Episode 225 – ZERO DARK THIRTY
Thoughts on the ZERO DARK THIRTY torture controversy, its efficacy as a film and Jett’s briefest of all reviews of BULLET TO THE HEAD. Running time: 27 minutes and 49 seconds – 25.6mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a TFT Member Follow TFT on Twitter / Follow TFT on Facebook
Episode 222 – DJANGO UNCHAINED
Here it is – Almost a full hour on what may be Quentin Tarantino’s best film: the magnificent DJANGO UNCHAINED. Running time: 56 minutes and 10 seconds – 54mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a TFT Member Follow TFT on Twitter / Follow TFT on Facebook
Episode 221 – Thoughts on 48fps / THE HOBBIT / HOLY MOTORS / KILLING THEM SOFTLY
Here it is – Thoughts on the new medium of 48 Frames Per Second, THE HOBBIT, HOLY MOTORS and KILLING THEM SOFTLY. Running time: 46 minutes and 36 seconds – 44.8mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a TFT Member Follow TFT on Twitter / Follow TFT on Facebook Get the iPhone App / Get the App for [...]
Episode 219 – LIFE OF PI Part 1
Here it is – The first part of our podcast review of LIFE OF PI. Running time: 21 minutes and 47 seconds – 21mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a TFT Member Follow TFT on Twitter / Follow TFT on Facebook Get the iPhone App / Get the App for Android
Episode 217 – SKYFALL
Here it is! Our action-packed SKYFALL episode – warning spoilers abound for Skyfall and other Bond films. Running time: 40 minutes and 48 seconds – 39.2mb You can also get our unavailable for 6 years(!) Casino Royale episode combined with our Quantum of Solace, License to Kill and A View to a Kill show for [...]
Episode 214 – CLOUD ATLAS / SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS / Lucasfilm and Disney
Running time: 49 minutes and 54 seconds – 49.4mb
Episode 209 – Rest in Peace Tony Scott
Some brief thoughts on the films of the late Tony Scott as well as an excerpt from Episode 151 in which UNSTOPPABLE is reviewed in some detail. Running time: 35 minutes and 50 seconds – 34.5mb
Episode 208 – TOTAL RECALL / Sight and Sound Poll 2012
We sit through TOTAL RECALL so you don’t have to Dear Listeners as well as proffer thoughts on the always worthwhile Sight and Sound poll. Running time: 49 minutes and 24 seconds – 45.4mb
Episode 207 – THE DARK KNIGHT RISES / MOONRISE KINGDOM
Thoughts on the operatic magnificent mess that is THE DARK KNIGHT RISES as well as the terrible events in Aurora Colorado. That and Wes Anderson’s lovely MOONRISE KINGDOM. Running time: 52 minutes and 52 seconds – 50.9mb
Episode 206 – THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN / TED / MAGIC MIKE
Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone teleport themselves in from a better movie in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. Also discussed, the ‘earthy’ TED and Matthew McConaughey’s wonderment MAGIC MIKE. Running time: 38 minutes and 30 seconds – 35.5mb
Episode 205 – BRAVE / TO ROME WITH LOVE
It’s back to classic disagreement time folks with Gareth and myself discussing Pixar’s kinda Pixarish BRAVE and Woody Allen’s masterful piece of lightness TO ROME WITH LOVE. Running time: 29 minutes and 40 seconds – 28.6mb
EPISODE 204 – PROMETHEUS
My, my it’s a surprising episode of TFT for several reasons. Listen as Gareth and I discuss that terribly magnificent and magnificently terrible new Ridley Scott sci-fi actioner PROMETHEUS. Running time: 28 minutes and 52 seconds – 27.8mb
Episode 203 – DARK SHADOWS / THE DICTATOR / MEN IN BLACK 3
All the unpleasantness is forgotten Dear Listener, we reunite to discuss DARK SHADOWS, THE DICTATOR and MEN IN BLACK 3. Also there’s a competition. Know the answer? Then email contact@thefilmtalk.com with the details and that Robert Downey Sr. Criterion box-set could be yours. Running time: 47 minutes and 27 seconds – 43.6mb Listen and Subscribe [...]
Episode 202 – THE AVENGERS / THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
Some slight disagreement and perhaps some slight insight into two of the films of the Summer: THE AVENGERS and THE CABIN IN THE WOODS. Running time: 38 minutes and 26 seconds – 35.3mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a TFT Member Follow TFT on Twitter / Follow TFT on Facebook Get the iPhone App / Get the [...]
Episode 200 – TITANIC / COMIC-CON EPISODE IV: A FAN’S HOPE
Here it is Dear Listner, Episode 200 in glorious MP3 form! A review of TITANIC plus a brief look at COMIC-CON EPISODE IV: A FAN’S HOPE. Running time: 44 minutes and 39 seconds – 41mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a TFT Member Follow TFT on Twitter / Follow TFT on Facebook Get the iPhone [...]
Episode 198 – THE HUNGER GAMES Revisited / A SEPARATION / THE RAID / MIRROR MIRROR
Hard to believe, but true, but Gareth and I talk about an actual Adult Drama in this week’s show: A SEPARATION. We also discuss briefly the astonishing THE RAID and the less astonishing MIRROR MIRROR. Plus a listener’s email gets a direct response in THE HUNGER GAMES Revisited. Running time: 31 minutes and 20 seconds [...]
Episode 197 – THE HUNGER GAMES / 21 JUMP STREET
My goodness there’s some disagreement over THE HUNGER GAMES Dear Listener and some agreement, kind of, regarding 21 JUMP STREET. Plus a frankly odd tangent of discussion into the filmography of Tony Scott. You’ve been warned. Running time: 44 minutes and 17 seconds – 40.7mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a TFT Member [...]
Episode 196 – JOHN CARTER / Peter Dean – LOVE LETTERS TO THE END / Katrina Diamond – ProductionHub
It’s an action packed show in more ways than one Dear Listener. Tune in as Gareth and I fawn over the new $250,000,000 Disney release JOHN CARTER, and discuss matters of slightly smaller budget with LOVE LETTERS TO THE END filmmaker Peter Dean and ProductionHub Head of Marketing Katrina Diamond. Running time: 54 minutes and [...]
Episode 193 – WAR HORSE / TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Oh my goodness, will we ever agree on anything again? Not from the sounds of this episode as Gareth and I discuss the Steven Spielberg family film WAR HORSE, and the all smoking all the time espionage pic TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY. Running time: 34 minutes and 48 seconds – 33.5mb Listen and Subscribe for Free [...]
Episode 192 – CHRONICLE / In Brief: THE DESCENDANTS / TINTIN / THE ARTIST
It’s a bite-sized, easy to digest, shorter, briefer and perhaps even more exciting version of TFT this week. Please do enjoy our reviews of CHRONICLE, THE DESCENDANTS, THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN and THE ARTIST. Running time: 27 minutes and 40 seconds – 26.6mb Listen and Subscribe for Free with iTunes / Become a TFT Member Follow [...]
EPISODE 190 – THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO / SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS / MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 4 – GHOST PROTOCOL
Gareth and myself take an in-depth look at three blockbusters, one of which is great, the other good and the third just rubbish. Yep, it’s reviews of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 4: GHOST PROTOCOL. Running time: 46 minutes and 24 seconds – 44.6mb Listen [...]
COLOMBIANA Can’t Stop
As CONAN THE BARBARIAN represents the nadir of chaos cinema with its unfocused camerawork evoking nothing but a lazy director, Olivier Megaton’s COLOMBIANA represents its potential, finding purpose in the rapid cutting and manic energy that defines the End of Cinema.
Episode 183 – RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES / WORLD ON A WIRE / THE KILLING
It’s almost too much action for one show Dear Listener: Gareth and I disagree more than a little bit on RISE OF THE PLAENT OF THE APES, cannot disagree for reasons that are obvious about Fassbinder’s WORLD ON A WIRE and explore a novel take on Stanley Kubrick’s THE KILLING.
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES: You say you want a revolution
I’ve never felt cognitive dissonance like reading my Twitter feed this week—but maybe that was all the cold medicine—seeing nonstop (and counterintuitive) raves for Rupert Wyatt’s blockbuster RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
