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The Homework Club
by The Homework Club
Two teachers, Cam and Shanara, give each other homework to watch each others favourite movies and focus on certain things throughout.
Episodes
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31 - Manic Pixie Dream Girl - (500) Days of Summer & Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
After a week off due to technical difficulties, Cam and Shanara are back and they are discussing movies with a very specific cinema Trope; Manic Pixie Dream Girl. It is a character in film that is described as: "exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writers-directors to teach...
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30 - French Cinema - Amélie & La Haine
Bonjour et bienvenue au club des devoirs! Yes, this week we have taken a journey across the channel into France to bring you two absolute classics of French Cinema. The hugely popular Amélie and the gritty, political drama La Haine.
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29 - Soundtracks - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly & O Brother, Where Art Thou
This week we chose movies with outstanding Soundtracks. The Clint Eastwood classic The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and the Coen Brothers musical romp: O Brother, Where Art Thou
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28 - Trilogies - The Godfather Trilogy & Back to the Future Trilogy
Episode Twenty eight. Absolutely huge episode this week. We watched a total of 6 movies this week to be able to discuss some of the best movies we've done so far!
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27 - Director Special - Wes Anderson
We're back! We've had a break over Christmas but now we are back into full swing. We have started this year with a look at one of our favourite directors: Wes Anderson.
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26 - Christmas Movies - Jingle All the Way & Nightmare Before Christmas & Home Alone
Episode Twenty-six. It's chrrriisssttmaaaaassssss! We're so excited to present our Christmas episode. We both agreed that Home Alone is the hands-down best Christmas movie of all time so we did that and then picked another two to discuss. Cam picked the one-big-advert, Arnie classic: Jingle All…
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25 - Adventure Movies - Jurassic Park & Jumanji
Episode Twenty-Six. Adventure time, come on bring your friends, we'll go to very distant lands. With Cam the Aussie and Shaz the Brit, the fun never ends. It's adventure time! We have strapped on our hiking boots and packed our binoculars for this weeks episode. Adventure Movies! Cam picked the...
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24 - Movies That Do What They Say on The Tin - Ghostbusters & Machete. Guest Daniel Farley
Episode Twenty four. We were joined by our good friend Daniel Farley. He chose Ghostbusters and described it as a movie that gives you exactly what you expect. We wracked out brains and decided that another great example of this is the blockbuster B-movie, Machete.
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23 - Quirky Movies - Napoleon Dynamite & Little Miss Sunshine
Episode Twenty-Three. Loved recording this one. These movies are both so uniquely funny, it was a pleasure to talk about them. Cam picked Napoleon Dynamite and asked Shanara to focus on: -Napoleon -The Dynamite family -The style -the overall weirdness of it all. Shanara picked Little Miss…
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22 - Assessment Task - British Cinema
Episode Twenty two. We completed our second assessment task. We discussed British cinema as a whole.
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21 - Musicals - Little Shop of Horrors & The Blues Brothers
Episode Twenty one. Super excited about this episode. We were lucky enough to have Bryan from Movie Mayhem Podcast on this week to talk about his favourite musical The Little Shop of Horrors. Shanara tried to pick Grease or Hairspray but Cam put his foot down and picked something with a bit more...
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Stan Lee Special
We have recorded a short special episode celebrating the life and legacy of the incredible Stan Lee.
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20 - Loneliness and Love - Chungking Express and Taxi Driver
Episode Twenty. This week we received a suggestion from one of our American fans. He suggested we watch Chungking Express and Taxi driver. Both very different movies that have a theme of loneliness but that he felt are romantic love stories at heart. We delved deep into the artistic Chungking...
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19 - 60s Comedies - The Odd Couple & Cactus Flower
Episode Nineteen. We present you with our first fan requested episode. Anthony from Canberra, Australia has selected two movies from the 1960s: The Odd Couple and Cactus flower. He's also chosen the focus for us to talk about. -Relationships -character arcs -how the comedy holds up -the Neil…
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18 - Halloween Movies - Nightmare on Elm Street & Friday 13th & Halloween
Episode eighteen. We used the time of year to pick this weeks category. We decided to pick 3 absolute classic that we though had 3 of the best movie monsters of all time: Freddy Kruger Jason Vorhees Michael Myers Our focus this week was on: -How scary they were -the monsters/bad guys -legacy...
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16 - Remakes pt. 1 Better than the original - Scarface & Ocean's 11
Episode sixteen. We are doing a huge 2 part episode looking at remakes. This week we're watching remakes that were better than the originals. We compared them to their originals and focused on the same things for both movies. -success -plot -characters -how they updated it.
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15 - Classic Action Movies - Die Hard & Speed
Episode fifteen We loved doing the classics so much last week, we decided to do another round! Shanara watched Speed and focused on: -Keanu Reeves -The speeding bus concept -The love story -How the bad guy was foiled Cam watched Die Hard and focused on: -Solo hero -Villains plan -Favourite action...
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14 - Classic Sci Fi Movies - Alien & Bladerunner
Episode fourteen Absolutely huge movies this week. Shanara watched Alien and focused on: -what makes it a classic -Sigourney Weaver's character -Alien as the bad guy -special fx Cam watched Bladerunner and focused on: -what makes it a classic -The world -is Harrison Ford a replicant -Roy Please...
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13 - Thrillers - Brick & Fracture
Episode thirteen. Shanara's homework was to watch Fracture and focus on: -solving the crime -Ryan Goslings Change -Any holes in the plot Cam's homework was to watch Brick and focus on: -Film noir -The crime/mystery -Notable characters -Does it remind of any other films. Keep shopping at our...
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12 - James Bond Films - Moonraker & Goldeneye & Spectre
Episode twelve. We picked our favourite James Bond films this week. Cam's was Goldeneye and Shanara's was Spectre. We decided if we were going to be comparing bond movies, we needed to get one of the classics in there too. Couldn't go past the one with lasers and jaws and space sex. Our focus…
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11 - Back to School - The Perks of Being a Wallflower & Freedom Writers. Guest Josh Woo
Episode 11 We are celebrating the beginning of a new school year with two movies set in schools. Shanara's homework was to watch The Perks of Being a Wallflower and focus on: -How realistic the high school is -How they represent depression & anxiety -The relationship between the three friends...
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10 - Disney Movies - Hercules & The Princess and the Frog
Episode ten. We both decided that The Lion King was the greatest Disney movie ever so we thought we'd pick our next favourites. Shanara's homework was to watch Hercules and focus on: -How close to the real mythology it is. -Use of animation in story telling -Character arcs -Moral Cam's homework…
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9 - Leading Ladies - Water & Kill Bill. Guest - Maya Grant
Episode Nine. Shanara's homework was to watch Kill Bill and focus on: -Uma Thurman's character -The portrayal of women -The Violence -The music And Cam's homework was to watch Water and focus on: -The portrayal of women in India. -Widows -How the men are portrayed -Was it important?/what's the...
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8 - Assessment Task - Female Directors and Women in Film
Episode 8: Our first special Assessment Task episode. We are very excited to be doing our first assessment task. This week we didn't pick specific movies, but a more general theme to research and discuss. This week we discussed female directors and women in film. Specifically we focused on…
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7 - Wedding Movies - Wedding Crashers & Monsoon Wedding
Episode Seven Shanara's homwork this week was to watch Wedding Crashers and focus on: -What you like/hate about the different weddings -Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilsons Relationship -Cleary Family -What would you do if they crashed your wedding Cam's homework was to watch Monsoon Wedding and focus…
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6 - Political Movies - The Ides of March & The Constant Gardener
Episode Six: Shanara's homework was to watch The Ides of March and focus on: -Ryan Gosling's character -US Political System -Corruption and deceit - How all the characters end up. Cam's homework was to watch The Constant Gardener and focus on: -Ralph Fiennes' loss of innocence -How the truth is...
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5 - Mockumentaries - What We Do in the Shadows & This is Spinal Tap
Episode Five: Shanara's homework was to watch This is Spinal tap and focus on: -Music -Parallel with real bands -Improvisation - Legacy of the film Cam's homework was to watch What We Do in the Shadows and focus on: -Genre -Character: Steve (Nick) -Breaking the 3rd wall(4th wall) -Direction…
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4 - Sports Movies - Cool Runnings & Dodgeball
Episode Four: Shanara's Homework was to watch Cool Runnings and focus on: -The Olympics -The four team mates -John Candy -Turning Points Cam's Homework was to watch Dodgeball and focus on: -Relationship between Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn -'Plot' -Comedy moments -Team spirit Follow us on:...
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3 - Movies from Home - The Castle & East is East
Episode Three: Shanara's Homework was to watch The Castle and focus on: -Characters -Humour -Does it make sense to a non-Australian? -How does it portray Australians? Cam's Homework was to watch East is East and focus on: -Portrayal of 'Bristishness' -Mixed identity -Family -Characters Follow us...
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2 - Movie from a book-Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas & A Clockwork Orange
Episode two: Shanara's Homework was to watch Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and focus on: -How it compares to the book -Johnny Depp's character -The portrayal of America -The way they show the drug use. Cam's Homework was to watch A Clockwork Orange and focus on: -How it compares to the book…
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1 - Favourite Movies - American Psycho & City of God
Episode One: The sound quality is terrible but it gets much better after this episode so don't be put off by that! Shanara's homework: American Psycho Focus: music, monologues, contrast between scenes and the ending. Cam's Homework: City of God Focus: Structure, stories within stories, child's...
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