Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with the two Irish filmmakers: director Alan Hopkins and producer Husni Hafid in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Jurassic Park and The Virgin Suicides’ impact, Badlands and Shawshank Redemption analysis, and There Will Be Blood and Donnie Darko influence on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. They also discusses how they made their short films: JUNGLE and OGHAM Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out about the making of the short films: JUNGLE and OGHAM and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright on his movie podcast.   [1:20] The making of JUNGLE [9:30] How did JUNGLE get broadcast on RTE? [12:20] The making of OGHAM [21:10] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life Jurassic Park (1993) impact  [22:30] Alan Hopkins describes how he did apply to be a palaeontologist like many others as a result of this film, but more importantly for his generation this film is his E.T. The Virgin Suicides (1999) impact [27:06] Husni Hafid describes how the first time he saw this film was on TV in Libya. What he didn’t know at the time, Libyan TV edited the sex scenes but left any violence well alone.  Badlands (1974) analysis [32:20] Alan Hopkins shares how Badlands was the film that changed everything about how he viewed films. It was the first time he was engaging with film as a higher art form.  Shawshank Redemption (1994) analysis   [37:55] Husni Hafid says Shawshank Redemption is the first film that stuck with him. To this day, he can go back and watch any time. Every time he watches it he gets something new from it. It is a film that can actively change his mood because it fills him with so much hope. There Will Be Blood (2007) influence [43:14] Alan Hopkins chose There Will Be Blood but what he means is the year 2007, the first year he went to film school. This was a time when he was all about cinema; going to the theatre every other day to watch films. Donnie Darko (2001) influence   [49:24] Husni Hafid this is one of the first films where he saw the directors cut and it almost ruined it for him; realising how the theatrical cut had been edited so well. It is full of youthful energy and made him want to make a film.  Key Take Aways:   - Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth. - Learn about how to make short films Understand cinema’s transformative power through Jurassic Park (1993), The Virgin Suicides (1999), Badlands (1974), Shawshank Redemption (1994), There Will Be Blood (2007), Donnie Darko (2001) Full show notes and transcript:  About the Guest(s):   Alan Hopkins is a Dublin-based writer-director, and lead creative executive at HAL Pictures. His films have screened on national broadcasters and major film festivals across continents, picking up multiple awards along the way.  Husni Hafid is an award winning producer born in Libya and raised in Co Sligo, Ireland. He has a proven track record of bringing films to completion across projects of varying scale.  Their website : halpictures.com Jungle Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM3RTmBD5co Ogham Trailer : https://vimeo.com/967751228 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review and tell us which 3 films impacted your adult life. Best ones get read out on the podcast. Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with the author of the self-help book “Good Stuff To Read When You're About To Lose Your Shit”, Amanda Graham, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Pee Wee's Big Adventure impact, Edward Scissorhands analysis, and Gone With The Wind influence on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Amanda Graham also discusses how and why she wrote the self-help book Good Stuff To Read When You're About To Lose Your Shit Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out about the writing of Good Stuff To Read When You're About To Lose Your Shit and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright on his movie podcast.   [1:00] Talking about the self-help book “Good Stuff To Read When You're About To Lose Your Shit” [19:20] How much has your perception of losing your shit changed since writing the book? [23:00] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life Pee Wee's Big Adventure impact  [23:40] Amanda Graham describes how she was in a apocalyptic cult and there was no joy in it. And how watching Pee Wee's Big Adventure was so joyful and it was the first time she felt real. It was such a double fingers to everything she had been dragged through. Edward Scissorhands analysis [29:30] Amanda Graham shares how when Edward Scissorhands came out she was attending Liberty University, which is an exceptionally conservative, religious American university. It was miserable and she was in a group called ‘The Liberty Freaks’. Outside the university was a $1 theatre and you weren’t supposed to go. You would get in trouble for going to see a movie. And when Edward Scissorhands came out, she saw it 14 (fourteen) times. Gone With The Wind Influence   [35:00] Amanda Graham talks about how watching Gone With The Wind was super impactful. She watched it on VHS, and what made her uncomfortable was the way it was re-writing history. She watched it with her mom and she remembers her mother saying: “I wish we could go back to those days” and thinking ‘are you kidding me?’ She went off and did some research into book and found it was written in homage to the Ku Klux Klan. Key Take Aways:   - Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth. - Learn about why Amanda Graham wrote the self-help book Good Stuff To Read When You're About To Lose Your Shit Understand cinema’s transformative power through Pee Wee's Big Adventure (1985), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Gone With The Wind (1939) Full show notes and transcript:  About the Guest:   Amanda Graham is a screenwriter whose past work includes writing 23 eps of Apple/BBC TV and script editing, ghostwriting and punching up scripts and pitch decks for 90+ film and TV development projects including for the BBC, Channel 4, and Zero Gravity Group. Her self-help book Good Stuff to Read When You’re About to Lose Your Sh*t which gathers everything she learned, tried, and ignored during the worst decade of her life to help others not feel alone) is out now Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review and tell us which 3 films impacted your adult life. Best ones get read out on the podcast. Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with the director of the Texas Chain Saw Massacre documentary CHAIN REACTIONS, Alexandre O. Phillipe, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Vertigo impact, Bladerunner analysis, and All Tex Avery Cartoons influence on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Alexandre O. Phillipe also discusses how he directed CHAIN REACTIONS Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out about the making of the Texas Chain Saw Massacre documentary CHAIN REACTIONS and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright on his movie podcast.   [1:00] Describe CHAIN REACTIONS [3:00] Texas Chain Saw Massacre is an extraordinary film [5:20] Texas Chain Saw Massacre is pure cinema [7:20] Texas Chain Saw Massacre looks amateurish is part of the charm of the film [9:00] What changes in perception did Alexandre have from making CHAIN REACTIONS? [13:00] Gaining new readings of Texas Chain Saw Massacre from those interviewed. [14:00] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life Vertigo impact  [14:43] Alexandre O. Phillipe describes how Vertigo goes really deep and was his first film memory.  Bladerunner analysis [20:20] Alexandre O. Phillipe shares how Bladerunner was a film he watched in theatres, in Paris, when he was 10. He got the VHS as soon as he could and there was a time in his youth when he watched the film every day of his life. All Tex Avery Cartoons Influence   [26:00] Alexandre O. Phillipe talks about how watching Tex Avery Cartoons were a huge part of his pre-school routine when he was growing up in Switzerland. The absurdity and over the top humour and how Tex Avery could escalate every situation. Alexandre thinks that Tex Avery was the greatest.  Key Take Aways:   - Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth. - Learn about how Alexandre O. Philippe decided on the style and format of the Texas Chain Saw Massacre documentary CHAIN REACTIONS Understand cinema’s transformative power through Vertigo (1958), Bladerunner (1982), All Tex Avery Cartoons Full show notes and transcript:  About the Guest:   Alexandre O. Philippe is a Swiss American film director. Philippe is also the Creative Director and co-owner of Denver-based Cinema Vertige Fifty years after Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre shocked the world, this feature-length documentary charts the film's profound impact and lasting influence on five great artists – Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King and Karyn Kusama.  Chain Reactions will be available on Digital and Blu-ray from 27th October Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review and tell us which 3 films impacted your adult life. Best ones get read out on the podcast. Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with the director of GAME, John Minton, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Le Jetee impact, 2001: A Space Odyssey analysis, and The Clock influence on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. John Minton also discusses how he directed GAME Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out about the making of GAME and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright on his movie podcast.   [0:42] What is the film GAME about? [1:20] How a short film idea turned in to a feature film [4:50] Invada Records to Invada Films - a 20 year journey [9:00] How did you cast Sleaford Mods’ Jason Williamson for the role of the poacher? [10:20] How do you make someone trapped upside down in a car visually interesting? What were the challenges? [20:00] What new story was discovered during the editing process? [24:30] Marc Bessant’s upside down performance [29:45] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life Le Jetee impact  [30:10] John Minton describes how Le Jetee was a film he was introduced to on a graphic design course and he fell into the moving image as a result. How it showed him he could make films.   2001: A Space Odyssey analysis [35:20] John Minton shares how 2001: A Space Odyssey is all about the dawn of man; the cut from the bone to outer space. How he will always be impressed by it.  The Clock Influence   [42:50] John Minton talks about how The Clock is about the whole of the 20th century cinema. How he found himself checking he own time, all the time, while watching nearly five hours of it.  Key Take Aways:   - Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth. - Learn about how an independent film is made and how to make a contained thriller on a low budget Learn about how GAME starring Jason Williamson and Marc Bessant was made Learn how to expand a short film idea into a feature film - Understand cinema’s transformative power through Le Jetee (1962), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Clock (2010)  - Full show notes and transcript:  About the Guest:   John Minton is a Bristol-based UK filmmaker, known for his experimental, lo-fi, and hallucinatory style. Characterised by grainy super-8 textures, a palette of iridescent, glowing hues, and mesmerisingly evocative imagery. John’s distinctive visual flair has lent itself to music videos for Noel Gallagher, Portishead, and Savages amongst others. For more about John’s work see https://www.mintonfilm.co.uk For details about November 2025 screenings: where and how to see GAME follow Invada Films on IG https://www.instagram.com/invadafilms/?hl=en or check their website https://www.invadafilms.co.uk/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaeCpjXB5426k72BnMNKesi2LLf_9jis_2gHrb3sGHsm6QcQUAk9vhmCfkt7fg_aem_v0KLZezpn5_fsNDKyABIwA Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review and tell us which 3 films impacted your adult life. Best ones get read out on the podcast. Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with independent distributor Jonny Tull, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Three Colours Whiteimpact, Dawn Of The Dead analysis, and The Ladykillers influence on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Jonny Tull also discusses why he formed the independent film distributor Tull Stories Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out about the independent film distributor Tull Stories and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright on his movie podcast.   [1:00] What and who is the film distributor Tull Stories? [5:30] What gaps in the UK distribution have you discovered since setting up Tull Stories [9:24] What has been the steepest part of the learning curve since starting Tull Stories? [11:50] What is your biggest change in perceptions about the role of the distributor since you have become one? [16:40] The importance of national newspaper coverage to independent film distribution [20:00] The importance of working with the filmmaker to independent film distribution. [24:00] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life Three Colours White impact  [24:10] Jonny Tull describes Three Colours White as his career starter via work placement he got at the Tyneside Cinema and was bungled into the cinema by the woman who would later become his wife just to get rid of him and the second film he saw that day was Three Colours White.  Dawn Of The Dead analysis [29:40] Jonny Tull shares how Dawn Of The Dead was a formative film for him. It was how he started to understand what he really liked about film. The Ladykillers Influence   [35:40] Jonny Tull talks about how The Ladykillers is about British cinema. It was one of those films that was always on the television when he was growing up. Watching now it’s as fantastic and as good he remembers it and ever performance is just brilliant as well. It’s post-war Britain under the microscope. Key Take Aways:   - Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth. -Learn about independent film distribution - Learn about what Tull Stories can offer you - The power of a mentor to a screenwriter - What is good script coverage - Understand cinema’s transformative power through Three Colours White (1994), Dawn Of The Dead (1978), The Ladykillers (1955)  - Full show notes and transcript:  About the Guest:   Jonny Tull has over 25 years of working the UK film exhibition sector and has been working in film distribution since 2017. Coming soon from Tull Stories: GOING TO THE DOGS - NOV 7 https://tullstories.co.uk/films/going-to-the-dogs/   STILL PUSHING PINEAPPLES - NOV 28 https://tullstories.co.uk/films/still-pushing-pineapples/   MOTHERBOARD (released in August), was nominated for a Grierson award and been BIFA longlisted today:  https://tullstories.co.uk/films/motherboard/   A new title for 2026. Incredible Film has locked a distribution deal with UK-based Tull Stories for the Dutch-English feature The North: https://tullstories.co.uk/deadline-incredible-film-inks-distribution-for-the-north/ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review and tell us which 3 films impacted your adult life. Best ones get read out on the podcast. Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (⁠https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with filmmaker and film festival director Heidi Hornhacher, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Monty Python and the Holy Grail impact, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade analysis, and French Kiss influence on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Heidi Hornhacher also discusses Pagecraft and the power of mentoring Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out about Pagecraft and the power of mentoring with screenwriting Heidi Hornhacher and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright on his movie podcast.   [1:00] What is Pagecraft? [3:28] Common mistakes Pagecraft can help make your screenplay better [5:40] What are the benefits of the two weeks residential in Italy? [7:00] What is the key to good script coverage? [9:20] How can a screenwriter get the best out of script coverage? [11:50] What is the power of mentoring and why might it be important to a screenwriter? [17:30] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life Monty Python and the Holy Grail impact  [18:20] Heidi Hornhacher saw Monty Python and the Holy Grail when she was far too young and has lost count the number of times she has rewatched it. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade analysis [23:30] Heidi Hornhacher shares how Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was the first movie she waited in line at her local, Larkspur cinema, northern California, to see it. When she finally got in, there were no seats left and Heidi had to sit on the carpets in front of the front row to watch it.   French Kiss Influence   [25:40] Heidi Hornhacher talks about how French Kiss is a perfect Romcom structure. There’s motif. There’s transitions. It’s a screenplay she teaches, but surprisingly, it’s unavailable to stream anywhere. Key Take Aways:   - Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth. - Learn about what Pagecraft can offer you - The power of a mentor to a screenwriter - What is good script coverage - Understand cinema’s transformative power through Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), French Kiss (1995)  - Full show notes and transcript:  About the Guest:   A graduate of UCLA’s screenwriting program, Heidi Hornbacher has written numerous features, treatments, and TV pilots for both studios and independent producers.  For more about Pagecraft see https://www.pagecraftwriting.com/ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review and tell us which 3 films impacted your adult life. Best ones get read out on the podcast. Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (⁠https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with filmmaker and film festival director Steven Sheil, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Theatre Of Blood impact, Deep Red analysis, and Texas Chain Saw Massacre influence on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Steven Sheil also discusses the origins and evolution of 21 years of Mayhem Film Festival and highlights three films to look forward to in 2025’s edition: 1) GAME directed by John Minton, 2) BULK directed by Ben Wheatley and 3) REDUX REDUX directed by Kevin & Matthew McManus Mayhem Film Festival runs 16-19 October 2025 at the Broadway Cinema. For tickets and more details about https://www.mayhemfilmfestival.com/ Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out about 21 years of MAYHEM FILM FESTIVAL with filmmaker and co-founder Steven Sheil and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.   [0:30] The origins and evolution of Mayhem Film Festival and horror cinema over the last 21 years.  [11:43] Three films to look forward to in 2025’s Mayhem Film Festival: 1) GAME directed by John Minton, 2) BULK directed by Ben Wheatley and 3) REDUX REDUX directed by Kevin & Matthew McManus [14:18] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life Theatre Of Blood impact  [15:13] Steven Sheil watched a lot of horror as a kid and Theatre Of Blood was one of the inappropriate films he saw back then that stuck with him. In particular the open scene where Michael Horden is stabbed to death by a bunch of homeless people.  Deep Red analysis [20:20] Steven Sheil shares how he’d moved to Nottingham in the early 1990s, had fallen in with a local group of burgeoning filmmakers where he met Chris Cooke - co-founder of Mayhem Film Festiva. Chris lent Steven a DVD of Deep Red and that became his gateway to Dario Argento’s films. His favourite Argento is INFERNO, the sequel to SUSPIRIA.  Texas Chain Saw Massacre Influence   [25:40] Steven Sheil talks about how Texas Chain Saw Massacre is the greatest horror film ever made. It was a huge influence on his debut feature, MUM & DAD. He even pitched that film as the Heathrow Airport Chain Saw Massacre showing how much it’s in the DNA of the film.  Key Take Aways:   - Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth. - Learn about how Mayhem Film Festival grew from an evening of short films to a four day event - Understand how horror has evolved over the first quarter of the 21st century - Three films to look forward to in 2025’s edition: 1) GAME directed by John Minton, 2) BULK directed by Ben Wheatley and 3) REDUX REDUX directed by Kevin & Matthew McManus - Understand cinema’s transformative power through Theatre Of Blood (1973), Deep Red (1975), Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)  - Full show notes and transcript:  About the Guest:   Steven Sheil is a screenwriter and director. His first feature film, the microbudget Mum & Dad (2008) was described by Total Film as 'one of the defining British horrors of its generation'. His second feature, the Indonesia-set action-horror Dead Mine (2012) was HBO Asia's first home-grown production. Mayhem Film Festival runs 16-19 October 2025 at the Broadway Cinema. For tickets and more details about https://www.mayhemfilmfestival.com/ Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review and tell us which 3 films impacted your adult life. Best ones get read out on the podcast. Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (⁠https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with DEAD DUCK FILM CLUB founder Sebastian Toursel, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring impact, Avatar analysis, and The Memento influence on her personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Sebastian Toursel also discusses Dead Duck Film Club and the inaugural Dead Duck Cult Film Festival, a day of the New French extreme cinema: Titane, High Life, Revenge & Martyrs Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out about how Dead Duck Film Club was able to grow from one off screenings to an all day film festival and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.   [1:30] Why Dead Duck film club? [6:10] The ups and downs of showing people films. [9:50] Why a festival about the New French Extreme horror cinema movement? [16:40] What is the New French Extreme panel about? Who is on it? [22:30] The vendors at the Dead Duck Cult Film Festival. [25:20] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring impact  [26:00] Sebastian Toursel says as a nineties kid, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is the film where the world just opened up for him. He’s watched it every year since he was eight. Avatar analysis [32:20] Sebastian Toursel shares how Avatar was the most mindblowing experience of his life. He went to see it in cinemas six times. Each time with different people, but same cinema.  Rec Influence   [37:40] Sebastian Toursel talks about how Rec is the film where horror became his thing. It is intense and amazing. There’s a fantastic scene around a group of people have a conversation on the ground floor and a jump scare where for the very first time he almost peed himself.  Key Take Aways:   - Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth. - Learn about how Dead Duck Film Club grew into Dead Duck Cult Film Festival. - What is the New French Extreme horror cinema movement  - Understand cinema’s transformative power through The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Avatar (2009), Rec (2007)  - Full show notes and transcript:  About the Guest:   Sebastien Toursel is the founder of the Dead Duck Film Club, Nottingham’s home for cult cinema. He screens the weird, the rare, and the unforgettable. His events celebrate global cult films, from Korean thrillers to French horror, all presented with a DIY spirit and a love for the offbeat. He collaborates with local cinemas like The Savoy to bring these unique films to the big screen. Each screening is accompanied by fan-made posters and a community eager to discuss and appreciate the art of cult cinema. https://deadduckfilm.com    Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review and tell us which 3 films impacted your adult life. Best ones get read out on the podcast. Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (⁠https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with filmmaker Matt Harvey, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Mad Max: Fury Road impact, A Clockwork Orange analysis, and The Memento influence on her personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Matt Harvey also discusses the creation of the powerful artwork and making of the album A SINGLE FLOWER Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out about how and why screenwriter Matt Harvey turns her screenplays into novels and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.   [1:45] Why should you be thinking about turning your screenplays into novels. [6:50] The music is abstract and cinematic [8:30] How do you know a song is done? [14:30] The artwork joins the narrative of music together. [16:00] Contribution of Godspeed You Black Emperor!’s Sophie Trudeau [18:00] Pulling the artwork together – influences and inspirations [16:30] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life Mad Max: Fury Road impact  [17:15] Matt Harvey says Mad Max: Fury Road is the film he judges all other films against. How it encapsulates everything about why you want go to movies. A Clockwork Orange analysis [35:30] Matt Harvey shares how A Clockwork Orange was an important film for him as a young film lover in high school, university era, pretending to be a film buff but still has at least 1000 other films before he could claim to be that. Parasite Influence   [27:43] Matt Harvey talks about how Parasite is a film that stayed in his mind for a long, long time after he left the theatre. Everything is so well crafted. The storytelling is amazing. It gets under your skin. An instant masterpiece. Key Takeaways:   - Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth. - Learn about how WE LOST THE SEA create their instrumental post-rock music - Learn about Matt Harvey’s influences and inspirations, and the process for coming up with the artwork for the album. - Understand cinema’s transformative power through Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Parasite (2019)  - Full show notes and transcript:  About the Guest:   Matt Harvey is a graphic designer and guitarist in the instrumental post-rock band WE LOST THE SEA. We Lost The Sea’s website https://www.welostthesea.com Matt Harvey’s website http://www.graphicatharsis.com/about-me Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review and tell us which 3 films impacted your adult life. Best ones get read out on the podcast. Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (⁠https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with filmmaker Nicola Pittam, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Dangerous Liaisons impact, Once Were Warriors analysis, and The Memento influence on her personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Nicola Pittam also discusses why you should be turning your unsold screenplays into novels and the benefits of protecting and exploiting your own intellectual property (IP) Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out about how and why screenwriter Nicola Pittam turns her screenplays into novels and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.   [1:45] Why should you be thinking about turning your screenplays into novels. [3:40] The process for turning your screenplay into a novel. [14:40] Onemoorer classes on turning your screenplay into a novel and other support services on offer to writers. [16:30] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life Dangerous Liaisons impact  [17:15] Nicola Pittam says Dangerous Liaisons is one of her favourite films ever and cannot believe none of the actors won an Oscar. And how the script is one of the cleverest and how it’s one of those scripts she wishes she had written it. After watching it several times she began to see how nuanced Michelle Pfieffer’s character of Madame de Tourvel really is.  Once Were Warriors analysis [22:28] Nicola Pittam shares how Once Were Warriors is a film that stuck with her for weeks after watching it. How she would sit and think about it, talk about it with friends. It was one of the first films she hunted out the novel to get to know the film even more.  Point Break Influence   [27:43] Nicola Pittam talks about how Point Break’s director Kathryn Bigelow became a huge influence on her as a result of this film and how it is the perfect action movie.  Key Takeaways:   - Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth. - Learn about how and why you should think about turning your unsold screenplays into a novel. - Writer services and special events/webinars available from onemoorer.com  - Dark Anthem Press open for submissions from 21st September 2025. They are looking for full manuscripts of dark gothic, fantasy, horror, sci-fi and thrillers novels.  - Understand cinema’s transformative power through Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Once Were Warriors (1994), Point Break (1991)  - Full show notes and transcript:  About the Guest:   Nicola Pittam, Director of Author Services at One Moorer and the Chief Operating Officer/Acquisitions Agent of both Dark Anthem Press and One Anthem Press, is an award winning author and screenwriter who recently converted her The Rebel Pianist of Majdanek script into a bestselling novel, which was sold to Mardle Books UK. Writer services https://writerservices.onemoorer.com Dark Anthem Press writer submissions -https://darkanthempress.com Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review and tell us which 3 films impacted your adult life. Best ones get read out on the podcast. Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (⁠https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with filmmaker Jonathan Sequeira, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Robocop impact, Crocodile Dundee analysis, and The Memento influence on her personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Jonathan Sequeira also discusses making of the Hard-Ons documentary THE MOST AUSTRALIAN BAND EVER! Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out about how award winning filmmaker Jonathan Sequeira made the documentary THE MOST AUSTRALIAN BAND EVER! and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.   [1:30] The making of the Hard-Ons documentary THE MOST AUSTRALIAN BAND EVER!  [13:15] What were the storytelling challenges from balancing the narrative arc of three band members? [17:40] What was a significant discovery that you couldn’t have perceived before making the documentary. [22:20] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life Robocop impact  [22:45] Jonathan Sequeira remembers the adverts in the newspapers and thinking Robocop looked like a dumb movie, but after watching it one night after work he fell in love with a B grade film that despite the limited budgets, is actually a smart and intelligent movie. Crocodile Dundee analysis [28:00] Jonathan Sequeira shares memories of how the Australian indie Crocodile Dundee took the world by storm and introduced millions of people to working class Australian culture. How this film was made without any help or support from the Australian arts bodies. How it was about bringing the ordinary Australian to Australia and the world. It’s a brilliant film. It’s hilarious and is still hilarious.  Purab Aur Pachhim Influence   [33:25] Jonathan Sequeira talks about how Purab Aur Pachhim represents a golden age for Indian cinema. It’s hard to pick one, but this one is amazing film because the direction is brilliant. The directors just went for it. It proved you could do anything with a film as long as you stay true to the characters.  Key Takeaways:   - Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth. - Learn about how to make a feature length documentary - Learn how the Hard-Ons documentary THE MOST AUSTRALIAN BAND EVER! Was made - Understand cinema’s transformative power through Robocop (1987), Crocodile Dundee (1986), Purab Aur Pachhim (1971)  - Full show notes and transcript:  About the Guest:   Jonathan Sequeira is an award winning documentary producer and director. He is known for Descent Into the Maelstrom (2017), Waiting - The Van Duren Story (2018) and The Most Australian Band Ever! (2024). THE MOST AUSTRALIAN BAND EVER! international release is scheduled for early 2026.  A blu-ray and box set is planned for Australia late 2025.HARDER AND HARDER (the sequel to THE MOST AUSTRALIAN BAND EVER!) is in Australian cinemas from November 2025.Get Involved:  Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review and tell us which 3 films impacted your adult life. Best ones get read out on the podcast. Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (⁠https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with screenwriter Isabel Dréan, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore All About Eve impact, The Godfather 2 analysis, and The Memento influence on her personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Isabel Dréan also discusses querying and mentoring, how most writers approach querying the wrong way and why mentorship has made her a better writer. Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out about why screenwriter Isabel Dréan most writers approach querying the wrong way and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.   [1:01] Querying and mentoring, how most screenwriters approach querying the wrong way and why mentorship has made her a better writer [1:09] What are screenwriters getting so wrong with their query emails? [5:00] How do you couch I can help you versus here’s a logline, read my script. [6:50] What is your email subject line saying to get people to open it in the first place? [14:28] Summary of how get more success from query emails [19:26] How can mentoring help you become a better writer [23:44] What mentoring services does Isabel offer? [26:20] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life All About Eve impact  [27:02] Isabel Dréan shares how when she first watched All About Eve it was dubbed into French. How, in all her childhood she has never been more enthralled by a movie. At 12 years it made her want to be an actor like Bette Davis.  The Godfather 2 analysis [32:19] Isabel Dréan shares how The Godfather 2 is a film she watched very young. How she was obsessed with the actor and proponent of ‘method acting’ Lee Strasberg and how that became her dream to study at the Lee Strasberg Institute – which she did in 1993 – stepping into the footsteps of her heroes from The Godfather Part 2.  Memento Influence   [38:25] Isabel Dréan talks about how Memento is a perfect movie made with very little resources. Not having big stars – at the time - made it feel more real; more raw. She envies the creative relationship Christopher Nolan has with his brother which makes them challenge each other and continues to make them better filmmakers as a result.  Key Takeaways:   - Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth. - Learn about how screenwriters can write query emails that get responses - Learn how mentoring can make you a better screenwriter - Understand cinema’s transformative power through All About Eve (1950), The Godfather 2 (1977), Memento (2000)  - Full show notes and transcript:  About the Guest:   Isabel Dréan is a screenwriter, director, and producer based in Los Angeles. She started her career in horror and psychological thrillers before pivoting to Christmas movies. The shift to writing holiday movies changed everything, leading to five of her scripts being produced over an 18-month period.  For more information see https://isabeldrean.com and https://21dayscreenplay.com Get Involved:  Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review and tell us which 3 films impacted your adult life. Best ones get read out on the podcast. Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (⁠https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with filmmaker Joanne Mitchell, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Wizard Of Oz impact, The Exorcist analysis, and The Babadook influence on her personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Joanne Mitchell also discusses the making of her feature length directorial debut Broken Bird and remembers the world premiere at Frightfest 2024 Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out about how filmmaker Joanne Mitchell made her feature length directorial debut Broken Bird and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.   [0:42] The making of Joanne’s feature length directorial debut Broken Bird [1:51] Remembering the world premiere at Frightfest 2024 [4:29] What were the storytelling challenges of developing the short film CYBIL into the feature film Broken Bird [10:45] What were the challenges of shooting in Serbia and showing it as the North Of England? [13:10] Rebecca Calder in the lead role – a change from the short [18:10] The look and feel of the film – Cinematography [20:49] Creating fantastical moments in camera [24:15] 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life Wizard Of Oz impact  [24:50] Joanne Mitchell shares how Wizard Of Oz crosses all the genres and is one of her first movie watching memories. How the themes are timeless and the cartoon characters of the scarecrow, tin man and lion had such a magical and profound impact on her. For a child and an adult, it’s stunning. The Exorcist analysis [30:45] Joanne Mitchell shares how The Exorcist is storytelling and filmmaking at its best. She saw this for the first time aged just 13 with friends, during the day and with curtains still open. Given she was so close in age to Regan, she could relate to the lead character and her relationship with her mother.  The Babadook Influence   [37:58] Joanne Mitchell talks about how The Babadook really landed with her. It touched her on so many levels at the time because she was a new mum with a baby who wouldn’t sleep. In particular, the isolation of one’s self when it appears everyone else around you is coping so well. Joanne also offers her own theory on who the ‘Babadook’ is – real or metaphor? Key Takeaways:   - Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth. - Learn about how Joanne Mitchell made her feature length directorial debut Broken Bird - Developing a feature film from a short film - Memories of a world premiere at Frightfest 2024 - Understand cinema’s transformative power through Wizard Of Oz (1939), The Exorcist (1973), The Babadook (2014)  - Full show notes and transcript:  About the Guest:   Joanne Mitchell is is an English film, stage and TV actress and also Director and Producer. In 2011 she co-founded Mitchell Brunt Films with husband and Emmerdale colleague Dominic Brunt and has worked as producer/writer and Director on several of the company's films. Get Involved:  Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review to tell us which 3 films that impacted your life. Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (⁠https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into horror movies that changed your life with filmmaker Matt Harlock, in this engaging episode of 3 [horror] Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Videodrome’s analysis, Being John Malkovich influence, and Raw / Mandy impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Scott also discusses the making of his second feature film BLOCKHEAD, a dark, mind-bending thriller that will enjoy its world premiere at Frightfest 2025.   Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out about Matt Harlock’s world premiere of BLOCKHEAD at Frightfest 2025, a little about how he made the movie  and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.   BLOCKHEAD – Making of and world premiere at Frightfest [1:18] What was the kernel of the idea that led to film people are going to see at Frightfest?  [4:37] How cathartic was it to make a film about creative blocks? [6:40] What were the storytelling challenges for Matt writing, shooting and editing Blockhead? [9:41] What were your conversation like with cinematographer Stuart White about to get the look and feel you wanted for Blockhead? [12:09] Something from the shoot you were dreading that went well [16:07] Casting Blockhead [18:20] About Frightfest and the world premiere [18:57] What are most excited about for the Frightfest audience to see in Blockhead? [20:33] 3 [horror] Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life Videodrome Analysis  [20:57] Matt Harlock shares how Videodrome was one of them films he was quite scared of before he saw because of the lurid cover art and how the open ended, emotional descent of James Woods was not like anything he had seen in films before then. Being John Malkovich impact  [29:39] Matt Harlock shares why he believes Being John Malkovich is a horror movie and the thing that most blew him away, was the idea is such a strange one but makes so much sense because of the authenticity they applied in the making of it. Raw / Mandy double bill Influence   [38:04] Dive into Raw, Mandy’s influence on Matt Harlock, reflecting on how London Film Festival 2016 felt like such a watershed year for 21st century horror movies and independent genre more widely. How both films gave him a sense of how far you could go if you set up the world right. You are not cheating. You are willing the audience to go all the way with you. Key Takeaways:   - Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth. - Learn about how Matt Harlock wrote, shot and edited Blockhead - Understand cinema’s transformative power through Videodrome (1983), Being John Malkovich (1999), Raw (2016), Mandy (2019)  - Full show notes and transcript:  Frightfest For tickets and details about the World Premiere at Frightfest About the Guest:   Matt Harlock feature film Blockhead (2025) is a dark psychological thriller about creative obsession, and stars Danny Horn, Joe Sims & Richard Glover.  Matt’s previous project Deep Clean (2019) a sci-fi comedy horror starring Paul Kaye (Game of Thrones, Dennis Pennis) amassed 1.3M views online, won awards at numerous festivals (Frightfest, Aesthetica, Screamfest LA & London Short Film Festival) and was featured on the Britflicks Podcast   Matt's first feature film American The Bill Hicks Story was the 2nd most successful documentary released in UK cinemas in 2010 For more see https://www.halflifefilms.com/about Resources: Get Involved:  Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review to tell us which 3 films that impacted your life. Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (⁠https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives deep into horror screenwriting with Neal Marshall Stevens, author of A Sense of Dread: Getting Under the Skin of Horror Screenwriting. Discover how to craft spine-chilling horror screenplays by tapping into the essence of “A Sense of Dread.” Neal shares expert insights on using biological, psychological, and cultural fears, plus his “Toolbox of Dread” to elevate your scripts. Perfect for aspiring screenwriters, horror filmmakers, and fans of suspenseful storytelling looking to master the craft. Episode Highlights: [2:50] - Why write a book about horror screenwriting? [4:45} - What were the elements of horror screenwriting you were keen to explore? And what was difficult to convey? [7:30] - What was the first horror film that scared you?And what was the last film to scare you? [11:00] - What is the scariest example from your own screenplays? 5 Questions about A SENSE OF DREAD: GETTING UNDER THE SKIN OF HORROR [13:42] - What is the sense of dread and how does it apply to the writing of horror movies? Scary versus sense of dread? [21:08] - Our first fears are rooted in biology. What are biological-based fears? What do you understand them to be? [28:48] - What are psychological fears? Instinctive fears? How to utilise those fears. [36:44] - What are fears based in culture? Deep cultural concern. Paranoid fears and how they change over time because they are connected to the power structures of the time. [42:45] - Toolbox dread. How do I create scary moments on the page? How do I build to a scare? Key Takeaways:   Learn about how to use biological, psychological, and cultural fears to help you write better horror screenplays Understand how to create scary moments on the page Discover what a sense of dread is and how his “Toolbox of Dread” will elevate your scripts Rate, Review, Subscribe: Help us grow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your preferred platform. Hosted, written, and produced by Stuart Wright for Britflicks Intro/Outro: “Rocking The Stew” by Tokyo Dragons Instagram About Neal Marshall Stevens: Neal Marshall Stevens, an NYU Film School graduate, boasts over 30 years in horror and genre filmmaking. He’s written for Monsters, Stephen King’s The Stand, and five Puppetmasterfilms for Full Moon Entertainment. Neal also wrote and directed Stitches, penned Hellraiser: Deader for Dimension Pictures, and scripted Dark Castle’s Thirteen Ghosts remake. He currently teaches at Screenwriters University and the David Lynch MFA Program in Screenwriting at Maharishi International University. Get the Book: This book is essential reading for anyone that wants to write horror.  A Sense of Dread: Getting Under the Skin of Horror Screenwriting by Neal Marshall Stevens is available online or at your favourite bookstore. Get Involved:  Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more about how to write a screenplay Share your favourite horror movies that have a sense of dread for you on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review to tell us which horror films scared you. Please note this podcast episode was originally published 22/08/2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into horror movies that changed your life with horror filmmakers Toby Poser and John Adams, in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore with Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans’ / The Bad news bears’ analysis, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night’s / Phantasm’s  influence, and The Portrait Of A Lady On Fire’s / Wizard of Oz’s impact on their personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Toby Poser and John Adams also discuss how surviving cancer is at the core of the idea for their latest film Mother Of Flies and their UK Premiere at Frightfest 2025   Movies That Changed Your Life   Find out how horror filmmakers Toby Poser and John Adams created the horror movie Mother Of Flies, how much they’re looking for coming back to Frightfest and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.   Mother Of Flies [2:00] How family discussions about surviving cancer and a proclivity to cancer shaped the story of Mother Of Flies and how it is a film about life and death. 3 [Horror] Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans’ / The Bad News Bears’ Analysis  [07:50 ] Toby Poser shares how Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) is a lyrical fairy tale and great example of German expressionism. That she watches it every year to remind herself what a masterpiece it is. [13:03 ] John Adams shares how The Bad News Bears (1976) is a horror movie because it cinematically brings to life the horror of being raised in the 1970s. Drink driving, bullying, sexual innuendo, slapping kids in the face and no seat belts, no nothing. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night / Phantasm impact  [18:36] Toby Poser shares how A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) is a film she thinks about all the time. It’s creepy. It’s funny. It’s romantic. It looks like a comic book.  [23:52] John Adams shares how Phantasm (1979) as a kid it scared the hell out of him. It wasn’t the steel balls that scared him though, it was the other dimension that was a slither away.  The Portrait Of A Lady On Fire / Wizard of Oz Influence   [29:25] Dive into The Portrait Of A Lady On Fire’s (2019) influence on Toby Poser, reflecting on how some scenes are so raw and honest. How the film asks the question if art the only true lover that never leaves.  [37:10] Dive into Wizard of Oz’s influence on John Adams, reflecting on how it could be the best horror movie ever made because it was made for children and how like Phantasm, Dorothy doesn’t know what reality is. And that’s terrifying. Key Takeaways:   - Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth. - Learn how talking about surviving cancer can lead to an idea for a genre movie. - Understand cinema’s transformative power through A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night’s and Phantasm  - Full show notes and transcript:  About the Guest:   Toby Poser, John Adams, and their daughters Lulu and Zelda Adams epitomize the true spirit of a can-do attitude toward independent film making. They are their films’ cast and crew, they write, act, and shoot; they produce, direct, edit and score. MOTHER OF FLIES UK PREMIERE at FRIGHTFEST 2025 https://frightfest.co.uk/2025London/MOTHER-OF-FLIES.html Resources: Get Involved:  Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review to tell us which 3 films that impacted your life.   Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (⁠https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with THE OSCARS: What Were They Thinking? Podcast co-host and screenwriter Adam ‘Tex’ Davis in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore Jaws’ analysis, Raising Arizona influence, and Taxi Driver’s impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Adam also discusses how he founded THE OSCARS: What Were They Thinking? Podcast with Emmy Award winning comedy writer Bruce Vilanch. Through personal biography and storytelling, discover how these three films shaped some Adam’s life, perspective and film fandom.   Movies That Changed Your Life   Uncover the origins of THE OSCARS: What Were They Thinking? podcast and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.   THE OSCARS: What Were They Thinking? Podcast [0:00] What is THE OSCARS: What Were They Thinking? Podcast, how Adam ‘Tex’ Davis and Bruce Vilanch created it and  [14:25]why BACK TO THE FUTURE was the best movie of 1985 and what a travesty for it to not win Best Picture that year  Jaws Analysis  [18:15] Adam ‘Tex’ Davis shares how Jaws (1975) is the film that made him want to make movies.  Raising Arizona impact  [23:30] Adam ‘Tex’ Davis shares how Raising Arizona’s impact on him as a burgeoning writer seeing a film that uses all types of comedy, that you’ve got to be a genius if you’re going to make kidnapping funny and how every extra, even if they only have one line, was funny. Taxi Driver’s Influence   [29:30] Dive into Taxi Driver’s influence on Adam ‘Tex’ Davis as the ultimate character movie and his decision to study film at NYU. Key Takeaways:   - Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth. - Learn how to create a podcast - Understand cinema’s transformative power through Jaws, Raising Arizona, Taxi Driver  - Full show notes and transcript:  About the Guest:   Adam "Tex" Davis is a screenwriter, producer, and podcaster, best known for the comedy Just Friends starring Ryan Reynolds. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Davis has written over 25 feature film scripts and produced multiple TV shows and podcasts, including the Emmy-nominated series Brain Games. He co-founded Atomic Entertainment.  To listen to Adam’s podcast checkout ⁠https://www.oscars.wtf Resources: Get Involved:  Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review to tell us which 3 films that impacted your life.   Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (⁠https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with CULTPLEX founder Greg Walker in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore The Matrix analysis, The Darjeeling Limited influence, and the Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place’s impact on his personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Greg also discusses how he founded CULTPLEX, the home of cult cinema, video games, and cool nerd stuff in Manchester. Through personal biography and storytelling, discover how these three films shaped some Greg’s life, perspective and film fandom.     Movies That Changed Your Life   Uncover how to how to start a cult movie cinema and the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.   How to start a cult movie cinema [0:00] How Greg founded CULTPLEX, the home of cult cinema, video games, and cool nerd stuff in Manchester The Matrix Analysis  [22:09] Greg Walker shares how The Matrix (1999) for him as a ten year old in 1999 was his Star Wars moment.  The Darjeeling Limited influence (2007 [27:58] Greg Walker shares how The Darjeeling Limited’s influence was his next chapter in film. It was one of the first indie films that he ever seen and how it opened him up to discover Bollywood cinema. Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place’s (2004) Influence   [33:01] Dive into Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place (2004) and learn about how it was relevant to his career story because it was film/tv show he ever programmed. He managed to get Matt Holness and Alice Lowe to come to the screening at Gorilla in Manchester and make it one of the first sell out events Grimmfest had ever put on.  Key Takeaways:   - Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth. - Learn how to programme your own film events   - Understand cinema’s transformative power through The Matrix and The Darjeeling Limited  - Full show notes and transcript:  About the Guest:   Greg Walker leads CULTPLEX, an indie cult film cinema in Manchester.In the past he has worked on an eclectic selection of events for companies such as Sheffield DocFest, Manchester Animation Festival, Bradford Literature Festival, Manchester Science Festival, Scalarama, Grimmfest, and Signal Film & Media. Since 2013 he has delivered well over 1000 events in Manchester and beyond in addition to 27 festival editions.  Resources: Get Involved: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favourite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytonrocks) and leave a 5-star review to tell us which 3 films that impacted your life.   Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (⁠https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠)     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join screenwriter Stuart Wright as he dives into movies that changed your life with former literary manager Audrey Knox in this engaging episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life. Explore a Freaky Friday analysis, the Kill Bill: Vol 1 impact, and the The Devil Wears Prada influence on personal growth and cinema’s transformative power. Audrey also discusses her FREE 34-page eBook, The Query Email Guidebook for Screenwriters, offering screenwriting query tips to aspiring writers. Through film cultural commentary and storytelling, discover how these films shaped Audrey’s life and perspective.     Movies That Changed Your Life   Uncover the lasting impact of cinema with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.   The Query Email Guidebook for Screenwriters [0:00] How screenwriters can improve their email query responses from managers Freaky Friday Analysis  [22:32] Audrey Knox shares how Freaky Friday (2003) influenced her as a screenwriter, watching films in suburban cinemas, the Freaky Friday soundtrack and remembers the power of behind the scenes footage/DVD extras on her young ambitious mind.     Kill Bill: Vol 1 Impact  [30:32] Explore the Kill Bill: Vol 1 impact (2003) on sounding dangerous and violent from the box artwork and details, going down to the local video store as a kid, remembering how to choose a film family movie night.     The Devil Wears Prada Influence   [35:27] Dive into the The Devil Wears Prada influence (2006) on working as an assistant in Hollywood, ambition and workplace dynamics.    Key Takeaways:   - Discover how movies that changed your life shape personal and professional growth.   - Learn screenwriting query tips** from Audrey Knox’s eBook.   - Understand cinema’s transformative power through Kill Bill: Vol 1 and The Devil Wears Prada.   - Full show notes and transcript:  About the Guest:   Audrey Knox, a former literary manager, shares screenwriting query tips and insights on movies that changed your life. Download her FREE eBook, The Query Email Guidebook for Screenwriters at (https://howtogetamanager.com). Subscribe to her Substack for more screenwriting advice at (https://audreyknox.substack.com).     Resources: Get Involved: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more movies that impacted your life!  Share your favorite movies that impacted your life on X (@leytontocks) and leave a 5-star review to tell us which films that impacted your life resonate with you.    Credits:   Intro/Outro music: *Rocking The Stew* by Tokyo Dragons (https://www.instagram.com/slomaxster/)  Written, produced, and hosted by Stuart Wright for [Britflicks.com](https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/)   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Simon Lancaster on speechwriting techniques in A Few Good Men & Barbie; and Films That Impacted Your Life: Wolf of Wall Street, Wizard of Oz, Goodfellas Discover how speechwriting technique can improve your screenwriting monologues and speeches with host Stuart Wright and speechwriter Simon Lancaster's analysis of two iconic movie speeches: 'You can't handle the truth' from A FEW GOOD MEN and  'Impossible to be a woman' from BARBIE. After that find out films that impacted your life in this episode of 3 Films That Have Impacted Everything In Your Adult Life with host Stuart Wright and speechwriter Simon Lancaster. From the ambition-fueled Wolf of Wall Street analysis to the timeless Wizard of Oz impact and the raw Goodfellas influence, Simon shares how these movies shaped his personal and professional perspective. Join us for an emotional journey through cinema’s transformative power and uncover how films that impacted your life leave a lasting legacy.  Speechwriting techniques shared in relation to A FEW GOOD MEN [4:28], "You can't handle the truth" speech and BARBIE [15:09], 'Impossible to be a woman' speech. Films That Impacted Your Life: Explore how cinema shapes our worldview with Stuart Wright’s movie podcast.  Wolf of Wall Street Analysis[29:04] Simon Lancaster breaks down how Wolf of Wall Street (2011) uses rhetoric to explore themes of ambition and excess. Wizard of Oz Impact[34:45] Discover why The Wizard of Oz (1939) is the ultimate story and cinema’s transformative power. Goodfellas Influence[41:22] Dive into the Goodfellas influence on cultural commentary, how Joe Pesci's repetitive use of the word 'funny' almost renders it meaningless and the everyday lexicon he shares with his brother from lines in this movie.  Key Takeaways:  Learn how films that impacted your life shape personal and professional growth.  Explore speechwriting in films through Simon Lancaster’s insights.  Understand cinema’s transformative power with Wolf of Wall Street, Wizard of Oz, and Goodfellas. Get Simon Lancaster’s books on speechwriting and the power of words: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Simon-Lancaster/author/B005NAQX8U?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true.  Learn about Simon’s speechwriting services: http://www.bespokespeeches.com.  Full show notes and transcript: https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/ Resources: Get Involved: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to your podcasts for more films that impacted your life!  Share your favorite films that impacted your life on X (@leytontocks) and leave a 5-star review to tell us which films that impacted your life resonate with you.    "3 FILMS THAT HAVE IMPACTED EVERYTHING IN YOUR ADULT LIFE" is a podcast by screenwriter Stuart Wright that explores the transformative power of cinema. From emotional masterpieces to thought-provoking classics, each episode delves into the films that have had a profound impact on our personal growth and perspective. Through engaging storytelling, critical analysis, and cultural commentary, Stuart aims to uncover the lasting influence that movies have had on his guests. Please join him on an emotional journey through the world of film and discover how just three movies can change the direction of a life, cement memories you will never forget or sometimes change how you see the world."   Credits Intro/Outro music is Rocking The Stew by Tokyo Dragons (⁠www.instagram.com/slomaxster/⁠) Podcast for ⁠www.britflicks.com⁠ ⁠https://www.britflicks.com/britflicks-podcast/⁠ Written, produced and hosted by Stuart Wright   "This podcast contains copyrighted material used under the fair use guidelines of Section 107 of the Copyright Act. The purpose of this podcast is to "provide educational/expert analysis" of speechwriting in Hollywood films. All rights to the copyrighted material belong to their respective owners. We do not claim ownership of the content used."    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices