Aussie and the Scotsman talk movies

Kramer V Kramer

This week we review the 1979 American legal drama Kramer vs. Kramer starring Dustin Hoffman (oscar winner for this movie) and Meryl Streep.
It tells the story of a couple's divorce, its impact on their young son, and the subsequent evolution of their relationship and views on parenting.
Kramer vs. Kramer explores the psychology and fallout of divorce, and touches on prevailing or emerging social issues, such as gender roles, fathers' rights, work-life balance, and single parents.
This is two all-time legends at the top of their game . And it is a movie definitely worth a watch - something the Aussie and the Scotsman both agree on.
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American Sniper

This week we discuss the 2014 biographical war drama film American Sniper directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller
This film is loosely based on the memoirs 'American Sniper' by Chris Kyle who became the deadliest marksman in US military history.
The Aussie and the Scotsman discuss life in the military, the horror of war and the devastating impact that PTSD can have on a serviceman's family.
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Fight Club

This week we review the 1999 American psychological thriller Fight Club directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter.
Norton plays the unnamed narrator, who is unhappy in his white collar job.
He forms a 'fight club' with soap salesman Tyler Durden (Pitt) and starts a relationship with Marla Singer (Bonham Carter).
This is one of our early podcasts from mid 2024 so it's a quicky but a goody.
The Aussie had not seen this one - do you think he liked it? How can he not? This is one of the must-see movies.
He articulates beautifully why he loves this movie, all movies and why he hates the 'breaking of the 4th wall'.
This is definitely a spoiler alert movie if you haven't seen it - and if you don't know what the rules of fight club are, then you definitely need to watch!
 
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Escape to Victory

This week we review the 1981 sports war film Escape to Victory directed by John Huston and starring Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow and Pelé.
The film is about Allied prisoners of war who are interned in a German prison camp during the Second World War who play an exhibition match of football against a German team.
The film received great attention upon its release, as it starred professional footballers Bobby Moore, Osvaldo Ardiles, Kazimierz Deyna, Paul Van Himst, Mike Summerbee, Hallvar Thoresen, Werner Roth and Pelé.
We thought we found Utopia! War movie combined with sport.....but alas not to be. The Aussie absolutely hates this movie - his worst to date!
 "unwatchable, slow, cringe, dated, not funny, not serious, worst film I have ever seen!!!!" he proclaims
The Scotsman reviews it like a warm blanket. The feeling an old movie has on you.
Was Sly miscast? We are unanimous in that answer.
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Inglourious Basterds with Marty Benson - Director of Content (Melbourne) for Endemol Shine Australia

This week we review the 2009 war film Inglourious Basterds written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger and Mélanie Laurent.
The film tells an alternate history story of two converging plots to assassinate Nazi Germany's leadership at a Paris cinema—one through a British operation largely carried out by a team of Jewish American soldiers led by First Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Pitt), and another by French Jewish cinema proprietor Shosanna Dreyfus (Laurent) who seeks to avenge her murdered family.
Both are faced against Hans Landa (Waltz), an SS colonel with a fearsome reputation for hunting Jews.
We are delighted to welcome back to the studio Marty Benson. Marty is currently Director of Content for Melbourne for EndemolShine. Endemol Shine Australia is a part of Banijay, the world’s largest international TV and media content producer in the Southern Hemisphere.
If you haven't listened check out our fascinating interview with him where he takes us behind the scenes of some of Australia's biggest shows (think MAFS, Masterchef and I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here).
We deep dive into the food scenes, the sound effects and the attention to detail in each scene.
Marty talks to us about the pacing of a movie - particularly that 'bat scene'.  We go through each of Tarantino's movies and rate them out of 10.
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The Bridge on the River Kwai

This week we review the 1957 epic war film The Bridge on the River Kwai directed by David Lean and based on the 1952 novel written by Pierre Boulle.
Alec Guinness stars as Colonel Nicholson, a British officer imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp run by Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa), where he's forced to build a railway bridge.
After initially resisting Saito's demands that officers perform manual labor, Nicholson paradoxically becomes obsessed with building the best bridge possible, viewing it as a monument to British ingenuity.
Meanwhile, escaped American prisoner Commander Shears (William Holden) is recruited by Major Warden (Jack Hawkins) to return and destroy the bridge, leading to a climactic finale where Nicholson must confront the reality that his pride has led him to aid the enemy, culminating in tragedy as the bridge is destroyed.
Despite our best efforts we still got the name of the movie wrong at the intro....it gets better from there and we somehow deep dive into the Aussie's relationship with his mother right from the start. A little pyscho-analysis from the Scotsman and a shout out to the Aussie's mum, Lea.
This movie takes the Aussie by surprise and do you think he liked it? We know he is not one for older movies.
Embarassingly the Aussie does not know that Sir Alex Guiness played Obi Wan Kenobi - what kind of a movie reviewer does not know that.
At the end prepare yourself ahe Scotsman regales us with the words to the tune of Colonel Bogey while trying to imitate Alec Guiness at every opportunity.
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Best of Injustice Movies

This week is a 'best of' week.
The best Injustice Movies.
We review and discuss our favourite Injustice Movies.
From Bombshell to Richard Jewell to Shawshank Redemption.
The Killing Fields to The Pianist.
Mississippi Burning to The Accused.
The Hurricane to the Elephant Man and much more    
We finish with our top 10.
As the Aussie says - these types of movies are the only ones we seem to agree on. We like to think of ourselves as Injustice Warriors - standing up for those who can't. So these types of movies rile us up.
What have we missed - what do you not agree with? Let us know.
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Air__

This week we discuss the 2023 American biographical sports drama film Air directed by Ben Affleck and starring Ben Affleck , Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans, Chris Messina, Chris Tucker and Viola Davis.
The film is based on true events about the origin of Air Jordan, a basketball shoeline, of which a Nike employee tries to strike a business deal with rookie player Michael Jordan.
Heads up ironically this podcast should also go down in history - like the signing of Nike - as one of our worst produced podcasts ever!
This is one of our first when we were testing podcasts over zoom.  While the sound might be dodgy the content is not which is why we are not redoing it.
This is all about the Aussie. He loves how this deal revolutionised sport.
You don't need to enjoy sports to watch this movie but it would be handy if you knew what Nike was and enjoyed wearing their gear.
Amazing to watch and listen to the origins of the Nike brand and how the Michael Jordan deal put them on the map.
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Maestro

This week we review the 2023 American biographical romantic drama film Maestro that centers on the relationship between American composer Leonard Bernstein and his wife Felicia Montealegre.
It was directed by Bradley Cooper, from a screenplay he wrote with Josh Singer.
It was produced by Cooper, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.
The film stars Carey Mulligan as Montealegre alongside Cooper as Bernstein.
Both the Aussie and the Scotsman are in agreement in their review of this film. It is interesting to see the life of Leonard Bernstein portrayed on film and an "unbelievable" performance by Cooper.
The Scotsman thinks he should have won the best actor Oscar.
If you have heard of Bernstein and you like his music, it is worth a watch.
This is a love story. And questions are asked "can you love a man and a woman?"
The Scotsman thinks he "just loved to love" and we find similarities to that of Elton John and Freddie Mercury.
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Born on the Fourth of July

This week we discuss 1989 American epic biographical anti-war drama film Born on the Fourth July directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Cruise, Willem Dafoe, Kyra Sedgwick, Tom Berenger, John C McGinley, Vivica Fox and many others.
The Aussie had not seen this one and wow this really struck a chord with him.
Both the boys are passionate and empathic as they discuss the horrors of war and the devastation caused to those that served and their families. 
While Platoon took us into the depths of war and the hell the soldiers went through, this one looks at the Vietnam Vet's after the war and how they transitioned back into civilian life.
This is the 2nd in Stone's trilogy. Worthy of its numerous accolades and awards.
The Aussie dominates in this podcast, he is off and running, it really had a strong impact on him. 
Listen in to find out what he has to say.
 
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