1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:25,693 Speaker 1: from News Talks at B. 3 00:00:35,733 --> 00:00:39,813 Speaker 2: This is Umi Zuma. They've got new music out. This 4 00:00:39,853 --> 00:00:42,013 Speaker 2: song is called Cross My Heart and Hope to Die. 5 00:00:42,013 --> 00:00:44,693 Speaker 2: I like that baseline. But don't boom boom bad. Don't 6 00:00:44,693 --> 00:00:48,053 Speaker 2: boom boom boom right, oh, twenty three minutes to ten 7 00:00:48,173 --> 00:00:50,573 Speaker 2: on your Saturday morning, don't forget befourteen o'clock. We've got 8 00:00:50,573 --> 00:00:55,293 Speaker 2: that amazing sounding recipe a Temarillo custard cake. I feel 9 00:00:55,293 --> 00:00:57,333 Speaker 2: like any cake that has custard in it, like it 10 00:00:57,413 --> 00:00:59,773 Speaker 2: is just you know, you just you know what custard 11 00:00:59,893 --> 00:01:02,773 Speaker 2: is like a in a cake context. It just it 12 00:01:02,853 --> 00:01:04,093 Speaker 2: just means moist, doesn't it. 13 00:01:04,173 --> 00:01:06,213 Speaker 3: That's gonna be. 14 00:01:06,213 --> 00:01:07,893 Speaker 2: Care how many times you say that? But yeah, that 15 00:01:07,973 --> 00:01:09,773 Speaker 2: sounds amazing. So we're going to share that with you 16 00:01:09,853 --> 00:01:11,533 Speaker 2: very shortly. Right now, though, time to get your film 17 00:01:11,573 --> 00:01:14,133 Speaker 2: picks for this weekend. Francesca rud Can our movie reviewers 18 00:01:14,173 --> 00:01:19,173 Speaker 2: here this morning, Good morning, morning Jack. Two films to 19 00:01:19,213 --> 00:01:23,533 Speaker 2: work too. Let's start off with Fantastic four First Steps. 20 00:01:26,093 --> 00:01:30,733 Speaker 3: Wow, folks, we all know the story. Four brave astronauts 21 00:01:30,733 --> 00:01:35,933 Speaker 3: head up into space and come back forever changed. Please 22 00:01:35,973 --> 00:01:38,093 Speaker 3: welcome the Fantastic Four. 23 00:01:41,733 --> 00:01:45,013 Speaker 2: Right, oh, mister Fantastic Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and the 24 00:01:45,053 --> 00:01:49,453 Speaker 2: Thing faced their most daunting challenge yet. 25 00:01:49,133 --> 00:01:52,653 Speaker 4: That they do. So this is Fantastic Four the first steps, 26 00:01:52,773 --> 00:01:55,333 Speaker 4: and everyone is really loving this. And I don't know 27 00:01:55,373 --> 00:01:58,653 Speaker 4: what I'm missing. I thought a bit leaving this film. 28 00:01:59,133 --> 00:02:01,093 Speaker 4: I walked out and thinking, gosh, I think I might 29 00:02:01,133 --> 00:02:03,293 Speaker 4: have been a bit tough on Superman. I said Superman 30 00:02:03,453 --> 00:02:06,053 Speaker 4: was good, and I said it was really fun. But 31 00:02:06,173 --> 00:02:08,213 Speaker 4: it maybe in contrast if it has it from them 32 00:02:08,253 --> 00:02:10,213 Speaker 4: going now, it was better than I thought, and it 33 00:02:10,253 --> 00:02:12,933 Speaker 4: really was good fun. Look, this is a bit of 34 00:02:12,973 --> 00:02:16,373 Speaker 4: a restart to this franchise from Marvel that the Fantastic 35 00:02:16,373 --> 00:02:20,173 Speaker 4: Falls never really fired. They do a really good introduction, though, 36 00:02:20,293 --> 00:02:24,013 Speaker 4: to these you know, Marvel's first superhero team. You heard it. 37 00:02:24,053 --> 00:02:27,373 Speaker 4: They're really simply they sort of whipped through the background. 38 00:02:27,453 --> 00:02:28,893 Speaker 4: We had this group of people that went on a 39 00:02:28,933 --> 00:02:32,333 Speaker 4: space space mission. Something happened to them in space, and 40 00:02:32,373 --> 00:02:35,813 Speaker 4: they returned with altered DNA which gives them superpowers. They 41 00:02:35,893 --> 00:02:38,373 Speaker 4: now hold the world in check, who we all look 42 00:02:38,493 --> 00:02:41,893 Speaker 4: to to, you know, keep the world in order and things. 43 00:02:42,253 --> 00:02:46,013 Speaker 4: The art direction in this film was absolutely fantastic. They 44 00:02:46,053 --> 00:02:50,693 Speaker 4: go completely overboard trying to They absolutely nail this retro 45 00:02:51,053 --> 00:02:54,733 Speaker 4: sixties sci fi look, and I think that this gives 46 00:02:55,493 --> 00:02:59,013 Speaker 4: this particular film its own this particular franchise is its 47 00:02:59,053 --> 00:03:01,733 Speaker 4: own look, and it feels really fresh and it's very cool. 48 00:03:01,773 --> 00:03:04,333 Speaker 4: But another part of we thought it sort of overwhelmed 49 00:03:04,773 --> 00:03:07,453 Speaker 4: things a little bit. The car is really good. You've 50 00:03:07,493 --> 00:03:11,533 Speaker 4: got Pedro Pascal playing Red Richard's Vanessa Kirby as a storm. 51 00:03:11,573 --> 00:03:15,933 Speaker 4: They are a couple. They have wonderful chemistry. Joseph Quinn 52 00:03:16,013 --> 00:03:19,973 Speaker 4: is playing Johnny's storm, and so this group of people 53 00:03:19,973 --> 00:03:22,453 Speaker 4: come together really well. They're like a family, the four 54 00:03:22,493 --> 00:03:27,653 Speaker 4: of them. Evon loss back Rack, he also plays Ben Grimm. 55 00:03:27,773 --> 00:03:30,253 Speaker 4: You've got this group of four, they're like a family. 56 00:03:30,293 --> 00:03:31,813 Speaker 4: You've got the two parents and you've got these other 57 00:03:31,813 --> 00:03:33,453 Speaker 4: two adults who are kind of like the kids and 58 00:03:33,453 --> 00:03:36,013 Speaker 4: the family. So that the dynamics really good, but it 59 00:03:36,213 --> 00:03:38,613 Speaker 4: just kind of washed over me a little bit. In 60 00:03:38,613 --> 00:03:40,973 Speaker 4: this particular film, they're saving the Earth from a space 61 00:03:41,053 --> 00:03:45,933 Speaker 4: god and who looks like sort of some big sort 62 00:03:45,973 --> 00:03:52,333 Speaker 4: of Mongolian sort of warrior from many centuries ago. But 63 00:03:52,453 --> 00:03:54,493 Speaker 4: I didn't really kind of I didn't really kind of 64 00:03:54,533 --> 00:03:56,853 Speaker 4: relate to him. He just wants to eat and gobble up. 65 00:03:56,933 --> 00:04:00,173 Speaker 4: He was all powerful and has this never ending hunger 66 00:04:00,213 --> 00:04:02,933 Speaker 4: and he just wants to eat planets, and Earth is next, 67 00:04:02,933 --> 00:04:05,613 Speaker 4: and he says, he said, look, I won't eat Earth, 68 00:04:06,013 --> 00:04:08,213 Speaker 4: I won't destroy the end planet if you give me 69 00:04:08,333 --> 00:04:12,093 Speaker 4: your firstborn. And this is what he says to Read 70 00:04:12,333 --> 00:04:14,573 Speaker 4: and Sue, and they of course go, we don't really 71 00:04:14,613 --> 00:04:15,933 Speaker 4: want to give you our baby, and off we go 72 00:04:16,013 --> 00:04:19,533 Speaker 4: trying to find a solution. It's fun. It's it's fun 73 00:04:19,533 --> 00:04:22,493 Speaker 4: in the sense that it's very much a comic. Like 74 00:04:22,613 --> 00:04:24,933 Speaker 4: you don't try and make the maths work or the science. 75 00:04:25,653 --> 00:04:27,973 Speaker 4: It's very silly, you know, you've got a birth scene 76 00:04:28,053 --> 00:04:30,053 Speaker 4: and no gravity on a flight deck of a ship 77 00:04:30,173 --> 00:04:33,053 Speaker 4: or just cracked me out. But but for all that, 78 00:04:33,093 --> 00:04:35,973 Speaker 4: it's sort of comically and a bit ridiculous. There were 79 00:04:35,973 --> 00:04:38,093 Speaker 4: no laughs, Like, no one in the theater was laughing 80 00:04:38,093 --> 00:04:39,573 Speaker 4: at loud. I think there was one point where there 81 00:04:39,573 --> 00:04:40,653 Speaker 4: was a bit of a collective laugh. 82 00:04:40,813 --> 00:04:41,253 Speaker 3: Yeah. 83 00:04:41,293 --> 00:04:43,493 Speaker 4: So I just kind of went, you had all this, 84 00:04:43,653 --> 00:04:46,333 Speaker 4: you had everything is there, but there just wasn't some 85 00:04:46,453 --> 00:04:49,053 Speaker 4: humid there. I didn't kind of it didn't grab me. 86 00:04:49,133 --> 00:04:51,533 Speaker 4: I kind of walked out, going, ah, okay, here we 87 00:04:51,573 --> 00:04:53,933 Speaker 4: go again. But look, it's getting really good reviews, so 88 00:04:53,973 --> 00:04:55,333 Speaker 4: don't trust me, go along. 89 00:04:55,453 --> 00:05:00,093 Speaker 3: We always trust you. Are you kidding? Are you kidding? No? 90 00:05:00,173 --> 00:05:02,733 Speaker 3: That's good. Thanks. We appreciate your honesty. This is good. 91 00:05:02,773 --> 00:05:04,613 Speaker 3: This is this is why we why we value your 92 00:05:04,613 --> 00:05:05,093 Speaker 3: input here. 93 00:05:05,133 --> 00:05:08,973 Speaker 2: So that's fantastic for first steps at showing in cinemas 94 00:05:09,013 --> 00:05:12,413 Speaker 2: now also showing at the movies. Four Letters of Love. 95 00:05:13,773 --> 00:05:16,333 Speaker 4: When I was seventeen, God spoke to my father for 96 00:05:16,373 --> 00:05:20,653 Speaker 4: the first time. I'll go to the western Pune, presuming days. 97 00:05:22,213 --> 00:05:22,853 Speaker 2: In this world. 98 00:05:23,013 --> 00:05:27,213 Speaker 4: Isn't also paying this Charles necklace. You'll have to meet belief. 99 00:05:28,133 --> 00:05:29,053 Speaker 1: I'll stay as long. 100 00:05:28,933 --> 00:05:29,693 Speaker 3: As it takes. 101 00:05:31,653 --> 00:05:31,813 Speaker 4: Right. 102 00:05:31,893 --> 00:05:33,853 Speaker 2: I was some big names here. Ps Brosnan, you just 103 00:05:33,933 --> 00:05:35,253 Speaker 2: heard and Helen and Bottom Carter. 104 00:05:36,133 --> 00:05:38,573 Speaker 4: Yes, and I spoke to Helen and Bonomb Carter last 105 00:05:38,613 --> 00:05:39,853 Speaker 4: week on the show. You can go and have a 106 00:05:39,893 --> 00:05:42,653 Speaker 4: listen to that interview. She's absolutely delightful talking about this film. 107 00:05:42,973 --> 00:05:46,213 Speaker 4: Narl Williams, of course, is the famous and very loved 108 00:05:46,413 --> 00:05:49,053 Speaker 4: Irish author. He has written The Owner adapt his own 109 00:05:49,093 --> 00:05:51,533 Speaker 4: adaptation to this book. This was his debut book. I 110 00:05:51,573 --> 00:05:54,093 Speaker 4: think I know it's about twenty five years old, very 111 00:05:54,173 --> 00:05:55,893 Speaker 4: hard to adapt. A lot of people have tried to 112 00:05:55,933 --> 00:05:57,573 Speaker 4: adapt it over the years and haven't been able to. 113 00:05:57,693 --> 00:06:02,413 Speaker 4: So he wrote the screenplay and look, if you are cynical, 114 00:06:03,173 --> 00:06:06,573 Speaker 4: very practical, don't necessarily believe and love it for sight 115 00:06:06,653 --> 00:06:09,093 Speaker 4: and things like that. Don't go to this film because 116 00:06:09,173 --> 00:06:12,853 Speaker 4: it is It is wildly romantic jazz. It's filled with 117 00:06:13,293 --> 00:06:16,453 Speaker 4: gorgeous sort of irish sort of sensibilities. It's whimsical. It 118 00:06:16,573 --> 00:06:20,213 Speaker 4: does require a belief in signs and destiny and that 119 00:06:20,293 --> 00:06:24,173 Speaker 4: the universe works in mysterious ways. Lovely cast, as you 120 00:06:24,293 --> 00:06:27,133 Speaker 4: mentioned Gabriel Berners also in here, but a really strong 121 00:06:28,053 --> 00:06:32,013 Speaker 4: cast of younger talent as well, who hold their own. 122 00:06:33,013 --> 00:06:35,773 Speaker 4: It's you know, my mum said to me, I don't 123 00:06:35,773 --> 00:06:37,333 Speaker 4: think I can go to this film because I cried 124 00:06:37,333 --> 00:06:39,813 Speaker 4: all the way through reading the book. And actually I 125 00:06:40,133 --> 00:06:44,133 Speaker 4: found the film. As much as there's there's tragedy and 126 00:06:44,933 --> 00:06:49,413 Speaker 4: abandonment and of a child and all sorts of deep 127 00:06:49,493 --> 00:06:53,653 Speaker 4: difficult issues, I actually found the film quite loving and 128 00:06:53,813 --> 00:06:58,653 Speaker 4: warm and lovely moments of humor and quite you know, hopeful. 129 00:06:58,733 --> 00:07:00,293 Speaker 4: So if you're thinking like man, you're oh gosh, I 130 00:07:00,293 --> 00:07:02,893 Speaker 4: love that book, but it was terob grapsetic. Don't don't 131 00:07:02,973 --> 00:07:06,773 Speaker 4: think you know, don't let that put you off going. Yeah, 132 00:07:06,853 --> 00:07:09,653 Speaker 4: I just the Island of Widgets shot the West. The 133 00:07:09,733 --> 00:07:13,453 Speaker 4: West Islands of the Western Islands of Ireland are absolutely 134 00:07:13,493 --> 00:07:15,813 Speaker 4: stunning and sharing and we tend to think we've got 135 00:07:15,853 --> 00:07:18,293 Speaker 4: some pretty stunning locations. But they were a bit like 136 00:07:18,373 --> 00:07:20,893 Speaker 4: another character in a book. This is like the perfect 137 00:07:20,973 --> 00:07:21,973 Speaker 4: Sunday afternoon. 138 00:07:22,213 --> 00:07:24,293 Speaker 3: Yeah, that sounds as long as you're. 139 00:07:24,173 --> 00:07:27,333 Speaker 4: After something wild. They're romantic and at little. 140 00:07:27,133 --> 00:07:31,213 Speaker 3: Bit of therapy, maybe a little bit o not to syrapy, 141 00:07:31,653 --> 00:07:33,893 Speaker 3: just just not yea, you just cut it. 142 00:07:33,973 --> 00:07:35,813 Speaker 4: Yeah, you just got to believe in last don't be 143 00:07:35,893 --> 00:07:36,453 Speaker 4: too cynical. 144 00:07:36,613 --> 00:07:38,893 Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, yeah, don't be too it's not the first time. 145 00:07:39,533 --> 00:07:40,253 Speaker 4: Get out of here. 146 00:07:40,893 --> 00:07:43,013 Speaker 3: Yeah, okay, now this sounds good. All right, thank you. 147 00:07:43,173 --> 00:07:45,573 Speaker 2: So there are Four Letters of Love starring Helen A. 148 00:07:45,573 --> 00:07:47,573 Speaker 2: Bottom Carter and Pierce Brosna. And yes you can go 149 00:07:47,613 --> 00:07:49,693 Speaker 2: and hear that interview with Helen and Bottom Carta at 150 00:07:49,733 --> 00:07:52,813 Speaker 2: news Talks. He'd be dot co dot en z fantastic. 151 00:07:52,933 --> 00:07:55,853 Speaker 2: Four First Steps was Francesca's first film. 152 00:07:55,933 --> 00:07:56,133 Speaker 3: There. 153 00:07:56,213 --> 00:07:58,453 Speaker 2: Both of those are showing at the Movies at the Moment. 154 00:07:59,093 --> 00:08:02,173 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Team, listen live 155 00:08:02,293 --> 00:08:05,093 Speaker 1: to news talks he'd be from nine am Saturday, or 156 00:08:05,173 --> 00:08:07,053 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on Heart Radio.