Hosts: David McVay & Josh Philpott
Film Actually is the official movie podcast of geekactually.com – This week David McVay and Josh Philpott review the new film from the Coen Brothers, “True Grit”. We also have some Entertainment Buzz including our thoughts on the Kevin Smith announcement and the Oscar nominations. We also deliver a brand listener requested Lists of Five – Five Great Westerns. So sit back, grab a snack and enjoy.
*Update 31/07/2012 – 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 25 but when you listen to the show you will hear it referred to as episode 117, this is why. Sorry about any confusion or inconvenience.
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Feature Film Review
‘True Grit’ written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen based on the novel by Charles Portis. It stars Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and Barry Pepper.
“True Grit” tells the story of Mattie Ross, a 14 year old girl who has come to bring the man who killed her father to justice. She hires burnt out Marshall Reuben “Rooster” Cogburn to help her track down the killer Tom Chaney. They also end up in an uneasy alliance with Texas Ranger LaBouef who is also after Chaney for other reasons. Although Mattie hires Rooster Cogburn because she believes he is a man of ‘True Grit’ it is in fact Mattie that the title refers to, she is a tough cookie and will stop at nothing to avenge her father.
Our Verdict: The Coen Brothers have fashioned a very commercial old style western that is very good but not perfect in structure. However, this film is made up of pitch perfect performances from every member of the cast, but best of all is Jeff Bridges as Rooster and Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie. Well worth seeing and worth cinema dollars.
Watch the trailer here http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/truegrit/
Entertainment Buzz
The Kevin Smith factor. A new age of film distribution might be upon us.
https://geekactually.com/2011/01/25/kevin-smith-announces-his-distribution-plans-for-red-state/
and http://www.slashfilm.com/kevin-smith-buys-film-sundance-auction-swears-distributors-announces-full-details-selfdistribution/
and http://theredstatements.com/
and the trailer is here https://geekactually.com/2011/01/04/teaser-trailer-kevin-smiths-red-state/
Doctor Who is going to be fast tracked in Australia
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/01/abc-will-be-fast-tracking-doctor-who-this-year/
It is that time of year again and the Oscar Nominations have been announced. What do we think of the choices and do we have any early predictions to share? Find the complete list here:
https://geekactually.com/2011/01/26/the-83rd-academy-awards-the-complete-list-of-nominees/
As with every year, you take the good with the bad and the Razzies have also been announced, what do we think of these choices and do we have any early predictions on these? Find the complete list here:
https://geekactually.com/2011/01/25/the-31st-annual-razzie-nominations/
Lists of Five
This week our Lists of Five celebrates the release of True Grit and was suggested by Rachelle, co-host of the Funky Film Show on Radio Freemantle 107.9 FM or find them at radiofreemantle.com: Five Great Westerns. You can find the list on our Facebook Page.
Just a reminder, because we never like to just make things easy on ourselves, our lists are not necessarily top five lists, they are more or a less a list of film recommendations within the theme of the list.
This episode carries an explicit tag due to infrequent coarse language.
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