 minutes to midday. Good morning. If you're just joining us as Rory with you until midday, taking you through going back in time, music and memories all the way until then. And we are live on Facebook and across all of our social media channels this morning. So good morning. If you're watching online and joining me via zoom, because the DeLorean didn't quite make it time to see him this morning down to pick him up in time. Colleen McFadgin is here to talk us through all the upcoming releases over the next month or so and what's in the cinemas right now. Colleen, good morning. Good morning, Rory. It's brilliant to be here. I'm delighted loads of movies this month. You know, after the last couple of years where let's face it, there was a wee bit of a gap and they were just kind of doling out movies every now and then to us. We're in full on blockbuster season. We've got loads to talk about and I think something that will suit everyone, including, you know, we're obviously going to talk big blockbusters. We're going to talk the big box office movies where we might mention a few if we've time, if I don't go on too much, if we have time to mention a few that people maybe won't know as well. Okay. Yeah. And as you said, like, I mean, we've we've movies now coming up. I mean, summer block, but is this the first summer blockbuster season in what two years? Give or take? Yeah, three years. And actually, I suppose we'll we start with the number one movie in the world right now, which is Top Gun. And that's a perfect example of what we've gone through in the last couple of years and that. This movie was ready in 2019. They finished filming it in 2019. And they were ready to go. I think it was May 2020. And they held on. And then of course, you know, the pandemic and the cinemas were closed now. But even last summer, Tom Cruise was saying, absolutely, no way am I doing this until no way am I doing this until all the cinemas are open everywhere. And, you know, also in the cinema business, kind of going, well, that seems like quite a good sign, actually, doesn't it? You know that if they're holding that. So then lo and behold, I went to watch the movie and I know lots of people will have seen it already. But I must admit, so I'm off that we were talking a little bit off air. And you were kind of saying your your movies, I realized, oh, no, I'm a couple of years older than them. But I am very much of the Top Gun generation. However, all my pals love Top Gun. I was more of an army guy, wasn't it? So I went in to see this. And I was kind of going, ah, you know, it'll be fun. And, you know, I'm a bit of a bleeding heart, lefty and all that sort of stuff. It's all American military. I don't know. After about four minutes for me, I was going, okay, okay, you've got me. I'm in by the end of the movie. I am USA USA. The most fun I've had in the cinema in years. And it's not. And I can't stress this enough. My normal cup of tea. Right. Okay. Brilliant. Like, you can know, you notice the difference in the sort of physicality of watching this. I know that sounds like waffly nonsense. But what it is is they strap the jets or the cameras to the jets when they were filming this, then they took the actors up in two-seater airplanes. And so you can't see the actual pilot. They are acting. They operate the cameras themselves, the actors, and they are acting while flying. And you can tell the difference. I don't know how but you can. It's such a tremendous amount of fun. And look, I am, of course, biased. I love the cinema. But there is no way. I know lots of people have all sorts of dodgy devices to watch. I don't care how big your telly is. I don't care how fancy your phone is. There is no way this experience, save that for fast and furious. There is no way this experience is can be done anywhere except the cinema to enjoy it properly. And we know, we know it's big, it's bold, it's brash, it's full of action. How does it work on a story level? Well, it's almost like we rehearse this, which we actually haven't. Because I wanted to say that all of that stuff is great fun and that would work for the first half hour. If there wasn't an actual story here. And Tom Cruise says, the reason he took 35 years to make it is, you know, it was a huge hit first time around. He was being sent scripts for Top Gun 2 all the time. And he just said no. Now it probably helps that he didn't need the money, you know, and he didn't need a hit. But he was saying the story is no good, the story is no good. And then they came along. The fact that Miles Teller is the image, he looks exactly like you would imagine what Meg Ryan and Anthony Andrews, Edward, son would be like. It's uncanny, especially with the little tash, it's uncanny that he looks like. The story works that Maverick, you know, he's still the most talented fighter. There's a reason he's still in the military, even though he never obeys the rules. That's explained in the story and that he sent back as a teacher because it's such a nonsense mission, only he could do it. And by the end, look, it probably is true. The last 15 minutes, maybe the brilliant storytelling, just get a tiny bit silly, but it doesn't matter anymore because you're so in. You love all these characters just as much as you love the old ones. Or, and more importantly, if you've never heard of the old ones. So I was working with the group, they were, you know, 13, they didn't even know who Tom Cruise was. Imagine if I felt old when I was when I was talking to you earlier, imagine how that made me feel. I was talking to a chap in the tourist office yesterday, who I'm sure is a very healthy 23. But to me, he looked 12. And he said, never, never seen Top Gun absolutely adored it. So all the people of my generation who love, who loved Top Gun loved it. And all the people who've never heard of Top Gun loved it. Now, if you get those two, you must be doing something right. So good story, good act. I probably helps with the action movies. They're proper actors too. You know, they are good actors, even if you're being slightly ridiculous as a, you know, macho macho pilot. And they've updated it a little bit because the same amount of time has passed in real life as in the movie life. They're not pretending it was the day after Top Gun. It's done in real time. Yeah. It's done in real time. And it really works. I will, if you ever have me on again, I will guarantee you, I get people to write in and so on. Everyone's going to say they've had a tremendous experience at the cinema. There are people going to this that I don't think have gone to the cinema, certainly since before lockdown, who are coming out. A few of them came to see Bond, but this is having even more bigger expense. Obviously, people feel a bit safer now. There certainly seems to be a bigger buzz around this one. And is it because that most of the restrictions are gone now, so people can actually go to the cinema, you know, and the cinema is full of people and the atmosphere is there. And, you know, everything a moviegoer loves about going to the movie theater is back. That's it. But the joy and downside of my job is I get to watch the movies usually a couple of days early. I get to walk into the cinema, open it up and watch it myself. And that's brilliant. But there's something communal in watching it, particularly if it's a funny or exciting movie. Yeah. Do you know that bit where people go when something happens? Yeah, there's a collective gas. There's nothing like it. It's like I remember many, many years ago, watching the Sixth Sense for the second time and turning around and watching the rest of the audience when the reveal happens. There's nothing like that. Yeah. And so because there's genuinely jaw dropping moments. And I'm not. And I mean literally and I know how to use the word literally properly. Actual jaw dropping moments in this to watch it with a big packed cinema is just wonderful. But that sounds because everyone as the Jeff flies over and everyone flinches, you know, the whole it's like a Mexican wave of emotion and Mexican wave of joy and fun. All the stuff we missed out over lockdown right there wrapped up in one movie. It's I kind of liked it. Could you guess? Yeah. Sorry. Sorry. I'm sort of picking that up. Yeah, I'm picking up that very right. So that's Top Gun. So that's in theaters now and probably will be for for quite some time. It's doing big business. What have we got coming up over the next month? We're heading in now to blockbuster season proper, right? There's a couple of big releases coming our way over the next month or two. What have we got coming up? Yeah, you could pretty tick off every Friday for the next three weeks. Really big movies. So next week, talking about classic franchises, we've got Jurassic World Dominion. That's because we don't use numbers in Hollywood anymore. Yeah, you know, because the people are like two or three. It's Top Gun Maverick. It's Jurassic World Dominion. And this one I'm really excited about two, not just because, you know, dinosaurs are fun. You know, they always are. But so I love Jurassic Park way back in the day. It's brilliant movie. And I think the sequels whenever quite as good. And then Jurassic World came with the new cast and the action scenes in it were always excellent. But again, you asked earlier about story. I think maybe the story in the first two Jurassic World movies were OK. Yeah, it was OK. It was good fun, but nothing gripped you like like the other one. And they seem to have come full circle now. They're saying this is the last one and they want to nail the landing. So they've brought back the original cast with the new cast. So if Sam Neil with Jeff Goldberg and Laura Dern, as well as Chris, Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, the monsters are bigger and better than ever. And they really kind of changed it from the the monsters or the dinosaurs of the bad guys to maybe, you know, we're kind of the bad guys for for for creating this mess. And I think what we always wanted to see of the dinosaurs actually running rampage in throughout the world is there. The clips I was watching the trailer just before we came on. And it really is spectator looking. You know, it reminds me of when the original movie came out, the great Gloria Honeford was interviewed at the premiere and she said it was so good you couldn't tell the difference between the computer dinosaurs and the real one. Right. OK. I know God lover that's 30 years ago and I'm still going to. But I know exactly what you mean. So you're watching it. That has to be some rubber effects or because you know, when computer stuff first came out, it seems very light. You know, it's kind of fake. You know, was watching the clips ago. Wow, that looks sweet. What was there because it looks so impressive. And, you know, we've just come on in technology so much. I'm really looking forward to this one. Now, anyone with kids will have noticed we haven't had kids movies for quite some time. So Jurassic World will help with that. But also here's good news for everyone who is kids under 10 years old. Right. And just finally a cartoon out. We haven't had one since Sonic and the bad guys. Now, you've a little person yourself for having. I know, you probably notice and then all the birthday parties go, what's new? Nothing. And I think that is because the pandemic animated movies take way longer to make. They take way longer to make. And, you know, we've had drip drip of big blockbusters since cinemas reopened. And I think they just caught up on them. But finally, we've got one and it's a big one. So we've got Lightyear. Now, obviously, this is something to do with the Toy Story world. This is a spinoff from the Toy Story universe. Yes. And again, I have to say I was, it sounds like I'm a very cynical man. I'm usually a very optimistic man. But again, I was kind of so I'm a bit of the I do a new story. You know, do a new story. We don't need an old story. And then I thought this was very clever because, of course, in Toy Story, Buzz Lightyear is a toy based on a famous kids cartoon. So this is the kids cartoon that it's based on. And they've got Chris Evans, who people know as Captain America, to voice it. And again, I was going, OK, it might be good. Saw the robot cat in the trailer read, I am sold. I am nearly 50 years old, Rory. I should I should be excited by a robot cat in a spaceship. But I went, that's laugh out loud, funny. That's very good. So this is a knighted. This is ignited. Your inner child really call is what you're saying. I didn't need a nighting. Now, even though you'll hear from my accents, yes, I've from Dublin originally. But all my people are from a sort of an angry Calhame the Ross's direction. And they will say his inner child never went away. I see. He was always in Egypt. So yeah, absolutely. But it's reinvigorated the wish to go and see something else, because nothing makes me happier than when there's a contrast of movies. Yeah, there's something for everyone. That's what we need. Absolutely. That's what the cinema is about. We won't all like the same thing. Would not be awful if we all only went to see. I love Marvel movies. But imagine if there was only our Marvel movies. How boring would that be? Yeah. So when there's a choice for everyone, I love that. Well, let's have a listen to a snippet from the upcoming movie Lightyear. Let's have a listen to this. Like your mission log start at three nine oh one after a full year of being marooned. Our first hyperspeed test flight is a go. Who are you talking to? No one. I was not just doing the mission log. You do know no one ever listens to the I know that narrating helps me focus. That's a clip from from Lightyear. That's coming your way. Oh, what's the release day on Lightyear, Colin? So that's the 17 parents. Hold on only a couple more weeks to go. It's open the 17th and it's going to be like it's going to be huge and the the other Star Trek fan in me already laughed at that bit. So it's Pixar. We didn't mention that that it is Pixar who always do the best. Yeah. You know, and it's not even jokes for mom and dad's and jokes for the kids. It's more jokes that everyone can enjoy. That's why they're brilliant. That's what I always liked about Pixar and about Toy Story because there were there were the jokes that worked for the kids and they were very on the nose. But there were also there was also the humor there for moms and dads that went straight over the kids heads. Yeah. But mom and dad. So there's something in there for everybody, which is what's what what what we like what they need. Yeah. Absolutely. There are many. Look, I'm sure you've done it. You've got to tell them I'm very happy to have that experience. But you go, oh, my God. Yeah, I'm going to chew the inside of my face. If I have to listen to it could be anyone. Those fascist pups just using that in general. Again, you know, but it's great here. It's great first time experience for, you know, some some little people, but some of them are awful. So when it comes along something that you go, I enjoyed it almost as much as they did is something magic, you know. And like, we're now at the age because Toy Story is a long time ago. The people who love Toy Story when they're five and didn't get any of the grown up stuff or now get watching with their kids and getting all sad at the adult bits. Oh, my God, grown up too fast and now understanding why they seem to be dust in Dad's eye when he brought me to see it 25 years ago. It's my allergies. It's my allergies. Yeah. Right, OK, that's the light here. So that that's on the way over the next couple of weeks. Right. Collie, we're going to go for a quick commercial break and we're going to talk about an Elvis biopic that's coming up over the next few weeks as well. Is that right? Yeah. So we'll stay tuned and we'll be back right after this short commercial break. Need for getting fit in 2022 from training gear to resistance bands, skipping ropes, weights and foam rollers. 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Even its common decency. You don't so much as wiggle the fingers. There's a lot of people saying a lot of things. But in the end, you've got to listen to yourself. In that moment, Elvis, the man was sacrificed and Elvis, the God was born. That's Elvis. That is the upcoming biopic from director Baz Lerman. So, Colleen, tell us a little bit about it. So, I'm really looking forward to this one, not least because the voice you heard there with the strange accent, that's Tom Hanks, who's playing Colonel Tom Parker. And, you know, we've heard a lot of Elvis stuff and obviously we've had Elvis movies and stuff before. But this, I think, is the first one really looking at the very odd relationship Elvis had with Colonel Tom Parker, who, of course, wasn't a Colonel and was somewhat of a con man. It was one of the reasons that Elvis never made it to Europe, except when he was a GI. But also, Elvis was fiercely loyal to him. And look, we can talk about it stars Austin Butler, by the way, who I didn't know was a big Disney teen star. So, like, like people like Zac Efron, you know, he's going to be able to do the singing and he's going to be able to do the dancing. Because if you grow up in that atmosphere, you can always do it. But look, the best review we can ever have, this comes out here in June 24th. But two people who've already seen it, Priscilla Presley and Lisa Marie Presley, have both seen it and said, this is by far the nearest any movie, any mini series has ever got to the real Elvis. Now. Right, OK. So it's got the seal of approval from his family, which is always a good start. Absolutely. And they, you know, sometimes that happens and you go, oh, yeah, betcha they are like executive producers and so on in it. That's not the case. And it is still very Baz Lerman style. You know, people are known from Moulin Rouge or Romeo and Juliet. So there is a bit of flight of fantasy. You know, it's not just a straight Elvis was born in 1935. He died in this age. There is going to be a bit of color and decoration, probably a bit of, you know, invention to get the story across. But it's got reviews. It looks fantastic. I can't wait. Again, not a huge Elvis fan, but I'm really looking forward to this. Is it a war? Is it a is it a it's obviously not done through rose tinted glasses. This is going to be a warts and all true story. What's up? Yeah, absolutely. And what they do is it's very much a modern trend with biopics is that they take a slice of his life. They will tell other parts of the story, but it's one section of his life in particular that they concentrate on in a way to tell the whole life. Because I think people have got bored with that sort of here is him as a child, here's him as a teenager and so on. That sort of linear way. So it's a different way of doing, but it's definitely going to say show the downsides of both him and Colonel Tom Parker. And apparently with Tom Hanks, Tom Hanks said he's a little worried because his accent is so weird and it's almost bad acting because that's the way Colonel Tom Parker talked. He had an odd accent. He had a very weird manner. And sometimes, you know, you can almost act too well. He could do too good an impression of somebody. And people go, I know, I don't believe that all. But like we know in real life, not not your good listeners, of course, for a but some people are odd, you know, and sometimes when you portray portray them on screen, people go, I don't believe that. They go, no, we cut out the weird bits. This is this is the tone down version. Well, look, if you got away with Forest Gump on that accent, you get I know Forest Gump wasn't a real person. It wasn't a biopic. But if you got away with that accent and managed to pull it off, he'll get away with this. It's Tom Hanks. He can get away with most things. Let's be honest. That's the Elvis biopic from Baz Lerman. That is coming 24th of June. That's the 24th of June. OK, look forward to that. So we've got Jurassic World on the 10th. We've got Lightyear on the 17th and we've got Elvis on the 24th. Now, that's really is something for a lot of people. That really is. And that's jam packed and there'll be loads of other things being dripped in as well. And we'll talk about that. You're going to join me again next month for July and we'll talk about the big releases and how they're doing at the box office. We'll also talk about the other stuff that's coming in around them as well. Great. They'll be all about Minions as old parents know. Minions, Minions, Minions, Minions, Minions. Really looking forward to that. Collie, listen, thanks for joining me this morning. All right, you take care. A pleasure. Thank you very much. All right. That's Collie McFadgin there joining me and talking us through the the upcoming releases for the summer blockbuster season that's kicking off. It's four minutes to midday.