This week, Danny and Sam eschew theatrical releases in favour of two harrowing explorations of systemic violence that are mainly available on demand - so viewers can despair at the pointless brutality of it all from the comfort of their own homes. Cartel Land is a documentary about two groups of vigilantes either side of the Mexico-US border, which features the most gut-wrenching narrative of power, corruption, and gang warfare this side of The Wire. Watch it on your streaming site of choice: ht...
Apr 17, 2016•48 min
In a post-Halloween slump? Cradling your lifeless costumes and wondering how it all went so fast? Chucking your six carved pumpkins in the bin and feeling concerned they'll be too heavy for the bag when you have to take it out?Sounds like you need to hear:a) A somewhat grumpy review of Spectreb) A theory that Angelina Jolie is remaking all the mainstream films she's starred in as arthouse dramas no-one will watchc) The theme from Tango & Cash with Brad Pitt advertising Chanel No. 5 over the ...
Apr 17, 2016•42 min
On this episode of Film Chat we review The Lobster, a film which sees Colin Farrell give a performance which pushes schubbliness to new unassailable heights.We also spend just the right amount of time championing the film critics we love and probably far too much time shitting on the ones we hate. Newsflash Bradshaw, you're covered in shit!And in what will probably become a weekly segment until mid December we discuss news that isn't Star Wars related and the news that is Star Wars related. It's...
Apr 17, 2016•38 min
Dank. Ghoulish. Haunting. Suffused with dread. Danny's bedroom is an upsetting place in many ways, but its unique atmosphere makes it the perfect place to review Guillermo Del Toro's ultra-spooky Gothic romance Crimson Peak. We have not been able to locate the source of that loud regular creaking noise.Scared out of our wits throughout, we tremblingly discuss the latest major movie announcements by the big studios, whose slates increasingly seem to be determined by a loads of Hollywood Alan Part...
Apr 17, 2016•35 min
Katie's absence continues to take its toll on the general quality of Film Chat as this episode is both underprepared and overlong.This week we focussed all our energy into reviewing the latest Macbeth adaptation directed by Justin Kurzel, starring Michael Fassbender and written by some up and comer called Will.I.Am Shaq Spear? Anyway, despite some ropey dialogue, it's pretty good.We also discuss the latest project by Bong Joon Ho, wonder whether the Thor franchise would benefit from being more l...
Apr 17, 2016•40 min
On this week's episode Sam reviews A Syrian Love Story, a moving documentary about how geopolitical forces impact the lives of ordinary people. It's a film that is so relevant, intelligent and moving that I cannot think of a joke to write in this bit.We then tackle Ridley Scott's latest film The Martian, all about Matt Damon struggling to survive after being stranded on Mars. Err newsflash Damon there's water on Mars, you're gonna be fine mate.We also imagine what the world would have looked lik...
Apr 17, 2016•44 min
This week, Danny passes judgment on Woody Allen's latest, Irrational Man, which sees the veteran filmmaker leap dramatically out of his comfort zone in a story about a neurotic old white guy having an existential crisis. After that, Sam nervously approaches Brazilian thriller A Wolf at the Door, which makes Rio de Janiero simultaneously look like a sunny urban paradise and a den of iniquity populated by dangerous obsessive maniacs.We also discuss how it be raining planned Men in Black sequels at...
Apr 17, 2016•36 min
In this installment, Danny reviews stoner action comedy romp American Ultra starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart. Does he have a 'high' opinion of the film? No.The duo then ask Tom Hardy why he's acting so cray cray when we review Kray twins biopic Legend.Elsewhere, Sam Samsplains Damonsplaining to Danny and Danny Dannysplains the latest Ice Cube project to Sam. Then, Sam and Danny Samanddannysplain to their listeners why Idris Elba has taken to the recording studio again to a craft a so...
Apr 17, 2016•39 min
Fans of seeing humanity's thin veneer of civilisation stripped away to reveal the base creature beneath will love this week's episode as Danny employs a series of bestial growls and grunts to review experimental black comedy Aaaaaaaah! Sam opts for a more ordinary string of ums, ahs, and y'knows in his own look at marriage drama 45 Years.Elsewhere, the team makes some astonishingly cutting contemporary political remarks in a discussion about the super relevant new Bourne film; finds an excuse to...
Apr 17, 2016•34 min
This week Sam and Danny tackle two films that uncannily reflect the experiences they've shared over Film Chat's 40 episodes.First off Sam reviews Mistress America about a young, directionless ingenue who is taken under the wing of a go getting, confident bullshitter. No not Film Chat: The Movie! but Mistress America, the latest slice of middle class angst from indie darling Noah Baumbach.Then they tackle a film in which two hunky men bicker, fight and eventually get along. No not Film Chat: The ...
Apr 17, 2016•43 min
This week, Danny leapt aboard the Amy Schumer rom-com Trainwreck and Sam snuck a peek at indie hit The Diary of a Teenage Girl, two films that promised them the insights into women they so desperately need despite years spent carefully collecting the What I'm Really Thinking columns in the Guardian. They compared notes and it turns out women have sex and get drunk a lot. Interesting.Sam also ventured into the Spanish noir Marshland, a decidedly male-focused film that promised him the insights in...
Apr 17, 2016•43 min
It's arthouse sandwich week on FilmChat as we lay down a slice of popcorn nonsense, add a filling of Russian navel gazing before topping it off with a piece of commercial bullshit.First off we they take on Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, the fifth film in Tom Cruise's mid life crisis franchise. Did all the running, dangling, hanging and jumping impress them? Yes, sure, why not, and could have done with more.Then Danny tries very hard to give a shit about the Russian epic Hard to be a God.Final...
Apr 17, 2016•49 min
This week, two films that each explore identity and the human condition: one by personifying emotions as adorable jumping cartoons, and the other by getting Mick Jagger to have sex a lot. Inside Out is Pixar’s latest, a film about Joy and Sadness getting lost inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl that seems hell bent on reducing everyone in the audience to a weeping, laughing mess. Performance is a 1970 experimental psychodrama in which an East London gangster holes up with Mick Jagger and his ...
Apr 17, 2016•43 min
On this episode a LITTLE known character makes it to the BIG screen in Marvel's "Ant-Man." Danny and Sam SIZE the film up and aren't SHORT on things to say about this LARGER than life character!Danny also reviews the documentary about Tim Burton's failed attempt to make a Superman film, "The Death of Superman Lives." Whose title doesn't lend itself to any puns.Plus we also discuss the announcements of the Logan's Run remake, the new Minecraft film and an Emoji movie. Does this news make us :) or...
Apr 17, 2016•41 min
This week, Danny responds to Dear White People, a frank but breezy take on racism in contemporary America, by attempting to solve racism at a stroke with one really great film review. Sam decides find out if his own review of the unconventional Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy can do the same for mental health issues. Neither of us succeeds.We also discuss which of us has a better chance of appearing in the next Harry Potter film as a morose teen girl; check out some of our listeners' sugges...
Apr 17, 2016•35 min
On this week's Film Chat the duo review two films that are so similar that they're practically indistinguishable from each other. Danny tackles Amy, the Amy Winehouse documentary which charts the singer's tragically short lived life encompassing her phenomenal songwriting talent, her treatment by the media and her problems with addiction. Then Sam joins him to the review Terminator Genysis, which is essentially the same film but with more time travel and robots.Plus we wonder whether Spiderman's...
Apr 17, 2016•42 min
In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. On this podcast we've had 33 episodes of giggling, bad impressions, meandering chit chat and too much singing, and what has that produced? Among other things, a review of The Third Man, the noir classic and Best British Film Ever which is back in cinemas following a digital restoration.Also out this week is Slow West, the unconventional ...
Apr 17, 2016•36 min
Danny and Sam celebrated the diversity of cinema this week by spending consecutive evenings watching two films so different it's hard to believe they can exist in the same medium. The Look of Silence is a wrenching documentary about the darkest extremes of human behaviour and the way we process tragedy; Jurassic World features a man who wants to draft velociraptors into the US army.For the parts of the episode not spent crying uncontrollably or derisively snorting, we discuss all the latest news...
Apr 17, 2016•44 min
An air of melancholy hangs over this episode of Film Chat, as we turn 30 and reflect on our heady misspent youth. Tearing up the town on wild podcasting binges, banging 7 gram rocks and film-reviewing till dawn, smashing out jingle after jingle until our voices were almost too hoarse to croak out disparaging remarks about Kingsman: The Secret Service... where did the time go?On the episode itself, we take a long hard look at two more miserable ageing artists taking a long hard look at themselves...
Apr 17, 2016•39 min
As Sam's contract stipulates that he will only review films that cost over £60million to make, Danny is once again forced to take the arthouse bullet and reviews Results - an drama so indie it makes Garden State look like The Maze Runner. The duo then tackle SPY, the latest offering from Paul Feig and Melissa McCarthy. A movie built around the premise that Melissa McCarthy doesn't look like a spy but then if she looked like a spy she wouldn't be a good spy so she's actually a good spy. They also...
Apr 17, 2016•43 min
In this week's episode, Danny reviews 'A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting on Existence' - a Swedish comedy so dark, it makes Schindler's list look like Grown Ups 2. Sam joins him to discuss "Tomorrowland: A world Beyond" a fantasy so bright, it makes Grown Ups 2 look like Schindler's List.They also discuss Johnny Depp's dogs, Dr Strange's cast mates, Cary Fukunaga's departures and Idina Menzel's acting habits.FILMS!!!!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 17, 2016•37 min
It's women-centric sequels week on Film Chat, as Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy help five fugitive wives dodge a hundred exploding cars in Mad Max Fury Road; and Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, and the rest of the Barden Bellas take to the global aca-stage for some more aca-tastic a capella singing in Pitch Perfect 2.Plus, we discuss the prospects for the upcoming Blade Runner sequel, and we talk about how great Emily Blunt is, not only standing up for women in flats at the Cannes Film Festival but ...
Apr 17, 2016•41 min
We review Big Game, the film where Samuel L Jackson battles terrorists with the help of little a Finnish boy. No characters in the film deliver the line "Let me finish" or "I'm gonna finish him off" or "I'm finished" Which, in this reviewer's opinion, is a massive wasted opportunity.We follow it with a review of acclaimed French drama Girlhood. No characters in the film deliver the line "I'm just a girl from the hood!". Which, in this reviewers opinion, is a colossal wasted opportunity.Finally w...
Apr 17, 2016•43 min
It's navel-gazing artist week on Film Chat! We've got a blast from the past in the form of Federico Fellini's avant-garde Italian classic 8 1/2, and a blast from right now as Chris Rock fictionalises his own life in Top Five. Who would win in a fight between Fellini and Rock? That's just one of the questions this episode does not address.Plus, we take look at Orson Welles at the pinnacle of his career -- drunkenly advertising champagne and board games -- and we discuss all the latest blockbuster...
Apr 17, 2016•45 min
This week on Film Chat, Danny reviews one of the year's most hotly anticipated epics -- the Iranian vampire drama A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, which is already crushing box office records around the globe. Its only rival is the massive The Falling, a psycho-sexual British drama about an all-girls school in the 60s which Sam tackles in an exhaustively detailed review of his own. We also offer an exclusive look at Idris Elba's unused soundtrack contribution for Fast & Furious 7, rejected ...
Apr 17, 2016•36 min
On this episode, Sam returns from his holiday and spends the first 20 minutes showing Danny all the photos he took and reciting a lengthy anecdote about a really helpful waiter he met.Afterwards they discuss the latest movie news, but annoyingly every news item reminds Sam of the hotel he was staying in. Danny then tackles Swedish comedy Force Majeure, which causes Sam to recollect about a humorous incident at the airport where there was a mix up with his luggage.Finally, Sam reviews dog avengin...
Apr 17, 2016•36 min
Whilst Sam is away, we thought it best to offer up a platter of classic Film Chat moments to chuckle at nostalgically!The best of all the songs, some Oscar worthy acting and some very silly giggle fits about Christopher Lee's age.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 17, 2016•27 min
On this episode of Film Chat, Danny, being the older of the two, was sent to review Noam Baumbach's bitter old man comedy While We're young. The references to Rita Ora, 1D, The Twilight Saga and Beyblades went right over his decrepit, balding head.Meanwhile, being the quickest and angriest Film Chat host, Sam was tasked with reviewing action sequel behemoth Fast and Furious 7. Ironically his review is both slow and meek.PLUS we discuss Disney's live action remake of Pinocchio, the casting on Ang...
Apr 17, 2016•42 min
This week, Danny went to see Wild Tales, an Argentinian anthology of short stories about passion, justice, and revenge -- and Sam went to see Michael Winterbottom's The Face of An Angel, a film about a gloomy man taking cocaine and going on Skype.* One got a much more positive review than the other.We discuss whether the recently announced live-action Winnie the Pooh film could successfully continue the trend of uncanny-valley CGI bear children's films begun with Paddington; and possible plotlin...
Apr 17, 2016•34 min
It's a lads special this week as the lads tackle some films aimed at the most important cinema going demographic -LADS.They discuss Sean Penn's 'old man with a gun movie' The Gunman, and Jason Statham's 'middle aged man with no guns movie' Wild Card.They also pay tribute to the greatest lad of them all, Clarkson, with an in depth analysis of his favourite films. The whole thing is heavily reminiscent of the 19th Koricho Uno film 'Caressing a peach' which, despite it's title, is the most masculin...
Apr 17, 2016•39 min
