Chewing the plot Graham Cooling

This week it's the time of festive films and thus brings forth the question of what makes a Christmas film? Is it the snow? The songs? The presence of Santa or simply the fact it's based in December?
This week we are under the realm of Brett Knights once again as he brings us not his favourite Christmas film but one which we have all seen at one point or another and spawned two sequels. So it's got to be good right? That's right this Month for the last in the series for this year we're looking at Tim Allens breakout movie The Santa Clause.
So join us as we discuss the inconsistency in story, The darker side of the throw away jokes and Tim Allens shady past as we bring in the end of the year.
Marry Christmas from Chewing the plot.
Music provided by: Square people
Track: I'm not nervous
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Sources used
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Santa_Clause
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx8FX7etF_8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOTPv90ZW7U
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/santa_clause
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111070/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCY6MINU43w
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Allen
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000741/


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This week we settle into autumn with a film which takes place in summer. As we tackle the Neil Gaiman saga and Mathew Vaughn Film Stardust.
It's the pick of the month for Jen as she takes us to a magical land in the form of stormhold and we find out from Graham what makes the world tick and how many actors he can mistake for other actors within the first half hour.
It's fun it's witty, it has an oddly fierce fan base and the film comes from a director known for making drug and gangland movies so what can go wrong? right?
But join is once more for our penultimate episode of the year as we gradually chew through Stardust.
Music provided by: Square people
Track: I'm not nervous
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Websites used
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486655/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_(2007_film)
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/stardust
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_(Gaiman_novel)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16793.Stardust
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891216/
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/how-matthew-vaughn-made-stardust-a-modern-fantasy-classic/
http://www.theredrighthand.co.uk/134stardust.html
https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/netflix-pick-of-the-week-matthew-vaughns-stardust-30192746.html
https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/matthew-vaughn-interview-kingsman-x-men-stardust-2-007/
https://emanuellevy.com/interviews/stardust-with-matthew-vaughn-2/
http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/33607

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This week we are in the hands of Charlotte Greenley and in doing so you join us for the spooky month of October as we dive into Silent hill and discuss the film released in 2006 and how it interplays with the game Franchise! Directed by Christophe Gans it's a long look at the Silent Hill Lore. How the film was developed and the creative choices made within as we get a horror fest on!
So settle in and get your self nestled somewhere safe far from Alessa as we take a look at the cult icon which is Phycological Horror Silent Hill.
Music provided by: Square people
Track: I'm not nervous
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Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Hill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mfnhu8sO5k
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384537/
https://silenthill.fandom.com/wiki/Silent_Hill_(video_game)
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/silent_hill
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Hill_(film)
https://silenthill.fandom.com/wiki/Silent_Hill_Secrets_and_Unlockables
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eArIVA8rEHE
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps/198641-silent-hill/cheats
https://gamingbolt.com/15-mind-blowing-silent-hill-facts-and-secrets-you-probably-dont-know
https://www.ghosttowns.com/
https://screenrant.com/silent-hill-movie-true-story-real-town-history-explained/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4UxRxEqL4w
https://silenthill.fandom.com/wiki/Silent_Hill_(film)

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Guns Akimbo is an action comedy staring Daniel Radcliffe and Samara Weaving in which titular character Miles gets guns bolted to his hands...
That's basically all you need to know. This week Graham takes us on the wild ride of guns, gore and controversy surrounding the director as we discuss the meme potential, the outright wackyness of violence and the suprise you can have at the amount of people who are left handed. As we settle in to chew through Guns Akimbo.

Music provided by: Square people
Track: I'm not nervous
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sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns_Akimbo
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6902676/
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/guns_akimbo
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/guns-akimbo
https://twitter.com/gunsakimbomovie
https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/guns-akimbo-director-jason-lei-howden-twitter-controversy.html
https://www.indiewire.com/2020/02/guns-akimbo-director-twitter-online-harassment-1202213010/
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/daniel-radcliffe-holding-two-guns

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this right we are covering the surprisingly divisive 2017 film and 2008 comic I Kill Giants. I say that as on initial impression I thought I knew what I was getting but turns out people also had that thought and disliked it for it but we'll get to more on that later!
I Kill Giants is a somewhat describable as coming of age and looks at child phycology, loss and the emotional roller coaster of fantasy imagination in a more direct way than in our previous texts which have done this such as Peter Pan which only eluded to the idea. I Kill Giants tells the story of Barbara Thorson a young girl and her challenge in fighting titans and as this is a story with a sudden right turn within it I am going to stipulate again spoilers and if you don't want to have the film or comic ruined you should go watch or read it first before we dive into it. 
So settle in and enjoy this tale of fantasy and tragedy as we once again chew the plot.
Music provided by: Square people
Track: I'm not nervous
freemusicarchive.org/music/Square_People/Mysteries_and_Secrets_Unzipped_Soundtrack
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4547194/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Kill_Giants_(film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Kill_Giants
https://www.indiewire.com/2018/03/anders-walter-i-kill-giants-interview-1201942590/
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/apr/06/i-kill-giants-review-a-ginormous-waste-of-time
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/i-kill-giants-2018
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/i-kill-giants
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runes
https://sonsofvikings.com/blogs/history/viking-runes-guide-runic-alphabet-meanings-nordic-celtic-letters


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This week Jen brings us a light hearted affair in the form of 90's icon clueless!
Clueless is a cult teen hit from 1995 and the antithesis of Ghost world which we previously covered. scoping out the world of the high flying and endearing Cher it is a modern remake of the classic Jane Austin Novel Emma and as such we are bound to draw some comparisons.
Finding as we work through why classic fiction is often placed in high school settings, just where we stand on dating a step sibling and overall how many types of plaid are really too much we look at clueless and the romance/lack of romance within!
So sit down relax, wish you had the wealth to own a computer in the 90's as we Chew through Amy Heckerling's take on Emma.
Music provided by: Square people
Track: I'm not nervous
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Sources and further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clueless
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112697/
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/06/clueless-oral-history-20-anniversary
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20200716-how-clueless-transformed-the-movie-makeover
https://www.theringer.com/movies/2020/7/17/21327905/clueless-jane-austen-adaptations
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9214832/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116191/
https://www.discoverwalks.com/blog/london/top-10-facts-about-jane-austen/
https://www.cbc.ca/books/70-facts-you-might-not-know-about-iconic-british-novelist-jane-austen-1.4712284
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jane-Austen

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