September 20, 2024 • 7 mins
Thelma
Thelma Post is a 93-year-old grandmother who loses $10,000 to a con artist on the phone. With help from a friend and his motorized scooter, she soon embarks on a treacherous journey across Los Angeles to reclaim what was taken from her.
Marguerite’s Theorem
When a brilliant mathematics student at France's top university presents her thesis, a mistake shakes the certainty of her planned-out life. She decides to quit everything and start over.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame podcast
from News Talks at b.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
New Talks. You were Jack Taming this Saturday morning. This
was so much new music released this week. So this
is snow Patrol, the first music that Snow Patrol has
released in six years. We've got a new album called
The Forest is the Path, and that's the lead single
from the album. Befourteen o'clock, don't forget. We've got this
asparagus keish recipe for you. I think the price of
(00:49):
sparagus is just becoming late. It's you know, maybe maybe
not maybe you're making a call between going to a
restaurant and tipping and buying asparagus, but I think it's
maybe getting attainable now. So yeah, given it's delicious and
kind of at its delicious best come springtime, we're going
to share that recipe with you very shortly. Right now, though,
it is time to get your film picks for this week.
(01:11):
In Francesca rud Can, our film reviewer, is here with
us this morning.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Killed her.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Okay, let's start off with a little bit of a
listen to a film showing and cinemas at the moment.
This is Thelma.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Hello day, you sound so strange.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
I'm in jail.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
Oh my god, Now ten thousand dollars to this address.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Ten there's ninety three year old Thelma post tell us
about Thelma Francisca.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
Thelma is paid by ninety four year old June Flip
and she is just absolutely fabulous in this film. This
is a very wholesome comedy that reminds us not to
underestimate older people.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
And this is actually her first starring role.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
June Squad will be a very familiar face to people
if you know, they if they saw a photo there.
She's been in Nebraska, about Schmidt, the Human, the Age
of Innocence, Far from Heaven, Meet Joe Black, Inside Out.
She's done a lot of things, but this is the
first time that she's had a starring role. And I
can't imagine anybody else in this role. This is a
pretty sweet, sentimental comedy. It's from writer Josh Marigolin and
(02:22):
he was inspired by his own grandmother. And Thelma is
still living alone. There's quite a conversation going on within
her family as to whether you know, she should be
on her own and looking after her, and she is
looked after by her twenty four year old slacker grandson
who has some confidence issues and overbearing parents who have
kind of stunted his growth. Anyway, she gets scammed out
(02:42):
of ten thousand dollars and the police is sort of,
you know, I can't really do it. I don't really
do anything about it. So she decides to actually do
something about it.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
So this is an.
Speaker 4 (02:50):
Action film with old people, so it just moves at
a slower pace, at a ninety four year old pace,
and it's really clear what they've done. They're kind of
there's moments where she's off to try and try and
solve this crime. So she visits one friend to get
his mobility scootered, and she visits another friend to steal
their gun, and there's scenes where she rolls across a
bed and stands up and finds the gun on top
(03:12):
of it, on top of a cupboard, and they use
sort of traditional sort of mission impossible action spy.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Music behind it all.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
So they're having a great fun just sort of poking
the mickey a little bit at the genre while also
just having a lot of fun imagining a different kind
of person in these roles. Look, it's not groundbreaking, it's
just a really charming pleasance, sort of three out of
five Sunday afternoon pleaser, but really during the squib is
just fabulous nice.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Okay, yeah, yeah, that sounds great. So that's Thelma that's
showing in cinemas at the moment. You've also seen Marguerite's Theorem.
Speaker 5 (03:48):
Yes, Now, I spoke about this much earlier in the
year because it screened at the French Film Festival and
it was one of my favorite films, and I got
a lot of feedback from people who went to the
festival and they agreed with me that they'd really enjoyed
Marguerite as well.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
This has just been re released, so it is now cinemas.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Anyone, you know, you can go and see it, and
I do think it is worth catching. Marguerite is a
brilliant young mathematician. She has been her whole life sort
of studying for her thesis, and her world crumbles when
a new student arrives at her university and finds a
flaw in the thesis, and her whole world falls apart
(04:28):
because it has her whole entire world has been built
around mathematics. She's deemed overly emotional by her professor, so
she abruptly quits university and then finds herself in the
real world, which she is not really equipped to deal with.
So she, you know, for the first time in her life,
she finds herself sort of.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
In a job.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
She gets a job in a shoe shop, and she
has no idea how to interact with humans, let alone
communicate with them. So it's very fun watching her kind
of just find her way.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
In the world.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
She's just got this really adorable naivety, and her addiction
to logic is really amusing. But this big, beautiful brain
she has inevity brings her back to mathematics, but she
sort of this whole new perspective on what it means
to be human in life.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
And it's just this really gorgeous, slightly.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
Different coming of age story, and it's really hard not
to fall in love with Margaret as a character played
by Alarump, who won numerous awards for us role.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
So that is back in cinema's well worth catching.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Very good. Okay, cool, thank you. So it's Marguerite's Theorem.
Francisca's first film was film, but both of them sound
like great little films, like really enjoyable little weekend options.
So We'll have all of the details for those up
on the news talks. He'd be website. Jack, you seem
to think that tipping would be a short to medium
term option just to get restaurants through to better times.
(05:44):
How come I think that once it's in, it'll be
here permanently to stay after everything sneaks up in price,
says Craig Marden and Jack. Having returned from a trip
to the US two weeks ago, I can honestly say
that it was a relief to leave the tipping culture behind.
Tipping has got absolutely out of control in the States,
with places such as Starbucks fast food restaurants where you
(06:05):
have to line up up and order expecting you to
add a tip to the bill. It was so nice
coming back to New Zealand and having the price that
you see on the men. You be the price that
you pay with no extra expectations. I agree with that.
I mean, in the US it is just crazy, right,
And now they've got this whole thing like both Trump
and Karmel are promising no tax on tips. It's become
a whole campaign issue. But it is crazy when you
(06:27):
go to you know, you go to Starbucks and you
just buy something from the person behind the counter, and
they're expecting you to add another fifteen twenty twenty five
percent sometimes on top of the bill. Regarding rugby, Jack,
I'm a long suffering Wallaby's tragic who is genuinely battling
with how I would cope with the inevitable pasting we
will get from the All Backs today, so much so
(06:48):
that I decided not to watch.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
Then.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
However, my good mate and staunch All Back supporter said
he's been kicked out of the lounge for his daughter's sleepover.
Can he please come around and watch the game? Shoot
me now, says Mark. Oh, come on, Mark, you never know,
You never know our sport. I reckons that things are
turning around at least at an organizational level and Australian rugby,
so you know, we could have a surprise result on
the cards when the All Backs and the Wallabies tee
(07:13):
off at five point forty five this evening.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
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 b.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
New Talks. You were Jack Taming this Saturday morning. This
was so much new music released this week. So this
is snow Patrol, the first music that Snow Patrol has
released in six years. We've got a new album called
The Forest is the Path, and that's the lead single
from the album. Befourteen o'clock, don't forget. We've got this
asparagus keish recipe for you. I think the price of
(00:49):
sparagus is just becoming late. It's you know, maybe maybe
not maybe you're making a call between going to a
restaurant and tipping and buying asparagus, but I think it's
maybe getting attainable now. So yeah, given it's delicious and
kind of at its delicious best come springtime, we're going
to share that recipe with you very shortly. Right now, though,
it is time to get your film picks for this week.
(01:11):
In Francesca rud Can, our film reviewer, is here with
us this morning.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Killed her.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
Okay, let's start off with a little bit of a
listen to a film showing and cinemas at the moment.
This is Thelma.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
Hello day, you sound so strange.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
I'm in jail.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
Oh my god, Now ten thousand dollars to this address.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Ten there's ninety three year old Thelma post tell us
about Thelma Francisca.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
Thelma is paid by ninety four year old June Flip
and she is just absolutely fabulous in this film. This
is a very wholesome comedy that reminds us not to
underestimate older people.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
And this is actually her first starring role.
Speaker 4 (01:58):
June Squad will be a very familiar face to people
if you know, they if they saw a photo there.
She's been in Nebraska, about Schmidt, the Human, the Age
of Innocence, Far from Heaven, Meet Joe Black, Inside Out.
She's done a lot of things, but this is the
first time that she's had a starring role. And I
can't imagine anybody else in this role. This is a
pretty sweet, sentimental comedy. It's from writer Josh Marigolin and
(02:22):
he was inspired by his own grandmother. And Thelma is
still living alone. There's quite a conversation going on within
her family as to whether you know, she should be
on her own and looking after her, and she is
looked after by her twenty four year old slacker grandson
who has some confidence issues and overbearing parents who have
kind of stunted his growth. Anyway, she gets scammed out
(02:42):
of ten thousand dollars and the police is sort of,
you know, I can't really do it. I don't really
do anything about it. So she decides to actually do
something about it.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
So this is an.
Speaker 4 (02:50):
Action film with old people, so it just moves at
a slower pace, at a ninety four year old pace,
and it's really clear what they've done. They're kind of
there's moments where she's off to try and try and
solve this crime. So she visits one friend to get
his mobility scootered, and she visits another friend to steal
their gun, and there's scenes where she rolls across a
bed and stands up and finds the gun on top
(03:12):
of it, on top of a cupboard, and they use
sort of traditional sort of mission impossible action spy.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Music behind it all.
Speaker 4 (03:20):
So they're having a great fun just sort of poking
the mickey a little bit at the genre while also
just having a lot of fun imagining a different kind
of person in these roles. Look, it's not groundbreaking, it's
just a really charming pleasance, sort of three out of
five Sunday afternoon pleaser, but really during the squib is
just fabulous nice.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Okay, yeah, yeah, that sounds great. So that's Thelma that's
showing in cinemas at the moment. You've also seen Marguerite's Theorem.
Speaker 5 (03:48):
Yes, Now, I spoke about this much earlier in the
year because it screened at the French Film Festival and
it was one of my favorite films, and I got
a lot of feedback from people who went to the
festival and they agreed with me that they'd really enjoyed
Marguerite as well.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
This has just been re released, so it is now cinemas.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Anyone, you know, you can go and see it, and
I do think it is worth catching. Marguerite is a
brilliant young mathematician. She has been her whole life sort
of studying for her thesis, and her world crumbles when
a new student arrives at her university and finds a
flaw in the thesis, and her whole world falls apart
(04:28):
because it has her whole entire world has been built
around mathematics. She's deemed overly emotional by her professor, so
she abruptly quits university and then finds herself in the
real world, which she is not really equipped to deal with.
So she, you know, for the first time in her life,
she finds herself sort of.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
In a job.
Speaker 4 (04:45):
She gets a job in a shoe shop, and she
has no idea how to interact with humans, let alone
communicate with them. So it's very fun watching her kind
of just find her way.
Speaker 3 (04:54):
In the world.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
She's just got this really adorable naivety, and her addiction
to logic is really amusing. But this big, beautiful brain
she has inevity brings her back to mathematics, but she
sort of this whole new perspective on what it means
to be human in life.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
And it's just this really gorgeous, slightly.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
Different coming of age story, and it's really hard not
to fall in love with Margaret as a character played
by Alarump, who won numerous awards for us role.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
So that is back in cinema's well worth catching.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
Very good. Okay, cool, thank you. So it's Marguerite's Theorem.
Francisca's first film was film, but both of them sound
like great little films, like really enjoyable little weekend options.
So We'll have all of the details for those up
on the news talks. He'd be website. Jack, you seem
to think that tipping would be a short to medium
term option just to get restaurants through to better times.
(05:44):
How come I think that once it's in, it'll be
here permanently to stay after everything sneaks up in price,
says Craig Marden and Jack. Having returned from a trip
to the US two weeks ago, I can honestly say
that it was a relief to leave the tipping culture behind.
Tipping has got absolutely out of control in the States,
with places such as Starbucks fast food restaurants where you
(06:05):
have to line up up and order expecting you to
add a tip to the bill. It was so nice
coming back to New Zealand and having the price that
you see on the men. You be the price that
you pay with no extra expectations. I agree with that.
I mean, in the US it is just crazy, right,
And now they've got this whole thing like both Trump
and Karmel are promising no tax on tips. It's become
a whole campaign issue. But it is crazy when you
(06:27):
go to you know, you go to Starbucks and you
just buy something from the person behind the counter, and
they're expecting you to add another fifteen twenty twenty five
percent sometimes on top of the bill. Regarding rugby, Jack,
I'm a long suffering Wallaby's tragic who is genuinely battling
with how I would cope with the inevitable pasting we
will get from the All Backs today, so much so
(06:48):
that I decided not to watch.
Speaker 3 (06:50):
Then.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
However, my good mate and staunch All Back supporter said
he's been kicked out of the lounge for his daughter's sleepover.
Can he please come around and watch the game? Shoot
me now, says Mark. Oh, come on, Mark, you never know,
You never know our sport. I reckons that things are
turning around at least at an organizational level and Australian rugby,
so you know, we could have a surprise result on
the cards when the All Backs and the Wallabies tee
(07:13):
off at five point forty five this evening.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
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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