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Jurassic World

Looking at the latest cinema releases, DVDs and films on TV. Cult director JA Bayona tells Francine Stock why he took on the dinosaurs in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

Cult director J.A. Bayona tells Francine Stock why he took on the dinosaurs in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and why it's really a haunted house movie.

Composer Neil Brand takes us on a tour with Taxi Driver, Bernard Herrmann's game-changing score for Martin Scorsese's masterpiece.

Anna Smith looks back at Big on its thirtieth anniversary and reveals how the Tom Hanks comedy relates to the weird trend for body-swap movies in the late 80s.

In another edition of Pitch Battle, listener Gerald Corvin pitches a bio-pic centred around the world of bare knuckle boxing in the 18th century, once the most popular sport in England, despite being illegal

On the podcast: the first edition of a new series, How Do You Solve a Problem Like... Grease, in which musical fans Caitlin Benedict and Melody Bridges ponder the universal question - can you love a musical that's politically incorrect, specially when you know all the songs and can quote all the lyrics ?

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Sun 3 Jun 2018 23:00
大象传媒 Radio 4

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Credits

Presenter Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest JA Bayona
Interviewed Guest Neil Brand
Interviewed Guest Anna Smith
Interviewed Guest Gerald Corvin
Interviewed Guest Caitlin Benedict
Interviewed Guest Melody Bridges

Broadcasts

  • Thu 31 May 2018 16:00
    大象传媒 Radio 4
  • Sun 3 Jun 2018 23:00
    大象传媒 Radio 4

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