Silver Screen Queens

We didn’t know what would happen last week in Christchurch, New Zealand when we watched this film, which is based on the real-life stories of the staff and guests of the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, caught up in a terrorist attack on 26 November 2008. We still want to review the film, because we think it’s important that these stories are told, but we understand that some listeners may find both the film and the discussion of it upsetting.

An Indian-Australian co-production, from first-time director Anthony Maras, and featuring the wonderful Dev Patel and Armie Hammer, Hotel Mumbai gives an incredibly tense and taut view of a coordinated terrorist attack unfolding and the people caught up in it.

• Hotel Mumbai (2018) - IMDb

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After many years of wishing and hoping and never quite believing Marvel would do the right thing, Carol Danvers Captain Marvel is here, starring Brie Larson, a delightfully de-aged Samuel L. Jackson, and a cat named Goose.

• Captain Marvel (2019) - IMDb

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In 2017, we got way more enjoyment than we expected out of a small-budget horror flick called HAPPY DEATH DAY, and barely 18 months later, we got the sequel. Very much building on the first film, the murderous time loop adventures of Tree (Jessica Rothe) continue with new friends and, maybe, a new killer?

• Happy Death Day 2U (2019) - IMDb
• Happy Death Day (2017) - IMDb
• Edge of Tomorrow (2014) - IMDb

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Based on a well-known anime, Alita is a cyborg trying to find her way in a dystopian future. Directed by Robert Rodriguez and produced and written by James Cameron, it’s a little different from what either of those two normally do.

• Alita: Battle Angel (2019) - IMDb
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) - IMDb
• Bumblebee (2018) - IMDb
• X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) - IMDb

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It’s Oscar week, and our 300th episode, so we review Best Picture favourite ROMA, and do a little bonus preview of the big show, which, this year, has lost a little of its lustre.

• Roma (2018) - IMDb
• Touch of Evil (1958) - IMDb
• 2019 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• Disney•Pixar on Twitter:
• The Rider (2017) - IMDb

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The notorious RBG finally gets the biopic treatment. Focusing on a famous gender equality case argued by a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ON THE BASIS OF SEX treats us to some of the life story of everyone’s favourite Supreme Court justice.

• On the Basis of Sex (2018) - IMDb

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We knew we’d have to see it eventually.

• Green Book (2018) - IMDb

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Saoirse Ronan takes on the role of Mary Stuart, the wilful and vindictive 16th century queen of Scotland, and is aided by Margot Robbie as Mary’s cousin and rival, Elizabeth I. British theatre director Josie Rourke takes on her first feature, and Katie takes on yet another period piece.

• Mary Queen of Scots (2018) - IMDb
• John Knox - Wikipedia
• The Other Queen - Philippa Gregory

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Being musical theatre nerds, we’ve been waiting for Mary to return. The magical nanny is given a sequel with the best possible combination of a delightful cast and competent director, and we…had different experiences of it…

• Mary Poppins Returns (2018) - IMDb
• Mary Poppins (1964) - IMDb
• Emily Blunt Explains ‘Mary Poppins’ Bathtub Slide - YouTube
• Parenthood - Grandma's rollercoaster story - YouTube
• Craig Ferguson Dick Van Dyke - YouTube

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Also known as the Lucas Hedges gay conversion film, this had some early Oscar buzz around its (mostly Australian) cast and crew. We are always here for Lucas Hedges, and we are always here for gay teens, so it seemed like it might be a good fit for us.

• Boy Erased (2018) - IMDb
• Loving (2016) - IMDb
• Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015) - IMDb
• Mean Girls (2004) - IMDb
• A Tale of Two Boxes: Contrasting Sexual Ethics | Libby Anne

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