1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,733 Speaker 1: from News Talks at b. 3 00:00:13,373 --> 00:00:17,693 Speaker 2: I might have been born again. The beady feel like 4 00:00:18,013 --> 00:00:22,213 Speaker 2: IDs on't have the answers. This be cine madness over 5 00:00:22,333 --> 00:00:24,293 Speaker 2: a heads Lady carry me. 6 00:00:31,613 --> 00:00:35,053 Speaker 3: That is Lord and Hammer. The new album is only 7 00:00:35,093 --> 00:00:37,133 Speaker 3: a week away. Virgin is of course the title of 8 00:00:37,133 --> 00:00:39,453 Speaker 3: the new album. Looking forward to listening to the whole thing, 9 00:00:39,613 --> 00:00:42,973 Speaker 3: but that song is called Hammer. It's her latest release. 10 00:00:43,373 --> 00:00:45,533 Speaker 3: Just yeah, a week or so out from the new EP. 11 00:00:46,653 --> 00:00:48,493 Speaker 3: Thank you for your feedback this morning heaps and heaps 12 00:00:48,493 --> 00:00:50,693 Speaker 3: the messages clear, Flick me your notes. So Jack, I 13 00:00:50,733 --> 00:00:53,093 Speaker 3: traveled back to the UK most years with our two boys, 14 00:00:53,133 --> 00:00:55,613 Speaker 3: who were born eighteen months apart. Usually had to travel 15 00:00:55,613 --> 00:00:57,693 Speaker 3: on my own, and I soon learned that they'd sleep 16 00:00:57,733 --> 00:01:00,333 Speaker 3: half the time, usually at the same time. So my 17 00:01:00,453 --> 00:01:02,693 Speaker 3: technique was that I booked seats in the very back 18 00:01:02,773 --> 00:01:04,973 Speaker 3: row of the plane, right down there by the toilets, 19 00:01:05,213 --> 00:01:07,413 Speaker 3: so if they were awake when others were sleeping, it 20 00:01:07,453 --> 00:01:09,573 Speaker 3: was less of a problem. Once though, I got on 21 00:01:09,613 --> 00:01:12,053 Speaker 3: in Auckland and was promptly handed a glass of bubbles, 22 00:01:12,053 --> 00:01:13,733 Speaker 3: which I thought was strange given I was in the 23 00:01:13,813 --> 00:01:15,773 Speaker 3: very last row of the plane, but it was because 24 00:01:15,773 --> 00:01:17,973 Speaker 3: the flight attendants had discovered I was heading to the 25 00:01:18,093 --> 00:01:21,333 Speaker 3: UK on my loansome. Yeah, it's nice having met support. 26 00:01:21,333 --> 00:01:23,453 Speaker 3: Clear Peter, flick me a note to say Jack. We 27 00:01:23,573 --> 00:01:25,973 Speaker 3: headed home to New Zealand from the UK. We had 28 00:01:25,973 --> 00:01:28,013 Speaker 3: a six month old baby who had been an absolute 29 00:01:28,093 --> 00:01:30,693 Speaker 3: dream and felt pretty confident getting on the plane. He 30 00:01:30,813 --> 00:01:33,573 Speaker 3: screened the entire way. And by the entire way, I 31 00:01:33,733 --> 00:01:37,213 Speaker 3: mean the entire way. I feel like I aged five 32 00:01:37,333 --> 00:01:40,013 Speaker 3: years in the space of about thirty six hours. Yeah, 33 00:01:40,053 --> 00:01:41,613 Speaker 3: I'm sure there are other people who can relate to 34 00:01:41,613 --> 00:01:43,533 Speaker 3: that as well. Thanks Peter ninety two ninety two. If 35 00:01:43,533 --> 00:01:45,773 Speaker 3: you want to send us a text message this morning, 36 00:01:45,893 --> 00:01:48,293 Speaker 3: right now, it is twenty one minutes to ten on Newstalks, 37 00:01:48,333 --> 00:01:50,933 Speaker 3: he'd be Francesca Rudgin, our film reviewers, here with her 38 00:01:50,973 --> 00:01:52,093 Speaker 3: picks for this weekend. 39 00:01:52,533 --> 00:01:55,213 Speaker 2: More than a Hi, good morning. 40 00:01:56,253 --> 00:01:58,253 Speaker 3: Let's kick off with a little bit of a listen 41 00:01:58,333 --> 00:02:01,893 Speaker 3: to a film that's currently screening on Apple TV Plus 42 00:02:01,893 --> 00:02:03,933 Speaker 3: with some big names the likes of Sydney Sweeney and 43 00:02:03,973 --> 00:02:08,333 Speaker 3: Julianne Moore. This is Echo Valley. 44 00:02:09,133 --> 00:02:15,653 Speaker 4: Are you bleeding? You need to be completely asked with me, well, 45 00:02:18,173 --> 00:02:20,333 Speaker 4: I was with her boyfriend worst time. Okay? 46 00:02:21,373 --> 00:02:22,013 Speaker 2: Is he okay? 47 00:02:23,293 --> 00:02:24,853 Speaker 4: But it was it was an accident. 48 00:02:25,173 --> 00:02:27,413 Speaker 2: It was he They had him for the rock. 49 00:02:29,973 --> 00:02:32,413 Speaker 3: Dun Dun, damn. That's Echo Valley. Sounds kind of Similus 50 00:02:32,413 --> 00:02:33,053 Speaker 3: to Friendiesca. 51 00:02:33,853 --> 00:02:37,893 Speaker 2: Yeah, look, it's interesting this film. It's on Apple TV. 52 00:02:38,173 --> 00:02:42,173 Speaker 2: It's written by Brad Inglesby, who wrote Mayor of Easttown. 53 00:02:42,773 --> 00:02:45,453 Speaker 2: It's directed by Michael Pearce, and the film is kind 54 00:02:45,453 --> 00:02:47,893 Speaker 2: of in two parts. It sort of starts off as 55 00:02:48,613 --> 00:02:53,213 Speaker 2: quite a sad, melodramatic drama about a mother and a daughter, 56 00:02:53,333 --> 00:02:56,933 Speaker 2: both trying to hold their lives together. Great cast. Julianne 57 00:02:56,933 --> 00:03:00,573 Speaker 2: Moore plays Kate, and she is trying to recover from 58 00:03:00,653 --> 00:03:03,093 Speaker 2: the death of her wife. Her wife died suddenly in 59 00:03:03,133 --> 00:03:07,733 Speaker 2: an accident. She lives on her own on this horse farm. 60 00:03:07,773 --> 00:03:12,493 Speaker 2: She's a horse trainer and a riding coach and she's 61 00:03:12,613 --> 00:03:16,333 Speaker 2: really sort of struggling. And her daughter Claire played by 62 00:03:18,453 --> 00:03:28,613 Speaker 2: Swimming Sidney than Sidney. Yes, Sidney Sweeney, thank you. I've 63 00:03:28,653 --> 00:03:32,093 Speaker 2: just been for a swim. I'd been to swim and 64 00:03:32,133 --> 00:03:32,573 Speaker 2: I think my. 65 00:03:32,573 --> 00:03:36,253 Speaker 3: Whole I see Sydney Sweeney. 66 00:03:36,613 --> 00:03:39,813 Speaker 2: And she plays her daughter Claire, and she's a drug addict, 67 00:03:39,933 --> 00:03:43,493 Speaker 2: and over the years she has caused Kate a lot 68 00:03:43,493 --> 00:03:45,773 Speaker 2: of pain. She's put her through rehab, she's walked out, 69 00:03:45,813 --> 00:03:49,413 Speaker 2: she keeps going back to the drug druggy boyfriend that 70 00:03:49,533 --> 00:03:52,693 Speaker 2: got caught up with these sort of drug dealers and things, 71 00:03:52,773 --> 00:03:55,733 Speaker 2: and and in a way, Kate is just holding on 72 00:03:55,813 --> 00:03:58,413 Speaker 2: to a glimmer of hope that maybe she will get 73 00:03:58,413 --> 00:04:00,933 Speaker 2: her daughter back, the daughter that she remembers. There's a 74 00:04:00,973 --> 00:04:03,093 Speaker 2: lot of flashbacks to her childhood and things like that. 75 00:04:03,413 --> 00:04:05,813 Speaker 2: So it's kind of the sort of melancholic, sort of 76 00:04:05,933 --> 00:04:09,933 Speaker 2: sad and not a dramatic film. Then it switches and 77 00:04:09,973 --> 00:04:12,533 Speaker 2: it switches into a thriller, and I was really grateful 78 00:04:12,533 --> 00:04:14,573 Speaker 2: for this switch because it instead of been seeing a 79 00:04:14,573 --> 00:04:18,533 Speaker 2: little claustrophobic with its sadness. Anyway, it switches into it 80 00:04:19,053 --> 00:04:22,493 Speaker 2: into asrilla. And the question here is how far will 81 00:04:22,573 --> 00:04:26,973 Speaker 2: Kate go to save her daughter Claire, to protect her daughter, 82 00:04:27,093 --> 00:04:30,693 Speaker 2: And she definitely oversteps the line. She finds herself in 83 00:04:30,733 --> 00:04:33,813 Speaker 2: this whole new world of some pretty dodgy people, and 84 00:04:33,853 --> 00:04:35,813 Speaker 2: the question is can she pull us South out of it? 85 00:04:36,013 --> 00:04:38,093 Speaker 2: Because she pulled us south out of her own grief 86 00:04:38,453 --> 00:04:40,053 Speaker 2: to keep it clear head to get us South out 87 00:04:40,053 --> 00:04:42,053 Speaker 2: of the situation, and so I really liked it when 88 00:04:42,093 --> 00:04:45,053 Speaker 2: it switched up. I think the performances from Julianne Moore 89 00:04:45,053 --> 00:04:47,253 Speaker 2: and Sidney Sweeney are the best thing about this film. 90 00:04:47,573 --> 00:04:50,813 Speaker 2: They're both excellent. I really like Sidney Sweeney in this film. 91 00:04:50,853 --> 00:04:53,053 Speaker 2: She wears no makeup. You actually find yourself going. I 92 00:04:53,053 --> 00:04:55,893 Speaker 2: was watching her go oh, that is Sidney Sweeney, like, 93 00:04:55,933 --> 00:04:59,773 Speaker 2: it's great. She's a very volatile character. She nails her 94 00:04:59,853 --> 00:05:02,973 Speaker 2: character really well. You never quite know what's going on. 95 00:05:03,093 --> 00:05:05,493 Speaker 2: So the two of them together, it's absolutely worth watching. 96 00:05:05,933 --> 00:05:08,373 Speaker 2: Just didn't. I was really excited about the cast and 97 00:05:09,013 --> 00:05:11,813 Speaker 2: the writer and things, but didn't quite come together for 98 00:05:11,933 --> 00:05:12,933 Speaker 2: me as well as I hoped. 99 00:05:13,133 --> 00:05:15,853 Speaker 3: Okay, okay, all right, that's Eco Valley. It does sound 100 00:05:15,933 --> 00:05:17,573 Speaker 3: kind of interesting, like you say, at least that the 101 00:05:17,653 --> 00:05:20,893 Speaker 3: kind of charisma or the connection between Sydney Sweeny and 102 00:05:20,973 --> 00:05:24,893 Speaker 3: Julianne Moore sounds interesting. That screening on Apple TV Plus 103 00:05:24,933 --> 00:05:28,533 Speaker 3: at the moment, also out in cinemas right now. Merchant 104 00:05:28,653 --> 00:05:30,413 Speaker 3: Ivory tell us about this. This was part of the 105 00:05:30,613 --> 00:05:32,413 Speaker 3: British and Irish Film Festival last year. 106 00:05:32,773 --> 00:05:35,133 Speaker 2: Yes, it did screen and it's come back now for 107 00:05:35,253 --> 00:05:38,373 Speaker 2: general release, so it's on in cinemas. And look, I 108 00:05:38,413 --> 00:05:41,853 Speaker 2: think all of us at some point has been to 109 00:05:42,133 --> 00:05:44,853 Speaker 2: or were dragged to a merchant Ivory film, you know, 110 00:05:45,693 --> 00:05:47,373 Speaker 2: a room with a view, the Remains of the day, 111 00:05:47,413 --> 00:05:51,173 Speaker 2: Howard's End. In the eighties, they took the period drama, 112 00:05:51,253 --> 00:05:55,013 Speaker 2: the costume drama, and they turned it into these mainstream 113 00:05:55,053 --> 00:05:58,453 Speaker 2: global hits, and they kind of created a genre all 114 00:05:58,493 --> 00:06:00,813 Speaker 2: of their own, and it looked like they were this 115 00:06:02,133 --> 00:06:06,213 Speaker 2: independent production company was hugely successful, and they created this 116 00:06:06,573 --> 00:06:10,733 Speaker 2: great kind of formula for making these films with their 117 00:06:11,253 --> 00:06:15,653 Speaker 2: beautiful settings and lush, you know, costumes and wonderful music 118 00:06:15,733 --> 00:06:18,613 Speaker 2: and then these complex characters. They really nailed it. But 119 00:06:18,693 --> 00:06:22,853 Speaker 2: behind the scenes it was absolute chaos. So you had 120 00:06:23,013 --> 00:06:27,053 Speaker 2: Ismaeil Merchant, who was this producer who is called in 121 00:06:27,093 --> 00:06:30,013 Speaker 2: this documentary. You just learn all about the guys. He's 122 00:06:30,053 --> 00:06:35,973 Speaker 2: a comm man, he's a pirate. He he really did things, 123 00:06:36,093 --> 00:06:38,893 Speaker 2: you know. He pulled these films together with no money. 124 00:06:38,973 --> 00:06:42,413 Speaker 2: He was a hustler. He did everybody's head and people 125 00:06:42,453 --> 00:06:44,253 Speaker 2: would say, after doing one of his films, I'm never 126 00:06:44,253 --> 00:06:46,093 Speaker 2: doing it again, and then they would charm them straight 127 00:06:46,133 --> 00:06:50,133 Speaker 2: back into the next film, and then you had and 128 00:06:50,173 --> 00:06:53,173 Speaker 2: then you had James Ivory who was the director, and 129 00:06:53,293 --> 00:06:56,653 Speaker 2: he was this gentle, soft person that loved to collaborate 130 00:06:56,733 --> 00:06:59,453 Speaker 2: with his artists and everybody like he would just get 131 00:06:59,453 --> 00:07:01,333 Speaker 2: the best of the best people on board. He'd make 132 00:07:01,373 --> 00:07:02,653 Speaker 2: sure they knew what they were doing, and then he'd 133 00:07:02,733 --> 00:07:05,333 Speaker 2: leave them to it, and they created these beautiful collaborations. 134 00:07:05,333 --> 00:07:09,093 Speaker 2: So it's a real behind sees glimpse and the reality 135 00:07:09,373 --> 00:07:13,093 Speaker 2: of trying to be trying to make films you want 136 00:07:13,133 --> 00:07:14,853 Speaker 2: to make. And that was the difference between these guys. 137 00:07:14,893 --> 00:07:17,213 Speaker 2: They did make films they wanted to make. So look, 138 00:07:17,293 --> 00:07:20,133 Speaker 2: if you ever you know, if you remember all those 139 00:07:20,133 --> 00:07:22,613 Speaker 2: films in the eighties and nineties, this is a really 140 00:07:22,813 --> 00:07:25,413 Speaker 2: charming and entertaining it's quite brisk, I keep it moving 141 00:07:25,453 --> 00:07:29,133 Speaker 2: along really well. It's filled with every star under the sun. 142 00:07:29,533 --> 00:07:31,733 Speaker 2: So it's a great little watch and a behind the 143 00:07:31,773 --> 00:07:33,773 Speaker 2: scenes glimpse of making movies. 144 00:07:34,253 --> 00:07:37,013 Speaker 3: Okay, so that's Merchant Ivory that's showing in cinemas right now. 145 00:07:37,173 --> 00:07:39,173 Speaker 3: Given it as the winter solstice, well I think it's 146 00:07:39,173 --> 00:07:41,653 Speaker 3: winter just after two o'clock this afternoon, isn't it. So 147 00:07:41,973 --> 00:07:45,533 Speaker 3: where'd you go for a swim taka poo oh okay, 148 00:07:45,573 --> 00:07:48,253 Speaker 3: that's good. Yeah, look, can you throw yourself out in 149 00:07:48,293 --> 00:07:50,533 Speaker 3: the back of the pee hog waves or something that 150 00:07:50,573 --> 00:07:53,133 Speaker 3: would be nice level? But no, no, no, a quick 151 00:07:53,133 --> 00:07:56,533 Speaker 3: dea makes sense. Yeah yeah, yeah, very good. 152 00:07:56,533 --> 00:07:58,533 Speaker 2: We're doing it all over the country and a lot 153 00:07:58,653 --> 00:08:00,653 Speaker 2: colder places than I did. No. 154 00:08:00,933 --> 00:08:04,133 Speaker 3: Still, it's bracing, but a bracing way to stay. You 155 00:08:04,133 --> 00:08:06,093 Speaker 3: said it every morning. Thank you so much, Francisca. Those 156 00:08:06,133 --> 00:08:08,973 Speaker 3: film once again. Echo Valley is on Apple TV, plus 157 00:08:09,293 --> 00:08:11,813 Speaker 3: merchant Ivory is showing in cinemas. We'll make sure all 158 00:08:11,853 --> 00:08:13,493 Speaker 3: of the details for those films are up on the 159 00:08:13,493 --> 00:08:14,893 Speaker 3: News Talk's dB website. 160 00:08:15,173 --> 00:08:18,293 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live 161 00:08:18,373 --> 00:08:21,533 Speaker 1: to news Talks dB from nine am Saturday, or follow 162 00:08:21,613 --> 00:08:23,173 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.