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Mission 250 Filmcast

Aug 30, 2021

EPISODE 250! This week, we continue watching what might be the greatest horror movie ever made.  Stanley Kubrick butchers Stephen King's original novel into a film that confused some viewers at the time of its release, but now is considered by most to be a standalone masterpiece.  The Shining (1980), directed by Stanley...


Aug 22, 2021

This week, we are watching what might be the greatest horror movie ever made.  Stanley Kubrick butchers Stephen King's original novel into a film that confused some viewers at the time of its release, but now is considered by most to be a standalone masterpiece.  The Shining (1980), directed by Stanley...


Aug 15, 2021

This week, we watch a story about two idiots who find a giant fly in the back of a stolen car. Part Bill and Ted, part Dumb and Dumber, part Beavis and Butthead….insert any dumb pair of guys in comedy history… this film does enough to stand out from its influences. At just over an hour long, this film will make you...


Aug 9, 2021

This week, we watch what many consider to be the saddest animated movies every drawn to film. Studio Ghibli animates this adaptation of a true story of the terrible aftermath of children attempting to live in a post-war Japan in the 1940’s. Grave of the Fireflies (1988), directed Isao Takahata.


Aug 1, 2021

This week, we watch the worldwide highest grossing movie of 2020, marking the first time in movie history a Hollywood film didn’t rank number one. This Chinese film aims to portray an important event leading into the second World War, but what ends up on screen is incoherent violence and death. The Eight Hundred,...