We do the American Hustle with David O. Russell and his cast of Oscar-nominees, take a trip to Burma with The Railway Man, ask whether it’s true that there’s no fool like an old fool in Last Vegas and say goodbye to Kailey after two and a half years.
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Simon is still on holiday so Kailey and Dan review Bruce Dern’s Cannes-winning performance in Nebraska and Justin Bieber’s Believe then special guest Blair Collie helps fact check Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.
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Simon is on holiday so Dan and Kailey talk about 47 Ronin, The Book Thief and – yes – the Golden Globes, even though we swore we never would.
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It’s one of those rare sunny Saturday afternoons in Wellington and I have work to do. But I’m not going to do that work because it doesn’t look like much fun and – for once – writing tiny film reviews seems like the better option.
Leanne Pooley made New Zealand’s most successful documentary ever in 2009 – The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls – and now turns her eye towards a mountain-sized Kiwi icon, Sir Ed Hillary and his ascent of Everest in 1953. Beyond the Edge is a limp title for the greatest adventure ever undertaken by a New Zealander and the film sometimes seems a bit bloodless too. The 3D recreations of Himalayan scenes – filling in the gaps in the archive of available still and moving picture elements – are thrilling though, especially if heights get your heart racing faster as they do I.
What we did on our holidays – The Wolf of Wall Street, August: Osage County, Short Term 12, Philomena and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
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Most big films get a special level of promotion before they are unleashed on the general public – they get what we call a ‘radio preview’.
This is where a couple of hundred random citizens turn up at a cinema having won tickets to a film they can’t remember the name of, get jollied along by a couple of minor local celebrities in branded apparel (best known for getting up early and talking into microphones), get asked collectively whether they feel “alright” (and answer collectively in the affirmative), then have bags of confectionery thrown at them in exchange for answering trivia questions.
