Fans of seeing humanity's thin veneer of civilisation stripped away to reveal the base creature beneath will love this week's episode as Danny employs a series of bestial growls and grunts to review experimental black comedy Aaaaaaaah! Sam opts for a more ordinary string of ums, ahs, and y'knows in his own look at marriage drama 45 Years.Elsewhere, the team makes some astonishingly cutting contemporary political remarks in a discussion about the super relevant new Bourne film; finds an excuse to check in with Woody Allen yet again; and Googles Wilfred Brimley. The episode is capped off with some innuendo-laden snippets of dialogue from the upcoming Aaron Sorkin scripted Jobs, fizzing with all his usual brilliance but excised from the final film for being too unintentionally filthy.

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This week Sam and Danny tackle two films that uncannily reflect the experiences they've shared over Film Chat's 40 episodes.First off Sam reviews Mistress America about a young, directionless ingenue who is taken under the wing of a go getting, confident bullshitter. No not Film Chat: The Movie! but Mistress America, the latest slice of middle class angst from indie darling Noah Baumbach.Then they tackle a film in which two hunky men bicker, fight and eventually get along. No not Film Chat: The Sequel! but Guy Ritchie's glamorous spy reboot/remake/prequel, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.They also find time to check out the latest movie news surrounding Star Wars, Superman, and ancient Homeric texts. Plus an in-depth discussion of the listeners guilty pleasures and guilty displeasures. All this and the usual backbiting, giggling and arse slapping that comes as standard.

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This week, Danny leapt aboard the Amy Schumer rom-com Trainwreck and Sam snuck a peek at indie hit The Diary of a Teenage Girl, two films that promised them the insights into women they so desperately need despite years spent carefully collecting the What I'm Really Thinking columns in the Guardian. They compared notes and it turns out women have sex and get drunk a lot. Interesting.Sam also ventured into the Spanish noir Marshland, a decidedly male-focused film that promised him the insights into men he so desperately needs despite years spent being one himself. Turns out men solve crimes a lot?When not learning deep shit about gender, the pair of chatters discussed what Dolph Lundgren might get up to as the next Kindergarten Cop, whether we'll see more werewolves (not swearwolves) in a mooted sequel to What We Do in the Shadows, and why Tim Burton picked the wrong name from the Beetlejuice Rolodex when he made Batman. They also met their weekly target of struggling to pronounce 80% of all names.

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It's arthouse sandwich week on FilmChat as we lay down a slice of popcorn nonsense, add a filling of Russian navel gazing before topping it off with a piece of commercial bullshit.First off we they take on Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, the fifth film in Tom Cruise's mid life crisis franchise. Did all the running, dangling, hanging and jumping impress them? Yes, sure, why not, and could have done with more.Then Danny tries very hard to give a shit about the Russian epic Hard to be a God.Finally the filmy twosome (people call us that, right?) tackle the much debated Fantastic Four reboot and try to work out what the hell happened.Plus we examine the latest trailer for Hateful 8, discuss Scorsese's latest project with DiCaprio and pay our respects to the late, great Uggie (the dog).

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This week, two films that each explore identity and the human condition: one by personifying emotions as adorable jumping cartoons, and the other by getting Mick Jagger to have sex a lot. Inside Out is Pixar’s latest, a film about Joy and Sadness getting lost inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl that seems hell bent on reducing everyone in the audience to a weeping, laughing mess. Performance is a 1970 experimental psychodrama in which an East London gangster holes up with Mick Jagger and his two girlfriends to take drugs, make love, and have long debates about whether the lyrics to Brown Sugar are problematic. Best double bill ever?Plus, we discuss Richard Linklater’s flirtation with directing The Rosie Project; the prospects for an overtly comic take on Shaft; and which actor has the best filmography. We also decide the ideal cast for our own personified Inside Out emotions. Sam thought Danny’s choices were awful, but that might have just been Emily Blunt hogging the control panel in his mind.

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This week, two films that each explore identity and the human condition: one by personifying emotions as adorable jumping cartoons, and the other by getting Mick Jagger to have sex a lot. Inside Out is Pixar’s latest, a film about Joy and Sadness getting lost inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl that seems hell bent on reducing everyone in the audience to a weeping, laughing mess. Performance is a 1970 experimental psychodrama in which an East London gangster holes up with Mick Jagger and his two girlfriends to take drugs, make love, and have long debates about whether the lyrics to Brown Sugar are problematic. Best double bill ever?

Plus, we discuss Richard Linklater’s flirtation with directing The Rosie Project; the prospects for an overtly comic take on Shaft; and which actor has the best filmography. We also decide the ideal cast for our own personified Inside Out emotions. Sam thought Danny’s choices were awful, but that might have just been Emily Blunt hogging the control panel in his mind.

 

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On this episode a LITTLE known character makes it to the BIG screen in Marvel's "Ant-Man." Danny and Sam SIZE the film up and aren't SHORT on things to say about this LARGER than life character!Danny also reviews the documentary about Tim Burton's failed attempt to make a Superman film, "The Death of Superman Lives." Whose title doesn't lend itself to any puns.Plus we also discuss the announcements of the Logan's Run remake, the new Minecraft film and an Emoji movie. Does this news make us :) or :( ? Tune in to find out!

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On this episode a LITTLE known character makes it to the BIG screen in Marvel's "Ant-Man." Danny and Sam SIZE the film up and aren't SHORT on things to say about this LARGER than life character!

Danny also reviews the documentary about Tim Burton's failed attempt to make a Superman film, "The Death of Superman Lives." Whose title doesn't lend itself to any puns.

Plus we also discuss the announcements of the Logan's Run remake, the new Minecraft film and an Emoji movie. Does this news make us :) or :( ? Tune in to find out!

 

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This week, Danny responds to Dear White People, a frank but breezy take on racism in contemporary America, by attempting to solve racism at a stroke with one really great film review. Sam decides find out if his own review of the unconventional Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy can do the same for mental health issues. Neither of us succeeds.We also discuss which of us has a better chance of appearing in the next Harry Potter film as a morose teen girl; check out some of our listeners' suggestions for terrible movie double bills; and celebrate iconic composer Ennio Morricone's return to the Wild West as Tarantino asks him to join The Hateful Eight. Listen out for a sneak preview of a soon-to-be legendary score!

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This week, Danny responds to Dear White People, a frank but breezy take on racism in contemporary America, by attempting to solve racism at a stroke with one really great film review. Sam decides find out if his own review of the unconventional Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy can do the same for mental health issues. Neither of us succeeds.

We also discuss which of us has a better chance of appearing in the next Harry Potter film as a morose teen girl; check out some of our listeners' suggestions for terrible movie double bills; and celebrate iconic composer Ennio Morricone's return to the Wild West as Tarantino asks him to join The Hateful Eight. Listen out for a sneak preview of a soon-to-be legendary score!

 

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