Movie Challenge: Recent Episodes
Rhi and Tariq
This podcast is hosted by Rhi and Tariq, experts in the field of movies, and follows our exploration of The Movie Challenge. Each week we review a movie from Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey’s back catalogue in the hopes of finding the answer to the age old question, who is the better actor?
This week we watched Scorpion Spring and Little Women. One was really really really good and the other was the opposite of that. Listen to find out which is which. https://ia601507.us.archive.org/35/items/Episode8ScorpionSpringLitte/Episode%208%20-%20Scorpion%20Spring%20&%20Litte.mp3
This week on the Movie Challenge podcast we subject our eyeballs and ear holes to Royal Deceit & Amistad. Who acted better? Well listen to find out. https://ia601506.us.archive.org/35/items/Episode7RoyalDecietAmistad/Episode%207%20-%20Royal%20Deciet%20+%20Amistad.mp3
Ever want to see Bale as a Hitler Youth Nazi boy or McConaughey as the President’s religious adviser? Then you’re in luck because this weeks movies are Swing Kids and Contact!! https://ia601509.us.archive.org/0/items/Episode6SwingKidsContact/Episode%206%20-%20Swing%20Kids%20+%20Contact.mp3
This week we watched the all singing all dancing Newsies (starring Bale) and the courtroom drama, A Time to Kill (with McConaughey). https://ia601504.us.archive.org/27/items/Episode5NewsiesATimeToKill/Episode%205%20-%20Newsies%20+%20A%20Time%20to%20Kill.mp3
So we sat down and digested to of the greats this week…. Treasure Island and Lone Star. Fun fact Treasure Island was made for TV and didn’t get a theatrical release, are you surprised? https://ia601505.us.archive.org/31/items/Episode4TreasureIslandLoneS/Episode%204%20-%20Treasure%20Island%20+%20Lone%20S.mp3
This week we dived into the amazing Empire of the Sun and the perhaps not so much Texas Chain Saw Massacre – The Next Generation. https://ia601500.us.archive.org/24/items/Episode3EmpireOfTheSunTCMT/Episode%203%20-%20Empire%20of%20the%20Sun%20+%20TCMT.mp3
This week Movie Challenge watched Mio in the Land of Faraway and Dazed and Confused. Rhi and Tariq discuss whether Bale or McConaughey came out on top. https://ia801501.us.archive.org/30/items/Episode2MioInTheLandOfFarawayDazedAndConfused/Episode%202%20-%20Mio%20in%20the%20Land%20of%20Faraway%20+%20Dazed%20and%20Confused.mp3
The very first episode! We look at what exactly our challenge is and how it might take a toll on our lives in the weeks and months to come. We give a summary of our two actors, their careers and our predictions on their work. https://archive.org/download/Episode1TheIntroduction/Episode%201%20-%20The%20Introduction.mp3