Original Broadcast: The Business Of Film
This week James Cameron-Wilson is joined by Chad Kennerk, our occasional American correspondent, to review the opening weekend performance of 'F1 The Movie', which at #1 is now Brad Pitt’s highest-grossing movie, beating the record set in 2013 by his zombie thriller 'World War Z'. Having waxed lyrical last week about Danny Boyle’s new film '28 Years Later', James returns to where the franchise left off in 2007, reviewing the title with fresh eyes. While on the subject of zombies, Chad and James share some of their favourite undead excursions. James was less thrilled with the film at #6, 'M3GAN 2.0', which continues the escapades of the titular killer robot doll as she goes good in order to face off with a deadlier foe. For his streaming title of the week, James reviews the sobering Netflix documentary 'Grenfell Uncovered'.
Guests: Chad Kennerk,James Cameron Wilson
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Original Broadcast: The Business Of Film
This week James Cameron-Wilson is joined by Chad Kennerk, our occasional American correspondent fresh from his trip to CinemaCon in Vegas. James is thrilled to see that the UK box-office has leaped a phenomenal 168.7% from the previous weekend, thanks to the video game adaptation 'A Minecraft Movie' with Jason Momoa and Jack Black. At #4 is 'Death of a Unicorn', a farcical horror comic that is inept on almost every level, save for the presence of Jenna Ortega. However, at #7 is the Oscar-winning animated feature 'Flow', which James claims is the best film of the year so far, being an enthralling, mystical, frequently quite funny, wondrous, haunting and even a pulse-accelerating experience. He was less happy with 'The Electric State' on Netflix, a $320 retro-futuristic mess with Chris Pratt and Mollie Bobby Brown which he describes as being overblown, heavy-handed and visually cluttered.
Guests: Chad Kennerk
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Original Broadcast: The Business Of Film
James Cameron-Wilson is joined by guest interrogator Chad Kennerk to discuss the UK box-office, which has dipped 3% from the previous weekend. Sadly, he was not a fan of any of the three new releases in the marketplace: he found 'It Ends With Us' implausible and ridiculous, M. Night Shyamalan’s psycho-thriller 'Trap' contrived and inexplicable and the video game adaptation 'Borderlands' (with Cate Blanchett, of all people) derivative and chaotic.
Guests: James Cameron Wilson,Chad Kennerk
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Want to keep up with the latest earnings updates from the States? Well join Chris Hill and the Motley Fool Radio Show team here on Share Radio, direct from Washington DC, for news, views and analysis of the US stocks that matter. In this week's show: Chris talks with Jed Rothstein, director of the The China Hustle, about his latest documentary; and best-selling author, Daniel Levitin, shares his top tips on how to organise busy minds from his new book The Organised Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload.
Guests: Chris Hill,Jed Rothstein,Daniel Levitin
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Original Broadcast: The Share Radio Evening Show
The latest entry in the Fast and Furious franchise has smashed box office records, with global opening weekend takings of over $530m, even beating Star Wars hit "The Force Awakens". To discuss this and more, Simon Rose was joined by James Cameron-Wilson on The Business of Film.
Guests: James Cameron-Wilson
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Original Broadcast: The Share Radio Evening Show
The Business of Film with film critic James Cameron Wilson, looking at the biggest winners and losers at the box office this week, including Kong: Skull Island, Logan and The Lego Batman Movie.
Guests: James Cameron Wilson
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Movies and Money is Share Radio’s look at the world of film. Phil Scott joined Share Radio's Simon Rose for a look at money related themes in a variety of comedy films throughout the years.
Guests: Phil Scott
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Original Broadcast: The Share Radio Evening Show
The Business of Film with film critic, James Cameron Wilson looking at the biggest winners and losers at the box office this week, including La La Land, Manchester by the Sea and Live by Night.
Guests: James Cameron Wilson
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Original Broadcast: Movies and Money
Sean Macaulay, writer of the new British film Eddie The Eagle, talks about his career which has taken him from Fleet St journalist to Hollywood screenwriter
Guests: Sean Macauley
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