Welcome to film titles that conjure much different images on different sides of the sea. Nona is back to cover another "proper film with real actors" in. and for the third show running it's "based" on a true story.

THE MAN IN THE WHITE VAN, will be available on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital from 29th September. 

Delving into the eerie underbelly of a seemingly idyllic 1974 Florida town, this creepy suspense thriller follows the harrowing experience of young Annie Williams (Wolfe), a spirited girl whose carefree existence is turned upside down as she becomes stalked by an ominous man in a white van. Known for her wild imagination, her parents dismiss her fears, plunging Annie into a terrifying Halloween nightmare that shatters her world.

A tension-packed thrill ride, inspired by a series of true crimes that shook the southern states of America, this is the extraordinary true story of one girl’s unimaginable ordeal with a serial killer.

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In this episode I catch up with Philip Bedwell a friend who's current acting career has led him to some interesting roles that help shed some light on what it means to be evil

Bad Man stars Sean William Scott (American Pie), Rob Riggle (21 Jump Street), Johnny Simmons (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), Lovi Poe (Chelsea Cowboy), Andre Hyland (Barry), and marks the final film of the late Chance Perdomo (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina). 

Bad Man is the debut feature from director Michael Diliberti, which he also co-wrote with JJ Nelson.

The small town of Colt Lake, Tennessee has a big meth problem. When murder strikes, Deputy Sam Evans is assigned the case. A former local sports star, Evans has fallen from grace in the eyes of the community he still holds dearly. No one takes him seriously or thinks he can get the job done.

Then hot shot Bobby Gaines arrives. An undercover agent with the state's Special Narcotics Task Force. He is immediately welcomed like a hero. Evans is forced to work the case with the new top dog in town. But as they dig deeper, all may not be what it seems with this strange new savior.

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This episode I'm talking to "Lovely" Rob Jones, who's turned heel while covering this straight to video action comedy.

Bad Man stars Sean William Scott (American Pie), Rob Riggle (21 Jump Street), Johnny Simmons (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), Lovi Poe (Chelsea Cowboy), Andre Hyland (Barry), and marks the final film of the late Chance Perdomo (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina). 

Bad Man is the debut feature from director Michael Diliberti, which he also co-wrote with JJ Nelson.

The small town of Colt Lake, Tennessee has a big meth problem. When murder strikes, Deputy Sam Evans is assigned the case. A former local sports star, Evans has fallen from grace in the eyes of the community he still holds dearly. No one takes him seriously or thinks he can get the job done.

Then hot shot Bobby Gaines arrives. An undercover agent with the state's Special Narcotics Task Force. He is immediately welcomed like a hero. Evans is forced to work the case with the new top dog in town. But as they dig deeper, all may not be what it seems with this strange new savior.

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Lie Down on the couch and tell me about the vegetables.

Captain J joins me for a dark comedy and spills some home truths about a soup

Keane, struggling with writer’s block, watches his marriage to Suzie fall apart. After she announces she wants a divorce, a bizarre man claiming to be Keane’s biggest fan – and a retired serial killer – enters their lives. When a misunderstanding leads Suzie to think the stranger is a marriage counselor hired by her husband, Keane sees an opportunity. He agrees to write a book about the killer… just as long as he plays along as their new counselor.

Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write about a Serial Killer stars Steve Buscemi (Billy Madison) Britt Lower (Severance) and John Magaro (September 5, The Big Short, Past Lives) and is directed by Tolga Karaçelik (Ivy, Butterflies)

Psycho Therapy

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This podcast is scheduled for 2 fools. ThatFKingGuy and Oodles from Modern Escapism and Do Dragons Dream of Scorched Sheep, a man well known for his love of the art form known as professional wrestling. This week we're talking about the lady wrestler Mildred Burkes Biopic "Queen of the Ring". A film Oodles is shocked to find out is about REAL PEOPLE.

Queen of the Ring has an all-star line-up including Emily Bett Rickards (Arrow), Josh Lucas (Ford V Ferrari), Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), Francesca Eastwood (Juror #2), Cara Buono (Stranger Things), Deborah Ann Woll (True Blood), Damaris Lewis (BlackKkKlansman), with Gavin Casalegno (Noah) and Walton Goggins (The White Lotus) completing the card. 

Queen of the Ring is a Sumerian Pictures Production, written and directed by Ash Avildsen (Paradise City). The film tells the remarkable true story of Mildred Burke, the first million-dollar female athlete in world history and the longest reigning champion of female wrestling. Based on the book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jeff Leen, the film follows ‘Millie,’ a young single mother from a small town who defies societal norms by becoming a female pro-wrestler at a time when the sport was illegal across most of the United States.

Despite her success throughout the 40s and 50s, Millie's journey is marked by personal struggles, including raising her son on the road, the tragic death of her wrestling protégé in the ring and a tumultuous relationship with her manager and ex-husband, Billy Wolfe. 

Her story highlights triumphs such as being the first woman to headline over men, bringing women of colour into the sport, and participating in the first female "shoot match” i.e. real combat without a script for a title fight. Millie’s remarkable tale shattered the limitations of what a girl could become in entertainment and sports and is an unforgettable slice of post-war Americana.

Queen of the Ring

 captures the golden age of female pro-wrestling when one gritty, glamorous woman risked everything in her life to change culture forever. 

It will be available in select UK cinemas from 19th September.

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On this show we take on one about a folk-ing cult...

Insert obvious joke here

I'm joined by Captain J Spaulding to take on a Dirty Boy

This episode will also be available in video format over on youtube, because what the world wanted was our faces on your big telly talking about films

DIRTY BOY, is coming to select UK cinemas from 10th September before hitting digital platforms on 15th October. 

The film's theatrical release follows its multi-award-nominated run at Raindance Film Festival where it was nominated for four awards, including Best Performance in a UK Feature (Graham McTavish), Best UK Feature, Best Director of a UK Feature (Doug Rao) and Best UK Cinematography.

DIRTY BOY marks writer and producer Doug Rao's feature-length directorial debut, which critics have already started praising with Dread Central saying it "Laughs in the face of horror" and Cut To The Take calling it "Trippy, acid, hella fun in a twisted way".

DIRTY BOY's standout cast includes Graham McTavish (The Witcher, Outlander, The Hobbit), Stan Steinbichler (Zero Chill, Vienna Blood, Eismayer), Susie Porter (Gold, Wentworth Prison, Cargo) and Honor Gillies (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes). The film was produced by Giles Alderson (The Stranger in Our Bed, Wolves of War, The Dare), Sarah Ann Grill (Slammer, Solitary) and Marek Lichtenberg (The Final 45), who also stars in the film.

Raised in an oppressive cult, a reclusive schizophrenic discovers that he’s being framed by the cult leaders for a series of ritualistic murders and must prove his innocence by saving their next victim and destroying the evil sect from within.

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Borderline stars Samara Weaving, Which for Dean is enough of a recommendation, Nona just want's you keep an eye out for that meat thermometer.

Also Who knew that Celine Dion song was such a banger?

Borderline, the directorial debut from Cocaine Bear writer Jimmy Warden, on Digital platforms in the UK from 8th September.

Starring Samara Weaving (Ready or Not), Ray Nicholson (Smile 2), Eric Dane (Grey's Anatomy), Jimmie Fails (Nickel Boys), Alba Baptista (Warrior Nun) and Patrick Cox (Aquaman).

From Margot Robbie and Tom Ackerley's Luckychap Entertainment, who previously produced Barbie and Saltburn, comes Jimmy Warden's edge-of-your-seat thriller.

Borderline follows a dangerously persistent stalker (Nicholson) who invades the home of a ‘90s pop superstar (Weaving) with grand delusions of a wedding. With her life on the line and help from her loyal bodyguard, she must escape the stalker’s sinister grip before they tie the knot. 

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In this episode as well as both of us being ill, we're also a little tired... but as we find out, that's not always a bad thing.

SOMNIUM will be released in the UK & Ireland from 8th September.

Written and directed by Racheal Cain, the science-fiction thriller stars Chloe Levine (The Sacrifice Game, Transfiguration), Will Peltz (Unfriended) and Grace Van Dien (Stranger Things).

At experimental sleep clinic, SOMNIUM, dreams are made real. Side effects may include: hallucinations, paranoia, detachment from reality and permanent nightmares. 

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Time to have a look at what we could have won as we watch new game show themed horror movie "Your Host"

Your Host, is set to have its World Premiere at this year's FrightFest on 22nd August.

Four 23-year-old friends go on a birthday retreat to a luxury cabin, while partying, they find a VHS Camcorder filming them from the woods. During the night they are drugged in their sleep by a man in all black who stays hidden in the shadows...but when they wake up, they find themselves in an abandoned factory transformed into a gameshow-like torture room.

Their captor is a deranged host in an orange-velvet suit with a terrifying mask who forces the friends to play games and hurts them if they lose.

Directed by DW Medoff, Your Host stars Academy Award-nominee, Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen, A Nightmare on Elm Street), Ella-Rae Smith (The Stranger), David Angland , Joelle Rae and

Jamie Flatters (star and writer of Black Dog) PREVIOUS EPISODE!!

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Time for me and Mark Plant from 100 things we learned from film to call up Roy Castle and tell him about our world record attempt to do the most banter in a podcast, certainly safer and easier than traversing a large body of water in the smallest boat known to man.

It's been a while! I've not had any time off, it's just that everything has been under an embargo and we've not been able to actually release anything. Festival season INNIT!!!???

Yes, I am back on Acast, and as all my episode numbers disappeared in the move, lets just call this a new season.

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Friday 6th May, London, UK: Kaleidoscope Entertainment is delighted to announce that ROW, their upcoming oceanic survival-thriller, will celebrate its World Premiere at the 33rd Raindance Film Festival on 21st June.

Directed by Matt Losasso, ROW stars Bella Dayne (Humans), Sophie Skelton (Outlander), Akshey Khanna, Nick Skaugen, David O'Hara and Mark Strepan.

ROW has been nominated for four awards at the festival; Best Performance in a UK Feature (Bella Dayne), Best UK Feature, Best Director of a UK Feature (Matthew Losasso) and Best UK Cinematography. 

Washed ashore in Scotland on a blood stained rowing boat, a young woman suffering from severe memory loss appears to be the sole survivor of a doomed trans-Atlantic World Record attempt. With all of her crew mates missing, presumed dead, she must try and piece together her fractured memories in order to prove her innocence. 

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