Hosts: David McVay & Josh Philpott
Welcome to the Film Actually podcast, your weekly dose of movie geek. Film Actually is the official movie podcast of geekactually.com. This week David McVay and Josh Philpott review two films, one in cinemas and one on DVD/Blu-Ray. First up is Roman Polanski’s new political thriller ‘The Ghost Writer’ and later in the show we review the political comedy ‘In The Loop’ which is available on Blu-Ray and DVD. We also have new trailers, our entertainment buzz section and out new Lists of Five.
*Update 14/10/2011 – Film Actually was a split off from the main Geek Actually show and originally maintained numbering continuity with that show. That logic no longer works as the shows have become two unique entities, so we have gone back and re-numbered the Film Actually shows to reflect their true episode number. This show is now officially episode 3 but when you listen to the show you will hear it referred to as episode 95, this is why. Sorry about any confusion or inconvenience.
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Feature Review
‘The Ghost Writer’ directed by Roman Polanski and written by Robert Harris and Roman Polanski. It stars Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Jon Bernthal and Kim Cattrall. It is interesting to note that the film has a lot of small roles played by big names – keep an eye out for James Belushi, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Hutton and Eli Wallach.
Ewan McGregor is a ghost writer hired to help a former British Prime Minister write his memoirs after the first ghost mysteriously commits suicide. When the politician finds himself embroiled in a war crimes scandal the ghost writer finds he might be in a little deep as he soon starts to unravel a mystery that could put him in mortal danger.
Our Verdict: A good but not brilliant film and should be very well received by fans of the slow pot boiler style thriller. Not Polanski’s finest film but a fairly solid entry in the political thriller genre.
Watch the trailer here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_AerBW0EcI
Entertainment Buzz – Bits of geeky film news that caught our attention.
We take a look at the new ‘Sucker Punch’ trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSIetIg7O3M&feature=player_embedded
Len Wiseman to direct ‘Total Recall’ remake
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/07/29/len-wiseman-to-direct-total-tecall/
‘The Walking Dead’ news and footage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBiI6YRfWIY&feature=player_embedded
http://www.tvovermind.com/cable/amc/the-walking-dead/the-walking-dead-confirmed-for-second-season/26937
The Old Spice Guy gets a movie role – yay!
http://www.news.com.au/technology/old-spice-guy-isaiah-mustafa-to-star-alongside-jennifer-aniston-in-horrible-bosses/story-e6frfro0-1225898281456
We watch the new redband ‘Machete’ trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liEmaDwNV18&feature=player_embedded
Blu-Ray/DVD Review
‘In The Loop’ directed by Armando Iannucci and written by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche. It is a spin off of the British TV series ‘The Thick of It’ which also featured the character of Malcolm Tucker. It stars Peter Capaldi, Simon Foster, Mimi Kennedy, Anna Chlumsky, James Gandolfini, Olivia Poulet and Gina McKee.
“The US President and UK Prime Minister fancy a war. But not everyone agrees that war is a good thing. The US General Miller doesn’t think so and neither does the British Secretary of State for International Development, Simon Foster. But, after Simon accidentally backs military action on TV, he suddenly has a lot of friends in Washington, DC. If Simon can get in with the right DC people, if his entourage of one can sleep with the right intern, and if they can both stop the Prime Minister’s chief spin-doctor Malcolm Tucker rigging the vote at the UN, they can halt the war. If they don’t… well, they can always sack their Director of Communications Judy, who they never liked anyway and who’s back home dealing with voters with blocked drains and a man who’s angry about a collapsing wall.” source Loop Film Productions
Our Verdict: Brilliant political satire with the most colourful foul language we have ever heard. This is for fans of character and dialogue based British comedy like ‘The Office’. Malcolm Tucker is a legendary character.
Watch the trailer here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJU2qRg5zLI
Lists of Five
This week’s list is : ‘Our five favourite guilt pleasures’ – Movies that you know are not good or possibly even bad for you but you just can’t help watching them.
This episode carries an explicit tag due to infrequent coarse language.
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