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RN 2/16: Universal

By Audio, Cinema, Rancho Notorious, Reviews

Dan and Kailey are joined by Andy James, one of the world’s fore­most experts on the MCU (or Marvel Cinematic Universe) to dis­cuss Avengers: Age of Ultron and how all the pieces are sup­posed to fit togeth­er. Also reviewed, the much more ser­i­ous Age of Adaline and Testament of Youth.

RN 2/14: Urgent

By Audio, Cinema, Rancho Notorious, Reviews, Travel, TV

After an unex­pec­ted three week break, Kailey and Dan return to talk about the movies Insurgent and Cinderella, Dan’s recent trip to Buenos Aires and the new Pukeko Pictures/ITV co-production reima­gin­ing of the legendary TV series Thunderbirds (fea­tur­ing a Q&A with Sir Richard Taylor, dir­ect­or David Scott and Pukeko CEO Andrew Smith). To see some behind-the-scenes pics from the Thunderbirds Are Go set check out the show notes below.

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RN 2/13: High Society

By Audio, Cinema, Rancho Notorious, Reviews

Dan and Kailey are joined by pres­id­ent of the Wellington Film Society Chris Hormann to talk about this year’s pro­gramme (mostly shared with the rest of the coun­try), the import­ance of film soci­et­ies in a world where the­at­ric­al present­a­tion is becom­ing rare for art­house films. The trio also dis­cuss cur­rent releases The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Jupiter Ascending, Focus and others.

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RN 2/12: Cinquante nuances de Grey

By Audio, Cinema, Rancho Notorious, Reviews

Dan and Kailey are joined by Sarah Reese, dir­ect­or of the Alliance Française French Film Festival, to talk about this year’s event which opened in Auckland on 19 February, and RNZ Afternoons review­er Sarah McMullan and Kaarin Macaulay step up to dis­cuss the hot­test tick­et in town, Fifty Shades of Grey.

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RN 2/11: Wild in the country

By Audio, Cinema, Rancho Notorious, Reviews

Online com­ment­at­or, review­er and racon­teur Steve Gray joins Kailey and Dan on the line from Hamilton, New Zealand, to help review Reese Witherspoon in Wild, Julianne Moore in Still Alice and Johnny Depp in Mortdecai. Steve also has top TV watch­ing tips for 2015 includ­ing Adam Curtis’ Bitter Lake.

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