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Read the film podcast transcript from the episode titled Twisters - Fly Me to the Moon - A Quiet Place Day One - UK Film Club - Episode 17 on UK Film Club part of the UK Film Review Podcast. < Back Twisters - Fly Me to the Moon - A Quiet Place Day One - UK Film Club - Episode 17 Listen to This Episode UK Film Club 00:00.82 ukfilmreview it's ah It's another beautiful summer's eve when we record this. 00:04.77 Brian Penn Yeah, it is. 00:05.78 ukfilmreview ah But how are you now? Because last time recorded you weren't too good. 00:09.31 Brian Penn I know, I know I'm a lot better now. I'm fully, I feel water fully ventilated, you know, I'm, I can breathe more easily. It's amazing what, what difference a four weeks makes. 00:19.39 ukfilmreview I know, I see you at these little intervals and I sort of yeah get a kind of picture of your overall health. 00:19.53 Brian Penn and the 00:25.39 Brian Penn Well, yeah, I know, I know this could be, we could start on something new here, couldn't we? This four weekly check. How do you sound? You know, you know, but no, 00:31.46 ukfilmreview yeah like five fabulous um yeah no good good stuff yeah yeah funny enough i i'm not that well so i think i got it from you i think you passed it through the mic somehow last uh last time 00:33.32 Brian Penn Over the worst, you know, the cold's gone a bit, such a fight for you, but I can cope with that. But as I say, I feel, I feel fully ventilated and I can breathe. It's brilliant. Magical. Yeah. Yeah. How are you? How are you? Oh, you're so narrow, is it? 00:56.64 Brian Penn You don't realize how dangerous it is, do you? These podcasts, you don't know you don't know what could be done. 00:58.92 ukfilmreview and Yeah, no, it's definitely my my daughters. They're the ones giving it to me. 01:03.40 Brian Penn I don't know, I've got to blame someone haven't you really? 01:04.48 ukfilmreview They're these theyre the culprits. um Yeah, and I blame them them for everything, really. bless um Yeah, no, I'm generally fine. 01:11.44 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:12.39 ukfilmreview You will hear me coughing and spluttering a little bit through this, so apologies. 01:15.00 Brian Penn There enough. 01:16.67 ukfilmreview um But yeah, it it's it's just part and parcel, I think. And also, yeah, you said about the hay fever. 01:22.64 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:22.72 ukfilmreview i' I've never really suffered from it. I've got asthma. 01:26.41 Brian Penn Oh, it's starting to, yeah. 01:26.45 ukfilmreview But um this year, oh, it's been terrible. 01:31.23 Brian Penn Yeah, it's not entirely different. I suppose the symptoms are similar. aren't i I mean, you can, you can be sort of congested and watering eyes and running nose is short breath. So the symptoms are similar, I guess, but it's all a kind of a little belongs to the same family of elements. 01:48.52 ukfilmreview they do and yes it's it's it's been hard on people this summer but hopefully moving into the you know when the schools are breaking up it's the summer holidays gonna be some blockbusters dare we say heading to the big screens I mean we've got a couple on the list tonight to review um so yeah let's let's just crack on let's 02:02.74 Brian Penn Well, that slopes though, yeah. We have, yeah. 02:11.75 Brian Penn All right then. 02:13.18 ukfilmreview Let's get right right into it. So if this is your first time to UK Film Club, ah welcome. This is this is it. This is me and Brian with our our microphones and our coughs and colds. But no, we will be reviewing a whole selection of movies. We've got cinematic releases, some big movies today actually. And we've got some indie films to review. So those are ones that filmmakers have sent us specifically to review. And we've got a very special sort of connection film ah in this episode because we're going to be doing a what's what normally our streaming pic but we're also going to be doing a connected ah look back at nostalgia film because we're doing the Beverly Hills cops movies um and yeah so that's coming up later in the show and also right at the end of the show and I will also be reading out some of the listener reviews 03:03.95 Brian Penn Wait. 03:05.49 ukfilmreview and We had a lot this month, so I am segmenting that to its own section. 03:09.77 Brian Penn Wow. 03:10.42 ukfilmreview um Thank you to everyone who does send in their reviews. They're amazing. um Covering a massive um variety of movies. That's what I really like. 03:17.85 Brian Penn um 03:18.36 ukfilmreview So I'm going to save those to the end. um But first and foremost, we are heading to the big screen for the cinematic releases. And this one's got some fabulous stars in it. Fly me to the moon, Brian. 03:31.14 Brian Penn Oh, yes, yes. Okay, then. Fly Me to the Moon, directed by Greg Berlancy, starring Scott Johansson, Channing Taysom and Woody Harrelson. So the story plants itself firmly in the 1960s. NASA is cranking up to the launch of Apollo 11. in 1969. Flight director Cole Davis is frantically fighting fires, but still haunted by the memory of three astronauts who perished when Apollo 1 was being tested. Slippery government agent Mo Berkus must sell the mission to a skeptical American public. So Berkus turns to Kelly Jones, a marketing whiz kid with a dubious past. She soon puts the mission on everyone's lips. However, Kelly and Cole clash as liftoff approaches. Now, Scarlett Johansson 04:18.14 Brian Penn for me stills the film with a very strong portrayal of Kelly Jones sold very much like Marilyn Monroe and looks amazing as the camera instantly falls in love with her. Channing Satan is a straight man, earnest, Lance and George, all American boy, inevitably drawn to Kelly's charms. Woody Harrison delivers a useful term as a duplicitous government agent. And as to the storyline's comedic value, the film itself builds on the established facts of Apollo 11. but also as one of two conspiracy theories that mix nicely with the truth. 04:51.09 Brian Penn A brilliant soundtrack complements a visual palette of colors to create a handsome looking film. I really enjoyed this. 04:58.18 ukfilmreview yeah 04:58.24 Brian Penn um Yeah, very good film. It actually feels like it was made in the 1960s. 05:03.62 ukfilmreview Yeah. 05:03.73 Brian Penn And that's one of its strengths. A stylish, slick and well-designed film, very old fashioned. No swearing, no violence, no special effects to speak of. And because of that, That's the film of the month for me. 05:18.34 ukfilmreview Oh, wow. Straight at the top of the show. 05:19.20 Brian Penn Yeah. 05:20.78 ukfilmreview We've got film. 05:20.83 Brian Penn Straight at the top of the show. 05:21.30 ukfilmreview in the Wow. 05:21.85 Brian Penn Yeah, I think it's a film of the month. Depends what you're really looking for, but it's just such a lovely film to look at. You know, it doesn't demand too much of you. I suppose it affects what some critics might call faction, a mixture of facts and fiction, because it does sort of take the mic a little bit out of the conspiracies that surround the Apollo 11 mission. 05:40.50 ukfilmreview you. 05:45.74 Brian Penn Which is, it's done to comedic effects, you know? So I won't go too much away, but it does kind of build on that. And it does it does give you a kind of ah a sense of, well, what if this happened? What if this was really what was driving it? And I liked it. I really, really liked it a lot. If you're a fan of the 1960s, you're a fan of 1960s music, um this this is a film for you to go and see. and it's I don't think there are many films that I'd say go out and see at the cinema, but this one I would, definitely. 06:19.13 ukfilmreview Wow, I mean, ah because going into this, listeners, i I have the list of films that Brian is going to attempt to see. And I'm always kind of thinking, Oh, which one's he gonna pick as his film? in the I wouldn't have said this just based on the, um but I suppose the other films that we're going to review are 06:32.55 Brian Penn Yeah. 06:37.20 ukfilmreview in Brian's category of sequels so maybe there's something in that but I like the idea of this and I also I think this is quite rich territory right we've had a few films in this sort of era I remember Hidden Figures coming out a few years back that was really good um and yeah I think this sort of is also playing into the modern era that we live in right now but like you say with the conspiracy theories thing where 06:40.88 Brian Penn Yeah. yeah 06:47.86 Brian Penn yeah and 07:04.97 ukfilmreview You know, things take a grip. People start to you know question the moon landing and question these things and all these stuff where they sort of go. 07:08.81 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 07:11.53 ukfilmreview Oh, is that is that real? Is it, you know, I've been lied to and you we live in an information age, but actually we live in probably one of the worst for the truth, unfortunately. 07:13.71 Brian Penn Yeah. I know. Yeah. 07:20.61 ukfilmreview So, um yeah, it's an interesting um concept. And you've got these big stars as well. 07:25.51 Brian Penn ah It's very, I mean, I think the it's release was very low key. I don't think it, it got the sort of attention that say Twisters got, for example. Um, but in some ways that, you know, that like allows it to sort of grow steadily, that when there's a lot of hype surrounding a film, um, it can sometimes be a bit of a letdown and it's not what you think it's going to be. But this is a pleasant surprise and it did surprise me. It surprised me out. how good it was, how funny it was in places. And it's just visually, it's a lovely looking film. You know, it just looks so stylish and so neat and cool. You think the 60s was such a stylish period, a stylish era that we get so much of what we've got today started in the 1960s. You know, that was the beginning of the modern world, in my opinion. So this film kind of represents that era very well. And it came at the very end of the 60s as well in the Moon Landing. so 08:22.26 Brian Penn It's a way of kind of topping, you know, the, the 1960s as well. So it does it really well. 08:28.87 ukfilmreview Fabulous. There you go. Fly Me To The Moon is currently available in cinemas if you're listening as of release of this episode. And it's a 12A as well. So would you say it's sort of for for a you film for families that yeah with slightly the older kids? 08:38.43 Brian Penn Yeah. ah Yeah. Yeah. I think it is. I mean, the, I think it was, I think it's billed as a 12 or a 12. I, um, So that's about right. I think it's one that's good for families. I think if they, the fact they're leaving it to the grownups to decide whether ah and under someone under 12 is able to see it or it's suitable for them, I think it is. I don't think there's anything particularly harmful there or that can corrupt or upset or alarm. 09:11.41 ukfilmreview Oh yeah, we don't want those films that corrupt. 09:13.41 Brian Penn Well, you know you well you know yeah, but that's that's what the rating system is there for, isn't it? 09:13.57 ukfilmreview Those have got to look out for them. 09:19.19 ukfilmreview Does it corrupt? 09:19.41 Brian Penn know 09:20.39 ukfilmreview Yes, sorry. oh 09:21.84 Brian Penn you know but And again, that could that could be what a film has going for it more than anything else, you know? 09:25.76 ukfilmreview Yeah. so Yeah. 09:26.49 Brian Penn I mean, who knows? 09:27.12 ukfilmreview Listeners, do send us in your films that have corrupted you. We want to know. Okay. What are they? 09:31.59 Brian Penn Well, is it's not part of it, though. 09:31.71 ukfilmreview um 09:33.35 Brian Penn I mean, you look at the recent British film, a board classification set up, it was to guard public morals. And that is still in its remits, actually. Although it might seem slightly academic now when you think of how we can access films, that it's not as powerful as it used to be. but I think it's interesting just to look at the way they grade films and what's, what's behind it, what's driving it. It's interesting stuff. 09:59.14 ukfilmreview Well, I think this next film is unlikely to corrupt, but let's find out. Maybe it does. um You mentioned it actually just previously. So Twisters, the the sequel to Twister, which was a fabulous film. 10:07.84 Brian Penn Yeah. 10:11.13 Brian Penn Yeah. 10:11.42 ukfilmreview I and i really enjoyed that film. 10:12.63 Brian Penn Yeah. 10:12.90 ukfilmreview in Really good. 10:12.95 Brian Penn Yeah. I like the original. Yeah. Very much so. 10:16.71 ukfilmreview Yeah, i'd go for it. 10:17.09 Brian Penn So, so directed by Lee Isaac Chung. Starring Daisia Kajonez, Glenn Powell, and Anthony Ramos. So Kate Cooper is a meteorologist haunted by the past. Aren't they always? The former storm chaser now works for a TV company. However, an old friend Javi persuades her to test the new storm tracking device. They travel to Oklahoma where scientists come up against Tyler Owens, a maverick storm chaser with 1 million YouTube followers. Now here's my quandary, Chris. 10:48.39 Brian Penn Here's my quandary. Here's what I'm not sure about. Is it a sequel or is it a remake? 10:53.79 ukfilmreview Ah. 10:53.87 Brian Penn the publicity but The publicity blurb calls it a standalone sequel. Personally, I can't see how that works. The characters are different, but they follow a similar pattern to the original that Starr Bill Paxton and Owen Hunt. To me, this is a remake, or at least a partial remake. Now you might think I'm just sort of picking up bones here, but um I don't think you can call it a sequel in the conventional sense. um But look, it's exciting. The visuals are fantastic. The story is utterly predictable. you You can more or less say, right, this is gonna happen next. 11:25.83 Brian Penn This is gonna happen next. And pretty much you'll be spot on, but it doesn't make it any less enjoyable. ah The storyline, yeah, as I said, utterly predictable, but comparing it to the original, I didn't detect a huge jump in the special effects. 11:41.20 ukfilmreview Ah, interesting. 11:41.56 Brian Penn I mean, yeah, now we're talking about a 28 year gap. But it doesn't feel like 28 years in terms of the way the special effects are put across on screen. Now it could be that whether we're CGI and special effects, we've reached a plus sign and we just don't notice it anymore. We just expect it to be at a certain level. I mean, I've got to be honest. I didn't see the film before I saw this one, but I mean, I've seen it a few times previously, the original, but it doesn't, I don't think that's a huge difference in the CGI. You think there would be, but anyway. 12:13.35 Brian Penn ah That's just my my impression. But otherwise, great fun. It's a total hoot and it's well worth going to see. 12:21.27 ukfilmreview There you go. I mean, i when I was watching a trailer, I felt something similar in terms of the aesthetic that they were going for felt similar to the original. 12:27.12 Brian Penn Yeah. 12:29.57 ukfilmreview And there is that confusion, you know, is is this a carry on? Is this just ah yeah ah but another version of the film? um And I guess I suppose, you know, enough time has passed is absolutely fine, you know, new audience to discover the story. 12:36.59 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. Well, yeah. 12:41.93 ukfilmreview That's fine. 12:42.19 Brian Penn ah yeah 12:43.13 ukfilmreview i'm But the original was just one of those films that was fine. Perfect. You wouldn't really need to remake that film. It was very good. 12:51.24 Brian Penn nine 12:51.96 ukfilmreview It still holds up. um And like you say, if if the CGI hasn't really done anything new, then do we need this story? Do we need it? 12:58.69 Brian Penn Yeah, well, yeah, I mean, look, you've got a very good class as well. 12:59.22 ukfilmreview But I guess it's fine. You know, no reason not to have it. 13:04.57 Brian Penn Daisy, I could Jones is very good. Her American accent is pretty damn good as well. I was quite impressed with that. Van Powell, he's flavor of the month, isn't he? I mean, he's in everything at the moment, isn't he? 13:13.67 ukfilmreview We reviewed him in Hitman recently. 13:14.94 Brian Penn Yeah, I know. And he he was very good in Hitman. 13:15.71 ukfilmreview Yeah. 13:16.90 Brian Penn He's very good in this as well. So it's all all the ingredients are there. But really, I prefer prefer single to plural, if you know what I mean. 13:30.14 ukfilmreview Hehehe. 13:31.65 Brian Penn um You know, I think that was the best film. It had a much bigger impact because it was the first time a film like this had been made. And You only get to be the first to do something like that once, don't you? You know, after that, it's just simply building on what's already been done, trying to explore it from different angles and try and use advances in CGI and special effects to make it better. But I didn't see that. That changed necessarily, but still very good. 14:02.45 ukfilmreview There you go. Twisters are probably going to do good business. I think, you know, it's a big block blockbuster film. 14:09.13 Brian Penn Yeah. 14:09.42 ukfilmreview Lots of press. I've seen lots of things about it. So, yeah, I think it will stick around for a little while. So if you do do see Twisters, let us know what you think. 14:14.43 Brian Penn Yeah. should Yeah. 14:17.43 ukfilmreview um Actually, I don't know if someone did review it. No, no one sent one in for that film. They sent lots of other films in. 14:22.28 Brian Penn Hmm. 14:24.29 ukfilmreview Well, from one sequel or potential sequel to another, um my second ones are getting brilliant, by the way. 14:30.55 Brian Penn and No, no, you're working hard on these, aren't you? 14:30.81 ukfilmreview It's just seamless, seamless. Yeah, yeah that's that's all I do. 14:33.72 Brian Penn I can sell. 14:34.85 ukfilmreview or You do your whole review and all I do is think online to join the next film. 14:38.87 Brian Penn You it very well. 14:38.92 ukfilmreview i hope and Thank you. 14:39.95 Brian Penn You're doing it well, Chris. 14:42.53 ukfilmreview A Quiet Place, day one. Now, if any ah fans of the UK Film Review podcast i'm have already heard, the Phantom Zone episode. They've dedicated a whole episode to this film. 14:54.06 Brian Penn Did I? 14:55.48 ukfilmreview It did. And it was just um Ian and his partner. So I strongly, his partner, Simone's great. I strongly suggest suggest listening to that episode if you really do want to get into the nitty gritty. 15:03.50 Brian Penn Oh, 15:07.56 ukfilmreview It was, ah I think it was quite spoilerific, though. So only, yeah, only this if you if you have seen the film. 15:10.68 Brian Penn was all right ah I to have a listen when I'm, when I'm ready. 15:14.31 ukfilmreview umm 15:16.82 ukfilmreview Yeah, but Brian, what did you think of A Quiet Place Day 1? 15:19.01 Brian Penn Where did I think of a quiet place? They won. Okay. Directed by Michael, uh, Samosky starring, uh, now this is a difficult name, the pizza phone guy, Joseph Quinn and Alex Wolf. 15:30.24 ukfilmreview yongo 15:32.82 Brian Penn This is the third int installment of the franchise, which is technically the prequel to the story. Hence the day one subtitle. Samira is a familiar woman. dreams of one last day out in New York her carer reluctantly agrees but they are confronted by an invasion of alien creatures. The only way to avoid the their clutches is to remain completely slight silent amidst the chaos Samira strikes up a friendship with Eric. He's determined to give her the day she wants in spite of the danger. Now I've not seen the previous two films but not a problem here as it is the sequel so it's you're capturing the story at the beginning so you can get away with it I think in that way. 16:12.23 Brian Penn It's a very good film. Authentic, frightening, gripping. It almost feels like a tribute to the great sci-fi movies. It's a bit like War of the Worlds, a bit like Aliens. It's like sci-fi is greatest hits. That's the the way it came across. Nothing wrong with that at all. Not a bad thing at all. All filmmakers have their influences. Probably more for fans and casual observers. But no denying the power of what you see on the screen. Particularly in the cinema when you've got Dolby surround it makes it even more frightening. 16:44.10 Brian Penn And the reactions of the cast are perfect and spot on. A very well crafted piece. Very enjoyable. I liked it. 16:52.65 ukfilmreview Oh yeah, it's definitely one on my list because I have seen the other two. 16:54.38 Brian Penn Yeah. 16:55.21 ukfilmreview I very much enjoyed, I think the first one is a sensational second one, really good. 16:55.52 Brian Penn Yeah. 17:00.19 ukfilmreview I've only seen it once so I will revisit that. um But with this one, I had a bit of a apprehension about it because it does feel like I think one of those movies that because the first one was this sort of unsuspecting unsuspecting blockbuster hit, they really didn't think it would do the business that it did, that we're still getting these sort of spin offs. That for me, it feels like it could be the sort of law of diminishing return a little bit. But yeah you coming at fresh is interesting because you don't have that ah expectation baggage that I will have. 17:30.67 Brian Penn Yeah. 17:33.82 Brian Penn Well, yeah, you see, that was what I deliberately did that because I toyed with the idea of seeing the two earlier films. 17:35.04 ukfilmreview So yeah. 17:40.58 Brian Penn But I thought, no, I'll just see it by itself, see how it kind of affects me, see what impression it makes on me. 17:46.51 ukfilmreview yeah 17:46.80 Brian Penn And I think it's better sort of viewing it by itself, but you appreciate it is one of the series and it is a common technique that filmmakers use is that, you know, they make a film, then they make the prequel, what came before the previous one. So you accept that's what it is. But you can do that with a prequel, because that supposedly is the beginning. And let's say make another one. And they have a prequel to the prequel. 18:10.77 ukfilmreview Yeah. 18:11.58 Brian Penn I mean, it's been done before, hasn't it really? 18:13.45 ukfilmreview Pretty cool. Yeah. 18:14.94 Brian Penn pre pre prequel. Yeah. But yeah, really good. I really enjoyed it. As to say that that the most safe sort of classic sci fi are there for me. I mean, I'm not, you know, I'm not a huge fan of sci fi. um I'm a mainstream film fan. I will go out and watch a big film because that's what I enjoy doing. And that's why we do this show, isn't it? That we see a complete cross section of films that are on general release, that are streaming, that nostalgia pick and also indie. 18:45.51 Brian Penn So it gives you a broad overview of what's happening in films today. But as I say, I'm not, not a huge fan fan of the genre, but I enjoyed it. So that's, 18:55.25 ukfilmreview Hm? 18:56.22 Brian Penn You know, that's quite an achievement for me to honestly say a film like this I really enjoyed. Like this. 19:00.89 ukfilmreview Fabulous. I mean, it's definitely on my list, as I said. And I do think the world is a rich one for them to sort of do these stories in. 19:07.68 Brian Penn Hmm. 19:07.86 ukfilmreview So I'm happy to to give it a yeah real good chance. 19:10.12 Brian Penn Yeah. 19:10.72 ukfilmreview um It is a 15, and it's in cinemas. 19:12.92 Brian Penn Hmm. 19:13.32 ukfilmreview So people listening, go see it if you are a fan of the genre of the previous films, or if you haven't even seen them, like Brian, because he's had a great time with it. 19:22.40 Brian Penn Oh, yeah. 19:22.57 ukfilmreview And you know you could too. And yeah that's our public service to you. 19:25.06 Brian Penn Yeah. 19:27.24 ukfilmreview And we don't charge yet. 19:28.71 Brian Penn Yeah, well, that that's that's the kind of people we are, Chris, isn't it? 19:29.19 ukfilmreview um That's the kind of people we are. 19:33.33 Brian Penn Yeah. 19:33.55 ukfilmreview um But yeah, those are your cinematic ah films for the month. So normally we would now move to our streaming pic, but we're going to save that for later because it is tied in with our nostalgia film. 19:44.01 Brian Penn um Yeah. 19:46.18 ukfilmreview So we're skipping now to the indie movies. I'm very happy to say we had three terrific movies to review this month. We're going to start with the feature length film written and directed by Al Padilla. um called Coney Island Cousins and funny enough booked as a as a comedy but I think there's there's a few genres at work here um but it is definitely comp comedic so the the storyline is we get two sisters ah sorry not sisters cousins obviously as the ah title suggests 20:11.29 Brian Penn yeah 20:21.13 ukfilmreview um honor they've They've not seen each other for a while, they're estranged. So they're meeting up for a night out and there are a lot of sort of hidden mystery between these two cousins as to what's gone on in the past and what's going on in their current lives right now. 20:31.46 Brian Penn Hmm. Hmm. Yeah. 20:38.30 ukfilmreview i'm But they try and sort of put that aside and and have a crazy night out and everything kind of turns a little bit weekend at Bernie's because um they they're at this party and the the sort of guy, the host, 20:43.34 Brian Penn Mm-hmm 20:52.89 ukfilmreview dies in one of the rooms and from there the pair sort of thrown into this evening of hijinks and you know crazy events the different characters turn up they do sort of venture out of the apartment and they do things because they have access to this guy's computer and he's very rich it seems and Yeah, we basically are given this one night with them to see what happens when they sort of completely let down their guard and throw yeah morals and caution to the wind. 21:24.78 Brian Penn Yeah. 21:28.27 ukfilmreview What did you think of Coney Island Cousins, Brian? 21:31.15 Brian Penn Yeah, I really enjoyed it. 21:32.07 ukfilmreview I thought it was great, yeah. 21:32.43 Brian Penn I think it was really, yeah, I think it's really good fun. Characters are very strong and well drawn. And there's, you know, it's where you have characters at the beginning of a film that seem very one dimensional, very flat. but they're fleshed out. They become fully formed three-dimensional characters. The more you get into the film, you learn more about them. You learn more about Valeria, her relationship, hurt you her job, her lifestyle. And you also learn about Yulia, who's a stand-up comedian, which, you know, um many how many Russian women stand-up comedians standout comedian island andconio islander wonder um maybe there are Maybe there are a few. 22:05.59 ukfilmreview Hehe. 22:06.96 Brian Penn Maybe maybe I've yet and yet to learn learn of them. But, you know, they're very cleverly drawn cla characters the The plotting is really clever, because when they get into Max's flat, this very sort of dubious, extremely rich, mysterious character, it takes you off in a direction that but I didn't expect it to go. Again, but boom yeah my brain working in the way it does, I try and predict what happens next in the plot. And I thought I knew what was going to happen, but it didn't. And it goes off in a slightly different direction. So i liked I like films that surprise you and don't 22:44.68 Brian Penn don't go for the obvious route. Cause you know, in a story, it can be obvious what's going to happen here. It can only go one way, but this was more, as I say, fleshed out the characters more, more of a backstory. Some interesting characters were thrown in as, as it went along. Um, very good. 23:01.51 ukfilmreview I definitely picked up on that sense of it being yeah unpredictable, the characters growing as we were with them, because at the beginning of the sense that there was sort of like Val was the sort of maybe the more timid one or quiet one because she seemed a bit kind of off, like she'd been left waiting for her ride and she seemed a bit 23:07.85 Brian Penn Yeah. 23:18.10 Brian Penn Yeah. 23:20.93 ukfilmreview And then it sort of turned and she became quite so volatile and reckless and almost sort of acting out. And there's a reason for that. I kind of don't want to give it away, but there's a reason why she does that. 23:29.03 Brian Penn Yeah. ah That's all right. 23:30.65 ukfilmreview And then, yeah, Yulia sort of acts conversely to that. And I love the chemistry between the two of them. I thought they were perfect. They played it absolutely spot on, which was these sort of estranged cousins, but they were joined by family and and previous ah history and all that stuff. 23:39.19 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well. Yeah, you you sense they come from a dysfunctional family. And let's face it, most families are dysfunctional in some way. That's what makes them family. And you learn more about them ah and the dynamics between the two of them and their their relatives and how they've grown up. And they were obviously very close as they were growing up, then they lost touch. Now they're back in touch again. And all the old sort of tensions rise to the surface, don't they? But it seems like they bond again. After having this righteous night out or a nice in as well. 24:17.77 Brian Penn I guess, but um so it's quite touching the way the story develops. um So. 24:23.65 ukfilmreview Oh, definitely. 24:23.73 Brian Penn on Yeah. 24:24.25 ukfilmreview Yeah. that That final third had a lot of like emotional heft to it. It was because, yeah, the beginning of the film, you're kind of thinking, where's this going? Like what's happening? um They're setting it all up, but they do it brilliantly. 24:33.31 Brian Penn Yeah. 24:35.87 ukfilmreview It actually gets set up very, very well for you to be very invested by the time things do get a little bit more like heavy themed. 24:37.69 Brian Penn yeah 24:43.34 ukfilmreview um Yeah, I love films where they unfold in sort of not this isn't real time, but it's quite close to real time. It's sort of one night, we basically go from one evening through to the sort of morning after. 24:50.71 Brian Penn Yeah. 24:53.92 Brian Penn Yeah. 24:55.51 ukfilmreview And I love films like that, because it's condensed. It's like that is a story. That's a story that happened and you're already obviously made up. But Whereas ah yeah this could have played out over weeks and months and I think it would have lost that um that sort of dynamism. 25:05.86 Brian Penn Yeah. 25:08.89 ukfilmreview is over Oh, that feels really, really potent. 25:09.40 Brian Penn and Yeah. 25:12.07 ukfilmreview um And also I think there's this that sense of endurance because you're with them for this time and they are also yeah going on this, sort what we would call in the UK, a bender. 25:25.27 Brian Penn Yeah. yeah 25:26.12 ukfilmreview You're sort of saying, they they're They're struggling. know They've got to keep their momentum. They're having issues. And I think, yeah, it it just was very well put together. Great chemistry between the actresses, as I said. And I found it really enjoyable. I did i laughed at times. 25:41.14 Brian Penn yeah 25:42.08 ukfilmreview I was got i got so emotionally invested at times. I think that's all you can ask for in a film like this. 25:44.59 Brian Penn hello yeah It's a film that takes you by surprise. I like films aren't predict but that that will do something that you're not expecting. and you know the best one in the world a lot of films are made according to a formula most films will follow a formula as we've discussed before it doesn't mean to say they're any less good but it's when they sort sort of think right we'll take it off in this direction we'll keep the audience on their toes we'll do we'll do this instead and it gives the characters more depth because people aren't that predictable are they? 26:18.42 ukfilmreview Absolutely. 26:21.38 ukfilmreview Coney Island Cousins, I'm very pleased to say it does have its own website. So Coney Island, as yeah as you might expect it from the place, cousins dot.com um and on there you'll have all the information that you need. 26:31.93 Brian Penn Hmm. 26:34.08 ukfilmreview I love it when this happens because quite often it doesn't happen. and I have to sort of try and signpost people but yeah if you are interested in that movie just google it um you'll find the website or if not go to the imdb page and they have a link for official website so yeah all the information is on there i don't think it is out yet um as far as i'm aware and there are some socials as well but yeah go to the website first and then you'll be able to go from there to where you want to go but yeah really enjoyed it excellent film 26:39.24 Brian Penn Yeah. 26:49.41 Brian Penn um 27:00.99 Brian Penn Excellent. 27:04.25 ukfilmreview um And that was Currently Ireland Cousins. We're going to our next indie film and this is a short film ah Patrick reviewed it on the website for us and we're directed by Farid Karan and starring Sushant Vasish apologies for pronunciation Sukhmani Lambe as well and Yeah um The setup of this film is we are given a couple at the beginning, Sahil and Magana, and there is some tension between them as he heads out, and it looks as if he's cheating on her, and he is, i'm and Magana decides to take her own life whilst he's out. 27:42.18 Brian Penn Mm hmm. 27:48.51 ukfilmreview So that's the sort of setup. And then we skip ahead about eight years, I think, and we then see Sahil struggling to deal with this situation and sorry eight months probably not eight years ah um struggling to deal with this situation at 28:01.92 Brian Penn Yeah. 28:04.99 ukfilmreview that he feels he's created. He feels responsible for her death, can't move on. He's tormented with memories that they've had. you know Little things will set him off. um Little bits that you maybe he's holding something or he's in a certain room. 28:21.42 Brian Penn um Yeah. 28:23.12 ukfilmreview and I think it's one bit where he's holding nail clippers. And that was really tense because I was like, oh God, what's he gonna do with those? so um And what happens is you as he gets more and more into this sort of tortured state, 28:28.33 Brian Penn um 28:34.37 ukfilmreview we then start to see Meg come back and yeah don't really terrify him in a sort of nightmarish way. 28:42.53 Brian Penn Hmm. Yeah. 28:44.42 ukfilmreview ah Very atmospheric, very dark and broody. What did you think of short film, Overshadow Brian? 28:50.20 Brian Penn Well, well, dark and broody really sums up. 28:52.72 ukfilmreview I've done it. 28:53.08 Brian Penn I did. I found it very intense. But it's very strong emotions that come through that come through there. It's interesting the way they're focused on one of him cutting his his nails with clippers and then hers. And he was flashing back and it was flashing forwards again. it's It's very well acted and it identifies what can go wrong in a relationship and what the products of it can be, the fact that you you live with these errors and these mistakes, the fact that you didn't pick up on the signs and that, you know, what I got, yeah, what I got from the storyline as well was that he was cheating on her and that this three-way relationship came to a head, but it was it was very well written. It was well acted. 29:41.23 Brian Penn but very darker and suspenseful, but you can't deny it's powerful and it works. But yeah, not, not the most comfortable watch because it is dealing with, with, with very dark issues. The dark side of life, but doesn't mean to say it's not good because it is. 29:54.49 ukfilmreview yeah I think it's worth playing a clip. I have a clip, I'm very ah fortunate to say. So let's this play that just to give our listeners a little taste of what Overshadow is like. 30:02.42 Brian Penn Lovely. 30:13.85 Brian Penn you 30:59.74 ukfilmreview So really interesting clip. 31:01.07 Brian Penn hmm 31:01.48 ukfilmreview So I wanted to play that specifically yeah when we start talking about this all. 31:04.79 Brian Penn hmm 31:06.37 ukfilmreview thematic depth of the film. um I think there's probably quite a lot of triggering ah aspects to this movie. 31:08.27 Brian Penn hmm 31:14.20 ukfilmreview There's subjects such as gaslighting, which come up, ah mental health. 31:14.45 Brian Penn hmm hmm hmm hmm 31:18.56 ukfilmreview I think Patrick in his review mentioned this quite a bit that you the film does really well to grapple with very large themes in ah in a and a genre that works with it as well. 31:23.09 Brian Penn hmm hmm hmm 31:28.85 ukfilmreview yeah This is a sort of ah horror thriller sort of piece that is suited to those tones and it was one of those movies where you're watching it and you can't not get invested because of the discourse going on and yeah I thought they did really well with it because it's ah it could have veered way too heavy into the horror stuff and really became a bit sort of you know about the ghouls and ghosts and things but that's not what this is at all it's more intelligent than that I did feel and I think Patrick mentioned this that there was an element of the story didn't quite know what to do with itself um in terms of where to go what to do with it like it it's bringing up lots of big things but ah maybe it didn't quite have a narrative that it wanted to also tell at the same time that 31:46.58 Brian Penn Hmm. Hmm. 32:10.65 Brian Penn Yeah. Hmm. 32:20.29 Brian Penn yeah yeah yeah I agree I think it's dealing with a lot a lot of a lot of heavy issues there you know there are there are themes there that are far too complex to explore in any kind of detail when you've only got 10 minutes and it often come back to the same conclusion with short films is that 32:21.79 ukfilmreview I felt that slightly as well um and that's not to say that it's not really enjoyable it's just that there's I think there was more that could have been done there to maybe tie things together a bit more bringing the characters sort of full circle almost. 32:50.67 Brian Penn you've got such limited time really to to make the the characters and the story stick and be credible. And I think it does that just about, but when you when you said that it wasn't quite sure where to go and what to do with itself, it's a good way of describing it because there wasn't a convenient way of tying up all these just issues, you know particularly when he he was confronted by his dead wife's image and he thought he could see her. It could have gone into more detail there perhaps, but Um, it's trying to get a balance, isn't it? And trying to make it even over the time that you got available. But it was a good effort. One thing I would say, uh, about the film though, is that the the dialogue goes from mixes English with, um, their, is it Hindi? I do apologize if it's not Hindi, but it's where they mix dialects together. And it's sometimes in English, sometimes not. I think I would have found it's slightly easier to absorb and take in. 33:50.41 Brian Penn if it was all in English all in sub or maybe that's just me, perhaps, but that was kind of like an issue in following the story and following the narrative, ah because there weren't subs... 33:54.58 ukfilmreview Hmm. 34:02.97 Brian Penn I think there were subtitles coming up, weren't there, occasionally? 34:05.92 ukfilmreview Yeah, it did have subtitles. 34:05.93 Brian Penn but 34:07.04 ukfilmreview And I think, you know, ah some films do that. 34:08.97 Brian Penn But... 34:09.84 ukfilmreview I think even Coney Island Cousins did it as well. There was some Russian and things like that. 34:12.47 Brian Penn Yeah. 34:14.18 ukfilmreview i'm Yeah, i that wasn't so much a problem for me. I didn't mind that at all. I think the um only thing that I did you find was that I ah wanted things to be a bit more earned. I feel like, because it's a 20 minute film, that there's a lot going on in that, even, even, because that's not even a short short, right? 34:33.50 Brian Penn there No, a long show, isn't it? 34:35.94 ukfilmreview That is a fairly sizable chunk. Yeah, it felt that Sir Hill's kind of journey maybe could have been stretched a bit longer. 34:44.36 Brian Penn Yeah. 34:44.60 ukfilmreview and we could have because there's a bit The whole thing about the light, you know, he who doesn't turn on the light for her and that kind of comes back. 34:50.01 Brian Penn Yeah. 34:51.39 ukfilmreview That that was the only thing that did sort of feel like, okay, you've sort of tied it together there. um But for me, It's one of those films that I'm just going to applaud it for being so ambitious and I'm doing it in a way that is not, okay, you've completely missed the mark at all. 35:02.44 Brian Penn Well, 35:06.10 Brian Penn yeah. 35:06.33 ukfilmreview I'm just saying there's things that could be better, but no, it's still a really good film. 35:08.55 Brian Penn Yeah. 35:09.89 ukfilmreview I think it's really strong. 35:10.55 Brian Penn Yeah. I think that's a good word to sum it up really is ambitious. It's brave. It it was trying to get a lot in. And it did it, and you know, it made its point, you know, it got its points across. But because of the complexity of subjects that they're dealing with, it's not always easy to fit it all in and make it coherent. But but It's still very good though. So very, very good effort and very watchable. 35:35.97 ukfilmreview I guess. Films called Overshadow and there's not masses of it online um but you can go and read Patrick's full review on our website. It's written, directed by Fareed Kiron. So yeah to check out if you can and yeah to be aware some heavy themes there which can affect and trouble some people. 35:56.03 Brian Penn Yes. 35:59.50 ukfilmreview um We're moving on now to film that I reviewed on the website, funnily enough. 36:03.24 Brian Penn Yeah. so 36:04.62 ukfilmreview um And I was very happy to to review the short film called Pain. I'm going to play the clip ah now, ah which we've got for Pain. Here we go. 37:10.17 ukfilmreview I should have probably put a slight warning before I played that clip. um Also, never have I before been hovering over a a like button on my laptop so hard as to like end the clip because I was so like triggered by those noises. 37:23.29 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 37:26.65 ukfilmreview But it's so vital in understanding this film to hear that clip because 37:29.22 Brian Penn yeah 37:31.96 ukfilmreview It really does sum up the mood and the atmosphere. I did do a big review of this already on the website, so I'm going to let you take the sort of initial part of this, Brian, so that we get your fresh opinion because yeah people may have already heard my my verdict. 37:43.25 Brian Penn Oh, right. Okay, sure. Well, um, this is written and directed by Marcus Cartel, as you've mentioned, starring Francis Narnary and I've got the, yeah, these are the other person, but Laura, thank you for that. 37:55.22 ukfilmreview Lara Levy. 37:58.47 ukfilmreview No worries. 37:58.75 Brian Penn Uh, so Jim in the Celeste have a damaged and dysfunctional relationship. He suffers seizures and she struggles to care for him. Then they have to care for a baby, which pushes them to the very limit. Um, You said in the review, Chris, that it was unapologetically difficult to watch. I have to agree with that wholeheartedly, but it's the type of film that you have to watch, and you're kind of trying not to watch it, but you know you've got to watch it just the same. And what I thought was very clever about it, it's very good. It's 99, it's good. I think it's it's one of the best in indie shorts that we' we've reviewed in the last few months. It really is. But those moments are calm, went 38:40.61 Brian Penn When they were in the bar together and he was painting her back, they were the just the ah that was the Oasis moment, wasn't it? 38:48.57 ukfilmreview Mm. 38:48.94 Brian Penn That was when there was relative calm, when everything, when they seemed at one with the world, the two of them, they were together, they were alone, they were at peace. But then as soon as that finished, then it all began again. And ah found I found it a difficult watch a bit. A bit like Overshadow, but in a totally different way that it was difficult to watch. But there doesn't need to say that it's not good, because it is. But it's one that holds your attention. And the visuals and the music, the, would you call it noise or white noise, but that accompanied some scenes were really, really engrossing. you You couldn't take your eyes off it. But very good. that There's this real talent at work there. 39:39.11 ukfilmreview Yeah and I found just doing a bit of research on the film really helped me um because i i was it's not one of those films that has loads of information about it but I looked up Marcus Cartel's um Instagram and he was talking about where the film's genesis was which was from 39:39.16 Brian Penn Well. 39:50.11 Brian Penn Hmm. 39:58.84 ukfilmreview when he himself has admitted to having a long history of issues with drugs and and substance abuse that this was a dream he had in a week where he was going sober and was trying to sort of come through it and that was really interesting for me because 40:11.00 Brian Penn Hmm. 40:15.04 ukfilmreview That's the sort of where it's come from as a film maker. 40:17.84 Brian Penn Hmm. 40:18.30 ukfilmreview That's his story. And for me, I i really resonated with it as a parent and because when I had kids and and going through that, especially the newborn phase and the absolute cacophony of noise and stress, and you know it's it's a very tough time. 40:24.42 Brian Penn Hmm. 40:32.52 Brian Penn Hmm. 40:34.39 ukfilmreview It's a beautiful time, but it's really tough. the and And also there's sort of almost a disconnection that you can feel from that because you're almost like, whoa, this is like a whole new person I need to be now and I'm not ready for that. 40:44.40 Brian Penn Yeah. 40:45.55 ukfilmreview I found that really affecting and I think that's so great when a short film like this can work on so many levels and connect with people in so many different ways. 40:51.97 Brian Penn Yeah. 40:53.41 ukfilmreview and that absolute bombardment of noise is delivered in a way that makes it so cinematic. 40:57.74 Brian Penn Yeah. 41:02.44 ukfilmreview I think, you know, it's one of those, I watched it with headphones on, on quite a big screen, you know, biggest, I could sort of really get it on. And it was just immersive, doesn't even cover it. Like I was enraptured with this film that, yeah, really enjoyed it. 41:12.48 Brian Penn Yeah. 41:17.00 ukfilmreview Well, enjoy is probably the wrong word, but really felt it and experienced it in a great way. 41:18.49 Brian Penn Yeah. 41:21.50 Brian Penn but Yeah. Yeah. 41:22.24 ukfilmreview and yeah I think this is the sort of film that the again we mentioned for ambitious but in a very different way and could easily as well have been a film that I didn't enjoy because at times just the soundscape kind of reminded me of like uh David Lynch like you know like a razor head and stuff like 41:23.70 Brian Penn Yeah. 41:26.38 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 41:40.19 Brian Penn yes yeah it's very reminis innocent yeah 41:42.15 ukfilmreview bit lynching and I was sort of going, oh, I could see that tipping people over getting to the point where you get so pushed, you know, so alienated by the sound that you then don't connect with what's going on visually. 41:43.19 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 41:55.26 ukfilmreview but I didn't have that with this. I felt the pain was one of those sort of short films that got the balance right. 41:57.88 Brian Penn Yeah. 41:59.70 ukfilmreview It got the the tone right. That what it wants to achieve. It doesn't keep you too long in discomfort and as you say there are those moments of where it does get a little bit more calm and you sort of need that but I just found it really powerful very stimulating yeah on another level and yeah as I said it is a hard watch it's a challenging watch it's definitely a challenging watch 42:12.50 Brian Penn yeah 42:18.42 Brian Penn Yeah. 42:21.50 Brian Penn yeah Yeah. Really, what you're seeing and what you're hearing is what the characters can see in here. It's what's inside their heads. That's what you're getting from it. So you know, between sort of the script between the them and the viewer, I think them, they're making that clear. They're saying, look, this is what the characters can see. This is what they can hear. This is what they're feeling. And it allows you to sort of disconnects as a viewer a little bit but still appreciate what's going on. It's very good. I was very impressed with it really. 42:54.17 ukfilmreview Yeah, I ah definitely echo everything there. um The film itself, Pain, we had a password protected link, so I'm going to say it's not available online. But do go follow Marcus on Instagram. So ah so Marcus underscore Carter, which is K-A-R-T-A-L. um Yeah, I'm sure he'll be announcing so more information as to where and when you can watch Pain. In the meantime, do go to our website because you'll have my review on there where I gave it, I actually gave a video review so you can watch that. 43:25.91 Brian Penn yeah 43:28.50 ukfilmreview It's your leisure. 43:28.55 Brian Penn nice 43:29.59 ukfilmreview Or you can just re-listen to this podcast as much as you want. Just skip back and just listen to it again. You know, why not? 43:35.21 Brian Penn why not why not Yeah. 43:35.84 ukfilmreview um You know, it helps us. ah But yeah, hats off to to Marcus and to the to the actors. 43:38.71 Brian Penn Yeah. 43:42.75 ukfilmreview I thought they were both fabulous. Francis Nunnery and Lara. 43:45.35 Brian Penn yeah 43:46.61 ukfilmreview I'm saying Levy, but it could be Levi. and And it's not an easy film to have acted in, I'm sure. There's a lot going on there to try and get that right. And yeah, I think it's been pulled off, executed really well. 43:55.86 Brian Penn yeah 44:00.10 ukfilmreview It's got that nightmarish quality, but also doesn't doesn't alienate you too much that you can't penetrate what it's trying to say. 44:06.98 Brian Penn yeah 44:08.20 ukfilmreview I think that's a good sign of a strong filmmaker there. 44:10.91 Brian Penn yeah ah definitely and It must have been a challenging role for both the actors to play as well you know because you've got to inhabit those characters haven't you while you're playing the role. 44:16.03 ukfilmreview Yeah. um 44:22.04 ukfilmreview Yeah, and that headspace is is not an easy one to get into. 44:25.43 Brian Penn All right. 44:25.43 ukfilmreview um But yeah, I can imagine a lot of that being done as well in post-production. So yeah we don't often name check anyone there. 44:30.81 Brian Penn Yeah. 44:32.79 ukfilmreview So yeah just yeah give everyone a round of applause there because they were great. 44:36.68 Brian Penn Absolutely. 44:38.53 ukfilmreview Pulled off an excellent short film there. So that was pain. And that is actually, painfully, the end of our indie film reviews there. But we are moving probably really far back um because we're going to do it sequentially. i'm We normally do the nostalgia last. We're going to start with our nostalgia and then do the um streaming pic because we're getting a double dose of Eddie Murphy um with Beverly Hills Cop. 45:03.22 Brian Penn Yeah. 45:06.23 ukfilmreview We're starting with the 1984 original. And Brian, I often ask you this, is this one that you had revisited or is this first time you've seen it or have you seen this lots of times? 45:11.34 Brian Penn Hmm. 45:17.04 Brian Penn No, I've seen this lots of times before i I saw it when it first came out. And the fact is 40 years old scares the living daylights out me. I can remember ah got going out to see it and being enthralled by the soundtrack. You know, the acts 45:32.63 ukfilmreview Oh, 45:34.72 Brian Penn It's not a great scene though, Chris. 45:34.99 ukfilmreview ah yeah. 45:37.38 Brian Penn I mean, that theme tune by Harold Filsomite to me is iconic. it It ranks alongside the Pink Panther theme. 45:43.82 ukfilmreview oh yeah 45:44.07 Brian Penn It's instantly recognisable and it's what gives the film its its punch and its power. um But it honestly, it doesn't feel like yesterday that it was made. It feels like this morning. It it only it doesn't seem like 40 years ago to me. 45:59.31 ukfilmreview Mm-hmm. 45:59.84 Brian Penn Not in the slightest. um but Look, I um haven't seen the film itself in in a few years, but let's say I've seen it maybe nine or 10 times all the way through, but I've not watched it. This is the first time I've watched it in maybe five or six years. But looking at it now, honest as much as I love the film and I love the soundtrack, I honestly think it creaks a little bit, that it's not worn as well as some other films from the ACs. now 46:31.86 Brian Penn when When I think about action movies from the Aces, I'm always going to think of Beverly Hills Cop, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard. They're always the films that spring to mind. But I think films like Lethal Weapon and Die Hard have worn a lot better than and Beverly Hills Cop. There's something about it that it seems to lack the punch that it's that it once had. And I'm not quite sure why. It it feels dated. I don't know why. It's just odd. Maybe it's Eddie Murphy's laugh that's become quite... 47:02.91 ukfilmreview That's 47:05.68 Brian Penn Do you know what? you no For the new film, apparently, I don't know how true this is, but he had to get rid of that laugh because he felt that it was turning into a parody. 47:07.27 ukfilmreview funny. 47:16.30 Brian Penn I don't know how true that is, but the film itself still works. It still works. Of course it does, but I don't think it's won quite as well as some of the films from that period. 47:28.85 ukfilmreview yeah try interesting because i for me I found that um I was watching it and it felt like a precursor to bad boys it was like okay this is like they've got this you know wisecracking cop doesn't really do what he's meant to but very much kind of 47:39.05 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. Hmm. 47:48.40 ukfilmreview gets into the action when it needs to, but it's largely a comedy. It's it's mostly just making jokes most of the time. um I like the sort of fish out of water element, you know, he's getting taken from the city into the Beverly Hills sort of. 47:58.08 Brian Penn Yeah. 48:01.46 ukfilmreview I think that also could be part of maybe why it hasn't weathered as well, because those cultural shifts, maybe the schisms are probably not as felt as much yeah or maybe not as relevant anymore. 48:09.37 Brian Penn Yeah. 48:14.31 Brian Penn Yeah. 48:14.43 ukfilmreview um but But I did enjoy it. I must say I rewatched it. 48:18.74 Brian Penn Hmm. 48:18.86 ukfilmreview I don't think I've seen it as many times as you. I've only seen it probably sort of a handful of times um and often just bits because it's sort of film my brother would put on and we'd watch some of it. 48:26.70 Brian Penn Yeah. Hmm. 48:28.21 ukfilmreview But I watched this ah a couple weeks back because I went and stayed with my mum, which is having a hip replacement. and um 48:34.26 Brian Penn ah 48:35.58 ukfilmreview We watched them all. We were like, all right, let's watch this, and we watched the next one, and we watched it you know two or three, and just enjoyed them for what they were. 48:38.42 Brian Penn okay Yeah. 48:42.91 ukfilmreview They were really fun, and they were all on Netflix, if anyone wants to go and watch it, we haven't seen them. 48:43.28 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 48:46.87 Brian Penn Yeah. 48:49.50 ukfilmreview um And I do think, actually, two and three are as good, if not better, than the first one, which is always rare with a um franchise. 48:58.67 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 48:59.69 ukfilmreview they are I think they they've sort of fine-tuned it as they went along. 49:03.38 Brian Penn yeah 49:03.99 ukfilmreview They knew what worked. I loved um Judge Reinhold. I think he's great. as he Because in the first film, he's kind of like this sort of wet, behind-the-ears cop. 49:10.79 Brian Penn Yeah. 49:11.57 ukfilmreview But by the sort of third one, he's a bit more... He's he's sort of on Eddie Murphy's character's level. 49:17.02 Brian Penn Yeah. 49:17.22 ukfilmreview He's more sort of there. 49:18.56 Brian Penn He's more hard-bitten, isn't he? 49:18.65 ukfilmreview um Yeah. 49:19.64 Brian Penn And he's obsessed with guns as well. 49:21.51 ukfilmreview He always brings like a massive gun, doesn't he? 49:22.39 Brian Penn Billy, we need to, yeah, Billy, we need to talk. 49:24.15 ukfilmreview yeah 49:25.78 Brian Penn That came up a lot in the second film, didn't it? But yeah, I think you're right. 49:28.07 ukfilmreview Yeah. 49:28.75 Brian Penn Probably Beverly Hills Cop 1 laid the groundwork really for the characters. And it was a buddy movie as much as anything, wasn't it? Between, but it was a three-way buddy movie, wasn't it? Between. ah between Axel and Rosewood and Taggart. So it's a three-way buddy move, body movies and that worked really well. Stephen Birkoff was very good as the baddie, and we always not we know it's one of the rules that Englishmen have to play the baddies in any American movement. 49:55.57 ukfilmreview he 49:56.53 Brian Penn It won't work otherwise, will it? We know that. 49:59.23 ukfilmreview Yeah, we are just pure evil. As there anyone listening to this podcast knows, we're just pure evil. 50:04.58 Brian Penn Yeah, well absolutely. Yeah. 50:05.44 ukfilmreview It's the accent. 50:06.80 Brian Penn yeah 50:06.88 ukfilmreview ah the um Yeah, I think it's one of those films that is still accessible. There's so going to be some references that are not as relevant, but it's fun and it leads very nicely into the big yeah release which was um on Netflix as well, which is what our streaming pick is. 50:13.59 Brian Penn Yeah. Hmm. 50:25.95 ukfilmreview It's Beverly Hills Cop actual F. So this would be the fourth film in the franchise. 50:30.63 Brian Penn Yeah. 50:32.35 ukfilmreview i'm And yeah, interestingly, we've got a different dynamic here because obviously they haven't done a oh he's still you know it's still of the time it it has jumped forward he is older um i i think i agree with that i don't think the films should try and have these guys go back and play you know that aged character you know where where he was and also they introduced a new element with this uh film 50:54.99 Brian Penn Yeah. 50:59.80 Brian Penn Hmm. 51:00.01 ukfilmreview because his um his daughter is involved. He has a daughter and I think that was a really good element to add into the storyline. 51:04.14 Brian Penn Yeah. 51:07.67 Brian Penn Yeah. 51:08.12 ukfilmreview It makes it a bit more serious, he's a bit more mature in some ways and it injected kind of sort of quite a heavy threat level there in terms of why he was doing what he was doing. 51:10.24 Brian Penn Hmm. 51:19.87 Brian Penn Yeah. 51:19.88 ukfilmreview um The storyline was still fairly similar, if i mourn is I'm They brought back ah the characters of Tagger and Rosewood, but they also sort of wrote them out of them. 51:24.53 Brian Penn Yeah, it was. Yeah, it was. 51:32.35 Brian Penn Hmm. 51:34.89 ukfilmreview I think they didn't want to rely on them too much in the movie, if you know what I mean. 51:35.18 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah, that's right. Yeah, I think that's a good point, actually, because I think whenever they revive any, any franchise, I think they always like to bring the original cast back as far as possible, as far as they possibly can, because yeah it gives continuity and they want the sense that people have grown up with certain characters in certain movies, and that's the appeal of it, the charm of it, and that's why it works. But you're right, though, they kept Rosewood and Sagat out for as long as they could, but they were there there. There was that kind of degree of continuity and that friendship was there as well. But what I did like, it you see, I think, I don't see guys far to say that 52:13.77 Brian Penn this This fourth film is better than the first one. I think it's a yeah it's it's a much stronger storyline. 52:16.70 ukfilmreview I enjoyed it more, I would say I did enjoy it more, yeah. 52:21.22 Brian Penn It's very similar. you know Something takes Axel off to Beverly Hills. The first time around, his friend was killed. This time around, is his also it's daughter. He's a strange daughter that's in danger. That's what takes him back to ah it's California, to Beverly Hills. But that is a stronger plot line than the first one. because then you've got this relationship developing between Axel and his daughter, one that we weren't that aware of. And um um you get that, you know, that estrangement, why it happened, you know, you've got her sort of firing back at him. Why did you leave him? Why did you, you know, and he's trying to blame her. And there's that kind of relationship between father and daughter and the fact that he feels the need to protect her and not only to save her life, potentially, but also 53:10.90 Brian Penn ah to get to know her again. And I think that's an interesting dynamic because Axel Foley was what you was this wise cracking womanizing cop was me at the beginning. 53:21.01 ukfilmreview Mm. 53:22.04 Brian Penn And now he's he's a bit he's older, obviously, he's a lot older. He's more thoughtful. And he knows that he's got a daughter that he wants to protect and get to know properly. So you saw a softer side of Axel Foley as a result. 53:35.56 ukfilmreview And what I liked about that as well is that they ah shifted it from a sense of it being, he's a fish out of water in the first film. 53:35.91 Brian Penn And 53:42.26 Brian Penn Hmm. Hmm. 53:43.50 ukfilmreview Whereas this, it's almost like he's a fish out of time. ah Because he's older, he's looking at things through that lens of like, oh, that's not the way I did it in my day. 53:46.91 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 53:51.66 Brian Penn Yeah. 53:52.10 ukfilmreview And that works really well because it gives that same feel of him not belonging in this place. 53:54.05 Brian Penn Yeah. 53:57.64 Brian Penn Hmm. 54:00.24 ukfilmreview and he's got all these gripes with the way that well the world is, that it was a really nice move and it made sense because you could easier seen this just as being like, ah oh, it's just a cash grab, they're just going to, you know, benefit from the fact that it has a popular fan base ah who would who would obviously go and watch it. 54:03.10 Brian Penn Hmm. Yeah. 54:15.26 Brian Penn Yeah. 54:19.09 ukfilmreview But what they've done is actually deliver a film that is decent, is good. 54:19.31 Brian Penn yeah 54:22.00 ukfilmreview And like you say, iss is it stands up there. If not, ah you know, it's not the worst of the four. um It's definitely up there. 54:28.44 Brian Penn don yeah I It was a very good film. 54:29.66 ukfilmreview um I really enjoyed it more than I thought I was going to. I didn't think it was going to be that good. And I thought, oh, actually, this is this is decent. this I'm enjoying this. 54:38.81 Brian Penn And for Eddie Murphy, generally, I think you look at his sir his portfolio of work over the years. And the the really good films he's made, arguably you could you could count on one hand what I would call really, really good films. And there aren't many, and they came at the beginning of his career more than the middle or where he is now. But this is definitely one of his best of films. But it just shows though, doesn't it, that Eddie Murphy hasn't always made good films, but he's made films that make money. And it's not always the same thing. 55:12.88 Brian Penn What's your favorite Eddie Murphy film? 55:14.54 ukfilmreview or yeah as you're saying, as I'm going through in my head. um this i mean for us Critically, it's not a great film, but I have such a soft spot for The Nutty Professor because I just found it really funny as a kid, but it's one film I probably haven't seen that. 55:26.33 Brian Penn Oh, right. okay yeah no Yeah. 55:32.96 ukfilmreview in, I don't know, 20 years. 55:36.04 Brian Penn Yeah. 55:36.23 ukfilmreview um I do like him as Donkey in Shrek, come I must say. ah oh um Sorry, I've just quickly looked up his feed and I was like, no, wait a minute, I know what my favourite Eddie Murphy film is, kind Coming to America. 55:40.04 Brian Penn Yeah. 55:45.32 Brian Penn Go on then. 55:47.07 ukfilmreview That is just absolutely brilliant. I love Coming to America. 55:50.14 Brian Penn I'm not convinced by, it I never was convinced by, it I'll have to, I'll have to have a look at it again. 55:52.62 ukfilmreview Oh, you're Yeah, yeah digest that is one of those films that it always makes me laugh. 55:54.89 Brian Penn I'm ready. 56:00.23 ukfilmreview I have watched that yeah more. um There is a really good film where he's with Martin Lawrence called Life, where they're prisoners. 56:07.78 Brian Penn Yeah, that's underrated that film. 56:09.56 ukfilmreview That's a good film. Yeah, that's one of those ones that used to come up on TV and I'd go, oh, I'm going to watch this. 56:10.39 Brian Penn Yeah. 56:13.76 ukfilmreview This is good. 56:14.14 Brian Penn Yeah. 56:14.93 ukfilmreview What about you? 56:15.09 Brian Penn Now, well, I think it's his earlier films. 56:15.61 ukfilmreview What about you, Rowan? 56:18.39 Brian Penn I love 48 hours and trading places with Dana. 56:21.34 ukfilmreview Oh, yeah, Trading Places is great, yeah. 56:22.87 Brian Penn And one film that gets completely forgotten, and my mates bore me out whenever I mention it, because they all say it's one of his worst films, but I think it's one of his best. It's a film called Metron, where he he played a a police detective in New Orleans, I think it was. But he played it straight, Chris, you know, 56:44.15 ukfilmreview okay 56:45.03 Brian Penn It was just a serious cop drama. There was no wise cracking. The laugh wasn't there, but he played it seriously. He played it straight. Didn't do do much business, but have a look at Metroid. You have a look at Metroid and I'll have a look at Coming to America again. 57:01.08 ukfilmreview okay there's some there's some absolute stinkers in his list though when you go through them i'm like oh yeah there was like norbert and stuff like that 57:01.12 Brian Penn How about that? 57:08.08 Brian Penn Oh yeah. Vampire Brooklyn. 57:10.78 ukfilmreview yeah 57:10.84 Brian Penn Oh my God. 57:11.87 ukfilmreview Tower Heist was really boring um but actually Dolomite is my name was a newer film he did that was good and that was quite vibrant and interesting a bit different um but yeah no it's it's a very varied um you know credit list if you go through his films I think there's some good and there's some really bad films there 57:14.32 Brian Penn Yeah. 57:30.37 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. There's a variety there, isn't there? Sort of good, bad, and different. 57:35.76 ukfilmreview Yeah. 57:36.80 Brian Penn That's just like the way. 57:36.94 ukfilmreview um But if you're a fan of Eddie Murphy, you've got to watch this. I mean, it's like, you know, it's up there with the better films. 57:42.42 Brian Penn Oh yeah. It's great fun. It's great. 57:46.69 ukfilmreview And yeah, it's on Netflix. So you've got no real excuse not to watch it. um And hopefully, we'll get some listening reviews of that. Be good to hear what other people think. 57:55.47 Brian Penn yeah 57:56.79 ukfilmreview um Speaking of listening reviews, 57:59.95 Brian Penn Wow, it's his name. 58:00.79 ukfilmreview I'm going to read some out. I'm not going to keep Brian around for that because there are so many. So I'm going to record that after we we finish. We've got at least 15 here. So I'm going to go get so many images to give you a little tent little taste, Brian. 58:13.33 Brian Penn Wow. Yeah. Yeah. 58:16.70 ukfilmreview We've got reviews of things like under the skin. Actually, we do have a review of A Quiet Place day one that would have Yeah, that'd be interesting. 58:26.00 Brian Penn Yeah. 58:26.09 ukfilmreview um The judge Oppenheimer, Claudia, lots of things here. So um yeah, I'm gonna, I'll go into those shortly. But big thank you to Brian for his terrific reviews and and going to the cinema for me so I can live vicariously through him. And um and to you our dear listeners for for sticking with us. And also to the filmmakers who do send their films in. We've really enjoyed the ones we've reviewed this month. 58:52.02 Brian Penn Mm 58:52.12 ukfilmreview We've already got some lined up for next month as well. So yeah, um thank you for joining us on UK Film Club and we'll see you again next time. 59:10.42 Brian Penn -hmm. That's excellent. Previous Next

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Read the film podcast transcript from the episode titled The Brutalist - Gene Hackman Movies - UK Film Club Episode 25 on UK Film Club part of the UK Film Review Podcast. < Back The Brutalist - Gene Hackman Movies - UK Film Club Episode 25 Listen to This Episode UK Film Club 00:00:00.00 Chris Olson and I don't know what percentages mean when it comes to my microphone, but I felt 97 was quite high. 00:00:03.21 Brian Penn No. Well, yeah, 97 sounds quite loud, doesn't it? It's a bit like going up to 11, isn't it, in Spinal Start? 00:00:10.54 Chris Olson yeah Which, oh, big news. There's a second one. 00:00:13.13 Brian Penn I know. I know. can't wait to see it. i mean, it's a cult movie, isn't it, really? Particularly if you're a fan of pop music or rock music. 00:00:21.76 Chris Olson And I think it's that... um well, they call it a rockumentary, but even just generally the mockumentary style, right? You think of mockumentaries and like, yeah, it's definitely one of the first ones that comes to mind. 00:00:30.79 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 00:00:33.39 Brian Penn One of the pioneers, weren't they, really? 00:00:34.86 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:00:34.99 Brian Penn Rob Reiner. ah cant Yeah, it was Rob Reiner, wasn't it, that directed it? And he was the narrator, wasn't he, as well? He was doing the interviews, wasn't he? 00:00:42.77 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:00:44.31 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:00:44.64 Chris Olson Yeah. I mean, I love the fact that they've used Stonehenge as the two for there for the poster. I think that's brilliant. Yeah. 00:00:51.24 Brian Penn What I think is brilliant about Spinal Tap, though, is that when the film came out, all the heavy metal bands, all the heavy rock bands were fighting for recognition. Because Foreigner was saying, no, it's about us. And Black Sabbath was saying, no, it's about us. 00:01:04.70 Brian Penn And Whitesnake was saying, it's about us. You know, they all wanted credit for it, you know. But in truth, that there are elements of all those bands, you know, from ken 00:01:15.03 Chris Olson Yeah, it's just like ah sending up all of them, really. 00:01:17.42 Brian Penn yeah 00:01:17.47 Chris Olson It's of a pastiche of everyone. 00:01:18.75 Brian Penn yeah i mean getting lost backstage. That did happen to Foreigner. I remember reading about that. But, you know, it's all based on fact. It's a composite of all those bands, which makes it so good. so you you recognize it straight away. 00:01:32.02 Chris Olson Yeah, in similar fashion, like a film like Spaceballs, as much as it yeah it's taking the mick out of Star Wars, but there's also loads of references to different sci-fi films within that, like um Planet of the Apes and Star Trek and stuff like that. 00:01:40.94 Brian Penn and Yeah. 00:01:45.57 Chris Olson So i think the best sort spoof films are able to take that popular culture genre and really yeah go to town on it. 00:01:46.43 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:01:51.75 Brian Penn yeah yeah 00:01:53.75 Chris Olson But yeah, definitely to love that. 00:01:55.94 Brian Penn Yeah. It's very subtle as well, isn't it? because yeah A film like that, like Spaceballs, The Spinal Tap, you need to watch it a few times to pick up all the new nuances. 00:02:05.06 Chris Olson Definitely, yeah. 00:02:05.69 Brian Penn You know, because they'll take... It's clear where the inspiration is coming from, but it does make you think. It makes you work and you think, where's that come from? And very, very good films are very well thought out, and you do need to watch them a few times before you properly appreciate them, I reckon. 00:02:21.79 Chris Olson And it's funny with films like that, you that have like a very popular mainstream appeal that they become the, like your first exposure to it. So you, for example, like a lot of the references in Spaceballs, I didn't, I saw them there first. 00:02:36.89 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:02:37.04 Chris Olson So then when I saw them in the real world, it was like, oh, oh this is what he's taking a mick out of. 00:02:40.21 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:02:41.00 Chris Olson Right. 00:02:41.14 Brian Penn I know. 00:02:41.28 Chris Olson Okay. I get it now. 00:02:42.63 Brian Penn You end up doing it the the other way around, though, don't you? Because you don't recognise the source, but once you've seen the film, you think, oh, that's where it came from. 00:02:44.86 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:02:49.63 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:02:49.73 Brian Penn So it's it's the other way around, isn't it you know But they keep you in your times, Chris. I like films like that. 00:02:55.69 Chris Olson do And it's, yeah, obviously with them but that Spinal Tap coming back, it's sort of continuing this fashion of resurrecting movies from decades old now and yeah bringing them back to an old and new audience. 00:02:56.51 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:03:05.02 Brian Penn Yeah, I know. 00:03:08.55 Brian Penn Yeah, that's right. 00:03:09.90 Chris Olson so yeah We'll see what happens there, but um I don't think any of those films are in our lineup tonight. 00:03:12.32 Brian Penn Yep. 00:03:16.14 Brian Penn No, no, not so right, no. 00:03:16.27 Chris Olson And yeah, if this is your first time to Film Club, welcome. It's Brian and myself reviewing movies. Brian takes on some similarminar cinema releases. 00:03:26.96 Chris Olson Then we do a um ah streaming pick. 00:03:26.95 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:03:29.99 Chris Olson So that's a film on Netflix or any of those platforms. Then we do a bunch of indie films that have been sent to us to review and we finish up with a nostalgia pick. So that's in a film from yesteryear. 00:03:41.55 Chris Olson Should have been Spinal Tap, really. That would have been an interesting choice. 00:03:43.56 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, might maybe we'll do that ah on a future episode perhaps. 00:03:44.63 Chris Olson Um... ah But this month we went with a Gene Hackman film following his passing recently. 00:03:51.78 Brian Penn Yeah, oh 00:03:52.82 Chris Olson and And we've gone with Crimson Tide, which I've never seen before. um And I'd watched it for this podcast. 00:03:57.13 Brian Penn you know on 00:03:58.70 Chris Olson So but I'm looking forward to getting into that at the end of the show. 00:04:00.81 Brian Penn yeah. yeah 00:04:01.81 Chris Olson But before we get to that, Brian is going to review The Brutalist. 00:04:06.85 Brian Penn The Brutalist, yes. directed by Brady Corbett, starring Adrian Brody, Felicity Dean and Guy Pearce. So, Laszlo Toth is a visionary architect, fleeing post-war Hungary. 00:04:19.67 Brian Penn Landing in America, he aims to re-establish his reputation, but has to make do with a job in his cousin's furniture business. His wife, Elizabeth, follows on shortly afterwards with niece, Sophia. 00:04:30.96 Brian Penn A commission to design a library leads to a meeting with millionaire Harry Van Buren. He employs Laszlo on an ambitious building project, but it has far-reaching consequences for them both. So that's the outline. 00:04:45.17 Brian Penn Of course, this is a film well represented in the Oscars. Adrian Brody won the Best Actor award. But I have to say, this is the most overrated, overpraised, overblown film I've seen in quite some time. 00:04:55.63 Chris Olson so 00:05:01.51 Brian Penn I'm sorry to say that. I don't like saying this sort of thing about any film. 00:05:03.60 Chris Olson ah 00:05:03.87 Brian Penn I want to be insane. 00:05:04.14 Chris Olson The head of the show, the head of the show you've gone with, it's overblown. 00:05:06.03 Brian Penn I know. I want to be entertained, Chris. I do. You know, but it's just so dull and slow. You know, for once, the running time wasn't an issue for me. 00:05:17.74 Brian Penn ah Three hours, 36 minutes. There was an intermission of 15 minutes in the middle, which is great. You can stretch your legs, go to the toilet, get a drink, whatever. I can't remember the last time there was an interweb, a movie that I went to in the cinema. 00:05:31.88 Brian Penn I wish I'd had it with Oppenheimer, but there you go. 00:05:35.49 Chris Olson Hehehe. 00:05:35.58 Brian Penn um But you see, yeah when it started again, I soon realised that the intermission is actually the best part of the film. um so you know ah just can't figure out what all the fuss is about. 00:05:48.81 Brian Penn I really can't. it's it's It's just not... it doesn't It doesn't grip me at all. In any way, it doesn't engage me. is as I say, it's very dull. It's very slow. 00:06:00.36 Brian Penn The characters aren't particularly sympathetic. As Lode Soth and Harry Wayne Buren. for reasons I won't go into now, ah aren't particularly nice characters. You don't want them very much. 00:06:14.71 Brian Penn Urzabet, played by Felicity Dean, is the only character you feel any empathy with. And I think that was part of the problem for me, is that you don't engage with the characters, you don't buy into them. there's no There are no redeeming features about the two main characters. 00:06:28.14 Brian Penn Having said that, it was all very well acted. um And all three actors were nominated in various categories, in the Oscars and other awards ceremonies. um So, you know, yeah the actors were excellent, right? But I don't feel they had to work that hard to be nominated or for Adrian Brady to get the Oscar for Best Actor. But there you go. 00:06:49.72 Brian Penn It's all very subjective, isn't it? It's all about opinions, but it just didn't it didn't work for me at all. 00:06:52.94 Chris Olson Oh, yeah. 00:06:55.69 Chris Olson Well, you are almost alone with that feeling, um just in terms of... 00:06:59.17 Brian Penn I know. 00:07:00.33 Chris Olson we've had This is probably one of the most reviewed films we've had in terms of listener reviews sending in. um Going back to January, we've had people sending in reviews of The Brutalist. Yeah. 00:07:09.99 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:07:11.66 Chris Olson And all of them have sort of have been four or five stars, but maybe that's because they really liked the film. So I think people maybe didn't like the film, didn't bother writing a review. 00:07:16.93 Brian Penn Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. 00:07:19.36 Chris Olson um But so Callum McAllister gives it four stars and he talks about the break. 00:07:19.86 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:07:24.64 Chris Olson He said, personally, I appreciated the break. The first half of the film is weighted heavily with emotion that it can take some time to reflect on the experiences that Toph has endured and to brace for what is yet to come. 00:07:36.45 Chris Olson As the film begins to meander towards the end, there are moments that arise that feel out of place for me. The second half of the film, I personally feel, does not cherish the emotion at hand as much as the first. um But generally Callum is pretty um right praising of the film. 00:07:51.20 Chris Olson Yes, William Lawkins sent in a review, gives it four stars, gigantuan, magnificent and entrancing expose that strips away the fallacies of the American dream and leaves its vulnerable, vulnerable, indefensible, unveiling the cruelty and suffering. 00:07:58.43 Brian Penn Wow. 00:08:06.36 Chris Olson um John Hours gives it five stars. Absolutely loved it An uncompromising view of a hollow and hopeful dream. 00:08:10.92 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:08:14.49 Chris Olson The great American epic tale is a tale quite familiar to cinema, and but rarely pulled off with much success and goes on to say how the film does that. 00:08:18.78 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:08:23.33 Chris Olson Bill Curzon gives it five stars as well. um And yeah, very good review from Bill Curzon. It's astounding ah extent that Brady has crafted this monumental cinematic epic on a mere $10 million dollars production cost. 00:08:38.54 Brian Penn Well, yeah. 00:08:39.19 Chris Olson One of, if not my favourite film of the year. Brian, I'm guessing this is not your film of the year so far. 00:08:43.65 Brian Penn No, no, it's not. Look, as we've as we've often said in the past, it's all about opinions. 00:08:44.98 Chris Olson No. 00:08:48.47 Brian Penn And I so want to be positive about every film that i watch. 00:08:51.57 Chris Olson Hmm. 00:08:51.75 Brian Penn I want to be gushing with praise for every film that I see, every film that i review. But this one just doesn't work for me at all on any level. And, you know, it's absolutely fair enough that people like it. 00:09:04.54 Brian Penn You know, you can't deny the fact that it that works because so many people like it. You know, it wouldn't win all these awards. 00:09:09.46 Chris Olson Hmm. 00:09:12.08 Brian Penn It wouldn't be nominated unless people liked it. And you've got to respect that view. But for me, no, it was a miss. 00:09:22.06 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:09:23.16 Brian Penn But, you know, they' they're obviously seeing something that I don't see You know, so a couple of the reviews you read out there were talking about the film exposing the American dream, right? 00:09:32.62 Chris Olson yeah 00:09:33.30 Brian Penn and so You know, in many ways that's true, but there are probably other, there are other films that I can't name off the top of my head that expose the American dream a lot better than that for me personally. 00:09:45.05 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:09:45.07 Brian Penn But, you know, I can only give my honest opinion, but um the fact that it is an independently made film as well, I think kind of, shines more of a light on it for people, that it was made for only $10 million. dollars And people would say that's great, an independently made film is getting the attention that it deserves, which is also fair enough. 00:10:07.94 Brian Penn But I he also feel that for a film to win any kind of award, it has to promote great filmmaking. And I just don't think this is. um But here you are, you know. 00:10:20.67 Chris Olson There you go. Well, thank you. 00:10:21.51 Brian Penn it interesting so It's interesting to listen to other people's views, though. 00:10:22.60 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:10:24.95 Brian Penn why Yeah. 00:10:25.07 Chris Olson Oh, absolutely. um You know, and yeah, we say about opinions and just Brian's opinion is more important on this show. No, I'm joking. 00:10:33.95 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:10:34.57 Chris Olson No, not still. Brian, and thank you for your review of that. And thank you to Bill, John, William and Callum who also sent it in those great reviews. I think we had a few more. But i'm I think that's enough sort of be going through. 00:10:45.57 Chris Olson um That was the only cinematic film this month, Brian, I believe. 00:10:49.35 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:10:49.86 Chris Olson But we are going to chuck into the um Oscar winners, um have a little whole chat about that. 00:10:49.94 Brian Penn That's the only one. Yeah. 00:10:53.06 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:10:54.96 Chris Olson Because you made some predictions in the last episode. 00:10:57.31 Brian Penn Yeah, 00:10:57.87 Chris Olson And I think Onora did a lot better than you thought it was going to do, right? 00:11:01.92 Brian Penn yeah i know. Well, what I did was, Chris, so as I knew we were going to be discussing the Oscars, I i watched Anora over the weekend. can and Because it's streaming now, you can you can get it on stream. 00:11:10.10 Chris Olson Oh, nice. 00:11:13.65 Brian Penn um and You know, I thought it was a pretty solid film. um But not what I would call a film that you would find nominated for an Oscar, personally. 00:11:25.73 Chris Olson Mm-hmm. 00:11:25.91 Brian Penn You know, again, it's an independently made film. It's good they're shining a light on that. I mean, we're we're very keen on independent filmmakers getting the attention they deserve, aren't we? But for me, Onora, you know, it won Best Picture, it won Best ah Director for Sean Baker, and it won um Best Actress for Mikey Madison. 00:11:49.42 Brian Penn But I'm not quite sure why, necessarily. like I mean, when you look at the other nominees... For me personally, there there were stronger candidates there. you know um So umm I'm a bit surprised to Nora. i thought um I thought, which film was it? 00:12:06.45 Brian Penn It's the the Mexican feature that I thought was going to... 00:12:09.62 Chris Olson Emilia Perez. 00:12:10.81 Brian Penn Emily Perez, I thought that was going to do the business. But I think they won they were a few awards. But you know when we when we think of the Oscars, we think of Best Picture, Best Director, don't we? 00:12:21.71 Brian Penn Best Actor, Best Actress. 00:12:21.86 Chris Olson Hmm. 00:12:23.89 Brian Penn They're the biggies. And it was an aura. and But, you know, 00:12:27.30 Chris Olson Yeah, Zoe Saldana won Best Supporting Actress for Mia Perez, yeah. 00:12:30.65 Brian Penn that's the one, yeah. Yeah. 00:12:32.44 Chris Olson um But yeah, I was interested in Sean Baker when winning, I've seen quite a few of his previous films and was very impressed. 00:12:38.66 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:12:39.59 Chris Olson i remember with watching the Florida Project and i really enjoyed that. um ah Tangerine and things like that. 00:12:43.10 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:12:45.11 Chris Olson But I think, I haven't seen Honora, but it's always interesting, I think, with the Oscars. They do seem to try and not be too predictable now. um 00:12:54.23 Brian Penn Yeah, that's true enough. 00:12:54.51 Chris Olson But it's interesting it's interesting when a film that, like you say, is not necessarily overwhelming wins in multiple categories. 00:12:55.57 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:13:01.21 Chris Olson But I suppose maybe it just comes down to the voting and how that's done. Yeah. 00:13:04.37 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah, that's true. I think it is pretty much, I don't know, it's a very mysterious process though, isn't it? The Academy and also with the BAFTA as well. 00:13:16.89 Brian Penn BAFTA as well. But yeah, I think you're right though. I think they are trying to broaden its appeal a bit more. They're not being quite as obvious. You know, a few years ago, Conclave might have won the Oscar for Best Picture. 00:13:28.64 Chris Olson I thought that was what was going to win. And that's probably that older thinking of how I feel about the Oscars. 00:13:30.23 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:13:32.69 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:13:33.08 Chris Olson I feel that they were going to pick that, but they didn't. Hmm. 00:13:35.44 Brian Penn Because that won the BAFTA for Best best Film. um Again, very well represented. But it that seems to be the kind of film that would win. And maybe they are trying to get away from that. 00:13:46.66 Brian Penn You know, i mean, as we said before, when you look at the Oscars, the BAFTAs, the Golden Globe Awards, right? You're comparing apples to oranges a lot of the time. And ah don't feel you can really compare Honora with Conclave. 00:14:00.41 Brian Penn It's a completely different film. Honora is about a sex worker who who meets and marries the son of a Russian oligarch. right You can't really compare that with Conclave, for example, which is about a new pope being elected. 00:14:11.35 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:14:15.03 Brian Penn So you can't compare the of them together. But I think it shows that um the Academy are trying to look forward more. and look look outwards so not and not do the obvious thing. 00:14:27.72 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:14:27.76 Brian Penn But at the same time, they need to recognise great filmmaking. Yeah. 00:14:32.05 Chris Olson Well, speaking of, um so The Last Ranger, which we reviewed on, a think, December's episode or January, um The Last Ranger was a short film and about the rhino poaching. 00:14:44.52 Chris Olson We reviewed that, and it managed to get all the way up to the best live-action short finalists. 00:14:49.01 Brian Penn Oh, right. Yeah. 00:14:49.61 Chris Olson It was um in the final five. 00:14:49.91 Brian Penn um 00:14:51.92 Chris Olson It didn't win, unfortunately. 00:14:52.20 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:14:53.20 Chris Olson A film called I'm Not a Robot won. But, yeah, shout-out to The Last Ranger because we reviewed that here, and we loved it. 00:14:57.52 Brian Penn That's great. Yeah. 00:14:59.20 Chris Olson We absolutely loved it. 00:14:59.48 Brian Penn but yeah Well, yeah, well-earned. Very well-earned. 00:15:01.34 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:15:01.71 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:15:01.84 Chris Olson And yeah, I mean, congratulations to everyone, really. It's just nice to have had a little early snippet of a film. 00:15:05.76 Brian Penn Yeah. but ah And perhaps played a small part in promoting the film as well. 00:15:12.88 Chris Olson Oh, well, they definitely said that. What did Chris and Brian think? 00:15:15.12 Brian Penn Yeah, I know. 00:15:15.40 Chris Olson What do they think? 00:15:16.01 Brian Penn Obviously, naturally, yeah, I know. 00:15:17.19 Chris Olson Yeah. um Which we loved it. Yeah, so there we go. 00:15:20.21 Brian Penn Yeah, it was good. 00:15:20.45 Chris Olson um But yeah, thank you, Brian, for the Oscars rundown. 00:15:20.97 Brian Penn Very good. 00:15:23.84 Chris Olson And thank you um to everyone that sent in reviews of cinematic releases. We're moving on to our streaming pick now. um And this was released on Netflix at the end of February, i believe. 00:15:34.24 Brian Penn Oh, 00:15:36.45 Chris Olson It's originally titled Sult, S-U-L-T, but the English language his title is A Copenhagen Love Story. 00:15:39.20 Brian Penn yeah. Hmm. 00:15:44.83 Chris Olson And funny following on from last month, we reviewed Kinda Pregnant um the and the Amy Schumacher which was, know, regrettable. 00:15:51.91 Brian Penn um yeah 00:15:55.60 Chris Olson And... going into a film like this, which, oh albeit slightly different plots, but similarly like a romance story involving preg pregnancy. 00:16:03.79 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:16:05.21 Chris Olson um 00:16:05.21 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:16:06.47 Chris Olson And very, very different film. ah So a successful writer has a sort of um quite young and free lifestyle, but she gets a bit fed up with dating um younger men, a character called Mia, played by Rosalind Minster. 00:16:19.78 Brian Penn Hmm. Hmm. 00:16:22.95 Chris Olson And she decides to... um be okay with that getting into a relationship with Emil, an older man who has children. 00:16:29.12 Brian Penn Hmm. Mm-hmm. 00:16:32.69 Chris Olson He's not old, old, but he's he's a bit older than her. 00:16:34.59 Brian Penn Yeah, I'll do, 00:16:34.77 Chris Olson ah he He already has two children and the two have this ah brilliant romance and enjoy the throes of that young passion. And ah Mia becomes what's known as a bonus mum to those children. 00:16:51.28 Chris Olson So what we would call stepmum or something like that. 00:16:51.77 Brian Penn yeah. 00:16:54.86 Chris Olson Maybe that's term that's been become quite villainised. um But yes, she becomes a bonus mum to the children and decides that she also will now would like to settle down and have a child. 00:16:58.78 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:17:05.48 Chris Olson So Mia and Emil start trying and unfortunately face a lot of complications and hardship in that journey. it's a much more serious story than say Kind of Pregnant but it's also got lots of comedy, there's lots of fun moments in it. 00:17:22.96 Chris Olson What do you think of this one Brian? 00:17:23.08 Brian Penn yeah Yeah, I really liked it. I was really impressed with it 00:17:26.33 Chris Olson Yeah, I thought it was great. 00:17:27.03 Brian Penn The first, yeah, first 20 minutes, though, it kind of felt like a ah traditional breezy rom-com, didn't it? 00:17:33.86 Chris Olson mean 00:17:34.72 Brian Penn Then suddenly, it gets dark and really serious when Mia's convinced that she wants to have a child, that they've got his two children, but she wants a child for the both of them, ah which is a very natural feeling, ah so I guess. 00:17:35.63 Chris Olson It gets really dark. yeah 00:17:50.89 Brian Penn But um then it turns serious, it turns darker, and you see what a couple go through with fertility treatment. And I think it's very well handled, very sensitively written. 00:18:04.07 Brian Penn well acted. I really like the two the two leads. I think they were both really good. ah They acted really well off of each other. um Very, very, very nice film. Very nicely done. 00:18:16.39 Brian Penn Well shot. It uses Copenhagen really well. 00:18:19.74 Chris Olson Oh yeah, it could be a tourist film, couldn't it? 00:18:21.14 Brian Penn Yeah, it could be a film for the Danish Tourist Board, which is no bad thing. You know, when you've got that kind of backdrop and you've got that, you've got that scenery to to shoot against, it becomes even stronger. 00:18:34.81 Brian Penn But yeah, yeah how it has its funny lighter moments, but it has its deadly serious moments. And it shows what a strain can be placed on a relationship when when they're not merely in enjoying intimacy anymore. 00:18:49.64 Brian Penn It's all driven by charts and tests some and measurements and and so on. And it shows how a relationship can be disrupted by that that tension that gets created where it doesn't become natural anymore. 00:19:06.49 Brian Penn It becomes more mechanical to achieve that goal of having a child. So I think that's all very well done, very well observed, well acted. and And the dubbing was pretty decent, you know. 00:19:18.18 Chris Olson I listened... i So I don't normally go with English dubbed. I normally will just go with the original... 00:19:23.25 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:19:23.88 Chris Olson voices But on this occasion, I think I sat down to watch it. I'd had a particularly tiring day. And I thought, you know, I don't want to do too much reading. 00:19:28.33 Brian Penn All right, okay. 00:19:30.09 Chris Olson So I actually, i did the, I had the English voices and they were really good, really good. 00:19:30.61 Brian Penn Yeah, and I... 00:19:35.93 Chris Olson they They fit brilliantly and they really conveyed the emotion. 00:19:36.58 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:19:39.18 Chris Olson Sometimes, you know, when you're listening to it and they're oh, they've done this in a studio and they've just literally, there's no chemistry. 00:19:42.88 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:19:44.44 Chris Olson that Maybe they weren't even with the other actor. But this film is so... 00:19:47.67 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:19:50.08 Chris Olson moving at times there's so much pathos needed that you couldn't have that you had to have that come across with the voice actors and i thought they were brilliant the english ones 00:19:53.26 Brian Penn yeah 00:19:58.44 Brian Penn yeah It's synced really well. And a lot of the time, there is a there was a disconnect between the visuals and and what you hear. But they got it as close as they possibly could. 00:20:11.42 Brian Penn But what I think so but helps, though, is that the Danish language um it is, you know, the phrasing and the vowel sounds are very similar to English. And I think that probably helps it synchronize more. 00:20:24.68 Brian Penn And it makes it more of a better job as a result. 00:20:25.29 Chris Olson yeah yeah because sometimes you watch in a film and i don't know the characters are in Japan or something and obviously the language is just so different that like their characters stop speaking and our character on the voice is still speaking for like another another 10 seconds um 00:20:30.95 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 00:20:35.81 Brian Penn Yeah, and know. Yeah, I know. And that's where you're better off with subtitles when you've got something like that. 00:20:42.75 Chris Olson um No, I thought it was really well done, very smartly put together. The music choices are great um and they really complement the tone of the film. There's a bit where Mia... she gets quite despondent about the whole situation. She goes on like a drunken bender. 00:20:57.13 Chris Olson And that whole scene was done really, really well. 00:20:57.15 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:20:59.63 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:20:59.86 Chris Olson um I love the fact as well that whilst it's looking at quite an age-old thing, right, about a woman gets her own age and you she's expected to have children, but there's also elements in there where it's a lot more about modern relationships and how, you know, like can the dad character, ah he, sorry, Emil, who... 00:21:06.01 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:21:08.95 Brian Penn Well, 00:21:13.12 Brian Penn um 00:21:19.69 Chris Olson He's got his own family. He's getting older in life, but he's still very much in love with Mia and wants to do all that stuff. 00:21:24.95 Brian Penn yeah 00:21:26.27 Chris Olson And like he goes to these appointments for the fertility and often he's just treated like he's not even there. 00:21:31.30 Brian Penn well 00:21:31.42 Chris Olson And like they just talk to her and eventually she snaps and goes, can you just get him a chair? Why has he never got a chair? 00:21:35.69 Brian Penn Yeah. I know. know that's quite funny though, isn't it? Because often when they repeat a visual gag, it doesn't, it's only funny once, but that kit, that is actually quite funny. The more you see it, the funny the funnier it seems, you know, oh, he's got, you and just that expression on his face, he's he's got a very expressive face. 00:21:52.73 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:21:52.75 Brian Penn Yeah. It's the like, I've got to find a chair again, haven't I? Every time they haven't got a chair for him. They've only got a chair for for the mother. And as I say, the more you see that, the funnier it gets because it's just, 00:22:05.30 Brian Penn it's played in a deadpan way until she finally loses her temper. And really like that. It's quite sweet the way that was done. 00:22:11.34 Chris Olson Yeah, it's really clever and really knows its um know is its genres that yeah it's a romance film with bit comedy, bit drama, and it's putting its toes in all the right sections. 00:22:25.39 Chris Olson It knows how to sort of get all that together. 00:22:25.58 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 00:22:27.77 Chris Olson um And I hope people give it a chance the sort of film that I think when people... maybe put it think, oh, yeah what is this? Stick with it. It's really good fun. and 00:22:37.46 Brian Penn Right. 00:22:38.03 Chris Olson and And moving. and And when it gets into that second section, it's it's you're on the journey then. 00:22:41.37 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:22:43.20 Chris Olson It's not just gags anymore. like It's more emotional and compelling. 00:22:45.84 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. So it's absorbing it. As you say, you've got to stick with it. you You know, the um I always say, give any film half an hour before you make any decision about it. 00:22:57.99 Brian Penn um But I think within maybe 15, 20 minutes, it's got you, this film, it's got you hooked. 00:23:02.52 Chris Olson Yeah, yeah, I knew that. 00:23:02.76 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:23:03.72 Chris Olson it went it Whereas the other film, ah yeah Kind of Pregnant, it was within 15 minutes, I was like, oh yeah, I know what we're in for now. 00:23:09.36 Brian Penn I know. 00:23:09.39 Chris Olson I wish I could leave. 00:23:10.74 Brian Penn and I know exactly. But I mean, you were probably glad with that film that you weren't watching it in the cinema. 00:23:15.68 Chris Olson Oh, yeah, 100%. 00:23:15.84 Brian Penn um and 00:23:18.20 Chris Olson But yeah, so yeah, let us know if you watch a Copenhagen Love Story. 00:23:20.38 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:23:21.88 Chris Olson We really enjoyed it. And it's available on Netflix. So yeah, no excuses. Moving on now to the indie film section of our episode, which is where we review a few films that have been sent to us specifically by filmmakers. 00:23:26.84 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:23:29.16 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:23:34.00 Chris Olson They have asked us to review these. 00:23:34.52 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:23:35.87 Chris Olson um And we are always very honoured when that happens. 00:23:39.40 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:23:40.56 Chris Olson What's really lovely as well is when we get filmmakers coming back to us, which is the case with the first film we're going to review. um Yeah, Richard Fisch was reviewed on our festival episode going back a long time ago. 00:23:57.63 Chris Olson Can you remember the name of the film? 00:23:59.36 Brian Penn Oh. Yeah. i Yeah. 00:24:03.19 Brian Penn I remember his name more than one the... 00:24:04.60 Chris Olson putting you on the spot now. 00:24:05.76 Brian Penn Yeah, I know. Yeah. It does, right it rang a few bells for me when ah when I was looking at it. 00:24:11.52 Chris Olson Yeah, so it was a film called What You Can't Promise. 00:24:11.76 Brian Penn No, you're going to... 00:24:14.42 Chris Olson And um yeah, it's where i'm they rent out like an Airbnb and the ah a country house. um And this woman randomly turns up um and like the owner sort of starts to sort of feel a bit weird about but she's 00:24:23.17 Brian Penn Right. 00:24:30.86 Chris Olson But she's got something mysterious about her um 00:24:33.09 Brian Penn Yeah, ah yeah, I remember, I think I remember that, yeah, yeah. 00:24:35.14 Chris Olson Yeah, it was really good film, really enjoyed that. um And yeah, it's great to see Richard's back with a new film um with a very um memorable title. 00:24:45.97 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:24:46.72 Chris Olson I've got clips for all these films, so we're going to ah play a clip of Seven Kills, Three Songs and a Banana. 00:24:48.15 Brian Penn Nice. 00:25:51.39 Chris Olson So, yeah, I mean, if that clip leaves you baffled, don't worry. 00:25:52.34 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:25:55.33 Chris Olson It's it's it's a very natural feeling to have. 00:25:55.67 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. 00:25:57.69 Chris Olson um 00:25:58.34 Brian Penn yeah 00:25:58.58 Chris Olson So the film is called Seven Kills, Three Songs and a Banana. And it's basically about a character called Amber, who you hear in that clip, ah played by Alexandria Romanoff. She, as you heard there, she does yoga tutorials on YouTube. 00:26:14.25 Chris Olson And the film follows her ah following the death of her friend, Rachel, at the beginning of the movie. um 00:26:20.43 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:26:21.22 Chris Olson And what then ensues from there is that this killer isn't done, as the title suggests. There are going to be more killings. And the whole thing kind of plays out a little bit like ah teen slasher sort of film, but with a very kind of anarchic spirit, lots of craziness going on It's a little bit sort of fourth wall breaking at times and characters that are from the... 00:26:33.02 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:26:39.78 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:26:42.76 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:26:45.58 Chris Olson um LGBTQ plus IA community that and lots of interesting sort subplots going on around this as we try to work out yeah who's the killer, what's going on. 00:26:58.98 Chris Olson um Seven kills, three songs and a banana and one Brian. Go for it, brian what do you think of this one? 00:27:04.13 Brian Penn yeah I really liked it. I don't know how you can't like this. It's so screwball, isn't it, really? 00:27:10.35 Chris Olson Screwable, yeah, definitely, yeah. 00:27:11.49 Brian Penn It's it like a murder-cum-mystery-cum-comedy-cum-horror-cum-musical. I loved the rap um on the introduction. Loved It gets under your skin. you I've got to listen to that again. um You know, I really liked it. um As we always say on a limited budget, they've done a great job with it. 00:27:32.43 Brian Penn in terms of mixing different genres. Um, the scripts can be a bit bumpy at times, but you know, i think you, you take that for, for what it is. Um, you've got to really be on your toes watching it. You've got, you know, you could easily lose track of what's going on. 00:27:48.36 Brian Penn Well, I, I could anyway. Um, the editing could be a bit choppy at times, but i mean, to me, they're all minor, they're minor glitches that you, you always get with an independently made film. 00:28:00.11 Brian Penn Um, it's got a lot going for it. I think it's something really engaging about Amber as a character. It handles quite serious issues, doesn't it? Really. Underneath it all. 00:28:09.38 Chris Olson Yeah. yeah 00:28:10.51 Brian Penn And the phobia, mental health, and grief, and murder itself. So, it it achieves a lot in a limited time frame, on a limited budget. 00:28:21.99 Brian Penn I liked it. I really enjoyed it. 00:28:24.48 Chris Olson Yeah, I'd like the ambition there. The the genre bending is definitely part of it. 00:28:26.93 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 00:28:29.52 Chris Olson You have to go in knowing that they're playing with the format a lot here. 00:28:33.27 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:28:33.36 Chris Olson They're saying that they're aware that this is what it is. 00:28:35.40 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:28:36.76 Chris Olson I think the... um 00:28:37.75 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:28:38.43 Chris Olson i think the budget imperfections can definitely be forgiven. There are certain bits where I did think you need someone to have come and edited this. 00:28:43.42 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:28:48.33 Chris Olson Like someone else needs to come and chop this up because there are just bits that just kind of went on. 00:28:48.67 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 00:28:52.82 Chris Olson but too on there's there's There's a scene, what's meant to be a nightclub, It doesn't really look anything like a nightclub, but it's meant to be. 00:28:58.25 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:28:59.33 Chris Olson And it was given so much time to linger that I just thought we're just we're here too long. 00:29:02.38 Brian Penn yeah 00:29:04.83 Chris Olson like we' we're but We're being made aware of how low budget this is because it's just going on so long. 00:29:05.36 Brian Penn i yeah And know. 00:29:09.50 Chris Olson ah But there was a point to it ah in terms of but the story. But it just, yeah, they needed to be a bit more brutal with the the cutting. 00:29:16.59 Brian Penn A bit more, yeah, bit more ruthless. 00:29:17.24 Chris Olson Yeah. I think some of you're right about the script. Some of the dialogue between the characters felt like they were a little bit unfamiliar maybe with the lines or didn't like have much time to rehearse because it just needed a bit more. 00:29:26.89 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:29:29.37 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:29:30.71 Chris Olson Say what the best chemistry I saw was when she was having therapy, her with a therapist. Those were the strongest scenes. He was very good. I must say um the actor that played the therapist, those scenes were, 00:29:39.97 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:29:43.27 Chris Olson really grounded it a bit to go oh do know what actually yeah here we go like this is something we can kind of catch on to and a lot of the other scenes were quite wayward it was like oh you gotta try and you say you gotta try and keep up with this what is what's going but I found yeah that those therapy scenes were really good 00:29:53.19 Brian Penn and Yeah. 00:29:57.50 Brian Penn Yeah. I know. and But what's interesting though, Chris, is that you've raised a good point about scenes between a character and the therapist. they're often They often bring a story into sharper focus, don't they? Not just in this film, but in a lot of films, because it allows the character to breathe a bit more. and You learn a bit more about the character because they're sitting in front of an expert, a mind expert, who gets them to talk more. 00:30:25.81 Brian Penn So that's often the case. And it's probably a good move to throw in ah section where a character is talking to a therapist because they're talking about the way they feel. and it And it fleshes out the character more. 00:30:37.35 Brian Penn so I think that was probably important for the film overall. Yeah. 00:30:40.86 Chris Olson Yeah, has that like ability to like reveal inner monologues in a natural way because they have to like reveal those things, things that you wouldn't normally just say out loud. 00:30:44.95 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:30:48.41 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:30:48.98 Chris Olson So yeah, ah that that worked quite well. um I think the moments in the film where they're trying to sort of raise these important issues in quite a flippant way could put people off. so like it reminded me a little bit of Grand Theft Auto, where if you're listening to Grand Theft Auto, you're you're playing it, and the radio will just have random things come on. 00:31:12.19 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:31:12.44 Chris Olson And this was happening in this film. like The radio was talking about like some really serious issues, and then it would just like turn off. 00:31:17.92 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:31:18.96 Chris Olson And it was okay like, okay, you're just going to mention that. 00:31:19.99 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:31:22.11 Chris Olson um 00:31:22.24 Brian Penn yeah 00:31:23.00 Chris Olson But if i it's the tone of the film. It's very much a cheeky slasher. It's it's almost more like a so like were talking earlier about spoof movies. 00:31:28.89 Brian Penn yeah 00:31:32.11 Chris Olson It's almost spoofing it all and going... 00:31:32.34 Brian Penn yeah yeah 00:31:34.36 Chris Olson Isn't this bonkers? 00:31:35.66 Brian Penn yeah 00:31:35.68 Chris Olson And it is bonkers when they're talking about the things they're talking about. um There's lots of things that come up. And yeah, I guess I've not seen anything like it I'll be honest. 00:31:41.36 Brian Penn yeah 00:31:45.24 Chris Olson I've not seen anything like this. 00:31:45.65 Brian Penn um oh 00:31:47.11 Chris Olson And it's great when people do push the bar. I think if you're going to do it and expect... ah mainstream audience, you're going to need a lot more budget. You need to really make it slick and it needs to be a lot. 00:31:56.56 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:31:58.46 Chris Olson but But I think on an indie level, it works because people are going to forgive those things which are a little bit like, okay, yep, you needed someone else in there for that and then more more crew for that. 00:31:58.61 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:32:01.55 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:32:04.69 Brian Penn Well, well, yeah. 00:32:08.20 Chris Olson But yeah. 00:32:08.77 Brian Penn Yeah. I mean, you could say that's part of his charm in some ways when it when you're servicing the film within 00:32:12.18 Chris Olson Oh, yeah. 00:32:15.05 Brian Penn the indie context, but if you want to broader than that, yeah, it would need a lot tidying up, but you you appreciate that's the constraints they're working within. But um aside from that, it works. You can see what they're what they're what they're trying to do straight away, and um it's it's fun. It's very enjoyable in that way. 00:32:35.80 Chris Olson And I definitely counted more than one banana. It says a banana in the title, I thought I saw more than one banana. I'm sure I did. 00:32:41.01 Brian Penn um Really? I'm not sure. 00:32:43.59 Chris Olson um... maybe 00:32:45.25 Brian Penn That's a great title for a film, by the way, as well. 00:32:47.86 Chris Olson It is, and I think it kind of goes in line with that tone that they're shooting from. and And yeah, shout out to Richard. 00:32:52.28 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:32:54.78 Chris Olson He did a great job. He's originally from the UK, so it's nice to see. 00:32:56.02 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:32:58.92 Chris Olson um 00:32:59.01 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:33:00.22 Chris Olson It's called a US culture shock. um I think that is yeah fairly yeah apps apt for what's going there. 00:33:07.49 Brian Penn Yeah, I think it's... 00:33:09.28 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:33:09.37 Brian Penn Yeah, for a description. Yeah. 00:33:10.98 Chris Olson The musical numbers are pretty fun, I must say. They do the musical numbers in the film. 00:33:13.28 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:33:14.69 Chris Olson um 00:33:14.79 Brian Penn i 00:33:15.51 Chris Olson Yeah, they're quite funny. So, yeah, Seven Kills, Three Songs and a Banana. Amber ah Jackson on the site reviewed this last almost last year. Actually, yeah, pretty much last year. 00:33:27.39 Chris Olson And, yeah, go read her review and see what she says about She liked the film. 00:33:30.46 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:33:33.08 Chris Olson She gave it three out five. um And I think it's one of those movies that you are going to Enjoy it if you go in with the right mindset. 00:33:43.58 Chris Olson If you happen to stumble on this accidentally and don't know what you're in for, it could come across as very confusing. 00:33:43.85 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:33:49.63 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:33:50.36 Chris Olson And, yeah. 00:33:50.43 Brian Penn I think, yeah, like I agree. It's not the type of film you'd watch if you were just channel hopping and land on it one one one evening. 00:33:55.33 Chris Olson Hmm. 00:33:58.03 Brian Penn I don't know. 00:33:58.83 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:33:59.46 Brian Penn I think, yeah, I think you need to be in the right frame of mind for it. It's that kind of film, but, you know, you take that on board, it's it's all good. 00:34:04.41 Chris Olson Oh. 00:34:07.73 Chris Olson So good. And you want to find out more about Richard here, he has a website, richardfish.com. i know if it's Fisch or Fish. I never know. I should have asked him, really. 00:34:17.01 Brian Penn would go for fish, actually. 00:34:17.27 Chris Olson ah and yeah F... 00:34:18.31 Brian Penn There's no E on the end, so. 00:34:19.56 Chris Olson Yeah, F-Y-S-H. Fish. We'll Richard Fish. 00:34:21.55 Brian Penn Fish, fish. 00:34:22.87 Chris Olson Badly enough, I have actually... We met on when we did the um festival. He who was on one of the filmmaker things. 00:34:26.91 Brian Penn All right. 00:34:28.33 Chris Olson I should have asked him then. 00:34:28.84 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:34:29.77 Chris Olson Apologies, Richard. 00:34:29.83 Brian Penn I know. 00:34:31.04 Chris Olson um But yeah, he has a website. 00:34:31.07 Brian Penn Never mind. We're sorry, aren't 00:34:33.14 Chris Olson And also Film Freeway has the film on there. but I don't think you can watch it. ah But there's a trailer, I believe. So if you search Seven Kills, Three Songs and a Banana on Google, it's likely you're going to find the right pages. 00:34:41.29 Brian Penn we? 00:34:46.87 Chris Olson You'll find our review, you'll find the IMDb page and you'll find the Film Freeway page. So have a look on there and watch the trailer because it is unlike anything we've seen in a long time. 00:34:57.37 Chris Olson so 00:34:57.59 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:34:58.61 Chris Olson Moving on to our next movie, short film that Jason reviewed previously on the website called The Mix. And here is a clip. 00:35:05.81 Brian Penn Lovely. 00:35:08.03 Brian Penn lovely 00:36:09.85 Chris Olson there we go i mean that was absolutely banging in my headphones that was that was that was such a good clip but it was it really threw me right back into the film um so yeah short film uh written and directed by christian lamorte and yeah as i said jason reviewed on website and he'd given it four stars this is um earlier this year and i was really intrigued to watch it uh the filmmaker had reached out about the podcast and that was great that they submitted it for the 00:36:12.92 Brian Penn Yeah, I know. Yeah. 00:36:15.92 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 00:36:36.67 Chris Olson show. So it's a about a funny enough about podcast. and so They have a podcast, lot more controversial than ours. 00:36:41.67 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:36:44.33 Brian Penn Yeah. Just as much, yeah. 00:36:44.99 Chris Olson And as you can get from that clip, they're going to have someone on the show who is causing quite a stir. And there is a lot of opposition to what they're planning on doing, what they're planning on saying. 00:36:56.40 Chris Olson So whilst the podcast is being recorded, there is a growing discontent outside of the studio. And it looks as if the opponents to whatever is going to be said by this um sociologist, I believe. 00:37:11.65 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:37:11.80 Chris Olson Is it sociologist? Or is it a... It's like a... 00:37:14.34 Brian Penn um Psychologist, clinical psychologist. 00:37:15.72 Chris Olson Psychologist, yeah, yeah. Clinical psychologist, sorry. 00:37:17.81 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:37:18.03 Chris Olson um Who, yeah, is talking about this IQ-enhancing serum that's been developed. 00:37:23.55 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:37:24.65 Chris Olson And, yeah, it's it's one of those films where... It's very much capturing the climate that we're seeing in culture right now, the dialogue that's going on about what you can and can't say, you what happens if you you someone says something you don't disagree that you disagree with, should they be allowed to say these things, yeah what's the responsibility of platforms in this situation, yeah do they just let whatever else go on or yeah is should there be some form of censorship to keep people safe. 00:37:35.31 Brian Penn Hmm. Yeah. Hmm. 00:37:48.01 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:37:54.33 Chris Olson And the mix is, is a it's as you heard that clip, it's adrenaline-fuelled. It is so, it's not just like, because you could just easily have this as just a podcast, right? 00:38:00.99 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:38:04.66 Chris Olson It could have just been like a little podcast clip. 00:38:05.58 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:38:06.40 Chris Olson But they throw in this whole kind of like action movie in the background of what's going on. 00:38:06.39 Brian Penn ah no yeah 00:38:09.92 Brian Penn yeah 00:38:11.75 Chris Olson All these clips of people getting upset and viral things. And it was just, it was full on and really engaging. 00:38:18.56 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:38:19.34 Chris Olson What did you think of the mix, Brian? 00:38:20.87 Brian Penn I thought it was really, really good. I was really impressed with it. um As you say, it's kind of packed, isn't it, with dialogue and sound effects and music. and It really shows them how powerful social media can be now. 00:38:35.34 Brian Penn That messages can be disseminated so quickly and reach thousands in a matter of seconds. And I love the way the attention was being cranked up. Not too quickly. I mean, it's a short film, right? it's It's going to fill that space very quickly. But, um you know, the engineer, Becca, she senses the danger of what's what's happening because she can hear what's going on. 00:38:57.65 Brian Penn And she urges him to stop stop the ah the podcast. But the the reaction gets more and more aggressive, doesn't it? Because you can see all the messages coming in. um And they have an angry mob gathering outside the studio. 00:39:10.17 Brian Penn And a lot of this You don't actually see. I mean, what's going on outside the studio, you don't see much of. But it's all contained in that dialogue between the characters. 00:39:20.73 Brian Penn It's really good. You've got to be impressed by this, the way it's put together. Really good. 00:39:25.01 Chris Olson So the filmmaker actually provided us with a little that ah statement about the film. So the mix was born out of a frustration and anger with people close to me parroting headlines and trending topics without ever truly taking the time to investigate them. 00:39:40.67 Chris Olson And even worse, changing their personalities to fit those narratives. The paradox is stark. Mindlessly diving into online rabbit holes distorts your mind and your relationships, but total disengagement may be even more damaging to the collective. 00:39:54.60 Chris Olson Though its biting style and dramatic narrative, my hope is that... Sorry, through its biting style and dramatic narrative, my hope is that the mix both entertains and challenges viewers to ask themselves, what is my individual role in our collective issues? 00:40:08.29 Chris Olson And... It is that deep. It honestly is one of those. 00:40:11.41 Brian Penn Yeah, 00:40:11.84 Chris Olson I love it when we get a short film like this that really manages to say something profound in a very short space of time in a way that also feels like a big budget action movie. 00:40:12.22 Brian Penn thanks. yeah 00:40:17.81 Brian Penn Yeah. and 00:40:23.56 Brian Penn no um Yeah. 00:40:23.85 Chris Olson It honestly did. I love the way that the characters were like talking over each other. It really created this sort sense of impending like you importance. And yeah, I thought it was really moving. 00:40:33.57 Brian Penn Yeah. But, I mean, even though the characters were often talking over each other you could still follow what was going on. 00:40:38.89 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:40:39.42 Brian Penn Sometimes that can be distracting, right? But, mean, this is where the tension is growing and that all the cat characters are panicking, aren't they, about what but the impacts what the effects are ah of what's going on, of what's happening. 00:40:53.31 Brian Penn And, you know, the the director's summary there, or synopsis, it's a good one, but you don't appreciate first time around how deep it is, but it is saying something really important about social media platforms and the way they operate. 00:41:08.05 Brian Penn You know, ah as a kid growing up, I used to dream about having 00:41:12.54 Chris Olson Thank 00:41:13.40 Brian Penn that degree of control of being able to broadcast in that way. right Back then, you know ah it didn't exist. But now we've got it, haven't we? That we've got this platform to voice our own views. 00:41:26.26 Brian Penn But at the same time, you know you appreciate what the dangers could be when those messages are interpreted and twisted and given a ah different spin. It's really good. 00:41:38.45 Brian Penn You've got to be impressed with that. Really have. 00:41:40.35 Chris Olson Yeah, yeah. um I think the themes of it are really compelling. You know, we've already mentioned, um but like the hyperactive reaction of the age we live in, I think that's just something that, even for me, i was i wasn't aware quite how much that would lead me to think about after the film finished. 00:41:58.71 Chris Olson I was i was still thinking things like COVID and stuff like that. 00:41:59.13 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:42:01.63 Chris Olson mean, you're thinking about all the narratives that were being put out. and how you you went along with things, and a headline would really shape how you thought about something. Yeah, it's it's a really thought-provoking movie, but I also really loved the production of it. 00:42:09.02 Brian Penn Yeah. Definitely. 00:42:13.49 Chris Olson The sound design is brilliant. As you heard in that clip, the sound design, it just felt like you were on a roller coaster or some kind of yeah moving train. 00:42:15.25 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:42:22.72 Chris Olson it just Everything felt really palpable. 00:42:25.24 Brian Penn Yeah, I know, yeah. 00:42:25.92 Chris Olson um Yeah, brilliant. It's like this sort of cacophony of angry soundbites going on. 00:42:28.45 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:42:31.54 Chris Olson that 00:42:31.92 Brian Penn What? 00:42:32.53 Chris Olson You're feeling that... 00:42:33.82 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:42:33.87 Chris Olson that that temperature gauge rise, like you're watching it going, yeah, I can feel how this is, everyone's getting stirred, right? They're being stirred by this. And that's the sort of, that's the culture we live in now. 00:42:45.63 Chris Olson um 00:42:46.18 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:42:46.58 Chris Olson And like the hosts are quite obnoxious. yeah know, they've got this quite sort of like, 00:42:49.60 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:42:51.31 Chris Olson cocky smalm to them as if they know what they're doing and know exactly what they're doing what game they're playing it's obviously tapping into council culture you know should people get you removed and and stuff like that um but it's relentless it honestly was so relentless that it's a bit of an exhausting film to watch and i must say you you finish it you go oh gosh 00:42:52.88 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. Smug. Yeah. Hmm. 00:42:58.96 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:43:05.31 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:43:08.96 Brian Penn Yeah. know. 00:43:10.86 Chris Olson But that, I think, reflects what it's talking about, right? 00:43:11.05 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:43:13.58 Chris Olson It's talking about that we have this like non-stop access to news and and ideas and yeah and things that we have to almost, we feel like we have to partake or we have to completely ignore. 00:43:14.81 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:43:17.63 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:43:24.48 Chris Olson But with youo there's a ah role there that we play as the consumer, which is a terrible word, really. 00:43:25.94 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:43:30.25 Chris Olson But it is that we are consuming these things. Yeah. 00:43:32.62 Brian Penn Yeah. And we're all buying into it, aren't we? We're buying into that that way of life because this there's no way you couldn't. you know so To live a modern life means that you buy into social media platforms. You you buy in into what's on the on available online. 00:43:49.03 Brian Penn There's no choice but to do that. But at the same time, it makes you think, you know, it is thought-provoking, as you say. 00:43:53.07 Chris Olson Thank 00:43:57.93 Brian Penn But very good, though. 00:43:58.26 Chris Olson um And shout out to um the the actress who played Becca, Sofia Lucia Parola. 00:43:59.20 Brian Penn Really impressive. 00:44:03.36 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:44:05.40 Chris Olson She was like the the grounding the film really need. like 00:44:09.10 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:44:09.38 Chris Olson She's the like conduit that you go into the movie as if to say, oh gosh, like she's trying to sort of make sense of it all and she's worried about the reaction that's growing outside, but she's also conscious of her role within this platform, here this podcast. 00:44:16.93 Brian Penn Yeah. but yeah yeah 00:44:22.91 Chris Olson Yeah, great performance. 00:44:23.34 Brian Penn She's the voice of reason, isn't she, really? 00:44:25.70 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:44:26.37 Brian Penn But yeah, good cast. The guy that played the um ah play the ah the DJ, the presenter, was very good as well. 00:44:34.11 Chris Olson Yeah, yeah, yeah. And yeah, played Palermo. 00:44:36.57 Brian Penn Thomas Philip O'Neill. 00:44:39.67 Chris Olson Palermo's Perspectives, wasn't it? Yeah. 00:44:41.66 Brian Penn Yeah, yeah. Trips off the tongue, doesn't it? 00:44:43.49 Chris Olson Yeah. You should do actually. Brian's Perspectives on films. Yeah. 00:44:47.48 Brian Penn Yeah, why not? 00:44:49.20 Chris Olson Yeah, and I think the the movie works on multiple layers. And I think depending on like your own core value system, the way you watch it will probably affect the way that you come out of the film. 00:45:00.41 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:45:00.56 Chris Olson Because it does tap into some really divisive motifs, you know things that are going to... I think that's the point of it. is It knows what it's doing. Yeah. But yeah, great production. 00:45:12.46 Chris Olson I thought camera was really good. As said, the sound was great. 00:45:13.90 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:45:14.84 Chris Olson The editing is really snappy and and quick and it's quite harsh at times and it you really keeps that momentum going. 00:45:21.31 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:45:22.43 Chris Olson It is, yeah, it it was really powerful film. I really enjoyed it. Yeah. 00:45:26.42 Brian Penn Really high production base as well for an independently made film, so. Good on him. 00:45:31.50 Chris Olson good honour Good on him. Good on Christian Lamorte. If you want to follow Christian, he is on Instagram. 00:45:34.03 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:45:37.54 Chris Olson ah Christian Lamorte. We've tagged him, I believe, in some of the posts we've done for the mix. um So you should be able to find him pretty easy. And yeah, go and read Jason's review on the website. 00:45:48.58 Chris Olson And there is a trailer there as well. You can watch the trailer for the mix. 00:45:51.21 Brian Penn Nice. 00:45:52.49 Chris Olson um which you largely heard mostly in in that clip. So it's really worth watching. 00:45:57.31 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:45:58.44 Chris Olson I don't think the film is out. I think it is on a, um yeah, it's on a password link. So I think it's doing like a festival run and that sort of part, you know, that's where it's at right now. 00:46:09.62 Chris Olson But once it's once it's available, hopefully Christian will be able signpost you to that one. Moving on now to our last indie film of the episode. Again, great title with this one. 00:46:21.57 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:46:21.97 Chris Olson My goodness, what title. 00:46:23.21 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:46:23.36 Chris Olson ah The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia. And I'm going to play a clip from the film right now. 00:46:29.93 Brian Penn Lovely. 00:47:17.95 Brian Penn you 00:47:54.65 Chris Olson Not sure if I played the clip twice there. um So, yeah, um' I'm just going to say it right now. 00:47:56.35 Brian Penn yeah 00:48:00.39 Chris Olson This is the the best film I've seen this year. Honestly, that so far this year, this is the best film I've seen. 00:48:04.08 Brian Penn Really? 00:48:06.14 Chris Olson Now, bear in mind, I don't watch as many films as Brian does, but I was watching this film. 00:48:08.76 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:48:11.49 Chris Olson I'm really into this. This has got a kind of almost had a bit of a nomad feel just in terms of like the the tone and the atmosphere of it. 00:48:12.86 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:48:17.10 Brian Penn yeah 00:48:17.65 Chris Olson felt quite sort of like you got this almost ah solitary female character yeah doing her thing. 00:48:22.66 Brian Penn yeah 00:48:24.32 Chris Olson But then it, oh, the gear changed and it does. I was not expecting that. 00:48:27.62 Brian Penn Hello. 00:48:29.04 Chris Olson I won't spoil it, but there's a bit on a car park and I was just like, 00:48:29.76 Brian Penn Hello. Yeah. Hello. 00:48:33.12 Chris Olson Oh my God, what is happening in this film? 00:48:34.98 Brian Penn Hi, 00:48:35.26 Chris Olson It is absolutely brilliant. I really enjoyed it. 00:48:38.47 Brian Penn yeah. 00:48:39.37 Chris Olson um 00:48:40.23 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:48:40.30 Chris Olson it's ready ah so It's directed by Chris Beer and co-written with Daniel Wolfman. It's about, as you heard there, a character, ah Queen Cecilia, she's known as, um who was a huge was a famous YouTuber at the peak of her time, making lots of bank. 00:48:51.28 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:48:54.20 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:48:57.96 Chris Olson And eventually... yeah but what What we see her in the future, she's now ah delivering parcels ah for Amazon. 00:49:04.46 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:49:05.08 Chris Olson Obviously, things haven't gone particularly well for her. 00:49:06.64 Brian Penn Hmm. Hmm. 00:49:07.84 Chris Olson She's trying to hustle back into yeah that lifestyle. She wants to get the help of gurus to yeah make her a star again. um But life probably isn't going to go that way. 00:49:20.50 Chris Olson She tries to hustle someone ah for money. who then flips the script back on her and she finds herself mixed in with some very shady characters, one of whom it is played by Holt Boggs. 00:49:36.42 Chris Olson Now, Holt, again, this is a throwback to the festival, Brian. 00:49:40.67 Brian Penn Mm, right. 00:49:41.01 Chris Olson Do you remember Holt? Do you remember the film he was involved in 00:49:44.63 Brian Penn ah ah Again, I recognise the name, but could I put a song? 00:49:48.81 Chris Olson it was a short film called Crazy where they're in a diner and he's, it was a very, I think it was 10, 20 minutes, it felt like heat. The movie felt like heat. 00:50:00.34 Chris Olson And yeah. 00:50:00.37 Brian Penn Oh, right, okay, yeah, yeah, I know, yeah. 00:50:02.71 Chris Olson um And yeah, he was in that. And I saw him in this, that's a whole box. So I reached out to him afterwards. 00:50:06.53 Brian Penn Hmm. 00:50:08.67 Chris Olson I said, oh mate, I love the, um well i absolutely love the film. and Yeah. 00:50:11.38 Brian Penn yeah 00:50:12.05 Chris Olson So it was great to see him. But the ego death of Queen Cecilia, Brian, what do you think? Because I love it. 00:50:18.06 Brian Penn I really, really liked it. ah You know, I i think it's, it's seen it again, a bit like the mix. It's seen with the effects of, um, social media, the fact that we live our lives through the internet. 00:50:33.29 Brian Penn I mean, Cecilia as a character, I think fascinating really because it shows how transient, uh, uh, the internet and social media can be, that you can be favourite of the month one minute and you can be in the depths of obscurity the next, you know, and she's reduced to low-level hustling to try and get back on track. um I think Jo Schaeffer was excellent in that role. 00:50:56.56 Brian Penn Apparently, it's her first acting role of any description. 00:50:59.72 Chris Olson I was going to say, yeah, she's never acted before. 00:51:02.26 Brian Penn That is that's quite an achievement. if If she's never acted before, ah to come across that way as being so, she's a natural person. you You couldn't so say say otherwise. 00:51:13.68 Brian Penn i I think it's great. I think it's really good. It's challenging. It's intelligent. And, you know, and there's a few surprises along the way as well. um But I love the the opening titles came up with a quote that really stuck in my mind as well. 00:51:28.43 Brian Penn Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as reality. That's so perceptive, isn't it? To say that it's a bit like saying, well, the truth it is inconvenient sometimes, you know. 00:51:40.19 Brian Penn Reality isn't always what we're looking for. And that's quite deep in itself. And it it kind of sets the focus for what what she wants and what she needs and what she might end up with as a character. 00:51:51.61 Chris Olson Because she's like an addict, right? It's what's interesting. 00:51:53.57 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:51:53.77 Chris Olson You watch the movie. that She's addicted to the lifestyle that she had, yeah that that celebrity that status that she'd achieved. 00:51:56.08 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 00:52:01.13 Chris Olson And it's really, obviously, we've seen that done in film so many times in terms of a character with a substance abuse. 00:52:04.06 Brian Penn yeah 00:52:06.78 Chris Olson But when it's ah an addiction to a lifestyle or a role that you felt you had 00:52:06.83 Brian Penn yeah 00:52:10.48 Brian Penn Yeah. Hmm. 00:52:12.77 Chris Olson it was really well done. I loved how, um, introspective she was that you could tell she had this like determination on her at all times that she was so focused on that goal. 00:52:14.54 Brian Penn Oh. 00:52:20.51 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:52:23.93 Chris Olson And every moment that came up in the film, there's so many twists and turns and things that happened, but every time she just shifted it back to, okay, but how does this support me getting back to my goal? 00:52:28.37 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:52:34.32 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:52:34.34 Chris Olson How did, how can I turn this into an opportunity to get back to being who I was? 00:52:35.22 Brian Penn yeah 00:52:39.19 Brian Penn yeah 00:52:39.27 Chris Olson And, It was absolutely mesmerising. And there's so many scenes where she's on her own. 00:52:43.22 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:52:44.88 Chris Olson She's not with other people. that She'll be like ah in her car or on ah on her route delivering things. and it's like Or like, I don't want to spoil the later latter end of the film, but when she gets involved with the shady people, there's lots of scenes where she's just doing something. 00:52:55.42 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:52:59.55 Chris Olson She's not talking. But I just was gripped. 00:53:00.84 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:53:02.08 Chris Olson was absolutely gripped. Brilliant. 00:53:03.18 Brian Penn No. um shit i mean I mean, it's impressive. 00:53:05.26 Chris Olson Brilliant. 00:53:06.68 Brian Penn It's an impressive piece of filmmaking, an impressive piece of acting as well. um The But what came comes through so strong for me, though, is that it shows how transient. 00:53:17.40 Brian Penn She's an influencer, right? Pretty much. But then, for various reasons, she falls from grace. She loses that following. And it shows how transient fame can be on the internet, doesn't it? 00:53:29.13 Brian Penn And how you how you can be intoxicated by the attention, by being rated and being liked, by people you've never met. You know, it's such a clever exposition of social media platforms, and how they concern ordinary people into stars overnight, but how they concern them back into non-entities overnight as well. 00:53:53.37 Brian Penn ah That's what's frightening about it. But again, one word i have to come back to, these independent films we're reviewing tonight, just so impressive. 00:54:06.77 Brian Penn you know It becomes much more than an independent film. but you You sense that this film has got legs beyond independent filmmaking scene. 00:54:16.58 Chris Olson Yeah, and I think with the earlier two films that reviewed, I'm not sure what the budget was with them. With this film, it feels like it's got a little bit more maybe to it. 00:54:26.94 Chris Olson It's it's quite a slick production. 00:54:27.52 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:54:28.26 Chris Olson It feels, you know, you could see this on Netflix, Prime, yeah all those it easily. 00:54:28.82 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:54:31.82 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah, I think so, yeah, definitely. 00:54:34.61 Chris Olson I think it's had some very good ah festival representation. 00:54:34.63 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:54:38.68 Chris Olson It was at the Austin Film Festival. and it won Best Feature at Dances with Films New York. um Yeah, it's been some some of those ones where I think they were at South by Southwest as well ah when I spoke to the um filmmaker about Clip. 00:54:53.31 Chris Olson And yeah, I think it's ah it's a pretty like big indie film, if you know mean. It's one of those ones that we're going to see more of. 00:54:58.09 Brian Penn Yeah. I don't 00:55:00.60 Chris Olson And I feel, honestly, it's going to end up one of those sort of low riding films are suddenly going to just pop out. everything else yeah Oh my God, have you seen this film? 00:55:09.11 Brian Penn know. 00:55:09.14 Chris Olson And I'm going to say now you heard it here first. All right. Honestly, we're probably one of the first people to review this. Um, it it's absolutely brilliant. 00:55:13.94 Brian Penn but Yeah. 00:55:16.02 Chris Olson I really, really loved it. 00:55:17.37 Brian Penn No, it's good. 00:55:17.74 Chris Olson I, 00:55:19.09 Brian Penn It's very, very good. 00:55:20.71 Chris Olson Yeah, eat The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia. I feel like i I need to move on because going to just yeah ramble non-coherently about how much I love this movie. 00:55:28.46 Brian Penn yeah 00:55:30.49 Chris Olson um But before I do, yeah, so you can find them at Wet Denim Productions on Instagram. ah Yeah, definitely. We haven't yet reviewed this on the site. 00:55:40.75 Chris Olson I think I'm i'm due to review it. So I need to a time to yeah process my feelings and make them into coherent review. 00:55:46.93 Brian Penn Yeah, ah you yeah, yeah. 00:55:48.46 Chris Olson um 00:55:48.58 Brian Penn Yeah, absolutely. 00:55:49.38 Chris Olson But yeah, really, really enjoyed it. It was absolutely brilliant. I think it's great when we get a film like that come to us because... It's just an honour. 00:56:01.30 Chris Olson They all were, all three of the films that we've reviewed in the section today. 00:56:01.36 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. um absolutely yeah yeah 00:56:05.00 Chris Olson um i think it's great, especially when we get people come back to us as well, like with Holt Boggs in this film and and Richard. 00:56:10.41 Brian Penn um 00:56:12.53 Chris Olson It's great that we get to see that momentum, that progression and yeah where people are going. So, yeah, fabulous. 00:56:18.13 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:56:19.39 Chris Olson Thank you to everyone who um sends us their films. 00:56:19.94 Brian Penn Yeah, 00:56:22.52 Chris Olson We are moving on to the final section of our show, which is where we review a film from yesteryear. And we're going back 30 years, um which is what we did with Braveheart last month. 00:56:32.18 Brian Penn we did. Yeah. 00:56:34.70 Chris Olson um 00:56:35.28 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:56:35.66 Chris Olson but We're going back this time to Crimson Tide, a Tony Scott film, which I had never seen before. 00:56:35.82 Brian Penn yeah 00:56:41.27 Chris Olson But to be honest, I will say this. It felt like I had seen it before because it's the type of like Cold War thriller that has been done. 00:56:46.08 Brian Penn yeah Yeah. 00:56:48.94 Chris Olson Right. 00:56:49.33 Brian Penn Yeah, of course it has. Yeah, absolutely. 00:56:50.26 Chris Olson hunt for red October all that sort of stuff. 00:56:51.17 Brian Penn Yeah. yeah yeah yeah 00:56:53.36 Chris Olson But we did it ah because of the passing of Gene Hackman, and and we might talk a little about some other films that we like Gene in. 00:56:56.80 Brian Penn um Yeah. 00:57:01.04 Chris Olson um But yeah, you want to do the synopsis on this one, Brian? 00:57:03.72 Brian Penn Yeah. no Sure. Cool. So directed by Tony Scott, as you just mentioned, starring Jim Hackman, Denzel Washington and Viggo Mortensen. um Nice, nice, straightforward storyline. But as you say, Chris, 00:57:16.99 Brian Penn A very familiar storyline. It's been done many, many times. ah Set on a US nuclear submarine, Captain Ramsey and Executive Officer Hunter clash over orders to launch weapons against a hostile Russian vessel. 00:57:31.11 Brian Penn And this is basically a power struggle, isn't it? um It's the two commanding officers on the submarine arguing over what an order means, the order being to launch nuclear missiles. 00:57:46.99 Brian Penn And Chris, you've done it to me again because you've reminded me of a great film that I'd forgotten about. 00:57:53.23 Chris Olson There go. That's I'm here. 00:57:54.08 Brian Penn yeah Yeah, exactly, yeah. um I think it's great. i'm But what I found surprising about it was that directed by Tony Scott, ah produced by Don Simpson Jerry Bruckheimer, who established a strong reputation for action movies. 00:58:10.97 Brian Penn This isn't necessarily an action movie, isn't it? he it All the action takes place within the sub. pretty much. 00:58:17.23 Chris Olson Yeah. It's like Alien. It kind of is like all in one place. 00:58:19.92 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:58:19.99 Chris Olson and yeah yeah that That's like important for its... 00:58:20.73 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:58:23.12 Chris Olson It's more a thriller, right? It's like a thriller. 00:58:24.40 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:58:24.78 Chris Olson and yeah Yeah, but I know what you mean. 00:58:25.33 Brian Penn But it's a strong narrative. 00:58:26.29 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:58:28.44 Brian Penn It's all about, it's character driven, which again, is unusual for Simpson Bruckheimer and Tony Scott, because they did work together a lot. But, um yeah, ah I mean, to see Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman going toe to toe, two powerhouse actors, 00:58:46.52 Chris Olson Yeah. 00:58:47.23 Brian Penn It's a joy to behold. It really is. 00:58:48.94 Chris Olson It's very rare. I don't, I say this actually, I think I've ever seen a film where Denzel Washington seems to get dwarfed by another actor. 00:58:58.97 Brian Penn and I know. 00:58:58.99 Chris Olson He honestly, Gene Hattman overshadows him in so many scenes. 00:59:01.35 Brian Penn I know he does. 00:59:02.47 Chris Olson I'm like, that is, I've never, obviously Denzel's quite young in this film. 00:59:02.75 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:59:07.53 Brian Penn ah know. 00:59:07.62 Chris Olson ah Yeah. Well, not, not that young, but he's, he's youngish. 00:59:08.24 Brian Penn Yeah, he Yeah. 00:59:10.96 Chris Olson But Gene Hattman is absolutely chewing the scenery in this one. 00:59:13.94 Brian Penn Yeah. 00:59:14.12 Chris Olson He is having way another time. Yeah. 00:59:15.92 Brian Penn and I know, I know. 00:59:17.95 Chris Olson i My wife walked in while I was watching this. Sorry, that sounds really dodgy. She sometimes just comes in, right? 00:59:23.03 Brian Penn and Yeah, Yeah, you're doing, don't worry. 00:59:24.67 Chris Olson I was wearing trousers. I was wearing trousers. It's fine. 00:59:26.74 Brian Penn I don't think it's fine. 00:59:26.99 Chris Olson ah she She came in and she said, that's not Viggo Mortensen, is it? I was like, ah yeah, it is. 00:59:31.32 Brian Penn Yeah. But the thing is, though, Chris, they they do look incredibly young. I mean, ah Denzel Washington, Viggo Mortensen, and also James Gandolfini as well. 00:59:41.39 Chris Olson Yeah, he's in it. Yeah. 00:59:42.60 Brian Penn And he looks, they all look incredibly young. But then again, it is 30 years ago. But even so, you think, God, because you kind of age with the actors when you see them on screen and you you don't think of them being that young. 00:59:54.19 Brian Penn um They do look good. um But. um 00:59:58.64 Chris Olson but I think my wife's particular issue with Viggo Monson, though, was that, yes, he looks lot younger, but also, he's got this, like, American crew cut, like a soldier haircut, where she only really knows him from Lord of the Rings, where he's got long black flowing hair. 01:00:07.25 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 01:00:10.87 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:00:12.53 Chris Olson So she was like, oh no, you've ruined him for me. 01:00:13.14 Brian Penn ah know. 01:00:14.84 Chris Olson But... 01:00:15.40 Brian Penn Yeah, it's a slight image, isn't it? 01:00:16.67 Chris Olson but But yeah, no, I mean, I like these sort of, you know, thriller, war, espionage type movies. 01:00:24.04 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:00:25.30 Chris Olson And I thought what was great about this film was bringing you into this conflict where you think there's like a power struggle between... yeah Obviously, you're meant to identify with the Denzel Washington character. 01:00:37.54 Chris Olson yeah He's the sort of one being presented. 01:00:38.02 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:00:39.26 Chris Olson But actually... a lot of what Gene Hackman's character does is completely by the book. He is literally following the orders that are set by the you the law of the US. 01:00:45.12 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 01:00:50.53 Chris Olson And you kind of go, when they get to the end bit, you go, oh God, they they were both right. They were both right. Oh, geez. like yeah And these are the people that are and in control of whether or not the earth blows up. 01:00:57.60 Brian Penn I 01:01:00.68 Brian Penn know. um I think the the final scenes, though, were really tied to film up quite nicely because Jason Robards does a very nice cameo as the the head of the disciplinary panel, doesn't he? 01:01:13.02 Chris Olson Yeah. 01:01:13.43 Brian Penn And he sums it up really well. in just a couple of minutes, you think, oh, of course, yeah, they're both right, but they were kind of both wrong as well, right? 01:01:22.28 Chris Olson Yeah. 01:01:22.51 Brian Penn And that's, you don't see that very often in ah in a big budget movie like that. There's always a very clear right and wrong. But here, the lines are blurred because they're both right and they're both wrong. 01:01:33.28 Brian Penn And ah very cleverly done. But the um the narrative on the closing titles at the end is also quite revealing because soon afterwards, um a Naval submarine captains lost the right to launch nuclear missiles without the okay only the president can do that now and that was in 1995 it's something i didn't know so it's educational as well this will part of being 01:01:51.53 Chris Olson There 01:01:58.44 Chris Olson you go. um Yeah, so that was Crimson Tide, but obviously led us on to maybe thinking about some of our favourite Gene Hackman movies. um Lots come to mind, and he's always one of those actors that I'm like, he is the main character, but he's also not the main character. 01:02:10.05 Brian Penn know 01:02:15.97 Chris Olson Like even with Crimson Tide, he's not really the main character. 01:02:16.22 Brian Penn No. 01:02:19.43 Chris Olson but he's absolutely like a massive part of it. 01:02:21.69 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:02:21.78 Chris Olson I always think of him. He's in, um, enemy of the state. I remember him being the character in there. Also the, the replacements. 01:02:27.40 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:02:29.09 Chris Olson Did you watch that film comedy sort of sports film? 01:02:31.45 Brian Penn yeah Yeah. No, I forgot all about that, but yeah, I've seen it. Yeah. I forgot about that one. 01:02:36.26 Chris Olson Yeah, we've got Keanu Reeves in it where they're these like um these football players that come because they the other ones are like striking about pay or something and they come over the picket line. 01:02:36.82 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 01:02:40.43 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:02:42.74 Brian Penn yeah yeah yeah 01:02:45.56 Chris Olson Oh, there's a this scene, they always remember the where they get arrested and they do the dance in the prison. 01:02:49.56 Brian Penn and 01:02:49.86 Chris Olson So absolutely brilliant. But yeah, I mean, what about you, Brian? 01:02:51.64 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:02:53.45 Chris Olson are some favourite films he's been in? 01:02:55.38 Brian Penn Well, there's so many to choose from, isn't there, really? When I knew we were going going to be talking about this, I just jotted down a few few films and you think there's something... I mean, I forgot all about The Replacements. That's a really good film, actually. 01:03:06.40 Chris Olson Yeah, 01:03:06.57 Brian Penn um But, you know, obviously, French Connection ah playing Popeye Doyle, that was his big breakthrough movie. 01:03:09.62 Chris Olson yeah. yeah 01:03:13.94 Brian Penn It it made Bonnie and Clyde were Warren Basie beforehand, but French Connection, obviously won an Oscar for it with Roy Schneider. Great film. ah The Conversation, where he plays the surveillance expert, ah one of Harrison Ford's early roles in that film as well. 01:03:30.56 Brian Penn um But for me, my favourite Gene Hackman film, and there are so many I could name, but one that stands out more than any other is Mississippi Burning. 01:03:42.64 Chris Olson Yeah, i was going to say, yeah, that's an absolute classic. 01:03:44.23 Brian Penn but With Willem Dafoe. 01:03:47.47 Chris Olson Yeah. 01:03:47.47 Brian Penn where they're, it's basically a true story, isn't it, as well, where three civil rights leaders, workers are murdered in Mississippi, ah in 63, I think it was, and you've got Gene Hackman and William Dafoe playing two FBI agents with contrasting approaches to investigation, because Dafoe's the one who's by the book, does it all by the book, but Gene Hackman's character is, 01:04:16.17 Brian Penn is a native of Mississippi and knows how the locals think. 01:04:22.26 Chris Olson e 01:04:22.31 Brian Penn And he'll cut the odd corner here and there to get the right results. Great friction between those two actors. Again, but a fantastic film. But there's so many other films that but do spring to mind. 01:04:33.05 Chris Olson um I honestly, I go through his list, I'm like, jeez, Unforgiven. 01:04:35.67 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:04:37.35 Chris Olson He's in Unforgiven. 01:04:38.12 Brian Penn and know you got an Oscar for that, didn't you? 01:04:38.19 Chris Olson And that that is just, that i mean, that is the best Western movie ever made. 01:04:40.63 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:04:43.30 Chris Olson will not argue with anyone on that. 01:04:43.38 Brian Penn know. 01:04:44.66 Chris Olson It just is. um 01:04:45.74 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:04:46.57 Chris Olson But I keep coming to his like comedy roles. Well, he wast he's not really the comedy role, but in and have you seen The Birdcage with Robin Williams? 01:04:54.78 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 01:04:55.49 Chris Olson where he he plays the sort of uptight parent um that comes to visit. 01:04:59.91 Brian Penn yeah 01:05:01.07 Chris Olson And it is so good. It's got Nathan Lane in it, Diane West. 01:05:04.87 Brian Penn and lines right Yeah. yeah 01:05:06.44 Chris Olson That, ah my family, used to watch that on repeat. We used to watch it loads at home. We had the videotape of it. And it is brilliant. It is so good. 01:05:14.80 Brian Penn and yeah But he could do, he could play lighthearted roles as well. 01:05:15.92 Chris Olson So funny. 01:05:19.03 Brian Penn though couldn't he I mean, he was very good in the Superman movies when he played 01:05:20.20 Chris Olson Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, i i i'd forgotten about those. i went back said, oh yeah, he was in there, wasn't they 01:05:24.90 Brian Penn I know. A couple of other films I want to throw in while we're speaking about this, but A Bridge Too Far. He had a very small role in A Bridge Too Far. 01:05:33.72 Chris Olson he? Yep. 01:05:35.54 Brian Penn He played Sosabowski, the Polish major. um And he was in one, he wasn't in that much. I mean, they all had cameos, didn't they, that film? It was that kind of film. um But he was on screen with Dirk Bogart, Sean Connery, Ryan O'Neill, and he stole that scene from those three actors. 01:05:53.77 Brian Penn Without even trying. You know, we were speaking just now that he kind of, he has an understated approach to acting where he doesn't try and be the star, but he ends up being the star. 01:06:05.33 Chris Olson Yeah. 01:06:05.56 Brian Penn So doesn't try too hard. And in A Bridge Too Far, he did that. And he managed to upstage three great screen actors, three the greatest screen actors ever. And amazing actor. 01:06:18.27 Brian Penn um I never realized he'd been retired that long, actually. 01:06:21.25 Chris Olson Yeah, I didn't realise that. I thought he'd been still putting out films, but it's been um over 20 years. 01:06:24.86 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah, yeah 01:06:27.03 Chris Olson Obviously, not getting any more now, but he's got a fabulous catalogue. Go back through his films, there's just so many. There's films in there that are on everyone's top 50. 01:06:35.04 Brian Penn and 01:06:40.28 Chris Olson Top 50, you're going to have to watch Unforgiven. 01:06:41.76 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:06:42.80 Chris Olson going have to watch The French Connection. 01:06:43.50 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 01:06:44.96 Chris Olson yeah. so 01:06:45.63 Brian Penn they are yeah They're all must-see films, aren't they? 01:06:46.53 Chris Olson yeah 01:06:47.98 Brian Penn Definitely. 01:06:48.53 Chris Olson go in there but yeah my purse either i don't know maybe my affinity with comedy is just ah coming through but yeah the birdcage and the replacements really stood out to me because i was oh i love those films we got a really soft spot for those films um yeah 01:06:56.95 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:06:59.74 Brian Penn Yeah. No, i as I say, there's such a wide choice there. Also, one one further Gene Hackman movie, and one of the big daddies of this disaster movies, Poseidon Adventure. 01:07:11.58 Chris Olson oh yeah 01:07:12.91 Brian Penn And he played the reverend in it, didn't he? He was guiding the yeah survivors out. um Another great part. you he just nailed it every time. i mean, I don't think he ever made a bad film, really. 01:07:26.02 Chris Olson Yeah, I mean, there are few of them I've not seen, but I think he was a great presence. as i always added a lot of gravitas to movies. like Even like um Enemy the State, where he's up against like Will Smith. 01:07:34.57 Brian Penn Yeah. Yeah. 01:07:38.08 Chris Olson it's like And in them Crimson Tide, you've got you've got these actors that are like, they've got a lot of charisma. They've got a lot of personality. 01:07:45.45 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:07:45.60 Chris Olson So to go up against them and and still shine, I think is is really, really impressive. 01:07:48.37 Brian Penn One 01:07:50.42 Chris Olson Yeah. Yeah, absolutely great. 01:07:52.21 Brian Penn the, one of the, one of the, one of the Autism greats without a shadow of a doubt. 01:07:53.21 Chris Olson um Yeah, that's Gene Hackman. And... 01:07:59.08 Chris Olson Absolutely. Crimson Tide, everyone, is available on Disney+, plus if you want to go and watch it. If, like me, you hadn't seen it, it's definitely worth it. I was absolutely thrilled. Because ah sometimes with films, if I'm doing themp the nostalgia pick, I won't necessarily watch it all in one go. 01:08:13.26 Chris Olson Like with Braveheart, I think I watched that over two nights. 01:08:14.49 Brian Penn um 01:08:15.74 Chris Olson It was a bit bit long, that one. 01:08:15.84 Brian Penn Right, yeah. 01:08:17.10 Chris Olson But with Crimson Tide, I was like... I just can't not carry on with this film. 01:08:20.75 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:08:20.94 Chris Olson It is just absolutely insanely gripping. 01:08:24.89 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:08:24.99 Chris Olson ah Really, really good. 01:08:25.39 Brian Penn Yeah. 01:08:25.91 Chris Olson um Shout out to all the films in today's episode. We've reviewed some fabulous movies. 01:08:29.55 Brian Penn Yes. 01:08:31.46 Chris Olson And yeah, thank you again to the filmmakers that send them to us to review. 01:08:31.61 Brian Penn We have. 01:08:36.21 Chris Olson Thank you to the listeners for your reviews. with Lots for the brutalists. So you can stop sending them now. I'm not going to read anymore. um Thank you very much. ah yeah thank you to Brian as always for watching and reviewing all the films that I send his way um and thank you to you dear listener for bearing with us through all this time it is lovely if if you make it to the end of the episode if you haven't made to the end of the episode you're not hearing this so I hate you no I'm joking yeah we'll see you again next month with another episode but yeah thank you and goodbye 01:08:50.38 Brian Penn Pleasure. 01:09:10.35 Brian Penn for now. Previous Next

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The trio start the weekend in high spirits but soon turns into chaos, as well-kept secrets are exposed and the friends come to see each other in a whole new light. Everyone has a secret... HELP boasts an impressive cast of promising actors of Louis James (The English Teacher, A Simple Robbery), Emily Redpath (Romeo and Juliet, Casualty), Sarah Alexandra Marks (Glamour, Psychosis) and including a cameo performance from iconic boyband Blue's very own Duncan James! With a plot as dark as HELP’s, you might not expect to see former boyband member Duncan James' cameo, but the unlikely pairing came about organically. “I met Louis whilst filming in Liverpool, a mutual friend introduced us, and we immediately struck up a friendship” , explains James. “His passion was palpable and there was a lot of mutual respect. I watched his performance in a few of Ridder’s short films, such as ‘The English Teacher’ and ‘A Simple Robbery’ and thought he was great, so I wanted to support him and be involved in his next project” . Read our Help film review . 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.

tick, tick…BOOM! will launch globally on Netflix and in select cinemas this Autumn. Brand new film trailers. Tick Tick Boom Teaser Trailer tick, tick…BOOM! Teaser Trailer Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his feature directorial debut with tick, tick…BOOM!, an adaptation of the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, who revolutionized theatre as the creator of Rent. The film follows Jon (Academy Award nominee and Tony Award winner Andrew Garfield), a young theatre composer who’s waiting tables at a New York City diner in 1990 while writing what he hopes will be the next great American musical. Days before he’s due to showcase his work in a make-or-break performance, Jon is feeling the pressure from everywhere: from his girlfriend Susan, who dreams of an artistic life beyond New York City; from his friend Michael, who has moved on from his dream to a life of financial security; amidst an artistic community being ravaged by the AIDS epidemic. With the clock ticking, Jon is at a crossroads and faces the question everyone must reckon with: What are we meant to do with the time we have? tick, tick…BOOM! stars Academy Award nominee & Tony Award winner Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Tony Award nominee Robin de Jesús, Tony Award nominee Joshua Henry, MJ Rodriguez, Emmy Award winner Bradley Whitford, Tariq Trotter, with Emmy and Tony Award winner Judith Light, and Vanessa Hudgens. The film is written by Tony Award winner Steven Levenson, and produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard for Imagine Entertainment, Julie Oh, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. tick, tick…BOOM! will launch globally on Netflix and in select cinemas this Autumn 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.

Cry Macho Official Trailer Released by Warner Bros. Starring (and directed by) Clint Eastwood, Cry Macho is due for cinematic release in November 2021.. Brand new film trailers. Cry Macho Official Trailer Cry Macho Official Trailer Released by Warner Bros. Starring (and directed by) Clint Eastwood, Cry Macho is due for cinematic release in November 2021. Eastwood plays a character called Miko, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who takes a job to bring a man's young son home and away from his alcoholic mom. On their journey, the horseman finds redemption by teaching the boy what it means to be a good man. Based on a screenplay by Nick Schenk and N. Richard Nash, Cry Macho looks to be a return to the Western genre for Client Eastwood. The film also stars Dwight Yoakam and Fernanda Urrejola. If you enjoyed the Cry Macho Official Trailer , let us know on social and share. 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.

Directed by Andy Serkis, screenplay by Kelly Marcel, and story by Tom Hardy. Venom: Let There Be Carnage is due to release in cinemas September 15th 2021. . Brand new film trailers. Venom Let There Be Carnage Trailer Venom: Let There By Carnage Official Trailer Tom Hardy returns to the big screen as the lethal protector Venom, one of MARVEL's greatest and most complex characters. Directed by Andy Serkis, the film also stars Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris and Woody Harrelson, in the role of the villain Cletus Kasady/Carnage. Directed by Andy Serkis, screenplay by Kelly Marcel, and story by Tom Hardy. Venom: Let There Be Carnage is due to release in cinemas September 15th 2021. Read our Venom film review to find out what we thought of the first film. 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.

In A Boy Called Christmas, an ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm.. Brand new film trailers. A Boy Called Christmas Trailer On Sky Cinema and in cinemas across the UK & Ireland from 26 November Christmas comes early with the launch of the main trailer for Gil Kenan ’s (Monster House, Ghostbusters: Afterlife ) live-action magical adventure A Boy Called Christmas , a Sky Original . The film boasts an incredible ensemble cast including newcomer Henry Lawfull as protagonist, Nikolas, Toby Jones (Infamous , Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ), Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water , Paddington 1 & 2 ), Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids, Wonder Woman 1984 ), Michiel Huisman (The Haunting of Hill House, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society ), Zoe Colletti (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark), Stephen Merchant (Jojo Rabbit, Fighting With My Family, Logan ) Jim Broadbent (Paddington 1 & 2, The Iron Lady ) and Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey, Harry Potter ) and Indica Watson (Gold Digger, Radioactive). In A Boy Called Christmas , an ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. Taking with him a headstrong reindeer called Blitzen and a loyal pet mouse, Nikolas soon meets his destiny in this magical, comic and endearing story that proves nothing is impossible… Ol Parker (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel ) and Gil Kenan adapted the screenplay from the bestselling book by Matt Haig , the first of 5 books in the acclaimed series, all of which are published by Canongate Books. The film is produced by STUDIOCANAL with Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin of BAFTA and Academy Award® winning Blueprint Pictures. The film will be released on Sky Cinema, on streaming service NOW and in cinemas on 26 November. 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.

Vivo follows a one-of-kind kinkajou (aka a rainforest “honey bear,” voiced by Miranda), who spends his days playing music to the crowds in a lively square with his beloved owner Andrés (Buena Vista Social Club’s Juan de Marcos).. Brand new film trailers. Vivo Official Trailer Vivo Official Netflix Film Trailer Released From Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation — the studio that brought you Oscar winner Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and this year's critically acclaimed blockbuster The Mitchells vs. The Machines — comes Vivo , an animated musical adventure featuring all-new songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Tony, Grammy, and Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of Hamilton and In the Heights . Vivo follows a one-of-kind kinkajou (aka a rainforest “honey bear,” voiced by Miranda), who spends his days playing music to the crowds in a lively square with his beloved owner Andrés (Buena Vista Social Club’s Juan de Marcos). Though they may not speak the same language, Vivo and Andrés are the perfect duo through their common love of music. But when tragedy strikes shortly after Andrés receives a letter from the famous Marta Sandoval (three-time Grammy-winning Latin pop legend Gloria Estefan), inviting her old partner to her farewell concert with the hope of reconnecting, it’s up to Vivo to deliver a message that Andrés never could: A love letter to Marta, written long ago, in the form of a song. Yet in order to get to Marta, who lives a world apart, Vivo will need the help of Gabi (newcomer Ynairaly Simo) – an energetic tween who bounces to the beat of her own offbeat drum to fulfill his owner’s wishes. Also featuring the voices of Zoe Saldaña (Guardians of the Galaxy ) as Gabi’s mother, Rosa; Michael Rooker as a villainous Everglades python, Lutador; Brian Tyree Henry and Nicole Byer as a pair of star-crossed spoonbills; and Katie Lowes, Olivia Trujillo, and Lidya Jewett as a trio of well-meaning but overzealous scout troops, VIVO is an exhilarating story about gathering your courage, finding family in unlikely friends, and the belief that music can open you to new worlds. The film is directed by Oscar nominee Kirk DeMicco (The Croods ), co-directed by Brandon Jeffords (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2) , written by Quiara Alegria Hudes (In the Heights ), produced by Lisa Stewart (Monsters vs. Aliens ), Michelle Wong (Hotel Transylvania 2 ) and Oscar winner Rich Moore (Zootopia ), with visual consultation by Oscar winning cinematographer Roger Deakins (Blade Runner 2049 ). Serving as the film’s composer and executive music producer is Tony and Grammy award-winner Alex Lacamoire (The Greatest Showman ), and the film is executive produced by Miranda, Golden Globe winner Laurence Mark (Dreamgirls ), and Louis Koo Tin Lok (The Mitchells vs. The Machines ). Vivi is in select UK cinemas on 30th July and on Netflix on 6th August. 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.