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From Sony Pictures UK, check out the official first trailer for the highly-anticipated UNCHARTED, based on the hugely popular video game franchise of the same name.. Brand new film trailers. Uncharted Official Trailer Brand new official trailer for Uncharted From Sony Pictures UK, check out the official first trailer for the highly-anticipated UNCHARTED, based on the hugely popular video game franchise of the same name. Based on one of the best-selling, most critically acclaimed video game series of all time, Uncharted introduces audiences to the young street-smart Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) and showcases his first treasure hunting adventure with wisecracking partner Victor “Sully” Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg). In an action-adventure epic that spans the globe, the two go in dangerous pursuit of “the greatest treasure never found” while also tracking clues that may lead to Nathan’s long-lost brother. Directed by Ruben Fleischer and based on the screenplay by Rafe Judkins, Art Marcum & Matt Holloway, UNCHARTED stars Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Sophia Ali, Tati Gabrielle and Antonio Banderas. UNCHARTED will be released exclusively at UK cinemas, February 11, 2022. The Carpenter's Son We anticipate that The Carpenter's Son will be less of a retelling and more of a deeply disquieting examination of power, temptation, and the human cost of being chosen. It arrives on 21st November. Eternity Eternity looks set to be a sophisticated, imaginative film that avoids the usual genre clichés by grounding its absurd plot in stellar performances. Kontinental '25 The promotional material and critical buzz surrounding Kontinental ’25 confirm that the winner of the Silver Berlin Bear for Best Screenplay is not only back, but operating at a fever pitch of urgency and daring. Anniversary Kenny Dalglish It's rare for a documentary trailer to stir the soul quite as effectively as the first look at Kenny Dalglish, the upcoming feature focusing on the life and legacy of one of British football's most revered and complex figures. Is This Thing On? Searchlight Pictures has premiered the teaser trailer for Is This Thing On?, and it suggests we are in for a sharp, melancholic comedy that mines the humour and heartbreak of mid-life crisis through the lens of stand-up. Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere The first official trailer for Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, the biopic chronicling the turbulent creation of the 1982 masterpiece Nebraska, has landed. The Bride The latest tease for The Bride, the highly anticipated 2026 offering from Maggie Gyllenhaal, has dropped, and if this brief glimpse is anything to go by, British cinema-goers should prepare themselves for a truly spectacular and unsettling cinematic experience. A Tooth Fairy Tale Overall, the trailer for A Tooth Fairy Tale delivers exactly what it needs to: a clear premise, an exciting quest, and the promise of high-quality vocal performances. Delivery Run From the first stark frames of the trailer for Delivery Run, it is immediately clear that this is a thriller operating under pressure. In Your Dreams "In Your Dreams," a new animated comedy set to enchant audiences. This delightful film, co-directed by Alex Woo and Erik Benson, promises a fantastical journey into the boundless landscape of dreams, arriving on November 14, 2025. A House of Dynamite A House of Dynamite, a gripping new thriller that plunges audiences into a high-stakes global crisis. The trailer for Bigelow's latest offering paints a chilling picture of a world on the brink, arriving in select UK cinemas on October 3rd The Man in My Basement With an intense psychological trailer that leaves you with more questions than answers, Andscape’s new film The Man in My Basement is poised to be a must-watch for UK and Ireland audiences, arriving on Disney+ on Friday, 26th September. Wicked: For Good The final trailer for Wicked: For Good has finally landed, promising an electrifying and emotional conclusion to the untold story of the Witches of Oz. Time Travel Is Dangerous The moment we clapped eyes on the first trailer for Time Travel Is Dangerous, we knew we were in for something special. Blending the charming, grounded sensibility of a classic British comedy with the mind-bending chaos of a high-concept sci-fi flick, this film promises a riotous journey through time and space. Game The trailer for the film GAME, set for release in November 2025, falls squarely into that last category. It's a two-minute masterclass in tension, leaving you with more questions than answers and a palpable sense of unease. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Don Q Don Q will be available on digital platforms in the UK on 15 September, thanks to Reel2Reel Films. John Candy: I Like Me The new documentary, John Candy: I Like Me, directed by Colin Hanks and produced by Ryan Reynolds, offers a poignant and intimate look at the man behind the memorable characters. Eschewing the typical celebratory retrospective, the film embarks on a journey to humanise an icon, exploring his personal struggles, deep-seated anxieties, and the profound impact he had on those who knew him best. Spinal Tap II: The End Continues Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. Set for a glorious return to UK cinemas this September, this film promises to be a welcome, if profoundly daft, comeback for the geriatric rockers.

Starring Dustin Hoffman, Toni Servillo, and Valentina Bellè.. Brand new film trailers. Into The Labyrinth Trailer Darkland Distribution have confirmed that their psychological thriller Into The Labyrinth, will be available in the UK on DVD & Digital Download from 19th April. A kidnapped girl is found 15 years after her abduction. A celebrated psychiatrist is trying to deal with her trauma and a retired detective who only has hours to live is ready to put it all on the line to find a vicious killer. Will he be able to succeed? And who is the real villain? The Carpenter's Son We anticipate that The Carpenter's Son will be less of a retelling and more of a deeply disquieting examination of power, temptation, and the human cost of being chosen. It arrives on 21st November. Eternity Eternity looks set to be a sophisticated, imaginative film that avoids the usual genre clichés by grounding its absurd plot in stellar performances. Kontinental '25 The promotional material and critical buzz surrounding Kontinental ’25 confirm that the winner of the Silver Berlin Bear for Best Screenplay is not only back, but operating at a fever pitch of urgency and daring. Anniversary Kenny Dalglish It's rare for a documentary trailer to stir the soul quite as effectively as the first look at Kenny Dalglish, the upcoming feature focusing on the life and legacy of one of British football's most revered and complex figures. Is This Thing On? Searchlight Pictures has premiered the teaser trailer for Is This Thing On?, and it suggests we are in for a sharp, melancholic comedy that mines the humour and heartbreak of mid-life crisis through the lens of stand-up. Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere The first official trailer for Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, the biopic chronicling the turbulent creation of the 1982 masterpiece Nebraska, has landed. The Bride The latest tease for The Bride, the highly anticipated 2026 offering from Maggie Gyllenhaal, has dropped, and if this brief glimpse is anything to go by, British cinema-goers should prepare themselves for a truly spectacular and unsettling cinematic experience. A Tooth Fairy Tale Overall, the trailer for A Tooth Fairy Tale delivers exactly what it needs to: a clear premise, an exciting quest, and the promise of high-quality vocal performances. Delivery Run From the first stark frames of the trailer for Delivery Run, it is immediately clear that this is a thriller operating under pressure. In Your Dreams "In Your Dreams," a new animated comedy set to enchant audiences. This delightful film, co-directed by Alex Woo and Erik Benson, promises a fantastical journey into the boundless landscape of dreams, arriving on November 14, 2025. A House of Dynamite A House of Dynamite, a gripping new thriller that plunges audiences into a high-stakes global crisis. The trailer for Bigelow's latest offering paints a chilling picture of a world on the brink, arriving in select UK cinemas on October 3rd The Man in My Basement With an intense psychological trailer that leaves you with more questions than answers, Andscape’s new film The Man in My Basement is poised to be a must-watch for UK and Ireland audiences, arriving on Disney+ on Friday, 26th September. Wicked: For Good The final trailer for Wicked: For Good has finally landed, promising an electrifying and emotional conclusion to the untold story of the Witches of Oz. Time Travel Is Dangerous The moment we clapped eyes on the first trailer for Time Travel Is Dangerous, we knew we were in for something special. Blending the charming, grounded sensibility of a classic British comedy with the mind-bending chaos of a high-concept sci-fi flick, this film promises a riotous journey through time and space. Game The trailer for the film GAME, set for release in November 2025, falls squarely into that last category. It's a two-minute masterclass in tension, leaving you with more questions than answers and a palpable sense of unease. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Don Q Don Q will be available on digital platforms in the UK on 15 September, thanks to Reel2Reel Films. John Candy: I Like Me The new documentary, John Candy: I Like Me, directed by Colin Hanks and produced by Ryan Reynolds, offers a poignant and intimate look at the man behind the memorable characters. Eschewing the typical celebratory retrospective, the film embarks on a journey to humanise an icon, exploring his personal struggles, deep-seated anxieties, and the profound impact he had on those who knew him best. Spinal Tap II: The End Continues Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. Set for a glorious return to UK cinemas this September, this film promises to be a welcome, if profoundly daft, comeback for the geriatric rockers.

Read the film podcast transcript from the episode titled UK Film Club - 6a: Choir Girl, Vax, Torn, The Dogmatics: A Dogumentary, and The Korean from Seoul on UK Film Club part of the UK Film Review Podcast. < Back UK Film Club - 6a: Choir Girl, Vax, Torn, The Dogmatics: A Dogumentary, and The Korean from Seoul Listen to This Episode UK Film Club TRANSCRIPT MISSING Film critics Chris Olson and Brian Penn are back with an "Intermittent Episode" due to a large wave of requests for indie/short film reviews. In this film podcast episode, the guys review indie features Choir Girl and The Korean from Seoul, as well as short films Vax and Torn, and a documentary about The Dogmatics. The UK Film Club show is part of the UK Film Review Podcast, be sure to check out our other shows - all available wherever you get your podcasts. And remember to head to our website for fresh film reviews and filmmaker interviews https://www.ukfilmreview.co.uk/podcastFor more from our marketing company providing London SEO, visit Olson Digital Marketing - https://www.olsondigitalmarketing.com/ Previous Next

The Power of the Dog will be in select cinemas in November and on Netflix from 1 December.. Brand new film trailers. The Power of the Dog Teaser Trailer THE POWER OF THE DOG TEASER TRAILER RELEASED Severe, pale-eyed, handsome, Phil Burbank is brutally beguiling. All of Phil’s romance, power and fragility is trapped in the past and in the land: He can castrate a bull calf with two swift slashes of his knife; he swims naked in the river, smearing his body with mud. He is a cowboy as raw as his hides. The year is 1925. The Burbank brothers are wealthy ranchers in Montana. At the Red Mill restaurant on their way to market, the brothers meet Rose, the widowed proprietress, and her impressionable son Peter. Phil behaves so cruelly he drives them both to tears, revelling in their hurt and rousing his fellow cowhands to laughter – all except his brother George, who comforts Rose then returns to marry her. As Phil swings between fury and cunning, his taunting of Rose takes an eerie form – he hovers at the edges of her vision, whistling a tune she can no longer play. His mockery of her son is more overt, amplified by the cheering of Phil’s cowhand disciples. Then Phil appears to take the boy under his wing. Is this latest gesture a softening that leaves Phil exposed, or a plot twisting further into menace? A See-Saw Films, Bad Girl Creekand Max Films production in association with Brightstar, The New Zealand Film Commission, Cross City Films and BBC Film. Directed and adapted for the screen by: Jane Campion Based on the novel by: Thomas Savage Producers: Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee Director of Photography: Ari Wegner Production Designer: Grant Major Costume Designer: Kirsty Cameron Editor: Peter Scibberas Composer: Jonny Greenwood The Power of the Dog will be in select cinemas in November and on Netflix from 1 December. The Carpenter's Son We anticipate that The Carpenter's Son will be less of a retelling and more of a deeply disquieting examination of power, temptation, and the human cost of being chosen. It arrives on 21st November. Eternity Eternity looks set to be a sophisticated, imaginative film that avoids the usual genre clichés by grounding its absurd plot in stellar performances. Kontinental '25 The promotional material and critical buzz surrounding Kontinental ’25 confirm that the winner of the Silver Berlin Bear for Best Screenplay is not only back, but operating at a fever pitch of urgency and daring. Anniversary Kenny Dalglish It's rare for a documentary trailer to stir the soul quite as effectively as the first look at Kenny Dalglish, the upcoming feature focusing on the life and legacy of one of British football's most revered and complex figures. Is This Thing On? Searchlight Pictures has premiered the teaser trailer for Is This Thing On?, and it suggests we are in for a sharp, melancholic comedy that mines the humour and heartbreak of mid-life crisis through the lens of stand-up. Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere The first official trailer for Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, the biopic chronicling the turbulent creation of the 1982 masterpiece Nebraska, has landed. The Bride The latest tease for The Bride, the highly anticipated 2026 offering from Maggie Gyllenhaal, has dropped, and if this brief glimpse is anything to go by, British cinema-goers should prepare themselves for a truly spectacular and unsettling cinematic experience. A Tooth Fairy Tale Overall, the trailer for A Tooth Fairy Tale delivers exactly what it needs to: a clear premise, an exciting quest, and the promise of high-quality vocal performances. Delivery Run From the first stark frames of the trailer for Delivery Run, it is immediately clear that this is a thriller operating under pressure. In Your Dreams "In Your Dreams," a new animated comedy set to enchant audiences. This delightful film, co-directed by Alex Woo and Erik Benson, promises a fantastical journey into the boundless landscape of dreams, arriving on November 14, 2025. A House of Dynamite A House of Dynamite, a gripping new thriller that plunges audiences into a high-stakes global crisis. The trailer for Bigelow's latest offering paints a chilling picture of a world on the brink, arriving in select UK cinemas on October 3rd The Man in My Basement With an intense psychological trailer that leaves you with more questions than answers, Andscape’s new film The Man in My Basement is poised to be a must-watch for UK and Ireland audiences, arriving on Disney+ on Friday, 26th September. Wicked: For Good The final trailer for Wicked: For Good has finally landed, promising an electrifying and emotional conclusion to the untold story of the Witches of Oz. Time Travel Is Dangerous The moment we clapped eyes on the first trailer for Time Travel Is Dangerous, we knew we were in for something special. Blending the charming, grounded sensibility of a classic British comedy with the mind-bending chaos of a high-concept sci-fi flick, this film promises a riotous journey through time and space. Game The trailer for the film GAME, set for release in November 2025, falls squarely into that last category. It's a two-minute masterclass in tension, leaving you with more questions than answers and a palpable sense of unease. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Don Q Don Q will be available on digital platforms in the UK on 15 September, thanks to Reel2Reel Films. John Candy: I Like Me The new documentary, John Candy: I Like Me, directed by Colin Hanks and produced by Ryan Reynolds, offers a poignant and intimate look at the man behind the memorable characters. Eschewing the typical celebratory retrospective, the film embarks on a journey to humanise an icon, exploring his personal struggles, deep-seated anxieties, and the profound impact he had on those who knew him best. Spinal Tap II: The End Continues Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. Set for a glorious return to UK cinemas this September, this film promises to be a welcome, if profoundly daft, comeback for the geriatric rockers.

Deine Farbe (Your Color) Official Trailer. . Brand new film trailers. Deine Farbe Official Trailer Deine Farbe (Your Color) Official Trailer Hailing from disparate social and economic backgrounds, Karl and Albert bond over their desire to escape their country and move to Barcelona, in search of a happier life. With their mutual sense of humor and provocative ideas, they decide to document their youthful adventures with the dream of sharing their passions publicly. Upon settling and realizing life is not as easy as expected, their resistance to normalcy finds them walking divergent paths. Unbeknownst to Karl, Albert starts experiencing personal troubles, but pride and fear of revealing his secrets drives him to the edge. The Carpenter's Son We anticipate that The Carpenter's Son will be less of a retelling and more of a deeply disquieting examination of power, temptation, and the human cost of being chosen. It arrives on 21st November. Eternity Eternity looks set to be a sophisticated, imaginative film that avoids the usual genre clichés by grounding its absurd plot in stellar performances. Kontinental '25 The promotional material and critical buzz surrounding Kontinental ’25 confirm that the winner of the Silver Berlin Bear for Best Screenplay is not only back, but operating at a fever pitch of urgency and daring. Anniversary Kenny Dalglish It's rare for a documentary trailer to stir the soul quite as effectively as the first look at Kenny Dalglish, the upcoming feature focusing on the life and legacy of one of British football's most revered and complex figures. Is This Thing On? Searchlight Pictures has premiered the teaser trailer for Is This Thing On?, and it suggests we are in for a sharp, melancholic comedy that mines the humour and heartbreak of mid-life crisis through the lens of stand-up. Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere The first official trailer for Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, the biopic chronicling the turbulent creation of the 1982 masterpiece Nebraska, has landed. The Bride The latest tease for The Bride, the highly anticipated 2026 offering from Maggie Gyllenhaal, has dropped, and if this brief glimpse is anything to go by, British cinema-goers should prepare themselves for a truly spectacular and unsettling cinematic experience. A Tooth Fairy Tale Overall, the trailer for A Tooth Fairy Tale delivers exactly what it needs to: a clear premise, an exciting quest, and the promise of high-quality vocal performances. Delivery Run From the first stark frames of the trailer for Delivery Run, it is immediately clear that this is a thriller operating under pressure. In Your Dreams "In Your Dreams," a new animated comedy set to enchant audiences. This delightful film, co-directed by Alex Woo and Erik Benson, promises a fantastical journey into the boundless landscape of dreams, arriving on November 14, 2025. A House of Dynamite A House of Dynamite, a gripping new thriller that plunges audiences into a high-stakes global crisis. The trailer for Bigelow's latest offering paints a chilling picture of a world on the brink, arriving in select UK cinemas on October 3rd The Man in My Basement With an intense psychological trailer that leaves you with more questions than answers, Andscape’s new film The Man in My Basement is poised to be a must-watch for UK and Ireland audiences, arriving on Disney+ on Friday, 26th September. Wicked: For Good The final trailer for Wicked: For Good has finally landed, promising an electrifying and emotional conclusion to the untold story of the Witches of Oz. Time Travel Is Dangerous The moment we clapped eyes on the first trailer for Time Travel Is Dangerous, we knew we were in for something special. Blending the charming, grounded sensibility of a classic British comedy with the mind-bending chaos of a high-concept sci-fi flick, this film promises a riotous journey through time and space. Game The trailer for the film GAME, set for release in November 2025, falls squarely into that last category. It's a two-minute masterclass in tension, leaving you with more questions than answers and a palpable sense of unease. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Don Q Don Q will be available on digital platforms in the UK on 15 September, thanks to Reel2Reel Films. John Candy: I Like Me The new documentary, John Candy: I Like Me, directed by Colin Hanks and produced by Ryan Reynolds, offers a poignant and intimate look at the man behind the memorable characters. Eschewing the typical celebratory retrospective, the film embarks on a journey to humanise an icon, exploring his personal struggles, deep-seated anxieties, and the profound impact he had on those who knew him best. Spinal Tap II: The End Continues Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. Set for a glorious return to UK cinemas this September, this film promises to be a welcome, if profoundly daft, comeback for the geriatric rockers.

Read the film podcast transcript from the episode titled UK Film Club - 10a: Indie & Short Film Special on UK Film Club part of the UK Film Review Podcast. < Back UK Film Club - 10a: Indie & Short Film Special Listen to This Episode UK Film Club 00:00.00 ukfilmreview Hey Bri I'm good. Thank you? Yeah, we're here we're here it has it feels it has poignant. It feels. We've made it through I mean this is episode 10 a but. 00:00.24 Brian Penn I Chris are you do we're here this spread light has come on for the final sign in the sheer isn't it now I know. Right? Okay, yeah, it's a bit It's a bonus isn't it. Well yeah, we've done all right haven't we we're done all right for sops. But. 00:19.78 ukfilmreview Technically this episode 12 because we've done this is like another indie special. Um, it's a bonus episode. But yeah 12 episodes in a year not bad. not bad 00:32.95 Brian Penn You know I'm really pleased with the way it's develops and the way it's working out. You know it was. It was a great idea of yours Chris I mean you you were the the brain shell behind all of this I mean I merely joined in for the ride and one good idea. Let's make the most of it though and so so. 00:36.28 ukfilmreview I Think so too would be. 00:45.77 ukfilmreview I get 1 good idea every five years that's why I've worked out. Yeah yeah. 00:52.64 Brian Penn So we've we've just got to wait for the next really good ideas to come through then we're really laughing aren't we because yeah, well have a good idea. Yeah I mean I might come up with a half decent idea in 5 years you never know. 00:54.84 ukfilmreview Yeah I mean who knows what it'll be but it could be a big and or it could be a certain flavor of crisp you know I just have a good idea 5 years in you know. Are you trying enough Brian do you sit and write your ideas down because I bet you have loads. 01:11.27 Brian Penn Write your ideas down. Yeah course I do I mean I have a hundred ideas a day but I mean how many of them are actually half decent how many of those are half usable. They might be 4 or 5 but you see I suppose whilst you're showing those ideas throwing those ideas around. And that you've got all this fantastic input from what we do here from the films who watched Tv that we watch newspapers that we read the magazines that we read. You know you're getting these ideas you're getting this stimulation from so many different sources now and it it can spark off ideas you know. That's what's really exciting about it. 01:49.52 ukfilmreview Yeah, know we have to do now is just say yeah and turn that into an app. You know if you got a great idea someone will just turn it into an app for you I don't know where you go is there is there a a shop. Yeah, where they do that little elve somewhere making apps for us. 01:54.52 Brian Penn Be Yeah yeah, yeah that there must be mustn't there surely? yeah with there isn't There should be that someones and someone has to spotster the gap in the market. That's for sure. 02:07.27 ukfilmreview Chip it exactly. Ah. 02:12.33 Brian Penn We either that or we or we do a J K rolling and we write ah an international best. So oh yeah. 02:17.34 ukfilmreview Oh yeah, there's always that I always have that as my backup if I need to I'll write an international bestseller and just to get me through you if is there ever a tough time. Um, no. 02:19.64 Brian Penn 3 it's not so difficult you know Chris it really isn't you just hit on the right idea you capture the public's imagination. You're laughing happening. 02:33.14 ukfilmreview There you go and there are anyone listening if you're wondering. Yeah, what can I do to you know, just have that you safety net just just write a best seller and just sit and write one what you're doing sitting here listening to us. Ah. 02:38.41 Brian Penn Yeah, see the you know plenty of rainy days out there. You know that's what you do when when it's raining you write a bests selling novel. Yeah yeah I like that that's yeah so I heard it. Yeah I heard it brilliant. Yeah. 02:51.94 ukfilmreview Do you see that put into no drums for you. Did you did you hear that? Ah, ah. 02:58.58 Brian Penn Ah, it even sort of showed up on this on the tremor the tremor line you know where we yeah I know? Yeah, yeah, yeah, like it. 03:00.69 ukfilmreview Oh you got a little vibration on the sound waves. Yeah well they put it in for me and I thought you're not going to use it every time I think something sort of you know, actually not even I don't want I think funny I want it to be kind of standing out as maybe something innocuous and I just hit the drums. You know it's good. 03:15.43 Brian Penn Like yeah I know you're go to get carried away with this thing aren y'all can sell yeah already there? Yeah, but is your first. 03:20.21 ukfilmreview I am there I am already looking at think I should probably delete that but it's fine. It's fine for now. Um, if this is your first time to Uk Film Club Welcome and my name is Chris Olson I am your host along with Brian Penn say hello Brian. 03:28.62 Brian Penn Film My name ised I am your host hello by Hello hello. 03:36.99 ukfilmreview And um and we are film critics at Uk Film review and we have a podcast where we review all types of film now if you listen to our normal episodes that get released. We go through a cinema pick. We go through a streaming pick. We do a bunch of indie films and then we do a nostalgia pick now. 03:43.61 Brian Penn Oh dog of left. 03:56.14 ukfilmreview When we have a little bit of an influx of indie films to review you get what this is which is a in the only special episode So we're just covering indie films in this episode and we've got some absolute cauckers. Um, there's shorts. There's features. There's even a web series. So. 03:58.12 Brian Penn All details. Yeah. In the only Spec just covering in the. 04:08.51 Brian Penn 4 but hi being. 04:15.21 ukfilmreview We do have a lot to cover and but yes, thank you all for being here and if you've been with us for the whole time If you've listened to every single episode I would say do question what you're doing with your life. But also thank you. Thank you for being with us we we do appreciate it. Um, we have listeners all over the world and it makes us very very happy. 04:28.78 Brian Penn Ah, yeah, thank you? Yeah yeah. 04:35.15 ukfilmreview Um, yes, but tonight is just about indie films because we have so many only people wanted us to look at their films and that is a true honor and we got some great ones here. Just I mean as an overview Brian the caliber that we were reviewing tonight. What did you think. 04:40.13 Brian Penn Is so many that the yeah has an overview by yeah, Story high. You know if you if you look at um, our own personal history where we had the festival that reviewed independent features now through through film club. The standard is incredibly high and I can't quite work Out. What's making the standard Improve. Why is it getting better. 04:54.65 ukfilmreview Um. 05:13.56 Brian Penn Because I don't think they have bigger budgets. They're still operating on a shoestring but the standard is incredibly high and it's such a mixed bag What we're looking at here as well. But there's real stand out says real potential there. So very impressed. 05:17.57 ukfilmreview E. 05:27.42 ukfilmreview Yeah I think you're right? Yeah, the the standard just generally of filmmaking because obviously we both write for the site but largely yeah you you write sort of the for the film Cinema but you do do the odd sort of Indian short and I'll I'll chip him sort of when things get a little bit heavy. But when I do chip in. Um. 05:35.60 Brian Penn Don Cinema ah you do the old. Yeah I don't know how you from present. Do. 05:45.20 ukfilmreview Wow yeah, these yeah going from what filmmakers were doing say five six years ago to now I don't know if it was covid maybe that whole pandemic just gave a lot of artistic people time to hone their craft and really think about their stories because that's another thing the storytelling has become very strong like. 05:48.68 Brian Penn Five years ago now yeah after I need to yeah ne cro yeah, really think about the storie yeah story telling is um, very strong. Yeah in intoville ruby today. 06:02.94 ukfilmreview In some of the terms of review today. It's it's going to be impressive in terms of what they've managed to do like you say with a shoesetring budget. It's it's incredible. 06:07.10 Brian Penn What they manage to do yeah well ah suppose what you'd have to say about any independent feature that it's all about this story isn't it. They don't have the money to spend on visuals. Do they at so so they can't have Mastercar chases or you know the visuals just aren't there. They can't afford them. 06:15.30 ukfilmreview Me. 06:26.79 Brian Penn You know so they have to put all their energies into the strength of the story which really is what all films should be about what's the story. What's the the standard of storytelling light that comes through or it should come through a lot more strongly in independent features. 06:41.60 ukfilmreview Yeah I think so too. So what we're Goingnna do is we're goingnna get started. That's what we're gonna do. We're going to start with a short film directed and written and starring Steve Sorentino amends of the father. So. 06:44.72 Brian Penn Then sorry. All right? So I. 06:57.40 Brian Penn Menu. Yeah, so. 07:00.83 ukfilmreview Ah, drama. Um, so drama come comedy come thriller I guess bit of everything this one. You've got a musician in the 80 s um, played by Stephen Ferentino who is looking to have a resurgence in his. 07:07.70 Brian Penn It's a bit of everything isn't it. It's a sp of everything thrown in there. 07:19.60 Brian Penn Career. Okay. 07:19.76 ukfilmreview Popular music career. He plays a character called Tony Kay who was a bit of a hit a in the 80 s and kind of had a but this is all fictional. He had a um career ah full of what would you call sex drugs in rock and roll I guess was the phrase. 07:34.67 Brian Penn Yeah, but yeah, yeah. 07:38.45 ukfilmreview Um, lots of you know, infamous notorious behavior going on. Um and is now looking to make a comeback through kind of any means necessary. He seems very very set on. 07:41.29 Brian Penn This is a going one and. 07:49.30 Brian Penn Any means necessary so you very set. Being famous really I mean 1 of the big things goes on. Yeah. 07:54.43 ukfilmreview Being famous Really I think that's one of the big themes that goes on in the film. Um, first he visits one of his former bandmates I think in a bar that tries to convince him to yeah, get on board with his comeback and then he decides to visit his son who. 08:05.31 Brian Penn Um. 08:10.50 Brian Penn Is his own right? Very successful. Definitely not gonna give away the end. No no, no absolutely not ending. 08:12.71 ukfilmreview Is in his own right? A very successful pop Star I'm definitely not going to give away the ending on this one because ah my God I did not see that coming but I think the ah ending is really worth it. But yeah, it's her of his journey. He's He's also going to. Substance abuse support groups or or you certainly help groups to sort of try and deal with his issues. Busy Anger management maybe and is then trying to go through those steps. Yeah,, there's the the steps of sobriety and all those sort of things. Um. 08:34.51 Brian Penn Manage the baby. Yeah I. 08:40.11 Brian Penn Go through this? Yeah yeah, yeah I really enjoyed it. It's following a familiar storyline about a pop star who was once that it got to be the next big thing then wasn't. 08:45.12 ukfilmreview What did you think of amend's of the father Brian it's good. Wasn't it here. 08:58.66 Brian Penn And that familiar spiral of drugs drink dependency addiction that downward spiral now he's trying to make a comeback but you have the added dimension of this relationship that he has or lack of a relationship that he has with his son who's now. All the things that he dreamed of being in a lot of ways where he's ah he's son Brandon is ah he's a grammy winning pop star who's got it all everything that he wish she had or that he could have had had fate and circumstances been slightly different. 09:26.66 ukfilmreview In. 09:34.99 Brian Penn This film is only 40 so 46 minutes long but I I was glued to it. You know when you're watching something online. You can pause it go away. Come back again. But I was glued to my pc for for 46 minutes but it's very easy to leave it. It's very easy to push hit the pause button. Leave it for a little bit. Do something else, get a drink. Whatever make a cup of tea. But this you know keeps everything in focus. It makes sure that you watch him as a carrots. So a very compelling Carat. So someone that you you immediately invest in that you're curious about. And also the songs are really good as well. You know that there's a there's a there was a song on the intro called baby blue which I thought was excellent, really good and I think I'm writing saying that Steven Soencino wrote the songs as well. Yeah, yeah, so. 10:11.76 ukfilmreview Yeah, there were some hits there. 10:23.30 ukfilmreview I Think so yeah, so it's one of those films that it comes up and his name is just kind of in a lot of the places. 10:30.90 Brian Penn You got you got to be impressed by that that he's done more or less everything himself. That's one thing I've noticed in the films that we're looking at sonoying is that people have taken the reins on every level that a lot of it is written produced directed edited by 1 person. Again, it plugs into the idea of a truly independent film that you don't have the budget to get lots of people involved but here you know it. It can often lose focus when you've got 1 person having too much control. We've spoken about this before haven't we that where one person's involved in so much. 11:04.67 ukfilmreview Um, mean. 11:08.24 Brian Penn It loses focus but this doesn't and as you say there there is a a finale a climax that I never I never saw coming so and it makes it an even stronger effort because it doesn't End. It's not predictable because when you watch like like like like you and me. We watched lots of films and in our own Minds. We can predict what the end is going to be or have a good stab at anyway I wouldn't have thought that at so and it's it makes it even more gripping because you don't know it's coming. 11:40.42 ukfilmreview Yeah, there's is quite a sense of that unpredictability to this and it goes into a bit what you were saying about the character. He is very compelling. You do you can't really sort of take your eyes off him. The. 11:44.70 Brian Penn and it goes into a bit What you're saying our character is breaking how they huge. Take your eyes up there. 11:55.56 ukfilmreview The voices and things that he seems to hear that so seems to be getting him enraged and you know, bubbling up inside of him I think one of the things that's a danger when you get a writer director directing themselves in the starring role is this sense of ego. Yeah, but in this. 11:58.19 Brian Penn Really great. Yeah somebody size it and 1 of the things. 12:06.48 Brian Penn To direct direct. So R A is this sense of yeah yeah, the situation it works yeah dealing with a is yeah higher opinion. So yeah, saying the the for is no yeah. 12:13.77 ukfilmreview Situation. It works really to their favor because you you're dealing with a character is very egotistical and does have a high opinion of themselves not saying that Stephen Torentino is but just in terms of the way the character has been written that it works because there's lots of scenes where it's like ah. 12:26.38 Brian Penn That is. 12:31.95 ukfilmreview But he's very much in the frame and it's such intimate on his face and we're seeing his reactions to things and it's very kind of gratuitous on him. But I think that's really key to get across that This drama is all about how he views himself what he wants for himself. The fame that he searches for the. 12:33.64 Brian Penn Season his face his reaction. Yeah, and its right really gets lost draw. 12:47.17 Brian Penn Sell what you want yourself vain that you search is for the floor that you've got there's something really powerful about. 12:51.75 ukfilmreview Flaws that he's got and I think there's something really powerful about that and it talks a lot about you know, modern celebrity and what's happened. Um, he carries around a boombox. Ah yeah with the Cd player. There's this sort of like nostalgic joke about that that yeah he is ah almost like an artifact from another time and yet. 12:57.34 Brian Penn Celebrity guys around the room box. Yeah you that? yeah like I would go. Yeah, he is a yeah yeah. 13:11.53 ukfilmreview Slips into this modern day society that we have full of social media and yeah immediate fame and things like that that it works really Well I think oh. 13:13.68 Brian Penn Design media he said? Yeah yeah, he's desperate to be current this need to to actually be be the story Once again. I do particularly like a nice touchhi's where there is a focus on this bottle of scotch isn't there where it's kind of speaking to him periodically and which I think homes in on the idea of addiction alkas and that that must be what it films like for someone who has that dependency is still there. 13:35.56 ukfilmreview Um, yeah. 13:47.77 Brian Penn Even though he was constantly sort of screaming that I've been clean for six months or a year or whatever it was but then it cuts to this this bottle of booze that's speaking to him and that that's very clever cleverly done and it gets the point across as well about addiction in general. 13:52.13 ukfilmreview In. 14:06.65 Brian Penn It It must give you some insight into what it feels like for someone who who's going through it. 14:09.97 ukfilmreview Absolutely I did think the funniest scene was there in the barn that it has that he says to the bartender about him being a box or something he takes his shirt off and every every so of the the bar owner is good but put your shirt on love that. 14:17.89 Brian Penn And being oh yeah, yeah, put your shirt on just put your shirt on and yeah I know so that there's always sort of sort of chinks of light that you see because you know it's not I suppose in some ways. It's not the most. Positive or pleasant of stories because it's about someone's downfall isn't it and it's like yeah yeah, like yeah yeah. 14:38.59 ukfilmreview And quite an unlikable protagonist I Think yeah if you look at him and his behavior and what he does. He's not particularly likable that it's yeah you, you're not watching the film hook because. 14:52.78 Brian Penn See that on je yeah saying sorry. 14:52.82 ukfilmreview At times he's very apologetic and he's like sort of you saying sorry for what he's done Obviously the film' called amends of the father but often it doesn't end up that way. He's not it doesn't come out and like he's like a he's had that development and character Arc It's almost like he's still the same way that he was and there's something quite tragic about that. 14:57.24 Brian Penn Film school mental part of it. Yeah often it doesn't end up. No, it didn't way. But like still using a waving life. Yeah is something like I know is watching? Yeah yeah, absolutely So. Definitely a thumbs up for me on that one. 15:11.10 ukfilmreview But he is a character that you can't stop watching because you just want to see what he's going to do next. 15:19.97 ukfilmreview Fantastic. So that's amend of the father. Um I believe we had a password protected link for that one. So yes, but Stephen sorentino. Ah. 15:25.66 Brian Penn Oh. 15:32.88 Brian Penn Yeah, grab amends me. Yeah. 15:32.98 ukfilmreview Think is on socials and things there is an Instagram page. It's called amends movie or 1 word so you can search that on on Instagram and find out I'm sure they'll have lots of information as to where you can watch the film. Um, okay so. We're going from one short to another short and another one where we've got yeah someone who wrote and directed the film. Although I'm not sure if John Clark is in this one? No, he's not so John Clarke wrote and directed a short film called a snapshot a character called ian. 16:00.12 Brian Penn So. 16:09.90 ukfilmreview Ah, Brian you want to give us the um synopsis on this one. 16:10.94 Brian Penn Yes, so it's semi-autobiographical it tells the story of an autistic young man called Ian who is striving to find the job. So the premise for the film is fairly straightforward but he has a talent for for photography. And sees his life through through a lens it jumps back and forth in time as he struggles with interviews are vividly captured and it's brilliantly shot brilliantly edited I feel John Clarke is ah is a real talent in wasting it's the visuals that are are amazing. Incredible. It's just the way they capture images and he's feelings expressions and emotions that are carried more on visuals than on the scripts itself and he's searching for a degree of acceptance understanding and it shows how he gradually. Gets there but of course communication is always the issue for him but he's trying to make himself understood. He's trying to get across to people and it's so you know it's it's beautiful to watch but it's painful as well because you you want him to succeed and all that is wraps up it in a fairly short sign frame. And I think it was beautifully done beautifully put together. Yeah. 17:28.33 ukfilmreview So yeah, really powerful film. Um, we've reviewed some of John Clark's films on the site previously. Um, he did two films kind of shorts called I have Asperger's so what and I have Asperger's so what now. So yeah, go check those out on the on the website. But. 17:33.52 Brian Penn On the site is a future. 17:40.48 Brian Penn Yeah. 17:45.30 ukfilmreview Yeah, a powerful filmmaker I think you know they were saying write what you know and I think that is crucial here because to try and portray autism and things like that. It's it's going to be risky in the hands of someone that doesn't know it. Yeah, here's or inside out. 17:47.65 Brian Penn Like you know? Yeah yeah. 17:59.38 Brian Penn Someone doesn't know yet or inside out this. 18:04.55 ukfilmreview And I think you know, ah there's so much more information now about it and so much more so more characters I think that have been presented but with this, you really felt not just because of the character but because there's a filmmaking style that you were being plunged into this experience of the character. You're really meant to. 18:15.57 Brian Penn Film 1 into this experience character invent to feel what he feel and I felt the ups and downs of all that. Yeah, just. 18:22.73 ukfilmreview Feel what Ian feels and I felt the ups and downs of all that the the struggle that when he's trying to do these interview questions and they're sort of bombarding him and he's picking up noises and scrunching his like I think he's got like a some kind of toy or a die or something in his hand that it was really. 18:34.51 Brian Penn Like yeah for diet. Yeah, yeah, really. 18:41.51 ukfilmreview Full of pathos and you're watching Oh my God like it just hit you and that's what I feel sometimes when you get a good short film like this. That's what it does is it gives you not because you you couldn't do justice to this story if you tried to drag it out whereas instead what this is is like a taste. 18:48.52 Brian Penn Thought film I said that's what it does. 18:55.44 Brian Penn Story like you drag out now. But this is like a yeah, you finally go these my yeah so here, go. 19:00.22 ukfilmreview Of a character you kind of go This is this moment in time for this character So here it is and and you grapple with it as you as you will and I found it really powerful. Um, yeah, really good there. Also there's this like lack of empathy and understanding. 19:06.56 Brian Penn Yeah, need child. Yeah, definitely yeah, yeah, same. 19:17.36 Brian Penn Understanding. 19:18.97 ukfilmreview In society you know, but a winsor ward and you hear someone sort of snly say oh it's because he's autistic and yeah, just to be up against that kind of ah prejudice already like to to yeah to have done something and then to just have someone Rob you of it immediately that. 19:24.29 Brian Penn Say always pretty yeah, just write like you done something bit. Yeah yeah, that would really car. Yeah, that was one of the. 19:37.13 ukfilmreview That was really powerful that yeah that was just one of the things that this character has to carry with them and yeah that for me was really impressive. Impressive. 19:41.30 Brian Penn Are you? Yeah, it's beautifully observed because you know he's struggling to do something so fundamental and so basically should come easily to the rest of us. It's just that ability to communicate but he has you know he has a very high level of insurencet. So. He he understands deeply the condition that that he has so it it kind of is heightened because of that and it's heartbreaking your heart goes out to him to anyone who has a condition like that because ah to have that level of awareness and know how much they're they're being hindered by it. And tried to get over one hurdle after another it comes through so clearly and I think the fact that it is done in a limitedmpsa timeframe is say 16 minutes it's more effective because I think if it went on for longer this particular film. It would be probably. Repetitionious slightly. So so keeping it keeping it fairly lean and within that 16 minute line frame. It's even more effective and it explains explains the impacts of the condition even better. 20:44.51 ukfilmreview Yeah I mean because I wouldn't say that it couldn't be a feature but I think yeah, the the story elements would have to be very different for it to kind of work that way. Um, and yeah, you'd need some kind of. 20:51.55 Brian Penn Right? Yeah, and. 20:59.00 Brian Penn Yeah, guys so was a journey. Yeah media. Yeah. 20:59.94 ukfilmreview Journey I guess whereas this felt more you did there was a journey there but I think it was more immediate. Um I thought the the lead actor was fabulous. Ah Josh Ward I don't know much about Josh because so he doesn't really have much information. But yeah, really really could performance like it was just absolutely astonishing. 21:07.63 Brian Penn Just So yeah, no yeah. Really good sort. Yeah yeah, yeah polish it? Yeah, do that kind of the trial as the say of your bedtime. It can completely completely be en Gros if your. 21:19.43 ukfilmreview To to do that kind of Portraal and as I say a short period of time you're completely engrossed. There's not ah ah, there's not a bit of that film where you really get to feel calm like you're you're completely charged through the whole film and obviously there's the storytelling. There's the the writing which is great. 21:31.32 Brian Penn Get Ah yeah, you're on edge on you on edge when you're watching it. 21:38.12 ukfilmreview But that performance really does cement it I think because although it it really it makes and breaks it if if that performance isn't up to the standard then it's not going to work. But yeah, great casting. Um, really good performance. No or. 21:40.94 Brian Penn Cement The I think yeah yeah. 21:50.10 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, not an easy part to play either for any answer because you have to show a level of understanding of the condition I mean for example, it going off at a bit of a tangent. But if you look at a film like Rainman with some crews and Dustin Hoffman um 22:07.20 ukfilmreview Um. 22:08.50 Brian Penn Those 2 roles were really challenging to play for both actors because they're they're reacting to to a ah condition that they' both not aware of so that they're trying to get some measure of how the condition it impacts on other people. And that's not easy to do so. There's a real skill there. That's. 22:25.28 ukfilmreview But I don't know. Yeah for all I know Josha has autism. Yeah I don't actually know but what I would say is if he doesn't then what amazing performance if he does what an amazing performance. Yeah, there's no way around it. Yeah. 22:29.75 Brian Penn I No don't yeah yeah I was gonna say Yeah yeah, it's an amazing performance either the way but it's It's very it's a difficult role play generally now. 22:43.94 ukfilmreview I Think it's the sort of film that when you get we were talking earlier about you the caliber a film that we we're being presented with now that not only is that you know it's It's an engrossing emotional story but the filmmaking is on a really good level like you don't have to question that side of it. 22:50.55 Brian Penn Go together about kind. Yeah. 22:59.40 Brian Penn 9 a. 23:03.26 ukfilmreview Um, there's no part of the film that feels like it's been left in for the sake of it Sometimes we get that because I should't know if a short filmmaker has gone out and made a film. They kind of go Oh we spent all day doing this one scene but it's not right for the story they put it in any way just because they don't want to sort of cut it. But here there's no fat at all. It's like the whole thing. 23:13.39 Brian Penn Like this story. Yeah put in any way. Yeah, yeah, no leave Yeah know yeah and you'd think though that. 23:23.20 ukfilmreview Is so lean that you you can't escape any scene Really, it's it's amazing. 23:32.86 Brian Penn How could you possibly have padding in a short film but we know we've seen films that have padding in that there's there's no need for it to be there even in a short film so it calls on a director's editing skills doesn't it really to decide what needs to be and what's fundamental to the story and that you can. 23:34.38 ukfilmreview E. 23:51.22 Brian Penn Theoretically even with a short film half padding have something in there. That's not really needed and it's another discipline that you need you need to you need to carry with you when you're making a short film. 24:00.90 ukfilmreview Absolutely um I want to give a shout out to the supporting cast as well because I thought and Ross Marshall would plays one of the characters sort of a bit of a I don't know a bonehead kind of character I think um and then you've also got Aie Myon who plays the magazine editor who sort of offers to. 24:09.54 Brian Penn Head cutter. Yeah, and by this. 24:17.51 Brian Penn Yeah. 24:18.46 ukfilmreview Give him ah a bit of a chance I think it's one of those films where you don't need a lot of people but you need good people to sort of support. What's going on I've seen that happen too where you get a short film and I know because yeah, they have a limited budget. They're often calling in favors and you know they just want to get someone to come in for a day to do a bit and they don't know this. 24:24.92 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, and if I did they're often calling in favor. Yeah, coming for day do bit and I don't know the. 24:37.84 ukfilmreview The material or I don't know they just don't get the tone right? but that doesn't happen here and I feel also that is indicative of John Clarke's direction to be able to direct these people so well. Um, is is really impressive. It's it's one of those films that. 24:39.69 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 24:45.69 Brian Penn So far correct maybe threat so well a reduce one. So. 24:55.18 ukfilmreview Stood out immediately if we were doing the festival this year it would have been a definite pick. It would have been like yes we we must show that film. But ah, we decided to ah to curb the. 24:56.25 Brian Penn If you do Yeah yeah of course yeah I do that. 25:05.85 ukfilmreview Festival in favor of just talking about films on this podcast instead and to be honest, It's so much more enjoyable for me. Personally, there was a lot of admin with the festival. 25:11.74 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, and of course really, you're trying to cover such a wide area with the festival as well. There are so many films there but here we can we can We can look at we can look in more detail at at films and talk about them in more detail which I think is. 25:16.93 ukfilmreview Oh. 25:28.15 Brian Penn Ah, more useful exercise isn't it really. 25:30.29 ukfilmreview Absolutely and it also allows us sorry that was snapshot before I move on to the next piece. Um I had an email from Mr. Clarke who said the film isn't quite currently. 25:33.20 Brian Penn Before I. 25:38.55 Brian Penn Ah, no, okay so. 25:44.50 ukfilmreview Available now. Obviously this is a time of record so it may that all may change. Um, but it is sort of open to screenings and probably going to be festivals and things. But if you go to Twitter um, there is a handle at a snapshot short snapshot short. Oh my goodness that's hard to say. 25:44.54 Brian Penn Obviously time before that will make things. Yeah. 26:00.26 Brian Penn Yeah, anyway. 26:02.22 ukfilmreview Um, all 1 word. All 1 word and yet you'll be able to keep up to date with what's going on there I think you obviously anyone that loves great short films. Go and follow them anyone. That's very interested in stories of autistic characters. This is a must yeah, you have to see this as incredible. Um. 26:10.29 Brian Penn Enough racism for them very different. 26:15.78 Brian Penn Sure is yeah. 26:20.80 ukfilmreview So yeah, hats off to everyone on a snapshot. It was terrific and what I was going to say it was a really nice segue. But I I fumbled it um, was that the next piece we're going to review. We couldn't have done in the festival because it is rather long. It's a web series. It's 6 hours of ah um. 26:27.66 Brian Penn By oh damn, the. 26:36.23 Brian Penn Rather know that Oh yeah, something with. 26:40.63 ukfilmreview Episodes 8 episodes. It's not something we would have covered in the festival but we are able to cover it in our podcast. So we've opened up a whole new door here which is terrific. Um, we're gonna review the first series of incompleteness. Um, which. 26:44.54 Brian Penn Yeah. So. 26:57.23 ukfilmreview Ah, Jason reviewed he originally reviewed I think an episode or 2 of it then they came back and said the whole um whole series is now available to review so we reviewed it again? Um yeah, it. So this follows several characters. Um or group's characters. They're all connected. Ah so there's a director. 27:02.47 Brian Penn Here is yeah yeah. 27:10.60 Brian Penn Only. 27:17.16 ukfilmreview Um, who's filming and has his writer and his cast. So that's kind of the main setup to begin with and then he's what branches out from there. We meet the director's wife um the writer meets. Ah. 27:22.96 Brian Penn Then me correct without that. Why. 27:29.89 ukfilmreview A woman in the coffee shop and they strike up a relationship and the two actors start dating and they have their kind of relationship I think those are the main threads correct me if I'm three couples. Yeah 3 couples. Yeah, and so the director is so this is in the film by the way not of those the yeah, it's going to be confusing. Ah. 27:30.49 Brian Penn Got the least price the 2 act as. 27:36.35 Brian Penn The main 3 couples aren't they the 3 couples. Yeah. 27:44.86 Brian Penn In the film Probably don't feel. Yeah, it's go be computer. Yeah, we. 27:49.29 ukfilmreview So um, the director has a terminal illness. Um and decides to quit his job and go full-time so wants to make his film because his partner is pregnant with their child and he wants to kind of leave something of himself behind and it's that. 28:03.50 Brian Penn And yeah, yeah, was like gonna say that's yeah, it's probably enough isn't it really. 28:07.26 ukfilmreview I mean that in itself is enough for a whole Tv show right? Um, and then you have the writer of the film who is also a very talented scientist. Oh a mathematician I mean mathematician mathal genius. 28:21.62 Brian Penn Math. Yeah, mathematical Genius I would say yeah. 28:26.83 ukfilmreview Who has not only written this film but has ah come up with a way to change genomes in our Dna that would potentially allow people to stave off illnesses and live forever I mean again. 28:34.49 Brian Penn You know and to be allowes and yeah, yeah, 8 doesn't in there does it and this more. Yeah. 28:42.61 ukfilmreview Way more than enough for its own series. Um, and so he yes he meets a musician slash barista who they then start to have a raceship and then yet then the two actors that are in the film are also having a race ship who kind of struggle with intimacy and certain. 28:51.11 Brian Penn Yeah, used any been thought how to race. 29:01.21 Brian Penn 1 29:02.34 ukfilmreview Times. But then also one wants to go off to live in L a and and run her career whilst the other ones sort a bit more um, attached to it where they live currently and again you know that kind of have its own thread tying it all together I think is a lot of. 29:18.98 Brian Penn Like both kind of like like yeahly. But yeah, how. 29:19.93 ukfilmreview Questions about well kind of science fiction themes like time and relativity. And yeah, how we all are connected maybe at the same time and whether or not fate is a thing or if it's just everything was meant to be but. 29:32.55 Brian Penn Is a thing. Yeah, everything is meant to be yeah, might library. 29:37.25 ukfilmreview In a scientific way. The way they kind of explore it I must say I watched this film this series. Sorry and I thought I wish I was smarter I Really wish I was smart because they're going through some massive themes and I'm struggling to keep ahead. How did you feel with that. 29:44.26 Brian Penn Yeah, ah yeah I I thought I was absolutely engrossed in it I thought it was fascinating I said to you at 1 point didn't I though I wasn't sure I could see all 8 episodes before we got. 29:56.93 ukfilmreview E. 30:03.59 Brian Penn Ah, made this podcast but I managed it. It drew me in because it's that good that you think right? I've got to make time to see all of these episytes. It's absolutely fascinating. But I'm altogether certain I understood all of it but sickly when they're talking about the the. 30:04.92 ukfilmreview Um, there. 30:10.81 ukfilmreview Now. 30:21.49 Brian Penn Ah, theory of incompleteness. The fact that nothing can be proven that all moments are in the future. We have no control over our destiny and we are subject to forces of nature that we are not forces of nature by ourselves. But that's heavy staff that's heavy duty thinking there that. I struggle to keep up with and in some ways that's ah, a strength for the the series and it's also a weakness because you do struggle to keep up with it. The fact that all 3 couples were having the same conversations at some points I'm not sure I understood that I'm not absolutely sure why why? that was there. Why what? it was what it was telling us but you know the idea that the ah the screenwriter kind of Paul I think the screenwriter was called Paul and the director was called Alex the screenwriter paul manages to come manages to come up with an algorithm that unlocks the secret. 31:08.58 ukfilmreview Poll. Yeah yeah. 31:21.11 Brian Penn Or the key to immortality and that you've got this sinister organization that's chasing him that wants control of his work. So it's kind of like you know it's based on 3 key relationships. But it's also like ah it's almost like a conspiracy type thriller as well. 31:39.20 ukfilmreview Yeah, definitely yeah, there was that sense of um, ah, mystery and tension as to like what was going to happen and also they start to reveal some of the characters backgrounds and they're really like dark and sinister the bit where he goes to visit his mom and I was like. 31:39.20 Brian Penn So The yeah. Yeah, like what's gonna happen. 31:48.97 Brian Penn Some of the questions. Yeah, really like yeah yeah, this where because it is not yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, so much here. So great organization but like it's always exactly. 31:56.75 ukfilmreview That was yeah it was terrifying I think there's so much here so rich and there's 8 episodes. But like you said I was exactly the same but because you know what it's like sometimes when we get asked to review something you look to see how log it is you go? How lovely is it and then when I saw it was 6 hours or okay, right I got make time for this. Um and then ah when I started watching it I was like. 32:05.56 Brian Penn Sometimes after review. Yeah, love yeah I know yeah was yeah I'll make five days I know and I and they know what I watching? Yeah, but yeah, this is why I'll work for yeah. 32:16.58 ukfilmreview Yeah, no, this is fine I'll watch more of this this is up to but especially Paul's scenes I must say I found him riveting because he has this kind of like nihilistic approach to what he's talking about and he he seems quite dangerous because he doesn't because of what he's been able to unlock. It's almost like he's lost his sense of value. 32:24.48 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 32:33.77 Brian Penn Yeah, in life. 32:36.12 ukfilmreview In life and he you can't quite see the beauty in things anymore that he's talking about things in really sort of dark severe tie that phrases. So yeah, it was really interesting. 32:39.40 Brian Penn you think? yeah, you might be yeah dark. Yeah, so yeah, it. Yeah paul paul problem I mean they're all strong characters really in their own way. Um, because they all have their own sort of space within the series because they they do focus on certain characters at certain zones but paul it paul comes across as the ultimate scientist doesn't he that he has that degree of detachment and can so can so speak almost dispassionly about himself I mean. There were some really interesting exchanges between him and his girlfriend where he tries to explain the way he feels and his the relationship with his mother. It's almost like he's talking about somebody else. You know that is ah the true scientist who can be completely unemotional. The the idea that you can talk without emotion and not not have any kind of ah what he say it's it's difficult to put into work words of unsullable but he's very different. You know, ease in contrast to alex who's a very human characters a very. Emotional because of what he's going through. He's he's the emotional one and paul is the is the cold one slightly and but the what I think's interesting there though is that this is a film about a film being made isn't it and the the um. 34:03.78 ukfilmreview Um, yeah. 34:06.74 Brian Penn That relationship between the director and the writer between ax and Paul does give you some idea of what the friction must be between director and writer on a film where they don't always share the same vision. They don't always have the same ideas. The director is rewriting everything that the the writer does that does give you some insight. Into what what the dynamics are between the creators on the film as well. So there's that side of it. It's multilayered multilayered very Hyperin intelligent and it's only real weaknesses that it could lose a lot of people because of that. Yeah. 34:39.00 ukfilmreview Yeah, because one of the things that I was struggling with certainly by the sort of latter episodes was when you've got the dialogue overlapping is in so there's scenes and the Dialogue's happening and it's happened maybe in the film or it's happened in another scene. 34:52.96 Brian Penn Into the bottle. Maybe the billboard. Yeah yeah I was then and I and I yeah yeah sent. 34:58.40 ukfilmreview I was then having to current aware where where were they talking about that before but I and then you kind of want to be able to go back and and check that. But I think that is also really part of it. It's like this sense of in the universe is it that all we are are just these sort of playthings for. 35:14.33 Brian Penn These little ba things. Whatever ask going on. Yeah and. 35:16.83 ukfilmreview Whatever is actually going on and um, it's it like going to suddenly reveal itself or not and yeah, there's ah, there's a lot of scientific depth here to an already kind of ah thick storyline. There's always there's already plenty here to play with. 35:27.54 Brian Penn And. Story like ready. Yeah. 35:36.28 ukfilmreview You because you remind me of watching like a christopher Noblelin Film I was like there's I I need to get a yeah Ph D to to understand some of this but not in a way that was offpuing. It was more that I kind of wished I knew a bit more that was all you know. 35:38.72 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, and I and I no I yeah it it makes you curious. It does what any good film. 35:53.23 ukfilmreview M. 35:56.25 Brian Penn Tv series should do is make you curious and draw you in and want to see more and the fact that all 8 episodes were there were available. You could you could binge watch it. You could watch it like a box set and that makes you even more determined to get into it and not be beaten by. It is challenging. Is challenging. But as I say some people might find that off pussy. You need to have an open mind and it might it might be worth doing some research into Godel who who pioneer the theory of incompleteness. Um, but. You've really got to you've really got to be ready for that I started to read up on it a bit. oh oh god no but you know, but it's there and it as the same I think we that films and Tv dramas are there to challenge us, you know and and incompleteness stuns that. And does it very well. 36:51.19 ukfilmreview Yeah, so the series itself was written and directed by David Ash um so if you're looking up, you'll see I want to put his name in but it is absolutely ripping. It's a sort of thing that you you'd watch on say like Amazon prime or something and just. 36:54.19 Brian Penn Data. 37:00.72 Brian Penn You. 37:06.50 Brian Penn Yeah. 37:06.80 ukfilmreview You would watch the whole thing. Yeah, if you if you got time. Um I I found it to be also one of those things I don't have because we were watching it I I watched it probably over ah 2 or 3 nights I think that I was I was thinking about it a lot I was thinking I was out because 1 bit I so I I dropped my. 37:19.84 Brian Penn Thinking? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, and I. 37:26.24 ukfilmreview Phone on the bedroom floor and I couldn't pick it up. Okay, you know and you go pick something and then it kind of slips out of your hand again. It happened 2 or 3 times and I was questioning I was great is this fate is this his fate am I not meant to pick my phone up right now because I had really done a number on me I thought is I don't know what's real anymore is this is this real like yeah or you just. 37:37.57 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, it Yeah, it's thought provoking isn't it and who's to say that it that it's wrong. You know we we we we try to make sense of life. Don't we and why things happen in the way they do. 37:44.66 ukfilmreview Pawns. 37:56.67 Brian Penn And who's to say the theory that's being set out. There is wrong could be right? It could be wrong. It could be in the middle. It could be half right and half wrong who knows but that's the beauty of it isn't it. That's the beauty of life that life is a mystery and this is just one way of making sense of it of everything. 38:05.92 ukfilmreview Ccc. Absolutely. So yeah, that's incompleteness again. We watch that with a password protected link. So it's not as far as I aware available I'm just going to see if my little chat with. Even it's saying anything. Um, no let me just double check that. But I do recommend the obviously's seeking them out and see if you can get hold of anything because yeah, really really powerful. Um, let's just check. 38:32.98 Brian Penn Do some videos? yeah. Oh yeah, yeah. 38:44.50 ukfilmreview So yeah, this one Vimeo there's a trailer if you go read the review on our website. There's a trailer. Ah, there's a website incompleteness. The series dot com and there is also a Facebook page incompleteness. The series is the all 1 word. Um, so yeah, you can certainly find out more. 38:49.74 Brian Penn Oh. 38:57.73 Brian Penn Yeah, so. 39:01.39 ukfilmreview About it. I recommend trying the website first because that's normally the best place to start? Um, so that was incompleteness and we're going to move on now to a feature length film. Um comedy horrorra thriller drama bits potential I thought sci-fi I think I was wrong. Um. Feature film called lady governess directed by Tito Wiley and starring Lucia Goya bets ah you want to take the synopsis on this one right. 39:22.18 Brian Penn Jumping it. Oh right? yeah. 39:33.28 Brian Penn Yeah, okay, then so yeah, so it stars lucia gorebets who's the sister of the director Tito Wiley plays says it's a two character film. She plays both characters. Um. 39:47.33 Brian Penn 1 is the lady of the house. She's not identified any further and her newly appointed housekeeper Karen who who wears a a ginger wick throughout the throughout the film just a distinguisher from from the lady of the house. Obviously um, both it. It's. So. It's it's multilaided in in many ways because you can read a lot a lot in into it. They both appear to be hiding secrets of some description but they become strangely dependent on each other and it follows their relationship developing where she where Karen becomes not only a housekeeper. But her guiding light her lady governess which is where the title of the film comes from and it gets to a point where they become so dependent on each other that the the lady of the house feels that she has to break free. But of course the Karen follows her to another another home that she has. And the plot gradually. Ah unravels and we learn more about both characters. But it's to me what I got from it. It's it's very suggestive of um also egos being at play in some ways. That's the way you could read it. 41:01.84 ukfilmreview Um. 41:02.91 Brian Penn But then it could be that someone has got themselves into a relationship that's abusive, but there are things about the lady of the house that are revealed that affect their relationship and affects Karen and the way way she behaves with her so there's all kinds of strands going on there. Potentially. If you read it in a certain way. But really what I found most impressive about this is that the director Tito Wiley is only sixteen years old um what an outstanding achievement for a sixteen year old with no budget. He directed edited and co-write the scripts. Is pretty down good going really when you look at what's there you could pick it apart and say there are things wrong with it. But of course there would be It's not going to be perfect. But I really enjoy it again. Very challenging, very challenging piece just like incompleteness because it is suggesting a lot of things going on there. But you could in your own mind. You could argue against it and find something else going on. But. 42:01.99 ukfilmreview Yeah, because when I read I think Joe Beck reviewed it on the website. Um I read Joe's room he said about being a young director and then when I we watched the film. There's a little note from the director about his age and the fact there was his sister they filmed it kind of like. 42:12.10 Brian Penn Then where we watch from is a little note. Yeah of yeah one why you can of. 42:22.20 ukfilmreview Um, at the home and then on holiday. So right away you're kind of going okay like this is going to be. It's not going to be a fully polished piece. Yeah, the the the 3 we've already reviewed actually a very high that production values. This didn't have. 42:29.58 Brian Penn The other body 9 42:34.90 Brian Penn Very yeah, but yeah, not like but we go. 42:39.51 ukfilmreview High production value so you can immediately sort of dis disregard that but in terms of what you get, there's a lot of story here. There's a lot of fascinating character work between the 2 very well drawn characters. It's also a film. Yeah, we talk a lot about um the limitations. 42:45.49 Brian Penn Yeah, there's a lot of story there. There's a lot of fascinating. 42:52.60 Brian Penn Right is always Character. So. Yeah, yeah, really? yeah I think. 42:58.92 ukfilmreview Ah, filmmakers. Yeah, it's it's been very ambitious with what it's got and not getting too far off the Mark. There's some scenes here that are genuinely disturbing genuinely sort of you. You watch me. Wow. And then there's other bits which are genuinely funny the bit where she hands her the drawing I I was killing myself laughing that was so funny. Um you at first I'll hold my hands up I didn't realize that it was the same actress paying both characters that i. 43:16.49 Brian Penn The the I'm. 43:26.50 Brian Penn Oh really? yeah. 43:30.71 ukfilmreview Ah, for a few minutes for a few minutes I was sorry. Okay so got too cut then I realize but I don't think I was quite sort of switched on enough but what but her performance or or performance is are very good I think the the the wig and the costume I guess could could have been a bit better. Um, but. 43:39.70 Brian Penn What we did Oh very good I think. 43:45.90 Brian Penn Well yeah I wanted to. 43:48.67 ukfilmreview I think they obviously wanted to do that kind of drastically different appearance and obviously didn't have a massive budget for it. Um, but I think Joe talks to us in the review about the way that they filmed it was very cleverly done that you you know lots of these angles where your ones on one side once or the other but they're talking as if they're talking in real time and it was brilliant. It was. 43:52.16 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. But they still very yeah yeah yeah. 44:08.57 ukfilmreview It was really engaging I did I think of all the films there that we're talking about it probably did have the most pacing issues. There's some pacing issues in it I don't know if that's because of the limitations of the filmmaking or if it is but maybe the story is not quite as. 44:17.28 Brian Penn Most Pasty is yeah known if. 44:26.17 Brian Penn Story Yeah I'm wondering. 44:28.20 ukfilmreview Long enough I'm wondering if this was more of a 40 minute or 30 minute short what did you think about the the length. 44:31.36 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, and I I mean I think you you could see what they were trying to do and you can see obviously what the limitations are but the um lengthwise it probably would have been best if it was a little bit shorter but the editing generally I thought was excellent. Particularly where you got 1 a playing both roles and as you just touched on where they had to spend ah they would have to spend a lot of time working out the angles because the shots of Karen from behind you could tell it was somebody ah a lot taller than than a. 44:51.63 ukfilmreview E are. 45:05.34 ukfilmreview 50 45:09.32 Brian Penn The lady of the house and you thought well that's probably him isn't it playing the um playing the the but the back of Karen but that's what you need to do that's what you have to do. 45:15.89 ukfilmreview Yeah, yeah, and that if anything as well that obviously there's the creative elements That's like fair play you get the shot. However, you go get a shot but there's also the sense with this film because it is a little bit weird. It is a little bit odd that those things almost kind of. 45:23.20 Brian Penn But like yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it does. Yeah, it does. 45:34.10 ukfilmreview Enhance it. It makes it a little bit more unhinged. Um, and there is a sense of mystery going on and like you say I think there is a lot of layers to this about what we're being presented with what are these 2 characters or are there even 2 characters there. Yeah I think there is a lot of questions. Um I thought yeah there was a chance. 45:45.73 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 45:53.63 ukfilmreview Could this person be from another world because of the way that she acts the way that she kind of presents herself or even yeah, the voice now she turns up and all that stuff that it was giving you a lot of mystery around what was actually being shown. Um I think there's also. 45:54.32 Brian Penn The yeah the the voice. Yeah yeah, the voice. Yeah yeah. 46:06.27 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 46:12.38 ukfilmreview I Found the to the lady of the house I'm guessing the title character lady Lady Governess I'm not sure but her ah kind of sorrow because she's a widow and that she kind of had lost her place in the world and needed. She was kind of betting on this person to sort of. 46:16.29 Brian Penn Yeah. 46:25.51 Brian Penn Yeah, kind of second. 46:31.18 ukfilmreview Bring her back. You know whether or not she could sort of trust people again that I thought that was actually quite powerful is that this is really like emotional they've they've done well to create something here that is charged that is engaging. Yeah I thought I you explore these ideas of like suicide because she's got a gun and stuff. So yeah, that. 46:31.46 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, create some. Engaging. Yeah yeah, Yeahp Yeah,, there's so there's a hell of a lot of depth there and like like most independent films that we look at you have to appreciate the context as well because you. 46:51.26 ukfilmreview There's a lot there. 47:00.14 Brian Penn When you when we Chris seek an independent film. We don't do it in the same way as we would with a hollywood block buttbuster because of the economies. The scale that they have the money they have to spend. They don't have that anything comparable in independent filmmaking. That's part of its appeal the edginess the rawness that you get. That comes across in this film particularly gives it that kind of add equality as well. But no, you've got to be impressed by that you know taking everything into account that it was just this sixteen year old kid and his older sister away in a holiday thinking. How much. We don't know how much preparation went into the film. How long you've been working on the scripts or they co-write the scripts I think together didn't they but you know that is good going and you you look back to the the best directors Scorsese Spielberg they all started out making a film something like this didn't they you know in their in ah in the garage or in the study or the basment or somewhere they make a film that was the the very beginning of what they were doing and teta wiley you know that is a pretty good start. 47:56.31 ukfilmreview In. 48:12.89 Brian Penn It's not a bad first entry you cv is it really? but. 48:13.77 ukfilmreview No at all I mean if you were to take out the the scenes that were really terrified. That's a great show real already. You've already got a fantastic sort of examples of your work. Um, as I say as it is as a feature I did feel it was. It is a little bit stretched and I think also the. 48:19.48 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. 48:29.54 Brian Penn There? yeah. 48:33.66 ukfilmreview When you're watching something that isn't high value production values that there is always that sense of view. The enjoyment starts to sort of waver um a bit but that being said it was still gripping. Got very creepy, especially when she sort of catches up to her her like she they they. 48:40.11 Brian Penn Stuff. Yeah, we said it was the very right? yeah. 48:50.89 Brian Penn Stay That's right? Yeah yeah, and she ran all the way run all the waycycl. Yeah, yeah, yeah, there's an audience. 48:51.16 ukfilmreview The the lady goes to stay somewhere else and then she catches up with it was really really creepy. Yeah, how did you get a I ran ah that that was it was starting to get really creepy and and there's often a an audience for this sort of film low budget Horror. There's an audience for that. And I think this would you I can imagine it Um, having a home on something like shudder the the horror platform you know because also people there are quite forgiving of production values and they are also more interested in unique voices. That's what you get a lot with this this part of our show that we get a lot of unique voices that haven't been. 49:10.37 Brian Penn You could. Yeah, yeah, Absolutely yeah. 49:21.46 Brian Penn unique voices. Yeah, get a lot. Yeah, ah yeah lot. 49:30.24 ukfilmreview Diluted or corrupted by any other voice. It's just the people that come to make the film. It's not like exacts going. Oh yeah, but the audience are going to want a bit of flesh. Let's do this. It's like no they they just want to tell their story and I think they're often as well picking out themes that are really. 49:30.60 Brian Penn It over if I up. Yeah, yeah, bit of yeah,, let's do this.. It's like. 49:48.10 ukfilmreview Heavy hitting and exploring them really really well and I think lady the lady governess does that expertly really good. 49:48.70 Brian Penn Heavy. Yeah yeah, no does Yeah I enjoyed it. I was quietly impressed with it. You know I think you make it make a good point because you know with a bigger budget when more money's thrown it whoever is financing ah any film will. Rub the edges off of a story won't they they'll polish it more and that's what you get here. You get that kind of degree of rawness which is what will put it into cult slices for horror fans because it is it leans more source horror than thriller or anything else. Really, you know. 50:17.79 ukfilmreview E. 50:25.65 Brian Penn So that's probably where where it lies but I mean it's It's a good start for info. 50:30.97 ukfilmreview If they do raise any money for for ah another version I would say at least buy maybe a different week I'm not sure it is so it was pinky ready kind of color wasn't it here. 50:35.62 Brian Penn I know it was that ginger or pink or I couldn't quite work it out really yeah, know? Yeah but but that look there you go you know it's kind of like it's make do am men doesn't it I it's what it seems to me. They grab the very first thing that resembles a wig and like. Like put that on kind of thing you know, go with it and go with it. Yeah, no good for them. 50:57.12 ukfilmreview And go with it. You know, get it done. That's what I so and if you are gonna get it done. Um, you can see more about Tito Wiley and his films on Instagram he's tito underscore Wiley and also a Youtube channel at Tito Wiley movies 51:09.42 Brian Penn A. 51:13.27 ukfilmreview 6 1 3 6 I don't know who all the other six odd Thousand Tito Wilis are but please move over here come on. We've got an aspiring filmmaker coming on through here. Um, so that was lady governess and a feature we're going to go to another short now. 51:17.32 Brian Penn Ah, yeah, and I Yeah yeah. 51:31.28 ukfilmreview Um, and this one is directed by Jeremy Stewart it's called dipsomaniac and written by Danny Zlk I think I'm hoping I'm pronouncing that right who also plays one of the central characters called how who is having a birthday event on a. 51:35.46 Brian Penn And. 51:44.24 Brian Penn Is having a yeah yeah. 51:50.71 ukfilmreview I'm guessing. It's called a party bus ah party bus in the day with his friend played by Ben Rosenthal who is called Tim and it becomes evident that there's a lot of issues going on in Howe's life right now. Um, and yes this this. 52:06.73 Brian Penn Yeah, you by traffic? Yeah yeah, and the female. 52:08.89 ukfilmreview Day event with 2 people on a party bus might be a little bit more tragic than we thought and at one point some strippers turn up and there's a male and a female one which I found was quite funny and it gets a bit bit strange then a whole load of um. 52:24.50 Brian Penn Audio. 52:25.35 ukfilmreview Random as come onto the bus and kind of have a bit a party with them but throughout this we start to realize that Howe was a bit more of a damaged character and um, there could be more to it than meets the eye. We see a bit of substance abuse and. 52:34.14 Brian Penn A damage. Yeah, the I see yeah, dont want say anymore. No no got I guys. 52:44.86 ukfilmreview Yeah, clearly some mental health issues as well. Don't want to say anymore and with the request to the plot is better kind by the way guys apologies if there's been any spoilers tonight. It's It's very difficult with shorts in particular to not say something that's in the film. Um, but yeah, what did you think of dipsomaniac. 52:54.65 Brian Penn Take? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it worked for me, you know I think once you get past the yeah I mean the 2 kept main characters how and ah light chalk and cheese aren't they they're supposed to be best friends, but. 53:03.48 ukfilmreview And. 53:12.43 ukfilmreview Um. 53:13.63 Brian Penn How is this loud heonistic guy who wants to live life sort of full but Sim is this terribly sensible doll. Earnest man who's just turned up for his his mate's birthday past here and it's just the turbines to begin with. But I think underneath that kind of initial sort of froth and contrasting Cures. There's a lot going on there I mean it's dealing with a lot of a lot of major themes. It's dealing with with addiction and mental health and also I think the um. 53:48.53 Brian Penn The the goal that was driving the bus I think she's an interesting character that rain that's it. Yeah, she's an interesting character that you you get to know better as sign words and I would like to have heard more from her because there was you get the feeling. There was more lurking underneath. Um, obviously it's so. 53:50.24 ukfilmreview There are rain. Is it rain? Yeah yeah. 54:07.60 Brian Penn It does turn slightly sinister towards the end but you know that's the edge it has but I think it's an interesting piece and does the job. It does the job. Well it it does what it? What it it it achieves what it sets out to do and that's the. Tell the story of 2 contrasting characters. 1 is very dysfunctional and the other one is try is trying to be normal but living this very boost fueled evening together. 54:40.90 ukfilmreview And I think the the way that the characters are presented is quite sort of visceral. You've got this glitching that keeps happening and it's slightly sort of shakiness to to them the way they're being presented and it it kind of a nerves you as a view you're watching it thinking. 54:45.55 Brian Penn Just happening like think you? yeah. 54:59.61 ukfilmreview Because if you were to the surface level of this. It could feel like a kind of um, simple comedy sketch. You know it's all oh it's just like 2 blokes on a party bus and all havocreaks but you get this sense that there's more going on here that it makes you kind of question what you're being presented with and it makes you question what's going on. 55:00.62 Brian Penn What success that been like hundred again. Yeah people let. 55:11.72 Brian Penn Since it is more going on here. They yeah presenting to questions going on. 55:17.88 ukfilmreview And I think you really get ah hooked into in particular how this character the carring of what is what is what his yeah was his problem I guess and but in a way that was not too heavy. It wasn't like a sense of eyes really going to throw into that. 55:22.67 Brian Penn Character What was croright I guess. 55:36.80 ukfilmreview There were bits that were funny and there were bits I mean this is a few of the films we reviewed Actually that's kind of separated into chapters I think the previous one was as well. Um, that that also gave you a sense of something is unraveling here because why would you? yeah do that? Why would you segment it and I think that was kind of important. Obviously we don't want to give anything away but it was important. 55:36.28 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. 55:49.73 Brian Penn Yeah, like not should be for that Probably state award. 55:55.97 ukfilmreview That that was there and I'm always in all filmmakers that are just so intelligent. They've kind of made something that there's so many levels to this I couldn't I couldn't write anything like that I couldn't certainly see it through to a piece that's been made. Um that with dipsomaniac I felt that. 56:03.47 Brian Penn There's so many levels to it right? end of that reality. See it through no. 56:13.87 ukfilmreview You're in very good hands. The filmmakers know what they're doing they they keep you on this ride and as you said even a character like rain. Um, that's on a ah side character you do feel Oh I'm want to know more about you. This was one of those films where actually ah. 56:14.49 Brian Penn Because they want to do? Yeah why and I think that. 56:23.28 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. 56:28.79 ukfilmreview I Felt maybe you could have done with it slightly longer almost to give you a bit more of of what's happened and how did they get here and what's going on. But even as it is. It's very potent, very powerful. You come away definitely affected by it. Um, we have without you can't go into why but there there's this. 56:30.36 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, light. Yeah yeah look I on. 56:47.00 ukfilmreview There's a lot there for viewers in ah in a short space of time I don't think it was that long. Um, so yeah, dipsomaniac um, very very good effective film. Let's just check see if you can't see it ah Donny Z so 56:50.50 Brian Penn Yeah, no, so yeah, yeah, very very effective. 57:06.25 ukfilmreview Yeah, there's 9 db page is an Instagram page a dipso maniac underscore film. Um, yeah I I check that if you can and hello to Jeremy Stewart who recommended us. Um, he's a fan which is always nice, always nice to be yeah. 57:14.32 Brian Penn That good journey do report. Good stuff and. 57:25.14 ukfilmreview Um, obviously that's the director. So ah, Danny was the one who submitted who wrote it and stars in it. So yeah, it's just nice to have you guys part of the Uk film review experience and um, yeah, thank you here. Thank you for sharing your your terrific film with us. Um, also with this sort of film with dipsmania I feel that. 57:27.38 Brian Penn Method Smith I yeah like to yeah, nice experience. Paul the family. Yeah. 57:44.60 ukfilmreview It would not surprise me if next year we get an email say hey guys we're we're crowdfunding for a feature for that film. Yeah, we're going to make it into a feature like and I will be all totally on board. But yeah, that sounds great. 57:51.22 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, well the potentials there I mean with some some shorts that we look at you know that that's it. It's self-contained. It's finished. It's done but we know we've seen some short features that you know have got potential that this almost feels like an ahe of cf like it kind of a starter. For the main course it does it does sets up a feature length movie quite well it does it really? Well so I wouldn't be surprised either. Yeah. 58:21.80 ukfilmreview They go ah dipsomaniac. Ah, they also go read Jason's review on the website and on there you'll be able to see the trailer. It's only a thirty second trailer so it's worth having a look at that and see if it's your cup of tea. Um. 58:25.78 Brian Penn Strength interview on the on there. You're gonna see right? yeah. 58:36.52 ukfilmreview Moving on to our last film of the episode potentially the last film review of the year last film review of turning on when you're listening to this. Um we are going to review short film flight into darkness. 58:39.73 Brian Penn Lost you? Yeah um, yeah. 58:50.21 ukfilmreview Ah, directed by Alexander Ratta who I interviewed very recently actually on the website. Yeah I did a very interesting conversation. Um, so yeah, go check that out on the website. Um, but yeah flight into darkness you review distant you on the site. 58:53.42 Brian Penn Oh ditching. Um good one good stuff? Yeah yeah. 59:02.97 Brian Penn I did review this? Yeah okie do then? So it's starring martinina g griiner and Vojo Van bruva I hope I pronounced his name correctly I do apologize if I haven't but yes, so okay, what we got here. 59:05.82 ukfilmreview Bryants. Well I think you must go over to you for the synopsis. 59:22.22 Brian Penn Ah, Maria is a troubled soul who contemplates a new life in buenos airre far away from our old existence in Vienna however, her controlling older brother Daniel has something of a hold over her as a doctor he would have some insight into Maria's physical and mental health but how well does Daniel Noah and how much emotional baggage is buried below the surface. The past is never far behind as Maria recalls a highly charged encounter an evening of heavy drinking with an old friend gives her food for th thought now Maria and Daniel are complex characters with many moving parts. We can draw inferences from the dialogue that occasionally feels fragmented. There is a sense that Maria only has an illusion of choice and her path in life seems predetermined and cannot be altered and this is a bit like ah incompleteness actually now I'll think of it. Um. 01:00:12.39 ukfilmreview Sit it. 01:00:15.31 Brian Penn Her relationship with Daniel is pivotal to the overall narrative and can also beured in a number of ways although ridddled with ambiguousity. There is no denying the visual power of the piece. It's underpinned by occasional voiceovers that give the film an episodic film. There is a heavily stylized intro where Maria sits on a pier as the voiceover waxes lyrical. It can almost be a 1960 s tv advert for Christian Deorr there is an overriding thing. The story is too big for a short film format which is probably the only drawback but. Fair play to all concerned. This is a solid piece of filmmaking that deserves due credit. 01:00:54.78 ukfilmreview So yeah, obviouslyryan, that's ah part for the review I think and also you do go read the interview where I talk to Alex he goes into sort of the background of the film. It was originally planned as a stage piece. Um, yeah, and it I think it would work. But. 01:01:06.17 Brian Penn I Could see that yeah I think. 01:01:11.83 ukfilmreview As it is I think it is a very potent powerful short film. Um I really felt immersed in the yeah Maria's plight and was absolutely kind of captivated by Daniel's like presence and the way he was controlling her that. 01:01:18.21 Brian Penn Like yeah city. 01:01:26.32 Brian Penn Presence And yeah, yeah, yeah I think so yeah, definitely yeah yeah. 01:01:30.10 ukfilmreview Gaslighting going on there I think and you know questioning her mental health and there's a little bit where yeah she talks about the letter ahpologies If then this is sort of breing the sport spoil the territory but there's a letter that she's given him that basically kind of hands over her control of her. 01:01:48.14 Brian Penn You was a ba band. Yeah Yeahs you. 01:01:48.65 ukfilmreview So for future but she wants it back and he kind of says oh I got rid of it and he sort of looks a bit shifty at that time and I think there's a lot there that you sort of feel. There's so much mystery between these 2 characters and what's happened. There's a bit of as you say ah in your review that they're playing I think with the sort. 01:01:58.48 Brian Penn Yeah, what happened. 01:02:06.38 ukfilmreview Timelines of when things have happened and what came before when and what's going to happen afterwards that you feel almost as lost as Maria like you feel that you're in her struggle because you're trying to sort of get to grips of exactly what's going on. It's only those bits like you say when she's on the rooftop that you feel almost sort of tranquil and. 01:02:07.22 Brian Penn Wendynding. Yeah, what Land yeah is not yeah, you'll be doing. Yeah yeah, what's going on. It's only. 01:02:23.00 Brian Penn Still with yeah if you came into. 01:02:25.57 ukfilmreview Ah, bit of yeah, she's able to Rise above all of the noise and cacophony of goings on that you get a bit clarity. But yeah, it's It's a really intense watch. 01:02:29.40 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it is. It's a good way of describing it. It's the word. It's intense. You know the I've not read them I've not read the novella by our Arthur schnitzler. But I think it is it. The fact that you said it was contemplated as stage playing that really makes sense to me because it could really unfold on stage really well and be ah, an excellent play potentially but you just feel that it's too big for a short film format. That's what what comes through all the time you think there's so much more here. 01:02:56.57 ukfilmreview Me. 01:03:07.54 Brian Penn It's just bubbling below the surface but there isn't the science to expand on it so you have ah the character is basically being fleshed out and it it's very effective and in the way it's done. You know it's very good a lot The Visuals a love the way it looks I Love the look at the film. It's very you know it's very constantal isn't it. 01:03:25.17 ukfilmreview E. 01:03:27.40 Brian Penn You know it's got that kind of European edge that I Love you know it's very styish and I do like that a lot. But again, there's so much more there that they just couldn't They couldn't tell you but it's kind of it's Inferring. It's hintting at what could light lie beneath the surface. What's behind these characters. What's their motivation. That's what we always say isn't it for all currents portrayed on Screen. What's their motivation. Why are they doing it. Why are they behaving in the way as they are you know and that's what you got here is that it kind ofnacks at you You think God There's so much more here but needs to come out but you don't necessarily see it. 01:04:03.67 ukfilmreview And and that's always interesting isn't it. You know if you talked to about a few films in this episode where we sort of said whether or not we wanted more or perhaps less that definitely with flight into darkness wanted more I think I agree wholeheartedly that it's a much bigger piece if it was wanted to be. However. 01:04:05.63 Brian Penn For obvious reasons. Clever, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, more or it's a much bigger. Yeah. 01:04:23.60 ukfilmreview It still works in its current format because of the sense of Maria's struggle her plight. Yeah, it almost feeling like you can't get to grips with it. It feeling like you are struggling to keep up with the narrative is a real reminiscent of what she's going through and um, what. 01:04:28.10 Brian Penn Yeah, yeahly, yeah, we 7 Yeah, definitely I think. 01:04:42.15 ukfilmreview What's happening to her. There's that sense and I think you know that's always interesting to consider like like with um, the short we did earlier John Clark's snapshot. It's that sense of giving you a taste of what the character is experiencing is almost almost more important than delivering like a. 01:04:48.79 Brian Penn Yeah experience. Yeah yeah, so all of more. 01:04:59.75 ukfilmreview Ah, normal narrative. Yeah traditional narrative for for the viewer and I'm always yeah recently I've seen a lot of things about um creativity in the modern age and they're talking about what what artistic people are doing with the rise of Ai and things like that that often. 01:05:01.77 Brian Penn You yeah. 01:05:07.25 Brian Penn Made it was to keep doing I bit often. 01:05:17.14 ukfilmreview They're not able to deliver the stories that they want or or in this case, they are. They're able to sort. Actually you know this is how I wanted to present it. This is how I want to do it and it's not for the audience. It's for me like maybe I want to explore something that's important to me and yeah, whether or not viewers engage with it is kind of by the by. So. 01:05:18.63 Brian Penn Deliveratory one or for in this case, they are. 01:05:23.66 Brian Penn Yeah, it's not. Maybe I go school. Yeah yeah, course looks like more of viewers engage base on by by yeah there doesn. 01:05:36.19 ukfilmreview There is that sense of that. But I think within with flights into darkness. Yeah definitely I felt that it could have benefited from being longer and expanding more on what was going on and giving you all that it didn't necessarily have to tie everything together. But I just think that you do come away a little bit frustrated from the sense of okay oh. 01:05:42.73 Brian Penn I Mean yeah, didn't necessarily I no I straight? yeah. 01:05:54.69 ukfilmreview Right? Well I don't feel satisfied with that I don't feel that I got everything I wanted from it. 01:05:55.72 Brian Penn Right? Yeah, you know, but yeah, but you see the thing is the fact that I mean I gave it 3 stars which it's good. You know, no doubt it's good. It's very well done. But the fact that I felt a degree of frustration shows. How much I rated it as a story. 01:06:10.81 ukfilmreview In. 01:06:13.40 Brian Penn Because it's not given me enough. It's not satisfying from ah from a view as my from my point of view. Yeah, yeah, oh. 01:06:18.96 ukfilmreview But you want more I think that's what's key. It's not like oh I like ah yeah I wasn't satisfied. It's more I wanted more of that. It'd be like yeah I have a great meal when someone goes. Oh yeah, but I'm going to give you half plate you but no I want more of that and so like it is a compliment and obviously yeah, like we said with them. 01:06:26.20 Brian Penn I wanted more if yeah, yeah, great meal is I gonna give you off. Yeah, exactly like physically is it title. Yeah see like you said to that. 01:06:37.93 ukfilmreview Some manly I wouldn't be surprised if yeah, we get ah an email saying. Oh yeah, you're know we're doing a feature length. And yeah, we'd we'd love to show it to you and I think this film is is a few years old now and so but I think when I interviewed Alexander he was saying that they've got a. 01:06:38.37 Brian Penn Be yeah things. Oh yeah, you know we're doing the beach like yeah yeah, we up go yeah, definite's what years old? Yeah yeah I. 01:06:53.56 ukfilmreview Ah, studio a different um studio that they're kind of working with creating lots of films and they're like raising money for different films and so I don't think necessarily that's on the cards. Why I might be wrong. Um, pickco studio I think it's called piicosudio.com you can check out more about the different projects and things and if you go to my interview. 01:06:58.83 Brian Penn So and they the value got so qualifie I love your own 5 Yeah and you here um, probably yeah, might be. 01:07:12.32 ukfilmreview Which is on the website's quite easy to find if you go to interviews on the main menu. You'll see the one with Alexander is the first one depending on when you're listening to this but there's lots of links in that to like I think you can even watch the film. There's a link to watching the film online some of their other films. Um. 01:07:13.81 Brian Penn That one. 01:07:25.20 Brian Penn On excellent. 01:07:29.28 ukfilmreview Interesting to see what other people thought of this yeah because like say I did feel similar to you I did feel that I wanted its belong but I did also enjoy it in the the length that it was because of the what it was reflecting. 01:07:31.95 Brian Penn I did film 7 I wanted it to go so enjoy it. Yeah, the Linkedin it was yeah it definitely works in. It's in its current format. Absolutely no question it does. But yeah, yeah, very impressed again. Very impressed. Yeah. 01:07:47.79 ukfilmreview Ah, so yeah, that's flight into darkness and say if you want to find out more and indeed even watch it just head to our website and click interviews or search Alexandra Ratta and you'll see the interview that I did. Worth a read as well. I just you find out more about his filmmaking and the studio that they've got set up and what they're doing sounds very exciting I think they're also looking for investors and things. So if that's sounds like your cup of tea. Ah, do go for it and yeah. 01:08:09.48 Brian Penn Doing something very exciting sort of investors things. Like you? yeah. 01:08:19.31 ukfilmreview That is the end of our in the only episode. Thank you if you've stayed with us and and listened to our reviews of all these films and hopefully some of them take your fancy and you might want to check them out online do get in touch with us all with the filmmakers. You know if you heard it here and and decided to watch it because. 01:08:23.51 Brian Penn So. 01:08:39.35 ukfilmreview It's great if we're able to shine a light on some of these films and get people to watch them and at least talk about what the different storylines are doing and what these themes are being explored are because as I say the caab of filmmaking out is incredible and it seems. 01:08:40.29 Brian Penn Design a light that somebody builds Scan what. 01:08:53.73 Brian Penn Something not. But I mean see now. 01:08:57.46 ukfilmreview Now more than ever is harder to find these yeah great stories and these great filmmakers and we're very very lucky where we are because they get in touch with us. They come to us and say look you know we've we've got these films and we we go through them. But yeah, hopefully um, you found. 01:09:02.35 Brian Penn Great stories. These grace films are very lucky again, but not as they look. So. 01:09:15.21 ukfilmreview But we said interesting and you want to check them out more? Um, so yeah, that's the end of the year's episodes what a year ah I want to say a big thank you to Brian because you have been an absolute stalwart. You've been incredible reviewing all this yeah. 01:09:21.84 Brian Penn Yeah, Wow Yeah I'm afraid I. 01:09:31.35 Brian Penn Uminema name Also up building Indian short. Yeah, whatever. But. 01:09:32.81 ukfilmreview Cinema films going to screenings and also catching up on all these indian short films and whatever ludicrous streaming pick I choose for us. Um, you know more of that. Yeah, more of that in the new year um 01:09:40.84 Brian Penn Ah I'm ready for it. You know that you know yeah, it's been a pleasure Chris I've really enjoyed it and I'm looking forward till the next year it it just shows that this there's so much out there that we can watch and review and enjoy and we we go right across the board. Don't we. We look at general releases independent films nostalgia picks. What's streaming. We're across everything and. 01:10:08.54 ukfilmreview Indeed and I've also you know, learned to play the drums. Yeah, no, not not really, but I thought it general I completely forgot to put it in the episode. So I just ah chuck one in now. Um, not bad Third yeah not bad. though not bad 01:10:13.83 Brian Penn Where hey. 01:10:21.27 Brian Penn Ah, well, why not you got? It's only the second time you used on this episode of thing always at the third third yeah you you you controlled yourself? Well really I would have used it a dozen times you sell so like. 01:10:28.17 ukfilmreview Um, yeah, yeah, once once I click off I'll just be off doing that. Yeah, that's all I do sitling drum sounds? Um, but yeah, thank you all for listening. Do come back and listen more in the new year we're Goingnna have lots and lots in store for you out. 01:10:37.69 Brian Penn Yeah, I'm hoping that. Thank you. 01:10:44.21 Brian Penn Yeah, we gonna have lots lot you brother? Yeah, absolutely absolutely yeah, listening happy New Year happy New Year have a good one bye for now. 01:10:47.58 ukfilmreview We do just keep growing this and growing. It's going to be great. Um, so yeah, thank you for listening and happy New year Previous Next

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Read the film podcast transcript from the episode titled UK Film Club 009 - Killers Of The Flower Moon - The Great Escaper - The Conference - The Omen on UK Film Club part of the UK Film Review Podcast. < Back UK Film Club 009 - Killers Of The Flower Moon - The Great Escaper - The Conference - The Omen Listen to This Episode UK Film Club 00:00.00 ukfilmreview Excellent, but generally Brian how have you have you found the last month you know the whole worlds go to pot. Are you? okay. 00:00.00 Brian Penn So good. 00:07.37 Brian Penn Well I tend to be an interested blindstander. Really Chris you know I I like to watch and listen and you know there chaos all around us isn't it. However, you look at it and we we see some of that chaos unfolding on the big screen. Don't we. Because you know films are a reflection of the era that we live in you know and in years to come. They'll be watching films that are made today that give that will give future generations a window into the way people lived years ago but you know I ah, um, of course I'm concerned for the things that are going on in the world. We all are we all want the world to be a safe and happy place. Don't we but there's so much trouble everywhere you look isn't that but I'd I'd say I try not to be too affected by it. You know I don't I'm watching less news now than I used to watch I used to watch the news religiously you know, but now. 00:58.82 ukfilmreview Um. 01:00.65 Brian Penn Maybe I I'll just skip this episode this you know because there's so much bad stuff going on. So I tend to ration what I watch and what I read now in terms of news but you see it's so difficult to avoid now isn't it. We got 24 and rolling news everywhere you look. So it's impossible to avoid isn't it really. 01:18.70 ukfilmreview It It is and obviously technology has made it incredibly accessible and it's made it almost um, allowed it to poke at you? Yeah, you like say before you could choose whether or not to put the news on or to pick up a newspaper but now like my phone will tell me like. 01:24.87 Brian Penn Thanks. 01:32.87 Brian Penn Yeah I know yeah I know I know it's all it's almost unsolicited isn't it really where you see all the and artist just don't know you wonder whether it's a good thing or not I suppose it is you know knowledge is power information is power and all that sort of thing. But. 01:33.78 ukfilmreview Oh this has happened you know I didn't even I didn't even ask like why are you telling me that. 01:51.46 Brian Penn Do we really need to know this much you know Well I. 01:52.38 ukfilmreview Oh so someone once told me because obviously the idea of being informed I think that's 1 thing but then there's this other like I think much bigger part of the news which is. Can you actually do anything about this like physically is yeah, is it even within your realm of possibility to have any influence on what is what you're seeing what's going on and I think when you ask yourself that question like because it does yeah drum all these. 02:12.18 Brian Penn Yeah. 02:19.42 Brian Penn You. 02:20.62 ukfilmreview Fears and anxieties within people and it makes it compulsive. It makes you want to go back and really get into more of it and I don't think that's healthy. You know I think I same as you I generally have cut down loads on what I assume especially when you do start to see history repeating itself like I've lived long enough now. 02:31.68 Brian Penn The. 02:38.98 Brian Penn Ah, me. 02:39.46 ukfilmreview To kind of see things I'm like oh okay, they're doing that. That's the way they're presenting that and that's the way they presented this other thing ten years ago that was about the same thing and you kind of are like yeah that they're shaping a narrative that obviously they know works. It's a formula and and everything and I think you do get a bit cynical to it. 02:41.30 Brian Penn Yeah, there the night there. 02:51.73 Brian Penn The the yeah I and it probably works the opposite way because I mean news is there to inform us and make us wiser and helps us understand the way the world works but when you give. 02:57.32 ukfilmreview Ah feel. Well. 03:09.45 Brian Penn People too much information. They almost fret and they panic and they worry when years ago they probably wouldn't have done quite as much when when they rationed the news they controlled what people saw and heard now it's a free for isn't it really? you can't control what people see what people hear now because it's all online. 03:28.54 ukfilmreview And you're right about the you know the way that Cinema reflects the time and yeah, it would be interesting to see this period and it's also interesting. Um and actually this comes up in one of the films we're going to review tonight about. 03:28.77 Brian Penn No, he. 03:41.78 ukfilmreview The way in which technology has affected storytelling in a very literal in a very kind of literal sense because the devices and by which I mean the sort of techniques that filmmakers and storytellers would have used. They now have if they want to make a film or tell a story in the modern age they have to obviously. 03:47.90 Brian Penn Um, yeah. 03:54.74 Brian Penn News. 04:01.84 ukfilmreview Incorporate technology which throws up loads of obstacles because it's like yeah for example, we're we're going to be doing a couple of horror films in this in this episode that horror is one of those things where everyone watching it just goes Oh well I would just do this. 04:03.44 Brian Penn Ah, yeah, yeah. 04:17.23 ukfilmreview And if you've got like a mobile phone you kind of go. Oh yeah, you you kind of would have got away out out of that trouble situation quite easily. Yeah. 04:17.29 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, and I and know and I and I it's a being almost being 2 wise though isn't it. You know it's I mean as critics where where there ah to sort of. Analyze things a bit a bit more closely and think right? How well does that hold together. But it can go to another extreme Though. Can't it as Well. You know and that's what's interesting about it. But you know I've always been very um, ambivalent about new technology and the way films are made. Because special effects are there to enhance the story but not dominate it and that's always been my my bugbear about but about effects and and technology in films. 05:03.35 ukfilmreview Yeah, it's interest in the way that that is it also ah really impacting the industry that we're seeing because funny enough that the quality of the films that we're watching and revering tonight, especially the short has really gone up like because I've been doing this now for. 05:13.63 Brian Penn Now. 05:21.33 ukfilmreview 10 years in terms of doing the indie film reviews and the standard is so high now of short films and the slickness of the production and yeah before you really could tell if someone was an amateur filmmaker like now I'm like. 05:22.51 Brian Penn Now. 05:30.84 Brian Penn Is. 05:37.40 Brian Penn Um, yeah. 05:39.70 ukfilmreview This looks like it was made by like you know Scorsese or something. Oh. 05:40.26 Brian Penn Yeah, and I where you see see the thing is now they they don't look like indie films anymore you know we will. We will have an understanding of what we mean by indie by an indie band or an indie film that it's very rough and ready. It's Basic. It's raw but it's got something going for it. But there even. What we would call indie films now are becoming very polished I think which is you know? Yeah yeah. 06:01.39 ukfilmreview Yeah I think that's that it's becoming difficult to know isn't it. Yeah, like when you see something so polished that you're like well the the reason why they weren't polished before is because they were independent of the studios who had all the money who were making them look slick. 06:12.22 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh right. 06:16.95 ukfilmreview But now anyone can make a film look pretty slick if they've got access to the internet and um, yeah, but funny enough I mentioned Scorsese and he is where we're going to kick off the episode in just a second. But if this is your first time to UKFilm club just want to say quick hello and welcome. Um. 06:31.59 Brian Penn Hello. 06:35.70 ukfilmreview If you are new to the format the way it works is Brian my lovely assistant um is ah going to ah be reviewing the films at the cinema um, then we're going to do a streaming pick so that's ah, a film that is on a streaming platform followed by that will be. Our reviews of some indie films and these are films that people have specifically sent us to review. They've actually asked us to review these ones. Um, and then we finish up with a film called the nostalgia pic now and the nostalgia pick is one where it's from. We're not recing a firm rule but it has to be at least say. 07:12.72 Brian Penn Is. 07:13.89 ukfilmreview 1015 years old or more. Um, um as this is our October episode we are going to be doing a horror film and well but. 07:20.55 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 07:25.48 ukfilmreview But before that and we're going to get to Scorsese's latest film and I'm gonna read the imdb title on this because as Brian knows I keep getting the title of this completely wrong? Um, it's not killer flowers ah of the moon. Um, or yeah or flower moons of the killers. 07:35.91 Brian Penn Ah, easy done easy done. 07:41.57 Brian Penn Ah, close. That's the one that's the chapy yeah, okay then so this is the much anticipated new film directed by Marci Corese starring Leonardo Dicaprio 07:44.70 ukfilmreview Is killers of the flower moon over to you right. 07:57.67 Brian Penn Robert De Niro and Lillly Gladstone so what's the story well it's about ernest burkehart returns home from the first world war and joins his uncle William King Hale his uncle assumes the role of benefactor to a native red indian tribe known as e sargi. Ingratiates himself and learns to speak their language but has a secret agenda to gain control of the end of the tribe's wealth how encourages ernest to get friendly with Molly Kyle and asagey whose family owns most of the old land rights a romance eventually develops and they are married. So. It's a good film. A very good film. It's scorelacey. It's the near eye. It's the caprio that might be all, you need to know. But I'm not sure why it's won so many plaudits the length of this film just drains the energy. Um. It's three and a half hours long to watch his film at the cinema you need to block out the best part of the day you do I mean you you include the trailers you're talking about 4 hours sitting still right now. It's interesting because some slots offer you a 15 minute break in between I didn't go for that because I thought I don't want to. Be there for another 15 minutes even if I do get the chart the chance to stretch my legs but I think it is a major issue. Um, the film's beautiful to look at scorsese puts poetry on screen just like couple of adult the storyline's fairly predictable. You know what's happening and why but honestly. 09:33.19 Brian Penn I can think of at least 5 school safetyy movies that are better than this but it is very good because it's got that brand. It's got that market quality that we always refer to don't we that that reference point is Schorsace Coppolapiillelberg and I think we need to add crystal and owes to that list now that have that market quality. You know it's going to be good, but not 1 of these best in my opinion. 10:02.80 ukfilmreview Wow I mean because I've been hearing a lot of hyperbole when it comes to this film. A lot of sort of big big quotes. Um, but when I sort of watch the trade and stuff. Okay, get it. Yeah, it looks like a scese film. Um, but the. 10:06.80 Brian Penn E. 10:15.44 Brian Penn M. 10:19.97 ukfilmreview Plot of it felt it was riffing on some films that have been done before um, and yeah, the length did concern me what was the film he did with the aging thing we aged Robert De Niro the irish room. 10:22.26 Brian Penn Yeah here. 10:33.85 Brian Penn Oh oh the Irishman Yeah yeah, yeah. 10:39.40 ukfilmreview I've been watching that I did that in one go I say one go I did it with pauses I did I as in I didn't do my over a couple of nights I had to pause a couple of times but I did do it all in 1 sitting if it were um and I did yeah he is a very very good filmmaker like he just yeah is. 10:48.41 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 10:55.94 Brian Penn Ari who says no question. 10:57.94 ukfilmreview It's it's pure Cinema and but I do find it funny with these films that are coming out of late that do seem to be pushing this very very long timeframes to go almost as a what was almost to sort of compete with the Marvel films. The films that he is so against when he does his promos. 11:12.68 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 11:17.32 ukfilmreview Um, yeah, it's almost to go look. You know we can make cinema long if that's what you want. It's like well that isn't really what people want with the superhero stuff. It's just it just happens to be long I think because they're often trying to do a whole comic book which is like a long story into 1 film whereas if you're making a story specifically for film. You can make it. 11:23.85 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 11:36.95 ukfilmreview Ah, 2 hours like thus you can tell it in 2 hours do you feel this film could have been told in 2 hours 11:40.60 Brian Penn Yeah, easily easily no question you could you could lop over an hour off this film easily without a shn of a doubt you know if you've been a bit more ruthless with the editing it could have been an even better film. You know as. As to say not one of these best look this to give you a comparison you compare it to good fellow us that was that now that that was on Saturday night I came in quite light I came there been on for about 20 minutes and I sat there and watched the whole thing again for the 200 time. 12:04.97 ukfilmreview You. 12:16.95 Brian Penn But that's only two and a quarters Chris and it shows you can tell a very complex engrossing story in in literature fraction of the time and it's just you just don't need it. You really don't you know the what I think was interesting is when the ah the irish ones was released. 12:18.14 ukfilmreview E so. 12:36.70 Brian Penn Interviews were very careful about racing the subject with deirro but he softened up and he said okay, yeah, it's all right? if you want to sort of leave the film for half an hour to stop it then go back to it. Thatso. You didn't mind but it took a long while to sort of even bring the lights to school sa in it. De niro writes. The idea that maybe this is a little bit too long and maybe borders on self-indulgence but you yes is it I know? yeah. 12:57.28 ukfilmreview I saw it so like you don't want it to become an endurance test of like yeah, can you can you put up with the film for that long because not being funny I have needs I have I have toilet needs that you know I have to go and I've had this before I've been in films before where I've needed a toilet and all that's happened is I've not. 13:13.41 Brian Penn Yeah. 13:16.78 Brian Penn No yeah and I I a. 13:16.81 ukfilmreview Focused anything on the film I'm just thinking about how can I get out of here. How can I go to the loo oh my god oh my god I'm in so much pain and you don't want to? yeah and I think you know that's important for for people to know, especially um. Filmmakers that are doing this regularly like I understand if maybe you've got that one film where you just let you know what it just wasn't possible to cut it down but he's doing this on the reg now and you've got it when you find because we you mentioned Nolan and with Oppenheimer that was another long 1 right? Oppenheimer was ah. 13:36.61 Brian Penn Yeah I know it's. Yeah, that was only 3 hours I'm only 3 hours mind you be fair. 13:50.10 ukfilmreview Only did you did you feel that that could have lost an hour as well. 13:55.11 Brian Penn Strategy enough now I think maybe half an hour for oppenheimer I mean I still think with Oppenheimer they like they kind of they kind of condense two separate stories there and I still think that but I think they that probably that was probably two and a half hours you know 14:08.76 ukfilmreview Um, like. 14:14.76 Brian Penn Because they're trying to cra so much in you see killers of the flower moon doesn't justify that amount of screen time right? It's not necessary to commit that much screen sign. Ah you need to justify justify it explain why it needs that amount of sight air time. It's just not necessary. And it and it harms the film because it is a lovely film to look at I mean the the storyline in killers of the family isn't particularly involving or challenging in any way. It's not constantly It's not constantly going off at tangents that keeps you awake it doesn't. You know what? the story is within ten or fifteen minutes you know exactly what's going to happen. You know what what's driving the main characters. What their motivation is so you don't need need any further explanation but you know it's still a good film but it's just so annoying because. You can't concentrate for that amount of time really most some people can but most people can't know. Yeah, definitely. 15:18.41 ukfilmreview Wrong there. We go find out anyone that seen it do let us know what you thought? um I know obviously we've focused quite a lot on the runtime but I do think as I said you know when scoreset he's making a film. Everyone's got to watch it because it's just he knows what he's doing. Um. 15:29.24 Brian Penn Yeah now Kus does absolutely well. One of the old time. Great directors and and he's still he still good. It's not like he's kind of lost interest and he's going through the motions you can see how much care and attention goes into every single frame which is the sign of a great. 15:35.66 ukfilmreview Oh hundred percent 15:47.88 ukfilmreview There we go. Um, so that's killers of the flower moon. Um I just had to double check that I set that right again. 15:49.83 Brian Penn Yeah I know you were careful you you were so very carefully sort of killers of the flower moon. Yeah, well bow done. Yeah. 16:00.16 ukfilmreview Ah, it's um and onto a film that's half the length of that which is um, the great escaper starring Michael Caine 16:03.67 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll right I okay, so directed by Oliver Parker starring Michael Kane and Glenda Jackson based on a true story d-day ve and Bernie Jordan lives in a retirement home with his wife Rey the Seventieth anniversary of the normandy landings is fast approaching annoyingly Bernie leaves it too late to register for the official tour party and thirdd he decides to make his own way over cares staff smell a rat but reie playfully covers for their errant resident. Walking frame in hand he balls across full border ferry and he's befriended by Arthur an exraf pilot they discover common ground as demons from the war continued to haunt them Bernie and Arthur were introduced to german veterans with whom they share memories of dday. The realization soon dawns that language is all that separates them. The grand ceremony is about to begin and Arthur has secured front row seats. However, Bernie's pilgrimage is not yet complete this. This is a beautiful film. It's a wonderful film. Payne and Jackson are outstanding in their respective roles and make a convincing couple in their sunset years. There's real truth and the portrayal to people who've lived a happy and fulfilling life but like so many of their generation are trapped by memories of a lost youth. 17:32.58 Brian Penn Vivid flashbacks to the war are brilliantly captured with super sharp editing William Ivory's excellent script crackles with pathos and gentle humor. What remains is a thoughtful account of how the elderly can be marginalized when they should be embraced for their knowledge and wisdom. It's a film. We should all cherish and admire I gave this film 5 stars Chris just to put that rating in some context I've written nearly 200 film reviews now and I've awarded 5 stars on only 7 occasions so that's about 3%. That's how highly I write this film. Yeah. 18:08.59 ukfilmreview That is incredible I mean what I just to put it. It's a immediate perspective. What would you give this horse ai film so they go I mean that is because I've watched the the trader for this one and I thought oh this looks like up on my street I like. 18:17.47 Brian Penn I've given it it for I would give it it for yeah. 18:25.25 Brian Penn Yeah. 18:27.20 ukfilmreview Sort of films. Um, but to hear yeah and i' known 5 stars. It made me think this is a must see. It doesn't feel like a must see when you kind of look at it on from the out outside you can oh okay, it's a yeah tweak kind of thing coming along but actually for it to be a must see I love it. 18:31.49 Brian Penn Yeah, no, No yeah, yeah, yeah, it's It's very understated the the publicity that that's that drove the the release of the film wasn't quite as. Well, it's never going to be anything approaching oppenheimer or killers of the flower Moon or Mission Impossible. It's not that kind of film but it deserves the same kind of attention because you gain so much from it and is such sense. It. Let's take so much care over what the subject they're dealing with because. 19:00.55 ukfilmreview Um. 19:08.84 Brian Penn It's not just dealing with the war. It's dealing with the way we see the elderly the way they can be neglected overlooks you know it. It was almost sad watching Michael Kaine and Glenda Jackson on screen they were well into their eighty s when the film was made they looked so frail and vulnerable. But that's the curse of actors who've had long careers. You see them aging on screen and of course Glenda Jackson died shortly after the film was finished but that there's something beautiful about it the way it's written the way it's acted very sensitively done. But it is a fantastic film and one of the films of the year for me, it's great. 19:48.41 ukfilmreview Wow That is huge is is cain finished them acting now he's is stopped to thing. 19:55.21 Brian Penn Well now that then yeah, there's a question because he said at one point no um, I've not finished acting yet. He was was apparently working on a new film about Charles Darwin but then later reports confirmed that he'd retired. I think the issue he's got is at the age of 90 there are probably fewer roles that would suit him now. He's not I mean the great escaper is probably the the last leading role. He would get even if he chose to carry on acting but after a hundred and sixty films what is the left to do really in that way. 20:22.80 ukfilmreview So. 20:31.14 Brian Penn But I'd like him to carry on but you know because I used to think there were no rules in acting that you could carry on ah for as long as you want to? well maybe it just doesn't want to anymore. It must be difficult and at that age so to master a script. Um. 20:44.42 ukfilmreview Um. 20:48.68 Brian Penn Do all the promotional work. It must be grueling even for someone half his age but you know you know I I think Michael Kaine's one of the greatest actctors ever anyway. So maybe I'm a bit biased when I talk about Michael K but yeah 20:58.63 ukfilmreview Oh no, he is an absolute legend and I think you know for this to be out in the cinemas If you're listening to this right now. Um, that people should go see it because I say it wasn't overly promoted. Not many people probably even knew about it and. 21:13.58 Brian Penn No, no, no yeah yeah, well yeah, yeah, but you know yeah I mean eastba good a true, a true story as well And the. 21:16.28 ukfilmreview For it to have the title. The great escaper is probably going to be confusing to some people Anyway, um yeah, playing on the the classic film. 21:31.15 Brian Penn Title for the for the film actually came from a news report I think ah a local reporter called it the great escaper but in a way It's a good cycle for the film because it it. It gives some familiarity. It's a trigger for people isn't it. You know, but it's a film about war. But it's not a war film necessarily so you know it's. 21:34.93 ukfilmreview There 1 21:44.80 ukfilmreview Yeah, um. 21:49.73 Brian Penn But yeah I I can't offer a greater recommendation then please go and see it you know and it's still on. It's still I mean at the time of us recording this episode. It's it's still running. Yeah hi Hello yeah. 21:55.34 ukfilmreview There we go. 22:02.53 ukfilmreview And if you're in the future hi again. So always nice talking to you people in the future and do check out wherever you can find it because it's probably available somewhere um unless something terrible has happened in which case try and send us a message if you can let us know what happens because I'm not watching the news anymore. 22:08.62 Brian Penn See. 22:15.58 Brian Penn Yeah I know. Yeah yeah, you're given up um no wise sensible. 22:20.18 ukfilmreview Um, I've given up. Um, we're moving on from the cinema films now because we have got a lot of indies to get through but before we get there as it is the scariest month of the year although I think I think January should be the scariest to be honest, um. 22:26.52 Brian Penn Yeah, we have. 22:36.64 Brian Penn So januaryurized expensive month of the year that's when you got up high for Christmas isn't it on. Ah yeah. 22:40.70 ukfilmreview Got pay for everything and you got to face that horrible weather. But now October is where we get our scary movies in and for this month's streaming pick. We decided to go with a fairly ah probably unknown, um horror film which landed on Netflix. 22:54.17 Brian Penn Is. 22:59.49 ukfilmreview Can you guess what date Friday the thirteenth of of October wow yeah, you have to didn't you um, it's a swedish horror film from Patrick Ecklin called well. 23:01.46 Brian Penn Ah, could it be any other time though. Really I mean? Yeah yeah. 23:12.53 ukfilmreview It's called conference sen which is the swedish name but it's called the conference if you're looking for it on Netflix they've gone with the english title there. Um, you've seen this Brian yes now I often get to pick these films I'm the one that chooses them and I was quite happy to find something that was. 23:12.82 Brian Penn In. 23:22.99 Brian Penn I've seen it. Yes. 23:32.70 ukfilmreview Bordering in the horror comedy genre. Um, as what it is funny. Um, and I think you have to give the setup. First off, you've got this ah company of people who are going on a teen building conference these sort of cabins in the woods and it becomes. 23:35.55 Brian Penn It's quite funny places. Yeah. 23:50.18 Brian Penn Um, he. 23:51.67 ukfilmreview Quite clear that their plans to open this shopping mall in the area are surrounded by Drama and some obviously negativity from some people and positivity from others. There's also a few riffs within the group because. 23:54.44 Brian Penn On. 24:06.64 Brian Penn Yes. 24:09.32 ukfilmreview It looks as if there's some corruption going on and x y said um, but once they get to the the cabin they start doing some of the tilt team building activities but all hell breaks loose because someone has turned up and is going to start picking them off 1 by 1 Um and this. 24:21.26 Brian Penn Ah, he. 24:27.36 ukfilmreview Just leads slightly back into what I was saying earlier about filmmakers having to contrive reasons for why people don't have their phones and this one worked quite well because a team building thing they are quite keen on like look you know what? you can't have your phone because we're all we're all here to connect. 24:33.46 Brian Penn yeah I know yeah yeah I know that was put yeah, that's right? Yeah, but you know that's that's good I like films that kind of fill in the obvious gaps credibilityibility gaps if you like and they do that here. You know I think that's really important because I should I don't think as as a movie audience. We shouldn't have to suspend our disbelief all the time we should be able to say well that wouldn't have happened but you see what I think is good about this film Chris is that um, it's ah it's something that we. Kind of understand people on a team building exercise or on on away day or whatever you want to call it. We've all been on those sort of days haven't we when we're with people we don't necessarily want to be with doing things. We don't really feel like didn't but know where we have to It's a corporate thing and I like that kind of approach because. 25:22.10 ukfilmreview Um. 25:31.90 Brian Penn Assumes that there'll be some understanding in the from the audience that they they know what this setup is like but of course what comes next is something totally different. But I think it was great I really enjoyed it. You know I'm not a huge fan of horror. But this one I think was bang on the money. I Think it was really good. 25:49.60 ukfilmreview That I think for me the crucial element with horror is first off yet would is it believable because quite a lot of the time this just isn't and secondly is ah is it taking itself too seriously because that I think sometimes if it's not fun like there's a lot of horror films where they are just going for the gore. 25:53.90 Brian Penn 2 26:02.15 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah I know that's right? Yeah yeah. 26:07.52 ukfilmreview Ah, like you're like it's fine, but no, 1 ne's enjoying themselves here like yeah, fair enough you you come up with all this horrible violence. But who's going to come away and want to watch that again whereas with the conference. The. Setup was believe what I totally understood why they were there. Why they've because often that's yeah, a problem like why would you shut yourself off from the world. But with this, it's like kind of part of the point is that you you need to be and then like say they take their phones away because they don't want people chatting and then that box of phones gets taken um and also. 26:23.58 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ah. 26:33.18 Brian Penn O. 26:40.37 ukfilmreview The kills in this are very creative. They're really really like even at times I was good I was wincing but I was also laughing at the same di ah there was 1 involving a hot tub which I won't spoil but that was just I was like oh my god um. 26:45.35 Brian Penn Ah, yeah, yeah, and I and I and I and I Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 26:59.76 ukfilmreview But yeah, no, it was really really clever. Lots of lots of great ways of um, making it feel threatening. There's lots of Peril You do genuinely sort of care. Oh yeah, because it's also you've got a completely mixed bag of characters. It's not like you know oh it's all the teens at the cabin in the woods. It's like no, there's there's like. 27:05.64 Brian Penn Are. 27:11.75 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. 27:19.25 ukfilmreview People of all ages. Um, they're all part of this group and some are kind of quite cynical and some are like these like money hungry yuckies kind of people and yeah, you've got lots going on. There's lots of things to root for. There's lots of things to sort of Condemn I thought it was brilliant. 27:20.45 Brian Penn He yeah. 27:31.92 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, strong characters a strong storyline as well I like the narrative because with horror movies. They often don't They're not overly concerned with the plot are they really, but it's a strong narrative. Um, you know there's that kind of environmental. 27:36.27 ukfilmreview So. 27:49.70 Brian Penn Dimension because they're building this shopping mall aren't they and they're they're plowing through the local the local environment property rights are being affected so you know they're making enemies by what they're doing. It's a corporate thing but they're making enemies because of their their work because of what they're doing so they become. 27:53.25 ukfilmreview Yep. 28:09.10 Brian Penn Vulnerable being where they are because there is this this person whos seeking revenge and there's a very good backstory there that gradually ah unfolds oh I'd say I also like it bounce it is that they make you white. You know it's like half an hour before anything really happens but you get into know the characters a little bit but they don't sort of you know what's coming. You know what' to expect but they make you wait for a little while they build up the tension. You know there's a scene very early in the film where the chef goes off on a drive in the woods doesn't he. 28:42.42 ukfilmreview Um, yeah. 28:44.50 Brian Penn And it gets out of this kind of straight why you think oh this is where it's gonna stop but it doesn't then it switches back to the main the main sort of storyline the backs of the camp and I like that because it's not kind of being too obvious and it's keeping you on your toes as a viewer you know and. Yeah,, there's some nice comedic touchches there as well. A like I like it when I like it when the um when the manager of the the camp said to the the caretaker go and fix the wi-fi and he goes off and he pulls the wi-fi out of the root the plug out the route and plugs it back in again. Yeah, that's fixed the wi-fi yeah but. 29:15.84 ukfilmreview Ah. 29:20.76 Brian Penn Yeah, lots the nice touches like that. But I could honestly see this becoming for horror fans. It will appear in horror fans top 10 movies I think it is that good I really do it's good stuff. 29:31.80 ukfilmreview Oh they go and I said I think even though it came out on Friday thirteenth I struggled to see it on my Netflix so I had to look for it specifically. So if you have yeah if you can't see it. Um, the conference is worth checking out and I think it is a a Netflix like a rage original like they. 29:45.26 Brian Penn Um, yeah. 29:50.67 ukfilmreview There are certainly the people behind it so it should be on there for quite a while after yeah, so if you're listening to this in in 2029 then yeah hopefully it's still on there. Um, and if so I hope I'm still around that'd be great. Um. 29:50.85 Brian Penn Yeah, it's a cut. It's a co-production I think isn't it. Now Yeah, the life song. Yeah, let let? Yeah,. Let's be positive. Yeah, ah ah. 30:07.46 ukfilmreview Yeah, let me know to send me a message to say Chris you're still around if I'm not then maybe leave it. Um, so that was the conference and that was our streaming pick of the month um hope you enjoyed that now we're moving on to our indies and we have got a record breaking 6 to review is that right. 30:14.64 Brian Penn E. 30:23.28 Brian Penn The end 6 Yeah nice see. 30:25.98 ukfilmreview 1 2 3 boy yeah, 6 through of it. Um, and we're going to start with a documentary from Alex Perry called angle and now this is about the wrestler cur angle did you know k angle before you came to this documentary so this will be interesting because. 30:31.83 Brian Penn I. No I've never heard of him. Yeah I Oh really? Yeah yeah. 30:45.64 ukfilmreview I was a massive wrestling fan at the time of when he was popular or so of job just before really when the the rock and the undertaker and people like that he came kind of slightly after it. But yeah I very much he was in the thick of it when I was watching wrestling so I did know and when I saw. 30:57.82 Brian Penn I'm I write? yeah. 31:03.30 ukfilmreview Review go up I oh angle what's that then and I looked and I thought that's Curt Engel and I thought oh hold on. We've got a documentary about someone I genuinely know because um he was I don't mean Sco into the territory of the the film. Um, he was actually an olympic wrestler to begin with and and then he went into the. 31:09.59 Brian Penn Wow right. 31:18.17 Brian Penn Yeah yep W w Yeah yeah. 31:21.90 ukfilmreview The main kind of WWwe stuff um and that was his whole thing was about being this olympic rester so when I heard this this document show. So actually I bet that's a fascinating story. So I I'll kick off because obviously you you didn't know who he was Brian all right? Yeah, um. 31:29.97 Brian Penn No no I'm I'm a sports fan right? I'm be honest time you watch wrestling when it's in the olympics but I still hadn't heard of him even though he was a Olympic old member. So you know yeah. 31:44.61 ukfilmreview Yeah, back in the the light was that so the if a cur angle in the the documentary follows him pretty much through his whole life up to up to now and he we we find out about his home life. 1 of 3 brothers I think and he other sister. 31:54.49 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. 32:01.51 Brian Penn No. 32:04.14 ukfilmreview Um, he talks about his father being an alcoholic but who would hide it quite well and who would sort of not drink from the kids. Um, he dies his his father dies in a tragic accident at work and then we during all this time. He's also training to be ah. 32:13.61 Brian Penn E. 32:22.67 ukfilmreview Ah, wrestler olympicres. He's very good at sports. All the brothers are um but he shows a particular a pochant for wrestling and ends up going very far with it as we've as we've mentioned he becomes the Olympic champion. Not after you know a small amount of. 32:24.20 Brian Penn Um, yeah. 32:32.23 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 32:40.35 Brian Penn Yeah, honestly, yeah, but personal problems. Well I know yeah honestly Chris I couldn't believe how many times he broke his neck and carried on wrestling. 32:40.68 ukfilmreview Amazing work. He he goes through loads of stuff loads of injuries. Lots of things that he yeah he break he breaks his neck and he ends up still wrestling like numerous times and it's like what. 32:59.49 ukfilmreview I thought a broken neck was a 1 time thing I thought that was okay well you're dead on you and but no not for angle. He just keeps wrestling. Ah yeah. 33:00.35 Brian Penn Ah. 33:03.25 Brian Penn well well I mean I yeah I found this absolutely fascinating. You know, but I probably enjoyed the the first part of the film more than the second part because the first part of the film was building up to the Olympics and you know the. Trials and tribulations he had and he lost a very close friend and me and his father died but in the olympic trials he he fell awkwardly on on his on his net and this wasn't wwe Wwe this is really strict amateur interesting where they they adhere to sort of very strict role. Don't they. 33:24.18 ukfilmreview Me. 33:41.40 Brian Penn And he landed on his neck and broke 4 Vertebrae ah which were pressing into his spinal cord now one more blow 1 more heavy blow to the neck could have killed him could have paralyzed him and he emitted date in the film didn't he that he said 1 more hit. It could. Could have been the end that to me just shows that elite athletes are are a different animal so to the rest of us they think in a completely different way. This is a competitive edge coming out and that's beyond my comprehension I don't know about you I mean. Just to understand what drives somebody like that you know? yeah. 34:18.53 ukfilmreview Yeah I think that was quite a powerful part of the the film is because often when you see biopics about sports people that sometimes they're not involved right? They're not actually even in the the film but Kurt Angleel is very much in this like he's narrating a lot of it so you are getting. 34:32.30 Brian Penn Um, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 34:36.62 ukfilmreview Directly from him in terms of what he did and what happened um and like talking about one of the training things was he would put someone on his back and run up a hill numerous times and I just. 34:45.76 Brian Penn I Know it's just yeah I know yeah I know and it's It's just unreal like I say. 34:50.10 ukfilmreview I Thought just listening to you say that makes me tired I was like I'm I've yeah sat there lying on the sofa sipping a diet Coke and I'm thinking. Yeah, this guy's carrying people uphills. 35:03.37 Brian Penn Truly, you know true athletes have to be competitive and have to be so single-minded that they they ignore the obvious risks to achieve the ultimate goal. Whatever it is I mean I'm not entirely sure what was driving him when he went into Wwe Wwe because that sensetainment isn't it. That's show. Bos you know what drives an athlete to win an olympic gold medal is different to what drives you when you're in a completely different field. You know I mean that W Wwe is great fun great entertainment but it's not sport. It's not. Competitive sport in the same way as it was in the olympics. So there's a difference there. 35:39.67 ukfilmreview I Think that's part of the big the story there though is that he dedicates the first part of his life So much to this winning the gold like that he was so driven. 35:51.91 Brian Penn Yeah. 35:56.22 ukfilmreview That when he achieved it. He just didn't know what to do it was like well where do I go from here like what and 1 of the one of the famer says like you know it's not really worth anything. You know you've got a gold medow in your hand. But yeah, she says you've got something else in your other hand I'll leave it up to the listeners to decide well that is but she was is very true. He said well. 35:57.48 Brian Penn Now and I. 36:07.59 Brian Penn Ah, yeah, ah. 36:14.98 ukfilmreview It doesn't it's not like oh okay, well now you've got you know a million pounds a year for life. It don't give you a salary from that like you and I think the whole training side of it and it was kind of it felt like um. 36:17.38 Brian Penn The yeah. 36:25.10 Brian Penn Is. 36:30.86 ukfilmreview You know, full metal jacket. It felt like oh it's like the training session in that first part of the film was really grueling and then it goes into this other start start of the story which you're like oh okay, well now it's this which is totally different to what we've just seen um, also they go to Fox Catcher have you seen Fox catcher the film i. 36:32.63 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 36:40.54 Brian Penn Yeah, the name. No I haven't actually yeah. 36:50.67 ukfilmreview Strongly recommend that film. Um Steve Carell and you you hear about it in this because Kurt angle was one of the actual athletes that went there. Um, but the yeah the film because when they said Fox catch I thought is that that's the same place. It must be and. 36:57.76 Brian Penn Right? trying that? yeah. 37:07.20 ukfilmreview Yeah, the the film obviously because we find out um I won't go into that because actually you should obviously you already know, kind of what happens I guess because you've seen this but um, yeah, fabulous film and also gives you an idea about what we're talking about when we're talking about these these. 37:08.31 Brian Penn Ah. 37:13.79 Brian Penn Um, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 37:22.69 ukfilmreview Athletes going to such levels of training regime exhaust training you call only like trying to basically just outlast their opponent. They go? Yeah well if I'd never get tired then I'll win because eventually the other one's just going to give up. 37:29.44 Brian Penn That yeah, what? what? I think actually comes through here though is that is the determination dedication to be the best at something. But then as you just mentioned that kind of deflation once you have got there. See old analogy about astronauts that go to the moon or somebody that climbs Mount Everest sad you top it you you've got to the top What do you do? then? do you just stay there. Do you just hold or what do you do? where do you go after that and I suppose really to have a ah. Gold meowwin olympic wrestling doesn't have the same cudos as a gold medal in track and field would have for example so it doesn't kind of you can't build on that necessarily and that's what led him in into Wwe Wwe but I really like cur angle you know. He interviews? Well, he's very downsworth, honest, very candid about his life and that's what makes it even more riveting and really I think this film helps to promote wrestling as a spool because frankly I I'd never heard a cartangle. 38:39.84 ukfilmreview Yeah, it's funny because I look say I was very much into it for a phase. Yeah when I was a kid and he was in that phase and I think seeing it again was was really nostalgic for me as but oh this is like. 38:44.26 Brian Penn Yeah. 38:54.94 ukfilmreview Yeah, and some of the interviewees like um terraine Johnson is on there and um Steve Austin who play who stone calls to Austin yeah with his beer cans I'm going to start doing that at the beginning of shows I'm just going to sma my beer cans together. Um, but yeah I thought that you know that was really. 38:55.82 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, stun call Steve Austin ah why not what else? yeah. 39:13.66 ukfilmreview Powerful to have them in it. It gave a bigger edge because this could have just been like a home movies type sort of thing. But when you also get through to the part of the film where he's dealing with spoilers if you don't want to know this but he's is dealing with painkiller addiction. Um, that. 39:17.33 Brian Penn The. 39:28.83 Brian Penn Is. 39:32.90 ukfilmreview Their input on that in terms of what they're saying to him how they're helping me through it that that was really powerful to me and I really enjoyed that part I felt because like you say angle's great at interviews and he does give you some quite good emotion when he's talking about these things and what he was doing and how many he was taking and oh I was just really. 39:35.42 Brian Penn You. 39:44.66 Brian Penn Yes. Anyway, yeah, and I he wasn't over him emotional was he I mean when he was genuinely moved when he was recounting something that happened in his life. He didn't he wasn't bursting into tears. Every 5 minutes was he now again, but you can see when he was showing real emotion. What makes this a very. 39:52.71 ukfilmreview Terrifying. 39:57.40 ukfilmreview Yeah, no, no. 40:09.17 Brian Penn I mean I like ah documentary films I think they're great and I think they're they're um, often underrated within that kind of genre of films generally and they do rank alongside action movies and historical epi. Whatever right? Documentary films have their place and. This is particularly good I put this at the top end of really good documentary films because it tells a story of the rise full and recovery of someone and you don't always get that kind of positive end. You know these sorts of documentary films are often. Leave you on a downer this one doesn't. 40:52.94 ukfilmreview I oop sorry my ah my Mike yeah, my mic went out there sorry hold on let me just make a note of that hold on 40 minutes for I minutes that 40 minutes right up 41 actually ah that's fine. We'll catch it. 40:53.42 Brian Penn Yeah, Okay, okay. 41:06.33 Brian Penn In. 41:09.51 ukfilmreview But I'm gonna leave a bit of a gap now and I'll be able to come back in. 41:10.78 Brian Penn Yeah, okay. 41:14.60 ukfilmreview Yeah, so I think yeah, we're both agreed very powerful documentary. My only I got a small criticism which I don't really need to mention but only I would say is just I think the music and the score. 41:18.98 Brian Penn Absolutely. 41:31.22 ukfilmreview Was being quite melodramatic at times like it felt a bit too Well up and down and up and down like trying to like take you on this journey which I don't think it needed to do I Felt like the the content was good enough like it was really compelling. They didn't need to kind of create this artificial. Ah environment for it to feel. 41:32.20 Brian Penn He. 41:40.97 Brian Penn Um, yeah, yeah, ah. 41:47.14 Brian Penn Yeah, ah yeah yeah I mean it's yeah, you're right I think he's almost like a prompt isn't it with with the scoring the sounds right? some so some films don't new I don't think it I don't think the film needed. 41:49.72 ukfilmreview Like oh this is where you should be sad and this is where you should feel that it's It's tense like we kind of knew it was tense like it was clever enough. 42:04.64 ukfilmreview Not. 42:06.45 Brian Penn Music. That's all you know some other some films do. But I think you really need to think about whether it's going to enhance the film and a documentary doesn't really need that because you've got you've got the drama there already because of the story that we're hearing. Yeah, he. 42:25.84 ukfilmreview You go? Um, so the documentary is called angle and you can read the review I think Jason reviewed it on the website. So do go and check it out because um, yeah, see what he made of it and and obviously see whether you align with what what we've said. 42:32.11 Brian Penn A. 42:38.39 Brian Penn A. 42:43.41 ukfilmreview Um, in terms of the film itself I'm just going to see if I can see anything in terms of what they said about release. Um, not that I could see so. 42:57.95 ukfilmreview Yeah, and I think yeah we had a password protected link. There's no information currently over than an imdb page from what I can see. So yeah, one of those ones where you probably have to check back? Um, but yeah I'm sure if you're following. Um. 42:59.53 Brian Penn Is. 43:05.52 Brian Penn And. 43:15.67 ukfilmreview Any of like maybe even kt engel himself and if not Alex Perry the filmmaker or just drop us a line if you're interested in seeing it. We can always try and coke some more information out of the filmmakers to to get that to you? Um, okay, moving on to a short film now. 43:16.82 Brian Penn All right? yeah. 43:25.42 Brian Penn He. 43:33.78 ukfilmreview Called Gus should get the go. Um, this was again reviewed by Jason on the website um ran and directed by Joseph Rach and stars Marcel Ra who I'm getting related. Um I think that's probably. 43:35.90 Brian Penn Right. 43:51.20 Brian Penn Safe bet isn' not really safe bet. Yeah well you you you would give you a relative a part film if he was making it one. Ah no, really. 43:51.81 ukfilmreview Safe bet I put money on that. Um, along with oh I wouldn't my brother knows that you know I wouldn't put him in a film. No no, he's done too many horrible things to me in the past you know? Yeah, he really teased me as ah as a kid. Um I was that wrestling you know, putting me in in Headlocks and stuff. 44:04.82 Brian Penn All right? Okay, fair enough. Ah, after enough. 44:11.70 ukfilmreview Um, but yeah, so the film stars Marcel Rich ah Kayla Kelly and Joey Lundorm and essentially is about ah a young lad ah top teenager sitting in a diner and he is prepping for a big date. He has a date with a girl um later on. 44:26.55 Brian Penn Oh yeah. 44:31.20 ukfilmreview And he plans to meet his friend Tim to talk about? Yeah the strategies of you know, wooing women. Um, and yeah, yeah, and it's um, his yeah, he's playing through what he's going to like well yeah, how he's going to come across in the date. 44:37.11 Brian Penn Yeah, we'll been there when we've all been there. Yeah. 44:49.13 ukfilmreview And but instead of his friends opening up his friend's mum turns up and our protagonist sees it as an opportunity to just test some of his methods and strategies to see whether they how they go down on his friends. Um, what do you think of this 1 Ryan. 44:50.68 Brian Penn So he cliff. 45:01.72 Brian Penn Yeah I really enjoyed it I think it's it was really good. Fun. It's sweet, endearing funny and a fair reflection of the angst. We all go through in adolescence. You know one seems to be cool and grown up impressing a girl. But the awkwardness and fear of failure. It's all in there and I like I like the the the setup whereby he's got the cuuee cards doesn't he trying rehearsing his lines and then this mature attractive woman turns up not instead, but before it all kind of starts and that's Tim's mom I thought right? I'll try I'll try it and I love that I love that I love the simplicity of it and the fact that it isla because we've all been through that and it's it reminds you how awkward and painful it was when we all went through it you know and it's life is learning process. But. Really good, fun. Really enjoyable. Nice, nice and light and speaks a lot of truth and you know films that work the best are the ones that we can see something of ourselves in. 46:10.79 ukfilmreview Yeah I thought it was one of those films that ah on 1 hand it kind of felt like maybe it was a um project. You know like a school film project that sort of thing that they of okay, we're gonna make a make a thing in the local diamond kind of it was. 46:18.93 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 46:27.82 ukfilmreview It felt fairly basic in terms of the set. But then when I started to unpick my feelings on the film. So actually this is quite a rich film here. There's actually quite a lot going on here. It plays on a lot of classic themes and coming of age feelings and Storylines and you've got. 46:38.71 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 46:45.33 ukfilmreview I think quite a good central performance in particular the mum I think the mum when she comes lends quite a good amount of credence to the performances and I think she also coax is quite a good one out of our our lead Marcel I think that you needed that with a film like this because had it been just you. 46:50.43 Brian Penn Now E. Is. 47:04.30 ukfilmreview Young characters I don't know if the the caliber of the acting would have been there but as it is it actually works quite well and some of the camera work is a bit jolting. That's one of my notes I've got it was I was kind of feeling that it was a bit all over the place where they didn't really need to be um, you know. 47:06.97 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. 47:16.40 Brian Penn Yeah, that Yeah, this fills I mean we're talking earlier about what we understood by the term indie film This feels more like a traditional indie film Really, it doesn't have that that kind of poise and polish. But you know. Doesn't mean it say that it's any less effective but you can see that it that they've got a more limited budget compared to some of the other films that we've reviewed here tonight but it's still it still works but you know as just say say kind of films more like a traditional indie film What you would expect to see in an indie film. You know. 47:54.38 ukfilmreview Um. 47:54.85 Brian Penn But I think you're right about the about the mother though she's ah she's a pivotal character in that story right? because straight away. He's kind of uping his game not just in the acting sts. But the character is is kind of going up a notch where this hot day is. 48:13.74 Brian Penn Around the same age as in that there you've got ah a grown up adult mature woman who's who's kind of teaching him in her own way. You know so I like that too. It's a it's a nice court was sort of spin on a story that we've seen many signs before but it's a question of how you execute it isn't it. You know. 48:29.40 ukfilmreview Yeah, and yeah, it's it's um, available actually to to watch if people can watch Gush should get the girl on Youtube just search for it I'm sure it will come up. Um, and obviously yeah, again, go to the website to read Jason's review because he was very positive about it too. 48:32.55 Brian Penn So. 48:38.26 Brian Penn Um, yeah. 48:48.25 ukfilmreview There's a trailer there. Yeah, if you want to watch the tradeer just just see you get a feel for the film and because like we say the indie films often now are coming out with such a good quality. You'd be good to hear what people think of this one and because we are able to sort of show. It people are able to see it. 48:50.59 Brian Penn And. 48:58.54 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. 49:07.10 ukfilmreview Um, so yeah, that's gush should get the girl moving on to an indie feature now from ben a a Cellis a chels shelves the chels a tools. Um, this is a again comedy horror. 49:16.25 Brian Penn I Chose I chose I choose. 49:24.57 ukfilmreview Got another comedy horror here. It's what it's labeled as anyway on Imdb um, well ah when I remember this film this I don't remember it I suppose it is yeah ah it be an evil moon is the film and funny. Yeah because there are definitely elements of of comedy. But I i. 49:28.13 Brian Penn Um, you don't stand convinced there. 49:35.26 Brian Penn Know. 49:42.58 ukfilmreview Yeah I suppose it's probably more comedy than horror. Do you want to do the sal. Yeah, what's what's the film about. 49:44.79 Brian Penn Yeah, okay, then. So yeah, directed by benetil starring Richard Allen in Ray White rod glenn and Gordon Joseph Miller so yeah so we're in keeping with the theme of this episode. Freddy Freddy is a former scientist who now ekes out a living. As a mini-cab driver and also supplies the local gangs with drugs but he has ah a side hustle Freddy is developing a formula to cure hair loss being follically challenged himself. He dreams of the day when he finally cracks the case. 50:18.55 Brian Penn Has an elderly mother who is bed-bound but prone to the occasional wonder he tries the new formula on his own paint awaking the next morning is her sweet a suit her sweet um with a full beard. Historian know Thy bounds. But what forces there's he unleashed. That's the question isn't it. Um I I think the film generally works very well. It's an interesting new take on on the on the genre. Um, all always say about it. 50:36.76 ukfilmreview 50 50:49.96 Brian Penn Is that the story seems to tail off a little bit towards the end and doesn't really offer the viewer a satisfactory conclusion I was kind of expecting a bit more now people listening might watch it and think oh no, it's fine but I was I was wanting a bit more but the setup's great. And like the ah the the angle with the the drug data as well because there's all kinds of directions. This storyline could have gone in so it surprises you in that way. But no I thought I thought it was pretty decent. 51:21.30 ukfilmreview Yeah I think you're right in terms of the ah the plotting I found it similar. Um I thought what it didn't go satisfactory by the end for me I'd enjoyed the bulk of it Actually I thought it was a really good mix. 51:31.40 Brian Penn So. 51:37.92 ukfilmreview Because obviously stories about werewolves and and things like that have been done in the past and you're you're you're entering into quite a hallow genre. Really um, that to do a film like this you it needs to be worthy at least to have a good story and I liked it I like the setup the. 51:41.24 Brian Penn Um, yeah. 51:45.10 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. 51:55.90 ukfilmreview And the latter part of the film funny enough was actually where I thought it was really getting into gear I was so oh here we go like yeah and this is where especially with the landscape the beautiful landscape that they were in and he gets to that cabin. Did you recognize the guy in the cabin. Um, yeah, so. 51:58.46 Brian Penn E. 52:05.92 Brian Penn And I and I yeah he looked familiar. Um, ah yeah. 52:14.28 ukfilmreview Gordon Joseph Miller he was in a film that we reviewed at last year's festival. Um, it was the film set in a pub where he played um but baroness was what it was called. Yeah yeah, and and. 52:18.85 Brian Penn Right? Okay I yeah I remember yeah we couldn't work out what it was called Baroness that was it wasn't it. Yeah, that one? yeah. 52:34.27 ukfilmreview He fun of he turned up to the event that I did Ro all the filmmakers there and it really yeah, it was great to see him in this I thought his scene with his partner was probably the best. It was such a great um part. That's the clip that we'll play is's actually him with her talking about the the the story of it being an evil mood and. 52:35.95 Brian Penn Right. Yeah. 52:45.48 Brian Penn Yeah. 52:54.90 ukfilmreview I Thought that was where the film was was should have been more yeah focused on whereas. Actually we got a lot to begin with and it took a long time to get to the bits that were actually a bit more kind of exciting I guess. 52:54.15 Brian Penn Ah. 52:57.35 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I think I think you're right The those conversation tools towards the end were very cleverly put together and. This is where where I think we agreed on this that it kind of tailed off a little bit that it didn't reach that proper conclusion because it was setting something up which it appeared to not necessarily do ah but yeah, it was. It was good. There. There was a lot to enjoy there a lot to enjoy and and lots of. To take in. But yeah, it's It's all Good. Um. 53:36.70 ukfilmreview And I think like the film that we were going back to the genres like comedy horror. There is this sort of so mix of sinister and silly which does work quite well the funniest bit for me was this bloke that sits out of the back of his house in a deck chair and he just throws a beer can every time he sees him. He just throws a beer can at him. 53:44.89 Brian Penn Yeah. 53:52.52 Brian Penn Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, nice go to the yeah. 53:56.10 ukfilmreview And I thought that is just hilarious I What why he do it. Why is he there? Um, and also there's a bit where someone gets attacked with cgi seagulls that was just that was really funny. Um, so I think yeah, he's got this of zany fun element to it and it's got like this sort of. 54:05.20 Brian Penn Yeah, that yeah. 54:15.47 ukfilmreview Ah, interesting premise with the horror story I think where the film slightly lets itself down is it doesn't lean more into that story and give us a bit more because it is actually I don't think it was that long from I remember that I thought so it could have maybe given us a little bit more but that being said, yeah, it's. 54:24.32 Brian Penn Um, ours for our 21 minutes think yeah yeah. 54:33.66 ukfilmreview Ah, really worthy interesting. Ah yeah, film people should seek out. Let me just see if we've got any information about a release. Ah there is a Facebook where it says people. But if you search Facebook for it be an evil moon or Twitter ah it be an evil moon on instagram it's Medusa media production. So yeah, there's information out there. There's trailers and things the film you viewing link was a Youtube link I don't know if it was public or not let me check that as well. I don't think it is yeah so it might not be out just yet. 55:03.66 Brian Penn And. 55:11.87 ukfilmreview But I've given you some links there in terms of where you can find out more because these films are really hard. Yeah to make a feature film is difficult and to make one that is doing so much as what this is that? yeah hats off to the filmmakers because I think they've done a fabricous job. We just wanted more of it I think. 55:19.30 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, no yeah, that's right? Yeah I mean all the ingredients there is. It was a great effort but you know like ah like I say it's um. 55:36.70 Brian Penn Sort of about what you get from it yourself. You know I think we more or less drew the same conclusions to last didn't we a bit about the film itself. But you know someone else can look at it and think and you know, but that's the beauty here of filmmaking ah and watching films like this is that we all get something slightly different from it. But this this is a fine effort and. 55:44.28 ukfilmreview Um. 55:56.50 Brian Penn It's all there. But it's a question of how you how you present it and where you go with it. It's got great potential. It's a word I Often come back to with films like this because you think it's all there. It's all in in place but you just got to shape it and develop it. But it's good time. Good stuff. 56:13.40 ukfilmreview Go it be an evil moon. Um, next up, we're heading to a short film written and directed by Brandon Haynes it's a film called 2 truths and a lie and Chris Buick reviewed this on the website and gave it I think 5 stars and I was like oh. 56:25.10 Brian Penn Yeah, no Bob Slightman I yeah 56:30.69 ukfilmreview Um, that's that is a bold statement and having seen the film I can see why it's called 5 stars I love the set for this film. So essentially it's about 3 people from different career backgrounds who all struggle to lie. Um and they are going through a um. 56:38.67 Brian Penn Ah. 56:50.60 ukfilmreview Counseling session with a slightly unorthodox counselor who is going to try and get them to be able to lie more comfortably because it affects these people quite seriously So one's like a professional poker player. So off the East Toardo lie and blaff. Um, there's like a social media personality who you can't. 56:52.21 Brian Penn He he. 57:02.13 Brian Penn Yeah yet. Well yeah, yeah. 57:10.37 ukfilmreview Sort get by. But yeah, kind of what the other person was was it a lawyer might be which if it was then that's playing on the whole liar liar um film which you which we've we've seen before? Yeah I think you're right actually? So the the film. 57:12.65 Brian Penn It's a lawyer isn' it sit a lawyer. It's a lawyer a thing. Why? Well yeah yeah. 57:26.77 ukfilmreview Works really? well even just with those 3 personalities but I actually agree with Chris's review which he says that this chose st really is the therapist. Um, she is absolutely balmy and she she does things to sort of elicit these responses from them to try and get them to to lie. 57:27.81 Brian Penn And. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 57:44.94 ukfilmreview And it is hilarious. Um, really really funny but also a little bit disturbing if it feels a little bit like on the sort of thriller side at the same time. Did you get that feeling. 57:51.96 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, now of course I think it. It's kind of a it's a mix of all kinds of sort of stars and approaches that yeah it does have elements of thriller strike chiller strike comedy. It's got element all those elements ah mixed in. I think it's good. It's very good. It's such a great premise again, we we talk about the premise don't with the setup. What? What's the basic plot. How does it work and this is brilliant I love the idea of a support group for those who can't help but tell the truth. And the first thing I thought was this is far too big. An idea for a short film. You know we often talk about um the potential that short films have to be something more than than a short film and this could work as a feature film or even a Tv series. You know they've got ah a lawyer poker player. 58:32.15 ukfilmreview Yeah, yeah. 58:46.97 Brian Penn And influencer. Yeah, just think of the clients that Melissa could get just imagine people in professions where the need to tell the truth might cause a bit of a problem for them and that needs curing so it's got dynamic potential and you think you give this to a top comedy writer or a top thriller writer. 58:51.32 ukfilmreview Um. 59:05.77 Brian Penn This is this is gold. This is pure gold and I completely endorse Chris Buick giving it 5 stars because in context to do what they've done in the space of what twenty twenty minutes fifteen 20 minutes whatever it was that is hell of an effort. 59:24.77 ukfilmreview I Think so too um and like so I agree I think yeah Web series or film or or show because there's so much I did feel this was one much like the previous film it finished and I was like no no, no, there should be more here more here more here. Please? um. 59:24.87 Brian Penn Really impressed with it. Yeah. 59:38.58 Brian Penn Yeah, more more. Yeah, we more? yeah. 59:44.21 ukfilmreview And I think they only gave you a few different things which she does in terms of like the methods to get them to lie I was like oh that every so more there could have been so many more things to really bring this out. Um. 59:50.47 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. 59:58.28 ukfilmreview Obviously maybe that's the sign of a good film is wanting you to sort of you. You leave you wanting more so I can't always be too so hard on them for that. But yeah, as a as a proof of concept. There's something big here that you could certainly be made further. 01:00:02.38 Brian Penn Yeah, no, yeah, well well Chris I'll be very surprised if this doesn't go somewhere. You know that that yes, it's a short film. They're working within alysis timeframe. You know that they've got their um you know the the pace to sequencing ah the logical sequence of storie so they have to get into a limited timeframe. They've got all that words out but I would be amaze ifistic didn and go somewhere else. Ah, can't believe that you wouldn't do something more with it with a short film like this but we shall see you never know we might be reviewing a facial length version in a year or so I hope you know because it's an intriguing prospects and you give it I mean it looks to me like it had a pretty decent budget anyway. But. 01:00:51.57 ukfilmreview 50 Ah. 01:00:59.42 Brian Penn You give it any ah a proper pudgy give it to Netflix give it to you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 01:01:03.30 ukfilmreview Yeah I could really see that because you had a kind of almost black mirror sort of feel to it like not not in terms of total vibe. But in terms of the look and feel of it I was like yeah I could see this working brilliantly as ah in a binge worthy series that someone would watch. Um. 01:01:18.56 Brian Penn Absolutely. 01:01:19.50 ukfilmreview Obviously if it does get that far Brandon you do owe us some money because we've big it up to that point. Okay, yeah um yeah I think yeah, we don't want a lot of the pie just some of the pie. Please no. But if you want to find out more about 2 truths and a lie they are on socials. 01:01:24.12 Brian Penn Um, yeah, what more could I ask for. We can't say fair and that can we really? yeah and I but not greaty are we Chris really. 01:01:38.82 ukfilmreview So they are using the number 2 so 2 truths a lie. All 1 word on Instagram and Twitter and and it's also they have a website for the main company called gorillawolf.com so yeah 01:01:42.72 Brian Penn What. 01:01:53.17 ukfilmreview No reason why you can't find more on that I don't think it is out because we got a password protected link for that one? Um, but yeah, 2 truths in the lie 5 stars. Definitely go see it if you can I think it's fabulous. We are sticking with the short films. Um, going now to. 01:01:58.24 Brian Penn Ah, ah. 01:02:12.52 ukfilmreview Elena Vi Clover's short film intern which Joe Beck gave 4 stars on the website and I think yeah, it's 4 or 5 for me I thought this was fantastic I really enjoyed it. Um, so the setup is isaac j plays a intern at this. But basically in the basement I think and there's a group of people there all trying to vie for a position at a company and the internship is about to come to an end for our main characters for career so he's trying his best to. In front of the Ceo and to show him this report that he's made to try and yeah, get his job. Yeah, this, he's he's putting out all the stops. Unfortunately, it doesn't go very well for him he that through calamity and also through people that work there so keeping him out. Um. 01:02:50.52 Brian Penn Um, I mean. 01:02:56.20 Brian Penn He's yeah. 01:03:06.64 Brian Penn Hey Ah, ah. 01:03:07.77 ukfilmreview Even get stuck in their lift at one point. Um, it doesn't really go too Well then it does sort of change slightly towards the end. Um I thought not only was this a really interesting story and there's lots of great themes about capitalism and and greed and how we perceive employment but also just looked great. It had this strange like. 01:03:18.30 Brian Penn He. No no. 01:03:27.51 ukfilmreview Hue to it like a ah greeny kind of hue that made it feel like you're watching something from like the 70 s but felt very modern at the same time. Um, what did you think of intern Brian. 01:03:32.71 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah I Really liked it I think it's very Clever. It's very clever, very insurgent perceptive filmmaking again within a very limited time frame. This is what I find very impressive about the ability to make a short film is that. You give it an enswin fill and you get ah you get a lot of detail there a bit like gus should get the goal. Ah, it's very reliable. It starts off with a concept that we can all understand right? You know there's all we've all been for a job that we really Want. We're all competing. 01:04:11.87 Brian Penn To be accepted to prove that we're worthy of someone's attention in the work environment and I think the character is called Seth Isn'tney the the main character like it's Seth isn't that um the fact that he's he's trying to pull out the stops and do everything possible. To get this job to nail it but still being asked to jump through numerous hurdles. You know trying to overcome various obstacles obstacles and that is something we can all understand we can all relate to. But yeah, you're right? it's got um visually it's it's good the script's good and it it works because it's it's something that we all get we all get what the the psyche of that character is that he's determined to make all the right noises and get that job. And we can all understand that can't we. 01:05:06.16 ukfilmreview Yeah, and I think they they matched it with this sort of like his energy like his passion for for trying to the filmmaking kind of has that as well like it feels like it's keeping up them and it feels at times like kind of quirky or frantic or yeah, it's going. It's keeping the. 01:05:16.10 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. E le. 01:05:26.11 ukfilmreview Viewer on their toes quite well I found and I think like you say people can relate to this. They can see that it may be in themselves or maybe they've done that at times or even felt that way about something that the central performance is really great I thought I think he does fabulously with the with the role. 01:05:30.10 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 01:05:43.60 ukfilmreview Ah, like the supporting characters this one guy where they they pull the he pull his newspaper down and he just looks totally annoyed that he's been interrupted I Thought yeah, that's just great and that there's always someone at work. That's like that right is always that cynical guy that doesn't say anything. Um. 01:05:49.79 Brian Penn Yeah, on our kuso is yeah yeah. 01:05:59.40 ukfilmreview I think they capture that really well they capture this element even though it is kind of a bit of a odd bull strange premise that actually there's a lot of familiarity there as well. There's lots of things that you're going to go? Oh yeah, that feels relatable. 01:06:06.68 Brian Penn Well well. Also Chris that you know you can make a point by exaggerating you know and you can do that you can you can sort of create a situation that looks. Extreme or far fetcht. But you're making a value point at the same time so you can make a point by exaggerating and that's in some ways. That's what what what? they've done here is to take something to an extreme but still enable the audience to understand what they're getting at which is again, it's very clever though. The word I keep my coming back to with theer. It's clever. Smart smart filmmaking. 01:06:46.79 ukfilmreview God mean can't say fair on that um inter ah short film is not out as far as I'm aware I might be wrong on that but you can find them on Instagram so act intern film or 1 word and. The review as well. Do go check out Chris beock's very glowing review I think really does delve into the film and and what he liked about it. Let us know if you are able to ever see it. Let uss know what you think um, it's always nice to to hear from our listeners now this next. 01:07:13.14 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:07:23.80 ukfilmreview Short film was one I reviewed on the website. Um and another five stuff film. Um, yeah, ah so it's called the 1 note man and I feel like because I reviewed it I'm gonna let you do the synopsis on this because. 01:07:25.19 Brian Penn I Know so I say so I say I deserve is well deserved. It's very well deserved. 01:07:41.00 Brian Penn Okay, oh that you might gush too much shall I be a bit harder on it na can't can I can't really I thought I might give a bit of a contrast but I don't think I can really well. Okay, then so directed by George Suga Shoe gas 01:07:43.80 ukfilmreview I might I might I might gush too much you? Yeah yeah. 01:07:56.28 ukfilmreview So sugas. Yeah, happy that. So. 01:08:00.39 Brian Penn Starring Jason Watkins ah it's a simple but lovable tale about a musician who plays the obo in an orchestra and his only contributions to the piece is 1 solitary note the musician leads a hum drumm existence but is secretly in love with a lady that plays the Violin in the same orchestra crippled by shyness. He tries. And his own way to impress her. He stealthily builds up his part much to the annoyance of the conductor but will the pretty violinist respond to his delicate advances I absolutely love this I think it's fantastic. Um, as you pointed out in your review Chris there are shades of groundhog day here 01:08:37.47 ukfilmreview Are. 01:08:39.78 Brian Penn Ah, is packed with symbolism isn't it really? Ah, a gray life represented by this 1 note and an obsession with minor say you know with loose strands on his jacket and a toothbrush always pointing upwards I guess the moral we're hear is that love will eventually set him free. Um, it benefits hugely from Jason Watkins and the title royal very familiar a we seen him ah on on film and Cb and he makes a lot of short films doesn't he you know I think we reviewed a short film of piece last year if I remember right? Yeah and um. 01:09:10.39 ukfilmreview Yeah I've remember seeing me in a few things here. 01:09:16.68 Brian Penn That's that's a big plus some good cameos there poor barber trigger for moni falls and horsess't it. Um, so that that's again, another strength but the biggest strength of this film in my opinion Chris in my humble opinion is that there are there is no scripts. You know. 01:09:22.43 ukfilmreview Yep. 01:09:34.95 Brian Penn You know I Love words I Love words I'm fascinated by the power of words. But here words aren't necessary. You don't need a script that means that without any dialogue there are no language barriers. It has universal appeal. You could. 01:09:40.96 ukfilmreview In. 01:09:52.30 Brian Penn Plays at any audience in any country in the world. Any culture whoever you whoever you take it to they will understand this will they'll get it because there are no language Barriers. No need for subtitles only for dubbing nothing but they see a very human story unfolding here I think it's beautiful. Um, see beautiful. 01:10:13.72 ukfilmreview Well I'm glad I actually get my review in before you came and yeah, made it even you made me look silly Brian but in ah how yeah how profound you've done in your review and I looked like a little five year old with my review. But yeah now i. 01:10:17.88 Brian Penn Ah, yeah, well I was only trying to and enhance it Chris myself you know. 01:10:28.10 Brian Penn No, but yeah I'm so yeah nine that so ah 9 No no, that's where we're agreed on that absolute. 01:10:29.16 ukfilmreview Yeah, I'm glad that we are on the same page with this one because yeah, it's always yeah when you love a film you kind of think oh am I going to be on my own here I would have absolutely fought my corner but I'm glad that you are on the same page. Um, it is one of those films like you say is it's universal. Anyone can enjoy this film. Um. And watkins is amazing. He's so good in this film because he's got that kind of like Mr Bean kind of feel not not in terms of like that silliness but in terms of the physical performance. It really is sort of that slight embellishment and slight kind of exaggeration to just. 01:10:49.79 Brian Penn Yeah, it's great. Great answer. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. 01:11:07.87 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 01:11:08.38 ukfilmreview Really bring the audience in because otherwise you could just be oh why do I care? Um, and there's all these little moments. There's so many moments in my review I picked out ah crystal you who plays the um conductor giving him the eve Why when he sort of ends up causing a bit of a ruckus that. 01:11:18.20 Brian Penn Can that. So yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 01:11:26.10 ukfilmreview It's those things they're small things but actually it made it feel quite British It made it feel like this is our sense of humor. Yeah, we we really enjoy these sort of stories and this filmmaking I thought it was just excellent. The the class that is is great I liked though. 01:11:29.17 Brian Penn Yeah, it's very yeah, yeah, absolutely. 01:11:43.78 ukfilmreview The way that it also does play with the audience quite a bit because there is a first you're watching. Okay, he just yeah, go for his humdrum life and there's like a almost like a slapstick field to him just going in and out of the same route then there's a quite a like almost like a. 01:11:47.56 Brian Penn E. 01:11:58.13 Brian Penn Um, yeah, yeah. 01:12:01.63 ukfilmreview Sad kind of feeling to it of you know him actually his experience then you get this love story and the meat cute because like he hadn't really noticed this other violinist and then it becomes a love story so you get a lot in this really short spacetime. This wouldn't work as any longer. It is exactly as long as it needs to be um. 01:12:04.72 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah I know and I no I get. 01:12:20.14 ukfilmreview Because it's perfectly you in tune to ah pay on palm there. It's perfect in tuned with what what the odd what the audience is gonna want and expect from a film like this and every part of it is needed. Every single bit was like that is. 01:12:23.25 Brian Penn Yeah, Oh yeah, very good. Yeah. Yeah, it's I part it is like padding is a no yeah. 01:12:36.54 ukfilmreview Just perfect. Yeah, there's no padding. There's nothing in there. You can't think well okay, well you could have cut that down a bit. Um and for a film that doesn't rely on dialogue that's huge and it's not I wouldn't say it's even that sure I can't remember how long it was I'm thinking about 20 minutes was it so some of that that it's not like it was like a 3 minute 01:12:50.54 Brian Penn It's about yeah 20 minutes probably yeah yeah. 01:12:56.17 ukfilmreview Music video. You know it was like yeah that's a long film for some short films. They fit a whole feature length in that that time and but to to do this without any dialogue I think is really ambitious to do it with this cast as well like you've got to be pretty confident about the film. You're going to make if you've got no dialogue and you're hiring these people to be in it. 01:12:56.98 Brian Penn Um, nice. Yeah yeah. 01:13:07.37 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, no yeah I I reckon for an answer. That's a very difficult part to play if you've got no scripts the the major tool that you have as an answer. 01:13:16.60 ukfilmreview You know me I. 01:13:26.25 Brian Penn Is a scripts isn't that all right, you get an outline with with what is basically this you could call it a silent movie because there's no dialogue but they get an outline but that they don't get a script so you've taken some a vital tour away from an actor so it becomes a much more difficult part to play. You know what what I was thinking when I was watching it. You know it's almost Charlie Chaplin -esque in its approach is that and that's ah, that's a strength really, you know you you kind of realize how great charlie chaplin was and that charlie chaplalin was around today. 01:13:51.48 ukfilmreview Um, yeah I thought that yeah. 01:14:02.52 Brian Penn I'm sure he would totally approve and you know to me to me. That's the greatest compliment you could paint a film like this because that's the the benchmark That's the standard of an approach to making a film but absolutely brilliant. Absolutely brilliant really is. 01:14:19.98 ukfilmreview And just to also note Ian Mccallum does a bit of narration that is someone one of the only bits of dialogue that you do get? Um, yeah so I mean if there was anything you could add on. Yeah, it's kind of. 01:14:21.53 Brian Penn Yeah, you don't yeah yeah, right at beginning beginning and the end wasn't it. 01:14:36.55 ukfilmreview Like what ingredient you're going to stick on to just improve something that's already perfect. It's goingnna be the voice of Ian Mckellen yeah it's gonna be okay, yeah now it's done now. It's finished it doesn't there's yeah, it's only going to make it better. Only gonna make it better. Um, yeah, amazing. really really good 01:14:41.17 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, but yeah, yeah to get that caliber of actors involved I mean Jason Watkins Ear Mckellen Sit I Mckellen and also. You know Joanna Klein who played the the violinist you know, very well-known one and actually who you would instantly recognize and also Paul barber plays the florist doesn't they you know is to get all those touches nice touches and get these people involved it shows how good it is. 01:15:17.38 ukfilmreview Um, yeah. 01:15:17.69 Brian Penn Yeah, how much it's racing when you get that calibre of a involved So that's another great Great plus. 01:15:24.17 ukfilmreview So that was the 1 note man um, do go read my review. Um, if you've got lovely things to say about my writing send them to me if you've got not so nice things to say ah send them somewhere else. Um, the. 01:15:27.10 Brian Penn Yeah, absolutely. 01:15:38.74 ukfilmreview The film if you want to find out more. They have a websites so called cusp films so that's CUSPF ILMSDot code at UK so that's their website and they are on social media so Twitter be at Cust Films instagram it's at cusp underscore films. So and I'm pretty sure the film is not out yet. 01:15:44.11 Brian Penn Ah. 01:15:56.32 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:15:57.35 ukfilmreview Um, I'm pretty sure it is doing the festival run because I follow them on socials and they are talking a lot about festivals at the moment. However, it's the kind of film I could see it being released. Um, um, and people will will be able to watch on something like Om letter or something like that. Um. 01:16:03.18 Brian Penn Ah. 01:16:10.18 Brian Penn Should be shouldn't it really? Yeah, Ah yeah. 01:16:16.16 ukfilmreview So that's the one that man and that's the end of our indie films leaving us only the nostalgia pick for this month um as we say it's a horror month. Um, so we are obviously going to head to disney you know that's where we're going Disney plus obviously um. 01:16:26.97 Brian Penn Nice. Ah. 01:16:29.32 Brian Penn Now. Yeah, obviously obviously obviously where else. 01:16:34.57 ukfilmreview I I picked I wanted something from Disney price because I felt that yeah we we've done Netflix for the streaming pick and this this head to Disney ive I had never seen the omen now I put it? No so I put it as the nostalgia p because this is partly what the nostalgia pick is for which is. 01:16:43.60 Brian Penn Really. 01:16:53.90 ukfilmreview Those films which you kind of should have seen that you filled out. Maybe it gives you a reason to watch them. Um, and I thought I'd send the omen reference so many times like in pop culture do know always comes to mind. He's only fools and horses because of like Damien and like yeah um that I was like ah you not. 01:16:53.85 Brian Penn 5 01:17:00.89 Brian Penn Yes. 01:17:07.88 Brian Penn Of Damien yeah, ah ah absolutely I had a long time ago though you know these I it came out in 9076 I never realized it was that old actually I thought it was a bit more recent. 01:17:11.56 ukfilmreview I'm gonna this is it. This is a good reason to watch it Um, had you seen it before. Okay. 01:17:25.56 Brian Penn Ah, may have been thinking of the 2 sequels that they made but the original film came out in something 6 I would have seen it the first time possibly 10 years after because of that time films would take four or five years to appear on on the small screen so it probably would have been. 01:17:28.62 ukfilmreview Um. 01:17:43.75 Brian Penn The midacs when I first saw it. But I've not seen it for a very long time. So this for me would is a bit you know we will say don't we that if you've not seen the film for years. You can see it with a fresh pair of eyes. So yeah I have seen it above. 01:18:00.19 ukfilmreview Um, it's also quite good with this nostalgia pick because you get that chance to go is it how I remember and you go back and watch your film and go Okay, yeah, actually and that is as good like we we did fight Club I'd sent so many times when I was younger I watched it again I was like yeah night still holds up still great. Um. 01:18:00.89 Brian Penn Sent previously Byarian Islam other. 01:18:06.40 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah out Costa. 01:18:17.89 ukfilmreview With ah with this um I hadn't seen it but it has a lot of similarities to films of that era of films I have seen you know 70 s horrors and things like that. Um it is one of the films as well that it has a place in horror legacy in terms of like. 01:18:25.81 Brian Penn Yeah I. 01:18:34.76 Brian Penn Is yeah. 01:18:37.35 ukfilmreview What it's done and and things are um so the story centers around Gregory Peck's character. He's an ambassador called Robert Thorne who very very early on in the film. They lose their child um in the hospital and in order to. 01:18:50.00 Brian Penn No. 01:18:56.61 ukfilmreview Not cause his wife any distress or pardon any distress someone offers him the chance of having another child that sadly lost their mother childbirth So kind of a well you know take this one instead situation. Um as you do and. 01:19:09.50 Brian Penn I Should do yeah I should do yeah. 01:19:15.86 ukfilmreview Years go by and he sort of his life kind of becomes he comes quite successful in his career but the child starts to seem a bit odd to be honest bit weird um bit sinister and it all comes to a head when. 01:19:24.80 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:19:32.77 Brian Penn Yeah, it's the it's anani isn't it the na he. 01:19:33.80 ukfilmreview Someone dies at there a picnic. Um, she is that the first that's for some entry where she goes out the window right? Yeah yeah, the nanny um and from there only gets weirder and also the a priest or something just kind of keeps trying to track. Gregory Preck's character down and warns him of this warns that actually this child presents more evil than he may be prepared for and it all links into the church so they must stop him at first obviously he doesn't really believe him but then more more things start to happen and chaos and violence ensue. 01:19:53.74 Brian Penn Um. 01:20:00.66 Brian Penn Um, yeah, yeah, not he can yeah. 01:20:11.43 ukfilmreview It escalates into horror territory. Um, what did you think watching this again Brian how did you feel like watching this seventy s horror film in 2023 01:20:22.00 Brian Penn I think it's still it still works. It still definitely works alongside the wicker man now we've mentioned the wicker man before haven't we but alongside the wicker man this film is the benchmark for all horror movies. They get the basics right? You know great directs through Richard donnna. Great car sc Gregory Peck a genuine film legend Lee Remick Billy Whitelaw David Warner Patrick Trouston who plays the priest you know they all excellent actors know what they're doing so they got all the basics right? You know and a very strong story that's telling. Ah. Quite as kind of an explicit tale really you know a bit about the the kind of the mirror image of Jesus isn't it really? you know the the son of the devil and ties in with with Bludgeon and religious symbolism. It's it's still shocking. 01:21:12.45 ukfilmreview Um. 01:21:20.60 Brian Penn still feels shocking it still works you know there are certain scenes in the film that still make me shocking. You know I don't often get affected in that way by a horror movie but some films do it to me and this is one of them. You know one you can pick out all kinds of scenes that that will shock you and. Linger in the memory but the where where um Lee Remicks Remis characters of the mother is on the stairs trying to fix the light and the kid comes along on it on his bike or when he's tricycle that is a generally shocking scene. It really is and it does make you make you. 01:21:45.92 ukfilmreview So yeah. 01:21:57.82 Brian Penn Jump out you see for it Momentarily big. Yeah yeah, and that's very true. Yeah, that's that's obviously where where they got it from then wasn't it that you know in some ways all all films are derivative aren't I of something else of something you've seen. 01:21:57.85 ukfilmreview It did remind me a lot of the shining. So I was like that felt very akin right? The bike. 01:22:16.65 ukfilmreview Um, yeah. 01:22:17.10 Brian Penn Previously you know and that's why I think the the omen is so influential that they get lots of they draw on lots of ideas that they that they put down in a film like um omen but it works you know it does what it's supposed to do and it. Even though it is what 47 years old. You know it still manages to be thought provoking disturbing scary with it with very few special effects with pretty basic. Um. Effects that you know they represent this the 70 s in some ways where there was nothing I don't know you film you filmed the omens today right? You imagine what you could do with all the techniques and tricks and wizardry you got at your disposal now. But I don't think they could make that film any better now than they did then if you see what I'm getting at yeah. 01:23:16.48 ukfilmreview Now I think that oh hundred percent when it comes to horror like if you've got practical effects. They still work way better than ah yeah cgi and I think it's the kind of film where they're doing. 01:23:22.54 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:23:30.58 ukfilmreview A lot of supernatural big stuff like they've got the hell hounds. They've got the there's a storm at 1 point that kind of goes crazy that it's like they had to do all that like that those were real dogs. You know that was a real um storm that they had to recreate like using effects. It's like that. 01:23:32.93 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:23:43.68 Brian Penn Um, yeah, yeah. 01:23:48.88 ukfilmreview That has to be applauded. You have to so and that's why it stands up I think because it's like well you did it. You made it whereas I think with um, anything cgi even 105 years you'll you'll notice because technologies change and the way that they've done that is very different but it's still in the same ballpark. But with this. 01:23:50.57 Brian Penn A. 01:24:00.21 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:24:06.27 ukfilmreview It is just you've made it happen. Um I did find I like the film I like that there was a lot of heritage here in terms of horror filmmaking I've so so many beats like oh they've they've referenced that in this film. They've referenced that in this film. So I like that Obviously this is kind of like ah an Og story. 01:24:06.40 Brian Penn Thing. 01:24:21.12 Brian Penn Um, yeah, yeah, yeah. 01:24:25.20 ukfilmreview I did feel that it it was on my house I was taking itself quite seriously which I found hard because I say with me in horror I don't I think if everyone's taking really seriously I get a bit bored if I doesn't feel that fun I wouldn't say it was that fun of a film Um, with. 01:24:32.81 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, no, no, it's very serious isn't it. Yeah, no yeah. 01:24:43.48 ukfilmreview Yeah, with the conference earlier that this is perfectly my at my street Yo it's It's funny. It's fun, but it's also got some scares and it's a bit terrifying with this. It was just trying to be scary but also playing very heavily into the religious side of things which I just found. Okay, yeah, like that's that's fine. Um, that. 01:24:54.95 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:25:02.76 ukfilmreview And also some of the some of the effects were a bit overbearing like the the music and the lighting that you're watching just going. Okay, okay, all right? Yep calm it down calm but that is obviously you're talking about a film made decades ago that it's the style has changed and you know. 01:25:09.16 Brian Penn Yeah I know? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 01:25:18.60 ukfilmreview Imagine seeing this in a cinema at time but it was like oh my god like experience whereas watching it on Disney Blas and toy fake free is a bit like I can yeah calm it down. Um, but I do I also I think a sign of a good film is if there is more films that you want to watch and I finish this and thought you know what I'm going to try and check out. 01:25:24.87 Brian Penn Yeah, and I yeah. 01:25:35.26 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, it still the character that they're developing isn't it because if you sorry Chris come. 01:25:36.26 ukfilmreview Omen too like I feel like I want to know because it's it's the same character isn't it like later on yeah well I just thinking we probably should have put a spoiler in there but do we need to put spoilers for films that are over 4 years old guess. Ah, now we'll get letters but I just. 01:25:49.28 Brian Penn Oh what? then I would you reckon ah delete the less this Yeah okay from yeah yeah, Okay, yeah, yeah, that kind of got. 01:25:54.13 ukfilmreview Delete them? Yeah by which I mean burn them. Yeah. 01:26:02.81 Brian Penn Is in keeping with with the horror theme isn't it really is Yeah yeah, oh yeah, it's very good. But yeah so I think you're right? They um the the music is a bit heavy handed that was more about the style the approach to filmmaking in in the S simtics though. 01:26:03.39 ukfilmreview Yeah, it's very practical way of getting rid of stuff. Yeah. 01:26:22.44 Brian Penn That's one of the one of the sort of triggers that that could date you think oh that's definitely the seventys but you know I ah suppose I could look upon that and say right? That's that's what makes it what it is that it's it' the time capsule you know and it's. s great to see london because he was a diplomat wasn't he that got posted to london so it's it's great to see london in in the sim sea. So yeah, yeah, yeah. 01:26:49.31 ukfilmreview That does. Yeah I thought that too I thought I looked great and after they're out and about filming in real locations. So yeah, no, that was good. Um there's a lot to the aim and that I enjoyed I just felt that there will definitely be ah, an audience of people who are used to the sort of ah possession style. Um, films. Yeah, like hereditary and the witch that they'll watch this and go oh okay, like it does feel dated in some ways but I also do feel that as a pregressor to a lot of those films and also some of the stuff. Um, that Edgar Wright has done if you watch some of Edgar Wright's films. There's a bit. 01:27:07.30 Brian Penn Ah, yeah. 01:27:13.45 Brian Penn Game that. 01:27:20.68 Brian Penn Yeah, oh absolutely? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I know yeah. 01:27:25.17 ukfilmreview In this where something falls off the roof of the church and it impales someone I was like that is literally from hot fires like they they hot fuzz is obviously reference and I think that a lot of these filmmakers that are making modern horrors or modern films like that will have used this as a. 01:27:39.94 Brian Penn Yeah, it's the it's the big daddy in somebody. It's the big daddio of horror movies because you know they'll they'll look at that and they think right because there are only so many ways you can do something and a visual trick a storyline. 01:27:42.00 ukfilmreview Touch point. And yeah I think that's good. It's a big duddy. 01:27:59.61 Brian Penn It's got to be done the first time right? It's done the first time then other filmmakers will refine. It. They'll adapt. It. They'll update it and someone like egar right? will will pay tribute will will name check those films if you look closely and it's very solid. You know some directors are very good at it. Um, they'll they'll put a subtle nod in to ah a film that was maybe maybe forty or fifty years ago you know the likes oforses Coppolom Spillberg have made careers out out of drawing on classic movies from the 50 s and sixty s so you know everything is derivative. You know you. You really need to look hard to find the originals the the source of the films that we see today. But that's the that's the way of the world. That's how you do it, you know and that's that you know we've got the fun part of it haven't we we got the we can watch and pick it all up. 01:28:54.70 ukfilmreview And pick it all apart which is what we do? Um so that's the omen and as I said earlier available on Disney plus if you want to watch it I believe the next one's on there. So that's where I'll be watching that. 01:28:55.30 Brian Penn I'm pick it all apart as well. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 01:29:04.72 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, I'll have to do that as well see you might as well finish yeah carry on Yes, only right. 01:29:07.11 ukfilmreview Um, other thought yeah when you kind of think well actually. Ah yeah I've started now. So I'm mean as well carry on as I finished. Um, so if you have any scary films. Do you want to let us know that you've watched and ah great to send in your reviews. We'll happily play them on this show. 01:29:20.33 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 01:29:26.88 ukfilmreview Um, but that is it for this quite bumper pack episode. We've gone through a lot 6 indie films there um as well as the 2 cinema films the streaming release and a nostalgia pick I mean you get all this free in your ears. So you know or more could you ask for luxury. Um, next month. 01:29:30.74 Brian Penn Um, yeah. 01:29:38.88 Brian Penn What more could you ask for? really luxury. 01:29:46.66 ukfilmreview Will be our November episode going into December so it may be we get a bit festive. We might get a festive the next episode you know? Yeah yep, so if you want us? Yeah, send us your your recommendations for the best Christmas film and maybe that will be our nostalgia pick. 01:29:52.90 Brian Penn Why not yet? Yeah yeah, it's a bit of a season thereres you' you're soment in them Aren you it season them. Yeah, yeah. 01:30:05.86 ukfilmreview We also have a couple of films already submitted from indie filmmakers for that episode 2 So this has been uk film club part of the Uk film of your podcast I have been your host Chris Horson and Brian pen as always has been my my lovely assistant I'll say lovely assistant not just assistant. 01:30:13.86 Brian Penn Oh yes. 01:30:22.38 Brian Penn Thank thank you very much that one. Ah yeah I've got a drawline somewhere Honestly I really have pleasure pleasure as always. 01:30:23.75 ukfilmreview My lovely assistant Paige doesn't wear the costumes that I buy him. So. 01:30:32.47 ukfilmreview Ah, Pushers Always thank you for joining us and thank you if you have stuck all the way to the end. You are a real trooper but that's it for now. 01:30:40.21 Brian Penn Bye for now. Previous Next

Read the film podcast transcript from the episode titled Priscilla - Argylle - Poor Things - UK Film Club Episode 12 on UK Film Club part of the UK Film Review Podcast. < Back Priscilla - Argylle - Poor Things - UK Film Club Episode 12 Listen to This Episode UK Film Club 00:00.00 Chris Olson So end of February already. 00:03.67 Brian Penn Ah, no, that' I'm flying. You know be Christmas before you know it? ah and and and now you'll be thinking about Christmas presence soon I tell you you will. 00:07.50 Chris Olson Are gonna are gonna try and leave it to at least June we start talking about Christmas again our to what we are. It's Oscar territory. 00:18.65 Brian Penn But at the moment we're we're in the middle of a war season aren't we yeah. 00:26.29 Chris Olson Um, and yeah, there's been lots of awards flying around. Um do do you keep track of all the awards shows Brian is that something you like to. 00:30.46 Brian Penn I I try to but there are so many aren't they you know when it's usually when the golden globes start. You know that's the beginning. Don't you then you got the screen as guild or you've got the baftters and the screen as guild then the oscars. And is of course trying to keep track. But I think it's fairly clear. What the best films of the year have been I don't think they deviate very much. Do they I mean they say that the golden globes of the precursors to the oscars and they're a good indication of where they're thinking is but the word is Oppenheimer is new I think. 01:00.83 Chris Olson Yeah I was gonna say do you think that's gonna win like yeah, it's already won several right at time of recording this? um I think it's goingnna win most of the ones left I haven't seen it. You've seen it haven't you. 01:07.21 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:12.56 Brian Penn I I've seen it. Yeah I mean obviously I have my issues with it which are not that substantial to be honest I just found it slightly over abitious, but it is a very good film and I'd be quite happy if it won the Oscar for best best picture you know, particularly when you look at what else is nominated. But. Yeah, go. Perhaps we can talk about that post post. Ah Oscars but. 01:34.82 Chris Olson Well I think it's one of those discussions that gets everyone very heated and I'm I'm so far behind because I don't catch up with the films as as quickly as I should but you're yeah, right on the front line of this all. Yeah, you're really watching all these films as they come out. Yeah was there a film. 01:40.20 Brian Penn And. 01:49.75 Brian Penn Ah, well yeah I know. 01:53.72 Chris Olson Was there a film last year that you thought it was deserving of the Oscar but it's just nowhere near the yeah, the front line of the contenders. 01:59.25 Brian Penn Yeah I mean there are certain films that never never quite get the attention they deserve and I think that's more the case case now than ever one film that always stood out for me, but that completely missed out any nominations of any note was till the film that Emmett till. The 14 year old boy who was lynched and ah murdered and it was more about the story of his mother Mamie how she showed the world what they did to her boy brilliant brilliant film but just completely got eclipsed in in the Oscars and the bathrooms nobody's sucking notice of it. And I think it is so sad. But I think that's the the products of the the age we live in now that certain films will not get the attention they deserve and some films are overpraed. it's it's odd 02:44.69 Chris Olson I I definitely agree with that in terms of like the marketing strategy now like last month we reviewed saltburn and it's a good film. Don't get me wrong I think it's a very good film and I really enjoyed it. But it's I'd say it's. 02:56.64 Brian Penn Me. 03:03.90 Chris Olson Yeah, in the middle I don't I don't think it's anything particularly ah jaw dropping. There's the thing about it's a good. It's a very well-made film. but but I think because it had the Amazon star power machine behind it that everyone was talking about and like you say a film like till I remember you talking about that on our show last year 03:06.00 Brian Penn I and I Then. And. 03:18.81 Brian Penn I yeah. 03:21.78 Chris Olson And ah, it's yeah, that's the type of film here. It needs to have a light shined on it. It needs people to go and see it. But if it got like a a minimal kind of theatrical release. You know people didn't You didn't get the bums on seats that it needed. Um, it just kind of gets lost in in the the waves of all the Cinema releases and I think. 03:25.40 Brian Penn Ah I. 03:29.40 Brian Penn You there? Yep, that's all it was down. So yeah. 03:41.15 Chris Olson That's a bit of a shame sometimes but then awards season does also have the ability to shine a light on some gems because sometimes it does you you a few come through especially in the lesser known categories like you suddenly go oh that that won an Oscar for something and you go but better. Check it out because yeah, it wouldn't. 03:46.75 Brian Penn Yeah, so. 03:59.10 Brian Penn Yeah, it it makes you curious I mean I I think it's interesting because maestro's been nominated for an Oscar. It's got 4 or 5 nominations in the big categories and that's the life story of Leonda Bernstein which starts. 04:00.30 Chris Olson Get that recognition if it wasn't at least half decent. 04:17.12 Brian Penn Bradley Cooper and rosmond point and it's very good. Had a very limited release in order to qualify for an Oscar it has to go on theatrical release for a certain amount of time but you could literally have seen it on Netflix at the same time more or less you know, but they satisfy the rules and that's. 04:31.55 Chris Olson Um, yeah. 04:36.32 Brian Penn That's kind of the opposite. That's a film that that might have been might have flown under the radar had it not been for the yeah, the pulling power of Netflix it is very influential now. 04:49.12 Chris Olson There you go well in this episode. Um, we are chock ah block I don't this has got to be 1 of our biggest slated ah list of films that we've ever tried to attempt? Um, so. 04:54.40 Brian Penn I and I this a lot. Yeah. 05:05.69 Chris Olson Welcome to UKFilm club if you're wondering what the hell is going on. Um, it is essentially Brian and myself um, discussing all manner of films we will cover cinema releases some streaming films indie films and also look back at a classic movie. 05:17.72 Brian Penn And yeah. 05:23.53 Chris Olson Um, I won't tell you what the classic film is right now but I will go dinner a Dan a dinner. Um because I've had it in my head. Yeah I've in my head quite a lot. Um, but yeah, we have got an enormous amount to get through. Um, so. 05:30.50 Brian Penn Ah, very so very subtle. Yeah. 05:39.93 Chris Olson Yeah, what we do is we like to review some of these films shine light on them. We have some that people have actually asked us to review it physically sent us so we'll get to those in the indie section. But first off, we're starting with the films that have been or are available at cinema recently. Um. 05:55.30 Brian Penn And. 05:58.90 Chris Olson And we even have a film both of us have seen this I hope um that isn't available yet. Um, it's coming out in March I believe I will look up the official ready state shortly? Um, but we were giving we were given a pre screener to this. Um. 06:07.69 Brian Penn And. 06:14.19 Brian Penn Yeah, so. 06:17.97 Chris Olson And the film is called banel and aharma and now from your ums and Rs Brian you have seen this right? Yeah and um, whilst I look up the release date. You want to give a a quick synopsis on this one. 06:18.76 Brian Penn Yeah I've seen it. Yeah. 06:28.72 Brian Penn The yeah sure cool so beno and a dharma directed by ramaa to Leisai starring Katie Main and Mama do dialo a young couple in senegal must contend with the disapproval of their remote village and its elders a visually beautiful film. Great use of light shade and color. They've got the wire plains of Africa to film. So it looks absolutely stunning the storyline I found slightly thin on the ground. We've got this couple trying to break free of the tribe's influence and the fact that a dharma has refused to be head of the tribe. Which has led to supposedly led to a drought and the death of villagers I might see a bit more going on there but otherwise a very solid picture very well made beautifully short and some very sensitive portrayals there of. A different way of life and a way of life that we wouldn't comprehend that all a very simple life. A very austere life but not always a very happy life if the two carats is portrayed or anything to go by but good stuff. There's a lot of good stuff going on there. 07:39.16 Chris Olson Yeah I think you're right in terms of that. Ah, for me, it felt like a gothic story and it was like you had this way of life that was completely like anything that we are used to in the Western world. Um, but there was so much going on there that was relevant. Yeah in terms of talking about. 07:53.66 Brian Penn Button first. 07:56.88 Chris Olson Gender roles and talking about expectations of the generations below and because Dma Obviously he's like the is a chief of the village but he's very young I think like his father died or or something and they are very keen on keeping those bloodlines in the. 08:08.00 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 08:15.94 Chris Olson In the chiefdom as it were um and then so there's a lot of expectation on him as a male you know to provide not just for his own family. But for his village and yeah for everyone. Um, and then but he's torn because you've got this love story obviously with banal and yeah, you're like rooting for them as this. 08:23.96 Brian Penn And here. 08:34.75 Brian Penn So yeah and I know I know that? ah but it just makes you yeah it just makes you wonder what? what? an incredibly different life that we lead and the comfortable life that we lead compared to some but. 08:34.85 Chris Olson Beautiful young couple. They dream of like digging their home out of the sand or on the outskirts of village and heartbreaking. 08:52.41 Brian Penn The life they are living in their village in Senegal is probably no different from the life that their ancestors would have lived a hundred two hundred years ago that's what struck me about that is that progress in itself or what we would see as progress in the western world. Um literally stand still. 09:02.68 Chris Olson Um. 09:11.30 Brian Penn And that's what I find interesting about it. Um, but you know as I say visually, it's great to look at absolutely brits look at I mean you may well think that you can't go wrong filming in Africa really because the scenery is absolutely spectacular. But I like the way they handle extreme closeups. And they allow silence to drop into the story from science to time some I'll come back to with with other films that we're reviewing. But I think silence if you do it properly can be really effective in a script because you allow the stories to breathe the characters to breathe. And you have time to contemplate the story as well. So yeah. 09:51.17 Chris Olson I Think it makes it that much more haunting as well as a film like because there's lots of different genres at play in this movie but it's definitely got horror elements to it like um, what happens in the story and some visuals as well I won't go into it but is this. 09:59.20 Brian Penn I. 10:06.61 Chris Olson A shot of her on top of a well and a red dress and it just really stuck and like you say I think that silence is so unnerving. It makes you go Oh it sends chills down and that's why like I said it felt gothic. It felt like ah um, a story that you would have told you know centuries ago. 10:07.63 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, and it. Yeah yeah. Um, know that. 10:26.27 Chris Olson And there was something about it as well. That felt almost um so unnatural to it like it had this element of like what's going on around these characters around this village and yeah, they they allude to this as well. That yeah maybe she's um, done things to cause these. 10:32.13 Brian Penn The. 10:45.10 Brian Penn Yeah I. 10:45.25 Chris Olson Ah, horrific things to start happening and and also it doesn't ever veer into that territory. It doesn't veer into that. Okay, right now we're going to get all gruesome like at all that's not at all what this film is like it's far more intelligent and mature than that It's more sophisticated I think it it causes you to do a lot of the. 10:53.98 Brian Penn Good. So. Yeah, yeah, yeah, which is which is more challenging it in a way where you don't see it like it's where the filmmaker leaves a certain amount inside your own head which I think is quite clever and not easy to do so. 11:04.46 Chris Olson Imagining yourself I think um yeah. 11:19.60 Brian Penn Um, yeah, it it just it's got a great look and a great field to it really has but you know it's the visuals that strike strike me more than anything else. But you know it is so I guess it is about tradition Superstition responsibility being passed down from father to son. 11:39.28 Brian Penn And really I feel they're trying to break away from that tradition and live their own lives that seemed to be the the tenor of the story and it's a question whether they were able to do it or not and they have parental pressure on them. Don't they as well for them to do what what they feel is the right thing not necessarily what. 11:51.61 Chris Olson Yeah. 11:58.19 Brian Penn But now in a dharma think it's the right thing as well. So. 12:01.16 Chris Olson I Think that came to sort of lot fruition with the like the expectation on Banel to like have children and I think that's a strong theme through this yeah terms of what's expected of men and what's expected of women and I must say Kaie Maini plays the banel character. She's. 12:07.76 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. 12:20.79 Chris Olson Incredible. She's so engaging to watch like you' you're watching her and absolutely lethal with a slingshot am I right? I mean those pop those poor birds. Yeah, no, um, but it's a fierce performance. It's really strong and I think on a film like this where. 12:21.86 Brian Penn Yeah, you like yeah I'm gonna say yeah you will you were You wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of it Would you let's but put it that way you know, but but yeah, yeah. 12:40.32 Chris Olson You know it's playing to its strengths like the the location's amazing, but it's not going many places so you do have that element of it's very claustrophobic. It's insular that you're relying heavily on the actors to do that sort of heavy lifting. 12:41.98 Brian Penn And. 12:52.37 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah I think they've they've all got potential I think the lead employers in this film. You would imagine them going on from here and you know breaking out into the. 12:55.30 Chris Olson And I think that they've got a great cast here and the direction's really good. 13:06.28 Chris Olson Um. 13:10.57 Brian Penn Us Strike British film industry. Shall we say but you can't imagine them staying put you know in other words I suppose what I'm saying is they won't stay provincial. They will break out of that because that they very photogenic both both leading as have got something there. You know? So yeah. Very solid piece I would say and. 13:33.54 Chris Olson Go so bananaa dharma is out in cinemas in the Uk and Ireland on Fifteenth of March Twenty Twenty four depending on when you're listening to this um and has done really well at festivals you may have caught it at last year's bfi London film festival. 13:47.58 Brian Penn And. 13:49.43 Chris Olson It was also a can selection toronto as well. So it's it's done very well critically I yeah we were talking about till earlier this feels like the type of film again. It will go completely under the radar up and yeah, as much as we'd love to say that we're shining a light on it I I don't do you get that feeling that is not going to get. 14:01.60 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, um, yeah I think so it's it's not going to do great business Sadly, but that's no indication of how good it is. You know. 14:09.37 Chris Olson The the eyes it deserves. 14:17.62 Chris Olson Um. 14:17.90 Brian Penn Because so many films now I think we often say this on film club that so many films deserve a bigger platform and deserve more praise but it almost works the wrong way around that films that deserve the Attention. Don't get nearly enough. And films that you think kind of yeah okay, but you know you shrug your shoulders a little bit but they go mad over it and I don't get it I mean I don't know it's all about opinions isn't it and you know some films have and and a natural momentum about Them. Don't they that there's ah. 14:37.20 Chris Olson Yeah, 50 14:51.13 Brian Penn They are self-perpetuating and they generate their own publicity and for some reason they work but it's not immediately obvious to me or pu for you but you know as I say you know, um, it's the way it works now but it doesn't you know it doesn't always make sense to me. Um, if I'm really being honest. 15:09.27 Chris Olson There you go. It's not meant to make sense. But and that's the thing. Well hopefully the next film makes sense I'm George clooneys the boys in the boat. 15:10.70 Brian Penn But there you go? No no, it'd be boring. It'd be boring if it made sense wouldn't it really? well. 15:23.36 Chris Olson Um, you've seen this Brian I haven't seen these next cinematic films but Brian has what do you think of the the boys in the boat. 15:41.47 Chris Olson 3 2 1 15:43.22 Brian Penn Okay, then. So let's do the basics then directed by George Clooney starring Joel Edson Callum Serner Hadley Robinson and Peter Guinness this is a true story based on the book written by Daniel James Brown the story begins in the mid. 30 s as Joe Rance is tryinges to pay his way through college Washington University are looking for rowers to fill their junior eights boat. The lucky 8 will get better and bald. But more importantly, a regular wage. They might even clinch a spot represents in the Usa at the 9036 Olympics Boys come under the watchful eye of coach al ubrickson who has the moulded scene that will compete with the wealthy ivy league universities Joe is gently motivated by a childhood sweetheart Joyce whose sense is a champion in the making now Chris this is all about underdogs fighting the system. Working class boys out to prove that money can't necessarily buy success. It's a touching story of sporting excellence and a desire to be the best. It's never cornney or sentimental but tells a story of honest graft and genuine endeavor. It was a much simpler world on the cusp of global conflicts yet these values still endure as an example of the way a good life should be lived I love this Chris I really think it's great for me the film of a month because yeah film and a month I got to say it of the 5 that we're looking at. 17:04.33 Chris Olson Um, yeah, oh film in a month 17:12.54 Brian Penn Say 6 including um, including benal ah and a armma. This is the best of them. It's a true story so it has more impact because you know it's a true story but it's told with a lot of guts and a lot of honesty I love the way George clearly directs. Rowing I don't think he's a particularly easy sport to capture on film either. You know you don't see a goal being scored or a touchdown or a try being scored. You're just you're just filming a boat on a river but the way he captures. It is absolutely brilliant I love it. There are really nice performances throughout. Peter Guinness is very good as the the grizzled boat builder. Really good. Love this. But as we've just mentioned that you know how great films can fly under the radar this one's going to do the same. It is still on general release. You've got a look for it. But I think it will be coming to the end of its run on theatrical release more's the pity because I think this is a terrific film. Really a lovely film. 18:22.64 Chris Olson It looks fabulous and nice I Ah got a lot of time for clean these filmmaking and with a cast like this is yeah yeah, got a lot of reasons to to be watched I think you know that you say there's that essence of it's mostly about rowing that. 18:27.46 Brian Penn I Yeah yeah. 18:36.95 Brian Penn Yeah. 18:39.93 Chris Olson It's going to fall outside a lot of genres you know sports films. Yes, that's a big category. But I mean I just googled like rowing films and there isn't really much on there that sort of I'd say that um that that big. It's not like boxing. Yeah, like boxing films you could list them all day. Um. 18:44.40 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 18:52.83 Brian Penn And and yeah. 18:59.83 Chris Olson But often with these stories. Obviously it's it's far more about the context. Yeah, obviously what's going on and I love films that are set in the depression era I think that's it's such a ah rich ah ground for stories and this sounds like 1 of those movies where it's going to be that I'm so glad I've heard that. 19:07.14 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, is. 19:17.54 Brian Penn I yeah and one life about Nicholas Winson yeah yeah i. I 19:18.72 Chris Olson Story it was like um in our previous episode. It was the anthony hopkins film was it one one life so was called well life. Yeah, but oh I never heard about and it was like such an important story that suddenly it's like yes we we know we we got that and that I think is really important, especially at the moment with. The way filmmaking is going yeah becoming more ah just bland like guess like just yeah that they they're trying to make the movies as cheaply as possible as blandly as possible that someone like Clooney who does have such a artistic. 19:42.79 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 19:53.64 Chris Olson Merit to his name. He could have gone off and just been an action star but he hasn't like he's chosen to go and do this, you make these films I think they are worth our time. Um is it is it cinematic though. Is it worth the cinema visit. That's why I always wonder with these films. 19:57.52 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. Yeah, it's a good point actually because because I would say most films do but a lot you can get away with this film. You've got to see on the big screen to see that have the full dynamic view get the benefit of dollby surround this has got to be seen on the on the big screen and. I think you realize what a very good director George Clooney is you know I I'm a a huge fan of Clooney as an actor and a director but he knows what he's doing. You know he's got a a great eye and he sees what's most important in a story now look you know what? a big fan of sport I am in general. I didn't know this story at all. You know when you vaguely are vaguely aware of it but I didn't know the background so I learned something new I felt slightly embarrassed that this was big. These are olympic ah competitors and I knew nothing about them and so. Even for me as a huge sports fan is something I didn't know about. So if I didn't know I'm sure there are a lot of people that won't be aware of the story as well. So. 21:08.95 Chris Olson Absolutely yeah, you are doing a service Brian by telling us all about these films because yeah I wouldn't have known either. So that's the boys in the boat as Brian said currently on release. But. 21:12.14 Brian Penn A hope sign I hope so that's that's that's my job. But if I can do that My job is done. Yeah. 21:25.79 Chris Olson Very limited I'm probably going to go to streaming not not too long. Ah for that. But let's know what you think because it sounds like a fantastic movie. Um poison the boat now I watched the Elvis film recently. Um. 21:27.40 Brian Penn And. Yeah, yeah, love it. Love it. 21:42.83 Brian Penn Oh right? Yeah there. Alright yeah. 21:45.64 Chris Olson 1 called Elvis gives you a hint guys and girls and everyone in between that we're where we're going next to the next film. Um, and I thought that was really strong. Yeah bas lurman film. Ah great. Great movie. So I'm very intrigued to hear what you're gonna say about Sophia Coppola's Priscilla. 22:02.34 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, okay, so yeah as you say directs by Sophie Copler very very solid director. Ah you know a careful hand on the tiller you'd expect to be to be good and it is good stars. Caylee spy and jacob ilauddi. Who we saw recently in sawburn don't we ah based on the book written by Priscilla Presley this is the story of her life within all this now because it's based on on the book written by Priscilla I don't doubt it's all Authenticicity. There's no exaggeration. No mudslinging. She's got no reason to lie and can only be a true account of what happened on that basis I find it disturbing and quite creepy. Actually let's make no bones about it. Elvis groomed Priscilla from a young age. She was fourteen years old when they met. He wouldn't let her go out to work. He told her what clothes to wear. It's a textbook study in coercive control if that's what happened if that's true. But I'm working on the basis that it is a true account and there's no reason why it wouldn't be but I put that proviso in um so fas of Elvis will not enjoy this film. You know they say never meet your heroes. I'd supplement that proverb and say never learn the truth about your heroes because you will be upset and disappointed. But you know it throws the light on the dark side of Elvis um, as I say Sophie Coppola does always does the sound job in the films that she makes although. 23:34.58 Brian Penn I would say though that the the interior shots are are in darkness I'm not really sure what they were getting out there but the lighting was terrible and with the interior scene. So I'm not exactly certain why that was the case but otherwise very good film very well made and. Interestingly there are no Elvis songs on the soundtrack which are which I think is a good move in some ways because it's not necessarily about Elvis it's about Priscilla but there's a great soundtrack of 6 sixty s and 50 s music but a good solid tell and as I say quite. 23:53.35 Chris Olson All right. 24:10.44 Brian Penn Quite disturbing in it in its own way. Very effective very well made. 24:15.93 Chris Olson It's interesting. Yeah I I hadn't heard amazing things I sort of read some good reviews and some sort of middling reviews and I think of just my my very limited knowledge of Elvis and Priscilla Hours I thought yeah it's definitely a. 24:21.80 Brian Penn So yeah. 24:31.54 Chris Olson A person of history that deserves a a film you to find out. Yeah, she was so close to Elvis but also had her own story to tell. Um, and I think these the sort of films and stories that if you're a aficionaddo of the time. Yeah, you're gonna you're going to watch it like say and and you'll know the history whether it's true or not. 24:32.92 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 24:43.80 Brian Penn Yeah, so. 24:51.50 Chris Olson Um, I don't personally I don't care if it's true or not like I find sometimes that does get in the way like people get a bit funny about it. Oh well that didn't happen like this and it's like yeah but you know they've got to tell this story right? It's not about yeah what actually physically happened. 24:59.13 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah I Ah I. 25:07.78 Chris Olson Um, I mean even documentaries don't do that like even documentaries have to try and like yeah, kind of put together some narrative. Um, but I I Also think that you say that when there is authenticity when you are at least sure of the source that you can kind of go. 25:08.60 Brian Penn I yeah. 25:25.85 Chris Olson Be a bit more invested in it I guess because it's like okay, watch know some of this is gonna be based on truth Obviously you take it with a pinch of salt. But there's a there's a enhanced viewing experience there because the narrative is coming from that person. 25:26.80 Brian Penn Yeah. 25:34.55 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, I mean even for Priscilla, it's an interpretation of the life that she had with Elvis right? Who better who who better placed to to talk about Elvis than Priscilla she was married to but again like I say you always kind of put that. That health warning on it. But then again as she points out. It's interpretational isn't it. It's what you see it's what you experienced. It's the it's the spin you put on the facts right? And in 1 person's eyes. It's going to be totally spot on in somebody else's eyes. It won't be you know and. 25:58.39 Chris Olson B. 26:14.14 Brian Penn That's I suppose. That's the challenge of of putting true events on screen is that you can't always be absolutely faithful to the truth. But it's supposedly based on a firsthand account on that on that basis. You'd go with it and say well. Yeah I mean. And you you put yourself in her shoes and what she must have gone through and you know that everyone you know everyone has a dark side. 1 thing I would say about this film like um Jacob Ilaudie who plays Elvis who we saw in saltburn is one hell of an accent. He. Perfective elvis' southern draw down to a sea. Absolutely brilliant. You know you wouldn't think he's australian Jacoblaudie and in saltburn he played a character with us. You know, ah a home county's accent and you wouldn't have thought he was lost anything but english you know and there he is. 26:53.85 Chris Olson Shift. 27:11.69 Brian Penn Playing ah a high profile historical figure like Elvis with as authentic a southern american accent as you'll ever find. He's definitely ones who watch I was really impressed with him. 27:24.63 Chris Olson There you go fans of Jacob Alaudy will be very happy to hear that. Um, so that's Priscilla yet currently in theaters as well. But um, at the time that you're hearing this. It may not be but do let us know what you think because some more's intrigued. Um. 27:33.35 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, absolutely. So. 27:41.10 Chris Olson Now this next film has been talked a lot about is a lot of people obviously big fan of the director yogoslanthemos um, and I've I've seen a lot of different things I'm intrigued see what Brian is going to make of poor things. 27:55.46 Brian Penn Yeah, right? Okay, so this you know it's on general release doing good business um directed by as you just mentioned Yorgos Manthem Latheus mathhammo. 28:08.34 Chris Olson Lathemo You are well is one of the few directors where I was like'm gonna learn that one. Um because I love the lobster thought lobster and the killing of the sacred deer both fabulous films i' so I'm intrigued to see with this one. 28:10.50 Brian Penn But you've been rehearsing them I can yeah hello. 28:18.61 Brian Penn Yeah, he's he's a very capable director for sure. This is starring Emma Stone Willem Defoe and Mark Ruffalo what we have here is a female version of Frankenstein with some bells and whistles added. This is the tale of Bella Baxter a young woman who is brought back to life by a brilliant and highly unorthodox scientist called Godwin Baxter Bella's life takes an unexpected turn when she escapes the gilded cage built by the doctor she lands in Paris where her life is never quite the same again now. I would have to say this is ah a very well-made film. It's a good picture I'm not denying that for a second but what I am surprised by is acclaim that it's received again. It ties in with what we were discussing earlier on about films that. Get passed over films that are overpraised. This film has been nominated for 11 oscars and it's won five baftters and I'm whilst it's good I'm not sure it's that good. Um, you know it's actually very explicit. The sex things are really really explicit leave nothing to the imagination. It's virtually all I can remember the film really strange that isn't it. But anyway, um, it leaves nothing to the imagination as I said and it obscures what is a very intriguing story. You know it has its merits. It's it's good but it's not that good and 29:36.59 Chris Olson Yeah. 29:52.97 Brian Penn The fact that it's got fire baters already shows. How highly regarded it is but this is where you've got an academy of elected representatives voting for a film set against what the public might vote for so there is that kind of tradeoff and we've got the same scenario with the with the oscars as well. Very good film. It's good, but it's not that good if I can put it that way. 30:18.22 Chris Olson Ah Wow I mean I wasn't expecting that but it it hasn't put me off watching it at all because I think yeah I've I've recommended his films before to people I said oh you should watch the lobster and they've done that awkward thing where they've come back to me and gone. Yeah I couldn't get through it and I'm like oh okay, yeah, right? Um, and. 30:23.31 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 30:36.61 Brian Penn Ah. 30:36.86 Chris Olson Like if you haven't seen cu funny enough Barry Keegan who we reviewed in saltburn last month keeps coming up that film. Um he he was in the killing of a sacred deer I wouldn't recommend that lightly to anyone because it's quite is a very dark film. Um, so with this I think you if. 30:41.12 Brian Penn Yeah I know Strangeise isn't it. Yeah. And. 30:55.54 Chris Olson If you're in that genre and you're happy with that genre. Then definitely, you're going to watch it. But I think like you say when a film starts to get all that acclaim you do start to think okay is there a reason behind that like is there a reason why this is doing that. Well um, is it connections is it? Yeah is it ah a voting thing I don't know. Um. 30:58.11 Brian Penn Yeah. 31:07.89 Brian Penn And yeah, ah, yeah, yeah, ah well look you there Always always is that possibility because you know members of the Academy members of bafta are elected. They're put there for a reason. 31:15.36 Chris Olson So be cynical but it could be. 31:25.39 Brian Penn And there is this kind of relationship between ah the Oscars and the baftass and awards that are voted for by the people by the the public and I I think you would get something totally different if the people were voting for it. That's not to say this isn't a good film. It is but I don't feel. It reaches the the heights and the zenith that that it seems to ah have Klein to but Emma Stone's very good Mark Roffo's very good William Defoe goes without saying he's going to be good. You know it's a good cast It's wellde designed. Um. Emma Stone plays the part world because for much of the film. She is very childlike and as the film progresses and the plot moves on she grows up very quickly without giving too much of the plot away but she grows up and she becomes an adult so I would say it's a challenging. Role to play which he does very well. Ah, you know it does kind of to me I look at that film the way it looks it. It does remind me a bit of Bazzluman the way he would approach a film. Um, but you know it has its merits. But. Don't really see how it it gains that much support and how it's so revered that you know it's all about opinions. You know I saw we have all we have it that could be our bus phrase for the time being. It's all we have is there opinions. 32:49.31 Chris Olson It is and that's all we have at the end of the day. 32:59.48 Chris Olson Exactly I don't think it'll catch on unfortunately as too much but too much marketing going on these days. Well hopefully the next film tries a bit harder. Um, so let's see what Brian made of the color purple. 33:00.52 Brian Penn Yeah, no well I and I we'll have to try a bit harder won't we yeah. 33:14.63 Brian Penn Ah, right? Okay, but. 33:17.84 Chris Olson Now listen it listeners will be thinking that little bit by Brian there is that good. Ah, right or a bad all right. 33:22.55 Brian Penn And oh right? Okay am I Still that mysterious I thought I was quite easy to read Well Okay, let me tell you then right? color purple directed by Blitz Buzzeroole I hope I pronounce that current correctly. 33:36.35 Chris Olson I I'm going to give you full credit for that that sounds sounds right. 33:40.64 Brian Penn Well, if she's listening in I I do apologize it. But you know anyway starring fanassia berino tarage p henson coleman domingo now this is an adaptation of the broadway hit musical based on an original book by Alice Walker listeners may also be aware of the 1985 film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Whoopi Goldberg the story in and in a nutshell should we go for the story in a nutshell we're in Georgia at the turn of the century sisters seeli and netsie are separated by circumstances beyond their control. 34:07.34 Chris Olson E. 34:16.90 Brian Penn Seely suffers years of abuse from a cruel husband in a loveless marriage but gradually she finds strength to lead an independent life thoroughly enjoyable film. The songs are great I'd love to see this on stage I find it amazing. It's never been on on the west been on at the west end never been there. Um, but hopefully this film will might give it a a route to the west end. You never know I've got to name check the songwriters Brenda Russell Ailey Willis and Stephen Bray they did a great job The performances are amazing too. Fantasia berino god that girl can see. She's amazing. The only downside for me is that the songs bury the story to a certain extent the original novel goes to some dark places and you lose that in the context of a musical because it is so joyful and happy clappy. You know, um. But if you want more of the story itself this spill the spillberg version is better but hugely entertaining really is gorgeous film in that way, but it dilutes the story. You know the the mute the fact that with a musical the song should carry the narrative and they do that. But because the story is is so broad and challenging. It gets lost when they convert it into a musical but that might be a minor point to some but very good entertainment though. 35:39.84 Chris Olson Wow I see I misedread you I thought you weren't going like this so that yeah beginning ah right I got completely wrong so listeners if you guessed right? Then you know you know Brian better than I do um absolutely I mean yeah, did. 35:46.27 Brian Penn I ah yeah ah yeah yeah I'm keeping you on your sidees line Christmas you. 35:59.62 Chris Olson I'm always ah reticent when it comes to musicals because I do find sometimes I get a bit i' just a bit bored of it or or it's not sinking for me that you the whole breaking into song I It just jolks me Out. It's kind of like theater sometimes when you watch really good theater you okay I was really immersed in that then there's other times where you go. Yeah I was very aware that I was watching people act. Yeah, it, There's that I think you want to be sucked into the musical if if you're going to do that and it sounds like this does that and it's entertaining I think that's another thing with Musicals. They have to be entertaining. Um, but people will let us know um it's in. 36:20.98 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. And yeah, yeah, and yeah, yeah I think. 36:38.46 Chris Olson Cinemas and I think you can even get it on Amazon already. It's on the the rental side of things. 36:43.17 Brian Penn Yeah I think it is I think they they tend to overlap now because logic would tell you that you won't get it won't stream until it finishes at the cinema but they do you know they do overlap so you can you can actually sit. Yeah so you can see it on the small screen but you know the. 36:53.40 Chris Olson Yeah I think they've got deals in place and the. 37:01.88 Brian Penn Ah, take on board. What you say about about musicals and I'm I'm always very ambivalent about musicals on film because I don't think they always translate particularly well but you know I think the the Steven Spielberg version of the color purple is that an interesting counterpoint. Because if you want to appreciate? The story is Steven Spielberg every time you know it's that's got to be the best. But if you want pure and sustainment great songs. That's buzz buzzeroola and I was showing off it I know I pronounced the right to me I thought I'd say it again anyway, um, yeah. 37:34.46 Chris Olson A. 37:40.54 Brian Penn Very good otherwise though, but you know it's I think I think you look you always lose the story slightly with the musical you know that there you go. 37:49.41 Chris Olson There we go color purple. Let's know what you think um to the our last cinematic release um not a film about the plymouth football team I'm guessing ah this film is called Argyle ah written by Matthew Vaughan 38:03.10 Brian Penn Yeah, mean should we care? Well, it's a middle it. It's a fairto middling sort of yeah like bit away then did I give away there. Yeah, okay so yeah Macy V film. 38:07.29 Chris Olson What's this one Brian and should we care. 38:13.31 Chris Olson Ah, oh yeah, you could tell your tone there. Definitely yeah, very quickly. Yeah. 38:21.77 Brian Penn Starring Bryce Dalu Howard Sam Rockwell Henry caval and a host of cameoes I feel this film can be a filler whilst we're waiting for the next bond movie if I'm being honest Ellie Conway is a successful novelist who specializes in espionage tales her latest book features Argyle. Ah, recurring all- actionction spy masterster Andie lives quietly but is constantly berated by her mother Ruth who thinks she should get out more of them as fate takes her hand Ellie finds herself on a train sitting opposite the mysterious odden wild. He urges eie to trust him as always not what it seems. Surrounded by aggressors she is quickly convinced though. Life is in danger they flee with her cat Alfie strapped to her back in a c through glass case it seems so stories are getting too close to the truth and threaten at a sinister ah organization led by agent ritter. 39:17.55 Brian Penn Great entertainment brash colorful set pieces are well executed. Totally absurd. But that's okay, you know it's tiny. She it sends up the spy genre and Bryce Douglas Howard Sam Rockquil are great in their respective roles. They have an absolute ball playing this part. These parts good cameos as I mentioned but I've got to say something about duo leappa as lagrange. Ah she I feel she struggles in a very limited role that demands too little of ah abilities cease. Um. 39:55.57 Brian Penn It's not the film. She should have chosen if she wants to break into serious acting on screen. She looks absolutely sensational. She looks gorgeous but she doesn't do a lot of acting struggles to put 1 word in front of the other It's not the part she should have taken and. Almost in a way I'm surprised she took the took the role because it gives the impression that she's there for decorative purposes I mean she does a great dance routine with with Henry Caville who plays our guy at the beginning and it looks great, but it it just feels so disposable the character in this scene. It it doesn't do anything sort of film was so and I think she would have chosen something a bit more challenging but there you go. 40:42.82 Chris Olson Go? Well yeah, some other actors that pop up richardie grant John Cina it sounds like yeah that sort of film. It's been made with a lot of fun in mind. Yeah, there's all yeah, we're gonna just have a blast. Um, the reviews aren't. 40:51.54 Brian Penn I Oh yeah, yeah, no, they not no yeah. 40:58.82 Chris Olson That favorable for it. But I don't think they would be with it with a film like this. Um but be interesting to your people think and let say you know if you're into the bond films and all all that's what stuff? Um, then yeah, the man from Uncle I actually quite like that Henry Caan and um I thought that was all right? um. 41:12.63 Brian Penn Yeah, well I mean yeah I mean bear in mind that Matthewville directs the kingsman and it shows and I found them hugely entertaining but you know it's a question what people like and don't like if you're not a founder of spy. 41:20.37 Chris Olson Um. 41:30.75 Brian Penn Like ahearted spy movies. You won't like this it' all. But if you're a bond fan as I said at the beginning of the the review. Um, it's it's kind of like a filler. You know if you've got that kind of James Bond shaped hole in your life then this could temporarily fill it. You know so. It's not as dynamic as mission impossible shall we say but it's certainly at the bottom end but it it does the job and it's pleasant to watch as ridiculous as it is you know and in the written review I I finished the the review by saying that. You need to have your disbeli suspended for prolonged periods of time because otherwise you you'll get it'll get tiome. But for its type. It's all it's all good. 42:21.56 Chris Olson Hey guy I just love the idea of them putting on the poster great if you're looking to fill your James Bond shaped hole I just think not that would be great that no, but um. 42:26.40 Brian Penn You know I know I know you think that's good last way um, wasn't bad. You know? yeah it wasn't bad, but. 42:35.87 Chris Olson Um, what a but great place to finish our ah reviews of the Cinema movies. Um, so all of those are either at cinemas now um or coming cinemas in the case of Banal Laharma Ah, do let us know if you're on certain platforms. There's comment sections or just on our social media. Just let us know. 42:45.88 Brian Penn The. 42:52.80 Chris Olson But you thought of those movies. You's always good to hear what everyone else thinks um, unless in which case you're gonna be nasty. Ah, which you know while about us in particular we we don't want to hear about that like that's fine. Keep keep that to yourself though we want to know that. 42:53.74 Brian Penn Yeah, like well we yeah know no, that's right? Well yeah, yeah, that's right, Yeah, we don't really want to know that do we? We don't need to know na. 43:11.40 Chris Olson Um, we're moving now to a Netflix movie and this came out in February I believe and yeah February the ninth on UKNetflix anyway original title cool in english means ashes and we've both seen this. 43:27.22 Brian Penn So yes, we have Yes, yeah yeah. 43:31.10 Chris Olson Brian yes, both bothing this and I I hope be honest I enjoyed it more than the reviews did I think it's been. It's got a very low score on Imd B four point two. Um, but I had more fun with it. But I interested just yeah, just your gender impression Brian are you is it was it good was it bad. 43:36.45 Brian Penn And I. 43:45.00 Brian Penn Yeah I Yeah yeah, it was reasonable for me. You know? Yeah I I think it worked reasonable. What I think was a problem with it is that it's a Turkish film isn't it oped into English I don't think dubbing lipsynking turkish. 43:56.71 Chris Olson E. 44:03.85 Brian Penn Answer English or English onto Curkish doesn't work quite as Well. If you're dubbing a French film or a German film lipsynching works better generally. But I think with Turkish It doesn't work at all because what you end up doing is that you watch the lips of the characters or I do anyway. To see how well it it syncs up and it doesn't quite do it and I think subtitles might have been better for this film and I see I didn't change it over. Yeah I see I didn't think of that I just watch it. 44:26.86 Chris Olson Oh did you not change it I changed it to. Ah yeah yeah I changed I had it on on the original language. Yeah I didn't have a problem at all with that and I strongly recommend everyone do that? um. 44:38.57 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I Yeah yeah yeah. 44:38.93 Chris Olson I'm the same I've seen so many films where I started in English and gone Whoa Whoa Whoa! What's going on and um, yeah, now. Definitely recommend if you're gonna watch Ashes. Do it in the original language and also I think just generally yeah, this is a story.. It's even near set in that. Location I think it's important that people feel that authenticity coming through. 45:00.88 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, that's right I agree with that it was an oversight on my part because I just started watching I know and it didn't occur to me to switch back but I like the story I like the story. The the idea that ah I think it's is it goka or goaxa ah happily married woman. To Mariton Eison who runs a publishbbtion company. She has her own clothing business and edits new books and then she becomes enthralled by new manuscripts and is drawn into the plot where reality and illusion become blurred I like that I don't think that's an interesting take I've not seen a storyline like that before. 45:36.20 Chris Olson Yeah, it's got this kind of like a fascination with books isn't it because obviously they're a publisher then they've got this book that seems to be not coming alive I think that's kind of being a bit silly but she's reading into the story and then she sort of immerses herself into the story by chasing after the characters and. 45:37.10 Brian Penn About you and look. Yeah, yeah yeah. 45:53.31 Brian Penn But yeah, that's right I yeah um and yeah I like the idea you know originality so took what's Com buying films in in in any any sort of genre of right? There are you know. 45:55.48 Chris Olson It starts to take on kind of like a sinister sort of feel. Um, yeah, it's very interesting premise. 46:09.95 Brian Penn Are only so many possibilities you know you think there are hundreds of thousands of plots you could come up with but they're all derived from 7 or 8 classic plots aren't they but this is different. It's unusual and when she meets with this the carton sir Keenan then the story. Gets to the the heart of the matter more visuals are great I think it again like bennoharma beautifully shot the colors light and shade again, it's all going on there I I pickeds up on the facts. It didn't get good reviews. Um. I think he's pretty decent I think he's pretty good you know um once you've got the you've got it worked out whether you want subtitles or the dubbed english version. Go for the subtitles as you points out. It's a lot better stick with that and I think it's it's ah, an enjoyable movie. 47:04.37 Chris Olson Yeah, the the chemistry between those 2 central characters. Obviously yeah with their voices as well. That is so powerful he now was one of the best parts of the film was those 2 for me and and I think the film much like a few films that we've talked like benal and aharmack it brings in. 47:05.42 Brian Penn It works. 47:12.51 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 47:23.93 Brian Penn Yeah. 47:24.15 Chris Olson Multiple genres but without jarring you because there's this like powerful romance story. But then there's kind of a bit more like of a sinister thriller aspect going on and I always know a film is is is good if like. 47:34.94 Brian Penn Yeah. 47:42.10 Chris Olson My wife walks in and kind of goes. Oh what's this like she sort of she got caught up in it almost instantly she was like oh yeah, um I said but she's not a big fan of subtitles my wife so she was she didn't sit through it. But um I think you know it's that sort of film is's going to sit on UKNetflix and a lot of people won't. 47:42.94 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. 47:57.66 Brian Penn I No the yeah the yeah. 47:58.81 Chris Olson Watch. Yeah, if you're not a fan of subtitles then you probably already have skipped past this review but I think it's it deserves a bit of recognition just for being an interesting story. Well-made like you say beautiful locations. The shooting is is amazing. Um, especially when they get onto like the rooftop and things that would like that section. 48:14.94 Brian Penn You? Yeah yeah I think. 48:17.77 Chris Olson Um, it's worth your time and one of those films as well that it didn't get all of the promo that a lot of other films get so hopefully we can do a service here just to shout out. So yeah, Pronounce Cool which is K you with yo La L If you're looking up or ashes. Um, so. 48:23.29 Brian Penn I My yeah less less I'm so yeah, yeah. And. 48:37.20 Chris Olson Yeah, let's know if you watch it and what you think it's on Netflix u k at the moment and all the best to those filmmakers because I thought it was great. Four point two I do I think that's outrageous I really do I don't think it's four point two yeah um. 48:44.93 Brian Penn So yeah, yeah, good job did a good job that's unfair I think that's unfair. 48:56.93 Chris Olson Okay, we're now moving to the indie section of our show which is where we review a selection of films that have been physically sent to us. They've said please review our film and we are very honored to do so um because often these films get reviewed on the website but we don't necessarily get time to chat about them. But. 49:05.42 Brian Penn And. 49:14.20 Brian Penn So. 49:16.46 Chris Olson Here we can make some time um and great selection in this show. We've got four films to review the first of which is a feature length ah called suit hung. 49:27.67 Brian Penn And yeah, that's good I Know it's deliberate. It's deliberate isn't it on purpose. So. 49:28.73 Chris Olson Tied tongue now I had to read that slowly because so many times I've said it the wrong way around or said that right and I think it's meant to right I feel like that's a tongue twister. Yeah yeah, ah, um, which is a feature length drama directed by saudatchi and based in Ireland um, and it. Takes on this kind of documentary style to tell a story about 2 brothers who people are talking about them and some horrific events that have transpired involving them whereby I don't think it's a spoiler if I say what happens because it does get mentioned very early in the film. 50:02.44 Brian Penn No yeah, yeah, it ah was it? Yeah yeah, yeah. 50:05.64 Chris Olson Yeah, but a political figure gets assassinated by these 2 brothers and they are and and a police officer and they're talking about them. Um, yeah, there's like their family members or close relatives or friends and it's it's got this like say documentary style and we then are. 50:20.30 Brian Penn There. 50:24.64 Chris Olson Going from say like their childhood. They're talking about they would sort of normal boys go into like guitar and things like that. Um, but then how they drifted towards this sort of radicalized position that they were in and started doing videos and really talking about. So it's this. 50:37.75 Brian Penn Me. 50:42.22 Chris Olson Um, minister for change I think that's who he was reformative and we see press shots of him talking about his role and what he's going to do for Ireland and how this kind of stirs up trouble with the boys because they or the brothers they are. 50:42.78 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, minister for reform and change I think yeah. 50:58.98 Chris Olson Under the belief that he is corrupt and ruining Island and yeah, the film kind of starts to get momentum and escalate towards a really strong almost visceral um conclusion which. 51:00.26 Brian Penn New. 51:06.99 Brian Penn Me no. 51:14.54 Chris Olson We already know what transpires. But I think it's still really powerful in the way that it unfolds. What do you think of soup hung ti tongue Brian. 51:16.21 Brian Penn Yeah. Well let's let's not discuss the title anymore because like you did really well pronouncing that problem. Yeah I know I know I couldn't even even attempt to I was absolutely fascinated by this film this This is so clever what they've done because it's told in documentary style and. 51:27.97 Chris Olson Ah, yeah, say it 5 times now. 51:39.99 Brian Penn I was watching it first 15 20 minutes I was bearing in mind that I didn't read too much about the film prize watching it so I went in and watched it cold first twenty minutes I thought to myself god I didn't know about this I was convinced. It was real right? I was convinced that they were talking about something that happened. 51:53.68 Chris Olson Yeah, yeah, me too. 51:59.65 Brian Penn 20 minutes in I thought after Google this why don' I know about this if this happened in Ireland why why didn't I hear about it. You know and but now I won't Google it. But then I think half an hour in it kind of dawns on you that it that it's purely fiction is dramatized but that gives you an idea of how. Effective the film is because it makes you buy into the characters as being real right? and it's only when the I think it's only when they were interviewing the police inspector that I can't onto it and then as you say it turned very sinister and very ugly then and the 2 the 2 brothers the helping brothers. It became more obvious what they were about who they were how their um, their attitude and anxiety grew from early in life to make them what they are now and make them do what they did. But I think what was also very interesting about the storyline was that. 52:57.29 Brian Penn What they did polarize the nation didn't it that they either were either villains or they were heroes to some people because they were challenging the status quo the nor the norms what people accepts as being normal and civilized very clever filmmaking. Got to say. Very impressed and I I was taken in for first twenty minutes half an hour I was absolutely convinced. It was real. 53:23.32 Chris Olson And I'm I'm always dubious when the so Pseudo documentmentary styles use I've always like okay, right because it gives you a lot of ability to explain. Yeah, it' explain the story and give give away the yeah so exposition right? But the way this is. 53:28.55 Brian Penn In. 53:35.17 Brian Penn I Mean yeah. 53:42.46 Chris Olson Done is really clever because it's really mysterious like they're giving you feel bits about what happened but you don't know the picture yet and it kind of Unfolds really brilliantly and what I liked as well was when the brothers start doing the videos. They have this countdown as to when they're going to attack. They say they state when they're going to attack. 53:47.50 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 53:56.93 Brian Penn So yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 54:01.83 Chris Olson This Politician and they're even surprised at how much momentum grows from these videos that they get like lots and lots of views and it starts to almost swirl out of control because maybe they weren't really that serious or maybe they weren't yeah it certainly wasn't going to go the way it did um and. 54:06.90 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. 54:14.66 Brian Penn Yeah, so. 54:21.45 Chris Olson That I found the most compelling aspect was it was It was genuinely thrilling genuinely thrilling I was ah I don't know where even though you know where it's going. You don't know where it's going. You kind of feel that you must. You must keep watching and I love the bit because the. 54:29.87 Brian Penn Yeah, and I. 54:37.79 Chris Olson Title refers to a poem I think or at least it's a bit of a poem and that's that's read over the film at one point. Um, and I thought that was brilliantly done. Lots of great shots. There's this really good adol drone. Oh I'm I'm assuming it's a drone shot over the landscape. At one point I Thought that was really well done. 54:40.91 Brian Penn Ah, right? okay. 54:57.48 Chris Olson Um, because a lot of the footage is this sort of like it talking head sort of um approach but there are bits in it that are really cinematic. Um, yeah I I thought it was great. Really enjoyed it and sometimes when you when we sit down to watch indie feature films. There is that element of like okay we no idea what we're in for um, this. 55:01.94 Brian Penn Um, yeah, Amy yeah i. 55:17.26 Chris Olson Really stood the test I thought this was great and would thoroughly recommend it. 55:19.70 Brian Penn Yeah, so would I So am I actually and I'd like to see it on a big screen as well. You know? Yeah yeah I think you would. 55:26.41 Chris Olson I think yeah, it would work on a big screen. Um in terms of seeing it so suit hung tied tongue. We were given a a password protective ah screener which would suggests that it's yeah, still doing the rounds i'm. Want to find out more about the film. The the company behind it is called standard practice. They have a website standard practicetic dot I e and they're also available on all the social media is the film itself has a Facebook page. So I think that's probably the best place to go for information about release and things. Um, so you've go to facebook.com/. 55:54.91 Brian Penn You. 56:01.22 Chris Olson Suit hung 1 word dot tied tongue 1 word. Um or Google it. Or yeah, if you're that desperate do email us someone will direct you to it. But um, yeah, you should be able to find it and yeah ah dar recommend that you do because it's one of those films that deserves. 56:03.39 Brian Penn We ahead comment. Yeah, well. 56:18.63 Brian Penn Me. 56:20.27 Chris Olson The eyes that I think there's a lot of lot of effort going to make this movie and for it to be as powerful and as evocative as it is it really deserves. Yeah, good viewership. So. 56:32.11 Brian Penn It's very impressive. It really is. 56:35.90 Chris Olson I Okay so that was suit tongue tied tongue I've done very well pronounced in that can I just say I've kept I don't think I got it wrong once we're moving now to a film that I can pronounce very well ah settling down feature length. 56:38.34 Brian Penn Yeah. 56:50.49 Chris Olson Comedy film. Well dark comedy I think ah from writer director Tom Risuto ah Brian want to give the synopsis on settling down. 56:51.75 Brian Penn Here. 56:57.90 Brian Penn Yeah I'll give it a go. So We we have We have a couple faith and Mike who have shall we say a dysfunctional relationship. It has Peaks and Troughs like all relationships. Do. She wants to move house and he doesn't. However, P is unperturbed and contacts whom are a local estate agent who has ways and means of removing troublesome tenants and other difficult clients and they are gradually sucked into a sinister train of events I might say more than that Because. There is so much going on in in this piece that to tell to reveal more would I feel in some ways almost spoil it but it it's surreal in places but ah I was gonna say gripping gripping something the right word but it's it's Compulsive. It makes you watch. And there are rather scenes that honestly don't make any sense. Yeah, when when they're in the restaurant and the woman's eating spaghetti off it off the man's bare Chest. Ah I Still don't I Ah still don't get that I'm sorry I don't get it at all. But you know what it it Works. It's interesting. They got um. 57:58.60 Chris Olson Yeah, that code to my head. Yeah as I Oh it. 58:11.14 Brian Penn Packed it with interesting characters that do work and they can all act as Well. I mean what we mentioned on the last podcast that well I did anyway that often with with small indie Features. You do often get as who have very very basic acting skills. But. Here They've got. They've got a cast they can all do it. They can all acts. They're all very proficient answers and that makes a big difference really? but yeah I liked it. It's got something about it. But I'm not sure what but it. It's got lots of good things going on there. Yeah. 58:46.66 Chris Olson Yeah, it was definitely um, a mixture of genres again like we saw said about a few films but this was kind of more in the ballpark of like a surrealist comedy you with a bit of a dark edge I thought and it was yeah there were scenes that were. 58:50.28 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 58:57.66 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 59:02.75 Chris Olson Very strange but it kind of it made sense tonally when you're watching it. You kind of go this makes sense in the film that I'm watching and it what they say The compulsive is a great word to use for this I thought it was compulsive to I found that I wanted to know what was going on I wanted to know how it was gonna yeah. 59:09.40 Brian Penn Yeah. 59:17.35 Brian Penn Yeah. 59:21.54 Chris Olson Conclude Yeah, with the the wife kind of unwittingly enlisting the services of these I mean maniacs. Really yeah, what they do the the actual the person who goes in ah try again trying to spoil person who ah does the nasty business. 59:27.28 Brian Penn Attack. 59:37.83 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 59:39.69 Chris Olson He is particularly disturbing like when he's talking I was like you are really like odd and strange and and you can't take your eyes off him. Um, and then there's like the 2 cops who are kind of investigating but quite badly. Um who I think the director is one of those. 59:42.30 Brian Penn Yeah, hello Yeah, that's right, it has some impacts on you when you watch Thunder out about it. 59:53.91 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 59:59.12 Chris Olson Actors I think I might be wrong. Um, that had a kind of comedic element. You know it puts in lots of moments that are so funny in the film I found it scrappy at times I thought it was scrappy that you can tell it's not a big budget film and I think that element of. 01:00:09.56 Brian Penn You. 01:00:18.20 Chris Olson Everyone was really passionate to make this film. There's a lot of people there putting in a lot of effort that their the result is scrappy. It is a bit like okay yeah, like you've really got to be into this just to stick with it I don't It's not a mainstream film by any means. Um, but. 01:00:18.67 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:00:26.74 Brian Penn The. 01:00:32.00 Brian Penn And 9 it. 01:00:36.27 Chris Olson There's something there. Well I mean we've reviewed some surrealist comedies and things on this show a few times and this is definitely better than some. We've see ah but I can also see that there will be people out there that don't get on with it that don't get on with this style. Um. 01:00:38.12 Brian Penn So there. I Will not. 01:00:52.95 Chris Olson But I think that's true of it, especially comedy I think that's true of any comedy film and. 01:00:52.96 Brian Penn It and and I think you have to accept that an independently made film will have certain characteristics about it and it will be rough and Ready. It will be ragged but you could argue that's part of its charm that it's raw right. And that's what gives it a distinctive edge so you accept that you accept that it has its imperfections and its flaws and that you know if you're a fan of slick big-budget movies a lot of indie features won't necessarily work for you. Because they can't afford the same production values but you accept it what it is and within its Genre. It works well and this film does but I take on Board. The fact that it is it. It is rough around the edges. But I mean that's more about budgetary limitations than anything else isn't it. 01:01:43.43 Chris Olson Yeah, hundred percent hundred percent and I also thought they did well to capture the there. There's a lot of comedy and bizarre things going on but there's also a theme running through about yeah being. Ah, dissatisfied with midlife. You know there's this yeah, she looks at her partner who's wearing the the mask to stop him snoring and it's kind of like that that there's that there's that undercurrent of dissatisfaction with midlife I thought that there will be things there for viewers to connect with and that there's things there for you to enjoy and. 01:01:59.17 Brian Penn The the. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. 01:02:18.77 Chris Olson If you can stick with it I think it's It's a decent film by the time you you get into that latter section and it does start to sort of vamp up in terms of what's going on. Um, but yeah, hats off to to the filmmakers and everyone involved with selling down. Um the film itself I don't. 01:02:19.88 Brian Penn Of course. 01:02:31.51 Brian Penn And. 01:02:36.30 Chris Olson Ah, yes, we had it. We have a Youtube link let me check. Um, it might be unlisted. Ah yes, unlisted and there is a web website settling down film.com but I've just been on it and there is any information about screeners currently that may change by the time this comes out. Um, but yeah, you can. 01:02:36.65 Brian Penn There. 01:02:55.66 Chris Olson Ah, stay tuned on their website um or have a look. Yeah, they've got I am db page as well. Sometimes that gets updated with screenings and platforms that it might be available on but the film is called settling down 2023 because I think there are other films called that if you struggle to find it? Um, yeah. 01:03:01.19 Brian Penn And. 01:03:10.57 Brian Penn I Ah yeah I Ah I know I know and know they go limitations to the English language isn't really. 01:03:14.55 Chris Olson Yeah that's the that's the situation we're in nowbra. There's so many films they've even got the same names that it's just you know where will it end there. Yeah so settling down we're moving on now to a short film written and directed by filmmaker Charlie Norton called the lost weekend now. This um could be a triggering film for for some people this there's a few bits in there that are sort of slightly upsetting but it largely reveals that deals with toxic masculinity I think that would be the the strongest thing that came up for me. Um, it is ah about. 01:03:39.57 Brian Penn I Mean. So yeah, yeah. 01:03:52.77 Chris Olson 3 guys the central character being James played by Brendan Egan who are having a summer blowout I guess um, a nice place in cape cod and in typical, almost kind of american pie esque fashion they're chatting about. 01:03:59.72 Brian Penn And. 01:04:11.68 Chris Olson Conquests and sex and all the things that you guys apparently do decided it not wasn't my expert. Ah, but anyway, um, that was ah yeah, and then we've got so James is within this group but he has had quite a conservative upbringing who so in catholic school. 01:04:13.99 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, well yeah yeah. 01:04:27.76 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:04:30.39 Chris Olson And hasn't had any experience with women yet still a virgin and struggles to deal with the sort of masculine views being put on him as well as being kind of goaded especially by the character of nick played by Henry Lynch who is quite a toxic force. Um and the film starts. 01:04:38.52 Brian Penn In yeah. 01:04:50.40 Chris Olson With James refusing to not want to jump off a bridge and I thought that was brilliant because I don't know about you Ryan but when I was younger my mom always said to me when I got in with the wrong crowd. What if they jumped off a bridge was you I think that was. 01:04:53.20 Brian Penn And yeah, yeah. 01:05:01.14 Brian Penn Ah, yeah, and I Yeah yeah and and know it does remind you a little bit of what your mom or dad might sell you in it. Don't don't do what the others do don't do what the what the big boys do I I like this I really enjoyed it. 01:05:04.98 Chris Olson Every boy's childhood. They had that said and I thought that was a great way to open this film. 01:05:19.78 Brian Penn I think it was well captured wellobserved I like the dynamics between the 3 guys because James as you say had the very causted sheltered upbringing who's been brought along by his friend Dylan and you've got that friction between James and and Nick Nick who's a lot more much brasher. More forward James is very nervous uncertain of himself and he's basically the plus one isn't he James on that this particular trip and so I like that dynamic the one that develops. Um, when the girls are introduced into the storyline Caroline. 01:05:45.50 Chris Olson It? yeah. 01:05:56.69 Brian Penn Then everything changes and it's interesting to see the way James's personality evolves and develops over that weekend and the way again it is a study of masculinity isn't it about a guy proving himself ah to his peers. That's that's what comes through really. Really strongest for me. But yeah I like to I think it was nicely played wellacted well observed. It's good. You know I think for a ah, a small independent feature. it's it's got it's got a touch a gloss that you might not necessarily get. With yeah yeah, yeah. 01:06:34.40 Chris Olson Yeah, definitely felt a high end production value. Um, which I think goes in its favor and 1 thing I felt was they did really well capturing this sort of essence of coming of age and what I loved about it was this idea of it being. 01:06:47.24 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:06:51.91 Chris Olson Yeah, a throwa away type of weekend. You know they're going to sort of drink beers by the beach but actually these are the type of events in someone's life that can actually be really defining. Yeah that his reaction to characters put in front of him like Caroline and yeah, the sort of bullish nick it's. 01:06:52.47 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 01:07:01.80 Brian Penn I Yeah you yeah there. Yeah absolutely won't and. 01:07:11.98 Chris Olson These are that what actually become really important to someone even though they might not seem so at the time and I love that but I did feel that James's struggle to find these identity could have been fleshed out more I don't I think there was more to this. Um. 01:07:27.68 Brian Penn And there. 01:07:31.30 Chris Olson There's quite a rapid movement from where he is at the beginning of the film to where he is at the end of the film. It's not big enough within there I think you know it's this kind of they have this party and everything kind of kicks off but I felt that. 01:07:38.53 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I felt that as well. It it felt abbreviation in places because they you know. 01:07:45.80 Chris Olson It needed more? Um, yeah, yeah, that that was just my personal feeling on this. 01:07:57.11 Brian Penn You know they can't give it all the time they want. They've got a limited amount of screen sign. They know that and you just feel that the story loses something as a result of the time constraints which is unfortunate but there's something in there and that's the sign of a good strong narrative that. Probably needs more than they could give more time than they could give it. But yeah, you do sense There's more there you you peel back the like the layers of a character and the scenarios they're fleshing out you think want to see more about that. Want to see more but didn't quite get to it? Yeah yeah. 01:08:28.46 Chris Olson Yeah, and I think that's a is a good thing right? It's like you want more of this film and it does Well you explores youth friendship relationships really well that touches on like religion and yeah, yeah, lots of things that are big but I thought that yeah. 01:08:34.67 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah I. 01:08:45.41 Chris Olson Definitely would have been happy to watch more. That's another thing Sometimes you're watching a show you kind of go. Ah, that's a shame that's finished yeah was I was just getting into that. 01:08:45.73 Brian Penn It? Yeah yeah I know what it? Yeah,, That's right, You think it's just developing. It's just getting going and then it then it stops but no one likes it. Yeah, it's good I likes it and. You know what you mentioned earlier on ah about pivotal moments in someone's life that almost sets the tone for the way their life carries on That's what that's dealing with here is that those key experiences moments in their life when they're on the Casp. Of adulthood when they're not not quite a man not quite a boy. You know it's It's that kind of the inbetweeners isn't it if I can quote um the Channel 4 Tv show in between is where they're on the cusp of of Manhood. So it deals with a complex area of.. Anyone's life really well and as you say covers a lot of lot of things in the time they have available. 01:09:43.38 Chris Olson So so that was a short film called the lost weekend. We were again given a password protected screener but you can find out more about about the film on Instagram at the lost weekend film or 1 word or at their website flying cardproductions.com ah, yeah, definitely recommend seeking out often with these short films. They end up on platforms like Youtube and Vimeo and easy places to watch them and I strongly recommend seeking that one up really really good. Okay, onto our final indie film. 01:10:03.77 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:10:09.34 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, absolutely. So. 01:10:20.74 Chris Olson And this is a feature length. It's film called tiger not pronounced. Ah sorry, not spelt like the animal spelt t y g e r now before we get into the film I just want to ask Brian do you know what reference that had within the film I couldn't spot it. But. 01:10:35.53 Brian Penn I No no no I thought you might know I thought you'd know these interest. No I didn't I couldn't see I thought it might have been something to do with um the the cudly toyer that belongs to. 01:10:38.60 Chris Olson I was hoping maybe you would? yeah no ah ah. 01:10:53.90 Brian Penn Joe Sta I thought it was that I thought I yeah yeah I i' been that? Yeah yeah, that was a conversation between us wasn't it really. 01:10:55.52 Chris Olson Oh yeah, ah not sure, but because also the spot The spelling was different right? but it probably does probably apologies if we've missed this? Ah, but yeah, but sorry that was on aside but just you back to the film So tiger. 01:11:11.10 Brian Penn Yeah, so. 01:11:11.20 Chris Olson Ah, directed by Alexander Milo Bischoff and co-directed with sorry co-written with Dylan Edwards the film stars. Ah Ben Aldridge sebastian hold on I'm on the right right film. 01:11:25.26 Brian Penn That's right? Yeah, yeah, it's definite edwards place Joe yeah, but Sebastian Sebastianir was his Sebastian's in it. 01:11:26.64 Chris Olson Didn and Edward sorry I was reading the wrong character. Let me damage it. It let me just let me just do that again hold on let me just pause this. So ah, directed by Alexander Milo Bisoff and co-written with Dylan Edwards the film is about a character called Joe who's just been released from prison he's in he's an ex soldier and very much going through. Ah ah, still going through a terrible time in his life. 01:11:49.67 Brian Penn And. 01:11:59.18 Chris Olson Um, he gets shown to this sort of depressing apartment where he can start to rebuild his life. Um, he tries to sort of keep to himself a lot but his plan we discover is to make enough money to get back to Scotland to be. With his his daughter who he often narrates letters to through the film. Um, he falls in with a well it was the leader of a group like ah, an alcoholics anonymous type group. Um, he falls in Neil. 01:12:24.11 Brian Penn Um. 01:12:36.80 Brian Penn New. Yeah, so. 01:12:37.57 Chris Olson Ah, played by Shaun Sean Dooley ah was he falls in with him and they the 2 kind of become friends and then Neil offers him a job and things start to look like they're kind of picking up for Joe unfortunately something happens in his apartment that caused him to have to go on the run and. 01:12:51.20 Brian Penn New. 01:12:54.73 Chris Olson The rest of the film is seeing him basically try and make his way back to Scotland encountering a few people on the way such as ex soldier that he was he served with there's some other people on the way that he meets um on his bicycle. He's on his bike for for most of the film now. Um. 01:13:08.21 Brian Penn I As you do? Yeah I No absolutely not no I I Yeah I I loved it. Absolutely love this. It's grim. 01:13:13.49 Chris Olson It's not a light film by any means this is a dark drama but it is an absolutely brilliant one I thought this was incredible. What did you think of Tiger Brown 01:13:27.53 Brian Penn 2 words I wrote down when I was watching this film grim and riveing. It's absolutely compelling. You can't take your eyes off it for a second brilliantly acted brilliantly written I think Dylan Edwards is excellent as Joe. Sean Dooley who will be be familiar to listeners. It appears in film and Tv frequently. Very busy actor but a great supporting actor and it made me think out how important supporting actors are to any film that they do make the film. Tick over and ah the the exchanges between Joe and Neil because niil's a reformed addict isn't he who it was kind of like a counselor to Joe I thought he was excellent I thought the script was brilliant what you know what? I loved about the scripts here was that. It's quite sparse. They didn't feel the need to fill the script with lots of words they didn't fill the need to fill to fill the film with lots of dialogue and we mentioned about silence being worked into a script. They do that very well here particularly where Neil and Joe. 01:14:34.94 Chris Olson Um. 01:14:42.74 Brian Penn In the car together and Joe sister ne what made you stop and ten fifteen seconds passed by before he reveals the reason why he stops do you know the part of the film I'm talking about. 01:14:54.67 Chris Olson Yeah, yeah, that scene was absolutely heartbreaking. It was I yeah yeah I I think that I hundred percent agree with you about the power of a supporting actor. 01:14:58.91 Brian Penn But wasn't that intense wasn't that in sense though you know. 01:15:07.92 Brian Penn Yeah, so. Yeah. 01:15:12.90 Chris Olson And I think doley does that amazing in this film because alone Dan Edwards says great. You know he? there's a lot of scenes actually where he is alone. But I think without that foundation of him and Neil in that that beginning part of the film. The rest of it would have. 01:15:19.25 Brian Penn And. And. 01:15:31.70 Chris Olson Not felt anywhere near as as breathtaking as it was because you get that emotion and it's not just the story. It's just the way that Sean Doley does that scene he does it incredibly I was mesmerized and I was absolutely heartbroken I don't want to say what the story is. 01:15:32.87 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 01:15:43.34 Brian Penn Yeah, no, no yeah I know it was it was and I felt I found it I was really surprised by it. 01:15:51.19 Chris Olson But as a parent listening to that story. My God that was hard to listen to. Um, amazing, amazing section. Yeah I love that bit. It's amazing. 01:16:03.27 Brian Penn This film delivered a number of emotional punchlines that I wasn't expecting and that was one of them really? Ah, yeah, it's It's kind of that type of film. You think well I feel quite drained through watching that. But I'm glad I did watch it. You know it's that type of. 01:16:18.30 Chris Olson Um, yeah. 01:16:21.83 Brian Penn You know when he comes out of prison this is where I think it's so well observed because he's ah, an army Veteran Afghan Veteran Reform reforming drug addicts. You know he's put up with a lot in his Life. He comes out of prison and he he enters something resembling a prison where he's in this tower block. Even though he's free. He's not.. He's kind of imprisoned in in another way isn't they living with unsavory types. You know it's almost like he's living a similar life to what he lived inside. So I think that's quite acute the way they've observed the experience of an ex-con and someone coming out of Prison. Without any immediate prospects of of work. But yeah. 01:17:01.70 Chris Olson Yeah, it's more like his psychological state right? because he when you when he comes out and even like throughout the film you're watching him you're like this is a guy that's never left prison like he's not left really right? emotionally and and psychologically and he is. 01:17:13.00 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly yeah. 01:17:20.99 Chris Olson Ah driven. Yeah by this destination. Um, we I won go into it but he's driven to do this journey and you know he's absolutely sat on it so much. So but that's that you can't help but watch it feeling so sad for him that. 01:17:26.73 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:17:40.50 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:17:40.44 Chris Olson He's not finding peace. He's not finding. Yeah what he should have found with his freedom and yeah is ah one of those films that you say it isn't up be is that he's very grim and you watch it is so grim but but done in a way that is so. 01:17:51.83 Brian Penn And oh there' 01:17:57.92 Chris Olson Enjoyable. It's not the right word but it is enjoyable. You watch it. You want to watch it. You want to see more of it. You want to feel those tears running down in your face when you're watching it when he has these moments and when he has that I think it it touches on lots of different themes as well like about War Pcsd addiction. 01:18:04.80 Brian Penn The. 01:18:13.64 Brian Penn So yeah, that's all nice things. Yeah. 01:18:16.57 Chris Olson Um, all these things that so come up ah naturally through history and it's but also it doesn't just do that. There's there's visuals that are amazing that he's by the sea. Um at the beginning is it margate I think he comes into I read in Jason's re review he said Margate. Yeah. 01:18:25.87 Brian Penn Its yeah, it's yeah, it's it's Ken isn't it. It's the kent coves isn't it. 01:18:34.96 Chris Olson Ah, so you know it's It's also got those elements to it to make it really powerful. It's beautifully filmed. It looks the part and I I Just sometimes you finish a film where you just kind of take a little a few moments to just kind of just breathe it in and this was one of them. Um, yeah I thought this was. 01:18:39.56 Brian Penn And. 01:18:47.93 Brian Penn Yeah, doing yeah. Yeah I know yeah it it? Yeah no doubt about it like you know you you fight you reach for so many superllaatives about a film like this and you none of it seems quite good enough that. 01:18:55.22 Chris Olson Phenomenal, Absolutely phenomenal. Um Tiger Yeah, strongly recommend it strong to regret. 01:19:11.48 Chris Olson Yeah, yeah, you got to struggle to it. It was more how you felt if you could have been there. Yeah when you when you felt it. Um, it's about T Y G E R Um and this film is available to watch and. 01:19:13.54 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, that's why it makes you feel. Yeah. 01:19:27.26 Chris Olson Ah, do you know what? I don't often say this but stop listening to this podcast and go watch it. Um I think it deserves it. it's it's available um on a few streaming platforms. The filmmaker did actually should be I think the producer Olga had messaged me or or 1 of the from people from the film. 01:19:31.26 Brian Penn Ah, yeah. 01:19:44.46 Chris Olson Twelfth of February it was released prime video Itunes and Google so you have no reason not to go watch this I I think it's a rental and if you're going to watch it in those places. But yeah, 100% recommend it because this is that type of film that like some of the films we reviewed at beginning of the. 01:19:48.47 Brian Penn Man watch. Yeah. 01:19:59.21 Brian Penn Definitely. 01:20:04.21 Chris Olson Show it won't get the views that it serves I could say that yeah because even if 1 person on the planet doesn't watch it then it didn't get the views it deserved. So I really really loved it. Um, tiger got here now. 01:20:07.38 Brian Penn Um, it's the worst thing isn't it. Yeah yeah, oh exactly? Yeah well. 01:20:21.54 Chris Olson What are you doing? Why are you still listening come on I probably because we've got one more film to review haven't we yeah, that's probably why you're still here listening honest people do tune in for the nostalgics lot. Um, so if this is your first time to Uk Film Club um we review a film from the past. 01:20:21.76 Brian Penn I Love you? Yeah, it's the nostalgia slot isn't it. Yeah, they want to hear that person. 01:20:40.39 Chris Olson That we like to revisit or maybe it's our first time seeing it. But it's just something that a lot of people talk about and recently we've been tying these into new releases as well. Where possible so we did June last episode because part 2 was coming out and this month if you didn't get it from my Jingle at the beginning of the episode. Um, is the 1984 ghost bustards film now I believe our friends at the phantom zone also were covering this in an episode. So Chris Ian and the gang please don't shoot us for also covering it. Um, it's a film that deserves lots and lots of people chatting right? to be honest. 01:21:02.54 Brian Penn In. Yeah, oh okay. 01:21:13.66 Brian Penn There? Yeah yeah. 01:21:19.57 Chris Olson Um, and this is tied into the the release of the new ghostbusters film in March ah, if you're up for that. But um ghostbusters Brian now I'm always intrigued to know. Where you stand with nostalgia films in terms of because sometimes I say oh you how many times do you sin this and you say oh I saw it when it came out and that was it is that true for ghostbusters. 01:21:35.74 Brian Penn It Yeah not quite I saw I saw it when it when it first came out once the Cinelin saw it I can't believe it's false years old It nice and nighty four that is absolutely terrifying but I've seen it a few times since then but I've not. 01:21:49.70 Chris Olson Since is. 01:21:54.80 Brian Penn This was the first time I'd seen it in maybe eight or nine years so um it's it kind of feels relatively new but it's of course it's ah it's a film I know so well and and it's it's a film that I I love more more now than ever. It's It's great. It's such a simple storyline to start with um you know you've got these 3 parapsychologists who suddenly lose lose their university funding and they set up shots as a ghost removal service as you do as one does um and. Just tells the story of how they attract frightened sometimes skeptical customers and the 2 things stand out about this film haven't watched it now after forty years forty years after I first saw it 2 things stand out one is. It's how well the special effects ah have held up. You know if you think of how the way of how film technology' evolved over the last forty years the special effects in this film are still good. They're still decent and secondly I've been reminded how funny it is. 01:23:03.69 Chris Olson Yeah. 01:23:05.43 Brian Penn And of course if you've got good lines in a film and you've got Bill Murray who are you going to give the lines to you're Goingnna give the lines to Bill Murray aren't you. There are so many good lines in it. No job is too big. No fear is too big. Um, let's split up and we can cause more damage that way you know. These are just great lines. They still sound fresh to me. Ah the um, the other I suppose the other thing that strikes me about ghostbusters is the the strength of branding in the film. You've got that great logo that appeared on every t-shirt and kitchen magnet. You can you can imagine it was everywhere. Ah, had the title song sung by Ray Parker Jr that was every year when it came out so they had really really got strong branding to for the film and it's a it's a franchise that I welcome with open arms because the characters are so strong. Ah, loved afterlife I'm looking forward to seeing the latest instalment but it's such a great film. Great memories and it still wears. Well after all these years correct. 01:24:10.52 Chris Olson Yeah I echo what you say I Definitely think it's a film that doesn't I mean yeah, it looks dated but it doesn't look dated. It's still effective for what it's doing especially dealing with the yeah the is called the paranormal is that is that the right phrase paranol that you've got that. 01:24:18.24 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. 01:24:29.25 Chris Olson Quirkiness to it but some of it is still genuinely scary I not scary I wasn't like behind the sofa but there's a bit where they're in the library and all the cards fly out and I was like it's a practical fact. Yeah, that's not been done with computers and it's brilliant. It works amazing. Um. 01:24:31.82 Brian Penn And yeah, no I Well no, but mean I Yeah yeah, no know that's that's one Yeah, that's what what I felt was that the special effects are still good. They hold up. 01:24:47.35 Chris Olson No. 01:24:51.80 Brian Penn They still provoke a reaction. You don't feel you don't laugh it and say oh look at that look how ridiculous that is. You know it's not. It's very well done. You know? Yeah yeah. 01:24:58.93 Chris Olson Yeah, yeah, it is it definite. It doesn't do that does it. It keeps its quality about it that you're still watching it enjoying it for what it was meant to be enjoyed for whereas when we watched June last month. 01:25:07.77 Brian Penn I Yeah yeah I and I Yeah, yeah yeah. 01:25:13.60 Chris Olson Remember watching that feeling. Oh my god this feels like a relic and not an enjoyable one. It felt like an absolute slog game through that film whereas ghost restets I enjoyed every minute I finished it and I was like I'm gonna watch the second one. Yeah and I'm definitely. That's just how these films feel and there's a reason that they keep coming back. These sort of films because they know that they've been done so well that the audience is so invested they're hoping that they're going to keep the the heights of these originals I I'm always a fan of Rick Moranis if he turns up in anything and I think the fact that he's only really a secondary character in theirs I was like ah I want to see more of him. 01:25:39.76 Brian Penn There. He Yeah, and I Yeah, good. Yeah yeah. 01:25:51.39 Chris Olson Um, but it's a great cast. So gony wea is terrific. Um, yeah, it's only Hudson he's in as well. Ah, really just such a strong film. 01:26:01.12 Brian Penn Even down to the gray boiler suits that they wear. It's all part of a great image builds a great image for the film. The characters the storyline you know and it's a dead simple storyline to follow. You know there's nothing particularly elaborate or challenging about you don't yeah it doesn't need it really. You know it's all about buying into that experience. You know? And yeah I really enjoyed it and you know I suppose that I could say I enjoyed it as much as I did. The first time I saw it because nothing can beat the impact of seeing a film for the very first time but you know nostalgia can bring. Can trigger great memories and also reminds you what of what great filmmaking is about you know and not. 01:26:41.52 Chris Olson This definitely fell well into the nostalgia category for me because I grew up with a brother who was 4 years older than me and he would show me films that to be honest were probably a bit inappropriate. 01:26:46.38 Brian Penn And yeah. 01:26:57.80 Brian Penn I. 01:26:58.26 Chris Olson And ghostbusters fell into that category ghostbusters I found terrifying when I was watching it as a young young boy like especially the I mean in the first film It was the hellhounds The dogs I always terrify them in the second film. It's the painting but the painting that just creeps me out it still creeps me art tobut. 01:27:01.70 Brian Penn Yeah, was a young kid. Yeah I guess it would be I. Yeah. 01:27:14.77 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 01:27:18.10 Chris Olson But the first film. Yeah, those dogs and but there's lotss of bits in this that are pretty ter terrifying to a child. Um, but it also really reminded me of so many great um stories from my childhood because we had the we had the ghostbusters car we actually had it as a toy and. 01:27:21.52 Brian Penn Then. 01:27:34.26 Brian Penn Brought out I was Stillnna mention that earlier on actually that much nice. And yeah. 01:27:38.12 Chris Olson Yeah, so I had that toy and this is great memory I have of us as kids and we had a family cat called Bubbles who she got in through the back of the car through the boo and would and would push the car along like through the and that came back to me ah the stay puffed. 01:27:44.27 Brian Penn You right? Oh right? Yeah there and oh Mr. But yeah, Mr. Yeah yeah. 01:27:57.33 Chris Olson Big thing you know that is like a visual memory from my childhood. Yeah, the marshmallow man kind of thing. Yeah that there's so many of bits of this film that was oh yeah I remember that I remember that. So yeah, it felt like a real trip back to yeah childhood. 01:28:03.47 Brian Penn Mr. Marshalo yeah mush mar yeah yeah and also the yeah the 80 s was a pivotal sign for the film industry in general because I think the they cottoned on so in the 80 s in a big way. They cottoned on it to branding merchandising. Ah, they realized how important a good soundtrack was to ah a film as well. So I think during the as in general there were some great films made because you had it was a pot boiler had all these relatively new creative talents coming into the into the genre into the game and you you just had great. Great films I think the eighty s a bit like pop music. Really. Um, the as was a great sign for films and they may have who knows they may have reached their peak in the as you know these days I I think you you get films. Ah good but very few are great. Some I always return to and it's not just That's what nostalgia does Chris I think it reminds you of what great filmmaking is and you don't necessarily get it these days. It's it's a rarer thing back then you were tripping over great films. 01:29:21.72 Chris Olson Well hopefully next month we'll see the release of a great film. Ah so if you're listening to this one. It's come out in feb um or early march ghost bussters frozen empire comes out on March Twenty Second so very intrigued see because I yeah I've like I've that's all though. 01:29:23.70 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:29:39.47 Chris Olson Um, recent ones. Um I don't think there's been a ghost plus films that I haven't enjoyed I have been told that the new film the previous cast members do have more kind of to do in it. They're not just cameos as a bit more so to them in there. Um I love Paul Rudd as well looking for to him. 01:29:53.70 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:29:58.59 Chris Olson I'm James a cast is in the the new film. So I'm looking forward to seeing what he does in there. But yeah, um, if you haven't seen the original ghostbusters film. It's available on now Tv so if you've got sky cinema or one of those packages or the now Tv movies. It's in that I just. 01:30:00.45 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:30:15.59 Brian Penn Yeah, absolutely. 01:30:15.74 Chris Olson You just will have fun with this film if you go and watch it if you don't have fun with it then well maybe there's something wrong with you. You know? maybe I don't want to diagnose without actually speaking to you personally, but you know wonder. 01:30:20.92 Brian Penn But yeah, well yeah, know yeah I I don't know, No no, no, no yeah, that's right, but you would wonder I'd get cause you might wonder better hey what? the hell but no, what the hell? well you know, but yeah great. It's the samement you. 01:30:34.12 Chris Olson What. 01:30:39.45 Brian Penn You can't really beat something.. That's just so Relatable. It's such a great film to watch and I think with the new films coming out. It's attracting a new audience isn't as well. It will be Curious. You should be curious about where where the genre where the um where the series came From. Where the franchise came from where did it all start where did it all begin and that's what it gives you. 01:31:04.90 Chris Olson Yeah, and also it just makes a lot more sense as well. When you got these other characters turning up, You know you don't think who are these people that yeah you need to know that um and that's the end of the episode. Wow I mean this is an absolute Bm myth of an episode if you stuck with us through all this. Ah. 01:31:05.67 Brian Penn And and I. 01:31:16.70 Brian Penn You well done you? Yeah yeah. 01:31:21.64 Chris Olson Congrats well done. Um, we don't give out physical badges. We just ask that you make one yourself and yeah, just pop it on your lapel or something you know, um, but do send a pick. We'd love to see them. Um, yeah, thank you very much for joining us Brian. Thank you as always for seeing. 01:31:32.98 Brian Penn And. 01:31:39.70 Brian Penn For pleasure. Yeah I I never get bored. Yeah yeah I never get bor. Yeah, no chance getting bored. You know, keep meleasing. Yeah. 01:31:40.44 Chris Olson But the cinema films as well as everything else thought I throw at you as was a big list this month I don't like thinking that you've got nothing to do I just think if Brian's not yeah if you've got a minute spare then I'll just give you another film to review? Yeah, yeah, absolute. Um, thank you to all the the filmmakers who sent us their films and yeah, if you want to do that then head to the website yoChris Olsondot code uk that is a button a big button that says get reviewed and you click that if you message me saying how do I get my film reviewed I might. Be sarcastic like Bill Murray in ghostbusters. Okay I make it very easy for you to get reviewed I have a button that says get reviewed. Okay, click it? Um, yeah, no, it's fine I understand people are busy. Maybe they just want to ask that's fine. You can ask? Um, thank you for listening please. 01:32:21.21 Brian Penn Ah, companies be it couldn't be sim. Everything. 01:32:29.69 Chris Olson Um, to share subscribe and all those things it helps us reach so many more people that we want to be part of the community. Um, and if nothing else just put this episode on again, you know, just replay it. You have to listen to it necessarily but dip in and out put it on the low volume. You know? yeah. 01:32:40.61 Brian Penn And just put it put it in the background. You know it can be. It can be movie music. Can't it really? Yeah, yeah yeah. 01:32:48.48 Chris Olson Ah, Dolcet Tones can just yeah, accompany you on a long drive or a train journey. You know? Um, but yeah, thank you as always ah to everyone for listening. We really do appreciate it. But that is your lot. Thank you and goodbye. 01:33:01.86 Brian Penn And Bye for now. Previous Next

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"If we do not take steps to neutralise our enemies now, we will lose our window to do so", states a stern voice. The dire consequences of a wrong move are starkly laid out: "If we get this wrong, none of us are gonna be alive tomorrow". The final moments of the trailer are a flurry of action and anxiety, hinting at the difficult decisions and moral quandaries facing those in power. A character’s desperate plea, "We did everything right, right? We did every [expletive] thing right!", speaks volumes about the impossible situation they find themselves in, culminating in the chilling declaration: "The walls are just ready to blow". A House of Dynamite looks set to be a powerful and thought-provoking thriller, examining the terrifying realities of modern warfare and the fragile balance of global power. Bigelow's signature directorial style, known for its unflinching realism and intense suspense, is evident throughout this explosive preview. 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Sorious Samura is Sierra Leone’s best-known investigative journalist, making documentaries for CNN, Channel 4 and PBS that have won two Emmy Awards and seem him described by The Independent as “the world’s most fearless filmmaker”.. Brand new film trailers. Sing Freetown Trailer Sing, Freetown Trailer Sorious Samura is Sierra Leone’s best-known investigative journalist, making documentaries for CNN, Channel 4 and PBS that have won two Emmy Awards and seem him described by The Independent as “the world’s most fearless filmmaker”. Over the last 25 years, he’s tackled the toughest issues in the region including civil war, starvation, AIDs, corruption, attitudes to homosexuality and more. But Sorious has grown tired of telling negative stories about Africa and, having moved to London many years earlier, begins to realise that he is only telling half of the truth about his continent. 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