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In the trailer for Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come establishes a new, thrilling chapter. It’s a sequel that dares to go bigger, transforming a single family’s twisted tradition into a full-scale, world-controlling bloodsport. . Brand new film trailers. Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come The announcement of a sequel to 2019’s cult favourite Ready or Not was met with cautious optimism, but the newly released trailer for Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come has instantly quelled any concerns. Set for release in cinemas on 10th April 2026, the footage reveals that directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are not merely rehashing the original's successful formula but dramatically expanding the scope of their gleefully bloody game. The genius of the original film lay in its tight, single-location premise: a lethal game of hide-and-seek gone wrong. The sequel trailer opens by confirming that Grace (Samara Weaving) did indeed survive the horrifying ritual of the eccentric Le Domas family. However, her relief is short-lived. The stakes have been brutally elevated, moving the conflict from a single night of domestic terror to a global conspiracy involving a shadowy cabal known as the High Council. Grace learns that by surviving, she has inadvertently triggered a new, high-stakes game of "double or nothing." Visually, the trailer suggests a significant jump in production scale. The gothic interiors of the Le Domas mansion have been traded for slicker, more expansive backdrops, hinting at the involvement of the four rival families now hunting Grace. The frantic editing, characteristic of Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett’s work on films like Scream VI , promises a breathless, action-heavy experience. There is still a clear injection of the dark humour that defined the first film, but the underlying threat feels more professional and far-reaching. The trailer successfully balances the familiar terror of the hunt with the new, intriguing elements of world-building, culminating in a sequence where the rival hunters are formally introduced to the "game." Samara Weaving, who became an instant horror icon with her performance as the bloodied, kick-ass bride, returns as Grace, bringing that same manic energy. Crucially, she is joined by Kathryn Newton as her estranged sister, Faith. This new dynamic adds a fresh emotional core to the high-octane violence, as Grace is tasked not only with her own survival but with keeping her sibling alive—a mission complicated by the fact that the winner claims the High Seat of the Council, granting control over the world. The supporting cast list is nothing short of exceptional, providing an impressive genre pedigree. The inclusion of Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shawn Hatosy, and Elijah Wood signals a clear commitment to casting talent capable of handling the film's sharp comedic and violent shifts. 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Read the film podcast transcript from the episode titled UK Film Club - 004 - Fast X The Mother and Children Of Men on UK Film Club part of the UK Film Review Podcast. < Back UK Film Club - 004 - Fast X The Mother and Children Of Men Listen to This Episode UK Film Club 00:00.00 ukfilmreview Hey Brian I'm good. Thank you you? okay. 00:00.60 Brian Penn Like Chris say you doing yeah fine. Yeah yeah, all good, but it's it's still like Chris I mean the last time we did the podcast it was dark by Quas Fate wasn't it and now it's bright and sunny still or so anyway. 00:14.80 ukfilmreview I know it's throwing me off slightly because it's that time of the year where you can't really watch certain films because you need the atmos. You know you can't necessarily watch like I don't know trying to think of an example but I guess horror films like you can't watch a horror film in the daytime. 00:18.35 Brian Penn I. 00:30.23 Brian Penn No now that that is probably true because it adds to the atmosphere doesn't it really? Yeah so I think you're probably probably right there. There are some films that you can watch at any time during the day others that just needs to be viewed at a certain sign. Don't I suppose it fits the mood. 00:44.76 ukfilmreview I Say what they I did I remember watching um is it the strangers I think it's the strangers where it's like a home invasion film. And yeah, so that it's quite I think it's the strangers and I watched it. Um, oh was I I was on. 00:49.64 Brian Penn No, right? so. 01:01.15 ukfilmreview When I was working somewhere else and I had like a weekday off which was very unusual. So no one else was off and I was watching it must have been about like Eleven o'clock in the morning and because I wanted to create the atmosphere. So I shut the curtains and made it as dark as I could and I was watching it and I was still genuinely scared but it was quite weird that. 01:02.60 Brian Penn Okay, all right? okay. 01:19.54 Brian Penn You Yeah God you go to a lot of trouble. Don't you you love setting. The scene aren't yeah hey um I'm in prayer you see I I Just don't have the wherewithals to do that. But I know what you mean though, it's got it's got to create a move but that's not something you can do in the Cinema is it because it goes to the cinema. 01:19.55 ukfilmreview Kind of finishing and then me kind of carrying on with the rest of my day I definitely. 01:37.56 Brian Penn And it's in darkness anyway isn't it. You know? um so that kind of kills it a little bit but you can do that more when you're at home can't you I think that's ah, an interesting perspective Chris you again, you give me a lot to think about here you know, really only 5 bits in I mean you've already got me thinking honestly, really. 01:39.73 ukfilmreview Um. 01:48.46 ukfilmreview Here you go I'm getting you already set out. Yeah well there go. That's the best way to enjoy horror films you know shortcuts and if the Amazon man comes to the door. You just don't answer it. no no. no 01:55.32 Brian Penn Yeah. 02:01.25 Brian Penn Yeah I know and know yeah I's just back getting into the spirit things isn't there are literally Wow Yeah, scary. Yeah. 02:08.73 ukfilmreview Is? Well we are back with episode 4 of ukfilm club. How exciting? um, it's the show that. Reviews everything really we review right? from the top right down not to the bottom because that sounds bad but to the shortest to short films. You know to the indie films. Um, and if you haven't listened to the show is your first time. Welcome welcome to the show um me and Brian are cricks where you go from review and. 02:19.93 Brian Penn The yeah yeah course yeah. 02:30.39 Brian Penn And. 02:37.42 ukfilmreview In these episodes we like to cover the cinema releases largely by Brian um, and then we do a streaming pick so a film that's on streaming services then we do a couple of indie films and then we finish up with a nostalgia film which is something that basically is. 02:40.53 Brian Penn He. 02:50.10 Brian Penn That is like. 02:54.73 ukfilmreview A little bit older I guess there's not really much and funny enough the film that we've picked this ah for this month is another bleak film. We did fight club last month and I'm thinking we've got to stop picking these bleak films like I know you can imagine me myself. 03:02.95 Brian Penn And I we we've got to cheer ourselves up a bit next month and we a little bit on that school. Yeah. 03:11.21 ukfilmreview Sitting in the dark watching these films getting all depressed like now need's something happier for next month but we'll get to that. Um, and in this episode very specially I everyone round of applause please made it to the cinema and Brian was there to witness this. 03:14.42 Brian Penn Ah, yeah, you need a bit light and show don't you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah. 03:24.72 Brian Penn Yeah I was there I witnessed it I actually saw you go in. Yeah I sat next to you? Yeah, that's right? yeah. 03:31.42 ukfilmreview You're witness that. Yeah yeah, so we were um, very privileged to watch the ah Media premiere I Guess of um, the new fast and furious film fast X and which is really good I reviewed it for the site and I know that. 03:41.33 Brian Penn Yep. 03:49.51 ukfilmreview Mad Wolf They also reviewed it for the site. Um, so I think it's my one that you'll see up there so we'll get into that in a minute but I think I'll first off just got a quick promo I Love a bit of promo. Um, so picture house got in touch to say that. 03:52.55 Brian Penn Oh. 03:58.44 Brian Penn Well tell me? oh yeah. 04:06.45 ukfilmreview They are promoting the sundance film festival London for 2023 and that's taking place in July the sixth of the ninth. So yeah, we put a shout out on our stories. Um, although when you're listening to this. It's probably already gone. 04:07.25 Brian Penn Oh wow. 04:19.56 Brian Penn Oh ready I Wanna never do that. Yeah, someone's got down. Yeah. 04:21.80 ukfilmreview But yeah I was on there but you can go to picture houses with an s at the end. She's a bit strange picture houses. Yeah I wonder who's got picture house someone at someone's got picturehouses.com/sundance and you'll be able to see the lineup. Um, interestingly. There's a short film showcase which a lot of our festivals do and one of the films in there is my eyes are up here and that was recently reviewed on the web site by William Hemingway and he loved it and he's not an easy critic to please. So yeah, he does give his fair share of of. 04:53.46 Brian Penn Um, right? we like we like speaking strots if don't we at the same slim though. Yeah. 04:57.41 ukfilmreview The low scores shall we say so we do we do and don't we wrong? William's a really great writer. Um, so for him to sort of give this 4 stars I'm thinking wow that must be something. Yeah yeah, um, so that's um, part of the the lineup at the sundance film festival London. 05:08.24 Brian Penn It's square price indeed. Then? yeah. 05:15.99 ukfilmreview So yeah, just shout out to those guys for for getting in touch and yeah, that's in July so shall we shall we go with the theatrical releases and then do fast x last does that work because I know you had some other films that you were going to review first. Let's let's do those. 05:20.22 Brian Penn Um, it's stuff. 05:28.20 Brian Penn Yeah, why not? okay, all right? So we do the my 5 for this month what or did you want me to take them in this time Chris any any particular preference right? Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, oh nice one? yeah. 05:38.57 ukfilmreview Okay, I'm gonna I'm gonna direct you this time I don't know why because Normallyman I let you go a free reign but I'm bit more organized this this time. So I'm gonna go well as long as you have seen them. Um, big George Foreman 05:48.13 Brian Penn Yeah, cool course laugh. Oh big George Forman right okay then so right big George Foreman I want to give you the full title here because I don't know how they managed to get it on the poster but the full title title is big George Foreman colon 06:02.66 ukfilmreview Um. 06:06.14 Brian Penn The miraculous story of the once and future heavyweight champion of the world 16 words I mean honestly did they need a subtitle quite that long. It's beyond me I mean surely big George Forman kind of does it don't you think you know. 06:18.40 ukfilmreview I I mean because I'm looking at now and that poster design I probably thought I'm not going to put anything else on. It is no point just put that and the guy and and that's it is to yeah. 06:24.55 Brian Penn Yeah I know know you it crowds it out doesn't it anyway. So this is directed by George Tillman Juniorr starring Chris Davis as foreman and Forst whitakeo is trainer dot brous now this is the story of 1 of the greatest heavyweight boxes of all time. Yeah I don't know how familiar listeners are with boxing if I just mentioned Muhammad Ali Joe Frazier Ken Norton Jimmy Ellis and George Forn himself you had fighters who were at rare quality and distinction and they were all in their prime during the 1970 S ah, formerman won the world title from Joe Frazier but lost it to Muhammad Ali in a fight famously known as the rombo in the jungle. But I guess the bigger part of Forman's story was coming out of retirement to win the world title again at the age of 45 overall it's a solid bypic with a steady pace. 6 auto right? boxes. There are no great revelations unsurprising as forman himself was executive producer so there'll be no skeletons rattling here. Chris Davis is very good in the title role but in many ways, the film belongs to forest whitaker as the battle hardened trainer. What I like about his performance is that he doesn't overplay the character. It's like Billy Wilder the director used to say less is more. He reins it in and makes a bigger impression as a result a thoroughly enjoyable film great soundtrack if you're a fan of 70 soul and funk. 07:56.21 Brian Penn This is the film for you. Ah, yeah. 07:58.79 ukfilmreview There we go I mean I love a boxing film. Um I think we've said this before on the pod. It's it's a genre upon itself isn't it specifically boxing I think um, it's got everything cinematic that you kind of want and I mean George Foreman is household name. 08:04.42 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, it is yeah. Yeah, yeah. 08:16.66 ukfilmreview Ah, even even over here and and even kind of yeah now. 08:17.29 Brian Penn Well yeah, yeah I mean even even if you know him as the promoter of the lean mean grilling machine as well which he made an awful lot of money out out of back in the ases but like. 08:29.30 ukfilmreview I was doing my best not to bring it out but I'm glad you did because you know it's relevant there. We go. 08:34.16 Brian Penn Yeah I mean was Scott I mean they mentioned it in the film. So if they mention in the film we can mention it here. Yeah, it's relevant. It's current and it's relevant now a very good film I likes it I think it's been getting some slightly mixed reviews I don't know whether people expected to see a bit more dirt being dished. But I think it gave a fairly. 08:51.87 ukfilmreview Um. 08:53.63 Brian Penn Balanced account of his life particularly his humble beginnings coming from a very poor family in a very poor part of Houston in Texas to winning the olympic gold medal at Mexico City 1968 cer professional the old story of. Making a fortune then losing it through bad investments bad deals. Bad management deals then having to make a comeback in his in his forces. It does really read a bit like a hollywood film script. But it's all true and I think I know George Forman's story relatively well enough to say that's a fair account. You know it. I mean no pundding intended it. It doesn't pull any punches get it. Ah, it had to be done dent. It really come on. Be honest, ah. 09:31.28 ukfilmreview We are if I'd have reviewed it. It would have just been full of it. That's all I do I'm just full of puns. That's all I do. 09:39.91 Brian Penn Ah, ah, but you see the thing is though boxing's got lots of great phrases that that have entered into alexcon aren't they really you know out for the count beaten sort the punch all that type of thing. Um, but no a very good film I really enjoyed it and it. 09:50.40 ukfilmreview E. 09:57.87 Brian Penn Such is it such is a cold with with people in in some way because pugilism is the ultimate warrior art isn't it and I I take it as art because when it's when it's done properly when you've got 2 great vices in the ring and George Foreman represents a great era for heavyweight boxing. In general. So yeah, good stuff really enjoyed that. 10:21.63 ukfilmreview There you go big George Foreman I'm not going to do the full title because I've already clicked away and I don't want to have to look it up again. Um, now this next one I've got this vague feeling that you said you didn't get to see it. Um, but let's just see if it's the film the unlikely pilgrimage of harold fry. 10:27.22 Brian Penn Ah. 10:30.85 Brian Penn Which was yeah I saw that? Yep yeah I saw that I Okay then so yeah, so what we got then is it's film directed by Hessy mcdonald. 10:37.89 ukfilmreview You did see it all right crack on. 10:47.48 Brian Penn Starring Jim Bent as harold and Penelope Wilson as his wife mooring when I sat down to write this review I had to resist the sensation to use phrases like heartwarming and lifeairming. It's that kind of film. It's based on a book by Rachel Joyce and tells a story of Harold and mooring. 10:59.27 ukfilmreview Um. 11:06.19 Brian Penn Who live in quiet retirement on the South Coast harold receives a letter from queenie who is in a hospice and writing to say goodbye was quite sad anyway, he struggles to write a response on the way to the post office. It has what would you call it an epiphany. Perhaps. And decides to walk all the way to barrackon sweed so he can say goodbye to queenie in person now to appreciate this film. You need to omit the logic because the first thing you think is why doesn't he just get on a train and go and see her but this is Harold's eccentricity at play. 11:37.51 ukfilmreview Um. 11:42.56 Brian Penn Sees the walkers in atonement for all the things he's got wrong in his life. It's a charming film the story gently unfolds and we learn exactly what the deal is between him and queenie and it's not necessarily what you'd expect. We also learn of a troubled relationship with his son David which fills in all the blanks. But I would say it's a very british film and a very likable film. Really really a nice watch. Yeah, it is great. Yeah, absolutely yeah, you've you've nailed it. There. 12:07.11 ukfilmreview This feels right up my street I love a this is my warm Sunday feeling film. Um I watched um the fisherman's friends to the weekend. Um, which is not as good as the first one. 12:18.44 Brian Penn Ah, right? Yeah, what you think of it. You never at the never are are they I spin Never all. 12:24.61 ukfilmreview Um, where they never are the first one was was good but the second one it was very pull in it. Yeah, put in it strings and trying to make something I think that wasn't really that or needed. Um, but it. 12:35.76 Brian Penn Yeah. 12:39.85 ukfilmreview You got to go into these sort of films very forgiving and very kind of like you know what? I just kind of want the sensation of a film washing over me. Um, and that's why I get with that. 12:42.19 Brian Penn You? Yeah yeah, you yeah exactly you want to like it and the thing is I think fisherman's friends not as good as the original courses. But it's so well written and the characters are so well drawn and they're very likeable. Ah, that human quality and you you can't it's the same thing with the harold fry movie. Um, they're just very likable and they do grow on you as people I like Jim Brall bent I like pen. Ah yeah, and I like pet Penelope Wilton so what I would say though is that after I write my review I don't want you to. But do you. 13:07.71 ukfilmreview Oh yeah, he's great isn't there. 13:19.27 Brian Penn Do you write your own view review then read other people. So do you? What do you do here? ah. 13:24.20 ukfilmreview It depends Sometimes if I'm really struggling I go and steal someone's review. No I don't um now I think sometimes I'll go and read reviews then when I've seen the film and I I've got maybe like my draft because sometimes. 13:33.82 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. 13:39.63 ukfilmreview You think something but you can't quite put it into words. Yeah, not that you're trying to steal it more just trying to shape it in your mind as to what it is that you're trying to write about Um, ah so sometimes but rarely I normally like to just post my review and then I'll go read elsewhere. 13:41.70 Brian Penn Yeah, no you you? yeah. Yeah, yeah, I'm more or less the same as you I mean sometimes reading somebody else's review. Can you can articulate your own thoughts a bit more can't you I think that's what it boils down to. 14:02.10 ukfilmreview Yeah. 14:05.92 Brian Penn But usually I do exactly what you do, but I write my review first then I start looking at other reviews just to see how how close we are in opinions or how far apart we are now I read some of the reviews of the harold fry movie and I have to say I was a little bit disappointed with with the kind of the vibe I was getting. Because they were saying Well I the impression I got was that um, it's a film for older people because the characters are elderly or they're in the in their seventy s and I find that such a shame to think that because it's characterbased and it's good storytelling that. 14:39.20 ukfilmreview Um. 14:44.47 Brian Penn People think it won't be of any interest to people under the age of 30 You know what? I mean it I found that a bit a bit sad. Really. 14:49.72 ukfilmreview It's for it's I think they know Target Demographics but I do think that's very unfair to to put those sort of things out. Um as I say I'm an absolute sucker for a soft warm film and I'm in my thirty s and I've liked these films for you know, a long time. Um. 14:55.42 Brian Penn To. Yeah, yeah. 15:06.75 ukfilmreview I Think genre is applicable because people are often drawn to more some some drop genres more than others depending on their age but it's the same thing like with animation. It gets pigeonholed Oh animation is for kids but it's so not is it at all. 15:13.84 Brian Penn M yeah. Yeah, exactly no not at all. No yeah. 15:24.77 ukfilmreview And it's universal and I think these stories are universal. It's just sometimes they sort of get a bit tied up with their own marketing. But um I Also think sometimes they lose a bit of their audience because of. 15:29.76 Brian Penn Yeah. 15:40.98 ukfilmreview Maybe they're trying to do that you say they're doing things that wouldn't make sense to a younger audience like him not jumping on a train or calling an uber or you know it's like it doesn't make sense to ah to a younger generation. So maybe there's that but I still think they can understand that I think people can and like you know when I watch a period drama. It's like oh I can't understand this at all. 15:43.35 Brian Penn Yeah, exactly? Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, who. And I Yeah I know Yeah, yeah, exactly? Yeah yeah. 15:59.54 ukfilmreview Even though I yeah I because I wasn't there. It's like no I can understand how they lived like that and I can yeah people who grew up without phones can understand how people had to get by without a mobile phone and I'm saying that because I'm seeing him on the trailer inside like ah 1 of those classic post boxes. So I'm guessing that comes into it. Um, but I think it's. 16:12.78 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, that's right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 16:18.33 ukfilmreview It's so in fair are these studios and things that that way and these marketing departments that kind of make these decisions and say oh well, they won't get it. So don't market those people. It's like well that's not really fair. 16:21.71 Brian Penn It and I it's ah it's not fair. It's a missstop opportunity I think because they rob the film of a much wider rep Appealal because it's so narrow and I think that's such a shame because it's. 16:35.33 ukfilmreview And. 16:40.91 Brian Penn It's the type of film that that you know does make you feel it does make you feel.. It's a feel good film and what's wrong with that I think we need more films like that that that don't necessarily go for the jocular right? It's a gentle story that gradually builds and reaches. Ah, a. And interesting climax as a saider touched on it earlier on that it. It's not quite the the finale that you emerge in so it it surprises you as well. I think it does anyway. So yeah, but. 17:12.12 ukfilmreview Well moving from one film shall I say aimed at ah, an older audience to another with book club to the next chapter. 17:15.91 Brian Penn Yeah, right? Yeah book club two. Okay, then. So this is directed by Bill Holderman and stars take a deep breath here. Diane Keaton Jane Fonda Marysteinurgeon Caniceceberg and Andy Garcia Don Johnson and c crazyine nelson pew it it and I is is I've actually forgotten Hugh Quay as well isn't it. So that's an even bigger more quality cast than you could ever imagine. So um, it's a sequel to the first book club made in 20 a c. 17:39.65 ukfilmreview Gosh That's a cast isn't it. So since. 17:55.90 Brian Penn This time four friends go on a bachelorette party swicily as they mark the engagement of vivian played by Jane Fonda now it's a great cast and they they do carry the film up to a certain extent it does't. We've just touched on this actually. It does foul the the test of all sequels. It's just not as good as the original in the first film they read 50 shas a grey and went on to show how the book affected their lines. How their relationships were enhanced shall we say but this story runs more on fumes. It's just not really enough there to keep it going. Um, having said that it's a pleasant watch you get to see skill practitioners at work and it would be less of a film without them. 1 thing I did mention in the review that the written review that I have to mention here though is that italy looks absolutely spectacular. It might it could just as easily be an advert for the italian film board a tourist board like Peggy upon um, suscany rome Venice look they look spectacular now'd be difficult to film italy and make you look na I know that's true, but it does add to the appeal of the film. But. 18:49.31 ukfilmreview Fin. 19:07.58 Brian Penn But it is very lightweight. It's very lightweight but I think the cast do carry it through just about. 19:13.96 ukfilmreview Well we have got fast x coming up and yeah, they did also film in Rome so we'll get into that. But um. 19:16.48 Brian Penn I did yeah yeah that's right well yeah but but yeah I mean a very a very nice film but it's not going to be for everyone to everyone's taste and in some ways it's the I mean we just mentioned fast x we were location filming thisly as well. You couldn't get a. Um, more of a contrast really? but ah I just like the cast I think the cast lifted above mediocrity. It would be nothing without them really if you if you put 7 or 8 lesser actors in that in those roles. It wouldn't work I mean you've got some what used to be some very big players. There. You know you've got Jane Fonder and Diane Ke and Mary Steamberg um you know Candysburg and maybe not quite such a major player but these are all really topno charts. You had their time but are just jumping on on something that did well the first time around and. Yeah they're making the most of a sequel which doesn't really do it but I enjoyed it more for the cast and more for the way they interact together. Um, you can tell there's a natural chemistry. They all get on. They all seem like friends. You know if you ever watched a movie and you thought you think to yourself. They really get on. There's nothing. Act they're not in some ways on an accent because they do see seem to be like friends anyway, you know do you know the type of thing I mean yeah. 20:39.00 ukfilmreview I Do I think you in that chemistry is right? You feel it You do feel it as an audience and whether you believe it I think there? Um, yeah, especially if you're looking at like ah not so much this but like a romantic film like you know whether or not you believe it and funny enough again with fast x. 20:48.90 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 20:56.46 ukfilmreview I'm not sure I believe it I'm not sure I believe they are family but you know but were yeah but that doesn't matter. This is what all my review I I said with Farex It didn't really matter because it's just you're just there for something else. But anyway again, we'll get to that I keep jumping ahead I'm just so excited. You can tell I haven't been to the Cinema for a while. Can't you. 20:56.60 Brian Penn Well now add to see that. Yeah you know? yeah. 21:06.37 Brian Penn Yeah, that's right's right? Yeah, so slight I know I know your hyper right? Yeah I can sense it. Yeah I know. 21:15.93 ukfilmreview Yeah, so that was a book club the next chapter now I'm confused about this next one Ryan because it's called the notebook I thought that film would come out a long time ago. 21:23.15 Brian Penn No yeah, actually the I replaced it with another film I got I got my list Mita see list mixed up all right? So I replaced it with it with another one which is missing now missing. This is an interesting one. 21:31.89 ukfilmreview Um, okay, go on him. 21:38.50 ukfilmreview Yep. 21:43.99 Brian Penn Now this film I was actually going to review on the on the previous podcast but we just didn't I didn't have time to see it but it came out on the twenty first of April um, and it's still running now and it's directed by Nicholas D Johnson and will Merrick. Starring storm read as June and near long as mother grace her mother Grace and ah so yeah, it's an interesting one because it's a genre known as screen life movies which is visual storytelling where all the events are shown on a computer. 22:12.76 ukfilmreview A. 22:19.45 Brian Penn Ah, tablet or a smartphone now. The story is fairly simple Grace goes on the holiday to Columbia with her new partner Kevin she leaves June a list of dos and donmes but a teenage you parents away. Well you make the most of it don't you anyway. June goes to the airport to meet them on the day of their return. But they don't show up. She grows increasingly anxious and realizes they've gone missing back home June begins to track their movements online and you really don't realize how easy it is to find people now. None of us could flow into the rado anymore which is a blessing and a curse and equal measure. Film itself has real pace and sometimes feels like a blur if you're ic literate which I am not particularly um, you'll pick up a lot more from it because I was thinking wow how can you do that I didn't know you could do that I was thinking that all the way through the film but it very compact and very cleverly put together. And a film where well worth catching if you can before it goes goes onto stream. 23:20.67 ukfilmreview Funny enough you you said about this film and I thought oh I've already seen this um and it's because which I haven't by the way. The reason I thought I had is I saw a film um, twenty eighteen called searching have you seen that film with John cho. 23:24.40 Brian Penn Ah, but yeah. 23:32.32 Brian Penn Yeah, it's actually actually you yeah I have seen it and it's made by the same team The same team of directors and writers I Yeah no is it's the same directors Now you've mentioned that it's reminded me because when I was doing my research on this. 23:40.11 ukfilmreview I was going to say because if not, they are really trying to rip off this other film. 23:51.74 Brian Penn Ah, did it reminded me of the fact that I saw that film when it when it was first on but I didn't connect the 2 But yeah, you're right? it is. It's very similar and it's written, but it's written on directed by the same same people. Yeah. 24:02.62 ukfilmreview You sure she doesn't say that is on now Mt B but oh might I think they wrong? Oh no, you're all rightev serve Ohhanan um, big. Yeah because even the posters are like identical. They've got this blue kind of screens everywhere. Um. 24:05.88 Brian Penn Yeah I thought yeah I thought so yeah, yeah, yeah. 24:17.60 ukfilmreview But yeah, no, it sounds great I Love those sort of films when they're done Well they can be awful because you know no one wants any more time looking at screens. But when you when they're done and they're compelling I actually think it's a genre that could be very adaptable and very relevant to audiences at the moment. We all kind of are living a lot more in these. 24:22.31 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 24:31.80 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah I I have to say though the genre itself was news to me I'd never heard of it previously screen life. But I see what it's getting out though because they're containing all the action on a couple of screens. 24:37.10 ukfilmreview Screen So interesting. 24:49.85 Brian Penn But a lot of the time you don't notice it because when the film's playing and you're watching it. You'll see her working on screen but she'll bring up a news report or an Abc report or something and it doesn't feel like it's necessarily. You're watching a screen on a screen on a screen kind of thing. 25:05.73 ukfilmreview Fifty fifty there 25:08.75 Brian Penn If you see what I'm getting at but you don't necessarily. It doesn't necessarily come across that way but very good film very different, very unusual. But yeah, it's a genre that I think will will grow but it has to be properly done and as you say we spend so much of our lives staring at screens. All right when you go to the movies you're staring at 1 big screen but they're kind of this. You know the screen itself splits since 3 or 4 but it's it's scary again. It's that word that I've sometimes come back to with a filmline is is's scary. What? what? But you can learn about people online what you can do. But. Online. We are really living the shroomman show now aren't we um, Lord don't get me slighted about ai. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 25:49.92 ukfilmreview Well, especially with the rise of ai I mean we're all doomed now anyway, so yeah, let's ah, let's enjoy it while we can um by Brian that was four films did you do another one or was it fast x goneip. 26:02.95 Brian Penn I did another one yet I did oh yeah, right? Okay, um, it is what's the fifth one yet. It's called. Are you there god it's me Margaret now. Yeah. 26:17.69 ukfilmreview You're right Brian you have and a little turn. Yeah. 26:19.52 Brian Penn Yeah, you think about in a moment. Yeah, no man. That's really what the film's called. It came out actually on Friday on the nineteenth of may so it's just come out now. Um this is directed by Kelly Freeman Craig and stars Aie Rder Forson Margaret Rachel Macadams plays on mother Barbara. And we also get the brilliant Kathy Batkees ' grandma sillvia now this is a family drama that gently tugs at the heartstrings but is never sentimental or predictable Margaret is twelve years old and about to enter Sixth grade. However, a world is turned upside down when her dad is promoted and they move to New Jersey this means a new school and new classmates Margaret is quickly welcomed into a private club headed by Nancy who to a horror is the owner of a 32 a bra. The girls set each other a series of challenges including who will be the first to get a period the pressure cranks up even more for Margaret whose family is divided by religion. Jewish father and a christian mother puts her in the middle of a domestic war. However, a teacher Mr Benedict makes a suggestion writes a projects about religion and what it means to her I absolutely love this film. It's the film and a month for me at the 5 that I've reviewed. 27:33.87 ukfilmreview Wow. 27:36.84 Brian Penn It's it's my favorite. It takes the girl reaching puberty storyline and adds a unique twist. What does religion mean to a twelve year old is god listening to our hopes fears and aspirations which is where the title comes from originality is such a rare thing in films these days. You know it naturally stands out from the rest. Because of that it does something different it like it takes a world warm storyline and think right? How can we? How can we present this to the audience in a different way. It's based on a book as well. But I think it was very clever I think the the girl that plays Margaret. She's the type of. Type of child out aby rid forson she's the type of actually think god if she can survive growing up. She's gonna be a massive star. She really is you know, but really enjoyed it very good. 28:27.20 ukfilmreview Fantastic, well those are your 5 that Brian has very kindly gone unseen and reviewed. Um, we're going to move to the premiere that we were both able to attend which was fast x um, and. 28:37.50 Brian Penn And yeah. 28:42.86 ukfilmreview I myself am a fast and furious fan would you classify yourself as 1 Brian. 28:47.74 Brian Penn Um, I'm probably um I'm probably on the on the way you know I'm on the way to being a fan I think this this is probably the best 1 for me so far. Ah, maybe because it's still fresh in my mind. 28:50.63 ukfilmreview On the way. 28:56.79 ukfilmreview Wow. 29:03.10 Brian Penn Maybe when the when the next one comes out which it inevitably will do. Ah maybe that'll be my favorite but but yeah, but I think it's difficult not to like a film like fast and furious because it's so visually arresting that you can't help but like it you know I mean they're in the entertainment business and it is about entertainment. So. 29:06.16 ukfilmreview Perfect. 29:21.43 ukfilmreview So. 29:22.39 Brian Penn Yeah, you know I'd class myself as a fan but probably not not in the advanced stage that you are shall we say. 29:29.33 ukfilmreview Yeah, and don't get me wrong I I know everything that's wrong with the films like I've had some people kind of have big chats with me about them saying you know you know this is rubbish and this is rubbish. Yeah I know it's rubbish. But that's not why I like them. Um, if I mean. 29:32.12 Brian Penn E. 29:39.91 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, ah. 29:44.70 ukfilmreview My eyes roll nonstop when I'm watching these films because the dialogue is just atrocious. The dialogue is is it was like it was written by yeah, one in the 90 s who was just yeah on a sugar rush but it's got that kind of first off, it's pure cinema you you. 29:45.17 Brian Penn And I and I and I yeah I and I yeah. 29:59.64 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 30:02.58 ukfilmreview Get about 10 times more enjoyment out of this by watching it on a big screen than you would watching at home and with the screening that we were in at least 5 or 6 times the ah audience erupted into applause and yelling and yeah because of things that happening and that's the kind of experience I think that you only get. 30:05.89 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 30:12.11 Brian Penn Yeah, that is yeah yeah. 30:19.54 Brian Penn Yes, yeah, yeah. 30:20.60 ukfilmreview This sort of film at the cinema. So um, it's got all that going in terms of the actual plot I mean I I was a little bit sketchy in terms of the last couple of films because I think I've only seen them once and they did just they went in and went out like as they always do but essentially dom and in his family. They're all kind of settled. 30:28.44 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. 30:39.57 ukfilmreview And they're working with the cia and all that lot like they're kind of now in on the same level. Um the character a car remember is named that one who tires Gibson Plays Roman is now kind of going to be leading operations. They're about to go and do one in Rome as we've mentioned. Um. 30:41.40 Brian Penn My own there. So. 30:53.39 Brian Penn And yep. 30:59.40 ukfilmreview But at the beginning of film. We essentially see clips from the previous series of films of fast and furious whereby a character. We didn't know was there was actually there the whole time and it's it's pleased by he was wasn't it and he's not a small guy either I'm surprised we didn't notice him at. 31:06.73 Brian Penn Yeah, hard in play select. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah. 31:17.51 ukfilmreview Jason Momoa who plays Dante and did you think there's some kind of connection with like you know the volcano like Dante's inferno is that what they're doing I thought that's what they were doing but I didn't want to kind of put words in their mouth. Um, okay yes, ah. 31:24.00 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah I guess so that's the reference point isn't it really I think Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, no, it looks like that to me to be honest, yeah. 31:36.13 ukfilmreview So Dante was this son of the bank manager who got robbed in film 5 I think where they're put in the safe across the the city and the 2 cars so he is then has been plotting against Dominicque Toretto Vidy's character for many years and. 31:43.90 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 31:51.17 Brian Penn And. 31:54.96 ukfilmreview Has orchestrated his doom shall we say in a series of incredible as you might expect stunts and scenes and sequences that just kind of they don't stop. It's absolutely relentless this film. Um, it. 31:56.65 Brian Penn No. Are yeah. Yeah, yeah, it is it is It is definitely. 32:11.13 ukfilmreview Just keeps coming and yeah, essentially this is definitely part of at least two films I think it might be 3 films I think there's been some rumors about being three films. Um, whether or not that's then going to be the end I don't know I think it makes too much money for anyone to say just yet. But um, yeah, this is all now part of dominick's. 32:23.21 Brian Penn That. 32:30.38 ukfilmreview Potential biggest foe that he's faced who's always always seems to be at least 3 steps ahead in this film like he just seems to know exactly what's going to happen every single time. 32:31.68 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 32:37.76 Brian Penn And know and I yeah bit too clever freeze I'm good when you think how on Earth can you can he but be that that forward thinking you know and so think that quickly and when you when you're mucking about with cars and explosives and guns and what have you? yeah. 32:45.81 ukfilmreview And I. 32:54.23 Brian Penn Does leave much room for error is it really when you think about it. 32:56.27 ukfilmreview No I mean there was at least 3 or 4 times when the Dante character could easily have been killed in the film and he isn't but I'd thought yeah I'm not gonna tell how to do a job. Vindy's all, but you know, um, there's loads of subplots in this film as well. There's so many subplots because you've got. 33:01.34 Brian Penn Yeah, and we hang on I mean on. 33:14.14 ukfilmreview Char Theron Her character cypher is kind of involved. She used the first one who kind of warned dominic about Dante but then she gets kind of taken away to a um I Don know some kind of secure facility and Michelle Michelle Rodriguez is there I'll try not to give away too many spoilers but there will be spoilers in this review. 33:14.70 Brian Penn Oh yeah. 33:28.99 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. 33:34.70 ukfilmreview Um, you've then got John Sina who is on a road trip with vindy's or Dominic Row's son and because he's trying to protect them then you got ah the 3 of them have ended up in London which is like the ludicrous tege character Ramsey played by Natalie Emmanuel and roman. 33:42.60 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 33:50.70 Brian Penn Um, no. 33:54.12 ukfilmreview They've ended up there. So everyone's kind of split up at this point. It's very much kind of globehotting again for the fast and furious and what did you think of that. 33:57.90 Brian Penn And yeah. Well, but I think that generally speaking the the film itself is jawroping the good entertainment. It's just no question. It's you're visually stunning the plot itself I think they leave a lot of strands running. Don't they which is obviously a sign that. There. There's gonna be another film maybe 2 or 3 but you know I think the plot though such as it is gets buried by the visuals that you all you it almost seems incidental. What the what the storyline is and where the plot might be going. You're completely distracted by the visuals now. Think it's all about the stunts and all about the visuals to be fair, it doesn't pretend to be anything else. It's very It's very honest about what it's saying out there but but it's it's ah you you we sat there watching it didn't we and you think god that's incredible and it was as you say relentless you think. How and after they do that. It's really challenging the laws of physics some of the things they were doing and I think with a film like this I think I'd even say the stmp men and Stump women are more the stars than than Venn dies always but you can't argue with the entertainment by you there can you really. 35:16.20 ukfilmreview No, and I think again, it's what people know they know about what they're going into by this point I was talking to a friend who he likes the the early films in the series. Whether it's more about the the cars and the racing and yeah and that could have been an interesting. 35:21.58 Brian Penn And yeah. 35:28.78 Brian Penn I. 35:33.58 ukfilmreview Franchise you know where if they did go down that route where it was a bit more gritty and more underground whereas this is more in line with like a James Bond kind of film and and all that sort of stuff. 35:35.73 Brian Penn Yeah, but it is yeah it is kind of guy that way I mean you look at I mean you look at something like mission impossible The franchise there. It's gone so far away from what it was meant to be that you've almost forgotten. 35:45.84 ukfilmreview Yeah. 35:54.39 Brian Penn What mission impossible was all about that mission impossible was based on it on a brilliant series show from the sixty s and seventy s but you would never know that where it is now where it started out and it's the same thing with fast and furious is that they've taken it off it. Off on a route that they know is going to work. They know it's going to please the punners but that I think in some ways when when you get the next one when the next one comes out. They've got to try and top what they've done in this one. You know it's got to get progressively more adventurous. Otherwise you're not. You know you're not going to get any joy if you just repeating what you've already done. You know I mean my overview of a film like fast and furious. Great. It's the same that I enjoyed it but I could use this said the same thing about the previous line films because it it's visually stimulating. You know, um. My reference point for action movies as I'm sure you know is diehard Lethal weapon bad boys that's type of film. You see what they do is that they give you they give you the visual stimulation but they give you strong characters and they give you a good script. 36:54.72 ukfilmreview Yeah. 37:05.14 Brian Penn That's funny and engaging. So it gives you a bit more than just the visuals and that's where I think fast the furorists could they could try a little bit hard. But then again, maybe it doesn't really matter Chris at the end of the day because you you go by how much you've been in sustained. So. 37:12.82 ukfilmreview 50 37:22.64 Brian Penn Might in our function as critics we say well this is where it might be falling down but the bottom line is our people weren't the same by it and you say hell yeah of course. Absolutely. 37:32.30 ukfilmreview Well I don't think I if they haven't put that on the poster I think they should you know? hell yeah there we go Hell yeah um so well fast and furious. It's all about family and what do you need in a family you need the mother and that's where we're going next. 37:36.40 Brian Penn Wow Hell yeah hell yeah. 37:49.81 Brian Penn Oh that is the Seamless link. Oh I am impressed Damn that is good that is so good. Oh God Ah not honestly I'm not worthy now. Oh no, really yeah, okay then. 37:53.24 ukfilmreview Boom and I made that up off the top of my head me know there we go. Ah so it's um, starring Jennifer you've seen this right? you you said it is yep. 38:05.30 Brian Penn Yeah, so yeah, yeah. 38:06.94 ukfilmreview So on Netflix this month I believe ah may if you're listening to it now and stars Jennifer Lopez you want to give the synopsis on this one Brian. 38:15.36 Brian Penn Ah, yeah, yep, ah, that's gettingdding. Let's getp my notes up? Yeah, okay so this is on Netflix then it's directed by nikki carra stars Jenifer Lopez as answer the mother I don't think she actually has a character named does she they just call her the mother I don't know. 38:31.41 ukfilmreview Yeah, which I think is is very telling isn't it. 38:33.78 Brian Penn And yeah, anyway, yeah so Lucy pay has plays her daughter Zoe and Joseph Finenes plays the arch villain Adrian Love well Adrian Lovell but they call him the val don't they see aspirates. We'd say lovell. 38:49.56 ukfilmreview You can imagine you can imagine him in the school yard in the U K or love a love what you're doing ma oh you lovell. 38:50.11 Brian Penn But they call him lavale course they would do? Yeah yeah, no and I so now the mother is an ex army that a trained assassin who has crossed 2 heavy, juicy villains. 1 of whom is Adrian Lavell she later gives birth to a baby girl who immediately becomes a target the Fbi arrange her adoption and give her a new identity. The mother is banished to deepest Alaska but the badies find her daughter called Zoe and this brings the mother out of hiding to face her demons now i. I really enjoyed this that this I think is top nor chance entertainment. It really is for 1 thing. How does Jennifer Lopez manage to look so young. You know I mean she's 50 3 or 54 or something I mean. She's either got a very good classic surgeon or she's got pi of hands's jeans honestly I mean again, visuals are great. The stunts are great. She she is kind of believable ah in the right world is that reason why she wouldn't be but what struck me about this film Chris though was that if it had been made. Thirty years ago or twenty years ago this film would be called the father and the title role would be played by a man. But now we've got the mother title or I played by a woman now the the bus phrase is all about a equality errors you know and there you got a great example of a quality. 40:07.73 ukfilmreview Yep. 40:22.20 Brian Penn Because the lead is female strong powerful determined a leading role that would have been played by a man. Do you know what? I'm getting at and you think isn't that good though to. 40:31.28 ukfilmreview Oh yeah, a hundred percent because when I was watching it I really enjoyed it I thought excellent that what I likes about it that it felt yeah, this feels like it's Liam Leesson's role right? It feels should me and Neland is going to play this role and. 40:35.84 Brian Penn Yeah. 40:41.77 Brian Penn Yeah I know yeah. 40:47.00 ukfilmreview If've not, you've got someone far more interesting. You know we've seen Liam do all those films already and and he's done so many of them now but this felt fresh. It felt a bit newer but also still believable. It didn't feel like they were shoehorning in. Oh it's a female garrot but you know it should be a man is it? No, it is should be ah, a woman because the whole. 40:50.46 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. 40:59.12 Brian Penn Yeah, you buy into it. Yeah. 41:06.42 ukfilmreview Point of it is that you know, especially in the earlier scenes where there's a very disturbing situation which um, she gets attacked whilst pregnant that it's actually and her maternal instincts are coming out through the film. Um, they're playing on that like with the. 41:11.58 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. 41:21.97 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, it is yeah. 41:22.58 ukfilmreview When she's in Alaska and there's these wolves that are around and they're very protective and it's it's it's playing on a lot of themes that actually haven't seen a lot, especially not within the action thriller kind of um genre that I found it. 41:32.91 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 41:37.44 ukfilmreview Very engaging very compelling I was so surprised to see a lot of negative reviews around the mother I thought really I thought it was much better than that and than what I'd seen. 41:45.54 Brian Penn Oh I mean yeah, it does surprise me but I mean it, everyone's got got got a view haven't I you know everyone's got an opinion. But ah, you know I think to to criticize that type of film the way they've approached it the way it's been made. You know you buy into the currency you believe you believe the character you believe it's happened. You know, um, anything's possible. You know, beneath that set you know the surface that we live in our lives of convention routine respectability. There's an undercurrent right? There are things going on that we don't know about. So. It's perfectly possible that a character like the mother could exist somewhere right and could be this skilled be a skilled Mark Marksman be skilled with with in martial arts. You can take care of us so and can come out of hiding. To protect a daughter that she's never met. You know it's it's keeping a sufficient grip on reality but it's it's it's kind of outrageous enough to say well, that's that's a bit of a jump but it's possible. It's feasible and I like storytelling where it's kind of out there a little bit but you can believe it. It's kind of feasible. You know it's possible. It's slightly you know I like that. So yeah, I'm surprised by the negative reviews because I don't know what what else you would really want in a in a film. They're good at action movie you know and it's also got got great Kate Bush on the soundtrack. This woman's work which is a great track as well. 43:17.48 ukfilmreview Yeah, that works really well in that scene when it comes on new. Yeah, yeah, because I always watch with subtarts on and when you see the lyrics over the top of what's playing actually as ah, that's very very telling very potent. Um. 43:18.67 Brian Penn Yeah, ah you know at the end when it's just sort of when the clothes and starts are coming up is Kate Bush this one's work which is a great song. So. 43:28.78 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, very apps. Yeah, definitely. 43:34.34 ukfilmreview I reallyd as well was the fact that they didn't drag out the fact that Zoe was her daughter in terms of because it could have easily been that film where you know ah Jennifer Lopez is being very protective but the the girl doesn't really know why but they she the girl is really they. 43:42.17 Brian Penn Ah. 43:48.90 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 43:53.65 ukfilmreview Cluew her in quite early on and she guesses she's like are you my mother like she kind of works it out and I liked that they they didn't make her like this like fool of a child. It was like no no, she actually is quite formidable herself. So. 43:57.27 Brian Penn Yeah, and ah, yeah, no yeah, she yeah, that's right, she's um, mature enough and intelligent enough to know that yeah I know what's going on here but you see the thing is again. That's where where the. Kind of the notion of common sense kicks in a little bit and you can say to the audience yet. We thought that bit there you know so we've made her a bit wiser that she's not going to be quite that naive I mean she's 12 or first scene isn't she so she's old not to sort of work out. What's going on right? I ah I don't think it's possible that. Someone in that situation would know absolutely nothing about their background at school something will get out. You know I don't think anything can stay secret for very long and that's partly what he trains on but you know great visuals I think Alaska looks amazing. You know of all the locations they could have gone to I mean. Alaska is spectacular that kind of purity and that simplicity and that scene that you mentioned with the wolves looking after the cubs when she's confronted by the wolf and the wolf sees sees her. She sees her cubs. You know it's almost that that trade-off between you know she appreciate. Appreciates what being a mother is you know and I think there's nothing that's said or it's written, but it's just visuals and that's beautiful to look at I think yeah, yeah, yeah. 45:19.74 ukfilmreview Pretty good. That's the mother. Um, and yeah, definitely want to watch I I actually do hope more people seek out because I think it's well worth your time. Um, and that's just streaming pick for this month we're gonna move on now to a couple of. 45:29.77 Brian Penn Yeah. 45:35.82 ukfilmreview Short indie films because what we love doing it and also the filmmakers reached out to me on my Twitter feed which is pinned to my profile if you want to go to that and have a look at some of the other films that people have asked us to review and we've already done a few of them on the podcast. So listen to those episodes to do everything. 45:38.40 Brian Penn Um, yeah. 45:51.84 Brian Penn M. 45:55.93 ukfilmreview Everything listen to everything share everything like everything. That's all you got to do that's all we want isn't it Brian we just want everyone to pay us all their attention. That's all we want exactly? um you seen. Ah, you've seen both of these Brian so it doesn't matter where I start. Ah, let's go with iba. 45:56.84 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah I Saw win. Yeah I I need some life a simple one like really you know? Yeah yeah I see both these No. No, not so But. My home. 46:15.62 ukfilmreview Um, directed by Zan Gilmore and this was an interesting short. This was the first one that I watched that's what I'm doing in this order and it's about this um writer. He's a wouldbe writer and he's on a road trip with his. Um. Think it's his friend I'm not sure if it's friend or partner. But um, they're on their on the way somewhere he is very obsessed with um so scottish mythology I guess in terms of what's going on. Um, and then he ends up speaking to this mystic character and she. 46:33.43 Brian Penn Yeah. 46:42.11 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah I think. 46:51.90 ukfilmreview Tells him of a gateway to another world which is through water. Um, and he's completely obsessed with this meanwhile his friend is getting kind of increasingly worried about him. Um and decides to follow him I'm gonna leave it there with the synopsis because I don't want to give any more away than that. Um. 46:51.62 Brian Penn O m. 46:59.36 Brian Penn The. Yeah I know I know yeah I liked it I think it's very good. It's it's very dark. It's visually very arresting I I think Rachel the friend. 47:11.40 ukfilmreview But what do you think of this one part. 47:18.30 ukfilmreview Um. 47:23.56 Brian Penn We think might be the partner but possibly the friend. Yeah yeah, okay, we'll stick with friend you see I think the way way Rachel was reacting is she kind of represents us the audience because it kind of instills a sense of foreboding the whole the whole sort of setup I mean. 47:23.93 ukfilmreview It says friend on the synoptras on Imdb so I'm going with that. 47:35.28 ukfilmreview Yeah. 47:43.67 Brian Penn It's beautifully put together and you know she is sort of she sort of saying what are you nut so you raving nuts you mad doing doing this because it kind of sit scares her it scares her but he he feels the need to immerse himself in. Celstic Mythology. That's this thing and it as it progresses you you feel that sense of forbodium and that fear for him and it it does feel quite quite claustrophobic the more you you kind of get into the story but it's very well done and it leaves a market. It leaves a kind of a. Marking you afterwards because of the imagery and I find that quite quite arresting and it does leave as I say it leaves a mark on you but it's very good. It's very good, but it's very dark as well though not just in the terms of the light in being quite dark but a very dark story. And lots of sort of celtic crossing sort of emerging as we go Along. So But yeah, um, it's It's very good. It's very good I'm very impressed. 48:44.52 ukfilmreview Shooting. 48:49.37 ukfilmreview Yeah I picked out a few things that I really enjoyed about the film. Um, which first of us the chemistry between the the couple or the friends I Thought that was really good I enjoyed you talking earlier about this about whether or not you believed it and I believed I believed them? Um I thought they their performance is really good. 48:57.20 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 49:06.57 ukfilmreview Love the locations I Always love these sort of locations. Um, when you've got the the landscape forming part of the story. You know it's like this isolation I So a men reminding me of you know during but during the festival We we watched I think it was called Brother Troll or something like that. Yeah. 49:08.35 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 49:20.72 Brian Penn Yeah, the one that was based in the feroh islands. Yeah, yeah, it is a bit like that. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah. 49:26.28 ukfilmreview Yeah, a bit a bit like that just in terms of them being cut off from everyone else because you don't get that really a lot in society anymore in terms of like that in the in the mainstream. So when we see these films set in these places I think it really adds a good depth to the story. It really helps it? Um, love that and then. 49:34.26 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, Definitely yeah. 49:45.70 ukfilmreview The the last thing was the music I liked the music where it was a bit more fantasy and ethere or like it kind of had a weird vibe I wasn't so sure about when this like electronic dance track comes in. There's a bit where the the music pumps him with the when he's in the waters up and I was like I'm not sure if that worked for me but I like the. 49:56.65 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. 50:03.72 ukfilmreview The other music that was being used I dont know is interesting shift. 50:06.87 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, ah and you do wonder whether that was meant to signpost something significant in the story where whether the incident incidental music changes but I'm not entirely sure. But yeah, it did seem seem to stick out more than it should or maybe it was meant so you see I often take that as a kind of a. 50:10.26 ukfilmreview M. 50:23.96 Brian Penn Something significant but it might not be Maybe it's a kind of a double Glos Perhaps see I overthink things all the time unit know. Yeah, that's what we do. That's what you over talk it? Yeah, it's got be done doesn't it really. 50:30.43 ukfilmreview Buss what we're here for bro. We're here to overthink all this aren't we and over talk it. We over talk everything? Um, but yeah, thank you to Elizabeth Mcnally for um, sending that to me. She's in the film as she plays. The space viona who is the sort mystic that he meets. Yeah so she was the only got in touch with us to review the film and um, yeah, I'm very glad she did because enjoyed it a lot so that's iba I'm not sure if you can see it anywhere um trying to look at our link was it public or not. 50:47.25 Brian Penn Ah, ah she done right? Okay, yeah. 51:00.71 Brian Penn But. 51:04.60 ukfilmreview I don't know it's on vim vimeo but I don't know if his's password but took dude. It's not. It's up a year ago now so you should out. Yeah vimeo.com search for iass which is IMB a s I'm probably saying that wrong. But um, that's online for you to watch and enjoy so that's that one. 51:07.67 Brian Penn I Don't think it is no yeah. 51:23.28 ukfilmreview The second short film that we watched and are now reviewing was called allow tier which is that how you'd pronounce that or or tear now to l a UTIR um this was um also very good different. Um, and. 51:26.47 Brian Penn La Lord said laer boser. Yeah yeah. 51:43.13 ukfilmreview In the opening credit. So this isn't really like a spoiler but you realize that Laoutie is an anagram of ritual and did you miss that? did you visit? Yeah yeah, so the letters all kind of come across and I was like oh um, so yeah, and it's um. 51:50.55 Brian Penn You know what? I never I never spoiled that. Ah I neverpied that Well yeah, why I can. 52:01.46 ukfilmreview There is this. It's kind of set I Guess again in a fantasy slash fairy tale kind of world and where you've got this community who are playedgu by a terror. Um, that comes and takes them people that are sinful comes and. 52:05.71 Brian Penn Okay, yeah, yeah. 52:20.26 ukfilmreview Very violently rips them out of society I guess um because no one in this society in this community has proven themselves to be innocent enough for this demon to go away but there could be these 2 girls who may be the answer who are going to journey I think to the. 52:20.80 Brian Penn There. 52:28.86 Brian Penn Oh. 52:39.63 ukfilmreview Um, to a place where they can stop this demon and they go through the landscape. It's very sort of tranquil and Serene at times it feels a bit like fairtel. But then it gets increasingly um worrying I guess and troubling. 52:41.52 Brian Penn A yeah yeah. 52:54.75 Brian Penn Yeah I know it is like that isn't it. Yeah I liked it off. It was very good again a bit like in bass it creates a great atmosphere but very kind of claustrophobic very foreboding to me. Um. 52:57.35 ukfilmreview What do you think of this one Brian. 53:10.27 Brian Penn Anything set in a Forest or a wood ah is quite intimidating anyway is that sense of desert. But yeah, but is that but you look at it through the prisma of film and cv bad things always seem to happen in a Forest or in a wood because there's that sense of isolation. 53:14.47 ukfilmreview This terrified is the. 53:30.11 Brian Penn Of being alone or they're not alone. There's a 2 of them there but because it's it's it's outdoors. It's in ah in ah, a Forest or a wood. However, you want want to look at it. But that is scary in itself that is intimidating by itself is that sense of being alone and when you. Look at the way the ah the intro sets the story up that the demon has to feed off cut. You know the the demon feeds off something something or someone that's pure and that's what gets rid of the demon and you know something's going to happen and you you get increasingly concerned when you think oh some. 54:05.72 ukfilmreview Persists. 54:08.52 Brian Penn Bad's gonna happen in a minute it is is and they kind of keep on walking and 1 of them says now it's time and then you tense up because you kind you know and you kind of get ready for it. You know? um, but it's very good. You know it is very well done and it is. 54:18.13 ukfilmreview Yeah. 54:26.22 Brian Penn Ah, would you call it horror Would you call it does it fit in a horror genre. Do you think give? yeah. 54:27.55 ukfilmreview I think it does. It's not labeled as such but I I would because that's the first thing that comes to my mind when I think about the film and you I think think about the themes and the way in which they're presenting this story I mean it's got a very big fantasy element to it as well. 54:43.45 Brian Penn Yeah. 54:46.10 ukfilmreview But I would say it's got horror elements and a horror vibe to it. Yeah I think but not in a way that's going to be very offputting. It's not trying to upset you in any way It's more just important for the for the story to unfold in I think. 54:51.34 Brian Penn No, no it. No it. Yeah it Gri is gripping it. It say it takes you long. It's very similar to Iba in a way I think Iba has elements of horror about it as Well. There's nothing wrong with that. But but it makes. It makes the um, the narrative even more gripping in a way the story they're trying to tell is taking you along on a it's not fear, but it's anticipation isn't it I think that's the essence of Horror is anticipating what's coming next and they both do that. They both do that in their own way. But it. It's a slightly different approach to to storytelling but you very good. You know, very impressed that they've managed to tell a coherent story in a very short space at time which is always the test that we we give it does it does it sell ah a story that's relatively end to end and it makes sense and it's complete enough. To be to be a story by itself and it is so yeah, impressive. Yeah. 55:51.72 ukfilmreview And so different as ah I thought it was quite a different story to have told I liked it. Um a lot I'm Martin Hardwick who's the co-director with Georgia Conon who conon wrote the film he got in touch and Martin Hary got in touch with me about reviewing it. 56:02.20 Brian Penn E. 56:06.96 ukfilmreview Um, the film itself is actually available I believe on Amazon prime so quite easy for people to watch if it's still there sometimes I say these things and then it's gone. Um, but it yeah much like our our ah nostalgia pick this month. Um, but yet. But yeah lauti should still be on Amazon prime if you were. 56:13.41 Brian Penn Ah, um, it's always a way isn't it. Yeah. 56:26.40 ukfilmreview Want to watch it is again, not long. It's any seven twenty minutes I think so it's you got plenty of time to watch it. Um, so yeah, that's that we are now going to move on to our nostalwager pick now I picked this film for 2 reasons 1 56:28.82 Brian Penn And I doesn't take up you saw too much use i' all. Yeah. 56:45.89 ukfilmreview A good friend of mine. Always recommended it to me kept saying it was really good and I watched it years ago and I just didn't like it me and my wife both watched it I thought I didn't like it didn't get it did not get all the buzz. A lot of people had said they loved it. The second reason I picked it was because it was emphasis on the was. 56:46.48 Brian Penn A. 56:55.19 Brian Penn Yeah. 57:01.95 ukfilmreview On um Bbc I player which was part of the reason of this podcast was to give you films that you guys could listen watch. Um, it has now disappeared from I play unfortunately, but luckily I had a Dvd copy of it in my garage because that's where I keep my Dvds now. 57:04.66 Brian Penn Ah, yeah, yeah. 57:15.17 Brian Penn Fair enough? Yeah I did yeah because I mean when we spoke about it on the previous podcast I'd never seen it I didn't see it when it came out and I thought well I really want to see this now and when I realized it wasn't on a eyeplayer anymore and I saw it was on Amazon prime. So I thought. 57:17.58 ukfilmreview And um I think Brian you went to the trouble of renting it. 57:35.13 Brian Penn Why not what the hell let's let's have a look at it. Let's let's let's test this metal. Let's see how good it is or not you know? yeah. 57:39.21 ukfilmreview There we go and I am willing to throw my hands up and say I was wrong. This is a good film I very much enjoyed it on a second watch I don't know what happened the first time I think maybe I wasn't expecting something quite as bleak as it is. 57:48.11 Brian Penn Ah, yeah, yeah. 57:56.10 ukfilmreview Um, but actually this now doesn't look so bleak in the world that we live in now this feels very much like I could look out my window and see this now. Um. 58:00.30 Brian Penn Well yeah, know Yeah, but basically it isn't it strange as society moves on and in the light of experience it. It doesn't seem quite as frightening as it once was but we're learning to live with various challenges that confronts us. 58:18.73 ukfilmreview It's weird as well seeing films that you know this was released in 2006 and they are showing a version of the Uk in 2027 so almost yeah or over 20 years in the future but us now being 2023 58:21.69 Brian Penn E. 58:33.42 Brian Penn I. 58:35.92 ukfilmreview It's strange seeing these visions of dystopia that are yeah so close to where we are now in our lives that you know how much that I don't know whether they do affect you. Um, because. 58:51.39 ukfilmreview All right? Yeah, maybe this isn't what the U K looks like but there are places in the world that still are going through incredible incredibly tough times and what what's being a showcase because the idea of the film is um that the the whole world has somehow become infertile and babies just aren't happening. They just suddenly stop happening and yeah. 58:53.88 Brian Penn And yeah. 59:04.59 Brian Penn M. 59:11.00 ukfilmreview Like the the film starts with the world's youngest person kind of being killed in a mob and he's not yeah, he's not that old. He's 18 Um, but there's no 1 younger than him and yeah, so then you've got Clive Owen who's 59:13.93 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, that's right, the racing now now. 59:28.18 ukfilmreview Kind of just trying to get by in life. But we realize that he's linked to an activist played by Julianne Moore who needs his help because someone that they've because she's part of this activist group they have found someone who has become pregnant and is quite late in the term. So. 59:31.89 Brian Penn M. 59:45.10 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 59:47.22 ukfilmreview Is imminently going to give birth so they want to try and get her to safety away from the government who seems to be very corrupt and evil but can we trust this group because why is juliamo gay and Clive Owen involved and essentially that film is him um, getting involved I think that's. Ah, terrible synopsis. But as the best I can do without giving away too much of the plot. 01:00:05.43 Brian Penn Nice. It's good at yeah, no, it's good and that's that's pretty a pretty good sum solution as well as far as I can see I like you I really enjoyed it I mean I this is the first time I've actually seen the film and I yeah I was very impressed by it. It's. In a way it plugs into our very deep spheres because if we think of a cataclysmic event. It might be a pandemic or a virus something that scientistss can deal with but in children and men women are becoming firstile. The human race is no longer able to reproduce and is slowly dying out and that is that is scary. Um, but as you say I think in light of what's happened since then um, where we've had this pandemic. We've we've had covid 19 seen in some ways it takes the urger feet a bit but it's stills still powerful. It's still very ah affecting I think. It might have affected me a lot more if I seen it when it first came out ah but what I did think was very clever about the film though was that they would take landmarks in London like fleet street where the bomb went off that was in fluet street and they also feature region street but it. You can see it's it's for street or it's reach street but they've kind of toned it down to an extent where there is a sense of anarchy here because you know the human race is slowly dying out and they have this issue with with immigration and there's. 01:01:39.50 Brian Penn It's throwing all kinds of ideas that you all kinds of sub notions and concepts. Yeah, the only thing I find I found slightly irritating and it's nothing to do with the film as such, but the story doesn't really explain in any sort of detail. Why it happened in the first place because. You know they they're trying that there is the human projects and they're they're researching into the cause of infitivity. But it doesn't seem to elaborate any further. Yeah. 01:02:08.43 ukfilmreview See I Quite like that when I saw the bit. Um they were talking about some kind of panel that someone had been on and they started saying Oh yeah, they're trying to explain what happened and there was all the usual theories which was. 01:02:13.85 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 01:02:22.62 ukfilmreview All different things like gamma rays and I don't know Cama else they listed but it was like about 5 or 6 different things that it that could have caused it and what I liked about that was having' just gone through obviously covered in the pandemic was you had all these people trying to spout theories as to what was really going on. 01:02:39.13 Brian Penn Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 01:02:40.85 ukfilmreview And how all of that confusion and all of that mistrust with what people are saying and what scientists might say I think that works. Yeah, and yeah, this predating that by so much was was really powerful. Um I think a film like this as well is easier to watch. 01:02:50.59 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah. 01:03:00.22 ukfilmreview Then something that's going to deal with say like a virus or something because it's just maybe a little bit too close to home. But because so many of the themes are so recurring and and what we've we've gone through that. Yeah I don't know maybe I just found it more powerful this time I Love the well there's there's a few bits I Really love. But. 01:03:05.50 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 01:03:14.42 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 01:03:19.82 ukfilmreview First off, there was a bit of graffiti on one of the walls which said last one left remember to turn off the light or something like that I thought oh that is genius um, and then there's another scene where they're in the car and they get roadblocked by the by this group and then the car then has to reverse and this the groups are attacking them. 01:03:23.28 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah that I. 01:03:36.95 Brian Penn Um. 01:03:38.54 ukfilmreview And the whole scene just doesn't quit the camera carries and go and so many things happen in that scene I won't say kind of what happens. But oh it was just magnificent. Ah amazing bit of filmmaking. 01:03:39.88 Brian Penn Yeah, and know that yeah that yeah it was. It was very good. It was very well well sort of well planned Well Full. So and very brilliantly constructs with you know and it. Kind of enters at a point in the film where where it kind of they kind of think right? We need to pick up the place a little bit here now we need to put something and that's going to give the viewer a bit of a Jolt and I think that's what that particular scene does. But yeah I was very impressed with it and as I say um. It's a Pd James novel as well isn't It Peterie James used to write all the mystery thrillers. You know she? yeah. 01:04:24.50 ukfilmreview I didn't even know that as well until I saw it this time and because my mom reads a lot of Pd James and I was so oh I did I didn't know that at all and um, but I'd I'd be interested to see what the book is like to be honest. 01:04:29.31 Brian Penn Like but yeah, well that was got to be my next point really because now I really want to read the book. You know I mean almost always always you've got to be disappointed if if you I always think that. 01:04:38.96 ukfilmreview E. 01:04:48.62 Brian Penn You should either read the book or see the film never never see both because you'll probably be disappointed. But umm, really ah, really want to read the book. Um on which this film was based I mean for pie James it was really left the center for it. She's done something completely different to what she normally did and this is from the writer who created Adam Dlelesh and you. Couldn't get more different really could it. but yeah I but I was impressed with it and a nice cameo by Michael Caine as well. So boop? Yeah Jasper I'm still trying to get used to Michael Kaine with really long hair past his shoulders. But you know. 01:05:16.73 ukfilmreview Yeah, he plays a really cool character. Actually there. Um I know I don't think it worked for him If for Mon is it was a bit distracting for me. 01:05:28.97 Brian Penn Wasn't yeah it wasn't a good look for him was it really? But yeah I mean I'd recommend it. Definitely recommend it. It's I think you you said it alongside the pandemic. You see you keep on think the template you have in the mind your own mind is a pandemic but to me. So watch a film like this is a more of a nightmare scenario than the pandemic because there is a way of fighting the pandemic you know and that's why I kind of when I was watching it I had that kind of Russia concern think why they're not offering me any explanation as to why this has happened you know and. Um, but as you say though it could well be that kind of gives it more of an edge because there are no easy answers there that it does give rise to conspiracy theories which maybe is probably what makes that society to descend in some more chaos because nobody knows why you know. People know what what? the what the yeah, the outcome. What the fallout is and what the effects are but not what the cause is so maybe that's what does give it a edge but you know, um I'm into knowing all about this sort of stuff Chris you know wow what did happen you know, but lose you once and more I guess. That's what a good film should do. 01:06:42.26 ukfilmreview Absolutely and a good film. It is I will hand up hold my hands up I will admit defeat I was wrong and that's what's great about this section of the podcast because it's given me a chance to revisit some films have a reason to revisit some of these films and. 01:06:52.97 Brian Penn M. Yeah, yeah, the friendly. Yeah. 01:07:01.80 ukfilmreview Yeah, children are men albeit very very bleak but also very very good and that was excellent. So I'm going to pick our nostaltropic for next month now because I think we need something funnier lighter ah because we've we've been through a lot. 01:07:04.55 Brian Penn Yes, absolutely. Oh drum roll. Hey yeah. 01:07:21.26 ukfilmreview Um, I'm going to go with 1988 Tom Hanks film see if you can guess what it is not yeah yet 9 96 yep um 01:07:30.80 Brian Penn Oh I see Ah um, oh plan here? Yeah um, I'm not I'm not gonna look it up like could I could Google Glip I'm not going to. Um. 01:07:35.75 ukfilmreview And see if I I mean so I'm giving you so far just the year. Um, yeah, direct directed by Penny Marshall not sure if that helps. 01:07:45.26 Brian Penn Ah, Darris but is he been in a film by Dar by punny marshwell obviously he has um oh no i'm. 01:07:51.86 ukfilmreview Obviously yeah, let's yeah and it's ah also stars Elizabeth Perkins 01:07:59.34 Brian Penn Is it big. Ah big. Yeah yeah. 01:08:00.13 ukfilmreview It is big. Oh you got that pretty quick I thought I was going to have to give you loads all. Um, it's currently on Disney plus so guys and girls and everyone else anyone listening this is currently on Disney plus it may not be by the time we get there. And I don't think I have a Dvd copy of big. So I'll have to rent it if it falls off. Um, but I'm hoping that they'll keep it on because I haven't seen this probably since I was a kid I don't think so um, my brother used to love watching this film and I wasn't. 01:08:18.41 Brian Penn Ah. 01:08:31.20 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:08:35.16 ukfilmreview Always into it so I'll be interested to see how I feel about it now as a 35 year old so I will I will let you know in the next episode. 01:08:40.37 Brian Penn Yeah I yeah I mean I I haven't seen the film since it came out so it will it will be like seeing the film for the first time for me I mean um, you know when when you look you and I were film buffs aren't we we see literally. Hundreds of films and you kind of you hear a film site and you think oh yeah, I've seen that but you know if it's that long ago she's seen it for me. It'll be like seeing it seeing it first time you know. 01:09:09.23 ukfilmreview Oh yeah, hundred percent to be honest now I have this so films I've seen ages ago I can't remember films I've seen very recently I forget very quickly. It's the films in the middle that are kind of stuck with me the films that I maybe watched in my sort of late. 01:09:17.74 Brian Penn Um. 01:09:24.91 Brian Penn My. 01:09:25.69 ukfilmreview Teens 20 s where I'm like I can remember those all right? But yeah, and like yeah, what do we review today. The mother, what's that about guy remember you know that's not true I could still remember the world but it's but it is true like I find that your your brain is like this kind of bucket that can hold that stuff but new stuff just drops out. 01:09:33.12 Brian Penn Yeah, ah yeah, no know you mean? yeah. 01:09:41.31 Brian Penn That Yeah yeah, oh yeah, have you Dreamt So have you drum some but about him lately. 01:09:44.59 ukfilmreview And old stuff seems to be leaking from the bottom I don't know that's the best metaphor I can come up with but um, we're going to review big because we love a bit Tom Hanks anyway he's an absolute um legend but also haven't I want to? no um. 01:10:00.61 Brian Penn No, no then more dreams. Ah. 01:10:04.32 ukfilmreview He does he does pop up sometimes but he's always quite Ah, he's quite nice but then in that one dream where he was trying to um, get me involved in some kind of scheme I've lost a bit of trust. Maybe that's why I've picked this subliminally I've picked this? Yeah, what's what's the. 01:10:17.59 Brian Penn As it. Yeah, he's ruined it for you as know he's just ruined it now. Yeah, ah yeah now I look forward to saying that as I say I've not seen it since it came out So um. 01:10:22.52 ukfilmreview Big idea. Hanks hey come on. That's the best I could do with that. 01:10:30.70 ukfilmreview Yep, and you've got you got Disney plus have you just let you know listeners. We don't have any kind of affiliations with any of these platforms. That's why I kind of jump around quite a lot I have a bit of a distrust now of I player. So I'm not going to ah be recommending them for a while. 01:10:33.13 Brian Penn I have yes no. 01:10:44.47 Brian Penn Ah, and know it's sneaky that though isn't it I you know taking it off like that you know best lay plans Chris these things are sent to trius. Yeah. 01:10:47.71 ukfilmreview How could they do that to me best they plans So that's your lot for this episode and it's what an episode Wow It's been huge. It's been bigger than Fast X To be honest, we've put more in here more stunts. 01:11:04.64 Brian Penn Yeah, and I and I. 01:11:06.88 ukfilmreview More special effects Brian's completely green screened. That's why you can't see him and we've been in your ears for over an hour and hour. So I think it's best that we that you all carry on with your days but thank you very much for listening. Um, it's been u k film club loved having you here hope to. 01:11:26.20 Brian Penn That. 01:11:26.10 ukfilmreview Yeah, well have you here next month um and stay stay good. Stay big is that nothing stay big. Stay big. It could have some connotations I don't want to hear about so ah yeah, um. 01:11:32.63 Brian Penn Stay stay big. Yeah like that yeah that could be a new a new one? Yeah, like that us say you've said it now haven't you really? ah bye for now. 01:11:43.33 ukfilmreview But yeah, until next time. Previous Next

Read the film podcast transcript from the episode titled The Alto Knights - Black Bag - Snow White - UK Film Club Ep 26 on UK Film Club part of the UK Film Review Podcast. < Back The Alto Knights - Black Bag - Snow White - UK Film Club Ep 26 Listen to This Episode UK Film Club 00:00:00.82 Brian Penn um I'm suffering and sneezing but hey what can you do 00:00:04.83 Chris Olson ah you ah Are you a regular hay fever sufferer then? 00:00:08.44 Brian Penn yeah I have good years and bad years but this year seem to started extra early so but you know it's it's life isn't it what can you do you know no 00:00:19.13 Chris Olson yeah ah Allergy season is is not fun. And made me think, actually, because... some In the past, I've tried outdoor screenings. 00:00:29.18 Chris Olson Have you ever done sort of outdoor screenings when there's been something? 00:00:31.42 Brian Penn No, what's that then? Oh, 00:00:33.15 Chris Olson So, like, sometimes there might be, like, a film they put on in a courtyard or they or yeah or they've done it in, like, um yeah, just like an outdoor event. 00:00:36.70 Brian Penn I what you mean. I see what you mean, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I've done that, yeah. 00:00:42.55 Chris Olson Yeah. and is I think it's nice. They're good. But you are very much yeah open to the elements. And in the UK, it's not – I wouldn't say it's a great industry. 00:00:52.09 Brian Penn No, no, I know. they they have got the They do try the occasional drive-thru movie, don't they? Or drive-thru movie. But... 00:00:57.83 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:00:57.96 Brian Penn and but We haven't got the weather for it, have we really? It's that consistency's not there, is it? um Although it's a lovely idea to do an alfresco, isn't it? To see a film out outdoors. Because usually we associate films with with dark, sweaty rooms, don't we? that Where you go and see a film. 00:01:18.64 Brian Penn But maybe that's part the attraction for some people is that you you close the outside world out, you know? 00:01:24.58 Chris Olson Oh, definitely. And I think certain films work better. But what I think with the outdoor screenings was it, I don't think they work if it's a new film that you've not seen. I think it's good if it's like a kind of, so I went to see one that was, um it was Gremlins in an outdoor event. 00:01:33.19 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:01:38.14 Brian Penn Oh, okay. yeah 00:01:39.56 Chris Olson And that worked really well because everyone knew what was coming and everyone's kind of reacting, if you know what mean, to to it. 00:01:43.68 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 00:01:45.02 Chris Olson Whereas I think if you're watching something for the first time, don't know, I suppose also outdoor it could be, but it could also be at night, right? 00:01:45.08 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:01:47.54 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:01:51.17 Chris Olson You could be watching it. 00:01:51.72 Brian Penn Yeah, cool. 00:01:52.29 Chris Olson So it's still dark. 00:01:52.28 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:01:53.18 Chris Olson But, 00:01:53.65 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:01:54.68 Chris Olson But yeah, like I was just thinking if a hay fever sufferers is a bit of a nightmare if it's anywhere near a yo-a. 00:01:59.01 Brian Penn Well, yeah, it could be. a But, ah yeah, I mean, the the rare occasions I've been to an outdoor screening, and there haven't been many, I can't even remember the last one I went to. um I've not been that effective, but it would be a no-no for me if it was anything like this year is going to be. But, hey, Chris, you put up with it, don't you? it's It's life, isn't it? What you do? 00:02:17.52 Chris Olson It's life. We put up with it. And if you're listening to this podcast, you're going to be putting up with us. um that's Brian. 00:02:22.40 Brian Penn What? 00:02:23.83 Chris Olson I'm Chris, and this is UK film club. And on this show, we review, a lot of films, a lot of films in this episode. I gotta say my, um, my tabs are absolutely running amok. 00:02:31.29 Brian Penn oh 00:02:34.31 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:02:35.65 Chris Olson My computer is going, what are you doing? Um, so we review films from cinema releases, indie streaming movies, um, independent movies and we also review a nostalgia pick at the end so that's a film from the past but yeah as I said this episode is absolutely chock-a-block so I'm not going to waste any time because we got a lot to get through Brian didn't go outdoors to watch any of these as far as I'm aware i all in the cinema uh these next few films we're going to start with Black Bad 00:02:49.29 Brian Penn and 00:02:52.87 Brian Penn Yeah. Hello. 00:02:56.49 Brian Penn We have. 00:03:00.59 Brian Penn No, All indoors, yeah. 00:03:08.35 Brian Penn Oh, okay, right, black bag. So, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Pierce Brosnan, Naomi Harris, Reggene Page, excellent cast. 00:03:25.86 Brian Penn In a nutshell, intelligence officer George Woodhouse, has received an order from his boss, Meacham. He has to identify who has leaked a software program called Severus. 00:03:36.64 Brian Penn There are five suspects and they're all a fellow spooks, one of whom is his wife, Catherine. The couple are joined by Clarissa, Freddie, Zoe and James for dinner. Here, George subjects them to deeper analysis and tries to discover their true motivation. 00:03:53.90 Brian Penn Now, I found this a very tight and well-constructed spy thriller. There's no padding. It's only 95 minutes... Sorry, 94 minutes long. Let's get it right. 00:04:03.20 Chris Olson I 00:04:03.84 Brian Penn So it gets to the point fairly quickly. It's not one of Steven Soderbergh's best films, but now you know you're in safe hands. 00:04:11.80 Chris Olson was going to say, he's a good filmmaker, he? He's got a good back catalogue, if you look at it. 00:04:14.13 Brian Penn Yeah. He's got a young very good track record. One of my favourite films, recent films, Out Sight, was directed by Steven Soderbergh with George Clooney and Andy. 00:04:28.68 Brian Penn Who else is in Outer Sight? Well, anyway, let's come back to that. um But, yeah, as said, a great cast, and they bring the story home. 00:04:39.32 Brian Penn But it all feels a bit routine. There are only so many places you can take a spy story like this. Nevertheless, all very well done. Great fun. Great entertainment. It's a goodie. 00:04:51.77 Chris Olson a goodie. I haven't seen Fassbender in anything in a while, actually. he sort of He did a slew of films that he was on everything, and then he sort of has a big gap. 00:04:54.81 Brian Penn No, he's... Yeah. 00:04:59.40 Chris Olson um 00:05:00.18 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:05:01.03 Chris Olson And obviously, you're having Pierce Brosnan in a spy thriller, that's always going to be you know reminiscent of Bond. i mean, how does this stack up against Bond? 00:05:07.70 Brian Penn Well, yeah, I think i think it's... um but Nothing really compares to Bond. I mean, it really depends how you see 007 generally. I mean, I'm a massive fan of Bond. Bond was the original spy on the big screen anyway, and he'll always be the big daddy of all ah spy characters. 00:05:28.82 Brian Penn But this, you know, if he's the big daddy, I think Black Bag could be the ah kind of the the um young and promising grandson of Bond. 00:05:38.79 Chris Olson yeah second cousin twice removed yeah something like that yeah 00:05:42.16 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, like something like that. ah Yeah, but there as I say, there are only so many places you can you can go with it. But I could see a sequel coming out of this quite easily. um You know, but It is what it is. And there are no great surprises, you know, but we're worth seeing. 00:06:02.21 Brian Penn But you need to be a fan of the genre as well, um I think. 00:06:05.73 Chris Olson Yeah, yeah. 00:06:07.89 Brian Penn But Soderbergh is very good at what he does. A very classy director. Chooses his films well and does a great job on it. And I've just remembered who else starred in it outside, by the way. 00:06:18.62 Brian Penn It's Jennifer Lopez with George Clooney. 00:06:20.73 Chris Olson There you go. That's 00:06:21.40 Brian Penn That's it. That would have bothered me. Sorry, listeners, if I've gone off the beaten track a little bit. 00:06:24.19 Chris Olson good. 00:06:25.82 Brian Penn and That would have bothered me all evening otherwise. um But no, to come back to Black Bag, it's good stuff. It's good stuff. You have to be a fan of the genre. um But it's it's good. 00:06:37.50 Brian Penn it's It's solid and really enjoyable. And it's still running, just about. 00:06:40.94 Chris Olson Wow. I was going to say, it looks like it's already available to rent on Prime Video, so I doubt it's got much longer left at the cinemas. But if you're listening to this um early on ah when we release it, maybe it's still out. 00:06:49.91 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:06:53.48 Chris Olson If you've already seen it, do drop us say ah an email and and let us know what you thought of it. But yeah, Black Bag. Next up, I'm very much looking forward to your review of this, Brian, because it's got some heavy hitters in it. 00:07:03.17 Brian Penn Oh, yeah. 00:07:05.85 Chris Olson But Alto Nights with Robert De Niro. 00:07:05.96 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:07:08.67 Brian Penn Oh, that's so nice. Yeah. Okay. Directed another great director, Barry Levinson, ah starring Robert De Diro, Deborah Messing, Catherine Narducci, and James Ciccone. 00:07:25.27 Brian Penn This is really the story of the Mafia's downfall. Vito Genovese and Frank Costello grew up together and become the driving force behind New York's most powerful crime family. 00:07:36.84 Brian Penn However, when Genovese spends the war in Italy, Costello takes control. He becomes the boss of bosses. But Genovese feels betrayed. It's a lot more we involved than that, but that's the gist of it, really. 00:07:49.66 Brian Penn um I really enjoyed this. 00:07:51.93 Chris Olson You did? Oh, good. 00:07:52.62 Brian Penn ah Yeah, really, really enjoyed it. you've got De Niro playing both roles. With the help of prosthetics and visual tricks, it really works well. I think he got some mixed reviews because De Niro was playing both parts. 00:08:06.06 Brian Penn But he's utterly compelling in both roles. His power hasn't diminished at all. Bearing in mind how long he's been around, he's in his late 70s now, but he's still compulsive. You can't take your eyes off him for one second. um Great direction for Barry Levinson, as you'd expect. 00:08:23.83 Brian Penn Nicholas Pelagyi, delivers a really sharp script. He also wrote the scripts for Goodfellas, so you know we know where we are. ah This is great storytelling for me. 00:08:35.15 Brian Penn Can't beat it. Yeah, great stuff. 00:08:37.92 Chris Olson So did it in the Irishman, right? In the Irishman, he played like different versions, but they made him younger. 00:08:40.85 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:08:43.94 Chris Olson Right. And I, well, it looked a bit surreal. 00:08:44.97 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah, 00:08:47.08 Chris Olson I must say, i remember watching that and thinking it it's good, but it it looked weird. 00:08:51.36 Brian Penn yeah. 00:08:51.46 Chris Olson Um, but I don't, I don't see why that's a problem. 00:08:52.16 Brian Penn yeah 00:08:54.54 Chris Olson I think, know, they can do magic these days. Um, 00:08:57.41 Brian Penn Well, the interesting thing about the Irishman was that the I think they used some sort of visual tricks to make it to take 30 years off him. And it seemed to work more entirely. And you think, when he was driving the truck, this is in the Irishman. 00:09:11.48 Brian Penn When he was driving the truck, you think, God, they've done it. They've actually managed to make him look 30 years younger. And it seemed to me that the tricks just sort of dropped all of a sudden. But the difference here, I think, is that he's the two characters he's playing, 00:09:21.80 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:09:27.24 Brian Penn He's playing in later life. You know, they're not meant to be a lot younger than him. You know, they're both kind of like in their 60s. So it's kind of the right territory age-wise for De Niro. Although he could get away with, with a bit makeup and a bit of prosthetics. 00:09:46.08 Brian Penn It works really well. And you might say it's another Mafia story, you know. i'm You could argue you've seen one mafia story, you've seen them all, but this one is so well executed. 00:10:00.24 Brian Penn And when you look at the people involved and the director, Barry Levinson, who has a diverse portfolio of films, and he directed Good Morning Vietnam and Rain Man, and now he's directed a film about the mafia. 00:10:05.47 Chris Olson you 00:10:16.47 Brian Penn and It shows what what a great director he is. But all of that's at play. The film itself has... has had mixed reviews. You know, that's the way the cookie crumbles, I guess. But um I thought it was a great film. 00:10:33.63 Brian Penn And because um it tells the story of the beginning of the end for The Mafia as we knew it, it's kind of one of like those films that feels like a bookend. 00:10:45.14 Brian Penn You know, Gotti came after lo but you know, in terms of the Mafia being the force they were, this was the beginning and the end for them. 00:10:56.46 Brian Penn So it feels like it's bookended much bigger story that started with, say, The Godfather. And you could say he's kind of finishing here with, um with Alto Nikes, which is also known as wise guys, I think, in some countries. 00:11:15.63 Brian Penn but 00:11:15.86 Chris Olson Oh, really? okay, didn't know that different name. 00:11:16.43 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:11:17.90 Chris Olson Oh, yeah, no, that is, a I'm obviously De Niro and these guys that sort of synonymous with the genre, near the gangster genre. 00:11:25.28 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:11:26.37 Chris Olson Goodfellas, you mentioned that earlier, Irishman, all these films, and, yeah, There's so many. And yeah but if you're listening, keen-eared listeners may hear a Bobby De Niro pop up in a film we reviewed later on in this episode. 00:11:39.28 Chris Olson you know if you If you stick to the end. 00:11:39.53 Brian Penn Oh, right. Yeah. 00:11:41.29 Chris Olson um 00:11:42.08 Brian Penn That's an intensive. 00:11:42.26 Chris Olson I'm not saying weve we we haven't got him on the podcast, sadly. We're a little bit um small fish, I think, for for Bobby. 00:11:46.39 Brian Penn Yeah. and I know. Well, at the moment we are. You never know. 00:11:49.75 Chris Olson But hopefully we can get him at some point. 00:11:50.45 Brian Penn Yeah. We might get Bob one day. You never know. 00:11:53.41 Chris Olson One day. um They might have to CGI him to make him physically younger by the time we get him. 00:11:59.40 Brian Penn Yeah, I know, you never know. 00:11:59.76 Chris Olson Or they might have to to completely resurrect him. You know, that might have to happen. 00:12:03.50 Brian Penn You never know. and i Yeah, we don't mind wasting it. 00:12:04.49 Chris Olson um don't mind waiting yeah happy for that um moving on now to another cinematic release and this one has caused quite a stir I don't think I've seen a IMDB rating so low um for a movie and listeners probably already know what we're talking about but yes the latest Disney output of a classic Snow White 2025 Brian mate 00:12:07.11 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:12:14.77 Brian Penn It has, doesn't it? I know. know. 00:12:30.18 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:12:31.72 Chris Olson ryan 00:12:31.94 Brian Penn Yeah, right. 00:12:32.57 Chris Olson go 00:12:33.43 Brian Penn Okay then. All right. So, directed by Mark Webb, starring Rachel Ziegler, Gail Godot, and Andrew Burnap. So look, we all know the story of Snow White, but let's just quickly run through the basics so we know know where we are. 00:12:48.55 Brian Penn The king and queen's daughter is born during a snowstorm and is given the name Snow White, but the queen tragically dies. He quickly remarries and leaves... and leaves to deal with a threat to his kingdom. 00:13:02.17 Brian Penn When he fails to return, his wife declares herself queen and is hated by her subjects, whom she rules harshly. Snow White is confined to the palace as a scullery maid. However, she soon meets the mysterious Jonathan and his gang of thieves, and also finds unexpected help in the forest as she seeks the truth. 00:13:21.99 Brian Penn Okay, that's it, really. We all know the story. We all know the story of Snow White, aren't Look, it's... 00:13:27.06 Chris Olson the 00:13:29.72 Brian Penn Dare I say it's the C word springing to mind again. And I do mean competent. You know, you were worried for a second there, weren't you? 00:13:35.70 Chris Olson Yeah. Yep. Yep. thought I was going to bleep you there. 00:13:37.72 Brian Penn ah ah Yeah, I've done that. I've done that. i won't do that one again because I've done it a couple of times in the past. um I try and stay original-ish. Anyway. and Yeah, look, I mean, it's a competent film. It's well made. It's live action up to a point. 00:13:53.28 Brian Penn and The new songs are ah terribly corny. I don't think they do anything for the film, but it's Walt Disney. um I can see ah can see a musical stage musical coming off the back of this. so So, Gird Your Loins and all that. um As we know, it's been a ah massive flop. 00:14:13.25 Brian Penn It's been followed by controversy. Rachel Ziegler's made some very negative comments about the original. um You know, she thought that Prince Charming was stalking Snow White in the original. 00:14:24.14 Brian Penn a for i read my ah If I read my publicity yeah extracts properly. please None of it helps, but I think it's masking what is a very ordinary film. 00:14:35.43 Brian Penn Walt Disney have shut a lot of money at it, and they might so far they've made an incredible loss. um it doesn't ah don't think it stays very true to and to the original film. I mean, for one thing, now we we have to think about the D word as well, and D word being dwarves, because the dwarves have been lost from the film's title, 00:14:58.29 Brian Penn They're not referred to directly, they're called special beings, which I find slightly odd. And um also, being animated, being CGI generated, they also denied work to Dwarf Actors, which Peter Dinklage has honed in on. 00:15:19.14 Brian Penn So lots of negative publicity following the film. The film itself is just OK. I can't say it's any better than that. um And I think Walt Disney are bracing themselves. 00:15:34.57 Brian Penn And they already are. And it's it's just not it's not as good as the original. I would always take the original animated feature any time over this film. 00:15:45.64 Brian Penn But it's it's it's okay. But it's no more than that. But you see, we're not looking for something that's okay, are we? We're looking for something that's great, that's going to blow you away. And this doesn't. 00:15:55.97 Chris Olson Yeah, I think these live-action remakes have always come out. yeah I think partly these studios, they all love the volatile reaction, right? 00:16:07.87 Chris Olson Because it means more bums on seats because more people are going to go see it. 00:16:08.46 Brian Penn Hmm. Yeah. 00:16:10.75 Chris Olson Everyone's talking about it. Yeah. 00:16:11.74 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah, 00:16:12.15 Chris Olson and It's like the producers, right? They know what they're doing. and They know this is going to... 00:16:15.55 Brian Penn cool stuff, yeah. 00:16:16.31 Chris Olson yeah When they do like Little Mermaid and and and they know they're going myth people off because what they've got is they've got an old audience who all want to go see it because they want to see how it compares to their original and they've got a new audience who will know what the fuss is about so they know what they're doing but in terms of what they're putting out as you say it's not even that it's even that bad it's often it's just not that good it's just okay it's watchable and you kind of just forget it about it really quickly i remember watching ah I'm a Cinderella, one of them. 00:16:45.44 Chris Olson I remember just thinking, okay, yeah like you say, it wanted me to do is put on the original. 00:16:45.75 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:16:51.16 Chris Olson I'm just going put the original on because that's a better made film. 00:16:51.96 Brian Penn Yeah, I know. 00:16:54.20 Chris Olson It's more interesting. It's original. And it didn't need this. um And it just I think it's just showing a little bit of contempt for audiences when they do this and they do this marketing stunt and expect us to just sort of put up with it. 00:16:59.14 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:17:03.55 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:17:07.84 Chris Olson But I don't because i don't go see it. 00:17:08.11 Brian Penn yeah 00:17:09.79 Chris Olson But unfortunately, yeah we make you go see it, Brian. So... 00:17:12.19 Brian Penn Well, yeah, I know. i like This is what i what I do for Film Club, you know, and I'm happy to do so. 00:17:16.05 Chris Olson Yeah. Happy to do so. 00:17:17.07 Brian Penn But, ah you know, like like I say, there there are too many films being made now that are designed just to make money. That's always been the way, you know. That's why there is a film industry, to make money. But they're also there to entertain and make something that's going to last, that's going to stand the test of time. 00:17:35.38 Brian Penn um And now we don't see great movies being made. Or if we do, they're very few and far between. And this is going to just fall through the cracks. It's not a film that's going to be remembered with any a i mean affection. 00:17:49.25 Chris Olson Well, there you go. 00:17:49.40 Brian Penn and 00:17:50.30 Chris Olson ah Film of the month, Brian, at the cinemas? 00:17:52.02 Brian Penn Film of the month, Alto Nights. 00:17:52.34 Chris Olson I'll turn right. I thought so, but I thought check. 00:17:55.33 Brian Penn Yeah, anything with denarii is normally a go-to where that's concerned. 00:17:55.98 Chris Olson Yeah, I didn't think it was going to Snow White, but you never know. I thought you might be controversial. 00:18:01.07 Brian Penn I might have surprised you, but no, on this occasion, it was, I mean, Black Bag is good fun, but but it's, it's formulaized. I mean, Alto Nights is as well, but it, it's scott It's got De Niro in it, and it just raises it to another level, doesn't it, really? 00:18:15.71 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:18:15.85 Chris Olson Absolutely. um So those are your cinema releases, listeners. We're moving now to our streaming pick. And before we review the film we're going to focus on, I'm just going to give a quick shout out to a film that we reviewed previously in the indie section of our episode um on can't remember which episode, February or ah January maybe? 00:18:36.31 Chris Olson uh a film called what no one knows um we both really enjoyed it me and brian and it's now available on amazon prime just wanted to give them a shout out because they got in touch and they're very excited about being released on amazon prime i think right now it's actually included with prime so if you get if you've got prime or get prime 00:18:45.67 Brian Penn and Good. 00:18:52.28 Brian Penn ah 00:18:53.78 Chris Olson then you can watch it for free, I believe. If not, you can rent it on there. 00:18:56.26 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:18:57.94 Chris Olson But yeah, What No One Knows, it's called. 00:18:57.94 Brian Penn Nice. Excellent. Yeah. 00:19:00.80 Chris Olson um And yeah, also go back and listen to our review of it if you can find the episode because I wasn't very specific about that. 00:19:01.45 Brian Penn Very good. 00:19:05.99 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:19:07.32 Chris Olson um And yeah. 00:19:07.50 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 00:19:10.04 Chris Olson It was the one where we had to be very careful about spoilers. So I'm not even going to talk about the film. 00:19:13.13 Brian Penn yeah 00:19:14.58 Chris Olson um 00:19:14.61 Brian Penn yeah 00:19:15.52 Chris Olson But yeah, it was very good. is It was a very good... 00:19:17.66 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:19:18.19 Chris Olson Worth watch. 00:19:19.04 Brian Penn Yep. 00:19:19.15 Chris Olson ah But moving on to a film that is available on Prime as well that we haven't reviewed. 00:19:19.45 Brian Penn Absolutely. 00:19:25.24 Chris Olson Big star, Viola Davis. And the movie's called This is... um this is as the name suggests, centered around a group of leaders who get together and who make all the decisions in life. 00:19:39.40 Chris Olson Um, but during a G20 summit, um, Viola Davis, who plays, President diana Daniela Sutton, um, they are interrupted very rudely by a group of, uh, terrorists, um, 00:19:40.17 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:19:51.61 Brian Penn Mm. 00:19:53.32 Chris Olson who decided to hold them at ransom to the world in this sort of economic stalemate to try and push, ah well, global instability, headed by a character called Rutledge, Anthony Starr, 00:20:09.83 Chris Olson plays this sort rogue operative who's very angry at the world leaders. um And what happens is is this big action kick-ass movie where Viola Davis manages to sort of elude these terrorists but must now try and escape and prevent their evil plan, their dastardly plan. 00:20:33.40 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:20:33.56 Chris Olson um What did you think of G20, Brian? 00:20:36.85 Brian Penn G20. Yeah. Do you know I liked it? I liked it. But it's the type of film that you mustn't think about too much. 00:20:43.63 Chris Olson Yeah, leave your brain at the door. 00:20:45.32 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah, exactly. Leave your brains at the door. Or if you do take your brain with you, just put it into neutral. ah because um if you try and think about this film too deeply, it just becomes preposterous. 00:20:58.58 Chris Olson Oh yeah. 00:20:59.22 Brian Penn Absolutely preposterous. You know, it wouldn't happen. You know, the fact that, now I love Viola Davis. I think she's a great actor. And she's totally convincing in the role. 00:21:10.94 Brian Penn She pulls it off. No question you would believe she could be could be a president, right? But she also happens to be an army veteran, you know, a Marine who happens to be, happens to escape the initial hostage grab. Right? 00:21:30.05 Brian Penn So she's out on the loose. She's the American president and just happens to have all of America's allies with them. You know, she's got the the British prime minister. She's got the Japanese president. 00:21:45.69 Brian Penn She's got the French president. So all, All of America's broad allies are kind of with her and she's leading the the fight back. um But, know, it sounds a bit picky, but you think, oh, really, honestly? 00:21:59.54 Brian Penn um And also, the you know, another good reason not to think about it too much is the it's kind of like the kind of the the techie part of the story. You know, the fact that they're holding the world's leaders to ransom, but they're also forcing the money markets to act in the way they want them to. 00:22:19.57 Brian Penn to ensure that bitcoins are worth more or the major form of currency. That didn't entirely make a lot of sense to me. So that's something else you got. 00:22:27.50 Chris Olson No, I struggle with that. i must when it when they talk about Bitcoin, I was like, oh gosh, I'm out of my depth here. 00:22:29.28 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:22:31.71 Brian Penn No, it's like, I know. So that's something else you got to forget about. Um, but everything else is very well done. It's it, you know, as I say, you've just got to take it for what it is. So it is a very kind of exciting, uh, well well, um, 00:22:49.27 Brian Penn comprised political thriller, right? And good action, great visuals, great fun to watch. But that's really really it, you know, doesn't it? 00:23:00.01 Chris Olson i have I have one fundamental problem with and that fundamental problem is that they they should have split that character into two. I don't understand why you you have the President of the United States. Yeah, absolutely. Davis can play that character, 100%. Yeah. 00:23:15.77 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:23:15.85 Chris Olson to the to the To the cows come home, she can play that character. 00:23:17.82 Brian Penn Yeah. Oh, yeah. 00:23:19.06 Chris Olson But playing that character and this badass, you know, like vet that can just, you know, knock out six agents once. 00:23:27.19 Brian Penn and and I know, I know. 00:23:28.49 Chris Olson i was like, that should have been a different character. There's there's there's no reason to have her have to do both. 00:23:32.87 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:23:34.24 Chris Olson She could still be great, don't get me wrong, and you can make it a little bit physical, but there are bits where it just absolutely undermines the whole movie because she's doing things that she looks like John Wick. 00:23:34.25 Brian Penn Well. 00:23:37.03 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:23:43.82 Chris Olson And you're like, what are you doing? 00:23:43.80 Brian Penn Yeah, know. Well, yes, know. 00:23:45.68 Chris Olson like And you had characters there. 00:23:47.88 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:23:48.16 Chris Olson There was like um hidden operatives within this like big hotel. 00:23:51.93 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:23:52.98 Chris Olson They can do that stuff. You don't need her to do it. 00:23:54.11 Brian Penn Yeah, Exactly. 00:23:55.72 Chris Olson And I think they just almost sort of thought, this will be fun, wouldn't it? 00:23:58.67 Brian Penn and I know, know. 00:23:58.72 Chris Olson This is a bit of fun. 00:23:59.35 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:24:00.01 Chris Olson And it's like, okay. 00:24:00.32 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:24:00.97 Chris Olson I really liked Anthony Starr, though, as the bad. I thought he worked really well. He's really, like, unstable. 00:24:05.06 Brian Penn Yeah, it's good. 00:24:07.03 Chris Olson um And I like him when he's in The Boys, so this was was great. 00:24:07.21 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:24:09.63 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:24:10.79 Chris Olson But, yeah, that that fundamental issue was just like, okay, well, you didn't need to do that. that was a That was an issue that you've put into that film on purpose. 00:24:17.89 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:24:19.30 Chris Olson And I thought that was a bit annoying. But apart from that, it didn't drag. I enjoyed the sort What I did like about it, and by by no means are these comparable films, but it had a bit of a diehard feel to it where, you know, like they're trying to they're locked in this building and they're trying to get out. 00:24:32.79 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah, it 00:24:36.65 Chris Olson It's all kind of happening. It feels like real time, right? 00:24:37.98 Brian Penn did. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that that's a good point. that You know, the fact that it feels a bit like Speed. I mean, there was one scene where they're inside a lift, aren't they? 00:24:48.45 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:24:48.60 Brian Penn I mean, I almost think they borrowed that from Speed. But, you know, I don't mind that so much because they're transparent about it and it's not, they're not trying to pass it off as anything revolutionary or groundbreaking. 00:25:01.47 Brian Penn um But, Yeah, I think you're right. I think they've overloaded Viola Davis' character. so Danielle Sutton a bit too much of a ah superhero, really. 00:25:12.11 Brian Penn um I mean, she'd have been much better off just being flesh and blood. Do you know what mean? um 00:25:18.18 Chris Olson and then I get it because they don't want to put her as this sort of like meek political person that just has no like strength but I'm just saying I think they lent into it way too hard and then they kind of went oh we've lost all sense of reality now like okay fine 00:25:24.79 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:25:30.12 Brian Penn know, yeah. yeah 00:25:34.61 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:25:34.71 Chris Olson And, yeah, not but it is, like you say, if you love your action heroes and you love your action films, patriotic and yeah just absolute foot to the floor, this is it. 00:25:42.57 Brian Penn Yep. 00:25:46.06 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:25:46.74 Chris Olson this is yeah You'll get that out this film. And don't get wrong, I love watching Vila Davis. I think she's great. I've i've seen her in so many films that i thought... 00:25:52.31 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:25:54.27 Chris Olson just give her an Oscar. like But this isn't one of them. Don't give her an Oscar for this one. 00:25:57.20 Brian Penn No, no, no. 00:25:58.54 Chris Olson and There's so many other films that you can do that. 00:25:59.33 Brian Penn No. 00:26:00.97 Chris Olson um But yeah, g twenty is available on Prime Video. We're not associated with Prime Video, by the way. Well, not in any sort tangible way. 00:26:07.97 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:26:10.15 Chris Olson So I'm not... 00:26:10.31 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:26:11.36 Chris Olson We normally review Netflix films. There's just a lot is coming up with Prime these days. i don't know if they're sort of upping their game or getting more, you know, involved. 00:26:16.57 Brian Penn Yeah, could be. 00:26:18.63 Chris Olson Could be. 00:26:18.77 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:26:19.57 Chris Olson Maybe it's us. Maybe they're just trying to impress us. 00:26:21.86 Brian Penn Yeah, I know. The message is obviously getting through. We're touching, we're touching chords and nerves, aren't we? I can tell. 00:26:29.60 Chris Olson Well, maybe we will get Bobby on the show if yeah if we continue in this ah and this way. 00:26:32.09 Brian Penn Yeah. You never know. Yeah. 00:26:35.27 Chris Olson um Moving on now to our indie film section of the show. This is where we review a selection of movies have been sent to us by indie filmmakers from around the world, would you believe? um 00:26:45.16 Brian Penn Wow. 00:26:45.92 Chris Olson They have actually asked us to review this. We've not just gone out of our way to sort of chip in in the discourse. They want to know what we think. So here it is, you know, we're going to do that. 00:26:53.50 Brian Penn Wow. 00:26:55.53 Chris Olson and And I'm very pleased say um we've got five in this show. And of all five, I've got clips or at least something to play for each one. 00:26:59.19 Brian Penn boom 00:27:02.08 Brian Penn oh well 00:27:03.61 Chris Olson so we're going to start with a feature film called Time Rewind. And here is the trailer clip. 00:28:42.71 Chris Olson There we go. Clip from Time Rewind, indie film written and directed by Lincoln Fener. Brian, do you want do the rundown on this one? 00:28:52.50 Brian Penn Yeah, cool. So we have Sean Richards. He wakes up in a graveyard. Sorry, he wakes up on a graveyard bench, apparently suffering memory loss. He's suspected of murdering his teenage daughter, sir Jessica. 00:29:05.86 Brian Penn To avoid arrest, he must unravel hidden clues from his past. As Sean recalls fragments of the past, he learns that Jessica may have travelled back in time to 1989 and fallen love with his old school rival. 00:29:19.05 Brian Penn As pressure builds, he must find a way back to save Jessica's life. Now, I really enjoyed this. 00:29:25.17 Chris Olson Yeah, I did. it had a nice um sci-fi time travel vibe without it being too sci-fi. 00:29:26.01 Brian Penn i 00:29:30.19 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:29:32.33 Chris Olson It was kind of cosy. 00:29:32.82 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:29:33.68 Chris Olson It did remind me a little bit of um what one of my favourite films, About Time. ah do you remember... 00:29:38.38 Brian Penn Oh, yeah, yeah. 00:29:39.39 Chris Olson yeah 00:29:39.66 Brian Penn That's the Richard Curtis film, isn't it? 00:29:40.79 Chris Olson Yeah, obviously no not in every aspect, but in terms of it being like it's a British time travel movie. 00:29:46.03 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:29:47.53 Chris Olson You've got the sort of quaint streets of London being used. 00:29:50.25 Brian Penn know. I love that. 00:29:50.47 Chris Olson And yeah, I thought you might. 00:29:51.58 Brian Penn it's but It's very London, isn't it? 00:29:52.83 Chris Olson was watching and said, oh, Brian's going to like this because you it's set in Hampstead, isn't it? 00:29:54.37 Brian Penn Yeah. It's Hampstead, yeah. 00:29:56.67 Chris Olson and um 00:29:58.04 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:29:58.07 Chris Olson And I thought, oh, Brian's going to love that. 00:29:59.72 Brian Penn Lots of shots of the tube. I like that. I mean, look, it's home for me, right? It reminds me of home. And and that makes it even more rewarding and more pleasant to watch even. 00:30:13.66 Brian Penn whilst um time travel storylines are so well-worn and so well-used, I've tried to do something a bit different here. You know, that it just feels a bit fresher, right? 00:30:27.29 Brian Penn And this genre will always work and it will always have value if you if put your own stamp on it And that's what I think Lincoln Fenner has done. um and they're not as easy to make as you think. 00:30:39.76 Brian Penn And also, it's got a limited budget. I mean, obviously, the bigger the budget you've got, the more money you can can chuck at it. But this uses purely... It relies more on the story itself, on the dialogue, to get it done. 00:30:56.42 Brian Penn And it doesn't rely on any sort of CGI or special effects that I'm aware of. But a very enjoyable film, and ah and a very ah very sort of ah familiar catchy, icy soundtrack as well. 00:31:09.86 Chris Olson and Yeah, I mean, we've got a couple of um yeah period pieces, I guess they would call them, um in this show. 00:31:10.23 Brian Penn but 00:31:16.61 Chris Olson And this is one of them. I love the aesthetic that they went for. It made me really miss cassette tapes, I must say. 00:31:20.02 Brian Penn ah 00:31:22.33 Chris Olson I was like, I miss cassette tapes. 00:31:22.80 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:31:24.32 Chris Olson Yeah, you do a mixtape and things like that. 00:31:24.32 Brian Penn Mixtapes. Yeah, we remember mixtapes. and I know. 00:31:27.49 Chris Olson um Yeah, I think you're right mon in terms of the genre. It is well-worn and... There's a reason for that, i think, because it's it's an interesting contraption to use, right, for storytelling. 00:31:35.17 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:31:37.22 Chris Olson And i think here, where they've sort of mixed in with detective-type element, yeah he's trying to figure out what's happened. 00:31:37.62 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:31:46.10 Chris Olson It worked quite well because he's having to go to the past to work out We obviously know kind of where he ends up. And yeah, I think it works really well. I think it is confusing at times. I'll be honest. I think and and yeah it's not easy. 00:31:57.85 Chris Olson yeah Sorry, it's not hard to confuse me. But it it was confusing, but it was in a charming sort of way. it didn't feel like... 00:32:04.23 Brian Penn yeah 00:32:05.70 Chris Olson oh my God, what's going on? I'm not enjoying this. felt more like, wow, what is going on? 00:32:07.98 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 00:32:09.65 Chris Olson But yeah I'm happy to be on this rise. I'm happy to just carry on. 00:32:11.49 Brian Penn Yeah, 00:32:13.20 Chris Olson um But yeah, I think the the tone and the aesthetic and the mise en scene of the film work really well to... make it more of a mainstream type of film. 00:32:25.66 Chris Olson I think it could capture a mainstream audience because it's got, and like you say the scenes of London and note that sort of nostalgia for that work even more to just throw you into this piece and make you kind of ah be absorbed by it. 00:32:25.90 Brian Penn think you could. 00:32:40.65 Chris Olson um And this yeah, the music is great. It's got called called whimsy to it, I found. it was quite It was quite fun and engaging at times and it knew when to sort of... 00:32:45.44 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:32:49.46 Chris Olson um yeah bring it up. 00:32:52.02 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:32:52.12 Chris Olson i' I'm kind of conscious of not going too much into the storyline on this one because of like you know giving spoilers away, um even though yeah that would be even more difficult yeah ah being piecing it all together. 00:32:55.84 Brian Penn Well, yeah. 00:32:59.24 Brian Penn know. 00:33:04.19 Chris Olson But definitely enjoyed it. 00:33:04.68 Brian Penn Yeah. i Yeah, i enjoy I enjoyed it. And as you you almost in a way can't describe too much of the narrative because... then you, you you know, the cat's entirely out of the bag then. 00:33:19.40 Brian Penn So you you only want to go so far. And I think we've, we've gone as far as we can in in the way we've described it, because then the rest rest of it's up to the viewers to sit down and watch it and decipher it and work it out and properly understand what it means. 00:33:35.48 Brian Penn But that's the type of film it is. And time travel films are like that. You know, you can struggle with time travel, the concepts of time travel and, You have to sort of forget about what's happening now because they've gone back to the past. 00:33:49.59 Brian Penn But they've got someone from the past and maybe someone from the future. um But the complicating factor here, I suppose, in terms of the storytelling is you've got on the police are involved and the police are trying to understand what he's saying um based on what they know. And his conviction that there's something in the past about to affect the present. 00:34:11.29 Brian Penn But it's very well done. I enjoyed it. I liked it. 00:34:14.22 Chris Olson Yeah, wanted to shout out the main actor, you Tim Cullingworth-Hudson, who plays Sean, because that is quite a difficult role to play, yeah where you've got a character that's in two different zones and they're having yeah amnesia and stuff like that. 00:34:22.32 Brian Penn Yeah. I think it is. Yeah. 00:34:28.22 Chris Olson I think it's it's a lot to try and put on someone. 00:34:28.26 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:34:30.73 Chris Olson As you say, it's not a massive budget film and some of the acting is a bit choppy in it at times, but he's he's pretty solid. He's pretty good throughout, I found, and i think... 00:34:39.61 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:34:41.62 Chris Olson a film like this that is trying to do a lot it's not it's ambitious at least you can't say anything but ambition um i think it's good when you've got someone central who can hold the line and keep things on track because otherwise it would have been a de very different film if you had someone that couldn't handle that role so yeah shout out there um 00:34:47.80 Brian Penn ah yeah i mean yeah 00:35:05.35 Chris Olson Yeah, the film's called Time Rewind. I don't think it's available. We watched it on a past representative link, I believe. 00:35:11.77 Brian Penn uh 00:35:12.86 Chris Olson But I can signpost you. So if you want to follow the film, and they have an Instagram page called at Time Rewind the Movie. All ah one word there. 00:35:24.58 Chris Olson And um you can also go to our website and read Jason's review. ah He reviewed it back in March. really really enjoyed it uh you can also watch the trailer appreciate we played the trailer audio there but you can actually go and watch the trailer if you yeah found it interesting and want to see what more about what the film was like give them a follow on instagram and then you can stay to date as and when um they make it available but i believe it's kind of in that process of being festivalled and all that sort of stuff 00:35:53.63 Brian Penn Mm-hmm. 00:35:53.90 Chris Olson I might be wrong. yeah but Or by the time you listen to this, that could have changed. But definitely um the best place is going be Instagram. 00:35:57.69 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:35:59.48 Chris Olson Stay up to date with them. 00:35:59.89 Brian Penn Mm-hmm. 00:36:01.19 Chris Olson um 00:36:01.41 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:36:02.31 Chris Olson But yeah, thank you very much to Lincoln and all the team for sending in Time Rewind. 00:36:04.32 Brian Penn yeah 00:36:07.90 Chris Olson Moving on now to another indie film. But this one, I believe, an American movie. ah Directed by Mark Hensley. Written by Mark Dupont. Called Clown and Out. And here is another clip. 00:37:57.65 Chris Olson There's a lot in that trailer, by the way. 00:37:57.89 Brian Penn Yeah. Hmm. 00:37:59.22 Chris Olson Apologies if it's giving away any spoilers. 00:37:59.53 Brian Penn yeah 00:38:01.55 Chris Olson um But yeah, ah Joe Heck plays John, um a down on his luck clown for hire, who we find breaking into the apartment of Elaine, an actress. 00:38:15.15 Chris Olson The... Reasons for him being there, I'm not going to go into at all, because I think that is a spoiler. um But when he ah finds his way into the apartment, Elaine is suicidal. and She's about to kill herself. 00:38:30.70 Chris Olson And things become increasingly complicated and dangerous being there. and Not least because there seems to be a hitman there. 00:38:42.05 Chris Olson causing trouble, and also ah elaine Elaine's neighbour is also packing and um may end up getting a few shots at our party clown. 00:38:43.92 Brian Penn Like a nuisance yourself. Yeah. 00:38:53.04 Chris Olson um What do you think of clowning out, Brian? 00:38:56.80 Brian Penn Good title for a film, by the way. 00:38:58.74 Chris Olson Yeah, like it. 00:38:59.76 Brian Penn Clown and out, down and out. Yeah, I like that. It's very good. um Yeah, I liked it. I think it's very... It's very... don't know. It has that kind of Quentin Tarantino feel to it. 00:39:12.09 Chris Olson You've literally taken that from my notes. You must have done that. That was in my notes. 00:39:14.92 Brian Penn Well, it does seem that way, doesn't it You know, it's it's let's just say at the very least, it's influenced by Quentin Tarantino, particularly his early work. You know, if you look at something like Pulp Fiction, it's almost like the director has taken... 00:39:29.38 Brian Penn that as a model, as a template. You know, you've got ah i ah serious a group of disparate characters that are all interlinked in some way. 00:39:41.11 Brian Penn And it's like he's kind of broken up the story into sections and thrown it up and put it together slightly differently. it feels a bit more disjointed than it should be, but it kind of works. 00:39:52.36 Brian Penn And I just love that kind of kind of idea that you've got a character who's a clown by trade but has got himself mixed it up in something very sinister where he can't really play his trade as a clown based on what he's involved in now um but as you say it's not something you can we can go into too much detail on because it gives the plot away and we don't want to do that but very entertaining very dark in places well acted it's a good cast 00:40:28.20 Brian Penn know what they're doing, understand their roles really well, and it works. You know, it's got a ah very, um it's got a good sort of polish about it. 00:40:39.97 Brian Penn It's very accomplished, and I really enjoyed it. 00:40:41.72 Chris Olson Yeah, I found the first section of the film was hard to break into because a lot of the characters weren't interacting. Like there was, like the clown was, is it John? No, Joe, was... um on his own. 00:40:55.36 Chris Olson And it was quite like, ah once him and Elaine kind of came together, then it was a bit more okay, here we go. Like we're into it. And it also made more sense later on once they sort of revealed what was happening. 00:41:02.24 Brian Penn Yeah, exactly, yeah. 00:41:05.49 Chris Olson Again, we can't sort explain that. 00:41:07.09 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:41:07.50 Chris Olson But what I would say is to any viewer that's watching clowning out is stick with it. 00:41:12.23 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:41:12.42 Chris Olson If you are feeling that sort of sluggish pace at the beginning, because it really picks up once you understand what's going on. 00:41:15.73 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:41:18.87 Chris Olson um And as you say, it's got a nice polish to it. 00:41:19.70 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:41:21.89 Chris Olson I found it... It was gritty. At times it was violent, but and i so not in an overly kind of way that's going to upset you. But you certainly it's um you can stomach that. 00:41:34.59 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:41:35.05 Chris Olson And I found that, considering this is a really low-budget film, 4K, I think, which is not a lot, and considering it's a feature as well, not a long feature, but it is a feature-length film, I thought it was great. 00:41:40.20 Brian Penn Hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Hmm. Yeah. 00:41:46.46 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:41:49.24 Chris Olson thought the chemistry between the actors was really great. 00:41:50.79 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:41:52.17 Chris Olson um it looked and felt like a professional film. 00:41:56.13 Brian Penn yeah 00:41:56.22 Chris Olson um The music choices were really good. There was a bit, I think some of the sound felt like it was off, but that, yeah, that's definitely forgivable. 00:41:59.41 Brian Penn yeah 00:42:05.03 Chris Olson It's just the me being picky, I think. 00:42:06.67 Brian Penn Yeah, I 00:42:06.85 Chris Olson um ah so yeah I put Tarantino in my notes, but yeah, I think even the filmmaker had said that it was all paying homage to sort of gritty independent films of the past, and it definitely does that. 00:42:07.86 Brian Penn yeah 00:42:13.74 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. like i can I can see that. I mean, it's obvious where his influences lie. And there's nothing in wrong with that, you know, being influenced by someone like Tarantino. 00:42:26.71 Brian Penn um It's not, that's not, no issues there for me there at all. But, What I think he has done where he has copied Tarantino is that he's broken the story into sections more. 00:42:39.33 Brian Penn and that's big And for that reason, he makes you work a bit harder to understand how the characters relate. 00:42:44.36 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:42:47.37 Brian Penn And you're right, once John meets Elaine, it kind of all clicks. You think, ah, okay, right, I get it now. And there's a reward there, if you like. So he makes you earn it. And ah there's nothing wrong with that. ah You know, i don't mind sort of working a bit harder for my assignment. 00:43:05.76 Chris Olson Oh, yeah. We talked about G20 earlier. Well, they don't do that at all. Yeah. They just give you this spoon feed you everything and hope you just sort of don't mind it. 00:43:09.72 Brian Penn No. Oh, yeah. Yeah. 00:43:12.82 Chris Olson Whereas with this is treating the audience with a lot more intelligence and yeah expecting them say, look, cool OK, yeah, this isn't going to be for everyone. 00:43:15.71 Brian Penn Yeah, sure. 00:43:20.16 Chris Olson But the people that stick around that like this sort of genre film are going to love it. And I think they will. 00:43:24.13 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:43:24.42 Chris Olson I think it's got a lot going for it. 00:43:25.57 Brian Penn o 00:43:26.38 Chris Olson A lot going for it. 00:43:26.55 Brian Penn Definitely. 00:43:27.48 Chris Olson um as said the the chemistry the actors is really good so yeah shout out to the uh to the main actors uh katie mayhard joe heck maxi williams um zachari axel minatia smith positive i've pronounced any of those names wrong i thought i'd just take a little punt on all of them and some um some i'm i feel more confident than others but i i think it's you when we have such a small budget film it's great to give you 00:43:27.52 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:43:32.75 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:43:45.25 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:43:48.49 Brian Penn Yeah. know that 00:43:53.33 Chris Olson um and a little bit of applause to especially the actors because it it's not always possible you know because it's not always possible to film the scenes loads of times and get the best take so maybe they do have to kind of just run with it and do the best they can with what they've got and actually i didn't feel that the acting at all let this film down in any way um 00:44:04.11 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 00:44:07.72 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:44:12.49 Brian Penn No, no, not at all. I think they're all really good. at And they seem to be, I think really when you've got a a low budget movie like this, an indie feature, is that I think by necessity, the actors have to be a lot better rehearsed before they go in and shoot because they've got less time. 00:44:30.78 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:44:32.46 Brian Penn and less money to to work with. But it was a very good cast. Maxie Williams played the but the ah producer, Frank. I thought he was really good, actually. 00:44:42.17 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:44:42.21 Brian Penn and 00:44:43.03 Chris Olson A hundred percent. 00:44:43.03 Brian Penn Yeah, good stuff. Enjoyed it. 00:44:45.45 Chris Olson So the film's called Clown and Out. We don't have masses of information, and but there is a trailer on our website. So if you go and if you just Google Clown and Out, with like an N within the post-it, by the way, i and yeah review, you'll find our website. 00:45:00.72 Chris Olson yeah Jason also reviewed this, and you the bottom of the review, you'll see the trailer. So worth having a look at that. um But yeah, we don't have masses of information about that, other than it was... um directed by Mark Hensley. 00:45:15.39 Chris Olson So if you're a bit more technically apt, then the, um, the YouTube embed or Vimeo embed actually that has the trailer, you can follow Mark's channel by clicking through to Vimeo and finding him and subscribing there. 00:45:30.34 Chris Olson If you want to stay up to date with what Mark Hensley is doing as a filmmaker. 00:45:31.95 Brian Penn Wow. 00:45:35.59 Chris Olson But yeah, that's all we have for you on Clown and Out. Moving on now, we're going back again in time, would you believe? um With ah an indie feature film called All is Fine in 89. 00:45:47.35 Chris Olson And fabulously, we have another clip. 00:45:50.81 Brian Penn wow 00:47:15.89 Chris Olson Well, there you go. 00:47:17.50 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:47:17.66 Chris Olson All just fine in 89. Want to take this one, Brian? 00:47:22.35 Brian Penn Okay. Okay, okay. So we're back in 1989 again, strangely. um And the Berlin Wall, as you just heard in the clip, is coming down. The world is full of optimism as the Cold War seems to be over. 00:47:36.03 Brian Penn One certain high school, the seniors are waiting for their last field party before graduation. Should be a time to look ahead as the future beckons. But what does fate have in store for them, as this night could have far-reaching consequences? 00:47:51.65 Brian Penn I really like this. It's the 1980s again. You know, just hearing the soundtrack, that piece of music we heard, and emotion, obsession, great record. 00:48:02.88 Brian Penn I just feel like putting on ah a jacket with some shoulder pads in it. It's like, I'm back there again. 00:48:07.90 Chris Olson I was ah was driving in my ah my my podcast room, I must say. 00:48:09.01 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 00:48:11.88 Chris Olson Bang in tune. 00:48:12.13 Brian Penn yeah um But yeah, look, I really liked it. it It does have shades of the the breakfast club, you know, with its strong sound. 00:48:20.44 Chris Olson Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You've got to stop doing this, Brian. You're literally stepping on. 00:48:23.70 Brian Penn I know, well, have I done it again, have I? 00:48:24.80 Chris Olson Yeah, you've done it again. 00:48:25.26 Brian Penn Have I done it again? oh Yeah, I think what's interesting about this is that initially you you could just see it as a typical high school story, right? 00:48:37.22 Brian Penn um Because you see all all the classic stereotypes. You've got the heartthrob who can shut up honey woman you've got the bully you've got the nerd and you've got the nice girl who meets the wrong guy the hippie teacher who still thinks he's cool you know and they're all familiar stereotypes but then it it kind of jumps it dives in a bit further and it goes a bit deeper and teaches you more about the characters and the lives they leave uh i really liked it and really impressed by it and impressed by the way they use the music as well to tell the story and that's to me that's a trick 00:49:12.76 Brian Penn that really gathered pace in the 80s. um Filmmakers really got the hang of how music can be harnessed with on the screen with a good story. 00:49:23.84 Brian Penn um But yeah, really good. Good, strong characterization, one-acted. 00:49:27.76 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:49:30.25 Brian Penn Yeah, I really enjoyed it. 00:49:32.37 Chris Olson Yeah, I think if the previous film paid homage to Tarantino, then this was definitely paying homage to, like, Mark Hughes, me John Hughes movies, know, The Breakfast Club and all that sort of stuff. 00:49:40.46 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:49:43.65 Chris Olson Yeah, I liked it. I found the... production really slick uh the music in particular was absolutely driving the movie i i was really enjoying that i think yeah as you say the stereotypes are all there and you if you're looking at this through the lens of 2025 you'll see it's a very different interaction between school kids but often we're still seeing the same types of 00:49:52.73 Brian Penn Yeah, it was. 00:50:12.28 Chris Olson Challenges, problems, you know, issues that kids have, albeit, you know, there are differences, but some of them are still the same. And I think throwing it up against this kind of Cold War event, you know, the event the end of the Cold War, as yeah as it often feels now we're on the brink of a new one, um that it just is an interesting sort of parallel to draw. 00:50:22.13 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:50:25.13 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:50:29.47 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:50:32.07 Chris Olson And the fact that even the title was saying all is fine in 89, it's like, well, was it, you know, do or do we all have still had the same problems then that we have now? 00:50:38.11 Brian Penn Hmm. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. 00:50:41.42 Chris Olson And I think that's kind of quite telling. 00:50:41.48 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:50:44.05 Brian Penn yeah 00:50:44.61 Chris Olson The one thing I found with it was it's doing a lot of heavy lifting with lots and lots of different characters, which is always true of like a high school movie. You're going to have that sense of there's lots of people. 00:50:54.85 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:50:55.75 Chris Olson But I think there was almost there's too much of that going on that I didn't feel particularly connected to any one like person's journey through the film. 00:51:04.27 Brian Penn yeah 00:51:06.04 Chris Olson And i don't, I, I enjoyed it. Absolutely. I was, so I was happy to be in this atmosphere of this movie. I just felt like I wanted to be more connected to what was going on with maybe one character. 00:51:14.78 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:51:16.68 Chris Olson Um, i didn't have that because there's lots of things going on. 00:51:16.94 Brian Penn Yeah. Hmm. 00:51:20.60 Chris Olson You've got one character, is's a bit and This might be a bit spoilery. I'm not going to spoilery, but it might be. If you if you don't want to know anything, then just maybe skip ahead a few minutes. But yes, you've one character who's like pregnant. 00:51:31.86 Chris Olson You've got a teacher who's having marital problems. I'd say you've got someone being bullied, someone... Actually, I'm not going to say that bit because that would be the potential spoiler. 00:51:41.32 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:51:41.42 Chris Olson do you know what i mean? There's a lot of different characters and you're not quite sure who to root for, who to be sort of you know following, who's going to... 00:51:42.52 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:51:47.43 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:51:49.84 Chris Olson Obviously, they set it up at the beginning. 00:51:50.18 Brian Penn yeah 00:51:51.63 Chris Olson We heard it in that clip with the news broadcast about something, tragedy has happened at school and then we go back to earlier that day and the whole day is like building up to this... 00:51:56.75 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:52:00.98 Chris Olson legendary party so it works quite well in the sense of you're wondering what's going to happen but I just wanted to be more connected to someone I think 00:52:06.71 Brian Penn Yeah. they 00:52:10.62 Brian Penn Yeah. I think that's always the problem with an ensemble piece though, isn't it? 00:52:14.96 Chris Olson yeah 00:52:15.59 Brian Penn Is that you're not necessarily going to get a lot depth with the characters, but you have... a number of tantalizing storylines that run concurrently and they kind of ah overlap a kar occasionally and they, they kind of, they're intertwined, but you don't see enough because there simply isn't time and it's a multi-character format. 00:52:38.14 Brian Penn And that is the weakness of an ensemble piece really is that, is the, the idea that you, you've got one particular character. It's always one character you're more interested in than the others. 00:52:49.52 Brian Penn Um, And you want to hear more about that one. And you't you never quite do. But it's sometimes the the character depth is sacrificed for more general approach. And that's what you've got here. 00:53:02.97 Brian Penn But yeah, do I do see what you mean. 00:53:05.31 Chris Olson Yeah, and it's not that I didn't enjoy it. ah It's more just, I think, you know when you finish a film, going to oh, it would have been nice to have done that or nice to have done that. 00:53:13.55 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:53:13.84 Chris Olson And to be honest as well, I'd have happily watched more of this. It wasn't that long. 00:53:17.11 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:53:17.29 Chris Olson Like, oh, yeah, you could have stuck at another 20 minutes and I'd absolutely watch more of that. 00:53:19.74 Brian Penn and I know. And yeah, I mean, I i would i wouldn't have had any quibbles. mean, often bring up the the running length for a film because i think it is important. But here, i wasn't overly concerned about them running the running time. 00:53:35.20 Brian Penn And, you know, another 20 minutes, possibly half an hour could have given you time to flesh the characters out a bit more. 00:53:42.51 Chris Olson Yeah, or or at least just yeah spend more time with them and and it might have even clicked even further. 00:53:42.71 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:53:45.81 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:53:47.11 Chris Olson But what I did like ah as well was there's this youthful spirit to the film that felt kind of timeless. 00:53:47.64 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:53:53.24 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:53:55.86 Chris Olson And I think people anyone watching this, even if you went to school, yeah not in the 80s, before the 80s or after the 80s, I think you're going to connect with this film in a sense of that youthful experience and that they're on the cusp of adulthood. 00:53:56.17 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:54:02.52 Brian Penn yeah 00:54:09.65 Chris Olson it's that coming of age trope, you know, that everyone knows about that, that this film has that popular appeal. And because it's done in a way that does feel slick, the production values are great, the soundtrack's great, the costumes are fantastic, that I think it's, you feel like you're watching something far more fascinating than an indie film. 00:54:30.64 Chris Olson This this felt, i was like, this could easily you know, a Netflix film or or or even at the cinema, would happily watch this. 00:54:35.09 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. that's like 00:54:37.56 Chris Olson And I think it would get a great audience because you've got that wide appeal. It's not aiming specifically at any so one genre and it's doing it in a way that is very accessible. 00:54:48.44 Chris Olson The whole kind of mystery around what is the... terrible thing that's going to happen will also hook you. 00:54:53.69 Brian Penn yeah 00:54:54.53 Chris Olson I think that's what hooks because otherwise it's just like a, you know, it feels like it could be an episode of the OC or something, you just something else. It's all just high school kids being high school kids, but because you've got that potential teams, you know, horror thing going on as well, it it ah elevates it slightly above that. 00:55:03.60 Brian Penn yeah 00:55:07.31 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 00:55:11.04 Chris Olson So yeah, I think it's, yeah it's got a lot going for it. 00:55:14.16 Brian Penn yeah Yeah. Definitely has. it's got real potential. 00:55:17.70 Chris Olson um All is Fine in 89. If you Google it, you will find our review written by Chris Buick, who absolutely loved the film. Spoilers there, he gave it five stars um back in March, end of March. 00:55:25.83 Brian Penn Yeah. Hmm. 00:55:29.66 Chris Olson and And he also did a video review of the film. So if you go to that review, go to the bottom, you can hit play. on our YouTube channel is a video of Chris talking about his ah very glowing verdict of the film. 00:55:44.33 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:55:45.69 Chris Olson And you can also watch that you're on our TikTok channel as well. 00:55:47.46 Brian Penn So the listeners have got great value then, haven't they, for this review? You've got but but it all covered. 00:55:51.49 Chris Olson wow you can hear all these different opinions, are all generally positive. Yeah. 00:55:55.04 Brian Penn All covered. Yeah. 00:55:55.87 Chris Olson um 00:55:56.20 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:55:56.61 Chris Olson So yeah. And the film itself has a Instagram page. So it's at all is fine in 89 or one word there. And we have tagged them in certain things. 00:56:07.30 Chris Olson so We should be able to find that fairly easily. And I think you said film, you should definitely check out, at least check out, you know what you can of it. 00:56:11.88 Brian Penn yeah 00:56:14.48 Chris Olson and Because I think it's going to be one of those ones that we suddenly go, ah right. yeah Yeah. We reviewed that and it's, it's doing really well. 00:56:18.78 Brian Penn I know, yeah. 00:56:21.08 Chris Olson um But yeah, that's all is fine at 89. Thank you to the filmmakers there for sending that. Moving on now to another indie film, this one I reviewed, and i actually yeah did a video review of this as well. 00:56:32.11 Brian Penn Oh, wow. 00:56:32.70 Chris Olson ah The film is called Retreat, and we're going to play little clip from the movie. 00:57:35.58 Chris Olson Do you think he did? Do you think Jesus did ABBA? 00:57:38.26 Brian Penn Well, yeah, I've always been aiming. Yeah, well, fair bet, isn't it, really? 00:57:39.93 Chris Olson Always be aiming. 00:57:41.99 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 00:57:42.97 Chris Olson Well, yeah legend says that he was. 00:57:43.53 Brian Penn yeah 00:57:45.45 Chris Olson um Opinions differ. But yeah, um in the movie Retreat, written and directed by filmmaker Christopher Newbery. The film stars Denise Wilton and Harry Walters, who you heard in that clip. 00:57:57.73 Chris Olson Mother Jane and her son Jamie. They're on their way to a mindset retreat um in the hopes of finding a happier and more positive life. There's the death in their family a few years earlier and they're hoping to find a better future. But once at the retreat, Jamie meets Sophia, easy kid. 00:58:17.08 Chris Olson And she is the very much vexed daughter of the host of the retreat. And they both share the same kind of exacerbated outlook on the on the world, and as well as the people they are in the company with. um Whilst escaping from a nappy home may seem idyllic, Jane's wayward behavior and promiscuity embarrass Jamie no end and reveal a darkness in their past, which may come to a head during this weekend getaway. 00:58:45.07 Brian Penn I have to say, Chris, it surprised me. 00:58:45.21 Chris Olson What do you think of Retreat, Brian? 00:58:49.94 Brian Penn You know, what? when you you you start out with this film and set up for it, they're going off to a weekend retreat. It's father and son. 00:59:00.13 Brian Penn They're trying to reconnect with each other as much as themselves, aren't they? 00:59:03.15 Chris Olson Mother and son, not father and son. 00:59:05.05 Brian Penn Did I say father and son? I do apologise. Mother and son. 00:59:07.91 Chris Olson Freudian slip there, Brian. 00:59:09.05 Brian Penn Yeah, Freud and son. Sorry about that, yeah. um you've got a mother and son trying to reconnect with each other. They go off to this retreat and for me, you know, you you have a kind of an expectation of, 00:59:20.95 Brian Penn where the story might go, where you think it's going, then it doesn't. And it delves into what i I think is an engrossive, engrossive engrossing. I don't know what's happening to my words at the moment. um But it dives into something a lot deeper. 00:59:38.17 Brian Penn It becomes what I think is an impressive psychological thriller. And it fleshes the characters out with real depth. And they become very dynamic. And the relationship between Jamie and Sophie becomes the most telling relationship of all, doesn't it? 00:59:56.75 Brian Penn Where they're essentially kindred spirits and they find that they both have the same worldview or something very similar. So they one knows knows the other better than they realise. 01:00:08.26 Brian Penn And it one it winds up to what I feel is a surprising plot twist. 01:00:14.88 Chris Olson Yeah. 01:00:14.90 Brian Penn But we like plot twists. That's what you kind of expect. um very well done, very dark, very sinister in places. And you've got this kind of counterbalance because you've got the, um, I think it's Candice, isn't it? 01:00:29.74 Brian Penn The, the host of the hostess of the, of the, the camp, the retreat who's, who's endlessly happy and on the high, hat happy on the high side, you know, and then you've got Jamie who's, who's deeply down for reasons that we won't, uh, delve into. 01:00:34.50 Chris Olson yeah 01:00:48.46 Brian Penn um And it's a great contrast between the two. And they're both, they're all searching for something, aren't they? But do they find it? Well, you need to watch it, but it's very good. It's very well executed, well written. 01:01:04.45 Brian Penn i liked all the actors in it. I think Harry Walters, who played Jamie, was excellent. He had a great sort laid back delivery, up which I really liked. So ah think it's got a hell of lot going for it. And it's, 01:01:19.12 Brian Penn he Deserves a lot of credit. he Deserves some attention. And I'm so glad we've shined a light on this. Because it is good. 01:01:26.05 Chris Olson Yeah, this definitely felt like one of those kind of indie horrors, indie thrillers that you kind of go, I'm so lucky to have seen that because yeah it could easily not be something that falls into your path. 01:01:33.13 Brian Penn Hmm. 01:01:36.76 Brian Penn Hmm. 01:01:36.96 Chris Olson And with Retreat, there is that element of like, again, we can't really spoil it, but it doesn't go the way you think it's going to go. And it doesn't fall the way that you think it might. 01:01:49.27 Chris Olson The characters are brilliantly written. they there's They're really interesting characters and they're not 01:01:52.10 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:01:55.56 Chris Olson trying to do too much with them. they They know that, okay, let's keep this because they're already doing something slightly ambitious with the plot that You're not being sidetracked too much. 01:02:07.70 Chris Olson yeah There's not lots of, okay, all about all this and all that. they They keep it fairly tight through most of it. um yeah obviously Yeah, definitely Harry Walters was great. I also thought Denise Wilton was brilliant. 01:02:18.11 Chris Olson um I think that's a really fun character to play, the mother Jane, who's just absolutely wayward. 01:02:19.81 Brian Penn yeah 01:02:24.99 Brian Penn Hmm. 01:02:25.13 Chris Olson And yeah, Denise Wilton's having a lot of fun with that and just... It is is great to watch. It's so much fun to watch the someone do that. 01:02:33.87 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:02:34.07 Chris Olson um Yeah, I think... the the movie works on a lot of levels it reminded me i mentioned this in my review it reminded me slightly about of midsummer where you've got that kind of daytime creepiness to it like because it's not it's not trying to scare you with like oh they're walking around at night in the in the camp it's more kind of going you know what there's something weird going on here we don't need to give the night time it's just weird in the daytime and it was like it really was quite quite disturbing 01:02:44.11 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. yeah 01:02:53.96 Brian Penn yeah 01:02:56.32 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. ah 01:03:00.94 Brian Penn Yeah, I think myths i think your sort of analogy with Midsommar Murders is is a good one um because it does have that kind of slightly dark and sinister feel to filter it. Not that you think something's going to happen, but you think it's the countryside. 01:03:15.19 Brian Penn It just reminds you that where they are is desolate, you know. um So, yeah, it's really good. it's um I was impressed by it. 01:03:25.58 Chris Olson Yeah, absolutely. um Retreat is one of those films that I hope people can find, but whether they'll be able to, I don't know. i'm Oh, yes, it's you can rent it on Amazon Prime. 01:03:38.54 Chris Olson There we go. 01:03:38.75 Brian Penn Oh. 01:03:39.26 Chris Olson That's nice. We don't always get to to do that. So that's nice to be able to signpost people to that. 01:03:42.08 Brian Penn Ah, okay. 01:03:44.94 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:03:45.49 Chris Olson um I think... you probably feel this listeners with some of the films we reviewed tonight because we're not able to go too much into the plot for fear of giving it away. 01:03:55.82 Chris Olson We're doing our best to sort of skirt around what happens. 01:03:57.45 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:03:59.77 Chris Olson um 01:04:00.09 Brian Penn yeah 01:04:00.89 Chris Olson But honestly, we would love to just go into more details in terms of what happens and and why. 01:04:03.65 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 01:04:05.76 Chris Olson But with retreat, it would be absolutely terrible to spoil what happens. So yeah, do find it. yeah Go on Amazon and watch it and tell us what you thought of it. 01:04:13.08 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:04:13.92 Chris Olson And yeah when you find the... um 01:04:17.10 Brian Penn Well, I think we we've with all the yeah films we've featured tonight, we've given you enough, we've given the viewers and the listeners enough so to know what it's about and where we think it's going and what what it's worth. 01:04:30.70 Brian Penn But then the rest of it's up to them, isn't it? 01:04:33.02 Chris Olson It is up to them. um 01:04:34.29 Brian Penn and 01:04:35.10 Chris Olson If you want to hear me talk more about the film, you can go on to the UK Film Review YouTube or TikTok channels and watch my video review. Head to our website, um look for the Retreat... It's just called Retreat, not the Retreat. 01:04:46.32 Chris Olson Retreat Review. And at the bottom is the trailer, so have a watch at that. The film itself, I say, is available on Amazon, I believe, and... Yeah, the director has a an Instagram profile, Chris K Newbury. 01:05:02.26 Chris Olson What was it? Newbury with a K. 01:05:04.14 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:05:04.18 Chris Olson K Newbury. Yeah, no, that must be his middle name. I'm going to guess. K. Carl? Carl? Could be Carl. This isn't important. I'm just just doing it for fun. 01:05:15.23 Chris Olson um Yeah, Chris K Newbury Instagram page profile. If you want to follow his filmmaking, And, yeah, do check it out if you can, because I think it's really good, really strong. 01:05:27.31 Brian Penn worth it. Yeah. 01:05:28.67 Chris Olson In the same kind of, I would say, tone, tonally with Clown and Out, those sort of two films, they've got that gritty kind of disturbing feel to them. 01:05:34.76 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:05:38.00 Chris Olson And both, yeah know that would make a great double feature, I'd say. Watch those two. 01:05:41.25 Brian Penn Yeah, actually. 01:05:42.26 Chris Olson And then on on then on the next night, maybe Sunday night, you watch Time Rewind and All is Fine, because you've got two films 01:05:48.82 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:05:48.90 Chris Olson you know, period pieces, know, going back in time, you know. 01:05:51.27 Brian Penn Yeah. They're both based in 89, aren't they? Yeah, you got... 01:05:54.10 Chris Olson And if you've yeah if that's your vibe, then you know where you're at. 01:05:56.83 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:05:57.25 Chris Olson Or just watch all of them in one night. 01:05:57.58 Brian Penn So... 01:05:59.88 Chris Olson um 01:06:00.81 Brian Penn So you've given them a ah great choice there. 01:06:03.53 Chris Olson There you They've got no reason not to do it. 01:06:04.24 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. Oh. 01:06:05.68 Chris Olson That's Retreat. We've got one more indie film to review. It's a documentary this time, though, ah called It'll Never Work, directed... by Joe Osborne and mainly starring Hans' uncles, who has very kindly provided us a little promo clip. 01:06:20.66 Chris Olson It's him talking to us directly, so you can hear from Hans right now. 01:06:22.60 Brian Penn oh 01:07:45.28 Chris Olson Well, if the president is listening, actually, I don't know what I'd say. 01:07:49.71 Brian Penn Yeah, well, I mean... 01:07:51.98 Chris Olson I'm not going get into I'm not going get into it. 01:07:53.55 Brian Penn know, I... 01:07:54.54 Chris Olson um But Taylor Swift, if you're listening, welcome. 01:07:54.56 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 01:07:56.74 Chris Olson um 01:07:57.31 Brian Penn Where have you been? 01:07:57.80 Chris Olson Lovely to have you here. ah But yeah, thank you, Hans. 01:08:00.23 Brian Penn Where have you been, Tyler? 01:08:01.30 Chris Olson How have you been, tay 01:08:01.35 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 01:08:02.86 Chris Olson Send us ah and there's a message. ah But yeah, lovely to hear from Hansette. And he he did a lot of explaining about what the film is, which is great. 01:08:10.83 Brian Penn yeah 01:08:10.90 Chris Olson ah Documentary called It Will Never Work. And It's all about the struggles and challenges that Hans faces attempting to convert a petrol, no diesel boat into an electric boat and it's not so much the actual physical transformation of the boat that is challenging, it's actually all of the bureaucracy and administration around it ah in order to do something which realistically should be fairly simple, you know, trying to do something better for the environment, go more green, which they're always telling us to do and the documentary is his journey through all of that red tape. 01:08:51.04 Chris Olson What did you think of It Will Never Work, Brian? 01:08:53.89 Brian Penn Well, the first thing I say is I'm not sure it's got the right title. It's very negative because he's 01:09:01.70 Chris Olson He's not at all, is he? 01:09:02.87 Brian Penn No, exactly. This is why I'm saying it's got the wrong title. I really liked it. I think Hans' uncle is incredibly likable as a character. You kind of root for him all the way through because bottom line is, what's he trying to achieve? He's trying to build a better life for himself, but he's trying to develop a new way of working for the fishing industry, right? 01:09:24.39 Brian Penn He's trying to prove that the industry can be sustainable on more than one level, right? And he's saying, look, We can build an electric boat. It can work on solar power. 01:09:35.45 Brian Penn Better for the environment. Better for the industry. And you're just rooting for him from day one. Now, I don't have a clue what goes into retrofitting a boat that works on diesel and putting an engine in to make sure it works by battery. 01:09:53.06 Brian Penn But you buy into it. You're completely invested in it. you know And it it's the kind of thing yeah i would watch, and I mean this as a compliment, kind of thing I would watch on a Sunday afternoon. I'd sit down with a cup of tea and a bit of toast. 01:10:06.58 Brian Penn I want to watch something comforting and hopeful and positive. And this is kind of it, right? And yes, you' you're right about the bureaucracy. well All the hoops he has to go through. 01:10:19.27 Chris Olson Thank you. 01:10:20.10 Brian Penn The fact that he's looking for a grant, he's looking for funding and that he's risking his own savings, hoping that the grant's going to come through. He needs to get clearance from ah the compliance authorities, the Maritime and Coast Guard Agency needs to approve oh what he's done. 01:10:37.95 Brian Penn And every step of the way, you're kind of, you're part it, you're feeling it and you're living it and you think, God, i hope he does it. Because bottom line is he's such a nice guy, of the earth. 01:10:48.93 Brian Penn You know, he he's the the c type of person you would like to meet in the pub and buy him a beer and say, well done, because you've done something really worthwhile. 01:10:58.96 Chris Olson Yeah, I 100% agree with that. As you say, it's not a criticism to say that it it's got a likeness to it that you can enjoy in in that environment. yeah It felt at times more televisual to me than cinematic. 01:11:14.78 Brian Penn Yeah, I think so. 01:11:15.27 Chris Olson It felt more like it was something you could watch, as you say, on a small screen. 01:11:16.14 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:11:21.54 Chris Olson That being said... 01:11:21.63 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:11:23.17 Chris Olson There are some some good shots of the the coast and and obviously where it is is a beautiful setting. I wanted more of that. I think I said this in my review. wanted more of... 01:11:32.06 Brian Penn Hmm. 01:11:33.64 Chris Olson at sea. I think there is a lot of footage. Maybe it was making a point. yeah i think it was making a point saying how much of that journey actually was nothing to do with the boat. It was to do with the paperwork around it. 01:11:44.93 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:11:45.66 Chris Olson But from a audience perspective, it felt a little bit um tedious at times when you're having to look at all that paperwork. Yeah, I get it. 01:11:52.88 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:11:53.24 Chris Olson I get it. But it'd be nice to sort of go back to the boat, right? And you go and look around some of the islands and or yeah around the coast because it's more visually pleasing. 01:11:55.58 Brian Penn Yeah. more arresting, isn't it? 01:12:02.32 Chris Olson um 01:12:02.59 Brian Penn yeah more arresting isn't it 01:12:04.62 Chris Olson Yeah. 01:12:05.14 Brian Penn you know You can only so look at the inside of a workshop for so long, can't you, as well? 01:12:10.01 Chris Olson There was a lot of that. There was a lot of yeah things. 01:12:11.27 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:12:12.01 Chris Olson And some of it is really interesting. you know Just like, yo okay, well, yeah they don't need the engine now, so where are they going to put this? 01:12:15.21 Brian Penn Yeah, of course it is. Yeah. 01:12:18.35 Chris Olson But then they're like, okay, yeah, but yeah you've got all these problems with 01:12:18.62 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:12:21.84 Chris Olson but what if water gets in here or whatever it's it's it's at yeah that stuff is good i think the um i just would have happily had more of the sort of scenic shots that could have been there but as it is as you say it's a very enjoyable um documentary not least because of han's uncles and also some of the other characters around there like you know like his family and friends that are helping him 01:12:24.16 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:12:44.09 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:12:46.74 Chris Olson um you know they're all there was a great scene where he's playing music and it's actually part of the soundtrack you he's playing some music something on the accordion or something that's gonna yeah and that was great you know stuff like that really adds a lovely charm and warmth to the movie and to the documentary and I think that that's something that will appeal to a lot of audiences probably 01:12:46.81 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:12:54.96 Brian Penn You called in. Yeah, that's right. Yeah. Yeah. 01:13:00.34 Brian Penn Yeah. yeah Yeah, it does. Hmm. 01:13:09.24 Chris Olson older audiences more than younger people. 01:13:11.05 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:13:11.40 Chris Olson you know, anyone can get a kick out of this, especially if you do have an interest in greener technology, boats in particular. 01:13:11.84 Brian Penn Fair to say, I think. Yeah. 01:13:21.22 Chris Olson this um This is great for it. And as you say, it's something that he's doing that makes you want to buy him a beer. You want him to go, yeah yeah, well done, mate, good job, you especially going through all that. 01:13:28.26 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 01:13:31.23 Chris Olson And he says, even in the documentary, saying... 01:13:31.48 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:13:34.20 Chris Olson he could just not do it, right? He's not, he doesn't have to do it, but he's almost trying to pave the way for other people to do it It's actually a bit of a shame you mentioned in his little audio clip there that it's not happened by the sounds of it, that there is still the only one. 01:13:36.70 Brian Penn Well, yeah, yeah. 01:13:46.32 Brian Penn well Yeah. yeah 01:13:48.96 Chris Olson and Although in the documentary, he mentioned that there are other people with the same technology being used. I think it's just different types of boats, right, or different types of vessels. 01:13:57.03 Brian Penn yeah 01:13:59.42 Chris Olson So I think it's great that things are going in that way. 01:13:59.46 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:14:02.13 Chris Olson But what's really poignant about the documentary is the fact that for all the talk, all the political spiel about how we all need to be greener and we need to have these initiatives, when someone tries to do it, they throw up all these blockades. 01:14:11.90 Brian Penn Hmm. 01:14:16.45 Chris Olson you know They stop them, you make it very, very difficult, very, very expensive for anyone to even do it. 01:14:21.60 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:14:22.04 Chris Olson And a lot of it is actually just unnecessary. It's just things are just, okay, well, yeah yeah, but there's no classification for this. 01:14:24.30 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:14:27.48 Chris Olson It's like, okay, yeah, but just just create one. 01:14:27.80 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:14:29.04 Chris Olson you don't to Someone shouldn't have to spend thousands of pounds for you to make it you know possible for them to do this. 01:14:34.97 Brian Penn it's so 01:14:35.06 Chris Olson Bonkers. 01:14:35.81 Brian Penn yeah It's always the way, isn't 01:14:38.39 Chris Olson Make it the money. 01:14:40.58 Brian Penn it? There's always got to be ah ah standard ah criteria that you need you need to satisfy somewhere. you know And that's one um one one of the last great annoyances, isn't it? Is that you need to tick boxes, continually tick boxes. 01:14:59.93 Chris Olson Box ticking. Well, I also do, yeah, you mentioned about the film's title. 01:15:01.13 Brian Penn yeah 01:15:05.85 Chris Olson What would you change it to though, Brian? Have you thought about it so are you just throwing, you throwing things around though? 01:15:07.58 Brian Penn Oh, do you know what? That is such a good question that I can't answer. and 01:15:13.73 Chris Olson Yeah. 01:15:14.31 Brian Penn I know it's not right. You want something a bit more, oh, I don't know, a bit more hopeful because is ah hopeful thing. It is a positive thing. 01:15:25.73 Brian Penn What about positivity even? 01:15:28.31 Chris Olson Well, it's a bit bit cliche, bit on the nose there, but I can't think of a better one at the moment. But, you listeners, send us your out your ideas. 01:15:35.69 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:15:35.98 Chris Olson yeah You can rent the film on Amazon Prime, so go rent it. 01:15:36.93 Brian Penn Yeah. All right. 01:15:40.55 Chris Olson See you think? Or just based the name of what we've said. you know just just didn't hear What's that? I will be honest, I love a pun. And there are so many puns around this. you know Fish, boats, green energy, whatever. 01:15:52.89 Chris Olson Give me your best pun one. 01:15:54.05 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:15:54.12 Chris Olson yeah Send it in because I will love to hear them. I don't know if the filmmakers will enjoy it, but... we'll Maybe we'll read the best ones out on the next episode. 01:16:00.90 Brian Penn but We will. Yeah, we'll read the best ones out. Yeah. Yeah. 01:16:05.60 Chris Olson Yeah, so that that's homework. 01:16:05.80 Brian Penn Yeah, come on, let's do it. Yeah. 01:16:07.48 Chris Olson We don't often set homework for listeners of Film Club. 01:16:08.73 Brian Penn No. 01:16:09.89 Chris Olson Even though it sounds like we should, we don't. 01:16:10.00 Brian Penn No. Yeah. 01:16:12.04 Chris Olson um But yeah, do send us that. 01:16:14.94 Brian Penn Yeah, definitely. 01:16:15.05 Chris Olson ah The film... has been reviewed on the website by me so you can go and read what I've said if you like it's generally what I've said to Brian um but maybe I said something more eloquent because maybe i wasn't doing off the cuff like I am here and you can also watch the trailer 01:16:24.07 Brian Penn Hmm. 01:16:31.32 Chris Olson So that is available on the review page. You can follow the film, I believe, on Instagram at It Will Never Work. There is, I believe, a Facebook page. But yeah, Instagram and they're all kind of linked, aren't they? 01:16:43.20 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:16:43.26 Chris Olson And as I say, the film is available to rent on Amazon. So yeah, have a little watch. It's perfect for an Amazon viewing, actually. you don't I don't think you necessarily need to see this in a cinema. 01:16:50.29 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:16:52.66 Chris Olson But yeah if you've got one of those local screenings that you can go to or you've already been to one, as Han said, they did really well, then let us know. Let us know what you thought. um Moving on, lastly, to our nostalgia pick. 01:17:06.70 Chris Olson So this is a film from the past. 01:17:07.22 Brian Penn Hmm. 01:17:10.15 Chris Olson Brian, I've done it again. I've gone with 1995. I keep getting films from 1995 and 01:17:15.30 Brian Penn well What is it about 95 then, Chris, in particular? 01:17:17.55 Chris Olson so well it's 30 years ago and I just often that make that scares me to death that that has gone so quickly ah absolutely frightening this one I did pick for two reasons one it has Bobby in it it's got Bobby De Niro in it um alongside al Pacino so the second reason though is it's one of those films that you have to go back and watch again and and you have to find time for it again because it is 01:17:22.01 Brian Penn ah know. Yeah. It's frightening, isn't it, really? 01:17:32.99 Brian Penn It's got Bob, yeah. 01:17:37.64 Brian Penn Hmm. 01:17:47.93 Chris Olson One of the best films ever made. It is so good, in my opinion. But we'll hear what Brian thinks in a second. If you haven't guessed it already, it's Michael Mann's Heat. um It's also due for a remake, I believe. 01:17:57.96 Chris Olson Oh, not remake, a a sequel, right? They're doing another one. 01:18:00.59 Brian Penn Yeah, apparently. Yeah. 01:18:01.47 Chris Olson Yeah. 01:18:02.06 Brian Penn Yeah, so I hear. 01:18:02.45 Chris Olson Which I'm fine with, but I don't think you can touch the original here. I just don't think it'll be possible. 01:18:09.00 Brian Penn Oh, 01:18:10.58 Chris Olson Um... 01:18:11.28 Brian Penn don't know I don't know. yeah 01:18:13.54 Chris Olson If you haven't seen it, I mean, Brian, in a nutshell, what how would you describe the plot of Heat? 01:18:20.12 Brian Penn ah well, it's cops and robbers, really, isn't it? 01:18:23.89 Chris Olson There you go. That's it. 01:18:24.60 Brian Penn But, ah yeah, you could leave it at that, literally, couldn't you, Reid? 01:18:24.71 Chris Olson now I think you could you could do just do with that, couldn't you? 01:18:29.03 Brian Penn But it goes a lot deeper than that. You know, um it's not sort of saying we're not so we're not just talking about good guys and bad guys here. We're talking about the people they are, their relationships, their families, their partners, their lives, their and how they're affected by the jobs they do. 01:18:52.69 Brian Penn right um And it all it all leads up to, well, there are two standouts. 01:18:57.79 Chris Olson Yeah. 01:19:00.16 Brian Penn I mean, I think it's a modern classic, by the way. It is one of the greatest films ever ever made. Michael Mann was at his very best. 01:19:07.08 Chris Olson yeah 01:19:07.15 Brian Penn I don't think he's done anything better than he. It's fantastic. And you don't want it to end, you know, and the fact that they're, they're contemplating a sequel. 01:19:19.76 Brian Penn It brings to mind ah ah description applied to Godfather Part III by Nathan, who's a reviewer on Empire magazine. 01:19:31.00 Brian Penn And he said, the problem with with ah Godfather Part III is that you crave it, but you don't want it. And that is going to be the problem with the sequel to Heat. 01:19:42.15 Brian Penn You crave it, but you don't want it. you you what you want to see more, but you don't want the legend to be tarnished in any way. Because it's a masterpiece. 01:19:49.96 Chris Olson yeah 01:19:52.04 Brian Penn And there were two standouts for me in the film. It's obviously when when ah Pacino and De Niro meet on screen for the first time. 01:19:59.35 Chris Olson the dynainene The classic diner scene. 01:20:01.24 Brian Penn The dynasty. There's that scene and also the shootout, which I think is it's incredible. 01:20:04.83 Chris Olson Oh, that shootout was so loud, wasn't it? 01:20:08.53 Brian Penn Absolutely incredible. You know? 01:20:10.53 Chris Olson Yeah. 01:20:11.18 Brian Penn um And, you know, it's not just, i mean, you've got, um, you've got, you've got De Niro and Pacino, obviously, but you've also got Val Kilmer, God rest him, uh, John, John Voight, Ashley Judd, and a fabulous supporting cast. 01:20:23.50 Chris Olson Yeah, NRIP. 01:20:32.18 Brian Penn But, you know, in some ways you think you've got a great cast like that, but you've also got De Niro and Pacino as well. And, um it's an historic moment, isn't it? 01:20:40.94 Chris Olson Yeah. 01:20:42.02 Brian Penn The dynasty is an historic moment. And what I think is particularly interesting about that scene is that they don't have a lot of dialogue particularly. You know, they don't pack it with a lot of dialogue, which would have been tempting to do that. 01:20:55.31 Brian Penn But they kind of joust with each other quietly, don't they? 01:20:58.91 Chris Olson yeah 01:20:59.32 Brian Penn But, you know, and I think it's a classic moment in the in the movies generally. And a great film, just a great film. 01:21:09.98 Chris Olson And earlier we were talking about G20, it's an action movie through and through, leave your brain at the door movie. Whereas that he shows what an action movie can be. 01:21:20.42 Chris Olson Like this can be, like say, modern classic, where yes, the action scenes in this film are still, even now, incredible. right You watch them and just think, wow, that's so well filmed. 01:21:33.44 Brian Penn um 01:21:33.88 Chris Olson it Funnily enough, to um there's the heist scene. with the trucks and things. And it reminded me of like how Nolan made the Batman films. 01:21:39.47 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:21:42.69 Chris Olson Like I feel that they were inspired by heat. 01:21:43.33 Brian Penn What? Right, yeah. 01:21:45.84 Chris Olson You you've got that gritty brutalism to them and it just felt like visceral when you're watching it. 01:21:49.85 Brian Penn Mm. 01:21:52.60 Chris Olson um But then you've also got not just those action scenes, you've got some really poignant drama going on. 01:21:58.20 Brian Penn Mm. 01:21:58.41 Chris Olson know, you've got the character, De Niro's character, who seems the whole title is around the idea of like, you know, if the heat is on, yeah you need be able walk away from your life within 30 seconds. 01:22:09.19 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:22:10.35 Chris Olson And his whole character is so detached from anyone and he's so kind of just ready to leave at any moment. 01:22:10.35 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:22:18.17 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:22:18.59 Chris Olson And it's how that has impacted him, you know, his happiness. 01:22:20.29 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:22:21.47 Chris Olson And then you've got Pacino's character who's sort of similarly so invested in his job. He can't, you know, can't leave it alone. 01:22:27.58 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:22:29.43 Chris Olson And there's all that going on. It's it's got lovely undercurrents of human drama, 01:22:34.53 Brian Penn and yeah 01:22:35.56 Chris Olson But you're you you're being presented this through incredible scenes of action. 01:22:41.19 Brian Penn yeah 01:22:41.24 Chris Olson It's just, and as you say, know, any movie where you get some people like John Voight and Val Kilmer being, you know, absolutely put in the shadow by these two leads that just dominate. 01:22:42.42 Brian Penn and 01:22:49.49 Brian Penn Yeah, I know. Yeah. 01:22:52.80 Chris Olson It is, in the the casting of this film is incredible. 01:22:53.31 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:22:56.06 Brian Penn Yeah, and I know. You can't force it. You cannot force it. It's difficult. You see, what I think brilliant, though, and this this shows what a great director Michael Mann is, is that the the action, you might look upon it as an action movie. 01:23:10.44 Brian Penn And I don't think it's just an action movie by itself, right? It's a great study. It's a human study of motivation, the human conditions. what drives and motivates people to do the things they do. 01:23:22.49 Brian Penn And he's quite happy to break up the action with long passages where he delves into the characters more. But you kind of you don't sort of necessarily miss the action when he's doing that, but because you you get so engrossed in the characters. 01:23:37.22 Brian Penn But then when the action arrives again, you think, oh, great, right, we've got some we got some visuals to ah to look at now. And it's just amazing. I mean, another great scene that springs to mind Tom Sizemore, terrific actor as well. 01:23:52.51 Brian Penn during During the shootout, when he picks the kid up and he e eyeballs Pacino, what a brilliant thing that is 01:23:55.92 Chris Olson Yeah. 01:24:01.80 Brian Penn you know so so For someone like Pacino's character to stay that calm and focused on what he needs to do. um you you run i i run out of superlatives for a film like he. I've not watched it in in a fair number of years. 01:24:18.94 Brian Penn But it seemed very fresh to me as well. 01:24:22.29 Chris Olson Yeah, it's this is absolutely compulsory viewing heat. i think anyone who's a fan of cinema yeah has to make time for it. And you can by watching on Disney. Disney Plus, it's on there right now. 01:24:34.76 Chris Olson um I'm not going to mention the other platform that we seem to have mentioned loads on this show um because, to be honest, they don't pay us to. So I'm not going 01:24:41.41 Brian Penn I know. I know. 01:24:42.54 Chris Olson No, none of them pay us. 01:24:42.57 Brian Penn and i but but 01:24:44.14 Chris Olson Not yet. 01:24:44.45 Brian Penn But if they did, no worries. well 01:24:46.78 Chris Olson If they did, i would I'd spell out their name, you know, 01:24:47.78 Brian Penn and wor Yeah, exactly. 01:24:50.89 Chris Olson on my, ah I'd get a tattoo. No, and that's not true. i No, I wouldn't do that. But yeah, or or a cap, know, because this is an audio based podcast anyway, so it wouldn't matter. 01:24:55.37 Brian Penn we might wear We might wear T-shirts with it on. Let's say that. Yeah. Yeah. 01:25:02.63 Chris Olson um 01:25:02.67 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:25:03.28 Chris Olson But yeah, he is available on Disney and it was a tie in because Bobby is in the Alto Knights. So I wanted to make sure that we sort of did that. And also I just love going back to 995. That might just be the theme of the nostalgia picks this year. 01:25:14.51 Brian Penn Yeah, it could be. 01:25:15.39 Chris Olson Any film that came out 30 years ago. 01:25:16.04 Brian Penn Yeah, I'm... I'll have to try and work out what film from 1995 you're going to pick for the next one now. 01:25:21.46 Chris Olson Yeah, see if you can work it out. um Alongside working out a new title for It'll Never Work, you know, a pun-infested one. 01:25:27.14 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 01:25:28.95 Chris Olson yeah By the way, we're happy with that title, by the way. Hans, don't listen to us. 01:25:32.85 Brian Penn Yeah, I know. 01:25:33.09 Chris Olson yeah It's a great title. 01:25:33.41 Brian Penn it's It's just, we're just joshing, aren't we, really? 01:25:34.41 Chris Olson We're just We're joshing. We're being we're being picky. 01:25:37.26 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 01:25:38.43 Chris Olson um But yeah, thank you if you've made it to the end of this episode. I know not all of you do. And to those people, you are dead to me. um But to those people who've made it to the end, thank you so much. 01:25:49.08 Chris Olson It's been it's been a journey through many films. I think 10 films-ish on this episode. 01:25:53.36 Brian Penn Same films, yeah. Yeah. 01:25:55.60 Chris Olson which is, that's about as much as we do, guys, all right, and girls and everyone in between. 01:25:58.56 Brian Penn Hmm. 01:26:00.16 Chris Olson That's about as far as me and Brian can handle. So thank you to all the indie filmmakers for sending their films and their clips. 01:26:02.87 Brian Penn Oh my... 01:26:06.47 Chris Olson It's great being able to play a clip as well. If you've enjoyed like the sound of any of those movies, head to our website, read the reviews, and drop a comment on our post when we post about them because the filmmakers love to see it. 01:26:08.79 Brian Penn Yep. 01:26:19.16 Chris Olson They also love to know that other people have watched them, not just us. 01:26:21.86 Brian Penn A 01:26:22.89 Chris Olson We'll be back in May with another episode, hopefully. And in the meantime, just want to say a big thank you to Brian for watching all those movies. 01:26:30.95 Brian Penn ah pleasure as always. 01:26:31.32 Chris Olson Thank you, Brian. ah Thank you to the listeners and to the filmmakers. Yeah, this has been UK Film Club. We'll see you again next time. 01:26:39.32 Brian Penn bye for now. Previous Next

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Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up Official Trailer. Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up will be in UK & Irish cinemas from 13th February 2026.. Brand new film trailers. Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up Write up by Chris Olson The moment the trailer for The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie dropped, I knew we were in for something special. For decades, fans like me have waited for a return to the true, unadulterated madness of the classic animated shorts, and director Pete Browngardt and his team look like they have delivered. This is not some watered-down, CG-hybrid; this is 2D, hand-drawn, pure cartoon chaos at feature length, and it looks glorious. The premise alone is gold, proving that the high-stakes, sci-fi buddy comedy genre is a perfect fit for the dynamic of Porky Pig and Daffy Duck. The trailer establishes our duo not as superstar celebrities, but as genuine, if highly dysfunctional, roommates who stumble into an alien mind control plot. Their antics at the local bubble gum factory, a setting so wonderfully mundane it immediately screams "Looney Tunes," lead them to uncover a sinister conspiracy. Who else but Daffy Duck would be the one to recognize the sticky green residue of alien sabotage? Eric Bauza, stepping into the roles of both Daffy and Porky, sounds pitch-perfect, capturing the manic energy of the duck and the enduring exasperation of the pig. The trailer showcases their classic opposition: Porky, trying to maintain some semblance of responsibility and order, and Daffy, a hurricane of ego and good intentions that inevitably causes more problems than he solves. This film takes that relationship and stretches it across a global emergency, where they are, hilariously, Earth's only hope. What truly excites me, and what the trailer absolutely nails, is the visual style. This is an ode to the golden age of animation. The bold colors, the exaggerated expressions, and the sheer, physical comedy of the slapstick are all present and accounted for. You can see the love for the source material in every frame, from the fast-paced gags to the random cutaway bits that make the Looney Tunes Cartoons series so beloved. The fact that this is the first fully animated feature in the franchise’s history to be created specifically for a theatrical release signals a level of commitment that fans have craved. The trailer also teases a larger, wonderfully ridiculous narrative arc. We see Petunia Pig, an unexpected addition to the heroic trio, utilizing her scientific know-how alongside the duo’s knack for destruction. The ultimate reveal that the antagonist, "The Invader," was not trying to destroy the Earth but rather protect it with a giant gum bubble—all to save Earth's supply of boba tea—is a brilliant meta-gag that encapsulates the franchise's irreverent humor. The Day the Earth Blew Up promises a sci-fi action comedy with a scale never before experienced by this specific pair. It’s a film that knows exactly what it is: a giant, zany, hilarious cartoon. It’s a nostalgic trip that feels completely new and essential. This trailer didn't just sell a movie; it declared that the greatest comedic duo in animation history is back on the big screen, ready to drive each other—and us—absolutely looney. I’m ready for the chaos. Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up will be in UK & Irish cinemas from 13th February 2026. The Moment The Land of Sometimes Twins Alfie and Elise find a magical Wish Watch on Christmas Eve and are swept by the Wish Collector into the musical Land of Sometimes, where they learn that wishes have consequences. Avengers: Doomsday Fans are elated at the release of the first teaser trailer for Avengers: Doomsday. Set for a theatrical release on 18th December 2026, find out more here. 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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. . Brand new film trailers. A Tooth Fairy Tale The trailer for the new family animation, A Tooth Fairy Tale , presents a genuinely charming and high-concept spin on the well-trodden fantasy genre, suggesting a feature that could easily become a fixture for young audiences this autumn. Scheduled to arrive in Scottish cinemas from 10th October and hitting the nationwide circuit from 24th October, this adventure wastes no time establishing its core conflict and its surprisingly ambitious narrative scope. What immediately stands out is the film’s attempt to weave an ancient magical dispute with a modern, rebellious romance, underpinned by a voice cast that promises quality comedic delivery. At the heart of the story lies a setup proudly billed with a Romeo & Juliet-inspired twist. Van, voiced by Booboo Stewart, is a teenage Tooth Fairy who is clearly discontent with the "rigid traditions" of his sequestered civilisation. His foil and eventual partner is Gemma, a daring Goblin girl with a penchant for science, brought to life by Larkin Bell. The trailer establishes that despite the deep, ancient dispute between their tribes—fairies representing order and goblins representing, perhaps, chaos—Van and Gemma find common ground and a shared desire for adventure. The chemistry, even in this brief glimpse, looks promising, setting the stage for a classic quest to reunite their fractured magical kingdoms. The concept is inherently engaging for a family audience, combining the comforting mythology of the Tooth Fairy with the mischievous fun of Goblins and Trolls. Adding essential comic relief to their noble mission is Rupee, described as "the world’s cutest troll," voiced by Nicolas J Greco. The animation style, as showcased in the teaser, appears bright, clean, and perfectly calibrated for the demographic, offering vibrant character designs that are visually appealing. However, every great quest needs a compelling antagonist, and here the trailer introduces the formidable Spider Queen, voiced by the unmistakable Fran Drescher. Drescher's signature, distinctive tone seems perfectly suited to the role of a greedy villain who will "stop at nothing" to disrupt the protagonists’ plan for magical peace. Further bolstering the film's credentials is the remainder of the star-studded ensemble, including the experienced voices of Vivica A. Fox and Jon Lovitz. Their involvement hints at rich supporting characters and potentially more established figures within the warring kingdoms. The trailer successfully conveys a spirit of fun, daring, and grand adventure, promising a stunning feature that actively sparks the imagination of the whole family, from the youngest viewer to their parents. 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. It’s an original family offering in a market often crowded with sequels and reboots, and it looks like a charming addition to the autumn cinema schedule. This is definitely one to keep on the radar for half-term outings, offering both an exciting fantasy romp and a sweet message about looking past inherited disputes. The Moment The Land of Sometimes Twins Alfie and Elise find a magical Wish Watch on Christmas Eve and are swept by the Wish Collector into the musical Land of Sometimes, where they learn that wishes have consequences. 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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.

Don Q will be available on digital platforms in the UK on 15 September, thanks to Reel2Reel Films.. Brand new film trailers. Don Q From the moment we heard about a film starring Armand Assante , Chuck Zito , and multiple stars from The Sopranos , we knew we had to find out more. This isn't just another mob flick; it's a wildly different, charming, and clever take on the classic tale of Don Quixote. Don Q takes us to the streets of Little Italy where we meet Al Quinto, an elderly man played by Assante who has spent decades lost in a grand delusion. Al believes he's a legendary mafia boss, and he's on a mission to bring his neighbourhood back to its former glory. But his reign is all in his head, filled with imaginary mob associates and noble intentions. His sister, played by Saundra Santiago , is desperately trying to bring him back to reality, but Al's need to be a hero is too strong. The film's tone takes a sharp turn when an actual ex-con, played by Zito, gets out of prison. Al's harmless fantasy suddenly collides with a violent reality, and he finds himself at the centre of a real turf war with real enemies. What follows is a slick, engaging crime comedy that sees Al grappling with his delusion, a new young protégé, and even a betrayal from within his circle. Assante is in his element, bringing his trademark tough-guy charisma to a role that also requires a surprising amount of heart. Don Q is a love letter to the mafia genre and a must-see for fans. Don Q will be available on digital platforms in the UK on 15 September, thanks to Reel2Reel Films. The Moment The Land of Sometimes Twins Alfie and Elise find a magical Wish Watch on Christmas Eve and are swept by the Wish Collector into the musical Land of Sometimes, where they learn that wishes have consequences. Avengers: Doomsday Fans are elated at the release of the first teaser trailer for Avengers: Doomsday. Set for a theatrical release on 18th December 2026, find out more here. Greenland 2: Migration Now, the first official trailer for the sequel, Greenland 2: Migration, has landed, promising to take that survivalist tension into even more treacherous territory. Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up Official Trailer. Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up will be in UK & Irish cinemas from 13th February 2026. Mother Mary Ultimately, the Mother Mary trailer establishes a compelling promise: a film that uses the theatricality of the music industry to explore something primal about identity and obsession. Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come In the trailer for Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come establishes a new, thrilling chapter. It’s a sequel that dares to go bigger, transforming a single family’s twisted tradition into a full-scale, world-controlling bloodsport. Shelter People We Meet On Vacation People We Meet On Vacation looks set to be a thoroughly British affair in its tone and appeal—a charming, heartfelt escape, promising both belly laughs and a good cry. Doctor Plague Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery This first glimpse of Wake Up Dead Man isn’t just a trailer; it’s a brilliant statement of intent. The film looks primed to be a festive treat for audiences looking for a compelling, cleverly constructed mystery. Michael Michael is set to arrive in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on the 24th of April 2026, and based on this compelling first look, the world will indeed be waiting. 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 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. Brand new film trailers. A House of Dynamite From Academy Award®-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, known for her masterful work on The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, comes 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, globally on October 10th, and available to stream on Netflix from October 24th. The tension is palpable from the outset. The trailer opens with a stark observation about preparedness: "I always thought just being ready is the point. It keeps people in check. It keeps the world straight". This sentiment quickly turns ominous as a dire alert sounds: "Approximately three minutes ago, we detected an ICBM over the Pacific. Current flight trajectory is consistent with impact somewhere in the continental United States". The chilling announcement sets in motion a frantic race against time, as a single, unattributed missile threatens to ignite a catastrophic global conflict. We see a rapid escalation of events within the trailer, with military and political leaders scrambling to understand the threat and formulate a response. A digital map of the world shows the missile's trajectory, and the alert level dramatically changes from "REDCON 4" to "DEFCON 2". The urgency is underscored by frantic dialogue, as one character asks, "Is this real?" and another stresses, "STRATCOM is asking for launch instructions right now". The question of retaliation hangs heavy in the air, with the terrifying dilemma articulated by a character's exasperated cry: "We are talking about hitting a bullet with a bullet. So it's a [expletive] coin toss? That's what 50 billion dollars buys us?". The film boasts an impressive ensemble cast, featuring some of the industry's most compelling talents. Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee, and Jason Clarke are all glimpsed in intense moments throughout the trailer, their expressions conveying the immense pressure and fear of their characters. From high-stakes meetings in command centres to desperate attempts to escape what seems like inevitable devastation, the trailer showcases a breadth of performances that promise to anchor this nail-biting narrative. As the trailer progresses, the stakes become terrifyingly clear. "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. This is one film that will undoubtedly spark conversation and keep audiences gripped until the very end. The Moment The Land of Sometimes Twins Alfie and Elise find a magical Wish Watch on Christmas Eve and are swept by the Wish Collector into the musical Land of Sometimes, where they learn that wishes have consequences. Avengers: Doomsday Fans are elated at the release of the first teaser trailer for Avengers: Doomsday. Set for a theatrical release on 18th December 2026, find out more here. Greenland 2: Migration Now, the first official trailer for the sequel, Greenland 2: Migration, has landed, promising to take that survivalist tension into even more treacherous territory. Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up Official Trailer. Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up will be in UK & Irish cinemas from 13th February 2026. Mother Mary Ultimately, the Mother Mary trailer establishes a compelling promise: a film that uses the theatricality of the music industry to explore something primal about identity and obsession. Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come In the trailer for Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come establishes a new, thrilling chapter. It’s a sequel that dares to go bigger, transforming a single family’s twisted tradition into a full-scale, world-controlling bloodsport. Shelter People We Meet On Vacation People We Meet On Vacation looks set to be a thoroughly British affair in its tone and appeal—a charming, heartfelt escape, promising both belly laughs and a good cry. Doctor Plague Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery This first glimpse of Wake Up Dead Man isn’t just a trailer; it’s a brilliant statement of intent. The film looks primed to be a festive treat for audiences looking for a compelling, cleverly constructed mystery. Michael Michael is set to arrive in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on the 24th of April 2026, and based on this compelling first look, the world will indeed be waiting. 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.

Rachel P writes movie reviews for UK Film Critic. As one of the talented UK film critics, find out more here. Rachel P I was raised by 2 things...wolves and T.V, a childhood immersed in the wonderful world of movies and Saturday morning cartoons bred the budding film critic inside me. My film knowledge spilt out over the seams causing messy stains whenever I went to the cinema, it’s a knowledge that bores people during social occasions when they talk about how the Godfather was an amazing piece of cinema...no it wasn’t, and here is a list of reasons why you fool. What was I to do, where was I to go, how could I annoy people with my bad jokes and unnecessary film trivia without losing all my friends?... Eureka! I could become Roger Ebert! Well no I can’t because I’m not a man, nor do I really look good in glasses, so I went for the next best thing, annoying the lovely readers of UK Film Review. So here I am, spreading the love that none of you asked for, filling the minds of innocent people with all the movie facts and comedy gold that I can muster...bon appetit. Oh yeah films I like...stabby ones, you know where sexy ladies with massive boobs get stabbed loads in the face, they give me warm feelings inside, and of course the following: Brick, Manic, What Richard Did, Inside, Halloween, Friday 13th Part 2 [cos the others are lame], Hush, Cell 22, Wonderboys, Fire walk with me and XXX Pirates, which was the most expensive porno ever made and as you can imagine has some absolutely amazing acting in it, if you have not seen it then what have you been doing all your life?...sheer acting gold. Follow On Twitter Read My Film Reviews

On Mubi This Friday!. Brand new film trailers. Songs My Brothers Taught Me NEW Trailer MUBI , the global streaming service and theatrical distributor, has launched the new trailer for Oscar®-nominated Chloé Zhao’s (dir. Nomadland ) directorial debut Songs My Brothers Taught Me , which will stream exclusively on MUBI from 9 April 2021. Written and directed by Chloé Zhao, Songs My Brothers Taught Me is a touching and tragic coming-of-age story set against the stark beauty of South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation. The film focuses on teenage Johnny and his younger sister Jashaun, two Lakota Sioux siblings whose bond is tested after the sudden death of their absent cowboy father. With an older brother in jail and living with their distant single mother, the pair spend their days navigating the harsh terrain of their small town where opportunity is scarce and poverty, alcoholism and violence is rife. When the chance of a new life in Los Angeles arises, Johnny is faced with the difficult choice of leaving Jashaun behind forever. Juxtaposing the despair her characters face with a breathtakingly lyrical aesthetic that recalls the work of Terrence Malick, Zhao’s first film is a wistful and delicately observed portrayal of a marginalised community that subtly captures the everyday lives of an underrepresented social milieu. As empathetic as it is naturalistic, it marks the auspicious introduction of a distinctive and undeniable cinematic voice. Songs My Brothers Taught Me premiered at Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim, before screening at the Cannes Film Festival where Chloé Zhao received a nomination for the Caméra d'Or Award for Best First Feature Film. Zhao recently won Best Director at the 78th annual Golden Globe® Awards and the Critics Choice Awards for Nomadland , which has received numerous nominations and awards worldwide to date. Nomadland has also received seven BAFTA Film Award nominations including Best Film and Best Director, as well as six Academy Award nominations, including nominations for Zhao for Best Picture, Directing, Editing, and Adapted Screenplay. Read our Nomadland film review . Whilst living in New York, Chloé Zhao read about the high suicide rate at Pine Ridge and began making trips there and meeting local people. Zhao described Songs My Brothers Taught Me as a contemplation of the time she spent on the Pine Ridge Reservation, during the four years of making the film. Casting young Lakota actors, many of whom were making their film debuts, Zhao presents a compelling and complex portrait of modern life on the Pine Ridge Reservation whilst exploring the strong bond between a brother (John Reddy) and his younger sister (Jashaun St. John). SONGS MY BROTHERS TAUGHT ME WILL STREAM EXCLUSIVELY ON MUBI ON 9 APRIL 2021 Watch more film trailers below. The Moment The Land of Sometimes Twins Alfie and Elise find a magical Wish Watch on Christmas Eve and are swept by the Wish Collector into the musical Land of Sometimes, where they learn that wishes have consequences. Avengers: Doomsday Fans are elated at the release of the first teaser trailer for Avengers: Doomsday. Set for a theatrical release on 18th December 2026, find out more here. Greenland 2: Migration Now, the first official trailer for the sequel, Greenland 2: Migration, has landed, promising to take that survivalist tension into even more treacherous territory. Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up Official Trailer. Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up will be in UK & Irish cinemas from 13th February 2026. Mother Mary Ultimately, the Mother Mary trailer establishes a compelling promise: a film that uses the theatricality of the music industry to explore something primal about identity and obsession. Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come In the trailer for Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come establishes a new, thrilling chapter. It’s a sequel that dares to go bigger, transforming a single family’s twisted tradition into a full-scale, world-controlling bloodsport. Shelter People We Meet On Vacation People We Meet On Vacation looks set to be a thoroughly British affair in its tone and appeal—a charming, heartfelt escape, promising both belly laughs and a good cry. Doctor Plague Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery This first glimpse of Wake Up Dead Man isn’t just a trailer; it’s a brilliant statement of intent. The film looks primed to be a festive treat for audiences looking for a compelling, cleverly constructed mystery. Michael Michael is set to arrive in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on the 24th of April 2026, and based on this compelling first look, the world will indeed be waiting. 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.

Starring Jodie Comer, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck, The Last Duel is a Ridley Scott film (penned by Damon, Affleck and Nicole Holofcener) due to come to cinemas October 15, 2021.. Brand new film trailers. The Last Duel Official Trailer The Last Duel Official Trailer from 20th Century Studios Starring Jodie Comer, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck, The Last Duel is a Ridley Scott film (penned by Damon, Affleck and Nicole Holofcener) due to come to cinemas October 15, 2021. Set during the time of King Charles VI, the film also includes the acting talents of stars like Adam Driver, Zeljko Ivanek, and Harriet Walter. Ridley Scott, who worked with Matt Damon on The Martian, has a catalogue of impressive period films, not to mention a sequel to Gladiator in the works. If The Last Duel Official Trailer is anything to go by, film fans will be in for a treat this October. The Moment The Land of Sometimes Twins Alfie and Elise find a magical Wish Watch on Christmas Eve and are swept by the Wish Collector into the musical Land of Sometimes, where they learn that wishes have consequences. Avengers: Doomsday Fans are elated at the release of the first teaser trailer for Avengers: Doomsday. Set for a theatrical release on 18th December 2026, find out more here. Greenland 2: Migration Now, the first official trailer for the sequel, Greenland 2: Migration, has landed, promising to take that survivalist tension into even more treacherous territory. Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up Official Trailer. Looney Tunes: The Day The Earth Blew Up will be in UK & Irish cinemas from 13th February 2026. Mother Mary Ultimately, the Mother Mary trailer establishes a compelling promise: a film that uses the theatricality of the music industry to explore something primal about identity and obsession. Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come In the trailer for Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come establishes a new, thrilling chapter. It’s a sequel that dares to go bigger, transforming a single family’s twisted tradition into a full-scale, world-controlling bloodsport. Shelter People We Meet On Vacation People We Meet On Vacation looks set to be a thoroughly British affair in its tone and appeal—a charming, heartfelt escape, promising both belly laughs and a good cry. Doctor Plague Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery This first glimpse of Wake Up Dead Man isn’t just a trailer; it’s a brilliant statement of intent. The film looks primed to be a festive treat for audiences looking for a compelling, cleverly constructed mystery. Michael Michael is set to arrive in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on the 24th of April 2026, and based on this compelling first look, the world will indeed be waiting. 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.

Read the film podcast transcript from the episode titled UK Film Club Episode #007 - Gran Turismo, Strays, Oppenheimer, Prisoner's Daughter, The Fly on UK Film Club part of the UK Film Review Podcast. < Back UK Film Club Episode #007 - Gran Turismo, Strays, Oppenheimer, Prisoner's Daughter, The Fly Listen to This Episode UK Film Club TRANSCRIPT MISSING In this episode of UK Film Club, film critics Chris Olson and Brian Penn review the following films:Gran Turismo: This action-adventure film based on the popular video game franchise stars Aaron Paul as a young driver who is given the opportunity of a lifetime to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship.Oppenheimer: This historical drama film tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who led the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb. The film stars Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, and Robert Downey Jr.Strays: This comedy film follows a group of stray dogs who are abandoned in the city and must learn to survive on their own. The film stars Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx.Haunted Mansion: This supernatural comedy film is a remake of the 2003 film of the same name.Prisoner's Daughter: This thriller film tells the story of a woman who is forced to confront her past when her father, a former prisoner, is released from prison. The film stars Jodie Comer, Brendan Fraser, and Brian Cox.The Man With His Fingers In His Ears: A short film. Zapper! an indie feature film.The Fly: This 1986 sci-fi horror film tells the story of a scientist who is accidentally transformed into a half-man, half-fly creature. The film stars Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis.Learn more about our film podcast on our website - https://www.ukfilmreview.co.uk/podcast Previous Next