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Stoke that fire, curl up with a beverage and enjoy your yuletide ride on the Movie Express. Season’s best to all our listeners! Be safe and look after one another.
What day is it? Why it’s (nearly) Christmas Day! Continuing their celebration of all things this season, Luke and Conor check out the 1999 TV version of A Christmas Carol featuring Captain Picard himself! The guys also witness A Miracle on 34th Street, which is heart-warming and thought provoking, Table Time sees Luke in love with Boardwalk Empire and uneasy with Black Mirror, look forward to more seasonal casts as the month progresses!
Ho ho ho! Merry Express-mas! Welcome to the first of our spectacular Christmas podcast-o-rama! This week we discuss the wide-eyed and wonderful Elf, a holiday themed episode of The Twilight Zone and other festive favourites! Stay tuned for some very special appearances from Christopher Walken and Sir Thornton Wickham!
It’s that time again! A new Movie Express has pulled into the station, this week Steve Martin and John Candy charm us with their funny and poignant performances in Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Viggo Mortensen surprises us in Cronenberg’s A History of Violence and we discuss the ups and downs of superhero pictures in Table Time.
December will also see a return of our Christmas extravaganza, please suggest some films that you would like to see discussed on the show!
Apologies for the wavy sound in the first segment.
This week Conor and Luke got Western. First was Seraphim Falls, criminally overlooked chase/revenge western ranging from snowy mountains to the desert. Canadian season continues with Gunless, similarly overlooked and very funny comedy western which itself ranges into interesting territory – Canada. Table Time is yet another journey, this time into Skyrim.
Conor and Luke were still coasting from the 11/11/11 rush and discussed Spinal Tap without even mentioning its elevenness. Conor was pleasantly surprised to find Mean Streets didn’t bum him out and for Table Time Luke was enjoying Uncharted and Conor had been reading an actual book. Highlights this week include Luke’s self-described ‘old man voice’, disappointments include a failure to tie the show to Kenny Loggins this week.
This week Conor and Luke explore the martial arts credentials of David Mamet with 2008’s Redbelt. The Canadian FIlm season continues with FUBAR a mockumentary chronicling the adventures of two life long metalhead buddies. Give ‘er! Table Time features Suits and Superfly. Enjoy the show!
Back on the road with a brand new season! Conor and Luke discuss the science fiction spectacular Galaxy Quest, a film that reunites the cast of the seminal eighties TV show! Canada’s also on the agenda as the Canadian Film Season begins in the most hardcore way possible with Hard Core Logo, a gripping and poignant movie about music and life on the road. Real Steel is on the table as is Raising Hope a show by the guy who did My Name is Earl! Nanu nanu!
Cheerfully Inaccurate
The Galaxy Quest reunion took place at Wondercon 2008. Luke’s Questarian license was revoked shortly after recording.
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