Sunday 31 October 2010

The Simon and Jo Film Show: 31/10/2010 Saw 3D/Submarine/The Hangover



Back from our coverage of The London Film Festival we go from independent, arthouse and international cinema of the festival through to the mainsteam, hollywood franchise that is the Saw franchise. We covered it last year and so the episodes that covered the first five installments (dated 25/10/2009) and the sixth installment (dated 21/10/2009) have been re-released via Podomatic - as they are the final episodes yet to be uploaded to podomatic. What an opportune time with the release of Saw 3D - Our main review of the week.
We discuss lots of recent news on sequels and 3D-ness, with coverage of the London box-office and the recent trailers for Scream 4 and Paul (always a difficult one to find on IMDB...).

We finish, by discussing the final film seen at The London Film festival - Submarine - and, finally, after too long, Simon has watched The Hangover in preparation for the sequel, in the making, at the moment.

Trailers





Music

All music by Charlie Clouser from the Saw franchise. Some tracks are on itunes, but the vast majority of the earlier soundtracks are only available on CD - so you'd have to go to a site like amazon to get it. Additionally, we use a bunch of Michael Jackson to contain our excitement for his film

Links

Every week, the LAMBcast, is released and though Simon has just took part in one - it won't be released for a few weeks yet. he guested alongside Nick at Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob and Jason of Invasion of B-Movies so you might want to check out their blogs and listen to previous LAMBcasts in preparation for his appearance...

You can always email The Simon and Jo Show on simonandjoshow@gmail.com or find us on Facebook and Twitter - which you can see links for on the left-hand side.

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Thursday 28 October 2010

London Film Festival 2010 Podcast #5: 'Another Year', 'Imani' and 'The Tillman Story'


The fifth of five podcasts exclusively focussed on The London Film Festival 2010.

This podcast is reviewing Another Year, directed by Mike Leigh (Secrets and Lies, Happy-Go-Lucky), Imani the first feature film direted by Caroline Kamya and The Tillman Story, a documentary about Pat Tillman directed by Amir Bar-Lev (My Kid Could Paint That, Fighter).

Trailers for all the films are below to give you an idea of the style and film itself. And, obviously, the link to the podcast is here - and in the heading.

This is the last podcast covering the London Film Festival 2010 - normal podcasts resume this Sunday!

Feel free to contact the podcast by emailing us at simonandjoshow@gmail.com or you can always follow us on facebook or twitter!







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Tuesday 26 October 2010

London Film Festival 2010 Podcast #4: 'Nothings All Bad' and 'Treacle Jr.'


The fourth of five podcasts exclusively focussed on The London Film Festival 2010.

This podcast is reviewing Nothings All Bad, the feauture-debut of director Mikkel Munch-Fals (Previously, he has directed shorts Partus and First Flush) and Treacle Jr. directed by
Jamie Thraves (The Cry of the Owl, Negative)

There is currently no trailer for Treacle Jr. or Nothing's All Bad but I have found an interview at the LFF with Jamie Thraves discussing the film, so hopefully that will suffice. And, obviously, the link to the podcast is here - and in the heading.

The next London Film Festival 2010 podcast is released on 28/10/2010!

Feel free to contact the podcast by emailing us at simonandjoshow@gmail.com or you can always follow us on facebook or twitter!



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Sunday 24 October 2010

London Film Festival 2010 Podcast #3: 'Loose Cannons' and 'Revelucion'


The third of five podcasts exclusively focussed on The London Film Festival 2010.

This podcast is reviewing Loose Cannons, directed by Ferzan Ozpetek (A Perfect Day, Sacred Heart) and Revolución, directed by ten different mexican director: Mariana Chenillo, Fernando Eimbcke, Amat Escalante, Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo García, Diego Luna, Gerardo Naranjo, Rodrigo Plá, Carlos Reygadas and Patricia Riggen.

The trailers are below and the link to the podcast is here - and in the heading.

The next London Film Festival 2010 podcast is released on 26/10/2010!

Feel free to contact the podcast by emailing us at simonandjoshow@gmail.com or you can always follow us on facebook or twitter!





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Friday 22 October 2010

London Film Festival 2010 Podcast #2: 'Little White Lies' and 'Stray Bullet'


The second of five podcasts exclusively focussed on The London Film Festival 2010.

This podcast is reviewing LITTLE WHITE LIES, directed by Guillaume Canet (Tell No One, Whatever You Say) and STRAY BULLET, the debut film from director by Georges Hachem.

The trailers are below and the link to the podcast is here - and in the heading.

The next London Film Festival 2010 podcast is released on 24/10/2010!

Feel free to contact the podcast by emailing us at simonandjoshow@gmail.com or you can always follow us on facebook or twitter!



No trailer available for STRAY BULLET, but I did find an interview with the director ...





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Wednesday 20 October 2010

London Film Festival 2010 Podcast #1: 'Of Gods and Men' and 'Portrait of a Fighter as a Young Man'


The first of five podcasts exclusively focussed on The London Film Festival 2010.

This podcast is reviewing OF GODS AND MEN, directed by Xavier Beauvois (The Young Liutenant, To Mathieu) and PORTRAIT OF A FIGHTER AS A YOUNG MAN, directed by Constantin Popescu (Tales from a Golden Age, Apartamentul).

The trailers are below and the link to the podcast is here - and in the heading.

The next London Film Festival 2010 podcast is released on 22nd October 2010!

Feel free to contact the podcast by emailing us at simonandjoshow@gmail.com or you can always follow us on facebook or twitter!





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Sunday 17 October 2010

TSAJS: 17/10/2010 Let Me In/Waste Land/Manilla Skies/The Exorcist

This week The London Film Festival kicks off as we cover Let Me In, Manilla Skies and Waste Land. This precedes our coverage of the London Film Festival 2010 as over the next two weeks we shall be delivering multiple short episodes based exclusively on the film views at the festival.

But, as it stands, this episode is the usual style with the London Box-Office and latest news with, to finish, an brief overview of The Exorcist as Simon managed to catch a screening with Mark Kermode earlier in the week.

Enjoy!

Links

Mad Hatter who argues about Benjamin Button with me - so check out his site here (though my review of Ben Button is here...).

Movie Moxie defends Let The Right One In ... she has a blog so check that out here.

It is Fletch/Dylan/Mr Cabin's birthday so visit his blog here.

Then, if you haven't found Bournes Birthday Baffler the link is here.

Trailers




Music

A wide range of music this week! The initial three interludes are from Michael Giacchino's soundtrack for Let Me In - which you can donwload from itunes.

The music used throughout the Wasteland review and leading into the following section is a track called Isolate by Moby - again, donwloadable through itunes or bought as a CD as part of the album Wait For Me.

The 'Exorcist' track is Mike Oldfields Tubular Bells from the album of the same name, and then, to finish, a track that featured in Let Me In, though is not on the soundtrack, Let's Dance by David Bowie.
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Saturday 16 October 2010

Favourite Film Faces #10: Gillian Anderson in 'Princess Mononoke'


The pupils at my school are mid-watch of Princess Mononoke and it seems to be going down well - who would think that talking wolves, blood-spitting Princesses, human-eating apes and tree spirits would go down so well.

Its my first viewing too and it really is a stunning film - right up there with Spirited Away and Howls Moving Castle. Though those clickety-click tree things always get a laugh, it is Moro, voiced by Gillian Anderson in the English dub, that stands out. A striking prescence and animalistic quality that is captured beautifully in her introduction as she tends to a hurt wolf.

A highly recommended film!

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Sunday 10 October 2010

TSAJS: 10/10/2010 'The Social Network' and Raindance Film Festival

Beginning at the BFI Southbank and moving to the Clapham Picturehouse, this weeks podcast puts us ahead of the game again as we watch and review David Fincher's The Social Network a week before its UK release! Obviously, you US of A folks have had the film for a couple of weeks already so, unfortunately, we are a little behind you guys. C'est La Vie.

The show then moves into discussing the London Box-Office, the latest News and small shoutout to our Facebook fans again - with a nod to the comments from Fitz and Mr Cabin.

The podcast finishes as we discuss the Independent Film Festival, Raindance. Simon managed to watch Do Elephants Pray starring Marc Warren and Jonnie Hurn and, though not overly praising of the film, he did have a few interesting aspects to discuss.

Trailers





Music

All music is from the soundtrack to The Social Network by Trent Reznor and Atticus Finch - available on Amazon amongst other places.

Links

We mentioned Fitz and Mr Cabin, who have their own blogs, which we highly recommend!
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Sunday 3 October 2010

TSAJS: 02/10/2010 'Buried' and 'The Other Guys' and much more!

This week, back to the beginning, as we record from the Ritzy in Brixton. Jo has travelled into London, via Durrington, to reflect on the week with some film news, the London Box-Office and his choices for The London Film Festival.

The main reviews are two-fold. Simon managed to watch Roderigo Cortes claustrophobic film Buried with the inevitable opinion of Sarah. There are no spoilers whatsoever for this film so feel free to listen knowing that your film experience won't be tainted. Jo finally watched Adam McKay's The Other Guys with an all-star cast in Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Steve Coogan and the stunnign Eva Mendes amongst others. Michael Keaton for one.

Trailers





Music

A varied selection due to the lack of soundtracks for Buried and Devil. The Other Guys does not seem to have a soundtrack available to the UK, but no matter, Simon hunted down the tracks by TLC - Waterfalls, Creep and No Scrubs - used, the Rage Against The Machine cover of Maggies Farm, The White Stripes Icky Thump and, what appears to be the only song officially linked to The Other Guys in Eva Mendes featured appearance on a track by Cee-Lo Green called Pimps Don't Cry. All tracks available in a bunch of places.

Links

Obviously, you can find us on Twitter and Facebook (links on the left-hand side) and our email is simonandjofilmshow@gmail.com

We discuss the one-star review from Fandango Groovers and, I finished the podcast mentioning Mark Kermodes reviews of Buried and Devil...

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