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Speaker 1: Now it's time we move on and we're talking movies

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Speaker 1: with our friend Stephen Aspling that we more affectionately know

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Speaker 1: simply as Spring. The three that we're checking out is,

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Speaker 1: of course, the new Peaky Blinders film, The Immortal Man.

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Speaker 1: I'll give you a quick synopsis. Amid the chaos of

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Speaker 1: World War Two, Tommy Shelby returns from a self imposed

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Speaker 1: exile to face his most destructive reckoning yet. With the

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Speaker 1: future of his family and country at stake, Shelby must

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Speaker 1: face his demons and choose whether to confront his legacy

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Speaker 1: or burn it to the ground. Now, I really struggled

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Speaker 1: to get through the Peaky Blinders series because it is

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Speaker 1: incredibly violent. Spling, did you enjoy this one? Good morning,

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Speaker 1: Good morning Berry. I really enjoyed it.

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Speaker 2: It's quite an interesting one because it is something that

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Speaker 2: I didn't really catch onto as a series. I saw

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Speaker 2: a little bit of it, but I didn't really find

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Speaker 2: the time to really lean into it. So for me,

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Speaker 2: this has been a standalone film and I enjoyed it.

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Speaker 2: I thought it was really cool.

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Speaker 1: I also didn't catch onto the series. I tried to

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Speaker 1: watch it, but I found it and I actually happen

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Speaker 1: to love a good horror movie, like I love suspense,

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Speaker 1: but where Peaky Blinders is quite violent in gory and

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Speaker 1: so for those listening, so not family friendly. Might we add,

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Speaker 1: but it was incredibly well made, and of course Killian

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Speaker 1: Murphy is Killian Murphy, and I just love him.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, coming off Oppenheimer and really just sort

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Speaker 2: of escalating in star quality. I mean, you can see

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Speaker 2: why he is in full command here, and he does

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Speaker 2: I thought all the actors actually did a great job.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they really really did. By the way, if we

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Speaker 1: haven't if we haven't done the introductions properly just yet.

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Speaker 1: Spling is a film critic, script editor, and a budding screenwriter.

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Speaker 1: He's been on Cape Talk before, and I asked him

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Speaker 1: Look and Peaky blind Is I think definitely takes the stage.

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Speaker 1: In terms of new releases that have been incredibly popular.

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Speaker 1: Was there any particular performance besides Killian Murphy's that stood

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Speaker 2: I'm such a big fan of Rebecca Ferguson, so maybe

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Speaker 2: I'm a little bit biased, but was amazing in Dune.

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Speaker 2: I thought she was amazing when she sort of broke

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Speaker 2: and I just yeah, I've been such a fan of

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Speaker 2: And yeah, I mean the guy that was in that

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Speaker 2: single shot series that blew up on Netflix as well.

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Speaker 2: I've forgotten the name of British crime drama there as

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Speaker 2: well in a small part. And then Tom Roth. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Now, I must agree with that. I must agree with that.

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Speaker 1: I struggled to get through the film, I must be honest,

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Speaker 1: and I enjoyed it, and I think it was The

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Speaker 1: production quality is incredible. It is directed incredibly well. But

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Speaker 1: it is so violent and you can say the same

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Speaker 1: really for the series and also true to when it

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Speaker 1: a violent time, it was a violent space. But it

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Speaker 1: does make the movie Ranther the difficult to watch it

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Speaker 1: depending on who you are. Out of ten Spring, if

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Speaker 1: you had to give it a score, a rating.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I kind of was hovering between a six and

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Speaker 2: a seven. I didn't I think the performances are really

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Speaker 2: kind of reminded me of The Crow in terms of

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Speaker 2: It's got a haunting, moody quality. For me. It was like,

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Speaker 2: could go either way, six point five. I actually gave

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Speaker 2: out of ten. It is a bit scattered as a story,

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Speaker 2: but it's just so effort less the cool and Killian

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Speaker 1: Killian Murphy is so effortlessly cool. I mean, look, I'm

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Speaker 1: actually screening on cake Neet for a while. Don't let's

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Speaker 1: for our listeners. It depicts an eight year old Bobo's

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Speaker 1: Rhodesian farm during the Bush War's final stages. It explores

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Speaker 1: a great cast. Rump from Fear and did such a

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Speaker 1: did everybody who was in this film. It's a twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty four drama and incredibly emotional, incredibly touching spring Do

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Speaker 2: and bitter sweet. And Alexi Fener doing such a great

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Speaker 2: everything together in this film. By mbitth Drovitz, who's actually

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Speaker 2: get bigger and better role. So, yeah, an evocative, heartbreaking

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Speaker 1: I'm so glad you say that because and like I

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Speaker 1: he really should be getting bigger, better roles.

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Speaker 2: He was in Death of a Whistleblower as well as

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Speaker 2: every time he checks in he shows again and again

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Speaker 2: why he's becoming such a solid, dependable actor and one

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Speaker 1: Yeah, now with this film being a my English is

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Speaker 1: Yeah, one PC and then we'll move on to the

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Speaker 1: third film that you were watching. And I must admit,

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Speaker 1: before you can tell us more about it. The synopsis

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Speaker 1: New York City bartender Hank Thompson suddenly finds himself caught

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Speaker 1: is on Netflix currently available. It's also got a pretty

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Speaker 1: cool cast spling what did you make of it?

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Speaker 2: So it's a Darren Aronofsky film, and this is the

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Speaker 2: director who brought us Black Swan and The Wrestler, and

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Speaker 2: he is also the director that brought us Pie, which

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Speaker 2: a Guy Richie film. There's a cast including Austin Butler,

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Speaker 2: and he is just staying again and again just how much

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Speaker 2: he's stepped into the role of leading man and a

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Speaker 2: great work. It's a brutal kind of thriller. So it's comedy,

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Speaker 2: it's also full on action thriller, which is a rare combination.

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Speaker 2: It's like a throwback to seventies noirs, modern frantic. You know,

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Speaker 2: fun moments, although it is for matier audiences, and out

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Speaker 2: and that means that I would recommend watching it. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: I've given you some idea of whether you might be

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Speaker 2: a good solid rating at seven. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate that from you, Spling. People can read up

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Speaker 1: on some of the reviews that you do at springmovies

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Speaker 2: That's still correct, right, Yes, that's it and most review

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Speaker 2: MyScript dot com and the weekend watch list is something

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Speaker 1: I really do appreciate that. Thanks for your time on

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Speaker 1: this public holiday, and I wish you all the best.

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Speaker 1: Will surely talk again. That's Stephen Aspling, more affectionately known

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Speaker 1: to us as Spring reviewing three for US today was

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Speaker 1: caught stealing Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight? And

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Speaker 1: Peaky Blind is the Immortal Man. I must admit Don't

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Speaker 1: Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight as the standout for

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Speaker 1: me among these three, and it's purely because it was

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Speaker 1: such a it's so dramatic and so intense, and maybe

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Speaker 1: that's just the sort of thing I like