Episode Five

After a brief Easter break and all sorts of other goings-on, we're back with yet another episode of Rock and Reel! This week we're tackling a couple indie films and a couple indie albums (including one true classic).

First up we talk about the new Jason Statham/Saffron Burrows film "The Bank Job," about a group of not-so-professional criminals who scheme to rob...a bank. I know, unpredictable, right? What you can't really predict though is what we thought of the film. So listen to our review and find out.

After that we give some insight on the debut album from the duo known as She & Him, a band featuring actress Zooey Deschanel and musician M. Ward. Is this celebrity music project better than most? Or does it go the way of people like Russell Crowe and Keanu Reeves? The song "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?" is also part of our review.

That's followed by a very fresh review of the brand new movie "My Blueberry Nights," the first English-language feature film by director Wong Kar Wai, starring singer Norah Jones in her very first acting role. It plays off the nice parallel of singers/actors what with Zooey Deschanel's music project also in this podcast. Find out if Norah Jones actually can perform on camera as well as she does on stage with a piano.

Finally, we close out the show with a look back at the 10-year-old album "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" by the band Neutral Milk Hotel. You can also hear the title track as part of that retrospective.

As an additional note, we've now included audio of the actual movie trailers for the films we're reviewing, so we hope you find that an added bonus and something to get you more informed about what each movie is about (aside from our own summaries).

Next time we'll have reviews of 2 films by director Neil Marshall. First, his old horror film "Dog Soldiers," followed by his latest film "Doomsday." You'll also get our review of the new R.E.M. album "Accelerate" along with some new music by the comedy band Flight of the Conchords.

0:00-1:10 Intro
1:10-14:30 Movie Review: The Bank Job
14:30-28:26 Album Review: She & Him - Volume One
28:26-51:45 Movie Review: My Blueberry Nights
51:45-1:03:55 Classic Album: Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Under the Sea
1:03:55-1:04:55 Preview of next week/Closing

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