Saturday Morning with Jack Tame

Jack Tame asks why bodyboarding is considered so uncool, as an adult?
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Movie reviewer Francesca Rudkin joins Jack Tame to talks about the latest release, The Mercy starring Colin Firth.
Plays and novels have been written and documentaries made about the mysterious disappearance of Donald Crowhurst at sea in the late 60s - it's easy to see why. His is a fascinating story.
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Donald Crowhurst (Firth) was an inventor, father of three, and amateur sailor from Bridgwater, England, who surprised everyone by announcing he would enter the Sunday Times Golden Globe single-handed round the world yacht race in 1968. An engineer by trade, Crowhurst designed and built a catamaran for the journey, but was forced to begin the race in a boat ill-equipped for the journey ahead.
It didn't take him long to realise he wouldn't survive the Southern Ocean and he was faced with the decision to carry on regardless, or head for home, humiliated and bankrupt.
He decided on a third option. Instead of following the race route he pottered around the Atlantic with the intention of re-joining the race as it neared the final destination of England; in the meantime, entering false race reports to organisers, family and his public relations crew.
It's an intriguing story and James Marsh (The Theory of Everything) directs a talented and committed cast, but it proves tricky to bring to life on the big screen.
This may be because we don't learn any more about what happened than we did when his boat was found abandoned and drifting in 1969. It may also be that Marsh is a little sentimental about his subject, choosing not to delve too deeply into the psychological and moral quagmire Crowhurst found himself in (evidenced by diaries found on the boat).
Firth is excellent, showing an admirable old-fashioned determination and sense of adventure; but eventually it becomes apparent the hero is his wife Clare, played by Rachel Weisz - stoic, resourceful and left to pick up the pieces, her character is the one we root for.
Cast:
Rachel Weisz, Colin Firth,
Director:
James Marsh
Running Time:
101mins
Rating:
M (Offensive language)
Verdict:
A doomed sailor's tale that doesn't quite satisfy.

Former TV presenter, Kevin Milne joins Jack Tame to discuss body boarding, fashion markups, and the best place to buy a suit.
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New Zealand Herald movie reviewer Francesca Rudkin joins Jack Tame to talk about the latest releases, including:
Red Sparrow starring Jennifer Lawrence, Mary-Louise Parker, Joel Edgerton
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool starring Jamie Bell, Annette Bening, Stephen Graham and Vanessa Redgrave
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New Zealand Herald movie reviewer Francesca Rudkin joins Jack Tame to talk about the latest releases, including:
Red Sparrow starring Jennifer Lawrence, Mary-Louise Parker, Joel Edgerton
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool starring Jamie Bell, Annette Bening, Stephen Graham and Vanessa Redgrave
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The case of who abducted and murdered teenager Jane Furlong is one of New Zealand’s most enduring mysteries. Jane was 17 when she disappeared off Auckland’s Karangahape Road in 1993. She was a girlfriend, a daughter, a sex worker, and the mother of a young baby. Her disappearance made sensational headlines across the country, particularly when it was linked to the sex crimes of a wealthy businessman, and it became known that Jane had been about to appear as a witness in his and another court case.
Although the police identified a number of suspects, no one has ever been charged over Jane’s disappearance. Her body was found in 2012, 20 years later, in sand dunes at Sunset Beach in Port Waikato. The case gained fresh momentum – but still no arrests.
 Investigative reporter Kelly Dennett has written a book on the life and death of Jane and speaks to Jack Tame on what she found out during the process.
$42 from Awa Press https://awapress.com/book/the-short-life-mysterious-death-of-jane-furlong/
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The case of who abducted and murdered teenager Jane Furlong is one of New Zealand’s most enduring mysteries. Jane was 17 when she disappeared off Auckland’s Karangahape Road in 1993. She was a girlfriend, a daughter, a sex worker, and the mother of a young baby. Her disappearance made sensational headlines across the country, particularly when it was linked to the sex crimes of a wealthy businessman, and it became known that Jane had been about to appear as a witness in his and another court case.
Although the police identified a number of suspects, no one has ever been charged over Jane’s disappearance. Her body was found in 2012, 20 years later, in sand dunes at Sunset Beach in Port Waikato. The case gained fresh momentum – but still no arrests.
 Investigative reporter Kelly Dennett has written a book on the life and death of Jane and speaks to Jack Tame on what she found out during the process.
$42 from Awa Press https://awapress.com/book/the-short-life-mysterious-death-of-jane-furlong/
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Jack Tame asks what changed with Simon Bridges U-turn on same-sex marriage once he became the leader of the National Party?
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Jack Tame asks what changed with Simon Bridges U-turn on same-sex marriage once he became the leader of the National Party?
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Resident book reviewer Catherine Raynes joins Jack Tame to talk about books Brave by Rosie McGowan, HarperCollins $35 and The Wife by Alafair Burke, Allen & Unwin $33.
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