229. 2022 Christmas Special ft Avatar 2
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Dec 23, 2022•1 hr 1 min
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228. Shang Chi, The Eternals, The French Dispatch & Naked
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Jan 26, 2022•37 min
227. Inside, Dune, Last Night in Soho & No Time To Die
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Jan 14, 2022•41 min
226. Black Widow & Another Round
This time we delve into Thomas Vinterberg's gentle Another Round, a film about some droopy dads getting various degrees of pissed. Plus Sam reviews Black Widow, a film most people have probably already forgotten exists. We also have a conversation about the Matrix trilogy and the sex rave we all remember fondly from the second one, and resist the Disney Corporation's attempts to trick us into a nostalgic connection to the latest Spider-Man. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...
Oct 01, 2021•40 min
225. Promising Young Woman & The Snyder Cut
A rare transmission from Film Chat finds us reviewing Oscar-winning thriller Promising Young Woman, which did not speak to this podcast's male hosts. We also check out the wacky four-hour "Synder cut" of Justice League, surely the longest, greyest, and most rubble-filled superhero film ever made. Plus, we applaud the social media presence of Antony Hopkins and we look at upcoming projects from Rian Johnson and Joe Cornish. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 19, 2021•49 min
224. Wonder Woman 1984
In line with our predictable, regular, and timely production schedule, the latest episode of Film Chat is here! We're releasing it just after the Oscars, but we know what our listeners really want to hear - our review of Wonder Woman 1984. Everyone's talking about it, everyone's thinking about it, and now you get to hear our take. Don't miss out! PLUS!! We hold forth on Netflix's Bridgerton, a vibrant period romance with a lot of sexy boxing and heaving bosoms, and we chat about forthcoming proj...
Apr 26, 2021•50 min
223. Soul, Wild Mountain Thyme & Hamilton
On this extremely belated episode of Film Chat we review Soul, the latest film from Pixar which combines their two interests - madcap buddy comedy shenanigans and deep metaphysical ruminations. We then openly laugh at cultural hate crime/film Wild Mountain Thyme which, if nothing else, is a strong contender for weirdest third act twist ever. AND we find time to deliver a blistering hot take on the cultural juggernaut Hamilton a mere 6 years after it was first staged. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...
Mar 07, 2021•1 hr 3 min
222. Christmas Special
Quick!!!! If you stick this episode on within minutes of it uploading, you can still ring in the New Year with this podcast on in the background!! Bid goodnight to 2020 with Sam and Danny, as they look over what has unquestionably been a weird and not particularly good year. Most of a top 10 films of the year is assembled, Christmas viewing highlights are discussed, some lovely messages from listeners are read out, and the question of which teapot from Disney's Beauty and the Beast films is the ...
Dec 31, 2020•40 min
221. Mank
On this episode we review David Fincher's latest film, Mank, in which everyone's favourite old man, Gary Oldman plays the legendary screenwriter Herman J Mankiewicz. In the pantheon of Netflix movies is it better than The Irishman or worse than The Princess Switch: Switched Again? Tune in to find out. Plus we look at the frankly insane number of project Disney has announced and wonder what it is that has gotten Lord Christopher Nolan in a real tizz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
Dec 23, 2020•40 min
220. The Trial of the Chicago 7 & Borat 2
Our latest episode sneaking out gives our listeners a chance to play another game of "When Did We Record This?" Under the microscope this time are a double dose of political Sacha Baron Cohen movies that between them are probably responsible for Biden's election victory. Well done Sacha!! In The Trial of the Chicago Seven, ultra-liberal ultra-patriot Aaron Sorkin dramatises the true story of a group of left-wing protestors accused of "conspiracy to riot" at the 1968 Democratic National Conventio...
Dec 22, 2020•33 min
219. I'm Thinking of Ending Things
On this belated episode of Film Chat, Danny reviews anticipated threequel Bill and Ted: Face the Music in which the internet's boyfriend Keanu Reeves teams up with that guy who was in the previous films to give you a hit of nostalgia laced joy. It's basically fine. THEN we do a deep dive into I'm Thinking of Ending Things, the latest existential offering from America's saddest director, Charlie Kaufman. Y'know, given the past few years it can often feel like the world is going to hell but Kaufma...
Nov 28, 2020•59 min
218. Tenet & Irresistible
On this episode we review the much-anticipated and still-in-cinemas Tenet, Christopher Nolan's latest high-concept, low-IQ blockbuster. We didn't know what the heck was going on but at least the explosions were all in-camera. Plus Danny gives his take on Jon Stewart's misfiring political satire Irresistible, and Sam explains why the 2018 film Rampage should have had one more giant animal in it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 22, 2020•49 min
217. Quarantine Chronicles Vol 7
Film Chat episodes are just like buses. You wait 3 months for one and then two come along within a week of each other. That's the saying right? On this belated ep we give scorching hot takes on the latest Judd Apatow man child dramedy The King of Staten Island, Alex Garland's robo chamber piece Ex Machina and Amy Heckerling's seminal 90's teen flick Clueless. We also find time to discuss a proposed Princess Diana biopic and wonder whether it'll be shit or the shit. Next episode due April 2025. K...
Sep 14, 2020•38 min
216. Quarantine Chronicles Vol 6
After an editing process longer than those of the the last three Christopher Nolan films combined, this archive audio recorded back in May 2020 is now ready for consumption by contemporary audiences. Remember May? It was a lot like now except barbers weren't open and Tenet hadn't come out. This blast from the past covers: -- Maybe Christopher Walken's best performance ever in King of New York -- Horror classic Witchfinder General -- Patrick Keillor's 1992 documentary London, which features a voi...
Sep 08, 2020•54 min
215. Quarantine Chronicles Vol 5
Our good friend Georgia Mills joins us to revisit 1999's Best Picture winner American Beauty, which turns out to be a real hot mess. We also grill Georgia about the scientific accuracy of films such as Lucy, The Matrix, and The Martian, and learn about "double bees". Plus, we take a look at another classic, the incredibly self-conscious and awkward erotic blockbuster 50 Shades of Grey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 31, 2020•52 min
214. Quarantine Chronicles Vol 4
The latest missive from the lockdown bunker contains: -- Danny's views on the festive anti-Brexit rom-com Last Christmas, featuring Emilia Clarke and a very literal interpretation of some George Michael lyrics -- Some dunking on Extraction, the gritty urban shoot-em-up on Netflix whose epic single-take action sequence is frankly trying too hard -- Chat about Billy Wilder's late period comedy The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes -- Brainstorm session for a film pitch for Coronavirus: The Movie, in...
May 15, 2020•41 min
213. Quarantine Chronicles Vol 3
This time in our respective lockdown bunkers, we discuss: - Quiz, the TV show about the coughing man who cheated on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - Castlevania, Netflix's cartoon about very softly spoken vampires and even more softly spoken vampire hunters - Jean-Pierre Melville's Army of Shadows, probably not as good as the Netflix cartoon but nevertheless a classic - Netflix's Four Weddings knock-off Love Wedding Repeat - #MeToo era horror The Invisible Man, which is one of many good films wit...
Apr 27, 2020•38 min
212. Quarantine Chronicles Vol 2
Several weeks into the lockdown the cracks are starting to show in the Film Chat machine so prepare for yourself for an episode which is somehow even less well prepped and even more free wheelin' then the last one. Our conversation covers the following classic films that you've been dying to hear our takes on: Confused and irritating Viggo Mortensen drama Captain Fantastic Lightweight Netflix rom-com Set It Up Sly and Arnie buddy film Escape Plan Classic Kung Fu movie The 36th Chamber of Shaolin...
Apr 17, 2020•44 min
211. Quarantine Chronicles Vol 1
We may be hunkered down inside forts made of panic-bought loo rolls and egg cartons, but we're still in contact with one another and we have the ability to record ourselves, so the podcast goes on!!! In this loose, even less prepped edition of Film Chat, we meander around what we've been watching lately instead of making physical contact with other humans. Conversation covers: --Mark Wahlberg's Netflix oeuvre --fash buddy cop film Dragged Across Concrete --sexy 70s Italian cop film Live Like A C...
Apr 06, 2020•35 min
210. Escape From Pretoria & Bacurau
With the Coronavirus forcing us all to self isolate everyone has more time to do one thing. Knitting. Unfortunately, like idiots, we made this podcast where we watch films, an activity nobody was doing before the pandemic and has only decreased as a result of it. Nevertheless we pointlessly review Escape from Pretoria, a South African real life prison drama which contained none of the excitement of nailing a purl ridge stitch. We also review Bacurau a brilliant genre bending fever dream come pol...
Mar 29, 2020•56 min
209. Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Birds of Prey & A Field in England
For this episode we shake off the contrarian attitude we took towards Midsommar and join in with the hordes of critics lavishing praise on Céline Sciamma's period romance Portrait of a Lady on Fire. We agree with the professional chumps - it's good! Plus, Sam offers his take on the Suicide Squad spin-off Birds of Prey and the Contrabulous Fabtraption of Professor Horatio Hufnagel, which plucks Margot Robbie from the bland grimy macho nonsense of the original and puts her in the centre of some co...
Mar 12, 2020•47 min
208. Parasite & The Personal History of David Copperfield
On this episode of Film Chat we finally review the recent Best Picture winner Parasite and answer the question everyone's been asking themselves - is this as good as Green Book? THEN Jake Hoskyns joins Sam in the Film Chat podbooth to review Armando Ianucci's latest film, The Personal History of David Copperfield? Did Armando Barnaby FUDGE this latest Dickens adaptation or was it a tale of two pretty satisfied film goers? Tune in to find out! PLUS we discuss the news that Bradley Cooper has been...
Feb 25, 2020•1 hr 1 min
207. Jojo Rabbit, The Lighthouse & The Wicker Man
Nazis! Lighthouse keepers! Pagans! This episode of Film Chat has it all! FIRSTLY, Danny reviews Oscar winning "anti-hate" satire Jojo Rabbit and finds it a real kampf to think of anything positive to say about it. THEN, Danny and Sam review The Lighthouse which goes straight into their top 5 of black and white lighthouse-based films that they’ve seen this year. AND THEN, Danny and Sam reappraise the classic British Horror film The Wicker Man and decide that Oh God Oh Jesus Christ is that a great...
Feb 15, 2020•1 hr
206. Uncut Gems, 1917 & Midsommar
On this week's episode, we place the acclaimed, much-memed Uncut Gems under our critical loupe and check it for flaws. We also add to our collection of awards-season related opinions by reviewing the widely nominated historical epic 1917, in which Roger Deakins stalks a pair of young soldiers around wartorn France, refusing to cut away. And we address a listener complaint by finally reviewing last year's well-received horror Midsommar, although neither of us thought it was that great so the revi...
Jan 24, 2020•51 min
205. Little Women
On this episode of Film Chat, Sam and Danny review the deeply misleadingly titled Little Women. Which, contrary to it's title, is about a group of regular sized sisters growing up during the civil war. Seriously the smallest one is probably round 5'2, absolute bullshit* PLUS Danny gives belated hot takes on two of the most talked about films of last year, Joker and Cats. He found one of them to be a bizarre film with full of nonsensical plotting and hammy performances and the other one was Cats!...
Jan 18, 2020•56 min
204. CHRISTMAS & Cats & Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker
It's the Film Chat Christmas Special, as we reflect on the year gone by accompanied by messages from our listeners, some seasonal sound effects, and surreptitiously munched mince pies. We offer our own top 10, or top 7 or so in Sam's case since he didn't see enough good films to fill out the list. We also dip our toe into looking back on the whole decade but Sam chickens out of that challenge entirely. Plus, of course, we review the two big holiday releases: the once-in-a-lifetime mindfuck that ...
Dec 30, 2019•56 min
203. The Nightingale, Frozen 2 & Knives Out
On this belated episode of Film Chat we review 3 films, some of which may still be in cinemas! Danny saw The Nightingale, a film that taught him that colonialism is wrong through a gruelling narrative which contain multiple scenes of extreme and rape. Meanwhile Sam saw Frozen 2, a film that taught him that colonialism is wrong through a zippy narrative which contain multiple scenes of extremely catchy tunes and bright colours. Then they join forces to review franchise-killing feminazi soyboy bet...
Dec 23, 2019•1 hr 2 min
202. The Irishman
In an episode recorded some time ago - before everyone in the UK lived in Hell - we review The Irishman, the epoch-spanning gangster epic from Martin Scorsese. Marty has brought together most actors he's ever worked with and used cutting-edge effects to make them younger and older, and there is no denying that all that is fun. But is it good? That is the question with which our review wrestles. PLUS! We compare the digital fur technology of two thrilling trailers, we touch on deep fakes, and we ...
Dec 17, 2019•56 min
201. Doctor Sleep & The King
On this episode Danny reviews Doctor Sleep the not remotely anticipated or long awaited sequel to classic horror film The Shining which finds Ewan McGregor as a grown up Danny Torrance battling demons from his past, as well as literally battling demons from his past! Review spoiler alert- this film rules. Then he join forces with Sam to review The King, the latest attempt by Netflix to justify it's subscription fee. It's a medieval war film starring so-hot-right-now actor Timothée Chalamet as so...
Nov 27, 2019•1 hr 1 min
200. Monos & The Laudromat
It's our 200th episode!!! We celebrate this massive landmark by acknowledging it. Otherwise this episode is just like the other ones. REVIEWED: Monos, an acclaimed, surreal arthouse film about child guerrillas that Peter Bradshaw called "deeply mad" in a five-star review. Danny condemns the film and everyone who liked it. Plus, we review The Laundromat, a star-studded Steven Soderbergh movie that broadly speaking does for the Panama Papers scandal what The Big Short did for the subprime mortgage...
Nov 22, 2019•51 min
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