Movie Of The Week (Thursday 17 December 2009)

Drag Me To Hell (2009) Certificate 15

Show Notes (Saturday 12 December 2009)

This week's show is looking at older movies on video which are worth replacing with DVD or Blu-ray discs.

Movie of the week: Anything For Her (2009)

Featured music:

• It's My Life by No Doubt
• It's The Hard-Knock Life from Annie (1982)
• You've Got A Friend In Me by Randy Newman from Toy Story (1995)
• Kokomo by The Beach Boys from Cocktail (1988)
• Take My Breath Away by Berlin from Top Gun (1986)

Show Notes (Saturday 5 December 2009)

Popular movies on video, which maybe should be upgraded to DVD?

Movie of the week: Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Featured movies:

• Titanic (1997)
• The Full Monty (1997)

Featured music:

• Dream Catch Me by Newton Faulkner
• Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel from The Full Monty
• My Heart Will Go On by Céline Dion from Titanic
• You Sexy Thing by Hot Chocolate from The Full Monty

Show Notes (Saturday 28 November 2009)

Movie of the week: Moon (2009)

Featured movies:

• Speed Racer (2008)
• Martyrs (2008)

Featured music:

• Drive Away by Matthew Ebel
• Walking on sunshine by Katrina and the waves from Moon (2009)
• The one and only by Chesney Hawkes from Moon (2009)
• Beyond the sea by Bobby Darin from Beyond The Sea (2004)

Links

• Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody

Movie Of The Week (Thursday 12 November 2009)

Coraline (2009) Certificate PG

Movie Of The Week (Thursday 22 October 2009)

The Boat That Rocked (2009) Certificate 15

Show Notes (Saturday 17 October 2009)

Featuring the High School Musical movies.

Featured movies:

• High School Musical (2006)
• High School Musical 2 (2007)
• High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)

Movie Of The Week (Thursday 15 October 2009)

Doubt (2008) Certificate 15

Show Notes (Saturday 3 October 2009)

To coincide with Energy Saving Day (E-Day) we're looking at movies about the enviroment.

DVD Movie of the week: Valkyrie (2008) Certificate 12A

Featured movies:

• An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

Featured music:

• Break Your Heart by Taio Cruz
• Fame by Naturi Naughton from Fame (2009)
• I Need To Wake Up by Melissa Etheridge from An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
• Weather With You by Crowded House

Movie quote:

"Don't worry. As long as you hit that wire with the connecting hook at precisely 88mph the instant the lightning strikes tower..everything will be fine.."

Back To The Future (1985)

Show Notes (Saturday 26 September 2009)

Prison movies.

Movie of the week: The Escapist (2008)

Featured movies:

• The Green Mile
• Monster's Ball
• The Shawshank Redemption
• Papillon
• Stir Crazy/Chicken Run/Alien 3

Featured music:

• The Day I Died by Just Jack
• Town Called Malice by The Jam
• Broken Up And Blue by Red Meat from Monster's Ball
• No You Girls by Franz Ferdinand

Movie quote

"You expect me to talk? No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die!"

Goldfinger (1964)

Show Notes (Saturday 19th September 2009)

Focus on Patrick Swayze.

Movie of the week: Charlie Wilson's War

Featured movies:

• Angles And Demons
• Dirty Dancing, Ghost, Point Break, Donnie Darko

Featured music:

• Remedy by Little Boots
• Love Man by Otis Redding from Dirty Dancing
• Let's Dance by David Bowie from Charlie Wilson's War
• I Had The Time Of My Life by Bill medley And Jennifer Wornes from Dirty Dancing

Movie Quote

"Wherever we want to go, we'll go. That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs but what a ship is... what the Black Pearl really is... is freedom."

Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl

Show Notes (Saturday 5th September 2009)

Feature on Michael Jackson's film Moonwalker

DVD Movie of the week: Let The Right One In (2008)

Featured movies:

• Moonwalker
• Hush

Featured music:

• Outta Here by Esme Denters
• The Way You Make Me Feel by Michael Jackson
• Speed Demon by Michael Jackson
• Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson

Show Notes (Saturday 22nd August 2009)

A further look at the works of film-maker John Hughes.

DVD movie of the week: Man On Wire (2008)

Featured movies:

• The Breakfast Club (1985)
• Uncle Buck (1989)
• District 9 (2009)

Featured music:

• Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis
• Everything I Own by Vanessa Hudgens from Bandslam (2009)
• Don't You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds from The Breakfast Club (1985)
• Mr. Sandman by The Chordettes from Uncle Buck (1989)

Movie quote:

"Listen up. This is New York City, and this is sacred ground. You hear me? It was built for humans, by humans. Not for stinking lice-infested apes. The thought of some mutant gorilla crapping all over the streets of this fair city fills me with disgust. So this is how it's going to be: We find it. We kill it. We cut its ugly head off.."

King Kong (2005)

Show Notes (Saturday 15th August 2009)

Looking at the movies of film-maker John Hughes, who died recently.

DVD movie of the week: Notes On A Scandal (2006)

Featured movies:

• Weird Science (1985)
• Pretty In Pink (1986)
• Ferris Beuller's Day Off (1986)

Featured music:

• I Left My Heart In Tokyo by Mini Viva (MySpace)
• Tesla Girls by OMD from Weird Science
• Copacabana by Barry Manilow from Pretty In Pink
• Twist And Shout by The Beatles Revival Band from Ferris Beuller's Day Off
• Oh Yeah by Yello from Ferris Beuller's Day Off

Movie quote:

"This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes."

The Matrix (1999)

Show Notes (Saturday 1st August 2009)

Remembering Sir Bobby Robson; today's theme is football.

Movie of the week: Gran Torino (2009)

Featured movies:

• Mean Machine
• Offside
• Gregory's Girl

Featured music:

• Hot N Cold by Katy Perry (3.42) from The Proposal (2009)
• I've Got You Under My Skin by Michael Buble (3.47) from The Proposal (2009)
• Baggy Trousers by Madness (2.48) from Mean Machine
• Relax by Frankie Goes To Hollywood (3.56) from The Proposal (2009)
• Clocks by Coldplay (5.07) from The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)

Movie quote:

"I want a suite, a shower, a shave, the feel of a suit"

The Rock (1994)

Show Notes (Saturday 25 July 2009)

Special guest this week was Eve Pritchard

DVD movie of the week: Brazil (1985)

Featured movies:

• Marley And Me (2008)

Featured music:

1. Ruby by Kaiser Cheifs (3.23)
2. Shiny Happy People by R.E.M. (3.46) from Marley And Me
3. Chariots Of Fire by Vangelis (3.29) from Marley And Me
4. I'm On My Way by The Proclaimers (3.35) from Shrek
5. Fly Away by Lenny Kravitz

Movie Quote:

"Open the pod bay doors, HAL. I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that"

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Show Notes (Saturday 18 July 2009)

Movies about the Moon, marking the 40th anniversary of the moon landings.

DVD movie of the week: Son Of Rambow (2007)

Featured movies:

• Apollo 13
• Capricorn One
• Moon

Featured music:

• There's A Touch by The Proclaimers
• Just Can't Get Enough by Depeche Mode
• Beyond The Sea by Bobby Darin from Apollo 13
• Tainted Love by Soft Cell
• Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Movie Quote

"It's K-K-K-Ken c-c-c-coming to k-k-k-kill me"

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Show Notes (Saturday 11 July 2009)

DVD movie of the week: Revolutionary Road (2009)

Featured movies

• The Wackness
• Rescue Dawn
• Silent Running

Featured music

• Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne
• I'm So Excited by The Pointer Sisters from Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (2009)
• You Ride Your Way, I'll Ride Mine by Rolf Harris from Australia (2008)
• Spirit In The Sky by Norman Greenbaum from Sunshine Cleaning (2009)
• Hakunah Matata from The Lion King (1994)

Movie Quote

"Sorry, Quaid. Your whole life is just a dream."

Total Recall (1990)

Show Notes (Saturday 16 May 2009)

Looking at some of the big summer movies.

DVD movie of the week: Taken (2008)

Featured movies:

• Star Trek (2009)
  
• Angels And Demons (2009)
  

Featured music:

• Untouchable by Girls Aloud
  
• Hoedown Throwdown by Miley Cyrus from Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)
• Theme from Star Trek
• Shut Up And Drive by Rihanna from I Love You, Man (2009)

Movie quote:

"I want a guy who can play 36 holes of golf, and still have enough energy to take Warren and me to a baseball game, and eat sausages, and beer, not lite beer, but beer. That's my ad, print it up."

There's Something About Mary (1998)

Show Notes (Saturday 9 May 2009)

DVD Movie Of The Week: Burn After Reading (2008)

Featured movies:

• Tropic Thunder (2008)
  
• Blue Velvet (1986)
  

Featured music:

• I Got love by The King Blues
  
• You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home by Hannah Montana from Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)
  
• Woo Hoo by The 5.6.7.8's from Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003)
• Blue Velvet by Bobby Vinton from Blue Velvet (1986)
  
• Superstition by Stevie Wonder from Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past (2009)

Movie quote:

"Need I remind you, 007, that you have a license to kill, not to break the traffic laws."

Goldeneye (1995)

Show Notes (Saturday 25 April 2009)

DVD movie of the week: Teeth (2007)

Featured movies:

• The African Queen (1951)
  
• Marathon Man (1976)
  
• The Running Man (1987)
  

Featured music:

• No You Girls by Franz Ferdinand
  
• Paper Planes by M.I.A. from Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
  
• Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks from The Boat That Rocked (2009)
  
• My Generation by The Who from The Boat That Rocked (2009)
  
• Let's Dance by David Bowie from The Boat That Rocked (2009)
  

Movie quote:

"If we talk for too long, I'll forget how we started. Next time I see you, I'm not gonna remember this conversation. I don't even know if I've met you before."

Memento (2000)

Show Notes (Saturday 14th March 2009)

Focus on the Terminator series of movies.

DVD Movie Of The Week: Tough Enough (2006) Certificate 15

Featured movies:

• The Terminator (1984)
• Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
• Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines (2003)
• Terminator Salvation (2009)

Featured music:

• Can't Get Over by September
• Thriller by Michael Jackson
• You Could Be Mine by Guns N' Roses
• Desolation Row by My Chemical Romance from Watchmen (2009)

Movie quote:

"Much has been said of the strumpets of yore / Of wenches and bawdy house queens by the score / But I sing of a baggage that we all adore / The landlord's daughter!"

The Wicker Man (1973)

Show Notes (Saturday 7th March 2009)

A further look at the films of Director Danny Boyle.

Movie of the week: And When Did You last See Your Father? (2007)

Featured movies:

• The Beach (2000)
• 28 Days Later (2002)
• Sunshine (2007)

Featured music:

• Just Can't get Enough by The Saturdays (Comic Relief Single)
  
• Paper Planes by M.I.A. from Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
• Pure Shores by All Saints from The Beach (2000)
• In The House - In A Heartbeat by John Murphy from 28 Days Later (2002)
• Porcelain by Moby from The Beach (2000)
• Yeke Yeke by Mory Kanté from The Beach (2000)

Movie quote:

"Don't be silly, Toto. Scarecrows don't talk."

The Wizard Of Oz (1939)

Show Notes (Saturday 28th February 2009)

Feature on the early films of Director Danny Boyle.

Movie of the week: Brick Lane (2007)

Featured movies:

• Shallow Grave (1994)
• Trainspotting (1996)
• A Life Less Ordinary (1997)

Featured music:

• Round Are Way by Oasis from A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
• O... Saya by A. R. Rahman from Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
• My Baby Just Cares For Me by Nina Simone from Shallow Grave (1994)
• Born Slippy by Underworld from Trainspotting (1996)
• Beyond The Sea by Bobby Darin from A Life Less Ordinary (1997)

Movie quote:

"So, what would you two little maniacs like to do first?"

Weird Science (1985)

Show Notes (Sat 7 February 2009)

Special focus on animals and evolution, in recognition of Charles Darwin's bicentenery (200th Birthday) next week on Thursday 12th February.

The Natural History Museum is promoting Darwin 200: a national programme of events honouring Charles Darwin's scientific ideas, and their impact.

Movie of the week: Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging (2008) Certificate 12

Featured movies:

• Jurassic Park (1993)
  
• King Kong (2005)
• Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

Featured music:

• Reach by S Club 7
• She's So Lovely by Scouting For Girls from Angus, Thongs And Perfect Snogging (2008)
• Piano Parchment by Johnny Pearson from All Creatures Great And Small
  
• Main Themes by John Williams from Jurassic Park (1993)
• The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens from Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
• Decode by Paramore from Twilight (2008)

Movie quote:

"It's all right. It's quite all right, really. She's having a rest. We'll be going on soon. There's no hurry, you see. We have all the time in the world."

On her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

Show Notes (Sat 24 January 2009)

Movies set in China, in recognition of Chinese New Year on Monday.

Movie of the week: The Dark Knight (2008) Certificate 12

Featured movies:

• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
• Enter The Dragon (1973)
• Lust, Caution (2008)

Featured music:

• Wow by Kylie Minogue from Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2009)
• Feeling Good by Muse from Seven Pounds (2009)
• Hong Kong by Gorillaz
• Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas
• Mr Blue Sky by Electric light Orchestra from Role Models (2008)

Movie quote:

"On this day, September 20th 1942, a young shepherd boy from the Urals arrived in the city of Stalingrad on the banks of the Volga. His name is Vassilij Zaitzev. Like thousands before him he came to answer comrade Stalin's call. Armed only with a rifle, he quickly made the fascist invader realise that from now on he would be punished for every step he took in the motherland, that from here on the only way was back."

Enemy At The Gates (2001)

Show Notes (Sat 17 January 2009)

Looking at movies nominated for the 2009 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs). The awards are announced on Sunday 8 February 2009.

Featured music:

• Paper Planes by M.I.A. from Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
• Your Song by Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman from Moulin Rouge! (2001)
• Barcelona by Giulia Y Los Tellarini from Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
• The Winner Takes It All by Meryl Streep from Mamma Mia! (2008)
• Eye Of The Tiger by Chiara Mastroianni from Persepolis (2007)
• The Wrestler by Bruce Springsteen from The Wrestler (2008)

Movie quote:

"O Captain, my Captain. Who knows where that comes from? Anybody? Not a clue? It's from a poem by Walt Whitman about Mr. Abraham Lincoln. Now in this class you can either call me Mr. Keating, or if you're slightly more daring, O Captain my Captain."

Dead Poets Society (1989)

Show Notes (Sat 10 January 2009)

This week's guest was Vickie Heaney, talking about director Baz Luhrmann's movies.

Movie of the week was: WALL-E (2008) Certificate U

Featured movies:

• Strictly Ballroom (1992)
  
• Romeo + Juliet (1996)
  
• Moulin Rouge! (2001)
  
• Australia (2008)
  

Featured music:

• The Drover's Ballad by Elton John from Australia (2008)
  
• You Ride Your Way, I'll Ride Mine by Rolf Harris from Australia (2008)
  
• Love Is In The Air by Paul Young from Strictly Ballroom (1992)
  
• Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) by Baz Luhrmann
  
• Lovefool by The Cardigans from Romeo + Juliet (1996)
  

Movie quote:

"What are you going to do, Johnny? Sit in this grotty flat feeling sorry for yourself, or are you going to get out there and save your country?"

Johnny English (2003)

Show Notes (Sat 3 January 2009)

Taking a look at some of the movies due for release during 2009.

Movie of the week was A Room For Romeo Brass (2000)

Featured movies:

• Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
  
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
  
• X Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
  

Featured music:

• Disco Inferno by The Tramps
• A Message To You, Rudy by The Specials
• Duelling Banjos by Eric Weissberg
  
• Perfect Day by Lou Reed
• Running Away by Elliot Minor
• All I Want Is You by Barry Louis Polisar

Movie quote:

"I am Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod. I was born in 1518 in the village of Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Shiel. And I am immortal."

Highlander (1986)