Robert Hutton & Duncan Weldon - War Movies Fans
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Love classic war movies? So do we. From Troy to World War II to Vietnam to Aliens, we analyse which war films work and what they say about us.Banned from watching old war movies by their families, writers Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon meet in their secret basement to discuss why the navy don't simply sail round the other side of Navarone, and why everyone is too old in Saving Private Ryan. Each week, a different film, sometimes brought along by a guest. From Powell and Pressburger's Colonel Blimp to Starship Troopers to Where Eagles Dare to A Bridge...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon connect scene-level film criticism with historical context, production detail and lively disagreement.
Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon treat each film as an argument waiting to happen. Their conversations move easily between close attention to scenes, questions of historical credibility, production details and the politics carried by a war story.
Downed pilots need a boat; you get Rob and Duncan wondering why they don't steal one.
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A sharp, grimly funny takedown of a war film that keeps turning good ideas into obvious ones.
War Movie Theatre treats Nuremberg as a film with a serious aim that keeps tripping over its own choices. Henry Dyer enters having steadily lowered his view of it, and that stance gives the discussion a useful edge: it moves from early annoyance to a tighter case for why the…
A dry, historically alert look at a big, slightly overstuffed war picture.
The Heroes of Telemark is framed as a war film with a history problem as much as a sabotage story: skis, Norwegian resistance, a Nazi A-bomb, and a curiously serious interest in knitwear.
A tight war-film discussion that finds the movie's shape in repetition, fear, and setup.
Edge of Tomorrow gets treated as a war film built on repetition, and the discussion keeps coming back to that pressure point. Charles Arthur's "Groundhog Day on Omaha Beach" line gives the episode its frame, and the hosts push on it through the film's guns, chaos, and grind.
A dry, smart argument about Michael Collins, memory, and historical drama.
Michael Collins gives War Movie Theatre an argument worth having: what happens when a history film meets listeners who care deeply about the facts, while the hosts are content to judge it as drama first.
A generous, history-aware discussion that makes a long war film feel newly worth revisiting.
The episode treats Reach for the Sky as more than a tidy old war picture. It is also personal for Peter Apps, who first found the book as a child in his grandparents' house and came to it through Biggles.
A war-film discussion that links Irish history, colonial violence, and trench trauma.
The episode uses The Wind That Shakes the Barley to talk through Irish history, colonial violence, and the question of what makes a war film feel tied to a place instead of floating above it.
Kubrick appreciation, dry banter, and an eventful look at Barry Lyndon.
Barry Lyndon is treated here as both a film and a slice of history, with Robert Hutton, Duncan Weldon, and Robert Smith balancing jokes, memory, and Kubrick appreciation.
A dry, affectionate look at Dad's Army as war film, memory, and national habit.
The episode treats Dad's Army as both a broad wartime comedy and a durable piece of British culture, keeping the tone dry and fond throughout.
Mike Muncer and a different guest dissect two horror films per episode, by subgenre.
Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon open with a joke and settle into Michael Collins as part of their March-only Irish War of Independence Movie Theatre rebrand.
Hosts Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon, joined by guest Henry Dyer of The Guardian, critically analyse the 2025 film 'Nuremberg', starring Russell Crowe as Hermann Goering.
Robert Hutton and guest Matt Chorley analyse the 1971 film adaptation of Dad's Army, discussing its cultural impact, class dynamics, and behind-the-scenes anecdotes.
Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon take on *The Last of the Mohicans* and treat it as a war film without much hesitation.
War Movie Theatre turns its attention to Barry Lyndon with Robert Smith joining Robert Hutton and Duncan Weldon.
War Movie Theatre opens by joking that Groundhog Day would be better with more explosions.
Rob Hutton and Duncan Weldon open with Peter Apps on Reach For The Sky, and Peter explains why the film has stuck with him since childhood.
Rob Hutton opens War Movie Theatre with a joke about imperial oppression and sets the week on The Wind That Shakes the Barley.
War Movie Theatre frames The Siege of Jadotville as a 1961 UN story about 150 Irish soldiers, the Congo crisis, and a breakaway province in uranium territory.
Rob and Duncan analyze the 1965 war film The Heroes of Telemark, discussing its plot, historical accuracy, and themes like civilian casualties.
Rob and Duncan discuss the classic war film The Bridge at Remagen, explaining their selection process and sharing their thoughts on the movie.
Rob and Duncan discuss the 1956 war film The Cockle Shell Heroes, sharing their first impressions and why they chose it.
The hosts discuss the 1992 film Under Siege, its re-release on 4K, and its appeal to teenage boys in the 1990s.
The hosts discuss the film 'A Few Good Men' and pay tribute to director Rob Reiner, sharing personal anecdotes and analysis.
The hosts discuss whether Bedknobs and Broomsticks qualifies as a war film, with a guest writer joining the conversation.
The hosts introduce a discussion of the classic British war film 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' with a guest historian.
A podcast analyzing classic war films, discussing their historical context and cinematic merits.
The hosts discuss John Frankenheimer's 1964 film The Train, exploring its themes and historical context.
The hosts discuss the war film genre, starting with a humorous take on The Sound of Music as a war movie.
The hosts discuss The Sound of Music as a war movie, with a guest who is a fan of the film but not typically a war movie enthusiast.