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A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. At a fading vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures the rare time she spends with her loving, idealistic father, Calum (Paul Mescal). As a world of adolescence creeps into view, beyond her eye, Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. Twenty years later, Sophie's tender recollection...

The further adventures of the off cuts from our review of Sentimental Value. We chat film festivals, Timmy Chalamet, and funding for the arts. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)     Bluesky     Instagram   Moviescramble website We love you all! (yes, even you at the back)

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. In the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy ventures into a dreamlike world shared by the living and the dead in search of his missing stepmother. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)    ...

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz.  That They May Face the Rising Sun is an adaptation of the final novel from John McGahern, one of Ireland's greatest novelists. Joe and Kate Ruttledge have returned from London to live and work in a small, rural lakeside community in Ireland, near where Joe grew up. Now deeply embedded in the life around the la...

The off-cuts from our review of Sentimental Value. Mostly what we’ve been watching and John’s visit to a five hour opera. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)     Bluesky     Instagram   Moviescramble website We love you all! (yes, even you at the back)

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. There is a theory that man is born with half a per mille too little, that alcohol in the blood opens the mind to the outside world, problems seem smaller, and creativity increases. We know it well: after the first glass of wine, the conversation lifts, the possibilities open up. Martin (Mads Mikkelsen) is a hig...

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. In Berlin, 1942, Hilde finds her place within an anti-Nazi resistance group as gradually as she falls in love with one of its members, Hans Coppi. With their lives being in constant danger, the two spend an unforgettable summer until they get caught by the Gestapo, and Hilde Coppi is imprisoned, eight months pr...

Mary and John review Sentimental Value, the award-nominated film from Norwegian director Joachim Trier. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)     Bluesky     Instagram   Moviescramble website We love you all! (yes, even you at the back)

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. Socially awkward 17-year-old cinephile, Lawrence Kweller, played by Isaiah Lehtinen, is self-absorbed and movie-obsessed. Fully convinced he can earn $90,000 to achieve his dream of attending film school at NYU, he gets a part-time job at Sequels video store. Their older store manager, Alana, played by Romina D...

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. Seydou, a teenage boy who, together with his cousin Moussa, decides to leave Dakar in Senegal and make his way to Europe. A contemporary Odyssey through the dangers of the desert, the horrors of the detention centres in Libya, and the perils of the sea. Io capitano (lit. 'Me Captain' in Italian is a 2023 drama...

The second part of our off-cuts from our review of No Other Choice. We chat about film festivals, film criticism and other bits. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)     Bluesky     Instagram   Moviescramble website We love you all! (yes, even you at the back)

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. Amaia, who has just become a mother, decides to return to her parents' home on the Basque coast for a little help while her partner is away. Lullaby (Spanish: Cinco lobitos, lit. 'Five Wolf Cubs') is a 2022 Spanish drama film written and directed by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa. It stars Laia Costa and Susi Sánchez alon...

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. A man solitary and cold, methodical and unencumbered by scruples or regrets, the killer waits in the shadows, watching for his next target. And yet the longer he waits, the more he thinks he's losing his mind, if not his cool. A brutal, bloody, and stylish noir story of a professional assassin lost in a world w...

The first part of our off-cuts from our review of No Other Choice. Mostly what we've been watching. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)     Bluesky     Instagram   Moviescramble website We love you all! (yes, even you at the back)

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. Set in 1970s Rome, the film tracks the plight of a nuclear family, consisting of an unhappy married couple: Clara (a deeply dissatisfied expatriate Spaniard) and Felice (an abusive businessman cheating on Clara with his secretary), and their children Adriana, Gino, and Diana. Their eldest child, 12-year-old Adr...

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk reviews written by Mary Munoz, Thomas Simpson, and John McArthur. We look back to 2024. It was quite a year in film, and this is reflected in the top ten choices for the moviescramble writing team. The differences and general lack of crossover between the three lists emphasise the breadth of what was brought to the big and small screen. Lik...

Join Mary and John as they review No Other Choice from director Park Chan Wook. Rounding off the show, we choose our top three movies with a character at the end of their tether. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)     Bluesky     Instagram   Moviescramble website We love you all! (yes, even you at the back)

A deep dive conversation based on an original review written by Mary Munoz for the moviescramble website. In the late 1980s, Rose moved from the Ivory Coast to Paris with her two young sons. Spanning 20 years from their arrival in France to the present day, the film is the moving chronicle of the construction and deconstruction of a family. Mother and Son (French: Un petit frère, lit. 'A Little Br...

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. Ethan Hunt and the IMF team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider t...

The second part of our off-cuts from our review of Wasteman. We chat about health influencers, Weight loss for movies, and the changing face of coverage for films and festivals. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)     Bluesky     Instagram   Moviescramble website We love you all! (yes, even you at the back)

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. Ethan Hunt and the IMF team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity - which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe - with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Ethan's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity do...

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage, Kid is an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club. There, night after night, he wears a gorilla mask and is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discov...

The first part of our off-cuts from our review of Wastemen. Mostly what we've been watching. Liked it? let us know! Hated it? No need to share! Apple Podcasts     Spotify     Amazon     YouTube Facebook    x (Twitter)     Bluesky     Instagram   Moviescramble website We love you all! (yes, even you at the back)

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. Vivian, a seemingly shy 16-year-old, has always preferred to keep her head down and fly under the radar. But when the arrival of a new student forces her to examine the unchecked behavior of her fellow students running rampant at her high school, Vivian realizes she's fed up. Inspired by her mother's rebellious...

A deep dive conversation based on the moviescramble.co.uk review written by Mary Munoz. "Mr. and Mrs. Stodola" dives into the notorious series of murders committed by a married couple in the early 2000s. It goes beyond the conventions of typical crime narratives, offering a chilling exploration of evil. Mr. and Mrs. Stodola (Czech: Manželé Stodolovi) is a crime drama film directed by Petr Hátle ab...