In this fresh serving of HYST, Hammond recruits the usual suspects of Breen & Mercer to gather their thoughts on the latest film happenings. Luckily to lend them a welcome hand the team are joined by yet another industry vet/legend, the very lovely and articulate Andrew Turner. Andrew (who dialled into the pod all the way from Helsinki!) has been working in cinema for 30+ years for the likes of ODEON, Cineworld & 20th Century Fox to name a few. 

The gang have a good natter with him about all things film buying and distribution, talk about ANOTHER delay for 'No Time To Die', celebrate the news 'Godzilla Vs Kong' is being released sooner, pick their FAVE one shot takes from film & TV and lament the Academy for always getting the Oscars wrong. 

Of course, it wouldn't be a new pod without some #opinions and we review two new films - the charming 'Sylvie's Love' [Amazon Prime 2020] and the harrowing 'Pieces Of A Woman' [Netflix 2021]. Enjoy!

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Episode Links:-

Sylvie's Love [Amazon Prime] - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sylvies-Love-Tessa.../dp/B08L47TZB3

Pieces Of A Woman [Netflix] - https://www.netflix.com/title/811287452️

New year, new you...same pod!? For the first ep of 2021 the 'Have You Scene This?' team bring you a special treat for these times of lockdown woe! A New Years Special*! 

In this New Years Special* episode Hammond, Breen & Mercer are joined by the highly knowledgeable Hamish Moseley who is managing director at the awesome Altitude Films. They have a good ol' chat with him about his role, the impact of the pandemic and take an exciting look at the upcoming film slate for Altitude. As is now standard, we hear the guys opinions on two films - the Obama produced doc 'Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution' [Netflix 2020] and the Oscar baiting 'Hillbilly Elegy' [Netflix 2020]. 

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Episode Links:- 

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution [Netflix] - www.netflix.com/title/81001496 

Hillbilly Elegy [Netflix 2020] - www.netflix.com/title/81071970 

Altitude Film [Website] - www.altitudefilment.com 

*by 'special' we mean 'basically the same shit as usual but with added chat about new films that are hopefully coming out this year '

The Three Wise Men of Hammond, Mercer and Breen are joined by the ghost of Christmas present Aidan McCaffery who has come to bring us seasonal tidings and tell us all about his own pod offering 'The Movie News Podanza'.

As well as chatting to him about all things cinema and/or film, we manage to find room at the inn and put the 'yule' back 'yuletide' by picking apart three festive features - 'Happiest Season', 'Last Christmas' and 'It's A Wonderful Life'. We also discuss the latest fallout from Warners HBOMax plan and run down our TOP FIVE FILMS OF 2020.

From all of the HYST team we hope you have a Merry Christmas and fun lockdown NYE times :)

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Episode Links:-

Happiest Season [Now TV] - https://www.nowtv.com/watch/happiest-season-2020/A5EK5E17HwqyCtmaCdEkJ

Last Christmas [Now TV] - https://www.nowtv.com/watch/last-christmas-2019/A5EK6sKrAaycSEPrTEVa3

It's A Wonderful Life [Amazon Prime] - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Its-Wonderful-LIfe.../dp/B00FZ3OXV4

The Movie News Podanza [Anchor] - https://anchor.fm/movienewspodanza

Aidan McCaffery [Facebook] - https://www.facebook.com/AidanMcComedy

Hammond, Mercer and Breen are joined by the delightful Tristian Cooper who is not only a thoroughly top bloke but is also a friend of the show and currently works as film programmer for Cineworld! As well as chatting to him about all things film booking related, we swear up a storm about Warner Bros' 2021 release plans 😭, review 'His House' and 'Lucky', discuss our FAVE onscreen ghouls and pick apart some genius/not-so-genius recasting choices after an original actor has had to walk away from a role.

Please note: after the episode we play the trailer for The UK Cinema Association's new #KEEPTHEMAGICALIVE campaign, for more details head to cinemauk.org.uk. Support your local cinema!

Episode Links:-

His House [Netflix] -  https://www.netflix.com/title/81231197

Lucky [Amazon Prime] - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lucky-Harry-Dean.../dp/B07GXZ1X3D

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On episode five Hammond, Breen and Mercer of house Hufflepuff are joined by the hilarious Miles Crawford who is a comedian, actor and presenter, and can currently be heard weekly on the 'Miles Crawford Show' on London Soul Radio. They chat to him about all things music and film.

The group pick through the tatters of the US box office, lay down their verdicts on The 40-Year-Old Version (Netflix) 2020 and Small Axe: Mangrove (BBC) 2020, give the definitive list of best on-screen performances by musicians turned actors, pick the films they would actually like to see being remade (NOT Short Circuit) and Breen admits a love for a certain Christmas 'classic' that receives mixed reactions from the group!

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Episode Links:-

Miles Crawford [Website] - https://www.milescrawford.tv

The 40-Year-Old Version [Netflix] -  https://www.netflix.com/title/80231356

Mangrove [BBC] - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08vy19

On this brand new ep of HYST, Hammond and his merry men of Mercer and Breen are joined by the wonderful Matt Bayliss of Mike & Matt At The Movies fame. They chat to him about all things pod and cinema.

The group pick through the top ten streaming films of 2020, lay down their verdicts on Jungle (Umbrella Entertainment, Netflix) 2017 and Captain Fantastic (Bleecker Street, Netflix) 2016, reach into the vaults to produce their best on screen American Presidents and Breen dumps another huge list on us, this time reeling off his favourite jungle/forest set movies.

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Episode Links:-

Mike & Matt At The Movies [Anchor] - https://anchor.fm/mike-and-matt-movies

Jungle [Netflix] - https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/80214740

Captain Fantastic [Netflix] - https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80097499

Claire Lawton (Composer) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRE24Ry2B3XNdnqjswHZSyw

Refuge (Refuge supports people experiencing domestic violence with a range of services) - https://www.refuge.org.uk/

In this episode of HYST the team are very excited to be joined by David Smith who is a writer, director, cinematographer and has just released his first feature film “Bear” which is available now on Amazon Prime.

The gang review The Personal History Of David Copperfield (Lionsgate, Film4, Amazon) 2019 and The Trial Of The Chicago 7 (Netflix) 2020.

They also discuss Bond streaming rumours, the UK box office, buying a cinema chain, their favourite courtroom set films and the character they would most love to see brought back to the big screen for a new film (apart from Jamie Foxx's  'Electro' of course! #4reals).

Bear [Amazon] - www.amazon.co.uk/Bear-Paul-Breen/dp/B08LKQRMJC

David Copperfield [Amazon] -  www.amazon.co.uk/Personal-History.../dp/B08437CXSL

Trial Of The Chicago 7 [Netflix] - www.netflix.com/title/81043755

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In this episode the HYST team are joined by Brad James from Lyceum Entertainment. He is a writer, director, composer, cinematographer and has self distributed the first major project from his company Lyceum Entertainment “Infamous” straight to Amazon Prime.

The gang review Rocks (Altitude, Film Four, Netflix) 2019 and The Social Dilemma (Netflix) 2020.

They also weigh in on the recent cinema closures, the UK box office, Disney heading straight to streaming and the films they would really love to see re-cut and re-released by their favourite directors! #ReleaseTheBreenStarWarsCut

Rocks [Netflix]: www.netflix.com/gb/title/81040791

The Social Dilemma [Netflix]: www.netflix.com/title/81254224

Infamous [Amazon Prime]: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B0829FT9PK

Lyceum Entertainment: www.lyceumentertainment.com/news

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In their first episode of HYST the team review Bill & Ted Face The Music (Warners, In Cinemas) 2020 and The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs (Netflix) 2018. 

They also discuss the UK box office, Disney date sliding, their favourite short film collections and spend a lot of time attempting to narrow down the best ever on screen Coen brothers character (spoiler alert: they fail). Enjoy!

Three Cinema General Managers doing what they love - chatting about movies! Dropping bimonthly, our three hosts and industry guest take an in-depth look at the UK cinema box office, talk about what's making the movie headlines and review the phenomenal highs and tonally inconsistent lows of movies/TV shows currently available on the big and small screen!

*The thoughts and opinions in this podcast are those of the individuals only and have no affiliation to any other party.*