Fade To Black

This week, we get WEIRD (04:44) with the Al Yankovic Story; Bill Nighy stars in LIVING (23:03), an adaptation of  Akira Kurosawa’s masterful Ikiru; we celebrate Jennifer Lawrence’s full-blooded return in CAUSEWAY (39:43); and Millie Bobby Brown is on the case in ENOLA HOLMES 2 (55:25). Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:11:11), can Guy Ritchie really deliver on the promise of a live-action Hercules?

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This week, we contend with some major, horrifying red flags in Barbarian (7:10), check out some bromantic gay love in Bros (27:43), and have our sick bags at the ready as we enter the Triangle of Sadness (44:27).

Plus, in our HOT take, we discuss the future of DC with the announcement that James Gunn and Peter Safran are taking the reins (1:03:49).

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This week, Hanna speaks to John Patton Ford (06:18) about his crime thriller EMILY THE CRIMINAL led by Aubrey Plaza. We dissect Jamie Lee Curtis’s final (so she says!) outing as Laurie Strode in HALLOWEEN ENDS (25:10). Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson have a major fall out in THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (44:29), and Park Chan-wook delves into film noir with DECISION TO LEAVE (01:03:11). And in our HOT TAKE (01:20:28), we decide whether Dwayne Johnson really changed the hierarchy of power in BLACK ADAM.

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This week…  Amon speaks to The Woman King’s own Thuso Mbedu (8:21), while we review Gina Prince-Bythewood’s historical epic (23:09). We tackle the documentary NOTHING COMPARES (42:20), which draws a straight line between the revolutionary politics of Sinéad O'Connor and today’s pop divas. And, AWOOOOOOOOOO! The beast is released in Marvel’s one-take Halloween special, WEREWOLF BY NIGHT (50:30). 

Plus, in our HOT take, we discuss Chris Pratt and his Super Mario Bros vocal work (1:08:37)

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This week…  with the London Film Festival around the corner, Hanna chats to director Youssef Chebbi about his Tunisia-set crime-thriller Ashkal (13:47); We take a trip into the fictionalised, nightmare world of a cultural icon in Andrew Dominik’s BLONDE (37:35); Say cheese and SMILE – Halloween starts *now* with Paramount’s latest horror venture (01:09:08); The witches are back! And here to put a spell on you in HOCUS POCUS 2 (01:25:23); And Amon speaks to director Reginald Hudlin about capturing the legacy of Sidney Poitier in his new Apple TV+ documentary, SIDNEY (01:40:00).

And, in our HOT TAKE, Wolverine lives! We talk about Hugh Jackman’s return to Marvel for Deadpool 3 (01:59:25).

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This week… Reginald Hudlin captures the legacy of Sidney Poitier in his new Apple TV+ documentary, SIDNEY (07:52), and Olivia Wilde welcomes us to Victory, the town that seems a little too good to be true, in her psychological thriller DON’T WORRY DARLING (20:20). Plus, we take a trip back to 1290 for Lena Dunham’s medieval romp, CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY (45:59).

And, in our HOT TAKE, Diego Luna ignites the spark that'll light the fire of rebellion in Disney+’s latest Star Wars series, ANDOR. Clarisse speaks to Luna (01:08:29) and Mon Mothma herself, Genevieve O’Reilly (01:18:28), while we break down the first three episodes (01:28:58).

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This week… the Fade To Black Podcast was LIVE from Kings Place for the London Podcast Festival! Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù joined us onstage (04:23) to talk MR. MALCOLM’S LIST and GANGS OF LONDON. Then the team book their TICKET TO PARADISE (31:49) for the new George Clooney and Julia Roberts rom-com; decide if Hanna Bergholm’s new body horror HATCHING (46:45) is EGG-excellent or not; and discuss Owen Kline’s coming-of-age debut, FUNNY PAGES (01:00:53). Then, in our HOT TAKE (01:12:03), we talk about all the exciting news coming out of D23, including Thunderbolts, season 3 of The Mandalorian, and Indy 5.

If you made it down to Kings Place to see us live, thank you so much! If you didn’t, hopefully this gives you a good idea of the fun vibes you missed out on! Maybe we’ll see you at the next one. Enjoy!

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This week… Amon chats to THE Howard Shore (11:17) about his score for CRIMES OF THE FUTURE, and then the team reviews David Cronenberg’s latest film (34:00). It’s a Gen Z bloodbath in Halina Reijn’s murder-mystery slasher flick BODIES BODIES BODIES (50:16), and when you wish upon a live-action remake, you get Robert Zemeckis’ PINOCCHIO (01:04:38). And, in our HOT TAKE (01:28:03), we pick apart the racist backlash to Prime Video’s new series THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER.

And we’re doing a live podcast at the London Podcast Festival THIS THURSDAY (September 15)! Book your tickets here: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/fade-to-black/

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This week, Clarisse chats to Alexandra Anger and Monica Pavez, the team behind all those uncanny prosthetics in David Cronenberg’s new body horror, CRIMES OF THE FUTURE (08:44). We review George Miller’s THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING (32:39) dreams of love between a woman and a magical Djinn. Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain bring death and white privilege to the Moroccan desert in John Michael McDonagh’s THE FORGIVEN (51:13).

… plus, in our HOT take (1:06:49), we delve into the first two episodes of Prime Video’s THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER. Sure, it can take the Ring to Mordor, but does it know the way?

And we’re doing a live podcast at the London Podcast Festival on Thursday, September 15! Book your tickets here: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/fade-to-black/

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This week, Amon has a chat with Sharlto Copley about BEAST (16:05), and then the team talk about Idris Elba going mano a mano with a lion in Baltasar Kormákur’s latest (36:18). We see how many of the requirements we check off on MR MALCOLM’S LIST (50:40), as we review Emma Holly Jones’s Regency comedy. And Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas turn the lens on themselves in filmmaking satire OFFICIAL COMPETITION (01:06:04).

Plus, in our HOT TAKE (01:17:07), with The Sandman, House of the Dragon, and Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power all either released or on the verge of release, we discuss what show is best equipped to fill the void of Game of Thrones, or if pursuing that goal is folly.

And we’re doing a live podcast at the London Podcast Festival on Thursday September 15! Book your tickets here: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/fade-to-black/

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