The Tea & Crumpet Filmcast Archives – We Got This Covered

Having finally clawed his way back from Park City, Utah, Dom joins a semi-depleted gang to run through the major releases hitting Britain for the first half of February. Joined by the apparently omnipresent David James, Dom and Liam discuss biopic exhaustion, why Eddie Redmayne should’ve really won the Oscar for Jupiter Ascending, and whether there was anything on at Sundance this year that was actually worth watching (spoilers: there was).

Kicking off with a review of the Shaun the Sheep Movie (and the shocking revelation that a certain member of the Filmcast doesn’t like Chicken Run), the team then run through the UK Box Office Top Ten (more Birdman love, more Hobbit hate) and on into a gauntlet of movie releases, including Selma, The Interview and the catastrophically batshit Jupiter Ascending.

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Another week, another Filmcast. In the T & C’s most action packed episode of the year so far, Liam (Dom’s still on hiatus, but will be back next week – promise) is joined by Dr. Lindsay Hallam (Lecturer in Film at the University of East London), David James (London City Nights) and Matthew Lee (Screen Robot) to discuss an exhaustive and exhausting week at the movies.

Kicking off with a review of Big Hero 6, the gang then segue into a discussion of Julius Avery’s pretty bonkers Son of a Gun – including an exclusive interview with the man himself. Then it’s an all-out run through the rest of the UK’s big releases, with Paul Thomas Anderson’s kind of incomprehensible but kind of great Inherent Vice taking precedent before reviews of Beyond Clueless and a roundtable discussion of the spectacularly silly Kingsman: The Secret Service polish the show off.

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Dom may be slipping and moaning his way through the Sundance Film Festival on the far side of the Atlantic, but the mighty Filmcast rolls on unabated. Liam is joined by regular guest Dr. Lindsay Hallam (Lecturer in Film at the University of East London), David James (London City Nights) and Matthew Lee (Screen Robot) to talk yet another busy week at the movies.

On the chopping block for this episode we have Johnny Depp “comedy” Mortdecai, and – much more pleasantly – an Oscar Isaac double bill, with Ex Machina and A Most Violent Year both coming under the gang’s intense scrutiny.

Buckle in folks, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

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The gang’s back for 2015 in epic, sprawling fashion. Dom and Liam take to the latest stew of Oscar-bait (and The Hobbit as well) with all the subtlety and taste of a bulldozer, partnered in crime by Dr. Lindsay Hallam, David James and Matthew Lee.

Over the course of a massive hour and a half of cinematic discussion, the group tells you everything you need to know about what’s on at the movies right now – namely, why Birdman‘s really, really good and how American Sniper‘s kinda, sorta evil.

There’s plenty more catch up too, with enamoured discussion of Foxcatcher – and much less than enamoured reviews of Into the Woods and The Woman in Black 2 – as well as reviews of the UK’s three big releases this week: Whiplash, Wild and Testament of Youth.

As a bonus – and provided you can stand all the movie wittering – stick around for an extensive (and very grumpy) discussion of this year’s pathetic excuses for Oscar nominations.

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In their final show of the year, the gang put their exhausted, film-addled heads together one last time before 2015 comes a knockin’. This week, Liam is joined (via the magic of Skype) by Dom and regular contributors Dr. Lindsay Hallam and David James, as well as the triumphantly returning Matthew Lee.

Tasked with summing up one hell of a year of cinema, the gang run down their personal lists of best and (of course) worst movies of the year – as well as discussing the movies everyone should be excited about in the coming months. From Werner Herzog to Michael Fassbender’s penis, no end of year filmcast is anywhere near as all-encompassing,

The Tea & Crumpet crew would like to thank everyone involved in the show – be they contributor or, of course, listener – in what’s proven to be a lively and fantastically fun inaugural year. Here’s to an even better 2015!

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Straight from the their secret headquarters in the pulsing heart of London and onto your computer/phone/generic MP3 device, Episode 11 of The Tea & Crumpet Filmcast is ready to be unleashed.

This week, your hosts Dominic Mill and Liam Dunn are joined by ever-present regular David James (London City Nights) and Heidi Blackaby. Putting their various, movie-addled minds together, the gang take on another hefty week of film reviews.

Up on the chopping block are Benedict Cumberbatch’s Oscar contender The Imitation Game, The Drop (featuring one last performance from the mighty James Gandolfini), James Brown biopic Get On Up and the emotionally charged Roger Ebert biopic Life Itself (Dom tried really, really hard not to cry whilst talking about it this time).

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Recorded live at the British Film Insitute’s headquarters, Dom, Liam, Dr Lindsay Hallam, David James and newcomer Emily Estep pour themselves a hot cup to warm them through an exhaustive discussion of this year’s sprawling and wonderful London Film Festival.

Amid the clattering of tea-trolleys and the background chatter of filmmakers from all walks of life, the assembled gang discuss their highlights, lowlights (and in Dom’s case, vomit inducing horrors) that have punctuated their various festival experiences.

Among many, many others, the team take on The Imitation Game, Wild, Foxcatcher, The Duke of Burgundy, Electricity, Song of the Sea, Goodbye to Language and The Falling.

This super extra bumper episode also features an exclusive interview with Tom Harper (director of War Book, a new podcast favourite).

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Dom returns to the fold alongside Liam and Dr. Lindsay Hallam for another bumper week of distinctly British podcasting.

In the line of fire for this episode are the achingly hip Life After Beth (starring the fabulous Aubrey Plaza and the grumpy Dane DeHaan) and French Lynchian sex comedy You & the Night – prompting extensive and enamoured discussion of Eric Cantona’s member and M83’s woozy score.

Rounding thing off, the gang take a spoiler-free (and then spoilerific) look at David Fincher’s frankly hilarious Gone Girl, a film that Dom has now gone back to see on three separate occasions.

Take a listen to the latest episode of The Tea & Crumpet Filmcast below, and enjoy!

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The gang may be depleted, but the mighty Tea & Crumpet Filmcast rolls on with reckless abandon. For episode 7, Liam is joined by Dr. Lindsay Hallam and David James to discuss one heck of a busy week at the movies.

Up for review is the new Cronenberg/R.Patz flick Maps to the Stars, LFF-winner Ida, the surprisingly not awful What We Did on Our Holiday and the interesting mess of ideas that is I Origins.

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Dom and Liam don their poshest raiment as they join regular contributors Dr. Lindsay Hallam, David James and Matthew Lee to take on another big week at the movies on this episode of The Tea & Crumpet Filmcast.

This week’s discussion features sprawling reviews of The Riot Club, A Walk Among The Tombstones and 20,000 Days on Earth, as well as an in-depth chat on everything from wolf punching to sexual panthers. Yes, you read that right.

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