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Hello Brave Listener and welcome to Sound on Film, your PGA-Championship-city home for all the latest film news and greatest film reviews. On this episode, Hope Schiphorst joins me, Robert Kahne, to review the films A Most Wanted Man and Guardians of the Galaxy. After that, Hope and I discuss the film adaptation of The Goldfinch and the History Channel’s take on the life of Harry Houdini. Also in this episode, Hope and I will pay our respects to the late, great Robin Williams, who tragically passed away shortly before the taping of this episode. This episode is going to be fun! I promise! THIS...Is Sound on Film A Most Wanted Man A Most Wanted Man stars the late Philip Seymour Hoffman as Gunther Bachmann, a German spy master attempting to ferret out a terror network by using the ill-gotten inheritance of a Chechen immigrant played by Grigoriy Dobrygin. The plot becomes more complex when his German bosses start disapproving of his methods and the American embassy becomes involved. The film also stars Robin Wright, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, and Homayoun Ershadi. The film was directed by Anton Corbijn and is based on a novel written by John le Carre. Guardians of the Galaxy The latest film from Marvel Studios takes place far from the homes of Captain American and Iron Man. Guardians of the Galaxy centers around the story of Peter Quill, played by Chris Pratt, who is taken from his home on planet Earth and eventually thrown into a cosmic conflict between Ronan the Accuser (played by Lee Pace) and the Nova Corps (with agents played by Glenn Close and John C. Reilly). Joining him on this wild adventure is the assassin Gamora (played by Zoe Saldana), Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), plus Rocket Raccoon and Groot, a tree (voiced by Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel). The Goldfinch The film rights to critically acclaimed novel The Goldfinch have been snatched by Warner Brothers, and producers have already been attached to the project. Brett Ratner and NIna Jacobson are slated to produce. Ratner is best known for directing Rush Hour and Red Dragon, but also directed this summer’s Hercules. Jacobson produced The Hunger Games. The Goldfinch is a long novel that is quite brooding and includes a lot of difficult subject matter. It will be interesting to see where this project goes. Harry Houdini It is no surprise in this day and age for big screen stars to showcase their talents on television. On Labor Day, Adrien Brody will star in a two-part series on History about the life of Harry Houdini. A trailer was released recently and hints that the series will focus on Houdini’s life at the peak of his fame. While cable television seems to be somewhat saturated with the period drama right now with shows such as Masters of Sex, Halt and Catch Fire, Downton Abbey, The Knick, True Detective etc, etc; it is interesting that History is opting for a two-night event instead of what is becoming customary: a 10-episode anthology. Robin Williams News broke on August 11 that Robin Williams had taken his own life. Williams was a bright spot in many of our lives and the pinnacle of his career matched the time when Hope and I were both in our most formative years. Williams was known for his incredible comedic talents, but had an incredibly diverse career: from Aladdin and Mork and Mindy and Flubber to One Hour Photo, Insomnia, Dead Poets Society, and Good Will Hunting. In all the tributes since his death, it has become apparent he was well loved by many of his colleagues in addition to his fans. Thanks to Mashable for the Robin Williams Supercut, which you can find at http://mashable.com/2014/08/11/robin-williams-tv-film/

Hello Brave Listener and welcome to Sound On Film, your Dainty Fest-City home for all the latest film reviews and greatest film news south of the Ohio River. On today’s episode, I visit with Joshua Overbay, the director and story-writer for the film As It Is In Heaven. As It Is In Heaven Joshua Overbay is the director of eighteen film projects. Mr. Overbay currently is a professor of film at Louisiana State University, but has a substantial Kentucky connection from his years as a film professor professor at Asbury University. He visits us today at Sound On Film to talk about the film As It Is In Heaven, which he directed and which he helped to write, along with Ginny Lee, his wife. As It Is In Heaven tells the story of a religious sect which sees its Prophet die and a young man succeed him one month before the sect believes the world will be coming to an end. The film stars Chris Nelson, Luke Beavers, Abi van Andel, Jin Park, Shannon Baker, and John Lina. It was photographed by Isaac Pletcher and produced by Nathaniel Glass. It will screen at Villiage 8 beginning on August 1.

SOF 018 Hello Brave Listener and welcome to Sound on Film, your local source for all the latest film reviews and greatest film news inside the Gene Snyder Freeway. This week, Steven Carr and I discuss the earth’s destruction TWICE--once by snow in the film SNOWPIERCER and one by primates in DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. After that, I interview Dr. Andrew Cooper about the University of Louisville’s film minor, and we finish up by talking about some television news. Will this be our best show yet? You decide. THIS. Is Sound on Film. Snowpiercer Set in a hypothetical future where humanity has all but been destroyed by geoengineering gone wrong, Snowpiercer tells the story of a group of people surviving on a class-divided train. The focus is on Chris Evans, who plays Curtis--a man who seems destined to lead the lower class who inhabit the back of the train in a revolution of sorts. The film tracks Curtis’s progress through the train and all the drama and characters he meets along the way. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes This sequel to 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes picks up a decade after Caesar leads his faction of apes into the California wilderness outside of San Francisco. Meanwhile, Gary Oldman and Jason Clarke--who play Dreyfus and Malcom--are trying to revive electricity in the city. This film is an exploration in tribalism, as ape and man both mistrust each other. The Knick Cinemax, long the bastion of late night softcore pornography, is into the game of scripted television now--it will bring Steven Soderburgh’s The Knick to the screen. The first season is entirely Soderburgh’s vision--he directed all ten episodes, which are all currently complete and will begin airing in August. Cinemax, however, has already renewed the show for a second season, which will also be entirely directed by Soderburgh. Many thought The Knick would be headed to a major cable station such as HBO, Showtime, or even Netflix, but Soderburgh said he felt most comfortable on Cinemax, where he could be “the big kid at a small school.” The show will feature Clive Owen and will begin airing August 8. Better Call Saul Opinions about the existence of Breaking Bad spin off Better Call Saul have been mixed since it was announced that the show existed. While we have known for a while that Saul Goodman would be reprised by Bob Odenkirk and that Vince Gilligan would be helming the show, we now know more details. AMC released the following synopsis recently: The series is set six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. When we meet him, the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut, a beloved character introduced in ‘Breaking Bad.’ The series will track Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “Criminal lawyer.” The series’ tone is dramatic, woven with dark humor. This leaves many with the same thoughts they struggled with before: whether to be excited for more things associated with Breaking Bad, or fearful that something which many consider “perfect” would be sullied.