13 Apr 2024
"Cinema Cafe" Discussion for Week of April 8th (Ep 73, 13/04/2024)
Our weekly film chat featuring this week:
- Bob Mann of One Mann's Movies (onemannsmovies.com) & film reviewer for BBC Radio Solent;
- Emma Sewell from Emma @ The Movies on X (http://x.com/emmaatthemovies);
- Scott Forbes from The Forbes Film & TV Review on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/theforbesfilmreview/) &
- Rev. Andy Godfrey of Konnect Radio (https://www.konnectradio.com) and Sorted Magazine (https://sortedmag.com);
The video version of this podcast is available here - https://youtu.be/AkyqbkTskeA .
AI Generated Show Notes
Summary
In this episode of Flickering Dreams, the hosts discuss several films including Seize Them, The First Omen, and Megamind vs the Doom Syndicate. They provide their opinions and ratings for each film. The hosts also play a film quiz where they guess the movie based on lines of dialogue. The Top 10 at the Box Office is reviewed. The hosts also talk about continuity errors in movies and the availability of certain films on DVD. They mention upcoming films, such as 'Civil War' and 'Back to Black,' and share news about a new film about Monopoly. The conversation ends with a discussion about the death of OJ Simpson. Overall, the conversation is light-hearted and filled with humor.
Keywords
Flickering Dreams, cinema cafe, films, reviews, Seize Them, The First Omen, Megamind vs the Doom Syndicate, film quiz, movies, Godzilla vs. Kong, Frozen Empire, The Omen, continuity errors, DVD availability, box office, film ratings, upcoming films, Monopoly, OJ Simpson
Takeaways
- The film Seize Them, produced by the Horrible Histories team, is a comedy with a 15 certificate due to language and gore.
- The First Omen is a prequel to the original Omen film and answers questions about Damien's birth.
- Megamind vs the Doom Syndicate is a poorly received film with bad CGI.
- The hosts play a film quiz where they guess movies based on lines of dialogue. The film picked (no spoilers!) was surprisingly ranked high in the box office Top 1000 of all time;
- Godzilla x Kong received mixed reviews
- Frozen Empire was a fun movie, but some new characters were unnecessary
- The hosts discuss continuity errors in movies
- The availability of certain movies on DVD can be frustrating
- There are upcoming films to look forward to, such as 'Civil War' and 'Back to Black.'
- The Oscars have a set date for next year.
- There is a film in production about Monopoly.
- OJ Simpson has passed away after battling cancer.
Sound Bites
- "Seize Them! Seize Them!"
- "This truly is an unfortunate development."
- "It's so much easier to understand your language when you're not screaming."
- "Yeah! I guess they all won!"
- "No, no, it wasn't good. Like, I, it was not good."
- "It's the most amazing film I've ever seen"
- "We were not mad keen on Ghostbusters, I have to say, overall."
- "Still doing good business is Wicked Little Letters with the sweary Olivia Colman."
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Music: Hip Jazz by Bensound.
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