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FBi's Big Screen - Sicario 2: Day of the Soldado

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2018 0:02


Sicario 2 pushes the boundaries of what an action film can be, but never quite hits the mark it sets for itself.

FBi's Big Screen - I Kill Giants

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2018 0:02


Marvel, move over. I Kill Giants is a comic book movie for people who don't like comic book movies.

FBi's Big Screen - Isle of Dogs

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2018 0:03


For a movie about animated dogs, Wes Anderson's latest is surprisingly political.

FBi's Big Screen - The Square

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2018 0:02


The latest Palm d'Or winner is a Palm d'Bore.

FBi's Big Screen - Lady Bird

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2018 0:02


Greta Gerwig's debut is an irreverent, charming coming-of-age story that will have you calling your parents as soon as the credits roll.

FBi's Big Screen - Sweet Country

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2018 0:02


Warwick Thornton's Outback Western is a brilliant demonstration of how important it is to have representation in film.

FBi's Big Screen - Mary & the Witch's Flower

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2018 0:03


Studio Ghibli protege Hiromasa Yonebayashi stumbles with his first film at his new company.

FBi's Big Screen - The Last Jedi

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2017 0:03


FBi's resident film buff James Ross talks Star Wars and blockbuster film-making in the modern era.

FBi's Big Screen - The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2017 2:46


Supernatural revenge and absurdist humour go hand in hand in this modern retelling of a Greek myth. It's super weird, but strangely rewarding.

FBi's Big Screen - Detroit

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2017 0:03


Kathryn Bigelow's visceral portrayal of the 1976 Detroit riots is a pointed exploration of race relations in the U.S.

FBi's Big Screen - Ali's Wedding

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2017 0:02


Ali's Wedding is like The Castle for the 21st Century. It's fun, idiosyncratic, and has a tonne of heart. This one's going straight to the pool room.

FBi's Big Screen - Logan Lucky

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2017 0:02


It's Ocean's 11 without the glitter - but keeps the heart of great heist movies.

FBi's Big Screen - Spider-man: Homecoming

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2017 0:03


Marvel's reboot firmly embeds Spider-man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, without losing it's Spider-identity.

FBi's Big Screen - Despicable Me 3

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2017 0:03


Gru and the Minions are back in this fun but considerably less Despicable threequel.

FBi's Big Screen - Hounds of Love

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2017


The terrifying new feature from Aussie director Ben Young is everything James Ross doesn't want in a film. That might be why genuine horror fans are loving it..

FBi's Big Screen - Guardians of the Galaxy 2

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2017 0:02


You can't stop the music in this irreverent sequel. Once again, the Guardians of the Galaxy deliver the goods.

FBi's Big Screen - Land of Mine

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2017 2:54


No one is innocent in Martin Zandvliet's tense new Oscar-nominated war film.

FBi's Big Screen - The Salesman

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2017 3:08


At the height of the controversy around Trump's immigration ban, Asgar Farhadi has released a film that is everything Trump isn't - quiet, complex, and thoughtful. James Ross reviews the 2017 Best Foreign Language Oscar.

FBi's Big Screen - Silence

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2017 0:03


Martin Scorsese's ode to Japanese cinema is a quiet contemplation on faith. It just runs a half hour too long, and probably shouldn't star Andrew Garfield.

FBi's Big Screen - xXx 3: The Return of Xander Cage

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2017 0:03


Vin Diesel plays Xander Cage like he's playing Dungeons & Dragons. And that's fine by FBi's resident film critic James Ross.

FBi's Big Screen - The Edge of Seventeen

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2017 0:02


The Edge of Seventeen could have been set at James Ross' high school, if everyone at his high school was incredibly good looking and had six-pack abs.

FBi's Big Screen - Rogue One

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2016 2:59


In a galaxy far far away, a rich and exciting universe is filled with boring characters and a by-the-numbers plot. James Ross reviews the new Star Wars film, Rogue One.

FBi's Big Screen - Your Name

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2016 3:07


'Your Name' might not be the next Miyazaki film, but it has plenty of heart and a pop punk soundtrack to make your teenage self giddy.

FBi's Big Screen - Magic Mike XXL

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2015 2:39


Although he's definitely not the target audience and the movie has literally no substance or plot, Sam Clark still loved a lot about Magic Mike XXL.

FBi's Big Screen - Infinitely Polar Bear

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2015 2:09


FBi's resident film reviewer Sam Clark can't help but feel all the rough edges have been sanded off of Maya Forbes' true-life story Infinitely Polar Bear.

FBi's Big Screen - Chappie

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2015 2:39


FBi's movie reviewer Sam Clark suspects Neill Blomkamp got hold of incriminating pictures of studio executives to convince Sony Pictures to fund his hyper-violent film about a robot baby called Chappie.

FBi's Big Screen - Inherent Vice

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2015 2:36


Despite the great scenes and awesome characters, FBi's film reviewer Sam Clark thinks two and a half hours is still an awful lot of time to invest in a movie that doesn't go anywhere like Paul Thomas Anderson's offering Inherent Vice.

FBi's Big Screen - Jupiter Ascending

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2015 2:45


FBi's resident film reviewer Sam Clark appreciates The Wachowskis letting their freak flag fly in Jupiter Ascending, even if they did neglect an opportunity to stick the blockbuster-making "rise" into their title.

FBi's Big Screen - The Interview

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2015 2:48


FBi's movie reviewer Sam Clark is amazed at the controversy around a movie with such a focus on buttholes and pooping as Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogan's The Interview.

FBi's Big Screen - Kingsman: The Secret Service

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2015 2:43


FBi's movie reviewer Sam Clark's sweet spot is hit so hard by Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman: The Secret Service that he is concerned that others may not have the same experience as he did.

FBi's Big Screen - The Theory of Everything

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2015 2:38


FBi's movie critic Sam Clark wonders why you'd make a movie that focuses on Stephen Hawking's love life while watching James Marsh's film The Theory of Everything.

FBi's Big Screen - Birdman

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2015 2:25


Birdman, or The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance is a movie I thought was great, yet somehow irritating at the same time.

FBi's Big Screen - Nightcrawler

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2014 2:12


Jake Gyllenhaal's character in Nightcrawler embodies everything people are told they should be - but more importantly, he's a complete sociopath. Sam Clark recommends for fans of Gone Girl and those who thought Gyllenhaal didn't have it in him...

FBi's Big Screen - Interstellar

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2014 2:20


Chris Nolan's new movie Interstellar is ambitious and huge, really weird and badly flawed... and Sam Clark loved it.

FBi's Big Screen - Fury

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2014 2:17


Fury is one of those movies where horrible people to horrible things to even more horrible people. It's grim and humourless and gory. Okay?

FBi's Big Screen - What We Do In The Shadows

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2014 1:42


Three vampires live in a sharehouse in Wellington. Hilarity ensues. Our movie guy Sam Clark reviews 'What We Do in the Shadows'... sink your teeth into this one.

FBi's Big Screen - Boyhood

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2014 2:59


Boyhood is a film that wholly encompasses growing up, and was literally filmed over the course of the main character's life. And it took our movie guy Sam Clark on a nostalgic journey of his own. A must see.

FBi's Big Screen - 20,000 Days On Earth

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2014 2:06


Sam Clark went to see the new Nic Cage movie. No wait, this is a Nick Cave movie...

FBi's Big Screen - Edge Of Tomorrow

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2014 2:27


There is no doubt in Sam Clark's mind that Edge Of Tomorrow looks awful… but could it actually be the first good movie informed by video games?

FBi's Big Screen - X Men Days Of Future Past

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2014 2:41


Sam Clark reckons the new X Men cast is the cinematic equivalent of spending a fortune on lobster, then mincing it, burning it and eating it with that cheese that comes in a can.

FBi's Big Screen - Chef

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2014 2:34


Sam Clark take the new Jon Favreau film on a dinner date, and comes back hungry.

FBi's Big Screen - 52 Tuesdays

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2014 2:10


Sam Clark sits down with the new Aussie film that looks at coming of age alongside a gender-transitioning mother.

FBi's Big Screen - Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2014 2:30


Sam Clark takes a look at the new movie about the world's nerdiest superhero.

FBi's Big Screen - Nymphomaniac

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2014 2:35


It's not easy to recommend going to watch a hardcore, R-rated, four-hour-long Lars Von Trier porno...

FBi's Big Screen - The Armstrong Lie

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2014 2:32


Sam Clark sets out to have his shallow knowledge of Lance Armstrong's life deepened by Alex Gibey's new documentary. Turns out he had it all pretty right in the first place.

FBi's Big Screen - White Reindeer

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2013 2:00


Sam Clark explains why White Reindeer is the ultimate Christmas movie for people who don't like Christmas very much.

FBi's Big Screen - Thor The Dark World

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2013 1:59


How does the sequel to THOR hold up in the eyes of FBi's Margaret & David, Sam Clark?

FBi's Big Screen - Elysium

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2013 2:20


FBi's 'Big Screen' movie reviewer reckons Elysium is as smart as sci-fi comes these days.

FBi's Big Screen - The Hangover Part 3

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2013 2:15


FBi's movie reviewer Sam Clark puts THE HANGOVER to bed!

FBi's Big Screen - Django Unchained

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2013 2:28


FBi's movie critic Sam Clark Unchained gives his verdict on Tarantino's DJANGO UNCHAINED!

FBi's Big Screen - Gangster Squad

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2013 2:06


FBi's movie reviewer Sam Clark observes Sean Penn munch on some good looking art deco neon 1940's L.A. scenery in the beautiful but brainless GANGSTER SQUAD!

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