On this month’s podcast we review Oz The Great and Powerful, our “Best Worst Movie” is the oh-so-colourful Batman and Robin, and we take a look ahead to what we’re looking forward to over the coming months.
Listen to find out if Mark can mention all of Sam Raimi’s back catalogue; Dave can tell the difference between “Wonderland” and “Oz”; and whether Laura can find a way to get Steve back from the land of Oz;
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Bonus Features:
Mr Freeze’s Best Lines from Batman and Robin
In the month Arnie finally returns to our screens, Mark Davidson, Laura Croft, Steve O’Hara and Dave Wark are back!
This month they’re discussing this year’s oscars nominations; what they’ve “Just Been Watching”; and what they consider to be the Academy’s “Worst Best Movie” of the past twenty years .
Listen to find out if Mark can remember the name of the podcast; Steve can bag himself a date; Dave can sit through Les Mis without falling asleep; and Laura can pronounce “Lena Dunham”:
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Mark Davidson, Laura Croft, Steve O’Hara and Dave Wark review all the best films from this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (15th – 26th June 2011)
As well as giving their opinion on how this year’s cash-strapped festival compared to previous years, they also give their own Pick of the Fest. Dave also starts singing; it made everybody feel all warm and bright.
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Mark Davidson, Laura Croft, Steve O’Hara and Dave Wark return for the April edition of the podcast. We discuss the recent exits of Mark Cousins, Lynda Myles, and Tilda Swinton from the Edinburgh Film Festival, review Source Code, and talk about Titanic II in our Best Worst Movie section.
Among the highlights is Steve’s bad experience when he tried to cash one of EIFF director, James Mullighan’s cheques.
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Mark Davidson, Laura Croft, Steve O’Hara and Dave Wark are joined by special guest Dr. Andy Stothers. He joins them to give his opinion on The Wire, having been challenged by Mark to see if it lives up to the hype. They also discuss Mad Men, and Breaking Bad in a television-centric Just Been Watching section. They go on to talk about some recent film news, their experiences at Glasgow Film Festival, as well as give their opinions on the recently announced changes to this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival. Finally, in the Best Worst Movie section they talk about their experience of watching their favourite bad movie Troll 2 on the big screen.
Among the highlights include the point at which one of us accuses another of racism; Laura is forced to confront the fact James Franco may not be as perfect as she had previously thought; and the gasps of Steve as he gets distracted by the goings on of a certain football game he’s watching in the background:
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Special Features
As a gift to people who read the blog, as oppose to just subscribe to the podcast via iTunes, here’s some stuff on the interweb relating to this month’s podcast:
Submarine trailer:
Troll 2 trailer:
Best Worst Movie Trailer:
Running Order:
Total Duration: 51 Minutes
Just Been Watching
The Wire
Mad Men
Breaking Bad
Film News
Oscars Ceremony
Submarine at Glasgow Film Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival Changes
Best Worst Movie
Best Worst Movie/Troll 2 double bill on the big screen.
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