Show Notes (Saturday 30 January 2010)

Movie of the week: Dorian Gray (2009)

Featured movies:

• Groundhog Day (1993)
• Top Gun (1986)

Featured music:

• Empire state of mind (part two) broken down by Alicia Keys
• Do-Re-Mi by Julie Andrews et al from The Sound Of Music (1965)
• I Got You Babe by Sonny & Cher from Groundhog Day (1993)
• Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins from Top Gun (1986)
• Top Gun Anthem by Harold Faltermeyer and Steve Stevens

Behind The Scenes: How A Movie Show Is Made

Key

1. Reading screen: IMDB, Wikipedia etc. Box office top ten comes from IMDB, whilst the TV listings are taken from Radio Times
   
   
2. Clock. The only remaining analogue tech in the office. Show goes out at midday on Saturday, so everything needs to be wrapped up by 11.40am at the latest. Have had too many near misses due to slow downloads or lengthy CD burn times.
   
   
3. Acer Aspire One netbook running iTunes and YouTube for music downloads. Movie soundtracks constantly downloading all morning on a Saturday. I take this netbook into the studio to refer to notes in Evernote (see below)
   
   
4. An ageing - 7 yr old - Packard Bell iGo 4451 laptop; the "writing" computer. All notes for the show are created using Evernote, which syncs with all other laptops & devices.
   
   
5. Network hard drive (Buffalo NAS) which archives all music and other downloads. This is a dual-disk model; disks are mirrored and can be easily swapped should one fail.
   
   
6. iPhone, on a stand, for keeping up with social networks (Facebook, Twitter), RSS feeds and email (remember that?)
   
   
7. Portable microphone with SD card storage (Zoom S2) for recording interviews
   
   
8. Coffee, usually from The Deli, or from Dibble & Grub in the summer
   
   
9. In case of power cuts or internet outages: paper copy of an old Haliwell's film guide
   
   
10. iPod Touch. All music for the show is held on here as a backup in case the CD player in the studio fails.
    
    
11. Sight & Sound magazine, published by the BFI. Handy for finding esoteric words like "diagetic" to describe films.

Show Notes (Saturday 23 January 2010)

Comparing the best movies of the noughties decade (2000 to 2009) with guest Merryn Smith.

Merryn Smith's top 10:

• Crash (2005) Dir. Haggis, Paul
• Gone Baby Gone (2007) Dir. Affleck, Ben
• Mothman Prophecies (2002) Dir. Pellington, Mark
• Gran Torino (2008) Dir. Eastwood, Clint
• Casino Royale (2006) Dir. Campbell, Martin
• In America (2002) Dir. Sheridan, Jim
• Serendipity (2001) Dir. Chelson, Peter
• The Departed (2006) Dir. Scorsese, Martin
• The Pianist (2002) Dir. Polanski, Roman
• There Will Be Blood (2007) Dir. Anderson, Paul Thomas

My top 10:

• Amelie (2001) Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
• Love Actually (2003) Dir. Richard Curtis
• Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind (2004) Dir. Michel Gondry
• In Bruges (2008) Dir, Martin McDonagh
• Shaun of the dead (2004) Dir. Edgar Wright
• Eastern Promises (2007) Dir. David Cronenberg
• London To Brighton (2006) Dir. Paul Andrew Williams
• Moulin Rouge! (2001) Dir. Baz Luhrmann
• Sexy Beast (2000) Dir. Jonathan Glazer
• Wolf Creek (2005) Dir. Greg McLean

Movie of the week: Bandslam (2009)

Featured music:

• Amphetamine by Aly Michalka and "I Can't Go On, I'll Go On"
• Everything I Own by Vanessa Hudgens and "I Can't Go On, I'll Go On"
• Somebody To Love by the cast of Glee

Show Notes (Saturday 16 January 2010)

Looking at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) top ten movies of the decade. See the full list.

Movie of the week: Gattaca (1997)

Featured music:

• Work by Kelly Rowland
• Drip Fed Fred by Madness featuring Ian Dury
• Paper Planes by M.I.A. from Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
• Rebel Rebel by David Bowie from Bandslam (2009)

Show Notes (Saturday 9 January 2010)

Movie of the week: Orphan (2009)

Featured movies:

• Sherlock Holmes (2009)
• An Education (2009)

Featured music:

• Just My Imagination by The Cranberries
• Theme to St Trinians by The Banned Of St Trinians from St Trinians 2 (2009)
• Hot n Cold by Katy Perry from Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
• Paper Planes by M.I.A. from Slumdog Millionaire (2008)