099: SFFCH – The Harder They Come

Put your giant, colourful rasta hat on, we’re taking a trip to Jamaica circa 1972. This time the ‘Spoiler Filled Film Conversation Hooray’ is all about ‘The Harder They Come’ and the exploits of mango picker turned musician turned gangster Ivan, played by IRL musician Jimmy Cliff. We hope you’ll join us as we chat about, the oddity of having a language barrier between English speakers and English speakers,  the wonders of  Jamaican fashion in the 70s, the cruel and usual music industry presented in the film and more things besides. “Sit tight and listen keenly while I play for you another brand-new [podcast] biscuit from the [Spoiler Filled] empire.”

(Ep 99, Rec 2015)

098: SFFCH – The Bride

Re-animate your corpse and play this episode of ‘Spoiler Filled Film Conversation Hooray’, in which we summoned ‘The Bride’ back from it’s death in 1985. We ponder the consequences of what we’ve done, should we have left it undisturbed? Well it’s done now so listen in as we discuss variation in quality between the two stories told in the film, the lumbersome performance of Sting that contrasts with the pieces of Clancy Brown goodness and the stupidity of not explaining what cats are and yet somehow divulging knowledge about lions. Would Mary Shelley have enjoyed the inclusion of a savvy dwarf to her story as we did? We will never know. Unless someone re-animated her corpse and then asked her? (Ep 98, Rec 2015)

097: SFFCH – Sightseers

Welcome to Spoiler Filled Film Conversation Hooray, where on this occasion Ant has brought in the quirky and gruesome ‘Sightseers’ for  Rich, Jamie and himself to talk about . This 2012 horror film captures so well the ambivalence of the good old fashioned caravan holiday only with a couple of serial killers involved. There’s plenty to talk about this time ‘round  such as: an obnoxious  hen party, a suicide pact, dog napping, cyclist ‘accidents’, rambler bludgeonings and an ambiguous ending. The film receives a limited recommendation from the podcast crew, who might be very, very disturbed.

Note we should state that Abi and Oli do not collect ‘Clomp von Clomps’. They have exactly one and it will stay that way. (ep 97 rec 2015)

096: SFFCH – The Last Samurai

The ‘Spoiler Filled Film Conversation Hooray’ team verbally take on ‘The Last Samurai’  from 2003. Listen in as Rich, Jamie, Ant and Abi think about Tom Cruise and this epically long film. Yes, it is strange that they got Billy Connolly to play an Irish person, and that anyone likes Tom Cruise, or is it? It’s nice that it’s Ken Watanabe’s first English language performance, but we may have liked a less ambiguous ending, and for it to be slightly less Hollywood-y, oh and it not to have had dragged out in the middle so much. I sure there are more qualms to be had but you’ll need to listen to find out.  It’s Guns Vs Swords time! (Ep 96, Rec 2015)

095: SFFCH – Wing Commander

Will a long hated disaster be reprieved or will Abi’s choice of 1999’s ‘Wing Commander’ prove to be the ultimate nail in its coffin. Yes, it’s time for Rich, Abi and Ant to have a not too hate-filled chat about the movie, for Rich to try and talk about ‘Star Trek’ similarities despite not knowing anything about the show, for everyone to speculate about the games without having played them, and for some discussion on why the story really doesn’t make much sense at all. Overall, it’s not quite as bad a movie as its reputation, but the word ‘generic’ does pop up frequently and the Crew do seem to want to execute the Lillard character ruthlessly. That’s normal, isn’t it? Oh, and the Jivelander from the film ‘Highlander’ does appear in this movie. Go, Quarshie, go! (Ep 95, Rec 2015)

094: SFFCH – Plunkett & Macleane

Get your massive powdered wigs ready, as it’s time once again for ‘Spoiler Filled Film Conversation Hooray’, on this occasion talking about Rich’s choice of ‘Plunkett & Maclean’ from 1999. Listen in as Rich, Ant and Abi chat about this British bit of hokum, with a then soon to be famous starry cast. Is it a modernised historical drama? Is it an excuse to make everyone a bit dirty? Well, listen in and maybe you’ll find out. It is rare to find a sympathetic Robert Carlyle character, the prototypes for the Armstrong and Miller airmen, and common people aplenty in a period romp. On the other hand they do have the old pocket bullet stopper trick, and a slightly problematic female character so the regular boxes are ticked. (Ep 94, Rec 2015)

093: SFFCH – 24 Hour Party People

“Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s the latest craze sweeping the Pennine” It’s Spoiler Filled Film Conversation Hooray’. This time the podcast is indulging in the British all-star ensemble movie ’24 Hour Party People’ from 2002. Yes, Abi has brought in the film about the Manchester time bubble of music surrounding the producer and presenter Tony Wilson, and they all liked it. Listen in as Rich, Abi and Ant chat about the film, the fourth wall funnies, the massive ensemble cast, the abundance of cameos, and the willingness of the film to admit that some of it may just be lies. Yes, it may star the polarising Steve Coogan as Wilson, but he is good, and it is crammed with music from the Manchester music scene’s heyday. Does that make you curious? Well, then, you had better listen in to find out more! (Ep 93, Rec 2015)

092: SFFCH – Manhunter

It’s Jamie’s turn again, and this time he has brought in ‘Manhunter’ from 1986 for the group’s attention on Spoiler Filled Film Conversation Hooray. It’s the ‘Silence of the Lambs’ precursor that no-one quite remembers, but is it any good? The crew of Rich, Jamie and Abi seem to think so, as they touch on Michael Mann, ‘Heat’, the key in underplaying the Hannibal aspect of the film, the joy of directors leaving you to work out a few things yourself, the extremely silly stocking to the head, the innocence of not fetishising the killer, and continuity problems in the cereal aisle. Yes, there are cereal problems in a serial killer film? How did they resist the gag?! (Ep 92, Rec 2015)

091: SFFCH – In A World…

‘Spoiler Filled Film Conversation Hooray’ is a podcast, where on this occasion Rich has brought in ‘In A World’ from 2013, for the great enjoyment of Abi and Ant. It’s a cool little movie, pioneered and pushed through by Lake Bell, and built around the iconic trailer beginning “In a world…”. What did the gang think? Well, there are theories that films about films are better than the others, they was anticipation of amusing vocal warmup exercises, the greatness of avoiding clichés, and appreciation of the smaller jokes and touches. Also, for some reason, the existence of sandwich bars is doubted in the extreme. (Ep 91, Rec 2015)

090: SFFCH – Shotgun

In an unusual episode of Spoiler Filled Film Conversation Hooray, Rich and Abi took the unknown bargain basement film ‘Shotgun’ from 1989 and discovered that it had very good reason to be unknown! What can you expect when your lead character is called ‘Ian’? At least there’s an armored car conversion, brutal over the top killings and laughably fake laughter and weird leather clad freakyness but what else is there, and why is Rich so concerned with trying to ‘Brokeback Mountain’ the story? No answers here but listen anyway! (Ep 90, Rec 2015)