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)