We begin this podcast from outside The Comedy Theatre as Simon watched The Children's Hour starring Kiera Knightley, Elisabeth Moss and Ellen Burstyn.
Following the much-discussed award-savvy performances by Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, Simon manages to watch Blue Valentine at the Clapham Picturehouse.
We discuss the news, London Box-Office and much more before cotninuing Simons focus on the 1001 Films He Must See Before He Die by watching Terrence Malicks Badlands as preparation for Malicks up-and-coming film Tree of Life. Jo, on the other hand, catchs up on the films he missed in 2010 by watching the critically-panned Jonah Hex.
For the record, "Schwarzenegger received a salary of $29.25 million, plus 20 percent of the profits, for his role in the film [Terminator 3:Rise of the Machines]" so... was 20% of the profits approximately $170m...
Links
Facebook-er of the Week is Luke Owen, of The Collectors Room and Flickering Myth.
Twitter-er of the Week is Natasha Saxby of EchboxFilms
Blog of the Week is Anomalous Materials by Castor due to his incredible post on the LAMB about utilising statistics for your blog.
Music
All music is taken from the soundtrack to Blue Valentine and is available on itunes.
Remember - you can always email The Simon and Jo Film Show directly using this email: simonandjoshow@gmail.com
You guys have been on a roll lately with some truly great shows, and I like how you've settled on the format with the new releases up front, then all the smaller, other stuff, then the classic review to finish it off.
ReplyDeleteOne minor complaint...the new intros you guys are doing where you act as though we've just walked in on some fake conversation....bombing every time. I know you're doing it half-jokingly, but even then. Sorry!