SCREEN WATCHING EPISODE 3

LISTEN TO EPISODE 3 HERE

With February 12 kicking off the Chinese New Year celebrations, Dan and Simon have a chat with China Lion's Mick Robbins about just how important the Chinese weekend is to the year's box office. You'll also hear Simon and Dan almost come to blows over the filmography of M Night Shyamalan, review a roster of new film releases and offer some thoughts on the trailers broadcast during the US Super Bowl. So, yeah - another very packed show...

NEWS:

Super Bowl trailers - The Falcon And The Winter Soldier, F9, Old, and more (01:02)

Valentines Day Special: The Best and Worst Screen Efforts from Real Life Couples (10:45)

Aussies at SXSW (17:52)

INTERVIEW:

Mick Robbins from film distributor 

北美华狮电影 China Lion Film 

on the significance of the Chinese New Year on the box office (21:01)

REVIEWS:

Long Story Short (33:09), a new Aussie rom-com from director Josh Lawson;

Clarice (36:04), a continuation of author Thomas Harris' Silence of The Lambs universe, with Rebecca Breed filling the big shoes left by Jodie Foster;

Another Round (42:36), with Mads Mikkelsen earning award season buzz for Thomas Vinterberg's latest;

Synchronic (44:43), a sci-fi thriller starring Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan

THE WEEK AHEAD...:

...on your screens, big and small, including the re-opening of ACMI, a new chapter in the Netflix teen sensation To All The Boys and where to see the 60th anniversary screenings of Breakfast at Tiffany's with that someone special on Sunday (52:12)