The Watchlist
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Time for the watch list.
What are the film and TV highlights discussed this week?
And to give us the definitive list of what to watch for the week ahead, I'm joined by broadcaster Fionnuala Jones and podcaster Andy McCarl. Welcome, guys. Hi. So we start with movies, maybe. Andy, Masters of the Universe. More nostalgia. Masters of the Universe. People having goosebumps now. Do the kids even know who He-Man and Skeletor are?
How does 'Masters of the Universe' resonate with today's audience?
No, absolutely not. I am 100% the target audience for this. And full disclosure, I have a framed Masters of the Universe poster with Dolph Lundgren in my house. Unfortunately, that seems to be reflected in the box office as well because it is doing absolutely terrible. There hasn't been a He-Man cartoon in about 30 years and it hasn't been kind of kept culturally relevant with things like Lego. So like you said, the target demographic is 42 year old men like me who are going on their own and not in droves apparently. Okay. The sad thing is, it is actually very, very good. Is it? Yeah. Obviously, I'm half in the bag already for it, but it is very watchable and I'm kind of disappointed it hasn't done well because that means we're not going to get more of them and it'll be another 30 years where I'm trying to drag my grandkids then to see He-Man.
So the people who know... they will like this no they like it Masters of the Universe that's in cinemas now Fanula a Netflix original kind of movie now Office Romance right so this is Jennifer Lopez and that guy Brett Goldstein from Ted Lasso and various other things falling in love against the odds is he way more attractive than I think he is
Oh, Brendan, you are speaking to the converted. I'm obsessed with him.
He could be in the frame for a love interest with Jennifer Lopez.
Yeah, I don't think... Positioning him as like, oh, he's so out of JLo's league. I'm like, absolutely not.
Anyone who's seen Ted Russell... I think he wrote it, though.
So this is the thing. He wrote it as well, right? And his whole idea was he's been obsessed with JLo forever as well. And he had actually... You know, IRL-like. IRL. And he had written this kind of with her in mind. He'd written this film. And I'm like, that's a compelling film. I don't know why you didn't make that film as opposed to this, which is kind of grand. But anyway, this is Office Romance, as you said, it's on Netflix. And J-Lo is basically playing the head of this high-flying airline and CEO, girl boss, et cetera, et cetera. No time for love. Brett Goldstein is an in-house lawyer for them and she's facing all these various depositions and the head of her legal team has an accident and he needs to step out.
Brett Goldstein comes in, they realise they have so much chemistry, the sparks are flying, but there's a zero tolerance policy in force for workplace relationships. What could possibly happen?
It sounds like a harmless evening of Netflix viewing, is it?
Oh, absolutely.
I'm not actually making an effort to go to the same.
Oh, no, truly. Like, give me 10 of these. I was absolutely obsessed. It's like beyond. Their chemistry could power a train. Like, it's the most predictable. There's like, there's loads of rumours that they're together now in real life, whether that's true or not, or that's buzz, whatever. I don't know. I don't care. I'm obsessed. Serve it up to me like sloth.
I need it Office Romance you're looking for the sequel already love it and that's on Netflix now and the Scary Movie 6 is in cinemas now and I don't have to have seen Scary Movies 1 to 5 I'm guessing no definitely not and of course like every other horror film that's 6 in the series they've now just called it Scary Movie
What is the premise of J. Lo's 'Office Romance'?
It's 25 years since the first film, which shocked me. It's surprisingly good. It didn't punch down as much as I expected. The trailer was absolutely terrible. It looked like it was going to be that kind of Ricky Gervais style of comedy of, oh, we can't say this anymore. Look how daring we're being. It's actually surprisingly clever and it makes a lot of in jokes with the cast because the Wayans were actually fired by Harvey Weinstein after the second one.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:01
2
What are the film and TV highlights discussed this week?
0:01–0:20
3
How does 'Masters of the Universe' resonate with today's audience?
0:20–2:57
4
What is the premise of J. Lo's 'Office Romance'?
2:57–7:11
5
How does 'Office Romance' compare to other romantic comedies?
7:11–8:16
6
What makes 'Scary Movie 6' stand out in the franchise?
8:16–11:33