Podcast 018: Duck Soup
Posted: 23 February 2012 Filed under: Podcast | Tags: 101 Films, Chico Marx, Film Review, Film Reviews, Films, Freedonia, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, I've Got A Great Idea For A Movie, Movies, Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy, The Marx Brothers, Trivia Quiz, Zeppo Marx Leave a comment »War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing? Well it does provide an amusing backdrop for Duck Soup, the Marx Brothers comedy classic. Yes, this week 101 Films takes a look at the harrowing dramatisation of the first Freedonia-Sylvania War.
Lewis and Ian discuss seeing gags for the first time, ask whether a democratic country can enforce the execution of cuckolded husbands, analyse the fine tradition of vaudeville, ponder how creepy Harpo is and disuss with all seriousness whether Lewis might be blacklisted as a communist.
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Director: Leo McCarey Year of release: 1933 Studio/Distributor: Paramount Pictures Country: USA
Podcast 017: Submarine
Posted: 16 February 2012 Filed under: Podcast | Tags: Film, Film Reviews, Movies, Richard Ayoade, Submarine, The Underground Picturehouse Leave a comment »Regular listeners to 101 Films probably picture Lewis and Ian as rugged, outdoor, macho types. Women want them and men want to be them, fine examples, as they are, of manhood. They weren’t always the confident adonises they are today. There was a time, believe it or not, that Lewis and Ian were sensitive and awkward teenage boys. This week 101 Films takes Lewis and Ian back to those adolescent days as they discuss Submarine.
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Director: Richard Ayoade Year of release: 2010 Studio/Distributor: Film4 Productions, Film Agency for Wales, Wales Creative IP Fund, Red Hour Films, Warp Films Country: UK
101 Films 2012 Valentine’s Day Special
Posted: 9 February 2012 Filed under: Podcast | Tags: 101 Films, 500 Days Of Summer, Annie Hall, Casablanca, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Film Reviews, Films, I've Got A Great Idea For A Movie, Love, Movies, Romance, Special, Tommy from Third Rock From The Sun, Valentine's Day Leave a comment »101 Films has, of course, always been about love. Lewis and Ian are constantly expressing a love for cinema, a love for weak puns and, in particular, a love for the sound of their own voices. So it’s only fitting that 101 Films celebrates this most romantic time of the year with a podcast. Yes, it’s the 101 Films 2012 Valentine’s Day Special!
Lewis and Ian discuss their favourite romantic films, wonder what happens in Heaven when someone remarries after a partner dies and manage to mess up a top ten countdown. PLEASE NOTE – the podcast is for both happy Loved couples and single McSaddos. Enjoy!
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Just one of the many films we discuss in this podcast. Really, we talk about 30 or something.
Podcast 016: The Third Man
Posted: 2 February 2012 Filed under: Podcast | Tags: Alexander Korda, Alida Valli, Anton Karas, Bernard Lee, Carol Reed, David Selznick, Harry Lime, I've Got A Great Idea For A Movie, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Sir James Bond, The Third Man, Transformers, Trevor Howard, Unicron, Zardoz Leave a comment »The Third Man. The greatest British film ever made and the 57th best American film ever made. It also has the honour of being the 16th 101 Films You Should Have Seen (Probably) podcast. Who is The Third Man? Well you won’t find out here as Lewis and Ian go to great pains to not spoil the plot; instead they discuss Sir James Bond, Bernard Lee as Sgt. Paine, zithers getting us into dithers, Post-War Vienna being divided into Russian, American, French, British, Autobot and Decepticon sectors, and Zardoz-based youth gangs.
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Director: Carol Reed Year of release: 1949 Studio/Distributor: London Film Production, British Lion Films Country: UK
Podcast 015: The Day The Earth Caught Fire
Posted: 27 January 2012 Filed under: Podcast | Tags: Arther Christiansen, British Apocolypse, Edward Judd, Film, Film Review, Global Warming, His Girl Friday, James Bond, Janet Munro, Leo McKurn, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, The Daily Express, The Day After Tomorrow, Trivia Quiz, Val Guest Leave a comment »Having a bad day? Spilt coffee over your new shoes? Neighbours playing loud music? Computer on the blink? No matter how bad your day gets, take pity on the poor inhabitants of Earth in The Day The Earth Caught Fire. In their version of the early 1960s, massive nuclear tests have sent the planet spiralling to a fiery death in the Sun, which kind of puts your bad day to shame really. Also, in this weird alternative Earth, the Daily Express is actually a well-respected, hard-news-focused quality newspaper. Strange eh?
Join us as we celebrate all things Leo McKern, swoon over the lovely Janet Munro and marvel at how simple matte paintings of ruined London actually look a darn sight better than most contemporary CGI imaginings of the apocalypse. Also, find out how queuing has a key role in the end of the world (in Britain at least). We also manage to not talk about the ending, despite that being one the things people always talk about when they discuss this film. Well done us!
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Director: Val Guest Year of release: 1961 Studio/Distributor: British Lion Films (UK), Universial International Pictures (USA) Country: UK
Podcast 014: The Godfather
Posted: 19 January 2012 Filed under: Podcast | Tags: Al Pacino, Butterfly Puzzle, Diane Keaton, Film Review, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, I've Got A Great Idea For A Movie, James Caan, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Trivia Quiz, Zardoz Leave a comment »The Godfather. Probably one of the greatest films ever made. It has seeped into so much of popular culture that there are references to the film in everything from Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith to The Rugrats Movie. So in this introduction to the latest 101 Films Podcast, the temptation is to make weak jokes and ‘hilariously’ misquote lines of dialogue. Well, surprisingly, that’s not going to happen here!
Instead we’ll just give you a simple overview of what Lewis and Ian talk about in Podcast 014: Marlon Brando’s performance, how fantastic the film is, Al Pacino being awesome, hats, Zardoz, the influence of gangster films on gangsters, Lewis’s Butterfly Puzzle and George Lucas. Also listen out for the brand new Trivia Quiz jingle! So c’mon, give it listen. Go on, it’s great. Really, listen, or we’ll make you an offer you can’t refuse… Ah damn it.
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Director: Francis Ford Coppola Year of release: 1972 Studio/Distributor: Paramount Country: USA
Podcast 013: Zardoz
Posted: 12 January 2012 Filed under: Podcast | Tags: 70s Dystopian Sci Fi, Charlotte Rampling, Ian's Ukulele Challenge, John Alderton, John Boorman, On the, Sara Kestelman, Sean Connery, Zardoz 2 Comments »Are you feeling lost? Does your life feel strangely empty and without meaning? Even those confident types at 101 Films have suffered from this modern-day lack of spirituality. Well no more, for they have heard the word of God, and that word is ZARDOZ!
Yes this week Lewis and Ian pay homage to the giant-stone-flying-head film Zardoz. Listen as they discuss just how damn weird the film is, Sean Connery in a red nappy (of course), evil penises, admiring ambition even when it fails, Zardoz’s potential as a date movie, why people went to see On The Buses films in the 70s and how something so bad can be so interesting and enjoyable. They also get a bit carried away quoting dialogue. Sorry about that. ZARDOZ!
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Director: John Boorman Year of release: 1974 Studio/Distributor: 20th Century Fox Country: United Kingdom
Podcast 012: Bubba Ho-Tep
Posted: 5 January 2012 Filed under: Podcast | Tags: Ian's Ex-Girlfriends, Movies, Films, I've Got A Great Idea For A Movie, Film Reviews, Bubba Ho-Tep, Bruce Campbell, Ella Joyce, Ossie Davis, JFK, Elvis Presley, John F Kennedy, Egyptian Mummies, Desperate Dan Leave a comment »Imagine if Elvis was secretly alive. Imagine if JFK was also secretly alive and he was in the same old people’s home as Elvis. And JFK had been dyed black. And they had to team up to fight an ancient Egyptian Mummy that was stealing souls. That’s an impressive imagination you’ve got there.
This week Lewis and Ian watch the very unusual but pretty good Bubba Ho-Tep. They discuss Bruce Campbell’s fantastic performance, Desperate Dan and his Cow Pies, Bruce Campbell’s great performance, bad scarab-based effects, how depressing old age can be, and just how impressive Bruce Campbell’s performance was. Bruce Campbell!
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Director: Don Coscarelli Year of release: 2002 Studio/Distributor: Silver Sphere Corporation/Vitagraph Films Country: USA
Podcast 011: The Sound of Music
Posted: 29 December 2011 Filed under: Podcast | Tags: Christopher Plummer, Film, Film Reviews, Julie Andrews, Liesl, Movies, The Sound of Music, Von Trapp Family Leave a comment »The hills are alive with the sound of montone singing and badly played ukulele – yes, this week Ian butchers a classic song from The Sound of Music, we ponder the mystery of exactly what naval captains get up to without a navy, and we wonder what happened to the lovely Liesl. Plus, we reveal the various names that The Sound of Music went by in other countries. WITH HILARIOUS CONSEQUENCES.
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Director: Robert Wise Year of release: 1965 Studio/Distributor: 20th Century Fox Country: USA
101 Films 2011 Christmas Special
Posted: 22 December 2011 Filed under: Podcast | Tags: A Muppet Christmas Carol, Christmas, Elf, Film, Film Reviews, Home Alone, I've Got A Great Idea For A Movie, Ian's Ex-Girlfriends, Ian's Ukulele Challenge, It's A Wonderful Life, Kurt Humperdinck III, Love Actually, Movies, Santa Claus: The Movie, Santa Clause, Scrooged, Special, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Zardoz Leave a comment »CHRISTMAS!!! Tis the Season for 101 Films to throw off the shackles of their self-imposed rules and talk about films they’ve both seen. Yep, Lewis and Ian discuss their top ten Christmas films, plus the usual nonsense including such festive topics as acid rain, Christmas lesbians, murder and what the name of the Scottish one in the X-Men was. Plus we have Christmassy editions of I’ve Got A Great Idea For A Movie and Ian’s Ukulele Challenge.
Lewis and Ian also exchange presents. See below for a picture of one of them.
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Zardoz as Interpreted by Lewis
Pithy Insights