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My Movie DNA

The movies we watch are part of the building blocks of who we are. It’s in our DNA. Welcome to the MY MOVIE DNA podcast. My name is Johnny Andrews and I’m a movie-loving Englishman living in New Zealand. I’m on a mission to speak to New Zealand’s biggest movie-lovers to find out what makes them tick. So if you want to hear indecipherable Kiwi accents talking about their love of movies, this is the podcast for you. Search for MY MOVIE DNA wherever you get your podcasts.

tv & film film interviews

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26. Mo Shafeek - My Movie DNA

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2024/05/05

In episode 26, Johnny talks to Mutant Records co-founder Mo Shafeek.Mo started Mutant Records earlier this year with fellow founding members of Mondo’s poster and vinyl divisions. They really are the hot new label in town, and it’s been great to see them hit the ground running with some big name releases already. Johnny's talk with Mo covers the Wachowskis, Josie & The Pussycats, and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ awesome music to Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers. They talk about Mo’s recent

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25. Martyn James - My Movie DNA

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2024/04/21

In episode 25, Johnny talks to music A&R man Martyn James.Martyn works for Universal Music in London and is one of the lucky few who gets to dig into the vaults of bands and solo artists to find things to put out on reissues and box sets. He was also part of the team that put together the Oasis documentary Supersonic back in 2016, directed by Mat Whitecross. Johnny's talk with Martyn covers Christopher Nolan, Denis Villeneuve and Hans Zimmer, they talk about how you can get into the

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01:19:31

24. Ron Payne - My Movie DNA

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2024/03/24

In episode 24, Johnny talks to music supervisor Ron Payne.Ron started his Hollywood career as a Production Assistant for John Hughes in 1984. He went on to be a set P.A. on Weird Science, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and Pretty In Pink, and then a music supervisor / music co-ordinator on Some Kind Of Wonderful, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, She’s Having A Baby, The Great Outdoors, Uncle Buck and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and a post-production supervisor on Home Alone. Johnny's

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23. The 96th Oscars Special with Daíbhid MacCann

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2024/03/03

In episode 23, Johnny talks to returning My Movie DNA alumnus Daíbhid MacCann. In what is becoming an annual tradition, this episode is Johnny and Daíbhid's round-up of the Academy Awards nominees for films released in 2023. They go through the major categories to declare what they think will win, but also what they think should win, on the night. Their talk covers boogying out of a window to 50 Cent’s P.I.M.P., blowing Einstein’s hat off his head, and they discuss what might have won this

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01:13:47

22. Tarquin Gotch - My Movie DNA

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2024/02/11

In episode 22, Johnny talks to music supervisor, movie producer and music manager Tarquin Gotch.Tarquin’s career saw him rise to Head of A&R at Arista Records in the 1980s - overseeing acts like The Thompson Twins, Simple Minds, The Stray Cats, and The Beat. He then moved to Warners, transitioning Prince, Madonna and many other American acts into the UK. Moving into music management he oversaw The Beat, Stephen Duffy, The Dream Academy, Hugh Harris, General Public, XTC, Roger McGuinn from the

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01:50:50

BONUS 2 of 2 - Johnny Andrews & Phil Taylor on East FM

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2024/01/02

Following East Auckland DJ Phil Taylor's appearance on ⁠episode 19 of My Movie DNA⁠, Phil returned the favour and invited Johnny to be a guest on his She'll Be Right radio show on ⁠East FM⁠ in late November 2023. This was a four-hour show, full of soundtrack picks, good chat, and Johnny even tackles a couple of songs on the guitar. Thanks to Phil Taylor for the invitation and many thanks to station manager Michael Rowse for supplying the recordings. Thanks also to James Van As who wrote and

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02:02:44

BONUS 1 of 2 - Johnny Andrews & Phil Taylor on East FM

My Movie DNA ·

2023/12/27

Following East Auckland DJ Phil Taylor's appearance on episode 19 of My Movie DNA, Phil returned the favour and invited Johnny to be a guest on his She'll Be Right radio show on East FM in late November 2023. This was a four-hour show, full of soundtrack picks, good chat, and Johnny even tackles a couple of songs on the guitar. Thanks to Phil Taylor for the invitation and many thanks to station manager Michael Rowse for supplying the recordings. Thanks also to James Van As who wrote and performed

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01:21:54

21. Gorjan Markovski - My Movie DNA

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2023/12/21

In episode 21, Johnny talks to arthouse cinema programmer Gorjan Markovski. Gorjan can be found curating Auckland's Academy Cinema, a subterranean theatre that caters for arthouse / festival movies and retro / classic screenings. Johnny's talk with Goran covers Tarantino, Polanski and Godard, the absence of Kiera Knightley in movies made in the last decade, and they discuss whether it’s appropriate to shush Quentin Tarantino if he’s talking at a screening in the cinema he owns… This conversation

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01:07:23

20. Jelani Blackman - My Movie DNA

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2023/12/03

In episode 20, Johnny talks to London rapper Jelani Blackman.⁠ An accomplished vocalist, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Jelani has just released his fantastic debut album The Heart Of It. This comes after a busy few years in the industry that saw him collaborating with - among others - Damon Albarn and Gorillaz, and with producers Fred Again and Brian Eno. Johnny's talk with Jelani covers Christopher Nolan and Martin Scorsese, Christian Bale and Leonardo DiCaprio, and they discuss the power

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01:27:13

19. Phil Taylor - My Movie DNA

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2023/10/29

In episode 19, Johnny talks to Phil Taylor, East Auckland Radio DJ, quizmaster, journalist and all-round community champion.⁠ You can find Phil - or PJ - presenting the She’ll Be Right show on Saturday afternoons on East FM, broadcast locally in Auckland, but also online and on I Heart Radio. They talk about comedy from Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton all the way up to John Candy and Bill Murray, and because Phil’s a big music guy, the discussion also covers what feels like every music movie

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01:57:43

18. Darren Waugh (Ludicrously Specific) - My Movie DNA

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2023/10/08

In episode 18, Johnny talks to Darren Waugh, a fellow Auckland film nerd, and co-host of the labyrinthine movie podcast Ludicrously Specific.⁠ Darren has been co-hosting Ludicrously Specific since 2020 alongside his friends Doug Dillaman and Steve Skeet. I urge you to check it out if you like falling down cinematic rabbit holes, and hearing about films with ludicrously specific connections. Our discussion covers the Coen Brothers, John Frankenheimer, and Guillermo del Toro. There’s also lots of

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01:32:51

17. Jasher & Mykah Drake (Podzilla) - My Movie DNA

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2023/09/24

In episode 17, Johnny talks to Jasher and Mykah Drake, hosts of the world’s leading Godzilla podcast, Podzilla. Brothers Jasher and Mykah love all things Godzilla, and their enthusiasm for monster movies and all of cinema in general, is infectious. We cover Edgar Wright, John Carpenter, and the current state of the MCU and blockbusters in 2023 - and we're left to wonder whether Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone should be digitally recast as some of the potatoes in Ridley Scott's The Martian. You can

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16. Stuart Buchanan - My Movie DNA

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2023/08/28

In episode 16, Johnny talks to Stuart Buchanan, an award-winning artist born and raised in Glasgow. Today, Stuart lives in Catterline, an old fishing village in the North East of Scotland, where he paints from his studio overlooking the North Sea. Stuart’s work is quite well known in the British art scene, so a quick Google search will show you some great examples of his style - lots of peaceful, solitary figures standing in serene and bewitching landscapes. Go and have a look! This conversation

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15. Ross Williams (The Daily Jaws) - My Movie DNA

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2023/07/31

In episode 15, Johnny talks to Ross Williams, director and founder of The Daily Jaws. If you’re a big Jaws fan, you might already follow one of the Daily Jaws social media accounts, where Ross and his colleague Dean Newman provide daily updates to their loyal fan base of hundreds of thousands of Jaws heads. This conversation was recorded online in early July 2023. We talk about Alien and Aliens, the holy trinity of Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and David Fincher, and not surprisingly there’s

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14. Fraser Grut (10,000 Dreams) - My Movie DNA

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2023/07/09

In episode 14, Johnny talks to New Zealand filmmaker Fraser Grut. Fraser has just completed work as a director on 'Hot Potato', an upcoming film about Australian supergroup the Wiggles, which will be releasing on Amazon later in the year. And over on Fraser’s Instagram you can find all the latest instalments of his 10,000 Dreams project - something that is almost too crazy to even imagine (but Fraser is absolutely killing it). This conversation was recorded online in early July 2023. We talk about

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13. Matthew Highton - My Movie DNA

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2023/06/12

In episode 13, Johnny talks to British stand-up comedian, writer and filmmaker Matthew Highton. Matt is the first My Movie DNA recommendation from a previous guest, after the fantastic Bec Hill mentioned him back in episode 8. Johnny then discovered he and Matt share the same hometown of Oldham in the North West of England, so he was the perfect person to trade war stories with and talk about movies. The BBC Archive video from Oldham in 1976 we discuss can be found on YouTube here. This conversation

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12. Sofia Diaz - My Movie DNA

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2023/04/24

In episode 12, Johnny talks to Visual Effects artist Sofia Diaz. Born and raised in Mexico, but now living in New Zealand, Sofia has worked on several successful films and TV shows including Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania, Moon Knight, and the Netflix shows Wednesday and Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet Of Curiosities. This conversation was recorded face to face towards the end of April 2023. We talk about VFX and animation, interesting ways to eat popcorn, and we discuss the holy trinity of

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11. Jacob Powell - My Movie DNA

My Movie DNA ·

2023/04/01

In episode 11, Johnny talks to skateboarding library archivist and fellow Auckland cinephile Jacob Powell. When he’s not archiving materials at the University of Auckland Library, or skateboarding around Auckland’s skate parks, Jacob can be found watching and writing about movies. In fact, Jacob was an OG user of Letterboxd from day one - and his interview on that journey can be found in the article Turning Ten: A Decade On Letterboxd. This conversation was recorded face to face in mid-March of

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10. The 95th Oscars Special with Daíbhid McCann

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2023/03/04

In episode 10 of the My Movie DNA podcast, Johnny welcomes his first returning guest - Daíbhid MacCann from episode 7 - for a round-up of the Oscars. We’re about a week away from the 95th Academy Awards so we thought we’d get together and discuss what we think will win, what should win, etc. This conversation was recorded online in early March of 2023, and comes complete with a fair bit of New Zealand birdsong in the background. We talk about the ten Best Picture nominees, together with the other

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01:08:20

09. Tomm Matthews - My Movie DNA

My Movie DNA ·

2023/02/13

In episode nine, Johnny talks to the British composer, producer, DJ and violinist Tomm Matthews. For his soundtrack work, Tomm is a three-time Golden Bell nominee for Best Score/Best Sound Design. He’s written music for TV dramas, feature films & trailers as well as the theme music for a number of popular TV shows. This conversation was recorded in person in mid-January of 2023. We talk about the films of the Coen Brothers and Stanley Kubrick, discuss the cinematic crossover between Kenneth

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