Francesca Rudkin: Evil Dead Burn and Moana

Evil Dead Burn  

After the loss of her husband, a woman seeks solace with her in-laws in their secluded family home. As one by one they are transformed into Deadites—turning the gathering into a family reunion from hell—she comes to discover that the vows she took in life... live on even in death. 

Moana  

A live-action musical adaptation of Disney's 2016 animated adventure.  

Starring Catherine Lagaʻaia as Moana, the epic story follows the fearless wayfinder as she answers the Ocean’s call and, for the first time, journeys beyond the reef of her island home, Motunui. Joined by the infamous demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson), Moana embarks on an unforgettable voyage to restore balance and prosperity to her people. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast
from News Talks at be time.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
To catch up with our film review of Francesca Rudkin,
who is with us this morning. To Francisca, Hey, two films,
you very well, thank you, two films for the weekend.
We'll get onto the one for the kids in a
couple of minutes. Well, intermedds what your kids are into,
I suppose, But let's have a listen. First of all,
to Evil Dead burn.

Speaker 3 (00:34):
Alice, you were his wife.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Why aren't you wearing it? I'm not sure.

Speaker 1 (00:41):
Did you sell it? No?

Speaker 3 (00:42):
No, of course not. I really think we should do
this another time.

Speaker 2 (00:47):
No, now it's the best time. We'll just looking down
on as.

Speaker 3 (00:55):
Remember.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
Okay, so this is the sixth installment in the Evil
Dead series, and yet this is probably not the one
to entertain the these holidays.

Speaker 3 (01:07):
No, and I'm going to be really honest with you, Jack,
you wouldn't make it through.

Speaker 2 (01:12):
No one's surprised, Pan Teske, No one surprised.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
I've probably only just made it through and literally rolled
out of the cinema after seeing this, just kind of
both slightly in shock and laughing at the same time.
We've spoken about horror films a lot and about that
they're on this rise. They're a great medium for young
directors to play with and create something unique and original

(01:36):
and kind of make their mark. We saw that Worth Obsession,
which I spoke about a while ago, that has now
that was made for a million dollars just in Australia
and New Zealand alone. It's taken twenty five million. It's
probably going to go on to be the biggest horror
of the decade. Evil Dead began in nineteen eighty one.
Sam ramy Remy released the first film and they became

(01:57):
these they're sort of cult classics since then and they've
been consistently good. This one's a bit of a standalone
story and I'm actually not sure how fans of horrors
like that Room Session could really handle this because it
is full on. It is exhausting, It is nasty, it
is savage, it is terrifying, it is gory, it is bloody.

(02:20):
You know, it's just full on carnage from demonic possession
sort to take into the next level, but highly entertaining
along the way. Shot in New Zealand, Produced by rab
Rob Tappitt and Sam Raimi and They know New Zealand
have great crews, but they also know that New Zealand
has great casts, so they have They have cast Tandy

(02:42):
right Letsie under Cannon, Eryl Shand and the lead roles,
and they are absolutely fantastic as a dysfunctional family trying
to grieve the loss of a family member, but at
the same time one of the members just happens to
be They're all grieving at a remote country house and
things rapidly descended to chaos is one family member is
transferred into one of the dead eyed. He's possessed by

(03:03):
this demon, and and off we go. If you love
the previous films, you're gonna absolutely love this. And if
you've never tried one, give it a whirl.

Speaker 2 (03:17):
Yeah, great, what could go?

Speaker 3 (03:20):
Good job of this because they're trying, they're trying to
give the cut, They're trying, the characters are quite complex,
the situation is quite emotional, and then they just throw
in all this horror and gore an action on top
of it, so that they've done a really nice job
of it.

Speaker 2 (03:34):
Very good. Okay, so that's evil dead Burn showing in
cinemas right now. Now for something completely different, perfectly time
for the school holidays. This is Moana.

Speaker 3 (03:45):
Shape Shifter.

Speaker 2 (03:47):
You store the heart, Pertiffy and curse the whole world.

Speaker 3 (03:52):
If you restore the heart, you'd be everyone's hero.

Speaker 2 (03:57):
It's so amazing.

Speaker 3 (03:58):
Look at the definition as girls.

Speaker 2 (04:02):
It's true. I'm doing beautiful hair. Okay. This is a
live action musical adaptation of Disney's twenty sixteen animated adventure.
I couldn't believe that it's ten years since the original.

Speaker 3 (04:14):
Yeah. Yeah, And you could probably ask, do we really
need another version of Mowana. You know that the animation
is very much loved, so do we really need it?
Is this sort of Disney really just kind of looking
for a little bit of a payday. I think out
of all the animated films, this is one worth remaking

(04:37):
into a live action purely because Mowana is a different
character for Disney. She's really important. She is not a princess.
She makes it really clear to us that she is
not a princess. She's not looking to be saved by
a man. She's not saving a man. This story is
all about family and culture and heritage and leadership and courage,
and we very much relate to it in this part

(04:59):
of the world. A young Ossie Samoan actress Katherine Laggaayad
steps up. She is Jaylugaya's daughter, and Jay has about
I think he's got eight children, Jack and three or
four of them are superstars on the stage. And she
is delightful. She is genuine, funny warm. I loved going
with on adventure with her. She does a beautiful job here.

(05:20):
Frankie Adams is luminescent as her mother. Renna Owen brings
the gravitat and the heart, which she does to every
project she does. So an amazing cast come together here.
They're not trying to reinvent the wheel. This is the
story we all know. As you say, it's got those tunes.

Speaker 2 (05:35):
That we love.

Speaker 3 (05:36):
We go off on this adventure. I suppose it's reintroducing
it to a new audience. There is a lovely chicken
called Hey Hey, who does the best physical comedy I've
seen in a long time. I was laughing at love
I think, probably more than everybody else. But that might
have been because I'm a parent in the room that's
not dealing with children on a holiday, so I enjoying it.
So I had a ball. But no, they've done a
really nice job of it. I think if you're a

(05:58):
bit of a fan, you won't be disappointed to see
it again in a different version. And as I said,
I think it holds a special place in our heart here.

Speaker 2 (06:07):
Yeah, I mean even that when you say that, you
know the chickens called hey hey, I mean that is
obviously the word for chicken and mardi right. Yeah, yeah,
it sounds really it sounds really good. I mean I
know that the kids in our family will be very
very much looking forward to seeing it. So that is Moana,
the live action musical adaptation of the original animated adventure

(06:28):
that is showing in cinemas at the moment.

Speaker 1 (06:30):
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