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In a difficult week for Los Angeles, we hope this episode can provide a little bit of respite. Jessica Shaw is joined by Keely Flaherty from Tudum for a deeper dive into the gripping limited series, American Primeval , starring Betty Gilpin and Taylor Kitsch. Then also talk about the delightful return of Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx in the new action comedy, Back in Action , directed by Seth Gordon. Follow Netflix Podcasts for more and read about all of the titles featured on today’s episode exclusively on Tudum.com .…
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This week we are delving back in to the Cronenberg Body Horror Well for the second time as we talk Betamax, Blondie, Why the Simpsons Lied to us and a better film if we'd followed Brolly. --- This episode was picked by Ciaran, a patron who got his name on our spinny wheel by giving us £1. you can also get on the wheel and get a shout out by supporting us at: https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- Follow us online at: 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk --- Videodrome is a 1983 Canadian science fiction body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring James Woods, Sonja Smits, and Debbie Harry. Set in Toronto during the early 1980s, it follows the CEO of a small UHF television station who stumbles upon a broadcast signal of snuff films. Layers of deception and mind-control conspiracy unfold as he attempts to uncover the signal's source, complicated by increasingly intense hallucinations that cause him to lose his grasp on reality. Distributed by Universal Pictures, Videodrome was the first film by Cronenberg to gain backing from any major Hollywood studio. With the highest budget of any of his films to date, the film was a box-office bomb, recouping only $2.1 million from a $5.9 million budget. The film received praise for the special makeup effects, Cronenberg's direction, Woods and Harry's performances, its "techno-surrealist" aesthetic, and its cryptic, psychosexual themes. Cronenberg won the Best Direction award and was nominated for seven other awards at the 5th Genie Awards. Now considered a cult classic, the film has been cited as one of Cronenberg's best, and a key example of the body horror and science fiction horror genres…
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1:35:51This week we're back with friend and Evil Genuis Paul Payne to talk about America's Most prolific serial killer: Paul Kersey. --- Get Paul's limited Edition Complete A Deathwish For Jason on his Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/EvilGeniusArtworks And follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evilgeniusartworks/ --- Death Wish 4: The Crackdown is a 1987 American vigilante action-thriller film, and the fourth installment in the Death Wish film series. The film was directed by J. Lee Thompson, and features Charles Bronson, who reprises his leading role as Paul Kersey. In the film, Kersey is once again forced to become a vigilante after his girlfriend's daughter dies of a drug overdose. He is recruited by a tabloid owner, Nathan White (John P. Ryan), to take down various crime figures of the Los Angeles drug trade. Michael Winner, who directed the first three films in the series, was replaced by J. Lee Thompson. Death Wish 4: The Crackdown had a substantially lower budget and a more limited release than its predecessors. It was released in North America on November 6, 1987. The Bollywood film Mohra is an unofficial remake of the film. The film marks the seventh collaboration between Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson, following 1976's St. Ives, 1977's The White Buffalo, 1980's Caboblanco, 1983's 10 to Midnight, 1984's The Evil That Men Do, and 1986's Murphy's Law. Plot Roughly one year after the events of the previous film, Paul Kersey is back in Los Angeles and is living a quiet life as an architect at his own firm, haunted by nightmares of his past as a vigilante. Erica, the teenage daughter of Karen Sheldon, Paul's current girlfriend, goes with her boyfriend, Randy, to an arcade to meet up with a man named JoJo Ross. JoJo offers her crack cocaine, and Erica dies from an overdose. Having seen Erica smoke a joint with Randy while in his car the previous night, Paul suspects Randy was involved with Erica's death, so he follows him to the arcade. Randy confronts JoJo, only to be killed by him before Paul shoots and kills JoJo. At home, Paul receives a package indicating the sender knows he's "the vigilante," and a phone call threatening to go to the police if Paul won't meet. Paul is taken to the mansion of the secretive tabloid publisher Nathan White. White says that his daughter became addicted to drugs and eventually died of an overdose, so he wants to hire Paul to wipe out the drug trade in Los Angeles. There are two major gangs competing for the local drug supply: one led by Ed Zacharias, the other by brothers Jack and Tony Romero. Kersey accepts and White supplies him with weapons and information. Meanwhile, LA detectives Sid Reiner and Phil Nozaki investigate the arcade deaths. Paul infiltrates Zacharias's manor as a party bartender. After bugging a phone, he witnesses Zacharias murder a colleague before being discovered by him. He orders Paul to help carry out the dead body while motioning to one of his henchmen to kill Paul when they're done, but Paul kills the henchman and escapes. Paul proceeds to kill three of Ed Zacharias's enforcers, Art Sanella, Danny Moreno and Jack Stein, at a restaurant with a bomb in a wine bottle; drug dealer Max Green at the backend of a video shop; and Romeros' top hitman Frank Bauggs at a high-rise condominium. A few days later, White instructs Paul to go to San Pedro, where a local fisherman wharf acts as a front for Zacharias's drug operations. Breaking in, Paul kills the criminals and blows up the drug processing room with a time bomb. Nozaki reveals himself to be a corrupt cop working for Zacharias, and demands that Paul tell him who he works for, but Paul kills him. He lures Zacharias and the Romero brothers into a trap, leading to a shootout in which both cartels are completely destroyed and Zacharias is personally killed by Paul. White congratulates him, but then sets him up with a car bomb, which Paul narrowly escapes. Enraged, Paul returns to the White Manor only to find a stranger who claims to be the real Nathan White. The impersonator who hired Paul was actually a third drug lord who used him to dispose of the rival cartels. Paul is approached by two cops, who arrest him, but he recognizes them as fakes, causes their car to flip over, and flees. To get rid of Paul, the Nathan White impersonator kidnaps and uses Karen as bait. Reiner waits inside Paul's apartment to kill him out of vengeance for Nozaki's alleged murder, but Paul knocks him out. He arms himself with a rifle fitted with a grenade launcher and goes to the meeting place designated by the drug lord, the parking lot of White's commercial building. After killing many of his men, Paul follows White into a roller rink and kills the rest of his gang, before confronting him and Karen on the roof. Karen breaks free and attempts to escape, but White kills her, with Paul firing his last grenade at him in return. Reiner arrives and orders him to surrender, but Paul simply walks away, proclaiming: "Do whatever you have to". Reiner decides to let him go. Cast Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey / Mr. Vigilante Kay Lenz as Karen Sheldon John P. Ryan as Ferrari / Fake Nathan White Perry Lopez as Ed Zacharias Mike Moroff as Jack Romero Dan Ferro as Tony Romero George Dickerson as Detective Sid Reiner Soon-Tek Oh as Detective Phil Nozaki Gerald Castillo as Lieutenant Higuera Dana Barron as Erica Sheldon Jesse Dabson as Randy Viscovich Danny Trejo as Art Sanella Daniel Sabia as Al Arroyo Michael Russo as Danny Moreno James Purcell as Vincent Montono Peter Sherayko as Nick Franco David Fonteno as Frank Bauggs Tom Everett as Max Green Hector Mercado as Joe "Jo-Jo" Ross Tim Russ as Jesse Mark Pellegrino as Punk Mitch Pileggi as Cannery Lab Foreman Irwin Keyes as Joey, Bauggs' Chauffeur Richard Aherne as Nathan White…
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This week we're talking Chicken Cottage, Rubber Dingy Rapids, Brave Mufasa and teaching you absolutely everything we know about Islam whilst dancing in the moonlight with Toploader. It's categorically got to be Chris Morris' Four Lions with James from Hallmark of Greatness. --- Join Planty, James and Joe every two weeks on Hallmark of greatness whereever you get your podcasts. I mean do, or Joe will mercilessly beat us. --- Four Lions is a 2010 British political satire black comedy film directed by Chris Morris (in his feature film debut) from a screenplay written by Morris, Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong.[3] It stars Riz Ahmed, Kayvan Novak, Nigel Lindsay, Arsher Ali and Adeel Akhtar. In the film, a group of dimwitted homegrown terrorist jihadis attempt to plan an attack in Britain. Production on Four Lions began in late 2008, with writing partners Armstrong and Bain hired to complete the screenplay. Prior to this, Morris spent multiple years researching for the film, conducting interviews with terrorism and religion experts, law enforcement, and British Muslims. Principal photography took place in May 2009, with filming primarily done on location in Sheffield. Four Lions first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 23 January 2010, and was released in the United Kingdom on 7 May, by Optimum Releasing. The film grossed £6 million worldwide and received positive reviews from critics, with praise for the screenplay, direction, themes, humour, and cast performances (particularly Ahmed's). Plot Four radicalised British Muslim men living in Sheffield (three of whom are British Pakistani) aspire to become suicide bombers: Omar, who is deeply critical of Western society and interventionism; his dim-witted and anxious cousin Waj; Barry, a bad-tempered and rash English convert; and the naive Faisal. When Omar and Waj travel to an al-Qaeda-affiliated training camp in Pakistan, Barry recruits a fifth member, Hassan, after witnessing him pretending to commit a suicide bombing at a conference. The training in Pakistan ends in disaster when Omar accidentally destroys part of the camp attempting to shoot down a suspected drone; the pair are forced to flee. Omar later uses the experience to assert authority on the group on his return to Britain. The group disagrees about what the target should be. Barry wants to bomb a local mosque as a false flag operation to "radicalise the moderates" and Faisal suggests blowing up a Boots because it sells contraceptives and tampons. Ahmed, Omar's conservative, pacifist brother, tries to talk him out of doing anything violent; however, Omar and his wife mock Ahmed for keeping his wife in a small room. After the group begins production of the explosives, Hassan is left to watch the safehouse as Barry, Waj and Faisal test detonate a small amount of TATP contained in a microwave, using a nearby fireworks show to cover the sound. When they return, they find Hassan dancing with an oblivious neighbour. The group suspects they have been compromised and transport the explosives to a new location in grocery bags. Faisal trips up while crossing a field and is killed in the explosion. This angers Omar, who berates the others and leaves. Faisal's head is found, tipping off the authorities, and Omar tells the others and they reconcile. Omar decides to target the upcoming London Marathon due to having access to mascot costumes, which they use to conceal the bombs. Meanwhile, armed police raid Omar's brother's house. At the Marathon, Waj expresses doubts about the morality of their plot, but Omar convinces him to go through with it. A police officer approaches the group, which leads Hassan to attempt to alert the officer about their plot, but is killed when Barry remotely detonates his bomb. The remaining three panic and run away as the police search for them. Omar has a change of heart, feeling guilt about manipulating Waj into dying for a cause he does not understand and attempts to prevent the attack. Two police snipers receive Omar's description, a man dressed as the Honey Monster, but one of them mistakenly kills a bystander in a Wookiee costume. Waj is cornered by police in a kebab shop and takes the staff hostage. Omar calls Waj and convinces him to let all but one of the hostages go. Barry finds Omar, snatches his phone, and swallows the SIM card. However, as Barry begins to choke, a well-meaning passer-by attempts to perform the Heimlich manoeuvre, forcing Omar to flee before Barry's bombs are inadvertently detonated. Omar hurries to a nearby phone store to buy a new SIM card to contact Waj but leaves empty-handed. He spots a colleague and borrows his phone. Omar attempts to talk Waj down, but his call is interrupted when the police charge in and kill the remaining hostage, whom they mistake for Waj. Waj's bomb is then detonated, killing everyone in the kebab shop. Distraught, Omar walks into a nearby pharmacy and detonates his own bomb. In an epilogue, it is revealed the police later arrested Omar's innocent brother as a terrorist and abducted him to a black site; that they deflect responsibility for shooting the hostage and the bystander; and that Omar unknowingly killed Osama bin Laden when misfiring the rocket in Pakistan. Cast Riz Ahmed as Omar, a security guard with a slight temper who is the leader and the most rational of the terrorist cell Kayvan Novak as Waj, Omar's dim-witted and anxious cousin; although dim-witted, he has enough sense to consult Omar or Barry before making decisions Nigel Lindsay as Barry / Azzam Al-Britani, a rash convert with an explosive temper and the founder of the "Islamic State of Tinsley" who often comes to blows with Omar over who leads Adeel Akhtar as Faisal, a naive member who always trusts Barry. He has a father who sees "creatures" that are not there. Arsher Ali as Hassan Malik, a rapper who joins the cell after Barry witnesses him pretending to blow himself up in protest at a conference Craig Parkinson as Matt, a security guard and Omar's coworker Preeya Kalidas as Sofia, Omar's wife and a nurse in a local hospital Julia Davis as Alice Benedict Cumberbatch as Ed, a Special Branch Negotiator Alex Macqueen as Malcolm Storge MP, a member of the Counter Terrorism Strategy Unit Kevin Eldon as Sniper Darren Boyd as Sniper Mohammad Aqil as Mahmood, Omar's young son Wazim Takir as Ahmed, Omar's devoutly conservative but pacifist brother William El-Gardi as Khalid…
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This week its our final episode of our Mini Christmas season. We're talking Ruining a day's trading in The World Trade Centre, Giant Clothes Pegs, Cream Cheese and The USA's most famous seamstress. --- Follow us on our socials at www.100thingsfilm.co.uk --- Fancy a shoutout then give us a quid and we'll shout you out on each episode and you'll get the chance to pick your very own subject episode. https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis and written by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod. Starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, and Jamie Lee Curtis, the film tells the story of an upper-class commodities broker (Aykroyd) and a poor street hustler (Murphy) whose lives cross when they are unwittingly made the subjects of an elaborate bet to test how each man will perform when their life circumstances are swapped. Harris conceived the outline for Trading Places in the early 1980s after meeting two wealthy brothers who were engaged in an ongoing rivalry with each other. He and his writing partner Weingrod developed the idea as a project to star Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. When they were unable to participate, Landis cast Aykroyd—with whom he had worked previously—and a young but increasingly popular Murphy in his second feature-film role. Landis also cast Curtis against the intent of the studio, Paramount Pictures; she was famous mainly for her roles in horror films, which were looked down upon at the time. Principal photography took place from December 1982 to March 1983, entirely on location in Philadelphia and New York City. Elmer Bernstein scored the film, using Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera buffa The Marriage of Figaro as an underlying theme. Trading Places was considered a box-office success on its release, earning over $90.4 million to become the fourth-highest-grossing film of 1983 in the United States and Canada, and $120.6 million worldwide. It also received generally positive reviews, with critics praising both the central cast and the film's revival of the screwball comedy genre prevalent in the 1930s and 1940s while criticizing Trading Places for lacking the same moral message of the genre while promoting the accumulation of wealth. It received multiple award nominations including an Academy Award for Bernstein's score and won two BAFTA awards for Elliott and Curtis. The film also launched or revitalized the careers of its main cast, who each appeared in several other films throughout the 1980s. In particular, Murphy became one of the highest-paid and most sought after comedians in Hollywood. In the years since its release, the film has been praised as one of the greatest comedy films and Christmas films ever made despite some criticism of its use of racial jokes and language. In 2010, the film was referenced in Congressional testimony concerning the reform of the commodities trading market designed to prevent the insider trading demonstrated in Trading Places. In 1988, Bellamy and Ameche reprised their characters for Murphy's comedy film Coming to America.…
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This week we're starting our mini Christmas season with the absolutely, categorically a Christmas film, Lethal Weapon. We learns abut what happens when you don't wear a bike helmet, talk US Suicide rates, The Queen of Christmas Darlene Love and how we should have all seen the signs that Mel Gibson was a bad un even in 1987. --- Follow us on our socials at 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk --- Lethal Weapon is a 1987 American action film directed by Richard Donner and written by Shane Black. It stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover alongside Gary Busey, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, and Mitchell Ryan. In Lethal Weapon, a pair of mismatched LAPD detectives—Martin Riggs (Gibson), a former Green Beret who has become suicidal following the death of his wife, and veteran officer and family man Roger Murtaugh (Glover)—work together as partners. The film was released on March 6, 1987. Upon its release, Lethal Weapon grossed over $120 million (against a production budget of $15 million) and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound. It spawned a franchise that includes three sequels and a television series, with a fourth sequel in development.…
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This week we're back with another Patron's choice. This time Mrs Planty and she's picked Teenage Vampire Flick The Lost Boys. Join us as we talk the REAL Murder capital of the world, the top five illegal jobs, Nanuk of the North and DC Comic books. --- Want to pick an episode of your own? Give us a quid and not only will we shout you out but you can go on the wheel of names to pick a subject film. https://www.patreon.com/c/100thingsfilm --- Get us on our socials at 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk --- The Lost Boys is a 1987 American comedy horror film directed by Joel Schumacher, produced by Harvey Bernhard with a screenplay written by Jeffrey Boam, Janice Fischer and James Jeremias, from a story by Fischer and Jeremias. The film's ensemble cast includes Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Corey Haim, Edward Herrmann, Barnard Hughes, Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland, Jamison Newlander and Dianne Wiest. The film follows two teenage brothers who move with their divorced mother to the fictional town of Santa Carla, California, only to discover that the town is a haven for vampires. The title is a reference to the Lost Boys in J. M. Barrie's stories about Peter Pan and Neverland, who, like vampires, never grow up. Most of the film was shot in Santa Cruz, California.…
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This week we're talking Peter Pan Syndrome, Hulk Hands, John C Reilly Muppets, Sleepwalking, boats and Hoes --- This week's subject film has been picked by long time supporter Gavin Magill. If you want the chance to pick an episode give us a quid a month and we'll shout you out too! www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- Back our friend Stig as he raises money for Pancreatic Cancer UK https://www.justgiving.com/page/stuartbaker-pcuk-fundraising --- Step Brothers is a 2008 American comedy film directed by Adam McKay, produced by Jimmy Miller and Judd Apatow, and written by Will Ferrell and McKay from a story by Ferrell, McKay, and John C. Reilly. It follows Brennan (Ferrell) and Dale (Reilly), two grown men who are forced to live together as brothers after their single parents, with whom they still live, marry each other. Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen, Adam Scott, and Kathryn Hahn also star. Ferrell notably sings "Por Ti Volaré" during the film's climatic scene while Reilly plays drums. [2] The film was released by Sony Pictures Releasing on July 25, 2008, two years after Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Both films feature the same main actors, as well as the same producing and writing team. It grossed $128.1 million and received mixed reviews. Plot 39-year-old Brennan Huff and 40-year-old Dale Doback are immature adults still living at home. Brennan lives with his divorced mother, Nancy, and Dale lives with his widowed father, Robert. Robert and Nancy meet, fall in love, and marry, forcing Brennan and Dale to live together as step brothers. Brennan and Dale initially despise each other, and after Brennan defies Dale's order not to touch his drum set, a fight erupts between them. They are grounded with no television for a week and are ordered to find jobs within a month or be evicted. When Brennan's arrogant classist younger brother Derek, a successful helicopter leasing agent, visits with his family, he openly ridicules Dale and Brennan, and Dale punches him in the face. Brennan is awed that Dale stood up to Derek, while Derek's discontented wife Alice finds Dale's courage attractive, and begins a sexual affair with him, unbeknownst to Derek. Brennan and Dale bond over their shared tastes and interests, particularly music. Brennan had given up singing after Derek and his friends jeered his performance in a school musical. Robert, meanwhile, schedules several job interviews for them, but they perform poorly and then are attacked on their way home by school children. Robert and Nancy reveal that with Derek's help they plan to sell the house, retire and travel the world on Robert's sailboat. They also sign Brennan and Dale up for therapy and set up bank accounts for them to live off of until they find work. Brennan falls in love at first sight with his therapist, Denise, but the attraction is not mutual. At Derek's birthday party, Dale and Brennan present a pitch video for their entertainment company, "Prestige Worldwide", that includes a music video, "Boats 'N Hoes", which they filmed on Robert's boat without his knowledge. The presentation backfires when the video shows the boat crashing, shattering Robert and Nancy's sailing dreams and straining their marriage. On Christmas, Robert and Nancy announce they are getting divorced, upsetting Brennan and Dale, who blame each other. Brennan and Dale go their separate ways, live independently and gradually become functioning adults. Brennan gets a job at Derek's helicopter leasing firm and volunteers to oversee a prestigious event, the Catalina Wine Mixer. He hires the catering company that employs Dale and invites Robert and Nancy to attend. The party goes well until the lead singer of the hired Billy Joel cover band loses his temper with a heckler and is hustled away. Derek blames Brennan for the fiasco and fires him. Robert encourages Brennan and Dale to be their eccentric child-at-heart selves again and perform to save the party. The pair take the stage and Brennan sings "Por Ti Volaré" while Dale accompanies him on drums. Brennan's moving performance brings the extended family back together and entrances Denise. Dale, meanwhile, breaks off his relationship with Alice. Six months later, Robert and Nancy are back together living in their old house, while Brennan and Dale have turned "Prestige Worldwide" into a successful entertainment company that owns six karaoke bars and two karaoke restaurants. As a Christmas surprise, Robert has turned his boat into a tree house for Brennan and Dale to play in, complete with hats and masks. Denise, who has come to the dinner with Brennan, admires the way he looks in a pirate hat. During the ending credits, Dale and Brennan exact their revenge on the schoolyard bullies. Cast Will Ferrell as Brennan Huff Bryce Hurless as young Brennan Huff John C. Reilly as Dale Doback Mary Steenburgen as Nancy Huff Richard Jenkins as Dr. Robert Doback Adam Scott as Derek Huff Dmitri Schuyler-Linch as young Derek Huff Kathryn Hahn as Alice Huff Andrea Savage as Denise Lurie Poston as Tommy Huff Elizabeth Yozamp as Tiffany Huff Logan Manus as Chris Gardocki Travis T. Flory as Redheaded Kid Shira Piven as Nurse Seth Morris as Doctor Wayne Federman as Blind Man Maria Quiban as TV Anchor Danielle Schneider as Receptionist Gillian Vigman as Pam Gringe Brian Huskey as Interviewer Seth Rogen as a Sporting Goods Manager Chris Henchy as First Homebuyer Mary Catherine Hamelin as First Homebuyer Ian Roberts as Male Therapist Phil LaMarr as Second Homebuyer Erica Vittina Phillips as Second Homebuyer Rob Riggle as Randy Ken Jeong as Employment Agent Horatio Sanz as Lead Singer Jake Szymanski as Caterer Matt Walsh as Drunk Corporate Guy Brent White as Therapy Patient…
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This week Planty is in his Element as both Derby County and Leeds get beat and Michael Sheen does a really good Brian Clough in The Damned United. John is less impressed. Join us as we visit Saltergate, Elland Road, Old Wembley and The Baseball Ground. We find out what happened to Derby Baseball Club, Batman Vs Don Revie and why films lie to us about cars and songs. --- Join us on our socials at 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk --- Back our friend Stig as he raises money for Pancreatic Cancer UK https://www.justgiving.com/page/stuartbaker-pcuk-fundraising --- The Damned United is a 2009 sports drama film directed by Tom Hooper and adapted by Peter Morgan from David Peace 's bestselling 2006 novel The Damned Utd – a largely fictional book based on the author's interpretation of Brian Clough 's ill-fated tenure as football manager of Leeds United in 1974. Originally proposed by Stephen Frears , he pulled out of the project in November 2007, and Hooper took over. Filming took place from May to July 2008. Marking the fifth collaboration between screenwriter Peter Morgan and actor Michael Sheen , who plays Clough, the film was released in the United Kingdom on 27 March 2009 and in North America on 25 September. Despite controversy due to the film's numerous historical inaccuracies and its poor performance at the box office, The Damned United received critical acclaim upon release, with particular praise given for Sheen's performance. It received numerous award nominations including the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, the ALFS Award for British Supporting Actor of the Year, the Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama and Best Actor in a Supporting Role and the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Feature Film Screenplay. Don Revie , the highly successful manager of Leeds United , is appointed manager of England in 1974. Revie's replacement at Leeds is Brian Clough , the former manager of Derby County and a fierce critic of Leeds because of their violent and physical style of play under Revie. Clough's long-time assistant, Peter Taylor , has not joined him at Leeds. The roots of Clough's conflict with Leeds originate in a 1968 FA Cup match between Leeds, the leaders of the First Division and Derby, who were struggling near the bottom of the Second Division. Excited, Clough had made many preparations to welcome Revie, but Revie failed to even acknowledge Clough upon entering the Baseball Ground . Derby lost 2–0. Although Clough initially blames the brutality of the Leeds players, he and Taylor recognise that their side are not good on a technical level. They sign veteran Dave Mackay , along with several young players. Derby chairman Sam Longson is extremely anxious about the investment. In 1969 Derby are promoted to the First Division, but in their first league game against Leeds they lose 5–0. The club win their first ever League championship in 1972, earning them a European Cup campaign the following year. They go through to the semi-finals against Juventus . Against Longson's advice, Clough uses his best squad in the last match before the semi-final against Leeds, purely out of pride and determination to beat Revie. Several Derby players suffer injuries, and Juventus subsequently defeat them 3-1, and Clough publicly lambasts Longson. Taylor suffers a heart attack, and Clough tries to secure his position by offering his and Taylor's resignations to protest Longson's unwillingness to fund further signings. He is outraged when the directors accept their resignations. Support by Derby fans and players raise Clough's hopes of being reinstated, but Mackay is appointed manager instead. He and Taylor are then offered jobs at Brighton & Hove Albion . They agree to take the jobs after taking an all-expenses-paid holiday in Majorca . There, Clough agrees to take control of Leeds after being approached by their representative. Taylor, however, argues the case for staying at Brighton, and after a bitter quarrel, the two go their separate ways. Preparing for the 1974 season, Clough alienates his Leeds players in their first training session, first by accusing them of winning all of their awards by cheating, and then making them start with a 7-a-side game as if they were schoolchildren. When team captain Billy Bremner protests that Revie never made them do this, Clough reminds them that he is not Revie and threatens a severe punishment for any player who mentions the former manager's name or methods again. The season starts with a widely anticipated Charity Shield match against Liverpool at Wembley . The event is marred when Bremner gets into a fight with Kevin Keegan . Both are sent off, and in turn throw their shirts off and walk off the pitch bare-chested in defiance. Leeds lose the match and Bremner is given a two-month suspension, forcing Leeds to start the season without their influential captain. As a result, Leeds suffer a horrendous start to the season and are in danger of relegation only one season after winning the title. After Bremner and the players air their grievances to the board, the club terminates Clough's contract after just 44 days; he forces them to pay an enormous severance package. Afterwards, Clough agrees to do a final interview with Yorkshire Television , but finds Revie there to confront him. After a war of words, Clough brings up the incident at the 1968 FA Cup, and Revie claims to have not known who the rookie manager was at the time. After the interview, Clough drives down to Brighton and reconciles with Taylor. The film's epilogue reveals that Revie failed as England manager and spent the rest of his career working in the Middle East , where he was accused of financial mismanagement. Clough and Taylor, meanwhile, reunited at Nottingham Forest , where they repeated their achievements with Derby by helping them win promotion to the First Division and then winning the title, and also two European Cups in succession, in 1979 and 1980. The film ends with the caption: "Brian Clough remains the greatest manager the England team never had."…
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1 Episode 158 - The Addams Family (1991) 1:13:20
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1:13:20This week we're Kooky and Spooky with what is possibly the best of the Boomer TV to film remakes of the 1990's. Join us as we talk cancelled Hollywood producers, Orion's money worries and some of the finest casting of 1991. --- Join us on our socials at 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk --- The Addams Family is a 1991 American supernatural black comedy film based on the characters from the cartoon created by cartoonist Charles Addams and the 1964 television series produced by David Levy.[4] Directed by former cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld in his feature directorial debut, the film stars Anjelica Huston, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance as Morticia Addams, Raul Julia as Gomez Addams, and Christopher Lloyd as Fester Addams. The film focuses on a bizarre, macabre, aristocratic family who reconnect with someone whom they believe to be a long-lost relative, Gomez's brother Fester Addams. The film was noted for its turbulent production. Originally developed at Orion, the film went $5 million over budget due to constant rewrites throughout shooting; health problems of people involved in the filming; and an overall stressful filming for Sonnenfeld himself, which caused multiple delays. The rise in production costs from the film's $25 million budget to $30 million led Orion, financially struggling and fearful of another big-budget flop, to sell the film to Paramount, who completed the film and handled the film's domestic distribution. Orion distributed the film internationally through Columbia Pictures. The film was commercially successful, making back almost seven times its production costs, and was followed by a sequel, Addams Family Values.…
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This week we're off to Ireland's Premier Theme Park where we learn about Banshees, Pan-Am and the demise of The Big Bopper. --- Join us on our socials at 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk --- High Spirits is a 1988 fantasy comedy film written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Steve Guttenberg, Daryl Hannah, Beverly D'Angelo, Liam Neeson and Peter O'Toole. It is an Irish, British and American co-production. Set in a remote Irish castle called Dromore Castle, County Limerick, High Spirits is a topsy-turvy comedy with thematic leanings towards Ireland's rich folklore regarding ghosts and spirits, where the castle starts to come to life with the help of such denizens.…
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Note: Looks like the Gramlins got in the podcast Machine and ruined the last ten mins (I mean of this podcast, that can't be hard!) but this is a reuploaded and fixed version for you all. Sorry about that, we've sent John out back to murder Gizmo. --- This week we welcome Aaron from the Zed1 Podcast ( @zed1podcast ) As a Patron he has the opportunity to pick a film for his episode and boy did he pick a belter in Young Frankenstein. Join us as we talk The Black Forest, Frau Blucher *neigh*, Ovaltine and The Village People. Zed1 Podcast is The UK's premier Audio Drama about a couple stuck in the Zombie apocalypse. Think Shaun of The Dead meets The Archers. https://zed1podcast.weebly.com/ --- Follow us on our socials at 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk --- Young Frankenstein is a 1974 American comedy horror film directed by Mel Brooks. The screenplay was co-written by Brooks and Gene Wilder. Wilder also starred in the lead role as the title character, a descendant of the infamous Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Peter Boyle portrayed the monster.[4] The film co-stars Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn, and Gene Hackman. The film is a parody of the classic horror film genre, in particular the various film adaptations of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus produced by Universal Pictures in the 1930s.[5] Much of the lab equipment used as props was created by Kenneth Strickfaden for the 1931 film Frankenstein.[6] To help evoke the atmosphere of the earlier films, Brooks shot the picture entirely in black and white, a rarity in the 1970s, and employed 1930s-style opening credits and scene transitions such as iris outs, wipes, and fades to black. The film also features a period score by Brooks' longtime composer John Morris. A critical and commercial success, Young Frankenstein ranks No. 28 on Total Film magazine's readers' "List of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films of All Time",[7] No. 56 on Bravo's list of the "100 Funniest Movies",[8] and No. 13 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 funniest American movies.[9] In 2003, it was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the United States National Film Preservation Board, and selected for preservation in the Library of Congress National Film Registry.[10][11] It was later adapted by Brooks and Thomas Meehan as a stage musical. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay (for Wilder and Brooks) and Best Sound. In 2014, the year of its 40th anniversary, Brooks considered it by far his finest (although not his funniest) film as a writer-director.[12]…
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This week we're doing Werewolves, Cujos, Gremlins and Avengers as we talk about 1981's The Howling. --- follow us on our socials all links at: www.100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk --- The Howling is a 1981 American horror film directed and edited by Joe Dante. Written by John Sayles and Terence H. Winkless, based on the novel of the same name by Gary Brandner, the film follows a news anchor who, following a traumatic encounter with a serial killer, visits a resort secretly inhabited by werewolves. The cast includes Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone, Belinda Balaski, Kevin McCarthy, John Carradine, Slim Pickens, and Elisabeth Brooks. The Howling was released in the United States on March 13, 1981, and became a moderate success, grossing $17.9 million at the box office. It received generally positive reviews, with praise for the makeup special effects by Rob Bottin. The film won the 1980 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film and was one of the three high-profile werewolf-themed horror films released in 1981, alongside An American Werewolf in London and Wolfen. Its financial success aided Dante's career, and prompted Warner Bros. to hire Dante and Michael Finnell as director and producer, respectively, for Gremlins (1984). A series consisting of seven sequels arose from the film's success.…
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This week we're back in the USSR and we know just how lucky we are, Boy! We're talking, Concertos, Communism and laying in state. --- Death of Stalin was picked by our Patron Lee Davis, and grateful we are too. He pays us a quid a month and gets bonus episodes as well as being able to tell us what we are watching. you can too at https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- The Death of Stalin is a 2017 political satire black comedy film written and directed by Armando Iannucci and co-written by David Schneider and Ian Martin with Peter Fellows. Based on the French graphic novel La Mort de Staline (2010–2012), the film depicts the internal social and political power struggle among the members of the Soviet Politburo following the death of leader Joseph Stalin in 1953. The French-British-Belgian co-production stars an ensemble cast that includes Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Dermot Crowley, Paul Chahidi, Adrian McLoughlin, Paul Whitehouse, and Jeffrey Tambor. The film premiered on 8 September 2017 at the Toronto International Film Festival. It was released theatrically in the United Kingdom by Entertainment One Films on 20 October 2017, in France by Gaumont on 4 April 2018, and in Belgium by September Film Distribution on 18 April 2018. It received critical acclaim and various accolades, including nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, one of which was for Outstanding British Film, and 13 British Independent Film Awards, four of which it won. There was fierce opposition to the film in Russia, where it was seen as "anti-Russian propaganda", and it was banned there, as well as in Kyrgyzstan, for allegedly mocking the Soviet past and making fun of the USSR.[4][5] Plot On the night of 1 March 1953, Joseph Stalin calls the Radio Moscow director to demand a recording of the just-concluded live recital of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23. The performance was not recorded; not wanting to anger Stalin, the director hurriedly refills the now-half-empty auditorium, fetches a new conductor to replace the original one, who has passed out, and orders the orchestra to play again. Pianist Maria Yudina initially refuses to perform for the cruel dictator, but ultimately is bribed to comply. Meanwhile, Stalin is hosting a tense, but rowdy, gathering of Central Committee members at his home, the Kuntsevo Dacha. As Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov leaves, NKVD-head Lavrentiy Beria reveals to Nikita Khrushchev and Deputy Chairman Georgy Malenkov that Molotov is to be part of the latest purge. When the concert recording arrives, Stalin finds a note Maria slipped in the record sleeve, admonishing Stalin and expressing hope for his death. He reads it, laughs, and suffers a cerebral haemorrhage. Despite hearing him fall, Stalin's guards, fearful of being punished for disturbing him, do not enter his office. Stalin's housemaid discovers him unconscious the next morning. The members of the Central Committee each learn about the situation through their own networks and rush to the dacha. Beria, the first to arrive, finds Maria's note. Once Malenkov, Khrushchev, Lazar Kaganovich, Anastas Mikoyan, and Nikolai Bulganin arrive, the Committee finally decides to send for a team of doctors. Most of the best doctors in Moscow have been arrested for being part of an alleged plot, thus the doctors who can be found are not impressive. After a brief bout of terminal lucidity, Stalin dies. While the members of the Committee return to Moscow, Beria's order for the NKVD to take over the Soviet Army–held security postings across Moscow is carried out. Beria and Khrushchev vie for the support of Molotov and Stalin's children, Svetlana and her unstable, alcoholic brother Vasily. Beria has Molotov removed from the list of those to be rounded up, and has Molotov's wife released from prison. The Committee names Malenkov chairman. Essentially a puppet of Beria, Malenkov further exerts control by hijacking Khrushchev's proposed reforms, such as releasing political prisoners and loosening clerical restrictions. Khrushchev is relegated to planning Stalin's funeral. After Beria learns Khrushchev and Maria are casually acquainted, he threatens Khrushchev with Maria's note. To create problems for the NKVD, Khrushchev reverses Beria's order to halt all transportation into Moscow. When 1,500 arriving mourners are killed, the Committee wants to blame junior NKVD officers. Beria angrily dissents, believing that would amount to blaming him, and threatens his colleagues with documents detailing their involvement in various purges. Irate over the supplanting of the military by the NKVD, Marshal Georgy Zhukov agrees to support Khrushchev in a coup against Beria, provided it occurs after Stalin's funeral the next day and Khrushchev can get the rest of the Committee on board. With time running out, Khrushchev cannot get Malenkov to discuss his plan, but he tells everyone else that the decision is unanimous, and they commit themselves. Khrushchev gives Zhukov the greenlight, and the Soviet Army reclaims its posts from the NKVD. Zhukov, assisted by a group of soldiers led by Kiril Moskalenko, storms into a meeting of the Committee and arrests Beria. Malenkov does not intervene and reluctantly signs Beria's death warrant, horrified at what he had done to his victims. At Beria's emergency trial, Khrushchev accuses him of counter-revolutionary activities, sexual assault, and pedophilia, and immediately declares him guilty after evidence of the final accusation is delivered by the Soviet army. Beria begs for his life but is summarily shot in the head, and Zhukov has his body burned in the courtyard. Despite Svetlana's protests, Khrushchev sends her to Soviet-occupied Vienna, while keeping Vasily in Russia, where he can be watched. He concurs with Kaganovich that Malenkov is too weak to lead. In 1956, Maria is the soloist at another performance of Concerto No. 23. Having triumphed over other members of the Committee to become the new leader of the Soviet Union, Khrushchev attends. Brezhnev, who will succeed Khrushchev in 1964, eyes Khrushchev from his seat.…
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Join us this week for shops real and made up, Non-Union Johnny Five and why you shouldn't miss leg day. --- Give us a quid and we'll shout you out each episode and give you the chance to have your very own episode too! https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- Chopping Mall is a 1986 American independent techno-horror film co-written and directed by Jim Wynorski, produced by Julie Corman, and starring Kelli Maroney, Tony O'Dell, John Terlesky, Russell Todd, Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, and Barbara Crampton. It focuses on three high-tech security robots turning maniacal and killing teenage employees inside a shopping mall after dark. The film was test-screened under the title Killbots by its distributor, Concorde Pictures. After it performed poorly with test audiences, the film was re-titled Chopping Mall, and approximately 19 minutes were excised. In the years since its release, Chopping Mall has gone on to develop a cult following, and been subjected to film criticism for its perceived themes of human consumption and excess during the Reagan Era in the United States.…
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1 Episode 152 - Shrek (Live at Carlisle Megacon 2024) 46:40
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46:40They said it couldn't be done! Or that it shouldn't be done... one of those things was definitely said. Yet here it is, the live recording of our Live show debut. Shrek! We'll learn about The muffin man, the history of the boxing ring, that onions DON'T have layers and loads more! --- I don't know what to put in this bit now we don't have a live show to promote --- Shrek is a 2001 American animated fantasy comedy film loosely based on the 1990 children's picture book of the same name by William Steig. Directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson (in their feature directorial debuts) and written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, and Roger S. H. Schulman, it is the first installment in the Shrek film series. The film stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow. In the film, an embittered ogre named Shrek (Myers) finds his home in the swamp overrun by fairy tale creatures banished by the obsessive ruler Lord Farquaad (Lithgow). With the help of Donkey (Murphy), Shrek makes a pact with Farquaad to rescue Princess Fiona (Diaz) in exchange for regaining control of his swamp. After purchasing rights to Steig's book in 1991, Steven Spielberg sought to produce a traditionally-animated film adaptation, but John H. Williams convinced him to bring the project to the newly founded DreamWorks in 1994. Jeffrey Katzenberg, along with Williams and Aron Warner, began development on Shrek in 1995, immediately following the studio's purchase of the rights from Spielberg. Chris Farley was cast as the voice for the title character, recording most of the required dialogue, but died in 1997 before his work on the film was finished; Myers was hired to replace him, and gave Shrek his Scottish accent. The film was initially intended to be created using motion capture, but after poor test results, the studio hired Pacific Data Images to complete the final computer animation. Shrek parodies other fairy tale adaptations, primarily animated Disney films.[7] Shrek premiered at the Mann Village Theatre In Westwood, and was later shown at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or,[4][8] making it the first animated film since Disney's Peter Pan (1953) to be chosen to do so.[9] The film was theatrically released by DreamWorks Pictures in the United States on May 18, 2001, and grossed over $492 million worldwide, becoming the fourth highest-grossing film of 2001. It was widely praised by critics for its animation, voice performances, soundtrack, writing and humor, which they noted catered to both adults and children. Shrek was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and won the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The film's major success helped establish DreamWorks Animation as a competitor to Pixar in feature film computer animation. Three sequels have been released—Shrek 2 (2004), Shrek the Third (2007), and Shrek Forever After (2010)—along with two spin-off films—Puss in Boots (2011) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)—with other productions, notably Shrek 5, in development. It is also regarded as one of the most influential animated films of the 2000s and one of the greatest animated films ever made. The United States Library of Congress selected Shrek for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2020, becoming the first animated film of the 21st century to be preserved.…
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This week the boys are off down the docks to listen to Jean Michel Jarre and visit serial killer Dennis Nilsen's murder house. It's Clive Barker's classic Sexy horror, Hellraiser! --- Also on our Patron Planty reading Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker. You can support us for just a quid at: https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- Dont forget to join us at Megacon Carlisle on 17th August where we will be performing our first ever live show on the subject of Shrek. £5 + Booking. Get your ticket here: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/58993 --- Hellraiser is a 1987 British supernatural horror film written and directed by Clive Barker in his directorial debut,[7] Based on Barker's 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart, the film’s plot concerns a mystical puzzle box that summons the Cenobites, a group of extra-dimensional, sadomasochistic beings who cannot differentiate between pain and pleasure. It stars Andrew Robinson, Clare Higgins, Ashley Laurence, and Doug Bradley as the leader of the Cenobites, identified in the sequels as "Pinhead" The film was followed by nine sequels, the first seven of which featured Bradley reprising his role as Pinhead. A franchise reboot, also titled Hellraiser and executive produced by Barker, was released in 2022.…
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1 Facts and Lies and Rock & Roll: White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane 16:31
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16:31This week we're dropping a bunch of facts and nonsense regarding Vietnam, Go Pros and Drug montages with Joe from Hallmark of Greatness. We'll be back next week with a full length fil-um episode so hold tight! --- "White Rabbit" is a song written by Grace Slick and recorded by the American rock band Jefferson Airplane for their 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow. It draws on imagery from Lewis Carroll's 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass. It was released as a single and became the band's second top-10 success, peaking at number eight[6] on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was ranked number 478 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time[7] in 2004, number 483 in 2010, and number 455 in 2021 and appears on The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. In 1998, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[8]…
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This week the boys are heading back to 1996 with the Patron's Choice. Thanks to Gadget, not only for supporting us but picking an absolute belter. We're learning about the invention of the Bicycle Bell, Schlemiels, Giant Satellite arrays and that all you need is love. --- --- This is a Patron's choice episode picked by loyal supporter of the pod, Gadget You can support us for just a quid at: https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- Dont forget to join us at Megacon Carlisle on 17th August where we will be performing our first ever live show on the subject of Shrek. £5 + Booking. Get your ticket here: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/58993 --- Independence Day (also promoted as ID4) is a 1996 American science fiction action film[2][3] directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Emmerich and the film's producer Dean Devlin, and stars an ensemble cast that consists of Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, Vivica A. Fox, James Rebhorn, and Harvey Fierstein. The film focuses on disparate groups of people who converge in the Nevada desert in the aftermath of a worldwide attack by a powerful extraterrestrial race. With the other people of the world, they launch a counterattack on July 4—Independence Day in the United States. While promoting Stargate in Europe, Emmerich conceived the film while answering a question about his belief in the existence of alien life. Devlin and Emmerich decided to incorporate a large-scale attack having noticed that aliens in most invasion films travel long distances in outer space only to remain hidden when reaching Earth. Shooting began on July 28, 1995, in New York City, and the film was completed on October 8, 1995. Considered a significant turning point in the history of the Hollywood blockbuster, Independence Day was at the forefront of the large-scale disaster film and sci-fi resurgence of the mid-late 1990s. It was released worldwide on July 3, 1996, but began showing on July 2 (the same day the film's story begins) in original release as a result of a high level of anticipation among moviegoers. The film received mixed reviews, with praise for the performances, musical score and visual effects, but criticism for its characters. It grossed over $817.4 million worldwide,[2] becoming the highest-grossing film of 1996 and the second-highest-grossing film ever at the time, behind Jurassic Park (1993). The film won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound.[4]…
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This week the boys are ringing you on the landline to ask what's your favourite scary movie? We're talking Budweiser adverts, Fubu and how to dispose of a body in a bid to get some of those sweet true crime podcast downloads. --- This is a Patron's choice episode picked by loyal supporter of the pod, Ali You can support us for just a quid at: https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- Ali is also the current custodian of Carlisle Megacon, where we will be performing our first ever live show on the subject of Shrek. £5 + Booking. Get your ticket here: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/58993 --- Scary Movie is a 2000 American slasher parody film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written by Marlon and Shawn Wayans (who both also star), alongside Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. Starring Jon Abrahams, Carmen Electra, Shannon Elizabeth, Anna Faris, Kurt Fuller, Regina Hall, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, and Dave Sheridan, it follows a group of teenagers who accidentally hit a man with their car, dump his body in a lake, and swear to secrecy. A year later, someone wearing a Ghostface mask and robe begins hunting them one by one. The film is a parody of multiple genres including the horror, slasher, and mystery film genres. Several 1990s films and TV shows are also spoofed, and the script primarily follows the plot of the slasher films Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer. Some films and TV shows like Halloween, The Shining, Friday the 13th, The Usual Suspects, The Sixth Sense, The Blair Witch Project, The Matrix and Buffy the Vampire Slayer were also parodied in some scenes.…
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This week we're heading to Val Verde with John Matrix and all the one liners you can fit in to a 90 minute Arnold Film. --- Don't forget to grab your tickets to out live show at Megacon Carlisle. £5 + Booking fee. https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/58993 --- Get us on all our socials Lads and Lasses 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk --- Commando is a 1985 American action thriller film directed by Mark L. Lester and produced by Joel Silver. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger in the lead role, alongside Rae Dawn Chong, Alyssa Milano, Vernon Wells, Bill Duke and Dan Hedaya. The musical score was composed by James Horner. Commando was released in the United States on October 4, 1985, where it received praise for the action sequences and humor.…
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1 Episode 147 A Matter of life and death with Gavin from Be There With Belson 1:24:55
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1:24:55This week the Patreon wheel spun and landed on Gavin from The Be There With Belson Podcast. He picked what is equally the best and worst film we've ever watched for the podcast. we'll be doing the usual why must films lie to us as well as David Niven convincing no one about his age and GONGMAN TM. --- Be There with Belson Podcast is two brothers trying to make sense of the world or at least make each other laugh. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/be-there-with-belson/id1484563935 --- Don't forget to grab your tickets to out live show at Megacon Carlisle. £5 + Booking fee. https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/58993 --- A Matter of Life and Death is a 1946 British fantasy-romance film set in England during World War II. Written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, the film stars David Niven, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Kim Hunter and Marius Goring. The film was originally released in the United States under the title Stairway to Heaven, which derived from the film's most prominent special effect: a broad escalator linking Earth to the afterlife. In 1999, A Matter of Life and Death placed 20th on the British Film Institute's list of Best 100 British films.[6] It ranked 90th in The Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2012[7] poll, regarded by some as the most authoritative in the world, and 78th in 2022.[8]…
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This week the boys are back in Boston talking Tools, Gladys Knight, Guns and Fried Chicken with Denzel in 2014's The Equalizer --- We are playing our first ever live show at Megacon Carlisle on 17th August and we're included in the cost of your ticket! £5 + Booking fee for nerd stalls, cosplay contests and events... Get your Megacon Tickets here: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/58993 --- From Wiki: The Equalizer is a 2014 American action thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Richard Wenk.[1][5] It is based on the 1980s TV series of the same title and the first of three films starring Denzel Washington in the lead role. The cast includes Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour, Bill Pullman, and Melissa Leo. Washington plays Robert McCall, a former Marine and former Defense Intelligence Agency Paramilitary Operations Officer who reluctantly returns to action in order to protect a teenage trafficking victim from members of the Russian mafia. Principal photography took place in Massachusetts from May to September 2013. The world premiere for The Equalizer was held at 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2014, and it was released in theaters worldwide on September 26, 2014. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $192.3 million worldwide.…
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1 Episode 145 - Sleeping with The Enemy 1:00:46
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1:00:46TRIGGER WARNING: The subject of this film is coercive and abusive relationships This week we're talking, Clams, Cape Cod's Long Distance bus service and the cost of learning to swim in Scotland. --- --- We're performing our first ever live show on 17th August as part of Carlisle Megacon, amongst the Cosplayers and folk playing Magic the gathering... we guess. Join us as we talk about Shrek at Carlisle's Richard Rose Academy. It's £5 for the full day and not just us. Tickets available here: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/58993? Give us a quid and we'll let you pick your own episode and give you a shout out. https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- Socials and that eh? 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk --- Sleeping with the Enemy is a 1991 American psychological thriller film directed by Joseph Ruben and starring Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin, and Kevin Anderson. The film is based on Nancy Price's 1987 novel of the same name.[2] Roberts plays a woman who fakes her own death and moves from Cape Cod to Cedar Falls, Iowa to escape from her controlling, obsessive, and abusive husband, but finds her peaceful new life interrupted when he discovers her actions and tracks her down. Sleeping with the Enemy was released theatrically on February 8, 1991. It received generally negative reviews from the critics, but was a box office success, grossing $175 million on a production budget of $19 million.…
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1 Facts and Lies and Rock & Roll: On being Frank - Ben Folds Five 31:15
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31:15With life uuuuh finding a way (to stop us podcasting) this week Planty is back with another deepish dive in to a guest's song choice. Friend and previous contributor to the Pod, Rob Jones of Records and Bands brings us On being Frank by Ben Folds Five. We'll talk Crowdfunding, Old Blue eyes and even a quiz that you can play along with... should you fancy. --- Records and Bands: In which our heroes talk s*** about their favourite records and bands A regular show in which we share some of the music we've been listening, some thoughts on new releases and make playlists. Additional deep dive episodes about our favourite albums, bands and artists and occasional Q&A shows with special guests discussing their record collections and favourite Records & Bands Find Us On Social Media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/recordsandbands Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/recordsandbands TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@recordsandbands And on www.recordsandbands.com Records & Bands is written and produced by Rob Jones…
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1 Episode 144 - Cobra with Biggie from Modern Escapism 1:22:03
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1:22:03This week we welcomed back Biggie from Modern escapism for his very own Patron's choice, thank God it wasn't Ice Pirates 2! We've got Cobra from 1986! --- We're performing our first ever live show on 17th August as part of Carlisle Megacon, amongst the Cosplayers and folk playing Magic the gathering... we guess. Join us as we talk about Shrek at Carlisle's Richard Rose Academy. It's £5 for the full day and not just us. Tickets available here: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/58993? Give us a quid and we'll let you pick your own episode and give you a shout out. https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- Socials and that eh? 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk --- Cobra is a 1986 American action film directed by George P. Cosmatos and written by Sylvester Stallone, who also stars in the titular role. The film co-stars Reni Santoni, Brigitte Nielsen and Andrew Robinson.[5] Loosely based on the novel A Running Duck by Paula Gosling (later published as Fair Game and filmed under that title in 1995), Cobra follows police detective Marion "Cobra" Cobretti as he investigates a string of violent crimes while also protecting a witness targeted by the perpetrators. Cobra is the second and final film which featured the collaboration between Stallone and Nielsen after Rocky IV (1985) and until Creed II (2018), and the only film the pair are both featured in while married to one another in real life. The film's screenplay was largely inspired by Stallone's original screenplay for Beverly Hills Cop (1984). Cobra was released to generally negative reviews with criticism focused on its excessive violence and overuse of genre tropes, but it was a box office success, earning $49 million in the U.S. and $160 million worldwide. It has since been considered a cult classic.[6][7]…
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1 Episode 143 - The Commitments with Monorants At The Movies 1:25:11
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1:25:11This week the boys are joined by Mono and Ciara from Monorants at the movies Podcast to talk 90's Dublin, the DART, Otis Redding and long defunct Supermarkets. --- The MonoRants... The Boys team take a break from insane superhero TV shows to have mostly Non-Spoiler chats about cult and lesser known films with some hidden gems for good measure. Tangents aplenty, references that are for nobody, nsfw, no refunds. https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/hi9pw-251d5d/MonoRants-%40The-Movies-Podcast#:~:text=The%20MonoRants...,nobody%2C%20nsfw%2C%20no%20refunds. --- We're performing our first ever live show on 17th August as part of Carlisle Megacon, amongst the Cosplayers and folk playing Magic the gathering... we guess. Join us as we talk about Shrek at Carlisle's Richard Rose Academy. It's £5 for the full day and not just us. Tickets available here: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/58993? Give us a quid and we'll let you vote on episodes and give you a shout out. https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- Socials, yeah? 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk…
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1 Episode 142 - Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 1:22:22
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1:22:22This week we're Ducking, Dodging, Dipping, Diving and Dodging with Dodgeball! Please note: we had some audio issues this week, apologies' for that! --- Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story is a 2004 sports comedy film written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and starring Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller . The film follows a group of unlikely misfits who enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament in the hopes of winning $50,000 to save their cherished local gym from being taken over by corporate health fitness chain Globo Gym. Theatrically released by 20th Century Fox on June 18, 2004, the film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $168.4 million on a $20 million budget…
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This week we're going to wreck it! Join us for Puck-Man, Qbert, The best games of 1982, the infectious chorus of Sugar Rush by AKB48 and high score nerds. --- We're performing our first ever live show on 17th August as part of Carlisle Megacon, amongst the Cosplayers and folk playing Magic the gathering... we guess. Join us as we talk about Shrek at Carlisle's Richard Rose Academy. It's £5 for the full day and not just us. Tickets available here: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/58993? Give us a quid and we'll let you vote on episodes and give you a shout out. https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- Socials, innit 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk --- Wreck-It Ralph is a 2012 American animated comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Rich Moore (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Clark Spencer, from a screenplay written by Phil Johnston and Jennifer Lee, and a story by Moore, Johnston, and Jim Reardon. John Lasseter served as the film’s executive producer. Featuring the voices of John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, and Jane Lynch, the film tells the story of the eponymous arcade game villain who rebels against his "bad guy" role and dreams of becoming a hero. Wreck-It Ralph premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on October 29, 2012,[7] and went into general release on November 2. The film was a critical and commercial success, grossing $496 million worldwide against a $165 million budget and winning the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature, as well as receiving nominations for the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.…
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This week we're celebrating Shaun of the dead turning 20 with Cornettos, cans of coke opened with your teeth and a thumb through the Thompson Directory. --- We're performing our first ever live show on 17th August as part of Carlisle Megacon, amongst the Cosplayers and folk playing Magic the gathering... we guess. Join us as we talk about Shrek at Carlisle's Richard Rose Academy. It's £5 for the full day and not just us. Tickets available here: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/58993? Give us a quid and we'll let you vote on episodes and give you a shout out. https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- Socials, we got em all: 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk --- Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 British romantic zombie comedy film[a] directed by Edgar Wright, who co-wrote it with Simon Pegg. The film stars Pegg as Shaun, a downtrodden London salesman who gets caught alongside his loved ones in a zombie apocalypse. It also stars Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy, and Penelope Wilton. It is the first instalment in Wright and Pegg's Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, followed by Hot Fuzz (2007) and The World's End (2013), both of which also star Pegg and Frost. Shaun of the Dead was inspired by ideas Pegg and Wright used for their 1999-2001 television sitcom Spaced, particularly an episode in which Pegg's character hallucinates a zombie invasion. The film references the Night of the Living Dead films by George A. Romero. Principal photography took place across London and at Ealing Studios for nine weeks between May and June 2003. Shaun of the Dead premiered in London on 29 March 2004, before it was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 9 April 2004 and in the United States on 24 September. It was met with critical acclaim and commercial success, grossing $30 million worldwide on a budget of $6.1 million and receiving two nominations at the British Academy Film Awards. It was ranked third on the Channel 4 list of the 50 Greatest Comedy Films and quickly acquired a cult following. In film studies, it is seen as a product of post-9/11 anxiety and a model for transnational comedy, while the zombie outbreak as depicted in the film has been used as a modelling example for disease control.…
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Joining the boys this week is the unofficial third member of the Pod, Paul Payne. This week we're talking the Thames Barrier, Bubonic Plague and insulting the insufferable Gregg Wallace. --- Give us a quid and we'll let you vote on episodes and give you a shout out. https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- Split Second is a 1992 science fiction action horror film directed by Tony Maylam and Ian Sharp,[5] and written by Gary Scott Thompson. A co-production between the United States and the United Kingdom, the film stars Rutger Hauer as a burnt-out police detective obsessively hunting down the mysterious serial killer who killed his partner several years prior. The film also features Kim Cattrall, Alastair Neil Duncan, Pete Postlethwaite, Ian Dury, and Alun Armstrong. The film was released theatrically on 1 May 1992, receiving negative reviews from critics and grossing $5.4 million[4] on a budget of $7 million.[3] In the year 2008, global warming and heavy rainfall has left large areas of London flooded. Rookie police officer Dick Durkin is assigned to partner with Harley Stone, a burnt-out and cynical veteran homicide detective who, according to his commanding officer, survives on "anxiety, coffee, and chocolate" after being wounded while failing to prevent the death of his partner Foster by a serial killer three years previously. Now, the murders have begun again and Stone is obsessed with the case. An Oxford-educated psychologist, Durkin is ordered to stick with Stone at all times and report any unstable behavior. After investigating the scenes of several killings, they appear no closer to identifying the killer, although Stone seems to share some sort of psychic connection with him. Their only clues are that the murders seem to be linked with the lunar cycle, and that the killer takes an organ from each victim, apparently to eat them. Lab analysis of blood left during one encounter shows that the killer possesses multiple recombinant DNA strands, somehow having absorbed the DNA of its victims. Complicating matters is the return of Michelle, Foster's wife with whom Stone had an affair. While attempting to figure out the killer's motives and pattern, Stone and Durkin begin to bond as Durkin loosens up and starts to understand Stone. Durkin hypothesizes that the killer is taunting Stone personally, following him and then killing someone at each location; Stone acquired a psychic link with the killer via the wound it dealt him. The killer then attacks a woman in Stone's apartment building, afterward kidnapping Michelle while the two detectives are downstairs. They track the killer deep into the flooded tunnels of the London Underground subway system and discover the truth: the killer is not human but a large, horrific and possibly demonic creature that is fast, savage, and bloodthirsty. Durkin figures out that Stone escaped from it ten years ago, and it is now fixated upon killing Stone, just as it previously killed Foster; each killing and "appearance" of the monster is an attempt to lure Stone closer and closer. Finally, learning where the creature makes its lair, Stone and Durkin head to the area, armed to the teeth and relying on Stone to find the monster just as it always finds him. They emerge into an abandoned underground train station to find Michelle suspended over the water as obvious bait, but Stone frees her anyway, prompting the creature to show up. During the fight, Durkin wounds the creature's chest, allowing Stone to pull the monster's heart out and kill it. However, as the three of them leave the station, bubbles of air are seen breaking the surface of the water, suggesting that there may be more than one monster.…
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This week we're welcoming Host of Modern Escapism and Sex Goblin, Oodles to talk about his third fave Vampire Film. Join us for Haemoglobin chat as well as Oodles' top 3 Vampire Familiars and tonnes of Vampire Lore. --- Fancy a shout out and access to loads of bonus episodes? Then give us a quid, yeah? https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm You can also find all our links at: 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk --- Modern Escapism's Mission: To aid and abet your procrastination, to help you get away from the doldrums of the real world for a couple hours and help you seek out new entertainment to enjoy. Modern Escapism is split into four sections. 1. Biggie's Breaking News Each week we discuss the latest news in pop culture across movies, tv, gaming and more. 2. Reviews Each week we bring some kind of media we've been consuming to review, dissect and discuss. This varies across all kinds of things from TV, films, games, books, music, wrestling, comics, podcasts and everything in between. Our aim is to hopefully recommend (or help you avoid) things out there that you can consume yourself. 3. Listener Feedback. Our listeners are the most important thing about our podcast. Without you, we wouldn't be here and we thank every single of you that listens. This is why each week we encourage our listeners to write in and get involved with our main topic, offering up their take on what we're discussing. 4. What's Up In Candyland The inner workings of Candys mind are a thing that no one person has been able to work out. Each week Candy gets to release to those thoughts in a fun segment where she brings something weird and wonderful to us. to educate, horrify or laugh at. Her minds has no limits. Find them at: https://modernescapism.co.uk/ --- --- Blade is a 1998 American superhero film directed by Stephen Norrington and written by David S. Goyer. Based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name, it is the first installment of the Blade franchise. The film stars Wesley Snipes as the titular character with Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson and N'Bushe Wright in supporting roles. Blade is a Dhampir, a human with vampire strengths but not their weaknesses, who fights against vampires. Blade was released in the United States on August 21, 1998, and was a commercial success, grossing $70 million at the U.S. box office, and $60.2 million worldwide. Despite mixed reviews from film critics, the film received a positive reception from audiences and has since garnered a cult following. It is also hailed as one of Snipes' signature roles. ---…
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This week for our second MONSTER MARCH and Patron's Choice episode we're off to perfection, NV. So grab your elephant gun, jump in your Mazda truck and lets hunt some subterranean worms! --- give us a quid and you can help us pick films and get a shout out every single episode. There's also loads of bonus episodes and extras including me reading porn! https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- Tremors is a 1990 American monster comedy horror film directed by Ron Underwood, produced by Brent Maddock and S. S. Wilson, written by Maddock, Wilson, and Underwood and starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, and Reba McEntire. In the film, handymen Val McKee (Bacon) and Earl Bassett (Ward) wish to leave the small desert town of Perfection, Nevada, as they are tired of their dull lives. However, they happen upon a series of mysterious deaths and a concerned seismologist Rhonda (Carter) studying unnatural readings below the ground. With the help of eccentric survivalist couple Burt and Heather Gummer (Gross and McEntire), the group fights for survival against giant, prehistoric, worm-like monsters hungry for human flesh. Released by Universal Pictures, the film is the first installment of the Tremors franchise[5] and was followed by five direct-to-video sequels and one prequel: Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996), Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001), Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004), Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015), Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell (2018), and Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020). A television series titled Tremors: The Series aired from March through August 2003…
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This week its a patron's choice and our first episode for MONSTER MARCH. We're heading down a pipe into the Creeper's House of Pain where we discover Roy Rogers in Glasgow, A Chevvy Nova, Siouxsie and The Banshee's plagiarism and wirework stunts. --- give us a quid and you can help us pick films and get a shout out every single episode. There's also loads of bonus episodes and daft extras. https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- Jeepers Creepers is a 2001 horror film written and directed by Victor Salva. It stars Gina Philips and Justin Long as Trish and Darry Jenner, two siblings in college who are pursued by a violent truck driver portrayed by Jonathan Breck. The film takes its name from the 1938 song of the same name, which is featured in the film under a version by Paul Whiteman.[5] Patricia Belcher and Eileen Brennan also appear in supporting roles, with Salva making a cameo appearance. Produced by American Zoetrope and the German companies Cinerenta-Cinebeta and Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG, Jeepers Creepers began production in August 2000 after Salva convinced the studios to cast Philips and Long with the help of executive producer Francis Ford Coppola. Due to severe budget cuts, Salva rewrote the entire third act during production. Filming took place for two months in Florida in Ocala, Dunnellon, Reddick and Lake Panasoffkee. The film was theatrically released by United Artists and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on August 31, 2001. It was a commercial success, despite mixed reviews, and grossed $59 million on a $10 million budget. The film also spawned a media franchise which includes two sequels and a reboot.…
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CAN YOU DIG IT? This week our semi regular guest Paul Payne is back and We're talking Walter Hill's Gang masterpiece The Warriors. We're talking NYC Subway routes, Transport police and possibly more behind the scenes stuff than we've ever done on this Podcast. --- Give us a quid and we'll let you join our gang! We've also got more than 10 hours of special episodes and audio nonsense. https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- The Warriors is a 1979 American action thriller film directed by Walter Hill. Based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name, the film was theatrically released in the United States on 9 February 1979 by Paramount Pictures. The film centers on a fictitious New York City street gang who must travel 30 miles (48 km), from the north end of the Bronx to their home turf on Coney Island in southern Brooklyn, after they are framed for the murder of a respected gang leader. After reports of vandalism and violence, Paramount Pictures temporarily halted their advertising campaign and released theater owners from their obligation to show the film. Despite its initially negative reception, The Warriors has since become a cult film and has been reappraised by film critics. The film has spawned several spinoffs, including video games and a comic book series. In his book about the film, author Sean Egan summarized its appeal: "Whereas the milieu of The Warriors was one normally only depicted in motion pictures as an examination of a social problem, this movie portrayed life from the street gang's point of view. It was an obvious but revolutionary approach that struck a chord with the urban working class, especially its adolescent subset."…
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This week the boys are talking FROG DOGS, Indiana Jones rip offs, Trainspotters and The Peoples Choice award. in 1991's The Hard Way --- give us a quid and you can help us pick episodes and get a shout out every single episode. You'll also hear Planty reading a terribly titled Romantic Novel as picked by other Patrons. https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- The Hard Way is a 1991 American buddy cop comedy film directed by John Badham, starring Michael J. Fox, James Woods, Stephen Lang, and Annabella Sciorra. LL Cool J played his first fictional character in the picture, which for this reason has been referred to as his acting debut.[1][2] In the film, a popular actor in search of credibility (Fox) uses his clout to become the partner of a streetwise cop with relationship problems (Woods), amidst the exactions of an elusive serial killer, "The Party Crasher" (Lang), who has vowed to clean up the streets of New York by executing various disenfranchised people in public.…
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This week the boys are heading to Columbia to save Elaine Wilder and are going to spend an hour banging on about saddle bags, Scatman John and lil Mules. It's got to be the Patron's choice Romancing the stone. --- give us a quid and you can help us pick episodes and get a shout out every single episode. You'll also hear Planty reading a terribly titled Romantic Novel as picked by other Patrons. https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- Romancing the Stone is a 1984 action adventure romantic comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Diane Thomas and produced by Michael Douglas, who also stars in the film alongside co-stars Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. The film follows a romance novelist who must venture beyond her New York City comfort zone to Colombia in order to save her sister from criminals who are holding her for ransom as they search for a priceless treasure. Thomas wrote the screenplay in 1979. Zemeckis, who at the time was developing Cocoon, liked Thomas's screenplay and offered to direct but 20th Century Fox initially declined, citing the commercial failure of his first two films I Wanna Hold Your Hand and Used Cars. Zemeckis was eventually dismissed from Cocoon after an early screening of Romancing the Stone failed to further impress studio executives. Alan Silvestri, who would collaborate with Zemeckis on his later films, composed the score.…
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Join the boys this week as they learn about the history of Czechoslovakia, Perfect 10 magazine, the worst working title for a film in the last 30 years and the OG MILFs --- You don't have to shag us but you can find our links and Patreon at www.100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk Go on, Give us a quid! --- American Pie is a 1999 American coming-of-age teen sex comedy film directed and co-produced by Paul Weitz and written by Adam Herz. It is the first film in the American Pie theatrical series and stars an ensemble cast that includes Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Alyson Hannigan, Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid, Mena Suvari, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Seann William Scott, Eugene Levy, Shannon Elizabeth, and Jennifer Coolidge. The film's story centers on a group of five classmates who attend the fictional East Great Falls High School. The youths make a pact to lose their virginity before their high school graduation. The film's title refers to a scene in which the protagonist is caught masturbating with a pie after being told that third base feels like "warm apple pie". Herz has stated that the title also refers to the quest of losing one's virginity in high school, which is as "American as apple pie." The film was a box-office hit and spawned three direct sequels: American Pie 2, American Wedding, and American Reunion. In 2017, Scott said in an interview that the fourth film probably had not made enough at the domestic box office to warrant another film.[4] In addition to the primary American Pie saga, there are five direct-to-DVD spin-off films bearing the title American Pie Presents: Band Camp, The Naked Mile, Beta House, The Book of Love, and Girls' Rules.…
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Here she is Miss 100 Things, see her glide in front of a Taxi Cab. This week we're back on the Sandy B train for 100 Things Triple Crown. We'll meet the Current Miss USA, Remember The Alamo and Planty is certain that The Astrobowl is trolling this podcast! --- find all our links and Patreon at www.100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk Go on, Give us a quid! --- Miss Congeniality is a 2000 American action comedy film directed by Donald Petrie, written by Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford, and Caryn Lucas, and produced by and starring Sandra Bullock as Gracie Hart, a tomboy agent who is asked by the FBI to go undercover as a contestant when a terrorist threatens to bomb the Miss United States pageant. Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, Candice Bergen, William Shatner, and Ernie Hudson star in supporting roles.…
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1 Epiosde 131 - Police Academy with James from Hallmark of Greatness 1:39:54
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1:39:54Happy New Year from your film fact pals. This week we're starting our 2024 schedule with a 'comedy' classic. 1984's Police Academy. We'll learn what Michael Winslow has been doing recently, talk Police riots and massive bags of apples. --- 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk for all our links and Patreon, if you want to help us pick January's Patron's choice and get a shout out in the process! All for just a quid! --- Police Academy is a 1984 American comedy film directed by Hugh Wilson in his directorial debut, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Its storyline follows a new recruitment policy for an unnamed city's police academy to take in any recruit who wishes to apply and study to become a police officer. The film stars Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, and G.W. Bailey. The film was produced by The Ladd Company. It premiered on March 23, 1984. It grossed $8.5 million in its opening weekend and more than $149 million worldwide, against a budget of $4.5 million, and remains the most successful film of the series as of 2022. The film spawned six sequels in the Police Academy franchise.…
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1 Episode 130 - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 1:21:05
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1:21:05We're finishing up for the year with a festive must watch this week., as picked by out Patrons. We are Talking Italian Twinkle lights, Squirrel meat, Jello Salad and Mavis Staples. --- https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm if you want to help us pick January's Patron's choice and get a shout out in the process! All for just a quid! --- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is a 1989 American Christmas comedy film and the third installment in National Lampoon magazine's Vacation film series. Christmas Vacation was directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik, written and co-produced by John Hughes, and starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, and Randy Quaid with supporting roles by Miriam Flynn, William Hickey, Mae Questel (in her final film role before her death in 1998), Diane Ladd, John Randolph, E.G. Marshall, Doris Roberts, Juliette Lewis, and Johnny Galecki, and special appearances by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nicholas Guest, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Brian Doyle-Murray, and Natalia Nogulich. Based on Hughes' short story "Christmas '59" that was published in National Lampoon, it tells the story of Clark Griswold’s efforts to have a good old-fashioned family Christmas take a hilarious turn for the worse. The film performed well at the box office, grossing $73.3 million against a $25 million budget while receiving generally mixed reviews from critics. It is now regarded as a Christmas classic.…
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This week we're calling out Joe Dante as a bit racist, The biggest Chinatown, Sad Gizmo and Robby The Robot. It's Gotta be Gremlins... Or loads of other films... But honestly, it's Gremlins... look at the title, man! --- We're all over the socials. Are you? Check it out at 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk --- Fancy picking an episode or getting tonnes of bonus stuff including discounts on our Merch? Join us at patreon.com/100thingsfilm --- Gremlins is a 1984 American comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante, written by Chris Columbus, and starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday, and Frances Lee McCain, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo, the main mogwai character. It draws on legends of folkloric mischievous creatures that cause malfunctions—"gremlins"—in the British Royal Air Force going back to World War II. The story follows a young man who receives a strange creature as a pet, which then spawns other creatures who transform into small, destructive, mischievous monsters that all wreak havoc on a whole town on Christmas Eve.[2] The film was the center of large merchandising campaigns and opts for black comedy, balanced against a Christmastime setting. Steven Spielberg was the film's executive producer, with the film being produced by Michael Finnell. Gremlins was theatrically released on June 8, 1984 by Warner Bros. to critical and commercial success…
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This week we're learning about San Francisco City Ordinances around keeping cattle, Aerosmith being TERFs and Groucho Marx' moustache in the Patron's choice Mrs Doubtfire! Please excuse John's audio... It'll be fixed for Christmas and Planty's voice, he busted whicher vocal chords he talks with. --- Give us a Quid and you can vote in december for a Christmas film as well as have us shill for you at patreon.com/100things --- Mrs. Doubtfire is a 1993 American comedy-drama film directed by Chris Columbus. It was written for the screen by Randi Mayem Singer and Leslie Dixon, based on the 1987 novel Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine. Robin Williams, who also served as a producer, stars with Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, and Robert Prosky. It follows a recently divorced actor who disguises as an elderly female housekeeper to be able to interact with his children. The film addresses themes of divorce, separation, and the effect they have on a family. The film was released in the United States by 20th Century Fox on November 24, 1993. It won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Robin Williams was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. The film grossed $441.3 million on a $25 million budget, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 1993. Although the film received mixed reviews on release.…
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This week it's axes, The Hills have eyes and Animatronic Fish toys. It can only be The Evil Dead! --- Fancy the chance to pick the films we watch and a shoutout each episode? Then subscribe for just £1 a month at patreon.com/100thingsfilm . It helps us run the show and keeps us in Cabins in the woods --- You can join us on our socials at 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk --- The Evil Dead is a 1981 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi (in his feature directorial debut). The film stars Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker and Theresa Tilly. The story focuses on five college students vacationing in an isolated cabin in a remote wooded area. After they find an audio tape that, when played, releases a legion of demons and spirits, four members of the group suffer from demonic possession, forcing the fifth member, Ash Williams (Campbell), to survive an onslaught of increasingly gory mayhem.…
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This week join the boys for regrets of Garfield, Amber Herd, Seatbelt laws and walking from state to state with John. --- Zombieland is our October Patron's choice. Fancy the chance to pick the films we watch and a shoutout each episode? Then subscribe for just £1 a month at patreon.com/100thingsfilm . It helps us run the show and keeps us in cheap moonshine. --- You can join us on our socials at 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk --- Zombieland is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer (in his theatrical debut) and written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. It stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, and Bill Murray. In the film, Tallahassee (Harrelson), Columbus (Eisenberg), Wichita (Stone), and Little Rock (Breslin) make their way on an extended crosscountry road trip to find a sanctuary free from zombies. Development for Zombieland began in 2005, when Reese and Wernick originally wrote the film as a spec script for a television pilot. Fleischer helped develop the teleplay into a screenplay for a self-contained feature. Tony Gardner was hired as the film's special effects makeup designer, which primarily features physical prosthetics to create the look of the zombies. Principal photography for the film began in February 2009 and lasted until that March, with filming locations including Hollywood, Atlanta, and in and around Georgia. Some of the film's scenes contained improvisation by the actors. Zombieland premiered at Fantastic Fest in Austin on September 25, 2009, and was theatrically released in the United States on October 2, by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film received positive critical reception, with praise for its screenplay, dialogue, comedy, and cast performances (especially Murray's). It grossed $102 million worldwide, becoming the then-highest grossing zombie film in the U.S. until the release of World War Z (2013), and $54 million in home sales.…
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This week the lads are talking arm transplants, Mob doctors and Bone Saws with the fantastic Soska Sisters film American Mary. --- Fancy a shout out and access to loads of bonus episodes? Then give us a quid, yeah? https://www.patreon.com/100thingsfilm You can also find all our links at: 100thingswelearnedfromfilm.co.uk --- American Mary is a 2012 Canadian body horror film written and directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska and starring Katharine Isabelle, Antonio Cupo, and Tristan Risk. Isabelle plays a destitute medical student who begins taking clients from the extreme body modification community to solve her financial troubles. Plot Desperate for funds, surgical student Mary applies for work at a strip club. Billy Barker, the club's owner, is in need of a medical professional to patch up a man bleeding in his club's basement, the obvious victim of illegal dealings, and offers Mary $5,000 to perform emergency surgery. Mary accepts the money, but spends the next few days terrified that the criminal activity she got involved in will follow her home. Later, Mary is approached by Beatress Johnson, a stripper at the club who has had extreme plastic surgery to make herself resemble Betty Boop. She offers Mary a large sum of money to perform illegal surgery on her friend Ruby Realgirl in a veterinary clinic. Ruby wishes to be transformed into a human doll, and has been unable to find a surgeon willing to complete the last step in her transformation: removing her nipples, all external genitalia, and partially suturing her vulva shut. Mary accepts, and a follow-up post on Ruby's blog introduces Mary to the world of extreme body modification. Mary begins her residency in the surgical specialty, and her teachers and mentors praise her promising skills. Mary is invited by a doctor named Dr. Walsh to what she believes is a networking party with several of the head surgeons at her hospital; however, she finds she was the only young resident invited. The surgeons commit lewd acts on the others in attendance, who are escorts. At the party, Mary is drugged and raped by her former teacher, Dr. Alan Grant, who films it. Mary later drops out of her residency. Mary hires Billy and his enforcers to kidnap Grant and deliver him to her apartment, where she holds him hostage and uses him as "practice" material for her extreme surgeries. Using pictures of Grant for her portfolio, Mary goes into body modification surgery full-time. Word spreads quickly through dark web channels that "Bloody Mary" is a surgeon of great skill willing to perform any extreme surgery desired. Mary is later questioned about Grant's disappearance by police detective Dolor, explaining that her name was on a list Dr. Walsh gave him of women who might bear a grudge against Grant. Billy, who has become attached to Mary, kidnaps and beats Dr. Walsh on her behalf. While torturing Grant, Mary is discovered and attacked by a security guard, who attempts to free him, but Mary bludgeons him to death. Detective Dolor confronts Mary again, believing that she was a victim of one of the sex parties hosted by the two missing doctors and hoping to help her. Mary's grandmother passes away, causing her mental state to deteriorate further. She finds Billy receiving fellatio from one of the strippers at his club and jealously attacks the girl with surgical tools in the bathroom. Due to police interest in her, Mary starts to worry that the tape of her rape will be found. Meanwhile, Ruby's husband, vengeful after seeing his newly modified wife, tortures Beatress to near death for Mary's location before ambushing Mary at her house with a knife. Mary attempts to suture her own wound shut but ultimately bleeds to death in her operating room, to be discovered by the police. Cast Katharine Isabelle as Mary Mason, a medical school student and aspiring surgeon. Out of desperation, she performs extreme body modification surgeries to solve her financial issues. Antonio Cupo as Billy Barker, the owner of the strip club where Mary applies for a job. Tristan Risk as Beatress Johnson, a stripper who has had herself surgically altered to resemble Betty Boop. David Lovgren as Dr. Alan Grant, Mary's professor at medical school. Paula Lindberg as Ruby Realgirl, a fashion designer who wishes to become a human doll. Julia Maxwell as Tessa, Beatress' niece who works as a receptionist at a veterinary clinic. John Emmet Tracy as Detective Dolor, a Police Detective who is suspicious of Mary's involvement in Dr. Grant's disappearance. Twan Holliday as Lance Delgreggo, one of Billy's enforcers. Travis Watters as Mr. Realgirl, Ruby's husband.…
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