In case you missed it, there's been quite a lot of fuss over Matthew Newton's debut feature, special recognition by the inaugural Sydney Film Festival's Official Competition, critical acclaim both here in Australia and in the US, yet it took almost a year for THREE BLIND MICE to find a distributor and an even tougher time finding screens to show the film. You can catch it in Sydney, where the film was shot, playing for the next two Friday nights (25/09, 02/10) at the Chauvel Cinema in Paddington and it comes with the highest recommendations of the Worse Addictions crew. Download the episode 11 to hear Scott, Alex, Matt and Dan share their views on this new Aussie pic. Also in the episode, Matt curates a discussion on MOVIE REMAKES, like em or loathe them they have always been a part of the cinematic fabric. The team share their top and worst three remakes of all time and pitch their idea for the ultimate remake. Send your feedback to worseaddictions[at]gmail[dot]com 

Worse Addictions Episode #11

If one podcast was worth one Nazi scalp then we've have a long way to go before delivering Lt Aldo Raine's 100 bloody hair pieces, but 10 podscalps is not a bad start at all. After two previously aborted attempts at an appearance friend of the show Alice Tynan of The Plot Thickens finally joined the Worse Addictions crew of Scott, Matt and Alex to review Quentin Tarantino's INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS. Download episode 10 now to find out what the team made of their trip deep into Nazi occupied France. Also in this episode they discuss Sydney's Possible Worlds Canadian Film Festival as Matt, who doubles as the festival's artistic director, explains just what mushrooms and poll dancers have got to do with the movies. As always, email your feedback to worseaddictions[at]gmail.com.

Worse Addictions #10

SHOWNOTES

To follow

The poetry of getting to review DISTRICT 9 in episode nine of the Worse Addictions podcast has a reassuring aroma and a taste of fate to it. It is also the episode in which the team were joined by a very special guest in the guise of Steven Kastrissios, director of Australian revenge thriller THE HORSEMAN. Trying to keep pace with Steven's twisted mind was Scott Henderson, Daniel Crichton-Rouse and Josh Wheatley. If it seems like there's a lot of love for DISTRICT 9 stay tuned for our HAYAO MIYAZAKI love-in later in the episode (for which Damien Radford jumps in to share his appreciation of LUPIN III: CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO). Hope you enjoy the new production quality in this episode which was edited by Damien using the freeware application Reaper (Audacity, you're dead to me, but thanks for the memories). We love to hear from some listeners so please send us your feedback to worseaddictions[at]gmail.com

Worse Addictions #9

SHOWNOTES

00:00-12:00 Introductions and what the gang have been up to
12:01-30:56 District 9 trailer and review
30:56-46:57 This week in Oz film
46:57-END Body of Lies: Miyazaki part II 

LINKS

Official website for The Horseman
District 9 trailer
Alive In Jo'Burg short film by Neill Blomkamp
Melbourne Underground Film Festival
Possible World Canadian Film Festival
Russian Ressurection Film Festival
Princess Mononoke trailer 

MUSIC

Music in this episode comes via the Podsafe Network courtesy of:
Greenroom, 'WW'
Ronnie and his Twanging Little Fellow, 'Let's Shoot the Fucking Piano Player'

Welcome to infinity, also know as Worse Addictions episode 8. Joining Scott for the episode is Matt and Josh in a fairly streamlined episode after last weeks epic from Melbourne. It also marks the end of our protracted discussion of the films of Michael Mann with our review of his latest film Public Enemies. Much to everyone's relief Body Of Lies will be taking on slightly different format from the next episode, so while you'll hear Scott threaten to discuss Hayao Miyazaki (listen for Scott's butching of Miyazaki's first name - even on take 3) for the next four weeks, in actual fact it's not quite gonna pan out that way. But you'll have to tune in for our District 9 review next week to find out more about our plans moving forward. In meantime, please send us your feedback to worseaddictions[at]gmail.com

Worse Addictions #8

SHOWNOTES

Our week in film
Public Enemies trailer followed by review
Intro to Miyazaki

LINKS

Josh's review of Public Enemies

MUSIC

Music in this episode comes via the Podsafe Network courtesy of:
Greenroom, 'WW'
Ronnie and his Twanging Little Fellow, 'Let's Shoot the Fucking Piano Player'

Seven days to create the world, seven deadly sins, Seven Samurai, Seven Brides For Seven Brothersand now seven episodes of Worse Addictions. Alex, Josh, Matt and Scott made their way to down to Melbourne last week to partake in festivities of film, sample the local delights of fast food joint Lord of the Flies and hangout in all the coolest bars. The guys gorged themselves on movies and once they managed to drag Josh away from the front row of the Forum Theatre they sat down and discussed Melbourne International Film Festival pics Balibo, Treeless Mountain and Moon. Not satisfied and knowing that our lovely Worse Addictions listeners have been neglected as we indulged, we also bring you a review of Sam Raimi's return to horror Drag Me To Hell. Finally the guys found time to discuss Michael Mann's films Collateral and Miami Vice. Hope you enjoy this latest episode, as always please feel free to email feedback to worseaddictions[at]gmail.com

Worse Addictions episode #7

SHOWNOTES

00:00-10:22- Introductions and welcome to MIFF
10:22-21:02- Balibo trailer and review
21:03-29:40- Treeless Mountain trailer and review
29:41-42:29- Moon trailer and review
42:21-51:25- Drag Me To Hell trailer and review
51:26-ENDS- Body Of Lies: Collateral / Miami Vice

LINKS

The Cove review (Last Night With Riviera)
Balibo review (Last Night With Riviera)
Public Enemies review (5 Sprocket) 

MUSIC

Music in this episode comes via the Podsafe Network courtesy of:
Greenroom, 'WW'
Ronnie and his Twanging Little Fellow, 'Let's Shoot the Fucking Piano Player'

We're back! After what was a bit of a balls up followed by a week off podcasting, Worse Addictions is back, and a bit late. Which reminds me of that scene in Die Harder when the BA flight assistant assures some lady British Airways is just like the British Rail, they may be late, but they always get there in the end... course that's just before the plane is brought to a catastrophic crash landing thanks to those pesky terrorists. Anyway... for episode 6 Scott was joined once again by Alex and Dan to review Kriv Stenders new Australian film Lucky Country. But they start things off with sound awkward Harry Potter revelations from Alex before trying to giveaway copies of Eric Bana's Love The Beast. After the loss of our discussion of Michael Mann's Heat the team move straight onto another fight about women in Mann's films as they take on The Insider.Hope you enjoy, please email us your own thoughts toworseaddictions[at]gmail.com andtune in next week for as we record from the Melbourne International Film Festival and discuss Miami Vice and Collateral. (shownotes)

Worse Addictions episode #6

SHOWNOTES

00:00-15:34 - Introductions, what happened to our Last Ride review and a mini review of Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince.
15:35-17:29 - Lucky Country trailer
17:30-36:15 - Lucky Country review
36:17-36:39 - Trailer competition
36:40-45:15 - Copies of Love The Beast to giveaway courtesy of Madman Entertainment and listener's letter
45:16-End - Discussion of Michael Mann's 1999 film, The Insider 

MUSIC

Music in this episode comes via the Podsafe Network courtesy of:
Greenroom, 'WW'
Ronnie and his Twanging Little Fellow, 'Let's Shoot the Fucking Piano Player'

Things got pretty heated as the team took on Michael Bay's latest helping of pyrotechnical cinema Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen. Adrenaline flowed and spittle flew as Josh Wheatley, Daniel Crichton-Rouse and Damien Radford joined Scott Henderson for a marathon discussion of Michael Bay as auteur before naturally seguewaying into a chat about Can't Say No challenge film Happy Together. There's a chance for you to WIN a copy of Guy Maddin's My Winnipeg just before listening to the team discuss Manhunter in our Michael Mann Body Of Lies series. Hope you enjoy, please email us your own thoughts on Transformers, Happy Together or Manhunter at worseaddictions[at]gmail.com. Tune in next week for your review of Last Ride.

Worse Addictions episode #5

SHOWNOTES

00:00-01:55 – Moonwalker trailer and intro music
12:04-39:51 – Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen trailer and review
39:51-40:05 – AjT music
40:06-48:37 – Can't Say No discussion of Wong Kar-wai's Happy Together and last week's competition winner
48:37-49:42 – Mystery trailer competition
49:43-01:06:54 – Body Of Lies: Michael Mann's Manhunter
01:06:55-01:10:07 – Farewells and END music.

LINKS

Christopher Campbell's Spout Blog article on Michael Jackson filmmaker collaborations
Michael Jackson 'Thriller' video
'Thriller' recreated by inmates in Philippines jail
Devin Farrachi at CHUD on Sambots
Last week's competition trailer: Empire Of The Sun

 MUSIC

Music in this episode comes via the Podsafe Network courtesy of:
Greenroom, 'WW'
AjT, Magic GB Jazz
Ronnie and his Twanging Little Fellow, 'Let's Shoot the Fucking Piano Player'

Despite the editor's failure to bring the power cord for his laptop the Worse Addictions team were able to record episode 4 of the show with the help of a super speedy second half. Alex Parker and Matt Riviera returned to the studio – much to the relief of Scott Henderson and Josh Wheatley – in time to review the new Australian film DISGRACE, directed by Steve Jacobs and starring John Malkovich. The guys (and gal) open the show by talking about Alex's recommendation for film viewing in hospital and Josh's latest DVD purchases. They also introduce our new trailer competition, the Can't Say No feature where one of the team challenges someone to watch a unseen film before the next episode and finally we kick start our Body Of Lies feature on Michael Mann. Hope you enjoy the show folks and please come back next week when we review Transformers 2.

Worse Addictions episode #4

SHOWNOTES

00:00-12:44 – Introductions, Scott brags about predicting Bronson to win SFF Official Prize, Alex talks about watching Rio Bravo in hospital, Josh laments his purchase of Cool World, while Matt sings the praises The Swimming Pool.
12:45-32:09 – DISGRACE trailer followed by the Worse Addictions review
32:13-33:50 – Trailer Trash competition
33:50-47:30 – Can't Say No challenge of Scott to watch Happy Together before next episode and the introduction to our Michael Mann Body Of Lies feature
47:30-End – Oops, for some reason the outro music got cut off...

LINKS

Disgrace trailer

MUSIC

Music in this episode comes via the Podsafe Network courtesy of:
Greenroom, 'WW'
Ronnie and his Twanging Little Fellow, 'Let's Shoot the Fucking Piano Player'

So here we are, episode 3 of Worse Addictions. After an occassionally traumatic week in navigating an obstacle course of tricky ticketing, trips to the hospital, copious amounts of junk food, prickly state theatre patrons and a impossible web of film choices we can say we survived the 56th Sydney Film Festival. We laughed, we cried, we moaned and we fought – boy was it fun. Now that it's over there appears a void in our lives where a strict diet of five films a day used to reside. Luckily for you Scott and Josh were able to take time out before the five-hour Che marathon and lay down their thoughts on THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE, THE SKY CRAWLERS and Australian Official Competition entry BEAUTIFUL KATE as well as their top 5 films of the festival. Obviously since recoridng it has been announced that BRONSON, which we reviewed last week, was able to take home the prize – no, we can't quite believe it either. So download now and let us help you say goodbye until next year.

Worse Addictions Episode #3

SHOWNOTES:

00:00-03:26– Introductions with the help of Sasha Grey (The Girlfriend Experience)
03:27-05:05– The Girlfriend Experience trailer
05:06-17:24– The Girlfriend Experience review
17:25-18:47– The Sky Crawlers trailer
18:48-28:15– The Sky Crawlers review
28:16-29:55– Beautiful Kate trailer
29:56-40.11– Beautiful Kate review
40:44-54:44– Scott and Josh's SFF top 5 and end credits

Scott's SFF top 5:
5) Last Ride
4) 500 Days Of Summer
3) The Girlfriend Experience
2) Goodbye Solo
1) The Cove

Josh's SFF top 5:
5) In The Loop
4) Tony Manero
3) The Girlfriend Experience
2) Wanda
1) Wake In Fright

LINKS

Sydney Film Festival
Last Night With Riviera critics SFF poll
The Girlfriend Experience trailer
The Sky Crawlers trailer
Beautiful Kate trailer
Australian new wave article [Daily Telegraph]

MUSIC

Music in this episode comes via the Podsafe Network courtesy of:
Greenroom, 'WW'
AjT, Magic GB Jazz
Ronnie and his Twanging Little Fellow, 'Let's Shoot the Fucking Piano Player'

Hello and welcome to the second episode of Worse Addictions. For the last four days we've been soaking up as many films at the 56th Sydney Film Festival as humanly possible allowing just enough time for food, a little sleep but mostly colourful conversations about movies. Scott Henderson is joined by co-hosts and cinema aficionados  Matt Riviera (Last Night With Riviera) and Josh Wheatley (5 Sprocket), whilst filmmaker and WA team member Alex Parker takes her seat at the table for the first team and brings a much needed female perspective as we review BRONSON, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND and 500 DAYS OF SUMMER.

Worst Addictions records weekly covering Australian and world cinema, featuring competitions, previewing upcoming festivals and events, and all that is happening on planet film right here in Oz. Please add our RSS feed or subscribe to us on iTunes, new episodes will be posted on Mondays (possibly Tuesdays) and please feel free to leave us feedback in the comments section of this episode. Or email us at worseaddictions@gmail.com

Worse Addictions Episode #2

SHOWNOTES:

00:29-01:08 – Introductions
01:09-01:45 – Bronson intro
01:45-02:14 – Bronson trailer
02:14-14:24 – Bronson review
14:33-15:15 – Van Diemen's Land trailer
15:16-27:33 – Van Dienmen's Land review
27:34-29.00 – 500 Days of Summer trailer
29:01-45:10 – 500 Days of Summer review
45:11-56:17 – What else we've seen at the festival 

LINKS

Sydney Film Festival

Bronson trailer

Van Diemen's Land trailer

500 Days of Summer trailer

Reviews: Van Diemen's Land (Josh Wheatley)

Sydney Film Festival previews (Scott Henderson, Matt Riviera, Josh Wheatley).

MUSIC

Music in this episode comes via the Podsafe Network courtesy of:
Greenroom, 'WW'
AjT, Magic GB Jazz
Ronnie and his Twanging Little Fellow, 'Let's Shoot the Fucking Piano Player'