THE FOCUS FILM PODCAST is a new podcast where hosts and guests discuss what they watched in the past month. New releases, old classics and hidden gems, there's no filter, no editing and no planning. Just a drink and a chat about film.
with hosts Gareth Bradwick & Ellis Barthorpe
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THE FOCUS FILM PODCAST is a new podcast where hosts and guests discuss what they watched in the past month. New releases, old classics and hidden gems, there's no filter, no editing and no planning. Just a drink and a chat about film.
with hosts Gareth Bradwick & Ellis Barthorpe
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"Tonight, I walk with my brothers."
Topics of Discussion: The Iron Claw, The Hurt Locker, Poor Things, The Holdovers, Mean Girls & other musical movies, Top 5 Fighting Movies
Snacks of choice: Mini Eggs, Strawbs, Crisps & Hummus
Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe, Gareth Bradwick & Oli Law
Music by Charles Witcombe
Instagram/TikTok - @focusfilmblog
Reviews & features - focusfilm.substack.com
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The Focus Film Club is a discussion about two or more films and how they relate to one another. This month we chose two Apple releases from two of the world's biggest directors. At the end of the episode we decide where they should place on a ranked wall of movies: https://boxd.it/m2guO
Killers of the Flower Moon - 3:50-18:00
Napoleon - 19:45-35:20
Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick
Intro by Charles Witcombe. With thanks to William King for additional music resources
Instagram/TikTok - @focusfilmblog
Film reviews & features - @focusfilm.substack.com
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"I will never stop fighting for this life."
Topics of Discussion: Top Ten of the Year, Surprises & Disappointments, Standout moments, Letterboxd stats...all of 2023
Snacks of choice: Twinkies & Jelly Beans
Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick
Music by Charles Witcombe
Instagram/TikTok - @talkabout_pod
Reviews & features - focusfilm.substack.com
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"Seeing isn't believing; believing is seeing."
Topics of Discussion: Anastasia, Saltburn, Napoleon, Nativity!, Christmas snacks, Top 5 Movie Santas, Sleepless in Seattle, What's on in December
Snacks of choice: Twiglets, Treeslets, Mince Pies, Shortbread
Focus Film Club: Napoleon / Killers of the Flower Moon
Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick
with Becci Houlston & Kerry Smith
Music by Charles Witcombe
Instagram/TikTok - @focusfilmblog
Reviews & features - focusfilm.substack.com
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'Killers of the Flower Moon' released with a 3 hour 26 minute runtime and in our showing, we were granted an interval, a rare novelty in today's cinema experience. So four members of the Focus Film team have gathered to discuss 3 hour movies and their relevance in today's world. Should we bring back intervals more regularly? And why do 3 hour films perform so well at the box office?
Check out our monthly podcast rounding up everything we've been watching recently.
Starring Ellis Barthorpe, Gareth Bradwick, Becci Houlston & Oli Law
Music by Charles Witcombe
Instagram/TikTok - @focusfilmblog
Reviews & features - focusfilm.substack.com
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"Those chickens are up to something."
Topics of Discussion: BlackBerry, Mean Girls, Scariest Movies, Pain Hustlers, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, How we rate movies, Killers of the Flower Moon, Meg Ryan, Our cinema badge movies
Snack of choice: Cinnamon Rock buns
Focus Film Club: Killers of the Flower Moon / Taxi Driver
Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick
with Becci Houlston & Oli Law
Music by Charles Witcombe
Instagram/TikTok - @focusfilmblog
Reviews & features - focusfilm.substack.com
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All of our friends hide when we suggest seeing a horror...so what is it about the genre that we love so much but others don't? We give some suggestions of gateway horrors if you're too scared to make the jump, and discuss what our most horrific occurrence would be whilst recording the podcast.
Check out our monthly podcast rounding up everything we've been watching recently as well as our recent film club where we chat about 'A Haunting in Venice' and 'Charade'.
Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick
Intro by Charles Witcombe
Instagram/TikTok - @focusfilmblog
Film reviews and features - focusfilm.substack.com
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The Focus Film Club is a discussion about two films (decided a month before), one old and one new that link in some way. At the end of the episode we decide where they should place on a ranked wall of movies: https://boxd.it/m2guO
New film: A Haunting in Venice - available in select cinemas
Old film: Charade - available on Amazon Prime Video
Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick
Intro by Charles Witcombe. With thanks to William King for additional music resources
Instagram/TikTok - @focusfilmblog
Film reviews & features - focusfilm.substack.com
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"You promise? I promise."
Topics of Discussion: Expend4bles, The Lego Batman Movie, Hollywood Strikes, Top 5 Apple TV+ Originals, This is Spinal Tap!
Drink of choice: A mug of tea with a wide rim
Focus Film Club: Charade / A Haunting in Venice
Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick
Music by Charles Witcombe
Instagram/TikTok - @focusfilmblog
Reviews & features - focusfilms.online
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With prices going up, an endless array of streamers at your feet and a suggestion of adverts on the horizon, it can be hard to always see Disney+ as the charming new platform that we needed in the height of a global pandemic. We sat down to have a chat about the highs and lows of Disney+, and ultimately let you know where we're at with it. Is it something that we will continue to subscribe too?
Check out our monthly podcast rounding up everything we've watched in the moon's last orbit and listen to our newest film club where we chat about 'Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves' and 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'.
Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick
Intro by Charles Witcombe
Instagram/TikTok - @focusfilmblog
Film reviews and features - focusfilms.online
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The Focus Film Club is a discussion about two films (decided a month before), one old and one new that link in some way. At the end of the episode we decide where they should place on a ranked wall of movies: https://boxd.it/m2guO
New film: Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves - available on Sky and NowTV
Old film: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves - available on Netflix
Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick
Intro by Charles Witcombe. With thanks to William King for additional music resources
Instagram/TikTok - @focusfilmblog
Film reviews and features - focusfilms.online
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"Sometimes I cry a lot."
Topics of Discussion: Films starring musicians, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Pocahontas, Top 5 Third Instalments, Meg 2: The Trench, Punch-Drunk Love
Drink of choice: Sparkling Water
Focus Film Club: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves / Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick
Music by Charles Witcombe
Instagram/TikTok - @focusfilmblog
Reviews & features - focusfilms.online
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The Focus Film Club is a discussion about two films (decided a month before), one old and one new that link in some way. At the end of the episode we decide where they should place on a ranked wall of movies: https://boxd.it/m2guO
New film: Meg 2: The Trench - available in select cinemas
Old film: Sharknado - available to rent or buy
Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick
Intro by Charles Witcombe. With thanks to William King for additional music resources.
Instagram/TikTok - @focusfilmblog
Film reviews and features - focusfilms.online
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"Fine, get cellulite. I don't care."
Topics of Discussion: Barbie, Oppenheimer, Mission Impossible, Top Films of the Year so far, Runaway Bride
Drink of choice: Fuggling Helles - local lager
Focus Film Club: Mission Impossible / Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick
Music by Charles Witcombe
Instagram/TikTok - @focusfilmblog
Reviews & features - focusfilms.online
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"It's a man's world, so let's paint it pink."
Topics of Discussion: Makeup, Performances of Margot Robbie, Asteroid City, Bratz, The Hateful Eight, Gareth's stag do
Drink of choice: a bottle of Kronenberg
Focus Film Club: Mission Impossible / Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Guest - Hugo André - 'Makeup' available now for digital download https://rb.gy/qn7pv
Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick
Music by Charles Witcombe
Instagram/TikTok - @focusfilmblog
Reviews & Features - focusfilms.online
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The Focus Film Club is a discussion about two films (decided a month before), one old and one new that link in some way. At the end of the episode we decide where they should place on a ranked wall of movies: https://boxd.it/m2guO
New film: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - available in cinemas now
Old film: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs - available on Netflix / NowTV
Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick
Music by Charles Witcombe. With thanks to William King for additional music resources.
Instagram - @focusfilmblog
Film reviews and features - focusfilms.online
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"We must be careful about what we pretend to be."
Topics of Discussion: Stepping Stone, Films of 1999, Peter Pan & Wendy, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3, Thelma & Louise, Gareth's missing audio
Drink of choice: can of cola in replace for a coffee
Focus Film Club: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs / Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Guest - Noah Caplan - 'Stepping Stone' available now on ITVX and Million Youth Media - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCCWmFxTkyU
Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick
Music by Charles Witcombe
Instagram/TikTok - @focusfilmblog
Reviews & features - focusfilms.online
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The Focus Film Club is a discussion about two films (decided a month before), one old and one new that link in some way. At the end of the episode we decide where they should place on a ranked wall of movies (https://letterboxd.com/brucewellis/list/the-focus-film-wall/).
New film: Evil Dead Rise - available in cinemas now
Old film: Evil Dead II - available on Now TV, Sky Cinema & to rent on Amazon Prime Video
Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick
Music by Charles Witcombe. With thanks to William King for additional music resources.
Instagram - @focusfilmblog
Film reviews and features - focusfilms.online
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"I will not be sworn, but love may transform me to an oyster."
Topics of Discussion: Much Ado, Films of 1987, Renfield, Banff Film Festival, Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
Drink of choice: apple juice & Coke Zero
Focus Film Club: Evil Dead II / Evil Dead Rise
Guests - Hillary & Anna-Elizabeth Shakespeare - 'Much Ado' available now to rent or buy online - http://bitly.ws/DUy8
Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick
Music by Charles Witcombe
Instagram - @focusfilmblog
Reviews & features - focusfilms.online
The Focus Film Wall (Letterboxd) - https://letterboxd.com/brucewellis/list/the-focus-film-wall/
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The Focus Film Club is a discussion where we talk in depth about two films (decided a month before), one old and one new and decide where to place it on a ranked wall of movies.
New film: The Super Mario Bros. Movie - available in cinemas now
Old film: Super Mario Bros. - available on Amazon Prime Video
Hosts - Ellis Barthorpe & Gareth Bradwick
Theme tune by Charles Witcombe. With thanks to William King for additional music resources.
Instagram - @focusfilmblog
Film reviews & features - focusfilms.online
The Focus Film Wall (Letterboxd) - https://boxd.it/m2guO
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