Films on Trial - Episodes Tagged with “Film Review”

Magic Mike

Films on Trial — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 04:00:00 +0100

This week we put Magic Mike on trial. Is it magic? Or just tragic?

Joel will be trying his best to defend the film, whilst Gav is prosecuting. Alex and Austin will lend their genuine opinions to the proceedings as the character witnesses, and Dave will be acting as the judge.

Additionally, the gang discuss the trailer for the Suspiria remake, and in ‘Film Feels’, Alex asks “What’s the saddest film you’ve ever watched”? There’s also a quiz about the exotic dancing industry, and a lot of of banter. So why not check it out?

Special Guest: Ausy.

Support Films on Trial

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Films on Trial — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 09:00:00 +0000

This week is the start of the Christmas season. Normally the films are picked at random but this week each member gets to pick a film to defend. The rest of the roles are still picked at random.

This week Joel defends National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Alex is the prosecution and Dave is the all-important judge. Gav acts as the character witness to lend his opinion to the arguments presented to the court.

Is this a wholesome Christmas comedy, or is this Turkey dry and overdone?

Also in the podcast:

When is a short not a short?
How does Jude Law keep getting work?
Can a dead dog plan a wedding?
And 15 seconds of train puns.

There's a slight change to the quiz format this week as we have a Blankety Blank themed quiz on National Lampoon movies.

Special Guest: Ausy.

Support Films on Trial

Links:

Jurassic World

Films on Trial — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Gav and Joel have been debating this film for a long time. Finally they put it to the ultimate test, and put it on trial. Can Joel secure it on the hit list or will Gav convince Alex as judge that it should have never been brought back to life? There's also news about a possible Community film, Sacha Baron Cohen recently helping out his fans, whether Ben Affleck might bow out of playing Batman, and a discussion of a three second teaser trailer clip for Jurassic World 2. All this, plus a quiz called "Dino or Towie". Is it a famous dinosaur, or a cast member from the "TV show" The Only Way is Essex?

Special Guest: Ausy.

Support Films on Trial

Titanic

Films on Trial — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 04:00:00 +0000

The guys put the 1997 blockbuster Titanic on trial this week. Should this movie be hailed as one of cinema's great voyages, or should we have let go?

Dave has another week off to continue with building his scale model of the Titanic ship he was going to use to prove that James Cameron had taken massive liberties with the inaccuracies of the movie. This leaves Austin to step in again and try and fashion a prosecution in his absence.

Alex has been building a reputation for successfully defending the indefensible and is hoping that he can pull off another wonder act this week. Gav lends his views to either side and Joel brings his notorious impartiality to the fray as this week's judge.

Special Guest: Ausy.

Support Films on Trial

Links:

Charlie Sheen Accused Of Raping 13-Year-Old Child Star — Actor Charlie Sheen has been accused of raping the former child star, Corey Haim
A good time (not a long time): why Hollywood is trimming down its bloated film lengths | Film | The Guardian — “No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough” Roger Ebert

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Films on Trial — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 04:00:00 +0000

This week Dave is on holiday so Austin steps in to provide character witness for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

Gav defends and Joel prosecutes, while Alex listens on to pass judgement.
This weeks quiz: "Robber or Keeper" can you guess if these people are famous robbers or premier league goalkeepers.

A quick round of movie news and gossip with the usual banter that comes form 4 longtime friends. Pixar’s Coco gets a mention for its latest publicity release, Alex brings up The Florida Keys Project, which prompts the guys to discuss their favourite child actors. Joel brings a summary of the latest Star Wars rumours and Gav talks about the future plans for the Walking Dead.

Finally, find out if you won a freddo in the caption contest.

In all honesty, we will probably replace this summary with something better if we get time.

Special Guest: Ausy.

Support Films on Trial

Links:

Episode Links - Fireside — The Walking Dead will keep running long after you and everyone you love has died
Coco (2017) News & Info | Screen Rant — Coco is the 19th film released by Pixar Animation Studios, and the company’s first original offering since The Good Dinosaur in 2015.