Movies and TV: Wild Horse 9, Godzilla Minus Zero, Dexter Resurrection

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The Hard Shoulder with Ciara Kelly and Shane Colman on News Talk with Kia.

Shane Colman (1:08)

OK, joining us with a look ahead to what to watch on the big screen and small. This week is Andy McCarroll, host of Xtravision and Sarina Bellissimo Entertainment Journalists. Sarina, I might start with you first. What is your first choice?

Sarina Bellissimo (1:21)

My first one is the new Madame McDonough film Wild Horse 9 But I'm going to cheat a little bit, Shane, because when it comes to explaining a Madame McDonough film, all I can say is I love them, but I find it very hard to explain. Andy, can I throw over to you to set up the premise of this film?

Andy McCarroll (1:37)

Yes. Again, like you said, they're more dialogue and character-based and story-based, but I'll try and squeeze it in. It's set in the 70s and a CIA veteran travels to Easter Island with another operative and apparently it's his final wish to see the statues. However, the backdrop of this is he's recording secrets about his career and all the work he's carried out making him a potential liability.

The journey is the friendship, the guilt and then the moral cost of what they've done and if they will continue to be friends at the end of this trip.

Shane Colman (2:12)

Okay. Sarina, good or not?

Sarina Bellissimo (2:16)

I think if you're a Martin McDonough fan, you are going to love this because in typical Martin McDonough fashion, it goes all over the place. There's twists, there's turns that you don't expect. None of them are jarring. I enjoy all of them and even though it's really madcap for me, it's always about the relationships and in this one, the two relationships at the fall are those played by Sam Rockwell and John Malkovich. When we talk about John Malkovich, we spoke about Alcindor a couple of weeks ago when I saw it. That's an Andrew Scott film that's not out until January, but everyone's talking about the fact that Andrew Scott could win an Oscar. His main competition is going to be John Malkovich because he is-

I'd still give it to Andrew personally. I don't know if there's bias there, but I'd give it to Andrew. But John Malkovich is incredible in this.

Shane Colman (3:00)

Would you go along with that, Andy?

Andy McCarroll (3:02)

Yes, I would. The only threat I would see to John Malkovich on that side would be Sam Rockwell who is equally as good in that as well. I'll kind of see, interesting to see which one they'll go for, if they'll go for best actor or support an actor for that because as Sarina said, I think Andrew Scott's pretty much got it locked up by now.

Shane Colman (3:17)

Okay. Sarina, you liked it.

Andy, would you go along with that? I have to say Martin McDonagh's films, I'm kind of hot and cold on them. I like some, I don't like others.

Sarina Bellissimo (3:30)

I think you'll like this one more than you have the others.

Shane Colman (3:32)

Yeah, I like the premise, I have to say. Andy, your tongue's up?

Andy McCarroll (3:35)

Yeah, definitely. I think it's more kind of inbrewish than, I like Three Billboards, but I think inbrewish is still his pinnacle.

Shane Colman (3:41)

I think so. I think I'll definitely agree with that. Okay.

Andy, what's your first choice?

Andy McCarroll (3:47)

So, mine is Godzilla Minus Zero, which is a sequel to Godzilla Minus One.

Not to be confused with the frankly atrocious Godzilla versus Kong series that's going on. Godzilla Minus One, two years ago, was my favorite film of the year. It was set during World War II. It tells the story of a kamikaze pilot who has a kind of crisis of conscience as he's going. He pretends there's something wrong with his playing.