Friday 28th May 2010, 23:25
Episode 67.5
A bitesize episode for you (is 11 minutes bitesize? How many minutes can you eat in one bite? Have I misunderstood the analogy? Is it an analogy or a metaphor? Does anyone care?), featuring a glimpse of movies we may be bantering about next week, including a highly inappopriate film idea for Sarah Jessica Parker. Mansize episode next week.
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Sunday 23rd May 2010, 00:08
Episode The Goddess of 1967
The Bantercast crew take aim at at Robin Hood, cower from Four Lions, and clamber into a Hot Tub Time Machine. We also muse on whether Shia LaBeouf should have criticised the latest Indiana Jones, get confused by the meaning of "spelling Nazis", and Desert Island Flicks covers best non-BTTF time-travel movie. Plus of course your emails, tweets, and Facebook comments, and a healthy dose of other banter.
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Friday 14th May 2010, 01:06
Episode Buffalo '66
The Ghost (Writer), Date Night, Nanny McPhee 2 and documentary Erasing David are all covered in the second half of our two-parter, plus emails and tweets from youse guys and Desert Island Flicks looks at the best Roman Polanski film. What would yours be? Do email us and tell, and we may mention it, with any other of your movie thoughts, in episode 67.
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Friday 7th May 2010, 19:38
Episode Sixty Five Children and It
The first half of a two-parter this week, as we had a lot to cover! First and foremost, we review Iron Man 2, and despite all quite liking it, somehow end up arguing anyway. We've also got some news about Lindsay Lohan and Cowboys and Aliens and surgery (three separate stories - separate the words into the most amusing combinations), a review of The Disappearance of Alice Creed, a couple of your emails, and In This Week in Movie History. Oh, and an unexpectedly innuendo-ridden finish - apologies in advance. Catch the second half next week!
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Friday 30th April 2010, 15:07
First photo of Chris Hemsworth as Thor
Yahoo has got the first photo of Chris Hemsworth in full Thor costume for Kenneth Branagh's upcoming adaptation of the Marvel comic. I can't claim to know much about Thor, but the idea of assembling a full roster for an Avengers film really does appeal, so I'm definitely looking forward to this...
Friday 23rd April 2010, 18:58
Episode Sixty Four Rooms
This week Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore fight Greek gods, while Sam Worthington lies about his age to join a roller derby team. Something like that anyway. Clash of the Titans and Whip It get reviewed by the Bantercast team, together with chat about the future of Bond, your emails and tweets, This Week in Movie History, and Desert Island Flicks focuses on best film featuring a volcano, after Eyjafjallajökull caused so many problems this week (bless you, copy and paste).
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Wednesday 14th April 2010, 01:20
Episode Sixty Three Men and a Baby
Kick-Ass and How To Train Your Dragon are up for review this week, plus your emails and tweets spark chat of Total Recall, the Dollars trilogy, Titanic in 3D, and Desert Island Flicks covers best Gene Hackman movie.
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Wednesday 31st March 2010, 23:42
Episode 62 Days in the Valley
The second half of our double-bill is just as movie-packed as the first, with Green Zone, Shutter Island, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Chloe. There's also a special feature in the form of Paul's Oscar quiz, but the flipside is him unleashing a fair few hideous puns on us all - apologies. We've also got your emails, and Desert Island Flicks covers best Martin Scorsese film.
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Thursday 18th March 2010, 03:24
Episode Gone In 61 Seconds
Paul, Jon and Jen have seen so many films that it's a two-parter - on this edition, it's The Blind Side, Alice In Wonderland, The Princess & The Frog, Crazy Heart, Ondine, some Oscar chat, and In This Week In Movie History. Watch this space for part 2, which will feature Green Zone, Shutter Island, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and Chloe... Both parts chock full of banter, of the movie kind.
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Thursday 18th March 2010, 00:37
The Blind Side - Paul's review
The Blind Side opens by telling us that 'the blind side' is what an American Football player does not see. He thinks he's got it all figured out, but then bam! He didn't see that coming. Its obvious double-meaning is that Sandra Bullock's character too is blindsided when her perfect life is changed by her encounter with Michael, a gentle giant of a boy who she invites to live with her and her family. There is, however, little 'blind side' for us viewers: the story plays out as you might expect. Maybe it's too much to wish for a movie like this to be as touching as it is, and yet still steer away from predictability, but that said, the story is a good one, and especially hits home when you realise it's a true one too.
The film famously earned Sandra Bullock her Best Actress Oscar, and it does have the 'worthy' connotations that go with that. The good news is that it doesn't have the bleakness or dullness that can be associated with worthy movies - it is a good story, well-told, solidly (if not astonishingly) acted, and it never veers below its 12A rating. It does mean the gangland scenes lacks the authentic language you'd get in a 15- or 18-rated film, but on the plus side, it means that you know the rags-to-riches tale, which will inevitably have its dark moments, never goes too dark.
If I were to get critical, my one other reservation is that it is very, very 'American' - everything from American football (which I didn't understand) to AGPs and SATs (which I didn't understand) weren't explained to the overseas market as well as, say, the rugby was in Invictus. But get past those references and you'll find an affecting, personal drama that gives us the sort of film Sandra Bullock should be making more of. More of these please, Sandra, less All About Steves.