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- Episodes featuring their films
- 4
- Movies in this archive
- 5
Rewatchables episodes featuring Elijah Wood’s films
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Mentioned in discussions
What’s Aged the Best?
Macaulay Culkin breaking from his sweetheart image, both child performances, practical stunt work, the untouched dead-child bedroom, unsupervised childhood danger, and high-end direction
In the discussion (7)
Approx. transcript time · 00:16:14Read transcript
- Casting the Home Alone star as a murderous child is praised as an effective break from his public image. — Sean Fennessey
- Culkin can appear sweet or eerily malevolent, making the role credible. — Sean Fennessey
- Elijah Wood preserves some doubt that grief may be making Mark unstable.
- Practical cliff work, wide shots, and physical stunt staging give the film tangible danger.
- The untouched dead-child bedroom functions as a recurring wound that the story can reopen. — Bill Simmons
- The abandoned-building vandalism and freedom to roam recall unsupervised childhood play. — Chris Ryan
- Henry playing taps for the dead dog and adjusting his weapon after missing a cat sharpen his characterization.
Apex Mountain
Culkin’s bankability: yes
In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:28:35Read transcript
- Culkin could make the film a hit on trailer presence alone and was at a short bankability apex. — Bill Simmons
- The discussion argues Spielberg and Scorsese retain elite careers even after removing four top films.
- Elijah Wood’s apex is The Lord of the Rings. — Bill Simmons
- Wendy Crewson’s is guessed as The Santa Clause and Daniel Hugh Kelly’s as Cujo.
- Shawshank wins the Maine-location apex over Carrie, In the Bedroom, Poison Ivy, Stand by Me, and Lake Placid.
In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:11:41Read transcript
- Quinn Culkin is selected through an underacting variation of the award. — Bill Simmons
- Elijah Wood escalating during the food-disposal scene is the alternate. — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:07:13Read transcript
- Bill Murray and Patrick Swayze are reported as lead considerations; Murray is rejected by the speakers, Swayze interests them, and a later Keanu Reeves/Hardball version is imagined while Schwarzenegger remains preferred. — Kyle Brandt
- Roadhouse dialogue, throat-ripping and a crude prison taunt are jokingly transplanted into Kindergarten Cop rather than reported as actual scenes. — Bill Simmons
- Reported DeVito consideration is questioned because the police role seems implausible despite the opposite height joke; a Roadhouse crossover with Sam Elliott is imagined. — Bill Simmons
- Catherine O Hara is reported unavailable because of Home Alone; Sandra Bullock and Elijah Wood are said not to have landed parts. The speaker’s identification of Joyce as the abused child’s mother is uncertain. — Bill Simmons
- Christian Slater is said to have been considered for Crisp after Heathers but to have chosen Pump Up the Volume, which receives approval. — Bill Simmons
- A story that Audrey Hepburn rejected Eleanor Crisp because she loved children is explicitly treated as unverified; the thermometer scene is joked about.
Apex Mountain
Stalactite death; Turner; botched plane transfers; Delmar’s actor
In the discussion (14)
Approx. transcript time · 00:38:32Read transcript
- Stallone is rejected for Apex. — Bill Simmons
- Turner receives affirmative Apex for Northern Exposure alongside this hit. — Bill Simmons
- Rooker loses to later Marvel fame, or Days of Thunder within this earlier era. — Bill Simmons
- Climbing films lose to Free Solo. — Kyle Brandt
- Harlin remains unresolved, with this hit contrasted against Cutthroat Island and a marriage joke. — Kyle Brandt
- Botched plane transfers receive affirmative Apex, though the five-minute timer is questioned. — Kyle Brandt
- The greatest No remains unsettled, comparing RockyIV, Elijah Wood after Gandalf falls and this film. — Kyle Brandt
- Leon’s peak is placed in Above the Rim. — Kyle Brandt
- Delmar’s actor receives an affirmative choice. — Kyle Brandt
- Stallone’s cliff jump loses to First Blood. — Bill Simmons
- Stallone climbing mountains loses to RockyIV. — Bill Simmons
- Lithgow loses to Third Rock from the Sun. — Bill Simmons
- The Leon fight’s stalactite death is explicitly proposed as an Apex. — Bill Simmons
- Ill-fitting gloves receive a joking Apex proposal. — Bill Simmons
Recasting Couch
Sharon Stone for Weaver; Harrison Ford for Kline; a Culkin for Elijah Wood or Sandy; Philip Seymour Hoffman anywhere; a bigger name for Jim Carver
In the discussion (9)
Approx. transcript time · 01:05:41Read transcript
- Sharon Stone for Sigourney Weaver is posed as a thought exercise.
- Weaver is judged better because she is believable as a suburban housewife while Stone would read as there to tear up the suburbs. — Chris Ryan
- Agreement that Weaver is more believable. — Sean Fennessey
- Harrison Ford as Ben is floated; objections say horny Ford is awkward and his sex scenes tend to be under duress.
- Swapping Elijah Wood for a Culkin is suggested. — Sean Fennessey
- A Good Son flip with any Culkin, including Kieran as Sandy, is added. — Bill Simmons
- Wood is knocked as a one-move bulging-eyes actor, then defended for Lord of the Rings and The Faculty. — Bill Simmons
- Philip Seymour Hoffman in any role, such as the Reverend, Jim Carver, or Paul, would elevate the film. — Bill Simmons
- The Jim Carver role is the one to upgrade to a Jeff Bridges or Nick Nolte, though top stars would not want to play a premature ejaculator.
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Films in the archive
Back to the Future Part II
1989
Internal Affairs
1990
The Good Son
1993
The Ice Storm
1997
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002