Crying On The Pod. “Song Sung Blue” Review + Your 'January Movie' Watchlist

It’s Chrimbo limbo. Life is desolate. You’re busy flogging stuff to CeX, I get it. So this is a brief, uplifting pod where I’m reviewing one of my favourite films of recent months and basically crying my eyes out on the Pod. PLUS we’ll be running down movies you can watch after Christmas in the limbo and all the way till February. We’re talking New Years Movies, we’re talking Snowy Movies, we’re talking… well watch the forking pod and find out.

Timestamps: 

(00:00) Agenda

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(01:20) The Best Crimbo Limbo Movies

(01:37) When Harry Met Sally

(02:18) The Holdovers still counts

(03:00) The Best January Movies (Criteria & List)

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(05:24) SONG SUNG BLUE Review (this is important) - no spoilers

(05:59) Set Up for this review

(06:38) I have been waiting SO LONG to hype this movie

(07:01) Worried they were sweeping the preview screening under the rug

(07:43) Synopsis

(07:56) So much was telling me this was about to be bad

(08:42) Muted reception for Hugh Jackman & Kate Hudson

(10:36) I FEEL EMOTIONAL.

(11:56) If ONLY I love this movie, that’s ok

(12:37) This doesn’t PRESENT as a good movie. But stick with it. 

(13:39) The lead performances and chemistry are sublime. 

(14:26) This is a deeply optimistic, happy movie to spend time with. 

(15:40) I am now a Neil Diamond jukebox

(17:04) Step by step this completely won me over until I was sobbing (I’m emotional again)

(18:55) You know when a movie has you by the b@lls

(19:17) One ESSENTIAL PIECE OF INFO before seeing this movie

(20:45) Summary & LETTERBOXD RATING https://boxd.it/bN9hJT

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(22:27) Coming up!