Aunty Donna Podcast - Popcorn Junkies

Episode Date: January 31, 2018

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A list of production. That was the opening tune there, the new opening tune composed by Who Did That For Us? Stephen Alexanderish. Stephen Alexanderish, that's a great opening tune. So thank you Stefan for ripping out that tune Yeah, thank you That one first time Popcorn junkies This is podcast for people who love movies yeah movies cinema pop culture, movies, cinema, film, moving images.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. The silver screen. The silver screen. But not just for people who are interested in those things, people in the biz as well, because we do a lot of biz talk. We're talking about behind the scenes, not just what's on the screen, what's behind the scenes. Cinema news.

And we're not fucking who. We're not pretentious either. I hear on popcorn junkies. We, uh, we'll talk about a, uh, a, a movie starring James Rogers as much as we'll talk about a movie starring Jeanette Dram. Um, um, a career on, uh, the movie junkie podcast. We don't discriminate Even you know even if it's like a summer hit like

the five tacos Or something that was a big flop like Green boys go to Washington. It doesn't matter what kind of film it is We're thinking it's all the same. Am I not have made the money or gotten that tomato meat or rating? But green boys go to Washington I think we all agree it was one of the best movies of 2015 Undoubtedly We reviewed five we went to the pictures. It's this way. We saw five films

I did see for like five hundred at once. Yeah, we said we didn't have enough time We said we're running short on time so yeah, so if you could just chuck all those boys just on top of each other in one cinema It was a you know was a 500 say the big cinema, but we rented out the whole place Mm-hmm, and they just put them all on at once and I'll tell you what it was a delight We've got five films to review today and we want you to go out and see some of them Not all of them not at once like we did I should say out and see some of them. Not all of them. Not at once like we did. I should say some of them. Let's just say a director.

Not a director. A director with the initials VN. He's not going to be happy with today's podcast. We're not talking about VN's Newington. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Captain Midnight is set in 1946 just after the end of the war. A young man who's come back from war has found his family has moved to New Orleans from St. Louis. And they're all dead. They're all dead. This is a story of a man who becomes the captain of midnight, a man whose job is to

go into all the lamps in the town and set them a light. And he meets a very special young girl played by Christina Can. Oh, Christina Can is exceptional in this movie. Definitely, definitely one of the movies highlighted the Christina Can performance. Christina Can and this is probably going to get nominated for a cowpo. Well, if she gets nominated, I think her and Samuel Riddiger, who did an incredible character. And he was coming just off the Christie Award winning performance on Broadw on Broadway where he performed in the absolutely fantastic play by the work. It was I believe written by Stephen Steven Steven Steven Steven Steven

Steven Steven Steven Steven Steven Steven Steven Steven Steven Steven Steven Stevenson tonight we take the night Steven Yeah, Steven Steven Steven Steven Steven tonight is a wonderful adaptation of its original North City staging that is now been adapted to the stage by director Pete Pete Pete Um, I think this is his English language debut. Am I right in saying that? It is English language debut. That's right. saying that? He is his English language debut. That's right. He's been writing in Farsi up until now. His work with the performers was incredible.

I mean, the subtlety of the point is, he's the only working robot director. He is, because that's how subtle he is. So subtle that when he turns up on set, everyone's like the cameras here But where's the direct and actors have to one by one? Someone says no, that's not the camera that is a robot director with the camera built in that is a Robo director built in camera robot director and he doesn't give direction as much as he gives beeps and boobs and and the other

I mean the other big problem. I mean a lot of people. A lot of people. A lot of people. People were very blown away. If I can just talk about Pete, Pete for a second. The fact that- The robot director. The fact that he has a built-in camera is incredible.

It is a shame that it's quite a low quality digital camera and it does have to use. He does have to use a normal camera. That's right, he's using an iMacs film. That is true. Captain midnight has twists and turns everywhere you look. And that's and and cameos. Yeah. And that's and the twists and turns aren't just because a lot of it's set on a highway. Yeah. Yeah. But I loved this film and I'm giving it three and a half captains.

I thought this film was exceptional. Um, I thought the way Katrina can and her brother Cameron can and his twin sister Katrina can. Performed in this movie as the same captain. And I thought the role of Midnight played by Jesse Swashiska. He was incredible. Yeah. Well, it's not just in its subtlety, but in the way it moved me to get an erection, but not a sexual erection.

Yeah, rigour, it was like a rigour-mortice erection. Yeah, I'd died. I'd gone in I said that I leaned over to Broden while we were watching the film and I said, Mark's got an erection and Broden said, oh no, is he being a bit inappropriate? I said no, it's like a dead man erection. Yeah, yeah. And while I thought the premonters were great, I thought the midnight sequences were a little dark for me. They shot them at midnight with no lights. I mean, too bad. So you really couldn't see anything. But this is the first time that robot director has directed it.

And what I heard is that he had, he had, he had, he had, he had done his robot night vision, night vision. Yeah. He put it on night vision. I love robot director night vision. How many stars am I? I'm giving it one star one star Which is worth For stars for me. I don't think I'd be giving I will remember when he gave that film five stars

Oh wow, which is worth only one star. Yeah, unfortunately, the one more stands, the less stars, but the less stars. So if you gave something three stands, of course, that would mean three three stars. Yeah, because that's where it meets the security. Yeah, just sort of meets where they kind of meet in the middle there. But it's funny. What's your review? Look, I, I, for me, my biggest problem with the film is in the third act. So I don't want to give away too much, but it's not giving away too much to say there

are references to President Grimm in the third act. Is that fair to say? That's a spoiler. But I'm not saying where the President Grimm is in it, but there are references. Well, it's hard because it is a spoiler, but for me, it spoiled the movie. Yes, spoiled my dinner. So when I'm watching this film, I'm in the world of Captain Midnight. I'm feeling it.

And then here comes Captain Grim. Of course, played magnificently by Joujou Bajou. And the French actress, Joujou Bajou. Yes, Joujibuji and the French actress. Joujibuji. And I was blown away by her performance, and then I just started thinking, wait a second, President Grim on a highway, this isn't commuting. Unfortunately, five stums for me.

Oh, sassy. Well, I've given it three and a half stars. You've given, no, three and a half stars. You've given no three and a half Captains captains you gave it one star one star, but that is four stars Which doesn't I don't understand that but well because to give it five stars I have to give it a negative point right I'm not clear on the stands. It's like Fahrenheit Celsius. It doesn't match Except at three and you even at five stars get many it's one star I'm not clearing the stands. It's like Fahrenheit Celsius. It doesn't match. It doesn't match exactly except that three And you even if I'm giving it five stands get minutes one star. No, sorry. Sorry to be I should be clear

It's 5.1 stands. So actually that's a six star film. I loved it. Oh I see I see how it works now what did now what did I what did you guys eat Before the Phil spaghetti you had a whole plate of spaghetti. Yeah, I just had some of bread in spaghetti Yeah, cuz I remember I was like I'm not in the mood Yeah, but I got the spaghetti. He got the main instead of the untray He was like I can't eat all this spaghetti and I'm like I'm looking at this spaghetti. I want some Did you have one spaghetti? Like just a string of spaghetti?

I'm pretty sure you had four spaghetti. I remember having a few spaghetti. Broden, I had a lot of spaghetti. I had up like 180 spaghetti. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because I feel like this influences the movie. Like how many spaghetti you have beforehand? I had a hot a Honda which was absolutely

devilish yeah devilish and it's approach spicy poor no it was gold it was cool it was like I had ice cubes in the in the me oh I've never had one I only had see you had that I had spaghetti yeah yeah I had between four and 12 of his spaghetti. I had a getty. Yeah, and with the honn with the honn dog, you have to slurp it in one go. Yeah, which makes it hard. I love the film. I loved Captain Midnight. So next film, let's play the sting. I sure hope Tom. Next film. Let's play the sting. I sure hope Tom. Next film. It's a little sting. Zach is written a review for this one.

Oh yes. So what can I say about the work of variant norm bomb that hasn't already been said? This controversial Danish filmmaker has been pressing buttons since his debut in 1994 at the Krim Film Festival. He is vivacious, he is dark, he is exciting, and I love him. And he is a contemporary of Steven, Steven, Steven Stephen Stephen Stephen Stevenson Stevenson's absolutely fascinating because I thought like he and only I can remember his name well I don't know but only more than that it's funny that their contemporary he is 86 years old and Stephen's Stephen's Stephen is a boy of 12 years old. It's just incredible that he contemporaries. So let's talk about his latest film.

Yeah. The kickin' boy opens in a carnival in 1932. Two, we saw two films both set in a similar era, which seems to me the style of the moment. It's just here to hear someone say it's in Vogue. Well, this is really just the opening. There's two old ladies joined at the hip and deeply in love. Give birth to the kickin' boy. Fast forward to 2007. Here we go. The hot wall street sounds of, and we discover that the kickin boy is now the hottest boy

in Wall Street. Well, yeah, and the reason he's called the kickin boy is much like an action figure. He was born with a button on his, the small of his back. He was the small of his back. And if you press it, he kicks so hard that he can kick any person's balls in. Yeah. Just for clarification for our audience, obviously, him being born in 1935, the Kikin Boy at the time, most of this film is 72. He's, well, he's a young 72.

Which is an amazing performance because the actor, I should say, the actor, Jang, he actually plays him for the entire stretch of the film, the first five minutes where he's a baby and the rest of the film where he's 70-something years old. What's interesting about this film is there was another actor in it. His name was Kevin Saise and he recorded most of the film and then he fought some f*****s. And that's a replacement with the different actor. For me, this film was very silly. Too silly for me. I- This was a film about time travel. It was a film about love. This was a film about time travel.

It was a film about love. It was a film about cricket, which was awesome. I love cricket. The cricket, the sequence, single take. Yeah. Blue my mind, but a big question. Why? Would in real life would they ever allow someone?

I think they want to sell it to India. India loves cricket. But for me, the world. The cricket film. It broke a logic for me because inherent in cricket is the uniform. Crickables. And cricket balls are so important in cricket. So important.

Cricket bats too. Why would they let him play without wearing those gloves? Those gloves. I just, and he's a kickin' boy. And I'm watching this film, right? It's a breakneck pace of a film. You know, we're in 1932. Now we're in 2007 Wall Street. The Crash Boys come into town and they start making lots of money for everyone. This is, of course, historical, the moment in 2007 when the crash boys came in and made lots of money for everyone. The tech team wrestling guys.

Yeah, they came in and they said, hey, let's put more money on homes and everyone in all of America made lots and lots of money. We see this, we see the personal in the epic. We see the history of the crash boys making everyone money, but we also see kick and boy within that. And then all of a sudden, two and a half hours into this five hour movie, we have an hour long sequence in a single take where it is, from my impression,

it's literally just the actors playing cricket. Yeah, that's what I see. There's no character that they've allowed. I thought that they had just accidentally left footage of them at lunchtime in the film. But they are talking about the movie. That's the weird thing is that they're going, what scene are we shooting next? What's for lunch today? You see that you see the director is catering company. Yeah, the director is is pitching for most of the game

Bowling bowling bowling bowling bowling is bowling and at the end of the sequence I might be wrong but it it looks a lot like the director walks up to the camera. Oh, fuck I left this on He says those words. it's so weird. I think I was deliberate. Then I realized the genius of it, that what they're doing now, it's called, Miss On Scene. I think that would leave, I think.

The genius of it, I think, I'm sorry. I think the genius of it was that they were Levi's. Yeah. They were, they were, he's got a point. What's this? Are there either Levi or they were, you know, like, Dejua, Genie's, Genie's.

Genie's. There's the Genie's of it. The Genie's of it. A lot of Oscar buzz about this film. Yeah, but that's mostly from Bees. Well, absolutely, Oscar Oscar has a lot of beans. Sorry, get me to phone by that for our cinematography. Absolutely. Sorry. So my friend Oscar has a lot of bees. Oh, right. Okay. And he went to see the movie. And while we were watching it, the bees got out and stung us all.

I was legally dead for 20 minutes. Now, this negatively impacted on the film for me. But how can you blame variance filmmaking for you watching this near a B-hive? Well, I blame Oscar. I blame Oscar. That's nothing to do with variance film, which is called the kickin' boy, the Kickin' Boy.

The Kickin' Boy. Which a lot of talk that it might win some Grimby's. Oh God, if this gets a Grimby, I will be so happy because the last Grimby went to that awful film, Wood on the Wall, which was just... It was... Am I wrong in saying it was two and a half hours of a wood wall and literally no cash.

I don't want to like say too much on this, but is it not weird that such an old wood wall would have such a young coat of paint? It was very strange. I see you guys a question. When you put the movie on, you got from the Grimsby people. Did you remember to press play or did you just let it stay on the first image of this 2.5 hour film? Did you watch a still image of 2.5 hours?

I fell asleep about four hours into it. And the image hadn't changed. The film, so what would you mean after that? No, I mean if you if you press play on the DVD that we'll give them other groups of people that is a very moving film about a wall I don't think I press play I'll be honest with you. I actually looked at my own wall. I have a wood wall in my house. I didn't get the DVD. There you go. What are you giving this film? Seven drums. Seven drums. Trums. Trums. Trums. Trums.

Can I give it ten drums? Yeah, I think it's ten drums about the same as seven drums. Depends on the conversion rate Right, and then what time of year but yeah, I'm giving it $20 to 50 Australian dollars Which is the price I paid to see it Okay, so you liked it? I would rather not say I don't want to offend anyone. Mark, this week you reviewed a very special film. Let's play this thing. I did review a very special film this week. It was, boys, when you see a movie that afterwards the movie you go

What happened? I don't understand. Sounds like they're working very particular director. Who was that? Who was that? What was they? But it was the best movie. But you'll leave a-

I don't believe that. You'll leave in the cinema, you're gonna- I'm gonna walk the fuck away down there, but you'll abide, no, it was good. Yeah. I know that other people are gonna like this. I am, of course, talking about the frigate in the apple. Lucky boy to review this one.

I can't believe I got to say the frigate in the apple. Now, of course, the frigate in the apple is a film about a woman and three billboards just outside of Ebbing, Missouri. They're just out the front of her house and her daughter was murdered. And she paints on the billboards three slogans that make the town just go crazy. Wow. What are you giving this film? This film of The Frigate in the Apple. But there's more to the story.

Did you, I'm a lovely, we can talk about it. Yeah, I want him more. Great. Mark? Yes. Sorry, I was thinking about ketchup. Which is an awesome director. Oh, I love ketchup. I've not seen a bad ketchup film and he does different films He does big superhero films. He does war films. He does mind fuckery. Yeah, he does my love

I'm sorry about the link. I love I love ketchup. Yeah, sorry. Can you just say that line again? The mind fuckery line? Mind fuckery. Beep. We're in the clear. Right. So in, so there's the three billboards, but then, and then, crazily enough, they're in the big apple. That's what the apples referencing. They're in New York. Right. And they're also quite literally. Am I right? They're in there. And I also in an apple that was my understanding no no yes This is where the mind fuckery comes in no because no no But yes, but I don't think it's fair to say no are they in the apple?

Yeah, how many worms do you see in this movie? There was about 12 yeah, yeah, I remember I said to Broden because as I was playing I said to Broden, fuck me and he did he fucked me during the movie Mm-hmm. And how did that add to your experience of watching the film? Yeah, it was well good for a movie. It was a movie. It was for me. Were you satisfied? It's a little bit awkward because Broden's in the room. I don't think Broden's in the dust bottle. I love movies. I love movies. I said to Broden, first you give me four spaghettis. The biggest clue for me that it was set that they were in an apple. You know, it's never referenced.

It's a little, yeah, go on. Is the worms that are moving constantly through the back of the picture, sometimes in front of the camera, and you don't really see what's going on. But the moment where they step out of the apple, and you just look at it and go and say, we've been in an Apple. This whole movie.

For me was the biggest gift. The other thing is like wherever they wanna go from like one building to another or to like another person's house. The fact that there's like a good 20 minutes of their munching. Yeah, they're gonna munch their like, they're gonna munch our tunnels.

This is another thing. You wanna know my biggest critique of this film that you named? Yeah. Still like a large portion of its cricket, which is so weird that that is invoked. But they're gonna like, if they wanna throw a ball, yeah.

They're gonna, they're gonna go, they go, so he goes, hey, throw the ball. He goes, yeah, I'll launch a tunnel to you. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So he manages a tunnel to the back, a bunch. A bunch. A bunch. A bunch. A bunch. My biggest problem with the cricket scene in the frigate and the apple, if that's the name of the movie, I can't remember, is that it was the same scene. The same cricket scene. Same footage.

As in the different director. Yeah, exactly the same. It was, they took that scene and put it in this... That's so strong. It was an odd choice by the director. Odd choice by the director. But I think potentially what they're doing is setting up a cinematic universe. Like, Marnell. Like Marnell. The Marnell cinematic universe.

Oh. I love how the Ghostbusters are in it. What are you giving this film? I am giving the frigate and the apple. Ten big apples, bro. Ten big apples, bro. I love I'm giving a smack on the bottom. For me, it was one tunnel munching scene too many.

I give it rare. Wow, all right. That is a hot, that is, can you get higher than that? I don't, well, I, it's your own reference point. It's your own measuring stick, but I don't think Zach has ever given a film a higher mark than that. I, for people who've never listened to our podcast before as well,

we know that you love the sound of someone typing just off my phone. And so what we always have in all of our podcasts is Sam in the corner writing an essay. When he could do it outside the room. We get letters, we get, we get so many emails just being like, keep up that fucking sound of someone doing other work when they could be doing it elsewhere. And I just play a little bit of that for the kids at home now, Sam William.

I just want to say, no one's going to be on here. They can hear it on their microphones. They can't, we can hear it. Like I can hear typing in my headphones, type Sam. Oh, look at the camera. Now that to me, sounds like typing. That's because we have 10 microphones. But you can hear it in our microphone.

You can hear it through our microphones and it's why we moved the microphone earlier, so we stop hearing it. Anyway, can I just say, if you can hear the typing, hashtag Sam, I could hear the typing, hashtag, Sam, I could hear the typing. And then either hashtag, Sam Loven the typing, or hashtag, say, Sam, quit it with the typing.

Because we want your feedback. That's really important. Time for my review of the next film. Of course, let's play the stick. MUSIC Until seeing Penny Marshalls a league of their own, I had no idea that an organization named the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ever flourished in this country, even though I was 12 when it closed up shop and therefore of an age to collect Bob Feller and

Robert Roberts baseball cards and listen to the Cardinals on the radio. The league was founded in 1943, when it briefly appeared that men's baseball would be a casual tier of the war, and once the men came marching home, it's a one that the league survived until 1954. Then it was consigned to oblivion, history is written by the victors. At the time it seemed as if the women's league might mean the financial survival of the major league baseball franchises and their owners, the movie gives us a Chicago candy bar mogul in the place of the riglies and shows his agents scouting the countryside for women who could play ball in a rural area of Oregon.

The scout finds two sisters, Doddy and Kit, Gina Davis and Laurie Petty. One who can catch and hit, the other who can throw but is a sucker for high fastballs. And he brings them back to Chicago for tryouts with a lot of other hopefuls, including would-be team members played by Madonna, Rosie O'Donnell and Megan Kaffner. And the movie is a real bit of sweet charm. The baseball sequences we've seen before. What's fresh of the personalities of the players that gradualine folding of their coach and the way this early chapter of women's liberation fit into the high bound traditions of professional baseball? By the end, when the women get together again for their reunion it's touching. The way they have to admit that whatever what do you know, they really were pioneers. And I gave this film three baseballs.

They really were pioneers. And I gave this film three baseballs. I am. Very odd review for planes, trains and automobiles. But well written number less. Yes. For me, I'm so glad you liked it, Broden. For me, there was just too much munching of tunnels. Mm. I just, I don't know what it is about filmmakers at the moment.

I think ever since Paul Greengroey came onto the scene with his, the BAM supremacem. And this was just a movie where Matt Damm Munch and Tunnels the whole time. And now I can't watch an action film without characters munching tunnels from here to there, from go to, whoa, I can't see what's going on because most of the images Apple, it is frustrating that directors now are insisting on putting their films, setting their films inside edible opaque, solid objects.

Fruit. Fruits. In particular. Sometimes cheeses. The worst is when they said it inside the pip of a stone fruit. Classic. You can't chew through that. Classic cinema I can see.

I can see what's going on. You know, when in the movies of Amber Danberbam I can see every single punch kick and slap everything in this I am literally looking at at at solid fruit for the bulk of the film and the actors aren't small enough to fit inside these pieces of fruit they're just not small enough Like it doesn't work and how how guys you guys are all funny daddies You love your films like they were traditional. I'm a traditionalist. That's true But it was tradition because it's a Worked-brodon there are great fruit-based movies coming out that you need to give a chance

I'm sorry director young robot directors in the 80s you need to give a chance. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Can't get dry. Never enough water is this where's a tail? Is this chlorine or salt water? Too much chlorine you've gone too far now your You just want to be a child again you want to be taken back to your childhood

When films were all set in pools okay, buddy.'s not then, it's a different generation of kids who love fruit based movies. Why not set in pools just shot in pools? I'm 87 years old. I'm 87 years old. So I have been a part of this industry. I've been reviewing this industry since 19, 20, and by him.

Okay, so I know this industry very, very well. I agree with you, Broden. The pool set years weren't the best years of cinema. Oh, fuck off! No, but Mark, it had two things of value. One, water is transparent. I could see what was going on. You can see, it's just frozen. Not if it's frozen. Not if it's frozen. And also, fruit is mostly water. It's true, but it is opaque, bro And I cannot see anything and two if I may number two People can move through water with a relative degree of ease You can have a movie go for two hours and most of the things happen

Zach in the 60s a little band you might have heard of they came from Germany They were they played every night in Germany, and then they made a couple of songs that took the world by storm, you may have heard them, they called the Beeples. I know, I know. What was people's feedback of the Beeples? They were munching tunnels through fruit. Okay, yes, they would go inside fruit. People munching tunnels through the fruit.

The kids loved the peoples. But I didn't like that then, and I don't like it in cinema. So you've got a problem with the peoples. I have a problem with people munching tunnels. I hope they've made that abundantly clear on popcorn junkies. Boys, we love to disagree.

I mean, that's why the film makes us interesting. If we all agreed, it would be boring. Boring podcast. I love and respect you for your opinion. I just want to say thank you so much. And good luck at the cinema this week, everyone. To you two, to our listeners. Good luck, big news.

Next week, it is the 5,000th episode of popcorn. And thank you for making us one of the highest downloaded iTunes podcast after Marin and Joe Rogan down cereal. Yeah. We love movies and fruit. And do check out our spin-off podcast, sport boys, where we talk all things sport. In fact, we do have an interview with Gribbebou, who plays an amazing game. I think one of the most exciting players of slim.

Slim. We've ever seen it. So anyway, have a great week at the cinema and have a great week. Great, much of that popcorn. Not tunnels. You've been listening to the Antidona podcast. Thanks for joining us for another rip-amp episode brought to you by AntidonaClub.com. See you next week! you