This week, we continue our exploration of musicals! Our second film in this series is the 1961 smash hit: West Side Story.Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblin, Rita Moreno, and George Chakiris star in this musical about star crossed love

Singin' In The Rain

Feb 18th, 2020 58m

This week, we kick off our exploration of musicals! Our first film in this series is the 1952 spectacle: Singin' In The Rain.Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor sing and dance their way into our hearts in this film about Hollywood

Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds

Feb 11th, 2020 57m 50s

This week, we conclude our dive into the films of Alfred Hitchcock! Our final film in the series is the 1963 classic: The Birds.Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor star in this thriller as Melanie and Mitch, a young would-be couple who find their mutu

Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window

Feb 4th, 2020 58m 7s

This week, we continue our dive into the films of Alfred Hitchcock! Our next film in the series was a first-watch and big hit for all of us: Rear Window.Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly delivered phenomenal performances as L.B. Jefferies, the tem

Alfred Hitchcock's Rope

Jan 28th, 2020 58m 40s

This week, we continue our dive into the films of Alfred Hitchcock! Our second film in the series was a first-watch for all of us: Rope.The movie features incredible performances by Jimmy Stewart, John Dall, and Farley Granger. It was written

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho

Jan 21st, 2020 49m 29s

This week, we're starting a dive into the films of Alfred Hitchcock! Our first film in the series is an all-time classic: Psycho.The movie features some amazing performances from Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh. Though, they had some really te

Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water

Jan 14th, 2020 45m 19s

Last week, we concluded #OperationUniversalHorror with Creature From The Black Lagoon. We were so sad to see it go we just had to add Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water to the line-up. Claire had mentioned she wanted something with more da

Creature From The Black Lagoon

Jan 7th, 2020 51m 30s

Welcome to 2020! We're excited about the new year and all the amazing films to come. This week, we conclude #OperationUniversalHorror with Creature From The Black Lagoon. We're sad to see this chapter go, but we had a blast going through these

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Dec 31st, 2019 1h 14m

Happy New Year's Eve! We thought we'd squeeze one last episode in for 2019. We're really proud of all the work we've done and we hope you've enjoyed it, too. Stay tuned, next week conclude #OperationUniversalHorror with Creature From The Black

George Waggner's The Wolf Man

Nov 26th, 2019 37m 17s

This week, #OperationUniversalHorror returns! Finally! We're (mostly) over the zombie virus and it's time to get back to those classic monsters. We're talking George Waggner's The Wolf Man, starring the magnificent Lon Chaney Jr. as Larry Talb

Sick Day Episode: ITMOD ChatCast Interview

Nov 19th, 2019 50m 4s

We interrupt our regularly scheduled #OperationUniversalHorror (don't worry, it'll be back in a sequel) because Bill & Claire caught a touch of the zombie virus! No worries though, this is a strictly audio medium. While we can't record this wee

Wolfman's Got Nards: A Documentary

Nov 5th, 2019 53m 18s

We interrupt our regularly scheduled #OperationUniversalHorror (don't worry, it'll be back in a sequel) programming to bring you this special episode. This week we're talking Wolfman's Got Nards. André Gower (Sean in The Monster Squad) and Henr

John Carpenter's Halloween

Oct 31st, 2019 50m 21s

Happy Halloween! We're slashing #OperationUniversalHorror (don't worry, it'll be back in a sequel) to bring you this special episode. We knew we were going to show Claire John Carpenter's Halloween this year, we just didn't know it would be par

Tod Browning's Dracula

Oct 29th, 2019 44m 32s

This week, #OperationUniversalHorror continues with Tod Browning's Dracula, starring the incomparable Bela Lugosi. We get into the great performances, including Dwight Frye's phenomenal performance as Renfield. Plus, there's a great conversatio

James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein

Oct 22nd, 2019 57m

This week, #OperationUniversalHorror continues with James Whale's Bride of Frankenstein. We were very excited to get back to the Frankenstein movies and this one didn't disappoint! We continue our conversation on the depiction of women and also

James Whale's The Invisible Man

Oct 8th, 2019 42m 42s

This week, #OperationUniversalHorror continues with James Whale's The Invisible Man. To be honest, this one was a bit of a miss overall for us. Claude Rains' maniacal performance was fantastic and the special effects were a lot of fun to pick a

James Whale's Frankenstein

Sep 17th, 2019 56m 17s

We're really proud to bring you a discussion about James Whale's Frankenstein as the first film in what we'll be calling #OperationUniversalHorror. Frankenstein is a story of the outsider and the damage words like normal and abnormal can inflic

Shudder's You Might Be The Killer

Sep 10th, 2019 36m 56s

This summer, Claire had her first experience with sleep away camp! Naturally, we decided to dive into a camp-based horror-comedy slasher film with the Shudder original You Might Be The Killer. This movie started as a Twitter riff between author

Shaun of the Dead

Sep 3rd, 2019 44m 45s

Claire turned 10! For her birthday, I offered her the chance to pick any movie she wanted. After a lengthy conversation, she settled on Shaun of the Dead. I'm as shocked as you that she didn't pick 2017's IT! Tune in to see what she thought of

Varsity Blues

Aug 27th, 2019 40m 34s

Last week, we got a bit side-tracked and wound up having a great conversation about how we do title selection. We're back on movies! Sometimes, Claire wanders out as my wife and I settle in to watch an evening movie. This time, that film happen

How-We-Do: Title Selection

Aug 20th, 2019 32m 47s

This week, we were meant to be talking Varsity Blues (stay tuned for that next week!), but we got sidetracked with what became a special behind-the-scenes look at how we pick titles for the podcast. Bill & Claire's Excellent Adventures is about

Steven Spielberg's Jaws

Aug 13th, 2019 56m 41s

Bill & Claire's Excellent Adventures is back! Claire has spent most of her summer on a swim team, in the water every single day. So, how could our first episode back be anything other than Steven Spielberg's masterpiece - maybe the greatest mov

Penny Marshall's A League of Their Own

May 18th, 2019 1h 5m

#OperationHanksify is back with another rad Penny Marshall film A League of Their Own! And, what's this? Danielle is joining us for a special birthday pick episode! We're gonna need another hashtag. More people, more content, and more Tom Hanks

Bend It Like Beckham

May 9th, 2019 50m

We're back to discuss Gurinder Chadha's awesome football flick BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM starring Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley. This movie does an amazing job showing the challenges of women trying to find their way when their dreams clash wi

Avengers: Endgame

May 1st, 2019 53m 35s

Welcome fellow Avengers! We - along with tens of millions of people - headed to the theater last weekend to celebrate the MCU's epic conclusion to the Infinity Saga - a feat longer in the making than Claire has been alive! We dig into our love