Film Fallout Podcast #43 – The Collateral Beauty of Rogue One

<p>2016 is almost over&comma; which is now the universal sign that a new <em>Star Wars <&sol;em>film needs to come out&period; So Christopher Cross and Dylan Schwan aim their sights on <em>Rogue One&colon; A Star Wars Story<&sol;em>&comma; the first standalone film from the franchise&period; Directed by Gareth Edwards&comma; the film stars Felicity Jones&comma; Diego Luna&comma; Ben Mendelsohn&comma; Alan Tudyk&comma; Mads Mikkelsen&comma; and Donnie Yen&period; As well as a ton more people&comma; of course&period; We talk about the movie&&num;8217&semi;s place in the canon&comma; how the future of standalone films could shape up&comma; and the ethical issues of some of the film&&num;8217&semi;s decisions&period; You can <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;rogue-one-star-wars-story-review&sol;">read Dylan&&num;8217&semi;s review<&sol;a> to find out more of what he thought of the film&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On top of that we discuss two documentaries in the form of <em>Tower <&sol;em>and <em>Weiner<&sol;em>&period; As well as a review of Mike Birbiglia&&num;8217&semi;s 2016 film&comma; <em>Don&&num;8217&semi;t Think Twice <&sol;em>and the series finale of <em>Rectify<&sol;em>&period; Then to cap it off&comma; Chris saw <em>Collateral Beauty <&sol;em>so we just go ahead and spoil everything from that&period; There are plenty of trailers to discuss too&comma; including <em>Blade Runner 2049 <&sol;em>and <em>John Wick Chapter 2<&sol;em>&comma; so tune in for our thoughts on those&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Next week we will be back with a look at <em>La La Land<&sol;em>&period; Plus&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s no way we don&&num;8217&semi;t see <em>Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed<&sol;em> so keep an eye out for that one too&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;powerpress&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Film Fallout is a weekly podcast about film and television&period; Every week&comma; Christopher Cross and Dylan Schwan discuss news happening in the industry&comma; blu-ray releases coming out this week&comma; what they’ve been watching&comma; and then a review of one movie&period; You can listen to it on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;soundcloud&period;com&sol;filmfallout">SoundCloud<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;itunes&period;apple&period;com&sol;ca&sol;podcast&sol;film-fallout&sol;id942040539&quest;mt&equals;2">iTunes<&sol;a>&comma; or on BagoGames&period; Also <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;filmfallout&sol;">follow us on Instagram<&sol;a> for some behind-the-scenes magic&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;