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St Albans Podcast: Film Guide St Albans Podcast
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Simon Carver and St Albans Podcast host Danny Smith discuss the UK cinema box office top 10, the new releases in cinemas local to St Albans, and take a look at Simon's choices of the best films on UK free-to-air TV for the forthcoming week.
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St Albans Film Guide with Sam: 24th November 2023
Sam flies solo this week as Chris takes a well earned break. They walk you through the new releases to cinema, streaming and their pick of films on free to air TV!
Fri 24 NovKill Bill: Vol 29:00pm – 11:50pmDave
Sun 26 NovWallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit6:15pm – 7:15pmITV2
Mon 27 NovIndependence Day (1996)6:15pm – 9:00pmFilm4
Tues 28 NovLegion9:00pmGreat! Action
Wed 29 NovEvolution7:00pm – 9:00pmFilm4 -
St Albans Film Guide with Chris and Sam: 10th November 2023
Chris and Sam are here once again to guide you through the big releases at the cinema, on streaming and Chris’ picks of films on free-to-air television. They also take a detour to Uganda and discuss the growing action film industry there.
Friday 10th NovemberIt’s a Wonderful LifeFilm43.45pm
Saturday 11th NovemberFreakyFilm411.25pm
Monday 13th NovemberThe ConversationBBC211.15pm -
St Albans Film Guide with Howard Linskey: 3rd November 2023
World-renowned respected author of note Howard Linskey is back to regale us with his knowledge of, and passion for movies. We start by looking at the new cinema releases, before moving onto the latest offerings on streaming services.
In part three Howard shares another film that’s “Too Good To Be Forgotten”, this time sharing Sam Raimi’s Coen-esque masterpiece “A Simple Plan”.
Finally, Howard shared his recommendations for the films to watch on UK free-to-air TV for the week ahead. Here are his choices:
Friday 3rd November
World War Z (2013)
9.00pm on E4
Sunday 5th
Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966)
4.00am (not a misprint!) on Talking Pictures
Monday 6th
Thunderball (1965)
8.00pm on ITV4
Outland (1981)
(Tues) 12.40am 5 Action
Tuesday 7th
Romeo and Juliet (1996)
BBC1 10.40pm
Road To Perdition (2002)
ITV1 10.45pm
Wednesday 8th
1917 – (2019)
10.40pm on BBC1 -
St Albans Film Guide with Chris and Sam: 13th October 2023
It’s Chris’s turn to guide you through the new cinematic and streaming releases, plus he has a few picks on free-to-air TV. He and Sam discuss “Where To Next” recent watch “Past Lives”. Partially not in the English language, this movie explores friendship across continents from South Korea to the USA.
Friday 13th OctoberGet OutBBC39.30pm-11.10pm
Saturday 14th OctoberKnives OutChannel 49.30pm-12.05am
Monday 16th OctoberSummer of SoulChannel 410.00pm-12.20am -
St Albans Film Guide with Howard Linskey: 6th October 2023
Everybody’s favourite highly-acclaimed local author Howard Linskey returns to the studio for another edition of the Film Guide. Howard looks at the latest releases in the cinema and on streaming services. He also brings us another film that’s “Too Good To Be Forgotten”, before regaling us with his choices of the best films to watch on UK free-to-air TV for the week ahead. Here are his selections:
Friday 6th October
The Fugitive (1993)
10.00pm on Channel 5
Saturday 7th
Minority Report (2002)
11.05pm on Channel 4
Sunday 8th
Le Mans 66 (2019)
9.00pm on Film 4
Monday 9th
Tora, Tora, Tora (1970)
3.20pm on Film 4
Tuesday 10th
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves (1991)
8.00pm on ITV4
Wednesday 11th
Die Hard (1988)
9.00pm on ITV4
13 Going on 30 (2004)
10.45pm on Film 4 -
St Albans Film Guide with Sam and Chris: 22nd September 2023
Sam and Chris are afraid talking about Ari Aster’s new odyssey “Beau Is Afraid” in amongst the usual new releases in cinemas and streaming, and Sam’s pick of films on free-to-air TV:
Friday 22nd SeptJumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)9 pmE4
Saturday 23rd SeptBackdraft (1991)9 pmLegend
Sunday 24th SeptPokemon Detective Pikachu (2019)3 pmBBC ONE
Wednesday 27th SeptBohemian Rhapsody (2018)9 pmFilm 4