1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame podcast 2 00:00:10,613 --> 00:00:15,853 Speaker 1: from News Talks at Me. Thank you. You're gonna be poppy. 3 00:00:17,133 --> 00:00:22,573 Speaker 2: I'll tell you the proper boys when you talk to boys, 4 00:00:22,773 --> 00:00:23,173 Speaker 2: show you. 5 00:00:23,133 --> 00:00:27,013 Speaker 3: What shoes to wear, how to fix your hair, everything 6 00:00:27,173 --> 00:00:33,013 Speaker 3: that really comes to be popular. I'll help you be poppy. 7 00:00:33,253 --> 00:00:36,773 Speaker 3: You'll hang with your record, You'll be good houseports. I'm 8 00:00:36,973 --> 00:00:37,533 Speaker 3: saying you. 9 00:00:40,173 --> 00:00:46,733 Speaker 2: Because you've got it off. If you are a Wicked fan, 10 00:00:46,853 --> 00:00:50,493 Speaker 2: you will recognize that one. That is Ariana Grande performing 11 00:00:50,733 --> 00:00:54,893 Speaker 2: popular from the film Wicked. And a film reviewer Francesca 12 00:00:54,973 --> 00:00:58,173 Speaker 2: Rudkin is here with us this morning at maddya. Good morning, 13 00:00:58,653 --> 00:01:02,413 Speaker 2: Good morning. Two fantastic films to discuss this morning. Ones 14 00:01:02,413 --> 00:01:04,373 Speaker 2: in cinema's ones at home. So let's start off with 15 00:01:04,413 --> 00:01:05,373 Speaker 2: the one on the big screen. 16 00:01:05,493 --> 00:01:10,133 Speaker 3: This is Wicked, Fellow Ouzian, the Wicked Witch of the 17 00:01:10,133 --> 00:01:18,613 Speaker 3: West is dead. Let me tell you the whole story, 18 00:01:20,133 --> 00:01:28,373 Speaker 3: our pasted cross eSchool. You agree, I am, There is 19 00:01:28,453 --> 00:01:28,853 Speaker 3: no like. 20 00:01:36,653 --> 00:01:39,573 Speaker 2: Okay, this is Wicked, Part one, tell us about it, 21 00:01:39,573 --> 00:01:40,093 Speaker 2: Friendzie Skirt. 22 00:01:41,213 --> 00:01:43,253 Speaker 3: That is a very that is a very good point 23 00:01:43,253 --> 00:01:45,973 Speaker 3: you make their part one. Let there are a few 24 00:01:46,053 --> 00:01:48,493 Speaker 3: things you kind of need to know about this film. One, 25 00:01:48,613 --> 00:01:51,573 Speaker 3: it is based on the musical, which I have not seen. 26 00:01:52,293 --> 00:01:55,293 Speaker 3: The musical, of course, was a smash it on Broadway, 27 00:01:55,373 --> 00:01:56,733 Speaker 3: and I know that there are a lot of super 28 00:01:56,773 --> 00:01:58,693 Speaker 3: fans out there who cannot wait to sup this film. 29 00:01:58,973 --> 00:02:01,413 Speaker 3: But you are actually only going to see half of 30 00:02:01,413 --> 00:02:03,973 Speaker 3: this musical. So it's in two parts and you're going 31 00:02:04,013 --> 00:02:07,733 Speaker 3: to have to wait another year to see two. And 32 00:02:08,013 --> 00:02:11,093 Speaker 3: part one is very long, it's like two and three 33 00:02:11,173 --> 00:02:14,453 Speaker 3: quarter hours. I think I'm not entirely sure whether this 34 00:02:14,613 --> 00:02:17,573 Speaker 3: musical needs to be a five hour cinematic journey, but 35 00:02:17,613 --> 00:02:19,693 Speaker 3: those super fans out there will probably thrilled by that. 36 00:02:21,013 --> 00:02:23,173 Speaker 3: So this is, of course the original story of Glinda, 37 00:02:23,373 --> 00:02:26,493 Speaker 3: the Good Witch and the Wicked Witch of the West. Glinda, 38 00:02:26,613 --> 00:02:29,813 Speaker 3: or Glinda as she was called, is played by Ariander 39 00:02:29,813 --> 00:02:34,653 Speaker 3: Grande and Alphabar is played by Cynthia and Vero, and 40 00:02:34,853 --> 00:02:39,493 Speaker 3: both of them are absolutely fantastic, and thank goodness for them. 41 00:02:39,973 --> 00:02:44,133 Speaker 3: Green did just sitting there for almost three hours. Ariander Grande, 42 00:02:44,373 --> 00:02:48,213 Speaker 3: she just does blonde beautifully. We have a lot of 43 00:02:48,293 --> 00:02:51,893 Speaker 3: laughs with her, not at her character. She's just a 44 00:02:52,093 --> 00:02:56,053 Speaker 3: lovely narcissist. She does a brilliant job Cynthia is full 45 00:02:56,093 --> 00:03:00,253 Speaker 3: of heart and complexity as this teenage girl who was 46 00:03:00,293 --> 00:03:03,693 Speaker 3: born green and the two of them meet at the university. 47 00:03:03,773 --> 00:03:07,293 Speaker 3: So this is kind of like Harry Potter me Girls. 48 00:03:07,533 --> 00:03:09,493 Speaker 3: It's a film, obviously, you know the story. It's just 49 00:03:09,533 --> 00:03:13,053 Speaker 3: something about acceptance. Something different in his nature or nurture 50 00:03:13,133 --> 00:03:15,613 Speaker 3: make us evil? You know what is it that actually 51 00:03:15,693 --> 00:03:21,493 Speaker 3: makes this terms alphabet into the Wicked Witch of the West. 52 00:03:21,733 --> 00:03:25,893 Speaker 3: But really it's all about having fun in this film. 53 00:03:25,973 --> 00:03:30,173 Speaker 3: It's shiny, it's slick, it's colorful. The costumes and the 54 00:03:30,213 --> 00:03:33,413 Speaker 3: craft that's gone into it, it is really incredible. But 55 00:03:33,493 --> 00:03:35,653 Speaker 3: it really is kind of just all sweetness in life. 56 00:03:35,653 --> 00:03:38,173 Speaker 3: I'm hoping Part two gets a little grittier and gets 57 00:03:38,173 --> 00:03:41,733 Speaker 3: a little darker and we might kind of get to 58 00:03:41,773 --> 00:03:43,693 Speaker 3: the bottom of some of these questions that you might 59 00:03:43,773 --> 00:03:45,893 Speaker 3: have if you're a fan of the Wizard of Ours. 60 00:03:46,293 --> 00:03:49,493 Speaker 3: So look, I enjoyed it under it's a spectacle. I 61 00:03:49,533 --> 00:03:53,133 Speaker 3: think fans are going to love it. Still not entirely convinced. 62 00:03:53,173 --> 00:03:57,293 Speaker 3: We need five hours possibly of this. Yeah, as a 63 00:03:57,453 --> 00:04:00,773 Speaker 3: film Jack You know me, though, I love I don't 64 00:04:00,773 --> 00:04:04,333 Speaker 3: mind a music onstage, but I'm not huge fan of 65 00:04:04,453 --> 00:04:08,213 Speaker 3: the musical the film adaptations, I kind of go, yeah, yeah, 66 00:04:08,213 --> 00:04:10,773 Speaker 3: we could. We could skip the song and just move 67 00:04:10,853 --> 00:04:12,893 Speaker 3: the story along. That's how I tend to feel at 68 00:04:12,893 --> 00:04:15,853 Speaker 3: a film. But I'm sure this is don't be hugely popular. 69 00:04:15,893 --> 00:04:18,853 Speaker 3: But just bear in mind that time frame, that the 70 00:04:18,933 --> 00:04:21,493 Speaker 3: length of it, because it's not probably something you dragged 71 00:04:21,493 --> 00:04:22,053 Speaker 3: young kids too. 72 00:04:22,213 --> 00:04:24,973 Speaker 2: No, no, okay, very good. That is wicked, So that's 73 00:04:25,013 --> 00:04:28,333 Speaker 2: showing in cinemas at the moment. Very good. Let's listen 74 00:04:28,373 --> 00:04:31,893 Speaker 2: to Canary Black Asian griefs. 75 00:04:32,373 --> 00:04:33,253 Speaker 3: She's my verses. 76 00:04:34,213 --> 00:04:36,013 Speaker 1: My father worked for the agency. 77 00:04:36,253 --> 00:04:38,013 Speaker 2: She was groomed, so she was at. 78 00:04:39,853 --> 00:04:42,133 Speaker 1: And her husband, Hey you I missed you. 79 00:04:42,613 --> 00:04:44,133 Speaker 3: Civilian doesn't know who she is? 80 00:04:45,293 --> 00:04:51,173 Speaker 1: Is the only family she's cut, honey. 81 00:04:53,013 --> 00:04:55,733 Speaker 2: That is Canary Black. Totally different to our first film, 82 00:04:55,733 --> 00:04:57,533 Speaker 2: and this one's streaming on Prime Video. 83 00:04:58,253 --> 00:05:00,053 Speaker 3: You know me, I always like to bring you something 84 00:05:00,093 --> 00:05:02,933 Speaker 3: slightly ridiculous, and this is a pretty ridiculous thriller which 85 00:05:02,973 --> 00:05:05,253 Speaker 3: is screening on Prime As you mentioned, k P can 86 00:05:05,293 --> 00:05:08,933 Speaker 3: Tell a spy whose husband is kidnapped and then she's 87 00:05:09,013 --> 00:05:13,413 Speaker 3: blackmailed to provide a secret file or else he dies, 88 00:05:13,693 --> 00:05:15,693 Speaker 3: and off we go on this kind of rescue mission. 89 00:05:15,733 --> 00:05:19,413 Speaker 3: That has numerous spy agencies chasing her, including her own, 90 00:05:19,493 --> 00:05:21,853 Speaker 3: and she obviously wants to try and get the spile 91 00:05:21,893 --> 00:05:24,653 Speaker 3: which is no one as Canary Black, and save her husband. 92 00:05:24,893 --> 00:05:27,213 Speaker 3: It's NonStop action. If you want a bit of a 93 00:05:27,253 --> 00:05:29,973 Speaker 3: fight fest a gun fest, this film does keep moving 94 00:05:29,973 --> 00:05:33,693 Speaker 3: at a good clip, but it is very formulaic. The 95 00:05:33,733 --> 00:05:35,453 Speaker 3: reason I thought I'd give it a go is because 96 00:05:35,453 --> 00:05:38,773 Speaker 3: it is directed by Pierre Morrell, who did Taken in 97 00:05:38,853 --> 00:05:42,093 Speaker 3: District thirteen and Freelancer. He's pretty good at pulling all 98 00:05:42,093 --> 00:05:45,693 Speaker 3: the action together. I did have one small issue, and 99 00:05:45,693 --> 00:05:48,653 Speaker 3: that's with Kate Beckinsale, who does a solid job here, 100 00:05:49,253 --> 00:05:53,293 Speaker 3: but she's she is basically on the run day and 101 00:05:53,533 --> 00:05:57,533 Speaker 3: night for days and still looks implacable with this very 102 00:05:57,773 --> 00:06:01,333 Speaker 3: chic leather jacket and runs around on high hiel boots. 103 00:06:01,373 --> 00:06:04,373 Speaker 3: Now I discoide that I would play game of tennis 104 00:06:04,373 --> 00:06:06,693 Speaker 3: and high hills in my younger days. But you just 105 00:06:06,733 --> 00:06:09,093 Speaker 3: see she is struggling to run on them. She cannot 106 00:06:09,133 --> 00:06:11,693 Speaker 3: get her tom Cruise run on and then that makes 107 00:06:11,733 --> 00:06:14,653 Speaker 3: you question how much of the stunt she's doing. I 108 00:06:14,693 --> 00:06:17,093 Speaker 3: think she just did, but you wonder how much the 109 00:06:17,133 --> 00:06:19,653 Speaker 3: stunt double did. Then so the fact that my mind 110 00:06:19,733 --> 00:06:22,493 Speaker 3: is distracted by these things probably tells you something about 111 00:06:22,493 --> 00:06:24,053 Speaker 3: the substance of this film. But if you want a 112 00:06:24,053 --> 00:06:26,853 Speaker 3: little bit of action, NonStop action, without leaving the house, 113 00:06:26,973 --> 00:06:28,853 Speaker 3: you don't want to give it a try this weekend. Yeah, 114 00:06:28,933 --> 00:06:29,293 Speaker 3: very good. 115 00:06:29,333 --> 00:06:32,653 Speaker 2: Okay, that's Canary Black. You know, you remind me of 116 00:06:32,933 --> 00:06:35,413 Speaker 2: a certain person in my household who every time there's 117 00:06:35,813 --> 00:06:37,373 Speaker 2: one of those you know, we're watching one of those 118 00:06:37,373 --> 00:06:40,333 Speaker 2: CSI programs, you know, CSI, how they did their crime 119 00:06:40,373 --> 00:06:43,173 Speaker 2: scene investigators, and she's forever lamenting how none of the 120 00:06:43,213 --> 00:06:46,773 Speaker 2: women have their hair tied up. She's like, surely, if 121 00:06:46,813 --> 00:06:49,333 Speaker 2: you are a forensic scientist, you are not just having 122 00:06:49,333 --> 00:06:51,533 Speaker 2: a full head of here just flapping about in the 123 00:06:51,533 --> 00:06:52,133 Speaker 2: breeze like that. 124 00:06:54,213 --> 00:06:55,613 Speaker 3: Anyway, such a good point. 125 00:06:55,693 --> 00:06:57,693 Speaker 2: Look, don't don't let the you know, don't let the 126 00:06:57,733 --> 00:06:59,453 Speaker 2: facts of life get in the way of a good story, 127 00:06:59,453 --> 00:07:02,493 Speaker 2: I suppose. Thank you so much, Francisca. Those films again, 128 00:07:02,573 --> 00:07:06,053 Speaker 2: Canary Black is showing on Amazon Prime or on Prime 129 00:07:06,133 --> 00:07:09,573 Speaker 2: Video rather and Wicked, the first film is in cinemas now. 130 00:07:09,693 --> 00:07:11,093 Speaker 2: Kind of long, but a lot of fun. Thank you 131 00:07:11,093 --> 00:07:11,933 Speaker 2: so much, Francisco. 132 00:07:12,493 --> 00:07:15,573 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning, with Jack Tame. Listen live 133 00:07:15,693 --> 00:07:18,493 Speaker 1: to News Talks at B from nine am Saturday, or 134 00:07:18,573 --> 00:07:20,493 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio