Tomatoes, Tastes, and Thrillers: A Cinematic Feast | S02E27

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First on film and entertainment. The
shops are buzzing. That's that time of

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the year again. Any road rage, Well, we'll ask the two who

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might know, Peter Krause. Are
people angry or are they not? Or

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are they happy? Mostly happy?
Although I've noticed some very speeding drivers as

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I'm heading off to a couple of
my radio shows, and it's just ridiculous.

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They're they're just having to get somewhere
really fast. Well, Greg,

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I had to get some tomatoes.
There were no tomatoes in the ours.

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That's I've got to say. Tomatoes
are right up there as my favorite vegetable.

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Are they vegetable? Yes they are. They're not a fruit, are

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they? Some of these things are
very confusing for me. But there you

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go. I don't got tomatoes,
thank you very much. Indeed they were

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okay. Now I'm not sure whether
this is legit or not. There is

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a certain type of tomato that I
like, okay, so it's the ones,

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the trust tomatoes. I like them
because they actually have a bit of

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a taste, whereas the others seem
to be bland. Although they're are all

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sorts of options these days, which
is great. Now. Having said that,

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when they are out in a supermarket. I should buy them from a

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green gracer, but no, I
buy them from the supermarket. Some of

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them are really soft, and I
can't stand soft tomatoes, so I sort

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of place my finger strategically on the
tomato before I buy it. Is that

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legit? Are your picking? I
don't stay mum because that doesn't help me.

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Go on, what do you reckon? I have no idea what you

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told me about alex taking. Don't
you cook with tomatoes? Don't you tomato?

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I don't need tomatoes? Oh my
golly, what I do? I

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like them? Okay, so hang
on, you don't like the taste of

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them? Greek? No? Okay, Peter, Yeah, I can't turn

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to Greek. Do you see what
I'm getting at? A soft tomato is

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sort of near yeah, a bit
too squishy, I agree, should be

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a bit firmer. Correct. That's
only now. Okay? So what is

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your that This is a really strange
way to start entertainment spot anyway? What

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is your favorite lunch? You know, presumably a sandwich lunch. What do

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you put in you a sandwich?
Tomatoes and pastrami and pastrami? Okay?

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And what sort of bread? Standard
white bread? Although sometimes I get a

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crosshnged that tastes delicious. It does
indeed, okay, great. Do you

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eat sandwiches, yes, so,
do you usually some sort of lunch meat

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or else I have or I hoast
them very good, but only meat?

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Or do you have a vegetable in
there as well? Not really running meat?

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And then sometimes cheese yep, fair
enough. Okay, so here's my

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favorite. For what it's worth,
there are two. One. Firstly,

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grain breadrobably sourdough. Secondly, yeah, so soud our grain bread. No,

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no sauce, no salt, no
pepper, no margarine, no butter,

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right, nothing of that nature.
Only avocado, tomato, lettuce and

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carrots, right, or peanut butter. It's got to be crunchy and the

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same vegetables and lots of tomato.
Now you don't do that the day before.

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You do it fresh. And then
I don't mind toasting the bread eater.

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I agree, I think toasted goes
well. So there you go.

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That's my combination. I'm not a
meat guy. I eat chicken, but

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I don't really like any other meat. So yeah, i'm sort of I

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don't know what you call it in
terms of fish. I don't really like

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fish eater. I like prawns,
and prawns are great at the moment,

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really fantastic. Anyway, talking about
things that are fantastic, and otherwise it

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is time to talk some movies.
So we've got good. Well, hang

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on, we can keep on going
if you like. Don't get me my

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god master film Food Australia exactly.
We haven't even got we haven't even gone

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into sweets. Right, Okay,
that's it, Greg, you've done it,

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You've done your dash. What sweets
do you like? Peter, dark

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chocolate? Very good? Well,
it's supposed to be better for you than

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non. I must admit I prefer
the taste of the sort of milk chocolate.

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Are your chocolate tear? Greg,
Hi, not chocolate, but I

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do like eating it very good and
dark light white? What do you like?

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I don't mind the milk chocolate and
that the white chocolate and the cads

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basically very good, the classic.
Okay, And are you an ice cream

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man or not? Cogan? Yeah, madrums, mag magnums. Oh yes,

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you go a long way to eat
a good Magnum. One of the

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questions I have about ice creams when
you buy them in the supermarket, like

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a Magnum. Do you reckon they're
smaller than they used to be? Or

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is there my appetite just greater?
Because I honestly think that there's a number

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of these, especially when you buy
them package to the supermarket and you buy

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them three in a package, I
reckon they've got smaller. I think that's

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one of the techniques they use to
extract more more money from us. Am

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I just imagining that group? I
don't know, losing just pass you by,

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Alex, I don't care. Oh
no, no, it could be

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shrink flation. But don't forget.
There are many versions of Magnums as well.

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There are army versions of Magnums,
but also the fresh ice cream when

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you go to an ice creamery and
you buy the salted caramel, is very

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very nice. But I love my
chocolate. I must admit chocolate, chocolate,

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fudge, any other form of chocolate, but I don't mind strawberry and

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vanilla either. So that's the Neapolitan, the traditional and honeycomb there are,

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and what's the the one without milk? The oh Gilatti Gelatis yummy? Very

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very nice? All right? Where
unless you've got any other recaltrat remarks,

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we are not going to talk movies, and we are going to talk about

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Well, firstly, I thought we'd
talk about a film that only came out

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last week, but it didn't have
any previews. And it's called The Bricklayer.

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Now, where would you find a
bricklayer. You'd probably find him on

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a new housing estate. Yeah,
something of that nature. This is not

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that kind of bricklayer, is it, Peter? No? No, Well,

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I've got to say that it's an
F rated movie, right, and

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it runs for one hundred and ten
minutes. And the first question, just

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who is not corrupt? Right?
That's where the starting point. That might

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be the question best to ask in
this action thriller. The CIA is in

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the firing line literally and figuratively,
because somebody's blackmailing the agency by assassinating foreign

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journalists and making it look like the
CIA is responsible. And that's someone appears

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to be a character called Raddick played
by Clifton Collins Jr. Formerly on the

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payroll of the CIA, who lost
his family, went rogue after the agency

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turned on him, and now the
body count is growing in what has become

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an international conspiracy. The USA reputation, well, it's being shredded. The

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CIA is at risk of imploding.
The agent who identified Raddick in CCTV footage

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is a supervisor called Kate Bannon,
supervisor at the CIA, played by Nina

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Dobrek Dobrev, who has no field
experience. Now there is an arrogant agency

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heavyweight called O'Malley played by Tim Blake
Nelson, and he's got a nip the

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situation in the bar before the fallout
becomes insurmountable, and to that end,

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he pairs Kate Kate Bannon with a
brilliant but rebellious operative who he prevails upon

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to come out of retirement. He
is the one known as the Bricklayer aka

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Steve Vale played by Aaron Eckhart because
laying bricks by the way appears to give

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him solace. That's why he's known
as the Bricklayer, and he carries his

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tools with him wherever he goes,
so it doesn't matter whether he's on a

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job for the agency or whether he's
actually laying bricks, which he does.

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All roads lead to Thessaloniki in Greece, and it's there that Vale throws the

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rule book out the window, reconnecting
with his former life partner and now head

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of station there Tie played by if
il fesh no Eel for nsh Adera.

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On his side is his former comrade
in arms, Patrizio played by Oliver Trevina.

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Vail knows Raddick the Rogue very well
because he used to be his handler

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at the CIA, and he also
fears that wet behind the ears, Kate

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will be a severe liability in trying
to find rad and bring him down.

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Indeed, Kate makes several missteps,
but the unlikely pairing may be the only

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thing that sees both of them through
to the finish. There's lots of violence,

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lots of bloodshed, and this is
your typical knockdown, one man against

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the world actioner. Suffice to say, it's Rennie Harlan, the guy who

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is responsible for directing Diehard two among
other films, in the director's chair for

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this particular movie. And it's based
on a two thousand and eleven book of

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the same name written by Noah Boyd, and the plot, while it's got

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all sorts of convolutions as a result, it becomes difficult to follow. What

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underlines it, though is straightforward the
idea of opposite to attracting, namely the

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Bricklayer and Kate so Aaron eckhard Will. He plays Steve Vailer as a bloke

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willing to run through a brick wall
who adopts an I no Best attitude right

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throughout this movie, and along the
way he readily disposes of dozens of thugs,

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bouncing back in seconds even after being
shot and pounded. That's quite some

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art form. I gotta say.
Peter and Veil sees Kate as an unnecessary

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intrusion and well really works around her. Nina Dobrev adopts and at times apologetic

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duck out of water persona. Tim
Blake Nelson goes for intimidation as their superior

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O'Malley and Clifton Collins Junior is the
poker faced killer. I was not sold

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on Il finish Adera as head of
station. In fact, most of the

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characterizations are single dimensional, and I'm
hardly speaking about top shelf acting here either.

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Still, it lays it on the
seat when it comes to PI octane

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action, and I dare say that's
what Cinema go is attending this one would

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be wanting the plot such that it
is is almost an excuse to turn on

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the vitriolic tap that is the bricklayer
Peter Rennie Harland's subpar James Bond like action

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thriller is a completely muddled affair.
The two screenwriters who have adapted the novel

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have obviously confused, are very confused
about whether the CIA is a villain or

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whether it's a positive force and the
various people involved with it double agents or

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perhaps could be pro or anti CIA. The whole thing is just a ridiculous

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flag waving American spy sort of drama
which has no rhyme or reason apart from

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the action sequences, which are over
the top, over choreographed and ludicrous to

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say the least. I must say
I found The Bricklayer quite a yawn and

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should have gone straight to DVD rather
than into a cinema. Yeah, look,

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I gather that. When I spoke
to the publicist about this one,

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it was the commentary that it needed
to get a short cinematic run, and

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that's kind of what happened here.
Look, I thought the action sequences were

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what I anticipated. You've got a
bloke who takes out a dozen others and

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as I said, got shot and
not more than once, and got beaten

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up and stabbed, and god knows
what else. What happened to him,

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but in reality they never laid a
hand on him, because he seemed to

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get up and continue on his merry
way. And I mean, there's been

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many movies like this, and you
go back to die Hard and films like

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that, but they're done better than
The Bricklayer. I thought, Look,

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if you go along knowing what to
expect, it's just as you rightly say,

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an average or perhaps below average sort
of thriller action. And I'm going

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to pass it. But I'm just
going to pass it all. You know,

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five and a half six out of
ten m a rated one hundred and

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ten minutes for the Brickplayer. What
about you? But you'll file it?

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Yeah, this is no John Wick
by any of the imagination. I barely

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gave it three out of ten.
Really well in terms of okay, so

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we've mentioned a couple of Diehard John
Wick. What are the franchises or movies

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of this nature would you put in
the same category? Greg? You can

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jump in here, and I know
you haven't seen Taken Taken, Yes,

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that's absolutely yeah, it's good.
It's another one. Any any others that

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stand out there? That's probably there's
now three others that we've mentioned have been

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the Born series very good. Yeah, exactly, and well I suppose it's

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not. What about the Mel Gibson
and Danny Glover workmen? But yeah,

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lethal weapon, But that's a dual
effort rather than an individual one. So

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perhaps did you bring you characters in
each subsequent entry with you know, Rene

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Russo, Joe Pesci and Chris Rock's
characters. Yeah, that's true, that's

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true as well. Yeah, I
mean, look, it's it's a time

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passer. I think that's the way
you put it, Peter, wouldn't it?

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It passes time, but you know
it's not one you should necessarily rush

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out to seat. But if you
like action, there's no shortage of that.

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Correct, correct, And that's what
Renny Harland is good at. It's

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just the same he has such an
awful plot to deal with. Yeah,

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look, I now want to go
to a couple of animations because they're pretty

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good, Migration being one of them. G rated ninety one minutes, fun

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filled animated family adventure. Focus is
a family of four wild ducks. Now,

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did you know that wild ducks are
known as mallards? Peter, Yes,

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I did, Okay, yes,
you pardon me, honey, that

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too? Did you. I'm sorry. I maybe I didn't grow up with

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a proper education. Is this is
this common Greg? Is this common knowledge

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that wild ducks and Mallards? Because
I'm just sorry. Do you ever watch

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the TV series Nyes? David McCallum
character was doctor Mallard and they called him

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duck and that's why, Well,
I think watching crap TV shows, TV

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shows, Thank you very much.
No, I'll do my I'll do my

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maths or my Bachelor's that there's my
crap television that's far more crappy than n

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C. I s. I under
understand you're not knowing about Mallards. You're

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too busy cultivating your tomatoes. Absolutely, yes, thank you very much.

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It's just the issue anyway. Oh
you know, look I give Greg an

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egg for that. Okay. So
basically getting back to migration, Father Mac

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voiced by Kummel Nangianni. What was
the movie that he was his sort of

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breakthrough? I've gone blank for Kumal
Nani. Was it The Big Sick or

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Parcel? Yeah? Big Sick?
Yep? Okay, so but that'll identify

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him to those people seen The Big
Sick. Of course, Father Mac takes

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a safety first approach. Doesn't want
his two children to stray from the pond

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in New England, where they live, and to ram home that message,

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he tries to scare son Dax voiced
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into submission. His wife, Pam
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happy about that, because, like
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world beyond the pond. They nearly
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in a migratory flock heading for Jamaica
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Dad Mac steps in to spoiler party. Finally, though, that changes after

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Uncle Dan the voice of Danny DeVito, drops in and inadvertently reinforces what a

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dull life he has led. So
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only to be met by a series
of challenges. They fly headlong in a

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wild storm and are met by hungry
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of New York City, they fall
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and incur the wrath of a persistent
and volatile chef. There, I've only

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just brushed the surface in terms of
the adventures that they have, but more

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than once their lives are threatened.
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and Mac learns a valuable life lesson
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really delightful humorous animation. Much to
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wrote the screenplay in Benjamin Renner,
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I really like the personalities that the
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favorite was Gwen with Tressy Gazal delivering
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land each time. And the interplay
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expect between siblings that don't always see
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and Dad no less enjoyable, reflecting
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encounters the family has along its flight
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so all are filled with drama and
hygiins. I appreciated the feisty but soft

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underbelly of Chump the pigeon the voice
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Keyes voice desperate quest for freedom.
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too, and Migration is visually appealing, it's energetic, it's engaging from start

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to finish, genuinely good natured family
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their parents, and their grandparents.
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quite an enjoyable film about being a
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and migrating to or going elsewhere,
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stick in the mud and remaining in
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that. I like the family dynamics. I think some of the situations they

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dark, and I think very young
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this, But I think for older
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this is a very enjoyable animation for
the school holidays exactly. Look, I'm

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giving you this seven and a half
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g rate it, and ninety one
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Look? I liked it. What's
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ten, six out of ten and
great. What films have you seen that

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open on Boxing Day? Let's go
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the other animation. If you haven't
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which she talked about last week.
I've seen One Life, which she

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reviewed earlier, and I've also seen
PyPy Fiance and anyone but You, anyone

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but you? Okay, well,
anyone but you opened this week. So

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let's go for anyone but You now
and have a chat about box. Oh,

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sorry, it does. You're quite
right, Greek, but I got

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mixed up with the Brick Player for
some reason. The titles are very similar,

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aren't they said, both white white
romantic comedies. Yes, yes,

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exactly. Okay, I'm sorry,
folks, ignore what I said and listen

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to Greg. Anyone but You m
rated one hundred and three minutes. It's

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really a sort of adaptation of Shakespeare's
Much Ado About Nothing. At a very

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loose adaptation, I might say.
It's a modern fantasy rom com. So

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you've got a law student called Be
played by Sidney Sweeney. Now, did

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you know Sidney Sweeney was as big
as she was? I mean, I've

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read all about her on social media
incessantly over the last couple of weeks.

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Did you know that Greek no did
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I think because she was in that
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agent or whatever, and she was
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hang on, that was it she
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I don't know, no, no, no, it's the one where the

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police arrested her for you reality.
Thank you? Okay, very good.

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I didn't see reality, so and
I stay away from reality. So anyway,

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having said that, there's a lot
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Anyway, the Bee meets Ben.
It's sort of like the flower pot Man.

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Anyway, Bee meets Ben Ben,
played by Glenn Powell in rather unusual

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circumstances. She sort of ducks into
this coffee shop which is meant to be

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in America for Call of Nature.
But the rules of that establishment, and

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this is not uncommon, that you
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I understand that, but I'm kind
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that. If you've got to go, you've got to go, and you

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know, undless you're a disreputable sort
it's sort of a bit churlish not to

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allow somebody to use a bathroom,
or am I being Do you think I'm

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being reasonable or not in terms of
that thought, PA, I think you're

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being reasonable. But the opening sequence
where she's not all out to use the

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bathroom. She's in a public square
where there's lots of other shops, there'd

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be a public toilet easily accessible.
Excuse me, stop taking this literally.

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You going to good god man,
You go into a shop you want to

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go and pee and they say no, plea unless you pay. You pay.

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You're liking this then, I mean
when you got to go, you've

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got to go. And then then
when you say, oh, happy to

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buy something, there's a long queue. So before you you know, PA

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comes before Q. Well POQ exactly
right. Fortunately, this is a pretty

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pea week argument, thank you very
much. So. Fortunately the guy at

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the front of the line, Ben
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wants to pee and is chivalrous,
and that results in what amounts to this

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picture perfect first date from both of
these people's perspectives. Right that is,

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until Bee catches out Ben trash talking
her to his roommate whose name is Pete

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played by gat Tar. That's his
name, Ga t a right fair enough.

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After that, not surprisingly, Be
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Ben. Then we cut to six
months later. Unexpectedly, they bump into

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each other again at a pub,
and that's where Pete's sister Claudia played by

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Alexandra Ship, introduces her new girlfriend, Hallie played by Hadley Robinson. B

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and Ben proceed to earl insults at
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cut to a further eighteen months on, So two years after they first met,

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they come together again, this time
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and Hallie are about to get married. The tension between the two Ben and

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B remains and keeping the piece will
we know he feet Still there's no denying

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their fighting attraction, with emphasis on
fighting, and the situations made more awkward

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because also attending is Ben's form of
flame Margaret played by Charlie Fraser and Bee's

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recent ex Jonathan Darren Barnett. And
let's just say there's much work, much

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to work through Aaron, with parents
meddling in their offsprings, affairs of the

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heart, nothing is going to come
easily. So look, it's it's cheesy

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fun, it's lighthearted, it's buoyant, some smart one liners and side gigs.

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Starts with a laugh, and the
smiles continue throughout. Nadine my wife,

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absolutely, she likes this sort of
movie a lot. In fact,

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I didn't fight it hard to buy
into the manufactured narrative then that it is.

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It's very thin. But the story
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the screenplay with the director Will Gluck, who was responsible for the movie Friends

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with Benefits, among others. And
it's a film that will undoubtedly attract a

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certain demographic because the bodies are hot, the locations are equally in icing Visually,

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there is much to get excited about. And I'm going to tell you

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what Sidney looks. Damn fine,
It really does. The settings are terrific.

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There's no denying the chemistry. I
think there is chemistry between Sidney Sweeney

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and Glenn Powell. Now this is
an interesting one because if you do follow

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the socials when this film was being
shot, there was real speculation that these

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two were a real item, even
though both of them had other partners at

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the time. But now people are
saying, oh, there's no chemistry on

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screen. I'm sorry there, I
think there genuinely is. Each of them

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also has no trouble inducing hilarity at
their own character's expense and look. The

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movie plays up and cashes in on
stereotypes. Case in point is Margaret's meathead

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oker boyfriend bo role filled by Joe
Davidson. Brian Brown plays Ben's quintessential laid

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back Aussie dad. Rachel Griffiths is
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to be. It's sexy, it's
edgy, it leaves it all on the

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screen, nothing and meaningful. They're
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It's if I put it, simply
giggle and pash on a Hollywood budget,

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Gregory, if you want to say
that, yes, as a formulated

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a predictable rom com and as you
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looks great. Here chapters did the
familiar tropes of this genre, though without

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adding anything particularly fresh or original,
which a lot of people apparently don't mind,

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sort of do know it to get. It's a bit rawnchhit at times

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there, as you said, and
it war's it's eighties and nineties rom com

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influences pretty well there, But I
thought something. There are a couple of

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moments that were tonally uneven, some
scenes fell flat, and there are even

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a top of places where the film
ground or a holt. While I was

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waiting as tho, I was waiting
for inspiration, but I liked the idea

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that as an update of Much Do
about Nothing there. The true leads are

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main named after the main characters from
that play there, and there's several little

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Shakespuria quotes strategically placed throughout the film
on the sand, on a building,

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and all that kind of stuff as
well. Jenny Ruhlman shot the film and

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I give you highlights the sites of
the cities, especially the beaches, the

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harbor bridge and the upper House,
and gives it it makes it shine and

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gives this material a glass its surface. I agreed that Powell and Sweeney mate

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for a cute couple and have a
palpable chemistry there, and it looks as

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though they enjoyed playing against each other
and delivered some SCENARKI dialogue there. Brian

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Brown again laid back as you said
there, and I thought Joe Davison was

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funny as the handsome but clueless serve
for Himbo and Griffiths and mulroney appearing together

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except for the first time since nineteen
ninety seven's My Best Friend Wedding. They

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obviously trade on the good will they
earned from that rom com there, and

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people are willing to overlook a few
of the slim characterizations from here. Yeah,

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I mean I thought Ermant mulroney wasn't
it didn't do it familiar? I've

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got to say, do you agree? But but they go, Peter,

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what about you? Did you did
you find anything amusing about this? Or

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you're a curmudgeon. I'm a curmudgeon. This an the question rhetorical Yeah,

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thank you very much. Look,
I mean it's obviously an extremely contrived sort

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of film, and it was contrived
mainly to show off the two lead actors

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and also to show off Sydney,
Australia. But the much to do about

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Nothing idea or storyline or basis for
the film I thought was hammered far too

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much, to the point where we
even had to have a flashing sign near

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the end of the film which said
match to do about Nothing? Yeah,

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got it. You got to hit
people over the head because there was signs

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throughout this one, weren't there?
Really? There were too many signs that

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maybe maybe they should have said,
we are actually now screening a movie.

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It would have been nice that you
could have had those words in there as

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well, or perhaps just have exit
so that people can leave for they have

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an experience the play. One word
isn't enough because you know, some people

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just won't won't get the meaning.
Okay, all right, let's go back

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to this. I mean, this
film obviously wanted to encourage me to go

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back to Shakespeare's source material, which
is much more intriguing. This is so

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overly contrived and obvious that it was
unfortunate for me that I thought, we

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know where this is going, let's
have some fun along the way, and

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there wasn't much. That's the problem
I had with this film. I thought,

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I laughed so over the top.
Nadine laughed, No, No,

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I think they're genuinely. It depends
on your attitude to it, but I

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honestly mean that. I think that
if you've got a predisposition for slapped stick

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type humor, you might get more
out of it. I understand fully where

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you're coming from, because it's extremely
contrived, that's the right word for it.

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I agree with that, but I
think there are people that, look,

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there was there was quite a bit
of love in the room for it,

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and we saw it with a younger
audience we've got to be you know,

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this is why I reckon there is
going to be an audience for this.

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Of course there will be, and
that's perfectly fine. But this is

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my reaction. And how many times
can you fall into the water and be

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rescued? And that's part of the
ridiculous Well on it only in fairness,

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it only happens twice, and the
second time it's deliberate. So I mean,

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what when you ask that question,
I mean, it's not as if

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they fall into the water twenty three
times. So I mean the film was

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all wet for me, and that
was much ado about nothing, I'm afraid,

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thank you very much. So okay, score out of ten? How

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many times can you contry to get
the make carriacters and get their clothes off

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too? Yes? Excuse me?
That never off of that is it's never

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enough? Oh what a layer?
Exactly? No, no, no,

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dang on, there was there was
no nakedness there for Cidney Sweeney whatsoever.

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There wasn't. I was I'm so
sorry you disappointed. No, but there

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was towels. I mean, you
know this is this isn't about this.

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They were supporting past thank you.
That's that's going to say it's it's only

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Ben that you know it sort of
get gets a little bit in the altogether

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anyway, score out of ten m
A rated one of them three minutes.

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Anyone but you Gregory King hmm,
okay, I'm being more generous, of

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00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:45.640
course, and Peter Curmudgeon. Look, I give it four out of ten,

402
00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:51.319
mainly parts of the scenery. Have
you passed anything today yet or not?

403
00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:55.079
I've passed a shopping center. Maybe
I was going to say, maybe

404
00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:59.599
a lot of something. W I
n D hot air? Is that right?

405
00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:01.000
There? We go? No,
no, no, of course,

406
00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:06.319
your valuable contribution is taken on face
value. I love it. I'm giving

407
00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:10.319
you a seven. I thought it
was fun. Eh even yes, I

408
00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:14.799
liked it in the higher elones,
well, I liked it. I enjoyed

409
00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:17.200
it. I had fun. I
went in there with the right attitude.

410
00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:22.400
I think it helped that my wife
was really enjoying it too. If you

411
00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:25.839
go along with somebody that enjoys something, sometimes I totally disagree, but I

412
00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:31.559
no, I enjoyed her enjoyment,
I think, and I knew it was

413
00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:35.279
contrived, but I went along with
the ride. And that's yeah, that's

414
00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:38.400
all right. You're allowed to go
along with the ride adele Now all right.

415
00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:42.680
So, by the way, you're
on JA eighty eight FM. Now's

416
00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:45.920
the time dig deep. Fifty four
bucks gets you membership. So if you're

417
00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:50.200
interested to go to jdah air dot
com dot au twenty four hours a day

418
00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:55.079
programming some nonsense and a bit of
good fun and some music and some intelligent

419
00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:58.960
programming. But don't tune in to
us for that. Is that, right,

420
00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:04.079
Peter? No intelligency whatsoever. No
m's to do about nothing? Correct?

421
00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:06.359
Correct, Yeah, if you want
it, hey, if you want

422
00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:10.279
to intelligence. Yeah, Now,
let's the Greg you mentioned the Woody Allen

423
00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:16.440
movie. Correct, Yes, named
Coop de Chance, Coop to Chance,

424
00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:21.599
Yes, exactly. Let's talk about
that. It's PG rated. It's ninety

425
00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:25.799
six minutes. Elaine or Bear and
Fanny Moreau went to school together. She

426
00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:30.519
was popular and he had a crush
on her, but he lacked the confidence

427
00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:36.240
to say anything. Hmmm, I
reckon, that's common. I reckon.

428
00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:42.359
Blokes can be a little bit backward
in coming forward. That's just my nonsensical

429
00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:45.640
take on the world. Anyway.
Now, as an adult, he is

430
00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:51.759
a writer who had moved around extensively, was married for a short time,

431
00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:55.160
but since divorced, she works at
a fine auction house, and she is

432
00:33:55.240 --> 00:34:01.839
married for a second time to a
wealthy financier called forty eight. Arrogant and

433
00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:06.720
entitled, he certainly is, and
he dotes on her to the point of

434
00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:12.079
suffocation, is forever buying her gifts. But she does not want these expensive

435
00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:16.159
trinkets, nor is she a fan
of the hunting and hiking weekends the remainstay

436
00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:20.800
of their lives. So, in
short, her second marriage is falling,

437
00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:24.360
falling into a bit of a routine
that really doesn't satisfy her. And then,

438
00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:31.960
by chance or bear spots, Fanny
puts her in the street on her

439
00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:37.440
way to work and starts up a
conversation, and Albert opens up about his

440
00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:43.039
long held feelings for her. She
shows interest in his writing. Right,

441
00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:46.360
it's not his etchings, it's his
writing. And a succession of lunchtime meetings

442
00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:52.920
and more follows. Now Jane suspects
that his wife's having an affair and acts

443
00:34:53.079 --> 00:35:01.119
upon his impulse. There we go, so doing some sleuthing of her own.

444
00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:08.239
Is doing some sleuthing of her own? Is Fanny's mother Camille? Now,

445
00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:14.199
okay, this is a comedic drama. It follows a reasonably predictable path

446
00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:19.599
until midway through, at which point
the screws are turned and further a twist

447
00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:22.280
in the tail gives the story bit
of extra bite. It's Woody Allen's fiftieth

448
00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:27.280
movie. It's not as clever as
some of his best work, although it

449
00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:30.519
still has his impromatus stamped all over
it. There's a flurry of verbiage,

450
00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:37.519
there's appealing settings, there's subterfuge,
and Allan ensures the audience's sensibilities are clearly

451
00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:45.719
with Fanny as she regains her joire
de vive with Albert now warmth. Yeah,

452
00:35:45.800 --> 00:35:51.800
there is moral quandary in lou Delage's
portrayal of Fanny. Yeah, quite

453
00:35:51.920 --> 00:35:58.719
nice. Neil Schneider brings an artistic
temperament to Albert. Melvin Pupard is precocious

454
00:35:58.760 --> 00:36:05.960
and scheming, and as the second
husband of Fanny whose name I mentioned to

455
00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:08.639
you earlier and I've just gone blank, but there we go as Gene.

456
00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:15.639
So as for Valerie la Messier,
she's more of a pragmatic bystander. As

457
00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:21.000
Camille, that's the mother until her
revelations create some ructions. Look, if

458
00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:23.599
you stick with it, you do
have a bit of a payoff. It's

459
00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:29.920
what I'd best described as a pleasant, lightweight distraction pur to chance. What

460
00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:34.719
do you think, Greg, that's
interesting? That is Rty Allen's actually shot

461
00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:37.559
this film in France because you're still
on the nose in America apparently, but

462
00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:42.760
it's still reviewed in France, and
I think it's pretty bold move for him

463
00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:46.800
to shoot the film in French dialogue
as well, using subtitles there. I

464
00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:51.519
quite enjoyed this up for a point
there. It's not a breezy comedy you'd

465
00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:55.199
expect from Rody Allen, more of
a light drama about infidelity and murder.

466
00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:59.679
And it's more along the lines of
some of these earlier films like match Point

467
00:37:00.159 --> 00:37:05.920
and Crimes and Misdemeanors with the noir
like stylence there. Although there's lots of

468
00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:10.239
typital woodyow and touches, you plenty
of throwaway equips and lots of philosophical musings

469
00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:15.480
on life and fate and the role
that luck plays in shaping our lives there,

470
00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:19.400
and it does brul the bit of
tension as it heads towards this unexpressive

471
00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:24.000
climax there, and I thought that
the bouncy jazz Inflorence score was enjoyable,

472
00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:30.360
and the film been beautifully shot by
a veteran cinematographer, Vittorio Sotirero, who

473
00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:35.440
uses bright autumnled colors, who gives
the material a warm on wins there,

474
00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:39.000
and I thought the performances from the
cast were also quite good. Okay,

475
00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:42.639
see you probably, I mean,
I'm going to give it a reasonable mark.

476
00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:44.840
But you liked it, I think
a little bit more than I did.

477
00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:49.079
What about you, Peter? I
actually like this very much as well.

478
00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:55.039
Coup deschrance or a Stroke of Luck, as it's been subtitled, is

479
00:37:55.440 --> 00:38:00.199
Woody Allen's drama which and he does
it really well. I mean, as

480
00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:07.320
Greg mentioned, match point crimes and
misdemeanors and of course interiors. I think

481
00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:15.760
audiences don't recognize necessarily that apart from
being a comedy performer and filmmaker, he

482
00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:21.719
also does some very effective dramas,
and I thought this one was very effective

483
00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:25.199
indeed, especially with the twists that
come in the second half of the story.

484
00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:30.960
I mean, he shot films before
in France, but not completely in

485
00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:37.320
the French language, so it was
interesting to see him do it in this

486
00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:43.960
way, probably reflecting on French cinema, which is very good at these sort

487
00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:47.440
of twisting drama thrillers. I was
very impressed by it. I think the

488
00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:53.880
acting is a top notch and I
think it is very well shot, as

489
00:38:54.639 --> 00:39:01.079
Greek said, and overall I really
enjoyed this film right up to the twist

490
00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:06.320
ending. So yeah, I recommend
it. Okay, well, it's rated

491
00:39:06.360 --> 00:39:09.000
PG. It runs for ninety six
minutes. Also opens on Boxing Day.

492
00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:15.679
Score out of ten, Greg oh
seven, seven out of ten, Vacuda

493
00:39:15.800 --> 00:39:21.000
chance And by the way, it's
the translation again, Peter, stroke of

494
00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:25.480
luck as in whips, chains and
leather untherwhere? No, sorry, different

495
00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:30.159
form of stroking. Yes, thank
you? The okay, score out and

496
00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:35.880
ten from you, Peter. This
is this discussion is turning into a rated

497
00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:39.639
sort of turn. Look, who's
the who's the guy he got into that?

498
00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:44.639
The Shades of Gray guy? What's
his name? The fifty Shades of

499
00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:46.559
Gray? The Christian gray? Yeah, but no, no, who's the

500
00:39:46.599 --> 00:39:51.719
original whips, chains and leather?
Underwhere the person associated with that? Oh?

501
00:39:51.760 --> 00:39:55.639
What's his name? Going historically?
Going back? Oh, Marquis de

502
00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:59.960
Sard, Peter Sard. That's it, Thank you very much, s pure

503
00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:04.400
okay, score out A team for
Cruthers Giants yes, I was there with

504
00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:09.800
the Marquis at the time significant events
in the history of the world. You

505
00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:15.559
were alive too. I know that. Whenever I see you, I'm amazed

506
00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:20.119
that you're still standing. It's extraordinary. Well I just got whipped into safe

507
00:40:20.119 --> 00:40:22.880
now, So all right, now, look, I agree with Greg.

508
00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:27.639
I give the Kurdissans seven out of
ten, and I agree I'm giving you

509
00:40:27.679 --> 00:40:30.119
a seven. But I didn't think
of as much of it as you guys

510
00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:31.440
did. So there you go.
See, it just shows that I'm very

511
00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:35.519
generous with my mark. So I
think that's what it shows more than anything

512
00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:42.840
else. Now let's now turn to
There are two animations that are opening on

513
00:40:42.880 --> 00:40:45.079
Boxing Game, and we've talked about
one of them. The other one is

514
00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:52.000
Wish, and I suppose, I
mean, this goes back to the nostalgic

515
00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:57.800
Disney that's the sort of nature of
the beast here. It's this one's PG

516
00:40:58.039 --> 00:41:01.000
rated, it's ninety five minutes,
and I mean, I suppose the premive

517
00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:05.719
maker wish and have it instantly satisfied. If only it were that easy.

518
00:41:06.800 --> 00:41:10.880
It's not that straightforward in this Disney
animated feature. What happens is the man

519
00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:15.800
who study a particular man who studies
the magic of the world, whose name

520
00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:22.719
is Magnificent. The voice of Chris
Pine becomes a mighty sorcerer and king.

521
00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:28.599
He built this great castle on island
to where anyone can come and feel safe,

522
00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:32.480
in return for the King holding onto
their wishes for safe keeping. Right

523
00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:36.920
so they feel safe, and the
wishes are given to the King, and

524
00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:40.360
from time to time the King then
holds wishing ceremonies and grants a small number

525
00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:45.440
of those wishes. Mind you,
in some cases, including Simon Simon voiced

526
00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:50.920
by Evan Peters, the real essence
of who a person is dissipates when they

527
00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:55.840
hand over their wish, and further
all memory of every wish banishes the moment

528
00:41:55.920 --> 00:42:00.320
it is gifted to the king.
Though suddenly there's safekeeping, but you don't

529
00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:05.280
know what you wished for. A
brighton, bubbly seventeen year old named Asher

530
00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:12.360
voiced by Ariana Debos is about to
be interviewed by Magnifico to become his apprentice

531
00:42:13.159 --> 00:42:17.719
and his and her father. Ash's
father, a philosopher, passed away when

532
00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:22.199
she was only twelve years of age, but told her everyone is connected to

533
00:42:22.239 --> 00:42:28.880
the stars. She would like nothing
more than to see her grandfather Sabino's wish

534
00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:32.599
granted on his one hundredth birthday Sabino
voiced by Victor Garber. But when she

535
00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:38.159
puts that to Magnifico, his mood
changes immediately and he says it's far too

536
00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:44.000
dangerous to enact this wish because of
the potential consequences, and the same goes

537
00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:47.280
for most of the other wishes that
he's holding. So Asher quickly comes to

538
00:42:47.320 --> 00:42:53.840
realize that Magnifico has in fact stolen
people's dreams to maintain power and control.

539
00:42:54.119 --> 00:43:00.039
It's only when Asha wishes upon a
star the light is shone on her and

540
00:43:00.079 --> 00:43:02.960
the rest of the kingdom, and
a world the possibilities opens up. So

541
00:43:04.039 --> 00:43:07.360
that includes hearing all the animals of
the kingdom it's called the Kingdom of Rosas,

542
00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:14.440
and this includes Ash's pet goat,
Valentino, voiced by Alan Tudic and

543
00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:19.760
includes hearing all the animals speak English
for the first time. Magnifico is en

544
00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:23.880
rage. He plots to control the
morsel of growing light that's known as Star,

545
00:43:24.679 --> 00:43:28.840
so it's left to Asher to continue
to stand up for what's right.

546
00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:35.079
Look cute characters, bright animation.
It's eminently watchable, not as engaging or

547
00:43:35.159 --> 00:43:37.800
endearing as the best of Disney.
I didn't think. I can only put

548
00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:39.800
that down to the plotting that well, it didn't resonate as much for me

549
00:43:39.840 --> 00:43:44.880
as it could have. Ash's inherent
goodness, her willingness to fight for what's

550
00:43:44.960 --> 00:43:50.679
fair makes her aspirational and a role
model for the Littlands. She dares to

551
00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:54.280
dream big picture, and as with
many of Disney's sidekicks, Valentino's given some

552
00:43:54.360 --> 00:43:58.760
cute lines, although overall I would
have liked more laughs than I got.

553
00:43:59.119 --> 00:44:05.119
Magnifico takes his place alongside other studio
villains when he embraces forbidden magic and his

554
00:44:05.280 --> 00:44:13.280
eyes turned green. Starmates remark in
a communicative but non speaking role, being

555
00:44:13.280 --> 00:44:15.559
a beacon of hope, and in
that regard she harks back to what I

556
00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:20.840
mentioned at the outset, the nostalgia
upon which Disney was built. Look,

557
00:44:20.880 --> 00:44:23.760
I didn't think Wish was snow White, or Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty, were

558
00:44:23.800 --> 00:44:29.360
the Lion King, Aladdin or Frozen, but it still has some moments to

559
00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:35.519
savor. What did you think,
Peter? I was actually unimpressed by this

560
00:44:35.639 --> 00:44:39.599
film and it disappointed me greatly,
especially as it was meant to celebrate one

561
00:44:39.679 --> 00:44:47.119
hundred years of Disney animations or Disney
films. And what disappointed me was the

562
00:44:47.239 --> 00:44:52.920
muddled storyline, which I think young
children are going to be totally confused about.

563
00:44:53.480 --> 00:45:00.400
This whole idea about having wishes taken
away from you and being stored away

564
00:45:00.480 --> 00:45:06.239
and not being revealed back to you
or being enacted. It's just a very

565
00:45:06.280 --> 00:45:09.159
strange sort of plot line. But
even worse, is this notion of a

566
00:45:09.199 --> 00:45:15.960
dictator or is someone who sort of
takes control and wants to ruin people's wishes?

567
00:45:15.360 --> 00:45:22.239
Now? Is this a sort of
anti capitalist sort of political drama?

568
00:45:22.760 --> 00:45:29.679
Is this a commentary on people's hopes
and dreams that they have to be dissipated?

569
00:45:30.599 --> 00:45:34.960
I must say it was very disappointing. And the other thing I found,

570
00:45:35.400 --> 00:45:39.440
I know I blanched at it was
the appearance of the yellow star now

571
00:45:42.159 --> 00:45:45.960
del puge or no, sorry,
thank you very much, No, the

572
00:45:46.079 --> 00:45:51.280
yellow Star. When it appeared,
I thought, why are we getting references

573
00:45:51.559 --> 00:45:54.559
to the Holocaust? But I get, I mean, yeah, I understand,

574
00:45:54.559 --> 00:46:00.079
but it was I took that to
mean a bright star that was right?

575
00:46:00.239 --> 00:46:04.280
Rather, I agree, I think
you can. I mean, when

576
00:46:04.320 --> 00:46:07.480
you think about it, it is
it is most it's uncomfortable and it will

577
00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:12.840
be so I take your point,
But when I first saw I didn't think

578
00:46:12.840 --> 00:46:15.199
that I've got to say, Peter, Okay, no, no, no,

579
00:46:15.239 --> 00:46:17.719
that's fine, that's fine. But
I do understand that you've got to

580
00:46:17.760 --> 00:46:22.519
be incredibly sensitive and there may be
people. I think that's an important point

581
00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:27.559
you bring up. Yeah, exactly. And also the way the storyline develops,

582
00:46:28.400 --> 00:46:34.440
there are some real darker issues that
are part of the storyline, which

583
00:46:34.599 --> 00:46:37.840
I think childs are often dark.
Let's be honest, are I know that?

584
00:46:37.199 --> 00:46:42.760
But I think the young children will
will be a bit disappointed because they'll

585
00:46:42.760 --> 00:46:47.480
be confused about what it all means. Older children may be able to get

586
00:46:47.519 --> 00:46:52.360
it, and adults will think what
is this really all about? What are

587
00:46:52.360 --> 00:46:54.440
the politics behind this? But bear
in mind when you say older kids,

588
00:46:54.440 --> 00:46:59.960
this is PG rate it So,
I mean, you wouldn't take a see

589
00:47:00.119 --> 00:47:04.079
year old along to this, would
you. No? But it's a Disney

590
00:47:04.119 --> 00:47:08.280
animation and people, most families will
assume that it is suitable for very young

591
00:47:08.360 --> 00:47:12.760
children. Okay, yeah, yeah, that looks at valid point. So

592
00:47:13.639 --> 00:47:17.159
what would you give wish out of
ten PG ninety five minutes? Yeah,

593
00:47:17.360 --> 00:47:21.960
Look, I wrestled with this film, but I can just give it five

594
00:47:22.119 --> 00:47:23.920
out of ten. No more.
Look, I gave it a six,

595
00:47:24.039 --> 00:47:29.960
and obviously I think Migration is funnier
and better looking at the two of them.

596
00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:32.760
Look, I don't think this is
a washhout, but yeah, it's

597
00:47:34.599 --> 00:47:37.760
I just don't think the story that
the storyline didn't work as well as all

598
00:47:37.800 --> 00:47:40.880
those other movies that I've mentioned that
are classics, aren't they. I mean,

599
00:47:42.159 --> 00:47:44.800
you look at White, Cinderella's Sleeping
Beauty, Lion King, Aladdin,

600
00:47:44.840 --> 00:47:46.639
Frozen you could probably add to that
list. It was just it was interesting

601
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compiling the list of movies that really
stood out. Disney's got a hell of

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a track record, a really really
positive track record in terms of getting animation

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right. But even the best of
studios don't get everything right. And I

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think it's open to the stage.
And I don't think it's done that good

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business? Is it? Am I
correct? Or am I wrong? I'm

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not quite sure. I haven't seen
the box office for it, yep,

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Okay, so maybe I've invented that. And please don't take that as gospel.

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Look, I think it's still worth
seeing, you know. I wouldn't

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say do to visit it. Just
be aware of the things that Peter has

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mentioned, as well as the commentary
that I had. Look, it's been

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fun. The only other Boxing Day
movies which we've spoken about, but I'll

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just briefly mention in terms of because
there's eight movies I said a few times

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that open on Boxing Day, Aquaman
and The Lost Kingdom, which hasn't been

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media previewed, so we can't comment
on it at this point. That's an

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M rated film one hundred and twenty
four minutes. Then there is One Life,

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which we've talked about a few times
because it opened the British Film Festival,

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and that also opens on Boxing Day. That's PG rated one hundred and

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nine minutes. And I and Two
Tickets to Greece, which we had a

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preview of the same day as there
was another Boys in the Boat preview,

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so I didn't see that one that's
M rated and runs for one hundred and

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eleven minutes. And then there's your
epertoire Peter. Thank you very much,

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Gregory, thank you so much for
your time. And next week folks tune

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in the best and Worst movies of
twenty twenty three. Always an engaging and

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a little bit of a little bit
of to and fro when we compile our

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lists, because I'm looking forward to
calling out both Greg and Jackie, sorry

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not Greg and Jackie, Peter and
Jackie, because of their acuse judgments on

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movies. Again. It will be
much to do about nothing. Yes,

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indeed, Peter, thank you very
much, Greg, thank you kindly,

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sir, cat you next week on
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