Speaker 1: Now on afternoon screen Talk right on twenty to two,
Speaker 1: Bang on the dots. So let's bring it Anna col
Speaker 1: Day the Entertainment Extraordinary at nine.
Speaker 2: We call this little Segmund screen Talk.
Speaker 3: Hello, Anna, good afternoon.
Speaker 1: Now, before we get into the meat of at all
Speaker 1: the Sydney Film Festival that kicked off last night, you
Speaker 1: would have been there on the red carpet strutting your
Speaker 1: stuff note out.
Speaker 2: But well, well last.
Speaker 3: Night I was actually at Katie Perry, I know, but
Speaker 3: I do have lots of tickets book to see films
Speaker 3: at the Sydney Film Festival. And it is, as you say,
Speaker 3: officially underway, the seventy second Film Festival. It's the twelve
Speaker 3: day event. It runs until June fifteenth. So many movies
Speaker 3: are screening. I'm kind of overwhelmed. I'm still trying to
Speaker 3: pick all the extra ones that I'm going to go see,
Speaker 3: but like they're across the city. But there are new films,
Speaker 3: award winning films, buzzy films, documentaries, foreign films, animated short films,
Speaker 3: everything that you could want. I'm so excited. I'm going
Speaker 3: to be seeing Sorry, Baby Eddington, Life of Chuck. Of
Speaker 3: the three that I've picked so far, still have a
Speaker 3: few more to pick, but everyone should check it out
Speaker 3: because it's such a great film festival to support.
Speaker 4: So you can have a look at.
Speaker 3: The program at SFF dot org dot au.
Speaker 1: There we'll give a double pass away later for the
Speaker 1: track of the day for that as well as a
Speaker 1: couple of tickets to that. All. Right, now, the Midday
Speaker 1: Movie This is now what you're going to become most
Speaker 1: famous for. You see when you retire the Midday Movie review.
Speaker 1: I know, get no am for this. Now what have
Speaker 1: we got this week?
Speaker 4: We have a film called Steal Your Heart.
Speaker 3: Now this is airing on nine at midday on Friday,
Speaker 3: So set your.
Speaker 1: Allah, heyktop, this is airing on nine.
Speaker 3: Yes, this one is airing on nine. I've moved away
Speaker 3: from seven for this week. I thought I compared what
Speaker 3: the offerings were and I think Steal Your Heart is
Speaker 3: the one that everyone should watch because this is a
Speaker 3: feat of cinematography and storytelling.
Speaker 4: In this film, we meet Melissa. She's an amateur. She
Speaker 4: gets enlisted by the CEO.
Speaker 3: Of a huge jewelry company to make a bridal line
Speaker 3: for them.
Speaker 4: But she won't be working alone.
Speaker 3: No, she has to work with the CEO's super uptight
Speaker 3: and serious sun Jake. Neither are happy about their forced partnership.
Speaker 3: But if you've watched any bad cheesy romance Michael, you
Speaker 3: will know that their time together will lead to much
Speaker 3: more than just a working relationship.
Speaker 4: And you are going to end up with a clogged.
Speaker 3: Artery from the sheer volume of cheese that you are
Speaker 3: going to consume watching this movie. So don't forget Midday
Speaker 3: Tomorrow on nine. It's unmissible.
Speaker 2: I'll have my.
Speaker 1: Fond of bread and gerkins ready now, def bready, what
Speaker 1: do you reckon?
Speaker 2: Out of ten? I mean, how good is.
Speaker 4: This um look in the scale of midday the wages?
Speaker 4: I know, Look, I will say, in looking at as.
Speaker 3: A midday movie, this is not comparing it to any
Speaker 3: of the wonderful films at the Sydney Film Festival. But
Speaker 3: I would give it a six out of ten for
Speaker 3: a midday movie.
Speaker 1: Okay, well, let's pass.
Speaker 3: I think I would say last week was probably a two.
Speaker 3: So you know, we're making.
Speaker 2: Moves, and at least for this couple.
Speaker 1: You know, the engagement ring slash wedding ring, which is
Speaker 1: often a very expensive upfront cost, that's neglible. It was
Speaker 1: just you know exactly, just wave it off as a
Speaker 1: text dis action yourself one quite right. Now, the movies
Speaker 1: themselves are the ones they actually do make it to
Speaker 1: a big screen. Karate Kid Legends.
Speaker 3: Yes, forty one years ago we learned how to wax
Speaker 3: on and wax off with Ralph Maccio and now he
Speaker 3: is back teaching an audio generation the art of karate
Speaker 3: with a little help from another legend, Jackie Chan. So
Speaker 3: this one the new film, We follow a new kung
Speaker 3: fu prodigy, Lee. He moves to New York City with
Speaker 3: his mum, makes friends with a classmate and her dad.
Speaker 3: You know. Of course, the little romance blossoms, but a
Speaker 3: rival karate champion learns of their budding romance and instigates
Speaker 3: a battle between the pair. So of course Lee has
Speaker 3: to seek guidance from his kung fu teacher, which is
Speaker 3: Jackie Chan and the legendary Karate Kid, to give him
Speaker 3: the skills to come out on top in this epic
Speaker 3: martial arts showdown. So you know what, Look, this is
Speaker 3: a big hit of nostalgia, especially for kind.
Speaker 4: Of any millennial or earlier. Everyone is going to love that.
Speaker 3: And then of course you know it's going to open
Speaker 3: up the franchise to a whole new generation as well.
Speaker 3: I mean, I've got two nephews who are purple belts
Speaker 3: in karate and they are absolutely going to love this movie.
Speaker 2: Don't mess with them, Okay.
Speaker 3: Ballerina, Yes, look very different fighting style in this film.
Speaker 3: This is a you know, a spinoff of the John
Speaker 3: Wick franchise. This time it's headed up by Anna de Arma.
Speaker 3: So Ballerina takes place between Movie three Movie four. Movie
Speaker 3: four was the last one that just came out a
Speaker 3: couple of years ago. So Eve is in training to
Speaker 3: be an assassin with the Rusca Roma and she's haunted
Speaker 3: by her childhood where she witnessed men kill her dad.
Speaker 3: So armed with her new killer skills, she naturally is
Speaker 3: out for blood and revenge. It's a decent spinoff movie.
Speaker 3: It's no you know, Keanu Reeves led john Wick film,
Speaker 3: but he does make a cameo. But I do think
Speaker 3: fans of the franchise, I think they'll be pretty happy
Speaker 3: with this output. It's bloody, it's violent, Anada Amis is
Speaker 3: kicking some serious.
Speaker 2: But all right now, al Pacino's peck in the Ritual.
Speaker 3: Yeah, the Ritual is one of the other two films
Speaker 3: that are out this week. I don't know why al
Speaker 3: Pacino agreed to make The Ritual, to be honest, I mean, well,
Speaker 3: I do know why. It's because he's yeah, he's got
Speaker 3: child support to pay now that he's got a baby.
Speaker 4: But I would not be going to see The Ritual.
Speaker 3: It is a bad exorcism movie. He plays a priest.
Speaker 3: I don't need to explain anything else. The other film
Speaker 3: that is out, though, the great Lilian Hall. I would
Speaker 3: probably go and.
Speaker 4: Give that one. I would see that.
Speaker 3: That's Jessica Lang, Pierce Brosn and Kathy Bates, a great
Speaker 3: drama about an aging Broadway actress.
Speaker 4: But yeah, skip the al Pacino movie. Oh okay, believe
Speaker 4: I'm saying that I.
Speaker 2: Probably would anyway.
Speaker 1: Now let's go to the streaming services on Stan The
Speaker 1: City is.
Speaker 3: Ours, Yes, this one is out today. The Brits are
Speaker 3: back with a new crime drama, this time Sean Bean.
Speaker 4: Is it so? I mean, how could you give that
Speaker 4: a miss it? That's Sean Bean.
Speaker 3: He is playing a cocaine smuggling gangster Ronnie Feelin. He's
Speaker 3: decided it's time to wrap up his life of.
Speaker 4: Crime and retire.
Speaker 3: That trig is a bit of a power struggle between
Speaker 3: his business partner Michael and his son Jamie. Michael also
Speaker 3: has another spanner in the works. He's fallen in love.
Speaker 3: Everything is now at stake, and a big shipment of
Speaker 3: cocaine goes missing and their empire is under attack.
Speaker 4: It's a great eight part series.
Speaker 3: All episodes are on stand today and it's already been
Speaker 3: renewed for a second season.
Speaker 4: So that means you know what's good.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's going to be all right now. The Survivors
Speaker 2: is on Netflix.
Speaker 3: Yes, this is their new OSSI mystery drama. So this
Speaker 3: one is adapted from the great Jane Harper novel of
Speaker 3: the same name. You know Jane, She's the author of
Speaker 3: The Dry This one is set in Tazzy and The
Speaker 3: Survivors follows Kieran Elliott, who's back in his hometown after
Speaker 3: fifteen years. You know, he left because this terrible storm
Speaker 3: killed three people. He's been escaping. Is passed for a
Speaker 3: long time, but when a young woman is murdered, he
Speaker 3: is forced to face and reconcile his past. This is
Speaker 3: a big Aussie cast, It's a big Aussie production, all
Speaker 3: filmed in Tazzy as well. I personally loved the book,
Speaker 3: so this is top of the list for me for
Speaker 3: this week and it will be out tomorrow.
Speaker 2: Okay.
Speaker 1: Lucky they filmed it when they did, because you'd have
Speaker 1: all those political coll flutes going up in the background.
Speaker 2: I think they're often to have another note down there exactly.
Speaker 2: Apple TV have got a thing called stick Stick.
Speaker 3: Yes, this is a quick comedy to round out the week.
Speaker 3: This one comes from the always great Owen Wilson. He
Speaker 3: plays a watched up former pro golfer who was truly
Speaker 3: run out of luck in life. Things ain't going great,
Speaker 3: but that is until he discovers a teenager prodigy who
Speaker 3: might just be his ticket to get his life back
Speaker 3: on track.
Speaker 4: This one's a bit of fun.
Speaker 3: It's a surprising amount of heart and emotion in it
Speaker 3: once it gets going. I will just say the first
Speaker 3: episode I wasn't totally convinced about the series, but because
Speaker 3: I love Owen, I gave it another episode to get
Speaker 3: me convinced, and it absolutely did. By episode two, things
Speaker 3: really get picked up and going.
Speaker 4: By then.
Speaker 3: It's not a total hole in one, but it's an easy,
Speaker 3: easy watch. And you know Owen Wilson, he's so charismatic
Speaker 3: and charming that you'll stick around just for him, and
Speaker 3: that one's streaming.
Speaker 1: Okay, now, Mitch on the text, by the way, says, Anna,
Speaker 1: your thoughts on the movie Baby Doll with Nicole Kid
Speaker 1: and I thought it was weird.
Speaker 4: He says, Yeah.
Speaker 3: I did review this one when it came out earlier
Speaker 3: this year, and I agree. I don't think it totally
Speaker 3: hit the message that it was maybe trying to hit,
Speaker 3: and maybe all.
Speaker 4: Of the sex stuff kind of muddy to.
Speaker 2: The water much stuff.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't need to explain it more than that
Speaker 4: you should see it.
Speaker 2: Well, you didn't give it a great it was sort
Speaker 2: of when you first did this.
Speaker 3: It is such a polarizing film though. I know people
Speaker 3: who absolutely loved it, and then there are people like
Speaker 3: me who were just like what, So, maybe.
Speaker 2: Maybe you will love it.
Speaker 4: I would know it's not fifty shades of gray. I
Speaker 4: wouldn't put it as that, but it's still weird.
Speaker 2: Different sort of sex stuff.
Speaker 4: Yeah, different sex stuff.
Speaker 2: Okay, all right, I still won't see it.
Speaker 1: All right, Anna, I think, hey, you're lost, Oka watch
Speaker 1: Still your Heart and Steve, I reckon, that'll be an
Speaker 1: absolute cracker.
Speaker 2: Alright, all the best, Thank you, catching next week. Thank
Speaker 2: you all the best. Bubbo the one of Atlanta Corde
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