TSAJFS: 19/12/2010 Catfish/The Girl Who Kicked a Hornet's Nest

Season's Greetings Simon and Jo Film Show listeners! This weeks vaguely festive offering comes to you from South London with reviews, news and random banter. Jo has finally caught up with Simon and seen the controversially weird Catfish. We will briefly discuss the film without spoilers during the episode and then go deeper into the issues at the very end, there will be plenty of warning if you want to avoid that particular spoilerific chat. Simon then shows his completist side by talking about the final part of The Girl trilogy as Lisbeth Salander kicks a Hornet's Nest, a film Jo avoided like the plague.

Hearty congratulations to Movies and Other Things by Julian Stark which is the Blog of the Week and features some intriguing Oscar predictions. The Prince Charles Cinema is awesome and has been running great some twitter competitions while Alistair Mills is our Favourite Facebook User. Listen to our take on that Scarlett Johansson news, which prompts Simon into an unlikely invitation.

The music this week comes from Catfish, including the version of Tennessee Stud by Suzanna Choffel which features in the film and is available to watch on YouTube;

Trailers

Alas we'll be away next week for Christmas but the weekend after we'll be right back with an End of Year show that will rank the stuff we've seen in the cinema this year. There will be the best and worst of 2010 which will undoubtedly result in some kind of argument. There will be blood. Probably.

Remember - you can always email The Simon and Jo Film Show directly using this email: simonandjoshow@gmail.com

We are also on Twitter and Facebook.

TSAJFS: 12/12/2010 Monsters/The American/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

You lucky things! This week we have three new releases to discuss! New releases a-plenty! Jo watched The American, Simon watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows whilst both Jo and Simon watched Monsters, the small-film-that could ... costing only £500,000 and making millions!

The usual film news includes discussion of the winners at the British Independent Film Awards whilst we run through the UK Box-Office (damn you Time Out for not updating your London Box-Office in time!) and discuss two mechanical trailers: Real Steel and Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon.

Trailers

Links

Blog of the week is the four-years old Blog Cabins, run by Mr Cabin or everyones favourite Fletch.

Facebook fan of the week is Mr Mike McKenney who runs his own blog, Destroy Apathy (though he hasn't written there for 8 months...),  but more importantly, writes for the Films and Festivals blog too.

Finally, Twitter-er is Charlie Brooker, TV-critic and not a big fan of The American.

Music

The vast majority of music is from the soundtrack to Monsters by Jon Hopkins - an easy find on itunes. Though, the music sprinkled around the Potter review is (new to the potter franchise) Alexandre Desplat's score for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Not to forget the little bit of Bon Jovi, Livin' on a Prayer ... (Greatest Hits now available!)

Remember - you can always email The Simon and Jo Film Show directly using this email: simonandjoshow@gmail.com

We are also on Twitter  and Facebook.

Simon (without Jo) Prepares For 'Catfish'...

Jo and I have every intention of releasing more videos but, for obvious reasons, they take a little time to put together. We have a few stalled and ready to release at the appropriate time and, it has got to the point, whereby this video has purpose.

The release of Catfish is upon us in England and, luckily, Simon managed to see it a little earlier than young Jo. But Jo has every intention of seeing it ... and indeed he will see it soon enough ... and together we shall discuss it ...

But, as a way of preparing for our review of Catfish ...

Remember - you can always email The Simon and Jo Film Show directly using this email: simonandjoshow@gmail.com

We are also on Twitter (simonandjoshow) and Facebook.

TSAJFS 05/12/2010 Brighton Film Festival and Harry Potter 5 and 6!

So, we are outside in the snowy streets of London. It really is freezing cold and you can hear it in our stuttery voices. Luckily we get inside to review the films as we finish our coverarge of The Brighton Film Festival by discussing Fleurs du mal and Patagonia starry pop-star Duffy.

The news, feedback and Top London Box-Office (thank you to 'Time Out' for updating your London Box-Office details!) follow and, to finish, Simon has watched and analysed the fifth and sixth Harry Potter years in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

Trailers

Links

Facebook following is Nick Jobe from Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob - 'indeed', this is the second week we recommend him so, hunt him down!

Twitter follower Graham Linehan who has his own blog, if you click here, is worth checking out and do follow him on twitter.

Finally, big recommendation for Film Squish for reviving the 1001 Movie Club - a great site for all your classic film needs!

Music

All music is from the Harry Potter films discussed Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince composed by Nicholas Hooper.

And, then we also feature Duffy's hit song Mercy and a little bit of Ira Newborn's theme for The Naked Gun trilogy.

Remember - you can always email The Simon and Jo Film Show directly using this email: simonandjoshow@gmail.com

We are also on Twitter (simonandjoshow) and Facebook.

Favourite Film Faces #15: James Earl Jones in 'The Lion King'

Unlike most people, I first saw James Earl Jones not as Vader or Mufasa - but as the presenter of 'The Making of Jurassic Park' documentary. A VHS copy hunted down in a Virgin Megastore back in the day.

After that, I knew James Earl Jones as Mufasa.

Then, in 2005, as Darth Vader. Well, I knew he was Vader, but I only watched the 'original' trilogy for the first time in 2005 across three days, as I watched all six Star Wars films chronologically.

Amazing how such a booming voice can be so useable (a better word? anyone?)... because, no-one watches The Lion King and thinks that Vader's voice doesn't work because it sure as hell does work.

Remember - you can always email The Simon and Jo Film Show directly using this email: simonandjoshow@gmail.com

We are also on Twitter (simonandjoshow) and Facebook.