Full Transcript for Crying In Popcorn While Guessing Moana Money

how the box office is gonna go, folks. 00:01:50.879 --> 00:01:52.400 How are the box office gonna go? 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:57.680 And last week we did two movies, uh Toy Story and Minions and Monsters. 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:01.120 Uh now on the line, Brent, this is for all the glory, okay? 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:06.159 And uh I'm ahead of you at the moment, so trying to get that a little bit further ahead. 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:08.240 So, look, let's just recap Toy Story. 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:09.919 Um, have you seen the movie, Buddy Chance? 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:14.240 I haven't seen it, but I I am looking forward to it because the trailer is just great. 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:14.879 And you know what? 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:28.400 I've seen so much feedback online about oh, there must have been lots of dust in the theatre, um, you know, adults who saw them as kids taking their kids, and it's it's been a real nostalgia sort of run that I've seen so far. 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:30.560 Oh, look, there's a lot of that going round. 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:41.919 I mean, we're playing the Jackass movie at the moment, and the amount of 30-something dads who are bringing in their 16-something boys, and they just say, I loved this when I was his age. 00:02:42.159 --> 00:02:45.360 And they're having that real family moment, which is what this is all about. 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:46.560 Um, it's amazing. 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:47.599 But yeah, you're not wrong. 00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:50.719 Toy Story is doing really, really well. 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:56.479 It's definitely bringing some tears to the eye and of the kids and the adults alike, which is really wonderful. 00:02:56.639 --> 00:02:59.439 And look, it's got all the heart of the previous ones. 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:02.960 It's probably the better one of all three, or sorry, no, five of them than it's now. 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:04.159 Look to number five, uh. 00:03:04.719 --> 00:03:08.560 So um look, Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Jesse, they're all there. 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:09.120 Um, Mr. 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:12.000 Potato Head, who's personally my favourite character of all, Mr. 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:12.639 Potato Head. 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:13.520 He's kind of like me. 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:19.039 He's a bit rotund in the middle, quite angry, and his face is falling, but so uh yeah, he's my favorite. 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:22.560 Um, but look, that movie did very well, Brent. 00:03:22.639 --> 00:03:25.120 Now you expected the film to do$1.6 million. 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:28.240 I expected it to about$1.2 million. 00:03:28.560 --> 00:03:32.319 Bear in mind it opened three weeks before the school holidays started. 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:35.199 And the film absolutely knocked it out of the park, Brent. 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:37.360 And I'm gonna be grumpy now. 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:37.840 Right. 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:38.479 You won. 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:39.360 You won this one. 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:43.599 The film did$1.616 million. 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:47.439 You were within 1% of getting it 100% correct. 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:50.400 So wow, that's is close enough, is good enough, Brent. 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:51.759 So that was an absolute win for you. 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:52.800 You took that easily. 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:54.240 I'm not gonna make an excuse. 00:03:54.560 --> 00:03:56.159 I'm glad it made that much money. 00:03:56.319 --> 00:04:03.840 We wanted it to, and I just thought it was one of those ones where you and I went, is it the nostalgia factor or is there a new audience? 00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:05.120 It seems there's both. 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:08.240 Oh, look, Toy Story is just a quality product. 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:14.319 Um, you know, the animation hasn't really changed from the animation from 20, 30 years ago. 00:04:14.479 --> 00:04:17.920 They've kept it very much the same, and it just hits with people. 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:23.199 It's the kind of movie that it just resonates with with young kids and old people. 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:26.240 And of course, the writing in it is really, really clever. 00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:33.360 They don't they don't treat people like kids, they treat them all like adults, and that's why I think it works as a child child film. 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:41.120 Um, the film went on to its second week, of course, because we do this podcast every two weeks, and it pulled in just under another million dollars. 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:46.319 So it's already uh, and in fact, as of now, it's it's pretty well on its way to three million dollars. 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:50.160 If it hasn't crossed that three million dollar threshold, it will be in the next day and a half. 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:53.839 Um, and that's impressive when we're out so far out for school holidays. 00:04:53.920 --> 00:05:02.480 So, yeah, that's a huge win for kids' films, a huge win for Disney, and it's a huge win for um, you know, the Toy Story and you. 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:03.680 So rack it up. 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:06.079 Enjoy that, enjoy that, because it's not gonna last. 00:05:06.319 --> 00:05:07.120 No, I know. 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:10.319 So then we guessed Minions and Monsters. 00:05:10.399 --> 00:05:13.199 Um, and this was a really fun film again. 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:16.000 More minions, more more and more minions. 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:17.600 And did you see this one by chance? 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:18.720 I know you haven't, but that's okay. 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:30.160 No, I haven't, but I I keep watching the trailer, and suddenly my eldest daughter pointed out the other day they had a minion singing contest at the premiere in Hollywood, and the winner was just she was awesome. 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:44.399 Oh, look, the minions are again, they're just one of those um animated characters who no matter what you do, you go and see an illumination movie, any almost any

illumination movie, and the minions appear at the start of it just to say hello. 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:46.720 And um, they're always funny. 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:53.120 And this film is critically, this film is getting the best reviews of any minions film. 00:05:53.199 --> 00:06:07.040 In fact, critics who again are very anti this stuff, who have who have given these movies bad reviews in the past are reviewing it very, very well, which is really interesting, Brent, because you thought the movie would do$1.3 million. 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:07.759 Yeah. 00:06:07.920 --> 00:06:10.240 And I thought the movie would do$1.4 million. 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:14.160 See, I was going over you there and I was I thought that was pretty reasonable. 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:21.199 But the film um was quite underwhelming at the box office and only brought in$540,000. 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:21.839 Really? 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:23.040 For a minions movie? 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:25.519 That's I know it's weird. 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:28.639 Yeah, but I have a theory, I have a theory on this, Bread. 00:06:28.959 --> 00:06:32.560 Uh my theory is that there are three amazing kids' films. 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:39.360 Okay, you've got Minions and Monsters, you've got Toy Story, you've got Moana, which is coming, the uh live action remake. 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:46.000 And parents have got two weeks in the holidays, and their kids are probably pestering them to see all of these movies. 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:59.279 So my suspicion is that Minions and Monsters is being held back by a lot of parents until the school holidays, so that they can take them to Minions and Monsters and maybe in the first week, and they can take them to Moana in that second week. 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:04.240 And um, that's possibly why Minions and Monsters hasn't done the numbers. 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:13.199 And we'll follow that up on our next show, just really to cover whether or not the box office did take a bit of a bounce once it hit the school holidays to see if that theory proves correct. 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:14.399 But that's my theory. 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:16.720 But Bren, it breaks my heart. 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:18.959 It breaks my heart to say it, but you won again. 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:21.439 Wow, two in a row, who'd have thought? 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:22.399 Yeah, I know. 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:29.279 So look, that brings us to eight wins to you, Bren, for the year, nine wins to me uh at the halfway mark. 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:34.160 So next week, and this next uh guest could square things right back up. 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:36.079 It will be right back to this, you know. 00:07:36.480 --> 00:07:37.600 Always happens, doesn't it? 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:38.160 Oh well. 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:38.720 It did. 00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:42.240 This happened last year, and then you went right past me, and I was like, oh no. 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:45.439 We cannot have another year like this. 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:54.480 I tell you what, folks, the three years in a row, I've started out strong and I've tripped at the last hurdle, and then I've had to put it all on the line to get there in the end. 00:07:54.720 --> 00:07:55.120 Exactly. 00:07:55.360 --> 00:07:56.000 We will see. 00:07:56.480 --> 00:07:57.519 It's only halfway. 00:07:57.680 --> 00:07:58.560 Let's see what happens. 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:04.720 Okay, so with it being school holidays, there are some big, big films dropping, and let's talk about those. 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:06.720 Um, there's a few different films actually. 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:09.600 So um this one's showing sneak previewing, actually. 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:11.600 This is only showing at Leto at the moment. 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:13.439 Uh, it's a movie called The Invite. 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:14.959 Now, this is an R16 film. 00:08:15.040 --> 00:08:16.480 This is more of an adult film. 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:24.480 Uh, we will probably be picking the invite up at Cafe, but I might wait till after the school holidays because it's just a bit hard to squeeze everything in. 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:31.360 Now, this movie stars Seth Rogan, Penelope Cruz, Edward Norton, and Olivia Wilde, and she also directs the film. 00:08:31.439 --> 00:08:37.840 And it's basically about a younger couple who live in an apartment building and an older couple who live in the apartment building. 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:43.759 And the older couple, their marriage is getting a little bit stale, and the younger couple are a little bit more free-spirited. 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:50.000 And so they invite the younger couple to dinner, and interesting things happen. 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:52.799 It is um definitely an adult comedy. 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:59.200 Uh, there is some uh suggestion that maybe they should spice things up in their love lives as a group. 00:08:59.360 --> 00:09:02.000 Um, but yes, um, crazy things happen. 00:09:02.080 --> 00:09:05.360 And again, this film's getting really, really well reviewed. 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:14.159 So it isn't a big mainstream film, but I would recommend that if you're interested into sort of like funny comedies, then go and check out the invite. 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:19.360 Now, of course, we're showing Jack Ars Best and Last at uh Cafe. 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:45.039 So if you enjoy the Jack Ass uh franchise, as I said, we're actually started that film now, and we are seeing um a lot of uh guys who admittedly one guy literally just said to me because I've just come in from the cinema, uh, he said, he said, I'm showing my kid the stupid things that we used to do because we saw these movies and then we did the same stuff, and I'm telling him not to do it, which I thought hilarious. 00:09:45.279 --> 00:09:46.320 Yeah, exactly. 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:48.320 Do as I say, not as I do. 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:51.759 Yeah, um, and Jack Jack Alice has got some classics.

00:09:51.919 --> 00:10:01.919 Um, obviously they they had some uh real interesting things where they've they always end up an injury uh or some sort of pain, but they are funny, I've got to say. 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:08.159 There there was something about that Schottenfreuder thing where you see somebody hurt themselves that does make you laugh. 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:10.000 So and they've made a career out of it, so good on. 00:10:10.320 --> 00:10:18.799 Yeah, I saw a part of a trailer that had Wii Man in a tank firing cannonballs at them, and it looked quite painful, I have to say. 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:21.440 Yes, or the electric uh genital ring. 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:23.200 Oh, crikey, yeah. 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:24.720 Just ridiculous. 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:26.720 Yeah, it's really stupid. 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:29.200 That's why that movie's R16, folks. 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:35.440 So again, uh not not for the lilies, but uh obviously we've talked about minions, and that's gonna be playing through the holidays. 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:38.399 We've talked about Toy Story, that's gonna be playing through the holidays. 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:49.120 Um, and then of course we have the big one that opens this Wednesday and then obviously officially opening on Wednesday, but then it rolls into the Thursday, which is Moana Live Action. 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:55.039 Now, this is Disney's adaptation of the beloved Moana series. 00:10:55.200 --> 00:11:00.639 Um I've watched Moana, I don't know, probably about six or seven times in the past. 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:02.559 Every time I watch it, I'll enjoy it. 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:07.279 Um came out of the blocks really, really strong and was really good. 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:13.840 But uh these Disney live action adaptations do tend to never live up to the animated film. 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:16.000 Now, I think that will be the case. 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:26.000 I don't think it will be as strong as the animated film, but something's telling me that this film, for New Zealand audiences particularly, is still going to be huge. 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:27.919 So I guess we will see. 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:30.159 So the story is basically about Moana. 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:38.720 She is going to go on for the first time uh after hearing the call of the ocean on a voyage beyond the reef of her island of Motonui. 00:11:39.039 --> 00:11:43.360 And obviously, she meets Maui, the demigod, and goes on an amazing journey. 00:11:43.600 --> 00:11:48.159 So uh Moana is played by Catherine Lagaya, uh Jay LaGaya's daughter. 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:49.679 I went to school with Jay LaGuya. 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:49.919 Yeah. 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:51.919 Oh mate, you should have caught him up and got the hookups. 00:11:52.159 --> 00:12:06.000 Honestly, I I I don't want to deviate too much, but Jay and I went back to Avondale Intermediate, where we went to school and judged a talent competition um at one stage,

and the guys that won say more than words from extreme. 00:12:06.159 --> 00:12:14.000 And the guys that didn't win did December 63 by the four seasons, and uh, they got really angry with us when they didn't come in first. 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:17.120 Jay was very good at calming everybody down, though. 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:19.519 The gang warfare at the Avondale Colleges. 00:12:19.840 --> 00:12:20.720 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:25.039 Um look, um, so yeah, Maui's played by Dwayne Johnson, everybody loves the rock. 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:39.039 Um, it also stars uh Renna Owen from yeah, she she played uh Moana's grandmother in the film, uh, the original film, and in the second film, you know, the the ghost of Moana's grandmother. 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:42.320 So having her in it and having that Kiwi connection is amazing. 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:44.399 It does have some other Kiwi stars in it. 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:52.080 It's got a real diverse cast of um you know Pacific actors and actresses from all across um the Pacific. 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:55.759 So it's a very, very cool film, and I think that it's gonna be great. 00:12:55.840 --> 00:13:00.080 And of course, it also has um oh fight of the Concords. 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:01.279 The guy's name's going on in my head. 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:01.759 Jermaine. 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:02.480 Jermaine Clement. 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:03.840 Jermaine, Jermaine Clement. 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:05.919 Yeah, Brett or Jermaine? 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:08.080 Jermaine, Brett and Nati. 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:10.720 Um yes, so yeah, Jermaine Clement. 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:19.279 He is the voice of the crab, and oh possibly one of the most underrated and funniest characters in the whole film, if I'm honest. 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:22.240 Between him and Hei Hei and uh the pink Poo. 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:23.440 Oh yeah. 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:26.559 Uh they're underrated, but they are great characters in those films. 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:29.039 And um look, I think uh it should be great. 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:36.879 Unfortunately, unlike Moana 2, where that they actually did a Moldy version of uh Moana 2, this is not going to be dubbed into Multi. 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:40.720 So um don't go expecting that to happen, but you never know. 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:47.919 Okay, Bri, so how much money do you think Moana is going to make in New Zealand? 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:50.480 And we're gonna go Wednesday to the Tuesday. 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:52.879 We're not gonna go when uh Thursday or Wednesday. 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:55.120 Okay, this is gonna be a bit of a tricky one. 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:57.759 It's it's sort of I've seen a lot of comparisons go. 00:13:57.919 --> 00:14:03.279 Why does it look so dull compared to the animation with the colouring and all sorts of things in it? 00:14:03.360 --> 00:14:05.200 But you know, the rock. 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:07.840 I the trailers I've

seen that looks pretty good. 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:13.600 So I'm gonna be very optimistic and I'm gonna say 650,000. 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:14.159 Really? 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:15.600 You're gonna that's that's quite low. 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:18.159 Bear in mind, just just I'm gonna give you another chance here. 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:20.399 School holidays, okay? 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:22.320 School holidays, wet weather. 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:23.039 Oh, true. 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:23.600 Big weather. 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:26.799 The wet weather's always a factor, and it's the New Zealand connection. 00:14:27.039 --> 00:14:27.200 Okay. 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:29.600 So just I'm I'm giving you a chance here. 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:32.320 I don't usually 1.1 million. 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:33.360 I've gone up. 00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:34.799 Yeah, 1.1 million. 00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:36.480 I'm hoping that it does well. 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:37.440 You know what? 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:41.360 I'm I'm gonna go a bit over the top. 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:42.000 Yeah. 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:46.879 I think I think this movie is gonna do for this one. 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:50.080 I think this movie's gonna do 2.4 million in its first week. 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:53.360 I think it's gonna go bananas in its first week. 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:55.519 Okay, yeah, I uh well, I hope you're right. 00:14:55.679 --> 00:15:00.879 Uh look, I I I truly do think that this film uh it's really worrying me. 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:02.879 I'm still trying to work out my scheduling for next week. 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:07.840 It's been a nightmare trying to decide where to put things, what time to put things on, how to manage this. 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:09.840 Because it's either going to go one of two ways. 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:19.840 We are either gonna get hammered at the cinemas across New Zealand, or we're gonna be sitting there going, you know, there's gonna be crickets chirping, and I'm gonna be just crying in my popcorn, wondering where everybody is. 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:20.799 I hope you're right. 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:23.120 If it makes 2.4 million, I think that's it. 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:24.159 I just give up for the year. 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:28.399 Honestly, it could I I actually was seriously thinking about going as high as three. 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:29.840 Um, I think the movie. 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:31.200 It could, who knows? 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:32.080 You just don't know. 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:34.639 I honestly think it could go bananas. 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:44.720 I'm in my gut, I'm thinking to myself, this could be one of our busiest weeks of um in the cinema industry for or for the last two or three years. 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:46.879 But you just look, you just don't know. 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:48.720 Um, so never mind. 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:50.000 We're not over that. 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:51.919 So we're gonna talk about

a couple other things. 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:57.120 Um, we are gonna talk about uh where we are for the rest of the year for this year, because we have to we have to do a recap. 00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:58.480 We did say we're gonna do a recap this year. 00:15:59.440 --> 00:15:59.679 Yes. 00:15:59.919 --> 00:16:11.759 Okay, but before we get to the recap of of how we're going this year, um I went to an indie presentation uh two weeks ago to have a sneak peek at a lot of the interesting art house films and the crossover stuff. 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:28.159 Well we'll be talking about movies being crossover, it's that movie that um grandma and grandpa are gonna like, it might be a little bit sense and sensibility, but it then means that but then teenagers and and older kids and and women and men in you know their 20s like it, uh, and sometimes kids like it too. 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:34.080 It's just something that you think it sits in that arthouse world, but sometimes it goes across and it does really well in mainstream cinemas. 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:45.919 So there's a lot of amazing content coming out, and one of the films, um, which I can't talk about too much because we signed all these things, but these these movies are actually out there on the internet, so you can actually look them up. 00:16:46.080 --> 00:17:03.519 Um, but one of the ones that cropped up was called I Am Rocky or I Play Rocky, sorry, I play Rocky, and it's the story of how Sylvester Stallone bought the Rocky film from in his head and wrote the script and eventually got it made. 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:07.279 And I can tell you right now, that film looks spectacular. 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:30.960 It is just one of those films that it captures the imagination, and seeing how he got that movie across the line, I think that that is the movie that is gonna bring out all those people who are in the 70s when saw Rocky, who are all probably in their 70s now, and they'll be look, they'll be coming to that movie and they'll be reliving a moment in their cinema history, which I think is really, really cool. 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:33.920 So um, I did see a couple of other films. 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:37.200 Um, there's a there's so many good movies coming. 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:51.119 Um, there's a really quirky one called Savage House, which is a period drama which I thought looked fantastic, and um I I think it's well worth going and checking out because I have seen more of the film um than I can talk about. 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:55.279 But it's it's just it's just a it's a quirky black comedy. 00:17:55.440 --> 00:18:10.559 It is not the way I've described it to people at work is what would happen if um you know Miss Bennett from you know the Jane Austen books, what would happen instead of marrying the lovely guy, she'd married the real bad guy. 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:15.599 It's that kind of a vibe, and it's really, really entertaining and funny. 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:17.359 I I

thought it was very entertaining and funny. 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:19.440 I am the minority, Brent, I can tell you right now. 00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:24.720 Now, um I'm just gonna quickly jump into our spreadsheet because, you know, reasons. 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:30.079 Uh we're gonna get in there and I'm going to recap our year because it has been a bit of a good year. 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:32.720 You know, we've had a pretty solid year this year with movies. 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:33.119 Yes. 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:36.799 So um let's talk about that, and then we can talk very quickly about what's coming up. 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:41.279 So, again, at the beginning of the year, we started with that movie Iron Lung. 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:46.079 Um, and again, you you won that one, uh Marima, you won that one. 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:49.599 Then we had the Kiwi for Holy Days, uh, I won that. 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:53.359 Then we had the Oscars, and we both got two apiece, so nothing really changed. 00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:54.400 Yes, I remember that. 00:18:54.480 --> 00:19:01.039 Uh, and then we go into that um sort of uh back end of uh Valentine's with reminders of him. 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:05.839 Uh we had the kids' movie Hoppers from the Last School Holidays, uh Yumi and Tuscany. 00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:07.839 Now I won all three of those. 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:10.640 And then then we got into Michael's. 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:11.839 There's been a lot of movies, isn't there? 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:13.039 Michael Jack really. 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:16.240 Uh you won that, Devil East Pirata, I won that. 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:18.880 Um Sheik Detectives, that was one for me. 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:21.680 And Mandalorian Grogu, big surprise. 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:24.880 The man who loved Star Wars won that one. 00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:31.759 Um, and then of course I won the Masters of the Universe one, and that brings us to Toy Story Minions, and now we're into Moana. 00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:34.000 So while we're here, I'm just gonna put the number in. 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:43.359 So I said 2.4 million because I'm an absolute idiot, and you said 1.1 million because again, that seems to be the number that works for you really well, and you always seem to win. 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:45.759 Uh but never mind, I'm not gonna get into that. 00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:56.480 But um, but coming up, see, last year we got to this point, we had the school holidays last year, Brent, and it did soften a lot, and we really saw the industry go flat. 00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:58.799 This year, I don't think that's gonna happen as much. 00:19:58.880 --> 00:20:03.759 I think we're gonna see it's not gonna be huge, but there will definitely be an uplift on the previous year. 00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:14.160 But okay, and the reason I'm thinking that is there's a lot of really good sort of B-grade films filling in the gaps between the blockbusters, which we didn't have last

year. 00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:27.599 Um so you've got uh The Odyssey coming, which we're gonna do a guess on, you've got Spider-Man coming, which we're gonna do a guess on, and that could be one of the biggest movies of the year if if people didn't find it. 00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:33.119 I mean the Odyssey should be really good, but I think Spider-Man touches across a wider range of people. 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:41.839 Um there's a really quirky one called The End of Oak Street, which was originally called Fardale Street, and that one looks really interesting. 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:44.480 Um, for those of you who like Quirky Sci-Fi. 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:48.640 There's another movie called The Dog Stars, which is about a sort of a dystopian future. 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.759 That looks really cool. 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:53.599 Um, we did talk about this before Practical Magic 2 is coming out. 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:57.759 Now, can you remember Practical Magic from back in the I think it was the 90s? 00:20:58.079 --> 00:21:00.559 Nicole Kidman and uh Sandra Bullock. 00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:08.559 Yeah, see, now this is one of the trailers I got a chance to see and a bit of the content around practical magic when I was uh down in Auckland. 00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:13.200 And um, I've got to say the story actually looks pretty good. 00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:13.839 Cool. 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.240 Yeah. 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:22.799 It's probably not my cup of tea per se, because it is I'm not the demographic that they're targeting, but I still thought the film itself looked looked interesting. 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:29.759 Then you got Sean the Sheep, uh, Kiwi movie called Big Girls Don't Cry, um, which actually features a young Kerry Kerry actress. 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:30.319 Excellent. 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:35.839 So hoping that we can get the her and maybe the director up here for a QA on that, which would be really cool. 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:40.880 Um I saw some of the Hunger Games, the new Hunger Games movie that's coming up. 00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:41.680 Yeah. 00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:47.039 And again, I think that's going to be one of those big movies for the summer as we cruise in summer. 00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:50.720 And then, yeah, there's just there's just some good, good movies coming. 00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:59.759 There's a great kids' movie coming up in the next holidays called uh Forgotten Island, which is I would describe it as a classic. 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:05.200 Between uh The Hangover and K-pop Demon Hunters. 00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:07.839 It does sound weird, but it's it's actually very, very colourful. 00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:09.039 And again, the trailer's online. 00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:10.400 You can just go and have a look at the trailer. 00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.839 It's pretty easy to see that. 00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:15.039 Yeah, but there's there's a lot of good movies coming, Brent. 00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:16.799

Is there anything that you're really looking forward to? 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:19.039 Most of the stuff I'm looking forward to is next year. 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:22.720 Um, Starfighter coming up, the Star Wars movie with Ryan Gosling. 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:23.839 I'm looking forward to that. 00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:26.559 Um, I I'm looking forward to the Spider-Man movie. 00:22:26.720 --> 00:22:27.680 I really am. 00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:30.400 I think that I think that's gonna go well. 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:40.000 And the trailer looks fantastic, and you know, I know they've gone back and done a few reshoots, and so generally that's they're trying to make the best movie they can when they do that. 00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:41.599 Look, I think I think you're right. 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:46.960 I think Spider-Man is going to be a a top-tier film for us in the industry. 00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:50.799 You know, we we're always looking for those movies that are gonna make a really big difference. 00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:57.279 But you know, in saying that, we also keep an eye on those little movies that sometimes crop in, crop up, and come out of nowhere. 00:22:57.440 --> 00:23:03.839 And it's the little films, that's really the little films that I like looking at because those are the ones, as I say, that fill in the gaps between the big ones. 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:13.680 And if you can tell a really good story uh about what's coming up and that keep people interested in coming to the movies and going and seeing films on the big screen, then that really, really helps. 00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:21.119 Um, and what we're gonna be doing to sort of push that along, Brad, is this uh little thing that's happening very soon. 00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:24.000 Uh, we're filming it next week, Friday. 00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:25.440 We've got Kate Roger coming. 00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:26.240 Oh, have you? 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:46.079 Yeah, Kate's coming to the theater and she's gonna be doing some shooting and some interviewing, and she's doing a trip all around New Zealand to independent cinemas, telling the story of the independent cinemas in our country and you know, things that they what they do for their community and what they mean to their community, which is really, really cool. 00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:48.400 So you're thinking about the podcast there for sure. 00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:49.440 Oh, absolutely. 00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:51.839 I'll do a shameless play for the podcast. 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.480 Absolutely. 00:23:52.640 --> 00:24:04.559 Um and as we should, as we should, we should take every opportunity to uh tell everybody how awesome this podcast is and how useless we are in guessing things, and of course, I hope people are playing along at home and enjoying themselves. 00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:08.720 But uh yeah, um, and I guess what else we got coming up, real quick. 00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:16.000 I'm just gonna see if I can find out what else I've got coming up, Red, because we do have some films that I've got my eye on. 00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:20.319 Oh, one of the ones we've got coming up is called Um Spa Weekend. 00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:26.720 Uh opens in August, and that is a movie for it's squarely aimed at women. 00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:36.319 It's about a bunch of best friends whose lives have gotten a bit uh boring, and they decide that they're going to go and um have a weekend at a really flash spa. 00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:41.839 Three of them turn up, and then of course the fourth friend is a bit of a loony who they didn't invite, but she turns up anyway. 00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.319 Yeah. 00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:48.160 And uh Hilarity ensues, and um, it's got Isla Fisher playing the crazy friend, and I love it. 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.880 Oh, great. 00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:50.720 Like Isla Fisher, she's brilliant. 00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:50.960 Yeah. 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:52.559 Oh, she has just the best. 00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:55.200 There's a couple of other cool little films coming up. 00:24:55.359 --> 00:25:04.559 There's a little art movie called H is for Hawk, uh, and that is starring Claire Foy, and Claire Foy is also starring in that other film I told you about Savage House. 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:08.799 And so she's having a, she's an English actress, she's having an absolutely banger year. 00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:10.240 She's been in everything, it seems. 00:25:10.400 --> 00:25:16.880 Um quirky comedy again, supertroopers, the um the super troopers movies that have always seemed to do okay. 00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:18.240 It's coming out in August. 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:20.079 So, yeah, look, there's plenty there, folks. 00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:28.079 If you're interested in movies and you want to know what's coming, do go on our website at uh www.cafecinemas.co dot nz. 00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:32.240 Check out the coming soon page, and there is plenty on. 00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:37.519 So uh yeah, let's uh have a really good holidays and uh fingers crossed it's wet and it's busy. 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:47.599 Thanks for listening to Eat Sleep Movie Repeat Repeat a movie podcast available at Bug Sprout, Apple, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.