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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame podcast
from News Talks at Me.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
I Still.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Are. It's versus Are We Dead? By Liberty, and it's
an interesting little story behind this, So can we Music
Georgia Lyons launched a competition earlier this year to try
(00:46):
and highlight independent artists and give them a bit of
industry to support a few more resources, and the winner
of the competition was Liberty. This is her brand new track.
It's called Are We Dead? It came out this week
and yeah, I reckon. Given all that, Liberty is probably
going to be one to watch on the New Zealand
music scene this year. Hey, thank you for your feedback, Jack.
(01:07):
Regarding the trade war, come on, be honest, is this
all bad for New Zealand? Our dollars dropped, our interstrates
are down, and we'll go down further. We only got
a ten percent tariff key we exports are lately to
absorb that. In the short term, the rest of the
world will want to do more with us as they
move away from the US, especially China. Yes, global demand
will weaken, but we're small. We're just a tiny, tiny
(01:28):
piece of the puzzle and all we need is a
little bit more love to move our way. Much different
story for Canada, for Mexico, for other countries, et cetera. Look,
I suppose relative to lots of other countries, New Zealand
is in a good position, right, you know, you know,
relative to the countries that have tariffs of thirty percent,
(01:48):
say a ten percent tariff doesn't seem so bad. And
you could say that compared to some of our competing
exporters when it comes to things like wine in the US,
like we did better than the EU, So you could say, well,
actually we're in a stronger position than we were. But
I suppose Donald Trump's big purpose on these terrorists to
try and drive domestic production and demand in the US.
(02:13):
So you've got to remember it's New Zealand exports versus
what is being produced in the US. But yep, I
guess we don't know fully the exact extent to the
effect here, except to say that anyone with a key
we saver or anyone with shares is looking at really
significant losses at the moment. And some people even reckon
(02:33):
that we could be facing a global recession which would
certainly impact New Zealand. But yeah, I guess we have
to wait and see ninety two. Ninety two is the
text number if you want to send us a message
this morning Jacket newsbalks hed b dot co dot NZ.
It is twenty four minutes to ten, which means it's
time to catch up with Francisca Rudkin for her film
picks this weekend More than a Francisca Good morning. Okay,
(02:54):
we have two different movies. Both of them are on
at the Movies at the moment, So let's start off
with a little listen to Novacane.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
So on deal, I'm just.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
A regular guy with a regular job, but I've got
this condition where I don't feel pain. Oh you're a superhero.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Okay, that's Novakaane. Tell us about it, Francisca.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
So this is a bit of an action comedy.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
It stars Jack Quaid, son of Meg Meg Ryan and
Dennis Quaid, and he's a really charming lead.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
Here is Nathan.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
He really sort of fits the character beautifully. He plays
this nerdy assistant bank manager. He's got a crush on
one of his bank employees, Sherry, played by Amber mid Thunder.
And as you heard in the trailer, there the gimmick
or the main joking. The spell is that Nathan has
this rare genetic disorder that means he can't feel pain.
(03:45):
And while you might think to yourself, wow, that is
quite a cool superpower, turns out it's actually really inconvenient
and very limiting Jack because of course, he has to
live this really controlled life because he doesn't know when he.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
Is seriously injured himself.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
So, for example, his parents wouldn't let him eat solid
food for fear of biting his tongue off and not
knowing he's got tennis balls on all the corners of
furniture because he can, you know, hurt. But he has
to set an alarm to go the loo because he
doesn't feel when his bladder is full sort of thing.
So it's actually quite limiting, not hugely convenient super power
(04:20):
to have. Anyway, there's this robbery at the bank and
Sherry has taken hostage, and Nathan has fallen madly in
love with Sherry, and he decides to actually put his
life on the line to get her back. Finally, he's
decided he's just going to get out there and go
for it, and off he does. So the rest of
the film, it's just a series of inventive ways to
injure Nathan, and it's very brutal, it's pretty violent. This
(04:48):
whole this whole sort of premise gives the filmmakers lots
of room to come up with creative ways to injure
and hurt Nathan, and they really do go to town
on it. And there is some sense that I actually
couldn't watch as he being you know, fish's bullets out
of his body and does the anyway, it's really good fun.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
It is light. It's a little bit different.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
As I mentioned, it is an action comedy, but it's
also a romantic comedy, and I like the fact they've
tried to kind of come up with the romantic comedy
that's got a bit of a different edge to it.
I didn't think it quite came together as well as
it could, and that might be because they were largely
relying on one gag throughout the whole film, and some
of them, you know, they executed that better at sometimes
(05:36):
not so well at other times. So that gets a
little bit tiring. And I wasn't one hundred percent sure
about that, the romantic spark between the two leads. But otherwise,
if you would like some fun escapism, to forget about
the world this week, Jack.
Speaker 4 (05:50):
Then I can seriously recommend it, and I became very good.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Okay, cool, So that's showing in cinemas at the moment.
Also showing in cinemas a Minecraft movie.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
In the Overworld.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Wow, anything you can bring I'm about.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
You can create some book all this, Yeah, most of
it light here was perfect.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
So one day Flint and Steel we came across.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
So another Okay, got some big names in this Jason memoir,
Jack Black, Jermaine Clements for a minder.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Hey, has Tara spoken to you? Have you come across
the new Apple TV show called The Studio yet?
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Ah? Yes, yes we have.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Yeah, it's the satire. It's the satire on Hollywood movie studios.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
Right.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
And in the early AP's the studio owner. He says
to his new president, who really wants to make quality films.
He says, Okay, I want to make a movie as
big as Barbie. And he comes up with this idea
to make a film based on the Cool aid Man.
And and so this new president is sort of devastated
that he wants to do this kind of populist kind
of film. The marketing executive is ecstatic and says, I
(07:04):
can make so much money out of this one, and
it kind of looks at that dilemma that Hollywood faces,
creatives wanting to be creatives and studios and suits wanting
to make lots of money. And I did think to myself,
it's a little unfortunate in the week that this sort
of TV series has kind of hit and we're all
talking about it. We have a film about one of
the biggest, most popular video games around has been released,
(07:28):
shot entirely in New Zealand. Huntley stands in for Idaho,
but this is so totally New Zealand.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
Every key we will go to ango. This is so key.
We You've even got the Hunty power station in the background.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
It's fantastic, as you mentioned, absolutely fantastic parts jack Back
and just Mamore.
Speaker 4 (07:44):
They really ham it up in this film. They even
break into a song.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
I think the performances are very much aimed at the
young audiences. Look, I am fond of Minecraft. My children
loved playing it when they were younger. I'm not so
familiar with it anymore. I like the way that it
allowed them to be creative, you know, like it's.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
Like Lego game, but it's not really my world.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
So I can't tell you now whether this sort of
is loyal to the Minecraft game as it is today,
but I don't really think it's aimed at me. I
do think this film is aimed at the young audience,
who are going to absolutely love this over the holidays.
It is a very simple story. The premise is pretty straightforward.
They go on a mission in the overworld and to
(08:31):
try and escape back to the real world.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
It's got all the all.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
The characters and all the objects and the treasures that
feature in the game pop up, and it was lovely
to hear the kids all around you kind of get
excited when they saw things and can relate to things.
But really probably pretty simplistic actually, and it's.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
I mean especial effects.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
I thought were really a very highly stylized world. I
thought they sort of got the esthetic. They did their
aesthetic really well, and the live action slips into that brilliantly,
and that can be really hard to do to make
you feel like the live action is taking place in
such a highly stylized world. Of course, sort of shot
against the green screen, so they've done a really good
(09:17):
job there. But I think this will be huge fun
for the clubs these holidays.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
Yeah, yeah, which is not a bad thing at all,
Thank you so much. That is a minecraft movie. Francesca's
first one, the comedy is Novacaine. And we'll have all
the details for those films up on the news talk
he'd be website. She mentioned Tara. That is, of course
Tara Award, our screen time expert who is with us
every Saturday morning after ten o'clock with three shows. She
always recommends three shows for watching or streaming at home
(09:43):
if you can't be bothered getting your chillwumba off the couch.
She's gonna be with us this morning and she's gonna
tell us about this brand new show from British comedian
Jimmy Carr, who I just I love. Jimmy Carr is
still kind of a unique comedian, right just with those
one liners, the snappy one liners. Friend of the show
Jimmy Carr of course, anyway's got this brand new show
(10:03):
where he gets heaps of other UK medians and they
all have to just compete in a really simple challenge.
So basically they've got to make other people laugh whilst
themselves keeping a really straight face so they can't move.
They can't react. They've got to make other people laugh.
And yeah, anyway, we're gonna tell you about the show
after ten o'clock this morning.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to News Talks ed B from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame podcast
from News Talks at Me.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
I Still.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Are. It's versus Are We Dead? By Liberty, and it's
an interesting little story behind this, So can we Music
Georgia Lyons launched a competition earlier this year to try
(00:46):
and highlight independent artists and give them a bit of
industry to support a few more resources, and the winner
of the competition was Liberty. This is her brand new track.
It's called Are We Dead? It came out this week
and yeah, I reckon. Given all that, Liberty is probably
going to be one to watch on the New Zealand
music scene this year. Hey, thank you for your feedback, Jack.
(01:07):
Regarding the trade war, come on, be honest, is this
all bad for New Zealand? Our dollars dropped, our interstrates
are down, and we'll go down further. We only got
a ten percent tariff key we exports are lately to
absorb that. In the short term, the rest of the
world will want to do more with us as they
move away from the US, especially China. Yes, global demand
will weaken, but we're small. We're just a tiny, tiny
(01:28):
piece of the puzzle and all we need is a
little bit more love to move our way. Much different
story for Canada, for Mexico, for other countries, et cetera. Look,
I suppose relative to lots of other countries, New Zealand
is in a good position, right, you know, you know,
relative to the countries that have tariffs of thirty percent,
(01:48):
say a ten percent tariff doesn't seem so bad. And
you could say that compared to some of our competing
exporters when it comes to things like wine in the US,
like we did better than the EU, So you could say, well,
actually we're in a stronger position than we were. But
I suppose Donald Trump's big purpose on these terrorists to
try and drive domestic production and demand in the US.
(02:13):
So you've got to remember it's New Zealand exports versus
what is being produced in the US. But yep, I
guess we don't know fully the exact extent to the
effect here, except to say that anyone with a key
we saver or anyone with shares is looking at really
significant losses at the moment. And some people even reckon
(02:33):
that we could be facing a global recession which would
certainly impact New Zealand. But yeah, I guess we have
to wait and see ninety two. Ninety two is the
text number if you want to send us a message
this morning Jacket newsbalks hed b dot co dot NZ.
It is twenty four minutes to ten, which means it's
time to catch up with Francisca Rudkin for her film
picks this weekend More than a Francisca Good morning. Okay,
(02:54):
we have two different movies. Both of them are on
at the Movies at the moment, So let's start off
with a little listen to Novacane.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
So on deal, I'm just.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
A regular guy with a regular job, but I've got
this condition where I don't feel pain. Oh you're a superhero.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Okay, that's Novakaane. Tell us about it, Francisca.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
So this is a bit of an action comedy.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
It stars Jack Quaid, son of Meg Meg Ryan and
Dennis Quaid, and he's a really charming lead.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
Here is Nathan.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
He really sort of fits the character beautifully. He plays
this nerdy assistant bank manager. He's got a crush on
one of his bank employees, Sherry, played by Amber mid Thunder.
And as you heard in the trailer, there the gimmick
or the main joking. The spell is that Nathan has
this rare genetic disorder that means he can't feel pain.
(03:45):
And while you might think to yourself, wow, that is
quite a cool superpower, turns out it's actually really inconvenient
and very limiting Jack because of course, he has to
live this really controlled life because he doesn't know when he.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
Is seriously injured himself.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
So, for example, his parents wouldn't let him eat solid
food for fear of biting his tongue off and not
knowing he's got tennis balls on all the corners of
furniture because he can, you know, hurt. But he has
to set an alarm to go the loo because he
doesn't feel when his bladder is full sort of thing.
So it's actually quite limiting, not hugely convenient super power
(04:20):
to have. Anyway, there's this robbery at the bank and
Sherry has taken hostage, and Nathan has fallen madly in
love with Sherry, and he decides to actually put his
life on the line to get her back. Finally, he's
decided he's just going to get out there and go
for it, and off he does. So the rest of
the film, it's just a series of inventive ways to
injure Nathan, and it's very brutal, it's pretty violent. This
(04:48):
whole this whole sort of premise gives the filmmakers lots
of room to come up with creative ways to injure
and hurt Nathan, and they really do go to town
on it. And there is some sense that I actually
couldn't watch as he being you know, fish's bullets out
of his body and does the anyway, it's really good fun.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
It is light. It's a little bit different.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
As I mentioned, it is an action comedy, but it's
also a romantic comedy, and I like the fact they've
tried to kind of come up with the romantic comedy
that's got a bit of a different edge to it.
I didn't think it quite came together as well as
it could, and that might be because they were largely
relying on one gag throughout the whole film, and some
of them, you know, they executed that better at sometimes
(05:36):
not so well at other times. So that gets a
little bit tiring. And I wasn't one hundred percent sure
about that, the romantic spark between the two leads. But otherwise,
if you would like some fun escapism, to forget about
the world this week, Jack.
Speaker 4 (05:50):
Then I can seriously recommend it, and I became very good.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Okay, cool, So that's showing in cinemas at the moment.
Also showing in cinemas a Minecraft movie.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
In the Overworld.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Wow, anything you can bring I'm about.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
You can create some book all this, Yeah, most of
it light here was perfect.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
So one day Flint and Steel we came across.
Speaker 3 (06:21):
So another Okay, got some big names in this Jason memoir,
Jack Black, Jermaine Clements for a minder.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
Hey, has Tara spoken to you? Have you come across
the new Apple TV show called The Studio yet?
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Ah? Yes, yes we have.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
Yeah, it's the satire. It's the satire on Hollywood movie studios.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
Right.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
And in the early AP's the studio owner. He says
to his new president, who really wants to make quality films.
He says, Okay, I want to make a movie as
big as Barbie. And he comes up with this idea
to make a film based on the Cool aid Man.
And and so this new president is sort of devastated
that he wants to do this kind of populist kind
of film. The marketing executive is ecstatic and says, I
(07:04):
can make so much money out of this one, and
it kind of looks at that dilemma that Hollywood faces,
creatives wanting to be creatives and studios and suits wanting
to make lots of money. And I did think to myself,
it's a little unfortunate in the week that this sort
of TV series has kind of hit and we're all
talking about it. We have a film about one of
the biggest, most popular video games around has been released,
(07:28):
shot entirely in New Zealand. Huntley stands in for Idaho,
but this is so totally New Zealand.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
Every key we will go to ango. This is so key.
We You've even got the Hunty power station in the background.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
It's fantastic, as you mentioned, absolutely fantastic parts jack Back
and just Mamore.
Speaker 4 (07:44):
They really ham it up in this film. They even
break into a song.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
I think the performances are very much aimed at the
young audiences. Look, I am fond of Minecraft. My children
loved playing it when they were younger. I'm not so
familiar with it anymore. I like the way that it
allowed them to be creative, you know, like it's.
Speaker 4 (08:04):
Like Lego game, but it's not really my world.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
So I can't tell you now whether this sort of
is loyal to the Minecraft game as it is today,
but I don't really think it's aimed at me. I
do think this film is aimed at the young audience,
who are going to absolutely love this over the holidays.
It is a very simple story. The premise is pretty straightforward.
They go on a mission in the overworld and to
(08:31):
try and escape back to the real world.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
It's got all the all.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
The characters and all the objects and the treasures that
feature in the game pop up, and it was lovely
to hear the kids all around you kind of get
excited when they saw things and can relate to things.
But really probably pretty simplistic actually, and it's.
Speaker 4 (08:54):
I mean especial effects.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
I thought were really a very highly stylized world. I
thought they sort of got the esthetic. They did their
aesthetic really well, and the live action slips into that brilliantly,
and that can be really hard to do to make
you feel like the live action is taking place in
such a highly stylized world. Of course, sort of shot
against the green screen, so they've done a really good
(09:17):
job there. But I think this will be huge fun
for the clubs these holidays.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
Yeah, yeah, which is not a bad thing at all,
Thank you so much. That is a minecraft movie. Francesca's
first one, the comedy is Novacaine. And we'll have all
the details for those films up on the news talk
he'd be website. She mentioned Tara. That is, of course
Tara Award, our screen time expert who is with us
every Saturday morning after ten o'clock with three shows. She
always recommends three shows for watching or streaming at home
(09:43):
if you can't be bothered getting your chillwumba off the couch.
She's gonna be with us this morning and she's gonna
tell us about this brand new show from British comedian
Jimmy Carr, who I just I love. Jimmy Carr is
still kind of a unique comedian, right just with those
one liners, the snappy one liners. Friend of the show
Jimmy Carr of course, anyway's got this brand new show
(10:03):
where he gets heaps of other UK medians and they
all have to just compete in a really simple challenge.
So basically they've got to make other people laugh whilst
themselves keeping a really straight face so they can't move.
They can't react. They've got to make other people laugh.
And yeah, anyway, we're gonna tell you about the show
after ten o'clock this morning.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to News Talks ed B from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
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