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RN 2/16: Universal

By Audio, Cinema, Rancho Notorious and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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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