February 7, 2025 • 9 mins
Presence
A family becomes convinced they are not alone after moving into their new home in the suburbs.
Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara
Two teenager brothers attempt to storm the world of thrash metal while performing Māori anthems that channel the power and pride of their culture.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast
from News Talks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
At b That is Charlie Xy Eggs. She wowed the
(00:32):
crowds at Laneway on White Tangy Day this week. They
had thousands at lame Way, all the cool kids. We're there.
A great day for a great conditions as well. The
sound of lame Way being blasted across the city fantastic
to see. Right now, it is twenty three minutes to
ten on your Saturday morning and time to get your
film picture this weekend. Francisca Rudkin, our film reviewer, is
(00:53):
here with us this morning. Francisca, before we dive into
the films, have you seen the new Jurassic Park trailer? Ah,
I see, I love it. I love the og Jurassic Park.
Some of the you know, I know, it's got like
a gazillion sequels these day have just the in you know,
I can take a leave some of those sequels. But
they've just released a new one which has Scarlett Johansson,
(01:13):
isn't it and Jonathan Bailey who was in Wicked as well. Anyway,
they've only released it like last night's had like thirty million.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Yeah, Box I think yesterday.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Yeah, it does look good. I mean it looks Jurassic parky.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
I don't want to give too much away, but I
think there are going to be people being chased by dinosaurs. Yeah,
only a hunt. Anyway, Let's talk about two films that
are out. We're not just waiting on their trailers. Let's
ever listened, first of all, to a new kind of
horror psychological film. This is Presence.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
You have a presence here. It's trying to figure you out,
it's trying to connect to you. It's suffering.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Just like you are.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Ooh okay, that's presences definite stripped back, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Yeah. So this is a film by Steven Soderberg, who
I really love. I can remember Jack saying the first
film that he released in nineteen eighty nine called Sex,
Lies and Videotape, and I remember thinking at the time, Oh, okay,
this guy is really interesting. He's very open to finding
quite experimental ways to telling stories, and he's had an
incredibly prolific career. But you knew early on that he
(02:34):
was always going to be quite creative in the way
he told stories. And he's been a bit of a
renegade throughout his career as well, really sort of rallying
against the studio system, even though he's also very much
been part of it. You know, he was behind the
Oceans eleven and Magic Mic franchises, So he's kind of
fluctuated throughout his career of art house and interesting and
(02:56):
unique and then also been able to put together an
incredibly entertaining and fun mainstream film. In twenty twelve, he retired.
He said, I'm done. I am done with Hollywood. Hollywood
treats directors, the Hollywood system treats directors really badly. Movies
don't matter anymore. All the creativity is within TV. And
actually I think we'd all agree, you know, television has
(03:17):
become you know, you'll see all the A list stars
starring in TV shows after you know who would once
upon a time only never done films. So he did
have a point there, but he couldn't help him south
and he started making films again in twenty sixteen, and
I'm pleased he has. But this presence is being touted
as an art house horror film. But it's not scary,
(03:38):
it's not it's more sort of gently unnerving, I would say,
as a bit of a psychological horror, and when when
it begins the you immediately notice that, yes, once again,
he's taken quite a creative approach to telling this story
about a family, dysfunctional family falling apart. The camera floats
(03:59):
and it looks quite low fig and quite simplistic, and
the entire film is set with in one location within
a house, a family home. And the gimmick behind this
is that this camera, which floats in and out of
rooms and a sort of part of the conversation and things,
is actually the fifth character. It is a ghost. It
is a presence which is watching this family. So we
(04:22):
watch this family unravel from this ghost who occasionally also
interferes in their life but also sort of stands back
in things. It's quite a clever idea. I didn't think
the script was as sharp as it could have been,
and I think it relies too much on a shock
ending to kind of draw you in, which is a
little bit late. But what, as I say, always worth
taking a look at Stephen Soderberg film because he just
(04:45):
does things a little bit differently.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Yeah, that's the way. That's the thing. It sounds interesting
at the very least. Yeah, Okay, so that's called presence
that's out now. Next up something completely different. Let's have
a listened to Alien Weaponry Quotuputuada. They're going to be
playing at the biggest metafest.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
In the world.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
I'm sure cry heavy metal band makes mum cry. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
The album's had over a million streams Number one New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
The heels are alive with the sound of music, but
not as you know it.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
This is a New Zealand documentary Alien. Wefinrya tell us
about it.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
I love this documentary. I am not into thrash metal jack.
That may come as a surprise to you. It's not
a genre I listen to very often. So I think
when you find yourself fully absorbed in a documentary about
a fresh, a thresh metal band, it tells you that
it's a great documentary with this with a good story
(05:49):
to tell. And this follows these two Northland brothers, Henry
and Lewis Deong and they are probably at present one
of our biggest New Zealand bands, Glow. They are definitely
massive and they became massive and they were just sixteen
and eighteen years old, and we follow them when they're
(06:10):
pretty much well. One of them had been to Australia,
but they're really leaving New Zealand for the first time,
and they're heading off to Europe to perform in the
biggest metal festivals in the world Metal Days, and they
appear at Vakin and things, and they go off on
this three month trip and we in a way it's
a coming of age story. So we watch these two
(06:33):
brothers who are not ordinary teenagers. They are quite extraordinary
musicians who are becoming huge, world famous. But we watch
them go on this first tour and you know, they
go through the drama of one of their Ethan, their
sort of third bandmate, decides that this life for him
at such a young age isn't quite right and he
leaves and we watch, you know, his parents are with him,
(06:56):
who are amazingly supportive, but they're trying to juggle that
whole act of being very protective and nurturing their kids.
They're managing them and helping them, but also and you know,
trying to protect them in this very adult world, but
also aware of the fact that they are growing up
and are going to need to make their own decisions
and they're going to need to step back. So it's
this film about family and these two siblings. There's there's
(07:18):
some hilarious they probably don't think so, the hilarious scenes
of the two of them sort of being about nothing,
just as only siblings can. So they capture all this
and they capture the pressure that they're under, not just
you know, as siblings, but they're in business together. This
is their careers. They take it really seriously. They work
(07:40):
really hard. So it's not just about family. It's about
this band who's singing to them, who are taking sort
of Mari culture of the world and it has been
you know, lapped up. It's about them dealing with the
success at such a young age. It's about looking at
their work ethic. It's it really is fabulous. I really
(08:00):
enjoyed this film. You've probably you've probably never heard of
this band, but they are potentially going to be one
of our biggest exports ever. So I would say, even
if you don't like metal, at some point trying cats
On in cinemas, but try and capture this film and
so that you know in the future you'll be I've
got I know all about them, and I just want
to say one thing very quickly. This weekend, there's probably
a whole lot of parents who are traveling the country
(08:23):
slightly emotional taking their children to university and getting putting
them into halls and things. And there was a lovely
line at the end of the film at one of
the boys twenty first we get her Deyong, the boy's mum.
She stands up to give a speech and she says
at the beginning of the speech, she says, you know,
as a parent, it's my job to give my children
roots and then it's my job to give them wings.
(08:43):
And I just want to leave that with all the
emotional parents out there who are very upset about losing
losing a child's at our house. Yes, Jack, and she
gave me great solace. I thought, I'm taking that. There
you go, off, you go.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
That's so lovely. That is really lovely. Yeah, hey, thank you.
So that's alien weaponry court Tputaa. That is a Kei
We documentary a franchise. First film is Presence, and both
of those will of course be on the News Talks
z'b website for.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
More from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame. Listen live to
Newstalks EDB from nine am Saturday, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast
from News Talks.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
At b That is Charlie Xy Eggs. She wowed the
(00:32):
crowds at Laneway on White Tangy Day this week. They
had thousands at lame Way, all the cool kids. We're there.
A great day for a great conditions as well. The
sound of lame Way being blasted across the city fantastic
to see. Right now, it is twenty three minutes to
ten on your Saturday morning and time to get your
film picture this weekend. Francisca Rudkin, our film reviewer, is
(00:53):
here with us this morning. Francisca, before we dive into
the films, have you seen the new Jurassic Park trailer? Ah,
I see, I love it. I love the og Jurassic Park.
Some of the you know, I know, it's got like
a gazillion sequels these day have just the in you know,
I can take a leave some of those sequels. But
they've just released a new one which has Scarlett Johansson,
(01:13):
isn't it and Jonathan Bailey who was in Wicked as well. Anyway,
they've only released it like last night's had like thirty million.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Yeah, Box I think yesterday.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Yeah, it does look good. I mean it looks Jurassic parky.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
I don't want to give too much away, but I
think there are going to be people being chased by dinosaurs. Yeah,
only a hunt. Anyway, Let's talk about two films that
are out. We're not just waiting on their trailers. Let's
ever listened, first of all, to a new kind of
horror psychological film. This is Presence.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
You have a presence here. It's trying to figure you out,
it's trying to connect to you. It's suffering.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
Just like you are.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Ooh okay, that's presences definite stripped back, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Yeah. So this is a film by Steven Soderberg, who
I really love. I can remember Jack saying the first
film that he released in nineteen eighty nine called Sex,
Lies and Videotape, and I remember thinking at the time, Oh, okay,
this guy is really interesting. He's very open to finding
quite experimental ways to telling stories, and he's had an
incredibly prolific career. But you knew early on that he
(02:34):
was always going to be quite creative in the way
he told stories. And he's been a bit of a
renegade throughout his career as well, really sort of rallying
against the studio system, even though he's also very much
been part of it. You know, he was behind the
Oceans eleven and Magic Mic franchises, So he's kind of
fluctuated throughout his career of art house and interesting and
(02:56):
unique and then also been able to put together an
incredibly entertaining and fun mainstream film. In twenty twelve, he retired.
He said, I'm done. I am done with Hollywood. Hollywood
treats directors, the Hollywood system treats directors really badly. Movies
don't matter anymore. All the creativity is within TV. And
actually I think we'd all agree, you know, television has
(03:17):
become you know, you'll see all the A list stars
starring in TV shows after you know who would once
upon a time only never done films. So he did
have a point there, but he couldn't help him south
and he started making films again in twenty sixteen, and
I'm pleased he has. But this presence is being touted
as an art house horror film. But it's not scary,
(03:38):
it's not it's more sort of gently unnerving, I would say,
as a bit of a psychological horror, and when when
it begins the you immediately notice that, yes, once again,
he's taken quite a creative approach to telling this story
about a family, dysfunctional family falling apart. The camera floats
(03:59):
and it looks quite low fig and quite simplistic, and
the entire film is set with in one location within
a house, a family home. And the gimmick behind this
is that this camera, which floats in and out of
rooms and a sort of part of the conversation and things,
is actually the fifth character. It is a ghost. It
is a presence which is watching this family. So we
(04:22):
watch this family unravel from this ghost who occasionally also
interferes in their life but also sort of stands back
in things. It's quite a clever idea. I didn't think
the script was as sharp as it could have been,
and I think it relies too much on a shock
ending to kind of draw you in, which is a
little bit late. But what, as I say, always worth
taking a look at Stephen Soderberg film because he just
(04:45):
does things a little bit differently.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
Yeah, that's the way. That's the thing. It sounds interesting
at the very least. Yeah, Okay, so that's called presence
that's out now. Next up something completely different. Let's have
a listened to Alien Weaponry Quotuputuada. They're going to be
playing at the biggest metafest.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
In the world.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
I'm sure cry heavy metal band makes mum cry. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:11):
The album's had over a million streams Number one New Zealand.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
The heels are alive with the sound of music, but
not as you know it.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
This is a New Zealand documentary Alien. Wefinrya tell us
about it.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
I love this documentary. I am not into thrash metal jack.
That may come as a surprise to you. It's not
a genre I listen to very often. So I think
when you find yourself fully absorbed in a documentary about
a fresh, a thresh metal band, it tells you that
it's a great documentary with this with a good story
(05:49):
to tell. And this follows these two Northland brothers, Henry
and Lewis Deong and they are probably at present one
of our biggest New Zealand bands, Glow. They are definitely
massive and they became massive and they were just sixteen
and eighteen years old, and we follow them when they're
(06:10):
pretty much well. One of them had been to Australia,
but they're really leaving New Zealand for the first time,
and they're heading off to Europe to perform in the
biggest metal festivals in the world Metal Days, and they
appear at Vakin and things, and they go off on
this three month trip and we in a way it's
a coming of age story. So we watch these two
(06:33):
brothers who are not ordinary teenagers. They are quite extraordinary
musicians who are becoming huge, world famous. But we watch
them go on this first tour and you know, they
go through the drama of one of their Ethan, their
sort of third bandmate, decides that this life for him
at such a young age isn't quite right and he
leaves and we watch, you know, his parents are with him,
(06:56):
who are amazingly supportive, but they're trying to juggle that
whole act of being very protective and nurturing their kids.
They're managing them and helping them, but also and you know,
trying to protect them in this very adult world, but
also aware of the fact that they are growing up
and are going to need to make their own decisions
and they're going to need to step back. So it's
this film about family and these two siblings. There's there's
(07:18):
some hilarious they probably don't think so, the hilarious scenes
of the two of them sort of being about nothing,
just as only siblings can. So they capture all this
and they capture the pressure that they're under, not just
you know, as siblings, but they're in business together. This
is their careers. They take it really seriously. They work
(07:40):
really hard. So it's not just about family. It's about
this band who's singing to them, who are taking sort
of Mari culture of the world and it has been
you know, lapped up. It's about them dealing with the
success at such a young age. It's about looking at
their work ethic. It's it really is fabulous. I really
(08:00):
enjoyed this film. You've probably you've probably never heard of
this band, but they are potentially going to be one
of our biggest exports ever. So I would say, even
if you don't like metal, at some point trying cats
On in cinemas, but try and capture this film and
so that you know in the future you'll be I've
got I know all about them, and I just want
to say one thing very quickly. This weekend, there's probably
a whole lot of parents who are traveling the country
(08:23):
slightly emotional taking their children to university and getting putting
them into halls and things. And there was a lovely
line at the end of the film at one of
the boys twenty first we get her Deyong, the boy's mum.
She stands up to give a speech and she says
at the beginning of the speech, she says, you know,
as a parent, it's my job to give my children
roots and then it's my job to give them wings.
(08:43):
And I just want to leave that with all the
emotional parents out there who are very upset about losing
losing a child's at our house. Yes, Jack, and she
gave me great solace. I thought, I'm taking that. There
you go, off, you go.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
That's so lovely. That is really lovely. Yeah, hey, thank you.
So that's alien weaponry court Tputaa. That is a Kei
We documentary a franchise. First film is Presence, and both
of those will of course be on the News Talks
z'b website for.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
More from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame. Listen live to
Newstalks EDB from nine am Saturday, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio.
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