Adjust Your Tracking
Two friends are trying to work through those movie backlogs by going through a whole century of film, decade by decade, year by year. Presented by Better Feeling Films; UK based hosts Lena Delaney and Oliver Jones will be your rambling guides each fortnight as they go on their adventure through film history.
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Sunday May 03, 2020
Sunday May 03, 2020
It's the Hughes Brothers sophomore picture with the ambitious Dead Presidents, with Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker and Bokeem Woodbine. The film takes a look at how Black American veterans were treated after they returned from the Vietnam War with a backdrop to the civil rights uprisings in New York City? An ambitious project which still is a very debated by critics how successful it was. We also get into Ron Howard films, David Lean and we attempt out best George McFly laughs.
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Sunday Apr 26, 2020
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
This week it's over to Hong Kong for Wong Kar-wai's iconic Chungking Express, starring Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung and Faye Wong, a film that has so firmly cemented itself as a must what classic of Hong Kong cinema. We follow two stories of heartbreak in the daily lives of two cops in Hong Kong. DO you like pineapple? How does an apartment cry? Is Faye the original Manic Pixie Dream Girl? We also talk about Hong Kong, Quentin Tarantino, Flintstones and oddly Metal Gear Solid.
All these and more on Adjust Your Tracking!
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Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
This week it's right into the life of English stately homes in the 1930s as Anthony Hopkins alongside Emma Thompson, has to navigate repressed love and Nazi bosses in the Remains of the Day. The film looks at repressed English society and displays the life of a Butler and how he sacrificed everything for his job, but realised too late what it cost him. We also discuss the Sonic the Hedgehog movie. Alex Winter's Freaked. And what to do when you find a spot of dirt?
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Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
This week podcasting is only for closers when we dive into the adaptation of the David Mamet Play, Glengarry Glen Ross, starring amongst other Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon and Alec Baldwin. The film depicts two days in the lives of four real estate salesmen and how desperate they become when the corporate office sends a trainer who tells them all expect two of them will be fired. How comfortable are 90s suits? Which Simpsons character was inspired by this film? What is Mamet Speak? Jack Lemmon as a contemporary dramatic actor? And it's time for the new game show Which Baldwin Am I?
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Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
This week we are in the hood for John Singleton's seminal director debut, Boyz n the Hood, starring an insane cast that features Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr., Morris Chestnut, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long, and Angela Basset. The films charts the life of a boy who is trying to navigate life in South Central Los Angeles and the growing gang culture. As we discuss the allusions to Stand by Me, the career of Cuba Gooding Jr, Hollywood's treatment of black films, is it Larry or Laurence Fishburne? and what is with plastic on seats?
All these and more on Adjust Your Tracking!
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Sunday Mar 29, 2020
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
It's 1990 and we are watching David Lynch's 'romantic' road movie, Wild at Heart, starring Nic Cage and Laura Dern as two lovers on the run from a psychotic mother and the hitmen she hired to kill them. What does the Wizard of Oz have to do with this? Can a cobra skin jacket be a symbol of freedom? Is Willem Dafoe even more terrifying with tiny teeth? All these and more on Adjust Your Tracking!
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Friday Mar 27, 2020
Friday Mar 27, 2020
An inaugural bonus episode to introduce everyone to Adjust Your Tracking Podcast, Ollie and Liam check in on an old friend from the 90s and see what he's been up to lately, as they check out Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob Reboot. Does anyone know the name of any character in this film? Is there any joy in watching this understanding the references? What are Henry Rollins' best films? All these and more on Adjust Your Tracking!
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