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0 Celluloid Skeletons – Episode 7: Daniel Day-Lewis/Stars and Bars

June 11, 2015
by Joe Morrison
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Towering, imperious, intense. These are some of the words that regularly crop up when discussing three time Oscar winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis. Naturally then this month’s episode focuses on Stars and Bars, a lightweight fish out of water comedy with Day-Lewis channeling his inner Hugh Grant as a bumbling Englishman in America.

Joe is joined by guests Rory Drummond and Iain Newlands for a discussion of Day-Lewis’ method madness, Irish accents and total immersion in his characters, as well as Stars and Bars‘ insane hotel and oddly Yankee specific target audience.

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0 Celluloid Skeletons – Episode 6: Kevin Spacey/Ordinary Decent Criminal

May 13, 2015
by Joe Morrison
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The 1990s were one long hot streak for Kevin Spacey. From his breakthrough work in Glengarry Glen Ross to his Oscar winning turn in American Beauty, it seemed that ‘The Spaceman’ could do no wrong. Which might be why Ordinary Decent Criminal, his first film of the 00s is such a turkey.

Join Joe and his guests Alice Andrews and Sinead Sheridan as they discuss bad Irish accents, poorly planned heists and the bastardisation of a Caravaggio masterpiece.

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0 Celluloid Skeletons – Episode 5: Tommy Lee Jones/Stormy Monday

April 9, 2015
by Joe Morrison
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Craggy faced Texan and professional sourpuss Tommy Lee Jones is under the spotlight in this episode of Celluloid Skeletons. Listen to Joe and returning guest Sophie Watson as they chat about his work over the years, playing gruff, closed off men in films like The Fugitive, Men in Black and No Country for Old Men. With all that in mind Joe and Sophie take a look at Stormy Monday a 1988 romantic thriller set in Newcastle which features Jones alongside Melanie Griffith, Sean Bean and Sting.

Listen along to hear all about a weird fictional festival called America week, Newcastle’s obsession with jazz and Tommy Lee Jones as a flashy American businessman with a mullet and a power suit.

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0 Celluloid Skeletons – Episode 4: Jodie Foster/The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

March 18, 2015
by Joe Morrison
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Join Joe and his guests Michael Clancy and Ian Thomson as they discuss the career of Jodie Foster before looking at an early film in her career; the 1976 thriller The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane.

0 Celluloid Skeletons – Episode 3: Hilary Swank/The Next Karate Kid

Two time Oscar winner Hilary Swank is known for playing tough, emotionally draining roles. Join Joe and his guests Alice Andrews and Ian Thomson as they chat a bit about Miss Swank’s career before looking back on an early role of hers in the martial arts franchise reboot The Next Karate Kid. Listen here to learn more about Michael Ironside’s Karate team/vigilante task force, Zen Buddhism and bird handling.