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Episode 95 of The Movie Robcast sees our intrepid casters in pod venturing once more into London’s West End early on a sunny Sunday morning. And finding Leicester Square to be a rather noisier place than they’d anticipated. While dodging rustling papers, dustbin lorries and street cleaning buggies, they have a social distanced conversation about the Hamilton film, now available on Disney+.
They also make time to discuss the state of UK theatre, online virtual theatres, and the recently revealed plans for this year’s London Film Festival.
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Episode 96 of The Movie Robcast looks at two very different films, both of which bypassed cinemas due to coronavirus to premiere on streaming services.
Tom Hanks’ Greyhound tells the World War 2 tale of a captain having to steer a convoy of ships through U-boat infested waters in the North Atlantic. Friend of the podcast Adrian Zak cameos to give his opinion on this lean, impressive naval thriller which has docked on Apple TV+.
Then onto Palm Springs, an imaginative spin on the Groundhog Day premise starring Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti and J.K. Simmons, and which can be found on Hulu. The Palm Springs discussion begins at 55.55.
Rob Wallis also took one for the team and watched The Old Guard, starring Charlize Theron and which just dropped on Netflix.
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The latest Bond film is currently titled No Time To Die, but that could all change yet. One replacement option is Dominoes Falling, because 007’s confirmed shift to 2021 could have a knock-on effect leaving this year bereft of big movie releases.
Sure, Fast 9 and Halloween Kills have already upped sticks and moved to next year. But, the acknowledgement that coronavirus has beaten Bond seems more significant.
The No Time To Die shift was confirmed end of last week. Yesterday came the news that Tenet is being postponed indefinitely.
Although they maintain Christopher Nolan’s latest will still see the inside of cinemas this year, Warner Bros. are wise not to fix a release date...
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Director: Aaron Schneider
Writer: Tom Hanks
Cast: Tom Hanks, Stephen Graham, Rob Morgan, Elisabeth Shue
Producers: Gary Goetzman
Music: Blake Neeley
Cinematography: Shelly Johnson
Editors: Mark Czyzewski, Sidney Wolinsky
Cert: 12
Running time: 91mins
Year: 2020
What’s the story: 1942, the North Atlantic. Greenhorn captain Ernie Krause (Hanks) helms US destroyer Greyhound, leading a convoy of supply ships from America to England, battling a deadly wolfpack of enemy U-boats.
What’s the verdict: Greyhound’s journey to the screen has been almost as fraught as the eponymous ship’s North Atlantic crossing. Originally intended as a March 2019 release, it was shunted back to June 2020...
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Director: David Dobkin
Writer: Will Ferrell, Andrew Steele
Cast: Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Dan Stevens, Pierce Brosnan
Producers: Jessica Elbaum, Eitan Evan, Will Ferrell, Chris Henchy
Music: Atli Örvarsson
Cinematography: Danny Cohen
Editor: Greg Hayden
Cert: 12
Running time: 123mins
Year: 2020
What’s the story: All his life, Lars Erickssong (Ferrell) has dreamt of Eurovision Song Contest victory. Long-time friend and musical partner Sigrit Ericksdottir (McAdams) shares that dream and an unrequited longing for Lars himself. When events propel the duo from their tiny Icelandic fishing village to the big stage of Eurovision, they find themselves with a one in a (741) million shot of Europop glory.
What’s the verdict: Will...
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Note: this feature presents Japanese names in the traditional fashion of family name first, followed by given name. Japanese language film titles and genres are presented in italics for ease of reading
Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion and Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss, both discussed below, are currently available on BFI Player as part of the Japan 2020 season
An entire feature could be written on Kaji Meiko’s signature stare.
Expressing an ocean of fury and recrimination, that “look” is evident in the Japanese actress’ two most famous films, 1972’s Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion and 1973’s Lady Snowblood.
But, there is more to Kaji Meiko than a glare so glacial it ices blood in the veins...
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Director: Natalie Erika James
Writer: Natalie Erika James, Christian White
Cast: Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote, Robyn Nevin
Producers: Jake Gyllenhaal, Riva Marker, Anna McLeish, Sarah Shaw
Music: Brian Reitzell
Cinematography: Charlie Sarroff
Editor: Denise Haratzis, Sean Lahiff
Cert: 15 (TBC)
Running time: 89mins
Year: 2020
What’s the story: When the mentally and physically frail Edna (Nevin) goes missing, daughter Kay (Mortimer) and granddaughter Sam (Heathcote) fear the worst. At Edna’s remote house in Australian woodland, Kay and Sam begin hearing odd noises. Matters grow even stranger when Edna reappears.
What’s the verdict: One of life’s great horrors is watching the body age and decay...
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Episode 94 of The Movie Robcast sees Robs Daniel & Wallis in the same vicinity for the first time in three months! They decided to meet in town on a sunny Sunday morning to do a social distanced podcast. Both rocking a Bane look with their face masks (and you can hear Rob D shifting his a few times, well it kept sliding down…) they tried not to get freaked out by how randomly noisy they found the great outdoors.
Take a listen, you’ll hear what we mean. We swear it wasn’t like this before lockdown…
After some discussion of what possibly lies in store vis-à-vis filmgoing for the rest of the year, the Robs take a tour of duty discussing Spike Lee’s Netflix movie, Da 5 Bloods...
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