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50. Steve Jobs & The Lady In The Van
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They said we'd never get this far. They said that the podcast wouldn't be as good as Serial. They said Sam would develop a major heroin problem. They said Danny would get to the third round of the X Factor.
On reflection most of their predictions were right but we have managed to produce 50 episodes of Film Chat!
First off we review the Aaron Sorkin scripted Steve Jobs starring Michael Fassbender as the titular computer genius. In keeping with the style of the film Danny and Sam walked around the room yelling their opinions at each other and reciting factoids they'd read on wikipedia.
Danny then reviews the Alan Bennett adaptation The Lady in the Van starring Dame Maggie Smith. It's a film about a cantankerous old hag with appalling levels of personal hygiene who is generally dismissive of everybody else's opinions. Incidentally Katie is back from her travels.
Plus all the usual nonsense that began to wear thin around episode 3.
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