September 13, 2024 • 8 mins
Speak No Evil
A dream holiday turns into a living nightmare when an American couple and their daughter spend the weekend at a British family's idyllic country estate.
Radical
Sixth grade students at Jose Urbina Lopez Elementary are among the worst performing students in Mexico, with their world one of violence and hardship, not possibility. It might seem like a dead end, but it's the perfect place for new teacher Sergio Juarez to try something different.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast
from News Talks AB.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
News Talk ZB. You were jactating this Saturday Morning Kilder
Jack says Mark, social media is designed to be addictive
to make us feel good, gives us the dopamine hit,
the sugar rush, which is why it is not okay
for developing minds and of questionable value for adults as
a society. I think it makes us less social. I
think it makes us more isolated. I think it makes
(00:48):
us more fragmented. So what's the answer. Well, for starters,
stop calling it social media education and work on creating
something better to replace it that doesn't involve smartphones. Thank
you very much, Mark, thoughtful message there from Mark ninety two.
Ninety two is our text number if you want to
flick mear message as well. Francesca, can I reckon? We'll
have a few thoughts on that. What do you reckon? Francesca?
(01:09):
Would you support banning social media for people under the
age of sixteen unless they've got parental permission for fourteen
or fifteen year old.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Good luck with that.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Yeah, see, I would say to you is the mother
of a eighteen year old and a fifteen year old.
You know, my kids, they didn't get smartphones until they
were kind of around thirteen. They didn't jump on the
Instagram and things like that till they were thirteen, which is,
you know, the recommended time. But I tell you what
I've learned, and they've been really honest and open with
(01:40):
me about things. They find ways around things that parents
have no idea about. They use their mates phones, they
can check what their mates are doing and use their phones.
I mean, I just think it is about education. I've
got one kid who's right into it. I've got one
who does, who does not post, who hardly follows, who
knows how to use it for their benefit and to
(02:02):
add value.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
To their life, and the rest of it completely ignores it.
A bar of it. So interesting. That's all about just
education and understanding what works for her and what doesn't.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
And what's a good thing to be part of them
what isn't. And I you know, she's a smart little cookie.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
But yeah, yeah, well I don't know this is all
from her.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Yeah yeah, but yeah, Look, I think I think there's
a really serious conversation to be had about what we
have allowed to become the norm.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
It's really hard to tell parents what to do.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
Everyone's in different situations, dealing with different things and are
really busy. But at the end of the day, we
have to completely change our whole perception as to what
value we get from this digital world we live in,
and how to how to how to embrace it, what
it can bring to our lives and get rid of
the stuff that the negative stuff that doesn't contribute at
(02:57):
all to our lives.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
So well said, Okay, well we're going to pivot away
from all that entertainment of another sort. Two different films
to discuss the morning, So let's start off with a
movie that's showing in cinemas at the moment. This is
Speak No Evil.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
I want to pack up the current.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
I want to leave right now.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
You can call out there and be completely novel.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
From pretending as formal since we can't here Dan bye
bye ba by us about.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
I'll tell you what you would have packed up your
popcorn and left the theater because this is not a
relaxing film. You and I we've spoken about the psychological
horrors and horrors and things that really are not the
most relaxing way to spend a couple of hoursand this
one really does nail it. It's a remake of the
Danish film that was actually released in twenty and twenty two.
The American version is it's a little bit safer. It's
(04:00):
a slightly less deflating film than the original. I don't
want to give too much away. I think if you've
probably seen the original, you don't need to see this film.
It is very similar, except the last act is quite different.
But that is not to say that if you really
enjoy sort of an edge of your seat exhausting psychological horror,
(04:20):
you won't enjoy a sort of number. That's the intention.
It is to make you feel uncomfortable, to sort of
push these push societal conventions and sort of see where
we land and how you feel about how everything kind
of unfolds. And I mean, it is interesting this film
because there was a lot of talk about, you know,
(04:45):
not giving away too much about the story and the
plot and how things unfold.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Interestingly, though, I didn't think it was that clever.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
I think you and I sitting in this theater would
potentially kind of go uh huh, I know what's going
on here, and be absolutely right, you've got these there's
two couples, You've got this posh London dwelling and American
couple Louise and Ben.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
They meet this other couple from the West Country, Paddy
and Caarra. They're on a holiday in Tuscany.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
When they both return home, Paddy and Kara, they invite
Louise and Ben to come and spend the weekend with
them in the country, and they're a bit like, well,
we don't really know these people, but they're having a
bit of a tough time at the moment, so they
decide that they'll head out and just sort of have
this little break and things. They take their twelve year
old daughter, Agnes to play with Paddy and Kara's son
(05:33):
and who has some speech issues, and they get there
and things sort of yeah, you're not quite sure whether
things are okay or not, And that's the whole intention
with this film.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
That's what it does.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
It sort of teases you into thinking that maybe not
everything is as it seems, and then it reassures you
it is and you kind of go off on this journey.
James McAvoy is absolutely brilliant as Paddy. He is totally
committed and terrifying and wonderful. And Mackenzie Davis, who plays Louise.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Also she fights back beautifully as well.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Nice. Okay, Yeah, it sounds like something that I'm not
going to go to, honest, No, but it does. It
sounds interesting, nonetheless, and I'm sure there will be some
fans out there, so let's speak no evil. That's in cinemas,
available on streaming services to buy or rent. Tell us
about Radical.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Yes, the Radical is at cinemas. It is a real
crowd pleaser. It is a Mexican film. It's based on
a true story, and it's directed by a filmmaker called
Christopher Zala, and it is a story we've seen before.
It's a story of a teacher who empowers his students
through his unconventional teaching ways and the ways that he
manages to engage these children. It is worth saying though,
(06:45):
because the setting is quite unique. It's set in a
very violent, poor, gang infested part of Mexico. Helio Durbez
he plays our lead character, our teacher so here, and
he delivers a very heart without emotional performance. He is
a teacher who is at a point in his life
where he is deaf spirit to feel that his entire
(07:08):
career of teaching children hasn't been a waste of time
and he ends up in.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
This very poor school. He has these children who they're
twelve years old.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
One is about to leave because her mother is having
another baby and she will be responsible for looking after
the baby while the mother works. Another little boy in Nico,
his family is part of a gang and he has
no other option but to be brought into.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
This world and he will be leaving school. And then
we have Palerma and she is probably.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
The reason why this story went national in Mexico, and
that's because she lives in a dump site with her
father and they trawls through the rubbish dump to find
metal and things to recycle and.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
Make money and try it in a living. She's a
mathematical genius.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
So you've and that's the other reason to watch this
film is the director has got these amazing performances out
of this young cast.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
So there's a mix of humor.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
There are some devastating sort of heartbreaking moments, but you
will leave this.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
Film utterly uplifted. It is a delight.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Okay, I think it's an easy choice for me this
week's friend.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Oh I think I think so as well.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
That like, it just ticks every single box from me Okay.
Radical is Francesca's second film. That first film was Speak
No Evil. All of the details would both will be
up on the News Talks EDB website for.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
More from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame. Listen live to
News Talks 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 AB.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
News Talk ZB. You were jactating this Saturday Morning Kilder
Jack says Mark, social media is designed to be addictive
to make us feel good, gives us the dopamine hit,
the sugar rush, which is why it is not okay
for developing minds and of questionable value for adults as
a society. I think it makes us less social. I
think it makes us more isolated. I think it makes
(00:48):
us more fragmented. So what's the answer. Well, for starters,
stop calling it social media education and work on creating
something better to replace it that doesn't involve smartphones. Thank
you very much, Mark, thoughtful message there from Mark ninety two.
Ninety two is our text number if you want to
flick mear message as well. Francesca, can I reckon? We'll
have a few thoughts on that. What do you reckon? Francesca?
(01:09):
Would you support banning social media for people under the
age of sixteen unless they've got parental permission for fourteen
or fifteen year old.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
Good luck with that.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
Yeah, see, I would say to you is the mother
of a eighteen year old and a fifteen year old.
You know, my kids, they didn't get smartphones until they
were kind of around thirteen. They didn't jump on the
Instagram and things like that till they were thirteen, which is,
you know, the recommended time. But I tell you what
I've learned, and they've been really honest and open with
(01:40):
me about things. They find ways around things that parents
have no idea about. They use their mates phones, they
can check what their mates are doing and use their phones.
I mean, I just think it is about education. I've
got one kid who's right into it. I've got one
who does, who does not post, who hardly follows, who
knows how to use it for their benefit and to
(02:02):
add value.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
To their life, and the rest of it completely ignores it.
A bar of it. So interesting. That's all about just
education and understanding what works for her and what doesn't.
Speaker 4 (02:14):
And what's a good thing to be part of them
what isn't. And I you know, she's a smart little cookie.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
But yeah, yeah, well I don't know this is all
from her.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Yeah yeah, but yeah, Look, I think I think there's
a really serious conversation to be had about what we
have allowed to become the norm.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
It's really hard to tell parents what to do.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
Everyone's in different situations, dealing with different things and are
really busy. But at the end of the day, we
have to completely change our whole perception as to what
value we get from this digital world we live in,
and how to how to how to embrace it, what
it can bring to our lives and get rid of
the stuff that the negative stuff that doesn't contribute at
(02:57):
all to our lives.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
So well said, Okay, well we're going to pivot away
from all that entertainment of another sort. Two different films
to discuss the morning, So let's start off with a
movie that's showing in cinemas at the moment. This is
Speak No Evil.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
I want to pack up the current.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
I want to leave right now.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
You can call out there and be completely novel.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
From pretending as formal since we can't here Dan bye
bye ba by us about.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
I'll tell you what you would have packed up your
popcorn and left the theater because this is not a
relaxing film. You and I we've spoken about the psychological
horrors and horrors and things that really are not the
most relaxing way to spend a couple of hoursand this
one really does nail it. It's a remake of the
Danish film that was actually released in twenty and twenty two.
The American version is it's a little bit safer. It's
(04:00):
a slightly less deflating film than the original. I don't
want to give too much away. I think if you've
probably seen the original, you don't need to see this film.
It is very similar, except the last act is quite different.
But that is not to say that if you really
enjoy sort of an edge of your seat exhausting psychological horror,
(04:20):
you won't enjoy a sort of number. That's the intention.
It is to make you feel uncomfortable, to sort of
push these push societal conventions and sort of see where
we land and how you feel about how everything kind
of unfolds. And I mean, it is interesting this film
because there was a lot of talk about, you know,
(04:45):
not giving away too much about the story and the
plot and how things unfold.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
Interestingly, though, I didn't think it was that clever.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
I think you and I sitting in this theater would
potentially kind of go uh huh, I know what's going
on here, and be absolutely right, you've got these there's
two couples, You've got this posh London dwelling and American
couple Louise and Ben.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
They meet this other couple from the West Country, Paddy
and Caarra. They're on a holiday in Tuscany.
Speaker 4 (05:12):
When they both return home, Paddy and Kara, they invite
Louise and Ben to come and spend the weekend with
them in the country, and they're a bit like, well,
we don't really know these people, but they're having a
bit of a tough time at the moment, so they
decide that they'll head out and just sort of have
this little break and things. They take their twelve year
old daughter, Agnes to play with Paddy and Kara's son
(05:33):
and who has some speech issues, and they get there
and things sort of yeah, you're not quite sure whether
things are okay or not, And that's the whole intention
with this film.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
That's what it does.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
It sort of teases you into thinking that maybe not
everything is as it seems, and then it reassures you
it is and you kind of go off on this journey.
James McAvoy is absolutely brilliant as Paddy. He is totally
committed and terrifying and wonderful. And Mackenzie Davis, who plays Louise.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Also she fights back beautifully as well.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Nice. Okay, Yeah, it sounds like something that I'm not
going to go to, honest, No, but it does. It
sounds interesting, nonetheless, and I'm sure there will be some
fans out there, so let's speak no evil. That's in cinemas,
available on streaming services to buy or rent. Tell us
about Radical.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Yes, the Radical is at cinemas. It is a real
crowd pleaser. It is a Mexican film. It's based on
a true story, and it's directed by a filmmaker called
Christopher Zala, and it is a story we've seen before.
It's a story of a teacher who empowers his students
through his unconventional teaching ways and the ways that he
manages to engage these children. It is worth saying though,
(06:45):
because the setting is quite unique. It's set in a
very violent, poor, gang infested part of Mexico. Helio Durbez
he plays our lead character, our teacher so here, and
he delivers a very heart without emotional performance. He is
a teacher who is at a point in his life
where he is deaf spirit to feel that his entire
(07:08):
career of teaching children hasn't been a waste of time
and he ends up in.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
This very poor school. He has these children who they're
twelve years old.
Speaker 4 (07:16):
One is about to leave because her mother is having
another baby and she will be responsible for looking after
the baby while the mother works. Another little boy in Nico,
his family is part of a gang and he has
no other option but to be brought into.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
This world and he will be leaving school. And then
we have Palerma and she is probably.
Speaker 4 (07:34):
The reason why this story went national in Mexico, and
that's because she lives in a dump site with her
father and they trawls through the rubbish dump to find
metal and things to recycle and.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
Make money and try it in a living. She's a
mathematical genius.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
So you've and that's the other reason to watch this
film is the director has got these amazing performances out
of this young cast.
Speaker 3 (07:57):
So there's a mix of humor.
Speaker 4 (07:58):
There are some devastating sort of heartbreaking moments, but you
will leave this.
Speaker 3 (08:02):
Film utterly uplifted. It is a delight.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
Okay, I think it's an easy choice for me this
week's friend.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
Oh I think I think so as well.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
That like, it just ticks every single box from me Okay.
Radical is Francesca's second film. That first film was Speak
No Evil. All of the details would both will be
up on the News Talks EDB website for.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
More from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame. Listen live to
News Talks EDB from nine am Saturday, or follow the
podcast on iHeartRadio
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