Hey folks,
yep that's right, as you can see from the post title the incredible eighties gore/comedy flick has been adapted into a Musical. Stuart Gordon the vastly underrated Director who shot the original movie (adapted loosely from a work by the master himself, H.P. Lovecraft), also directs this stage performance.
What I'm loving most about this is that they've added a 'Splash Zone' for extra audience participation.
Now I bet most of you are thinking "well it sounds awesome and all, but I bet it's only playing in America", well fear not splatter fans as I point you now towards the Edinburgh Fringe Festival:
http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/theatre/re-animator-the-musical
And for a bit of a taster, here's a review from Joshua Chaplinsky over at Twitchfilm:
http://twitchfilm.com/reviews/2012/07/review-re-animator-the-musical.php
I'd advise getting your tickets in early for this one as it looks like a classic in the making and it might well be the only chance you get to catch this in the UK.
- Research Monkey
Thursday 26 July 2012
Sunday 22 July 2012
Thomas Jane's Dirty Laundry
Hey Folks,
we mentioned Tom Jane's short Film Dirty Laundry on the last show, so I thought I'd whack it up here for your viewing pleasure.
For those of you who don't have a clue what I'm talking about, Tom put together a fan-film to take along to SDCC in which he reprises the role of a comic-book character he played way back in 2004.
Check it out and let us know your thoughts, personally I feel after this cool little flick he should be given a second shot at the character.
WARNING: Not safe for work.
- Research Monkey
For those of you who don't have a clue what I'm talking about, Tom put together a fan-film to take along to SDCC in which he reprises the role of a comic-book character he played way back in 2004.
Check it out and let us know your thoughts, personally I feel after this cool little flick he should be given a second shot at the character.
WARNING: Not safe for work.
- Research Monkey
Man Of Steel Teasers
Teasers for Zack Snyder's Man of Steel are now up. Footage in both is the same but feature different Narration.
Originally I wasn't sure what to make of this project, mainly due to not being a very big fan of Superman, but after watching these teasers consider my interest piqued. There's a beautiful melancholy feel to these which bodes well for a different interpretation of the Big Blue Boy Scout.
-Research Monkey
Originally I wasn't sure what to make of this project, mainly due to not being a very big fan of Superman, but after watching these teasers consider my interest piqued. There's a beautiful melancholy feel to these which bodes well for a different interpretation of the Big Blue Boy Scout.
-Research Monkey
Thursday 19 July 2012
A Quick Guide for New Listeners
Hey Folks,
(really should come up with a new opening, but that requires effort and I'm nothing if not Sloth-like)
Just thought I'd put up a quick guide to the show for those of you who have yet to listen in and are maybe wondering if you might enjoy two hours of our company.
Lets start with the informational side of things, we go into a bit of detail on new movies which are due to be released in the fortnight between shows as well as covering all the major films currently showing. As the show is based in Bradley Stoke (that's in the suburbs of North Bristol for all you out of town folk) we generally focus on releases that will be playing at the Vue cinema Cribb's Causeway. However we do like to branch out and so we try to include more niche films that play at venues such as the Watershed.
Obviously the content of this section depends hugely on the movies being released. We also cover recent movie news we think people will find interesting (well it would be more accurate to say news we find interesting, and as our viewing preferences lean heavily towards the genre side of things we have a bias toward those types of film).
We have a rather large tendency to become sidetracked in our discussions so most of the time we allocate for said discussions becomes more a (hopefully humorous and maybe informative) free-for-all.
We try to split the show 50/50 between talk and music and so far we think (although we're probably wrong) we have a good balance.
As to the music, you may have noticed from the previous posts we go with a theme for each show. And so for an idea of what we play here's the track listing from last show where we focused on horror movies of the mostly eighties variety:
Hard Act to Follow - Diana Devitt - Night of the Comet
Theme from Psycho - Bernard Herman - Psycho
People are Strange - Echo and the Bunnymen - Lost Boys
Dream Warriors - Dokken - Nightmare on Elm Street 3 (The Dream Warriors)
Rock On - David Essex - Devil's Rejects (yeah we know, David bloody Essex, but strangely it's a decent track, world really must be ending this year)
Rainy Rainy Day - Brownie McGhee - Angel Heart
Cry Little Sister - Gerard McMann - Lost Boys
True Faith - New Order - American Psycho
Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash - Dawn of the Dead (remake)
Space hopper - Julian Cope - Return of the Living Dead pt 2
Fright Night - J Geils Band - Fright Night
Blue Moon - The Marcells - An American Werewolf in London
Fall Guy - Rollins Band - Demon Knight
Thriller - Michael Jackson - Thriller
As you can see a pretty wide ranging mix, (although we go for a bit less cheese most show's) we try for a bit of diversity in the tunes we use. You may be wondering why there's no actual film scores in the list (except Psycho), that's because we like to use them as backing for the talky sections.
O.K. maybe not as quick a guide as I intended, but hopefully it gives you a better idea of what we're about and we look forward to you listening in.
- Research Monkey
(really should come up with a new opening, but that requires effort and I'm nothing if not Sloth-like)
Just thought I'd put up a quick guide to the show for those of you who have yet to listen in and are maybe wondering if you might enjoy two hours of our company.
Lets start with the informational side of things, we go into a bit of detail on new movies which are due to be released in the fortnight between shows as well as covering all the major films currently showing. As the show is based in Bradley Stoke (that's in the suburbs of North Bristol for all you out of town folk) we generally focus on releases that will be playing at the Vue cinema Cribb's Causeway. However we do like to branch out and so we try to include more niche films that play at venues such as the Watershed.
Obviously the content of this section depends hugely on the movies being released. We also cover recent movie news we think people will find interesting (well it would be more accurate to say news we find interesting, and as our viewing preferences lean heavily towards the genre side of things we have a bias toward those types of film).
We have a rather large tendency to become sidetracked in our discussions so most of the time we allocate for said discussions becomes more a (hopefully humorous and maybe informative) free-for-all.
We try to split the show 50/50 between talk and music and so far we think (although we're probably wrong) we have a good balance.
As to the music, you may have noticed from the previous posts we go with a theme for each show. And so for an idea of what we play here's the track listing from last show where we focused on horror movies of the mostly eighties variety:
Hard Act to Follow - Diana Devitt - Night of the Comet
Theme from Psycho - Bernard Herman - Psycho
People are Strange - Echo and the Bunnymen - Lost Boys
Dream Warriors - Dokken - Nightmare on Elm Street 3 (The Dream Warriors)
Rock On - David Essex - Devil's Rejects (yeah we know, David bloody Essex, but strangely it's a decent track, world really must be ending this year)
Rainy Rainy Day - Brownie McGhee - Angel Heart
Cry Little Sister - Gerard McMann - Lost Boys
True Faith - New Order - American Psycho
Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash - Dawn of the Dead (remake)
Space hopper - Julian Cope - Return of the Living Dead pt 2
Fright Night - J Geils Band - Fright Night
Blue Moon - The Marcells - An American Werewolf in London
Fall Guy - Rollins Band - Demon Knight
Thriller - Michael Jackson - Thriller
As you can see a pretty wide ranging mix, (although we go for a bit less cheese most show's) we try for a bit of diversity in the tunes we use. You may be wondering why there's no actual film scores in the list (except Psycho), that's because we like to use them as backing for the talky sections.
O.K. maybe not as quick a guide as I intended, but hopefully it gives you a better idea of what we're about and we look forward to you listening in.
- Research Monkey
A New Way of Contacting Us
Hey Folks,
During my many hours sat hunchbacked at my PC everyday I came across a purely magical new invention, the Email.
So it is with great joy that I now share my wonderful new discovery with you all:
bsrmovieshow@hotmail.com
Contact us at any time to share your thoughts on the show, what you like, what you don't like (both in terms of movies and the show itself), or just to tell us to stop babbling and get on with the music.
Messages during the show will be greatly appreciated and you'll have the chance to be mentioned on air (woohoo).
Also we're very much looking for theme suggestions for upcoming shows and mini reviews on recent movies you've seen. Please be aware when writing mini reviews that we will be intending to read them on the air, so if we have to bleep out half the words it won't work too well (or alternately it could be rather amusing).
Anyways get in contact with us, it gets lonely in the studio.
- Research Monkey
During my many hours sat hunchbacked at my PC everyday I came across a purely magical new invention, the Email.
So it is with great joy that I now share my wonderful new discovery with you all:
bsrmovieshow@hotmail.com
Contact us at any time to share your thoughts on the show, what you like, what you don't like (both in terms of movies and the show itself), or just to tell us to stop babbling and get on with the music.
Messages during the show will be greatly appreciated and you'll have the chance to be mentioned on air (woohoo).
Also we're very much looking for theme suggestions for upcoming shows and mini reviews on recent movies you've seen. Please be aware when writing mini reviews that we will be intending to read them on the air, so if we have to bleep out half the words it won't work too well (or alternately it could be rather amusing).
Anyways get in contact with us, it gets lonely in the studio.
- Research Monkey
Fourth Show (or The Movie Show Rises)
Hey Folks,
Hope you've enjoyed the shows so far. The fourth show goes out live tonight Thursday 19th July at 20:00 GMT.
As you can probably guess from the alternate title, the theme for this show will be connected to The Dark Knight Rises. So what we've decided after hours (nay, days) of exhaustive debating is to go with tracks pulled from the past works of TDKR cast.
So you can breathe easy in the knowledge that your ears will most likely be spared the incredible amount of cheese we aired last show.
As usual listen in through the listen live link you'll find to the left and let us know your thoughts either during or after the show.
- Research Monkey
Hope you've enjoyed the shows so far. The fourth show goes out live tonight Thursday 19th July at 20:00 GMT.
As you can probably guess from the alternate title, the theme for this show will be connected to The Dark Knight Rises. So what we've decided after hours (nay, days) of exhaustive debating is to go with tracks pulled from the past works of TDKR cast.
So you can breathe easy in the knowledge that your ears will most likely be spared the incredible amount of cheese we aired last show.
As usual listen in through the listen live link you'll find to the left and let us know your thoughts either during or after the show.
- Research Monkey
Sunday 15 July 2012
Dark Knight Rises (complete genius) Review over at Twitch
Fear & Loathing @ Comic Con: Boozie Movies Reviews THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
Just want to point you folks over to twitchfilm.com and this superb piece of writing from Greg Christie.http://twitchfilm.com/reviews/2012/07/fear-loathing-comic-con-boozie-movies-reviews-the-dark-knight-rises.php
Now most of the piece is scene setting for the (I believe piss-take/fake) review, but it's absolutely hilarious with more than a few entirely apt observations and insights into the geek scene/mindset.
Without doubt the best bit of film 'journalism' I've read all year.
-Research Monkey
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Show Number Three (or Revenge of the Movie Show)
Hey Folks,
hope you enjoyed the second show, the third show will be broadcast live this coming Thursday 5th July at 20:00 GMT.
This time we'll be pulling tunes from Horror Movies, mostly of the eighties variety (before you groan at the prospect of an unending wave of hair-rock and speed metal, we'll also be playing tracks from Horror Movies of other decades, even we can't survive that much cheese).
And the reason for this horrific slew of melodies, well it's Friday 13th the following week and as there's not really any films coming out in the next couple of weeks that we could tie a theme into, we thought we'd be able to get away with a tenuous link to the 13th.
As usual we'll be delving into the latest and current releases for the North Bristol area while hopefully keeping you entertained with our attempts to sound knowledgeable and intelligent (everyone needs a goal in life).
Tune in through the link to the left and happy listening.
-Research Monkey
hope you enjoyed the second show, the third show will be broadcast live this coming Thursday 5th July at 20:00 GMT.
This time we'll be pulling tunes from Horror Movies, mostly of the eighties variety (before you groan at the prospect of an unending wave of hair-rock and speed metal, we'll also be playing tracks from Horror Movies of other decades, even we can't survive that much cheese).
And the reason for this horrific slew of melodies, well it's Friday 13th the following week and as there's not really any films coming out in the next couple of weeks that we could tie a theme into, we thought we'd be able to get away with a tenuous link to the 13th.
As usual we'll be delving into the latest and current releases for the North Bristol area while hopefully keeping you entertained with our attempts to sound knowledgeable and intelligent (everyone needs a goal in life).
Tune in through the link to the left and happy listening.
-Research Monkey
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