who were - or perhaps weren’t - in the iconic image. To help us examine that iconography, we welcome back returning guest Rhys Edwards. Join us as we explore what is a more unconventional war film than its surface may suggest. Follow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin), Instagram (@ramblinamblinpod) and Blusky (@ramblinamblin.bsky.social). Be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via our socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 3/2/25 | ![]() Monster House (2006) with Sophie Glenn | We’re back to our usual programming over at Ramblin: An Amblin Podcast, and this time we’re taking a precarious walk over old Nebbercracker's front lawn to cautiously enter MONSTER HOUSE, Gil Kenan’s 2006 feature film debut and the second of the Robert Zemeckis-produced motion capture animations. Because we’re a-scared, though, we can’t do it alone, so we’ve enlisted the help of all-time great sister Sophie Glenn to complete our trio. Together we discuss childhood memories, re-litigate tales of old ladies in the woods and reminisce about the Disney Channel in the mid-noughties. We also find that we have way more to say about this weird, quasi-forgotten little throwback movie than anybody could have reasonably thought. Follow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin), Instagram (@ramblinamblinpod) and Blusky (@ramblinamblin.bsky.social). Be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via our socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 2/16/25 | ![]() Munich (2005) | We return with an episode on the final film of 2005, and the second from Mr. Steven Spielberg himself, with his historical drama MUNICH. Charting an account of Mossad assassinations following the massacre at the 1972 Olympic games, it is one of Spielberg’s most polarising and daring works to date, with the decades long Israel-Palestine conflict front and centre as it - and we - explore the moral complexities at the centre of its story that are as relevant today as it was 20 years ago.Save the Prince Charles Cinema: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-the-prince-charles-cinemaFollow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin), Instagram (@ramblinamblinpod) and Blusky (@ramblinamblin.bsky.social). Be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via our socials or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 11/10/24 | ![]() Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) with Barry Levitt | Ramblin is back - and we’re more Geisha than ever. After an extended summer break, the boys are back to continue down the Amblin road, staying in 2005 to explore Rob Marshall's period drama MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA, based on Arthur Golden’s novel of the same name. To chart the journey of young Chiyo’s self-discovery and efforts to become a Geisha in pre and post-WW2 Japan, we welcome back returning guest, friend and film journalist Barry Levitt. Together, we discuss the film’s origins, its questionable sense of authorship and posit the question; could this film - a follow-up for a filmmaker who just won Best Picture for a musical adaptation that revived the genre - have worked better as, well, a musical?You can follow Barry on Twitter and Letterboxd @blevitt93 , and catch his writing over at the likes of Vulture, The Daily Beast, Empire, LA Times, Rolling Stone and more.Follow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin) and be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via Twitter or emailrambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
| 5/19/24 | ![]() The Legend of Zorro (2005) with MJ Smith | After donning the Mask, it is now time to continue THE LEGEND OF ZORRO with our episode on Martin Campbell’s 2005 sequel, once again starring those damn fine sexy leads Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. But, coming some seven years after the original, something seems to have been lost along the way: the juice. To find out why this Zorro doesn’t quite whip like he used to, we enlist the help of podcaster MJ Smith of Let’s Jaws For a Minute fame to see if this follow up was just a case of too little too late - or if it is a greater miscalculation of appeal than that. You can follow MJ on Twitter at @MJSmith891 and you can find his shows (Let’s Jaws For a Minute, Let’s Party with Marty and Reel Perspective) where you get this podcast. Follow the podcast on Twitter (@RamblinAmblin) and be sure to like and subscribe so you don’t miss an episode! Get in touch with us either via Twitter or email rambinaboutamblin@gmail.com. Please feel free to give us a 5-star review, share your favourite Amblin movies and tell us if ET makes you cry.Ramblin is created and produced by Andrew Gaudion and Joshua Glenn. A special thanks as always to Emily Tatham for the artwork, and Robert J. Hunter-Clayton & Greg Sheffield for the theme music. | — | ||||||
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