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A Festival, The Oscars & Has Beens

eastmav — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:08:27 +0000

We’ve got a show replete with “air quotes”, and no, we haven’t forgotten we’re on radio. Joining us for the opening half of the show are Kathy Kay and Donovan Aikman from the Victoria Film Festival to regale us with their thoughts on all things cinematic and their best recommendations on what to see. We’ve also clarity to offer to some Oscar nominations and a brief list of directors who’ve lost the elusive “it”.

We enjoy a playful round of “get to know ya” with Kathy Kay and Donovan Aikman and get a proper movie lovers chat happening.
We’ve got an instructional and informative palavering about what to expect from the upcoming Victoria Film Festival.
There have been some questions hanging in the air since the Oscar nominations were announced, and we’ve got some of the answers.
Steve offers up a few directors who have let their edge go dull and we move directly into the Vault for Dave and the UK Office and the trailers for Beginners and Black Death.

Our Ultimatum? Listen to this, or else!

eastmav — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:08:07 +0000

I was marvelling a few weeks ago over the virtues of being prepared for the show; having notes on everything makes us sound like we actually know what we’re talking about. Well, this week we came in with almost no prep at all – I even forgot my notebook at home today – and it turned out really well. Winging it lead to some really great naturalistic conversation on a whole bunch of topics – and that’s exactly what we strive to cultivate here at the Cynical Corral.

We start out with Brian’s impressions of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, followed by Steve talking about why he likes Cracker so much – which leads into some other interesting bits. We review the DVD release of District 13: Ultimatum – a double Renter. We geek out over headphones and then break Metal: A Headbangers Journey and Brotherhood of the Wolf out of the Vault. All this and the trailers for 8: The Mormon Proposition and Jonah Hex. A great show and a good time.

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We open the box on Pandorum

eastmav — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:08:22 +0000

We open up this week’s show with an interview with Donovan Aikman from the Victoria Film Festival, asking him about how the Festival will bring film to life in Victoria. We follow that up with a brief discussion on our picks for the Golden Globes (you’ll notice Steve was on the money). Our DVD review of the week is Christian Alvert’s sci-fi thriller Pandorum, starring Ben Foster and Dennis Quaid, and we were both very impressed. There was a bit of a trailer drought this week, but we’ve maintained the balance from last week, by offering up 4 Vault picks: Alien 3, Event Horizon, The Jerk and The Office.

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