Adam Elliot shares how he brings warmth into his films without color, how loneliness is universal, and why he hopes we laugh and cry while watching his latest film, Memoir of a Snail. We also talk about Letterboxd and favorite animated films.
206 - MEMOIR OF A SNAIL - Best Animated Movie of 2024
Ewan and Lachlan discuss the trailers for The Monkey, The Legend of Ochi, Carry-One & the Electric State. Lachlan watched the cult classic The Fall (2006) and Adam Elliot's Claymation masterpiece Mary & Max. They discuss the Netflix Horror movie It's What's Inside and Ewan reviews Woman of the Hour, All Shall Be Well, and the second season of Shrinking. Joker: Folie à deux continues its legendary one-of-a-kind fall-off while Terrifier 3 rises the ranks to the number 1 box office spot. Nolan ditches Warner Bros even after getting a 7-figure royalty check and Harrison Ford doesn't understand being a movie star.
205 - Can THE APPRENTICE Make Movies Great Again?
Ewan reports back from the Zurich Film Festival with reviews for A Real Pain, Memoir of a Snail, Conclave, We Live in Time, Blitz, The End, and the award-winning Black Box Diaries. Lachlan finished Stalker and continued his deep dive into Andrei Tarkovsky's filmography with Solaris. They discuss the historic flop of Joker: Folie à Deux, a potential second season of Obi-Wan with Ewan McGregor and Christopher Nolan's next movie. Finally, they review The Apprentice by Ali Abbasi starring Sebastian Stan & Jeremy Strong.
Trailers of the Week - June 16 (Tierlist)
Trailer watched: Space Cadet / Receiver / The Imaginary / Supacell / Arcane Season 2 / Next on AppleTV+ / The Instigators / Sunny / Horizon: An American Saga Part 1 / Paddington in Peru / Watchman Chapter 1&2 / My Spy My Eternal City / Kill / Wild Robot / Thelma / Memoir of a Snail Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person / Dandelion / Dead Whisper / The Outlaws Chronicles of a Wandering Saint / Widow Clicquot / Strange Darling / Animalia / Kneecap
INSIDE OUT 2 Just BROKE the Box Office
Ewan and Lachlan talk about Sony acquiring Alama Draft House, a revived Game of Thrones spin-off series, Zack Synder's Director's Cut for Rebel Moon, and the trailers for Arcane Season 2, The Wild Robot and Paddington in Peru. Lachlan shows us an exciting new steel book and Ewan shares his thoughts on The Boys Season 4 and the first four episodes of season 2 of House of the Dragon. He talks about Boy Boys: Ride or Die, Am I Ok?, I Saw the TV Glow, and what he watched at the Annecy Animation Film Festival. Finally, the Pixar trademark 'what if 'blank' had emotions' gets another entry with Inside Out 2, and they discuss if this is a return to form for Pixar.