All The Right Movies

Two composers were thrown off the film before Friedkin found thirty seconds of Tubular Bells by accident. Luke, Matt, and Westy continue the story, heading up the stairs to that bedroom.
In Part 2 we cover the crew, Blatty's screenplay and the real 1949 case behind it, Owen Roizman's flatly-lit refusal to hide anything from you, and Dick Smith, who get inventive when testing his mechanical. All of that before the exorcism, the reception and the legacy. Plus the hosts' verdicts and scores.
Part 1 is where the unease takes hold: Iraq, Friedkin, the cast. Worth starting there if you haven't listened already.

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The set burned to the ground overnight. Regan's bedroom came out of it without a mark. Luke, Matt, and Westy begin the story of the film that dragged horror out of the drive-in and all the way to the Academy Awards.
In Part 1 we cover the prologue shot in 130-degree heat in northern Iraq, the casting of Burstyn, Blair and Jason Miller, and William Friedkin's methods for getting a performance, which ran from firing guns on set to hiding rotting meat around it. Standard directing.
Merrin hasn't arrived and nobody has been down those steps yet. Part 2 goes upstairs: the crew, the exorcism, the ending, the legacy. Out now.

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Luke, Matt and Westy return with a review of three brand new movie releases and recommend which are worth searching out.
Reviewed this episode:
The Odyssey
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Over Your Dead Body

Tune in for our spoiler free take on these new releases.
Three more reviews are waiting in the patron half of the show, alongside everything else in the ATRM patron package. Find it on Patreon, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube.

Another trip back to the editing desk, this time raiding January to March 2026 of the ATRM Classic archive. We've pulled out the strongest takes, the sharpest analysis, and the detours that turned out to be going somewhere all along. Consider it a sifting service: three months of deep dives condensed into the moments that landed hardest, with some moments a of pure hilarity. New listener trying to work out what this is? Old hand fancying a nostalgia run? Step right in.

Telling the story of Hollywood, one film at a time.

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Luke, Matt and Westy return with a review of three brand new movie releases and recommend which are worth searching out.
Reviewed this episode:
Masters Of The Universe
Toy Story 5
Evil Dead Burn

Tune in for our spoiler free take on these new releases.
Three more reviews are available in the patron half of the show, alongside everything else in the ATRM patron package. Find it on Patreon, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube.