Mixed Bag

"This is how the world ends, not with a whimper but with a bang."

What does The Rock, Sarah Michelle Gellar, two Sean William Scotts, Justin Timberlake and enough SNL cast members to be a full episode create?

We're joined by the delightful Johnny Crawford, Vice-President of the Film Society to guide us through this labyrinthine plot and immerse us in the then-future 2008 Venice Beach realness.

A huge flop with it's premiere at Cannes in 2006, Southland Tales has been undergoing a reappraisal lately. Is it a masterful black comedy, a ruthless satire of the Bush era, a surreal Lynchian adventure or a weirdly prescient tale of the Trump era, or is it just trash.

Johnny, Cass, Matt and James open the bag to try to discern if Southland Tales has got soul.

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We reached a landmark, 20 episodes! To celebrate we're going to go plant some American flags on planets and wish the legendary Bill Irwin a happy birthday.

That's right, we're off to space! Christopher Nolan's 2014 epic Interstellar was a giant but how many people actually saw it? James certainly didn't and he was a big Nolan fan, why did the worm turn against ol' Chris and why are you calling James a worm? That's rude.

Don't miss hearing the team chat Matt and Matt in this movie, as well as Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Timothée Chalamet, Ellen Burstyn and... TOPHER GRACE??!!

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Yo! You want some papes? 

Welcome to the turn of the century, where we newsies gotta distributes these papes and we're gettin paid nuttin' for 'em! I'm getting angry, and I know my pal Jack Kelly (Christain Bale) is too! I sure hope he starts a revolt so we newsies can unionize, all while dancin our scruffy feet off an' singin' our little lungs out!

A huge Box Office flop, this is the film Disney doesn't want you to see. Starring Christian Bale, Robert Duvall and one of our podcast hosts, James Cain??

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Does your marriage need a little zhoosh? How about solving a murder together? That's what Audrey (Jennifer Aniston) and Nick (Adam Sandler) find themselves doing when Charles Cavendish (Luke Evans) invites them on a luxury cruise ship.

The first of our weekly series starts with Netflix's Murder Mystery so you can watch along and see if you agree. You'll be getting a lot more of the Mixed Bag team as they've suddenly got a lot more time on their hands.

While you know for certain that the Matt, Cass and James will butcher the plot of this movie, does this movie kill their vibe or did it slay them?

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Take a moment from your real life to step into... the Imaginarium.

It's 2009, Jude Law, Johnny Depp and Colin Farrell hold the same cultural cache, Andrew Garfield goes uncredited on the film's poster and Terry Gilliam hasn't put a Monty Python style foot in his mouth with comments about white men and how they're the real victims.

No, this is a time when there's a duel between a Doctor and a Devil, a travelling circus and we all had broken hearts over an incredible actor called Heath.

We're joined by the awesome Ruby Kemp who has loved this filmed for 10 years. She revisits it today, what did she and the team think? Was it a visual extravaganza or an overstimulating mess?

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2002. It was a different time. Treasure Island? Pff! Forget that, it's a whole damn PLANET, mate!

Joseph Gordon Levitt was hot stuff, fresh off 3rd Rock From The Sun and about to carve out his career as a serious actor, what better teen to take on the iconic role of Jim Hawkins.

Disney was... well, struggling but there was great innovation to be made playing with 2D and 3D animation, did they crack it this time? How long did they spend on human characters or were they just having the time of their life making some dope space aliens?

A distant memory in James' childhood, did this Planet stand the test of time or was this not Treasure but trash?

Find out on this week's Mixed Bag...

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Say listener, you, yes you! You wanna gig, kid? The years 1958 and we've got the scoop of the century! Vernon Hudsucker has gone kaput, kablamo! Who'll take over the company? His righthand man, the cigar chomping Sidney J Mussburger? Or will it be some nobody from the street? Hurry up kid, this story ain't gunna write itself! 

This week we're joined by the incredible Jonny Potts, watching a VHS copy of The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), a Joel & Ethan Coen joint, written by them and their pal Sam Raimi. Have you stumbled across this little known flick starring Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Paul Newman?

If you enjoy Jonny Potts discussing VHS on our pod, you can hear him in more detail in his Fringe Festival show "The Best Show In Town Is At Your Place Every Night", a guided tour of the video shops of Wellington. On from 3-6 March at BATS Theatre 9pm, Jonny is a master storyteller and we can't wait to see what he has in store.

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It was the summer of 1999 and Freddie Prince Jr was riding the wave of stardom, starring in an incredibly loose adaptation of Pygmalion and My Fair Lady with rising star Rachael Leigh Cook.

Don't be silent on this like Sarah Michelle Gellar's cameo, you've got to see this star studded cast ft Usher, Lil Kim, Kieran Culkin, Gabrielle Union and Academy Award Winner Anna Paquin.

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"Eva!"

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"I See You"

Matt, Cass and James not only waded into the hyper-blue depths of this 2009 juggernaut, we watched the extended cut, featuring more creatures, more Sigourney and the occasional dodgy CGI shot.

Were the trio charmed by the visit to the Hometree, or were we like Neytiri and we couldn't stop called Jake Sully skxawng (moron)? Listen to find out.

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