239: End of Year Show - Part 1

Published: Feb. 22, 2024, midnight

Welcome to the 2023 year end show.\xa0\xa0\n\n2023 I hear you say, we\u2019ve almost reached Spring 2024! And that is true.\xa0\xa0However, the At The Flicks team are like a vintage wine.\xa0\xa0We reflect on our recordings and take time with the editing \u2013 our aim is to give you the best listening experience we can create.\xa0\n\nAlternatively, being of a certain age, time moves differently for us.\xa0\xa0Think of At The Flicks as the podcast equivalent of the movie Interstellar.\xa0\xa0You remember the sequence when the crew are on the water planet and find out, when they return to the spaceship, what was minutes to them was years for everyone else.\xa0\xa0That\u2019s us.\xa0\xa0Unfortunately, when you get to our age (especially Graham\u2019s), time has no way of slowing back down, regardless of what measures you take.\xa0\xa0So, what we think of as the end of December, is Easter for you guys!\xa0\n\nEither of the above alternatives are better than the spurious allegations that we let life get in the way of show preparations.\xa0\xa0Baseless falsehoods put about by the younger members of the team.\xa0\xa0All we have to say in reply is, don\u2019t worry you will start having those senior moments soon enough!\xa0\n\nEnough preamble.\xa0\xa0Let\u2019s tell you, dear listener what is contained within this slightly delayed extravaganza.\n\nAs it is the first of two year end shows (don\u2019t worry the second will be coming very shortly, honest), we have a couple of pleasant surprises for you:\n\n1) Journalist Paul Rincon, who specialises in science and technology, is joining us to talk about the science fiction (and in one case, fact) films released during 2023\n2) The Jeff and Phil feud over Billy Wilder vs Wes Anderson reaches new heights as they both give their views on Fedora (1978) and the Wes Anderson Netflix shorts. There was little room for Christmas or even New Year cheer in this Sunak v Starmer slugfest that gets down and dirty!\xa0\n\nThe second half of the show, the At The Flicks film choices of 2023, is coming very shortly.\xa0\xa0We promise to deliver this before the end of the year (notice I am not saying which year).\n\nUntil then, see you At The Flicks