You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudgin from News Talk SEDB.

You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudgin from News Talk SEDB.

And joining me now to talk entertainment is a Steve Newell, editor at Flix, stock Code own secod morning, Good morning. Can I just say the cast for this, I've only seen the first step. I've got to have a sneak peek at the first step of celebrity. It looks like it's going to be such a good season if you enjoy your reality TV. It looks like she's going to be feisty. But have you seen any of that?

And joining me now to talk entertainment is a Steve Newell, editor at Flix, stock Code own secod morning, Good morning. Can I just say the cast for this, I've only seen the first step. I've got to have a sneak peek at the first step of celebrity. It looks like it's going to be such a good season if you enjoy your reality TV. It looks like she's going to be feisty. But have you seen any of that?

Because I'm stuck in the double wammy of intellectual or maybe shall we say the abilities of comedians getting tested and Taskmaster Simonton spelling Bee there in that world right now. Yeah, I'll get up doors shortly.

Because I'm stuck in the double wammy of intellectual or maybe shall we say the abilities of comedians getting tested and Taskmaster Simonton spelling Bee there in that world right now. Yeah, I'll get up doors shortly.

You'll be switching soon. Let's talk about the Netflix action thriller Rebel Redge that I was really looking forward to seeing. So I sat down this afternoon. Yeah, no, no, no, I really I really enjoyed it. I thought maybe plot wise we went in a couple of circles. Who was the lead actor? I loved him?

You'll be switching soon. Let's talk about the Netflix action thriller Rebel Redge that I was really looking forward to seeing. So I sat down this afternoon. Yeah, no, no, no, I really I really enjoyed it. I thought maybe plot wise we went in a couple of circles. Who was the lead actor? I loved him?

Yes, So the lead actor in Rebel Ridges, Aaron Pierre they've definitely uncovered a modern action star in the making here. He's a British Thespian, which you wouldn't believe, so little narrative circle back rebel roadge. This is an action thriller, kind of cut from the First Blood mold, that sort of old Western archetype of dude, rides into town, runs a fowl of the local corrupt cops. Turns out he's got a bit more resilience and you know, a Liamnis and a certain set of skills, upper sleeves, and it all kind of goes pear shaped, very very reminiscent of the first Rainbow film, but bring a lot of new stuff to the table, and particularly the dynamics of racial policing and sort of over militarization of modern US police forces. Yeah, he's great. I don't know necessarily where they found him. He was the lead in Barry Jenkins Underground Railroad series. Is it a couple of like sort of like bubbling under rolls in the States. Here's such screen presence. I loved this film, Francesca, like this is. I've been hanging out to see it and it did not disappoint me at all. It's from the writer director of Green Room and Blue Ruin, which two of them like superior action thrillers, and in particular, the sort of style of action that we're talking here is quite grounded in reality. Is It's not. It isn't Sevesto Slone, It isn't Ott. I found it funny, thrilling, and maybe I do kind of know what you mean. So I checked the time while I was watching this film, which is usually a really bad sign, but I was having a great time, and I was like, oh, wonder much longer this has got to go, and had over an hour to go at that stage, and I was thrilled because I just felt like I'm getting all this bonus movie.

Yes, So the lead actor in Rebel Ridges, Aaron Pierre they've definitely uncovered a modern action star in the making here. He's a British Thespian, which you wouldn't believe, so little narrative circle back rebel roadge. This is an action thriller, kind of cut from the First Blood mold, that sort of old Western archetype of dude, rides into town, runs a fowl of the local corrupt cops. Turns out he's got a bit more resilience and you know, a Liamnis and a certain set of skills, upper sleeves, and it all kind of goes pear shaped, very very reminiscent of the first Rainbow film, but bring a lot of new stuff to the table, and particularly the dynamics of racial policing and sort of over militarization of modern US police forces. Yeah, he's great. I don't know necessarily where they found him. He was the lead in Barry Jenkins Underground Railroad series. Is it a couple of like sort of like bubbling under rolls in the States. Here's such screen presence. I loved this film, Francesca, like this is. I've been hanging out to see it and it did not disappoint me at all. It's from the writer director of Green Room and Blue Ruin, which two of them like superior action thrillers, and in particular, the sort of style of action that we're talking here is quite grounded in reality. Is It's not. It isn't Sevesto Slone, It isn't Ott. I found it funny, thrilling, and maybe I do kind of know what you mean. So I checked the time while I was watching this film, which is usually a really bad sign, but I was having a great time, and I was like, oh, wonder much longer this has got to go, and had over an hour to go at that stage, and I was thrilled because I just felt like I'm getting all this bonus movie.

I didn't think I was gonna, Yeah, you're going to get Maybe that's just what happened. I just thought, okay, Cangle, I thought we kind of were wrapping this up here. Oh no, we're back into again, and.

I didn't think I was gonna, Yeah, you're going to get Maybe that's just what happened. I just thought, okay, Cangle, I thought we kind of were wrapping this up here. Oh no, we're back into again, and.

Maybe it's a slightly unconventional structure and that you kind of feel like your third act is about to get underway, and it kind of has a couple of those.

Maybe it's a slightly unconventional structure and that you kind of feel like your third act is about to get underway, and it kind of has a couple of those.

Yeah, but you know what, I also thought this one that should have been at cinemas would have been great on a big screen. I think if it was on a big green I wouldn't. I can get very easily distracted at home, Steve, this probably won't surprise you, but you know, you suddenly go, oh, God, make a cuppa, so you pause it and you go make a cuppa, and that's not a good way to watch. So it's probably my viewing. No, I really enjoyed it. I just thought I really loved it, and then I just sort of waned a little bit near the end that.

Yeah, but you know what, I also thought this one that should have been at cinemas would have been great on a big screen. I think if it was on a big green I wouldn't. I can get very easily distracted at home, Steve, this probably won't surprise you, but you know, you suddenly go, oh, God, make a cuppa, so you pause it and you go make a cuppa, and that's not a good way to watch. So it's probably my viewing. No, I really enjoyed it. I just thought I really loved it, and then I just sort of waned a little bit near the end that.

Yeah, I mean worth catching. Maybe the kind of the evidence for me for for why it worked so well was I watched a screener of this, like a watermarked screener on my laptop, and I couldn't look away. So not you know, I'd fight tooth and nail for the ability to see this film in a cinema, but it still worked on that format, and that kind of that kind of tells you something. Also, should briefly mention that Don Johnson is a fantastic corrupt small police chief. I'm so great to watch. Yeah, look, I felt this was a very very interesting and efficient film that kind of updated that kind of archetypal.

Yeah, I mean worth catching. Maybe the kind of the evidence for me for for why it worked so well was I watched a screener of this, like a watermarked screener on my laptop, and I couldn't look away. So not you know, I'd fight tooth and nail for the ability to see this film in a cinema, but it still worked on that format, and that kind of that kind of tells you something. Also, should briefly mention that Don Johnson is a fantastic corrupt small police chief. I'm so great to watch. Yeah, look, I felt this was a very very interesting and efficient film that kind of updated that kind of archetypal.

Should I get that, No, so definitely worth a watch. That's Rebel Ridge on Netflix. I can't believe this news. So years ago you and I had a bit of a chuckle over the Fire Festival, and everybody will remember that this was this luxury music experience that was going to take place on this posh private island and it failed spectacularly, like it was just such a disaster. And they made a documentary about it called Fire, which I think it probably was on Netflix.

Should I get that, No, so definitely worth a watch. That's Rebel Ridge on Netflix. I can't believe this news. So years ago you and I had a bit of a chuckle over the Fire Festival, and everybody will remember that this was this luxury music experience that was going to take place on this posh private island and it failed spectacularly, like it was just such a disaster. And they made a documentary about it called Fire, which I think it probably was on Netflix.

I think, yeah, so that there's two documentaries about this, and I think the one on Netflix is Fire the Oh I can't remember the full title.

I think, yeah, so that there's two documentaries about this, and I think the one on Netflix is Fire the Oh I can't remember the full title.

Sorry, yeah, no, no, no. So there's a couple and they're definitely worth watching because what happened here was it was it was a spectacular fail.

Sorry, yeah, no, no, no. So there's a couple and they're definitely worth watching because what happened here was it was it was a spectacular fail.

And what do I.

And what do I.

See in the news this week? Oh yeah, hey, we're back run by the same cocky entrepreneur that went to jail for it last time.

See in the news this week? Oh yeah, hey, we're back run by the same cocky entrepreneur that went to jail for it last time.

Yeah. But the thing is when he's come up with Fire II, which tickets, Well, tickets are on sale, so presumably hopefully the sold at least one ticket, because I think as an event organizer, you'd like to kind of move that off zero.

Yeah. But the thing is when he's come up with Fire II, which tickets, Well, tickets are on sale, so presumably hopefully the sold at least one ticket, because I think as an event organizer, you'd like to kind of move that off zero.

But I don't think he's got a location or so.

But I don't think he's got a location or so.

The prices range from four hundred and ninety nine US to seven nine hundred and ninety nine, but he doesn't know where it's going to be, or when it's going to be, or who's playing. Sort of digging into the Wall Street Journal article that the sort of latest news updates culled from there is the factoid that he began planning the second incarnation of Fire Festival after being released from jail this year. So he went to jail for the failure of the event, but his city devised it during a stint and solitary confinement. So whether that will improve or make Fire Festival worse is very hard to say. It's hard to see any way of making this event more of a spectacular failure. But I think that the legacy of Fire Festival might be that some chump, maybe Billy McFarland himself, thinks that he can monetize the curiosity and can it happen again? Like people will people people will pay to post themselves from a train wreck. That might be the operating model. I mean it is, this has taking place in an environment where you know we're about to enter the summer music festival seas announcement, like you know, Rhythm and Vines and Rhythm and Alps announcements are out for New Zealand. But it's an incredibly tough environment for music festivals. And I know it sounds like crimea river in Australia, which has a much more cluttered festival landscape than we do. A National Body Creative Australia Commission to report that was published earlier this year that showed that more than one third of festivals lose money lost money in the last year and only half of them are profitable. So it's a pretty It feels like the industry, the festival industry is at a very delicate moment. I don't know if Fire Too is going to be on the right side of it.

The prices range from four hundred and ninety nine US to seven nine hundred and ninety nine, but he doesn't know where it's going to be, or when it's going to be, or who's playing. Sort of digging into the Wall Street Journal article that the sort of latest news updates culled from there is the factoid that he began planning the second incarnation of Fire Festival after being released from jail this year. So he went to jail for the failure of the event, but his city devised it during a stint and solitary confinement. So whether that will improve or make Fire Festival worse is very hard to say. It's hard to see any way of making this event more of a spectacular failure. But I think that the legacy of Fire Festival might be that some chump, maybe Billy McFarland himself, thinks that he can monetize the curiosity and can it happen again? Like people will people people will pay to post themselves from a train wreck. That might be the operating model. I mean it is, this has taking place in an environment where you know we're about to enter the summer music festival seas announcement, like you know, Rhythm and Vines and Rhythm and Alps announcements are out for New Zealand. But it's an incredibly tough environment for music festivals. And I know it sounds like crimea river in Australia, which has a much more cluttered festival landscape than we do. A National Body Creative Australia Commission to report that was published earlier this year that showed that more than one third of festivals lose money lost money in the last year and only half of them are profitable. So it's a pretty It feels like the industry, the festival industry is at a very delicate moment. I don't know if Fire Too is going to be on the right side of it.

I just say it's it's like the gift that keeps on giving. It's like the festival that just keeps on giving, right. And I just say start rolling the cameras now because it'll make another I just have a feeling it'll wake up.

I just say it's it's like the gift that keeps on giving. It's like the festival that just keeps on giving, right. And I just say start rolling the cameras now because it'll make another I just have a feeling it'll wake up.

Maybe Billy McFarland's is himself rolling the cameras right now, and that's how this thing works. But but Valan said, people said people would be hard pressed to trust him for a second. Go at Fire Festival failed. I think we might just leave it there.

Maybe Billy McFarland's is himself rolling the cameras right now, and that's how this thing works. But but Valan said, people said people would be hard pressed to trust him for a second. Go at Fire Festival failed. I think we might just leave it there.

Anyone trusts him now, they're idiots anyway. The film that we spoke about Netflix Action Troller. It is Rebel regg If you're looking for something to watch this evening. Thank you so much, Steve.

Anyone trusts him now, they're idiots anyway. The film that we spoke about Netflix Action Troller. It is Rebel regg If you're looking for something to watch this evening. Thank you so much, Steve.

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