Mighty Motion Picture Rangers

It's the final day of the year AND the final episode! That's right, for our very last installment of the podcast, we're giving you the classic Top 10 end of year list, with returning guest PETER GRAY here to help send us off!

What were your favourite films of the year? The Invisible Man? Wonder Woman 1984? Nomadland? How will our list stand up next to the Oscars? Listen and find out.

Thanks to all our listeners over the years! Hopefully we'll be back in your ear buds someday soon, we'll see you down the road!

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It's hard hitting news this week! Journalism is on the table and boy do we have some firecracker films, this week, hosts talk about 3 sizzling films ripped from the headlines!

Zodiac (2007) dir. David Fincher Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Chloe Sevigny

Robert Graysmith, a cartoonist by profession, finds himself obsessively thinking about the Zodiac killer. He uses his puzzle-solving abilities to get closer to revealing the identity of the killer.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNncHPl1UXg

Network (1976) dir. Sidney Lumet Starring Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch, William Holden, Ned Beatty

Veteran news anchorman Howard Beale (Peter Finch) discovers that he's being put out to pasture, and he's none too happy about it. After threatening to shoot himself on live television, instead he launches into an angry televised rant, which turns out to be a huge ratings boost for the UBS network. This stunt allows ambitious producer Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway) to develop even more outrageous programming, a concept that she takes to unsettling extremes.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cSGvqQHpjs

All The President's Men (1976) dir. Alan J Pakula Starring RObert Redford, Dustin Hoffmann

During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Richard Nixon to resign from his post.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC3YFyah_Yg

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It's the taboo topic of POLITICS, this week we have returning guest PETER GRAY to talk about 3 very different films about Politics

- THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987) dir. Brian De Palma, starring: Robert DeNiro, Kevin Costner, Sean Connery

"Despite Prohibition in the USA, a mobster, Al Capone, continues his illicit liquor business. A federal agent, Eliot Ness, is assigned to expose Capone's illegal business and bring him to justice."

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbzkK06MJjE

- THE CAMPAIGN (2012) dir. Jay Roach, starring: Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis.

"Cam Brady and Marty Huggins are political rivals who are running for the same seat and will stop at nothing to outdo each other during their campaigns."

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omcm3VCVpag

- OUR BRAND IS CRISIS (2015) dir. David Gordon Green, starring Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Ann Dowd, Anthony Mackie

"Jane Bodine, a political consultant, is tasked with managing Pedro Castillo's campaign. She faces her biggest challenge in the form of Pat Candy, the consultant of her opposition."

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLZo_ILZhfk

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A Very Special Interview with Horror Author and filmmaker Aaron Dries. Writer of works like House of Sighs, The Fallen boys and Where the Dead Go To Die. Talking Horror, Queer Horror and much, much more!

We have a special interview with Horror Author and filmmaker Aaron Dries. Writer of works like House of Sighs, The Fallen Boys, A Place For Sinners, and Where the Dead Go To Die.

We cover all sorts of things like Writing Horror, Queer identity, Horror films, Covid19, the differences between writing for the page and writing for the screen, and even the Tippi Hedren Starring Lion rampage film "Roar"

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And his books are available wherever you get Books!

We recommend Booktopia if you're from Australia:

https://www.booktopia.com.au/search.ep?keywords=aaron+dries&productType=917504

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This week our hosts dive into cinematic depictions of Power, royal, and criminal. Our three films are:

A PROPHET (2009) dir. Jacques Audiard, starring Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l69ARbQt-Ko

SECRET HONOR (1984) dir. Robert Altman, starring Philip Baker Hall

ELIZABETH (1998) dir. Shakhar Kapur,, starring Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, David Attenborough, Daniel Craig

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikwDzecY7F8

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Creature Feature fare abounds as hosts dive into three films that will make your skin crawl. Your hosts look at:

CRITTERS (1986)

dir. Stephen Herek, starring Dee Wallace, M. Emmett Walsh, Scott Grimes, Billy Zane

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V3YGz-u2Ts

THE RUINS (2008)

dir. Carter Smith, starring Shawn Ashmore, Jonathan Tucker

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3JKmTK70Mc

THE RITUAL (2017) dir. David Bruckner, starring Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Robert James-Collier

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfugwq2uoa0

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Pace yourselves, we’re here for a while as our hosts look at some really long movies. A Minimum runtime of 2hrs 50 minutes was the requirement and we have made our picks!

THE DEER HUNTER (1978) Dir. Michael Cimino, starring Robert DeNiro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Cazale.

An Oscar Winning Best Picture, Set in the backdrop of the US-Vietnam war, three friends who join the army to fight in Vietnam are later captured by the enemy forces. They manage to escape but are soon separated and imprisoned again.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXoFhOvvOjI

MAGNOLIA (1999) Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Tom Cruise, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, William H. Macy, John C. Reilly, Jason Robards, Phllip Baker Hall

An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnamcFv_N9Q

HEAT (1995) Dir. Michael Mann, starrign Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Val Kilmer, Ashley Judd, Natalie Portman

Lieutenant Hanna, a detective, decides to catch a highly intelligent seasonal criminal who has vowed to pull off one last robbery before he retires for good.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14oNcFxiVaQ

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The great beyond, infinite darkness, cold comfort, our hosts venture into the Cinema of Space. Three **very different** films this week that look at space and it's meaning in very unique ways:

INNERSPACE (1987) Dir. Joe Dante, starring Dennis Quaid, Martin Short and Meg Ryan.

"When Tuck volunteers to be miniaturised and put into the body of a lab rabbit, he is accidentally injected into a hypochondriac. A group of industrial spies are after the both of them."

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kQDIosuZuo

HIGH LIFE (2018) Dir. Claire Denis, starring Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Mia Goth

"Monte and his baby daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to the outer reaches of the solar system. They must now rely on each other to survive as they hurtle toward the oblivion of a black hole."

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtOwfo1ypOw

APOLLO 13 (1995) Dir. Ron Howard, starring Tom hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Ed Harris

"Astronauts Lovell, Haise and Swigert of the Apollo 13 moon mission find themselves stranded when their spacecraft gets damaged. NASA must now find a way to bring them back before it is too late."

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtEIMC58sZo

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Sing and dance to your heart’s content. This is certainly our jam this week as our hosts, back from Coronavirus isolation, dive into three very different films that each look at music in a different way.

FRANK (2014) Dir. Lenny Abrahamson, starring Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal

"A young aspiring musician finds himself far out of his element after he joins an eccentric pop group led by the enigmatic Frank, who wears a giant fake head. As the band prepare to record their debut album, their personal issues generate tension."

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A7iVIg_ry8

LONDON ROAD (2015) Dir. Rufus Norris, starring Olivia Coleman, Tom Hardy, and the original West End Cast.

`London Road' a Verbatim Musical that documents the events that occurred in 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich, Suffolk, was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyBMYeG7pMM

THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1964) Dir. Jacques Demy, starring Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo.

A Franch Sung through musical about Genevieve, who is pregnant from Guy, a mere motor mechanic, and is pressurized by her mother to marry the wealthy Roland, who is ready to accept and raise her child. Will Genevieve accept the proposal?

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imCOi7pqKh0

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Welcome to misery! The team is looking at Feel Bad Films, so grab that tub of chocolate and a box of tissues and brace yourselves as we look at:

REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (2000) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBwzN4v1vA0

Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly

Directed by Darren Aronofsky

THEY SHOOT HORSES DON'T THEY? (1969) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke-sWMXspNA

Starring: Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Gig Young

Directed by Sydney Pollack

BLUE VALENTINE (2010) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw0NChcdQfQ

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams

Directed by Derek Cianfrance

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