Take 30: Gene Hackman

After an extended delay, Russ and Phil are finally back (better late than never!) to give you their takes on the vast array of new films released in the UK in the last calendar year. It’s not quite an impossible mission but I swear it took quite some hours of viewing and we are no sinners and nobody’s fools when it comes to reviewing. So weapons at the ready as we launch one battle after another in our debate as to which films are the best and which just go with the flow.Film Fives will return with……?

Well it’s been a while (sorry about that!!!) but we are BACK! and it’s a return also to our decade by decade look at the great film music of the time, which has reached the era of hairspray and synthesisers!So settle in, get your pause button and music streaming services ready and hear what we have to say about the corkers the decade has produced.Film Fives will be back with……the films of David Lynch 

It’s been a while but we are back and as it’s the new year we’ve postponed our film scores by the decade episode until after we’ve had a look back at our favourite films from a busy last year of quality releases. And here they are, courtesy of your hosts Phil and Russ.Film Fives will return with…..Film Scores of the 1980s (we promise it’s true this time!!).

“Have you ever picked your feet in Poughkeepsie?!” That’’s what Gene Hackman wants to know but what about our top picks from the Hackman film canon? Make the Connections, join in The Conversation, decide which are Super and have a Royal old time, otherwise you’ll be Unforgiven!Film Fives will be back with…..Film Scores of the 1980s

Russ and Phil sift through the films that made their fives (and some others that came close) from the episodes covering screwball comedies through to Studio Ghibli inclusive, bestowing their gold, silver and bronze standards to those seminal films deserving of the feted awards gradings, including some awards for music.Film Fives will be back with….the films of Gene Hackman @FilmFives1@FilmFivesPod

Are you talking to me?! Do I amuse you?Ever since I can remember I’ve always wanted to be a [podcaster 😉]Yes I t’s time for another big one! Phil and Russ take in the lifetime works of the legendary and hugely influential AND INFLUENCED director Martin Scorsese.Heavily inspired by his native New York, Italian-American filmmaker ‘Marty’ has given us some of the great gangster / crime stories of his generation, has tackled off bear comedy, brutality in AND OUT of the boxing ring, a period drama, mystery and much more besides.So get that slow cooked pasta sauce on the hob, talk to yourself in the mirror and settle in for this epic ode to Scorsese’s fantastic legacy, but whatever you do keep pens and drinks glasses away from any short, psychotic gangster types!! They can be a real pain in the neck (literally!).@FilmFives

Russ and Phil are back and this time they are going Latin to delve into the under-valued but richly served world of South American cinema. Gangsters, slum culture, imprisonment, shady politics and brutal military regimes all feature heavily in the cinema from this continent and the standard is high!So get on your samba shoes for our first venture into a national cinema theme.Film Fives will back with…..…..the films of Martin Scorsese

Yes it’s time for Russ and Phil to run the rule over all that cinema (and streaming) had to offer us in 2023 and to reveal their favourite fives from a long and strong list of delights!Film Fives will be back with…..……South American Cinema@filmfives @filmfives1 

Ho ho ho! Yippee kayay Merry Festives!It’s finally time to get our turkey-tearing teeth into the most distinctive of all sub genres, the Christmas film.What exactly IS a Christmas flick and which deserves to sit atop our respective Christmas trees. So turn on the fairy lights, heat up the mulled wine (but do NOT try that horrendous eggnog nonsense!) and listen in to our hymns to festive cinema treats.Film Fives will be back with…….Films of 2023@filmfives @filmfives1

John Williams, Nino Rota, Jerry Goldsmith. Some of the greats of film music amongst those under the spotlight and under discussion in Russ and Phil’s latest Film Fives countdown.Galaxies far, far away, gangster dynasties, disco dancing devils, eavesdroppers, duke box boy racers, cut-nosed private eyes, bridges too far and ticking-time-bomb Vietnam vets!?!Film Fives will be back with………..Christmas films@filmfives1@FilmFives