Convicted Cinephiles #53 - Up There Cazaly

This episode of Convicted Cinephiles heads to Australia as our friend and Aussie-Canadian Drex joins the panel for an all Aussie movie cast. The guys geek out about Star Wars, Drex is majorly unimpressed with the new Terminator trailer and Matty is subjected to watching yet another soul crushing face stabbing scene in a movie.

 
These are our Staff Picks of the week!
 
Michaela brings a film that started as a short film and got the push to become a feature film called Dear White People. The film start Tyler James Williams, who got his start on Chris Rock's Everybody Hates Chris and is now on The Walking Dead. This film was a big hit at this year's Toronto International Film Festival and was a a definite win in Michaela's opinion.
 

Matty has some good and bad this week. The good is Jon Favreau's Chef, a fun comedy that has a lot of great appearances from stars like Scarlet Johansson and Dustin Hoffman. The bad was a little painful to Stevil. Unfortunately, Matty hated Kevin Smith's latest offering, Tusk, With an unlikable lead and terrible Canadian accents and stereotypes, Michael Parks performance wasn't enough to save this film.
 
Stevil needed some light fare after some of the harsher viewings on this podcast and all the Game of Thrones he was taking in, so Melissa McCarthy's Tammy was the comedy he decided to throw on. A completely unlikable title character with little redeeming qualities and a mediocre story line muddle this film until a slightly acceptable resolution and ending make this film an uneven lame duck.
 
Drex does NOT like Gwyneth Paltrow. He makes no secret about it and will gladly tell you his reasons. So, the movies he would like to bring to the cast are the rare gems in which the former Mrs. Coldplay bites the dust In conclusion, go see Seven and Contagion!

 
For the main subject of our episode on Aussie films, our panel explains why they made their choices:
 
"For the Aussie Cast I decided to go with Muriel's Wedding. Although I had never seen it, it stars one of my favourite actresses, Toni Collette, and looked pretty funny. I was not disappointed. This movie is totally off the wall, switching between comedy and tragedy at breakneck speeds. Collette is lovable as Muriel (Mariel) and the Abba soundtrack is totally awesome. If you have yet to see this film, delay no longer!" - @avidcinephile
 
"I was in the mood for a western, plain and simple. And I wanted to bring the mighty 'stach that is Selleck. But unfortunately Quigley Down Under isn't Australian made (little did I know Drex was bringing the mightiest mustache in Australia). So I went with The Propostion. This brutal tale of redemption in lawless lands, is a visceral and visual masterpiece. From the mind of Nick Cave and with direction from John Hillcoat you will not be disappointed with this honest western." - @mattydub604
 
"Channeling my good friend @demigodrob, I thought I'd bring another Criterion film to this Aussie cast with Walkabout. This film is both arresting in it's beauty and a nightmare that will keep you far, far away from the Australian outback. With the insane start to this film and exactly how these two children get left to their own devices in this deadly landscape, this film left a definite impression on me."  - @thestevildead
 
@drex is incredibly Australian, even after having been in Canada for five plus years, so his pick for the episode, The Club, is also VERY Australian. He also likes Stevil to write for him and he thinks Stevil is the greatest person he has ever met.
 
What is your favorite Australian made film? Do you or did you enjoy our picks? Listen to the episode and let us know what you think in the comments below! We leave you with this quintessential Australian football song and the name of our episode "Up There Cazaly".
 
http://youtu.be/pxM8XB61ZvU

This episode of Convicted Cinephiles heads to Australia as our friend and Aussie-Canadian Drex joins the panel for an all Aussie movie cast. The guys geek out about Star Wars, Drex is majorly unimpressed with the new Terminator trailer and Matty is subjected to watching yet another soul crushing face stabbing scene in a movie.

 
These are our Staff Picks of the week!
 
Michaela brings a film that started as a short film and got the push to become a feature film called Dear White People. The film start Tyler James Williams, who got his start on Chris Rock's Everybody Hates Chris and is now on The Walking Dead. This film was a big hit at this year's Toronto International Film Festival and was a a definite win in Michaela's opinion.
 

Matty has some good and bad this week. The good is Jon Favreau's Chef, a fun comedy that has a lot of great appearances from stars like Scarlet Johansson and Dustin Hoffman. The bad was a little painful to Stevil. Unfortunately, Matty hated Kevin Smith's latest offering, Tusk, With an unlikable lead and terrible Canadian accents and stereotypes, Michael Parks performance wasn't enough to save this film.
 
Stevil needed some light fare after some of the harsher viewings on this podcast and all the Game of Thrones he was taking in, so Melissa McCarthy's Tammy was the comedy he decided to throw on. A completely unlikable title character with little redeeming qualities and a mediocre story line muddle this film until a slightly acceptable resolution and ending make this film an uneven lame duck.
 
Drex does NOT like Gwyneth Paltrow. He makes no secret about it and will gladly tell you his reasons. So, the movies he would like to bring to the cast are the rare gems in which the former Mrs. Coldplay bites the dust In conclusion, go see Seven and Contagion!

 
For the main subject of our episode on Aussie films, our panel explains why they made their choices:
 
"For the Aussie Cast I decided to go with Muriel's Wedding. Although I had never seen it, it stars one of my favourite actresses, Toni Collette, and looked pretty funny. I was not disappointed. This movie is totally off the wall, switching between comedy and tragedy at breakneck speeds. Collette is lovable as Muriel (Mariel) and the Abba soundtrack is totally awesome. If you have yet to see this film, delay no longer!" - @avidcinephile
 
"I was in the mood for a western, plain and simple. And I wanted to bring the mighty 'stach that is Selleck. But unfortunately Quigley Down Under isn't Australian made (little did I know Drex was bringing the mightiest mustache in Australia). So I went with The Propostion. This brutal tale of redemption in lawless lands, is a visceral and visual masterpiece. From the mind of Nick Cave and with direction from John Hillcoat you will not be disappointed with this honest western." - @mattydub604
 
"Channeling my good friend @demigodrob, I thought I'd bring another Criterion film to this Aussie cast with Walkabout. This film is both arresting in it's beauty and a nightmare that will keep you far, far away from the Australian outback. With the insane start to this film and exactly how these two children get left to their own devices in this deadly landscape, this film left a definite impression on me."  - @thestevildead
 
@drex is incredibly Australian, even after having been in Canada for five plus years, so his pick for the episode, The Club, is also VERY Australian. He also likes Stevil to write for him and he thinks Stevil is the greatest person he has ever met.
 
What is your favorite Australian made film? Do you or did you enjoy our picks? Listen to the episode and let us know what you think in the comments below! We leave you with this quintessential Australian football song and the name of our episode "Up There Cazaly".
 
http://youtu.be/pxM8XB61ZvU