The Simon and Jo Film Show Simon C and Jo G

Yup, that's right! Over Christmas, Jo and I managed to record a new episode of The Simon and Jo Film Show to review 2011, revealing our Top 10, and watching all four Mission Impossible films to boot!

All the backing music is from the film we discuss and the same goes for each Mission Impossible film.

I know, I know, I released my Top 5 films already on Ryan's Matineecast, but hey - you haven't heard my Top 6 through 10 and, no one has heard Jo's Top 10 at all! As usual, both Jo and I didn't reveal our choices to each other so you hear our gasps and cheer as we hear what each other chose!

Without furtherado, have a listen and catch up with Simon and Jo!

Unfortunately, The Simon and Jo Film Show has now transmitted it's last podcast. Over 70 episodes, 5 Bourne Brain Baffler's, 5 London Film Festival podcasts, 2 special editions (to see the episode-list click here) and here we are with a final episode.




We record live from outside the National Theatre and, indeed, it does get windy - so apologies for that. But, no film news or box-office this week simply discussion on the National Theatre's production of 'Frankenstein' directed by Danny Boyle and starring Johnny Lee Miller (Trainspotting) and Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC's Sherlock Holmes TV series). Details about the cinema-release of this play is here.




We then run through our Oscar-picks and what we think may win, only to finish with a visit to the club and then review Drive Angry starring Nicholas Cage, Amber Herd and William Fichtner.




The blog will still be running but, alas, the end has come to a podcast which we have always enjoyed making and thank all our listeners for putting up with our ramblings and banter!




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Facebook-er of the week is Luke Owen who writes for Flickering Myth and created 'The Collecters Room' and can now be found on IMDB.

Twitter-er of the week is Jeff Brandt - aka jtbrandt23

Blog of the Week is Top 10 Films, run by Dan.




Thanks to listeners who have always supported us, namely:

Mad Hatter at The Dark of the Matinee

Fletch/Mr Cabin/Dylan at Blog Cabins

Shannon the Movie Moxie

Rachel from Rachels Reel Reviews

Liam Crosbie

Jon at Spendor Cinema/Duke of Yorks, Brighton

Nick at Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob

Travis at The Movie Encylopedia

Every listener at Flickering Myth

Tom from Reviews by Tom 




Our favourite cinemas in London:

The Ritzy, Brixton

Clapham Picturehouse

Duke of Yorkes, Brighton

Curzon Soho

Curzon Mayfair

Barbican Centre

BFI Southbank




Music




To go off with a bang and, as there is no music available for 'Frankenstein', I have picked my favourite tracks by Underworld - one of my favourite artists - who also composed the score for the 'Frankenstein' production at the National Theatre.

Remember - you can always email The Simon and Jo Film Show directly using this email: simonandjoshow@gmail.com



We are also on Twitter  and Facebook.

Beginning from Clapham Picturehouse - see picture - we recorded this show shortly after viewing Never Let Me Go directed by Mark Romanek and starring Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield and Kiera Knightley.




The usual news and coverage of the London Box-Office and we finish, keeping it British, with Edgar Wright's Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.




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Facebook-er of the week is Mike Ballance - who preferred Hot Fuzz to Shaun of the Dead.



Twitter-er of the Week is Flickering Myth who, alongside bantering about Terminator and Arnie Films, also run a great blog which you can visit by clicking here...




Blogger-er of the Week is Cut the Crap Movie Reviews who, alongside reviwing some great films, additionally is beginning to cover some James Bond films - starting with Dr No and From Russia With Love.




Music




The breaks have the music from the Never Let Me Go soundtrack, which is available on itunes and amazon.com.




Though the last track features in Shaun of the Dead - referencing the use of the song in Dawn of the Dead. It's called 'The Gonk'. The soundtracks to Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead do not seem to be available on itunes so you may have to buy them second-hand from Amazon.

Remember - you can always email The Simon and Jo Film Show directly using this email: simonandjoshow@gmail.com



We are also on Twitter  and Facebook.

So, first off, we shall now attempt to - every week - take a picture from the location we record from. This week, we watched our films from Clapham Picturehouse and so, a picture of Jo and I pre-viewing is attached.


This week, our main review is True Grit - the Coen's taking on a true Western in all its 1800's glory. Then we have the usual news and meeting-of-people in 'the club' before we run through the London box-office and new releases.




We finish with some incrdible coverage of Oscar nominated documnetary Inside Job - a favourite to win - and the Australian gangster movie: Animal Kingdom.

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Facebook-er of the week is my sis' Pauline for being the only person to comment on my 'whats-the-best-007-film' question. (Though, since then, Mark Harrison has commented...)

Twitter-er of the week is Emma Farley (she also has a blog - FINAL CUT) who singled Jo out on his anti-Kings-Speech stance. But alas, Jo stands far from her as he still is not convinced - seriously folks, try and convince him to see it. He won't listen to Emma Farley, Mad Hatter or I...

Finally, our blogger of the week is Jason Soto at Invasion of the B-Movies primarily due to his single facebook/twitter post about Justin Bieber - or, more importantly, his fiance Felicia - stating how we should ruin Justin Bieber fans movie-going experience

Music

All music is from Carter Burwell's soundtrack to True Grit - though finishing with Air Supply's track, as used in Animal Kingdom.


Remember - you can always email The Simon and Jo Film Show directly using this email: simonandjoshow@gmail.com



We are also on Twitter  and Facebook.

Starting from the Clapham Picturehouse - with a noisy truck - this week, Jo and Simon have both watched David O. Russells Oscar-Nominated The Fighter starring Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams and Melissa Leo. this is followed by the usual news and film discussion.




The final two films discussed are the Oscar-Nominated documentary Exit Through The Giftshop and the critically-successful I Am Love starring Tilda Swinton.




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Facebook-er of the week is Dan Gudgeon, Jo's Bruv, who is currently fighting the wars in Korea.




Twitter-er of the week is the Barbican Centre, whereby they discuss the cinema's that are opening in 2012.




Blog of the week is Reviews By Tom, by Tom Clift, a recent fan on facebook and a writer for Row Three. Not to mention his podcasting fun that he has been a part of with Nick Jobe and others.




Music




All music is from The Fighter soundtrack - well, all the songs feature in The Fighter but not all of them are on the soundtrack. The song at the start is, whilst the song at the end is Ben Harper's

Remember - you can always email The Simon and Jo Film Show directly using this email: simonandjoshow@gmail.com



We are also on Twitter  and Facebook.

Blimey Charlie! This week sees the release of Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan and both Simon & Jo get stuck right into the film with a discussion of its story, style and themes. They've also managed to check out a couple more new releases this week, Simon gives his frank views on Barney's Version while Jo holds court on NEDS, directed by Peter Mullan.
Some exciting films to consider, plus the usual assortment of movie news stories,  featuring an initial reaction to the Oscar Nominations and rumours about Annie, the Matrix saga and Tron: The Next One. There's plenty of lively debate and some interesting insights, tune in for a week of angry ballet, grumpy men growing old and violent Scottish teenagers.
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Facebook-er of the Week is Scott from the Frankly My Dear podcast and blog He Shot Cyrus.
Twitter-er of the Week is fustar aka J G Byrne.
Blog of the Week is by Nick Jobe, Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob, with his awesome vlogging skills.
Music
Music is taken from Clint Mansell's Black Swan soundtrack, available on Amazon.
Remember - you can always email The Simon and Jo Film Show directly using this email: simonandjoshow@gmail.com.
We are also on Twitter and Facebook.