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Simon Rose

The Business of Film: Trolls Band Together, Killers of the Flower Moon & Barbie

Simon Rose
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The Business of Film: Trolls Band Together, Killers of the Flower Moon & Barbie
James Cameron-Wilson takes Simon Rose through the latest UK box office chart, with takings down 9%. Trolls Band Together, the third in the series, is the new #1 with a take of £3m. Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon took £2.5m at #2. Majestic, brutal and based on a true story, James found Robert de Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio's acting overshadowed by Lily Gladstone, who is favourite to pick up the Best Actress Oscar. Impressive though the film is he thought it too long at three and a half hours. Watching Barbie again now it's out on DVD/BluRay, James was equally impressed and found many things to enjoy he had missed the first time. He also tells how it is getting around Russia's Hollywood movie ban.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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Simon Rose

The Business of Film: The Eras Tour, The Miracle Club, Blackberry & Fair Play

Simon Rose
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The Business of Film: The Eras Tour, The Miracle Club, Blackberry & Fair Play
James Cameron-Wilson reviews the latest UK box office where the Taylor Swift concert film, The Eras Tour, sweeps everything before it with a massive £5.7m take, making it the highest-ever event release in the UK, just on its first weekend. James was disappointed by The Miracle Club (#9) despite Laura Linney and Maggie Smith. Simon Rose caught up with Blackberry, finding it one of the best business movies he's seen. On Netflix, James was full of praise for hedge-fund-set Fair Play, an intense and emotional drama, with Phoebe Dynevor a talent on the rise.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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Simon Rose

The Business of Fim: The Exorcist Believer, The Creator, The Great Escaper, The Old Oak & 20 Days in Mariupol

Simon Rose
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The Business of Fim: The Exorcist Believer, The Creator, The Great Escaper, The Old Oak & 20 Days in Mariupol
James Cameron-Wilson takes Simon Rose through the box office chart, led by The Exorcist: Believer which, despite the presence of Ellen Burstyn, James found boring, underlit & clichéd. He thought Gareth Edwards' sci-fi epic The Creator at #2 visually powerful and his best film to date. While Saw 10 (#3) was ingenious, James found it horribly sadistic and gave him a sleepless night, something a film rarely does. He thought The Great Escaper (#4) with Michael Caine & Glenda Jackson a padded anecdote rather than a film. Ken Loach's The Old Oak (#8) was marred by a contrived ending. Way down at #31, though, he found the documentary 20 Days In Mariupol about the invasion of Ukraine needed a strong stomach but was an amazing record of life in a war zone.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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David Ricardo-Pearce

Business of Theatre: Share Drama — Anthony & Cleopatra

David Ricardo-Pearce
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Business of Theatre: Share Drama — Anthony & Cleopatra
We revisit an episode of Share Drama from 8th January 2015, when David Ricardo Pearce spoke with actor Sirine Saba about David Eldridge's play 'Holy Warriors' at The Globe, growing up in the Middle East and of the time she had to play Cleopatra with 2 hours notice.
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Sirine Saba


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Simon Rose

The Business of Film: Expendables 4, Dumb Money & Flora and Son

Simon Rose
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The Business of Film: Expendables 4, Dumb Money & Flora and Son
James Cameron-Wilson laments the current state of the UK box office, down 20% WOW & 35% YOY. He hates Expendables 4, limping in at #2 wth a mere £760,000. Paul Dano stars in Dumb Money, #5, about the Gamestop story. However, James found it utterly baffling and felt he'd already seen the film after watching the trailer. He was, however, very impressed by Flora & Son on Apple TV, an Irish film from the director of Once, Begin Again and Sing Street, about the transformative power of music. He ends with a tribute to the late Sir Michael Gambon.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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Simon Rose

The Business of Film: A Haunting in Venice, The Equalizer 3, The Sound of Freedom & El Conde

Simon Rose
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The Business of Film: A Haunting in Venice, The Equalizer 3, The Sound of Freedom & El Conde
James Cameron-Wilson takes Simon Rose through the latest box office chart where Agatha Christie adaptation A Haunting in Venice is #1. However, James found it dreary, dragging the Whodunnit back to the Middle Ages. He much preferred The Equalizer 3 at #3 with Denzel Washington; although violent it's a thriller with character and atmosphere. He found The Sound of Freedom, about modern-day child slavery, well-made but an essential watch for the subject matter, which has obsessed him since, as has the fact that the film was blocked for five years. He found El Conde on Netflix, imagining General Pinochet as an aged vampire, a jaw-dropping curiosity.
Guest:

James Cameron-Wilson


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David Ricardo-Pearce

The Business of Theatre: Share Drama - The Comedy of Errors with Blanche Mcintyre

David Ricardo-Pearce
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The Business of Theatre: Share Drama - The Comedy of Errors with Blanche Mcintyre
David Ricardo Pearce talks with Director Blanche Mcintyre. They take a deep look into her sterling career in theatre, her work at the company "Out of Joint" and how to include an octopus in a Shakespearian production. This episode of Share Drama was first broadcast on 12th March 2015.
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Blanche Mcintyre


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David Ricardo-Pearce

The Business of Theatre: Macbeth with David Ricardo-Pearce and Geoff Lumb

David Ricardo-Pearce
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The Business of Theatre: Macbeth with David Ricardo-Pearce and Geoff Lumb
Everybody knows that the name of the Scottish Play must not be pronounced in the theatre, but do you know the origin of this superstition? Geoff Lumb reveals it in this episode of Share Drama, first broadcast on 9th April 2015.
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Geoff Lumb


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Simon Rose

The Business of Film: Theater Camp, The Dive & Andrzej Zulawski

Simon Rose
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The Business of Film: Theater Camp, The Dive & Andrzej Zulawski
James Cameron-Wilson continues to marvel at Barbie, #1 for 6 weeks with a total of £90m, making it the 7th highest grossing UK film. Oppenheimer is steady at #2 with £54m. Theater Camp, a mockumentary, limped in at #15. James found it unrealistic and less funny than it thinks it is, but with great child performances. Underwater thriller The Dive was #20 but, though diverting, pales beside others in that genre. James was more impressed with Eureka's Masters of Cinema box set of Andrzej Zulawski, including The Third Part of the Night, Devil, On The Silver Globe and a documentary. Cineastes should love it.
Guest:

James Cameron-Wilson


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Simon Rose

The Business of Film: Blue Beetle, Strays & The Three Ages

Simon Rose
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The Business of Film: Blue Beetle, Strays & The Three Ages
The UK box office is still dominated by Oppenheimer and Barbie, now the UK's 8th most successful film, beating Titanic, says James Cameron-Wilson. DC Comics' Blue Beetle, with a Latino superhero, enters at #3 but is depressingly unoriginal and unengaging. At #5 is Strays, a comedy with foul-talking dogs. Without a whiff of wit, James can't believe it got a 15 certificate. He's more interested in Eureka's restoration 100 years on of Buster Keaton's first feature, Three Ages, which is essentially a series of inventive skits. Fascinating rather than funny, the disc is full of great extras.
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James Cameron-Wilson


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