1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: Great to flick with Ben Osche. Hello Ben, Welcome Ben. 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: Hello guys. Yes, we're nearly at that point the end 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: of the year, but it means a big, big period 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: for movies. Yes, the blockbuster season as we get over 5 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 1: the Christmas and New Year's period. It's probably the biggest, 6 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 1: the biggest time for Australian cinemas where they really rely on, 7 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 1: you know, that box office revenue to make the rest 8 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,319 Speaker 1: of the year look good because twenty twenty four hasn't 9 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: been the best year for films. Well, so what we 10 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 1: saw this year is really the hangover from the writers 11 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 1: and actors strikes from Yeah, and so because of those 12 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 1: delays in production, a lot of studios thought, you know what, 13 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,480 Speaker 1: let's just kick the can down the line a little 14 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 1: bit on twenty twenty four. So twenty twenty five is 15 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,919 Speaker 1: just basically every month you're going to have mega blockbusters. 16 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 1: Twenty twenty four didn't really have a lot going on. 17 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: There was a couple of a couple of big ones. 18 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: Will yeah, next year is huge, but but this coming 19 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: sort of boxing day New Years is going to be huge. 20 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 1: Do you want to start with the kiddies movies? Because 21 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:04,680 Speaker 1: I think, you know, like yeah, and then and then 22 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,120 Speaker 1: we'll save the adults for last. So because you've got 23 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: school holidays kicking off over the next week or so, 24 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: so you need to keep them amused. And there actually 25 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: is a big slate of kids movies that I think 26 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: adults probably won't mind as well. You've got so remember 27 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: they did the live action line King a couple of 28 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: years ago. Yeah, it is like, personally, I didn't think 29 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: it was great, but it made a billion dollars in 30 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: the box office. It was so successful. So they're making 31 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 1: a prequel about about what's the Simba's dad move fuss, 32 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: So really, you know who traumatized traumatized all the kids, 33 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:39,199 Speaker 1: the kitten move Fassa, the Lion King. So it's about 34 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: the dad and his kind of journey to rise up 35 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 1: to be the you know, sort of the leader of 36 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: the pride, who, of course in the cartoon died at 37 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: the start. It was traumatizing not sense Bambi as well. 38 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: So this is for all those for all those adults, 39 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: young adults who are triggered by that. This is a 40 00:01:57,440 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: chance to you know, maybe it's true, Yeah, maybe maybe 41 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: you know, sort of recover from that track. This is 42 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: a great one. Wallace and Grommet. You know that animations 43 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: that those guardens. So they've got a new Wallace and 44 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,519 Speaker 1: Grommet film coming out, Vengeance Motes Foul, which is just 45 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:14,959 Speaker 1: classic Ardman. And then on Boxing Day they're both out 46 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: before before Christmas. Then on Boxing Day you've got Sonic 47 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: the Hedgehog three, which is you might remember when the 48 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:24,760 Speaker 1: first Sonic movie came out a couple of months beforehand, 49 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: there was the controversy when they released a trailer and 50 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,919 Speaker 1: everybody didn't like how Sonic the video game character had 51 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: been animated. It just looked really weird, and so they 52 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: actually went back and reanimated the whole film based on 53 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: the kind of internet fan research, and then it and 54 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: so everybody thought it was going to be a flop, 55 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 1: but it turned out to be a huge hit. And 56 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: now the third installment comes along with James Marsden as 57 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: the main human star, Jim Carrey playing Doctor Robotnik, the 58 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 1: villain who's you know, Jim Carrey is amazing, And now 59 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: this third film will take that franchise over a billion dollars, 60 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: so it's been pretty successful. And then and then on 61 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 1: January one, you've got Paddington in Peru talking about successful 62 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: franchise Paddington One, Paddington two, genuinely awesome movies. I think 63 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: the third one probably is going to be a step backwards, 64 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: like by the time you get to by the time 65 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: you get to the third film, they run out of 66 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 1: steam a little bit and no promotion with the queen. Yeah, 67 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: that's that's right, that's right. But still but still be 68 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 1: very sweet. It'd be very sweet one for the for 69 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:27,360 Speaker 1: the younger kids. Okay, can we talk about adult movies? 70 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, let's start, and let's start with you 71 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: have to just move smooth straight past. Let's start. Let's 72 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: let's start reaction. Let's start with the Boxing Day one 73 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: of the Boxing Day blockbusters, Better Man, the Robbie Williams 74 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: Robbie biopic, and so honestly, it could be a pretty 75 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:56,600 Speaker 1: generic music bio film where you know, you've got you've 76 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: got the you know, sort of genius musician who's you know, 77 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: he's set with inner demons and succumbs to substance abuse 78 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: and he's got daddy issues and it's like, oh gosh, 79 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: we've seen it all before, you know, very bow rap, 80 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 1: very back to black. The one thing that separates this, 81 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: as some of your listeners may know, is the Robbie 82 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: Williams character in this film is a c G I chimpanzee. 83 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: Like we're talking Planet of the Ay. He looks exactly 84 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 1: like Caesar from the Planet of the Apes. And Robbie 85 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:32,040 Speaker 1: Williams is a bit of a cheesey and he has 86 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: once said himself that sometimes on stage he feels like 87 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: a bit of a performing monkey. And so the director, 88 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: Michael Gracie, who's an Aussie who did The Greatest Showman, 89 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: has kind of seized upon that statement and said, you 90 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: know what, let's seize it upon it and let's make 91 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,039 Speaker 1: him a monkey. And initially, when you're watching it and 92 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: everybody else is a human in the film and they 93 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: don't talk about him being a monkey, you can just 94 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 1: you know, it's just okay, he's among monkey. No one 95 00:04:58,080 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 1: talks about it being strange, and there's no other ant 96 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: for animals, And initially you're going, what the heck have 97 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: I walked into? But it is amazingly effective. It is. 98 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 1: It's just a rollicking good time with a number of 99 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:14,359 Speaker 1: musical numbers in the film. Some of them are probably 100 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: the best musical numbers I've ever seen. There's one sequence 101 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: that they do to rock DJ while he's in the 102 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: take that era. They shot it over four days on 103 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: Regent Street in London, stitched it all together so you 104 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 1: can't see any of the edits. It's bonkers. It is incredible. 105 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: The film itself loses its way towards the end, but 106 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:35,840 Speaker 1: you know, go watch that. That is so much fun. 107 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:37,280 Speaker 1: You don't have to be a big Robbi Williams fan. 108 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: So by doing the monkey thing, I've taken out that 109 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: thing of having to cast someone doing his own voice. 110 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: His voice. It's hilarious. There's there's a really fun Liam 111 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 1: Gallagher kind of you know, sort of little he's not 112 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:53,120 Speaker 1: actually Liam Gallagher, but he makes an appearance. So that's 113 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 1: that's a great one. A lot of fun on Boxing Day. 114 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:57,719 Speaker 1: Also on Boxing Day you've got a couple of I 115 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: guess art House films. You've got A Real Pain, which 116 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:04,159 Speaker 1: is written and directed and starring Jesse Eisenberg and also 117 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: Kieran Colkin from Secession about two kind of Jewish cousins, 118 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 1: Jewish American cousins who go to Poland and retrace the 119 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: footsteps of their grammar. Who was who was a part 120 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,160 Speaker 1: of the part of the Holocaust and survived and so 121 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 1: they So it's it's a bit heavy, but it's also 122 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: for the Christmas. It's also it's also interesting timing, but 123 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 1: with Kieran Colkin, it's also very funny as well. Yeah, 124 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,280 Speaker 1: it's a great movie. What people are talking about is 125 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:34,839 Speaker 1: the greatest film of the year Anora by American indieist. 126 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,599 Speaker 1: But I saw The Brutalist the other day. The most 127 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: brutal thing about that is the running time. It's three 128 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: and a half hours intermission. But Anora though from indie 129 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: director Sean Baker, who once filmed a movie on an 130 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 1: iPhone that that did really well. So Anora starring Mikey Madison, beautiful, beautiful, 131 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: funny film like that would be pretty much in every 132 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 1: critic's top three films of the year. That's a great 133 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,280 Speaker 1: one on Boxing Day. But then the one that I 134 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: really want to draw your attention to is the remake 135 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 1: of nos Ferratu. So one of the very first movies, 136 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: like Silent Movie, Vampire Movie, Bela Lagosi from the trailer 137 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: from from you know, like nineteen twenty seven or something 138 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: like that, was the original nos Ferratu and now they've 139 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: remade it. It's by Robert Eggers, who recently did The 140 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 1: North Man with Alexander scars Guard, the scary movie The 141 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: Witch with Anya Taylor Brock. It stars Lily Rose Depp, 142 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: Nicholas Holt, Willem Dafoe. It's got an all stars cast 143 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: and is so good as they got all the big 144 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: shadow It really really does, you know, sort of pay 145 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: homage to the originally taking it somewhere. Yeah, as well, 146 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: the trailer for this is terrifying. It is terrifying with 147 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: Bill scars Guard as nos Ferratu so so creepy. It's 148 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: it is, you know, don't take the kids, Okay, don't 149 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: don't get it mixed up with padding to That's what 150 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 1: I'm telling you. How prolific is willing to fail at 151 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:10,119 Speaker 1: the moment making so many films. Yeah, I spoke to him. 152 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: He's just having the best fun, best fun and he's 153 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: great in this as well. So there you go. So 154 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: something for everybody over Christmas in New Year's Wonderful Friday. Well, 155 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 1: thank you very much my pleasure. Can I ask what 156 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: was your favorite? Oh, yeah, I would say I'd say Anora. 157 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: I think June two was up there as well and 158 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,680 Speaker 1: challenges the Luca Guardinino tennis film, which is just you know, 159 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: I love that from this year. So three of my 160 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:38,560 Speaker 1: best from twenty twenty four A very good man. Thyse guys,