2023's Worst Films: Critics' Roundup on First on Film | S02E28 Air

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,000 First on film and entertainment the end of year spectacular to determine the best and 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:14,120 worst movies of 2023. Alex first is my name, joining me the one and only Jacqui Hammerton 3 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:19,480 who occasionally puts in an appearance and sometimes remembers what time it is. Hello, Jacqui. 4 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:24,920 Well then you value me more than ever. Thank you so much, Alex and good morning to everyone. 5 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:29,800 I basically triple your income as a result because we care for you so deeply and passionately. 6 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:35,080 That's what it's all about Peter Krauss. You're the second recalsterant of the group and, you know, 7 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:41,080 I'm just I'm dreading what your top 10 is going to be. Is that the right attitude I have? Yes. 8 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:49,880 Be afraid. Be very afraid. Exactly Greg King, can you bring some sense into this conversation? Welcome. Hello. 9 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:57,480 And I got it. Yeah, exactly. This is going to be fun and mayhem for all times. Now, okay, we are 10 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:01,160 going to do it this way and we're doing this on the run and it all like gets fucked up and 11 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:08,120 don't worry about it. It'll work out in the wash. Firstly, we are going to go to your worst movies 12 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:14,600 and I'm going to kick it off with something I've not done before. Usually I've a bottom 10 13 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:22,680 and some underbubblers. This year, undoubtedly, one movie has stood the test of time and stood out 14 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:29,720 as being appalling and that is the only film I'm going to mention because the rest are better than 15 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:36,440 this and not in the same ballpark. So I'm going to start with my worst. I'll call it and I'm not 16 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:42,760 sure what to say. The dog of the year, but dogs are beautiful. So it's probably faint praise, but 17 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:50,280 it's called LA Loya and I cannot think of too many films I've detested more than this British drama 18 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:59,240 based on a 2018 play of the same name by Alan Bennett. It's set in a small geriatric hospital in 19 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:05,480 West Yorkshire threatened with closure due to National Health Service funding cuts and the 20 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:11,880 most loyal of staff is a doctor called Valentine for whom nothing to do with a patient and patient 21 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:17,640 care is ever too much. The head nurse played by Jennifer Saunders is about to be honored 22 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:22,840 her services to the hospital and a film crew is invited to document a volunteer led effort to 23 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:29,400 save this particular institution. That includes interviewing the chairman of the board and several 24 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:36,040 residents, including one played by Derek Jacobi. One that is not interviewed though, but who's given 25 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:43,000 an iPad to record her experiences is a retired librarian played by Dame Judy Dench and arriving 26 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:48,280 at the hospital to visit his sick father who happens to have been a former coloneliner is a 27 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:53,640 management consultant to the health secretary who recommended closing the facility and so you can 28 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:59,240 imagine how popular he is. Anyway, I thought I was watching a really bad play. Most of the elderly 29 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:05,480 patients were nothing more than caricatures and the movie is just mired in this paternalistic 30 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:11,640 nonsense. It looked like it felt like a PR exercise extolling the virtues of caring for patients. I mean, 31 00:03:11,640 --> 00:03:17,480 hey, we know about all that and when this doctor Valentine broke the fourth wall to speak directly 32 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:23,720 to us the audience, it actually, I genuinely believe it made my skin crawl. If you want to know what 33 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:31,240 dull looks like, try to sit through the first five-sixth of LA Loya. Something happens there after that, 34 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:36,120 you know, is the only reason I gave it a score at all because really very little does happen to 35 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:42,360 that point. I was constantly looking at my watch, imploring the film, I was begging the film to take off 36 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:47,800 and to me that really gets down to the writing and direction because a decently stovacters has 37 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:53,640 actually been assembled. So here's the bottom line folks. If you are considering seeing LA Loya, 38 00:03:54,280 --> 00:04:03,560 please think again. I wish I had less than five minutes after entering the cinema. My dog of the year, 39 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:09,480 LA Loya, which I gave a two out of ten. Jackie Hamilton, your dogs of the year. 40 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:15,000 Okay, I'll give you my dogs of the year, but the, um, uh, LA Loya just by the way, on IMDB, 41 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,800 I just looked it up, gets a six out of ten, so you're all all on your lines and with one album, 42 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:23,880 they got it wrong. That's all right. Yeah, I'd like to repeat it. You often get it wrong. 43 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:29,240 They get it wrong. I don't have a worst 10. I have a worst eight. I came up with because I think I've 44 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:36,440 managed to avoid quite a few of the bad ones of 2023. Clever, Jack. I'm not going to give a big run 45 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:40,840 down on each of them. I'll basically give the titles. And if you want to say a bit about each one 46 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:46,520 or mention more, no, we'll move through these quickly so we can get to the, the really important 47 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:52,680 stuff, which are the good ones. There were four films that I gave a three out of ten. They, uh, after Sun. 48 00:04:52,680 --> 00:05:00,680 Oh, Mike Bolly, Jackie, I will come another after Sun is in my top 10 great movies of the year. 49 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:09,400 What are you, what are you on? What are you on? It's mental by call it dodgy. Um, another one 50 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:15,560 with three out of ten is EO, which was a film I was really looking forward to about, um, you know, 51 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:21,560 tale of life through a donkey's alright. Yeah. It was just horrible. Uh, another one that I 52 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:29,960 guess three out of ten was foe. Um, and disappointingly, Sasha Ronan in this weird sci-fi, it was the, 53 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:37,960 I just didn't get it and it was creepy. Clever, and it's got in, shot in Victoria, shot right here, 54 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:46,200 beautiful landscape, earth and landscape that, yeah, shot in, in Victoria. Yeah. Okay, great, 55 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:53,160 didn't know, didn't care. Um, three out of ten for my sale of my love, which was just terribly depressing 56 00:05:53,160 --> 00:06:00,520 and morose. Uh, getting worse, I gave two out of ten to two films. One is The Ruster, which is, uh, 57 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:07,560 just a fairly recent one, but who they're weaving in. And um, it was about a, uh, an aggressive rooster, 58 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:16,680 and naked people in the forest and I didn't know why it was even made. Another Australian film, 59 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:26,680 Slant, which was about a young journalist trying to write a story about a mystery of a dead woman, 60 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:35,480 and not, not understanding journalism or defamation or research or ethics or anything at all. 61 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:42,920 So that was baffling, but the worst till the year for me were the big dog and cocaine bear. 62 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:48,680 So that was, uh, come on, cocaine bear, it's a laughs in it. It was like, you know, 63 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:54,200 one joke film, so I gave it one point. Oh my god. So was that you were supposed to be here? 64 00:06:54,200 --> 00:07:01,640 Juice, toilet, humor, adult, mean acting like juvenile delinquents in the forest. No things. 65 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:07,480 So was that your worst of the year? If you have to give one film the worst, the big dog and cocaine bear. 66 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:13,320 So in other words, you can't split them in terms of bad. As bad as each other. Fair enough. 67 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:19,400 Talking about bad Greg, give us yours, please, right? So again, we'll race through these as quickly as we can, 68 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:22,920 so we can get good ones. I'll try to raise half those children from one more 69 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:28,680 line, but we'll see how we go. Um, this list includes a couple of Jackie mentioned, 70 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,360 that was out with haunted mansion and none necessary, made of the old, 71 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:34,680 dirty movie film. Oh, right. 72 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,240 rubbish. Rubbish. 73 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:44,440 Something to up in. Um, I had in the fire as well, the Darth David sci-fi drama with 74 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:50,520 socio-running and all my school. Um, I can write in cities, the red door, um, 75 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:55,880 as a skip too far for that series. Um, I think called the machine, which was a vanity 76 00:07:55,880 --> 00:08:01,560 project for some sort of American comedian, um, on wild wacky, spy adventures with Mark 77 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:07,000 Hamilton, plainly father, didn't like it. Not funny. Unlike St Amir, the, um, 78 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:11,880 French drama, courtroom drama, it left. Wow. I thought it was fantastic, Greg. 79 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:18,200 I think this is my time, Alice. I know. We are, we are, I'm, I'm allowed to comment on the fact 80 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:23,640 that you're, you're turning into Peter and Jackie. It's, that's, we were, I can see you're getting 81 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:30,120 keep going. Um, I did put all of you down there in, in, in my list of film, I'd enjoy. 82 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:35,560 Ellen, yeah, wonderful. I also put in there saw 10, which I thought just, um, 83 00:08:35,560 --> 00:08:39,720 graphic, forge of porn. I tried, let us, let us film them. Okay. 84 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:47,240 Uh, I know it is a silly. Um, it might seem better. We're in three. Yes. Yeah. Um, 85 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:51,320 everybody loves Jean of French drama. I just went on and on and on. 86 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:56,760 Which was way too long for what it had to say. So you didn't like Jean? No. I didn't love, 87 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:01,560 I didn't love Jean. Um, I put in there. I know you, you, you, you, you, Peter likes a bit more 88 00:09:01,560 --> 00:09:06,840 and we did, but the film that we saw for the Scandinavian film, this, uh, let the river run. I 89 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:13,800 just sort of, ah, you know, I'd bad marks at all. I think called is he an eye? I put in there and 90 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:19,480 my worst comedy, I saw earlier in the year. I said, supposed a legend romantic comedy called 91 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:24,920 the honeymoon that a guy goes on a honeymoon in Italy. Um, and he's best made a loud mouth, 92 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:29,720 too, for more on a compilium and get some in trouble there. I thought you couldn't go wrong making 93 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:35,160 your film in Italy with his love, this scenery, um, wine, food and all that, but boy was I wrong. 94 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:44,040 Sorry, could bring okay. I was like the descriptor. All right. Mr. Recalst trending himself. Peter 95 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:51,480 Rales, come on down guys. All right. I actually compiled a list of 20 films, so the worst of the year, 96 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:57,400 but I won't, I won't go through those, don't worry. Um, Steve, you only seen 633 films this year. 97 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:03,720 Did you get up? How many you had seen? Look, it was certainly in the 400s, uh, because of film festivals 98 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:10,680 and other things, but yeah, anyway, um, and that must admit, if you, if you think about dark places, 99 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:15,960 just imagine Peter sitting next to you, it's basically always saying, it's going, 100 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:24,040 thank you, very mad. It's, it'll be me, myself and I on the list. Don't talk about creeping dark places, 101 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:31,400 keep going is, oh, as I said, be afraid, be very afraid. Um, and I also have to say, 102 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:40,600 Adeluyo was not a bad film. Oh my golly. Oh, I agree with you, Pinnida. I actually quite liked it. 103 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:47,400 Of course you would, but there were a bit of spanking, like, you know, make your pattern. 104 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,920 All right. Oh, yeah. You're doing dark rooms up to you, Alex. 105 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:53,880 I think, what was that? Dark rooms up to you. 106 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:54,840 Yes. 107 00:10:54,840 --> 00:11:01,480 Anyway, my, my top or worst 10 films of the year, and I'll just go through them quickly. 108 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:08,040 A lot of these, it's mainly because of writing. I look at the scripts, I look at the story, 109 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:12,040 and if they don't make sense or if they're not well written, then I immediately just miss them. 110 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:17,560 But so, sorry, Pinnida, it's quite, yes. You said you had 20, just can you go through your 111 00:11:17,560 --> 00:11:21,720 underbubblers or you don't have those handy? They're the ones. If he does want the title, 112 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:26,040 so I'm happy to give you the titles, please. All right. The underbubblers, Gran Turismo, 113 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:32,680 Super Mario Brothers movie, Mafia Mama, Cocaine Bear, Saw X, 114 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:42,040 One True Loves, Transformers Rise of the Beasts, Hypnotic, 115 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:50,440 Pope's Exorcist, 65. There you go. There we go. All right. So, have you numbered these, 116 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:55,560 the 10th worst to the worst or have you just given us the worst 10 in a clump? 117 00:11:55,560 --> 00:12:02,120 In a clump. That's good name for a film. I'm actually going from 10 to 1, 118 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:08,040 so I'll start with number 10 and I'll start with Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. What a waste of time 119 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:16,680 that film was. It's hit a watery gripe, is it? It turned you. Yes. Next is Blue Beetle. These super 120 00:12:16,680 --> 00:12:25,560 hero movies are really getting on my week and I don't mean John's week. Number eight worst film, 121 00:12:25,560 --> 00:12:32,200 Knock at the Cabin, M. Night Siamarlin produced a movie. I enjoyed that. I thought it was, was that had 122 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:41,800 elements? Yes, but they were buried far beneath under the DNA. Number seven, Magic Mike's Last Dance, 123 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:48,360 what a waste of a movie that was. Don't you like seeing writhing bodies that were sort of semi naked? 124 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:53,000 Is this what we're playing in? Not in the cinema, no. Oh, what? 125 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:57,480 They used to be sinners in柏 well that specialising at Conor's in Alex. Correct. 126 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:04,040 But they still exist. I haven't shut it up lately. No, I can't. Okay. 127 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:10,440 I've been laid along and we forgot through the Dreadges of the cinema this year. Number six, 128 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:18,600 where are we? Number five. My big fat Greek wedding number three was just poorly written. It should 129 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:25,160 have been much better than it was. Then I had expendables for which was just a couple together, 130 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:32,680 action movie without a script. Number three, I must say that the new Hunger Games film disappointed 131 00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:38,200 me so much that I put it in the worst. And yeah, I mean, it wasn't, it wasn't great, but I didn't 132 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:45,720 think it was a terrible film. Okay. Okay. So the second worst film of the year is Exorcist Believer, 133 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:51,480 which gave such a bad name to the original Exorcist. Yeah, it was disappointing. Absolutely. Okay. 134 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:57,480 Again, I'm not sure that I'd put it down that low, but it did disappoint. Yeah. And is the big one? 135 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:02,920 Drum roll, worst film of the year. Fast X, the Fast and the Furious. 136 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:09,720 200 million plus was spent on the official effects, the car chases, 137 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:17,720 all the effects in the film and they spend $2.20 on the script mainly because every second line was 138 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:22,840 it's all about family. Yeah. I was ready to run a screaming out of the cinema after watching that. 139 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:29,400 I totally agree, Peter. It was, they've hampered it to such an extent that it's lost any value 140 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:35,000 whatsoever. And even though people who are car mad will go along and see something like this, 141 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:41,160 gee, where's it was pedestrian? So I understand that choice. Well, you are on J.A. You are listening to 142 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:47,480 Jackie Hamilton, great king Peter Kraus and myself Alex first, talk about the worst films and about 143 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:54,600 to be the best films of the year. Just gone 2023. So by the way, if you want to become a member of J.A. 144 00:14:54,600 --> 00:15:01,560 please do become a member of the community 54 bucks go to jdashair.com.au and you can sign up. We'd 145 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:09,000 love to have you on board as an official community member. Let us turn now to our worst from our 146 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:14,200 worst to our best films of the year and again, we'll count them down. There'll be some underbubblers as 147 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:21,800 well, but given that we'll pay most attention to if you like the top three and given that we've got a 148 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:27,880 limited time frame, we're not going to go on more than more than about 40 minutes in total. So let 149 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:34,200 us start Jackie with you. Have you got any underbubblers in terms of the good ones? I do when I've given 150 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:39,640 underbubblers or as I've called them honorable mentions to the films that I gave an eight out of 10 to 151 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:48,200 and I think that's a fair, fair mark to give films and that deserve a mention. The various reasons 152 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:56,040 do want me to just to give the tajels a month for them. So there's a dozen of these, but just running 153 00:15:56,040 --> 00:16:02,120 through quickly, surprise, fun fantasy adventure. Well, I surprised myself liking it so much. It was 154 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:07,960 Dungeons and Dragons honor amongst thieves. So we're there for a good time. Subtraction, which was an 155 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:15,080 Iranian mystery. It's just a recent release about a glitch between two families who have a 156 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:22,120 come out or is that coming out next year? I'm sorry. Okay, it's going. It's not or 157 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:27,800 represented next year. How's that? Yes, you can do that. Mm-hmm. And then I gave an eight to 158 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:34,600 was air the story of the Nike story. Yeah, really strong. Join yourself. Women talking, I thought was 159 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:40,840 a very thoughtful, um, important and beautifully shot film. I can get myself into a lot of trouble 160 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:48,360 thinking about what I'm thinking. Okay. Okay. The killer, um, again, surprised, uh, this Netflix film, 161 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:55,080 starring Michael Fassbender, it just had a different approach, um, to, um, the story of, uh, you know, 162 00:16:55,080 --> 00:17:01,080 at, from the point of view of an assassination attempt, I thought that was, it went really well. I 163 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:10,040 had my heart pumping. That's for sure. The unusual little, um, story called Scrapper, um, about a 164 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:18,120 quirky character, a girl who was, um, fending for herself until her, um, unlikely father turned 165 00:17:18,120 --> 00:17:27,000 up over the back fence, after her mother had, um, one life, of course, the, um, Antony Kins and the 166 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:33,320 younger actor Johnny Flynn, the way he just absolutely so perjuly will trace Antony Hopkins at all, 167 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:39,240 the character, um, as a young man, I thought that was beautiful film, um, but it was just very 168 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:46,440 annoyingly ruined by the trailers that showed the ending, even though it's a true story and maybe 169 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:52,600 we know the ending, but I didn't and then, but I did because I saw the trailers. Um, I'll give 170 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:59,880 an eight to Paris Memories, which I thought was a fabulous, um, what do we call it? It's kind of a 171 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:06,760 psychological thing of, of there's a, there's a, um, uh, shooting crime, shooting spring, a restaurant, 172 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:11,320 and it's the way of men and other participants or survivors, they're pieced together, 173 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:17,960 their lives after that, I thought that was quite special. I liked my old school, the, it based on the 174 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:24,520 true story of, um, and then who, um, wanted to become a doctor and study medicine, but, um, 175 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:30,600 failed at school and then he returned to school when he was 13 years old. It's a true story. Amazing, 176 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:38,520 I agree. It's in my doctorate. I thought it was extraordinary and I like the documentary style mixed 177 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:45,400 with the, this little animation stuff going on and then the man himself who is the subject of 178 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:51,080 this documentary did the voice either, but didn't want to appear in it. So Alan coming, lip-synced, 179 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:59,400 his dialogue, I just thought that was, was it the amazing? It's, it's just the, the making of this in 180 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:06,760 itself deserves a film. It's, it's, don't we just kept going escalating and escalating and it couldn't 181 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:12,120 believe that it could be another chapter to it. I loved it, my old school. Uh, my story gave an eight 182 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:18,440 two, um, which, uh, similar to tar, I just thought, you know, to be both about the conductor composer, 183 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:25,240 fabulously shot and of course, Bradley Cooper directing it as well. The crime is mine, which is this 184 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:31,080 fun, fun, fun French melodrama, said in the 30s, um, about, you know, feminism and police 185 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:38,600 procedures and courtroom drama. I really enjoyed it. It was a rich film. Yeah, it was. Film show about 186 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:44,440 a, uh, an Indian boys fascinated by cinema and, uh, that brought a tease, my, I thought it was just 187 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:49,160 absolutely beautiful. Oh no, it's good. So that, that your underbubblers and, and now we're down 188 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:54,280 at the top 10, but before we do that, we might, um, we might get the underbubblers from Greg. Do you 189 00:19:54,280 --> 00:20:00,680 have any Greg? I have quite a few. Yes. I'm going to as much as I'll know. Yeah. Do whatever you 190 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:05,000 mean. I'll get in. I'll get in. I'll go for a room for you. Um, some of my underbubbles were 191 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:10,280 Pearl, which was a sequel to um, X, I, which I really enjoyed. I'm like, Jacky, I get enjoyed 192 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:15,480 cocaine beer. It was in one of my underbubblers. Um, the Australian horror film talked to me. 193 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:22,040 Most unusual and unexpected, um, uh, the brook has tarp cast tan. Um, a nice little film from Morocco. 194 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:28,040 Um, um, Spider-Man across the spider-verse great animation. Now I thought it was really good. 195 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:33,400 I agreed with Jackie the killer. We're one of my underbubblers there. Um, the New Zealand comedy 196 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:39,720 Red, White and Brass about a team, um, you're going to, um, get it one their way into the, um, 197 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:45,320 rugby world cup there and they can be a brass band. I thought there was quite funny. Well done. 198 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:51,160 No hard feelings. A launching chain comedy with Jennifer Lawrence. Um, they have all the naked 199 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:55,480 Jennifer Lawrence is good. Right a bit of it. Yeah. Yeah. Um, I also had in there a 200 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:59,880 French film called Driving Manlund. Um, and look, Charmingville French film about this 201 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:03,560 taxi driver drives his elderly lady across Paris and the way they connect. 202 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:08,200 Just the Charmingville film there. I was so putting there a bit of for a gilly pleasure. 203 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:14,040 Mission impossible. Jedwet Jedwetting part one, um, which had a couple of the best action sequences 204 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:18,840 for a while there, especially with the, um, train sedans at the end there. Yes, I thought the train 205 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:23,080 sequence was mind-blowingly good. All right, totally great. Peter, your underbubblers? 206 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:29,400 Okay. Yes, I had about 17 of those so I'll very quickly go through them. I won't say too much. 207 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:37,320 Close the built-in film about the two boys. I have my top 12. Very good film. Women talking, 208 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:43,720 I thought really well written, nicely performed. I thought Babylon had been savaged by so many people 209 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:49,960 and I thought it was a really interesting exploration of our silent cinema. Um, of an age, 210 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:58,440 very good Australian film. Um, I also liked the new boy. Um, is on week, yep, John Wick four. 211 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:05,560 Surprise me. I really liked it. Um, theatre camp, I think was, uh, that was pretty good. 212 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:11,640 We have a very, yeah, it was. Master Gardner, Paul Schrager, it is a surprise. 213 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:15,720 Yes, that surprised me. Peter, I, I, I was really taken by it. I, I thought, 214 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:21,560 Jackie didn't use, so you didn't like that one at all, did you? Uh, nearly when to have my worst list. 215 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:29,400 Yeah, yeah, uh, because you, you simply thought, uh, so wouldn't, I just couldn't get into it. I didn't get it. 216 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:36,760 Yeah. Okay. Peter. Uh, I thought, Marby was pretty good. Um, surprisingly, I, I didn't think I was 217 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:44,760 going to like it. Um, one life, um, as Jackie's mentioned, very good film. Um, I also had 218 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:51,080 saltburn, uh, knocking on the door of my top 10, uh, Wanka also, uh, was pretty good. 219 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:56,360 I was really good considering, you know, that, that, that, there's judgments made because 220 00:22:56,360 --> 00:23:01,560 the Willy Wonka story had been told in different forms previously. I thought it was a terrific film 221 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:06,040 for the family. You could take along your, your parents, your grandparents as well as the, the youngsters 222 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:10,120 and everybody could get something out of it. And I, I thought Timothy Schell and I did a great job. 223 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:15,960 Yes. And don't forget it's an origin story. So it's not a remake. And, uh, I noticed a few people have 224 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:23,000 been saying it's a remake. It's not. Um, and, um, I final four, uh, knocking on the door film, so to speak, 225 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:30,360 boy in the heron, the Miyazaki animation is, is really, uh, really interesting. Royal Hotel, 226 00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:35,160 a good, strong Australian outback. Really? Really? But, and it, it's based on a documentary that we'd 227 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:41,400 seen as well, which was also very strong. I prefer the dark, you prefer the jock, do you, Jackie? Yeah. 228 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:47,080 I thought the dock, uh, blew my mind when I saw that too. I was really distressing to be honest. 229 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:53,080 And so is this movie. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It was good. Air, I agree. Was, was, you know, pretty good in 230 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:58,520 terms of the story. E.O. I'm sorry. I liked that film about the Donkeys journey. I think it had so 231 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:05,960 much to say about humanity and my other, um, film knocking on the door, leave the world behind a film 232 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:12,440 that leaves you thinking and discussing so many issues in that film. Fantastic. Well, our folks are 233 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:20,840 on J.A. 88 FM. I did what Jackie did. I basically looked at my scores and all of these films 234 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:27,000 received an eight and a half for a bar, but then I had to order them and that's where I got the top 12. 235 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:33,560 So my 12th best film was my old school, which Jackie was that you mentioning that I think you did. 236 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:40,200 That was the, the documentary comedy drama, one hour 44 minutes, the true tale of 16 year old 237 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:46,120 Scott Brandon Lee, not the, the actor son of Bruce Lee, quite remarkable and, uh, it's directed by 238 00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:52,280 Lee's former classmate, John O. McLeod, the way his story unfolds is quite simply mind blowing 239 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:57,960 I thought that was very, very special indeed. So that was number 12, number 11, again, look 240 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:04,120 sure the reference close with that you think it was yes, I said, yeah, yeah, that's one hour 44 minute 241 00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:10,120 drama inseparable best friends Leo and Remy 13 year olds, they played together, they 242 00:25:10,120 --> 00:25:16,040 race one another in the fields, they ride their bikes in tandem with reckless abandon and, uh, 243 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:22,040 and then things happen. So it was Belgium's nomination for Best International feature at the Oscars 244 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:26,760 and it won the grand jury prize at Khan as well last year. So sensitive, distressing, 245 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:34,920 coming of age drama, characterised by beauty and set and darkness. So they were my, my 11th and 12th. 246 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:41,000 So let's now just get it and I'm really deliberately mixing this up. Jackie, what was your 10th best film 247 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:48,040 of the year? Oh, well, um, as I said, I went, the ones I've mentioned, my honorable mentions all got 248 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:56,920 eight out of 10, yeah, seven, eight and a half out of 10. Oh, sorry, you didn't order them like 249 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:02,520 I've been ordered. So in that case, if I need to go, like, there's a couple that eight and a half 250 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:09,400 that are in my eight and a half group that I need to say first and then I'll be up to my top 10. 251 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:16,920 Okay, so, oh, sorry, I haven't I got your underbubbles, that's my fault. So, okay, what, what, what are 252 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:25,720 those that that come below 10 that you can see? For five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10. Okay, um, there 253 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:31,480 are three of them. One is the old oak, which you've already mentioned. One is the boy, the mole, 254 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:39,400 the fox and the horse, which is a, the Oscar winning short film, an animation, and told you, 255 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:44,440 since then, or 20 or 300 times to go and say it, Alex, but I'm not sure that you actually did. 256 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:51,000 I, I did know we were doing short films, but okay, fine. Keep going. That I saw and at one 257 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:57,080 on Oscar, so I think it's valid. Yeah. That's my decision. Yes. If you want to fight me in the 258 00:26:57,080 --> 00:27:02,120 back of the school yard later, that's fine. And better so on that in the back place. 259 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:08,520 Also, one eight and a half was close that you've just mentioned. I thought that was the, the boys in 260 00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:13,640 that were, I mean, they were the nacketing. They were just, they, they, they stunning natural 261 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:19,480 performances by those two boys. I love that film. Yes. So, so we're we now down to number 10. 262 00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:27,960 We got, yes, I'm down to 10 now. Okay. So what is your 10th best film of 20 to 3? 263 00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:35,080 That's all right. I wanted to do it. Please increase the cues. You can say tar as well. Now, 264 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:41,880 okay. So, so amongst the rest of us, did any, did any of the others have tar in there? tar was my 265 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:48,440 second best movie of the year. Kate Blanchett just blew me away. Jackie, it wasn't she extraordinary 266 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:55,080 in terms of watching, not being out. Yeah. Just fascinating escalation of a really 267 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:58,440 unlikable and increasingly more and more unlikable character. 268 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:06,440 So fascinating. And the detail in all the orchestral work and that was mumbling, 269 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:10,520 I thought my story came pretty close to it. I've only got half a point between them. 270 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:18,440 Well, it's, yeah, well, okay. So, so you've got tar at number, sorry, what number is tar gone blank now? 271 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:23,640 Is that 10? Okay. So what about you Peter and Greg? Did you have tar on your top 10 or not? 272 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:29,960 tar was on my list for last year. Okay. Yeah, we had a discussion about that. It was only release, 273 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:34,360 general release this year. That's the reason we put it on. Greg, what about you? No, it would have 274 00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:40,280 been one of my underbubblers. Okay, fair enough. So, Jackie, you gave it, was that an 8.5 or a 9 275 00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:47,400 for tar? So, I, yep, I know. And I had it at 9 out of 10. And that's, and I ordered my nines. And 276 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:53,320 this was the top nine. And therefore, got number two position. Okay. Great king. What was your number 10 277 00:28:53,320 --> 00:29:00,120 film, please? I've got a tie between two guilty pleasures with this one. Yes. So on with chapter four, 278 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:05,160 which is something that has a little pleasure, violence film, quite body count, a couple of the best 279 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:11,560 action sequences seen in recent memory with that fight outside the, um, Tom Sillis, I have 280 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:17,400 side the, um, after two months there and that fight on the stairs. And I'll head that finish 281 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:23,640 to World War Two film, just through there. Ultra bloody. I was so, so much, so much, so great. Yeah, 282 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:28,920 good on you. Global to drama. Um, has your case of Tarantino and Sergio Leone, stylish, 283 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:34,920 yet bloody, but proved this stylishly and surprisingly entertaining. So that was those were my number 10. 284 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:42,040 And Peter, uh, my number 10 film was the best Australian film this year. And that was Shader, 285 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:48,840 even though it has missed out on being shortlisted at the Oscars for, for next year. It never, 286 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:56,280 the less is such a powerful little film about a woman who's trying to avoid being abused and 287 00:29:56,280 --> 00:30:02,840 looking after her daughter and is just a beautifully made film. Mm hmm. Okay, in my number 10 film is 288 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:06,840 one that's been mentioned as well. I think by Jackie, the French committee crime drama, 289 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:12,360 The Crime is Mine. I gave that an eight and a half out of 10, an hour, 42 minutes, sumptuous, 290 00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:19,400 scrumptious delight. And look, it really got to me from the get go was sort of in Paris in 1935. And 291 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:24,440 really loved everything about the movie Brighton Breezy, charmingly preposterous and beautifully 292 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:30,440 scripted and pieced together, twists of plenty and exaggerated affectations adopted by the actors 293 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:36,360 suited the work perfectly. So that was my number 10. Jackie, what is your number nine film of the year? 294 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:42,680 Number nine, sick of myself. So different. Well, region black comedy. Do you remember that? It was 295 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:47,720 not like long ago. It was what October or something. And that's the guy, that's the person wrapped in 296 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:56,600 in tailing or something. It's a very self-centered young woman who's attention-seeking addicted to 297 00:30:56,600 --> 00:31:02,680 social media and her partner is emerging as a young artist and getting a bit of attention. 298 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:12,440 And this her attempts to put some attention on herself becomes very self-destructive. 299 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:20,520 hilarious at the same time. And if anybody else, Greg or Peter, if you've got any of these movies 300 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:26,520 mentioned in your top 10, please speak up because then we will sort of quickly skip over it when 301 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:32,760 you get to yours. Did any of you have the Jackie's number nine in your top 10 list, Peter? No. 302 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:37,640 And Greg? No. Okay. Did you both love it? I mean, I love it. 303 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,680 Yeah. 304 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:50,520 Okay. So Greg, what's your number nine? Again, I'm going to a couple of ties there. How many of your top 10 305 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:57,400 Greg? Yeah. There's about 12. Right. Okay. Well, but I said it's a top 12. Okay. 306 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:04,600 And now I had of an age, the opening night at Melbourne Film Festival from 2022. But this 307 00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:09,000 was a haunting insightful gay scene coming of age film beautifully shot in Melbourne, I thought as 308 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:13,800 well, and I thought the performances were all excellent. And trying with that was a film called 309 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:19,320 the Eight Mountains, um, Bittersweet. Yes. That's out there now. That's out there right now. So people 310 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,360 can still go and see it if they want to. Bittersweet beautifully shot, 311 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:27,320 linguically paste drama, exploring the friendship between Jim Min over the course of four decades. 312 00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:31,880 And it based some evocative and beautiful cinematography of the landscape, too. And I thought 313 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:36,280 it's two and a half hours long. And I thought, literally, paste, I'm going to fall asleep in this and 314 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:41,880 I do. So, rightly, I kept me engaged your whole way through Peter number eight. 315 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:50,280 Number nine. Number nine, sorry. Yes. All those in count here. I like films that are challenging. 316 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:58,360 And I thought Ari Astor's film, Bo is afraid was out there, very challenging, very clever, but I 317 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:03,400 really enjoyed it. And Wukin Phoenix really suited the role. Indeed. He did. 318 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:10,520 If there was a movie bait for Wukin Phoenix, that was it. But yes, there's some remarkable scenes in 319 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:17,080 that movie. Extraordinary. Very good. I've got that higher up on my list, too, Bo is afraid. 320 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:20,840 Ah, good. Thank you, Jackie. No, that's good. What number on your list? 321 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:25,480 I've got it at seven. And what I, one thing I particularly liked about it was, 322 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:30,840 I was one thing that reminded me more of it. Just recently, I and it's, I think it's being 323 00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:39,160 released January one is Dream Sequence, an Nicholas cage film. Yes. And I just saw, you know, similarities 324 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:46,200 between the two of those and enjoyed them similarly. But it's, Bo is afraid was number seven for me. 325 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:51,960 Fantastic. And my number nine was Maestro, which I think you mentioned, Jackie, as well. The 326 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:57,640 sort of American conductor composer, penis teacher, author, lead at Bernstein and his wife, 327 00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:03,320 the relationship between the two of them played, played remarkably by Bradley Cooper, who's becoming 328 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:08,760 not only a great actor, but a really great director as well. And Kerry Mulligan plays his wife. That 329 00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:14,280 was my number nine. And you mentioned, you're thinking, yeah, Dream Scenario does release 330 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:18,200 on the first of January. So we are now down to number eight, Jackie. What's your number eight 331 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:25,080 film players? Ah, my number eight is Barbie. Ah, okay. I was, I know, I'm finally, I'm finally 332 00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:30,680 an all pink. Yeah. I know, Petty, you mentioned it as well. I was disappointed. I wanted more out of 333 00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:37,400 Barbie, to be honest, but I'm pleased you liked it, Jackie. And I was, I'm not going to go, oh, 334 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:44,280 she's like, you know, number one, banter in it and the fun and the characters and a lot of political 335 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:50,200 and social commentary as well too. And, you know, and, and commentary on masculinity as well as, 336 00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:56,120 you know, feminism and feminist, and just like had a big bundle of everything in it. 337 00:34:56,120 --> 00:35:01,480 Oh, Margot Robbie was outstanding. No, no question about that. I just, I was a bit traumatized by 338 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:07,400 the beginning when the dolls were all battered. But there we go. No, I, I just, I, I thought, I thought 339 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:13,240 it could have had a little bit more. The set design and the costuming also, I mean, just had a 340 00:35:13,240 --> 00:35:19,560 real look about it. Hmm, fair enough. Greg. I, I mean, he's a Australian document, music 341 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:25,080 documentaries, finding the voice to timely and engaging documentary about John Farnham, about his 342 00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:29,160 career and the recording of his comeback album, "Whisney Jack" there. I thought it had lots of 343 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:34,440 interesting interviews and archival footage. And the same about ego, the Michael Bidinski story, 344 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:39,000 the documentary about Michael Bidinski, the founder of Mushroom Records, an important figure 345 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:43,800 in Australian music industry for 50 years. Full of interviews, lots of archival footage and 346 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:48,200 planning and music. And I thought it was a must for music fans and especially Australian music fans. 347 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:54,920 Hmm, and Peter, your number eight. Number eight was Godland, the Icelandic Danish 348 00:35:54,920 --> 00:36:01,960 co-production about the priest in the 19th century who wanted to build a church in a remote area 349 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:08,840 of Iceland. And it just had so much to say about culture, religion, politics and society. Yeah, 350 00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:16,520 the, the ending really, whoo, really sort of ignited, did it not after a very, it's, it's got a certain 351 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:24,120 pace to it, but yeah, it's quite in-sendery. So my number eight is Salt Boone and that's been referenced 352 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:31,560 as well with comedy drama thriller, 2011 Minutes. What a bombshell of a film. The rules of engagement 353 00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:37,640 are constantly shifting, slow-boone, but when the ax falls, it's anything but blunt and along the way 354 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:44,040 there is some seriously outrageous moments. And the writer director Emerald Fennel who went whack with 355 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:50,200 promising young woman set out to make a film about love and the kind of sort of locust, scorch-doodle, 356 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:54,840 cannibal love that you feel at a certain age. And this is sort of a modern Gothic romance, 357 00:36:54,840 --> 00:37:03,320 class, power and sex collide. So, Barry Kean is he, is he not the one of the actors of the moment? 358 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:08,760 Is this picture of restraint and conviction? One of the roles of his career, kind of like an 359 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:13,720 animal watching and waiting for the right time to strike, really like Rosamund Pike as well. 360 00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:21,000 At a wow, but time is an elegant, judgmental mother and Richard E Grant, her aloof husband in this 361 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:26,600 one, some break out joyous moments. Prepare for a wild and wacky ride, Salt Boone, which was an 362 00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:34,680 eight-nive out of ten for me. We are up to number seven Jacqueline. Yes, we are. My four mentioned 363 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:41,400 by was afraid is that's a number seven for me. Very good indeed. Gregory, Salt Boone for me, 364 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:47,400 and that picture from Emile Fennel, Dark Comedy Swiller, sort of like a geobort variation of the 365 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:52,120 challenge that Mr Ripley makes prior to your revisited. And as you pointed out, Barry Kean was really 366 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:58,520 great in it. Yeah, it wasn't it? Peter. So, the main number seven was St O'Mayah, a knockout of 367 00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:05,400 the film about Spain's testing. Yeah, actually I regret having not put it in there. I believe that I 368 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,600 also gave that a night and a half out of ten. So, I'm going to have to read, I thought that was a 369 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:14,440 wonderful film. Peter, yeah, good guess. Yes, woman who is killed a daughter and is on trial and a 370 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:19,960 journalist who mirrors her own life through the court experience. Really fantastic film. Yeah, 371 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:27,240 and I know, Greg, you just didn't work for you, huh? That's right. Yep. Fair enough. Okay, so my number 372 00:38:27,240 --> 00:38:31,960 seven is Spider-Man Across the Spider-Burst, which was an underbubble for you, Greg. Yeah, 373 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:38,440 the animation action adventure, two hours and twenty minutes, a mesmerizing graphics non-stop 374 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:44,440 of an helter-scelter action. They're the hallmarks. It's a sort of no shortage of dark edges here. 375 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:49,880 It's a sort of multi-layered, it's real ride. And it sort of picks up after the events of Spider-Man 376 00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:54,760 into the Spider-Burst. This one across the Spider-Burst, centering around a 15-year-old, 377 00:38:54,760 --> 00:39:01,080 called Miles Morales, grounded by his folks. They actually don't know his Spider-Man, and he's reunited 378 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:06,840 with Spider-Woman from another dimension, Gwen Stacy, and not realizing that Spider-Woman is his 379 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:13,480 daughter. A policeman is relentlessly pursuing the masked warrior who's accused of murder, 380 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:17,880 and Miles travels across the multi-burst. And he comes face to face with a gavill gate 381 00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:24,120 of Spider-People. And I tell you what, you've got to concentrate because there are so many threads, 382 00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:29,080 and you don't want to be overwhelmed or lost. But I really enjoyed the family dynamics of Spider-Man 383 00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:37,400 across the Spider-Burst. Number six on J.E. 88 FM, the top six movies of 2023, Jackie Amadon. 384 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:44,680 Number six for me is Broca, a South Grand Phil by Japanese director who did shoplifters in, 385 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:50,440 I think it was about 2018 or something, which I absolutely loved as well. This is about a real dodgy 386 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:57,800 couple of guys on the illegal baby trade business, but deep down it becomes a story of 387 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:06,840 creation of family, not through blood, but by wanting to hang together, and by meaning something 388 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:14,120 to each other and backing each other up. And quirky characters, I thought it was quite, it was actually 389 00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:20,360 very humorous and beautifully together, Broca. I gave it 9 out of 10, Broca. 390 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:26,360 Wow, okay, terrific, Greg. My number six film is Paul Things, the latest film from 391 00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:32,360 Yorgis, Lanthamus. I said, "That one piece comedy, finally extraordinaire lives in journey of self-discovery, 392 00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:36,600 and sexual liberation of an unconventional hero in there." And this is probably the director's 393 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:41,800 most accessible and entertaining film to date. Today, I thought Emma Stone was fantastic, 394 00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:46,440 you know, a complicated and complex role there. Mark Ruffler, I thought we're having a lot of fun 395 00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:52,120 in his role as a Lucian Roya. And I thought William Gafo was also sympathetic in his role as a 396 00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:57,640 mad scientist, father fidget type. Apparently he made up sessions for four hours to create that 397 00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:02,920 just fidget phase there. And I thought it was gorgeously shot by Robbie Ryan who gave an 398 00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:09,240 artificial visual quality there. Paul Things, just a film not easily forgotten once you've seen it. 399 00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:16,040 I totally agree, Greg. It was my number four film of the year, and it just blows your mind when you see 400 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:21,000 it, the creativity involved, and I know it's not an original work, it's sort of that, I think it was 401 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:27,160 taken from a book, but it is just well worth seeing. I've recommended to my brother-in-law, and he 402 00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:33,400 thanked me profusely. So, it did only open on Boxing Day. So folks, you've got plenty of opportunities to 403 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:39,320 see it. Peter, it was Paul Things in your time. If you don't want to see it, take my advice and don't 404 00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:46,760 bother. Oh, my golly. Now, if ever- I thought it wasn't very wrong. Yeah, I think Paul, 405 00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:54,920 through it so much, and Emma Stone is amazing, but not disfilled. If ever Jackie has been wrong, 406 00:41:54,920 --> 00:42:02,040 she's never been more wrong than now. I was pretty aptly ignore anything that comes out of 407 00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:07,560 a mouth from here on in based on what not liking four things. Peter, did you like it? Paul Things was 408 00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:12,120 my third best film of the year. I was just so impressed. I love challenging out their films, 409 00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:20,520 and this one is definitely one. But going back to number six, I am a really great fan of 410 00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:26,520 Wes Anderson because I love the way he challenges audiences. His scripts are very cleverly written 411 00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:32,200 in so far as they don't easily make sense, but you have to put various threads together. And his 412 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:38,920 satire of the fifties in Asteroid City impressed me, and so it was my number six film. 413 00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:44,600 So, Jackie, is there anything apart from Emma Stone? Is there anything would you can say about four things? 414 00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:56,600 Hey, Sirsch, but I didn't enjoy it at all, not at all. I found it disturbing and- 415 00:42:56,600 --> 00:43:01,560 Freak and Stein, that's, I mean, it's a fragment story. Yeah, Jackie, that's, it's a- 416 00:43:01,560 --> 00:43:06,120 I have a different one story. Yeah, I'm just telling you where you can't argue with me. That's my view. 417 00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:10,520 No, your views, you're in touch with your view even though it's wrong, it's good. 418 00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:15,400 I was fabulous, actually. I thought his role was brilliant. Sorry, 419 00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:25,960 Willem DeFar? Yeah, yeah, he was terrific. Okay, my number six, did you say after Sun was in your 420 00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:32,840 shockers or something? Jackie as well? Yes, it's just reinforces everything I know about you. 421 00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:40,200 And my number six best film, Eight and a half out of ten, sensitive, heartfelt, naturalistic film 422 00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:45,560 by DeBouh writer and director called Charlotte Wells Beautifully Reflected Peace concerning an 11-year-old 423 00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:51,160 girl. And the last holiday she took with her father about 20 years earlier, it was really beautiful. 424 00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:56,360 Much of it's left unsaid up to us the audience to interpret, not clear until late in the 425 00:43:56,360 --> 00:44:02,440 piece of the time frame between the events captured and when the young girl is in the present day, 426 00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:08,600 but having said that, I thought that device used by Charlotte Wells worked really perfectly. And I 427 00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:14,680 call it a film for selective taste, but it's a genuine piece of movie magic. There we go. Number five, 428 00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:22,520 Jackie. Number five, The Blue Caff-Tan set in Morocco, a nine out of ten from me. I thought it was 429 00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:28,280 absolutely beautiful. A husband-wife relationship, this beautiful intricate work dress making, 430 00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:34,760 embroidery, by craftsman, this traditional thing, traditional, but there's a secret in the marriage. 431 00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:44,520 A young apprentice is brought into the business, the wife is unwell, there's a different spark 432 00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:54,040 starts up. And it's a very, very tender film that leaves you with a lot to think about at the end. 433 00:44:54,040 --> 00:45:00,440 I thought it was beautiful, The Blue Caff-Tan breaking vibes. Well, I agree with Jackie. I had that in my 434 00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:06,760 underbubble, say this, under bubbling sex, tension there is really good too. My number five film is 435 00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:11,320 Open Himer, the epic biopic about Robert Open Himer and the father of the Tommy Bond, 436 00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:15,880 come from Christopher Nolan, Silly Murphy, I thought, inhabit the carus of beautifully, 437 00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:20,360 but I thought Robert Janik Jr was the one who left the biggest impression of this performance there. 438 00:45:21,240 --> 00:45:25,880 And just a nicely crafted film. Peter, was that in your top ten? 439 00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:34,760 Yes, it was. I think it was number four, but we'll come back to that. Number five for me was my 440 00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:41,240 show. Yes, it was a really well-made look at Lynard Bernstein and especially the marriage in 441 00:45:41,240 --> 00:45:46,760 particular, the focus on the relationship there. And I really liked it. Great, was my story in your 442 00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:53,160 top ten? Yes, yes. So it was. Is that the come? Is that actually my number three film? Yeah, good. 443 00:45:53,160 --> 00:45:57,000 Okay, yeah, and that's why I think good. So in other words, it was it, I mean, Jackie was in your 444 00:45:57,000 --> 00:46:02,440 top ten as well, I think you mentioned. It's my, it's my honorable mention just under. So, yeah, so 445 00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:07,080 it's in my top ten. So three of us in the top ten and one is an honorable mention, so that, 446 00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:14,760 that's an nicely consistent film. My number five was Marcel Le Shell with shoes on. What a delightful, 447 00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:20,840 animated comedy drama. One and a half hours. Extraordinary original piece of work delightful, 448 00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:26,840 tale beautifully told. Marcel, voiced by Jenny Slate, there's one inch high shell that came from a 449 00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:32,520 large community of shells. And now only here in his grandmother, Connie, voiced by Isabella Rosalini 450 00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:38,200 remain. And, and into their Airbnb residents and live steps and amateur documentary film, they 451 00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:44,200 get a take off from there. Something very special. Stop-motion animation is state of the art, 452 00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:49,800 building it so seamlessly with live action and such natural dialogue. I thought, got a work of genius. 453 00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:56,440 I was left astounded at the sheer creativity and masterful execution of Marcel, the shell with 454 00:46:56,440 --> 00:47:07,320 shoes on. Number four, Jackie. Past lives. Korean film, you know, distance romance, 455 00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:17,000 re-recovered romance, if you like. A Korean girl who goes to Canada and then on to America and, 456 00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:25,000 you know, she gets married and, and is the re-makes contact again with someone who was a kind of a 457 00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:32,200 school, school romance, you know, when they were very young, primary school, I think. And, 458 00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:39,320 it's just, you know, the husband realises that she was a whole different person. He had never known, 459 00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:47,560 had a whole life before he'd met her. I just, I just, the opening scene, which is then revisited 460 00:47:47,560 --> 00:47:54,600 later in the film, to me, just, I'll never forget it, had a really magical quality. And, we've met in 461 00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:59,960 a past life and we leave a piece of ourselves with every past deep relationship. I thought it resonated 462 00:47:59,960 --> 00:48:06,840 beautifully. Great King. Number four. Again, it's a split about the last film show, which is a beautiful 463 00:48:06,840 --> 00:48:13,560 Indian film, an ode to the lost art of cinema rejection and an evocative celebration of cinema culture, 464 00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:18,280 as you're charming film from India, which was infused with the same love and passion, the cinema, 465 00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:23,320 and the strength of making power as the classic cinema parody. So, with a great little natural 466 00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:29,400 performance from the lead kid, and I also couldn't separate it from the old Oak that probably the last 467 00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:34,520 film from the movie Spectrum, Ken Loach, whose career was spent for, yep, six decades, 468 00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:39,160 although it was a humanistic drama about community, wrestling, jazz, and the applied, and belonging, 469 00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:45,560 and most of the cast is non-professional, but, like, short, through good performances from them, 470 00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:52,120 a nice, nice observed piece of film. You said to me you only had 12 films in your top 10, so far, 471 00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:57,320 I've got 14. Good on you. Okay. And where the... Yeah, I'm on Anway Sissan on message. 472 00:48:57,320 --> 00:49:02,840 Yeah, exactly. Clearly. Peter, what's your number four? Number four, definitely, Openheimer, 473 00:49:02,840 --> 00:49:08,440 really superbly made film. For me, the best part of the film was the last third of the film with 474 00:49:08,440 --> 00:49:16,600 the McCarthy Witch Hunt Trials and how Openheimer was vilified for the scientific breakthroughs that he 475 00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:22,920 did have with the atomic bomb, a really beautifully made film, highly impressed by it, so Openheimer's 476 00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:27,960 definitely number four for me. And we've mentioned poor things, which is my number four, so we are 477 00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:32,840 into the top three Jackie Amitant. What's your third best film of 2023 plays? 478 00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:38,360 And just following on from what Peter just said, I did want to interrupt, but Openheimer is my number three. 479 00:49:38,360 --> 00:49:44,200 I gave it a nine out of ten. I thought it was absolutely gripping and really a way of bringing 480 00:49:44,200 --> 00:49:49,960 together all those different threads of the story at different time periods and the cinematography 481 00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:55,880 was great attention to detail and just like the weaving of the timelines into the narrative and 482 00:49:55,880 --> 00:50:00,520 it was just totally gripping Openheimer. Great. Your number three. 483 00:50:00,520 --> 00:50:05,800 As I mentioned before, my show, setting film from Bradley Pugra is a director there, 484 00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:10,040 to buy a pic about Leonard Bernstein. I'm chasing more of an impression, you see it approaching 485 00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:15,080 the material and I thought Bradley Cooper is the director made some bold stylistic choices here, 486 00:50:15,080 --> 00:50:20,520 shooting some scenes in Blake and White, Boxy, Rage Academy, Rageo there. And I thought he's 487 00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:25,560 performance as Bernstein was also superb and he had the character and I thought Telly Mulligan was 488 00:50:25,560 --> 00:50:31,400 also great as his wife and she matches him all the way and there's a force to be ready in her own 489 00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:34,920 right and engaging job and biopic. Peter. 490 00:50:36,920 --> 00:50:40,920 Number three, Paul thing, definitely. Yeah, that's the third film. 491 00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:47,480 Yeah, very, very good. Okay, we're down to the last two and we're limited in time. So, what is your number three? 492 00:50:47,480 --> 00:50:52,440 I'm on number three. Sorry, I apologize quite rightly. The while, I thought, 493 00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:57,720 a film that excited me more than any other post lockdown because we of course had periods where 494 00:50:57,720 --> 00:51:02,840 we didn't see anything. And while the story is remarkable, it's the acting that had me championed 495 00:51:02,840 --> 00:51:08,200 the bit to recommend it. It also marked the return of Brendan Fraser. I was so excited by that 496 00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:14,440 film of rare quality worked its way to my psyche as only the finest offerings can gave it a nine out of 10 497 00:51:14,440 --> 00:51:20,760 set in a small rundown first floor apartment in Idaho and Brendan Fraser's characters is middle-aged 498 00:51:20,760 --> 00:51:25,720 online, you to English teacher who's morbidly obese, blood pressure off the charts, 499 00:51:25,720 --> 00:51:32,040 suffering from congestive heart failure. He can hardly move and he orders daily pizzas and lives alone 500 00:51:32,040 --> 00:51:37,480 in the apartment, never leaves relies upon daily visits from an earth friend. That is the while. 501 00:51:37,480 --> 00:51:43,640 Number two, Jackie. Well, the problem here is that unlike Greg, I've been very fair about this 502 00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:50,200 and just been marking even though they get the same score working by way the up to 10. And I've 503 00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:56,680 reached the point where I have two films on 9.5. They cannot separate them. They are poles apart. You 504 00:51:56,680 --> 00:52:02,440 will not believe that these two films are the favourable ones coming out of one person. Jackie, we've got 505 00:52:02,440 --> 00:52:09,320 two minutes left in the whole session. Go for it. What are they? Saltburn? Yes. And Marcel the show 506 00:52:09,320 --> 00:52:13,880 was shoes on. How is that two different films? Sadly both of which have been mentioned, 507 00:52:13,880 --> 00:52:20,200 terrific. Greg King. My seventh film was "Till the Powerful Drama, Exploring Racism and Prejudice 508 00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:25,480 and Abraighten Miss Codew Justice in Emeritus Deep South" based on his true story. I thought it was a 509 00:52:25,480 --> 00:52:32,600 powerful hell of outrage that actually made me angry. Good on you, and Peter. Number two was "Past Life" 510 00:52:32,600 --> 00:52:38,920 superb film, "Slighting Door's Storyline" excellent. Excellent film. And mine was tar, which we've 511 00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:45,080 mentioned at the outset. So we come to number one. Jackie has already mentioned her two, which is 512 00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:48,760 terrific. And Marcel the show was shoes on and what was the other one, Jackie? I'm sorry. 513 00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:56,920 And Saltburn, oh my god, they loved it. Yeah, it was a terrific film. Okay, Greg. What, number one? 514 00:52:56,920 --> 00:53:02,440 That was... Yes, number one. Which close, the beautiful film from Belgium about the friendship between 515 00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:07,480 the two young boys, their whose friendship was misinterpreted by school bullies and led to tragedy. 516 00:53:07,480 --> 00:53:12,040 I thought it featured fine natural performances from the two young ladies, which beautifully shot 517 00:53:12,040 --> 00:53:19,240 a gesture delight for little film. I was a delight for little film. And Peter Krauss, I'm curious. 518 00:53:19,240 --> 00:53:27,560 Go for it. My number one film is "Mountain Scorsese superb" evocation of the implications of 519 00:53:27,560 --> 00:53:34,120 indigenous involvement, et cetera. "Killers of the Flower Moon" just a superbly made film with 520 00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:38,200 so much in the storyline. There is so much in the storyline. It could have been longer and broken 521 00:53:38,200 --> 00:53:43,560 into two, with my opinion, all that. But I thought it was... The only thing I didn't like about it was the 522 00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:51,880 scale that was permanently affixed to Leonardo DiCaprio's face, Peter. Does that really matter? 523 00:53:51,880 --> 00:53:57,240 I think it does. It's such a significant part of the film. My number one film was already been 524 00:53:57,240 --> 00:54:03,000 mentioned "Opponimer". I thought it was incredible. I who usually criticise the running time of a movie. 525 00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:09,640 This was three hours. Absolutely. I was transfixed for the entirety of the movie. And like Greg, 526 00:54:09,640 --> 00:54:15,640 I thought that, well, there is Oscar's waiting for this movie. We're not just talking 527 00:54:15,640 --> 00:54:22,040 silly and murphy. He was absolutely brilliant, but Robert Downey Jr as well. It was very much a scene 528 00:54:22,040 --> 00:54:27,320 stealer. And it's a terrific film. I mean, what a great film maker Christopher Nolan is. 529 00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:32,840 Thank you very much indeed. Jackie Hamilton at Pleasure, Peter Krauss. Pleasure as well. 530 00:54:32,840 --> 00:54:38,600 Great King. Bring some sense and sensibility to our top and bottom. Ten. We'll do it all again 531 00:54:38,600 --> 00:54:45,480 next year hopefully. All things being equal and we'll be back next week on First Enfield and 532 00:54:45,480 --> 00:54:47,320 Entertainment.