The Horror Cut

Welcome to episode 54 of Choose Film Podcast. Gary and Rebecca are joined by Actor  Shannon Davidson to discuss the contemporary Christmas classic ELF.

Synopsis
Buddy (Will Ferrell) was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa's elves. Unable to shake the feeling that he doesn't fit in, the adult Buddy travels to New York, in full elf uniform, in search of his real father. As it happens, this is Walter Hobbs (James Caan), a cynical businessman. After a DNA test proves this, Walter reluctantly attempts to start a relationship with the childlike Buddy with increasingly chaotic results.

Links In Conversation
Insta - @ShannonDav96
Twitter - @ShannonDav96
https://www.spotlight.com/profile/0294-8974-2846

CREATIVE RECOMENDATIONS
Short Film  - The Death of David Cronenberg,’
https://editorial.superrare.com/2021/09/14/david-cronenberg-on-death-and-kissing-his-corpse-for-his-first-short-nft-film/

Disney +  Short Film Stepdad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k620f8tV5PI

The magic (the secret) book
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magic-Rhonda-Byrne/dp/1849838399

SHANNON'S BIO
Shannon Davidson is a Scottish actor based in London. She has experience working in the film and theatre industry and has just wrapped on a few projects this year. Shannon loves everything films and CHRISTMAS so this is her perfect podcast!

It's time to unearth a classic board game, roll some dice and pray for a 5 or an 8 as we discuss 1995 Jumanji. Gary and Rebecca are joined by Actor and fellow Podcaster Craig Andrew Mooney to discuss this Robin Williams, comedy adventure.

Synopsis
A magical board game unleashes a world of adventure on siblings Peter (Bradley Pierce) and Judy Shepherd (Kirsten Dunst). While exploring an old mansion, the youngsters find a curious, jungle-themed game called Jumanji in the attic. When they start playing, they free Alan Parrish (Robin Williams), who's been stuck in the game's inner world for decades. If they win Jumanji, the kids can free Alan for good -- but that means braving giant bugs, ill-mannered monkeys and even stampeding rhinos!

Links In Conversation.

Twitter - @CraigAMooney
Twitter - @100FilmReviews
Insta - @CraigAMooney
Insta - @100filmreviews

Creative Recommendations

positive stories for negative times
Wonder Fools in association with the Traverse Theatre.
https://positivestories.scot/

SHORT FILM - BEST MAN 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y326_OIgWg

SCARE - Sarah Grant
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=234581304450911

CRAIG'S BIO
Craig Andrew Mooney is a Scottish actor and writer. Craig trained to become a Physical Education teacher before deciding to pursue his career in the TV and Film industry. He has recently completed two feature films, 'Mortem' and 'The Difference Between Us', the latter as both an actor and script editor. His new panel show 'the 100' recently filmed its first season and has a corresponding podcast 'the 100: Film Review Talk Show'. Both aim to help promote Scottish talent and underrepresented voices in the industry.

Welcome to episode 051 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Knock up some Pancakes, check your glass for any Newts and don't get sent to the Chokey. This week Gary and Rebecca are joined by fellow creative Emma Ruse to discuss the wonderful Matilda. 

Synopsis
This film adaptation of a Roald Dahl work tells the story of Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson), a gifted girl forced to put up with a crude, distant father (Danny DeVito) and mother (Rhea Perlman). Worse, Agatha Trunchbull (Pam Ferris), the evil principal at Matilda's school, is a terrifyingly strict bully. However, when Matilda realizes she has the power of telekinesis, she begins to defend her friends from Trunchbull's wrath and fight back against her unkind parents.

Links In Conversation 
TWITTER - @emmaruse
framework theatre - https://www.frameworktheatre.com/

Creative Recommendations

Said The Dove To The Olive Tree
(A Love Letter To Palestine)
Interabang Productions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF-Pk34HNq8

Shadow Over Findusmouth
finger puppet movie. - 48 Puppet Film Challenge
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BnnZnvLgQuk

Kick The Door
The Brave 
https://www.kickthedoor.co.uk/the-brave

Welcome to episode 051 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast.

Find an audience, learn the 3 stages of a magic trick and shout abracadabra as we discuss  Christopher Nolan's The Prestige with Film Critic Alex Gilston.

Synopsis
Period thriller set in Edwardian London where two rival magicians, partners until the tragic death of an assistant during a show, feud bitterly after one of them performs the ultimate magic trick - teleportation. His rival tries desperately to uncover the secret of his routine, experimenting with dangerous new science as his quest takes him to the brink of insanity and jeopardises the lives of everyone around the pair.

Links In Conversation
Twitter - @Presenter Alex
Twitter - @FilmFocusOnline
Insta - presenteralex
filmfocusonline.com

Creative recommendations
BFI FLARE
https://www.bfi.org.uk/flare

SWEETHEART - Official Trailer - Peccadillo Pictures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCF5FvwdPVs

BBC IPLAYER - FLOAT
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p09s27fp/float

We have hit a milestone. Welcome to our 50th episode. How did we get here so soon?

Find a golden ticket, take a trip to the chocolate factory and hold on to your snozberry. We are joined by past Choose Film Host - Ashley Sutherland to discuss Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (which turned 50 this year)

Synopsis
A sweet boy from a poor family dreams of finding one of five golden tickets hidden inside chocolate bar wrappers which will admit him to the eccentric and reclusive Willy Wonka's magical factory. One after another, tickets are discovered by ghastly children - but will the lad find the last remaining one and have all his dreams come true?

Links In Conversation
https://saynotograndpajoe.com/
https://twitter.com/ashsutherland4

Welcome to episode 049 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast.

Take a trip to Hollywood, dribble out some coffee and tell yourself it's all a dream. We are reviewing Mulholland Drive. Rebecca and Gary are joined by filmmaker Robbie Duncan to discuss the mind boggling David Lynch movie.

SYNOPSIS
A dark-haired woman (Laura Elena Harring) is left amnesiac after a car crash. She wanders the streets of Los Angeles in a daze before taking refuge in an apartment. There she is discovered by Betty (Naomi Watts), a wholesome Midwestern blonde who has come to the City of Angels seeking fame as an actress. Together, the two attempt to solve the mystery of Rita's true identity. The story is set in a dream-like Los Angeles, spoilt neither by traffic jams nor smog.

Links in conversation
INSTA - @prettygrimproductions/
TWITTER - @grim_pretty

Creative recommendations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7l6crlMOrw
Pass it on - short film

Pretty Grim Productions
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoOgCu-04XA0xInl6WZoENA

Welcome to episode 048 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. 
If you are taking the back road home, let the truck get around you, make sure there is charge in your phone and whatever you do stay away from the creepy lady with all the cats. 

Rebecca and Gary discuss 2001s horror classic JEEPERS CREEPERS which was released on Gary's birthday. 

Synopsis
After making a horrific discovery in the basement of an old abandoned church, Trish (Gina Philips) and her brother Darry (Justin Long) watch their routine road trip home from college turn into a heart-stopping race for their lives. They find themselves the chosen prey of an indestructible force that relentlessly pursues them and gives a new and chilling meaning to the old song "Jeepers Creepers."

Welcome to episode 047 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast.

Grab your sword, jump to the 80s and get ready to live forever. Rebecca and Gary are joined by Arts Journalist and Author Jonathan Melville to discuss Highlander.

Synopsis
When the mystical Russell Nash (Christopher Lambert) kills a man in a sword fight in a New York City parking lot, he leaves a sliver of an ancient weapon lodged in a car in the process. After brilliant forensics specialist Brenda Wyatt (Roxanne Hart) recovers evidence of the mysterious weapon, she and her partner, Lt. Frank Moran (Alan North), embark on an investigation Of Nash that will land them in the middle of a dangerous, centuries-old feud between powerful immortals.

Links in conversation
Twitter - @jon_melville
Insta - @jonmelville

Creative recommendation
Evolution Of Horror Podcast
https://www.evolutionofhorror.com/

Tea For Two
https://klipist.com/title/tea-for-two/?fbclid=IwAR2_xnk_Pfw-dukpUSwYqUGpq_pWY3egvGRDPIucPZSnNOQ35dfSGNo5JkY

Detectorists
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b06l51nr/detectorists

Jonathan's Bio
Jonathan is a freelance arts journalist whose first book, 2015’s Seeking Perfection: The Unofficial Guide to Tremors, was called ‘Informative, entertaining and, above all, a joy to read‘ by Starburst. His 2020 book A Kind of Magic: The Making of the Original Highlander, a comprehensive and all-encompassing look at the film which began the franchise, was described by Total Film as ‘An engrossing read with plenty of on-set anecdotes and insight‘. He has contributed to The Guardian, The Scotsman, SFX and BBC Radio Scotland.

Welcome to episode 046 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. We are on a brand New Season with a brand New Theme: MAGIC!
Rebecca and Gary are joined by actor Nicola Docherty to discuss classic, action-adventure movie -- THE MUMMY.

Synopsis
The Mummy is a rousing, suspenseful and horrifying epic about an expedition of treasure-seeking explorers in the Sahara Desert in 1925. Stumbling upon an ancient tomb, the hunters unwittingly set loose a 3,000-year-old legacy of terror, which is embodied in the vengeful reincarnation of an Egyptian priest who had been sentenced to an eternity as one of the living dead.

Links in conversation
INSTA - just_another_shorty21
TWITTER - @Nic_Docherty

Creative recommendation

CINEFIX
https://www.youtube.com/user/CineFix

Egyptian pyramids short film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6PbonHsqW0

DADDY SHORT FILM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcYzYiVDIlg

NIC'S BIO
Nicola is an Actor/ Director/ Writer from Glasgow. She began her acting career at the age of 16 and fell in love with the stage; always enjoying the rush of a live performance and the little moments of true magic!
In her early twenties she explored theatre in both the UK and Europe, touring many shows around the UK, Spain and Italy.
2017 saw the start of her venture into screen acting and her love for it has continued to grow over the years! Recent notable screen work including: First Time & BURDS Euro's Special
The latter half of 2020/ Beginning of 2021 presented with her with the opportunity to triple threat herself by Writing, Directing and Acting in her debut film 'Authentic'
Nicola prides herself on working in these disciplines as a queer woman and finds it incredibly empowering and a great privilege to be given a platform to tell so many different stories!

Welcome to episode 045 of Choose Film: A Reel Retrospective podcast. Join Rebecca and Gary as they discuss their summer movie choices followed by a special announcement and our listeners reel.