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Movies and Tea

Brainstew Productions

It’s about film fans getting together and creating the audio experience of that post movie coffee and pie (or tea in our case) discussion as we work through the select filmographies of the directors whose work interests us with each season being dedicated to the work of a different director. As such we look forward to you joining us and hopfully hearing your own thoughts on the movies we cover or even movies / directors you like to hear us discuss on future episode. Welcome to the booth

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00:44:31

After Hours - Clapboard Jungle

Movies and Tea ·

2020/09/04

Elwood and Kim check out Justin McConnell's documentary "Clapboard Jungle" charting five years of his life and career as an independent filmmaker, as he attempts to make his mark on what has become an oversaturated market while also interviewing a huge of industry legends and fellow independent film makers alike as he tries to find out how does an indie filmmaker survive in the current film business?

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01:30:45

Movies and Tea #33 - Alien 3

Movies and Tea ·

2020/08/19

Kicking off season 5 and our re-evaulation of David Fincher's filmography is "Alien 3" a film equally loathed by fans of the saga as it is loved by those who appricated the darker change in direction. For Fincher however it would prove to be a baptism of fire and one which almost put him off feature film directing. On this episode we are joined by Heather Baxendale-Walsh to discuss her own superfan love for the series (somthing this episode has plenty of) aswell as charting the problematic

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00:43:28

After Hours #13 - Paradise Hills

Movies and Tea ·

2020/07/13

On this episode we check out the pastel goth dollhouse that is Paradise Hills a mysterious behavioural modification centre for women who have displeased their families. But what secrets does the island hold? We find out as we check out this sci-fi thriller from Alice Waddington here making her directorial debut and featuring a script co-written by Nacho Vigalondo

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00:43:24

After Hours #12 - First Love

Movies and Tea ·

2020/05/31

We check out Takashi Miike's "First Love" which amusingly was given a one nights release for Valentine's day as here he taps into the same vein as Tony Scott's "True Romance" as Leo a Boxer with a terminal brain tumor has a chance encounter with the call girl Yuri only for them soon to find themselves caught up in a drug smuggling scheme.

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00:42:22

After Hours #11 - Bait

Movies and Tea ·

2020/05/21

Shark week is here once again as this time we look at Bait in which a freak Tsunami traps a group of people in a convenience store along with several giant white sharks. Not only featuring some memorable death scenes and questionable character choices we also get to hear Julian McMahon's native accent as we question what it was about this film which saw it disappear shortly after it's release.

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Movies and Tea #32 - Life of Pi

Movies and Tea ·

2020/05/02

Bringing our Ang Lee season to close is "Life of Pi" his Oscar winning film based on Yann Martel's 2001 novel of the same name. Here Pi Patel recounts the story of his life and most importantly how he survived being standed in a lifeboat with a tiger called Richard Parker. We also reveal our favourite, worst and hidden gems from the season.

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Movies and Tea #31 - Lust Caution

Movies and Tea ·

2020/04/18

On this episode out season long re-evaluation of Ang Lee filmography arrives at the erotic thriller "Lust Caution" as a student finds herself caught up in an assassination plot but has she fallen for the target?

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Movies and Tea #30 - Brokeback Mountain

Movies and Tea ·

2020/03/17

Having already looked at a character dealing with complex emotional issues in "Hulk" for his next film Ang Lee didn't stray far from these ideas as he tackled an adapation of Anne Proux novel about two cowboys finding each other at the titular mountain range and their struggle to deal with thier feelings over the course of two decades as they make regular trips back. We also look at it's place in New Queer Cinema aswell as the impact it had on the cinematic and social landscape when it was released

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00:53:24

Movies and Tea #29 - Hulk

Movies and Tea ·

2020/02/24

Choosing to follow up his critically acclaimed and genre reviving "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" with a comic book movie was certainly a unique choice for Ang Lee, despite the fact he's never been restricted to any perticular genre and certainly it was this unrestricted world view that he brough to his unique adaptation of the popular Marvel character. Released before the superhero boom, here his sins of the father style approach to the Hulk origin story brought a unique spin on the character but

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Movies and Tea #28 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Movies and Tea ·

2020/02/12

Having made a Western with "Ride With The Devil" it seemed almost fitting that Ang Lee would choose to follow it up with an Eastern as he pitched the film as "Sense and Sensibility" with sword fighting as he brought together Wuxia fight scenes and lavish production design in a film which not only revitalised the intrest in Wuxia film but also helped open the door for a revived interest in Asian cinema.

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00:56:26

Movies and Tea #27 - The Ice Storm

Movies and Tea ·

2020/01/19

Set over the thanksgiving weekend of 1973, Ang Lee here sets out to capture the changing times of the era as two upper class families attempt to find themselves in surburban hell set against a backdrop of adultery and key parties here Lee brings together an impressive cast for his adaptation of the Rick Moody novel. Norman from Flickhunter joins us once again to the discuss the film and explore the various plot threads within this tale of family dysfunction.

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Movies and Tea #26 - Sense and Sensibility

Movies and Tea ·

2020/01/12

Having captured the attention of the mainstream studios with his "Father Knows best" trilogy Ang Lee would choose to follow it up with an adaptation of Jane Austin's classic novel with a film which would revive intrest in period dramas.

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01:45:41

Best of the Decade (2010's)

Movies and Tea ·

2020/01/01

With the decade coming to a close we each share our top 10 films from the decade but what will be the film which claims the top spot on our lists?

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Movies and Tea #25 - The Father Knows Best Trilogy

Movies and Tea ·

2019/11/29

Kicking off Season 4 and our season long re-evaluation of the filmography of Ang Lee. First up we have three films connected by thier themes rather than characters as we look at Pushing Hands, The Wedding Banquet and Eat, Drink, Man, Woman

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00:59:29

After Hours #10 - Donnie Darko

Movies and Tea ·

2019/11/10

Wrapping up our After Hours episode is the cult favourite "Donnie Darko" from Elwood's favourite director Richard Kelly in which the time traveling demonic bunny Frank warns Donnie that the world is going to end in 28 Days, Six Hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds while putting him on the path to finding out how. A film which blend together elements of teen comedy, science fiction, family drama, horror, and cultural satire into one truly unique experience. We also announce which director we will be

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00:50:04

After Hours #9 - Tigers Are Not Afraid

Movies and Tea ·

2019/10/27

On this episode we discuss the directorial debut of Issa López which not only has seen her draw comparisons to the Guillermo del Toro but also his admiration aswell as her film blends fairy tale fantasy against the harsh reality of the Mexican drug wars as a young girl called Estrella returns home to find her mother missing and persumed to have been kidnapped by the local drugs cartel currently terrorising the city. Now joining a group of orphaned street kids and empowered with the gift of three

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00:47:11

After Hours #8 - The Shallows

Movies and Tea ·

2019/10/17

Shark Week #3 is here and this time it's the turn of "The Shallows" Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra who despite giving us films such as Orphan and Non-stop is also the director responsible for the likes of "Goal 2: Living the Dream" and "The House of Wax" remake which so memorably was sold on the prospect of seeing Paris Hilton die. So with the prospect of a bikini bottom clad Blake Lively cashing in the pretty girl dollars alongside a rather large shark as selling the movie you might expect the

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00:52:55

After Hours #7 - I Used To Be Normal: A Boyband...

Movies and Tea ·

2019/10/11

On this special bonus episode we look at the documentary "I Used To Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story" which poses the question Is there a point were you outgrow boy bands? This is just one of several questions posed by director Jessica Leski in her debut film as she attempt to explore not only the appeal of boy bands but also what sparks such devotion in their fanbases. This she achieves by following four intergenerational women who all consider themselves to be obsessed fans of their chosen boy

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Movies and Tea #24 - The Beguiled

Movies and Tea ·

2019/10/07

Using the Civil war as her backdrop Sofia Coppola with the Beguiled continued her evolution in style with a remake of Don Siegal's original 1971 film only this time shot from the women's point of view than the man's as the arrival of Colin Farrell's solider of fortune at a girls school begins to stire feelings in both the students and teacher alike. The film being viewed by Coppola as a way to cleanse herself after 2013's "The Bling Ring" from what she terms was "Such a tacky, ugly world"

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Movies and Tea #23 - The Bling Ring

Movies and Tea ·

2019/09/26

Drawing inspiration from the Vanity Fair article The Suspects Wore Louboutins here Sofia Coppola joined mini-trend of movies based of magazine articles alongside Michael Bay's "Pain and Gain". The film would also mark Coppola's first experiment with shooting on digitial as she charts the crime spree of a group of teens who broke into and robbed the homes of thier favourite celebrities. Norman from Flickhunter joins us once again to the discuss the film aswell as question Emma Watson's rumoured Oscar

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