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Film History · Jeff Sweeney & Stuart Elmore

Travolting

by Jeff Sweeney & Stuart Elmore

A weekly investigation into the strange filmographies of cinemas most fascinating careers.

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The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

Robin Williams plays... well... a slightly grumpy man... in Brooklyn. After being given only 90 minutes left to live, Robin goes all over Brooklyn trying to make amends w

Aug 12
54 min

Boulevard

Robin's last dramatic role is about a man who feels as though his entire life has been a lie and sets out on a course of rediscovery.

Aug 5
39 min

The Butler

Robin Williams plays one of the five presidents in a story about a White House Butler making an impact on how each President handles and reacts to the civil rights moveme

Jul 29
2 h 53 min

The Face of Love

This small budget drama is about a widow who meets a man who looks exactly like her dead husband and starts a romantic relationship with him. What could possibly go wrong

Jul 22
1 h 41 min

The Big Wedding

An all-star cast featuring a reunion between Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, The Big Wedding offers a couple laughs for the casual viewer but nothing of any further su

Jul 15
1 h 07 min

Happy Feet Two

In 2006, George Miller directed an animated film about singing and dancing penguins. Five years later, the penguins are back, and they need our help.

Jul 8
2 h 08 min

Old Dogs (again)

You read that title right. We covered this movie back in March 2022 when it was the Travolting season. Well now we're giving it a rewatch and a reassessment, this time fo

Jul 1
2 h 37 min

SpongeBob's Truth or Square

After a two episode hiatus from Robin we return to his first and only appearance in the classic animated series, Spongebob Squarepants.

Jun 24
55 min

Robin Williams: The Old Dog (Recap Episode)

"An Old Dog can't learn new tricks". Ever since Patch Adams, Robin's career had taken a major shift. From his blank check/post-oscar trilogy, to his evil-dark trilogy, to

Jun 3
1 h 04 min

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

We're back with the sequel, only this time we travel to the Smithsonian where Robin Williams gets maybe three scenes max in this movie, one which he's a bronze statue wit

May 27
2 h 17 min

Shrink

Robin Williams plays Jack Holden, an actor whose career has gone down the drain and is struggling to cope with his addictive tendencies. Hmm... Shrink is one of those m

May 20
1 h 24 min

World's Greatest Dad

Our second Bobcat Goldthwait and Robin Williams collaboration, only instead of killer clowns and mimes we have... an incel. Oh dear.

May 13
2 h 16 min

August Rush

11-year-old August Rush, a musical prodigy who runs away from his group home to New York City to search for his long lost parents using the power of music which brings ev

May 6
1 h 15 min

License to Wed

Jim Halpert from the Office moves to Chicago and is engaged to Mandy Moore in this romantic comedy about an engaged couple having to go through a challenging marriage cou

Apr 29
1 h 49 min

Night at the Museum

When Ben Stiller gets a job working as the night guard at the New York Museum of National History, he finds that all of the exhibits come to life! WOW! CRAZY!! Walking di

Apr 22
2 h 17 min

Happy Feet

Brought to you by the same director who made Mad Max, Mad Max 2, Mad Max Beyond The Thunderdome as well as... wait a second... The Witches of Eastwick? Lorenzo's Oil? BAB

Apr 15
2 h 02 min

Man of the Year

In 2006, Barry Levinson (Director of Good Morning Vietnam), decided to make a movie about a TV personality running for President and actually winning the election... what

Apr 8
1 h 28 min

Everyone's Hero

We're back! After taking a short hiatus the Travolting boys are back with the next Robin Williams installment: Everyone's Hero. An animated film about a young boy named "

Apr 1
33 min

RV

In this wacky zany family comedy; Robin takes his family out on an RV road trip where they come across all sorts of cooky situations and strange personalities including J

Feb 7
1 h 23 min

House of D

Robin Williams plays a man with special needs who befriends a 13-year-old Anton Yelchin in 1970's era New York. That's about all we can really say about this movie since

Jan 7
41 min

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