We’re very excited this week to be talking about one of our favourite films starring one of our favourite actors, The Jerk, starring that wild and crazy guy, Steve Martin! The Jerk is a wonderfully smart “dumb” movie about a man making his way in the world, finding adventure, love and fortune along the way. For this week’s Table Time we talk about The Wrestler and the documentary, Seeking Asian Female.
In this, the first of many specials, Conor and Luke discuss something that bothers us all, day-to-day, week-to-week, month-to-month and year-to-year. We’re talking of course, about Robots. From androids, to cyborgs, to Pet Man and Big Dog, we run the gambit of cybernetic scaries. Listen, worry and enjoy.
The Fifth of our Film Noir Specials brings us to the twilight years of the “classical” noir cycle with, Orson Welles’ Touch of Evil (1958). We also feature Hitchcock’s Psycho, which in many respects is a response to the technical excellence seen in Touch of Evil.
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On this week’s podcast Conor and Luke talk about Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained and some exciting Movie Express developments.
Don’t forget to check out Near Film (www.nearfm.ie) this Thursday at 6 o’clock to hear Luke and Conor talk film noir with Helen Ryan.
Welcome one and all to the Movie Express Podcast’s Christmas Special, we love movies and Christmas, and, as it happens, Christmas movies! Conor and Luke check out Alastair Sim in Scrooge and Drafthouse Film’s Miami Connection. The show also features a very special excerpt from the archives of Sir Thronton Wickham, the most talented actor who ever lived! Happy holidays everyone!
Get ready for a spooktacular episode of The Movie Express Podcast! Conor rounds out his 31 Horror Movie Challenge with Dreamscape, a cool movie featuring Dennis Quaid as psychic tough guy Alex Gardner, his mission to save the President’s mind! Also up for discussion, Hotline Miami, The Dead Authors Podcast, Batman 1960s and Luke’s definition of an OK movie!
Prepare yourself for a mysterious episode of The Move Express as Conor and Luke attempt to solve the mysteries of Clue, the original movie about a board-game! The Scandinavian season continues with Troll Hunter, a found-footage movie with an exciting premise and excellent cohesiveness! Also up for discussion, our continuing, half-heated horror-thon exploits with Sinister.
This week Conor and Luke are in The Doghouse! As we kick off our 30 Days of Horror Films (sort of) with a not-so-charming British film about men who hate women, and women who want to eat men! It’s all pretty scholocky but raises a chuckle now and then. Speaking of chuckles, our Scandinavian Season continues with Bergman’s The Seventh Seal, marvel as we explore existence itself!
This week’s show features one of Conor and Luke’s favourite films, Face/Off, it’s great, it’s got John Travolta and Nicolas Cage and it’s directed by John Woo, John Woo! We also kick off our Scandinavian Season with Headhunters, a twisted tale of burglary and short-man syndrome. Table Time includes a plug for Chuckie Dregs, the new video game magazine show by Ryan Macleod of Consolevania and Video Gaiden fame. Conor gets tricked into watching another love triangle with Snow White and the Huntsman.
NOTE: The audio quality at the beginning of the second segment is a little spotty but evens out at about two minutes in.
This week Conor and Luke sit down with Ryan Denmark, filmmaker and currently the visual effects editor on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. Topics discussed include the film editing process, the role of computer graphics and practical effects in filmmaking, contemporary filmmaking style, great movie fight sequences and much more.
Please check out Ryan’s work at Third Star Films dot Com.