1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:29,973 Speaker 1: from News Talks at by. 3 00:00:26,853 --> 00:00:28,853 Speaker 2: Tweet to ten on New Silk beginning. Are wee bit 4 00:00:28,853 --> 00:00:33,333 Speaker 2: excited there? The reason why is Billy Eilish is about 5 00:00:33,373 --> 00:00:36,893 Speaker 2: to have her first major acting role. That was Billy Eilish. 6 00:00:36,933 --> 00:00:39,893 Speaker 2: Of course Birds of a Feather, So Sylvia Plaths. The 7 00:00:39,933 --> 00:00:43,573 Speaker 2: bel Jar is going to be the latest literary classic 8 00:00:43,613 --> 00:00:45,773 Speaker 2: to get the film treatment and Billie Eilish is going 9 00:00:45,813 --> 00:00:47,893 Speaker 2: to be in it, so that'll be very interesting. Speaking 10 00:00:47,933 --> 00:00:49,853 Speaker 2: of films, time to get your picks for this weekend. 11 00:00:49,933 --> 00:00:54,253 Speaker 2: Francesca Rudkin, our film reviewers here, good morning. We are 12 00:00:54,293 --> 00:00:57,453 Speaker 2: going to begin with War Machine, which is screening on 13 00:00:57,493 --> 00:01:00,373 Speaker 2: Netflix at the moment, partially shot in New Zealand. So 14 00:01:00,453 --> 00:01:05,373 Speaker 2: let's have a listen. Managers are the spare of the 15 00:01:05,493 --> 00:01:06,013 Speaker 2: United States. 16 00:01:06,013 --> 00:01:07,613 Speaker 1: Sorry, do you understand me? 17 00:01:09,133 --> 00:01:09,373 Speaker 3: Thanks? 18 00:01:09,853 --> 00:01:11,613 Speaker 1: Superman, thank the rest of us look bad. 19 00:01:11,853 --> 00:01:14,733 Speaker 3: You can expect your emotional, physical, and mental strength to 20 00:01:14,733 --> 00:01:15,693 Speaker 3: be pushed to the limit. 21 00:01:17,413 --> 00:01:20,293 Speaker 2: Ba bam bam. That's War Machine. So tell us about. 22 00:01:20,053 --> 00:01:21,453 Speaker 4: It, hourrah. 23 00:01:22,253 --> 00:01:28,893 Speaker 3: Yes, So this film is ridiculous. It is so silly, 24 00:01:29,773 --> 00:01:34,533 Speaker 3: It is totally unchallenging and perfect. Tonight if you would 25 00:01:34,613 --> 00:01:36,333 Speaker 3: like to just put your feet up on the couch 26 00:01:36,733 --> 00:01:38,493 Speaker 3: and forget about the world and whether you should fill 27 00:01:38,493 --> 00:01:40,413 Speaker 3: the car up or not and things like that. And 28 00:01:40,493 --> 00:01:43,693 Speaker 3: I actually enjoyed this film more than I should have. 29 00:01:44,613 --> 00:01:47,093 Speaker 2: Just listening to that, I wondered if Pete Higgsseeth might 30 00:01:47,133 --> 00:01:50,133 Speaker 2: be starring in it, And the reason. 31 00:01:49,853 --> 00:01:52,213 Speaker 4: Being is that it's an action film and they keep 32 00:01:52,213 --> 00:01:54,853 Speaker 4: the action going and it gets it on a roll, 33 00:01:55,013 --> 00:01:58,213 Speaker 4: and it's full on and as absurd as the sort 34 00:01:58,213 --> 00:02:01,093 Speaker 4: of the plot and the premise and things is, it's 35 00:02:01,333 --> 00:02:03,893 Speaker 4: just great escapist sort of entertainment. 36 00:02:03,933 --> 00:02:06,813 Speaker 3: And look, it's always lovely. I personally always love seeing 37 00:02:06,813 --> 00:02:08,533 Speaker 3: New Zealand on screen. And it's sort of started and 38 00:02:08,573 --> 00:02:11,093 Speaker 3: I was going, gosh, that Tussick looks through familiar in 39 00:02:11,373 --> 00:02:14,653 Speaker 3: those pine trees, and that's this little bit of a gurgle. 40 00:02:14,693 --> 00:02:16,933 Speaker 3: I went yes. And most of it it was partly 41 00:02:16,973 --> 00:02:19,333 Speaker 3: shot in New Zealand and in Australia, but in the 42 00:02:19,373 --> 00:02:21,413 Speaker 3: South Island kind of around Queen's Town area, so it 43 00:02:21,413 --> 00:02:25,573 Speaker 3: looks awesome as well. And I'm not Richson, who is 44 00:02:25,613 --> 00:02:28,573 Speaker 3: of course Jack Reacher. He is in this film. He 45 00:02:28,613 --> 00:02:31,133 Speaker 3: does a very good job of carrying this action flick 46 00:02:31,213 --> 00:02:34,613 Speaker 3: with the sort of the limited character development that he's given. 47 00:02:34,653 --> 00:02:37,653 Speaker 3: It also stars Dennis Quaid. Basically, we've got a group 48 00:02:37,653 --> 00:02:41,213 Speaker 3: of Rangers who are training to become us Amy Rangers. 49 00:02:41,213 --> 00:02:44,173 Speaker 3: They're in the final stage of their selection. They're sent 50 00:02:44,293 --> 00:02:47,893 Speaker 3: out on an exercise which ends up being a bit 51 00:02:47,893 --> 00:02:51,093 Speaker 3: of a fight for survival. I'm not going to tell 52 00:02:51,093 --> 00:02:54,813 Speaker 3: you anything more about it because I want everybody to 53 00:02:54,933 --> 00:02:57,293 Speaker 3: laugh as loudly as I did when I realized what 54 00:02:57,453 --> 00:03:01,253 Speaker 3: was going on. Yeah, so it's a mix of Predator 55 00:03:01,493 --> 00:03:07,653 Speaker 3: meets Transformer. It's just big, dumb fun not doing anything tonight, 56 00:03:08,053 --> 00:03:11,293 Speaker 3: love an action flick, looking for some distraction. Here you go. 57 00:03:11,533 --> 00:03:13,973 Speaker 2: Very good. Okay, cool, So that's warm. See that's on 58 00:03:14,013 --> 00:03:17,413 Speaker 2: Netflix right now. Your next film is showing in cinemas, 59 00:03:17,493 --> 00:03:25,293 Speaker 2: so let's have a listen. This is reminders of him. 60 00:03:25,493 --> 00:03:34,333 Speaker 2: There is before you, there was during you. 61 00:03:41,253 --> 00:03:42,853 Speaker 3: I never thought there would be an after you. 62 00:03:43,573 --> 00:03:46,133 Speaker 2: Okay, that's reminders of him. 63 00:03:46,533 --> 00:03:51,133 Speaker 3: So this is another Colleen Hoover novel adaptation following on 64 00:03:51,253 --> 00:03:53,773 Speaker 3: from It Ends with Us was probably the last film 65 00:03:53,813 --> 00:03:57,293 Speaker 3: that people remember. Colin Hoover was executive producer on that show, 66 00:03:57,333 --> 00:04:00,333 Speaker 3: but that film sort of ended actually with more controversy, 67 00:04:01,013 --> 00:04:03,373 Speaker 3: and so she's kind of stepping up now, and she's 68 00:04:03,453 --> 00:04:06,213 Speaker 3: kind of taking control of writing screenplays and producing her 69 00:04:07,173 --> 00:04:10,533 Speaker 3: these films so that they are more faithful to the 70 00:04:10,573 --> 00:04:13,813 Speaker 3: novels that she's written. I'm not a I don't read 71 00:04:13,973 --> 00:04:15,933 Speaker 3: Collin Whope. I haven't picked up any of her books. 72 00:04:16,373 --> 00:04:19,733 Speaker 3: But she has a massive, ready made fan base. It's 73 00:04:19,773 --> 00:04:21,733 Speaker 3: clear to see why Hollywood would be interested in two 74 00:04:21,773 --> 00:04:23,853 Speaker 3: of these films into adaptations, and the fact that she 75 00:04:23,933 --> 00:04:26,573 Speaker 3: has so much control would imply to me that if 76 00:04:26,573 --> 00:04:28,133 Speaker 3: you are a fan, you're probably going to be really 77 00:04:28,173 --> 00:04:30,853 Speaker 3: happy with what you see on screen here. It's very 78 00:04:30,893 --> 00:04:33,813 Speaker 3: well made, it's a very handsome production. It's well cast, 79 00:04:33,933 --> 00:04:37,973 Speaker 3: got a good cast, Michael Munroe, Tyreeq Withers, Lauren Graham, 80 00:04:38,093 --> 00:04:42,653 Speaker 3: Bradley wit would. It's a movie about loss and grief 81 00:04:42,773 --> 00:04:47,933 Speaker 3: and forgiveness and second chances. Probably fifteen minutes in, Jack, 82 00:04:48,093 --> 00:04:51,453 Speaker 3: I could tell you exactly how this film was going 83 00:04:51,453 --> 00:04:55,613 Speaker 3: to unfold and everything that was going to happen, and boom. 84 00:04:55,693 --> 00:04:59,613 Speaker 3: I was absolutely right. So it didn't for me. It 85 00:04:59,613 --> 00:05:02,053 Speaker 3: didn't need to be almost two hours long. I didn't 86 00:05:02,053 --> 00:05:03,933 Speaker 3: feel like there was enough substance in here. It was 87 00:05:04,053 --> 00:05:07,853 Speaker 3: very drawn out with flashbacks and narrations, and actually the 88 00:05:07,973 --> 00:05:10,293 Speaker 3: cast did a really good job. We didn't need to 89 00:05:10,333 --> 00:05:14,253 Speaker 3: be sort of doubly explained what was going on. Uh look, 90 00:05:15,093 --> 00:05:20,173 Speaker 3: uh yeah, is this a story of the character who 91 00:05:21,413 --> 00:05:23,813 Speaker 3: is involved in an accident. She has a car accident, 92 00:05:24,093 --> 00:05:29,053 Speaker 3: her boyfriend dies, she was influenced by drugs, She goes 93 00:05:29,093 --> 00:05:30,893 Speaker 3: to prison, she comes out of prison, she's done a 94 00:05:30,893 --> 00:05:32,933 Speaker 3: lot of self reflection, and she's coming back to the 95 00:05:32,973 --> 00:05:35,373 Speaker 3: small town to try to get to know a baby 96 00:05:35,453 --> 00:05:37,693 Speaker 3: girl that she had while she was in prison, which 97 00:05:37,693 --> 00:05:41,213 Speaker 3: has currently been looked after by her boyfriend's parents. So 98 00:05:41,293 --> 00:05:44,173 Speaker 3: it's it's all about kind of reconnect and forgiveness and 99 00:05:44,613 --> 00:05:47,453 Speaker 3: redemption and things like that. As I say, you know, 100 00:05:49,933 --> 00:05:54,173 Speaker 3: well acted really nicely, but terribly predictable and tribed and 101 00:05:54,253 --> 00:05:59,293 Speaker 3: drawn out. Although Helen Karen Karrie Willdham's producer, was very 102 00:05:59,373 --> 00:06:03,293 Speaker 3: upset that I found it bladed. What about the music Francisca, 103 00:06:03,413 --> 00:06:05,133 Speaker 3: So just for Helen, I would also is a very 104 00:06:05,133 --> 00:06:08,693 Speaker 3: good soundtrack country. 105 00:06:07,493 --> 00:06:10,493 Speaker 2: Well as I mean Helen, as you know, produced Saturday 106 00:06:10,493 --> 00:06:14,133 Speaker 2: Mornings for many, many years and so I could, yeah 107 00:06:14,173 --> 00:06:16,693 Speaker 2: predict that if she likes the soundtrack. There's going to 108 00:06:16,693 --> 00:06:18,093 Speaker 2: be just a little bit of country in the edits 109 00:06:18,133 --> 00:06:21,973 Speaker 2: over least, thanks Francesca. So those films are reminders of him. 110 00:06:22,133 --> 00:06:24,933 Speaker 2: That's the predictable one showing in cinemas, and War Machine 111 00:06:25,013 --> 00:06:27,893 Speaker 2: is the hoorah one that's on Netflix at the moment. 112 00:06:28,013 --> 00:06:30,173 Speaker 2: Make sure both of those films the details for them 113 00:06:30,293 --> 00:06:33,133 Speaker 2: are up on the News Talks he'db website. 114 00:06:32,933 --> 00:06:36,053 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame. Listen live 115 00:06:36,093 --> 00:06:38,933 Speaker 1: to news Talks he'd be from nine am Saturday, or 116 00:06:39,013 --> 00:06:40,853 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.