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Sebastian Chan is an award-winning filmmaker from Canberra, Australia who just completed production on his debut feature film as a writer/director: ENDLING. With a wide number of shorts under his belt, Seb has a long list of producing credits on short films that have played at major festivals, been hosted on SBS OnDemand, and shortlisted for Tropfest. He has also produced the feature film SNATCHER...

James Branson is a Sydney-based filmmaker and the writer, director, executive producer, co-editor, and co-writer of the original score to feature film Bunny - a post-apocalyptic quasi horror about a young woman roaming climate-ravaged Australia in search of sustenance. In this conversation we delve into: James background as a musician, marketer and editor of grungy zine and YouTube channel . Makin...

James Hunter is an award-winning Melbourne-based filmmaker, originally from Canberra, who just completed his debut feature film The Latcher - a psychological horror starring Lucy Lovegrove under his production company Full Cycle Films. In this conversation, we delve into: James' life as a filmmaker Making shorts as a child and having one play at a film festival when he was 12 Dropping out of s...

Ché Baker is a Canberra-based filmmaker who writes, produces, directs, edits, acts, does visual effects, martial arts, and authored the novel Rule of Knowledge under his penname Scott Baker. Under his production company Full Point Films he has directed two feature films: Blue World Order (co-directed with Dallas Bland, starring Billy Zane) and the recently completed States of Mind , set for releas...

Ujjwal Rai is a fast-rising Nepalese filmmaker based in Canberra, who has quickly made his mark on the local scene with his prolific award-winning productions through his company Sirujal Ever Films. He has directed music videos with 12 million views, won awards at Lights Canberra Action, Canberra Short Film Festival and Tropefest, and is in early development on his debut feature film Maha Maya, wh...

In this new chapter of the Truly Rotten Potatoes saga, Declan begins an interview series with filmmakers and creatives. Craig Alexander is an actor who just wrote, starred in, edited, and co-directed (with his wife Shelly Higgs) his debut feature film: Snatchers , an independent film produced in Canberra that premiered internationally at Raindance. Ahead of it's Australian cinema release, Declan a...

This is a controversial one because this episode's subject FREELANCE (2023) is not currently on our bible: the official 0% list. It was, briefly, but a couple late reviews came in which pumped it to 7%. We cover those in the episode. This potato stars wrestler John Cena and Alison Brie (best known as Annie on Community) and was directed by frenchman Pierre Morel, best known as the director of the...

In this episode of Australia's toughest podcast, we discuss the death of Matthew Perry from Friends, read a bit of Calvin and Hobbs and most importantly... Terry Crews, former footballer and current actor, stars as the titular character in 2020's John Henry. John Henry is a strong man who lives in South Central Los Angeles and no longer is in gangs with his cousin Hell, played by Ludcaris. The sto...

Morgan and Declan invite filmmaker and musician Kyneisha Murray into the studio talk about 2020's Hard Kill a film from our 0% Bible - in fact, the LAST ONE chronologically! (as of this taping) This potato stars Bruce Willis (in his second appearance on the pod! Check out our episode on Precious Cargo to see his other appearance) & Jesse Metcalfe (from Passions! and Desperate Housewives! and J...

Morgan, Declan and Mitch re-unite to talk 2020's American Netflix crime movie The Last Days of American Crime. The film was directed by Olivier Megaton who also directed action films like Transporter 3 and Taken 2 + Taken 3. It stars Edgar Ramirez as BRICKE and Michael Pitt as Jared Leto's Joker. Only a few movies left on the official bible of 0%ers!!! Follow Truly Rotten Potatoes on: ⁠ Facebook ⁠...

The gang (sans Hayden who is off ill with covid) watch and discuss the Belgian kids animated movie The Queen's Corgi. They also discuss Brock and the Rock gym in Pokemon, and the late Robert Blake, and the woman (his wife) he allegedly had killed. Only a few movies left on the official bible of 0%ers and we are free from this hell!!!  Follow Truly Rotten Potatoes on: ⁠ Facebook ⁠ ⁠ Instagram ⁠ ⁠ Y...

In this episode, we covered 2017's Stratton, starring Dominic Cooper, Gemma Chan and Tom Felton (AKA Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter movies) Directed by Englishman Simon West (Tomb Raider [2001] and Con Air) Logline: A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell. Unfortunately, although it features a group called SBS and a character called Stratton, it is N...

The four guys reunite for a quick episode where they discuss video games, James Cameron's Avatar and ask some tough questions. Follow Truly Rotten Potatoes on: ⁠ Facebook ⁠ ⁠ Instagram ⁠ ⁠ Youtube ⁠ Or send us an email: trulyrottentomatoes@gmail.com Originally published 30 September 2022.

The boys (sans Hayden) are BACK! Interested in the relationship of Amber Heard, Johnny Depp and a bit of Cara Delevigne as a messy drug addict? Based on the hit book, London Fields (2018) is the movie for you. It's one of those ones where the director and producers all sued each other and the director hates the cut they went with. It took 3 years before it was released and still got a 0%. And now...

Bruce Willis stars (for 13 minutes) in Precious Cargo, an action thriller directed by Max Adams and also starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar. As IMDB says, the plot is simply: A crime boss tries to make off with loot that belongs to another thief. Mitch, Hayden and Declan analyse the film with special guest: Australian Bruce Willis. Originally published 2 July 2022.

Declan, Mitch and Hayden discuss Nic Cage as a pilot in Left Behind (2014), a cute Christian movie about the Rapture. Follow Truly Rotten Potatoes on: ⁠ Facebook ⁠ ⁠ Instagram ⁠ ⁠ Youtube ⁠ Or send us an email: trulyrottentomatoes@gmail.com Originally published 13 June 2022.

In this superhero origin story and adaptation of Mattel's 15 year running cartoon, the world was treated to a live action Max Steel (2016). With Hayden on suspension, Morgan, Mitch and Declan tackle everything about Andy Garcia's villainous Pacino-esque performance, and Ben Winchell's leading everyboy role. Directed by Stewart Hendler, this potato feels a bit like Transformers but stru...

Back on the scriptures, the four boys are reunited to talk through the DJ Caruso movie The Disappointments Room (2016).  Starring Kate Beckinsale and Mel Raido, this supernatural thriller/horror tomato treads the ground of paranoid and traumatised women not taking her meds and thinking she's seeing creepy ghosts. And she is! Weirdly, this movie is also co-written by actor Wentworth Miller, bes...

The boys take some time to deviate from their Bible of 0% films and take a look at 2021's late release: The Matrix Resurrections, directed by Lana Wachoswki co-writer and co-director from the original trilogy, and starring Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss. Resurrections is the fourth feature film in the Matrix franchise and serves as an amalgamation of reboot, remake and sequel. It got a 63%...

Comedian and TV personality Concetta Caristo joins the gang talk about the 2016 remake of Eli Roth's independent horror hit Cabin Fever. Released 14 years after the 2002 original, it found itself on the 0% list. At its core, its a gory violent horror film about 5 friends going to a cabin in the woods and succumbing to a flesh-eating virus. They virtually used Roth's original script and our...

Joining the gang on this episode, from a Brisbane balcony surrounded by birds during hotel quarantine, is Reuben Styles from platinum selling Peking Duk and his latest outfit Y.O.G.A (You're Only Great Always). In this episode, we covered 2009's Stolen, starring Mad Men's Jon Hamm with a goofy haircut, Josh Lucas and Dawson's Creek's James Van Der Beek with appearances from Rho...

In completion of her redemption arc, Putri McMurray joins us to talk through the latest 0% from our trusty bible: A Thousand Words (2012) starring Eddie Murphy, written by Steve Koren ('Click' and 'Jack & Jill')and directed by Brian Robbins (who also made Eddie Murphy movies Norbit and Meet Dave). This movie takes Eddie Murphy's skill in saying funny things and asks the question, what if every...

In a special double-movie episode, the OG crew reunite to talk through 2010's 0% CGI, rat-Nazi extravaganza 'The Nutcracker: The Untold Story (in 3D)' as well as the new Space Jam movie starring LeBron James. What do you need to know? The Nutcracker movie stars a young Elle Fanning and also Nathan Lane as Albert Einstein, and it's based on a Russian ballet. It's kind of like Al...

On this episode of Australia's toughest podcast, the gang tackle 2009's Transylmania (AKA College Vampires) a college-based teen sex comedy, with a buttload of vampire stuff. Directed by David and Scott Hillebrand and starring a lot of 30 year olds playing college kids, this movie features an animated opening credits sequence and a song by The Darkness. Morgan was away on special COVID dut...

In this episode, the Potato Crew cover the Halle Berry 2012 shark movie Dark Tide. Directed by John Stockwell, the guy who also directed water-based movies like Into the Blue with Paul Walker (RIP) & Blue Crush. We're joined on Skype by special guest Benjamin Stevenson, one half of twin-brother comedy duo The Stevenson Experience (who recently performed opening night at the Melbourne Comed...