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The Worst FIlms Of 2024

Happy New Year once again and finally episode 39 of The Chronicle, Worst Films episode has finally arrived online.
We do hope you enjoyed The Best Films episode (ep 38),  now Clotilde and Paul share their Worst Films choices. Like the favourites, the films that appear on the  list are personal choices. We appreciate films are divisive and one persons nightmare is another persons favourites. Like the best films post, why not share in the comments your choices, we love to see  them.
It's another long episode, please do enjoy it.  These episodes myself and Clotilde did have Internet and Tech issues which prevented us recording and editing on the same day. Despite the issues it was a great 3 hours and cannot wait to see what films will be on the next best/worst films podcast episode.
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The Best Films Of 2024

Happy New Year! Kick Off 2025 with The Chronicle Film Podcast with The Best Films of 2024 aka episode 38. 
The 2023 edition with The Worst Films where some of the most popular Podcast episodes. This year once again we split things into 2 parts and I can tell you, It's a long one folks. 
Clotilde and Paul share what films they enjoyed in the year just gone as well as some honourable mentions. Will your favourites be mentioned on the episode? I think they'll be some expected films as well as many surprises. The order they talk about them are not the order of preference 
This episode 38 (and 39) have taken a little longer to do compile and edit, apologies for that. We have several technical issues which resulted in re-recording parts of the episodes, sound/ microphone quality may differ at times unfortunately out of our control.
We wish you a fantastic New Year and do join us in 2025 for more great reviews! Grab your favourite snack and strap in and enjoy!
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Moana 2, Conclave & Wicked

It just feels like yesterday we had a new episode for The Chronicle Film Podcast. Guess what we have  Episode 37 with Mona 2, Conclave and Wicked.
Apologies for the big wait between episodes, so this week your hosts Paul and Clotilde review 3 films. All out in UK, Irish and many cinemas around the world and st to be big players at the box office.
Up first is Moana 2, the long awaited sequel to Disney's 2016 animation of the same name. Are you aware this long awaited sequel nearly never happened? Now it has with Auli‘i Cravalho back as our titular heroine and Dwayne Johnson as demi-god Maui. Moana finds herself taking to the seas after a call from her ancestors to break an ancient curse and reunite her fellow people of the seas. Will the new film find the success of the original film?
Related Link: Moana 2 review
Next review is Conclave starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini. Fiennes is Cardinal Lawrence who is in charge after the Pope’s unexpected death as the church’s most powerful leaders gather. Pushing him into the centre of the most secretive, ancient events and in the middle of a conspiracy that could shake the church.
Related Post: Conclave Review
Final review is Wicked, which stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba Thropp and Ariana Grande as Glinda. Both at University Glinda befriends Elphaba who is seen as a outcast, friends forever with different ambitions.
Related Post: Wicked Review
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Anora / Emilia Perez

Time flies when your having fun, but are the films reviewed in Episode 36 of The Chronicle Film Podcast, Anora and  Emilia Perez any fun? 
In the latest from The Peoples Movies Film Podcast, Clotilde and Paul review 2 films that have created a big buzz since there World Premier at Cannes Film Festival. Both now out on release will the buzz continue? Will there be awards glory? Listen into Episode 36 to find out!
Up first is Sean Baker's Anora staring Mikey Madison along with Mark Eydelshteyn. The film focuses around our titular character Anora (Madison) or Ani which she prefers. An exotic dancer at a strip club in New York City who encounters 21 year son of a Russian Oligarch Vanya (Eydelshteyn). The pair strike a chord and Quickly Ani becomes Vanya's 'girlfriend' for the weekend. Out of the blue the pair get married, however when Vanya's parents find out who he has married, chaos strikes and the quest to annul the marriage begins and Ani learns the hard way. 
Related Post: Anora Review  
The second and final review for this episode is Jacques Audiard's Emilia Perez starring Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, 3 women looking for happiness in very different ways in this Mexico City based film that starts with hard working unappreciated lawyer Rita. She gets an unexpected call from an notorious Drug Cartel kingpin who has an unique request, he wants to be a woman. If Rita gets the right surgeon she will be financially rewarded  and Emilia Perez (Gascon) is born. Will it be atonement, redemption with a new life? 
Related Post: Emilia Perez Review
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Take 2 - Venom: The Last Dance

The Chronicle Take 2 lands online as Paul  Devine and new writer Federica Battiato review Venom: The Last Dance. 
A big thank you to everyone who has already downloaded or listened to The Chronicle Episode 35. The current episode contains reviews for The Apprentice and The Wild Robot [find that episode here]. 
The end is nigh for Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and everyone's favourite symbiote, Venom in Venom: The Last Dance. Kelly Marcel not only just writes but now directs the third film from Sony Pictures Spider Verse.  After the events of Venom: Let There Be Carnage and death of Detective Mulligan (Stephen Graham), Eddie and Venom are in Mexico. However their escape across looks short lived as Eddie finds he's wanted for the death of Mulligan and the pair head toward New York. Things are Thwarted when an existential threat sees the pair fight for their lives and humanity. 
Related Post: Venom: The Last Dance Review
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The Apprentice / The Wild Robot / BFI London Film Festival

If your film is your thing you are in the right place. Episode 35 of The Chronicle Film Podcast is here with The Apprentice and The WIld Robot reviews.
The latest episode of the podcast Clotilde and Paul start the ball rolling with The Apprentice. Starring the Winter Soldier himself Sebastian Stan as a young Donald J Trump in 1970s and 1980's New York City. Meeting the one man who would change him, Roy Cohn (played by Jeremy Strong), teaching him to survive in the dark realms of ambition and power. We're not surprised Mr Trump tried to stop this movie being distributed unsuccessfully, does it strike a chord?
Related Post: The Apprentice Review 
Second and final review is Dreamworks Animation adventure The WIld Robot. Starring the voice of Luptia Nyong'o as  Rozzum unit 7134 aka Roz, who crash lands on uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings. At the same finds herself becoming an adoptive mother to an orphaned gosling.  Could this be Dreamworks best ever animated feature? Could it bring the studio success in the upcoming Awards season?
Related Post: The Wild Robot Review
Finally the 2024  BFI London Film Festival just ended and The Peoples Movies had a great festival this year. We still have a few reviews to come, Clotilde gave us a round up of the festival,  sharing her thoughts on the festival with favourite films, as well as one she didn't . Happy Anniversary to Clotilde who has been at The Chronicle film podcast for one year now!
Related Post: 2024 BFI London Film Festival 
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Speak No Evil and Lee

If it's movies you love your in the right place! In Episode 34 of The Chronicle Film Podcast, Clotilde and Paul review Speak No Evil and Lee.
First film under the microscope is the English language remake of Danish psychological horror thriller Speak No Evil. Originally written and directed by brothers Christian and Mads Tafdrup (Christian onboard as an executive producer of the new version) All about a Danish family who befriend a Dutch family on holiday who invite the Danish family to an idyllic weekend in the Netherlands which slowly unravels into their worst nightmare.  In the new version it's an British family (James McAvoy, Aisling Franciosi) who invite London based American family (McKenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy) to their  old farmhouse in the West Country.  The question many will be asking, is this a a like for like remake or does  director James Watkins (Eden Lake, Woman In Black) twist original to deliver his own version?
Our horror maestro Bradley Hadcroft watched the original 2022 version for us at Sundance Film Festival that year (not FrightFest as Paul mentions in the episode),  you can read his review here.
Related Post: Film Review - Speak No Evil (2024)
Second and final review for The Chronicle episode 34 is Ellen Kuras' Lee starring Kate Winslet. Some of you might wonder who Lee Miller is? She was considered one of pioneering female photographers, War photojournalists of World War 2 giving us some of the most iconic powerful images from the war. This film is a bit of a personal project for Kate Winslet who plays Lee, a one time fashion model for Vogue to become a photographer for the same magazine. She faced many barriers, she was a determined woman to get her way in life. Lee focuses on pre/World War 2 period of her life, the period she would meet her husband Roland Penrose (Alexander Skarsgard). 
Related Post: Film Review - Lee (2024)
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The Chronicle Take 2 - The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live / Sting

It's been a few weeks since the last episode, With Clotilde on assignment, I've decided to do The Chronicle Take 2. The chat continues with The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live Season 1 plus Horror Sting.
First up I review the 6 episode spin-off series The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. Recently premiered on Sky now available to own on Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital. With the original series now over the hardcore fans of the show can finally Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) finally reunite. 6 years after seeing Rick whisked off in a helicopter with Jadis (Pollyanna McIntosh) see what happened to him. Whilst see the journey Michonne embarked, will it be the spin-off that fans have been waiting for?
Anyone with arachnophobia, beware Kiah Roache-Turner's (Wyrmwood) Sting will have your blood pressure rocketing. When a young girl living in a New York City block finds an egg with a spider in it, will it be the new friend she thinks she has? Unfortunately this is no ordinary spider!
 
 
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