Send us a text Rebecca is a 2020 British romantic thriller film directed by Ben Wheatley from a screenplay by Jane Goldman , Joe Shrapnel, and Anna Waterhouse. The film is based on the 1938 novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier . The film stars Lily James , Armie Hammer , Kristin Scott Thomas , Keeley Hawes , Ann Dowd , and Sam Riley . Rebecca was released in select theatres on 16 October 2020, and digitally on Netflix on 21 October 2020. It received mixed reviews from critics....
May 01, 2021•1 hr•Season 2020Ep. 10
Send us a text The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a 2018 historical romantic-drama film directed by Mike Newell and written by Don Roos and Tom Bezucha . The screenplay is based on the 2008 novel of the same name , written by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows . The film stars Lily James , Michiel Huisman , Glen Powell , Jessica Brown Findlay , Katherine Parkinson , Matthew Goode , Tom Courtenay and Penelope Wilton . Set in 1946, the plot follows a London-based writer who excha...
Apr 17, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Send us a text 3 Māori cousins. Mata, introverted, watchful, a seer of spirits, the child of a Māori mother and an abusive Pākehā (white) father. Makareta, raised to be the princess of her tribe, spoilt and educated in both worlds. Missy, cheeky, insecure and often overlooked, the heartbeat of her family. Stolen from her whānau, placed in an orphanage and watched over by a vengeful guardian, Mata lives out her childhood in fear and bewilderment, saved only by her wonderful imagination. Back on t...
Apr 03, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 2021Ep. 3
Send us a text Carol is a 2015 romantic drama period film directed by Todd Haynes . The screenplay by Phyllis Nagy is based on the 1952 romance novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith (republished as Carol in 1990). The film stars Cate Blanchett , Rooney Mara , Sarah Paulson , Jake Lacy , and Kyle Chandler . Set in New York City during the early 1950s, Carol tells the story of a forbidden affair between an aspiring female photographer and an older woman going through a difficult divorce. h...
Mar 20, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Send us a text Disobedience is a 2017 romantic drama film directed by Sebastián Lelio and written by Lelio and Rebecca Lenkiewicz , based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Naomi Alderman . The film stars Rachel Weisz , Rachel McAdams , and Alessandro Nivola . Set in North London , it tells the story of a woman who returns to the strict Orthodox Jewish community for her father's funeral after living in New York for many years, having been estranged from her father and ostracised by the commun...
Mar 06, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Send us a text Dragon Rider ( German : Drachenreiter ) is a 2020 German animated fantasy film based on the novel of the same name by Cornelia Funke . The film was to be released in theatres on August 6, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the film release was finally postponed to October 1, 2020. Firedrake is a young silver dragon , who has had enough of constantly having to hide in a wooded valley. He wants to show the older generations of dragons that he is a real dragon. When humans...
Feb 20, 2021•57 min•Season 2021Ep. 2
Send us a text How Stella Got Her Groove Back is a 1998 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan , adapted from Terry McMillan 's best-selling 1996 novel of the same title. The film stars Angela Bassett , Taye Diggs (in his film debut), Whoopi Goldberg , and Regina King . The original music score was composed by Michel Colombier . Race-baiting, queer-baiting, colorism, featurism, and performative diversity | Khadija Mbowe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYPB5nJV3h8...
Feb 06, 2021•57 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Send us a text Links for support - https://nzfvc.org.nz/links https://rpe.co.nz/find-your-local-support-service/ Trigger Warning - this episode discusses sensitive topics such as domestic violence and rape. The Dry is the 2016 debut novel by Australian author Jane Harper . The book has won numerous international awards and has sold more than 1 million copies worldwide. A film adaptation was released on 1 January 202 with great success, placing it as one of the highest-grossing Australian film op...
Jan 24, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 2021Ep. 1
Send us a text Roald Dahl's The Witches is a 2020 Mexican-American dark fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis, Kenya Barris , and Guillermo del Toro . It is based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl and is the second feature-length adaptation of the novel, after the 1990 film of the same name directed by Nicolas Roeg . The film stars Anne Hathaway , Octavia Spencer , and Stanley Tucci , and is narrated by Chris Rock . The Witches is a 1990 dark fant...
Jan 09, 2021•47 min•Season 2020Ep. 9
Send us a text Juliet, Naked is a novel by the British author Nick Hornby published in 2009. It tells the story of Annie, the long-suffering girlfriend of obsessed music fan Duncan, and the object of his obsession, singer-songwriter Tucker Crowe. The plot revolves around the release of Juliet, Naked , the first new Tucker Crowe release in over two decades. Juliet, Naked is a 2018 romantic comedy film directed by Jesse Peretz based on Nick Hornby 's novel of the same name . It centers on the stor...
Dec 19, 2020•58 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Send us a text The One and Only Ivan is a children's novel written by K. A. Applegate and illustrated by Patricia Castelao. The book is about a silverback gorilla named Ivan who lived in a cage at a mall. The novel is written in first person from the point of view of Ivan, a gorilla. In 2013, it was named the winner of the Newbery Medal . It has won several other awards and is currently nominated to several reading lists. The title was followed in 2020 by The One and Only Bob , which is presente...
Dec 07, 2020•55 min•Season 2020Ep. 8
Send us a text The Joy Luck Club is a 1989 novel written by Amy Tan . It was also eventually turned into a short story. It focuses on four Chinese American immigrant families in San Francisco who start a club known as The Joy Luck Club, playing the Chinese game of mahjong for money while feasting on a variety of foods. The book is structured somewhat like a mahjong game, with four parts divided into four sections to create sixteen chapters The Joy Luck Club ( simplified Chinese : 喜福会; traditiona...
Nov 21, 2020•55 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Send us a text The Secret Garden is a 2020 British fantasy drama film based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett , the fourth film adaptation of the novel. Directed by Marc Munden and produced by David Heyman , it stars Dixie Egerickx , Colin Firth , and Julie Walters . Set in 1947 England, the plot follows a young orphan who is sent to live with her uncle, only to discover a magical garden at his estate....
Nov 07, 2020•39 min•Season 2020Ep. 7
Send us a text The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a 2018 drama film directed by Desiree Akhavan and written by Akhavan and Cecilia Frugiuele, based on the 2012 novel by Emily M. Danforth . It stars Chloë Grace Moretz , John Gallagher Jr. , Sasha Lane , Forrest Goodluck , Marin Ireland , Owen Campbell , Kerry Butler , Quinn Shephard , Emily Skeggs , Melanie Ehrlich, and Jennifer Ehle . Moretz plays a teenager sent to a gay conversion therapy centre. The film had its world premiere at the Sundanc...
Oct 24, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Send us a text Can You Ever Forgive Me is a 2018 American biographical film directed by Marielle Heller and with a screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty , based on the 2008 confessional memoir of the same name by Lee Israel . Melissa McCarthy stars as Israel, and the story follows her attempts to revitalize her failing writing career by forging letters from deceased authors and playwrights. The film also features Richard E. Grant , Dolly Wells , Jane Curtin , Anna Deavere Smith , Steph...
Oct 10, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Send us a text The Patience Stone ( Persian : سنگ صبور) is a 2012 French-Afghan war drama film directed by Atiq Rahimi , based on his 2008 novel of the same title . Written by Jean-Claude Carrière and the director, the film stars Golshifteh Farahani , Hamid Djavadan, Massi Mrowat, and Hassina Burgan. The film was selected as the Afghan entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards , although it was not nominated. Golshifteh Farahani was nominated for the Most Promising Ac...
Sep 26, 2020•57 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Send us a text In 1977, Robyn Davidson set off from Alice Springs for the Indian Ocean on the west coast of Australia, with a dog and four camels, Dookie (a large male), Bub (a smaller male), Zeleika (a wild female), and Goliath (Zeleika's offspring). She had no intention of writing about the journey, but eventually agreed to write an article for the magazine National Geographic . Having met the photographer Rick Smolan in Alice Springs, he insisted that he be the photographer for the journey. S...
Sep 12, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Send us a text Crazy Rich Asians is a 2018 American romantic comedy film directed by Jon M. Chu, from a screenplay by Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim, based on the 2013 novel of the same title by Kevin Kwan. The film stars Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Gemma Chan, Lisa Lu, Awkwafina, Ken Jeong, and Michelle Yeoh.
Aug 29, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Send us a text Artemis Fowl (known in certain territories as Artemis Fowl: The Secret World ) is a 2020 American science fantasy adventure film based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Irish author Eoin Colfer . It is directed by Kenneth Branagh , from a screenplay co-written by Conor McPherson and Hamish McColl . The film stars Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Josh Gad , Tamara Smart, Nonso Anozie , Colin Farrell , and Judi Dench . It details the adventures of Artemis Fowl II , a 12-year-old Iri...
Aug 15, 2020•53 min•Season 2020Ep. 6
Send us a text The Hate U Give is a 2018 American film directed by George Tillman Jr. with a screenplay by Audrey Wells , based on the 2017 young adult novel of the same name by Angie Thomas . The film stars Amandla Stenberg , Regina Hall , Russell Hornsby , KJ Apa , Common , and Anthony Mackie , and follows the fallout after a high school student witnesses a police shooting....
Aug 01, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Send us a text Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail is a 2012 memoir by American author Cheryl Strayed, describing her 1,100-mile hike on the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995 as a journey of self-discovery. The book reached No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list, and was the first selection for Oprah's Book Club 2.0. Cheryl Strayed, a recently divorced woman, decides to start a new life by hiking along the 1,100 mile-long Pacific Crest Trail. She begins to discover herself as she...
Jul 18, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Send us a text Atomic Blonde is a 2017 American action thriller film based on the 2012 graphic novel The Coldest City, which revolves around a spy who has to find a list of double agents who are being smuggled into the West on the eve of the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Jul 11, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Send us a text The true story of Molly Bloom, a beautiful, young, Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans and finally, unbeknown to her, the Russian mob. Her only ally was her criminal defense lawyer Charlie Jaffey, who learned there was much more to Molly than the tabloids led people...
Jul 04, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Send us a text And the categories are: Worst Film Adaptation Best Film Adaptation Best casting for protagonist Best imagination brought to life Worst aging of characters (too bad we haven't covered Mortal Engines yet) Best addition to storyline Who will take away the gold medal?
Jun 20, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Send us a text Once upon a time, Maddy and Bri were reading a book for the podcast, when a massive twister hit their town. When the storm cleared, Maddy and Bri found themselves in a strange colourful land, somewhere over the rainbow. Join Maddy and Bri and their new friend Christopher Scarecrow as they journey through the land of Oz to destroy the patriarchy and discuss questionable health saftey practices of the 1930s....
Jun 06, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Send us a text Briana and Maddy discover that they are secretly part of another world filled with demons, angles, and human/demon/angel crossbreeds. In spite of fighting with and killing actual demons, both Maddy and Briana struggle to accept the existence of the demons and their world. Follow the two of them as they discuss the over sexualisation of female protagonists in film and television, the representation of homosexuals in the supernatural world, and farting. Yes, farting....
May 24, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Send us a text Matilda is a 1996 American family comedy fantasy film co-produced and directed by Danny DeVito from a screenplay written by Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord . Based on Roald Dahl 's 1988 novel of the same name , the film stars Mara Wilson as the title character with DeVito, Rhea Perlman , Embeth Davidtz , and Pam Ferris in supporting roles. The film centers on a young genius girl named Matilda Wormwood, who develops psychokinetic abilities and uses them to deal with her disreputab...
May 09, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Send us a text Briana and Maddy are isolated on the Yorkshire Moors when they discover a lost key. Little did they know that it would lead to a Secret Garden. Brought up selfish and overindulged, if you listen closely, you can hear them bickering. But, thanks to a magic chant spoken around a midnight fire to the beat of an ancient dance under the full moon they are able to resolve their differences and grow as people. This week we discuss Frances Hodgson Burnett's 1911 novel, The Secret Garden. ...
Apr 25, 2020•1 hr•Season 2020Ep. 5
Send us a text Eragon (Ed Speleers), a poor farm boy, lives in Alagaesia, a kingdom ruled by Galbatorix (John Malkovich), a powerful but evil monarch. One day, Eragon discovers a beautiful stone that he soon realizes is a dragon's egg. When the creature hatches, Eragon sets forth on a path that could restore the glory of his homeland's legendary Dragon Riders and perhaps overthrow Galbatorix - Google. To this day Eragon is the only film I have ever stopped watching after 20 minutes because it wa...
Apr 12, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Send us a text The Chapter One Take Two team has some extra time on their hands these days. We have decided to spend some of this time working to entertain you and bring some laughs. Looking around our home we found many books that we have yet to read so set out to make a dent in our to-do list. Today's episode is The Time Machine, originally published in 1895 by H.G. Wells. We have covered both the 1960 and 2002 film adaptations and so have split the podcast episode into two parts, Part 2 is av...
Apr 09, 2020•40 min•Season 19Ep. 2
