Screenland with Brian Lloyd

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES - PLEASE STAND BY.

Unfortunately, we were supposed to be joined by none other than Screenland regular Deirdre Molumby but technology and fate intervened and it wasn't to be, so you're stuck with me this week. Nevertheless, it's still an OK show? I guess? Anyway, this week I'm talking about basically the only movie out in cinemas this week, 'Toy Story 5'. Has the franchise run out of steam? Are toys as we know it done for in the age of screens? Why has it taken this long for Conan O'Brien to finally do what he was always meant to do, which is voice a toilet-training device in a major animated film?

Elsewhere, we're musing on the latest season of 'House of the Dragon', how I still can't get over how bad the final season of 'Game of Thrones' was, and how 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' basically saved me from myself. We're also oversharing about parenting and non-parenting, Elton John, and loads more! I'm on my own this week and I hate it! Yaaay!
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ALL WILL BE DISCLOSED.

After a few weeks off, we're back in action for the THIRD SEASON of Screenland! Zara Hedderman joins me to talk about Senor Spielbergo's third - fourth if you count 'War of the Worlds' - alien-centric sci-fi thriller in 'Disclosure Day', starring Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor as two seemingly random people who are inextricably drawn to one another as a shadowy American government-linked agency led by Colin Firth of all people rushes to stop them from releasing a seventy-year archive of information of alien landings and experiments. Think 'The X-Files' but, y'know, with Steven Spielberg directing.

Elsewhere, Zara Hedderman gets paranoid about 'The Conversation', Francis Ford Coppolla's weird and wonderful spy drama with a terrific and against-type performance from Gene Hackman. We talk Hackman's stunt casting, David Shire's twinkly score, the creepiness of audio recording, make wild assumptions about Coppola and 'Megalopolis' and more besides.

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After a tiny little break, I'm back in the saddle with a review of 'The Mandalorian and Grogu', the latest slop from the guy who made a movie about making slop - anyone remember 'Chef', eh? What happened, Jon Favreau? What happened?

Anyway, we're talking about that Brit romcomzomnom 'Finding Emily' with Spike Fearn and Angourie Rice, who just so happens to be the daughter from 'The Nice Guys' - which as fate would have it - is our classic movie this week in honour of its 10th anniversary.
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SORRY FOR THE TERRIBLE AUDIO!

I'm going to flag that right away, I messed up the levels on microphone but what of it, our bonus episode is all about Fionnuala Jones uncovering the excitement and appeal of 'Pokémon' and its first season, known to those with Pokéball knowledge as Indigo League.

Fionnuala Jones is the host of Flop Culture, as well as being a broadcaster, writer, radio contributor and can be seen and heard on The Six O'Clock Show on Virgin Media, Movies and Booze on Newstalk, and her own social media presence as well.

Again, very sorry for my terrible audio production abilities, I'm almost forty episodes into this thing and I STILL cannot read audio levels properly.
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Reviews of legacy sequels in April? Groundbreaking.

Yes, on this week's show, I'm reviewing the long-in-gestation sequel to 'The Devils Wears Prada', a rom-com starring Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci and Emily Blunt that had zero impact on me and barely registered but somehow has become a cultural touchstone for a vast swathe of Western civilisation. It's always fun when you're reminded of how alone you are in the world.

Elsewhere, I'm reviewing Damian McCarthy's 'Hokum', starring Adam Scott in which he experiences the true and disturbing horror of holidaying in rural Ireland, and I'm also talking about 'Once Upon A Time In A Cinema', David Gleeson's semi-autobiographical tale of local cinemas on the eve of their demise. It's all fun, fun, fun content!

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