Emerson Forde: The Return
Emerson proved so popular in the previous episode that we decided we had to have him back again. Join us as we discuss the week's (ahem) releases (okay, the releases from two weeks ago), confess which films make us cry, have our minds blown by some awesome Movie News and chat about some of the best and worst films of 2010.
Index (m:s):
00:00 - 00:33 - Intro
00:33 - 04:00 - Emerson minutes allowed; Emerson introduced; origins of Smurfs disputed; Smurfs and Moomins confused; excited discussion of upcoming Moomins film; general nonsense
04:00 - 10:16 - Emerson's Best Films of the Year; Oscars discussion; shout-out to Robbie Collin
10:16 - 12:50 - Discussion of some of the worst films of the year; ending of Remember Me SPOILED in comedy fashion
12:50 - 14:45 - Ass vs Arse
14:45 - 21:10 - Toy Story 3 reduces grown men to tears (but not Cassam); we confess which films make us cry the most
21:10 - 24:20 - Cassam's Weird Weepies
24:20 - 38:28 - FILM NEWS! So much film news. Can't possibly fit it all in here.
38:28 - "New" releases discussed
38:28 - 43:00 - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader reviewed
43:00 - 47:45 - The Tourist reviewed; "To Catch a Fish"
47:45 - 51:55 - Somewhere reviewed
51:55 - 55:55 - For Colored Girls reviewed
55:55 - 1:01:05 - A Serbian Film reviewed
1:01:05 - Outro
Listen to Emerson Forde's radio show every Thursday on Colourful Radio.
Tuesday 21 December 2010
Sunday 28 November 2010
Turner & Looch (with Special Guest Emerson Forde) - Episode 5
Turner & Looch - Episode 5, featuring special guest Emerson Forde
This week we're joined by the one and only Emerson Forde from Colourful Radio (check out his film review show every Thursday). Join us as we discuss the week's releases (including Unstoppable, Machete, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest and The American), some exciting Movie News, the Oscar documentary shortlist and a number of new trailers.
Apologies once again for sound quality. This week we were evicted from our venue mid-podcast and had to take it to the streets. Because that's how we roll, innit. Sticking it to The Man and so on.
Index (m:s):
00:00 - 02:09 - Intro - Emerson Forde introduced; list of topics for this week's show discussed (see above);
02:09 - 09:05 - Review of Unstoppable (aka The Train That Couldn't Slow Down); Forde and Turner attempt to list every Denzel Washington / Tony Scott collaboration; relative merits of Unstoppable related; SPOILERS included (but legitimate ones, as they're about the way the film lets you down if you've seen the trailer); bit with the horse spoiled; astonishing never-before-heard name-drop by Looch; claims that Unstoppable based on a true story questioned; joke about Rosario Dawson stolen from MovieJuice (sorry, MovieJuice); rating for Unstoppable agreed upon; Denzel's oh-so-hilarious Top Gun 2 joke
09:05 - 16:05 - Review of Machete, which Emerson hadn't seen; "It's like Robert Rodriguez didn't get his own joke"; trailer for Machete, including godawful "Machete don't text" line; Machete panned; Machete vs Black Dynamite; exploitation films discussed; SPOILERS revealed again (but again, only in the context of the way the film doesn't deliver on the promise of the trailer); conclusion reached: if you've seen the trailer, you've seen all the best bits of Machete; soundtrack rejected; idea of Jessica Alba in a catsuit ruminated upon; Ann Margaret randomly introduced; Stanley Kubrick's The Killing even more randomly introduced
16:05 - 20:10 - Review of The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest; Dave Edwards' poster quote ("The Thriller of the Decade!" ridiculed; discussion of upcoming Fincher remake; remakes of second and third film doubted; discussion of who might win Best Director Oscar come Oscar-time (note: pretty sure Emerson means The Parole Officer with Steve Coogan rather than The Social Worker with Paul Hogan)
20:10 - 24:04 - Review of The American; trailer for The American; familiarity of the plot discussed; argument about the meaning of the word "liaison"; more SPOILERS (sort of); idea that the poster and trailer seem to promise a different film agreed upon; The American = better thriller than Hornets' Nest (take that, Edwards)
24:04 - 24:56 - Review of An Ordinary Execution (which Cassam and Emerson haven't seen)
24:56 - 25:55 - Review of Leap Year (not to be confused with Amy Adams Leap Year), which Cassam and Emerson also haven't seen; CORRECTION: director is Australian / Mexican not British as I mistakenly say here
25:55 - 30:54 - London Boulevard discussed, unseen; Colin Farrell praised; merits of Daredevil debated (Turner hates it, Looch loves it); Looch's Colin Farrell impression unleashed; accents debated; Guess The Impression; "You're a bad man, Mister Burns"; Looch's astonishing accent ability presented for your delectation; good British accents from American actors discussed; lame name-drop from Turner
30:54 - 32:40 - Turner's Most Hated Actor revealed (clue: it's Gerard Butler); bad actors discussed
32:40 - 47:00 - MOVIE NEWS! "Ah never learned to read!"; podcast takes uncomfortable direction, racial stereotype-wise; discussion about Cats & Dogs II being somehow included on the Best Animated Feature shortlist; Chico & Rita sympathised with; Oscar documentary shortlist revealed (36:46); "I'm waiting for him to start quoting lines from The Jerk..."; potential Best Animated Feature Oscar nominations discussed; Cassam's Oirish accent busted out; Spider-Man casting news; Dennis Leary's casting as Captain Stacey scorned; "No-one is a better choice for J. Jonah Jameson than J.K. Simmons"; Brandon Routh out of the running for Superman; Cassam's potential as The New Superman discussed ("They could white him down!"); Smallville's Tom Wellings' suitability for Superman debated
47:00 - 50:00 - TRAILERS - Sucker Punch trailer excerpt; Sucker Punch trailer discussed; Turner & Looch's mutual love of the Lemony Snicket soundtrack revealed; Olivia Wilde-spotting credentials tested (Turner wins and here's the proof)
50:00 - EVACUATION SEQUENCE ACTIVATED!
50:01 - 53:30 - Venue changed; burritos consumed; podcast taken to the streets; Cowboys & Aliens trailer discussed; concerns expressed due to Favreau cocking up Iron Man 2
53:30 - 56:36 - Red Riding Hood trailer discussed; similarities to Twilight movies remarked upon; Looch sensationally reveals that he prefers the Twilight movies to the Harry Potter movies; burritos reminisced about
56:36 - 59:20 - Trailer for 13 (remake of Tzameti) discussed; cast listed
59:20 - 64:00 - Emerson's Best of 2010 list revealed (some of it, anyway); 2011 released discussed; Cars 2 debated; True Grit screenings questioned; general rough-housing
64:00 - 64:32 - Outro
Twitter addresses:
Matthew Turner - https://twitter.com/FilmFan1971
Cassam Looch - https://twitter.com/tonyjaaselbow
Emerson Forde - https://twitter.com/ecforde
This week we're joined by the one and only Emerson Forde from Colourful Radio (check out his film review show every Thursday). Join us as we discuss the week's releases (including Unstoppable, Machete, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest and The American), some exciting Movie News, the Oscar documentary shortlist and a number of new trailers.
Apologies once again for sound quality. This week we were evicted from our venue mid-podcast and had to take it to the streets. Because that's how we roll, innit. Sticking it to The Man and so on.
Index (m:s):
00:00 - 02:09 - Intro - Emerson Forde introduced; list of topics for this week's show discussed (see above);
02:09 - 09:05 - Review of Unstoppable (aka The Train That Couldn't Slow Down); Forde and Turner attempt to list every Denzel Washington / Tony Scott collaboration; relative merits of Unstoppable related; SPOILERS included (but legitimate ones, as they're about the way the film lets you down if you've seen the trailer); bit with the horse spoiled; astonishing never-before-heard name-drop by Looch; claims that Unstoppable based on a true story questioned; joke about Rosario Dawson stolen from MovieJuice (sorry, MovieJuice); rating for Unstoppable agreed upon; Denzel's oh-so-hilarious Top Gun 2 joke
09:05 - 16:05 - Review of Machete, which Emerson hadn't seen; "It's like Robert Rodriguez didn't get his own joke"; trailer for Machete, including godawful "Machete don't text" line; Machete panned; Machete vs Black Dynamite; exploitation films discussed; SPOILERS revealed again (but again, only in the context of the way the film doesn't deliver on the promise of the trailer); conclusion reached: if you've seen the trailer, you've seen all the best bits of Machete; soundtrack rejected; idea of Jessica Alba in a catsuit ruminated upon; Ann Margaret randomly introduced; Stanley Kubrick's The Killing even more randomly introduced
16:05 - 20:10 - Review of The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest; Dave Edwards' poster quote ("The Thriller of the Decade!" ridiculed; discussion of upcoming Fincher remake; remakes of second and third film doubted; discussion of who might win Best Director Oscar come Oscar-time (note: pretty sure Emerson means The Parole Officer with Steve Coogan rather than The Social Worker with Paul Hogan)
20:10 - 24:04 - Review of The American; trailer for The American; familiarity of the plot discussed; argument about the meaning of the word "liaison"; more SPOILERS (sort of); idea that the poster and trailer seem to promise a different film agreed upon; The American = better thriller than Hornets' Nest (take that, Edwards)
24:04 - 24:56 - Review of An Ordinary Execution (which Cassam and Emerson haven't seen)
24:56 - 25:55 - Review of Leap Year (not to be confused with Amy Adams Leap Year), which Cassam and Emerson also haven't seen; CORRECTION: director is Australian / Mexican not British as I mistakenly say here
25:55 - 30:54 - London Boulevard discussed, unseen; Colin Farrell praised; merits of Daredevil debated (Turner hates it, Looch loves it); Looch's Colin Farrell impression unleashed; accents debated; Guess The Impression; "You're a bad man, Mister Burns"; Looch's astonishing accent ability presented for your delectation; good British accents from American actors discussed; lame name-drop from Turner
30:54 - 32:40 - Turner's Most Hated Actor revealed (clue: it's Gerard Butler); bad actors discussed
32:40 - 47:00 - MOVIE NEWS! "Ah never learned to read!"; podcast takes uncomfortable direction, racial stereotype-wise; discussion about Cats & Dogs II being somehow included on the Best Animated Feature shortlist; Chico & Rita sympathised with; Oscar documentary shortlist revealed (36:46); "I'm waiting for him to start quoting lines from The Jerk..."; potential Best Animated Feature Oscar nominations discussed; Cassam's Oirish accent busted out; Spider-Man casting news; Dennis Leary's casting as Captain Stacey scorned; "No-one is a better choice for J. Jonah Jameson than J.K. Simmons"; Brandon Routh out of the running for Superman; Cassam's potential as The New Superman discussed ("They could white him down!"); Smallville's Tom Wellings' suitability for Superman debated
47:00 - 50:00 - TRAILERS - Sucker Punch trailer excerpt; Sucker Punch trailer discussed; Turner & Looch's mutual love of the Lemony Snicket soundtrack revealed; Olivia Wilde-spotting credentials tested (Turner wins and here's the proof)
50:00 - EVACUATION SEQUENCE ACTIVATED!
50:01 - 53:30 - Venue changed; burritos consumed; podcast taken to the streets; Cowboys & Aliens trailer discussed; concerns expressed due to Favreau cocking up Iron Man 2
53:30 - 56:36 - Red Riding Hood trailer discussed; similarities to Twilight movies remarked upon; Looch sensationally reveals that he prefers the Twilight movies to the Harry Potter movies; burritos reminisced about
56:36 - 59:20 - Trailer for 13 (remake of Tzameti) discussed; cast listed
59:20 - 64:00 - Emerson's Best of 2010 list revealed (some of it, anyway); 2011 released discussed; Cars 2 debated; True Grit screenings questioned; general rough-housing
64:00 - 64:32 - Outro
Twitter addresses:
Matthew Turner - https://twitter.com/FilmFan1971
Cassam Looch - https://twitter.com/tonyjaaselbow
Emerson Forde - https://twitter.com/ecforde
Sunday 21 November 2010
Turner & Looch (with Special Guest Vicki Isitt) - Episode 4
Turner & Looch - Episode 4: Harry Potter Special
This week we're joined by designated Harry Potter fan Vicki Isitt from The Film Pilgrim. We discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1, the week's releases, a couple of trailers and various other things. Non-Smallville fans may want to skip the first few minutes (see below), as it turns out we're the only three people we know who like and watch Smallville, so we took full advantage. Oh, and stay tuned for an epic trailer for next week's episode (with Special Guest Emerson Forde) at the end.
Apologies for sound quality, sound quality fans - we were forced to record in the pub this week. Thanks again to Michael (Blue Posts, Rupert Street).
Index (m/s):
00:00 - 02:00 - Intro; Vicki introduced; Potterfan credentials established; astonishing amount of once-owned Potter merchandise revealed
02:00 - 04:50 - The Smallville Three; Smallville discussed; sweary rant against E4's SHOCKING treatment of the Veronica Mars repeats
04:50 - 18: 55 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 discussed; further Potter credentials established, Looch revealed as one of those people who reads the last page of a book; theory that no-one will be reading Potter novels in 50 years raised; discussion on "the slow bits"; chemistry between actors treated with suspicion; concepts of "slash" and "ships" examined; too many characters; no-one knows who Mundungus is; scenes that aren't in the book; favourite Potter films shared; hopes for Potter trailer dashed
18:55 - 21:45 - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (aka Uncle Boonmee and the Monkey Space Ghosts) reviewed / explained to Vicki; terrifying nature of the Monkey Space Ghosts
21:45 - 24:52 - Adrift reviewed; 80s setting questioned; the 80s explained to Vicki; black and white television sets and reel-to-reel cassette players reminisced about
24:52 - 25:50 - Chico & Rita reviewed (by Turner, as Looch hasn't seen it)
25:50 - 44:50 - FILM NEWS! Discussion of shortlist for Best Animated Film Oscar nominations; general Oscar speculation; Pride and Prejudice and Zombies director revealed; Looch revealed as fan of book; remake of Total Recall talked about; bad Colin Farrell impressions attempted; Looch's awesome impressions "promised for later"; bad London accents discussed; London Boulevard discussed (unseen); Turner revealed as being terrible with numbers (but no-one notices); Aronofsky and The Wolverine discussed; Vicki contributes film news (Hulk TV series); Turner's Marvel / Spider-Man geekery revealed, discussion of Zooey Deschanel possibly playing Betty Brant in Spider-Man reboot; Dark Knight rumours; discussion of Green Lantern and Superman; discussion of Underworld 4 (world's least favourite franchise); discussion about Soderbergh remaking The Man From U.N.C.L.E; OSS-117 films recommended; remake of Martyrs discussed
44:50 - 54:00 - Trailerwatch! Trailers for Green Lantern, Your Highness and True Grit discussed; red band trailers discussed
54:00 - 58:50 - US Box Office Top 5; Skyline defended
58:50 - 60:02 - Outro
60:02 - Awesome trailer for next episode
This week we're joined by designated Harry Potter fan Vicki Isitt from The Film Pilgrim. We discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1, the week's releases, a couple of trailers and various other things. Non-Smallville fans may want to skip the first few minutes (see below), as it turns out we're the only three people we know who like and watch Smallville, so we took full advantage. Oh, and stay tuned for an epic trailer for next week's episode (with Special Guest Emerson Forde) at the end.
Apologies for sound quality, sound quality fans - we were forced to record in the pub this week. Thanks again to Michael (Blue Posts, Rupert Street).
Index (m/s):
00:00 - 02:00 - Intro; Vicki introduced; Potterfan credentials established; astonishing amount of once-owned Potter merchandise revealed
02:00 - 04:50 - The Smallville Three; Smallville discussed; sweary rant against E4's SHOCKING treatment of the Veronica Mars repeats
04:50 - 18: 55 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 discussed; further Potter credentials established, Looch revealed as one of those people who reads the last page of a book; theory that no-one will be reading Potter novels in 50 years raised; discussion on "the slow bits"; chemistry between actors treated with suspicion; concepts of "slash" and "ships" examined; too many characters; no-one knows who Mundungus is; scenes that aren't in the book; favourite Potter films shared; hopes for Potter trailer dashed
18:55 - 21:45 - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (aka Uncle Boonmee and the Monkey Space Ghosts) reviewed / explained to Vicki; terrifying nature of the Monkey Space Ghosts
21:45 - 24:52 - Adrift reviewed; 80s setting questioned; the 80s explained to Vicki; black and white television sets and reel-to-reel cassette players reminisced about
24:52 - 25:50 - Chico & Rita reviewed (by Turner, as Looch hasn't seen it)
25:50 - 44:50 - FILM NEWS! Discussion of shortlist for Best Animated Film Oscar nominations; general Oscar speculation; Pride and Prejudice and Zombies director revealed; Looch revealed as fan of book; remake of Total Recall talked about; bad Colin Farrell impressions attempted; Looch's awesome impressions "promised for later"; bad London accents discussed; London Boulevard discussed (unseen); Turner revealed as being terrible with numbers (but no-one notices); Aronofsky and The Wolverine discussed; Vicki contributes film news (Hulk TV series); Turner's Marvel / Spider-Man geekery revealed, discussion of Zooey Deschanel possibly playing Betty Brant in Spider-Man reboot; Dark Knight rumours; discussion of Green Lantern and Superman; discussion of Underworld 4 (world's least favourite franchise); discussion about Soderbergh remaking The Man From U.N.C.L.E; OSS-117 films recommended; remake of Martyrs discussed
44:50 - 54:00 - Trailerwatch! Trailers for Green Lantern, Your Highness and True Grit discussed; red band trailers discussed
54:00 - 58:50 - US Box Office Top 5; Skyline defended
58:50 - 60:02 - Outro
60:02 - Awesome trailer for next episode
Monday 8 November 2010
Turner and Looch (and Special Guest) - Episode 3
We're hoping to get a player embedded here very soon and also sort out a link for iTunes but in the meantime, the latest episode of Turner and Looch is now up on MovieVortex (bottom left of the screen).
Content includes: post-LFF discussion, film news, US box office top 5, reviews of this week's (or rather last week's) releases.
Content includes: post-LFF discussion, film news, US box office top 5, reviews of this week's (or rather last week's) releases.
Monday 30 August 2010
Turner & Looch - Episode 2
new episode
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Saturday 21 August 2010
Turner & Looch - Episode 1
First episode of the hopefully weekly Turner & Looch podcast.
or download here:
http://turnerandlooch.podbean.com/mf/web/ibksu6/episode001.mp3
Episode breakdown:
00m00s - 01m18s - Musical intro
01m18s - Introductions, discussion of Turner and Hooch, list of intended podcast contents (we didn't actually get round to talking about our favourite films of 2010 so far).
05m20s - Discussion of film we've just seen (The Last Seven, starring Danny Dyer); quick run-down of next week's releases, with discussion about Avatar Special Edition.
07m46s - Top 5 US box office films, continuing success of Inception, low opening figures for Scott Pilgrim
17m43s - We both pick five predictions for the London Film Festival, from pre-prepared lists of ten films each
35m54s - Film News - Rooney Mara cast in American remake of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, January Jones cast as Emma Frost in new X-Men movie, argument about whether Jon "Don Draper" Hamm will play Superman.
43m06 - Film On TV of the week: Junebug
45m30s - DVD of the week: Whip It
48m18s - Discussion of the week's releases: The Expendables, The Human Centipede, Salt, Pianomania, Marmaduke, Piranha 3D and I have just realised that Cassam cut my review of Mother, which is the best film of the week. Review here to make up for it: http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/mother-film-review-30106.html
1h00m00s - Your Questions Answered, recommendations of film people to follow on Twitter
1h04m23 - Next week on Turner & Looch
1h06m09s - Outro
Please post comments, suggestions for future content, questions etc in the comments section below.
or download here:
http://turnerandlooch.podbean.com/mf/web/ibksu6/episode001.mp3
Episode breakdown:
00m00s - 01m18s - Musical intro
01m18s - Introductions, discussion of Turner and Hooch, list of intended podcast contents (we didn't actually get round to talking about our favourite films of 2010 so far).
05m20s - Discussion of film we've just seen (The Last Seven, starring Danny Dyer); quick run-down of next week's releases, with discussion about Avatar Special Edition.
07m46s - Top 5 US box office films, continuing success of Inception, low opening figures for Scott Pilgrim
17m43s - We both pick five predictions for the London Film Festival, from pre-prepared lists of ten films each
35m54s - Film News - Rooney Mara cast in American remake of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, January Jones cast as Emma Frost in new X-Men movie, argument about whether Jon "Don Draper" Hamm will play Superman.
43m06 - Film On TV of the week: Junebug
45m30s - DVD of the week: Whip It
48m18s - Discussion of the week's releases: The Expendables, The Human Centipede, Salt, Pianomania, Marmaduke, Piranha 3D and I have just realised that Cassam cut my review of Mother, which is the best film of the week. Review here to make up for it: http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/mother-film-review-30106.html
1h00m00s - Your Questions Answered, recommendations of film people to follow on Twitter
1h04m23 - Next week on Turner & Looch
1h06m09s - Outro
Please post comments, suggestions for future content, questions etc in the comments section below.
Friday 13 August 2010
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