The Chronicle

025 - Priscilla & The Boys In The Boat

Happy New Year to all our Podcast followers, The Chronicle is back with episode 025. Clotilde and Paul review two films Sofia Coppola's Priscilla and George Clooney's The Boys In The Boat.
The first episode for The Peoples Movies podcast for 2024 is Priscilla is the first film under the microscope. Released in UK cinemas on 1st January and soon to be released on MUBI. This film is based on 1985 memoir Elvis and Me written by Priscilla Presley and Sandra Harmon. Cailee Spaeny (Mare of Easttown) as Priscilla, Jacob Elordi (Euphoria, Saltburn) as Elvis Presley. When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend. Through Priscilla’s eyes It promises to show an unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla’s long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland, in this deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy, and fame.
The second and final film for review is George Clooney's The Boys In The Town. Starring Callum Turner, Joel Edgerton,  Joe Rantz played by Callum Turner in the story of University of Washington rowing team who would take the challenge to represent their country at 1936 Berlin Olympics and win gold.
Myself and Clotilde also recorded a Best/Worst Films of 2023 episode at the same time as this one. Both sections are in  editing as we speak and will be online shortly.
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024.5 Best Films 2023

Welcome to part 2 of The Chronicle Film Podcast Episode 24 Bonus episode. Clotilde Chinnici and Paul Devine chat about their Best films of 2023. There is a few films that suprised them and other great films that they thought cinephiles overlooked.
Don't forget to check out part 1 which Paul and Clotilde cover Worst Films 2023, and the main episode 024 which they review Next Goal Wins and Ferrari. The links are below to those episodes are below:
Worst Films 2023 Part 1 - https://thepeoplesmovies.com/2023/12/listen-to-the-chronicle-bonus-episode-worst-films-2023/
Episode 024: Next Goal Wins, Ferrari - https://thepeoplesmovies.com/2023/12/listen-to-the-chronicle-episode-024-next-goal-wins-ferrari/
Happy New Year, look forward to you joining us in 2024!

024.5 Worst Films 2023

I do hope you enjoyed listening to The Chronicle Episode 024 with reviews of Next Goal Wins and Ferrari. As promised Hosts Paul Devine and Clotilde Chinnici in this bonus episode (024.5) look back at the worst films of 2023. They both chat about those disappointing films, not quite bad, not enough to be on the Best Films of 2023 list. This is only part one of bonus episode with the best films all coming in Part 2!
Happy New Year!

024 - Next Goal Wins, Ferrari

Christmas maybe over, cinephiles never stop and The Chronicle Episode 024, The Peoples Movies is here for your audio pleasure. I do hope you all had a good time regardless if you celebrate the day or not. Hosts Paul Devine and Clotilde Chinnici chat about Next Goal Wins and Ferrari.
Both films released in UK and Irish cinemas on Boxing Day, 26th December. First film up for review is Takia Waititi's Next Goal Wins starring Michael Fassbender. Inspired by the 2014 Documentary of the same name and the true story of the American Samoan national football team. In 2001 the team found themselves destroyed thanks to a 31-0 defeat from Australia in a world cup qualifier. Absolutely deflated by the score, the team want to do one thing, score a goal. They look to Thomas Rongen (Fassbender) a football coach not having the best of times in Major League Soccer as the man to deliver what they want...A goal!
The second and final film for this episode is Michael Mann's Ferrari starring Adam Driver as our titular character Enzo Ferrari the former Formula One driver turned car company he built over a ten year period with his wife Lara (Penelope Cruz). It's 1957, not all is well with , bankruptcy looming over them, and a marriage falling apart like the walls of Jericho. Enzo throws everything on the line with hope the iconic Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy to save the company.
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023 - Eileen and Wonka

It's been a few weeks, Paul and Clotilde return with episode 023 of The Chronicle Film Podcast for The Peoples Movies. Two reviews covered Eileen and Wonka.
First is Eileen starring Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway, directed by William Oldroyd (Lady MacBeth). The 1960's set thriller inspired by Neo Noirs with a touch of Douglas Sirk Melodrama. It's the year 1964, Massachusetts a young niave secretary Eileen (McKenzie) works the local Juvenile prison. Her world is turned upside down by the arrival of Rebecca (Hathaway), the prison's new psychiatrist. Enchanted in every way, the pair strike up a friendship. Things take a drastic turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret.
Final review we step into the world of imagination with Wonka starring Timothee Chalamet and a host of great names. This time Roald Dahl's classic book steps back in time to see how the young Willy Wonka becomes the legendary chocolate maker. Off course it's not all plane sailing could it be 'death by chocolate'?
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022 - The Killer & Saltburn

The latest episode of The Chronicle is here , the official film Podcast of The Peoples Movies. The latest episode 022 has reviews of The Killer and Saltburn.
Paul Devine and Cloitilde Chinnici back again sharing their review of David Fincher's The Killer. The film was first given a limited cinema release at the end of October, this week it premiered on Netflix. Starring Michael Fassbender as our  mysterious assassin, who after a near fateful miss finds himself  going up against his employers. But who is his biggest enemy? Could it be  himself? The film is based is on French graphic novel series The Killer from Alexis Nolent, will it be a film comic book and non comic book fans will enjoy?
The second review is Emerald Fennel's Saltburn. The film recently opened the BFI London Film Festival, now ready to make it's cinematic debut on 17th November. Starring Barry Keoghan as Olivier Quick, a struggling student  at Oxford University who finds himself invited to Saltburn. All thanks to the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton (Jacob Elordi), his eccentric family’s sprawling estate, who promises Oliver   a summer he’ll never to be forget.
 
For anyone wondering the episodes will be every 2-3 weeks. In between The Chronicle Extra will continue the chat with more reviews, views and quips.
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021 - London Film Festival Special - Killers Of The Flower Moon, Poor Things & All Of Us Are Strangers

Welcome the latest episode of The Chronicle, the official Podcast for The Peoples Movies and episode 021. Fo this episode is a BFI London Film Festival special with reviews of Killers Of A Flower Moon, Poor Things and All Of Us Are Strangers.
There is a reason this episode was slightly delayed, is we have a co-host joining our editor Paul Devine. A big hello welcome to Clotilde Chinnici who writes for various websites as well as The Peoples Movies. The Set up will slightly alter, little bit longer most of all reviews of the latest films and shows in our cinemas or streaming on our small screens.
First review is a film now in UK and Irish cinemas and Martin Scorsese Killers Of The Flower Moon. Epic crime drama starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert DeNiro. Based on the real life murders of Osage people across Oklahoma, USA in the 1920s. DiCaprio is Ernest Burkhart a man torn apart with his romance with Mollie (Lily Gladstone). Also with William Hale (Robert DeNiro) who has plans for the land the oil flourishes.
Next we reviewed Yorgos Lanthimos surreal fantasy Poor Things starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo. Based on the Alasdair Gray book of the same name. The incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Dafoe). Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents.
Final full review is All Of Us Are Strangers the new drama from Andrew Haigh (Weekend) starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal. Set in London, Adam (Scott) has a chance encounter with his neighbour Harry (Mescal). Slowly the relationship develops into something romantic memories drag Adam back to his childhood home where his parents seem to be living, despite dying 3 decades ago.
Clotilde rounds off the episode with a round up of the best of the rest of the Festival.
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020 - The Exorcist: True Believer , Blackberry and The Creator

Another episode of The Chronicle, the official Podcast of The Peoples Movies is now here. We have 3 reviews this week with The Exorcist: Believer, Blackberry and The Creator.
In 1973 William Friedkin created one of the greatest horors ever made The Exorcist. 2018 David Gordon Green directed a new Halloween film set after the events of the original film. 2023 the film maker directs The Exorcist: Believer once again seen as a 'sequel' to the original film. Leslie Odom Jr stars as a widower who loses his wife 13 years previously and now lives with his daughter Angela. After school she heads into the woods with her friend Katerine and disappears only return 3 days unaware what has happened. Not all is well, have they been possessed by a demon?
Next film is Blackberry directed and starring Matt Johnson with Jay Baruchel The meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world’s first smartphone. They star as best friends Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin. The brains behind Research In Motion (RIM) who made it all happen. When cunning businessman Jim Balsillie (Glenn Howerton) steps onboard things are on the up only to spiral downwards.
The final review is Gareth Edwards sci-fi The Creator. John David Washington stars in this one as Joshua a battle scarred ex-special forces man with one mission in life, to find ‘The Creator’. The one thing behind all the Artificial Intelligence and a weapon that could end the war for good.
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019 - Expend4bles and The Lesson

After a week off, The Chronicle the film Podcast for The Peoples Movies returns with episode 019, with Expend4bles and The Lesson.
First review week the boys (and now girls) are back in town with Expendables 4 aka Expend4bles. After a 10 hiatus Sly Stallone returns as Barney Ross with Jason Statham for another slice of retro style action thriller hokum. Some familiar faces such as Lundgren, Couture also return, nw with 50 Cents, Megan Fox, Iko Uwais and Tony Jaa joining. Barney and his crew are assigned to retreive detonators for Nuclear bomb which a mysterious but dangerous Ocelot plans to use to kick-off World War III.
Second and final review for this week is Alice Troughton's taut noir inspired thriller The Lesson. Starring Daryl McCormack as Liam a English literature student, aspiring writer who during the Summer tutors English. His first student is Bertie (Stephen McMillan) who just happens to be the son of his literature idol J.M Sinclair (Richard E Grant). He hired Liam to help get his son into Oxford University and the longer he stays in the Sinclair home, dark secrets unravel. One even gets him involved, but who is manipulating who?
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018 - Past Lives and The Nun II

It's that time of the week for another episode for The Chronicle, official podcast for The Peoples Movies. This week's episode we have two reviews with acclaimed arthouse drama Past Lives and horror The Nun II.
First review is Celine Song's critically acclaimed arthouse drama, Past Lives. The film has been garning great reviews since it's breakout world premiere at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. The film stars Greta Lee and Teo Yeo who play star crossed lovers Nora and Hae-Sung who we meet as kids in Seoul, South Korea. Nora's family emigrates to Toronto, Canada only for the pair to reunite this time over skype with Nora now in New York City. After another 12 year split they reunite with Hae-sung coming to visit her in New York. This time she won't be alone she will have her husband Arthur (John Magaro).
the final review takes us back to The Conjuring universe and the horror The Nun II. Sister Irene (Taissa Farmiga) takes on the demoinc malevolence that's Valak who is terrorising priests and nuns in France. What does it want? All paths lead to a French all girls boarding school and a very familiar face to Irene.
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