Entertainment Of Excellence Podcast

For our 31st episode we watch and review the Sci-Fi animated film 9 (2009) which follows a rag doll that has awakened in a post-apocalyptic world who seeks the reason behind his existence while fighting off mechanical monsters. Directed by Shane Acker, starring Elijah Wood and produced by Tim Burton, this film has a unique dark tone, that is not often seen in the world of animation. We finally have a Submissions Spotlight! We give our thoughts on the horror microfilm The 911 Call, by Gioia Jiles. Get in touch with us if you're a creator and want your work to be reviewed! Audio engineered by Ben Music by Thom & Ben WEBSITE: https://entertainmentofexcellence.weebly.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/eofepodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/eofepodcast WATCH 9: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/9-2009 BUY 9 DVD/BLU-RAY: https://amzn.to/3nskUqF WATCH THE 911 CALL: https://youtu.be/grylkIDOk2k

For our 30th episode, we watch and review the 2016 comedy drama drama Captain Fantastic. Directed by Matt Ross and starring Viggo Mortenson and George MacKay, the plot follows a radical Marxist family who live in the woods who have to come to terms with the rest of society after the mother's suicide. We didn't have any submissions this week, but if you're a creator and want to have your work reviewed, message us! Audio engineered by Ben Music by Thom & Ben WEBSITE: https://entertainmentofexcellence.weebly.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/eofepodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/eofepodcast WATCH CAPTAIN FANTASTIC: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/captain-fantastic BUY CAPTAIN FANTASTIC DVD/BLU-RAY: https://amzn.to/3n5MB8x

For our 29th episode, we're doing a Halloween special, but we decided to combine it with a terrible movie since we haven't done it in a while. Nobody asked for a Slender Man Movie in 2018, but we got one regardless, and it is one of the worst movies we've ever seen. Much like the effect Kangaroo Jack had on us, where we ended up questioning what actually made something comedic, this film made us question what actually builds tension, and how the writing could be so abysmal it passed quality checks. We didn't have any submissions this week, but if you're a creator and want to have your work reviewed, message us! Audio engineered by Ben Music by Thom & Ben WEBSITE: https://entertainmentofexcellence.weebly.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/eofepodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/eofepodcast WATCH SLENDER MAN: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/slender-man BUY SLENDER MAN DVD/BLU-RAY: https://amzn.to/3jJvreW TIMESTAMPS: TBD #SlenderMan #MovieReview #Podcast

For our 28th episode, we watch and review the 1940 animation Fantasia, produced by Walt Disney. The movie features 7 segments, all featuring colourful animations based on a piece of popular classical music, with a conductor who addresses the audience introducing each one. With appearances from Mickey Mouse, dinosaurs, Greek mythological figures and more, the animation was groundbreaking for its time, especially given each frame was hand drawn. We didn't have any submissions this week, but if you're a creator and want to have your work reviewed, message us! Audio engineered by Ben Music by Thom & Ben WEBSITE: https://entertainmentofexcellence.weebly.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/eofepodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/eofepodcast WATCH FANTASIA: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/fantasia BUY FANTASIA DVD/BLU-RAY: https://amzn.to/3dXAgQE

For our 27th episode, we watch and review the 2019 Netflix Original crime drama The Irishman, directed by Martin Scorsese. Based on the true story of hitman Frank Sheeran, the three-hour movie follows his journey from a humble truck driver to the right hand man of Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful politician. The film also stars cast of seasoned crime actors including Robert de Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci. We didn't have any submissions this week, but if you're a creator and want to have your work reviewed, message us! Audio engineered by Ben Music by Thom & Ben WEBSITE: https://entertainmentofexcellence.weebly.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/eofepodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/eofepodcast WATCH THE IRISHMAN: https://www.netflix.com/title/80175798

For our 26th episode, we watch and review the 2018 sci-fi thriller Upgrade, written and directed by Leigh Whannell. The plot follows Grey Trace, a mechanic in a futuristic cyberpunk world, who gets paralysed after a mugging which leaves his wife dead. An experimental operation fuses his body with an AI called STEM, which allows him to walk and "upgrades" him to be a perfect fighter, but the lines as to who is really in control blur as the movie progresses. We didn't have any submissions this week, but if you're a creator and want to have your work reviewed, message us! Audio engineered by Ben Music by Thom & Ben WEBSITE: https://entertainmentofexcellence.weebly.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/eofepodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/eofepodcast WATCH UPGRADE: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/upgrade BUY UPGRADE DVD/BLU-RAY: https://amzn.to/36Yce6n

For our 25th episode, to celebrate having reached this milestone, we go back through our older episodes, re-rating our 2018 ones because our views have changed since then. We also show off our impressive display of failed intros, and answer fan-submitted questions. Thanks for sticking with us this far, and we hope we'll be doing another one of these for our 50th episode! Audio engineered by Ben Music by Thom & Ben WEBSITE: https://entertainmentofexcellence.weebly.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/eofepodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/eofepodcast

For our 24th episode, we watch and review the 2014 thriller Nightcrawler, written and directed by Dan Gilroy. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Lou, a freelance stringer who records accidents and sells them to a TV network. The film explores the corruption and moral issues behind news editing and journalism, and Lou himself is a character study into sociopathy and how unemployment changes a person. We didn't have any submissions this week, but if you're a creator and want to have your work reviewed, message us! Audio engineered by Ben Music by Thom & Ben WEBSITE: https://entertainmentofexcellence.weebly.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/eofepodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/eofepodcast WATCH NIGHTCRAWLER: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/nightcrawler BUY NIGHTCRAWLER DVD/BLU-RAY: https://amzn.to/2GhNdYM

In our 23rd episode, we watch and review the Netflix original The Two Popes, directed by Fernando Meirelles and based on the play of the same name by Anthony McCarten. The plot, based on a true story, follows Pope Benedict XVI (played by Anthony Hopkins) attempting to change the mind of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who wants to resign as an archbishop. Later, Bergoglio in 2013 became elected Pope of the Catholic Church and named Pope Francis. We didn't have any submissions this week, but if you're a creator and want to have your work reviewed, message us! Audio engineered by Ben Music by Thom & Ben WEBSITE: https://entertainmentofexcellence.weebly.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/eofepodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/eofepodcast WATCH THE TWO POPES: https://www.netflix.com/title/80174451

For our 22nd episode, we watch and review the Netflix original I'm Thinking of Ending Things, written and directed by Charlie Kaufman and based on the book of the same name by Iain Reid. Starring Jesse Plemons and Jessie Buckley, the plot follows a young woman on a roadtrip with her boyfriend Jake to meet his parents, but nothing is as it seems and as the story progresses both the woman and the viewer begin to lose grip on what is actually real. Our discussion involves our interpretation and explanation of the surreal ending and compare it to the novel's, and how it uses a 4:3 aspect ratio and other techniques to create tension. We also touch on the Academy Awards' new representation and inclusion requirements for films to be considered for the Oscars - most headlines about this are clickbait, and the actual standards are very reasonable and a step in the right direction for the industry. We didn't have any submissions this week, but if you're a creator and want to have your work reviewed, message us! Audio

For our 21st episode, we watch and review the 1988 surrealist musical It Couldn't Happen Here, with music by and starring the Pet Shop Boys. Directed by Jack Bond, the film is based on music from the band's first two albums Please and Actually, and instead of focusing on a coherent narrative structure it instead opts for a collection of surreal scenes and bizzare dialogue that doesn't make much sense. Band members Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe play various versions of themselves in different scenarios, and the film guest stars Joss Ackland and Barbara Windsor. We didn't have any submissions this week, but if you're a creator and want to have your work reviewed, message us! Audio engineered by Ben Music by Thom & Ben WEBSITE: https://entertainmentofexcellence.weebly.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/eofepodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/eofepodcast WATCH IT COULDN'T HAPPEN HERE: https://bit.ly/3lPKTbp BUY IT COULDN'T HAPPEN HERE DVD/BLU-RAY: BFI: https://bit.ly/32X2pSB Amazon: https://amzn.to/3jPum

Welcome to "Entertainment of Excellence", the podcast where we review: Film. TV. All of it. No fuss, no nonsense, exactly what it says on the tin. We focus on films and TV shows for our main segment, but also discuss anything ranging from music to art to poetry in our recommendations section. In our Submissions Spotlight section, fans can send us in their work to be reviewed live on air. We don't edit our episodes except to keep them clean, because we aim to have a more laid back atmosphere, just like chatting to your friends. We started this podcast for fun as a hobby. We are not sponsored or endorsed in any way (we’re not well enough known for that!), so the only bias we may have is our personal views. Our episodes (usually about an hour long) consist of us reviewing a film, outlining the plot, discussing strengths and weaknesses and rating it out of ten. We then provide recommendations, not necessarily limited to film or TV.  All of these are included in the main episode, which we stream live at 4PM

We're finally on our twentieth episode, and to commemorate this achievement we suffer through one of the worst movies we have ever seen. Watching and reviewing the 2003 comedy Kangaroo Jack was not just painful, it made us question what comedy really is. The script follows the misadventures of two stupid Americans, Louis (Anthony Anderson) and Charlie (Jerry O'Connell) as they chase an animated Kangaroo wearing a jacket with $50K in it throughout Australia. Christopher Walken also surprisingly makes an appearance as mafia boss Sal Maggio. We discuss the false advertising, inappropriate tone and lack of comedic factor amongst other things, and are left utterly exhausted by the end. We didn't have any submissions this week, but if you're a creator and want to have your work reviewed, message us! Music by Thom & Ben WEBSITE: https://entertainmentofexcellence.weebly.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/eofepodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/eofepodcast WATCH KANGAROO JACK: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/mo

Our nineteenth episode in which we watch and review the 1998 psychological drama The Interview, directed by Craig Monahan. Starring Hugo Weaving as Fleming and Tony Martin as Detective Steele, the film centres around a lengthy interrogation regarding a stolen car and a missing person, but the tables quickly turn and it becomes less obvious who is really being hunted. We give our analysis of the themes and our opinions. We didn't have any submissions this week, but if you're a creator and want to have your work reviewed, message us! Music by Thom & Ben WEBSITE: https://entertainmentofexcellence.weebly.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/eofepodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/eofepodcast WATCH THE INTERVIEW: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/the-interview-1998 BUY THE INTERVIEW DVD/BLU-RAY: https://amzn.to/34ou29s

Our eighteenth episode in which we watch and review the Coen Brothers movie No Country for Old Men, based on the book of the same name. The plot centres around Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin), a hunter from Texas in 1980 who stumbles across a drug deal gone wrong and takes two million dollars worth of money, and becomes hunted by hitman Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) as Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) attempts to pick up the pieces. We discuss and analyse the film's themes of fate and chance and the distinctive monologues amongst other things. We didn't have any submissions this week, but if you're a creator and want to have your work reviewed, message us! Music by Thom & Ben WEBSITE: https://entertainmentofexcellence.weebly.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/eofepodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/eofepodcast WATCH NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/no-country-for-old-men BUY NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN DVD/BLU-RAY: https://amzn.to/33Yrhvh

Our seventeenth episode in which we watch and review the award-winning 2019 Netflix Original film Marriage Story, directed by Noah Baumbach and starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson. The script follows the grueling divorce between a director and his actress wife, detailing the legal process and the many arguments. We give our analysis and opinions. For our Submissions Spotlight section, we review the novel "Maledicus: The Investigative Paranormal Society" by author Charles F. French. Get in touch with us if you're a creator and want your work to be reviewed! Music by Thom & Ben WEBSITE: https://entertainmentofexcellence.weebly.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/eofepodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/eofepodcast WATCH MARRIAGE STORY: https://www.netflix.com/title/80223779 BUY MARRIAGE STORY: https://amzn.to/2BPB3nR READ/BUY MALEDICUS: https://amzn.to/3gpGnh0

Our sixteenth episode in which we watch and review the notoriously terrible 1953 B-Movie, Robot Monster, directed by Phil Tucker. In this attempt at sci-fi horror from the 50s, a family of five are the only humans left on planet earth, with the rest having been destroyed by Ro-Man - an alien monster whose only goal is to wipe out the human race. We discuss the film's laughable dialogue, struggle to find positives, and compare it to Birdemic and Mile 22. We didn't have any submissions this week, but if you're a creator and want to have your work reviewed, message us! Music by Thom & Ben WEBSITE: https://entertainmentofexcellence.weebly.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/eofepodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/eofepodcast WATCH ROBOT MONSTER: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/robot-monster BUY ROBOT MONSTER: https://amzn.to/32Hrcf6

Our fifteenth episode in which we watch and review the biographical film The Social Network, directed by David Fincher, which documents the life of Mark Zuckerberg, the founding of Facebook and some of the lawsuits that followed. It stars Jesse Eisenberg as a young Mark Zuckerberg, who creates a website called Facemash that rates photos of female students at Harvard, which leads to the founding of Facebook. We didn't have any submissions this week, but if you're a creator and want to have your work reviewed, message us! Music by Thom & Ben WEBSITE: https://entertainmentofexcellence.weebly.com INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/eofepodcast TWITTER: https://twitter.com/eofepodcast WATCH THE SOCIAL NETWORK: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/the-social-network  BUY THE SOCIAL NETWORK: https://amzn.to/2CjzCOI

Our fourteenth episode in which we watch and review the Russian cult classic Stalker, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and based on the novel Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky brothers. The premise is simple - the film takes place in the "Zone"; in the distant future, society as we know it has been destroyed, and the protagonist, known as the "Stalker" is leading a professor and a writer to the "Room", a place supposedly where the wishes of whoever enters it are granted. We discuss the filmmaking, themes and motifs and give our own analysis of what the film means to us. We didn't have any submissions this week, but if you're a creator and want to have your work reviewed, message us! WEBSITE: https://entertainmentofexcellence.weebly.com WATCH STALKER: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/stalker-1979 BUY STALKER: https://amzn.to/38JBoo8 Music by Thom & Ben.

Our thirteenth episode in which we watch and review the psychological thriller You Were Never Really Here, based on the Johnathan Ames book of the same name. The movie stars Joaquin Phoenix and Ekatarina Samsonov, and was directed by Lynne Ramsay. The plot follows a mercenary called Joe who suffers from PTSD, who rescues trafficked young girls. He is hired by a State senator to rescue his daughter and destroy a trafficking network by any means necessary. We discuss the film, its themes and harrowing portrayal of mental illness, and give recommendations. We didn't have any submissions this week, but if you're a creator and want to have your work reviewed, message us! WATCH YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE: https://www.justwatch.com/uk/movie/you-were-never-really-here BUY YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE: https://amzn.to/3dVeU4J Music by Thom & Ben.